# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000045288
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-228314
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 3084
**Document Hash:** db7013bcd8719240573ab5cabed44fab
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-228314.hdr.sgml**: 20251002

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-228314

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251002

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251002

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251002

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** JOHN HANCOCK SOVEREIGN BOND FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000045288

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 042528977
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0531

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-48925
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251369028

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-663-3000

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

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HANCOCK JOHN SOVEREIGN BOND FUND
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930921

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HANCOCK JOHN BONDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930921

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HANCOCK JOHN BOND TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19910704

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### John Hancock Bond Fund (Series ID: S000000646)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000001854 | Class A      | JHNBX           |
| C000001856 | Class C      | JHCBX           |
| C000001857 | Class I      | JHBIX           |
| C000106442 | Class R6     | JHBSX           |
| C000113488 | Class R2     | JHRBX           |
| C000153977 | Class NAV    |  |
| C000153978 | Class R4     | JBFRX           |

**John Hancock Funds** <br>**200 Berkeley Street** <br>**Boston, MA 02116**

October 2, 2025

**VIA EDGAR**

U.S Securities and Exchange Commission <br>100 F Street, NE <br>Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund (the "Registrant"), on behalf of: <br>John Hancock Bond Fund (the "Fund") <br>File Nos. 002-48925; 811-02402

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), please accept this letter as notice that the forms of Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information for the Fund, each dated October 1, 2025, that would have been filed pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the forms of Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 101 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 84 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the text of which was filed electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2025 via EDGAR.

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at tdee@jhancock.com.

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| /s/ Thomas Dee |
| Thomas Dee, Esq.<br> Assistant Secretary of the Trust<br>|

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