EX-99.(2)(S) 25 b90494a1exv99wx2yxsy.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY DATE MARCH 6, 2012

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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