# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001329954
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-126195
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 6252
**Document Hash:** 396956a8653bb16d5db0b6569541a889
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-126195.hdr.sgml**: 20260326

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-126195

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260326

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260326

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260326

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Funds III
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001329954

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-125838
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26798063

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6176633000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### John Hancock International Growth Fund (Series ID: S000001412)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class R6   | JIGTX         | C000153990 |

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### John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund (Series ID: S000015906)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class R6   | JGRSX         | C000106446 |

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### John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund (Series ID: S000023715)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class R6   | JDVWX         | C000104499 |

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### John Hancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund (Series ID: S000028882)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class R6   | JVMRX         | C000106449 |

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### John Hancock U.S. Growth Fund (Series ID: S000035055)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class R6   | JSGTX         | C000153996 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### John Hancock International Growth Fund (Series ID: S000001412)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000153990 | Class R6     | JIGTX           |

### John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund (Series ID: S000015906)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000106446 | Class R6     | JGRSX           |

### John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund (Series ID: S000023715)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000104499 | Class R6     | JDVWX           |

### John Hancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund (Series ID: S000028882)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000106449 | Class R6     | JVMRX           |

### John Hancock U.S. Growth Fund (Series ID: S000035055)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000153996 | Class R6     | JSGTX           |

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Prospectus Supplement

**John Hancock Bond Trust** <br>**John Hancock California Tax-Free Income Fund** <br>**John Hancock Capital Series** <br>**John Hancock Funds II** <br>**John Hancock Funds III** <br>**John Hancock Investment Trust** <br>**John Hancock Investment Trust II** <br>**John Hancock Municipal Securities Trust** <br>**John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund** <br>**John Hancock Strategic Series** <br>**(the fund)**

**Supplement dated March 26, 2026 to the current Prospectus, as may be supplemented (the Prospectus)**

The below information found under "Choosing an eligible share class" in the "Your account" section of the Prospectus is amended and restated in its entirety.

**Class R6 shares**

Class R6 shares are offered without any sales charge and are generally made available to the following types of investors if they also meet the minimum initial investment requirement for purchases of Class R6 shares. (See "Opening an account.")

● Qualified 401(a) plans (including 401(k) plans, Keogh plans, profit-sharing pension plans, money purchase pension plans, target benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, and Taft-Hartley multi-employer pension plans) (collectively, qualified plans)

● Endowment funds, foundations, donor advised funds, and other charitable entities

● Any state, county, or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority, or agency

● 403(b) plans and 457 plans, including 457(a) governmental entity plans and tax-exempt plans

● Accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies, and bank trust departments

● Investment companies, both affiliated and not affiliated with the advisor

● Any entity that is considered a corporation for tax purposes, including corporate nonqualified deferred compensation plans of such corporations

● Trustees, employees of the advisor or its affiliates, employees of the subadvisor, members of the fund's portfolio management team and the spouses and children (under age 21) of the aforementioned

● Financial intermediaries utilizing fund shares in certain eligible qualifying investment product platforms under a signed agreement with the distributor

● 529 college savings plans, not affiliated with John Hancock (529 Plans)

Class R6 shares may not be available through certain investment dealers.

The availability of Class R6 shares for qualified plan investors will depend upon the policies of your financial intermediary and/or the recordkeeper for your qualified plan.

Class R6 shares also are generally available only to qualified plan investors and 529 Plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the fund.

Class R6 shares are not available to retail non-retirement accounts, Traditional and Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SARSEPs, and SIMPLE IRAs.

*You should read this supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus and retain it for your future reference.*

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