JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited (formerly, MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.A.) Limited)

XXXX XXXXXXX VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

Xxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Management
a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited
(formerly, MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.A.) Limited)

     AMENDMENT made as of this ___ day of ___, 2012 to the Subadvisory Agreement dated May 1, 2003, as amended (the “Amendment”), between Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited, a Canadian corporation (the “Subadviser”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

1.		CHANGE IN APPENDIX A
		Appendix A of the Agreement, “Compensation of Subadviser”, is hereby amended and restated to:
		a. To add the subadvisory fee for the following Portfolio:

i. Strategic Equity Allocation Trust

2. EFFECTIVE DATE

     This Amendment shall become effective on the later to occur of: (i) approval of the Amendment by the Board of Trustees of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Insurance Trust (the “Trust”) and (ii) execution of the Amendment.

(THE REMAINDER OF THIS SPACE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK)

     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.

Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC

By:

     Name:

     Title:

Xxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Management
a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited

By:

      Name:

      Title:

APPENDIX A

     The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for each Portfolio of the Trust listed below and shall manage the portion of each Portfolio’s assets assigned to it from time to time by the Adviser. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this Agreement with respect to each Portfolio, the fee computed separately for such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the “Subadviser Fee”):

						Excess Over
		First $[ ] Million				$[ ] Million of
Portfolio		of Aggregate Net Assets*				Aggregate Net Assets*
Strategic Equity Allocation Trust			%				%

* The term Aggregate Net Assets includes the portion of the net assets of a Portfolio of the Trust managed by the Subadviser. It also includes with respect to each Portfolio the portion(s) of the net assets of one or more other portfolios managed by the Subadviser as indicated below, but in each case only for the period during which the Subadviser for the Portfolio also serves as the subadviser for the other portfolio(s). For purposes of determining Aggregate Net Assets and calculating the Subadviser Fee, the net assets of the Portfolio and each other portfolio of the Trust are determined as of the close of business on the previous business day of the Trust, and the net assets of each portfolio of each other fund are determined as of the close of business on the previous business day of that fund.

Trust Portfolio(s)		Other Portfolio(s)
Strategic Equity Allocation Trust		Strategic Equity Fund, a series of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II

     The Subadviser Fee for a Portfolio shall be based on the applicable annual fee rate for the Portfolio which for each day shall be equal to the quotient of (i) the sum of the amounts determined by applying the annual percentage rates in the table to the applicable portions of Aggregate Net Assets divided by (ii) Aggregate Net Assets (the “Applicable Annual Fee Rate”). The Subadviser Fee for each Portfolio shall be accrued for each calendar day, and the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly to the Subadviser within 30 calendar days of the end of each month. The daily fee accruals will be computed by multiplying the fraction of one over the number of calendar days in the year by the Applicable Annual Fee Rate, and multiplying this product by the portion of the net assets of the Portfolio managed by the Subadviser. The Adviser shall provide Subadviser with such information as Subadviser may reasonably request supporting the calculation of the fees paid to it hereunder. Fees shall be paid either by wire transfer or check, as directed by Subadviser.

     If, with respect to any Portfolio, this Agreement becomes effective or terminates, or if the manner of determining the Applicable Annual Fee Rate changes, before the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination or from the beginning of such month to the date such change, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination or change occurs.