JHS - John Hancock Income Securities Trust

What this means for you

One or more large investors own more than 5% of this fund but have told the regulator they are not seeking changes. That is common for banks, brokers and index funds that hold shares for their clients.

Nothing is required of you. If an investor changes its mind, it must file a new notice within days, and it will show up here.

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What happened, and when

1. Aug 14, 2026

   1607 Capital cut its stake to 6.8% (from 10%), as a passive investor.

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2. Aug 14, 2026

   Karpus now owns 7.3%, as a passive investor.

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3. Feb 13, 2026

   1607 Capital cut its stake to 10% (from 10.4%), as a passive investor.

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4. July 7, 2025

   Sit Investment raised its stake to 26.8% (from 21.8%), as a passive investor.

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5. March 4, 2025

   1607 Capital raised its stake to 10.4% (from 9.6%), as a passive investor.

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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 Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Size: about $142 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 40% 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: 0.9% a year in management fees; 4.4% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025) the fund paid $0.62 a share, all of it income. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $12.45. The shares traded at $11.54, about 7.3% below that. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: down 4.6% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +3.2%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
• How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +8.4%. How the share price did: the shares returned +6.8% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• First reported to the regulator in 1994.

What the fund holds

Mostly bonds (52%), the rest mortgage bonds and asset-backed bonds. About 90% issued in the U.S.

1. United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bo 08/45 4.875 - 2%
2. Freddie Mac Pool Fr 09/52 Fixed 4.5 - 1.9%
3. Fannie Mae Pool Fn 11/52 Fixed Var - 1.6%
4. Cash and short-term - 1.2%
5. United States Treasury Note/Bond, United States Treasury Note/Bo 11/55 4.625 - 1.2%
6. Freddie Mac Pool Fr 11/52 Fixed 5.5 - 2.3%
7. Freddie Mac Pool Fr 07/52 Fixed 4.5 - 1.1%
8. Fannie Mae Pool Fn 01/53 Fixed Var - 1.1%
9. Freddie Mac Pool Fr 11/52 Fixed 5 - 1%
10. Fannie Mae Pool Fn 04/53 Fixed Var - 0.9%

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