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 811-6107 John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 101 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Susan S. Newton, Secretary 101 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02199 (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-375-1702 Date of fiscal year end: June 30 Date of reporting period: September 30, 2004 ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JOHN HANCOCK Patriot Select Dividend Trust 9.30.2004 Quarterly Portfolio Holdings [A 2" x 1" John Hancock (Signature)/John Hancock Funds logo in lower, center middle of page. A tag line below reads "JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS."] John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust Securities owned by the Fund on September 30, 2004 (unaudited) Issuer Shares Value Common stocks 51.35% $72,199,988 (Cost $77,363,658) Electric Utilities 44.01% 61,880,434 Alliant Energy Corp. 158,000 3,931,040 Ameren Corp. 85,400 3,941,210 Aquila, Inc. (I) 190,000 592,800 CH Energy Group, Inc. 141,550 6,482,990 Cinergy Corp. 16,000 633,600 Consolidated Edison, Inc. 45,000 1,891,800 Dominion Resources, Inc. 46,000 3,001,500 DTE Energy Co. 155,900 6,577,421 Duke Energy Corp. 70,000 1,602,300 Energy East Corp. 242,000 6,093,560 Great Plains Energy, Inc. 25,000 728,750 NiSource, Inc. 97,850 2,055,829 NSTAR 94,000 4,615,400 OGE Energy Corp. 96,092 2,424,401 Progress Energy, Inc. 64,000 2,709,760 Progress Energy, Inc.(Contingent Value Obligation) (B)(I) 20,000 3,200 Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 16,000 681,600 Puget Energy, Inc. 170,500 3,870,350 Sierra Pacific Resources (I) 271,500 2,429,925 TECO Energy, Inc. 176,750 2,391,428 WPS Resources Corp. 51,000 2,294,490 Xcel Energy, Inc. 169,000 2,927,080 Gas Utilities 7.34% 10,319,554 KeySpan Corp. 161,850 6,344,520 National Fuel Gas Co. 52,150 1,477,410 Peoples Energy Corp. 41,800 1,742,224 Vectren Corp. 30,000 755,400 Credit Issuer, description rating (A) Shares Value Preferred stocks 93.68% $131,737,068 (Cost $132,129,321) Agricultural Products 2.13% 3,000,000 Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 6.25%, Ser A (S) BB+ 40,000 3,000,000 Broadcasting & Cable TV 1.26% 1,773,075 Shaw Communications, Inc., 8.45%, Ser A (Canada) B+ 45,500 1,144,325 Shaw Communications, Inc., 8.50% (Canada) B+ 25,000 628,750 Consumer Finance 3.74% 5,267,000 SLM Corp., 6.97%, Ser A BBB+ 92,000 5,267,000 Diversified Banks 3.75% 5,267,790 Bank of America Corp., 6.75%,, Depositary Shares, Ser VI A- 99,000 5,267,790 Electric Utilities 39.79% 55,953,842 Alabama Power Co., 5.20% BBB+ 225,000 5,512,500 Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., 6.99%, Ser 1995 Baa1 40,000 4,213,752 BGE Capital Trust II, 6.20% A3 190,000 4,769,000 Boston Edison Co., 4.25% BBB+ 59,107 4,610,346 Duquesne Light Co., 6.50% BB+ 32,000 1,648,000 Energy East Capital Trust I, 8.25% BBB- 147,000 3,923,430 Entergy Gulf States Capital I, 8.75%, Ser A BB 87,100 2,221,921 Interstate Power & Light Co., 8.375%, Ser B BBB- 32,000 1,020,800 Monongahela Power Co., $7.73,Ser L CCC+ 50,000 4,762,500 Northern Indiana Public Service Co., 4.22% BB+ 11,251 833,629 PSEG Funding Trust II, 8.75% BB+ 30,000 826,800 PSI Energy, Inc., 6.875% BBB- 48,000 5,040,000 Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 6.92% BB+ 30,627 3,180,424 Sierra Pacific Power Co., 7.80%, Ser 1 (Class A) CCC+ 205,600 4,728,800 South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., 6.52% Baa1 55,000 5,793,909 Virginia Electric & Power Co., $6.98 BBB 10,500 1,092,656 Virginia Electric & Power Co., $7.05 BBB 10,000 1,041,250 Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 6.76% A 7,000 734,125 Gas Utilities 9.60% 13,506,259 El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co., 8.25%, Ser A CCC- 183,500 8,360,719 Southern Union Co., 7.55% BB+ 191,000 5,145,540 Integrated Oil & Gas 1.34% 1,879,200 Coastal Finance I, 8.375% CCC- 78,300 1,879,200 Investment Banking & Brokerage 16.63% 23,387,085 Bear Stearns Cos., Inc.(The), 5.49%, Ser G BBB 116,400 5,878,200 Bear Stearns Cos., Inc.(The), 6.15%, Ser E BBB 23,000 1,196,000 Citigroup, Inc., 6.213%, Ser G A 44,000 2,340,800 Citigroup, Inc., 6.231%, Depositary Shares, Ser H A 92,400 5,077,380 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 5.67%, Depositary Shares, Ser D BBB+ 125,600 6,254,880 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 5.94%, Ser C BBB+ 13,000 659,750 Merril Lynch & Co., Inc, 9.00%, Depositary Shares, Ser A A- 77,650 1,980,075 Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 11.43% 16,066,817 Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 5.46%, Depositary Shares BBB- 48,200 4,779,030 Apache Corp., 5.68%, Depositary Shares, Ser B BBB 48,174 4,886,650 Devon Energy Corp., 6.49%, Ser A BBB- 53,500 5,597,437 Nexen, Inc., 7.35% (Canada) BBB- 30,000 803,700 Regional Banks 3.94% 5,535,000 HSBC USA, Inc., $2.8575 A1 108,000 5,535,000 Telecommunication Services 0.07% 101,000 Touch America Holdings, Inc., $6.875 BBB- 50,500 101,000 Interest Par value Issuer, maturity date rate (%) ($000) Value Short-term investments 4.42% $6,214,000 (Cost $6,214,000) Commercial Paper 4.42% 6,214,000 ChevronTexaco Corp, Due 10-01-04 1.700 6,214 6,214,000 Total investments 149.45% $210,151,056 Other assets and liabilities, net (49.45%) ($69,532,535) Total net assets 100.00% $140,618,521 (A) Credit ratings are unaudited and are rated by Moody's Investors Service, where Standard & Poor's ratings are not available." (B) This security is fair valued in good faith under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. (I) Non-income-producing security. (S) This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such security may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. Rule 144A securities amounted to $3,000,000 or 2.13% of net assets as of September 30, 2004. Parenthetical disclosure of a foreign country in the security description represents country of a foreign issuer. The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets of the Fund. The cost of investments owned on September 30, 2004, including short-term investments, was $215,706,979. Gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments aggregated $12,396,958 and ($17,952,882), respectively, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of ($5,555,924). For more information Trustees Charles L. Ladner, Chairman* James F. Carlin William H. Cunningham Ronald R. Dion Dr. John A. Moore* Patti McGill Peterson* Steven R. Pruchansky James A. Shepherdson Lt. Gen. Norman H. Smith, USMC (Ret.) John P. Toolan* *Members of the Audit Committee Officers James A. Shepherdson President and Chief Executive Officer Susan S. Newton Senior Vice President and Secretary William H. King Vice President and Treasurer Investment Adviser John Hancock Advisers, LLC 101 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7603 Custodian The Bank of New York One Wall Street New York, New York 10286 Transfer Agent for Common Shareholders Mellon Investor Services 85 Challenger Road Overpeck Centre Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660 Transfer Agent for AMPS Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 280 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Legal Counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1803 Stock Symbol Listed New York Stock Exchange: DIV How to contact us Internet www.jhfunds.com Mail Regular mail: Mellon Investor Services 85 Challenger Road Overpeck Centre Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Phone Customer service representatives 1-800-852-0218 Portfolio commentary 1-800-344-7054 24-hour automated information 1-800-843-0090 TDD line 1-800-231-5469 This report is for the information of the shareholders of the John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust. P30Q1 9/04 11/04 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 Patriot Select Dividend Trust By: ------------------------------ James A. Shepherdson President and Chief Executive Officer Date: November 23, 2004 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: ------------------------------ James A. Shepherdson President and Chief Executive Officer Date: November 23, 2004 By: ------------------------------ William H. King Vice President and Treasurer Date: November 23, 2004