AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • July 26th, 2010 • John Hancock Funds III • Massachusetts
This Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Agreement”) is made as of December 10, 2009, by and between The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Acquired Fund Trust”), on behalf of its series, FMA Small Company Portfolio (the “Acquired Fund”), and John Hancock Funds III, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Acquiring Fund Trust”), on behalf of its series John Hancock Small Company Fund (the “Acquiring Fund” and together with the Acquired Fund, the “Funds” or individually, each a “Fund”).
