EX-99.77C VOTES 2 meetinginvestor.htm SHAREHOLDER MEETING

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Shareholder meeting (unaudited)

On May 18, 2009, an adjourned session of the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of John Hancock Investors Trust was held at 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, for the purpose of considering and voting upon the proposals listed below.

Shareholders of the Fund approved Proposal 1 and Proposal 3 and the votes cast were as follows:

Proposal 1: To elect eleven Trustees to serve until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

				WITHHELD
		FOR		AUTHORITY
James R. Boyle		5,201,198		238,456
James F. Carlin		5,195,751		243,903
William H. Cunningham		5,196,269		243,385
Deborah C. Jackson		5,189,091		250,563
Charles L. Ladner		5,190,728		248,926
Stanley Martin		5,190,449		249,205
Patti McGill Peterson		5,199,059		240,595
John A. Moore		5,191,925		247,729
Steven R. Pruchansky		5,200,562		239,092
Gregory A. Russo		5,204,397		235,257
John G. Vrysen		5,202,867		236,787

*Proposal 2: To amend the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to divide the Board into three classes of Trustees and to provide for shareholder approval of each such class every three years.

For		3,591,994
Against		1,006,917
Withheld		191,365
Broker Non-Votes		649,378

* The proposal to amend the Declaration of Trust did not receive sufficient votes from the Fund’s shareholders.

Proposal 3: To adopt a new form of investment advisory agreement.

For		4,301,103
Against		236,773
Withheld		252,401
Broker Non-Votes		649,377