The Fund held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on January 21, 2011. The following action was taken by the shareholders:
Proposal: Election of three (3) Trustees to serve for a three-year term ending at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2014. The votes cast with respect to each Trustee are set forth below.
THE PROPOSAL PASSED ON JANUARY 21, 2011.
Total Votes for the Nominee | Total Votes Withheld | |
from the Nominee | ||
James F. Carlin | 23,015,271 | 695,169 |
William H. Cunningham | 22,962,647 | 747,793 |
Gregory A. Russo | 23,022,786 | 687,654 |
The following eight Trustees were not up for election and remain in office: Deborah C. Jackson, Charles L. Ladner, Stanley Martin, Patti McGill Peterson, Hugh McHaffie, John A. Moore, Steven R. Pruchansky and John G. Vrysen.
AMENDMENT DATED AUGUST 31, 2010 |
TO THE |
AMENDED AND RESTATED |
BY-LAWS OF |
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 |
EACH DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 AS AMENDED |
AND |
AMENDED AND RESTATED |
BY-LAWS OF |
JOHN HANCOCK TAX-ADVANTAGED DIVIDEND INCOME FUND |
DATED DECEMBER 16, 2003 AS AMENDED MARCH 8, 2005 AS AMENDED |
Section 4.3 of ARTICLE IV is hereby amended to read as follows in its entirety:
Section 4.3 Retirement Age. The retirement age for Trustees shall be seventy three and therefore each Trustee shall retire from service on December 31 of the year in which he or she reaches his or her seventy-third birthday.