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- 22056

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield 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: July 31, 2015

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 


 



John Hancock

Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund


Quarterly portfolio holdings 7/31/15

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Fund's investments Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund



                                         
  As of 7-31-15 (unaudited)  
        Shares     Value  
  Common stocks 96.2%     $105,802,167  
  (Cost $109,617,468)  
  Australia 3.8%     4,217,589  
  BHP Billiton, Ltd.     34,020     656,837  
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia     12,100     772,637  
  Sonic Healthcare, Ltd.     38,100     574,860  
  Telstra Corp., Ltd.     317,600     1,503,862  
  Westpac Banking Corp.     27,900     709,393  
  Canada 6.1%     6,694,388  
  BCE, Inc.     46,600     1,918,017  
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (C)     63,400     1,723,212  
  Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B     45,860     1,608,089  
  Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B     38,500     816,894  
  TELUS Corp.     18,400     628,176  
  France 7.3%     7,963,959  
  AXA SA     30,840     812,178  
  Electricite de France SA     48,100     1,144,673  
  Sanofi     6,200     668,305  
  SCOR SE     36,600     1,402,529  
  Total SA     35,400     1,746,741  
  Vinci SA     17,600     1,127,948  
  Vivendi SA     40,400     1,061,585  
  Germany 5.9%     6,435,203  
  Allianz SE     4,920     805,958  
  BASF SE     13,400     1,157,955  
  Daimler AG     9,700     867,722  
  Deutsche Post AG     19,600     592,415  
  Deutsche Telekom AG     42,600     770,312  
  Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG     8,800     1,617,251  
  Siemens AG     5,820     623,590  
  Italy 1.6%     1,724,235  
  Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA     369,700     1,724,235  
  Netherlands 1.4%     1,563,456  
  Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR, Class A (C)     27,200     1,563,456  
  Norway 2.6%     2,853,236  
  Orkla ASA     107,400     855,954  
  Statoil ASA     73,200     1,234,053  
  Yara International ASA     15,340     763,229  
  Singapore 1.1%     1,246,181  
  Singapore Exchange, Ltd.     83,800     487,187  
  Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.     254,800     758,994  
  Spain 0.7%     757,484  
  Gas Natural SDG SA     34,900     757,484  
  Sweden 1.1%     1,183,176  
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares     77,310     1,183,176  
  Switzerland 3.0%     3,340,910  
  Nestle SA     8,200     620,331  

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

                                         
        Shares     Value  
  Switzerland  (continued)        
  Novartis AG     1,600     166,023  
  Roche Holding AG     2,400     693,414  
  Swisscom AG     3,200     1,861,142  
  Taiwan 0.7%     793,749  
  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., ADR     35,900     793,749  
  United Kingdom 17.4%     19,186,557  
  Aberdeen Asset Management PLC     114,800     651,999  
  Amec Foster Wheeler PLC     50,940     650,519  
  AstraZeneca PLC, ADR (C)     43,760     1,478,650  
  BAE Systems PLC     179,900     1,346,943  
  British American Tobacco PLC     24,100     1,430,962  
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC     74,200     1,612,734  
  Imperial Tobacco Group PLC     42,900     2,251,244  
  National Grid PLC     147,500     1,963,038  
  Pearson PLC     47,500     891,397  
  Rio Tinto PLC     19,780     765,112  
  SSE PLC     62,500     1,478,264  
  Unilever PLC     18,300     830,088  
  United Utilities Group PLC     119,400     1,660,918  
  Vodafone Group PLC     574,100     2,174,689  
  United States 43.5%     47,842,044  
  Altria Group, Inc. (C)     40,400     2,196,952  
  Ameren Corp. (C)     42,000     1,725,360  
  Arthur J. Gallagher & Company     12,300     583,389  
  AT&T, Inc. (C)     67,700     2,351,898  
  Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (C)     8,000     638,160  
  CenturyLink, Inc. (C)     49,200     1,407,120  
  CME Group, Inc.     8,770     842,271  
  ConocoPhillips (C)     24,305     1,223,514  
  Duke Energy Corp. (C)     23,055     1,711,142  
  Emerson Electric Company     14,520     751,410  
  Entergy Corp.     19,200     1,363,584  
  Exxon Mobil Corp.     7,700     609,917  
  Kimberly-Clark Corp.     8,800     1,011,736  
  Kinder Morgan, Inc. (C)     91,500     3,169,560  
  KLA-Tencor Corp. (C)     11,300     599,465  
  Lockheed Martin Corp. (C)     5,900     1,221,890  
  McDonald's Corp. (C)     11,200     1,118,432  
  Merck & Company, Inc. (C)     14,100     831,336  
  Microchip Technology, Inc. (C)     16,700     715,428  
  Microsoft Corp. (C)     12,700     593,090  
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. (C)     13,700     961,740  
  People's United Financial, Inc. (C)     92,300     1,501,721  
  PepsiCo, Inc.     6,700     645,545  
  Pfizer, Inc.     19,000     685,140  
  Philip Morris International, Inc. (C)     24,960     2,134,829  
  PPL Corp. (C)     53,700     1,708,197  
  R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (C)     49,553     869,655  
  Regal Entertainment Group, Class A (C)     38,900     801,340  
  Reynolds American, Inc. (C)     36,496     3,130,992  
  Seagate Technology PLC (C)     21,250     1,075,250  

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

                                         
        Shares     Value  
  United States  (continued)        
  TECO Energy, Inc. (C)     69,700     1,541,764  
  The Coca-Cola Company     14,600     599,768  
  The Dow Chemical Company (C)     20,400     960,024  
  The Procter & Gamble Company     8,100     621,270  
  The Southern Company (C)     17,700     791,721  
  Verizon Communications, Inc. (C)     43,939     2,055,906  
  Waste Management, Inc. (C)     12,900     659,577  
  WEC Energy Group, Inc. (C)     29,200     1,430,800  
  Wells Fargo & Company (C)     17,300     1,001,151  
        Yield (%)     Shares     Value  
  Short-term investments 3.4%     $3,770,779  
  (Cost $3,770,779)  
  Money market funds 0.6%     708,779  
  State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund     0.0000(Y )   708,779     708,779  
              Par value     Value  
  Repurchase agreement 2.8%     $3,062,000  
  Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 7-31-15 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $3,062,000 on 8-3-15, collateralized by $3,220,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.500% due 1-31-22 (valued at $3,127,586, including interest)           3,062,000     3,062,000  
  Total investments (Cost $113,388,247)† 99.6%     $109,572,946  
  Other assets and liabilities, net 0.4%     $472,349  
  Total net assets 100.0%     $110,045,295  

                                         
  The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.  
  Key to Security Abbreviations and Legend  
  ADR     American Depositary Receipts  
  (C)     A portion of this security is segregated as collateral for options. Total collateral value at 7-31-15 was $32,521,080.  
  (Y)     The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 7-31-15.  
      At 7-31-15, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $117,639,167. Net unrealized depreciation aggregated $8,066,221, of which $1,886,510 related to appreciated investment securities and $9,952,731 related to depreciated investment securities.  

The fund had the following sector composition as a percentage of net assets on 7-31-15:



           
  Utilities     17.3  
  Telecommunication services     15.5  
  Consumer staples     14.8  
  Financials     11.2  
  Energy     10.1  
  Industrials     6.5  
  Health care     6.1  
  Materials     5.5  
  Consumer discretionary     5.1  
  Information technology     4.1  
  Short-term investments and other     3.8  
  Total     100.0  

4SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS

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. Investments by the fund in open-end mutual funds are valued at their respective net asset values each business day. Options listed on an exchange are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices from the exchange where the option was acquired or most likely will be sold. 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. Trading in foreign securities may be completed before the daily close of trading on the NYSE. Significant events at the issuer or market level may affect the values of securities between the time when the valuation of the securities is generally determined and the close of the NYSE. If a significant event occurs, these securities may be fair valued, as determined in good faith by the fund's Pricing Committee, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The fund uses fair value adjustment factors provided by an independent pricing vendor to value certain foreign securities in order to adjust for events that may occur between the close of foreign exchanges or markets and the close of the NYSE.

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 and related inputs 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 July 31, 2015, by major security category or type:

                                   
        Total
value at
7-31-15
    Level 1
quoted price
    Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
    Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
 
  Common stocks                          
        Australia     $4,217,589         $4,217,589      
        Canada     6,694,388     $6,694,388          
        France     7,963,959         7,963,959      
        Germany     6,435,203         6,435,203      
        Italy     1,724,235         1,724,235      
        Netherlands     1,563,456     1,563,456          
        Norway     2,853,236         2,853,236      
        Singapore     1,246,181         1,246,181      
        Spain     757,484         757,484      
        Sweden     1,183,176         1,183,176      
        Switzerland     3,340,910         3,340,910      
        Taiwan     793,749     793,749          
        United Kingdom     19,186,557     1,478,650     17,707,907      
        United States     47,842,044     47,842,044          
  Short-term investments     3,770,779     708,779     3,062,000      
  Total investments in securities     $109,572,946     $59,081,066     $50,491,880      
  Other financial instruments                          
  Written Options     ($518,625 )   ($518,625 )        

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. Absent an event of

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default, assets and liabilities resulting from repurchase agreements are not offset. 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 OTC 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.

Options. There are two types of options, put options and call options. Options are traded either OTC or on an exchange. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy (and the seller the obligation to sell) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. A put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell (and the writer the obligation to buy) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. Writing puts and buying calls may increase the fund's exposure to changes in the value of the underlying instrument. Buying puts and writing calls may decrease the fund's exposure to such changes. Risks related to the use of options include the loss of premiums, possible illiquidity of the options markets, trading restrictions imposed by an exchange and movements in underlying security values. In addition, OTC options are subject to the risks of all OTC derivatives contracts.

When the fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the fund is included in the portfolio of investments and subsequently "marked-to-market" to reflect current market value. When the fund writes an option, the premium received is included as a liability and subsequently "marked-to-market" to reflect current market value of the option written.

During the period ended July 31, 2015, the fund wrote option contracts to hedge against changes in securities markets and to generate potential income. The following tables summarize the fund's written options activities during the period ended July 31, 2015 and the contracts held at July 31, 2015.

                       
        Number of
contracts
    Premiums
received
 
  Outstanding, beginning of period     270     $882,987  
        Options written     1,925     5,407,416  
        Option closed     (1,720 )   (4,829,836 )
        Options expired     (250 )   (754,140 )
  Outstanding, end of period     225     $706,427  

                                         
  Name of Issuer     Exercise
price
          Expiration
date
    Number of
contracts
    Premium     Value  
  Calls                                      
  S&P 500 Index     $2,300           Sep 2015     75     $10,647     ($3,000 )
  S&P 500 Index     2,320           Oct 2015     5     221     (150 )
  S&P 500 Index     2,120           Oct 2015     145     695,559     (515,475 )
                          225     $706,427     ($518,625 )

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 Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

 

 

By:   /s/ Andrew Arnott
  Andrew Arnott
  President

 

 

Date: September 21, 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 Arnott
  Andrew Arnott
  President

 

 

Date: September 21, 2015

 

 

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

 

 

Date: September 21, 2015