AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONMerger Agreement • July 26th, 2010 • John Hancock Funds III • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of October 1, 2008, by and between John Hancock Core Equity Fund (the “Acquired Fund”), a series of John Hancock Capital Series (the “Acquired Fund Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust, and John Hancock Rainier Growth Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of John Hancock Funds III (the “Acquiring Fund Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust.
