John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund, John Hancock Investors Trust, John Hancock Income Securities Trust - Further Adjo
April 28 2009 - 6:28PM
PR Newswire (US)
BOSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At an adjourned session
of their annual meeting today, shareholders of each of John Hancock
Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund (NYSE:BTO), John Hancock Investors
Trust (NYSE:JHI) and John Hancock Income Securities Trust
(NYSE:JHS), three John Hancock closed-end funds, voted to further
adjourn all business at the meeting until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 18,
2009 to permit the continued solicitation of additional votes. The
adjourned annual meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 18,
2009, at the offices of John Hancock Funds, 601 Congress Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805. At the adjourned meeting,
shareholders of these 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 Funds
CONTACT: Media, Jay Aronowitz, +1-617-663-2702, Investors,
+1-800-843-0090 Web Site: http://www.johnhancock.com/
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