John Hancock Advisers, LLC 601 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210

Exhibit (h)(9)

Xxxx Xxxxxxx Advisers, LLC

000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

June 21, 2018

To the Trustees of:

Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II

000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Boston, MA 02210

Re: Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement and Voluntary Expense Limitation Notice

With reference to the Advisory Agreements dated December 18, 2013 and January 1, 2014 entered into by and between Xxxx Xxxxxxx Advisers, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Funds II (the “Trust”), as amended, on behalf of each series of the Trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), we hereby notify you as follows:

1. The Adviser agrees to waive its management fee for each Fund or, to the extent necessary, bear other expenses, as set forth in the Appendices attached hereto. As noted in the Appendices, certain waivers are voluntary and may be terminated at any time by the Adviser upon notice to the Trust.

2. We understand and intend that the Trust will rely on this undertaking in overseeing the preparation and filing of Post-effective Amendments to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the Trust and the Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accruing each Fund’s expenses for purposes of calculating its net and gross asset value per share, and for other purposes permitted under Form N-1A and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and we expressly permit the Trust so to rely.

Very truly yours,

XXXX XXXXXXX ADVISERS, LLC		ACCEPTED BY:
		XXXX XXXXXXX FUNDS II

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx		Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title: Chief Financial Officer		Title: Chief Financial Officer

A copy of the document establishing the Trust is filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement is executed by the officer in his capacity as such and not as an individual and is not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but only upon the assets of the Funds.

APPENDIX A

Fund Level Contractual Expense Limitations

The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee for each Fund listed below, or if necessary make payment to the Fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which the “Other Expenses” of the Fund exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund set forth below. “Other Expenses” means the expenses of the Fund, excluding (a) advisory fees, (b) taxes, (c) brokerage commissions, (d) interest expense, (e) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, (f) class specific expenses, (g) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), and (h) short dividend expense.

The current expense limitation agreement expires on the date specified, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Fund	Limit on Fund Level Expenses	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Income Allocation Fund	0.04%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio	0.05%²	April 30, 2019²
Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio	0.05%²	April 30, 2019²
Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio	0.05%²	April 30, 2019²
Multimanager Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio	0.05%²	April 30, 2019²
Multimanager Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio	0.05%²	April 30, 2019²
Multi-Index Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index Lifestyle Growth Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index Income Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2020 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2025 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2030 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2035 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2040 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2045 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2050 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2055 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2060 Preservation Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹

¹ At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the contractual limits on fund level expenses for the Funds set forth above to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

² At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the contractual limits on fund level expenses for the Funds set forth above to April 30, 2019, each effective upon the current expiration date of April 30, 2018.

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Multimanager 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multi-Index 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	0.05%	December 31, 2018

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APPENDIX B

Fund Level Contractual Expense Waiver

For each Fund listed below, the Adviser contractually agrees to waive its advisory fees and/or reimburse certain Expenses including underlying fund expenses (“Acquired fund fees”) to reduce the total annual fund operating expenses by the amounts set forth in the table below as a percentage of average daily net assets of the Fund.

The current expense waiver agreement expires on the date specified, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Fund	Waiver	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multimanager 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	0.36%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Multimanager 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	0.34%²	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	0.31%³	December 31, 2018³
Multimanager 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	0.30%⁴	December 31, 2018⁴
Multimanager 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	0.31%⁵	December 31, 2018⁵
Multimanager 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multimanager 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	0.30%⁴	December 31, 2018⁴
Multimanager 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	0.30%⁴	December 31, 2018⁴
Multimanager 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multimanager 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	0.30%⁴	December 31, 2018⁴
Multimanager 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	0.31%⁵	December 31, 2018⁵

Fund	Waiver	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multi-Index 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	0.35%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	0.33%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	0.31%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018

¹ At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, increasing the fund level contractual expense waiver for Multimanager 2010 Lifetime Portfolio (from 0.35% to 0.36%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, effective as of January 1, 2018.

² At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, increasing the fund level contractual expense waiver for Multimanager 2015 Lifetime Portfolio (from 0.33% to 0.34%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, effective as of January 1, 2018.

³ At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the fund level contractual expense waivers for the Funds set forth above to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

⁴ At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, increasing the fund level contractual expense waivers for the Funds set forth above (from 0.29% to 0.30%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, each effective as of January 1, 2018.

⁵ At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, increasing the fund level contractual expense waivers for the Funds set forth above (from 0.29% to 0.31%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, each effective as of January 1, 2018.

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Multi-Index 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	0.30%⁴	December 31, 2018⁴
Multi-Index 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018
Multi-Index 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	0.29%	December 31, 2018

Fund	Waiver	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multi-Index Income Preservation Portfolio	0.31%⁶	December 31, 2018⁶
Multi-Index 2020 Preservation Portfolio	0.31%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2025 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2030 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2035 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2040 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2045 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³
Multi-Index 2050 Preservation Portfolio	0.28%⁷	December 31, 2018⁷
Multi-Index 2055 Preservation Portfolio	0.28%⁷	December 31, 2018⁷
Multi-Index 2060 Preservation Portfolio	0.29%³	December 31, 2018³

⁶ At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, decreasing the fund level contractual expense waiver for Multi-Index Income Preservation Portfolio (from 0.33% to 0.31%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, effective as of January 1, 2018.

⁷ At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, decreasing the fund level contractual expense waivers for the Funds set forth above (from 0.29% to 0.28%) with an expiration date of December 31, 2018, each effective as of January 1, 2018.

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APPENDIX C

Fund Level Contractual Limitation on Fund Level Expenses

For purposes of this Appendix:

The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee for the Fund or, if necessary, make payment to the Fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which the “Expenses” of the Fund exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund as set forth in the table below. “Expenses” means all the expenses of the Fund, excluding (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, (e) Rule 12b-1 fees, (f) transfer agent fees and service fees, (g) shareholder servicing fees, (h) borrowing costs, (i) prime brokerage fees, (j) acquired fund fees and expenses paid indirectly, and (k) short dividend expense.

“Expense Limit” means the percentage of a Fund’s average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) set forth below.

Fund	Limit on Fund Level Expenses	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Emerging Markets Debt Fund	0.78%¹	December 31, 2018¹
Global Equity Fund	0.89%¹	December 31, 2018¹
New Opportunities Fund	0.79%	December 31, 2018
U.S. Growth Fund	0.74%²	December 31, 2019²

² At the June 19-21, 2018 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Board ratified the extension of the contractual limit on fund level expenses for U.S. Growth Fund to December 31, 2019, effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2018, pursuant to notice previously provided by the Adviser.

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APPENDIX D

Class Specific Contractual Expense Limitations

For each Fund listed in the table below, the Adviser contractually agrees to waive and/or reimburse all class specific expenses for the share classes of the Fund listed in the table below, including Rule 12b-1 fees, transfer agency fees and service fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other class specific expenses (“Class Level Expenses”), to the extent they exceed the amount of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class set forth in the table (the “Class Expense Waiver”).

For purposes of implementing any total fund operating expense limitations set forth in the tables in Appendix F in addition to a Class Expense Waiver for the same share class, the Class Expense Waiver will be applied first and if following the application of the Class Expense Waiver to the extent that “Expenses” of the share class (as described in Appendix F) exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class as set forth in the table in Appendix F (the “Class Level Contractual Total Operating Expense Limitation”), the Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make payment to the class in an amount equal to the amount by which “Expenses” (as described in Appendix F) of the share class exceed the Class Level Contractual Total Operating Expense Limitation.

The current expense limitation agreements expire on the dates specified, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Fund	Class	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
N/A

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APPENDIX E

Class Specific Voluntary Expense Limitations

For each Fund listed in the table below, the Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive and/or reimburse all class specific expenses for the share classes of the Fund listed in the table below, including Rule 12b-1 fees, transfer agency fees and service fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other class specific expenses (“Class Level Expenses”), to the extent they exceed the amount of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class set forth in the table (the “Class Voluntary Expense Waiver”).

For purposes of implementing any total fund operating expense limitations set forth in the tables in Appendix G in addition to a Class Voluntary Expense Waiver for the same share class, the Class Voluntary Expense Waiver will be applied first and if following the application of the Class Voluntary Expense Waiver to the extent that “Expenses” of the share class (as described in Appendix G) exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class as set forth in the table in Appendix G (the “Class Level Voluntary Total Operating Expense Limitation”), the Adviser agrees to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make payment to the class in an amount equal to the amount by which “Expenses” (as described in Appendix G) of the share class exceed the Class Level Voluntary Total Operating Expense Limitation.

The Adviser may terminate these voluntary waivers at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Fund	Class	Effective Date of Expense Limit
N/A

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APPENDIX F

Class Level Contractual Total Operating Expense Limitations

For each Fund listed in the table below, the Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make payment to each of the following share classes of the Fund in an amount equal to the amount by which “Expenses” of the share class exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class set forth in the table.

“Expenses” means all fund level and class specific operating expenses, excluding (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), (e) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business and (f) short dividend expense. The current expense limitation agreements expire on the dates specified, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class I

Class R1

Class R2

Class R3

Class R4

Class R5

Class R6

Class NAV

Expiration
Date of
Expense
Limit

Blue Chip Growth Fund

1.14%¹

N/A

1.89%¹

N/A

December 31, 2018¹

Equity Income Fund

1.14%¹

N/A

1.89%¹

N/A

December 31, 2018¹

International Small Company Fund

1.39%²

N/A

December 31, 2018²

New Opportunities Fund

1.21%³

N/A

1.91%³

0.90%³

N/A

December 31, 2018³

¹ At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class level contractual total operating expense limitations for Class A and Class C shares of the Funds set forth above to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

² At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class level contractual total operating expense limitation for Class A shares of International Small Company Fund to December 31, 2018, effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

³ At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class level contractual total operating expense limitations for Class A, Class C and Class I shares of New Opportunities Fund to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

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Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class I

Class R1

Class R2

Class R3

Class R4

Class R5

Class R6

Class
NAV

Expiration
Date of
Expense
Limit

Retirement Income 2040 Fund

N/A

0.34%⁴

N/A

June 30, 2018⁴

0.38%⁴

April 30, 2019⁴

Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund

N/A

Small Cap Value Fund

1.55%⁵

N/A

1.25%⁵

N/A

December 31, 2018⁵

Spectrum Income Fund

1.12%¹

N/A

1.87%¹

N/A

December 31, 2018¹

Strategic Income Opportunities Fund

N/A

⁴At the March 20-22, 2018 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the change of the class level contractual total operating expense limitation for Class R6 shares of Retirement Income 2040 Fund to 0.38% and its extension to April 30, 2019, effective upon the expiration of the current waiver of 0.34% on June 30, 2018.

⁵At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class level contractual total operating expense limitations for Class A and Class I shares of Small Cap Value Fund to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

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APPENDIX G

Voluntary Total Operating Expense Limitations

For each Fund listed in the table below, the Adviser voluntarily agrees to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make payment to each of the following share classes of the Fund in an amount equal to the amount by which “Expenses” of the share class exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class set forth in the table.

“Expenses” means all fund level and class specific operating expenses, excluding (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), (e) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business and (f) short dividend expense. The Adviser may terminate these voluntary waivers at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Fund

Class
A

Class
B

Class
C

Class
I

Class
R1

Class
R2

Class
R3

Class
R4

Class
R5

Class
R6

Class
NAV

Effective Date of
Expense Limit

Diversified Strategies Fund

1.70%

N/A

1.39%

N/A

September 20, 2013

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APPENDIX H

Fund Level Investment Management Fee Waivers

International Value Fund

Natural Resources Fund

New Opportunities Fund

The Adviser contractually agrees to waive its management fee for each Fund in an amount equal to the amount by which the management fee retained by the Adviser after payment of the subadvisory fees for the Fund exceeds 0.45% as a percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund. The current expense limitation agreement for each Fund expires on December 31, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.¹

International Strategic Equity Allocation Fund

Strategic Equity Allocation Fund

U.S. Strategic Equity Allocation Fund

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its management fee for each Fund in an amount equal to the amount by which the management fee retained by the Adviser after payment of the subadvisory fees for the Fund exceeds 0.45% as a percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Strategic Income Opportunities Fund

The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee (after giving effect to asset-based breakpoints) by 0.02% as a percentage of average daily net assets of the Fund. The current expense limitation agreement expires on December 31, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Income Allocation Fund

The Adviser contractually agrees to waive its management fee for the Fund so that the aggregate management fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The current expense limitation agreement expires on December 31, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.¹

¹At the September 26-28, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the expiration date to December 31, 2018 of the management fee waiver for Income Allocation Fund, International Value Fund, and Natural Resources Fund, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

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Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio

Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio

Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio

Multimanager Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio

Multimanager Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fees and/or reduce expenses by 0.002% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. This expense limitation agreement expires on April 30, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

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APPENDIX I

Class Only Contractual Expense Limitations

For each Fund listed in the table below, the Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make payment to each of the following share classes of the Fund in an amount equal to the amount by which the “Expenses” of the share class exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) attributable to the class set forth in the table.

“Expenses” means all expenses attributable to a class of shares, excluding fund level expenses such as (a) advisory fees, (b) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), (c) taxes, (d) brokerage commissions, (e) interest expense, (f) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business and (g) short dividend expense. The current expense limitation agreements expire on the dates specified, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Fund	Class A	Class R1	Class R2	Class R3	Class R4	Class R5	Class R6	Class I	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio	0.41%¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11%¹	April 30, 2019¹
Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio	0.41%¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11%¹	April 30, 2019¹
Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio	0.41%¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11%¹	April 30, 2019¹
Multimanager Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio	0.41%¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11%¹	April 30, 2019¹
Multimanager Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio	0.41%¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11%¹	April 30, 2019¹
Multi-Index 2060 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2055 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²

¹At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class only contractual expense limitations for Class A and Class I shares of the Funds set forth above to April 30, 2019, each effective upon the current expiration date of April 30, 2018.

²At the December 12-14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser notified the Board of, and the Board approved, the extension of the class only contractual expense limitations for Class R6 shares of the Funds set forth above to December 31, 2018, each effective upon the current expiration date of December 31, 2017.

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Fund	Class A	Class R1	Class R2	Class R3	Class R4	Class R5	Class R6	Class I	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multi-Index 2050 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2045 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2040 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2035 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2030 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2025 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2020 Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index Income Preservation Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²

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Fund	Class A	Class R1	Class R2	Class R3	Class R4	Class R5	Class R6	Class I	Expiration Date of Expense Limit
Multimanager 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multimanager 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2060 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2055 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2050 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2045 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2040 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2035 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2030 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2025 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2020 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2015 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²
Multi-Index 2010 Lifetime Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00%²	N/A	December 31, 2018²

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APPENDIX J

Voluntary Adviser Waiver Agreements

The following voluntary expense waivers will continue in effect until terminated at any time by the Adviser on notice to the Trust.

X. Xxxx Price Subadvised Funds

The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to reduce the management fee for each of the following Funds subadvised by X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. by the amount that the subadvisory fee is reduced for the Fund by X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. pursuant to the Amended and Restated Group Fee Waiver Agreement between Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC and X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. dated September 30, 2011.

Blue Chip Growth Fund

Capital Appreciation Value Fund

Equity Income Fund

Health Sciences Fund

Mid Value Fund

Science & Technology Fund

Small Company Value Fund

Spectrum Income Fund

Deutsche Bank Subadvised Funds

The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to reduce the management fee for the following Fund subadvised by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“Deutsche”) by the amount that the subadvisory fee for the Fund is reduced by Deutsche pursuant to the Deutsche fee letter agreement dated May 13, 2013.

Real Estate Securities Fund

Science and Technology Fund

The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive 0.05% of its advisory fee otherwise payable on the portion of the aggregate net assets of Science & Technology Fund between and including $250,000,001 and $500,000,000 that are managed by Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC.

Total Return Fund

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to reduce its advisory fee that would be payable by the Total Return Fund (after giving effect to asset-based breakpoints) by 0.07% of the Total Return Fund's average daily net assets.

Short Term Government Income Fund

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to reduce its advisory fee that would be payable by the Short Term Government Income Fund (after giving effect to asset-based breakpoints) by 0.02% of the Short Term Government Income Fund's average daily net assets.

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Retirement Income 2040 Fund

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to reduce its advisory fee that would be payable by the Retirement Income 2040 Fund (after giving effect to asset-based breakpoints) by 0.12% of the Retirement Income 2040 Fund 's average daily net assets.

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APPENDIX K

Alternative Asset Allocation Expense Limitation Agreement

Alternative Asset Allocation Fund

The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee for the Fund, or if necessary make payment to the Fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which the “Other Expenses” of the Fund exceed 0.04% as a percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund. “Other Expenses” means all the expenses of the Fund, excluding (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, (e) advisory fees, (f) class specific expenses, (g) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), and (h) short dividend expense. The current expense limitation agreement expires on December 31, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its advisory fee that would be payable by the Fund by 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $5 billion, and by 0.025% on average daily net assets of the Fund over $5 billion. This expense limitation agreement expires on December 31, 2018, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

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APPENDIX L

Voluntary Adviser Expense Limitation Agreements

Multimanager Lifestyle Portfolios (formerly Lifestyle Portfolios)

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for each Lifestyle Portfolio (each a “Fund”) so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.50% of the Fund’s first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.49% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Multi-Index Lifestyle Portfolios (formerly Lifestyle II Portfolios)

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for each Lifestyle II Portfolio (each a “Fund”) so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.50% of the Fund’s first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.49% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Multimanager Lifetime Portfolios (formerly Retirement Living Portfolios)

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for each Retirement Living Portfolio (each a “Fund”) so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.51% of the Fund’s first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Multi-Index Lifetime Portfolios (formerly Retirement Living II Portfolios)

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for each Retirement Living II Portfolio (each a “Fund”) so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.51% of the Fund’s first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

Multi-Index Preservation Portfolios (formerly Retirement Choices Portfolios)

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for each Retirement Choices Portfolio (each a “Fund”) so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.51% of the Fund’s first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Trust.

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Alternative Asset Allocation Fund

The Adviser voluntarily agrees to waive its advisory fee for the Fund so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Fund and its underlying investments (after payment of subadvisory fees) does not exceed 0.55% of the Fund’s first $5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.525% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $5 billion. The Adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time upon notice to the Fund.

Funds Listed in Attachment A

For each Fund listed in Attachment A, the Adviser voluntarily agrees to reduce its management fee, or if necessary make payment to the Fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which the “Expenses” of the Fund exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund. “Expenses” means all the expenses of the Fund, excluding (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business (e) advisory fees, (f) class specific expenses (g) underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”) and (h) short dividend expense. This voluntary expense reimbursement will continue in effect until terminated at any time by the Adviser on notice to the Trust.

Attachment A

Fund Name	Cap %
JHF II Absolute Return Currency Fund	0.150%
JHF II Asia Pacific Total Return Bond Fund	0.150%
JHF II Blue Chip Growth Fund	0.200%
JHF II Capital Appreciation Fund	0.200%
JHF II Capital Appreciation Value Fund	0.200%
JHF II Core Bond Fund	0.150%
JHF II Emerging Leaders	0.250%
JHF II Emerging Markets Debt Fund	0.150%
JHF II Emerging Markets Fund	0.250%
JHF II Equity Income Fund	0.200%
JHF II Floating Rate Income	0.150%
JHF II Fundamental Global Franchise Fund	0.250%
JHF II Fundamental All Cap Core Fund	0.200%
JHF II Fundamental Large Cap Value Fund	0.200%
JHF II Global Absolute Return Strategies	0.200%
JHF II Global Bond Fund	0.150%
JHF II Global Equity Fund	0.250%
JHF II Health Sciences Fund	0.200%
JHF II High Yield Fund	0.150%
JHF II International Growth Stock Fund	0.250%
JHF II International Small Cap Fund	0.250%
JHF II International Small Company Fund	0.250%
JHF II International Strategic Equity Allocation Fund	0.250%
JHF II International Value Fund	0.250%

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JHF II Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio	0.100%
JHF II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio	0.100%
JHF II Multimanager Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio	0.100%
JHF II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio	0.100%
JHF II Multimanager Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio	0.100%
JHF II Mid Cap Stock Fund	0.200%
JHF II Mid Value Fund	0.200%
JHF II Natural Resources Fund	0.200%
JHF II New Opportunities Fund	0.200%
JHF II Real Estate Securities Fund	0.200%
JHF II Real Return Bond Fund	0.150%
JHF II Redwood Fund	0.200%
JHF II Science & Technology Fund	0.200%
JHF II Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund	0.150%
JHF II Short Term Government Income Fund	0.150%
JHF II Small Cap Growth Fund	0.200%
JHF II Small Cap Value Fund	0.200%
JHF II Small Company Growth Fund	0.200%
JHF II Small Company Value Fund	0.200%
JHF II Spectrum Income Fund	0.150%
JHF II Strategic Equity Allocation Fund	0.200%
JHF II Strategic Income Opportunities Fund	0.150%
JHF II Technical Opportunities Fund	0.200%
JHF II Total Return Fund	0.150%
JHF II U.S. High Yield Bond Fund	0.150%
JHF II U.S. Growth Fund	0.200%
JHF II U.S. Strategic Equity Allocation Fund	0.200%

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