John Hancock Preferred Income Fund, John Hancock Preferred Income
Fund II, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III, John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II, John Hancock Income Securities
Trust, John Hancock Investors Trust, John Hancock Tax-Advantaged
Dividend Income Fund, John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund
and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund (The
"Funds") BOSTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Funds
announced today the earnings for the three months ended January 31,
2010. The same data for the comparable three month period ended
January 31, 2009 is also available below. Three Months Ended
1/31/2010 --------- Current Net Fiscal Investment Per Common Ticker
Fund Name Year End Income Share ------ --------- --------
----------- ----------- HPI Preferred Income Fund 7/31 $10,560,663
$0.408 HPF Preferred Income Fund II 7/31 $8,569,670 $0.405 HPS
Preferred Income Fund III 7/31 $10,683,332 $0.340 PDT Patriot
Premium Dividend Fund II 10/31 $10,300,469 $0.206 JHS Income
Securities Trust 10/31 $3,428,479 $0.298 JHI Investors Trust 10/31
$4,371,455 $0.517 HTD Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund 10/31
$10,312,424 $0.269 BTO Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund 10/31
$571,962 $0.028 HTY Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
10/31 $1,177,974 $0.126 Three Months Ended 1/31/2010 ---------
Common Total Net Shares Ticker NAV Assets Outstanding ------ ---
--------- ------------ HPI $18.27 $711,857,205* 25,901,361 HPF
$18.23 $582,633,605* 21,182,284 HPS $15.67 $743,296,123* 31,438,217
PDT $10.70 $807,961,377* 49,969,927 JHS $13.84 $238,150,875*
11,502,866 JHI $18.66 $224,682,932* 8,448,874 HTD $14.19
$825,587,471* 38,274,417 BTO $17.78 $368,652,482 20,737,700 HTY
$12.46 $116,488,205 9,352,368 Three Months Ended 1/31/2009
--------------------- Current Net Fiscal Investment Per Common
Ticker Fund Name Year End Income Share ------ --------- --------
----------- --------- HPI Preferred Income Fund 7/31 $10,895,171
$0.421 HPF Preferred Income Fund II 7/31 $9,077,396 $0.429 HPS
Preferred Income Fund III 7/31 $12,743,968 $0.407 PDT Patriot
Premium Dividend Fund II 10/31 $10,262,680 $0.195 JHS Income
Securities Trust 10/31 $3,165,433 $0.277 JHI Investors Trust 10/31
$3,348,585 $0.400 HTD Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund 10/31***
$11,611,108 $0.302 BTO Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund 10/31
$2,517,370 $0.119 HTY Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
10/31 $1,501,477 $0.161 Three Months Ended 1/31/2009
--------------------- Common Total Net Shares Ticker NAV Assets
Outstanding ------ --- ---------- ------------ HPI $12.88
$523,900,182* 25,849,642 HPF $12.83 $424,486,480* 21,144,058 HPS
$11.25 $559,325,520* 31,314,036 PDT $8.05 $661,668,947* 52,599,923
JHS $10.35 $173,095,555* 11,411,632 JHI $13.78 $171,394,831*
8,375,036 HTD $10.95 $688,742,010* 38,487,917 BTO $13.01
$274,455,227 21,100,000** HTY $11.92 $111,410,168 9,350,000 * Total
net assets include assets attributable to borrowings under Credit
Facility Agreement ** Adjusted to reflect 1-for-4 reverse stock
split on December 29, 2008 ***The Fund's fiscal year-end was
changed from December 31 to October 31, effective October 31, 2009
About John Hancock Funds The Boston-based mutual fund business unit
of John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Funds, manages more than
$53.7 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private
accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual
and institutional investors at December 31, 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$440 billion
(US$420 billion) at December 31, 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, or Investor
Contact, 800-843-0090, both of John Hancock Funds Web Site:
http://www.johnhancock.com/
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