JOHN HANCOCK REGIONAL BANK FUND
Supplement to Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
dated March 1, 1997
Sales of John Hancock Regional Bank Fund to new investors will be temporarily
suspended effective on the earlier of March 12, 1997 or at the end of the day
that the Fund's total assets reach $5.5 billion. Only shareholders with existing
accounts on that date will be able to purchase shares. It is expected that this
suspension will be in effect for several months, the timing will depend on
market conditions.
New accounts may be opened only by participants in existing employer-sponsored
retirement plans that already offer the Regional Bank Fund.
Regional Bank Fund will reject additional purchase orders from transferees if
the purchase appears to have been made for the purpose of evading the March 1997
suspension limitations.
March 2, 1997
010PS-3/97
