HPF - John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II

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

Nothing on file yet. No large investor has reported a stake in this fund, and the fund has not announced a buy-back, a vote or a closing.

About this fund

• Run by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. Part of the John Hancock Group of Funds fund family. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Size: about $338 million of holdings, as of April 30, 2026. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Borrowing: the fund borrows about 39% on top of its own money, as of April 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• Costs: 1.2% a year in management fees; 4.5% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended July 31, 2025. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Payouts: last fiscal year (ended July 31, 2025) the fund paid $1.48 a share. $1.15 of that was income; $0.33 was your own money back, not income. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (July 31, 2025): $15.88. The shares traded at $16.04, about 1% above that. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: up 2% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +11.1%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended July 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +8.7%. How the share price did: the shares returned +3.8% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of July 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• First reported to the regulator in 2002.

What the fund holds

Mostly preferred shares (55%), the rest bonds. About 90% issued in the U.S.

1. Wells Fargo and Company, WELLS FARGO and CO PREFERRED STOCK 7.5 - 2.6%
2. Bank of America Corp Preferred Stock 7.25 - 2.5%
3. Athene Holding Ltd Preferred Stock Var - 4.2%
4. Vistra Corp Jr Subordina 144A 12/99 Var - 2.2%
5. Venture Global Lng Inc Jr Subordina 144A 12/99 Var - 1.9%
6. Energy Transfer LP Jr Subordina 12/99 Var - 1.9%
7. Cms Energy Corp Preferred Stock 03/79 5.875 - 1.9%
8. Telephone and Data Systems Inc Preferred Stock 6 - 1.8%
9. Citizens Financial Group Inc Jr Subordina 12/99 Var - 1.8%
10. Nrg Energy Inc Jr Subordina 144A 12/99 Var - 1.8%

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