EX 99.(t)
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
John Hancock Investors Trust
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
(each a “Fund” and collectively the “Fund”)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Trustee or Officer of each Fund, each a Massachusetts business trust, does hereby appoint Sarah M. Coutu, Thomas Dee, Khimmara Greer, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Edward Macdonald, Mara Moldwin, Harsha Pulluru, Christopher L. Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of them, and each acting singly, to sign for me, in my name and in the capacity indicated below, any registration statements on Form N-2 to be filed by the Fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, and any and all amendments to said registration statements, and to do generally all such things in my name and on my behalf in the capacity indicated below to enable the Fund to comply with the 1940 Act, the 1933 Act, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall be revocable with respect to an undersigned at any time by a writing signed by such undersigned and shall terminate automatically if the undersigned ceases to be a Trustee or Officer of the Fund.
CONFIDENTIAL
Dated: December 14, 2023.
| Name |
Signature |
Title | ||
| Kristie Feinberg |
/s/ Kristie Feinberg |
President | ||
| Charles A. Rizzo |
/s/ Charles A. Rizzo |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
| Andrew G. Arnott |
/s/ Andrew G. Arnott |
Trustee | ||
| James R. Boyle |
/s/ James R. Boyle |
Trustee | ||
| William H. Cunningham |
/s/ William H. Cunningham |
Trustee | ||
| Noni L. Ellison |
/s/ Noni L. Ellison |
Trustee | ||
| Grace K. Fey |
/s/ Grace K. Fey |
Trustee | ||
| Dean C. Garfield |
/s/ Dean C. Garfield |
Trustee | ||
| Deborah C. Jackson |
/s/ Deborah C. Jackson |
Trustee | ||
| Paul Lorentz |
/s/ Paul Lorentz |
Trustee | ||
| Hassell H. McClellan |
/s/ Hassell H. McClellan |
Trustee | ||
| Steven R. Pruchansky |
/s/ Steven R. Pruchansky |
Trustee | ||
| Frances G. Rathke |
/s/ Frances G. Rathke |
Trustee | ||
| Gregory A. Russo |
/s/ Gregory A. Russo |
Trustee | ||
CONFIDENTIAL