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 811-4173

John Hancock Investors Trust
(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, 2018



ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS






John Hancock

Investors Trust

Quarterly portfolio holdings 1/31/18

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Fund’s investments  
As of 1-31-18 (unaudited)
  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
U.S. Government and Agency obligations 5.3% (3.5% of Total investments)   $8,534,599
(Cost $8,588,775)          
U.S. Government Agency 5.3%         8,534,599
Federal National Mortgage Association          
15 Yr Pass Thru 4.000 12-01-24   609,111 628,511
30 Yr Pass Thru 4.000 12-01-40   2,006,964 2,094,294
30 Yr Pass Thru 4.000 09-01-41   1,859,249 1,935,214
30 Yr Pass Thru 4.000 10-01-41   1,059,561 1,104,342
30 Yr Pass Thru 4.000 01-01-42   522,390 544,631
30 Yr Pass Thru 4.500 10-01-40   1,353,447 1,443,123
30 Yr Pass Thru 5.000 04-01-41   306,837 333,985
30 Yr Pass Thru 5.500 08-01-40   86,215 94,938
30 Yr Pass Thru 6.500 01-01-39   315,148 355,561
Foreign government obligations 2.5% (1.7% of Total investments)   $4,111,600
(Cost $4,471,060)          
Mexico 0.6%         938,729
Government of Mexico
Bond
10.000 12-05-24 MXN 15,430,000 938,729
Oman 0.8%         1,309,572
Oman Sovereign Sukuk SAOC
Bond (A)
4.397 06-01-24   1,320,000 1,309,572
Saudi Arabia 1.1%         1,863,299
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bond (A)
3.250 10-26-26   1,930,000 1,863,299
Corporate bonds 136.1% (89.0% of Total investments)   $219,100,891
(Cost $216,011,594)          
Consumer discretionary 22.9%       36,868,260
Auto components 2.3%      
Adient Global Holdings, Ltd. (A) 4.875 08-15-26   805,000 796,950
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. 6.250 03-15-21   1,000,000 1,020,000
Lear Corp. (B) 5.250 01-15-25   1,210,000 1,283,865
Nemak SAB de CV (A) 5.500 02-28-23   550,000 563,750
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 1.7%      
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC 6.125 12-01-24   750,000 823,125
Scientific Games International, Inc. (A) 7.000 01-01-22   655,000 691,025
Waterford Gaming LLC (A)(C)(D) 8.625 09-15-14   377,791 0
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (B) 5.100 10-01-25   1,190,000 1,242,836
Household durables 0.4%      
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (B)(E) 5.500 06-15-26   625,000 628,125
Internet and direct marketing retail 1.8%      
Expedia, Inc. 5.000 02-15-26   1,000,000 1,051,366
Netflix, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 4.875 04-15-28   850,000 843,625
QVC, Inc. 5.950 03-15-43   1,000,000 983,700
Leisure products 0.3%      
Mattel, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 6.750 12-31-25   550,000 556,875
Media 14.9%      
Altice Financing SA (A)(B)(E) 7.500 05-15-26   1,000,000 1,038,130
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (B)(E) 5.875 11-15-26   1,155,000 1,124,681
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (B)(E) 6.125 05-15-27   800,000 781,400
Cablevision Systems Corp. 7.750 04-15-18   985,000 995,638
Cablevision Systems Corp. 8.000 04-15-20   750,000 805,313
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)        
Media (continued)      
CCO Holdings LLC (A) 5.000 02-01-28   1,000,000 $967,500
CCO Holdings LLC (B)(E) 5.125 02-15-23   950,000 968,406
CCO Holdings LLC (A)(B)(E) 5.125 05-01-27   1,245,000 1,212,655
CCO Holdings LLC (A) 5.750 02-15-26   1,000,000 1,035,000
Cengage Learning, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 9.500 06-15-24   850,000 805,375
Grupo Televisa SAB 4.625 01-30-26   725,000 749,973
Grupo Televisa SAB 8.490 05-11-37 MXN 26,200,000 1,246,486
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (A)(B)(E) 5.875 11-01-24   1,095,000 1,164,806
MDC Partners, Inc. (A) 6.500 05-01-24   955,000 962,163
MHGE Parent LLC (8.500% Cash or 9.250% PIK) (A)(B)(E) 8.500 08-01-19   439,000 437,354
Myriad International Holdings BV (A) 5.500 07-21-25   915,000 997,350
National CineMedia LLC 6.000 04-15-22   1,250,000 1,267,188
Nielsen Finance LLC (A)(B)(E) 5.000 04-15-22   800,000 813,000
Outfront Media Capital LLC (B)(E) 5.250 02-15-22   900,000 917,820
Outfront Media Capital LLC 5.875 03-15-25   485,000 504,720
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (A) 5.000 08-01-27   610,000 605,425
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (A) 6.000 07-15-24   925,000 966,625
Time Warner Cable LLC 4.500 09-15-42   815,000 750,396
Time Warner Cable LLC (B) 8.250 04-01-19   375,000 398,424
Viacom, Inc. (B) 5.850 09-01-43   1,125,000 1,249,892
Viacom, Inc. (6.250% to 2-28-27, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.899%) (B)(E) 6.250 02-28-57   1,250,000 1,289,063
Multiline retail 0.8%      
Macy's Retail Holdings, Inc. (B)(E) 3.625 06-01-24   1,300,000 1,245,705
Specialty retail 0.7%      
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (A)(B) 5.250 12-15-23   1,051,000 1,082,530
Consumer staples 4.8%       7,778,893
Beverages 0.5%      
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. (B) 3.750 01-15-22   750,000 773,633
Food and staples retailing 0.9%      
Rite Aid Corp. (A)(B)(E) 6.125 04-01-23   1,500,000 1,398,750
Food products 1.5%      
FAGE International SA (A) 5.625 08-15-26   430,000 410,650
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 5.500 03-01-25   540,000 556,200
Post Holdings, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 5.625 01-15-28   510,000 508,266
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 6.000 02-15-24   1,000,000 1,037,500
Household products 0.3%      
Central Garden & Pet Company 5.125 02-01-28   470,000 467,650
Personal products 0.6%      
Revlon Consumer Products Corp. (B)(E) 6.250 08-01-24   1,640,000 1,053,700
Tobacco 1.0%      
Reynolds American, Inc. (B) 6.875 05-01-20   720,000 784,044
Vector Group, Ltd. (A) 6.125 02-01-25   760,000 788,500
Energy 21.6%       34,843,742
Energy equipment and services 1.2%      
CSI Compressco LP 7.250 08-15-22   1,500,000 1,477,500
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (B)(E) 7.875 08-15-25   400,000 424,000
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 20.4%      
Andeavor Logistics LP 5.250 01-15-25   870,000 912,587
Andeavor Logistics LP (B) 6.250 10-15-22   242,000 254,526
Andeavor Logistics LP (B) 6.375 05-01-24   140,000 151,725
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Energy (continued)        
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued)      
Antero Resources Corp. (B) 5.125 12-01-22   917,000 $936,712
Blue Racer Midstream LLC (A) 6.125 11-15-22   1,230,000 1,276,125
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (B)(E) 3.800 09-15-23   875,000 881,500
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC (B)(E) 5.125 06-30-27   530,000 547,225
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC 5.875 03-31-25   995,000 1,072,113
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC (B)(E) 7.000 06-30-24   800,000 910,000
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (A)(B)(E) 8.000 06-15-27   925,000 915,750
Continental Resources, Inc. (B)(E) 4.500 04-15-23   500,000 506,250
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (B)(E) 5.550 06-01-45   500,000 551,629
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. 6.250 03-15-23   1,195,000 1,236,825
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (B)(E) 4.750 09-15-44   1,500,000 1,570,453
Newfield Exploration Company (B)(E) 5.750 01-30-22   750,000 798,750
Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (B)(E) 6.875 03-15-22   705,000 726,150
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd. (A)(B)(E) 6.720 12-01-22   222,304 219,636
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd. (7.720% Cash or 2.048% PIK) (A) 7.720 12-01-26   628,428 214,608
Odebrecht Oil & Gas Finance Ltd. (A)(F) 0.000 03-05-18   100,960 2,524
Parsley Energy LLC (A) 5.375 01-15-25   370,000 373,700
Parsley Energy LLC (A) 5.625 10-15-27   590,000 606,225
PBF Holding Company LLC 7.250 06-15-25   455,000 479,274
Petrobras Global Finance BV (B)(E) 7.375 01-17-27   1,755,000 1,946,558
Petroleos Mexicanos (B)(E) 5.500 01-21-21   755,000 800,527
Petroleos Mexicanos 7.470 11-12-26 MXN 35,000,000 1,645,103
Phillips 66 Partners LP (B) 4.900 10-01-46   1,585,000 1,673,337
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (B) 5.000 03-15-27   1,000,000 1,061,906
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (B)(E) 5.875 06-30-26   610,000 681,441
Sable Permian Resources LLC (A)(B)(E) 7.125 11-01-20   500,000 407,500
SM Energy Company (B)(E) 5.625 06-01-25   880,000 871,200
SM Energy Company 6.750 09-15-26   530,000 552,525
Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP (B) 3.900 07-15-26   925,000 902,807
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP (A) 5.500 09-15-24   915,000 937,875
Tapstone Energy LLC (A) 9.750 06-01-22   690,000 598,575
The Oil and Gas Holding Company BSCC (A)(B)(E) 7.500 10-25-27   1,645,000 1,692,721
The Williams Companies, Inc. 4.550 06-24-24   600,000 615,750
Ultra Resources, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 7.125 04-15-25   1,270,000 1,268,413
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (B)(E) 5.750 03-15-21   705,000 729,675
WPX Energy, Inc. 5.250 09-15-24   700,000 708,750
WPX Energy, Inc. (B)(E) 6.000 01-15-22   670,000 703,292
Financials 22.7%       36,553,969
Banks 12.1%      
Banco BTG Pactual SA (A)(B)(E) 5.750 09-28-22   2,540,000 2,558,542
Banco de Credito del Peru (A) 4.850 10-30-20 PEN 3,405,000 1,065,386
Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC (3.800% to 8-11-21, then 5 Year CMT + 3.000%) (A) 3.800 08-11-26   1,385,000 1,381,538
Citigroup, Inc. (6.125% to 11-15-20, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.478%) (B)(F) 6.125 11-15-20   1,750,000 1,850,450
Corp Group Banking SA (A) 6.750 03-15-23   1,000,000 1,006,000
Credit Agricole SA (7.875% to 1-23-24, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.898%) (A)(B)(E)(F) 7.875 01-23-24   865,000 982,339
Credit Agricole SA (8.125% to 12-23-25, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 6.185%) (A)(B)(E)(F) 8.125 12-23-25   965,000 1,155,313
HSBC Holdings PLC (6.875% to 6-1-21, then 5 Year U.S. ISDAFIX + 5.514%) (B)(E)(F) 6.875 06-01-21   760,000 816,050
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Financials (continued)        
Banks (continued)      
ING Groep NV (6.500% to 4-16-25, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.446%) (B)(E)(F) 6.500 04-16-25   1,060,000 $1,142,150
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.300% to 5-1-20, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.800%) (B)(F) 5.300 05-01-20   1,000,000 1,030,250
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.750% to 2-1-24, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.780%) (B)(E)(F) 6.750 02-01-24   1,500,000 1,676,250
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (7.500% to 6-27-24, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.760%) (F) 7.500 06-27-24   1,465,000 1,653,619
Sberbank of Russia (A) 6.125 02-07-22   1,000,000 1,084,872
Societe Generale SA (7.375% to 9-13-21, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 6.238%) (A)(B)(E)(F) 7.375 09-13-21   790,000 852,213
Wells Fargo & Company, Series U (5.875% to 6-15-25, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.990%) (B)(E)(F) 5.875 06-15-25   1,100,000 1,196,470
Capital markets 2.6%      
Morgan Stanley (5.550% to 7-15-20, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.810%) (B)(E)(F) 5.550 07-15-20   1,160,000 1,199,150
Morgan Stanley (B) 5.750 01-25-21   1,000,000 1,081,106
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (B) 3.750 05-22-25   375,000 379,758
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (5.375% to 5-10-20, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.922%) (B)(E)(F) 5.375 05-10-20   1,500,000 1,548,750
Consumer finance 2.6%      
American Express Company (4.900% to 3-15-20, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.285%) (B)(E)(F) 4.900 03-15-20   1,300,000 1,319,500
Enova International, Inc. (A) 8.500 09-01-24   750,000 780,000
Enova International, Inc. 9.750 06-01-21   392,000 417,480
FirstCash, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 5.375 06-01-24   1,145,000 1,199,388
Springleaf Finance Corp. 6.125 05-15-22   410,000 423,448
Diversified financial services 2.2%      
ASP AMC Merger Sub, Inc. (A) 8.000 05-15-25   835,000 798,469
Leucadia National Corp. (B)(E) 5.500 10-18-23   600,000 639,395
Lincoln Finance, Ltd. (A) 7.375 04-15-21   385,000 400,400
Trident Merger Sub, Inc. (A) 6.625 11-01-25   1,700,000 1,708,500
Insurance 1.4%      
Aquarius & Investments PLC (6.375% to 9-1-19, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 5.210%) 6.375 09-01-24   1,200,000 1,249,500
Ardonagh Midco 3 PLC (A) 8.625 07-15-23   545,000 564,075
MetLife, Inc. (B) 6.817 08-15-18   500,000 512,619
Mortgage real estate investment trusts 0.6%      
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (B)(E) 5.000 12-15-21   970,000 1,010,614
Thrifts and mortgage finance 1.2%      
MGIC Investment Corp. 5.750 08-15-23   1,165,000 1,252,375
Stearns Holdings LLC (A) 9.375 08-15-20   600,000 618,000
Health care 10.2%       16,353,296
Health care providers and services 9.7%      
Community Health Systems, Inc. (B)(E) 5.125 08-01-21   770,000 718,025
Community Health Systems, Inc. 6.250 03-31-23   540,000 499,500
Community Health Systems, Inc. (B)(E) 6.875 02-01-22   410,000 292,381
Community Health Systems, Inc. (B)(E) 8.000 11-15-19   1,085,000 1,017,188
DaVita, Inc. 5.125 07-15-24   1,145,000 1,153,622
Encompass Health Corp. 5.750 11-01-24   1,545,000 1,575,900
HCA, Inc. (B)(E) 5.250 04-15-25   1,000,000 1,049,160
HCA, Inc. 5.500 06-15-47   1,760,000 1,796,300
HCA, Inc. 7.500 02-15-22   530,000 594,925
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Health care (continued)        
Health care providers and services (continued)      
LifePoint Health, Inc. 5.875 12-01-23   1,500,000 $1,503,825
MEDNAX, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 5.250 12-01-23   1,475,000 1,506,344
Select Medical Corp. 6.375 06-01-21   1,500,000 1,533,750
Team Health Holdings, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 6.375 02-01-25   1,410,000 1,314,825
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (B)(E) 6.750 06-15-23   1,110,000 1,094,738
Pharmaceuticals 0.5%      
Mallinckrodt International Finance SA (A) 5.500 04-15-25   865,000 702,813
Industrials 8.7%       13,936,904
Air freight and logistics 1.8%      
Mexico City Airport Trust (A) 5.500 10-31-46   2,990,000 2,874,885
Airlines 1.6%      
Air Canada 2013-1 Class C Pass Through Trust (A) 6.625 05-15-18   1,050,000 1,060,710
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (B)(E) 4.250 10-01-22   1,435,000 1,442,175
Commercial services and supplies 1.0%      
LSC Communications, Inc. (A) 8.750 10-15-23   1,225,000 1,270,938
Tervita Escrow Corp. (A) 7.625 12-01-21   410,000 410,513
Construction and engineering 0.5%      
AECOM 5.125 03-15-27   850,000 851,063
Industrial conglomerates 0.4%      
Odebrecht Finance, Ltd. (A) 8.250 04-25-18 BRL 2,250,000 602,048
Professional services 0.4%      
Equifax, Inc. (B) 3.250 06-01-26   595,000 560,947
Road and rail 0.4%      
The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (A) 7.875 07-31-23   605,000 627,688
Trading companies and distributors 2.6%      
AerCap Global Aviation Trust (6.500% to 6-15-25, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.300%) (A) 6.500 06-15-45   800,000 872,000
Ahern Rentals, Inc. (A) 7.375 05-15-23   1,020,000 984,300
Aircastle, Ltd. (B) 5.125 03-15-21   785,000 823,512
United Rentals North America, Inc. 5.500 07-15-25   1,475,000 1,556,125
Information technology 7.6%       12,252,188
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 0.4%      
TTM Technologies, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 5.625 10-01-25   700,000 719,250
Internet software and services 0.3%      
Match Group, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 5.000 12-15-27   500,000 501,250
IT services 0.4%      
Sixsigma Networks Mexico SA de CV (A) 8.250 11-07-21   688,000 727,560
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 2.8%      
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (B)(E) 7.000 07-01-24   1,250,000 1,312,500
Micron Technology, Inc. (B)(E) 5.500 02-01-25   197,000 206,604
NVIDIA Corp. (B)(E) 3.200 09-16-26   1,500,000 1,469,959
NXP BV (A) 4.625 06-01-23   1,385,000 1,444,278
Software 1.7%      
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (A)(B)(E) 6.125 09-15-23   1,000,000 1,049,857
j2 Cloud Services LLC (A) 6.000 07-15-25   848,000 896,760
RP Crown Parent LLC (A) 7.375 10-15-24   680,000 714,850
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 2.0%      
Dell International LLC (A)(B) 6.020 06-15-26   1,450,000 1,587,320
Western Digital Corp. 4.750 02-15-26   1,600,000 1,622,000
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Materials 12.8%       $20,647,291
Chemicals 3.8%      
Ashland LLC 6.875 05-15-43   845,000 935,838
Braskem Finance, Ltd. 6.450 02-03-24   700,000 791,490
Braskem Netherlands Finance BV (A) 3.500 01-10-23   1,105,000 1,093,950
Platform Specialty Products Corp. (A)(B)(E) 5.875 12-01-25   515,000 523,369
Platform Specialty Products Corp. (A)(B)(E) 6.500 02-01-22   1,115,000 1,150,178
The Chemours Company 6.625 05-15-23   1,240,000 1,304,976
Tronox Finance LLC (A) 7.500 03-15-22   280,000 290,500
Construction materials 0.8%      
Standard Industries, Inc. (A)(B) 5.375 11-15-24   1,220,000 1,262,700
Containers and packaging 1.2%      
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC (A) 6.000 02-15-25   1,185,000 1,223,513
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 4.875 11-15-22   650,000 685,750
Metals and mining 6.5%      
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC 5.375 04-15-20   675,000 705,375
ArcelorMittal (B) 7.000 02-25-22   880,000 974,600
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. (A) 7.250 05-15-22   875,000 907,813
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. (A)(B)(E) 7.500 04-01-25   600,000 642,780
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd. (A)(B)(E) 4.750 05-15-22   375,000 380,625
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd. (A)(B)(E) 5.125 05-15-24   440,000 445,225
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd. (A)(B) 9.750 03-01-22   670,000 738,876
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (B)(E) 6.875 02-15-23   1,340,000 1,470,650
MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (A) 5.550 10-28-20   750,000 791,250
Teck Resources, Ltd. 6.250 07-15-41   830,000 961,763
Vale Overseas, Ltd. 5.875 06-10-21   1,120,000 1,217,440
Vale Overseas, Ltd. (B)(E) 6.250 08-10-26   1,165,000 1,351,155
Paper and forest products 0.5%      
Norbord, Inc. (A) 6.250 04-15-23   735,000 797,475
Real estate 3.5%       5,569,970
Equity real estate investment trusts 2.9%      
Crown Castle Towers LLC (A)(B) 4.883 08-15-40   750,000 786,563
SBA Communications Corp. 4.875 07-15-22   1,135,000 1,161,956
Trust F/1401 (A)(B)(E) 5.250 12-15-24   2,475,000 2,608,031
Real estate management and development 0.6%      
Rialto Holdings LLC (A) 7.000 12-01-18   732,000 730,170
Williams Scotsman International, Inc. (A) 7.875 12-15-22   275,000 283,250
Telecommunication services 13.4%       21,559,962
Diversified telecommunication services 5.5%      
CSC Holdings LLC (A) 5.500 04-15-27   1,045,000 1,058,063
Frontier Communications Corp. 7.125 03-15-19   530,000 534,638
GCI, Inc. 6.875 04-15-25   935,000 995,775
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (B)(E) 7.500 04-01-21   840,000 715,050
Level 3 Financing, Inc. 5.625 02-01-23   825,000 835,313
SFR Group SA (A)(B)(E) 6.250 05-15-24   1,675,000 1,599,625
Telecom Italia Capital SA (B)(E) 6.000 09-30-34   720,000 802,800
Windstream Services LLC (A)(B)(E) 6.375 08-01-23   1,484,000 834,750
Windstream Services LLC (A) 8.625 10-31-25   1,545,000 1,444,575
Wireless telecommunication services 7.9%      
America Movil SAB de CV 6.000 06-09-19 MXN 37,470,000 1,943,787
America Movil SAB de CV 6.450 12-05-22 MXN 10,370,000 515,944
Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP (A)(B)(E) 5.375 09-27-22   1,000,000 1,015,000
SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS QUARTERLY REPORT |JOHN HANCOCK Investors Trust 7

 

  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Telecommunication services (continued)        
Wireless telecommunication services (continued)      
Comunicaciones Celulares SA (A) 6.875 02-06-24   1,775,000 $1,871,205
Sprint Capital Corp. 6.875 11-15-28   615,000 635,756
Sprint Communications, Inc. 6.000 11-15-22   935,000 932,663
Sprint Corp. 7.125 06-15-24   750,000 760,313
Telefonica Celular del Paraguay SA (A) 6.750 12-13-22   1,000,000 1,025,970
T-Mobile USA, Inc. (B)(E) 6.500 01-15-26   1,560,000 1,690,650
T-Mobile USA, Inc. (B) 6.625 04-01-23   1,255,000 1,304,322
Wind Tre SpA (A)(B)(E) 5.000 01-20-26   1,150,000 1,043,763
Utilities 7.9%       12,736,416
Electric utilities 3.6%      
Abengoa Transmision Sur SA (A) 6.875 04-30-43   2,017,211 2,231,540
Empresa Electrica Angamos SA (A)(B)(E) 4.875 05-25-29   1,000,000 1,006,169
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (A) 6.375 05-15-43   1,595,000 1,451,450
Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (A) 5.000 11-12-24   1,000,000 1,075,530
Gas utilities 1.2%      
AmeriGas Partners LP (B)(E) 5.625 05-20-24   900,000 943,875
AmeriGas Partners LP (B)(E) 5.750 05-20-27   1,000,000 1,023,750
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 3.1%      
NRG Energy, Inc. 6.250 07-15-22   1,320,000 1,367,850
NRG Energy, Inc. (B)(E) 6.625 01-15-27   600,000 633,000
NRG Energy, Inc. (B)(E) 7.250 05-15-26   450,000 490,095
NRG Yield Operating LLC 5.375 08-15-24   2,490,000 2,513,157
Convertible bonds 0.5% (0.3% of Total investments)   $789,860
(Cost $770,129)          
Consumer discretionary 0.5%       789,860
Media 0.5%      
DHX Media Ltd. (A) 5.875 09-30-24 CAD 999,000 789,860
Capital preferred securities (G) 0.9% (0.6% of Total investments)   $1,442,188
(Cost $1,440,929)          
Financials 0.9%       1,442,188
Banks 0.5%      
Wachovia Capital Trust III (Greater of 3 month LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%) (B)(E)(F)(H) 5.570 03-05-18   750,000 753,563
Diversified financial services 0.4%      
ILFC E-Capital Trust II (Highest of 3 month LIBOR/10 Year CMT/30 Year CMT + 1.800%) (A)(H) 4.620 12-21-65   700,000 688,625
Term loans (I) 0.9% (0.6% of Total investments)   $1,459,146
(Cost $1,705,410)          
Industrials 0.4%         584,800
Airlines 0.0%          
Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., PIK (C)(D) 3.000 02-13-18   514,063 0
Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., PIK (C)(D) 10.000 07-13-18   51,038 0
Machinery 0.4%          
Gardner Denver, Inc. (3 month LIBOR + 2.750%) 4.443 07-30-24   582,284 584,800
Information technology 0.5%         874,346
Internet software and services 0.5%          
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (1 month LIBOR + 3.250%) 4.830 10-19-23   868,371 874,346
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Collateralized mortgage obligations 1.4% (0.9% of Total investments)   $2,243,953
(Cost $1,746,148)          
Commercial and residential 1.2%         1,940,250
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust
Series 2005-2, Class A1 (1 Year CMT + 2.450%) (H)
3.260 03-25-35   156,399 158,041
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust
Series 2004-AC5, Class A1
5.750 10-25-34   160,002 158,889
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust          
Series 2007-3, Class ES IO (A) 0.350 05-19-47   3,776,120 57,503
Series 2007-4, Class ES IO 0.350 07-19-47   4,105,397 58,407
Series 2007-6, Class ES IO (A) 0.353 08-19-37   3,352,279 42,118
IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust          
Series 2005-AR18, Class 1X IO 1.480 10-25-36   5,414,269 296,929
Series 2005-AR18, Class 2X IO 1.198 10-25-36   4,798,438 72,214
MSCG Trust
Series 2016-SNR, Class D (A)
6.550 11-15-34   1,090,000 1,096,149
U.S. Government Agency 0.2%         303,703
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.          
Series K017, Class X1 IO 1.348 12-25-21   3,389,098 144,560
Series K709, Class X1 IO 1.504 03-25-19   3,006,719 38,368
Series K710, Class X1 IO 1.732 05-25-19   3,006,695 49,172
Government National Mortgage Association
Series 2012-114, Class IO
0.805 01-16-53   1,455,851 71,603
Asset backed securities 0.6% (0.4% of Total investments)   $951,429
(Cost $931,974)          
Asset backed securities 0.6%         951,429
Coinstar Funding LLC
Series 2017-1A, Class A2 (A)
5.216 04-25-47   148,875 154,088
ContiMortgage Home Equity Loan Trust
Series 1995-2, Class A5
8.100 08-15-25   20,218 13,573
Driven Brands Funding LLC
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (A)
5.216 07-20-45   762,450 783,768
    
        Shares Value
Common stocks 0.4% (0.3% of Total investments)   $621,499
(Cost $2,391,683)          
Consumer discretionary 0.0%       0
Media 0.0%        
Vertis Holdings, Inc. (D)(J)       34,014 0
Energy 0.2%       365,322
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 0.2%        
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (J)       8,802 59,061
Frontera Energy Corp. (B)(E)(J)       3,651 129,866
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (J)       9,860 176,395
Industrials 0.0%       0
Airlines 0.0%        
Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., Class A (D)(J)       82,159 0
Information technology 0.2%       256,177
Software 0.2%        
Avaya Holdings Corp. (B)(E)(J)       12,269 256,177
SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS QUARTERLY REPORT |JOHN HANCOCK Investors Trust 9

 

        Shares Value
Preferred securities (K) 2.8% (1.8% of Total investments)   $4,519,595
(Cost $4,486,357)          
Financials 0.7%         1,090,498
Banks 0.7%          
GMAC Capital Trust I (3 month LIBOR + 5.785%), 7.201% (H)   41,910 1,090,498
Health care 0.5%         860,146
Pharmaceuticals 0.5%          
Allergan PLC, 5.500%   1,328 860,146
Utilities 1.6%         2,568,951
Electric utilities 0.4%          
NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.123%   12,160 687,770
Multi-utilities 1.2%          
Dominion Energy, Inc., 6.750% (B)(E)   25,000 1,261,750
DTE Energy Company, 6.500%   11,745 619,431
Warrants 0.0% (0.0% of Total investments)   $81,560
(Cost $0)          
Information technology 0.0%       81,560
Software 0.0%        
Avaya Holdings Corp. (Expiration Date: 12-15-22) (J)(L)       20,390 81,560
    
  Yield* (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Short-term investments 1.4% (0.9% of Total investments) $2,242,000
(Cost $2,242,000)          
U.S. Government Agency 1.3%         2,127,000
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Discount Note 1.200 02-01-18   201,000 201,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note 0.900 02-01-18   276,000 276,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Note 1.200 02-01-18   1,650,000 1,650,000
    
        Par value^ Value
Repurchase agreement 0.1%         115,000
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 1-31-18 at 0.540% to be repurchased at $115,002 on 2-1-18, collateralized by $120,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375% due 9-30-18 (valued at $120,224, including interest)       115,000 115,000
    
Total investments (Cost $244,786,059) 152.8%     $246,098,320
Other assets and liabilities, net (52.8%)     (85,081,221)
Total net assets 100.0%     $161,017,099
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund unless otherwise indicated.
^All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
Currency Abbreviations
BRL Brazilian Real
CAD Canadian Dollar
MXN Mexican Peso
PEN Peruvian Nuevo Sol
Security Abbreviations and Legend
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury
IO Interest-Only Security - (Interest Tranche of Stripped Mortgage Pool). Rate shown is the annualized yield at the end of the period.
ISDAFIX International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fixed Interest Rate Swap Rate
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK Pay-in-Kind Security - Represents a payment-in-kind which may pay interest in additional par and/or cash. Rates shown are the current rate and most recent payment rate.
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(A) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. Rule 144A securities amounted to $101,875,770 or 63.3% of the fund's net assets as of 1-31-18.
(B) All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement. Total collateral value at 1-31-18 was $93,093,182. A portion of the securities pledged as collateral were loaned pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement. The value of securities on loan amounted to $62,837,985.
(C) Non-income producing - Issuer is in default.
(D) Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(E) A portion of this security is on loan as of 1-31-18, and is a component of the fund's leverage under the Liquidity Agreement.
(F) Perpetual bonds have no stated maturity date. Date shown as maturity date is next call date.
(G) Includes hybrid securities with characteristics of both equity and debt that trade with, and pay, interest income.
(H) Variable rate obligation. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(I) Term loans are variable rate obligations. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(J) Non-income producing security.
(K) Includes preferred stocks and hybrid securities with characteristics of both equity and debt that pay dividends on a periodic basis.
(L) Strike price and/or expiration date not available.
* Yield represents either the annualized yield at the date of purchase, the stated coupon rate or, for floating rate securities, the rate at period end.
The fund had the following country composition as a percentage of total investments on 1-31-18:
United States 69.6%
Mexico 6.7%
Brazil 3.3%
Canada 2.7%
Netherlands 2.0%
France 1.9%
Ireland 1.7%
Luxembourg 1.6%
Peru 1.3%
United Kingdom 1.2%
Other countries 8.0%
TOTAL 100.0%
SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS QUARTERLY REPORT |JOHN HANCOCK Investors Trust 11

 

DERIVATIVES
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS
Contract to buy Contract to sell Counterparty (OTC) Contractual
settlement
date
Unrealized
appreciation
Unrealized
depreciation
CAD 30,000 USD 24,436 Royal Bank of Canada 3/21/2018 $(32)
USD 787,687 CAD 981,000 State Street Bank and Trust Company 3/21/2018 (10,320)
USD 1,032,287 PEN 3,405,000 State Street Bank and Trust Company 10/30/2018 (17,729)
            $(28,081)
    
Derivatives Currency Abbreviations
CAD Canadian Dollar
PEN Peruvian Nuevo Sol
USD U.S. Dollar
OTC is an abbreviation for over-the-counter. See Notes to Fund's investments regarding investment transactions and other derivatives information.
12 JOHN HANCOCK Investors Trust |QUARTERLY REPORT SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS

Notes to Fund's investments (unaudited)

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. In case of emergency or other disruption resulting in the NYSE not opening for trading or the NYSE closing at a time other than the regularly scheduled close, the net asset value may be determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the NYSE pursuant to the fund's Valuation Policies and Procedures.

In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing vendor or from broker-dealers. Independent pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which takes into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data, as well as broker supplied prices. Equity securities held by the fund are typically valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or principal market where the security trades. 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. Foreign securities and currencies, including forward foreign currency contracts, are valued in U.S. dollars based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor.

In certain instances, the Pricing Committee may determine to value equity securities using prices obtained from another exchange or market if trading on the exchange or market on which prices are typically obtained did not open for trading as scheduled, or if trading closed earlier than scheduled, and trading occurred as normal on another exchange or market.

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.

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 and related inputs 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 January 31, 2018, by major security category or type:

                             
        Total
Value at
1-31-18
    Level 1
Quoted
Price
    Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
    Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 
  Investments in securities:                          
  Assets                          
  U.S. Government and Agency obligations     $8,534,599         $8,534,599      
  Foreign government obligations     4,111,600         4,111,600      
  Corporate bonds     219,100,891         219,100,891      
  Convertible bonds     789,860         789,860      
  Capital preferred securities     1,442,188         1,442,188      
  Term loans     1,459,146         1,459,146      
  Collateralized mortgage obligations     2,243,953         2,243,953      
  Asset backed securities     951,429         951,429      
  Common stocks     621,499     $621,499          
  Preferred securities     4,519,595     4,519,595          
  Warrants     81,560     81,560          
  Short-term investments     2,242,000         2,242,000      
  Total investments in securities     $246,098,320     $5,222,654     $240,875,666      
  Derivatives:                          
  Liabilities                          
  Forward foreign currency contracts     $(28,081 )       $(28,081 )    

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

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default, assets and liabilities resulting from repurchase agreements are not offset. 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 objective. 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.

Forward foreign currency contracts. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell specific currencies at a price that is set on the date of the contract. The forward contract calls for delivery of the currencies on a future date that is specified in the contract. Risks related to the use of forwards include the possible failure of counterparties to meet the terms of the forward agreement, the failure of the counterparties to timely post collateral if applicable, and the risk that currency movements will not favor the fund thereby reducing the fund's total return.

The market value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Realized gains or losses, equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, are recorded upon delivery or receipt of the currency or settlement with the counterparty.

During the period ended January 31, 2018, the fund used forward foreign currency contracts to manage currency exposure.

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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This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Investors Trust.   3/18



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 Investors Trust

By: /s/ Andrew G. Arnott
Andrew G. Arnott
President
 
 
Date:   March 19, 2018
   

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 19, 2018
 
 
By: /s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Date: March 19, 2018