John Hancock Marathon Fund — Marathon Asset Mgmt LP Sub-Adv Transfers 1.62M Shares

What Happened
Marathon Asset Management LP, listed as the fund's sub-advisor, reported a disposition/transfer of 1,622,250.817 Class I shares of John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund on July 8, 2026. No per-share price or total dollar value is provided (transaction reported with code J — other acquisition or disposition), so this was not an open-market sale with a reported price.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 8, 2026; Form 4 filed July 14, 2026 (filed late relative to the typical 2-business-day requirement).
• Shares transferred: 1,622,250.817 Class I shares. Price: N/A (no sale price reported).
• Transaction code: J (other acquisition or disposition).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not reported in the supplied Form 4 excerpt.
• Footnote: The filing states the transfer occurred "in connection with the acquisition of the Reporting Person by certain affiliates of CVC Capital Partners plc" and that the shares were transferred to Jeffrey Todd Holdings, L.P. on July 8, 2026.

Context
This was a corporate/organizational transfer tied to the reporting person's acquisition by affiliates of CVC Capital Partners, not a routine insider open-market trade by an individual executive. Such transfers often reflect changes in ownership or structure of the reporting entity rather than a sub-advisor's view on the fund's prospects.