BOSTON , Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Advisers, LLC
announced today that portfolio information, such as performance, top-ten
holdings and sector weightings, is available for its closed-end funds as of
January 31, 2008 . This information is available on John Hancock Funds' web
site at www.jhfunds.com. To order a hard copy of this information or
additional closed-end fund literature, call (800) 892-9552. Investors
may also call John Hancock's automated closed-end funds information line,
(800) 843-0090.
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)
Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield (NYSE: HTY)
John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE: JHI)
John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE: JHS)
John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund (NYSE: BTO)
The Boston-based mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial
Services, John Hancock Funds manages more than $59 billion in open-end funds,
closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets
for individual and institutional investors at September 30, 2007 . For more
information, please visit www.jhfunds.com.
About Manulife Financial and John Hancock
John Hancock Financial Services 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$399 billion (US$400.5
billion) as of September 30, 2007 . 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 www.manulife.com.
SOURCE John Hancock Advisers, LLC
