An anonymous director reports

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS

The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed herein of Manulife Financial Corp. declared their quarterly distributions today.

            DATES

Declaration date March 2, 2015 
Ex date          March 10, 2015
Record date      March 12, 2015
Payment date     March 31, 2015

                                         DISTRIBUTIONS
                                                                                       Annualized 
                                                  Change from                             current
Ticker Fund name                    Distribution     previous  Market price as  distribution rate
                                       per share distribution of Feb. 27, 2015          at market

BTO    Financial Opportunities Fund      $0.2961           --           $22.97               5.16%

HEQ    Hedged Equity & Income Fund       $0.3760           --           $16.90               8.90%
JHI    Investors Trust                   $0.3665     ($0.0432)          $18.36               7.98%
JHS    Income Securities Trust           $0.2200     ($0.0211)          $14.35               6.13%
HTY    Tax-Advantaged Global
       Shareholder Yield Fund            $0.3200           --           $12.62              10.14%

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund

Financial Opportunities Fund declared its quarterly distribution pursuant to the fund's managed distribution plan. Under the BTO plan, the fund makes quarterly distributions in a fixed amount of 29.61 cents per share, which will be paid quarterly until further notice. This amount was based upon an annual distribution rate of 6.50 per cent of the fund's net asset value of $18.22 on July 31, 2012, at the time the BTO plan was last amended. Distributions under the BTO plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital. The BTO plan intends to finance each distribution, to the extent possible, in a tax-advantaged manner through the realization of long-term capital gains, where the distribution amount exceeds net investment income. The fund will seek to realize capital gains for this purpose in a manner which the adviser and subadviser believe is consistent with prudent portfolio management and the investment objective, policies and restrictions of the fund. The fund may also make additional distributions: (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular quarterly distributions. The board may amend the terms of the BTO plan or terminate the BTO plan at any time.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund

Hedged Equity & Income Fund declared its quarterly distribution pursuant to the fund's managed distribution plan. Under the HEQ plan, the fund makes quarterly distributions in a fixed amount of 37.60 cents per share, which will be paid quarterly until further notice. This fixed amount was based upon an annual distribution rate of 8.00 per cent of the fund's net asset value of $18.80 on Aug. 31, 2013, at the time the HEQ plan was last amended. Distributions under the HEQ plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital. The fund may also make additional distributions: (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment-company taxable income and net capital gain of the fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular quarterly distributions. The board may amend the terms of the HEQ plan or terminate the HEQ plan at any time.

A portion of a fund's current distribution may include sources other than net investment income, including a return of capital. Investors should understand that a return of capital is not a distribution from income or gains of a fund. As required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, a notice with the estimated components of the distribution will be mailed to shareholders at the time of payment if it does not consist solely of net investment income. At this time, one or more funds anticipate that the notice accompanying the current distribution will include an estimate of return of capital. Such notice will also be posted to the funds' website. The notice should not be used to prepare tax returns as the estimates indicated in the notice may differ from the ultimate federal income tax characterization of distributions. After the end of each calendar year, investors will be sent a Form 1099-DIV informing them how to report distributions received during that year for federal income tax purposes.

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