JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS III

AMENDMENT TO ADVISORY AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT made this 1^st day of October, 2009, to the Advisory Agreement dated July 1, 2009, between John Hancock Funds III, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

1. CHANGE IN APPENDIX A

     Appendix A of the Agreement, which relates to Section 4 of the Agreement, “Compensation of Adviser,” is hereby amended for each of the following series of the Trust (each a “Fund’), as shown in Appendix A hereto:

John Hancock Classic Value Mega Cap Fund
John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund
John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund
John Hancock International Core Fund
John Hancock International Growth Fund
John Hancock U.S. Core Fund

2.	EFFECTIVE DATE
	This Amendment shall become effective as of date first mentioned above.
3.	DEFINED TERMS

     Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings specified in or pursuant to the Agreement.

4. OTHER TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT

     Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with their respective terms.

JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS III,
on behalf of its series listed in Appendix A to this Amendment

By:	/s/Keith F. Hartstein Keith F. Hartstein
	President and Chief Executive Officer

JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC

By:	/s/Keith F. Hartstein Keith F. Hartstein
	President and Chief Executive Officer

Appendix A

	First			Next			Excess over
	$2.5 billion			$2.5 billion			$5 billion
Fund	of Net Assets			of Net Assets			of Net Assets
John Hancock Classic Value Mega Cap Fund		0.790	%		0.780	%		0.770	%

Excess

First

Next

Next

over

$500

$500

$500

Next

$2.5

million

million

million

$1 billion

billion

of Net

of Net

of Net

of Net

of Net

Fund

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund

0.750

%

0.725

%

0.700

%

0.675

%

0.650

%

	First			Next			Excess over
	$500 million			$500 million			$1 billion
Fund	of Net Assets			of Net Assets			of Net Assets
John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund		0.875	%		0.850	%		0.800	%

Excess

First

Next

Next

Next

Next

over

$100

$900

$1

$1

$1

$4

million

million

billion

billion

billion

billion

of

of

of

of

of

of

Net

Net

Net

Net

Net

Net

Fund

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

John Hancock International Core Fund

0.920

%

0.895

%

0.880

%

0.850

%

0.825

%

0.800

%

Excess

First

Next

Next

Next

Next

over

$100

$900

$1

$1

$1

$4

million

million

billion

billion

billion

billion

of

of

of

of

of

of

Net

Net

Net

Net

Net

Net

Fund

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

John Hancock International Growth Fund

0.920

%

0.895

%

0.880

%

0.850

%

0.825

%

0.800

%

A-1

First

Next

Excess

$500

$500

Next

Next

over

million

million

$1 billion

$1 billion

$3 billion

of Net

of Net

of Net

of Net

of Net

Fund

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

Assets

John Hancock U.S. Core Fund

0.780

%

0.760

%

0.750

%

0.740

%

0.720

%

A-2