0001145549-20-001156.txt : 20200113 0001145549-20-001156.hdr.sgml : 20200113 20200113115922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-20-001156 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200113 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JOHN HANCOCK INCOME SECURITIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000759866 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04186 FILM NUMBER: 20523253 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 200 BERKELEY STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-663-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS STREET 2: 200 BERKELEY STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HANCOCK JOHN INCOME SECURITIES TRUST /MA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0000759866 XXXXXXXX true false false N-2 John Hancock Income Securities Trust 811-04186 0000759866 549300RB36J7QSFLWG11 200 Berkeley Street Boston 02116 US-MA US 6176634497 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston 02111 6177863000 SSB maintains the accounting records and the custody of the assets. John Hancock Income Securities Trust 200 Berkeley Street Boston 02116 6176634497 Records related to its functions as Registrant John Hancock Investment Management LLC 200 Berkeley Street Boston 02116 6176632430 Records related to its functions as advisor Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC 197 Clarendon Street Boston 02216 6173751876 Records related to its functions as sub-advisor N N N-2 Y Hassell H. McClellan N/A N James R. Boyle N/A N Peter S. Burgess N/A N William H. Cunningham N/A N Grace K. Fey N/A N Marianne Harrison N/A Y Deborah C. Jackson N/A N James M. Oates N/A N Gregory A. Russo N/A N Steven R. Pruchansky N/A N Andrew G. Arnott N/A Y Charles L. Bardelis N/A N Francis V. Knox, Jr. 001699647 200 Berkeley Street Boston 02116 XXXXXX N N N N N John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC 8-43582 000028262 N/A Y N PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 00238 5493002GVO7EO8RNNS37 N N N N N N John Hancock Income Securities Trust 549300RB36J7QSFLWG11 N N/A N N N N N/A N/A N/A Rule 23c-1 (17 CFR 270.23c-1) Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4) Y Y N N John Hancock Investment Management LLC 801-8124 000105790 AOWFNEEIG2OJ03AZXK87 N Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC 801-42023 000106435 549300ZKXV1OCZQWDK34 Y N Computershare Inc 084-05925 254900Y7PP3ZED9AUY94 N N N Refinitiv 549300561UZND4C7B569 CA N ICE Data Services 5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34 N Pricing Direct 549300WIC0TOJ7N7GD54 N IHS Markit N/A GB N Bloomberg LP N/A N State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) N Computershare Shareowner Services, LLC 254900Y7PP3ZED9AUY94 N N N John Hancock Investment Management LLC AOWFNEEIG2OJ03AZXK87 Y N N 0.000000000000 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 8-35008 000000079 ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 325212495.180000000000 Deutsche Bank AG N/A N/A 213800QILIUD4ROSUO03 DE 15824727.940000000000 UBS AG N/A N/A BFM8T61CT2L1QCEMIK50 CH 192566118.770000000000 State Street Global Markets, LLC 8-69862 000285852 549300FDEDF5ORXCMQ56 131310089.360000000000 BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC 8-35255 000017454 VJW2DOOHGDT6PR0ZRO63 118388737.410000000000 Barclays Bank PLC N/A N/A G5GSEF7VJP5I7OUK5573 GB 88554522.340000000000 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 8-129 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 55214292.450000000000 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 30214496.070000000000 HSBC Bank PLC N/A N/A MP6I5ZYZBEU3UXPYFY54 GB 25086282.600000000000 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 8-7221 000007691 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81 21575675.260000000000 1071018789.590000000000 N 173556568.800000000000 Common stock Common shares N N N N N N 0.770000000000 2.540000000000 14.580000000000 15.570000000000 true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 incomesecuritiesauditreport.htm HTML

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of John Hancock Income Securities Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of John Hancock Income Securities Trust (the “Fund”) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of October 31, 2019.

 

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This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Income Securities Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 13, 2019

 

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