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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 811-22056 
 
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:  January 31, 2014 

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS





Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
Common Stocks 97.6%    $112,349,195 

(Cost $110,794,088)     
 
Australia 3.8%    4,424,862 

BHP Billiton, Ltd.  26,050  831,914 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  13,162  854,561 
Telstra Corp., Ltd.  416,800  1,875,937 
Westpac Banking Corp.  32,000  862,450 
 
Belgium 0.6%    642,146 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV  6,700  642,146 
 
Canada 4.3%    4,955,653 

BCE, Inc.  50,600  2,124,405 
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.  28,100  880,092 
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B  19,900  837,095 
Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B  50,500  1,114,061 
 
France 7.5%    8,582,966 

Electricite de France SA  53,900  1,829,717 
Sanofi  6,150  601,229 
SCOR SE  31,300  1,014,009 
Total SA  39,100  2,230,719 
Vinci SA  24,600  1,608,575 
Vivendi SA  48,380  1,298,717 
 
Germany 5.8%    6,684,754 

BASF SE  9,530  1,018,870 
Daimler AG  19,200  1,603,695 
Deutsche Post AG  18,000  621,680 
Deutsche Telekom AG  124,840  2,018,555 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG  6,900  1,421,954 
 
Italy 1.6%    1,893,261 

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA  390,500  1,893,261 
 
Netherlands 1.8%    2,050,888 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR (C)  29,680  2,050,888 
 
Norway 3.1%    3,509,080 

Orkla ASA  129,000  1,004,210 
Statoil ASA  39,300  931,436 
Yara International ASA  38,100  1,573,434 
 
Philippines 0.4%    511,792 

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, ADR (C)  8,590  511,792 
 
Sweden 0.6%    669,073 

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A  14,100  669,073 
 
Switzerland 4.0%    4,644,194 

Nestle SA  8,700  630,500 
Novartis AG  15,000  1,185,612 
Roche Holding AG  3,100  850,533 
Swisscom AG  3,600  1,977,549 
 
United Kingdom 20.1%    23,148,605 

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR (C)  41,350  2,625,725 
BAE Systems PLC  266,200  1,878,009 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
United Kingdom (continued)     

British American Tobacco PLC  16,900  $806,429 
Centrica PLC  182,500  932,036 
Compass Group PLC  43,400  648,628 
Diageo PLC, ADR  4,800  576,240 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC  75,000  1,927,811 
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC  57,400  2,094,648 
National Grid PLC  187,900  2,432,288 
Pearson PLC  57,100  1,043,223 
Severn Trent PLC  33,200  940,412 
SSE PLC  113,800  2,441,460 
United Utilities Group PLC  170,300  2,001,424 
Vodafone Group PLC  580,200  2,150,056 
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC  165,000  650,216 
 
United States 44.0%    50,631,921 

AbbVie, Inc. (C)  16,500  812,295 
Altria Group, Inc.  60,400  2,127,288 
Ameren Corp. (C)  42,000  1,589,280 
Apple, Inc.  1,900  951,140 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company (C)  15,300  707,319 
AT&T, Inc. (C)  42,800  1,426,096 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (C)  9,600  735,360 
CenturyLink, Inc.  49,400  1,425,684 
CME Group, Inc. (C)  12,160  909,082 
Comcast Corp., Special Class A  15,800  827,130 
ConocoPhillips (C)  16,400  1,065,180 
Deere & Company  7,300  627,508 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (C)  21,300  1,033,902 
Dominion Resources, Inc. (C)  10,000  679,100 
Duke Energy Corp. (C)  27,750  1,959,705 
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company  11,350  692,464 
Emerson Electric Company  13,600  896,784 
Honeywell International, Inc.  8,300  757,209 
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (C)  12,900  700,986 
Johnson & Johnson  10,200  902,394 
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (C)  11,700  1,279,629 
KLA-Tencor Corp.  15,300  940,491 
Lockheed Martin Corp. (C)  16,300  2,459,833 
Lorillard, Inc. (C)  44,850  2,207,517 
Mattel, Inc. (C)  28,840  1,091,306 
McDonald's Corp.  8,000  753,360 
Merck & Company, Inc. (C)  16,900  895,193 
Microchip Technology, Inc. (C)  17,900  802,994 
Microsoft Corp. (C)  19,500  738,075 
PepsiCo, Inc. (C)  7,500  602,700 
Philip Morris International, Inc.  17,300  1,351,822 
PPL Corp. (C)  64,100  1,959,537 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (C)  53,200  982,604 
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A (C)  45,600  889,200 
Reynolds American, Inc. (C)  37,590  1,823,115 
TECO Energy, Inc. (C)  83,300  1,364,454 
The Coca-Cola Company  16,600  627,812 
The Dow Chemical Company (C)  24,300  1,105,893 
The Southern Company (C)  55,900  2,305,316 
Time Warner, Inc. (C)  10,600  665,998 
Vectren Corp. (C)  17,000  620,840 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (C)  27,780  1,333,996 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

    Shares  Value 
United States (continued)       

Waste Management, Inc. (C)    28,500  $1,190,730 
Wells Fargo & Company    40,000  1,813,600 
 
Preferred Securities 0.8%      $962,298 

(Cost $854,267)       
 
United States 0.8%      962,298 

MetLife, Inc., Series B, 6.500% (C)    38,600  962,298 
 
  Yield (%)  Par value  Value 
 
Short-Term Investments 0.7%      $771,310 

(Cost $771,310)       
 
Money Market Funds 0.3%      309,310 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund  0.0000 (Y)  309,310  309,310 
 
    Par value  Value 
 
Repurchase Agreement 0.4%      462,000 

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 1-31-14 at       
0.000% to be repurchased at $259,000 on 2-3-14, collateralized by       
$265,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625% due 8-15-16 (valued at       
$266,325, including interest)    $462,000  462,000 
 
Total investments (Cost $112,419,665)† 99.1%      $114,082,803 

 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.9%      $1,022,035 

 
Total net assets 100.0%      $115,104,838 

 

 

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

ADR American Depositary Receipts

(C) A portion of this security is segregated as collateral for options. Total collateral value at 1-31-14 was $33,216,501.

(Y) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 1-31-14.

† At 1-31-14, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $113,108,630. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $974,173, of which $4,465,038 related to appreciated investment securities and $3,490,865 related to depreciated investment securities.

The fund had the following sector composition as a percentage of net assets on 1-31-14:

Utilities  20.4% 
Telecommunication Services  14.8% 
Consumer Staples  14.3% 
Industrials  9.6% 
Health Care  8.5% 
Financials  8.0% 
Consumer Discretionary  7.5% 
Energy  6.4% 
Materials  5.3% 
Information Technology  3.6% 
Short-Term Investments & Other  1.6% 
 
Total  100.0% 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Equity securities held by the fund are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange where the security was acquired or most likely will be sold. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Investments by the funds in investment companies 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. Unlisted options 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. Certain short-term securities with maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost.

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 may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

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

      Level 2  Level 3 
  Total Market  Level 1  Significant  Significant 
  Value at  Quoted  Observable  Unobservable 
  01/31/14  Price  Inputs  Inputs 
Common Stocks         
Australia  $4,424,862    $4,424,862   
Belgium  642,146    642,146   
Canada  4,955,653  $4,955,653     
France  8,582,966    8,582,966   
Germany  6,684,754    6,684,754   
Italy  1,893,261    1,893,261   
Netherlands  2,050,888  2,050,888     
Norway  3,509,080    3,509,080   
Philippines  511,792  511,792     
Sweden  669,073    669,073   
Switzerland  4,644,194    4,644,194   
United Kingdom  23,148,605  3,201,965  19,946,640   
United States  50,631,921  50,631,921     
Preferred Securities         
United States  962,298  962,298     
Short-Term Investments  771,310  309,310  462,000   
 
Total Investments in Securities  $114,082,803  $62,623,827  $51,458,976   
Other Financial Instruments:         
Written Options  ($86,400)  ($86,400)     

 

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.

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 default, the MRA does not result in an offset of the 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. Collateral received by the fund for repurchase agreements is disclosed in the Portfolio of investments as part of the caption related to the repurchase agreement.

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 over-the-counter (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 over-the-counter 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, over-the-counter options are subject to the risks of all over-the-counter derivatives contracts.

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 1-31-14 (Unaudited)

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 January 31, 2014, 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 January 31, 2014 and the contracts held at January 31, 2014.

  NUMBER OF   
  CONTRACTS  PREMIUMS RECEIVED 

Outstanding, beginning of period  385  $762,841 
Options written  1,085  1,518,900 
Options expired  (110)  (20,659) 
Options closed  (1,045)  (1,819,713) 
Outstanding, end of period  315  $441,369 

 

  EXERCISE  EXPIRATION  NUMBER OF     
OPTIONS  PRICE  DATE  CONTRACTS  PREMIUM  VALUE 

Calls           
NASDAQ 100 Stock Index  $3,615  Feb-14  15  $65,388  ($22,350) 
Philadelphia Semiconductor IDX  545  Feb-14  50  30,666  (16,125) 
S+P 500 Index  1,845  Feb-14  155  341,115  (46,500) 
S+P 500 Index  1,930  Feb-14  95  4,200  (1,425) 
Total      315  $441,369  ($86,400) 

 

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 G. Arnott 
  Andrew G. Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  March 24, 2014 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

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