FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
PRUCHANSKY STEVEN R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O JOHN HANCOCK
200 BERKELEY STREET

(Street)
BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund [ HTY ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below)
Trustee of the Fund
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/05/2022
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
common shares of beneficial interest 08/05/2022   S   2,179 D $ 5.42 2,719.4167 D  
common shares of beneficial interest 08/05/2022   S   1,347 D $ 5.41 1,372.4167 D  
common shares of beneficial interest 08/08/2022   S   0.171 D $ 5.4386 1,372.2457 D  
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Ariel Ayanna, by Power of Attorney 08/09/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POA
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                       FOR
                   JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
                              SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

As an officer, trustee and/or shareholder of John Hancock Closed-End Funds (the
"Companies") listed in Appendix A, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna, Sarah Coutu,
Thomas Dee, John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Suzanne Lambert, Nicholas J.
Kolokithas, Edward Macdonald, Harsha Pulluru, Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne
Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, acting singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

          (1) Prepare and execute for the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto regarding Common Shares of the Companies in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

          (2) File any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

          (3) Take any other action which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor
the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be
necessary or appropriate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 8(th) day of December, 2016.


                                          /s/ Steven R. Pruchansky
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                                          Steven R. Pruchansky

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                                                                      APPENDIX A

                      LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS

John Hancock Emerging Markets Income Fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Floating Rate High Income Fund
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
John Hancock Investors Trust
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
John Hancock Strategic Diversified Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund


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