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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:  July 31, 2014 

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS





Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
Common Stocks 95.7%    $115,387,821 

(Cost $116,962,089)     
 
Australia 3.1%    3,750,268 

BHP Billiton, Ltd.  19,850  704,803 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  9,162  706,663 
Telstra Corp., Ltd.  317,600  1,610,581 
Westpac Banking Corp.  22,900  728,221 
 
Belgium 0.6%    690,769 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV  6,400  690,769 
 
Canada 4.8%    5,765,287 

BCE, Inc.  54,100  2,450,092 
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (C)  34,300  1,217,307 
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B  26,800  1,046,585 
Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B  42,900  1,051,303 
 
France 7.8%    9,454,469 

Electricite de France SA  54,500  1,760,558 
Sanofi  8,700  913,420 
SCOR SE  35,000  1,125,908 
Total SA  34,100  2,199,268 
Vinci SA  29,200  2,015,177 
Vivendi SA (I)  57,380  1,440,138 
 
Germany 6.3%    7,639,113 

Allianz SE  4,900  815,782 
BASF SE  15,300  1,583,457 
Daimler AG  15,900  1,312,047 
Deutsche Post AG  19,300  617,497 
Deutsche Telekom AG  117,700  1,909,994 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG  6,600  1,400,336 
 
Italy 1.9%    2,311,940 

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA  439,600  2,311,940 
 
Netherlands 2.3%    2,735,920 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR (C)  24,780  2,027,747 
Wolters Kluwer NV  25,560  708,173 
 
Norway 3.0%    3,660,718 

Orkla ASA  112,900  1,021,923 
Statoil ASA  37,500  1,071,546 
Yara International ASA  34,300  1,567,249 
 
Philippines 0.7%    780,996 

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, ADR (C)  11,100  780,996 
 
Sweden 0.9%    1,088,425 

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A  22,600  1,088,425 
 
Switzerland 3.9%    4,684,276 

Nestle SA  9,400  695,976 
Novartis AG  13,500  1,174,481 
Roche Holding AG  3,000  870,617 
Swisscom AG  3,500  1,943,202 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
United Kingdom 21.5%    $25,895,622 

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR (C)  10,253  746,316 
BAE Systems PLC  252,200  1,817,593 
British American Tobacco PLC  24,200  1,417,693 
Centrica PLC  219,800  1,145,259 
Compass Group PLC  89,976  1,466,119 
Diageo PLC, ADR  4,500  540,990 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC  84,700  2,041,163 
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC  86,400  3,740,595 
National Grid PLC  178,200  2,538,144 
Pearson PLC  54,600  1,050,224 
Severn Trent PLC  36,000  1,174,424 
SSE PLC  116,300  2,856,208 
Unilever PLC  20,870  901,720 
United Utilities Group PLC  152,300  2,282,750 
Vodafone Group PLC  498,100  1,658,718 
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC  182,400  517,706 
 
United States 38.9%    46,930,018 

AbbVie, Inc. (C)  16,600  868,844 
Altria Group, Inc.  55,500  2,253,300 
Ameren Corp. (C)  33,700  1,295,765 
Apple, Inc.  12,600  1,204,182 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company (C)  14,500  652,500 
AT&T, Inc. (C)  64,400  2,291,996 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (C)  9,100  739,921 
CenturyLink, Inc.  55,400  2,173,896 
CME Group, Inc. (C)  14,960  1,106,142 
ConocoPhillips (C)  15,000  1,237,500 
Deere & Company  7,400  629,814 
Dominion Resources, Inc. (C)  9,400  635,816 
Duke Energy Corp. (C)  26,250  1,893,413 
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company  10,750  691,333 
Emerson Electric Company  10,600  674,690 
Johnson & Johnson  7,300  730,657 
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (C)  10,300  1,069,861 
KLA-Tencor Corp. (C)  10,300  736,347 
Lockheed Martin Corp. (C)  9,500  1,586,215 
Lorillard, Inc. (C)  36,650  2,216,592 
Mattel, Inc. (C)  27,540  975,605 
McDonald's Corp.  7,600  718,656 
Merck & Company, Inc. (C)  19,400  1,100,756 
Microchip Technology, Inc. (C)  17,900  805,858 
Microsoft Corp. (C)  18,700  807,092 
People's United Financial, Inc.  61,020  886,010 
PepsiCo, Inc. (C)  7,800  687,180 
Philip Morris International, Inc.  17,700  1,451,577 
PPL Corp. (C)  55,300  1,824,347 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (C)  52,100  904,456 
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A (C)  44,200  860,132 
Reynolds American, Inc. (C)  38,790  2,166,422 
TECO Energy, Inc. (C)  79,800  1,393,308 
The Coca-Cola Company  21,300  836,877 
The Dow Chemical Company (C)  23,200  1,184,824 
The Southern Company (C)  39,080  1,691,773 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (C)  45,039  2,270,882 
Waste Management, Inc. (C)  15,100  677,839 
Wells Fargo & Company  19,600  997,640 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

    Shares  Value 
Preferred Securities 0.8%      $985,072 

(Cost $854,267)       
 
United States 0.8%      985,072 

MetLife, Inc., Series B, 6.500% (C)    38,600  985,072 
  Yield (%)  Shares  Value 
 
Short-Term Investments 2.8%      $3,442,942 

(Cost $3,442,942)       
 
Money Market Funds 1.5%      1,839,942 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund  0.0000 (Y)  1,839,942  1,839,942 
 
    Par value  Value 
Repurchase Agreement 1.3%      1,603,000 

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 7-31-14 at       
0.000% to be repurchased at $1,603,000 on 8-1-14, collateralized       
by $1,645,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 1.100% due 10-       
5-17 (valued at $1,638,831, including interest)    $1,603,000  1,603,000 
 
Total investments (Cost $121,259,298)† 99.3%      $119,815,835 

Other assets and liabilities, net 0.7%      $797,204 

Total net assets 100.0%      $120,613,039 

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

(I) Non-income producing.

(C) A portion of this security is segregated as collateral for options. Total collateral value at 7-31-14 was $30,002,916.

(Y) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 7-31-14.

† At 7-31-14, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $121,948,263.

Net unrealized depreciation aggregated $2,132,428, of which $2,551,875 related to appreciated investment securities and $4,684,303 related to depreciated investment securities.

The fund had the following sector composition as a percentage of net assets on 7-31-14:

Utilities  18.9% 
Consumer Staples  16.7% 
Telecommunication Services  16.2% 
Financials  8.7% 
Industrials  7.4% 
Health Care  7.0% 
Consumer Discretionary  6.8% 
Materials  5.8% 
Energy  5.4% 
Information Technology  3.6% 
Short-Term Investments & Other  3.5% 
 
Total  100.0% 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

Notes to 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 fund 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. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor. 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.

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

      Level 2  Level 3 
  Total Market    Significant  Significant 
  Value at  Level 1 Quoted  Observable  Unobservable 
  7-31-14  Price  Inputs  Inputs 
Common Stocks         
Australia  $3,750,268    $3,750,268   
Belgium  690,769    690,769   
Canada  5,765,287  $5,765,287     
France  9,454,469    9,454,469   
Germany  7,639,113    7,639,113   
Italy  2,311,940    2,311,940   
Netherlands  2,735,920  2,027,747  708,173   
Norway  3,660,718    3,660,718   
Philippines  780,996  780,996     
Sweden  1,088,425    1,088,425   
Switzerland  4,684,276    4,684,276   
United Kingdom  25,895,622  1,287,306  24,608,316   
United States  46,930,018  46,930,018     
Preferred Securities  985,072  985,072     
Short-Term Investments  3,442,942  1,839,942  1,603,000   
 
Total Investments in Securities  $119,815,835  $59,616,368  $60,199,467   
Other Financial Instruments:         
Written Options  ($111,975)  ($111,975)     

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

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 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.

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 (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 fund’s 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, 2014, the fund wrote option contracts to hedge against anticipated 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, 2014 and the contracts held at July 31, 2014.

  Number of Contracts  Premiums Received 

 
Outstanding, beginning of period  385  $762,841 
Options written  3,405  5,116,373 
Option closed  (2,740)  (4,895,571) 
Options exercised  -  - 
Options expired  (630)  (589,393) 
Outstanding, end of period  420  $394,250 

 

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Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
As of 7-31-14 (Unaudited)

      Number     
  Exercise  Expiration  of     
Name of Issuer  Price  Date  Contracts  Premium  Value 

Calls           

NASDAQ 100 Stock Index  $3,925  Aug 2014  15  $62,634  ($43,950) 
Philadelphia Semiconductor Index  640  Aug 2014  45  40,363  (1,800) 
PHLX Housing Sector Index  200  Aug 2014  140  44,374  (2,450) 
S+P 500 Index  1,970  Aug 2014  130  244,272  (61,750) 
S+P 500 Index  2,045  Aug 2014  90  2,607  (2,025) 

      420  $394,250  ($111,975) 

 

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 23, 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 Arnott 
  __________________
Andrew Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  September 23, 2014 
 
 
By:  /s/ Charles A. Rizzo 
  __________________
Charles A. Rizzo 
  Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date:  September 23, 2014