Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811- 05908

John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Alfred E. Ouellette, Senior Attorney & Assistant Secretary

601 Congress Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4324

Date of fiscal year end:  October 31 

 

Date of reporting period: 

January 31, 2006 

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS 

 




John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
Securities owned by the Fund on
January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

Issuer  Shares  Value 
Common stocks 35.70%    $99,761,124 
(Cost $87,559,648)     
 
Electric Utilities 2.34%    6,503,217 

Cinergy Corp.  50,000  2,172,500 
Progress Energy, Inc.  99,000  4,318,380 
Progress Energy, Inc. (Contingent Value Obligation) (B)(I)  176,250  12,337 
 
Gas Utilities 2.09%    5,843,014 

Atmos Energy Corp.  15,250  400,770 
National Fuel Gas Co.  86,000  2,829,400 
Peoples Energy Corp.  70,200  2,612,844 
 
Integrated Telecommunication Services 1.40%    3,922,382 

AT&T Inc.  102,350  2,655,982 
Verizon Communications, Inc.  40,000  1,266,400 
 
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power 29.87%    83,492,511 

Alliant Energy Corp.  182,900  5,424,814 
Ameren Corp.  80,000  4,060,800 
CH Energy Group, Inc.  198,800  9,323,720 
Consolidated Edison, Inc.  78,000  3,666,780 
Dominion Resources, Inc.  79,700  6,019,741 
DTE Energy Co.  193,500  8,165,700 
Duke Energy Corp.  90,000  2,551,500 
Energy East Corp.  320,000  7,952,000 
KeySpan Corp.  205,700  7,388,744 
NiSource, Inc.  133,550  2,741,781 
NSTAR  276,000  7,932,240 
OGE Energy Corp.  137,632  3,736,709 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.  16,000  1,113,920 
Sierra Pacific Resources (I)  128,650  1,698,180 
TECO Energy, Inc.  196,750  3,360,490 
Vectren Corp.  30,000  820,800 
WPS Resources Corp.  55,400  3,106,832 
Xcel Energy, Inc.  228,000  4,427,760 

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John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
Securities owned by the Fund on
January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

    Credit     
Issuer, description    rating (A)  Shares  Value 
Preferred stocks 62.10%        $173,604,656 
(Cost $169,017,186)         
 
Agricultural Products 1.31%          3,657,541 

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 6.25%, Ser A (S)  BB+  44,250  3,657,541 
 
Consumer Finance 1.77%      4,949,600 

SLM Corp., 6.97%, Ser A  BBB+  92,000  4,949,600 
 
Diversified Banks 2.63%      7,360,515 

Bank of America Corp., 6.75%, Depositary Shares, Ser VI  A  76,700  4,022,915 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 5.75%, Ser L (United Kingdom)  A  140,000  3,337,600 
 
Electric Utilities 19.83%      55,440,807 

Alabama Power Co., 5.20%  BBB+  262,475  6,338,771 
Boston Edison Co., 4.78%  BBB+  67,342  6,040,577 
Carolina Power & Light Co., $4.20  Baa3  41,151  3,005,311 
Carolina Power & Light Co., $5.44  BB+  11,382  1,035,762 
Delmarva Power & Light Co., 3.70%  BBB-  13,109  890,593 
Duquesne Light Co., 6.50%  BB+  107,000  5,499,800 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 6.25%  BB+  153,000  3,815,437 
Georgia Power Co., 6.00%, Ser R  A  49,900  1,247,500 
Interstate Power & Light Co., 7.10%, Ser C  BBB-  76,500  2,063,113 
Interstate Power & Light Co., 8.375%, Ser B  Baa3  25,000  825,000 
Monongahela Power Co., $6.28, Ser D  B+  24,931  2,349,747 
PPL Electric Utilities Corp., 4.40%  BBB  29,790  2,468,102 
Sierra Pacific Power Co., 7.80%, Ser 1 (Class A)  CCC+  200,986  5,115,094 
Southern California Edison Co., 6.125%  BBB-  35,000  3,541,563 
Virginia Electric & Power Co., $4.80  BB+  6,581  614,707 
Virginia Electric & Power Co., $6.98  BB+  35,000  3,666,250 
Virginia Electric & Power Co., $7.05  BB+  10,000  1,047,813 
Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 6.76%  A-  35,883  3,719,499 
Xcel Energy, Inc., $4.08, Ser B  BB+  8,610  697,410 
Xcel Energy, Inc., $4.11, Ser D  BB+  8,770  716,948 
Xcel Energy, Inc., $4.16, Ser E  BB+  9,390  741,810 
 
Gas Utilities 2.07%        5,789,095 

Southern Union Co., 7.55%  BB+  219,700  5,789,095 
 
Integrated Oil & Gas 1.49%      4,158,000 

Coastal Finance I, 8.375%  CCC  165,000  4,158,000 

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John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
Securities owned by the Fund on
January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

Integrated Telecommunication Services 0.00%     

Touch America Holdings, Inc., $6.875 (B)(G)(H)  D  50,000  0 
 
Investment Banking & Brokerage 7.30%      20,399,094 

Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 5.49%, Depositary Shares, Ser G  BBB  50,650  2,471,214 
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 5.72%, Depositary Shares, Ser F  BBB  95,300  4,765,000 
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 6.15%, Depositary Shares, Ser E  BBB  84,000  4,242,000 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 5.67%, Depositary Shares, Ser D  A-  124,800  6,177,600 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 5.94%, Depositary Shares, Ser C  A-  53,000  2,743,280 
 
Multi-Line Insurance 1.97%      5,512,500 

MetLife, Inc., 6.50%, Ser B  BBB  210,000  5,512,500 
 
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power 10.29%      28,773,350 

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 6.70%, Ser 1993  BBB-  20,250  2,104,734 
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 6.99%, Ser 1995  Baa1  30,000  3,128,439 
BGE Capital Trust II, 6.20%  BBB-  195,000  4,837,950 
Energy East Capital Trust I, 8.25%  BBB-  180,700  4,571,710 
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 4.08%, Ser A  BB+  5,000  392,500 
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 4.18%, Ser B  BB+  13,657  1,083,683 
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 6.92%  BB+  47,998  5,006,791 
SEMPRA Energy, $4.36  BBB+  19,250  1,540,000 
SEMPRA Energy, $4.75, Ser 53  BBB+  6,305  542,230 
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., 6.52%  Baa1  55,000  5,565,313 
 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 6.13%      17,121,379 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 5.46%, Depositary Shares, Ser B  BBB-  48,200  4,750,713 
Apache Corp., 5.68%, Depositary Shares, Ser B  BBB  51,500  5,132,299 
Devon Energy Corp., 6.49%, Ser A  BB+  50,645  5,186,367 
Nexen, Inc., 7.35% (Canada)  BB+  80,000  2,052,000 
 
Other Diversified Financial Services 5.13%      14,352,175 

Citigroup, Inc., 6.213%, Depositary Shares, Ser G  A  96,000  4,920,000 
Citigroup, Inc., 6.231%, Depositary Shares, Ser H  A  56,400  2,862,300 
Citigroup, Inc., 6.365%, Depositary Shares, Ser F  A  28,500  1,474,875 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.625%, Depositary Shares, Ser H  A-  100,000  5,095,000 
 
Regional Banks 1.68%      4,699,100 

HSBC USA, Inc., $2.8575  A1  95,900  4,699,100 
 
Trucking 0.50%      1,391,500 

AMERCO, 8.50%, Ser A  CCC+  55,000  1,391,500 

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John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
Securities owned by the Fund on
January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

  Interest  Par value   
Issuer, maturity date  rate (%)  ($000)  Value 
Short-term investments 2.20%      $6,161,000 
(Cost $6,161,000)       
 
Commercial Paper 2.20%      6,161,000 

Chevron Texaco Funding Corp., 02-01-06  4.350  6,161  6,161,000 
 
Total investments 100.00%      $279,526,780 

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John Hancock
Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
Footnotes to Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

(A) Credit ratings are unaudited and are rated by Moody's Investors Service where Standard & Poor's ratings are not available.

(B) This security is fair valued in good faith under procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

(H) Non-income-producing issuer filed for protection under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or is in default of interest payment.

(I) Non-income-producing security.

(S) This security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such security may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. Rule 144A securities amounted to $3,657,541 or 1.31% of the Fund's total investments as of January 31, 2006.

Parenthetical disclosure of a foreign country in the security description represents country of a foreign issuer.

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the total investments of the Fund.

The cost of investments owned on January 31, 2006, including short-term investments, was $262,737,834. Gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments aggregated $26,240,741 and $9,451,795, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $16,788,946.

Footnotes to Schedule of Investments - Page 1




ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II

By: /s/ Keith F. Hartstein
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Keith F. Hartstein
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 24, 2006

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Keith F. Hartstein
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Keith F. Hartstein
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 24, 2006

By: /s/ John G. Vrysen
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John G. Vrysen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 24, 2006