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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- 21131 
 
John Hancock Preferred Income 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:  July 31 
 
Date of reporting period:  April 30, 2011 
 
ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 






John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
As of 4-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
  
Preferred Securities 140.86 % (96.58% of Total Investments)    $772,031,958 

(Cost $766,788,524)     
 
Consumer Discretionary 9.96%    54,578,635 

 
Media 9.96%     
CBS Corp., 6.750% (L)(Z)  280,000  7,109,200 
Comcast Corp., 7.000% (Z)  227,000  5,777,150 
Comcast Corp., Series B, 7.000% (L)(Z)  634,000  16,287,460 
Viacom, Inc., 6.850% (L)(Z)  985,065  25,404,825 
 
Consumer Staples 2.16%    11,846,663 

 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.16%     
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Series A, 6.250% (S)(Z)  143,000  11,846,663 
 
Energy 7.18%    39,336,778 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 7.18%     
Apache Corp., Series D, 6.000%  85,100  5,989,338 
Nexen, Inc., 7.350% (Z)  1,316,000  33,347,440 
 
Financials 77.80%    426,390,102 

 
Capital Markets 10.35%     
Credit Suisse Guernsey, 7.900%  442,450  12,087,734 
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust III, Series K, 6.375% (I)  150,000  6,150 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Depositary Shares, Series C,     
5.940% (I)  175,600  8,780 
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust III, 6.250% (Z)  283,600  6,931,184 
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust IV, 6.250% (Z)  318,560  7,702,781 
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust V, 5.750% (Z)  419,100  9,878,187 
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust VI, 6.600%  57,000  1,410,180 
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust VII, 6.600%  40,000  982,800 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.125%  368,500  9,076,155 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Series B, 6.200% (Z)  345,000  8,618,100 
 
Commercial Banks 15.50%     
Barclays Bank PLC, Series 3, 7.100%  96,000  2,457,600 
Barclays Bank PLC, Series 5, 8.125% (L)(Z)  740,000  19,684,000 
HSBC Holdings PLC, Series A, 6.200% (L)(Z)  161,000  3,923,570 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Series L, 5.750%  580,000  11,049,000 
Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal, Series 10, 10.500%  302,000  8,694,580 
Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Series C, 7.300%  130,067  3,252,976 
USB Capital VIII, Series 1, 6.350% (Z)  226,500  5,698,740 
USB Capital X, 6.500% (Z)  92,400  2,334,948 
USB Capital XI, 6.600%  236,000  6,039,240 
Wells Fargo & Company, 8.000% (L)(Z)  754,500  21,797,505 
 
Consumer Finance 5.72%     
HSBC Finance Corp., 6.000% (L)(Z)  134,200  3,368,420 
HSBC Finance Corp., 6.875% (Z)  400,000  10,048,000 
HSBC Finance Corp., Depositary Shares, Series B, 6.360% (Z)  297,000  7,068,600 
SLM Corp., 6.000% (Z)  194,100  4,186,737 
SLM Corp., Series A, 6.970% (Z)  147,391  6,698,921 
 
Diversified Financial Services 29.36%     
Bank of America Corp., 8.200% (Z)  260,000  6,760,000 

 

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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
As of 4-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Diversified Financial Services (continued)     

Bank of America Corp., Depositary Shares, Series D, 6.204% (L)(Z)  265,000  $6,116,200 
Bank of America Corp., Series MER, 8.625% (L)(Z)  95,000  2,557,400 
Citigroup Capital VII, 7.125%  200,000  5,052,000 
Citigroup Capital VIII, 6.950%  610,000  15,237,800 
Citigroup Capital XIII (7.875% to 10/30/2015, then 3 month LIBOR +     
6.370%)  23,300  646,808 
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VIII, 6.375%  40,600  986,986 
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust X, 7.350%  86,400  2,216,160 
Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II, 6.550% (L)(Z)  237,000  5,906,040 
Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust III, 7.600% (L)(Z)  496,000  13,253,120 
Fleet Capital Trust VIII, 7.200% (Z)  480,000  12,081,600 
General Electric Capital Corp., 6.000%  31,600  807,380 
General Electric Capital Corp., 6.050%  30,000  774,000 
ING Groep NV, 6.125% (Z)  61,500  1,329,015 
ING Groep NV, 7.050% (Z)  755,100  17,933,625 
ING Groep NV, 7.200% (Z)  100,000  2,396,000 
JPMorgan Chase Capital X, Series J, 7.000% (Z)  487,000  12,457,460 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XI, 5.875%  46,500  1,156,920 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIX, 6.700%  560,000  14,616,000 
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust III, 7.000% (Z)  366,400  9,116,032 
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust IV, 7.120% (Z)  278,752  6,957,650 
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust V, 7.280% (Z)  367,000  9,193,350 
RBS Capital Funding Trust V, 5.900% (Z)  620,000  9,864,200 
RBS Capital Funding Trust VII, 6.080% (Z)  220,000  3,487,000 
 
Insurance 12.02%     
Aegon NV, 6.375% (L)(Z)  450,900  10,487,934 
Aegon NV, 6.500% (L)(Z)  123,000  2,841,300 
American Financial Group, Inc., 7.000%  303,500  7,736,215 
MetLife, Inc., Series B, 6.500% (L)(Z)  935,500  23,902,025 
PLC Capital Trust IV, 7.250% (Z)  251,000  6,272,490 
PLC Capital Trust V, 6.125% (Z)  256,000  6,105,600 
Prudential PLC, 6.500% (Z)  154,500  3,864,045 
Prudential PLC, 6.750%  51,000  1,280,100 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Series C, 6.080% (Z)  147,500  3,419,050 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 2.99%     
Duke Realty Corp., Depositary Shares, Series J, 6.625% (Z)  66,525  1,601,922 
Duke Realty Corp., Depositary Shares, Series K, 6.500% (L)(Z)  110,000  2,615,800 
Duke Realty Corp., Depositary Shares, Series L, 6.600% (L)(Z)  109,840  2,638,357 
Public Storage, Inc., Depositary Shares, Series Q, 6.500%  111,500  2,816,490 
Public Storage, Inc., Series P, 6.500%  53,500  1,352,480 
Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp., Series A, 7.250% (Z)  205,000  5,366,900 
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 1.86%     
Federal National Mortgage Association, Series S, 7.750% (I)  80,000  163,200 
Sovereign Capital Trust V, 7.750% (Z)  391,350  10,018,560 
 
Telecommunication Services 7.66%    42,017,557 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services 7.66%     
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 6.625% (Z)  233,000  5,731,800 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 6.875%  61,800  1,545,000 

 

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As of 4-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)     

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., 7.000%  336,000  $8,426,880 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., Series A, 7.600%  461,357  11,589,288 
United States Cellular Corp., 7.500% (Z)  582,460  14,724,589 
 
Utilities 36.10%    197,862,223 

 
Electric Utilities 20.93%     
Duquesne Light Company, 6.500% (Z)  73,650  3,620,362 
Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 5.750%  47,500  1,187,500 
Entergy Louisiana LLC, 5.875%  249,100  6,277,320 
Entergy Louisiana LLC, 6.000%  200,000  5,292,000 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 6.000%  106,225  2,623,758 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 6.200%  83,500  2,166,825 
Entergy Texas, Inc., 7.875%  50,200  1,462,828 
FPC Capital I, Series A, 7.100% (L)(Z)  540,000  13,910,400 
FPL Group Capital Trust I, 5.875% (Z)  353,600  8,946,080 
Georgia Power Capital Trust VII, 5.875% (Z)  250,600  6,292,566 
HECO Capital Trust III, 6.500% (Z)  379,850  9,781,137 
NSTAR Electric Company, 4.780% (Z)  15,143  1,281,476 
PPL Corp., 9.500%  315,000  17,854,200 
PPL Electric Utilities Corp., Depositary Shares, 6.250% (Z)  230,000  5,750,000 
PPL Energy Supply, LLC, 7.000% (Z)  554,610  14,064,910 
Southern California Edison Company, 6.125% (Z)  119,000  11,212,037 
Westar Energy, Inc., 6.100% (Z)  117,977  3,009,593 
 
Multi-Utilities 15.17%     
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, Series 1995, 6.990% (L)(Z)  40,000  4,125,000 
BGE Capital Trust II, 6.200% (L)(Z)  654,600  16,332,270 
Dominion Resources, Inc., Series A, 8.375% (L)(Z)  385,400  11,084,104 
DTE Energy Trust I, 7.800% (Z)  110,000  2,909,500 
Interstate Power & Light Company, Series B, 8.375% (L)(Z)  713,350  20,701,417 
SCANA Corp., 7.700% (Z)  681,500  19,000,220 
Xcel Energy, Inc., 7.600% (Z)  331,000  8,976,720 
 
  Shares  Value 
  
Common Stocks 3.35 % (2.30% of Total Investments)    $18,376,433 

(Cost $15,425,995)     
 
Telecommunication Services 1.68%    9,205,133 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.68%     
AT&T, Inc.  130,000  4,045,600 
Frontier Communications Corp.  30,004  248,133 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (L)(Z)  130,000  4,911,400 
 
Utilities 1.67%    9,171,300 

 
Electric Utilities 1.58%     
FirstEnergy Corp.  145,000  5,794,200 
UIL Holding Corp.  90,000  2,863,800 
 
Multi-Utilities 0.09%     
National Grid PLC, SADR  10,000  513,300 

 

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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
As of 4-30-11 (Unaudited)

    Maturity  Par value   
  Rate (%)  date    Value 
 
Corporate Bonds 1.58 % (1.08% of Total Investments)        $8,646,000 

(Cost $8,789,564)         
 
Energy 1.58%        8,646,000 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.58%         
Southern Union Company (7.200% to 11/01/2011, then 3         
month LIBOR + 3.018%) (L)(Z)  7.200  11/01/66  $8,800,000  8,646,000 
 
      Par value  Value 
 
Short-Term Investments 0.06 % (0.04% of Total Investments)      $308,000 

(Cost $308,000)         
 
Repurchase Agreement 0.06%        308,000 

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 4-29-11 at       
0.010% to be repurchased at $308,000 on 5-2-11, collateralized by       
$285,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.500% due 1-15-14       
(valued at $314,925, including interest)      308,000  308,000 
 
Total investments (Cost $791,312,083)† 145.85%        $799,362,391 

 
Other assets and liabilities, net (45.85%)        ($251,284,359) 

 
Total net assets 100.00%        $548,078,032 

 

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

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

SADR Sponsored American Depositary Receipts

(I) Non-income producing security.

(L) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-11. Total value of securities on loan at 4-30-11 was $212,870,272.

(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 segregated as collateral pursuant to the Committed Facility Agreement. Total collateral value at 4-30-11 was $570,744,476.

† At 4-30-11, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $791,329,547. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $8,032,844, of which $40,369,968 related to appreciated investment securities and $32,337,124 related to depreciated investment securities.

The Fund had the following country concentration as a percentage of total investments on 4-30-11:

United States  84% 
United Kingdom  5% 
Netherlands  4% 
Canada  4% 
Switzerland  2% 
Bermuda  1% 

 

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Notes to the Schedule 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. 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 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, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2011, by major security category or type:

      Level 2  Level 3 
  Total Market    Significant  Significant 
  Value at  Level 1 Quoted  Observable  Unobservable 
  4-30-11  Price  Inputs  Inputs 

Preferred Securities       
Consumer Discretionary  $54,578,635  $54,578,635     
Consumer Staples  11,846,663    $11,846,663   
Energy  39,336,778  39,336,778     
Financials  426,390,102  426,381,322  8,780   
Telecommunication Services  42,017,557  42,017,557     
Utilities  197,862,223  177,623,348  20,238,875   
Common Stocks         
Telecommunication Services  9,205,133  9,205,133     
Utilities  9,171,300  9,171,300     
Corporate Bonds         
Energy  8,646,000    8,646,000   
Short-Term Investments  308,000    308,000   
 
Total investments in Securities  $799,362,391  $758,314,073  $41,048,318   

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. During the nine month period ended April 30, 2011, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1 or Level 2 assets.

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 principal securities exchange on which they trade. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, then securities are valued using the last quoted bid or evaluated price. Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing service, which utilizes both dealer-supplied and electronic data processing techniques, taking 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. Foreign securities and currencies, are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing service. Certain securities traded only in the over-the-counter market are valued at the last bid price quoted by brokers making markets in the securities at the close of trading. Certain short-term securities are valued at amortized cost.

Other portfolio securities and assets, where 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. Generally, trading in non-U.S. securities is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Significant market events that affect the values of non-U.S.

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securities may occur between the time when the valuation of the securities is generally determined and the close of the NYSE. During significant market events, these securities will be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may use a fair valuation model to value non-U.S. securities in order to adjust for events which may occur between the close of foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE.

Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. When the Fund enters into a repurchase agreement, it receives collateral which 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. 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.

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 Preferred Income Fund

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

 

Date: June 20, 2011

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 
  Keith F. Hartstein 
  President and Chief Executive Officer 

 

Date: June 20, 2011

 
By:   /s/ Charles A. Rizzo 
  Charles A. Rizzo 
  Chief Financial Officer 

 

Date: June 20, 2011