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JOHN HANCOCK PATRIOT PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND II
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDER:
We are pleased that you have chosen to invest in John Hancock Patriot Premium
Dividend Fund II and are happy to offer you a Plan for the reinvestment of your
dividends and net capital gains distributions in shares of the Fund. The
features of the Plan are described in this brochure.

If you decide to use this service, Mellon Bank, N.A., as your Plan Agent, will
automatically invest your dividends and net capital gains distributions in
shares of the Fund for your account.

This service is entirely voluntary and, subject to the terms of the Plan, you
may join or withdraw at any time.

We invite you to review the Plan. If you wish to participate and your shares are
held in your own name, complete and mail the authorization form to Mellon Bank,
N.A., c/o Mellon Investor Services, P. O. Box 3339, South Hackensack, NJ 07606-
1939, or notify the Agent by telephone or by visiting the Plan Agent'sWeb site
at www.melloninvestor.com. If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage
firm, bank or other nominee, you should contact your nominee to see if they will
participate in the Plan on your behalf. If you wish to participate in the Plan,
but your brokerage firm, bank or other nominee is unable to participate on your
behalf, you should request to re-register your shares in your own name, which
will enable your participation in the Plan.

Sincerely,
Keith F. Hartstein
President and Chief Executive Officer

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WHAT IS THE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN?
The Dividend Reinvestment Plan offers shareholders of John Hancock Patriot
Premium Dividend Fund II a prompt and simple way to reinvest their dividend and
net capital gains distributions in shares of the Fund. The Fund will declare
monthly dividends out of net income.

Mellon Bank, N.A. acts as Plan Agent for shareholders in administering the Plan.
Certain administrative support will be provided to the Plan Agent by Mellon
Investor Services, a registered transfer agent. The complete Terms and
Conditions of the Plan appear later in this brochure.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN?
If you own shares in your own name, you can participate directly in the Plan. If
you own shares that are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank or other
nominee, you should instruct your nominee to participate on your behalf. IF YOU
WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN, BUT YOUR BROKERAGE FIRM, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE
IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON YOUR BEHALF, YOU SHOULD REQUEST TO RE-REGISTER YOUR
SHARES IN YOUR OWN NAME, WHICH WILL ENABLE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PLAN.

The Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of shares
certified from time to time by you as representing the total amount registered
in your name and held for your account by your nominee.

HOW DOES THE PLAN WORK?
If you choose to participate in the Plan, your dividends and net capital gains
distributions will be promptly invested for you, automatically increasing your
holdings in the Fund. If the Fund declares a dividend or net capital gains
distribution payable either in cash or in shares of the Fund, and the market
price of shares on the valuation date equals or exceeds the net asset value, the
Fund will issue new shares to you at the greater of net asset value or 95% of
the current market price. If the market price is lower than net asset value, or
if dividends or net capital gains distributions are payable only in cash, then
you will receive shares purchased by the Plan Agent on your behalf, on the New
York Stock Exchange or otherwise on the open market. If the market price exceeds
net asset value before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases, the average
purchase price may exceed net asset value, resulting in fewer shares being
acquired than if the Fund had issued new shares. All reinvestments are in full
and fractional shares, carried to four decimal places.

To enroll in the Plan, please review the Terms and Conditions in this brochure.
Your participation in the Plan will begin with the next dividend or net capital
gains distribution payable after Mellon Bank, N.A. receives your authorization,
provided it is received prior to the record date. Should your authorization
arrive after the record date, your participation in the Plan will begin with the
following dividend or distribution.

IS THERE A COST TO PARTICIPATE?
There are no brokerage charges for shares issued directly by the Fund. However,
whenever shares are purchased on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise on the
open market, each participant will pay a pro rata portion of brokerage
commissions. Brokerage charges for purchasing shares through the Plan are
expected to be lower than the annual brokerage charges for individual
transactions, because the Plan Agent will purchase shares for all participants
in blocks, resulting in lower commissions for each individual participant.
Brokerage commissions will be deducted from amounts to be invested.

WHAT ARE THE TAX IMPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS?
The automatic reinvestment of dividends and net capital gains distributions does
not relieve you of any income tax which may be payable on dividends or
distributions. The amount of the dividend to be reported on Form 1099-DIV should
be (1) in the case of shares issued by the Fund, the fair market value of such
shares on the dividend payment date, and (2) in the case of shares purchased by
the Plan Agent in the open market, the amount of cash used to purchase them

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(including the amount of cash allocated to brokerage commissions paid on such
purchases). You will receive tax information annually for your personal records
and to help you prepare your federal income tax return.

ONCE ENROLLED IN THE PLAN, MAY I WITHDRAW FROM IT?
You may withdraw from the Plan at any time by contacting the Plan Agent by
telephone, in writing or by visiting the Plan Agent's Web site at
www.melloninvestor.com. Your withdrawal will be effective as specified in
Paragraph 10 of the Terms and Conditions.

If you withdraw, you will receive, without charge, share certificates issued in
your name for all full shares; or, if you wish, Mellon Bank, N.A. will sell your
shares and send you the proceeds, less a service fee of $5.00 and less brokerage
commissions. Mellon Bank, N.A. will convert any fractional shares you hold at
the time of your withdrawal to cash at current market price and send you a check
for the proceeds.

HOW DO PARTICIPATING SHAREHOLDERS BENEFIT?
You will build holdings in the Fund easily and automatically, at no brokerage
cost or at reduced brokerage costs.

You will receive a detailed account statement from Mellon Bank, N.A., your Plan
Agent, showing total dividends and distributions, date of investment, shares
acquired and price per share, and total shares of record held by you and by the
Plan Agent for you. You will receive a proxy for your existing shares as well as
the shares purchased for you by the Plan Agent according to the Plan.

As long as you participate in the Plan, Mellon Bank, N.A., as your Plan Agent,
will hold the shares it has acquired for you in safekeeping, in noncertificated
form. This convenience provides added protection against loss, theft or
inadvertent destruction of certificates. However, you may request that a
certificate representing your full reinvested shares be issued to you.

WHOM SHOULD I CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? If you hold shares in your own
name, you may address all notices, correspondence, questions or other
communications regarding the Plan to the following:

TELEPHONE
Customer Service (within the U.S. and Canada): 1-800-852-0218

International Telephone Inquiries: 1-201-329-8660

An automated voice response system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Customer Service Representatives are available from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., ET,
Monday through Friday (except holidays).

INTERNET
You can enroll in the program, obtain information, and perform certain
transactions on your Fund account online via Investor
ServiceDirect{reg-trade-mark}. To gain access, you will need a password, which
you may establish when you visit the Web site. If you have forgotten your
password, call 1-877-978-7778 to have it reset.

To access Investor ServiceDirect{reg-trade-mark}, please visit the Mellon
Investor Services Web site at www.melloninvestor.com.

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IN WRITING
You may also write to the Agent at the following address:

Mellon Bank, N.A.
c/o Mellon Investor Services
P. O. Box 3338 South Hackensack, NJ 07606-1938

Be sure to include your name, address, daytime telephone number, social security
or tax I.D. number and a reference to the John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend
Fund II on all correspondence.

If your shares are not held in your name, you should contact your brokerage
firm, bank or other nominee for more information and to see if your nominee will
participate in the plan on your behalf.

JOHN HANCOCK PATRIOT PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND II AND MELLON BANK, N.A. MAY AMEND OR
TERMINATE THE PLAN. PARTICIPANTS WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTICE AT LEAST
90 DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANY AMENDMENT. IN THE CASE OF TERMINATION,
PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTICE AT LEAST 90 DAYS BEFORE THE RECORD DATE
FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY DIVIDEND OR NET CAPITAL GAINS DISTRIBUTION BY THE FUND.

             TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

Please study the information and the Terms and Conditions of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan carefully to determine which alternative is best for you. You
may also want to review the Dividends and Distributions section of the John
Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II Prospectus or contact the Plan Agent.

1. You, Mellon Bank, N.A., will act as Agent (the "Plan Agent") for me, and will
open an account for me under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") in the
same name as my present shares are registered, and put the Plan into effect for
me as of the first record date for a dividend or capital gains distribution.

2. Whenever John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II (the "Fund") declares
any dividend or capital gains distribution and the market price of the common
shares on the payment date for the distribution or dividend payable is equal to
or exceeds its net asset value as determined on the payment date, the Fund will
issue, and you will receive as my agent, common shares at a value equal to the
higher of net asset value or 95% of the market price. The number of additional
shares to be credited to my account shall be determined by dividing the
equivalent dollar amount of the distribution or dividend payable to me by the
higher of net asset value or 95% of the market price.

3. Whenever the Fund declares any dividend or capital gains distribution and the
net asset value per share of the common shares exceeds the market price of the
common shares on the dividend payment date, or if the Board of Directors
declares a dividend payable only in cash, you will, as agent for me, apply the
amount of such dividend or distribution payable to me (less my pro rata share of
brokerage commissions incurred with respect to open-market purchases in
connection with the reinvestment of such dividend or distribution) to the
purchase on the open market of shares for my account. Such purchases will be
made on or shortly after the payable date for such dividend or distribution, and
in no event later than the day preceding the next ex-dividend date except where
temporary curtailment or suspension of purchase is necessary to comply with
applicable provisions of federal securities laws.

4. For all purposes of the Plan: (a) the market price of the Fund's shares on a
particular date shall be the last sales price on the New York Stock Exchange on
that date, or, if there is no sale on such exchange on that date, then the mean

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between the closing bid and asked quotations for such shares on such exchange on
such date and (b) the net asset value per share of the Fund's shares on a
particular date shall be as determined by or on behalf of the Fund.

5. Open-market purchases provided for above may be made on any securities
exchange where the Fund's shares are traded, in the over-the-counter market or
in negotiated transactions, and may be on such terms as to price, delivery and
otherwise as you shall determine. It is understood that, in any event, you shall
have no liability in connection with any inability to purchase shares within 30
days after the initial date of such purchases as herein provided, or with the
timing of any purchases effected. You shall have no responsibility as to the
value of the Fund's shares acquired for my account. For the purposes of
purchases in the open market, you may aggregate my purchases with those of other
shareholders of the Fund for whom you similarly act as Plan Agent, and the
average price (including brokerage commissions) of all shares purchased by you
as Plan Agent shall be the price per share allocable to me in connection
therewith.

6. You may hold my shares acquired, together with the shares of other
shareholders of the Fund acquired pursuant to similar authorizations, in
noncertificated form in your name or that of your nominee. You will forward to
me any proxy solicitation material and will vote any shares so held for me only
in accordance with the proxy returned by me to the Fund. Upon my request, you
will deliver to me, without charge, a certificate or certificates for the full
shares.

7. You will confirm to me each acquisition made for my account as soon as
practicable but not later than 60 days after the date thereof. Although I may
from time to time have an undivided fractional interest (computed to four
decimal places) in a share of the Fund, no certificate for a fractional share
will be issued. However, dividends and distributions on fractional shares will
be credited to my account. In the event of termination of my account under the
Plan, you will adjust for any such undivided fractional interest in cash at the
market value of the Fund's shares at the time of termination, less the pro rata
expense of any sale required to make such an adjustment.

8. Any share dividends or split shares distributed by the Fund on shares held by
you for me will be credited to my account. In the event that the Fund makes
available to its shareholders rights to purchase additional shares or other
securities, the shares held for me under the Plan will be added to other shares
held by me in calculating the number of rights to be issued to me.

9. Your service fee for handling capital gains distributions or income dividends
will be paid by the Fund. I will be charged a pro rata share of brokerage
commissions on all open-market purchases.

10. I may terminate my account under the Plan by notifying you in writing, by
telephone or by visiting your Web site at www.melloninvestor.com. Such
termination will be effective immediately if my notice is received by you prior
to any dividend or distribution record date; otherwise such termination will be
effective on the first trading day after the payment date for such dividend or
distribution, with respect to any subsequent dividend or distribution. The Plan
may be terminated by you or the Fund upon notice in writing mailed to me at
least 90 days prior to any record date for the payment of any dividend or
distribution by the Fund. Upon any termination, you will cause a certificate or
certificates for the full shares held for me under the Plan and cash adjustment
for any fraction to be delivered to me without charge. If I elect by notice to
you in advance of such termination to have you sell part or all of my shares and
remit the proceeds to me, you are authorized to deduct from the proceeds a $5.00
fee plus brokerage commission for this transaction.

11. After terminating my account under the Plan, I may reopen my account at any
time by notifying you in writing, by telephone or by visiting your Web site. In
such case, you will reopen my account in the same manner as set forth in
Paragraph 1 above and will put the Plan into effect for me as of the first
record date for a dividend or capital gains distribution after you receive
authorization from me.

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12. These Terms and Conditions may be amended or supplemented by you or the Fund
at any time or times but, except when necessary or appropriate to comply with
applicable law or the rules or policies of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other regulatory authority, only by mailing to me appropriate
written notice at least 90 days prior to the effective date thereof. The
amendment or supplement shall be deemed to be accepted by me unless, prior to
the effective date thereof, you receive notice of the termination of my account
under the Plan. Any such amendment may include an appointment by you in your
place and stead of a successor Plan Agent under these Terms and Conditions, with
full power and authority to perform all or any of the acts to be performed by
the Plan Agent under these Terms and Conditions. Upon any such appointment of
any Plan Agent for the purpose of receiving dividends and distributions, the
Fund will be authorized to pay such successor Plan Agent, for my account, all
dividends and distributions payable on shares of the Fund held in my name or
under the Plan for retention or application by such successor Plan Agent as
provided in these Terms and Conditions.

13. You shall at all times act in good faith and agree to use your best efforts
within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of all services performed under
this Agreement and to comply with applicable law, but assume no responsibility
and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to errors unless such error is
caused by your negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or that of your
employees.

14. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.



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