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      <title>JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE EARNINGS DATA</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings1 for the three months ended January 31, 2026. The same data for the comparable three-month period ended January 31, 2025 is also available below.</description>
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      <title>JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their monthly distributions today as follows:</description>
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      <title>JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCES PORTFOLIO MANAGER CHANGES FOR JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>John Hancock Investment Management LLC (the &quot;Adviser&quot;) today announced changes to the portfolio management teams for 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 Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT), John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Divided Income Fund (NYSE: HTD), and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE: JHS). Each Fund is advised by the Adviser and subadvised by Manulife Invest</description>
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      <title>JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING AND RECORD DATES</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The nine John Hancock closed-end funds listed below announced today that each fund&apos;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&quot;Annual Meeting&quot;) will be held on February 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of the funds, 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116:</description>
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