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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 Premium Dividend Fund 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 
 
601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
Salvatore Schiavone, Treasurer 
 
601 Congress Street 
 
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 
 
(Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497 
 
Date of fiscal year end:  October 31 
 
Date of reporting period:  January 31, 2014 

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS





Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

    Shares  Value 
 
Preferred Securities 108.0% (69.2% of Total Investments)    $734,513,399 

(Cost $753,863,042)       
 
Consumer Staples 2.9%      19,593,843 

 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.9%       
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Series A, 6.250% (S)  224,250  19,593,843 
 
Financials 59.3%      403,215,334 

 
Capital Markets 10.0%       
Morgan Stanley, 7.125% (Z)    300,000  7,818,000 
State Street Corp., 5.250% (Z)    1,095,000  24,155,700 
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 5.200% (Z)  505,000  10,796,900 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.950% (Z)  860,000  19,178,000 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Series B, 6.200% (Z)  250,000  5,900,000 
 
Commercial Banks 18.5%       
Barclays Bank PLC, Series 3, 7.100% (Z)  192,500  4,885,650 
Barclays Bank PLC, Series 5, 8.125% (Z)  310,000  7,914,300 
BB&T Corp., 5.625% (Z) 800,000  17,280,000 
BB&T Corp., (Callable 11-1-17), 5.200%  120,000  2,414,400 
BB&T Corp., (Callable 6-1-18), 5.200% (Z)  235,000  4,737,600 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 5.375%  175,000  3,652,250 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (6.125% to 5-1-22, then 3     
month LIBOR + 4.067%), 6.125% (Z)  311,600  7,939,568 
Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal, Series 10, 10.500%     
(Z)    259,600  6,876,804 
Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Series C, 7.300%  500,000  12,555,000 
U.S. Bancorp, 5.150% (Z)    700,000  14,623,000 
U.S. Bancorp (6.000% to 4-15-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.861%),     
6.000%    160,000  4,409,600 
U.S. Bancorp (6.500% to 1-15-22, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.468%),     
6.500% (Z)    351,000  9,529,650 
Wells Fargo & Company, 8.000% (Z)    1,017,000  28,994,670 
 
Consumer Finance 6.7%       
HSBC Finance Corp., Depositary Shares, Series B, 6.360% (Z)  459,000  10,836,990 
HSBC USA, Inc., 2.858%    313,000  14,460,600 
SLM Corp., Series A, 6.970%    445,500  20,559,825 
 
Diversified Financial Services 15.5%       
Bank of America Corp., 6.375% (Z)    1,010,000  24,684,400 
Bank of America Corp., 6.625% (Z)    360,000  9,158,400 
Bank of America Corp., Depositary Shares, Series D, 6.204% (Z)  630,000  15,498,000 
Citigroup, Inc., Depositary Shares, Series AA, 8.125% (Z)  338,830  10,063,251 
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VIII, 6.375%  95,000  2,356,950 
Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II, 6.550% (Z)  287,000  7,235,270 
Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust III, 7.600% (Z)  662,000  17,437,080 
JPMorgan Chase & Company, 5.450% (Z)  630,000  13,293,000 
JPMorgan Chase & Company, 5.500% (Z)  230,000  4,878,300 
JPMorgan Chase & Company, 6.700%    35,000  868,000 
 
Insurance 7.1%       
Aegon NV, 6.500%    81,512  1,988,078 
MetLife, Inc., Series B, 6.500% (Z)    1,430,000  35,649,900 

 

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Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
Financials (continued)     

Principal Financial Group, Inc., Series B (6.518% to 6-30-35, then     
higher of 10 year CMT, or 30 year CMT or 3 month LIBOR +     
2.100%), 6.518%  55,000  $1,347,500 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.750%  50,000  1,112,500 
Prudential PLC, 6.750% (Z)  180,103  4,542,198 
W.R. Berkley Corp., 5.625%  170,000  3,626,100 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 1.5%     
Kimco Realty Corp., 6.000%  10,000  223,500 
Senior Housing Properties Trust, 5.625% (Z)  425,000  8,376,750 
Ventas Realty LP, 5.450%  63,000  1,357,650 
 
Industrials 0.4%    3,056,400 

 
Machinery 0.4%     
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.750%  135,000  3,056,400 
 
Telecommunication Services 6.9%    46,648,785 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.3%     
Qwest Corp., 6.125%  107,500  2,209,125 
Qwest Corp., 7.375% (Z)  1,021,000  25,535,210 
Touch America Holdings, Inc., 6.875% (I)  161,778  0 
Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.900%  60,000  1,500,000 
 
Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.6%     
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 5.875%  95,000  1,956,050 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 6.625% (Z)  285,000  6,731,700 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 6.875% (Z)  170,000  4,136,100 
United States Cellular Corp., 6.950% (Z)  185,000  4,580,600 
 
Utilities 38.5%    261,999,037 

 
Electric Utilities 33.7%     
Alabama Power Company, 5.200% (Z)  1,180,000  29,051,600 
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, Series 1993, 6.700%  20,250  2,047,781 
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, Series 1995, 6.990%  134,000  13,588,444 
Duke Energy Corp., 5.125% (Z)  180,000  3,857,400 
Duquesne Light Company, 6.500%  519,900  25,605,075 
Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 6.450%  350,000  8,662,500 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 6.250%  667,000  16,487,440 
Gulf Power Company, 5.600%  51,250  4,333,280 
HECO Capital Trust III, 6.500%  181,000  4,620,930 
Interstate Power & Light Company, 5.100%  1,440,000  30,916,800 
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.700% (Z)  320,000  6,998,400 
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.125% (Z)  300,000  5,955,000 
NSTAR Electric Company, 4.780% (Z)  100,000  10,075,000 
NSTAR Electric Company, 4.250% (Z)  13,347  1,174,536 
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 5.900%  1,345,000  30,585,300 
SCE Trust I, 5.625%  232,000  5,022,800 
SCE Trust II, 5.100%  1,250,000  24,625,000 
Union Electric Company, 3.700%  12,262  1,192,863 
Virginia Electric & Power Company, 6.980%  45,500  4,555,688 
 
Multi-Utilities 4.8%     
BGE Capital Trust II, 6.200% (Z)  690,000  16,836,000 
DTE Energy Company, 5.250%  245,000  5,132,750 
DTE Energy Company, 6.500% (Z)  180,000  4,455,000 

 

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Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
Utilities (continued)     

Integrys Energy Group, Inc., 6.000%  255,000  $6,219,450 
 
  Shares  Value 
 
Common Stocks 48.1% (30.8% of Total Investments)    $326,560,886 

(Cost $245,439,306)     
 
Energy 6.4%    43,761,760 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 6.4%     
Chevron Corp. (Z)  60,000  6,697,800 
ConocoPhillips (Z)  150,000  9,742,500 
ONEOK, Inc.  24,000  1,643,760 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR  33,000  2,280,300 
Spectra Energy Corp. (Z)  460,000  16,537,000 
Total SA, ADR (Z)  120,000  6,860,400 
 
Telecommunication Services 4.2%    28,233,800 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.2%     
AT&T, Inc. (Z)  415,000  13,827,800 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (Z)  300,000  14,406,000 
 
Utilities 37.5%    254,565,326 

 
Electric Utilities 17.8%     
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (Z)  200,000  9,762,000 
Duke Energy Corp. (Z)  275,000  19,420,500 
Entergy Corp.  100,000  6,303,000 
FirstEnergy Corp. (Z)  500,000  15,745,000 
Northeast Utilities  550,000  24,090,000 
OGE Energy Corp.  345,000  11,754,150 
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.  50,000  2,631,500 
PPL Corp.  220,000  6,725,400 
The Southern Company  75,000  3,093,000 
UIL Holdings Corp. (Z)  280,000  10,827,600 
Xcel Energy, Inc. (Z)  360,000  10,407,600 
 
Gas Utilities 1.5%     
AGL Resources, Inc. (Z)  110,550  5,282,079 
Atmos Energy Corp. (Z)  100,000  4,801,000 
 
Multi-Utilities 18.2%     
Alliant Energy Corp. (Z)  400,000  20,784,000 
Black Hills Corp. (Z)  190,000  10,417,700 
Dominion Resources, Inc. (Z)  195,000  13,242,450 
DTE Energy Company (Z)  250,000  17,055,000 
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (Z)  219,262  11,914,697 
National Grid PLC, ADR (Z)  210,000  13,603,800 
NiSource, Inc.  445,000  15,294,650 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.  45,000  1,500,300 
TECO Energy, Inc.  725,000  11,875,500 
Vectren Corp. (Z)  220,000  8,034,400 

 

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Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

Total investments (Cost $999,302,348)† 156.1%  $1,061,074,285 

Other assets and liabilities, net (56.1%)  ($381,143,815) 

Total net assets 100.0%  $679,930,470 

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.

ADR American Depositary Receipts

CMT Constant Maturity Treasury

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

(I) Non-income producing security.

(S) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.

(Z) All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the Credit Facility Agreement. Total collateral value at 1-31-14 was $546,231,239.

† At 1-31-14, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,001,567,978. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $59,506,307, of which $107,480,625 related to appreciated investment securities and $47,974,318 related to depreciated investment securities.

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Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Equity securities held by the fund are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange where the security was acquired or most likely will be sold. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Swaps are valued using evaluated prices obtained from an independent pricing vendor. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor. Securities that trade only in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued using bid prices. Other portfolio securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the fund’s Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed.

The fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the fund’s investments as of January 31, 2014, by major security category or type:

      Level 2  Level 3 
  Total Market    Significant  Significant 
  Value at  Level 1 Quoted  Observable  Unobservable 
  01/31/14  Price  Inputs  Inputs 
Preferred Securities         
Consumer Staples  $19,593,843    $19,593,843   
Financials  403,215,334  $403,215,334     
Industrials  3,056,400  3,056,400     
Telecommunication Services  46,648,785  46,648,785     
Utilities  261,999,037  201,056,041  60,942,996   
Common Stocks         
Energy  43,761,760  43,761,760     
Telecommunication Services  28,233,800  28,233,800     
Utilities  254,565,326  254,565,326     
 
Total Investments in Securities  $1,061,074,285  $980,537,446  $80,536,839   
Other Financial Instruments:         
Interest Rate Swaps  ($1,910,080)    ($1,910,080)   

Derivative Instruments. The fund may invest in derivatives in order to meet its investment objectives. Derivatives include a variety of different instruments that may be traded in the over-the-counter market, on a regulated exchange or through a clearing facility. The risks in using derivatives vary depending upon the structure of the instruments, including the use of leverage, optionality, the liquidity or lack of liquidity of the contract, the creditworthiness of the counterparty or clearing organization and the volatility of the position. Some derivatives involve risks that are potentially greater than the risks associated with investing directly in the referenced securities or other referenced underlying instrument. Specifically, the fund is exposed to the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. OTC derivatives transactions typically can only be closed out with the other party to the transaction.

Interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps represent an agreement between the fund and a counterparty to exchange cash flows based on the difference between two interest rates applied to a notional amount. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other. The fund settles accrued net interest receivable or payable under the swap contracts at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market or may be executed on a registered commodities exchange (centrally cleared swaps).

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Premium Dividend Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

Swaps are marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swap contracts. A termination payment by the counterparty or the fund is recorded as realized gain or loss, as well as the net periodic payments received or paid by the fund. The value of the swap will typically impose collateral posting obligations on the party that is considered out-of-the-money on the swap.

During the period ended January 31, 2014, the fund used interest rate swaps in anticipation of rising interest rates. The following table summarizes the interest rate swap contracts held as of January 31, 2014.

  USD Notional  Payments Made by  Payments Received  Maturity   
Counterparty  Amount  Fund  by Fund  Date  Market Value 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services  $82,000,000  Fixed 1.4625%  3-Month LIBOR (a)  Aug 2016  ($2,239,174) 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services  82,000,000  Fixed 0.8750%  3-Month LIBOR (a)  Jul 2017  329,094 

Total  $164,000,000        ($1,910,080) 

 
(a) At 1-31-14, the 3-month LIBOR rate was 0.2366%  
 

For additional information on the fund’s significant accounting policies, please refer to the fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

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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 Premium Dividend Fund 
 
By:  /s/ Andrew G. Arnott 
  Andrew G. Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  March 24, 2014 

 

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/ Andrew G. Arnott 
Andrew G. Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  March 24, 2014 
 
 
By:  /s/ Charles A. Rizzo 
Charles A. Rizzo 
  Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date:  March 24, 2014