JOHN HANCOCK PFD INCOME III, ETF

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, consistent with preservation of capital. The fund’s secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. The fund seeks to achieve its objectives by investing in securities that, in the opinion of the Advisor, may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. It invests in various sectors, such as financial, utilities, energy, communication services, consumer discretionary, real estate, industrials, and consumer staple. Its investment advisor is John Hancock Investment Management LLC. more