John Hancock Closed-end Funds Declare Monthly Dividends
May 01 2006 - 6:50PM
PR Newswire (US)
BOSTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nine John Hancock
closed-end funds declared their monthly dividends today as follows:
Declaration Date: May 1, 2006 Ex Date: May 9, 2006 Record Date: May
11, 2006 Payable Date: June 2, 2006 Annualized Ticker Fund Name
Amount Yield at Market* PDF Patriot Premium Dividend Fund I $0.0460
6.85% PDT Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II $0.0570 6.59% DIV
Patriot Select Dividend Trust $0.0660 6.61% PGD Patriot Global
Dividend Fund $0.0690 7.08% PPF Patriot Preferred Dividend Fund
$0.0720 7.02% HPI Preferred Income Fund $0.1550 8.47% HPF Preferred
Income Fund II $0.1550 8.43% HPS Preferred Income Fund III $0.1320
7.99% HTD Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund $0.0967 6.79% John
Hancock Funds, the mutual fund business unit of John Hancock
Financial Services, offers a broad array of investment products,
including open-end and closed-end funds, privately managed
accounts, 529 plans and retirement accounts to retail and
institutional investors. As of December 31, 2005, investors
entrusted John Hancock Funds with more than $43.8 billion.
Additional information about John Hancock Funds can be found on the
website: http://www.jhfunds.com/. About Manulife Financial and John
Hancock John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a
leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of
customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as
Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John
Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse
range of financial protection products and wealth management
services through its extensive network of employees, agents and
distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial
and its subsidiaries were Cdn$372 billion (US$319 billion) as at
December 31, 2005. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC'
on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife
Financial can be found on the Internet at http://www.manulife.com/.
The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises
one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock
offers a broad range of financial products and services, including
universal life insurance, variable life, term life and whole life,
as well as college savings products, fixed and variable annuities,
long-term care insurance, mutual funds, 401(k) plans and various
forms of business insurance. * Based on April 28, 2006 closing
market price. DATASOURCE: John Hancock CONTACT: Kimberley Dietrich,
+1-617-663-4217, or Investors: +1-800-843-0090 both of John Hancock
Web site: http://www.jhfunds.com/ http://www.manulife.com/
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