FORM OF DEALER AGREEMENT John Hancock Funds, LLCForm of Dealer Agreement • September 27th, 2012 • John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund
From time to time John Hancock Funds, LLC (the “Manager”, “we” or “us”) will act as manager of registered at-the-market offerings by John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), of the Fund’s common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”). In the case of such offerings, the Fund has agreed with the Manager to issue and sell through or to the Manager, as sales agent and/or principal, a certain number of Common Shares.
FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT JOHN HANCOCK TAX ADVANTAGED GLOBAL SHAREHOLDER YIELD FUND Boston, Massachusetts 02210Form of Distribution Agreement • September 27th, 2012 • John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund • Massachusetts
John Hancock Tax Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed a registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-181288 and 811-22056) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings.
