John Hancock Closed-End Funds Announce Annual Meeting Date
September 25 2009 - 4:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
John Hancock Bank And Thrift Opportunity Fund John Hancock Patriot
Premium Dividend Fund II John Hancock Preferred Income Fund John
Hancock Preferred Income Fund II John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
III John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund John Hancock
Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund BOSTON, Sept. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Funds is pleased to announce
that seven of its closed-end funds, John Hancock Bank and Thrift
Opportunity Fund (NYSE:BTO), John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend
Fund II (NYSE:PDT), 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), and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged
Global Shareholder Yield Fund (NYSE:HTY) (collectively, the
"Funds"), will hold a Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Annual
Meeting") on January 22, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at the
offices of the Funds, 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02210-2805. Shareholders of record of each Fund as of the close of
business on November 12, 2009 are entitled to notice of, and to
vote at, the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. The
notice for the Annual Meeting will be mailed to shareholders on or
about December 3, 2009. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the
Funds will be asked to elect the following four Trustees for each
Fund: James R. Boyle, Deborah C. Jackson, Patti McGill Peterson,
and Steven R. Pruchansky. About John Hancock Funds The Boston-based
mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial, John Hancock
Funds, manages more than $42.9 billion in open-end funds,
closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related
party assets for individual and institutional investors at June 30,
2009. About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial
Corporation John Hancock Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial
Corporation, a leading Canadian-based financial services group
serving millions of customers in 22 countries and territories
worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of
Asia, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, Manulife
Financial Corporation 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$421 billion (US$362 billion) at June 30, 2009. Manulife
Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and
under '945' 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 Contact, Jay Aronowitz, +1-617-663-2702,
Investor Contact, +1-800-843-0090, both of John Hancock Funds
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