AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • December 28th, 2007 • Hancock John Patriot Premium Dividend Fund Ii • Massachusetts
In order to consummate the Reorganization (as defined in Section 1(b) below) and in consideration of the promises and the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust, a Massachusetts business trust and a registered closed-end investment company, File No. 811-06107 (the “Target Fund”) and John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II (the “Acquiring Fund” and together with the Target Fund, the “Funds”), a Massachusetts business trust and a registered closed-end investment company, File No. 811-05908, each hereby agree as follows:
