<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001228616-22-000019.txt : 20220204
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228616-22-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220204
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220204
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220204

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pigott Arthur
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001908719

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04186
		FILM NUMBER:		22592586

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK
		STREET 2:		200 BERKELEY STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHN HANCOCK INCOME SECURITIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759866
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		200 BERKELEY STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-663-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		200 BERKELEY STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK JOHN INCOME SECURITIES TRUST /MA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <signatureName>Ariel Ayanna, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-04</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                  JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
                             SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

As an officer of John Hancock Investment Management LLC, the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna,
Sarah Coutu, Thomas Dee, John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J.
Kolokithas, Suzanne Lambert, Ed Macdonald, Mara Moldwin, Harsha Pulluru,
Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, 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 John Hancock Closed-End
Funds (the "Companies") listed in Appendix A 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 20th day of January 2022.


                                              /s/ Arthur Pigott
                                              -----------------------------
                                              Arthur Pigott

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                                                                 APPENDIX A

                     LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS


John Hancock Financial Opportunities 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 Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

                                     - 2 -

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