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- 4173

John Hancock Investors Trust
(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, 2015






ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS







John Hancock

Investors Trust


Quarterly portfolio holdings 1/31/15

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Fund's investmentsInvestors Trust

                                                           
  As of 1-31-15 (unaudited)  
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Corporate bonds 125.0% (82.1% of Total investments)     $202,556,129  
  (Cost $207,874,378)  
  Consumer discretionary 16.4%     26,541,301  
  Auto components 2.7%  
  American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (Z)     6.250     03-15-21           1,000,000     1,066,250  
  Lear Corp.     5.250     01-15-25           2,000,000     2,040,000  
  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Z)     7.000     05-15-22           1,200,000     1,299,000  
  Automobiles 0.6%  
  Chrysler Group LLC     8.000     06-15-19           900,000     946,125  
  Hotels, restaurants and leisure 2.0%  
  GLP Capital LP (Z)     4.875     11-01-20           1,285,000     1,325,959  
  Grupo Posadas SAB de CV (S)(Z)     7.875     11-30-17           600,000     582,000  
  Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority     9.750     09-01-21           1,365,000     1,385,464  
  Waterford Gaming LLC (S)     8.625     09-15-49           452,760     29,650  
  Household durables 0.9%  
  Standard Pacific Corp. (Z)     8.375     05-15-18           140,000     157,850  
  William Lyon Homes, Inc. (Z)     5.750     04-15-19           1,300,000     1,287,000  
  Internet and catalog retail 0.7%  
  QVC, Inc. (Z)     5.950     03-15-43           1,000,000     1,089,111  
  Media 8.8%  
  AMC Entertainment, Inc. (Z)     5.875     02-15-22           960,000     981,600  
  Cablevision Systems Corp. (Z)     7.750     04-15-18           450,000     492,750  
  CCOH Safari LLC     5.750     12-01-24           1,000,000     1,013,750  
  Cinemark USA, Inc. (Z)     7.375     06-15-21           365,000     386,900  
  DIRECTV Holdings LLC (Z)     5.875     10-01-19           355,000     413,990  
  DISH DBS Corp. (Z)     6.750     06-01-21           2,425,000     2,634,156  
  iHeartCommunications, Inc. (Z)     11.250     03-01-21           1,500,000     1,541,250  
  iHeartCommunications, Inc., PIK (Z)     14.000     02-01-21           1,140,200     936,389  
  Myriad International Holdings BV (S)(Z)     6.000     07-18-20           440,000     492,492  
  Numericable Group SA (S)     6.250     05-15-24           200,000     207,000  
  Outfront Media Capital LLC (S)     5.250     02-15-22           900,000     931,500  
  Outfront Media Capital LLC (S)     5.625     02-15-24           900,000     931,500  
  Sinclair Television Group, Inc.     6.375     11-01-21           830,000     861,125  
  Time Warner Cable, Inc. (Z)     8.250     04-01-19           375,000     464,496  
  Videotron, Ltd. (Z)     6.375     12-15-15           300,000     300,750  
  WMG Acquisition Corp. (S)(Z)     6.000     01-15-21           868,000     878,919  
  WMG Acquisition Corp. (S)     6.750     04-15-22           820,000     739,025  
  Specialty retail 0.7%  
  Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., PIK (S)     9.750     10-15-19           500,000     412,500  
  L Brands, Inc. (Z)     6.950     03-01-33           660,000     712,800  
  Consumer staples 3.5%     5,689,855  
  Beverages 1.9%  
  Ajecorp BV (S)(Z)     6.500     05-14-22           1,000,000     810,000  
  Corporacion Lindley SA (S)(Z)     4.625     04-12-23           1,000,000     970,000  
  Cott Beverages, Inc. (S)(Z)     5.375     07-01-22           500,000     448,750  
  SABMiller Holdings, Inc. (S)(Z)     3.750     01-15-22           750,000     802,074  
  Food and staples retailing 0.8%  
  Aramark Services, Inc.     5.750     03-15-20           170,000     176,906  
  Office Depot de Mexico SA de CV (S)(Z)     6.875     09-20-20           610,000     643,550  
  Tops Holding Corp. (Z)     8.875     12-15-17           400,000     408,000  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Consumer staples  (continued)        
  Food products 0.3%  
  Marfrig Holding Europe BV (S)(Z)     8.375     05-09-18           600,000     $565,200  
  Tobacco 0.5%  
  Lorillard Tobacco Company (Z)     6.875     05-01-20           720,000     865,375  
  Energy 15.1%     24,528,873  
  Energy equipment and services 1.7%  
  Chaparral Energy, Inc.     7.625     11-15-22           535,000     310,300  
  EDC Finance, Ltd. (S)(Z)     4.875     04-17-20           1,000,000     785,000  
  Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance BV (S)(Z)     6.375     02-14-19           1,000,000     800,000  
  Permian Holdings, Inc. (S)(Z)     10.500     01-15-18           700,000     462,000  
  RKI Exploration & Production LLC (S)     8.500     08-01-21           565,000     468,950  
  Oil, gas and consumable fuels 13.4%  
  Access Midstream Partners LP (Z)     4.875     03-15-24           2,380,000     2,457,350  
  American Energy-Permian Basin LLC (S)     7.125     11-01-20           500,000     365,000  
  Arch Coal, Inc. (S)(Z)     8.000     01-15-19           635,000     266,700  
  Chesapeake Energy Corp.     5.750     03-15-23           940,000     972,900  
  Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (Z)     7.750     04-01-19           1,070,000     920,200  
  CNOOC Finance 2012, Ltd. (S)(Z)     5.000     05-02-42           1,000,000     1,141,563  
  Continental Resources, Inc.     4.500     04-15-23           1,305,000     1,234,069  
  EP Energy LLC (Z)     9.375     05-01-20           1,250,000     1,259,375  
  EV Energy Partners LP (Z)     8.000     04-15-19           405,000     352,350  
  Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC (Z)     6.875     02-15-23           1,050,000     1,158,780  
  Global Partners LP (S)(Z)     6.250     07-15-22           790,000     774,200  
  Indo Energy Finance II BV (S)     6.375     01-24-23           300,000     196,500  
  KazMunayGas National Company (S)     4.875     05-07-25           1,435,000     1,257,419  
  Linn Energy LLC     6.500     09-15-21           1,320,000     970,200  
  Lukoil International Finance BV (S)(Z)     4.563     04-24-23           1,000,000     761,500  
  MarkWest Energy Partners LP     4.875     12-01-24           800,000     804,000  
  MarkWest Energy Partners LP (Z)     6.500     08-15-21           725,000     761,250  
  MEG Energy Corp. (S)     7.000     03-31-24           752,000     680,560  
  Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (S)     5.125     03-28-23           705,000     387,750  
  Pan American Energy LLC (S)(Z)     7.875     05-07-21           1,100,000     1,124,750  
  Petroleos Mexicanos     5.500     01-21-21           755,000     815,778  
  Rex Energy Corp. (S)     6.250     08-01-22           630,000     485,100  
  Samson Investment Company (Z)     9.750     02-15-20           1,385,000     429,350  
  Tullow Oil PLC (S)(Z)     6.000     11-01-20           1,750,000     1,470,000  
  Tullow Oil PLC (S)(Z)     6.250     04-15-22           500,000     420,000  
  Valero Energy Corp. (Z)     6.125     02-01-20           205,000     235,979  
  Financials 24.2%     39,152,052  
  Banks 7.5%  
  Banco Bradesco SA (S)(Z)     5.750     03-01-22           500,000     528,750  
  Banco BTG Pactual SA (S)     5.750     09-28-22           960,000     849,312  
  Banco Regional S.A.E.C.A. (S)     8.125     01-24-19           400,000     421,484  
  Barclays Bank PLC (S)(Z)     10.179     06-12-21           195,000     266,985  
  Credit Agricole SA (7.875% to 1-23-24, then 5 year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.898%) (Q)(S)(Z)     7.875     01-23-24           500,000     516,258  
  GTB Finance B.V. (S)(Z)     7.500     05-19-16           285,000     277,875  
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Z)     3.450     03-01-16           2,000,000     2,053,344  
  National City Bank of Indiana (Z)     4.250     07-01-18           2,000,000     2,161,026  
  Sberbank of Russia (S)(Z)     6.125     02-07-22           1,000,000     835,000  
  Societe Generale SA (6.000% to 1-27-20, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.067%) (Q)(S)(Z)     6.000     01-27-20           2,050,000     1,885,078  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Financials  (continued)        
  Banks  (continued)  
  State Bank of India (S)(Z)     4.500     07-27-15           500,000     $508,330  
  Wells Fargo & Company (5.900% to 6-15-24, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.110%) (Q)(Z)     5.900     06-15-24           1,860,000     1,911,150  
  Capital markets 4.2%  
  E*TRADE Financial Corp. (Z)     6.375     11-15-19           1,000,000     1,070,000  
  Morgan Stanley (Z)     3.800     04-29-16           1,000,000     1,034,052  
  Morgan Stanley (Z)     5.750     01-25-21           1,000,000     1,172,360  
  Morgan Stanley (5.450% to 7-15-19, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.610%) (Q)(Z)     5.450     07-15-19           500,000     508,165  
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Z)     5.250     07-27-21           990,000     1,136,300  
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Z)     6.250     09-01-17           1,000,000     1,114,686  
  Walter Investment Management Corp.     7.875     12-15-21           875,000     741,563  
  Consumer finance 2.6%  
  Credit Acceptance Corp. (S)(Z)     6.125     02-15-21           565,000     565,000  
  Enova International, Inc. (S)     9.750     06-01-21           665,000     590,188  
  First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (Z)     6.750     04-01-21           690,000     710,700  
  OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc. (S)     7.250     12-15-21           925,000     955,063  
  Springleaf Finance Corp. (Z)     6.900     12-15-17           750,000     802,500  
  Springleaf Finance Corp.     8.250     10-01-23           500,000     565,000  
  Diversified financial services 3.6%  
  CorpGroup Banking SA (S)(Z)     6.750     03-15-23           1,000,000     989,173  
  Corporacion Andina de Fomento (Z)     3.750     01-15-16           690,000     707,467  
  Denali Borrower LLC (S)     5.625     10-15-20           1,075,000     1,150,250  
  Gruposura Finance (S)(Z)     5.700     05-18-21           440,000     468,028  
  Leucadia National Corp. (Z)     5.500     10-18-23           1,000,000     1,039,450  
  Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Z)     7.875     10-01-20           750,000     693,750  
  Nielsen Finance LLC (S)(Z)     5.000     04-15-22           800,000     802,000  
  Insurance 2.6%  
  Aquarius + Investments PLC (6.375% to 9-1-19, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 5.210%)     6.375     09-01-24           1,000,000     1,057,091  
  CNA Financial Corp. (Z)     7.350     11-15-19           655,000     801,071  
  Lincoln National Corp. (7.000% to 5-17-16, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.358%) (Z)     7.000     05-17-66           370,000     368,150  
  MetLife, Inc. (Z)     6.817     08-15-18           1,000,000     1,178,424  
  Symetra Financial Corp. (8.300% to 10-15-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.177%) (S)(Z)     8.300     10-15-37           520,000     538,200  
  Willis North America, Inc. (Z)     7.000     09-29-19           215,000     255,232  
  Real estate investment trusts 3.4%  
  Algeco Scotsman Global Finance PLC (S)     10.750     10-15-19           920,000     703,800  
  Crown Castle Towers LLC (S)(Z)     4.883     08-15-20           750,000     831,666  
  DuPont Fabros Technology LP     5.875     09-15-21           835,000     866,313  
  Iron Mountain, Inc. (Z)     8.375     08-15-21           107,000     111,601  
  Plum Creek Timberlands LP (Z)     5.875     11-15-15           345,000     357,804  
  Trust F/1401 (S)     5.250     12-15-24           2,475,000     2,607,413  
  Real estate management and development 0.3%  
  General Shopping Investments, Ltd. (12.000% to 3-20-17, then 5 Year USGG + 11.052%) (Q)(S)     12.000     03-20-17           500,000     445,000  
  Health care 8.6%     13,910,634  
  Health care providers and services 5.4%  
  BioScrip, Inc. (S)     8.875     02-15-21           1,000,000     880,000  
  Community Health Systems, Inc.     5.125     08-01-21           200,000     207,250  
  Community Health Systems, Inc.     6.875     02-01-22           900,000     957,375  
  Covenant Surgical Partners, Inc. (S)     8.750     08-01-19           250,000     248,125  
  DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (Z)     5.125     07-15-24           1,395,000     1,433,781  
  Gentiva Health Services, Inc.     11.500     09-01-18           500,000     530,000  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Health care  (continued)        
  Health care providers and services  (continued)  
  HCA, Inc. (Z)     5.250     04-15-25           1,300,000     $1,412,125  
  HCA, Inc.     5.375     02-01-25           330,000     340,931  
  HCA, Inc. (Z)     7.500     02-15-22           130,000     152,425  
  Select Medical Corp. (Z)     6.375     06-01-21           1,475,000     1,484,034  
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Z)     6.000     10-01-20           1,005,000     1,085,400  
  Pharmaceuticals 3.2%  
  Endo Finance LLC (S)     6.000     02-01-25           490,000     500,719  
  Endo Finance LLC (S)(Z)     7.250     01-15-22           1,345,000     1,429,063  
  Mallinckrodt International Finance SA (S)(Z)     5.750     08-01-22           710,000     733,075  
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (S)     5.500     03-01-23           250,000     255,156  
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (S)(Z)     5.625     12-01-21           2,190,000     2,261,175  
  Industrials 14.1%     22,911,438  
  Aerospace and defense 2.2%  
  Ducommun, Inc. (Z)     9.750     07-15-18           160,000     170,800  
  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (S)     5.000     12-15-21           740,000     767,750  
  LMI Aerospace, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.375     07-15-19           1,910,000     1,896,057  
  TransDigm, Inc.     6.500     07-15-24           750,000     759,375  
  Airlines 4.4%  
  AerCap Ireland Capital, Ltd. (S)     4.500     05-15-21           1,250,000     1,290,625  
  Air Canada (S)(Z)     8.750     04-01-20           1,000,000     1,080,000  
  Air Canada 2013-1 Class C Pass Through Trust (S)(Z)     6.625     05-15-18           1,000,000     1,025,400  
  American Airlines 2013-2 Class B Pass Through Trust (S)(Z)     5.600     07-15-20           657,295     676,160  
  Continental Airlines 1999-1 Class A Pass Through Trust (Z)     6.545     02-02-19           168,004     184,485  
  Continental Airlines 2000-2 Class B Pass Through Trust (Z)     8.307     04-02-18           52,438     57,550  
  Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust (Z)     6.821     08-10-22           585,008     683,699  
  TAM Capital 3, Inc. (S)(Z)     8.375     06-03-21           505,000     524,443  
  TAM Capital, Inc. (Z)     7.375     04-25-17           1,000,000     1,030,030  
  UAL 2009-1 Pass Through Trust (Z)     10.400     11-01-16           113,255     125,283  
  UAL 2009-2A Pass Through Trust (Z)     9.750     01-15-17           339,538     376,887  
  Building products 0.5%  
  Associated Materials LLC (Z)     9.125     11-01-17           1,000,000     827,500  
  Commercial services and supplies 0.1%  
  Garda World Security Corp. (S)     7.250     11-15-21           220,000     214,500  
  Industrial conglomerates 1.7%  
  Odebrecht Finance, Ltd. (S)     8.250     04-25-18     BRL     2,250,000     658,250  
  Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, Ltd. (S)     6.750     10-01-22           942,500     668,892  
  Tenedora Nemak SA de CV (S)     5.500     02-28-23           1,350,000     1,366,875  
  Machinery 1.6%  
  Trinity Industries, Inc. (Z)     4.550     10-01-24           2,640,000     2,623,357  
  Marine 1.2%  
  Global Ship Lease, Inc. (S)(Z)     10.000     04-01-19           350,000     361,375  
  Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.375     01-15-22           870,000     774,300  
  Navios South American Logistics, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.250     05-01-22           805,000     768,775  
  Oil, gas and consumable fuels 0.6%  
  Teekay Offshore Partners LP     6.000     07-30-19           1,085,000     976,500  
  Road and rail 0.6%  
  The Hertz Corp. (Z)     6.250     10-15-22           1,000,000     1,022,500  
  Trading companies and distributors 0.9%  
  Aircastle, Ltd. (Z)     5.125     03-15-21           1,420,000     1,437,750  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Industrials  (continued)        
  Transportation infrastructure 0.3%  
  CHC Helicopter SA (Z)     9.250     10-15-20           639,000     $562,320  
  Information technology 4.4%     7,200,588  
  Electronic equipment, instruments and components 0.6%  
  Viasystems, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.875     05-01-19           1,000,000     1,056,250  
  Internet software and services 0.5%  
  Ancestry.com, Inc., PIK (S)     9.625     10-15-18           220,000     206,800  
  IAC/InterActiveCorp (Z)     4.875     11-30-18           615,000     631,913  
  IT services 0.9%  
  Sixsigma Networks Mexico SA de CV (S)     8.250     11-07-21           1,500,000     1,528,125  
  Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 1.9%  
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Z)     7.000     07-01-24           1,150,000     1,003,375  
  Micron Technology, Inc. (S)(Z)     5.500     02-01-25           2,000,000     2,025,000  
  Software 0.5%  
  First Data Corp.     11.750     08-15-21           650,000     749,125  
  Materials 17.6%     28,453,014  
  Building materials 0.6%  
  Building Materials Corp. of America (S)     5.375     11-15-24           865,000     877,975  
  Chemicals 4.8%  
  Ashland, Inc. (Z)     6.875     05-15-43           1,000,000     1,082,500  
  Braskem Finance, Ltd. (Z)     6.450     02-03-24           1,295,000     1,262,625  
  Huntsman International LLC (S)     5.125     11-15-22           860,000     853,550  
  NOVA Chemicals Corp. (S)     5.000     05-01-25           1,250,000     1,296,875  
  PSPC Escrow Corp. (S)     6.500     02-01-22           1,210,000     1,234,200  
  Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (S)     6.500     04-15-21           430,000     376,250  
  Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.     4.625     10-15-20           1,525,000     1,586,000  
  Construction materials 1.8%  
  Cementos Progreso Trust (S)(Z)     7.125     11-06-23           1,195,000     1,263,713  
  Cemex Finance LLC (S)(Z)     6.000     04-01-24           700,000     659,050  
  Magnesita Finance, Ltd. (Q)(S)     8.625     04-05-17           1,000,000     880,000  
  Vulcan Materials Company (Z)     7.500     06-15-21           120,000     141,900  
  Containers and packaging 1.1%  
  AEP Industries, Inc. (Z)     8.250     04-15-19           355,000     358,550  
  Ardagh Finance Holdings SA, PIK (S)     8.625     06-15-19           563,675     561,561  
  Graphic Packaging International, Inc.     4.875     11-15-22           650,000     667,875  
  Tekni-Plex, Inc. (S)(Z)     9.750     06-01-19           171,000     185,108  
  Metals and mining 8.1%  
  AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC (Z)     5.125     08-01-22           1,000,000     950,943  
  AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC (Z)     8.500     07-30-20           1,175,000     1,264,747  
  BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (S)(Z)     7.125     05-01-18           500,000     519,900  
  CSN Islands XI Corp. (S)(Z)     6.875     09-21-19           250,000     224,375  
  Evraz Group SA (S)(Z)     6.500     04-22-20           1,000,000     737,500  
  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd. (S)     6.875     04-01-22           1,035,000     812,475  
  MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (S)(Z)     5.550     10-28-20           1,850,000     1,614,495  
  Rain CII Carbon LLC (S)(Z)     8.000     12-01-18           945,000     930,825  
  Rio Oil Finance Trust Series 2014-1 (S)(Z)     6.250     07-06-24           1,250,000     1,150,673  
  Rio Tinto Finance USA, Ltd. (Z)     7.125     07-15-28           710,000     938,498  
  Severstal OAO (S)     4.450     03-19-18           1,000,000     860,000  
  Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Z)     7.625     03-15-20           750,000     780,938  
  Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc. (Z)     7.375     06-01-18           2,000,000     1,475,000  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Materials  (continued)        
  Metals and mining  (continued)  
  Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc.     12.500     05-01-19           1,000,000     $907,500  
  Paper and forest products 1.2%  
  Fibria Overseas Finance, Ltd.     5.250     05-12-24           755,000     760,663  
  Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (S)(Z)     7.750     07-15-17           600,000     644,250  
  Tembec Industries, Inc. (S)(Z)     9.000     12-15-19           600,000     592,500  
  Telecommunication services 14.0%     22,700,415  
  Diversified telecommunication services 7.8%  
  Frontier Communications Corp. (Z)     7.125     03-15-19           530,000     579,688  
  Frontier Communications Corp. (Z)     7.625     04-15-24           1,000,000     1,057,500  
  Frontier Communications Corp. (Z)     8.750     04-15-22           435,000     493,725  
  GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC (S)(Z)     7.628     06-15-16           620,000     648,565  
  Inmarsat Finance PLC (S)(Z)     4.875     05-15-22           1,275,000     1,273,406  
  Intelsat Luxembourg SA     8.125     06-01-23           1,000,000     1,011,250  
  Level 3 Financing, Inc. (S)     5.625     02-01-23           880,000     895,136  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc.     6.125     01-15-22           250,000     257,188  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Z)     6.250     04-01-21           800,000     826,000  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Z)     6.375     03-01-25           700,000     718,375  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc.     6.625     04-01-23           245,000     254,139  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Z)     6.731     04-28-22           805,000     835,188  
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Z)     6.836     04-28-23           855,000     891,338  
  Telecom Italia Capital SA (Z)     7.175     06-18-19           550,000     629,750  
  Wind Acquisition Finance SA (S)     7.375     04-23-21           1,000,000     970,000  
  Windstream Corp. (Z)     7.500     06-01-22           1,375,000     1,380,156  
  Wireless telecommunication services 6.2%  
  Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV (S)     5.125     03-11-23           600,000     662,760  
  Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP (S)(Z)     5.375     09-27-22           1,000,000     987,500  
  Digicel, Ltd. (S)     6.000     04-15-21           1,405,000     1,317,188  
  SBA Communications Corp. (S)     4.875     07-15-22           780,000     758,550  
  SBA Tower Trust (S)(Z)     2.933     12-15-17           380,000     384,728  
  SBA Tower Trust (S)(Z)     5.101     04-17-17           580,000     609,985  
  Sprint Communications, Inc. (Z)     6.000     11-15-22           2,000,000     1,870,000  
  Sprint Corp.     7.250     09-15-21           700,000     698,950  
  Telefonica Celular del Paraguay SA (S)     6.750     12-13-22           1,000,000     1,027,190  
  VimpelCom Holdings BV (S)(Z)     7.504     03-01-22           2,000,000     1,662,160  
  Utilities 7.1%     11,467,959  
  Electric utilities 4.6%  
  Beaver Valley II Funding Corp. (Z)     9.000     06-01-17           60,000     64,800  
  BVPS II Funding Corp. (Z)     8.890     06-01-17           194,000     208,018  
  CE Generation LLC (Z)     7.416     12-15-18           307,300     304,227  
  Empresa Electrica Angamos SA (S)     4.875     05-25-29           1,250,000     1,258,500  
  FPL Energy National Wind LLC (S)     5.608     03-10-24           70,475     70,475  
  Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (S)     5.000     11-12-24           2,000,000     2,020,000  
  Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (S)(Z)     6.700     02-10-17           1,000,000     1,071,250  
  NRG Yield Operating LLC (S)(Z)     5.375     08-15-24           660,000     683,100  
  Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT (S)     5.500     11-22-21           1,500,000     1,618,125  
  PNPP II Funding Corp.     9.120     05-30-16           55,000     56,721  
  W3A Funding Corp. (Z)     8.090     01-02-17           184,495     184,534  
  Independent power and renewable electricity producers 1.7%  
  Dynegy Finance I, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.375     11-01-22           690,000     712,425  
  Dynegy Finance I, Inc. (S)(Z)     7.625     11-01-24           1,910,000     1,974,463  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Utilities  (continued)        
  Multi-utilities 0.8%  
  Dominion Resources, Inc. (Z)     2.500     12-01-19           1,210,000     $1,241,321  
  Convertible bonds 1.2% (0.8% of Total investments)     $2,015,016  
  (Cost $2,136,162)  
  Industrials 1.2%     2,015,016  
  Machinery 1.2%  
  Trinity Industries, Inc. (Z)     3.875     06-01-36           1,575,000     2,015,016  
  Term loans (M) 0.0% (0.0% of Total investments)     $0  
  (Cost $248,529)  
  Industrials 0.0%     0  
  Airlines 0.0%  
  Global Aviation Holdings, Inc. (H)     3.000     02-13-18     514,063     0  
  Global Aviation Holdings, Inc. (H)     10.000     07-13-17     51,038     0  
  Capital preferred securities (a) 1.6% (1.0% of Total investments)     $2,571,085  
  (Cost $2,471,332)  
  Financials 1.6%     2,571,085  
  Banks 0.7%  
  HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX (5.911% to 11-30-2015, then 3 month LIBOR + 1.926%) (Z)     5.911     11-30-35     700,000     709,520  
  Mellon Capital IV (P)(Q)(Z)     4.000     03-09-15     400,000     333,000  
  Capital markets 0.9%  
  The Goldman Sachs Capital II (P)(Q)(Z)     4.000     03-09-15     983,000     766,740  
  The Goldman Sachs Capital III (P)(Q)(Z)     4.000     03-09-15     983,000     761,825  
  U.S. Government and Agency obligations 13.6% (9.0% of Total investments)     $22,110,793  
  (Cost $21,416,390)  
  U.S. Government Agency 13.6%     22,110,793  
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     5.000     03-01-41     2,255,541     2,512,133  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     6.500     03-01-38     103,583     118,231  
  Federal National Mortgage Association  
        15 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.000     12-01-24     1,465,578     1,571,476  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     3.000     10-29-27     670,000     664,659  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.000     12-01-40     4,601,303     5,026,515  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.000     09-01-41     3,343,245     3,611,975  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.000     10-01-41     1,720,491     1,867,924  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.000     01-01-42     859,226     932,855  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     4.500     10-01-40     2,452,117     2,696,269  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     5.000     02-01-41     345,082     384,995  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     5.000     04-01-41     559,750     626,767  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     5.500     06-01-38     581,212     649,209  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     5.500     08-01-40     175,738     197,177  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     6.500     07-01-36     214,312     247,459  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     6.500     10-01-37     123,546     142,755  
        30 Yr Pass Thru (Z)     6.500     01-01-39     747,660     860,394  
  Foreign government obligations 0.9% (0.6% of Total investments)     $1,496,274  
  (Cost $1,446,753)  
  Mexico 0.8%     1,287,500  
  Government of Mexico     3.600     01-30-25           1,250,000     1,287,500  
  South Korea 0.1%     208,774  
  Korea Development Bank (Z)     4.375     08-10-15           205,000     208,774  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Rate (% )    Maturity date     Par value^     Value  
  Collateralized mortgage obligations 4.1% (2.7% of Total investments)     $6,681,893  
  (Cost $5,627,870)  
  Commercial and residential 2.7%     4,433,401  
  American Home Mortgage Assets Trust
Series 2006-6, Class XP IO
    2.228     12-25-46           4,526,662     418,401  
  Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust
Series 2005-2, Class A1 (P)
    2.680     03-25-35           352,167     355,763  
  Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust (P)
Series 2004-AC5, Class A1
    5.750     10-25-34           295,667     301,767  
  Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates
Series 2012-LC4, Class C (P)
    5.646     12-10-44           290,000     332,629  
  Deutsche Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2004-4, Class 2AR1 (P)
    0.438     06-25-34           435,003     402,630  
  Extended Stay America Trust
Series 2013-ESFL, Class DFL (P) (S)
    3.311     12-05-31           475,000     474,312  
  HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust  
        Series 2005-8, Class 1X IO     2.083     09-19-35           2,600,764     136,655  
        Series 2007-3, Class ES IO (S)     0.361     05-19-47           5,549,601     58,965  
        Series 2007-4, Class ES IO     0.350     07-19-47           5,983,832     59,838  
        Series 2007-6, Class ES IO (S)     0.342     08-19-37           4,760,806     50,584  
  Hilton USA Trust
Series 2013-HLF, Class EFL (P) (S)
    3.922     11-05-30           827,791     826,757  
  IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust  
        Series 2005-AR18, Class 1X IO     2.044     10-25-36           7,619,000     705,244  
        Series 2005-AR18, Class 2X IO     1.686     10-25-36           6,642,322     309,856  
  U.S. Government Agency 1.4%     2,248,492  
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  
        Series 290, Class IO     3.500     11-15-32           3,010,462     572,134  
        Series 3830, Class NI IO     4.500     01-15-36           2,396,663     192,068  
        Series K017, Class X1 IO     1.431     12-25-21           2,816,325     222,963  
        Series K709, Class X1 IO     1.535     03-25-19           3,204,994     176,832  
        Series K710, Class X1 IO     1.777     05-25-19           2,442,395     159,723  
  Federal National Mortgage Association  
        Series 2012-118, Class IB IO     3.500     11-25-42           1,252,478     224,006  
        Series 402, Class 3 IO     4.000     11-25-39           386,757     55,303  
        Series 402, Class 4 IO     4.000     10-25-39           599,815     81,001  
        Series 407, Class 15 IO     5.000     01-25-40           606,889     92,458  
        Series 407, Class 21 IO     5.000     01-25-39           286,738     27,412  
        Series 407, Class 7 IO     5.000     03-25-41           528,585     84,660  
        Series 407, Class 8 IO     5.000     03-25-41           139,999     21,451  
        Series 407, Class C6 IO     5.500     01-25-40           957,271     186,456  
  Government National Mortgage Association
Series 2012-114, Class IO
    0.993     01-16-53           1,837,999     152,025  
  Asset backed securities 0.5% (0.3% of Total investments)     $759,509  
  (Cost $734,769)  
  ContiMortgage Home Equity Loan Trust
Series 1995-2, Class A5
    8.100     08-15-25           25,846     24,795  
  Sonic Capital LLC
Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (S)
    5.438     05-20-41           400,572     426,276  
  Westgate Resorts LLC
Series 2012-2A, Class B (S)
    4.500     01-20-25           306,270     308,438  

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Investors Trust

                                                           
        Shares     Value  
  Common stocks 0.0% (0.0% of Total investments)     $0  
  (Cost $593,666)  
  Consumer discretionary 0.0%     0  
  Media 0.0%  
  Vertis Holdings, Inc. (I)     34,014     0  
  Industrials 0.0%     0  
  Airlines 0.0%  
  Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., Class A (I)     82,159     0  
              Shares     Value  
  Preferred securities (b) 4.2% (2.7% of Total investments)     $6,791,764  
  (Cost $6,674,247)  
  Consumer staples 0.4%     588,905  
  Food products 0.4%  
  Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.750%           12,175     588,905  
  Financials 2.5%     4,080,459  
  Banks 0.5%  
  FNB Corp. (7.250% to 2-15-24, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.600%) (Z)           30,175     817,441  
  Consumer finance 1.9%  
  Ally Financial, Inc., 7.000% (S)           3,085     3,085,097  
  Real estate investment trusts 0.1%  
  Crown Castle International Corp., 4.500%           1,635     177,921  
  Utilities 1.3%     2,122,400  
  Electric utilities 0.3%  
  Exelon Corp., 6.500%           9,645     505,012  
  Multi-utilities 1.0%  
  Dominion Resources, Inc., 6.375% (Z)           31,272     1,617,388  
              Par value     Value  
  Short-term investments 1.2% (0.8% of Total investments)     $1,857,000  
  (Cost $1,857,000)  
  Repurchase agreement 1.2%     1,857,000  
  Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 1-30-15 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $1,857,000 on 2-2-15, collateralized by $1,760,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625% due 8-15-20 (valued at $1,898,688, including interest)           1,857,000     1,857,000  
  Total investments (Cost $251,081,096)† 152.3%     $246,839,463  
  Other assets and liabilities, net (52.3%)     ($84,767,450 )
  Total net assets 100.0%     $162,072,013  

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Investors Trust

                   
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
^All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
BRL Brazilian Real
IO Interest Only Security — (Interest Tranche of Stripped Mortgage Pool). Rate shown is the effective yield at period end.
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK Payment-in-kind
USGG U.S. Generic Government Yield Index
(a) Includes hybrid securities with characteristics of both equity and debt that trade with, and pay, interest income.
(b) Includes preferred stocks and hybrid securities with characteristics of both equity and debt that pay dividends on a periodic basis.
(H) Non-income producing - Issuer is in default.
(I) Non-income producing security.
(M) Term loans are variable rate obligations. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(P) Variable rate obligation. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(Q) Perpetual bonds have no stated maturity date. Date shown as maturity date is next call date.
(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. Rule 144A securities amounted to $103,334,105 or 63.8% of the fund's net assets as of 1-31-15.
(Z) All or a portion of this security is segregated as collateral pursuant to the Credit Facility Agreement. Total collateral value at 1-31-15 was $156,630,422.
At 1-31-15, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $251,774,175. Net unrealized depreciation aggregated $4,934,712, of which $7,312,347 related to appreciated investment securities and $12,247,059 related to depreciated investment securities.

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Notes to Fund's 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. Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing vendor or from broker-dealers. Independent pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which takes into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data, as well as broker supplied prices. 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, 2015, by major security category or type:

                                                                 
              Total Market
Value at
1-31-15
         

Level 1 Quoted

Price

         

Level 2 Significant

Observable Inputs

         

Level 3 Significant

Unobservable Inputs

 
  Corporate bonds           $202,556,129                     $202,526,479           $29,650              
  Convertible bonds           2,015,016                     2,015,016                        
  Capital preferred securities           2,571,085                     2,571,085                        
  U.S. Government and Agency obligations           22,110,793                     22,110,793                        
  Foreign government obligations           1,496,274                     1,496,274                        
  Collateralized mortgage obligations           6,681,893                     6,512,506           169,387              
  Asset backed securities           759,509                     759,509                        
  Preferred securities           6,791,764           $2,889,226           3,902,538                        
  Short-term investments           1,857,000                     1,857,000                        
  Total Investments in Securities           $246,839,463           $2,889,226           $243,751,200           $199,037              
  Other Financial Instruments:                                                              
  Interest rate swaps           ($626,455 )                   ($626,455 )                      

Repurchase agreements. The fund may enter into repurchase agreements. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, it receives collateral that is held in a segregated account by the fund's custodian. The collateral amount is marked-to-market and monitored on a daily basis to ensure that the collateral held is in an amount not less than the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus any accrued interest. Collateral received by the fund for repurchase agreements is disclosed in the Fund's investments as part of the caption related to the repurchase agreement.

Repurchase agreements are typically governed by the terms and conditions of the Master Repurchase Agreement and/or Global Master Repurchase Agreement (collectively, MRA). Upon an event of default, the non-defaulting party may close out all transactions traded under the MRA and net amounts owed. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the collateral value may decline or the counterparty may have insufficient assets to pay back claims resulting from close-out of the transactions.

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

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may be executed on a registered commodities exchange (centrally cleared swaps). 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, 2015 the fund used interest rate swaps to in anticipation of rising interest rates. The following table summarizes the interest rate swap contracts held as of January 31, 2015.

                                   
  Counterparty     USD notional amount     Payments
made by fund
    Payments
received by fund
    Maturity date     Market value  
  Morgan Stanley Capital Services     $22,000,000     Fixed 1.44250%     3 Month LIBOR (a)     Aug 2016     ($436,685 )
  Morgan Stanley Capital Services     22,000,000     Fixed 1.09375%     3 Month LIBOR (a)     May 2017     (189,770 )
  Total     $44,000,000                       ($626,455 )

(a) At 1-31-15, the 3-Month LIBOR rate was 0.2531%

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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This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Investors Trust.   3/15



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 Investors Trust



By:    

         

/s/ Andrew G. Arnott

__________________________

      

Andrew G. Arnott

 

President



Date:    March 12, 2015



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 12, 2015



By:   

         

/s/ Charles A. Rizzo

__________________________

      

Charles A. Rizzo

 

Chief Financial Officer



Date:    March 12, 2015