John Hancock Advisers Releases Portfolio Information for Closed-End Funds

BOSTON, July 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 June 30, 2007. 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 II (NYSE:PDT)
  John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust (NYSE:DIV)
  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)



The Boston-based mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial Services, John Hancock Funds manages more than $56 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual and institutional investors at March 31, 2007. For more information, please visit http://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$426 billion (US$370 billion) at March 31, 2007. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial may 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 Advisers, LLC



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

http://www.manulife.com/ 

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