0001228616-16-000062.txt : 20160504 0001228616-16-000062.hdr.sgml : 20160504 20160504111552 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001228616-16-000062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160503 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160504 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001496749 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-344-1029 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Billick Angela CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001673607 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22441 FILM NUMBER: 161618004 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK STREET 2: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-05-03 1 0001496749 John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund HEQ 0001673607 Billick Angela C/O JOHN HANCOCK 601 CONGRESS STREET BOSTON MA 02210 0 1 0 0 Vice President of the Adviser Kinga Kapuscinski, by Power of Attorney 2016-05-04 EX-24 2 billickpoa2016conformed100.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES SECTION 16(a) FILINGS As an officer of John Hancock Advisers, LLC, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna, Thomas Dee, John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Suzanne Lambert, Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, acting singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) Prepare and execute for the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto regarding Common Shares of the John Hancock Closed-End Funds (the "Companies") listed in Appendix A in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) File any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) Take any other action which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be necessary or appropriate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26 day of April, 2016. /s/ Angela Billick -------------------------------------- Angela Billick APPENDIX A LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS John Hancock Emerging Markets Income Fund John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund John Hancock Floating Rate High Income Fund John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund John Hancock Income Securities Trust John Hancock Investors Trust John Hancock Preferred Income Fund John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund John Hancock Strategic Diversified Income Fund John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund - 2 -