Adjournment of Annual Shareholder Meeting for John Hancock Closed-end Funds
April 14 2009 - 6:41PM
PR Newswire (US)
BOSTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At their annual meeting
today, shareholders of nine John Hancock closed-end funds, John
Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:HPI), John Hancock Preferred
Income Fund II (NYSE:HPF), John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
(NYSE:HPS), John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
(NYSE:HTD), John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield
Fund (NYSE:HTY), John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund
(NYSE:BTO), John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
(NYSE:PDT), John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and John
Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS), voted to adjourn all
business at the meeting until Tuesday, April 28, 2009 to permit the
continued solicitation of additional votes. The adjourned annual
meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at the
offices of John Hancock Funds, 601 Congress Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02210-2805. At the meeting, shareholders of the John
Hancock closed-end funds will consider and vote on the proposals
described in the notice and proxy statement for the applicable fund
previously delivered to shareholders of record on January 23, 2009.
About John Hancock Funds The Boston-based mutual fund business unit
of John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Funds manages more than
$38.8 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private
accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual
and institutional investors at December 31, 2008. About John
Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial Corporation John Hancock
Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the
Company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving
millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide.
Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and
primarily as 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$405 billion
(US$330 billion) at December 31, 2008. 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 life insurance, fixed and variable
annuities, fixed products, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, long-term
care insurance, college savings, and other forms of business
insurance. Additional information about John Hancock may be found
at http://www.johnhancock.com/. DATASOURCE: John Hancock Advisers,
LLC CONTACT: Media, Jay Aronowitz, +1-617-663-2702, or Investors,
+1-800-843-0090, both of John Hancock Advisers, LLC Web Site:
http://www.johnhancock.com/
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