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                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                  JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
                             SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

As an officer, trustee and/or shareholder of John Hancock Closed-End Funds (the
"Companies")  listed  in  Appendix  A,  the  undersigned  hereby constitutes and
appoints with full power of substitution each of John J. Danello, Kinga
Kapuscinski,  Thomas  M.  Kinzler,  Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Christopher Sechler,
Betsy  Anne  Seel,  Steven  Sunnerberg  and  Andrew  Wilkins, acting singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)  Prepare  and  execute  for  the  undersigned  Forms  3,  4, and 5 and
amendments  thereto  regarding Common Shares of the Companies in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

      (2)  File  any  such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

      (3)  Take any other action which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing.

The  undersigned  acknowledges  that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor
the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

This  Power  of  Attorney  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect until the
undersigned  is  no  longer  required  to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.  This  Power  of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be
necessary or appropriate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 21st day of March, 2014.


                                                            /s/ Andrew G. Arnott
                                                            --------------------
                                                            Andrew G. Arnott

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                                                                      APPENDIX A

                     LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS

John Hancock Emerging Markets Income Fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Floating Rate High Income 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 Strategic Diversified Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund


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