-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CobnOD3p2aAiPWqcl6VsVo19lPUAdyedh8oIp7uWQkWbOI93qvwVCj/zWUWGIgdM LoaXb0xo5I5owRzp1++dtg== 0001010521-98-000336.txt : 19981005 0001010521-98-000336.hdr.sgml : 19981005 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001010521-98-000336 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981002 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN DECLARATION TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001003457 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-64465 FILM NUMBER: 98719848 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 HUNTINGTON AVE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199-7603 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173751702 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 HUNTINGTON AVE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02199-7603 497 1 JOHN HANCOCK DECLARATION TRUST JOHN HANCOCK DECLARATION TRUST Supplement to Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 1998. The name of John Hancock V.A. Sovereign Bond Fund has been changed to John Hancock V.A. Bond Fund, effective October 1, 1998. On pages 18 and 19, the "Organization and Management of the Funds" has been changed as follows: V.A. Emerging Growth Fund Bernice S. Behar, CFA, leads the fund's portfolio management team. Other team members are managers Laura Allen, CFA and Anurag Pandit, CFA. Ms. Behar, senior vice president, has been in the investment business since 1986 and has managed the fund since 1996. Ms. Allen, senior vice president has been in the investment business since 1981 and joined the fund's management team in 1998. Mr. Pandit, vice president, has been in the investment business since 1984 and a member of the fund's team since 1996. John Hancock V.A. Bond Fund Mr. James K. Ho, CFA, leads the Fund's portfolio management team and has been primarily responsible for the management of the Fund since its inception. Mr. Ho, an executive vice president, has been associated with the Adviser since 1985 and in the investment business since 1977. Other team members since 1998 are Mr. Anthony A. Goodchild and Mr. Benjamin A. Matthews, vice presidents, who have been associated with the Adviser since 1994 and 1995, respectively, and have been in the investment business for thirty and twenty-five years, respectively. John Hancock V.A. World Bond Fund Fred Cavanaugh, Jr., Anthony A. Goodchild and James K. Ho lead the fund's portfolio management team. Mr. Cavanaugh and Mr. Ho have been members of the team since 1998 and Mr. Goodchild since inception. Mr. Cavanaugh, senior vice president, has been in the investment business since 1973 and joined the Adviser in 1986. Mr. Goodchild, senior vice president, has been in the investment business since 1968 and joined the Adviser in 1994. Mr. Ho, executive vice president, has been in the investment business since 1977 and joined the Adviser in 1985. September 25, 1998 VA0PS 9/98 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----