BOSTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Income Securities Trust declared its quarterly dividend today as follows:
Declaration Date: December 5, 2006
Ex Date: December 13, 2006
Record Date: December 15, 2006
Payment Date: December 29, 2006
Dividend Amount: $0.22125
This dividend equates to an annualized yield of 5.95 percent, based on the fund's closing market price as of December 4, 2006.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust is a diversified, closed-end fund. The Fund's investment objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of freely marketable debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign corporations and governments. Under normal circumstances the Fund will invest at least 80% of net assets in income securities. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in income-producing preferred and common stocks.
John Hancock Funds, the mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial Services, offers a broad array of investment products, including open-end and closed-end funds, privately managed accounts, 529 plans and retirement accounts to retail and institutional investors. As of September 30, 2006, investors entrusted John Hancock Funds with $50.7 billion in assets. Additional information about John Hancock Funds can be found on the website: http://www.jhfunds.com/.
About John Hancock and Manulife Financial
John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the Company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$381 billion (US$341 billion) as at September 30, 2006. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at http://www.manulife.com/.
The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock offers a broad range of financial products and services, including universal life insurance, variable life, term life and whole life, as well as college savings products, fixed and variable annuities, long-term care insurance, mutual funds, 401(k) plans and various forms of business insurance.
