Phelan Kenneth J 4

What Happened
Kenneth J. Phelan, a director of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (ticker: PDT), reported an open-market/private purchase of 774.071 shares on 2026-01-26 at a reported price of $12.92 per share, for an aggregate reported amount of $10,001. This transaction is a purchase (transaction code P), which is generally viewed as a net acquisition of shares rather than a sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-26 (reported on Form 4 filed 2026-01-27)
• Transaction type: P = Open market or private purchase
• Shares acquired: 774.071 shares at $12.92 per share (aggregate reported value $10,001)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing
• Footnote: The reported figure is approximate—due to timing of the fund’s NAV determination, the precise per-share price or exact share count may not be finalized at filing (see F1)
• Filing timeliness: Filed the day after the transaction; no late-filing indication in the report

Context: This is a small-value purchase by a director of an ETF-style fund. Purchases by insiders can be informative, but the filing’s footnote notes that the exact share/price figures are approximate because of the fund’s NAV timing. This report does not include any derivative transactions, option exercises, gifts, or tax-withholding events.