FORM OF DEALER AGREEMENT John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC 200 Berkeley Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116Dealer Agreement • February 22nd, 2021 • John Hancock Investors Trust • New York
From time to time John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC (the “Manager”, “we” or “us”) will act as manager of registered at-the-market offerings by John Hancock Investors Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), of up to 500,000 common shares (the “Shares”) of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, of the Fund (the “Common Shares”). In the case of such offerings, the Fund has agreed with the Manager to issue and sell through or to the Manager, as sales agent and/or principal, the Shares.
FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST Boston, Massachusetts 02116Distribution Agreement • February 22nd, 2021 • John Hancock Investors Trust • Massachusetts
John Hancock Investors Trust is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed a registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-251350 and 811-04173) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings.
