-----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, V0Y9HYSyRN1vp3hoddIJiPiqDFyWw391YvJRBkkWLH/H2MrKuxWiN3q7WG3SsYkR BE08GDnS8VocCCI7TMoBSA== 0001010521-07-000794.txt : 20071107 0001010521-07-000794.hdr.sgml : 20071107 20071107160022 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001010521-07-000794 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071107 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071107 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20071107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN SOVEREIGN BOND FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000045288 IRS NUMBER: 042528977 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-48925 FILM NUMBER: 071221506 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-663-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 601 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BONDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930921 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BOND TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910704 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19841225 0000045288 S000000646 Bond Fund C000001854 Class A JHNBX C000001855 Class B JHBBX C000001856 Class C JHCBX C000001857 Class I JHBIX C000001858 Class R1 JHBRX 497 1 sovbond.txt SOVEREIGN BOND FUND John Hancock Funds Supplement dated November 7, 2007 to the Class A, B and C Shares Prospectus Effective November 5, 2007, the address for John Hancock Signature Services, Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is: John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. P. O. Box 9510 Portsmouth, NH 03802-9510 John Hancock Funds Supplement dated November 7, 2007 to the Class I Shares Prospectus Effective November 5, 2007, the address for John Hancock Signature Services, Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is: John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. P. O. Box 9510 Portsmouth, NH 03802-9510 John Hancock Funds Supplement dated November 7, 2007 to the Class R1 Shares Prospectus Effective November 5, 2007, the address for John Hancock Signature Services, Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is: John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. P. O. Box 9510 Portsmouth, NH 03802-9510 Under the "Your Account" section under the subsection "Who Can Buy Class R1 Shares," the third bullet point of the subsection is amended and restated as follows: Class R1 shares are available only to retirement plans, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, SIMPLE IRAs where the shares are held on the books of the funds through investment only omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial service firm) that trade through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). John Hancock Bond Fund Supplement dated November 7, 2007 to the Statement of Additional Information Effective November 5, 2007, the address for John Hancock Signature Services, Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is: John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. P. O. Box 9510 Portsmouth, NH 03802-9510 The disclosure in the section "Eligible Investors for Class R1 Shares" has been amended and restated as follows: Class R1 shares are available only to retirement plans, traditional and Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, SIMPLE IRAs where the shares are held on the books of the fund through investment only omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial service firm) that trade through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----