Patricia Lizarraga

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund is a closed-end diversified management investment fund. Its objective is to provide a high level of total return consisting of long-term capital appreciation and current income. The company was founded on August 23, 1994 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing its assets in preferred stocks or other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. The company was founded on August 27, 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in reverse repurchase agreements and invests in derivatives to establish investment leverage or for temporary purposes. The company was founded on November 29, 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III operates as a closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing in securities that, in the opinion of the Advisor, may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The company was founded on June 19, 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/trust. The company was founded on December 21, 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Tax Advantaged Dividend Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide a high level of after-tax total return from dividend income and capital appreciation by investing its assets in dividend-paying common and preferred securities. The firm investment management services are provided through John Hancock Advisers, Inc. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund. It intends to provide total return consisting of current income and gains and long term capital appreciation. The company was founded on April 23, 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust operates as a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. The company was founded on February 14, 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

John Hancock Investors Trust is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in investment activity. Its objective is to generate income for distribution to its shareholders. It also seeks capital appreciation. It invests in a diversified portfolio of corporate and government bonds. The company was founded on October 26, 1970 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.