Supplement dated 6-10-2009 to the Statement of Additional Information

Under the “INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES” section, the following paragraph is added:

Investment Companies. To the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief, the Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies in pursuit of its investment objective. This may include investments in money market mutual funds in connection with the Fund’s management of daily cash portions. In addition to the advisory and operational fees the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operation, the Fund and its shareholders will also bear the pro rata portion of each other investment company’s advisory and operational expenses.

Under the heading “INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS,” in the “Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions” subsection, the non-fundamental restriction on investing in other funds is being deleted as approved by the Board of Trustees on June 9, 2009. Therefore, the following non-fundamental restriction is deleted:

Purchase a security if, as a result, (i) more than 10% of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of other investment companies, (ii) the Fund would hold more than 3% of the total outstanding voting securities of any one investment company, or (iii) more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of any one investment company. These limitations do not apply to (a) the investment of cash collateral, received by the Fund in connection with lending of the Fund’s portfolio securities, in the securities of open-end investment companies or (b) the purchase of shares of any investment company in connection with a merger, consolidation, reorganization or purchase of substantially all of the assets of another investment company. Subject to the above percentage limitations, the Fund may, in connection with the John Hancock Group of Funds Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Trustees/Directors, purchase securities of other investment companies within the John Hancock Group of Funds.

THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT

As of May 6, 2009, Michael J. Leary was appointed by the Board of Trustees as Treasurer of the Fund to replace Gordon M. Shone.

	Position(s)	Trustee/
Name, Year of Birth,	Held with	Officer	Principal Occupation(s) and other
and Address (1)	Funds	since	Directorships During Past 5 Years
Principal Officers
who are not Trustees
Michael J. Leary	Treasurer	2009	Vice President, John Hancock Life Insurance
(1965)			Company (U.S.A.) and Assistant Treasurer
			for John Hancock Funds, John Hancock
			Funds II, John Hancock Funds III and John
			Hancock Trust (since 2007); Vice President
			and Director of Fund Administration, JP
			Morgan (2004-2007).

(1) Business address of all Trustees and officers is 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

The following supersedes the supplement for this section filed on May 15, 2009, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and replaces the narrative disclosure in this section concerning the Funds’ investment advisory agreements with the John Hancock Advisers LLC (“JHA” or the “Adviser”), but does not replace any information concerning investment advisory fees payable or paid by the Funds or amend any disclosure concerning the Funds’ subadvisory arrangements. The following also supplements existing disclosure concerning the Funds’ Accounting and Legal Services Agreement with JHA.

Advisory Agreement. The Adviser is a Delaware limited liability corporation whose principal offices are located at 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. The ultimate parent of the Adviser is Manulife Financial Corporation (“MFC”) based in Toronto, Canada. MFC is the holding company of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (the “Life Company”) and its subsidiaries, collectively known as Manulife Financial. The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

The Funds have entered into an investment management contract (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Funds. On April 16, 2009, shareholders of Balanced Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Small Cap Intrinsic Value Fund and Sovereign Investors Fund approved a new form of Advisory Agreement that streamlines and standardizes the advisory agreements across the John Hancock Fund Complex. The new form of Advisory Agreement is effective July 1, 2009. Large Cap Equity Fund will continue to operate under the older form of Advisory Agreement.

As compensation for its advisory services under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser receives a fee from the Trust computed separately for each Fund. The amount of the advisory fee is determined by applying the daily equivalent of an annual fee rate to the net assets of the Fund. On April 16, 2009, the shareholders of Balanced Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Small Cap Intrinsic Value Fund and Sovereign Investors Fund, in approving a new form of Advisory Agreement, also approved provisions that effectively change the frequency with which these Funds (other than Global Opportunities Fund) pay advisory fees from monthly to daily (historically, Global Opportunities Fund has paid advisory fees on a daily basis). Because Large Cap Equity Fund operates under the old form of Advisory Agreement, however, it will continue to pay advisory fees monthly. In any case, because each Fund’s advisory fees have historically been accrued on a daily basis, there is no difference between the amounts that any Fund would have paid if daily payment of advisory fees were in effect in prior periods instead of monthly payment.

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser selects, contracts with, and compensates subadvisers to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Funds. The Adviser monitors each subadviser’s management of the Funds’ investment operations in accordance with the investment objectives and related policies of the Funds, and reviews the performance of such Subadvisers and reports periodically on such performance to the Board.

Each Fund bears all the costs of its organization and operation, including but not limited to expenses of preparing, printing and mailing all shareholders’ reports, notices, Prospectuses, proxy statements and reports to regulatory agencies; expenses relating to the issuance, registration and qualification of shares; government fees; interest charges; expenses of furnishing to shareholders their account statements; taxes; expenses of redeeming shares; brokerage and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio securities transactions; expenses pursuant to a Fund’s plan of distribution; fees and expenses of custodians including those for keeping books and accounts maintaining a committed line of credit and calculating the NAV of shares; fees and expenses of transfer agents and dividend disbursing agents; legal, accounting, financial, management, tax and auditing fees and expenses of the Fund; the compensation and expenses of Trustees who are not otherwise affiliated with the Trust, the Adviser or any of their affiliates; expenses of Trustees’ and shareholders’ meetings; trade association memberships (as explicitly approved by the Trustees); insurance premiums; and any extraordinary expenses.

Securities held by a Fund may also be held by other funds or investment advisory clients for which the Adviser or their respective affiliates provide investment advice. Because of different investment objectives or other factors, a particular security may be bought for one or more funds or clients when one or more other funds or clients are selling the same security. If opportunities for purchase or sale of securities by the Adviser for a Fund or for other funds or clients for which the Adviser renders investment advice arise for consideration at or about the same time, transactions in such securities will be made, insofar as feasible, for the respective funds or clients

in a manner deemed equitable to all of them. To the extent that transactions on behalf of more than one client of the Adviser or their respective affiliates may increase the demand for securities being purchased or the supply of securities being sold, there may be an adverse effect on price.

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by a Fund in connection with the matters to which the Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Adviser in the performance of its duties or from its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.

Under the Advisory Agreement, a Fund may use the name “John Hancock” or any name derived from or similar to it only for so long as the Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment thereof remains in effect. If the Agreement is no longer in effect, the Fund (to the extent that it lawfully can) will cease to use such name or any other name indicating that it is advised by or otherwise connected with the Adviser. In addition, the Adviser or the Life Company may grant the nonexclusive right to use the name “John Hancock” or any similar name to any other corporation or entity, including but not limited to any investment company of which the Life Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof or any successor to the business of any subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall be the investment adviser.

Service Agreement. Effective as of July 1, 2009, the Board approved a new Service Agreement with JHA to replace the prior Accounting and Legal Services Agreement, under which the Funds received Non-Advisory Services. These Non-Advisory Services include, but are not limited to, legal, tax, accounting, valuation, financial reporting and performance, compliance, service provider oversight, portfolio and cash management, SEC filings, graphic design, and other services that are not investment advisory in nature. JHA will be reimbursed for its costs in providing Non-Advisory Services to the Funds under the Service Agreement.

JHA is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Funds in connection with the matters to which the Service Agreement relates, except losses resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by JHA in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by John Hancock of its obligations under the Agreement.

The Service Agreement has an initial term of two years, and may continue thereafter so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Board and a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Trust, on behalf of any or all of the Funds, or JHA may terminate the Agreement at any time without penalty on 60 days’ written notice to the other party. The Agreement may be amended by mutual written agreement of the parties, without obtaining shareholder approval.