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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001776474-22-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220711
FILED AS OF DATE: 20220718
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220718
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sechler Christopher
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001642102
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23748
FILM NUMBER: 221088535
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK
STREET 2: 601 CONGRESS STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: John Hancock Asset-Based Lending Fund
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001885778
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1031
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 200 BERKELEY STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02116
BUSINESS PHONE: 617-663-2261
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 200 BERKELEY STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02116
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primary_doc.xml
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
X0206
3
2022-07-11
1
0001885778
John Hancock Asset-Based Lending Fund
N/A
0001642102
Sechler Christopher
C/O JOHN HANCOCK
601 CONGRESS STREET
BOSTON
MA
02210
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Secretary and CLO
Ariel Ayanna, by Power of Attorney
2022-07-18
EX-24
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sechlerpoa.txt
POWER OF ATTORNEY
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS
As an officer, trustee, and/or shareholder of John Hancock Closed-End Funds
(the "Companies") listed in Appendix A, the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna,
Sarah Coutu, Thomas Dee, John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J.
Kolokithas, Suzanne Lambert, Ed Macdonald, Mara Moldwin, Harsha Pulluru,
Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, acting singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Prepare and execute for the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto regarding Common Shares of the John Hancock Closed-End
Funds (the "Companies") listed in Appendix A in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) File any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(3) Take any other action which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor
the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be
necessary or appropriate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of June 2022.
/s/ Christopher Sechler
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Christopher Sechler
APPENDIX A
LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS
John Hancock Asset-Based Lending Fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
John Hancock Investors Trust
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
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