UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-00560
John Hancock Investment Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Salvatore Schiavone
Treasurer
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-543-9634
Date of fiscal year end: | March 31 |
Date of reporting period: | September 30, 2023 |
ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
The Registrant prepared the following semiannual reports to shareholders for the period ended September 30, 2023:
•John Hancock Diversified Real Assets Fund
•John Hancock Fundamental Equity Income Fund
•John Hancock Mid Cap Growth Fund
United States and Europe
Manulife Investment Management
John Hancock Investment Management
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 1 |
2 | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 9/30/2023 (% of net assets) | |
Prologis, Inc. | 3.2 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.9 |
Shell PLC | 2.6 |
Chevron Corp. | 2.4 |
Equinix, Inc. | 2.4 |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 1.8 |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. | 1.7 |
ConocoPhillips | 1.7 |
Welltower, Inc. | 1.6 |
TotalEnergies SE | 1.5 |
TOTAL | 21.8 |
Cash and cash equivalents are not included. |
COUNTRY COMPOSITION AS OF 9/30/2023 (% of net assets) | |
United States | 55.6 |
Canada | 18.9 |
United Kingdom | 6.9 |
Japan | 3.5 |
Australia | 3.3 |
France | 3.2 |
Norway | 1.2 |
Hong Kong | 1.0 |
Other countries | 6.4 |
TOTAL | 100.0 |
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 3 |
4 | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT |
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 5 |
Account value on 4-1-2023 | Ending value on 9-30-2023 | Expenses paid during period ended 9-30-20231 | Annualized expense ratio | ||
Class NAV | Actual expenses/actual returns | $1,000.00 | $992.90 | $4.33 | 0.87% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,020.70 | 4.40 | 0.87% |
1 | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
6 | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT |
Shares | Value | ||||
Common stocks 98.1% | $961,685,310 | ||||
(Cost $795,710,221) | |||||
Communication services 1.4% | 14,137,877 | ||||
Diversified telecommunication services 0.8% | |||||
Cellnex Telecom SA (A)(B) | 78,472 | 2,729,413 | |||
JTOWER, Inc. (B)(C) | 33,100 | 1,358,491 | |||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | 2,995,125 | 3,545,136 | |||
Wireless telecommunication services 0.6% | |||||
KDDI Corp. | 106,800 | 3,269,199 | |||
SK Telecom Company, Ltd. | 83,990 | 3,235,638 | |||
Consumer discretionary 1.3% | 13,037,884 | ||||
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 0.8% | |||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A | 37,394 | 3,966,756 | |||
Oriental Land Company, Ltd. | 39,180 | 1,285,404 | |||
Whitbread PLC | 34,177 | 1,438,617 | |||
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. | 14,240 | 1,315,918 | |||
Household durables 0.5% | |||||
Kaufman & Broad SA | 17,192 | 500,947 | |||
Sekisui House, Ltd. | 126,600 | 2,519,522 | |||
Sumitomo Forestry Company, Ltd. | 16,600 | 421,034 | |||
The Berkeley Group Holdings PLC | 31,832 | 1,589,686 | |||
Consumer staples 0.1% | 972,094 | ||||
Consumer staples distribution and retail 0.1% | |||||
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. | 19,141 | 972,094 | |||
Energy 35.2% | 344,796,470 | ||||
Energy equipment and services 2.9% | |||||
Aker Solutions ASA | 144,753 | 582,449 | |||
Baker Hughes Company | 57,946 | 2,046,653 | |||
ChampionX Corp. | 34,564 | 1,231,170 | |||
Enerflex, Ltd. (C) | 158,088 | 907,849 | |||
Halliburton Company | 175,566 | 7,110,423 | |||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 27,899 | 1,176,222 | |||
Noble Corp. PLC | 24,219 | 1,226,692 | |||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (C) | 139,573 | 1,931,690 | |||
Schlumberger, Ltd. | 176,908 | 10,313,736 | |||
TechnipFMC PLC | 90,159 | 1,833,834 | |||
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 32.3% | |||||
Advantage Energy, Ltd. (B) | 180,659 | 1,232,990 | |||
Aker BP ASA | 86,726 | 2,394,683 | |||
Antero Resources Corp. (B) | 28,960 | 735,005 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 7 |
Shares | Value | ||||
Energy (continued) | |||||
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued) | |||||
ARC Resources, Ltd. | 131,178 | $2,093,826 | |||
BP PLC | 2,324,396 | 14,982,996 | |||
Cameco Corp. | 202,710 | 8,042,733 | |||
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. | 264,349 | 17,095,834 | |||
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | 592,340 | 12,333,057 | |||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 10,313 | 1,711,545 | |||
Chevron Corp. | 141,140 | 23,799,027 | |||
ConocoPhillips | 137,230 | 16,440,154 | |||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 164,122 | 4,439,500 | |||
Denbury, Inc. (B) | 12,887 | 1,263,055 | |||
Devon Energy Corp. | 101,346 | 4,834,204 | |||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 32,008 | 4,957,399 | |||
Enbridge, Inc. (C) | 32,449 | 1,076,982 | |||
Energy Fuels, Inc. (B)(C) | 59,455 | 488,509 | |||
Enerplus Corp. | 169,336 | 2,979,665 | |||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 73,892 | 9,366,550 | |||
EQT Corp. | 157,286 | 6,382,666 | |||
Equinor ASA | 214,325 | 7,023,870 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 238,284 | 28,017,434 | |||
Galp Energia SGPS SA | 256,304 | 3,796,407 | |||
Hess Corp. | 32,948 | 5,041,044 | |||
Imperial Oil, Ltd. | 64,382 | 3,965,543 | |||
Kelt Exploration, Ltd. (B) | 281,855 | 1,504,472 | |||
Keyera Corp. | 105,545 | 2,478,064 | |||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 63,680 | 9,637,331 | |||
MEG Energy Corp. (B) | 135,042 | 2,627,764 | |||
Neste OYJ | 25,323 | 857,655 | |||
NexGen Energy, Ltd. (B)(C) | 464,039 | 2,777,572 | |||
NuVista Energy, Ltd. (B) | 157,127 | 1,503,884 | |||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 89,567 | 5,811,107 | |||
Pembina Pipeline Corp. | 133,200 | 4,005,071 | |||
Phillips 66 | 52,060 | 6,255,009 | |||
Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 52,172 | 11,976,083 | |||
Shell PLC | 794,675 | 25,186,759 | |||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 389,915 | 13,409,114 | |||
Targa Resources Corp. | 43,934 | 3,766,022 | |||
TC Energy Corp. (C) | 54,804 | 1,884,701 | |||
The Williams Companies, Inc. | 224,510 | 7,563,742 | |||
Topaz Energy Corp. | 47,733 | 753,115 | |||
TotalEnergies SE | 231,317 | 15,208,946 | |||
Tourmaline Oil Corp. | 71,649 | 3,605,529 | |||
Valero Energy Corp. | 66,067 | 9,362,355 | |||
Woodside Energy Group, Ltd., ADR (C) | 75,860 | 1,766,779 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Financials 0.3% | $2,708,169 | ||||
Financial services 0.3% | |||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (B) | 7,731 | 2,708,169 | |||
Industrials 1.9% | 19,068,235 | ||||
Commercial services and supplies 0.0% | |||||
Aker Carbon Capture ASA (B) | 106,824 | 112,269 | |||
Construction and engineering 0.6% | |||||
Vinci SA | 36,229 | 4,008,053 | |||
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (B) | 34,476 | 1,433,857 | |||
Electrical equipment 0.4% | |||||
Array Technologies, Inc. (B) | 23,875 | 529,786 | |||
Plug Power, Inc. (B)(C) | 23,133 | 175,811 | |||
SunPower Corp. (B)(C) | 49,841 | 307,519 | |||
Sunrun, Inc. (B) | 65,644 | 824,489 | |||
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (B) | 100,905 | 2,158,750 | |||
Ground transportation 0.3% | |||||
Canadian National Railway Company | 27,433 | 2,970,823 | |||
Industrial conglomerates 0.1% | |||||
CK Hutchison Holdings, Ltd. | 247,932 | 1,316,293 | |||
Machinery 0.1% | |||||
Chart Industries, Inc. (B)(C) | 4,958 | 838,497 | |||
Transportation infrastructure 0.4% | |||||
Aena SME SA (A) | 16,579 | 2,494,768 | |||
Shanghai International Airport Company, Ltd., Class A (B) | 364,200 | 1,897,320 | |||
Information technology 1.1% | 10,459,877 | ||||
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 0.1% | |||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 6,121 | 631,198 | |||
IT services 0.2% | |||||
NEXTDC, Ltd. (B) | 197,090 | 1,559,452 | |||
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 0.8% | |||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 8,058 | 1,410,875 | |||
Enphase Energy, Inc. (B) | 10,898 | 1,309,395 | |||
First Solar, Inc. (B) | 8,383 | 1,354,609 | |||
ON Semiconductor Corp. (B) | 14,100 | 1,310,595 | |||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 16,660 | 1,271,325 | |||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (B) | 7,194 | 931,695 | |||
Wolfspeed, Inc. (B)(C) | 17,867 | 680,733 | |||
Materials 17.1% | 167,217,330 | ||||
Chemicals 0.6% | |||||
Air Liquide SA | 3,519 | 592,711 | |||
Albemarle Corp. | 4,583 | 779,293 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 9 |
Shares | Value | ||||
Materials (continued) | |||||
Chemicals (continued) | |||||
Dow, Inc. | 11,788 | $607,789 | |||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 10,022 | 747,541 | |||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 5,142 | 486,947 | |||
NanoXplore, Inc. (B)(C) | 174,300 | 336,216 | |||
Nutrien, Ltd. | 19,185 | 1,184,788 | |||
Nutrien, Ltd. (New York Stock Exchange) | 7,975 | 492,536 | |||
Containers and packaging 0.1% | |||||
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 36,000 | 1,192,101 | |||
Metals and mining 16.0% | |||||
Agnico Eagle Mines, Ltd. | 183,313 | 8,329,894 | |||
Agnico Eagle Mines, Ltd. (New York Stock Exchange) (C) | 13,028 | 592,123 | |||
Alcoa Corp. | 107,091 | 3,112,064 | |||
Allkem, Ltd. (B) | 30,000 | 224,323 | |||
Altius Minerals Corp. (C) | 41,376 | 668,962 | |||
Anglo American PLC | 45,622 | 1,252,770 | |||
AngloGold Ashanti PLC (C) | 31,064 | 490,811 | |||
Antofagasta PLC | 3,457 | 60,013 | |||
Arch Resources, Inc. | 5,815 | 992,388 | |||
Artemis Gold, Inc. (B)(C) | 238,421 | 1,018,106 | |||
Aya Gold & Silver, Inc. (B)(C) | 99,658 | 534,884 | |||
B2Gold Corp. | 259,459 | 744,995 | |||
Barrick Gold Corp. | 462,033 | 6,711,512 | |||
BHP Group, Ltd., ADR (C) | 244,025 | 13,880,142 | |||
Boliden AB | 30,598 | 878,065 | |||
Bravo Mining Corp. (B) | 72,000 | 163,269 | |||
Calibre Mining Corp. (B)(C) | 240,000 | 229,707 | |||
Canada Nickel Company, Inc. (B) | 825,000 | 747,101 | |||
Capstone Copper Corp. (B) | 1,005,167 | 4,262,663 | |||
Champion Iron, Ltd. (C) | 694,891 | 2,778,029 | |||
Constellium SE (B) | 118,300 | 2,153,060 | |||
Endeavour Mining PLC | 91,278 | 1,788,935 | |||
ERO Copper Corp. (B)(C) | 201,182 | 3,468,936 | |||
Filo Corp. (B)(C) | 40,000 | 597,534 | |||
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. | 275,345 | 6,505,298 | |||
Foran Mining Corp. (B)(C) | 200,000 | 546,291 | |||
Franco-Nevada Corp. | 22,180 | 2,961,089 | |||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 463,524 | 17,284,810 | |||
Glencore PLC | 160,299 | 912,830 | |||
Global Atomic Corp. (B)(C) | 126,500 | 212,347 | |||
Gold Fields, Ltd., ADR (C) | 87,794 | 953,443 | |||
Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (C) | 639,609 | 3,112,693 | |||
IGO, Ltd. | 170,000 | 1,364,256 |
10 | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Shares | Value | ||||
Materials (continued) | |||||
Metals and mining (continued) | |||||
Iluka Resources, Ltd. | 90,600 | $442,467 | |||
Ivanhoe Electric, Inc. (B)(C) | 98,550 | 1,172,745 | |||
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A (B)(C) | 493,735 | 4,231,235 | |||
K92 Mining, Inc. (B)(C) | 205,720 | 873,922 | |||
Karora Resources, Inc. (B)(C) | 655,345 | 1,847,945 | |||
Kinross Gold Corp. | 657,844 | 2,998,015 | |||
Lithium Americas Corp. (B)(C) | 44,400 | 754,465 | |||
Lucara Diamond Corp. (B) | 420,070 | 120,616 | |||
Lundin Gold, Inc. | 73,797 | 828,569 | |||
Lundin Mining Corp. | 346,069 | 2,581,026 | |||
MAG Silver Corp. (B) | 51,275 | 530,021 | |||
Marathon Gold Corp. (B)(C) | 655,305 | 289,478 | |||
Nevada Copper Corp. (B)(C) | 265,550 | 32,259 | |||
Newcrest Mining, Ltd. | 22,643 | 356,775 | |||
Newcrest Mining, Ltd. (Toronto Stock Exchange) | 5,513 | 87,023 | |||
Newmont Corp. | 136,755 | 5,053,097 | |||
Nickel 28 Capital Corp. (B)(C) | 356,691 | 241,602 | |||
Norsk Hydro ASA | 339,564 | 2,124,937 | |||
Nouveau Monde Graphite, Inc. (B) | 87,617 | 231,309 | |||
Nucor Corp. | 4,956 | 774,871 | |||
OceanaGold Corp. | 312,106 | 611,229 | |||
Osisko Mining, Inc. (B) | 268,234 | 485,813 | |||
Pan American Silver Corp. (C) | 146,066 | 2,114,233 | |||
Pan American Silver Corp., CVR (B) | 83,300 | 44,566 | |||
Piedmont Lithium, Inc. (B)(C) | 31,600 | 1,254,520 | |||
Rio Tinto PLC, ADR (C) | 135,902 | 8,648,803 | |||
Sandstorm Gold, Ltd. | 27,979 | 130,806 | |||
Seabridge Gold, Inc. (B)(C) | 40,338 | 425,566 | |||
Sierra Rutile Holdings, Ltd. (B) | 98,000 | 11,938 | |||
Sigma Lithium Corp. (B)(C) | 37,900 | 1,229,710 | |||
SilverCrest Metals, Inc. (B)(C) | 138,340 | 611,110 | |||
Skeena Resources, Ltd. (B)(C) | 291,000 | 1,330,469 | |||
SolGold PLC (B)(C) | 2,609,000 | 403,379 | |||
South32, Ltd. | 446,666 | 964,445 | |||
Southern Copper Corp. | 4,836 | 364,102 | |||
SSR Mining, Inc. | 105,191 | 1,397,125 | |||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 4,664 | 500,074 | |||
Stornoway Diamond Corp. (B)(D) | 3,062,000 | 0 | |||
Talon Metals Corp. (B) | 5,192,000 | 993,867 | |||
Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B | 215,565 | 9,278,064 | |||
Torex Gold Resources, Inc. (B) | 20,837 | 216,769 | |||
Trilogy Metals, Inc. (B) | 696,952 | 338,662 | |||
Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. (B)(C) | 121,906 | 1,593,311 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 11 |
Shares | Value | ||||
Materials (continued) | |||||
Metals and mining (continued) | |||||
U.S. Steel Corp. | 6,606 | $214,563 | |||
Vale SA, ADR | 78,952 | 1,057,957 | |||
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | 22,324 | 1,140,310 | |||
Wesdome Gold Mines, Ltd. (B)(C) | 123,889 | 646,695 | |||
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | 141,801 | 5,754,516 | |||
Paper and forest products 0.4% | |||||
Canfor Corp. (B) | 32,125 | 399,005 | |||
Interfor Corp. (B) | 97,319 | 1,443,753 | |||
West Fraser Timber Company, Ltd. | 28,737 | 2,086,328 | |||
Real estate 34.4% | 337,427,241 | ||||
Diversified REITs 1.9% | |||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 133,080 | 2,588,406 | |||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 693,277 | 5,573,947 | |||
Land Securities Group PLC | 261,000 | 1,870,868 | |||
Lar Espana Real Estate Socimi SA | 193,337 | 1,131,245 | |||
Mirvac Group | 1,585,707 | 2,155,276 | |||
Sekisui House REIT, Inc. | 2,366 | 1,317,994 | |||
Stockland | 840,870 | 2,104,506 | |||
United Urban Investment Corp. | 1,332 | 1,386,679 | |||
Health care REITs 2.9% | |||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 335,768 | 6,883,244 | |||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 164,004 | 5,438,373 | |||
Welltower, Inc. | 195,152 | 15,986,852 | |||
Hotel and resort REITs 0.5% | |||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. | 2,192 | 1,144,529 | |||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 48,252 | 4,018,427 | |||
Industrial REITs 5.0% | |||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 53,313 | 8,878,214 | |||
Goodman Group | 146,483 | 2,007,673 | |||
Mapletree Logistics Trust | 784,700 | 961,992 | |||
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 225,245 | 4,718,883 | |||
Prologis Property Mexico SA de CV | 191,570 | 660,203 | |||
Prologis, Inc. | 283,884 | 31,854,624 | |||
Office REITs 1.4% | |||||
Gecina SA | 26,858 | 2,738,389 | |||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 115,584 | 3,653,610 | |||
Orix JREIT, Inc. | 1,506 | 1,806,248 | |||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 146,151 | 5,451,432 | |||
Real estate management and development 4.9% | |||||
Arealink Company, Ltd. | 75,000 | 1,476,812 | |||
Castellum AB | 114,332 | 1,158,931 |
12 | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Shares | Value | ||||
Real estate (continued) | |||||
Real estate management and development (continued) | |||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (B) | 54,015 | $3,989,548 | |||
CK Asset Holdings, Ltd. | 481,865 | 2,531,041 | |||
Colliers International Group, Inc. | 20,528 | 1,954,940 | |||
Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV | 412,000 | 1,356,036 | |||
Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV, ADR (C) | 136,594 | 4,489,845 | |||
Daito Trust Construction Company, Ltd. | 24,700 | 2,601,741 | |||
Emaar Properties PJSC | 1,096,630 | 2,399,904 | |||
Mitsui Fudosan Company, Ltd. | 222,327 | 4,896,533 | |||
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. | 122,200 | 3,067,900 | |||
Sagax AB, B Shares | 58,227 | 1,106,049 | |||
Savills PLC | 82,157 | 865,492 | |||
Sino Land Company, Ltd. | 1,456,627 | 1,638,174 | |||
Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A | 263,000 | 1,771,441 | |||
TAG Immobilien AG (B) | 250,101 | 2,613,088 | |||
The Wharf Holdings, Ltd. | 886,000 | 2,217,557 | |||
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | 233,200 | 1,432,911 | |||
Tricon Residential, Inc. | 329,248 | 2,436,435 | |||
UOL Group, Ltd. | 479,900 | 2,244,766 | |||
VGP NV | 17,537 | 1,626,787 | |||
Residential REITs 5.3% | |||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 277,910 | 9,362,788 | |||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 88,386 | 15,179,412 | |||
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 61,305 | 3,015,488 | |||
Comforia Residential REIT, Inc. | 1,113 | 2,466,803 | |||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 32,045 | 6,796,424 | |||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 20,205 | 2,391,060 | |||
The UNITE Group PLC | 75,012 | 817,791 | |||
UDR, Inc. | 170,599 | 6,085,266 | |||
Veris Residential, Inc. | 366,473 | 6,046,805 | |||
Retail REITs 4.4% | |||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 471,434 | 9,796,399 | |||
Frasers Centrepoint Trust | 750,100 | 1,198,998 | |||
Getty Realty Corp. | 130,001 | 3,604,928 | |||
Hammerson PLC | 3,341,846 | 1,022,860 | |||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 95,541 | 2,046,488 | |||
Klepierre SA | 89,051 | 2,180,465 | |||
NewRiver REIT PLC | 1,406,736 | 1,366,904 | |||
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 163,851 | 5,495,563 | |||
Shaftesbury Capital PLC | 1,364,205 | 1,905,558 | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 57,468 | 6,208,268 | |||
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | 255,132 | 5,765,983 | |||
Vicinity, Ltd. | 1,620,040 | 1,755,722 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND | 13 |
Shares | Value | ||||
Real estate (continued) | |||||
Retail REITs (continued) | |||||
Wereldhave NV | 55,112 | $876,015 | |||
Specialized REITs 8.1% | |||||
American Tower Corp. | 30,651 | 5,040,557 | |||
CubeSmart | 105,411 | 4,019,321 | |||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 65,677 | 7,948,231 | |||
EPR Properties | 102,707 | 4,266,449 | |||
Equinix, Inc. | 31,596 | 22,946,911 | |||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 132,359 | 7,868,743 | |||
Keppel DC REIT | 1,384,700 | 2,102,415 | |||
Public Storage | 55,611 | 14,654,611 | |||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 334,030 | 9,720,273 | |||
Weyerhaeuser Company | 41,298 | 1,266,197 | |||
Utilities 5.3% | 51,860,133 | ||||
Electric utilities 2.3% | |||||
American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 34,589 | 2,601,785 | |||
Constellation Energy Corp. | 16,805 | 1,833,089 | |||
Duke Energy Corp. | 29,202 | 2,577,369 | |||
Edison International | 45,967 | 2,909,251 | |||
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA | 181,213 | 753,474 | |||
Enel SpA | 448,615 | 2,751,242 | |||
Exelon Corp. | 77,292 | 2,920,865 | |||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 61,457 | 2,100,600 | |||
Iberdrola SA | 239,557 | 2,679,313 | |||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 36,237 | 2,076,018 | |||
Gas utilities 0.3% | |||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 26,554 | 2,812,865 | |||
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 1.1% | |||||
Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A | 17,294 | 414,018 | |||
Brookfield Renewable Partners LP | 80,898 | 1,758,723 | |||
China Longyuan Power Group Corp., Ltd., H Shares | 2,480,081 | 2,150,911 | |||
RWE AG | 85,703 | 3,181,279 | |||
The AES Corp. | 84,477 | 1,284,050 | |||
Vistra Corp. | 56,261 | 1,866,740 | |||
Multi-utilities 1.3% | |||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 26,379 | 1,178,350 | |||
Engie SA | 241,266 | 3,700,097 | |||
National Grid PLC | 252,422 | 3,018,822 | |||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 27,787 | 1,581,358 | |||
Sempra | 45,043 | 3,064,275 | |||
Water utilities 0.3% | |||||
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo | 217,900 | 2,645,639 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Warrants 0.1% | $698,315 | ||||
(Cost $0) | |||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Expiration Date: 8-3-27; Strike Price: $22.00) (B) | 16,146 | 698,315 | |||
Yield* (%) | Maturity date | Par value^ | Value | ||
Short-term investments 5.4% | $53,364,690 | ||||
(Cost $53,356,251) | |||||
U.S. Government 0.7% | 7,541,175 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Bill | 5.270 | 10-10-23 | 7,550,000 | 7,541,175 | |
U.S. Government Agency 0.3% | 3,100,000 | ||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note | 5.200 | 10-02-23 | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 |
Yield (%) | Shares | Value | |||
Short-term funds 3.6% | 35,123,515 | ||||
John Hancock Collateral Trust (E) | 5.2943(F) | 3,513,863 | 35,123,515 |
Par value^ | Value | ||||
Repurchase agreement 0.8% | 7,600,000 | ||||
Bank of America Corp. Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement dated 9-29-23 at 5.300% to be repurchased at $2,200,972 on 10-2-23, collateralized by $2,492,500 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375% due 3-31-29 (valued at $2,244,073) | 2,200,000 | 2,200,000 | |||
Goldman Sachs Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement dated 9-29-23 at 5.290% to be repurchased at$5,402,381 on 10-2-23, collateralized by $3,406,800 U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.000% due 12-19-23 (valued at $3,366,055), $233,900 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.000% - 5.500% due 12-1-27 to 12-1-35 (valued at $223,344) and $2,179,808 Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.000% - 4.000% due 10-1-50 to 5-1-51 (valued at $1,918,656) | 5,400,000 | 5,400,000 |
Total investments (Cost $849,066,472) 103.6% | $1,015,748,315 | ||||
Other assets and liabilities, net (3.6%) | (34,943,320) | ||||
Total net assets 100.0% | $980,804,995 |
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund. | |
^All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. | |
Security Abbreviations and Legend | |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
CVR | Contingent Value Right |
(A) | These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. |
(B) | Non-income producing security. |
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(C) | All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 9-30-23. |
(D) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 2 to the financial statements. |
(E) | Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending. |
(F) | The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 9-30-23. |
* | Yield represents either the annualized yield at the date of purchase, the stated coupon rate or, for floating rate securities, the rate at period end. |
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Assets | |
Unaffiliated investments, at value (Cost $813,949,826) including $35,452,140 of securities loaned | $980,624,800 |
Affiliated investments, at value (Cost $35,116,646) | 35,123,515 |
Total investments, at value (Cost $849,066,472) | 1,015,748,315 |
Cash | 624,308 |
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $274,707) | 274,712 |
Dividends and interest receivable | 2,309,611 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 36,289 |
Receivable for investments sold | 1,257,949 |
Receivable for securities lending income | 42,534 |
Other assets | 103,220 |
Total assets | 1,020,396,938 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for investments purchased | 4,301,039 |
Payable upon return of securities loaned | 35,112,882 |
Payable to affiliates | |
Accounting and legal services fees | 60,253 |
Trustees’ fees | 1,147 |
Other liabilities and accrued expenses | 116,622 |
Total liabilities | 39,591,943 |
Net assets | $980,804,995 |
Net assets consist of | |
Paid-in capital | $846,481,897 |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | 134,323,098 |
Net assets | $980,804,995 |
Net asset value per share | |
Based on net asset value and shares outstanding - the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value | |
Class NAV ($980,804,995 ÷ 88,288,255 shares) | $11.11 |
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Investment income | |
Dividends | $18,269,323 |
Interest | 256,017 |
Securities lending | 309,185 |
Less foreign taxes withheld | (941,750) |
Total investment income | 17,892,775 |
Expenses | |
Investment management fees | 4,470,368 |
Accounting and legal services fees | 106,182 |
Trustees’ fees | 14,039 |
Custodian fees | 176,796 |
Printing and postage | 12,947 |
Professional fees | 62,097 |
Other | 34,715 |
Total expenses | 4,877,144 |
Less expense reductions | (301,454) |
Net expenses | 4,575,690 |
Net investment income | 13,317,085 |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on | |
Unaffiliated investments and foreign currency transactions | (13,516,579) |
Affiliated investments | 9,318 |
(13,507,261) | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of | |
Unaffiliated investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (4,439,258) |
Affiliated investments | (12,672) |
(4,451,930) | |
Net realized and unrealized loss | (17,959,191) |
Decrease in net assets from operations | $(4,642,106) |
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Six months ended 9-30-23 (unaudited) | Year ended 3-31-23 | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | ||
From operations | ||
Net investment income | $13,317,085 | $27,583,015 |
Net realized loss | (13,507,261) | (1,138,431) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (4,451,930) | (134,018,236) |
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | (4,642,106) | (107,573,652) |
Distributions to shareholders | ||
From earnings | ||
Class NAV | — | (58,975,191) |
Total distributions | — | (58,975,191) |
From fund share transactions | (77,043,268) | 78,262,845 |
Total decrease | (81,685,374) | (88,285,998) |
Net assets | ||
Beginning of period | 1,062,490,369 | 1,150,776,367 |
End of period | $980,804,995 | $1,062,490,369 |
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CLASS NAV SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-22 | 3-31-21 | 3-31-20 | 3-31-19 |
Per share operating performance | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $11.19 | $13.28 | $10.10 | $6.61 | $10.01 | $10.00 |
Net investment income2 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.21 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.22) | (1.73) | 3.23 | 3.54 | (3.16) | 0.07 |
Total from investment operations | (0.08) | (1.42) | 3.48 | 3.72 | (2.96) | 0.28 |
Less distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | — | (0.28) | (0.30) | (0.23) | (0.28) | (0.19) |
From net realized gain | — | (0.39) | — | — | (0.16) | (0.08) |
Total distributions | — | (0.67) | (0.30) | (0.23) | (0.44) | (0.27) |
Net asset value, end of period | $11.11 | $11.19 | $13.28 | $10.10 | $6.61 | $10.01 |
Total return (%)3 | (0.71)4 | (10.55) | 34.95 | 56.64 | (30.92) | 3.07 |
Ratios and supplemental data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $981 | $1,062 | $1,151 | $963 | $684 | $998 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | 0.935 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
Expenses including reductions | 0.875 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
Net investment income | 2.535 | 2.65 | 2.20 | 2.07 | 2.05 | 2.07 |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 26 | 60 | 49 | 82 | 61 | 73 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
3 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
4 | Not annualized. |
5 | Annualized. |
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Total value at 9-30-23 | Level 1 quoted price | Level 2 significant observable inputs | Level 3 significant unobservable inputs | |
Investments in securities: | ||||
Assets | ||||
Common stocks | ||||
Communication services | $14,137,877 | — | $14,137,877 | — |
Consumer discretionary | 13,037,884 | $5,282,674 | 7,755,210 | — |
Consumer staples | 972,094 | 972,094 | — | — |
Energy | 344,796,470 | 274,762,705 | 70,033,765 | — |
Financials | 2,708,169 | 2,708,169 | — | — |
Industrials | 19,068,235 | 7,080,782 | 11,987,453 | — |
Information technology | 10,459,877 | 8,900,425 | 1,559,452 | — |
Materials | 167,217,330 | 156,839,699 | 10,377,631 | — |
Real estate | 337,427,241 | 269,459,184 | 67,968,057 | — |
Utilities | 51,860,133 | 33,624,995 | 18,235,138 | — |
Warrants | 698,315 | 698,315 | — | — |
Short-term investments | 53,364,690 | 35,123,515 | 18,241,175 | — |
Total investments in securities | $1,015,748,315 | $795,452,557 | $220,295,758 | — |
Level 3 includes securities valued at $0. Refer to Fund’s investments. |
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Borrower or Lender | Weighted Average Loan Balance | Days Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Interest Income (Expense) |
Borrower | $1,850,000 | 2 | 5.805% | $(597) |
Lender | $2,150,000 | 2 | 5.671% | $677 |
Six Months Ended 9-30-23 | Year Ended 3-31-23 | |||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |
Class NAV shares | ||||
Sold | 4,484,398 | $50,929,955 | 11,853,285 | $132,278,372 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 5,435,501 | 58,975,191 |
Repurchased | (11,175,630) | (127,973,223) | (8,994,273) | (112,990,718) |
Net increase (decrease) | (6,691,232) | $(77,043,268) | 8,294,513 | $78,262,845 |
Total net increase (decrease) | (6,691,232) | $(77,043,268) | 8,294,513 | $78,262,845 |
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Fund | Affiliated Concentration |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio | 32.9% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio | 22.5% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio | 14.9% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager 2025 Lifetime Portfolio | 6.2% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager 2030 Lifetime Portfolio | 6.2% |
Dividends and distributions | |||||||||
Affiliate | Ending share amount | Beginning value | Cost of purchases | Proceeds from shares sold | Realized gain (loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | Income distributions received | Capital gain distributions received | Ending value |
John Hancock Collateral Trust* | 3,513,863 | $49,272,079 | $154,920,348 | $(169,065,558) | $9,318 | $(12,672) | $309,185 | — | $35,123,515 |
* | Refer to the Securities lending note within Note 2 for details regarding this investment. |
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(a) | the skills and competency with which the Advisor has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationship, the Advisor’s oversight and monitoring of the Subadvisors’ investment performance and compliance programs, such as the Subadvisors’ compliance with fund policies and objectives, review of brokerage matters, including with respect to trade allocation and best execution and the Advisor’s timeliness in responding to performance issues; |
(b) | the background, qualifications and skills of the Advisor’s personnel; |
(c) | the Advisor’s compliance policies and procedures and its responsiveness to regulatory changes and fund industry developments; |
(d) | the Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the fund, as well as the Advisor’s oversight of any securities lending activity, its monitoring of class action litigation and collection of class action settlements on behalf of the fund, and bringing loss recovery actions on behalf of the fund; |
(e) | the financial condition of the Advisor and whether it has the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the fund; |
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(f) | the Advisor’s initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust’s operations and investor experience with the fund; and |
(g) | the Advisor’s reputation and experience in serving as an investment advisor to the Trust and the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments. |
(a) | reviewed information prepared by management regarding the fund’s performance; |
(b) | considered the comparative performance of an applicable benchmark index; |
(c) | considered the performance of comparable funds, if any, as included in the report prepared by an independent third-party provider of fund data; and |
(d) | took into account the Advisor’s analysis of the fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally. |
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(a) | reviewed financial information of the Advisor; |
(b) | reviewed and considered information presented by the Advisor regarding the net profitability to the Advisor and its affiliates with respect to the fund; |
(c) | received and reviewed profitability information with respect to the John Hancock Fund Complex as a whole and with respect to the fund; |
(d) | received information with respect to the Advisor’s allocation methodologies used in preparing the profitability data and considered that the Advisor hired an independent third-party consultant to provide an analysis of the Advisor’s allocation methodologies; |
(e) | considered that the John Hancock insurance companies that are affiliates of the Advisor, as shareholders of the Trust directly or through their separate accounts, receive certain tax credits or deductions relating to foreign taxes paid and dividends received by certain funds of the Trust and noted that these tax benefits, which are not available to participants in qualified retirement plans under applicable income tax law, are reflected in the profitability information reviewed by the Board; |
(f) | considered that the Advisor also provides administrative services to the fund on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement; |
(g) | noted that affiliates of the Advisor provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the fund, and that the fund’s distributor also receives Rule 12b-1 payments to support distribution of the fund; |
(h) | noted that Manulife IM (NA) is an affiliate of the Advisor; |
(i) | noted that the Advisor also derives reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the fund; |
(j) | noted that the subadvisory fee for the fund is paid by the Advisor and is negotiated at arm’s length with respect to Wellington; |
(k) | considered the Advisor’s ongoing costs and expenditures necessary to improve services, meet new regulatory and compliance requirements, and adapt to other challenges impacting the fund industry; and |
(l) | considered that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it provides to the fund and the risks that it assumes as Advisor including entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk. |
(a) | considered that the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee for certain funds of the John Hancock Fund Complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the participating portfolios (the reimbursement). This waiver is |
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based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund; | |
(b) | reviewed the fund’s advisory fee structure and concluded that: (i) the fund’s fee structure contains breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund; and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements permit shareholders of the fund to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the fund’s advisory fee structure; and |
(c) | the Board also considered the effect of the fund’s growth in size on its performance and fees. The Board also noted that if the fund’s assets increase over time, the fund may realize other economies of scale. |
(1) | information relating to the Subadvisors’ businesses, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex); |
(2) | the historical and current performance of the fund and comparative performance information relating to an applicable benchmark index and comparable funds; |
(3) | the subadvisory fees for the fund, including any breakpoints, and to the extent available, comparable fee information prepared by an independent third party provider of fund data; and |
(4) | information relating to the nature and scope of any material relationships and their significant to the Trust’s Advisor and Wellington. |
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(1) | the Subadvisor has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager; |
(2) | the performance of the fund has generally been in line with or outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the fund’s benchmark index; |
(3) | the subadvisory fees are reasonable in relation to the level and quality of services being provided; and |
(4) | noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Advisor not the fund and that the subadvisory fee breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. |
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Steven R. Pruchansky, Vice Chairperson
Andrew G. Arnott†
James R. Boyle
William H. Cunningham*
Grace K. Fey
Noni L. Ellison^
Dean C. Garfield^
Deborah C. Jackson
Paul Lorentz‡
Frances G. Rathke*
Gregory A. Russo
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Chief Financial Officer
Treasurer
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
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SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY INCOME FUND | 1 |
2 | JOHN HANCOCK FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY INCOME FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 9/30/2023 (% of net assets) | |
Crown Castle, Inc. | 4.9 |
Citigroup, Inc. | 3.5 |
KKR & Company, Inc. | 3.5 |
GSK PLC, ADR | 3.3 |
Nasdaq, Inc. | 3.1 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 3.0 |
Elevance Health, Inc. | 3.0 |
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 2.9 |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 2.9 |
American Tower Corp. | 2.8 |
TOTAL | 32.9 |
Cash and cash equivalents are not included. |
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY INCOME FUND | 3 |
COUNTRY COMPOSITION AS OF 9/30/2023 (% of net assets) | |
United States | 88.4 |
United Kingdom | 3.3 |
Canada | 2.9 |
France | 2.5 |
Switzerland | 1.8 |
Belgium | 1.1 |
TOTAL | 100.0 |
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Account value on 4-1-2023 | Ending value on 9-30-2023 | Expenses paid during period ended 9-30-20231 | Annualized expense ratio | ||
Class I | Actual expenses/actual returns | $1,000.00 | $1,006.70 | $4.16 | 0.83% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,020.90 | 4.19 | 0.83% |
1 | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
6 | JOHN HANCOCK FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY INCOME FUND | SEMIANNUAL REPORT |
Shares | Value | ||||
Common stocks 93.9% | $6,278,845 | ||||
(Cost $6,204,052) | |||||
Communication services 5.0% | 335,222 | ||||
Interactive media and services 3.0% | |||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A) | 1,027 | 134,393 | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (A) | 221 | 66,346 | |||
Media 2.0% | |||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 3,033 | 134,483 | |||
Consumer discretionary 5.1% | 342,256 | ||||
Broadline retail 2.0% | |||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (A) | 508 | 64,577 | |||
eBay, Inc. | 1,572 | 69,309 | |||
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 0.9% | |||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 278 | 61,685 | |||
Household durables 2.2% | |||||
Lennar Corp., A Shares | 1,307 | 146,685 | |||
Consumer staples 7.8% | 524,264 | ||||
Beverages 1.1% | |||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, ADR | 1,327 | 73,383 | |||
Consumer staples distribution and retail 2.7% | |||||
Walmart, Inc. | 1,145 | 183,120 | |||
Food products 2.5% | |||||
Danone SA, ADR | 14,848 | 164,293 | |||
Household products 1.5% | |||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 4,037 | 103,468 | |||
Energy 8.4% | 560,591 | ||||
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 8.4% | |||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 798 | 132,436 | |||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 12,020 | 199,292 | |||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 5,647 | 194,144 | |||
Valero Energy Corp. | 245 | 34,719 | |||
Financials 24.2% | 1,618,889 | ||||
Banks 8.4% | |||||
Bank of America Corp. | 5,405 | 147,989 | |||
Citigroup, Inc. | 5,671 | 233,250 | |||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 5,205 | 93,950 | |||
Wells Fargo & Company | 2,052 | 83,845 | |||
Capital markets 14.1% | |||||
KKR & Company, Inc. | 3,777 | 232,663 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Financials (continued) | |||||
Capital markets (continued) | |||||
Morgan Stanley | 2,007 | $163,912 | |||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 4,244 | 206,216 | |||
S&P Global, Inc. | 232 | 84,775 | |||
State Street Corp. | 2,007 | 134,389 | |||
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 372 | 120,368 | |||
Consumer finance 0.9% | |||||
American Express Company | 407 | 60,720 | |||
Financial services 0.8% | |||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 247 | 56,812 | |||
Health care 16.1% | 1,073,943 | ||||
Biotechnology 4.3% | |||||
Amgen, Inc. | 206 | 55,365 | |||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1,888 | 141,487 | |||
Moderna, Inc. (A) | 872 | 90,069 | |||
Health care equipment and supplies 1.4% | |||||
Becton, Dickinson and Company | 363 | 93,846 | |||
Health care providers and services 3.0% | |||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 457 | 198,987 | |||
Life sciences tools and services 1.0% | |||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 132 | 66,814 | |||
Pharmaceuticals 6.4% | |||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 953 | 55,312 | |||
GSK PLC, ADR | 6,146 | 222,791 | |||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 323 | 33,253 | |||
Novartis AG, ADR | 1,139 | 116,019 | |||
Industrials 5.5% | 368,256 | ||||
Aerospace and defense 0.6% | |||||
RTX Corp. | 559 | 40,231 | |||
Air freight and logistics 2.2% | |||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 920 | 143,400 | |||
Ground transportation 1.7% | |||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 570 | 116,069 | |||
Machinery 1.0% | |||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 176 | 68,556 | |||
Information technology 9.1% | 608,538 | ||||
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 3.9% | |||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 943 | 165,110 | |||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 609 | 96,837 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Information technology (continued) | |||||
Software 5.2% | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 517 | $163,243 | |||
Oracle Corp. | 1,731 | 183,348 | |||
Materials 2.9% | 191,483 | ||||
Chemicals 2.9% | |||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 2,022 | 191,483 | |||
Real estate 9.8% | 655,403 | ||||
Specialized REITs 9.8% | |||||
American Tower Corp. | 1,118 | 183,855 | |||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 3,572 | 328,731 | |||
Lamar Advertising Company, Class A | 1,711 | 142,817 | |||
Yield (%) | Shares | Value | |||
Short-term investments 6.3% | $422,528 | ||||
(Cost $422,508) | |||||
Short-term funds 6.3% | 422,528 | ||||
John Hancock Collateral Trust (B) | 5.2943(C) | 42,271 | 422,528 |
Total investments (Cost $6,626,560) 100.2% | $6,701,373 | ||||
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.2%) | (11,255) | ||||
Total net assets 100.0% | $6,690,118 |
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund. | |
Security Abbreviations and Legend | |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
(A) | Non-income producing security. |
(B) | Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. |
(C) | The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 9-30-23. |
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Assets | |
Unaffiliated investments, at value (Cost $6,204,052) | $6,278,845 |
Affiliated investments, at value (Cost $422,508) | 422,528 |
Total investments, at value (Cost $6,626,560) | 6,701,373 |
Dividends and interest receivable | 5,848 |
Receivable from affiliates | 3,547 |
Other assets | 942 |
Total assets | 6,711,710 |
Liabilities | |
Payable to affiliates | |
Accounting and legal services fees | 95 |
Transfer agent fees | 640 |
Trustees’ fees | 6 |
Other liabilities and accrued expenses | 20,851 |
Total liabilities | 21,592 |
Net assets | $6,690,118 |
Net assets consist of | |
Paid-in capital | $6,309,642 |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | 380,476 |
Net assets | $6,690,118 |
Net asset value per share | |
Based on net asset value and shares outstanding - the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value | |
Class I ($6,690,118 ÷ 622,993 shares) | $10.74 |
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Investment income | |
Dividends | $95,341 |
Dividends from affiliated investments | 8,850 |
Less foreign taxes withheld | (1,566) |
Total investment income | 102,625 |
Expenses | |
Investment management fees | 20,449 |
Accounting and legal services fees | 644 |
Transfer agent fees | 4,076 |
Trustees’ fees | 66 |
Custodian fees | 6,098 |
Printing and postage | 6,680 |
Professional fees | 13,978 |
Other | 5,387 |
Total expenses | 57,378 |
Less expense reductions | (29,103) |
Net expenses | 28,275 |
Net investment income | 74,350 |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on | |
Unaffiliated investments and foreign currency transactions | 245,532 |
Affiliated investments | 2 |
245,534 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of | |
Unaffiliated investments | (279,546) |
Affiliated investments | (24) |
(279,570) | |
Net realized and unrealized loss | (34,036) |
Increase in net assets from operations | $40,314 |
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Six months ended 9-30-23 (unaudited) | Period ended 3-31-231 | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | ||
From operations | ||
Net investment income | $74,350 | $68,462 |
Net realized gain | 245,534 | 48,996 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (279,570) | 354,383 |
Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 40,314 | 471,841 |
Distributions to shareholders | ||
From earnings | ||
Class I | (63,489) | (73,690) |
Total distributions | (63,489) | (73,690) |
From fund share transactions | 63,489 | 6,251,653 |
Total increase | 40,314 | 6,649,804 |
Net assets | ||
Beginning of period | 6,649,804 | — |
End of period | $6,690,118 | $6,649,804 |
1 | Period from 6-28-22 (commencement of operations) to 3-31-23. |
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CLASS I SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-232 |
Per share operating performance | ||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $10.77 | $10.00 |
Net investment income3 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.05) | 0.78 |
Total from investment operations | 0.07 | 0.91 |
Less distributions | ||
From net investment income | (0.10) | (0.14) |
Net asset value, end of period | $10.74 | $10.77 |
Total return (%)4 | 0.675 | 9.225 |
Ratios and supplemental data | ||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $7 | $7 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | ||
Expenses before reductions | 1.686 | 4.257 |
Expenses including reductions | 0.836 | 0.827 |
Net investment income | 2.186 | 1.726 |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 16 | 26 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | Period from 6-28-22 (commencement of operations) to 3-31-23. |
3 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
4 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
5 | Not annualized. |
6 | Annualized. |
7 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
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Six Months Ended 9-30-23 | Period ended 3-31-231 | |||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |
Class I shares | ||||
Sold | — | — | 615,061 | $6,230,003 |
Distributions reinvested | 5,840 | $63,489 | 2,092 | 21,650 |
Net increase | 5,840 | $63,489 | 617,153 | $6,251,653 |
Total net increase | 5,840 | $63,489 | 617,153 | $6,251,653 |
1 | Period from 6-28-22 (commencement of operations) to 3-31-23. |
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Dividends and distributions | |||||||||
Affiliate | Ending share amount | Beginning value | Cost of purchases | Proceeds from shares sold | Realized gain (loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | Income distributions received | Capital gain distributions received | Ending value |
John Hancock Collateral Trust | 42,271 | $270,001 | $328,794 | $(176,245) | $2 | $(24) | $8,850 | — | $422,528 |
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(a) | the skills and competency with which the Advisor has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationships, the Advisor’s oversight and monitoring of the subadvisors’ investment performance and compliance programs, such as the subadvisors’ compliance with fund policies and objectives; review of brokerage matters, including with respect to trade allocation and best execution; and the Advisor’s timeliness in responding to performance issues; |
(b) | the background, qualifications, and skills of the Advisor’s personnel; |
(c) | the Advisor’s compliance policies and procedures and its responsiveness to regulatory changes and fund industry developments; |
(d) | the Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the fund, as well as the Advisor’s oversight of any securities lending activity, its monitoring of class action litigation and collection of class action settlements on behalf of the fund, and bringing loss recovery actions on behalf of the fund; |
(e) | the financial condition of the Advisor and whether it has the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the fund; |
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(f) | the Advisor’s initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust’s operations and investor experience with the fund; and |
(g) | the Advisor’s reputation and experience in serving as an investment advisor to the Trust, and the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments. |
(a) | reviewed information prepared by management regarding the fund’s performance; |
(b) | considered the comparative performance of an applicable benchmark index; |
(c) | considered the performance of comparable funds, if any, as included in the report prepared by an independent third-party provider of fund data; and |
(d) | took into account the Advisor’s analysis of the fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally. |
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(a) | reviewed financial information of the Advisor; |
(b) | reviewed and considered information presented by the Advisor regarding the net profitability to the Advisor and its affiliates with respect to the fund; |
(c) | received and reviewed profitability information with respect to the John Hancock Fund Complex as a whole and with respect to the fund; |
(d) | received information with respect to the Advisor’s allocation methodologies used in preparing the profitability data and considered that the Advisor hired an independent third-party consultant to provide an analysis of the Advisor’s allocation methodologies; |
(e) | considered that the John Hancock insurance companies that are affiliates of the Advisor, as shareholders of the Trust directly or through their separate accounts, receive certain tax credits or deductions relating to foreign taxes paid and dividends received by certain funds of the Trust and noted that these tax benefits, which are not available to participants in qualified retirement plans under applicable income tax law, are reflected in the profitability information reviewed by the Board; |
(f) | considered that the Advisor will also provide administrative services to the fund on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement; |
(g) | noted that affiliates of the Advisor will provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the fund, and that the fund’s distributor also receives Rule 12b-1 payments to support distribution of the fund; |
(h) | noted that the fund’s Subadvisor is an affiliate of the Advisor; |
(i) | noted that the Advisor will derive reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the fund; |
(j) | noted that the subadvisory fee for the fund will be paid by Advisor; |
(k) | considered the Advisor’s ongoing costs and expenditures necessary to improve services, meet new regulatory and compliance requirements, and adapt to other challenges impacting the fund industry; and |
(l) | considered that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it will provide to the fund and the risks that it assumes as Advisor, including entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk. |
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(a) | considered that the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee for certain funds of the John Hancock Fund Complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the participating portfolios (the reimbursement). This waiver is based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund; |
(b) | reviewed the proposed advisory fee structure for the fund and concluded that: (i) the fund’s fee structure contains breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund; and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements will permit shareholders of the fund to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. The Board also took into account management��s discussion of the fund’s advisory fee structure; and |
(c) | the Board also considered the potential effect of the fund’s future growth in size on its performance and fees. The Board also noted that if the fund’s assets increase over time, the fund may realize other economies of scale. |
(a) | information relating to the Subadvisor’s business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex); |
(b) | the historical and current performance of the fund and comparative performance information relating to an applicable benchmark index and comparable funds; and |
(c) | the subadvisory fee for the fund, including any breakpoints, and to the extent available, comparable fee information prepared by an independent third party provider of fund data. |
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(1) | the Subadvisor has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager, |
(2) | the performance of the fund has generally been in line with or outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds; |
(3) | the subadvisory fees are reasonable in relation to the level and quality of services being provided under the Subadvisory Agreement; and |
(4) | noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Advisor not the fund and that the subadvisory fee breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. |
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Andrew G. Arnott†
James R. Boyle
William H. Cunningham*
Grace K. Fey
Noni L. Ellison^
Dean C. Garfield^
Deborah C. Jackson
Paul Lorentz‡
Frances G. Rathke*
Gregory A. Russo
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Treasurer
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Nicholas P. Renart
Emory W. Sanders, Jr., CFA
Jonathan T. White, CFA
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SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK MID CAP GROWTH FUND | 1 |
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TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 9/30/2023 (% of net assets) | |
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF | 4.9 |
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A | 3.8 |
Spotify Technology SA | 3.4 |
Align Technology, Inc. | 3.3 |
Workday, Inc., Class A | 3.3 |
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF | 3.1 |
Flex, Ltd. | 2.9 |
Celsius Holdings, Inc. | 2.8 |
DexCom, Inc. | 2.8 |
Ross Stores, Inc. | 2.5 |
TOTAL | 32.8 |
Cash and cash equivalents are not included. |
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK MID CAP GROWTH FUND | 3 |
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Account value on 4-1-2023 | Ending value on 9-30-2023 | Expenses paid during period ended 9-30-20231 | Annualized expense ratio | ||
Class A | Actual expenses/actual returns | $1,000.00 | $970.70 | $5.81 | 1.18% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,019.10 | 5.96 | 1.18% | |
Class C | Actual expenses/actual returns | 1,000.00 | 967.30 | 9.49 | 1.93% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,015.40 | 9.72 | 1.93% | |
Class I | Actual expenses/actual returns | 1,000.00 | 972.30 | 4.59 | 0.93% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,020.40 | 4.70 | 0.93% | |
Class R6 | Actual expenses/actual returns | 1,000.00 | 973.10 | 4.04 | 0.82% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,020.90 | 4.14 | 0.82% | |
Class NAV | Actual expenses/actual returns | 1,000.00 | 973.10 | 4.00 | 0.81% |
Hypothetical example | 1,000.00 | 1,021.00 | 4.09 | 0.81% |
1 | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
SEMIANNUAL REPORT | JOHN HANCOCK MID CAP GROWTH FUND | 5 |
Shares | Value | ||||
Common stocks 89.0% | $1,138,788,192 | ||||
(Cost $1,095,766,297) | |||||
Communication services 7.1% | 91,131,686 | ||||
Entertainment 6.4% | |||||
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) | 284,639 | 17,733,010 | |||
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Live, Series C (A) | 12,182 | 391,042 | |||
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) | 245,290 | 20,368,882 | |||
Spotify Technology SA (A) | 278,630 | 43,087,343 | |||
Interactive media and services 0.7% | |||||
ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (A) | 582,403 | 9,551,409 | |||
Consumer discretionary 14.2% | 181,383,683 | ||||
Automobile components 2.3% | |||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A (A)(B) | 722,326 | 30,012,645 | |||
Automobiles 1.4% | |||||
Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A (A) | 740,698 | 17,984,147 | |||
Broadline retail 1.1% | |||||
Global-e Online, Ltd. (A) | 345,415 | 13,726,792 | |||
Diversified consumer services 1.3% | |||||
Duolingo, Inc. (A) | 100,100 | 16,603,587 | |||
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 2.4% | |||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) | 6,661 | 12,201,820 | |||
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 402,839 | 18,466,140 | |||
Household durables 1.2% | |||||
Lennar Corp., A Shares | 131,951 | 14,808,861 | |||
Specialty retail 2.5% | |||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 288,642 | 32,602,114 | |||
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods 2.0% | |||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) | 48,586 | 24,977,577 | |||
Consumer staples 4.8% | 61,378,000 | ||||
Beverages 2.8% | |||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (A) | 211,534 | 36,299,234 | |||
Food products 0.2% | |||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 28,721 | 2,655,544 | |||
Personal care products 1.8% | |||||
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (A) | 204,163 | 22,423,222 | |||
Energy 5.1% | 65,163,204 | ||||
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 5.1% | |||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 115,480 | 19,165,061 | |||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 98,612 | 15,273,027 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Energy (continued) | |||||
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued) | |||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 58,443 | $13,415,591 | |||
Targa Resources Corp. | 201,931 | 17,309,525 | |||
Financials 6.3% | 80,124,216 | ||||
Capital markets 4.4% | |||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 242,462 | 24,942,066 | |||
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | 392,805 | 31,502,961 | |||
Financial services 1.9% | |||||
Block, Inc. (A) | 535,002 | 23,679,189 | |||
Health care 21.8% | 279,066,282 | ||||
Biotechnology 3.1% | |||||
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) | 424,091 | 28,931,488 | |||
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) | 48,552 | 10,966,440 | |||
Health care equipment and supplies 10.4% | |||||
Align Technology, Inc. (A) | 136,092 | 41,551,609 | |||
DexCom, Inc. (A) | 386,801 | 36,088,533 | |||
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (A) | 92,271 | 18,310,257 | |||
Insulet Corp. (A) | 115,223 | 18,376,916 | |||
Shockwave Medical, Inc. (A) | 91,784 | 18,274,194 | |||
Health care providers and services 1.4% | |||||
agilon health, Inc. (A)(B) | 1,043,292 | 18,528,866 | |||
Health care technology 3.8% | |||||
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) | 238,505 | 48,523,842 | |||
Life sciences tools and services 2.2% | |||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 111,052 | 12,417,835 | |||
Medpace Holdings, Inc. (A) | 66,715 | 16,153,703 | |||
Pharmaceuticals 0.9% | |||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) | 84,538 | 10,942,599 | |||
Industrials 13.8% | 176,163,401 | ||||
Aerospace and defense 2.1% | |||||
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (A) | 137,553 | 27,371,671 | |||
Building products 1.1% | |||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (A) | 111,148 | 13,836,815 | |||
Commercial services and supplies 2.2% | |||||
Copart, Inc. (A) | 652,058 | 28,097,179 | |||
Construction and engineering 2.0% | |||||
Fluor Corp. (A) | 702,684 | 25,788,503 | |||
Machinery 1.3% | |||||
The Toro Company | 198,725 | 16,514,048 |
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Shares | Value | ||||
Industrials (continued) | |||||
Professional services 5.1% | |||||
EXL Service Holdings, Inc. (A) | 671,080 | $18,817,083 | |||
KBR, Inc. | 243,496 | 14,351,654 | |||
Paycom Software, Inc. | 121,057 | 31,386,448 | |||
Information technology 12.5% | 160,365,873 | ||||
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 2.9% | |||||
Flex, Ltd. (A) | 1,398,127 | 37,721,466 | |||
IT services 3.2% | |||||
Gartner, Inc. (A) | 37,094 | 12,745,869 | |||
MongoDB, Inc. (A) | 24,813 | 8,581,824 | |||
Snowflake, Inc., Class A (A) | 132,314 | 20,213,610 | |||
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 3.1% | |||||
First Solar, Inc. (A) | 49,298 | 7,966,064 | |||
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 142,017 | 12,290,151 | |||
Universal Display Corp. | 122,342 | 19,206,471 | |||
Software 3.3% | |||||
Klaviyo, Inc., Class A (A)(B) | 6,200 | 213,900 | |||
Workday, Inc., Class A (A) | 192,816 | 41,426,518 | |||
Materials 1.2% | 15,470,894 | ||||
Construction materials 1.2% | |||||
Vulcan Materials Company | 76,581 | 15,470,894 | |||
Real estate 2.2% | 28,540,953 | ||||
Real estate management and development 2.2% | |||||
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) | 371,192 | 28,540,953 | |||
Preferred securities 0.6% | $7,082,780 | ||||
(Cost $9,360,258) | |||||
Information technology 0.6% | 7,082,780 | ||||
Software 0.6% | |||||
Essence Group Holdings Corp. (A)(C)(D) | 2,958,957 | 3,787,465 | |||
Lookout, Inc., Series F (A)(C)(D) | 392,767 | 3,295,315 | |||
Exchange-traded funds 8.0% | $102,359,511 | ||||
(Cost $104,742,290) | |||||
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF (B) | 679,325 | 62,056,339 | |||
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF | 206,927 | 40,303,172 | |||
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Yield (%) | Shares | Value | |||
Short-term investments 3.9% | $50,075,637 | ||||
(Cost $50,074,889) | |||||
Short-term funds 3.9% | 50,075,637 | ||||
John Hancock Collateral Trust (E) | 5.2943(F) | 2,445,314 | 24,442,630 | ||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 5.2787(F) | 25,633,007 | 25,633,007 |
Total investments (Cost $1,259,943,734) 101.5% | $1,298,306,120 | ||||
Other assets and liabilities, net (1.5%) | (18,979,218) | ||||
Total net assets 100.0% | $1,279,326,902 |
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund. | |
Security Abbreviations and Legend | |
(A) | Non-income producing security. |
(B) | All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 9-30-23. |
(C) | Restricted security as to resale. For more information on this security refer to the Notes to financial statements. |
(D) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 2 to the financial statements. |
(E) | Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending. |
(F) | The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 9-30-23. |
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Assets | |
Unaffiliated investments, at value (Cost $1,235,501,852) including $23,964,532 of securities loaned | $1,273,863,490 |
Affiliated investments, at value (Cost $24,441,882) | 24,442,630 |
Total investments, at value (Cost $1,259,943,734) | 1,298,306,120 |
Dividends and interest receivable | 277,997 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 109,324 |
Receivable for investments sold | 5,820,786 |
Receivable for securities lending income | 3,898 |
Other assets | 211,208 |
Total assets | 1,304,729,333 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for investments purchased | 119,328 |
Payable for fund shares repurchased | 647,658 |
Payable upon return of securities loaned | 24,470,922 |
Payable to affiliates | |
Accounting and legal services fees | 60,181 |
Transfer agent fees | 3,563 |
Other liabilities and accrued expenses | 100,779 |
Total liabilities | 25,402,431 |
Net assets | $1,279,326,902 |
Net assets consist of | |
Paid-in capital | $1,537,183,317 |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | (257,856,415) |
Net assets | $1,279,326,902 |
Net asset value per share | |
Based on net asset value and shares outstanding - the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value | |
Class A ($23,276,584 ÷ 1,801,448 shares)1 | $12.92 |
Class C ($100,066 ÷ 7,859 shares)1 | $12.73 |
Class I ($3,529,864 ÷ 271,849 shares) | $12.98 |
Class R6 ($272,080,141 ÷ 20,904,129 shares) | $13.02 |
Class NAV ($980,340,247 ÷ 75,317,312 shares) | $13.02 |
Maximum offering price per share | |
Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 95%)2 | $13.60 |
1 | Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
2 | On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced. |
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Investment income | |
Dividends | $3,372,088 |
Securities lending | 189,659 |
Total investment income | 3,561,747 |
Expenses | |
Investment management fees | 5,721,840 |
Distribution and service fees | 28,404 |
Accounting and legal services fees | 145,951 |
Transfer agent fees | 23,130 |
Trustees’ fees | 16,099 |
Custodian fees | 79,907 |
State registration fees | 48,563 |
Printing and postage | 14,576 |
Professional fees | 53,707 |
Other | 26,696 |
Total expenses | 6,158,873 |
Less expense reductions | (530,511) |
Net expenses | 5,628,362 |
Net investment loss | (2,066,615) |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) on | |
Unaffiliated investments | 21,713,832 |
Affiliated investments | (10,190) |
21,703,642 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of | |
Unaffiliated investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (50,246,104) |
Affiliated investments | (598) |
(50,246,702) | |
Net realized and unrealized loss | (28,543,060) |
Decrease in net assets from operations | $(30,609,675) |
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Six months ended 9-30-23 (unaudited) | Year ended 3-31-23 | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | ||
From operations | ||
Net investment loss | $(2,066,615) | $(3,416,409) |
Net realized gain (loss) | 21,703,642 | (303,317,295) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (50,246,702) | 29,546,047 |
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | (30,609,675) | (277,187,657) |
Distributions to shareholders | ||
From earnings | ||
Class A | — | (838,676) |
Class C | — | (7,763) |
Class I | — | (240,504) |
Class R6 | — | (20,042,927) |
Class NAV | — | (71,562,747) |
Total distributions | — | (92,692,617) |
From fund share transactions | (80,669,945) | 63,893,824 |
Total decrease | (111,279,620) | (305,986,450) |
Net assets | ||
Beginning of period | 1,390,606,522 | 1,696,592,972 |
End of period | $1,279,326,902 | $1,390,606,522 |
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CLASS A SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-222 |
Per share operating performance | |||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.31 | $17.26 | $22.29 |
Net investment loss3 | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.07) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.35) | (2.96) | (4.96) |
Total from investment operations | (0.39) | (3.03) | (5.03) |
Less distributions | |||
From net realized gain | — | (0.92) | — |
Total distributions | — | (0.92) | — |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.92 | $13.31 | $17.26 |
Total return (%)4,5 | (2.93)6 | (17.12) | (22.57)6 |
Ratios and supplemental data | |||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $23 | $19 | $5 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | |||
Expenses before reductions | 1.267 | 1.26 | 1.248 |
Expenses including reductions | 1.187 | 1.18 | 1.178 |
Net investment loss | (0.66)7 | (0.53) | (0.98)8 |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 48 | 102 | 699 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | The inception date for Class A shares is 11-5-21. |
3 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
4 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
5 | Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
6 | Not annualized. |
7 | Annualized. |
8 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
9 | Portfolio turnover is shown for the period from 9-1-21 to 3-31-22. |
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CLASS C SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-222 |
Per share operating performance | |||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.16 | $17.21 | $22.29 |
Net investment loss3 | (0.09) | (0.17) | (0.13) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.34) | (2.96) | (4.95) |
Total from investment operations | (0.43) | (3.13) | (5.08) |
Less distributions | |||
From net realized gain | — | (0.92) | — |
Total distributions | — | (0.92) | — |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.73 | $13.16 | $17.21 |
Total return (%)4,5 | (3.27)6 | (17.76) | (22.79)6 |
Ratios and supplemental data | |||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $—7 | $—7 | $—7 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | |||
Expenses before reductions | 2.018 | 2.01 | 1.989 |
Expenses including reductions | 1.938 | 1.93 | 1.929 |
Net investment loss | (1.41)8 | (1.28) | (1.77)9 |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 48 | 102 | 6910 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | The inception date for Class C shares is 11-5-21. |
3 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
4 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
5 | Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
6 | Not annualized. |
7 | Less than $500,000. |
8 | Annualized. |
9 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
10 | Portfolio turnover is shown for the period from 9-1-21 to 3-31-22. |
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CLASS I SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-222 |
Per share operating performance | |||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.36 | $17.28 | $22.29 |
Net investment loss3 | (0.03) | (0.05) | (0.05) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.35) | (2.95) | (4.96) |
Total from investment operations | (0.38) | (3.00) | (5.01) |
Less distributions | |||
From net realized gain | — | (0.92) | — |
Total distributions | — | (0.92) | — |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.98 | $13.36 | $17.28 |
Total return (%)4 | (2.77)5 | (16.98) | (22.48)5 |
Ratios and supplemental data | |||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $4 | $4 | $4 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | |||
Expenses before reductions | 1.016 | 1.01 | 0.997 |
Expenses including reductions | 0.936 | 0.93 | 0.927 |
Net investment loss | (0.42)6 | (0.35) | (0.80)7 |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 48 | 102 | 698 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | The inception date for Class I shares is 11-5-21. |
3 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
4 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
5 | Not annualized. |
6 | Annualized. |
7 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
8 | Portfolio turnover is shown for the period from 9-1-21 to 3-31-22. |
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CLASS R6 SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-222,3 | 8-31-213 | 8-31-203 | 8-31-193 | 8-31-183 |
Per share operating performance | |||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.38 | $17.29 | $28.81 | $27.74 | $22.24 | $25.90 | $22.14 |
Net investment loss4 | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.08) | (0.20) | (0.11) | (0.12) | (0.10) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.34) | (2.96) | (4.17) | 8.88 | 8.38 | 0.28 | 6.01 |
Total from investment operations | (0.36) | (2.99) | (4.25) | 8.68 | 8.27 | 0.16 | 5.91 |
Less distributions | |||||||
From net realized gain | — | (0.92) | (7.27) | (7.61) | (2.77) | (3.82) | (2.15) |
Total distributions | — | (0.92) | (7.27) | (7.61) | (2.77) | (3.82) | (2.15) |
Net asset value, end of period | $13.02 | $13.38 | $17.29 | $28.81 | $27.74 | $22.24 | $25.90 |
Total return (%)5 | (2.69)6 | (16.81) | (20.41)6 | 33.87 | 41.40 | 5.71 | 28.68 |
Ratios and supplemental data | |||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $272 | $299 | $399 | $631 | $547 | $438 | $447 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | |||||||
Expenses before reductions | 0.907 | 0.90 | 0.888 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
Expenses including reductions | 0.827 | 0.83 | 0.828 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.91 |
Net investment loss | (0.30)7 | (0.26) | (0.65)8 | (0.72) | (0.51) | (0.54) | (0.44) |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 48 | 102 | 69 | 91 | 86 | 619 | 67 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | For the seven-month period ended 3-31-22. The inception date for Class R6 shares is 10-18-21. The Accounting Survivor’s fiscal year end was August 31 and the fund’s fiscal year end is March 31. |
3 | Financial highlights presented prior to close of business on October 15, 2021 represents the historical operating results of the Accounting Survivor. At the close of business on October 15, 2021, the Accounting Survivor was reorganized into the fund. On the date of reorganization, the accounting and performance history of the Accounting Survivor was retained as that of the fund. |
4 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
5 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
6 | Not annualized. |
7 | Annualized. |
8 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
9 | Excludes merger activity. |
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CLASS NAV SHARES Period ended | 9-30-231 | 3-31-23 | 3-31-222,3 | 8-31-213 | 8-31-203 | 8-31-193 | 8-31-183 |
Per share operating performance | |||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.38 | $17.29 | $28.81 | $27.61 | $22.09 | $25.66 | $21.90 |
Net investment loss4 | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.08) | (0.19) | (0.10) | (0.11) | (0.09) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (0.34) | (2.96) | (4.17) | 8.86 | 8.34 | 0.29 | 5.95 |
Total from investment operations | (0.36) | (2.99) | (4.25) | 8.67 | 8.24 | 0.18 | 5.86 |
Less distributions | |||||||
From net realized gain | — | (0.92) | (7.27) | (7.47) | (2.72) | (3.75) | (2.10) |
Total distributions | — | (0.92) | (7.27) | (7.47) | (2.72) | (3.75) | (2.10) |
Net asset value, end of period | $13.02 | $13.38 | $17.29 | $28.81 | $27.61 | $22.09 | $25.66 |
Total return (%)5 | (2.69)6 | (16.86) | (20.37)6 | 33.91 | 41.47 | 5.74 | 28.75 |
Ratios and supplemental data | |||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $980 | $1,069 | $1,289 | $1,515 | $1,294 | $1,153 | $1,258 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets): | |||||||
Expenses before reductions | 0.897 | 0.89 | 0.878 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
Expenses including reductions | 0.817 | 0.82 | 0.818 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.86 |
Net investment loss | (0.29)7 | (0.24) | (0.65)8 | (0.67) | (0.46) | (0.49) | (0.39) |
Portfolio turnover (%) | 48 | 102 | 69 | 91 | 86 | 619 | 67 |
1 | Six months ended 9-30-23. Unaudited. |
2 | For the seven-month period ended 3-31-22. The Accounting Survivor’s fiscal year end was August 31 and the fund’s fiscal year end is March 31. |
3 | Financial highlights presented prior to close of business on October 15, 2021 represents the historical operating results of the Accounting Survivor. At the close of business on October 15, 2021, the Accounting Survivor was reorganized into the fund. On the date of reorganization, the accounting and performance history of the Accounting Survivor was retained as that of the fund. As a result, the per share operating performance has been adjusted for the prior periods presented to reflect the transaction. The conversion ratio used was 0.98073, as the Accounting Survivor’s net asset value was $28.7711 while the fund’s net asset value was $28.2165 on the date of reorganization. |
4 | Based on average daily shares outstanding. |
5 | Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods. |
6 | Not annualized. |
7 | Annualized. |
8 | Annualized. Certain expenses are presented unannualized. |
9 | Excludes merger activity. |
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Total value at 9-30-23 | Level 1 quoted price | Level 2 significant observable inputs | Level 3 significant unobservable inputs | |
Investments in securities: | ||||
Assets | ||||
Common stocks | $1,138,788,192 | $1,138,788,192 | — | — |
Preferred securities | 7,082,780 | — | — | $7,082,780 |
Exchange-traded funds | 102,359,511 | 102,359,511 | — | — |
Short-term investments | 50,075,637 | 50,075,637 | — | — |
Total investments in securities | $1,298,306,120 | $1,291,223,340 | — | $7,082,780 |
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Class | Expense reduction |
Class A | $8,639 |
Class C | 43 |
Class I | 1,380 |
Class | Expense reduction |
Class R6 | $113,790 |
Class NAV | 406,659 |
Total | $530,511 |
Class | Rule 12b-1 Fee |
Class A | 0.25% |
Class C | 1.00% |
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Class | Distribution and service fees | Transfer agent fees |
Class A | $27,854 | $13,268 |
Class C | 550 | 66 |
Class I | — | 2,146 |
Class R6 | — | 7,650 |
Total | $28,404 | $23,130 |
Six Months Ended 9-30-23 | Year Ended 3-31-23 | |||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |
Class A shares | ||||
Sold | 609,587 | $8,274,848 | 1,290,175 | $17,142,322 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 68,019 | 838,676 |
Repurchased | (209,873) | (2,830,662) | (222,809) | (2,940,226) |
Net increase | 399,714 | $5,444,186 | 1,135,385 | $15,040,772 |
Class C shares | ||||
Sold | 307 | $4,224 | 6,534 | $86,368 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 466 | 5,695 |
Repurchased | (1,289) | (16,958) | (986) | (13,785) |
Net increase (decrease) | (982) | $(12,734) | 6,014 | $78,278 |
Class I shares | ||||
Sold | 40,291 | $562,003 | 104,458 | $1,354,698 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 19,443 | 240,504 |
Repurchased | (83,186) | (1,086,249) | (56,692) | (741,105) |
Net increase (decrease) | (42,895) | $(524,246) | 67,209 | $854,097 |
Class R6 shares | ||||
Sold | 452,455 | $6,293,411 | 1,089,384 | $14,697,891 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 1,617,670 | 20,042,927 |
Repurchased | (1,861,421) | (25,744,441) | (3,472,179) | (46,671,150) |
Net decrease | (1,408,966) | $(19,451,030) | (765,125) | $(11,930,332) |
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Six Months Ended 9-30-23 | Year Ended 3-31-23 | |||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |
Class NAV shares | ||||
Sold | 2,483,234 | $33,506,531 | 9,998,344 | $133,937,239 |
Distributions reinvested | — | — | 5,775,847 | 71,562,747 |
Repurchased | (7,079,972) | (99,632,652) | (10,398,844) | (145,648,977) |
Net increase (decrease) | (4,596,738) | $(66,126,121) | 5,375,347 | $59,851,009 |
Total net increase (decrease) | (5,649,867) | $(80,669,945) | 5,818,830 | $63,893,824 |
Portfolio | Affiliated Concentration |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio | 25.4% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio | 16.0% |
John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio | 11.8% |
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Dividends and distributions | |||||||||
Affiliate | Ending share amount | Beginning value | Cost of purchases | Proceeds from shares sold | Realized gain (loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | Income distributions received | Capital gain distributions received | Ending value |
John Hancock Collateral Trust* | 2,445,314 | $44,683,221 | $264,292,932 | $(284,522,735) | $(10,190) | $(598) | $189,659 | — | $24,442,630 |
* | Refer to the Securities lending note within Note 2 for details regarding this investment. |
Issuer, Description | Original acquisition date | Acquisition cost | Beginning share amount | Shares purchased | Shares sold | Ending share amount | Value as a percentage of net assets | Ending value |
Essence Group Holdings Corp. | 5-1-141 | $5,083,384 | 2,958,957 | — | — | 2,958,957 | 0.3% | $3,787,465 |
Lookout, Inc., Series F | 7-31-141 | 4,276,874 | 392,767 | — | — | 392,767 | 0.3% | 3,295,315 |
$7,082,780 |
1 | Reflects original acquisition date of security transferred in a merger with John Hancock Funds II Mid Cap Growth Fund which took place after market close on 10-15-21. |
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(a) | the skills and competency with which the Advisor has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationship, the Advisor’s oversight and monitoring of the Subadvisor’s investment performance and compliance programs, such as the Subadvisor’s compliance with fund policies and objectives, review of brokerage matters, including with respect to trade allocation and best execution and the Advisor’s timeliness in responding to performance issues; |
(b) | the background, qualifications and skills of the Advisor’s personnel; |
(c) | the Advisor’s compliance policies and procedures and its responsiveness to regulatory changes and fund industry developments; |
(d) | the Advisor’s administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the fund, as well as the Advisor’s oversight of any securities lending activity, its monitoring of class action litigation and collection of class action settlements on behalf of the fund, and bringing loss recovery actions on behalf of the fund; |
(e) | the financial condition of the Advisor and whether it has the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the fund; |
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(f) | the Advisor’s initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust’s operations and investor experience with the fund; and |
(g) | the Advisor’s reputation and experience in serving as an investment advisor to the Trust and the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments. |
(a) | reviewed information prepared by management regarding the fund’s performance; |
(b) | considered the comparative performance of an applicable benchmark index; |
(c) | considered the performance of comparable funds, if any, as included in the report prepared by an independent third-party provider of fund data; and |
(d) | took into account the Advisor’s analysis of the fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally. |
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(a) | reviewed financial information of the Advisor; |
(b) | reviewed and considered information presented by the Advisor regarding the net profitability to the Advisor and its affiliates with respect to the fund; |
(c) | received and reviewed profitability information with respect to the John Hancock Fund Complex as a whole and with respect to the fund; |
(d) | received information with respect to the Advisor’s allocation methodologies used in preparing the profitability data and considered that the Advisor hired an independent third-party consultant to provide an analysis of the Advisor’s allocation methodologies; |
(e) | considered that the John Hancock insurance companies that are affiliates of the Advisor, as shareholders of the Trust directly or through their separate accounts, receive certain tax credits or deductions relating to foreign taxes paid and dividends received by certain funds of the Trust and noted that these tax benefits, which are not available to participants in qualified retirement plans under applicable income tax law, are reflected in the profitability information reviewed by the Board; |
(f) | considered that the Advisor also provides administrative services to the fund on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement; |
(g) | noted that affiliates of the Advisor provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the fund, and that the fund’s distributor also receives Rule 12b-1 payments to support distribution of the fund; |
(h) | noted that the subadvisory fee for the fund is paid by the Advisor and is negotiated at arm’s length; |
(i) | considered the Advisor’s ongoing costs and expenditures necessary to improve services, meet new regulatory and compliance requirements, and adapt to other challenges impacting the fund industry; and |
(j) | considered that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it provides to the fund and the risks that it assumes as Advisor, including entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk. |
(a) | considered that the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee for certain funds of the John Hancock Fund Complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the participating portfolios (the reimbursement). This waiver is |
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based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund; | |
(b) | reviewed the fund’s advisory fee structure and concluded that: (i) the fund’s fee structure contains breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund; and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements permit shareholders of the fund to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the fund’s advisory fee structure; and |
(c) | the Board also considered the effect of the fund’s growth in size on its performance and fees. The Board also noted that if the fund’s assets increase over time, the fund may realize other economies of scale. |
(a) | information relating to the Subadvisor’s business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex); |
(b) | the historical and current performance of the fund and comparative performance information relating to an applicable benchmark index and comparable funds; |
(c) | the subadvisory fee for the fund, including any breakpoints, and to the extent available, comparable fee information prepared by an independent third party provider of fund data; and |
(d) | information relating to the nature and scope of any material relationships and their significance to the Trust’s Advisor and Subadvisor. |
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(1) | the Subadvisor has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager; |
(2) | the performance of the fund is being monitored and reasonably addressed, where appropriate; |
(3) | the subadvisory fee is reasonable in relation to the level and quality of services being provided under the Subadvisory Agreement; and |
(4) | noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Advisor not the fund and that the subadvisory fee breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the fund in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if the fund grows. |
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Steven R. Pruchansky, Vice Chairperson
Andrew G. Arnott†
James R. Boyle
William H. Cunningham*
Grace K. Fey
Noni L. Ellison^
Dean C. Garfield^
Deborah C. Jackson
Paul Lorentz‡
Frances G. Rathke*
Gregory A. Russo
President
Chief Financial Officer
Treasurer
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Stephen Mortimer
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
(a)Not Applicable.
(b)Not Applicable.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED- END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
The registrant has adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board of Trustees. A copy of the procedures is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. See attached "John Hancock Funds – Nominating and Governance Committee Charter".
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a)Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.
(b)There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
John Hancock Investment Trust
By: | /s/ Kristie M. Feinberg |
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Kristie M. Feinberg | |
President | |
Date: | October 30, 2023 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Kristie M. Feinberg |
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Kristie M. Feinberg | |
President | |
Date: | October 30, 2023 |
By: | /s/ Charles A. Rizzo |
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Charles A. Rizzo | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | October 30, 2023 |