John Hancock Advisers Releases Portfolio Information for Closed-End Funds

BOSTON, Aug. 8  /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 July 31, 2006. This information is available on John Hancock Funds' web site at http://www.jhfunds.com/. To order a hard copy of this information or additional closed-end fund literature, call [phone].  Investors may also call John Hancock's automated closed-end funds information line, [phone].

  John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund I (NYSE:PDF)
  John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II (NYSE:PDT)
  John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust (NYSE:DIV)
  John Hancock Patriot Global Dividend Fund (NYSE:PGD)
  John Hancock Patriot Preferred Dividend Fund (NYSE:PPF)
  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)
  John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI)
  John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS)
  John Hancock Financial Trends Fund (NASDAQ:JHFT)
  John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund (NYSE:BTO)



John Hancock Funds, the mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial Services, offers a broad array of investment products, including open-end and closed-end funds, privately managed accounts, 529 plans and retirement accounts to retail and institutional investors.  As of June 30, 2006, investors entrusted John Hancock Funds with $47.5 billion in assets. Additional information about John Hancock Funds can be found on the website: http://www.jhfunds.com/.

About Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial is 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$370 billion (US$332 billion) as at June 30, 2006.

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 http://www.manulife.com/. 

DATASOURCE: John Hancock Advisers, LLC



CONTACT:  Kimberley Dietrich [phone] or Investors:

[phone], both of John Hancock 



Web site: http://www.jhfunds.com/

http://www.manulife.com/ 

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