John Hancock Funds, LLC 601 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210-2805Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver Letter Agreement • February 27th, 2013 • John Hancock Investment Trust Iii
With reference to each of the Distribution Plans entered into by and between John Hancock Funds, LLC (the “Distributor”) and each of the trusts listed in Appendix A to this letter (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”), on behalf of each of their respective series listed in Appendix A (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), we hereby notify you as follows:
John Hancock Advisers, LLC 601 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210Expense Limitation Agreement • February 27th, 2013 • John Hancock Investment Trust Iii
For John Hancock Bond Fund, the Adviser and its affiliates agree to waive a portion of their fees and/or reimburse certain Expenses in order to reduce the total annual fund operating expenses for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class I, Class R2 and Class R6 shares by 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements expire on September 30, 2013, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Adviser based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at the time.
