John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund (0001987221) (Filer)

John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund

Date: November 3, 2026

/s/ Michael Altschuler

Michael Altschuler

Vice President

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 29, 2026

John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE

814-01669

93-4109571

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

360 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 1700
West Palm Beach,

33401

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561)

727-2001

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (

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Trading

Symbol(s)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

October 2026 Dividends

On October 29, 2026, John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund (the “Fund”) declared dividends for each class of its common shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) in the amounts per share set forth below:


	Gross Dividend		Shareholder Servicing and/or Distribution Fee		Net Dividend		Annualized Distribution Yield*
Class I Common Shares	$	0.1911	$	—	$	0.1911		9.11	%
Class S Common Shares	$	N/A	$	—	$	N/A		N/A
Class D Common Shares	$	N/A	$	—	$	N/A		N/A
Class F Common Shares	$	N/A	$	—	$	N/A		N/A

*	Annualized distribution yield is calculated by multiplying the sum of the month’s stated distribution per share by twelve and dividing the result by the prior month’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

The dividends for each class of Shares are payable to shareholders of record as of October 29, 2026, and will be paid on or about November 24, 2026.

These dividends will be paid in cash or reinvested in additional Shares for shareholders participating in the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

Net Asset Value

The NAV per share of each class of the Fund as of September 30, 2026, as determined in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policy, is set forth below.


	NAV per share as of September 30, 2026
Class I Common Shares	$	25.1756
Class S Common Shares		—
Class D Common Shares		—
Class F Common Shares		—

As of September 30, 2026, the Fund’s aggregate NAV was $681,720,125.16, the fair value of its investment portfolio was $1,294,877,747 and it had principal debt outstanding of $633,367,537, resulting in a

debt-to-equity

ratio of approximately 0.93 times.

Status of Offering

The Fund is currently publicly offering on a continuous basis up to $2.0 billion in Shares (the “Offering”). The following table lists the Shares issued and total consideration for the Offering as of the date of this filing (through the October 1, 2026, subscription date). The Fund inten

s to continue selling Shares in the Offering on a monthly basis.


	Common Shares Issued*		Total Consideration
Offering:
Class I Common Shares*		27,078,711	$	682,766,584

Total Offering		27,078,711	$	682,766,584

*	As of October 1, 2026, no Class S, Class D or Class F Shares were outstanding.

Share Issuance and Final Dividend in Connection with Mergers

In accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “

Merger Agreement

”), dated as of June 22, 2026, by and among the Fund, Manulife Private Credit Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (“

MPCF

”), John Hancock Comvest Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund, Comvest Credit Managers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and investment adviser to the Fund, and Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and investment adviser to MPCF, as further amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement, each Company Common Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), except for shares, if any, owned by the Fund or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, was converted into the right to receive 0.7955 Class I Shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Fund (“Acquiror Class I Common Shares”), as determined on the Final Determination Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

As a result of the Mergers (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Fund issued an aggregate of approximately 6,568,117.286 Acquiror Class I Common Shares to former MPCF shareholders.

On or about October 22, 2026, the Fund, on behalf of MPCF, paid a final dividend of $0.55209 per share in cash to the former shareholders of MPCF of record as of September 28, 2026, as previously declared by the Board of Trustees of MPCF prior to the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its beh

alf

by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.