BTO - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund

What this means for you

No investor has reported owning 5% or more of this fund. That is the normal state for most closed-end funds.

Nothing is required of you. If that changes, the notice appears here within a day of being filed with the regulator.

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What happened, and when

1. Aug 29, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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2. June 30, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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3. March 13, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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4. Nov 27, 2024

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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5. Oct 18, 2024

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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About this fund

• Run by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. Part of the John Hancock Group of Funds fund family. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Size: about $804 million of holdings, as of June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Borrowing: the fund borrows about 14% on top of its own money, as of June 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Costs: 1.2% a year in management fees; 2.4% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025) the fund paid $2.60 a share. $0.75 of that was income; $1.85 came from gains. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Dec 31, 2025): $36.04. The shares traded at $35.08, about 2.7% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
  Over the last two years the gap ranged from 4.1% below to 4.7% above. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: up 11.7% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +19.4%. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +10.7%. How the share price did: the shares returned +6% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• First reported to the regulator in 1994.

What the fund holds

Mostly shares (93%), the rest preferred shares and bonds. About 94% issued in the U.S.

1. Old National Bancorp/In - 2.3%
2. Pinnacle Financial Partners in Common Stock USD1.0 - 2.2%
3. Popular Inc Common Stock USD.01 - 1.9%
4. Citizens Financial Group Inc Common Stock USD.01 - 1.7%
5. Wsfs Financial Corp Common Stock USD.01 - 1.7%
6. Zions Bancorporation National Association, Zions Bancorp Na Common Stock USD.001 - 1.7%
7. Hancock Whitney Corp Common Stock USD3.33 - 1.7%
8. MandT BANK CORP COMMON STOCK USD.5 - 1.7%
9. Ameris Bancorp Common Stock USD1.0 - 1.7%
10. Renasant Corp Common Stock USD5.0 - 1.6%

As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →