# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001885778
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-192154
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 7723
**Document Hash:** a73616a33a6c4cd3e67784ae11002fc5
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-192154.hdr.sgml**: 20250829

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-192154

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SC TO-I/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250829

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250829

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001885778

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SC TO-I/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-93713
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251277016

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-663-2261

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Asset-Based Lending Fund
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210930
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001885778

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SC TO-I/A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-663-2261

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Asset-Based Lending Fund
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210930

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

**SCHEDULE TO** 

**(Rule 13e-4)** 

**TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)(1)** 

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**(Amendment No. 1)** 

## John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund
**(Name of Issuer)** 

**John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund** 

**(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement (Issuer))** 

**Class I, Class S and Class D Shares of Beneficial Interest** 

**(Title of Class of Securities)** 

**ABLFX, ABLHX, and ABLGX** 

**(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)** 

**Christopher Sechler, Esq** 

**200 Berkeley Street** 

**Boston, MA 02116** 

**(617)- 663- 3000** 

**(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Filing Persons(s))** 

**With a copy to:** 

**Mark P. Goshko** 

**George J. Zornada** 

**K&L Gates LLP** 

**1 Congress Street, Suite 2900** 

**Boston, MA 02114** 

**August 21, 2025** 

**(Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders)** 

☐ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

☐ third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

☒ issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

☐ going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

☐ amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐

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**Amendment No. 1 to Tender Offer Statement** 

This Amendment No. 1 amends the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the "Statement") originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2025 by the John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund (the "Fund") relating to the Fund's offer to repurchase common shares of beneficial interest of the Fund ("Shares") from its shareholders ("Shareholders") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase and the related Letter of Transmittal in an aggregate amount of up to $11,490,000.00 (the "Offer") and constitutes an amendment disclosing a material change pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The shareholder meeting referenced in the Statement and Offer related to the approval of the conversion of the Fund to an interval fund as well as certain related matters scheduled for October 9, 2025 will not be held on that date, and, accordingly, the Fund will not convert to an interval fund on or around November 18, 2025. A shareholder meeting relating to the interval fund conversion is expected to be rescheduled on a date sometime in the first quarter of 2026, with implementation of the conversion expected to take place as soon thereafter as practicable following shareholder approval.

Except as specifically provided herein, the terms of the Offer remain unchanged and the information set forth in the Statement, including all schedules and annexes thereto that were previously filed therewith, remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided for herein.

You should read this Amendment No. 1 together with the Statement, the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal.

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**Item 12. Exhibits.** 

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| **Exhibit** |  |
| 99.1 | Cover Letter to Offer to Repurchase.\* |
| 99.2 | Offer to Repurchase.\* |
| 99.3 | Form of Letter of Transmittal.\* |
| 99.4 | Filing Fee Exhibit. |

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\* Previously filed as an exhibit to the Schedule TO filed by the Fund with the Commission on August 21, 2025.

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**SIGNATURE** 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: August 29, 2025

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|:---|:---|
| JOHN HANCOCK MARATHON ASSET-BASED LENDING FUND | JOHN HANCOCK MARATHON ASSET-BASED LENDING FUND |
| By: | /s/ Andrew G. Arnott |
| Name: | Andrew G. Arnott |
| Title: | President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee |

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## Ex-Filing

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? EX-FILING FEES

 **Calculation of Filing Fee Tables** <br>

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| | | **Transaction Valuation**  | **Fee Rate**  | **Amount of Filing Fee**  |
| Fees to be Paid | 1 | $0.00 | 0.0001531 | $0.00 |
| Fees Previously Paid | 2 | $11490000.00 |  | $1759.12 |
|  | Total Transaction Valuation: | $11490000.00  |  |  |
|  | Total Fees Due for Filing: |  |  | $1759.12  |
|  | Total Fees Previously Paid:  |  |  | $1759.12  |
|  | Total Fee Offsets:  |  |  | $0.00  |
|  | Net Fee Due:  |  |  | $0.00  |

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 **Offering Note** <br>

<sup>1</sup> (a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price for shares of beneficial interest. The fee of $1,759.12 was paid in connection with the filing of the Schedule TO by John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund (File No. 005-93713) on August 21, 2025 (the "Schedule TO"). (b) Calculated at $153.10 per $1,000,000 of the Transaction Valuation.

<sup>2</sup> (a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price for shares of beneficial interest. The fee of $1,759.12 was paid in connection with the filing of the Schedule TO by John Hancock Marathon Asset-Based Lending Fund (File No. 005-93713) on August 21, 2025 (the "Schedule TO"). (b) Calculated at $153.10 per $1,000,000 of the Transaction Valuation.

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