Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement (Form POS EX)

1933 Act File No. 333- 284201

As filed with the SEC on August 7, 2025

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-14

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 1 (800) 225-5291

Christopher Sechler, Esq.

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Mark P. Goshko, Esq.

K & L Gates LLP

One Congress Street, Suite 2900

Boston, Massachusetts 02114

This post-effective amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933 and will be effective upon filing.

Title of securities being registered: Shares of beneficial interest of the Registrant.

No filing fee is due because Registrant is relying on section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST (THE “REGISTRANT”)

CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement contains the following papers and documents:

Cover Sheet

Contents of Registration Statement

Part A — Proxy Statement and Prospectus—Incorporated herein by reference to the definitive form of Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), on February 12, 2025, SEC accession number 0001193125-25-004377.

Part B — Statement of Additional Information—Incorporated herein by reference to the definitive form of Statement of Additional Information filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act, on February 12, 2025, SEC accession number 0001193125-25-004377.

Part C — Other Information

Signature Pages

Exhibits—The sole purpose of this filing is to file as exhibits, with respect to the reorganization described in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 497, filed on February 12, 2025: (i) the executed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination, as required by Item 16(4) of Form N-14; and (ii) the opinion of counsel supporting the tax matters and consequences to shareholders of the reorganization, as required by Item 16(12) of Form N-14.

JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST

PART C: OTHER INFORMATION

No change from the information set forth in Item 30 of the most recently filed amendment to the Registration Statement of John Hancock Investment Trust (the “Registrant”) on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act (File Nos. 002-10156 and 811-00560) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 28, 2025 (accession no. 0001193125-25-166129), which information is incorporated herein by reference.

(1) The undersigned Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this Registration Statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.

(2) The undersigned Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) the Registrant, John Hancock Investment Trust, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 7^th day of August, 2025. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated. 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS