To the Trustees of the John Hancock Funds Boston, MA 02210 Re: Agreement to Waive Advisory Fees and Reimburse Expenses
Exhibit (h)(11)
June 1, 2013
To the Trustees of the Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Boston, MA 02210
Re: Agreement to Waive Advisory Fees and Reimburse Expenses
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Advisers, LLC (collectively, the “Advisers”), the investment advisers to the investment companies listed in Appendix A (collectively, the “Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds”), hereby notify you as follows:
1. Each Adviser agrees to waive its management fee for a Xxxx Xxxxxxx Fund portfolio, as applicable, or otherwise reimburse the expenses of that portfolio as set forth below (the “Reimbursement”).
2. The Reimbursement shall apply to all Xxxx Xxxxxxx Fund portfolios in existence on the date of this Agreement, except those noted below, and to all future Xxxx Xxxxxxx Fund portfolios to which an Adviser agrees this Agreement should apply (the “Participating Portfolios”).
The Reimbursement shall not apply to the following Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Insurance Trust portfolios:
Each Lifestyle Trust
Each Lifecycle Trust
Each Lifestyle PS Series
Core Strategy Trust
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Founding Allocation Trust
Fundamental Holdings Trust
Global Diversification Trust
Core Fundamental Holdings Trust
Core Global Diversification Trust
Money Market Trust
Money Market Trust B
500 Index Trust B
International Equity Index Trust B
Mid Cap Index Trust
Small Cap Index Trust
Total Bond Market Trust B
Total Stock Market Index Trust
The reimbursement shall not apply to the following Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II portfolios:
Each Retirement Choices Portfolio
Each Lifestyle Portfolio
Each Retirement Living Portfolio
Alternative Asset Allocation Fund
Core Fundamental Holdings Portfolio
Core Global Diversification Portfolio
Core Diversified Growth & Income Portfolio
Mid Cap Growth Index Fund
Mid Cap Value Index Fund
The reimbursement shall not apply to the following Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds III portfolios:
International Allocation Portfolio
The reimbursement shall not apply to the following Xxxx Xxxxxxx Current Interest portfolio:
Money Market Fund
The reimbursement shall not apply to the following Xxxx Xxxxxxx closed-end portfolios:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Financial Opportunities Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Hedged Equity & Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Income Securities Trust
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investors Trust
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund II
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund III
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Premium Dividend Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Strategic Diversified Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
The reimbursement shall not apply to Xxxx Xxxxxxx Collateral Investment Trust.
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3. The Reimbursement shall equal on an annualized basis:
0.01% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceeds $75 billion but is less than or equal to $125 billion;
0.0125% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceeds $125 billion but is less than or equal to $150 billion; and
0.0150% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceeds $150 billion.
The amount of the Reimbursement shall be calculated daily and allocated among all the Participating Portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each such portfolio.
4. The Reimbursement with respect to each Participating Portfolio may be terminated or modified at any time by an Adviser upon notice to the Participating Portfolio and approval of the Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds Board of Trustees.
5. This Agreement is effective as of June 1, 2013 and supersedes the prior Letter Agreement from Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC to the Trustees of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Insurance Trust and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II relating to the same subject matter.
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Very truly yours,
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC
By: _______________________________
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Advisers, LLC
By: _______________________________
ACCEPTED BY:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Financial Opportunities Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Municipal Securities Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx California Tax-Free Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund II |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Series | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund III |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Current Interest | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Premium Dividend Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Series Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds III | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Sovereign Bond Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Hedged Equity & Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Strategic Diversified Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Income Securities Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Strategic Series |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust II | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust III | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Exempt Series Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investors Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Insurance Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Flexible Income Opportunities Fund |
On behalf of each of its series identified as a Participating Portfolio
By: _______________________
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Appendix A
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Financial Opportunities Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Municipal Securities Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx California Tax-Free Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund II |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Series | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Preferred Income Fund III |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Current Interest | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Premium Dividend Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Series Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds III | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Sovereign Bond Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Hedged Equity & Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Strategic Diversified Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Income Securities Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Strategic Series |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust II | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Trust III | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Tax-Exempt Series Fund |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investors Trust | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Income Fund | Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Insurance Trust |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Flexible Income Opportunities Fund |
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