EX-99.(2)(S) 25 b90494a1exv99wx2yxsy.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY DATE MARCH 6, 2012
John Hancock Investors Trust
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Trustee or Officer of John Hancock Investors Trust* (the “Fund”), a Massachusetts business trust, does hereby appoint John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Thomas M. Kinzler, Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Julie B. Lyman, Patricia A. Morisette, Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel, Steven Sunnerberg and Andrew Wilkins, to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to each of them, and each acting singly, to sign for me, in my name and in the capacity indicated below, any registration statements on Form N-2 to be filed by the Fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any and all exhibits and other documents relating thereto, and any and all amendments to said registration statements, and to do generally all such things in my name and on my behalf in the capacity indicated below to enable the Fund to comply with the 1940 Act, the 1933 Act, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand on this instrument as of the 6th day of March, 2012.

Name |  | Signature |  | Title
Keith F. Hartstein |  | /s/ Keith F. Hartstein |  | President and Chief Executive Officer
Charles A. Rizzo |  | /s/ Charles A. Rizzo |  | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
William H. Cunningham |  | /s/ William H. Cunningham |  | Trustee
Deborah C. Jackson |  | /s/ Deborah C. Jackson |  | Trustee
Stanley Martin |  | /s/ Stanley Martin |  | Trustee
Patti McGill Peterson |  | /s/ Patti McGill Peterson |  | Trustee
Hugh McHaffie |  | /s/ Hugh McHaffie |  | Trustee

#####

Name |  | Signature |  | Title
John A. Moore |  | /s/ John A. Moore |  | Trustee
Steven R. Pruchansky |  | /s/ Steven R. Pruchansky |  | Trustee
Gregory A. Russo |  | /s/ Gregory A. Russo |  | Trustee
John G. Vrysen |  | /s/ John G. Vrysen |  | Trustee

* |  | 1940 Act File No. 811-4173