JOHN HANCOCK TRUST AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.), LLC

XXXX XXXXXXX TRUST

AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.), LLC

AMENDMENT made as of this 8th of November 2010 to the Subadvisory Agreement dated April 28, 2006, as amended (the “Agreement”), between Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (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 relating to compensation of the Subadviser is amended to reduce the subadvisory fee for the Strategic Income Opportunities Trust.

2. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Amendment shall become effective with respect to the Strategic Income Opportunities Trust as of the business day immediately following the closing of a proposed reorganization of the Strategic Bond Trust, another series of the Trust, into the Strategic Income Opportunities Trust.

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.

(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:

MFC GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (U.S.) LLC

By:

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APPENDIX A

The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the Portfolios of the Trust listed below. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this Agreement with respect to the Portfolio, the fee computed separately for such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the “Subadviser Fee”):

Portfolio		Net Assets#
Active Bond Trust

# portion of the net assets of the Active Bond Trust managed by the Subadviser as the Adviser may assign to the Subadviser from time to time.

Excess Over

First $500 Million

Next $1 Billion

Next $1 Billion of

$2.5 Billion of

Portfolio

of Aggregate Net Assets*

of Aggregate Net Assets*

Aggregate Net Assets*

Aggregate Net Assets*

Bond Trust

						Excess Over
		First $250 Million				$250 Million of
Portfolio		of Aggregate Net Assets*				Aggregate Net Assets*
Short-Term Government Income Trust

Excess Over

First $150 Million

Next $350 Million

Next $2 Billion of

$2.5 Billion of

Portfolio

of Aggregate Net Assets*

of Aggregate Net Assets*

Aggregate Net Assets*

Aggregate Net Assets*

High Income Trust

						Excess Over
		First $500 Million				$500 Million of
Portfolio		of Aggregate Net Assets*				Aggregate Net Assets*
Strategic Income Opportunities Trust

						Excess Over
		First $250 Million				$250 Million of
Portfolio		of Aggregate Net Assets*				Aggregate Net Assets*
Ultra Short Term Bond Trust

* The term Aggregate Net Assets for a given day includes the net assets of a Portfolio of the Trust. It also includes the net assets of one or more other portfolios of the Trust or other trusts 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 for a given day, the net assets of the Portfolio and each other portfolio of the Trust are determined by the Custodian 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 or trust are determined as of the close of business on the previous business day of that fund.

Trust Portfolio(s)		Other Portfolio(s)
Active Bond Trust		None
Bond Trust		None
High Income Trust		High Income Fund, a series of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II
Short-Term Government Income Trust		Short-Term Government Income Fund, a series of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II
Strategic Income Opportunities Trust		Strategic Income Opportunities Fund, a series of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II
Ultra Short Term Bond Trust		None

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     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 (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 the 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 net assets of the Portfolio. 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.

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