John Hancock Advisers, LLC 601 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210Expense Limitation Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
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, 2014, 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.*
AMENDMENT TO SERVICE AGREEMENTService Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
AMENDMENT made as of the 26th day of June, 2013 to the Service Agreement dated July 1, 2009, as amended, among the trusts listed in Appendix A, on behalf of themselves and each of their series, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC and John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the “Agreement”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
JOHN HANCOCK BOND TRUSTDistribution Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
Pursuant to Section 14 of the Distribution Agreement dated as of December 22, 1994, as amended (the “Distribution Agreement”), between John Hancock Bond Trust (the “Trust”) and John Hancock Broker Distribution Services, Inc. (now known as John Hancock Funds, LLC), please be advised that the Trust has established two new series of its shares, namely, John Hancock Global Conservative Absolute Return Fund and John Hancock Global Short Duration Credit Fund (the “Funds”), and please be further advised that the Trust desires to retain John Hancock Funds, LLC to serve as distributor and principal underwriter under the Distribution Agreement for the Funds.
JOHN HANCOCK BOND TRUST AMENDMENT TO ADVISORY AGREEMENTAdvisory Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
AMENDMENT made as of the 26th day of June, 2013, to the Advisory Agreement dated July 1, 2009, as amended (the “Agreement”), between John Hancock Bond Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of its series John Hancock Global Conservative Absolute Return Fund and John Hancock Global Short Duration Credit Fund (the “Funds”), and John Hancock Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
AMENDMENT made as of the 26th day of June, 2013 is made to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Services Agreement dated July 1, 2011, as amended (the “Agreement”), by and between each investment company identified on Exhibit A of the Agreement (individually the “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) and John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (“JHSS”).
AMENDMENT TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
AMENDMENT made as of the 26th day of June, 2013 to the Sub-Advisory Agreement dated December 31, 2005, as amended (the “Agreement”), among John Hancock Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC (formerly, Sovereign Asset Management, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, and each of the investment companies that is a signatory to the Agreement, including John Hancock Bond Trust. In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
John Hancock Funds, LLCRule 12b-1 Fee Waiver Letter Agreement • July 17th, 2013 • John Hancock Bond Trust
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:
