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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001133228-21-000523
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210129

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759828
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04173
		FILM NUMBER:		21571485

	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 INVESTORS TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Amendment No. ______)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Filed by the Registrant &#9746;<BR>
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant &#9744;<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Check the appropriate box:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 97%; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Preliminary Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting Material Under &sect;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt"><B>JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST</B><BR>
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy
Statement, if other than the Registrant)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0pt">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">No fee required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 94%; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Total fee paid:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">1) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amount Previously Paid:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">2) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Party:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">4) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date Filed:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 4pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>John Hancock Investment Management LLC</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">200 Berkeley Street</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Boston, Massachusetts 02116-2805</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Media Contact:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Gordon Haight</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">(617) 572-0034</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; color: black"><B><U>NEWS</U></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 6pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 6pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Investor Contact: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 6pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">(800) 843-0090</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ANNOUNCE UPDATE REGARDING ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER
MEETING</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>BOSTON, MA (January 29, 2021) </B>&ndash;
The ten John Hancock closed-end funds listed below announced today that, because of the public health concerns regarding the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, each fund&rsquo;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;) has been changed
to a telephonic meeting format and will no longer allow for in-person participation:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BTO)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Hedged Equity &amp; Income Fund (NYSE: HEQ)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE: JHS)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE: JHI)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE: HPI)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE: HPF)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE: HPS)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE: HTD)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">&bull;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 107%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%">John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund (NYSE: HTY)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">As previously announced, the Annual Meeting
will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be conducted telephonically and
there will be no physical location for the Meeting. To participate in the meeting, you must email <U>shareholdermeetings@computershare.com</U> no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2021, and provide your full name and address. You will then receive an
email from Computershare Shareowner Services, LLC (&ldquo;Computershare&rdquo;), the funds&rsquo; transfer agent, containing
the conference call dial-in information and instructions for participating in the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If you hold your shares through an intermediary,
such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend the Annual Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your
proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare. You may forward
an email from your intermediary or attach an image of your legal proxy to <U>shareholdermeetings@computershare.com</U>. Requests
for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2021. You will then receive an email from
Computershare containing the conference call dial-in information and instructions for participating in the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><I>Statements in this press release that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and
relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond
the Fund&rsquo;s control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><I>An investor should consider a Fund&rsquo;s investment objectives,
risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial</B></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">John Hancock is a division of Manulife Financial Corporation, a
leading international financial services group that helps people achieve their dreams and aspirations by putting customers&rsquo;
needs first and providing the right advice and solutions. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and as Manulife
elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups, and institutions.
Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were over CAD$1.3 trillion (US$943 billion) as of
September 30, 2020. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife
can be found at <U>manulife.com</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock
supports approximately 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments,
401(k) plans, and education savings plans. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com.</P>
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