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 Bank and Thr
August 26, 2009

The Funds announced today the earnings for the three months ended July 31, 2009. The same data for the comparable three month period ended July 31, 2008 is also available below.

                                  Three Months Ended 7/31/2009
                                  ----------------------------
                    Current
                    Fiscal     Net       Per              Total       Common
            Fund     Year   Investment  Common             Net        Shares
    Ticker  Name      End     Income    Share    NAV     Assets    Outstanding
    ------  ----      ---    ------     -----    ---     ------    -----------
          Preferred
           Income
    HPI    Fund       7/31  $9,704,077  $0.375 $16.32 $631,439,394* 25,901,361
          Preferred
           Income
    HPF    Fund II    7/31  $7,910,147  $0.373 $16.22 $513,245,683* 21,182,284
          Preferred
           Income
    HPS    Fund III   7/31  $9,923,001  $0.316 $14.05 $655,060,446* 31,438,217
          Patriot
           Premium
           Dividend
    PDT    II        10/31 $10,258,365  $0.205  $9.43 $706,023,656* 49,969,927
          Income
           Securities
    JHS    Trust     10/31  $2,636,275  $0.230 $12.23 $198,118,833* 11,459,332
          Investors
    JHI    Trust     10/31  $2,874,892  $0.342 $16.31 $199,952,414*  8,414,865
          Bank and
           Thrift
           Oppor-
    BTO    tunity    10/31  $1,189,946  $0.057 $15.93 $333,560,798  20,941,400
          Tax-
           Advantaged
           Global
           Share-
           holder
    HTY    Yield     10/31  $2,205,473  $0.236 $12.60 $117,647,991   9,337,600
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                                  Three Months Ended 7/31/2008
                                  ----------------------------
                    Current
                    Fiscal     Net       Per              Total       Common
            Fund     Year   Investment  Common             Net        Shares
    Ticker  Name      End     Income    Share    NAV     Assets    Outstanding
    ------  ----      ---    ------     -----    ---     ------    -----------
          Preferred
           Income
    HPI    Fund       7/31  $9,508,900  $0.368 $18.28 $695,093,543* 25,826,164
          Preferred
           Income
    HPF    Fund II    7/31  $7,637,101  $0.362 $18.26 $569,826,619* 21,125,906
          Preferred
           Income
    HPS    Fund III   7/31 $12,408,447  $0.397 $17.29 $793,808,549* 31,280,764
          Patriot
           Premium
           Dividend
    PDT    II        10/31 $10,857,749  $0.196 $10.17 $828,323,435* 55,368,340
          Income
           Securities
    JHS    Trust     10/31  $3,809,695  $0.335 $13.01 $218,105,045* 11,386,709
          Investors
    JHI    Trust     10/31  $3,963,750  $0.475 $17.74 $218,875,997*  8,336,642
          Bank and
           Thrift
           Oppor-
    BTO    tunity    10/31  $3,423,904  $0.041  $5.35 $451,912,672  84,400,000
          Tax-
           Advantaged
           Global
           Share-
           holder
    HTY    Yield     10/31  $3,009,877  $0.322 $15.84 $148,143,867   9,350,000
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    *Total net assets include assets attributable to borrowings under Credit
    Facility Agreement

About John Hancock Funds

The Boston-based mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Funds manages more than $42.9 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual and institutional investors at June 30, 2009.

About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial Corporation

John Hancock Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as 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$421 billion (US$362 billion) at June 30, 2009.

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 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 www.johnhancock.com.