Manulife Private Credit Plus Fund — John Hancock Trust Buys 301,659 Shares

What Happened
John Hancock Stable Value Fund Collective Investment Trust, reported as a 10% owner, made an open-market/private purchase of approximately 301,659.125 shares of Manulife Private Credit Plus Fund on 2026-07-01 at a reported price of $19.89 per share, representing roughly $6,000,000. This was a purchase transaction (code P), which is a net acquisition rather than a sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-07-01 at $19.89 per share (reported).
• Shares purchased / value: ~301,659.125 shares for about $6,000,000.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnote: The filing states the figure is approximate — because of timing in determining the fund’s NAV, the exact price and resulting share count could not be determined at filing (Footnote F1).
• Filing date / timeliness: Form filed 2026-08-21 — this is well past the typical 2-business-day window for Form 4 filings (i.e., a late filing).

Context

• The buyer is an institutional 10% owner (a collective investment trust), not an individual executive; institutional purchases indicate portfolio allocation decisions rather than insider sentiment by officers/directors.
• The footnote means the reported share count and per-share price are approximate and subject to NAV reconciliation.
• Late filing reduces the timeliness of disclosure; investors should view the trade as historical information rather than real-time insider activity.