PDT - John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
A closed-end fund run by John Hancock. Invests in shares and sells options on them. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
No - nobody has reported owning 5% or more of this fund.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
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.
What happened, and when
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Oct 30, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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June 30, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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April 15, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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April 4, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Jan 29, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
Original document →
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 $734 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 34% 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; 4.3% 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 $0.99 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): $13.99. The shares traded at $13.04, about 6.8% below that.
As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Over the last two years the gap ranged from 8.9% below to 2% below. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document → - How the holdings did: up 3.8% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +12.8%. 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 +11%. How the share price did: the shares returned +9.6% 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.
+41%-2%
May 2024April 2026
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (44%), the rest preferred shares and bonds. About 88% issued in the U.S.
- BP P.L.C., BP PLC Adr - 3.4%
- Verizon Communications Inc Common Stock USD.1 - 3%
- Kinder Morgan Inc Common Stock USD.01 - 2.8%
- Oge Energy Corp Common Stock USD.01 - 2.7%
- Duke Energy Corp Common Stock USD.001 - 2.7%
- American Electric Power Company Inc., American Electric Power Co Inc Common Stock USD6.5 - 2.6%
- Firstenergy Corp Common Stock USD.1 - 2.5%
- Entergy Corp Common Stock USD.01 - 2.5%
- Citizens Financial Group Inc Jr Subordina 12/99 Var - 2.4%
- National Grid PLC - 2.4%
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- Ppl Corp Common Stock USD.01 - 2.4%
- Dominion Energy - 2.4%
- Evergy - 2.3%
- Spire Inc Common Stock USD1.0 - 2.3%
- ATandT INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 - 2.3%
- Wells Fargo and Company, WELLS FARGO and CO PREFERRED STOCK 7.5 - 2.3%
- Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Public Service Enterprise Grou Common Stock - 2.2%
- DTE Energy Company, Dte Energy Co Common Stock - 2.2%
- Enbridge - 2.1%
- Eversource Energy Common Stock USD5.0 - 2.1%
- South Bow Corp Common Stock Npv - 2%
- Sempra - 1.9%
- The Southern Company, Southern Co/The Common Stock USD5.0 - 1.7%
- Ugi - 1.6%
- Nisource Inc Common Stock USD.01 - 1.5%
As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
No notices from large investors on file.
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| June 30, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| April 15, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| April 4, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Jan 29, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- John Hancock Investment Management LLC
- Fund family
- John Hancock Group of Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-05908
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 150
- Preferred share classes
- none
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