September 20, 2019 To the Trustees of: John Hancock Funds II 200 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116 Re: Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement and Voluntary Expense Limitation Notice With reference to the Advisory Agreements dated December...John Hancock Funds II • October 15th, 2019
The Adviser contractually agrees to reduce its management fee for the Fund or, if necessary, make payment to the Fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which certain “Expenses,” including underlying fund expenses (“acquired fund fees”), exceed the percentage of average daily net assets (on an annualized basis) of the Fund as set forth in the table below. “Expenses” includes acquired fund fees and all Fund expenses other than (a) taxes, (b) brokerage commissions, (c) interest expense, (d) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, (e) Rule 12b-1 fees, (f) transfer agent fees and service fees, (g) shareholder servicing fees, (h) borrowing costs, (i) prime brokerage fees, and (j) short dividend expense.
September 20, 2019 To the Trustees of John Hancock Funds II Boston, MA 02116 Re: Class R4 Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver Letter AgreementJohn Hancock Funds II • October 15th, 2019
With reference to the Distribution Plan entered into by and between John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC (the “Distributor,” formerly John Hancock Funds, LLC) and John Hancock Funds II (the “Trust’), on behalf of Class R4 shares of certain series thereof (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), we hereby notify you as follows:
