JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS III John Hancock International Core Fund AMENDMENT TO SUB- ADVISORY AGREEMENT
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AMENDMENT TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT made as of this 1st of October 2009 to the Sub-Advisory Agreement dated September 2, 2005 (the “Agreement”), between ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Management Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company. In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. CHANGE IN APPENDIX A
Appendix A of the Agreement, which relates to Section 3 of the Agreement, “Compensation to be Paid by the Manager to the Subadviser,” is hereby amended and restated as shown in Appendix A hereto.
2. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first mentioned above.
3. DEFINED TERMS
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings specified in or pursuant to the Agreement.
4. OTHER TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT
Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with their respective terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the date first mentioned above.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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President and Chief Executive Officer
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC
By: /s/▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: General Counsel
APPENDIX A
The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the Fund. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this Agreement, the fee computed as indicated below.
1. For purposes of calculating the fee to be paid to the Subadviser under this Agreement:
"Fund Assets" shall mean the net assets of the Fund managed by the Subadviser for which the fee is being calculated;
"Other Assets" shall mean the net assets of the portion of assets managed by the Subadviser of the accounts listed in the table under Item 3 below;
"Combined Assets" shall mean the sum of Fund Assets and Other Assets; and
"Daily Fund Net Assets" shall mean the net asset value of the Fund Assets as of the end of each day.
"Daily Combined Net Assets" shall mean the net asset value of the Combined Assets as of the end of each day.
2. The Subadviser’s fee shall be calculated and accrued daily based upon the Daily Fund Net Assets and the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly in arrears (within 10 days of receipt by the Adviser of an invoice from the Subadviser). The fee accrued each calendar day shall be calculated by applying the Applicable Rate, as determined in accordance with Item 4 below, to the Daily Fund Net Assets, and dividing by 365 (366 in a leap year).
3. The following table shall be used to determine the Other Assets that correspond to the Fund:
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Names of Accounts Used to Calculate “Other Assets” |
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International Core Trust, a series of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trust |
4. The following fee schedule shall be used to determine the Applicable Rate used in calculating the fee to be paid to the Subadviser under this Agreement, in each case based on the Daily Combined Net Assets as indicated.
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Fund |
First Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets up to $100 million |
Second Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets Next $900 million |
Third Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets Next $1 billion |
Fourth Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets Next $1 billion |
Fifth Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets Next $1 billion |
Sixth Tranche: Daily Combined Net Assets Excess over $4 billion |
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▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Core Fund |
0.470% |
0.445% |
0.430% |
0.400% |
0.375% |
0.350% |
Unless otherwise indicated above, the “Applicable Rate” is equal to (a) the sum of the products of the percentage and the dollar amount of the portion of Daily Combined Net Assets in each respective tranche, divided by (b) the total amount of Daily Combined Net Assets.
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