John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund declared monthly distribution of $0.0975 per unit. The distributions are payable December 19, 2019 to shareholders of record on December 12, 2019 with an ex-date of December 11, 2019.

The company also declared long-term capital gain distribution of $0.0340 per share, the distributions are payable December 19, 2019 to shareholders of record on December 12, 2019 with an ex-date of December 11, 2019.