N-CSRS 1 a_fundsii.htm JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II a_fundsii.htm
UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
FORM N-CSR 
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT 
COMPANIES 
Investment Company Act file number 811-21779 
 
JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II 
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 
 
601 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON, MA 02210-2805 
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
MICHAEL J. LEARY, 601 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON, MA 02210-2805 
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(Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 663-4490 
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Date of fiscal year end: 12/31   
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Date of reporting period: 6/30/11 

 

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Registrant prepared three semiannual reports to shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2011. The first report applies to the 5 Lifestyle Portfolios, the second report applies to the Retirement Distribution Portfolio and the third report applies to the Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio.






John Hancock

Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio

Goal and strategy

The Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital. Current income is not a consideration. The Portfolio operates as a fund of funds and normally invests 100% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities.

Asset Allocation   
 
Equity  98% of Total 

U.S. Large Cap    47% 

International Large Cap  11% 

Emerging Markets    10% 

U.S. Mid Cap    9% 

U.S. Small Cap    6% 

Large Blend    5% 

International Small Cap  5% 

Natural Resources    3% 

Real Estate    1% 

Small Growth    1% 

 
Other    2% of Total 

Currency    2% 

 

As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

Portfolio results

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, John Hancock Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 returned 4.62%, 4.20%, 4.20%, 4.44%, 4.46%, 4.55%, 4.79% and 4.80%, respectively, at net asset value. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index returned 6.02%, over the same period. The Portfolio also underperformed the 5.45% return of the Morningstar, Inc.’s average large blend fund.1

Performance review

Although the Portfolio generated solid absolute returns, on a relative basis compared to the S&P 500 Index, there were several exposures that detracted from results. For example, underperformance from allocations to emerging markets and global natural resource equities was in contrast to their positive contributions last year. There were, however, a number of bright spots, including the value added by allocations to U.S. real estate, mid caps and small caps.

The shifting market currents in the first half of the year proved to be a dif-ficult environment for active management in general, including managers in our Portfolio. For example, Emerging Markets Fund (DFA), which had been a strong contributor last year, detracted from relative performance due to its overweight in smaller-cap issues. Results for International Opportunities Fund (Marsico), another strong performer in 2010, were hurt by selection in financial and energy stocks. Fundamental Value Fund’s (Davis) relative performance was hindered by selection in materials and energy stocks.

However, there were a number of bright spots. Capital Appreciation Fund’s (Jennison), relative performance, which trailed last year, benefited from an overweight in consumer discretionary and an underweight in the energy sectors, good stock selection and large-cap focus. International Core Fund (GMO) had success as the market began to reward the kind of mega-cap quality stocks that the fund emphasizes. Relative performance of International Value Fund (Franklin) gained in the health care sector through both selection and an overweight position, and in financials through strong selection.

The Portfolio’s manager lineup has remained largely the same, with the exception of a newly established position in Capital Appreciation Value Fund (T. Rowe Price), which replaced T. Rowe’s Large Cap Value Fund, which liquidated. This fund has a flexible, yet conservative mandate that seeks to outperform the broad equity market with less risk than its benchmark over a full market cycle. We believe it is a welcome addition for what may be an increasingly volatile market environment going forward.

1 Figures from Morningstar, Inc. include reinvested dividends and do not take into account sales charges. Actual load-adjusted performance is lower.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the Portfolio’s period discussed in this report. The managers’ statements reflect their own opinions. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05 

Without sales charge  $12,003  $12,020  $11,033  $12,364  $12,551  $12,765  $12,856 

With maximum sales charge  11,903  12,020  11,033  12,364  12,551  12,765  12,856 

Index 1  12,507  12,507  11,079  12,507  12,507  12,507  12,544 

Index 2  13,104  13,104  10,767  13,104  13,104  13,104  13,041 

 

S&P 500 Index — is an unmanaged index that includes 500 widely traded common stocks.

MSCI EAFE Index (gross of foreign withholding taxes on dividends) (Europe, Australasia, Far East) — is a free float adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values if they did.

Performance chart

Total returns with maximum sales charge (POP) for the period ended 6-30-11

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R2  Class R52  Class 12 
Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05 

Average annual returns — 1 year  24.75%  25.21%  29.22%  30.81%  30.87%  31.12%  31.62%  31.73% 

Average annual returns — 5 years  1.37%  1.30%  1.67%    2.18%  2.46%  2.78%  2.91% 

Average annual returns — Since inception  3.08%  3.10%  3.28%  2.07%  3.79%  4.07%  4.37%  4.50% 

Cumulative returns — 6 months  –0.62%  –0.80%  3.20%  4.44%  4.46%  4.55%  4.79%  4.80% 

Cumulative returns — 1 year  24.75%  25.21%  29.22%  30.81%  30.87%  31.12%  31.62%  31.73% 

Cumulative returns — 5 years  7.06%  6.69%  8.62%    11.38%  12.92%  14.71%  15.40% 

Cumulative returns — Since inception  18.91%  19.03%  20.20%  10.33%  23.64%  25.51%  27.65%  28.56% 

 

Performance figures assume all distributions are reinvested. Returns with maximum sales charge reflect a sales charge on Class A shares of 5%, and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B shares and Class C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1–6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charges will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 shares.

The expense ratios of the Portfolio, both net (including any fee waivers or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the Portfolio and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights tables in this report. The waivers and expense limitations are contractual at least until 4-30-12 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares. The following expense ratios include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests. The expenses are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1 
Net (%)  1.47  2.24  2.17  1.75  1.70  1.41  1.12  0.98 
Gross (%)  1.47  2.24  2.17  1.75  1.70  1.41  1.12  1.00 

 

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the Portfolio’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-225-5291 or visit the Portfolio’s Web site at www.jhfunds.com.

This performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. The Portfolio’s performance results reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

1 NAV represents net asset value and POP represents public offering price. Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the Portfolio’s Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 shares prospectuses.

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John Hancock

Lifestyle Growth Portfolio

Goal and strategy

The Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital. Current income is also a consideration. The Portfolio operates as a fund of funds and normally invests approximately 20% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and approximately 80% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities.

Asset Allocation     
 
Equity  81% of Total 

U.S. Large Cap    42% 

International Large Cap  9% 

Emerging Markets    7% 

U.S. Mid Cap    7% 

Large Blend    6% 

International Small Cap  3% 

U.S. Small Cap    3% 

Real Estate    2% 

Natural Resources    2% 

 
Fixed Income  17% of Total 

Multi-Sector Bond    5% 

Intermediate Bond    4% 

High-Yield Bond    4% 

Bank Loan    2% 

Global Bond    1% 

Treasury Inflation-     
Protected Securities    1% 

 
Other    2% of Total 

Currency    2% 

 

As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

Portfolio results

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, John Hancock Lifestyle Growth Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 returned 4.42%, 4.02%, 4.03%, 4.25%, 4.27%, 4.43%, 4.58%, 4.60% and 4.68%, respectively, at net asset value. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index returned 6.02%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 2.72% and a blended index — 80% S&P 500 Index/20% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — returned 5.38% over the same period. The Portfolio’s results underperformed the 4.61% return of the Morningstar, Inc. average aggressive allocation fund.1

Performance review

Although the Portfolio generated solid absolute returns, on a relative basis compared to the blended index there were several exposures that detracted from results. For example, underperformance from allocations to emerging markets and global natural resource equities was in contrast to their positive contributions last year. There were, however, a number of positive contributors, including the value added by allocations to U.S. real estate, mid-cap stocks, high-yield and multi-sector bonds and TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities).

The shifting market currents this quarter proved to be a difficult environment for active management in general, including managers in our Portfolio. For example, Emerging Markets Fund (DFA), which had been a strong contributor last year, detracted from relative performance due to its overweight in smaller-cap issues. Results for International Opportunities Fund (Marsico), another strong performer in 2010, were hurt by selection in financial and energy stocks. Fundamental Value Fund’s (Davis) relative performance was hindered by selection in materials and energy stocks.

However, there were a number of bright spots. Capital Appreciation Fund’s (Jennison) relative performance, which trailed last year, benefited from an overweight in consumer discretionary stocks and an underweight in the energy sector, good stock selection and large-cap focus. International Core Fund (GMO) had success as the market began to reward the kind of mega-cap quality stocks that the fund emphasizes. Relative performance of International Value Fund (Franklin) gained in the health care sector through both selection and an overweight position, and in financials through strong selection.

The Portfolio’s manager lineup has remained largely the same, with the exception of a newly established position in Capital Appreciation Value Fund (T. Rowe Price), which replaced T. Rowe’s Large Cap Value Fund, which liquidated. This fund has a flexible, yet conservative mandate that seeks to outperform the broad equity market with less risk than the benchmark over a full market cycle. We believe it is a welcome addition for what may be an increasingly volatile market environment going forward.

1 Figures from Morningstar, Inc. include reinvested dividends and do not take into account sales charges. Actual load-adjusted performance is lower.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the Portfolio’s period discussed in this report. The managers’ statements reflect their own opinions. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Without sales charge  $12,412  $12,442  $11,572  $12,781  $12,991  $13,205  $13,286  $12,232 

With maximum sales charge  12,312  12,442  11,572  12,781  12,991  13,205  13,286  12,232 

Index 1  12,507  12,507  11,079  12,507  12,507  12,507  12,544  11,561 

Index 2  13,772  13,772  13,332  13,772  13,772  13,772  13,778  13,715 

Index 3  12,919  12,919  11,645  12,919  12,919  12,919  12,951  12,118 

 

S&P 500 Index — is an unmanaged index that includes 500 widely traded common stocks.

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — an unmanaged index of dollar-denominated and non-convertible investment grade debt issues.

80% S&P 500/20% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Blend — is comprised of 80% S&P 500 Index and 20% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values if they did.

Performance chart

Total returns with maximum sales charge (POP) for the period ended 6-30-11

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Average annual returns — 1 year  20.06%  20.23%  24.37%  25.88%  25.91%  26.25%  26.72%  26.80%  26.89% 

Average annual returns — 5 years  2.53%  2.46%  2.84%    3.35%  3.65%  3.95%  4.07%  4.11% 

Average annual returns — Since inception  3.71%  3.72%  3.91%  3.10%  4.40%  4.70%  5.00%  5.10%  4.11% 

Cumulative returns — 6 months  –0.81%  –0.98%  3.03%  4.25%  4.27%  4.43%  4.58%  4.60%  4.68% 

Cumulative returns — 1 year  20.06%  20.23%  24.37%  25.88%  25.91%  26.25%  26.72%  26.80%  26.89% 

Cumulative returns — 5 years  13.29%  12.91%  15.05%    17.91%  19.62%  21.36%  22.07%  22.32% 

Cumulative returns — Since inception  23.06%  23.12%  24.42%  15.72%  27.81%  29.91%  32.05%  32.86%  22.32% 

 

Performance figures assume all distributions are reinvested. Returns with maximum sales charge reflect a sales charge on Class A shares of 5%, and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B shares and Class C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1–6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charges will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares.

The expense ratios of the Portfolio, both net (including any fee waivers or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the Portfolio and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights tables in this report. The waivers and expense limitations are contractual at least until 4-30-12 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares. The following expense ratios include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests. The expenses are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1  Class 5 
Net (%)  1.43  2.14  2.12  1.67  1.63  1.31  1.04  0.94  0.90 
Gross (%)  1.43  2.14  2.12  1.67  1.63  1.31  1.04  0.95  0.90 

 

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the Portfolio’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-225-5291 or visit the Portfolio’s Web site at www.jhfunds.com.

This performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. The Portfolio’s performance results reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

1 NAV represents net asset value and POP represents public offering price. Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the Portfolio’s Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares prospectuses.

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John Hancock

Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio

Goal and strategy

The Portfolio seeks a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital. The Portfolio operates as a fund of funds and normally invests approximately 40% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and approximately 60% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities.

Asset Allocation     
 
Equity  60% of Total 

U.S. Large Cap    32% 

International Large Cap  6% 

Emerging Markets    5% 

U.S. Mid Cap    4% 

Large Blend    4% 

U.S. Small Cap    3% 

International Small Cap  2% 

Real Estate    2% 

Natural Resources    2% 

 
Fixed Income  38% of Total 

Intermediate Bond    11% 

Multi-Sector Bond    11% 

High-Yield Bond    7% 

Bank Loan    4% 

Global Bond    3% 

Treasury Inflation-     
Protected Securities    2% 

 
Other    2% of Total 

Currency    2% 

 

As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

Portfolio results

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, John Hancock Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 returned 4.27%, 3.90%, 3.90%, 4.10%, 4.09%, 4.24%, 4.39%, 4.45% and 4.47%, respectively, at net asset value. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index returned 6.02%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 2.72% and a blended index — 60% S&P 500 Index/40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — returned 4.72% over the same period. Morningstar, Inc.’s moderate allocation fund category returned an average 4.27%.1

Performance review

Diversification across a wide range of sectors benefited Portfolio performance, with weightings to high-yield bonds, TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities), multi-sector bonds, global bonds and U.S. mid-caps contributing positively. Allocations to emerging markets and global natural resources were drags on performance in sharp contrast to last year.

The shifting market currents this quarter proved to be a difficult environment for active management in general, including managers in our Portfolio. For example, Emerging Markets Fund (DFA), which had been a strong contributor last year, detracted from relative performance due to its overweight and selection in smaller-cap issues. Results for International Opportunities Fund (Marsico), another strong performer in 2010, were hurt by selection in financial and energy stocks. Fundamental Value Fund’s (Davis) relative performance was hindered by selection in materials and energy stocks.

However, there were a number of bright spots. For example, Strategic Income Opportunities Fund (John Hancock) continued its strong performance, aided by good selection in high-yield and non-U.S. bonds, and currencies. Capital Appreciation Fund’s (Jennison), relative performance, which trailed last year, benefited from an overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and an underweight in the energy sector, good stock selection and large-cap focus. International Core Fund (GMO) had success as the market began to reward the kind of mega-cap quality stocks that the Fund emphasizes.

The Portfolio’s manager lineup has remained largely the same, with the exception of a newly established position in Capital Appreciation Value Fund (T. Rowe Price), which replaced T. Rowe’s Large Cap Value Fund, which liquidated. This fund has a flexible, yet conservative mandate that seeks to outperform the broad equity market with less risk than the benchmark over a full market cycle. We believe it is a welcome addition for what may be an increasingly volatile market environment going forward.

1 Figures from Morningstar, Inc. include reinvested dividends and do not take into account sales charges. Actual load-adjusted performance is lower.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the Portfolio’s period discussed in this report. The managers’ statements reflect their own opinions. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Without sales charge  $12,710  $12,766  $11,902  $13,097  $13,309  $13,534  $13,594  $12,724 

With maximum sales charge  12,610  12,766  11,902  13,097  13,309  13,534  13,594  12,724 

Index 1  12,507  12,507  11,079  12,507  12,507  12,507  12,544  11,561 

Index 2  13,772  13,772  13,332  13,772  13,772  13,772  13,778  13,715 

Index 3  13,256  13,256  12,161  13,256  13,256  13,256  13,282  12,618 

 

S&P 500 Index — is an unmanaged index that includes 500 widely traded common stocks.

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — is an unmanaged index of dollar-denominated and non-convertible investment grade debt issues.

60% S&P 500/40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Blend — is comprised of 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values if they did.

Performance chart

Total returns with maximum sales charge (POP) for the period ended 6-30-11

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Average annual returns — 1 year  15.44%  15.62%  19.67%  21.06%  21.08%  21.47%  21.87%  21.96%  22.10% 

Average annual returns — 5 years  3.36%  3.30%  3.71%    4.17%  4.47%  4.79%  4.87%  4.94% 

Average annual returns — Since inception  4.16%  4.15%  4.38%  3.70%  4.85%  5.14%  5.45%  5.52%  4.94% 

Cumulative returns — 6 months  –0.93%  –1.10%  2.90%  4.10%  4.09%  4.24%  4.39%  4.45%  4.47% 

Cumulative returns — 1 year  15.44%  15.62%  19.67%  21.06%  21.08%  21.47%  21.87%  21.96%  22.10% 

Cumulative returns — 5 years  17.98%  17.61%  19.95%    22.69%  24.44%  26.39%  26.82%  27.24% 

Cumulative returns — Since inception  26.14%  26.10%  27.66%  19.02%  30.97%  33.09%  35.34%  35.94%  27.24% 

 

Performance figures assume all distributions are reinvested. Returns with maximum sales charge reflect a sales charge on Class A shares of 5% and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B shares and Class C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1–6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charges will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares.

The expense ratios of the Portfolio, both net (including any fee waivers or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the Portfolio and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights tables in this report. The waivers and expense limitations are contractual at least until 4-30-12 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares. The following expense ratios include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests. The expenses are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1  Class 5 
Net (%)  1.40  2.11  2.10  1.67  1.60  1.26  0.99  0.92  0.88 
Gross (%)  1.40  2.11  2.10  1.67  1.60  1.26  0.99  0.93  0.88 

 

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the Portfolio’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-225-5291 or visit the Portfolio’s Web site at www.jhfunds.com.

This performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. The Portfolio’s performance results reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

1 NAV represents net asset value and POP represents public offering price. Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the Portfolio’s Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares prospectuses.

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John Hancock

Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio

Goal and strategy

The Portfolio seeks a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on income. The Portfolio operates as a fund of funds and normally invests approximately 60% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and approximately 40% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities.

Asset Allocation     
 
Equity  38% of Total 

U.S. Large Cap    20% 

International Large Cap  6% 

U.S. Mid Cap    3% 

Emerging Markets    2% 

Large Blend    2% 

Real Estate    2% 

International Small Cap  1% 

U.S. Small Cap    1% 

Natural Resources    1% 

 
Fixed Income  60% of Total 

Intermediate Bond    25% 

Multi-Sector Bond    15% 

High-Yield Bond    7% 

Bank Loan    6% 

Global Bond    4% 

Treasury Inflation-     
Protected Securities    3% 

 
Other    2% of Total 

Currency    2% 

 

As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

Portfolio results

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, John Hancock Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 returned 4.13%, 3.67%, 3.68%, 3.89%, 3.90%, 4.05%, 4.22%, 4.29% and 4.32%, respectively, at net asset value. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index returned 6.02%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 2.72% and a blended index — 40% S&P 500 Index/60% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — returned 4.06% over the same period. Morningstar, Inc.’s conservative allocation fund group returned an average 3.83%.1

Performance review

Diversification across a wide range of asset classes helped the Portfolio outpace the blended index and Morningstar peer group. Allocations to high-yield bonds, TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities), multi-sector bonds, global bonds and U.S. mid-cap stocks contributed positively. Allocations to emerging markets and international large cap were drags on performance.

The Portfolio had positive contributions from a number of managers. On the fixed-income side, both Active Bond Fund (Declaration/John Hancock) and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund (John Hancock) continued the strong performance of last year. Active Bond Fund’s performance was helped by its overweight to the credit sector, which performed well. Performance of Strategic Income Opportunities Fund was aided by strong selection in high-yield and non-U.S. bonds and currencies.

Among equity managers, Global Shareholder Yield Fund (Epoch) benefited from overweighting staples and underweighting financials. Relative performance of International Value Fund (Franklin) gained in the health care sector through both stock selection and an overweight position, and in financials through strong stock selection. Underweighting the materials sector also added to relative performance. U.S. Equity Fund (GMO) (formerly U.S. Multi Sector Fund), which had under-performed during prior periods, contributed positively, as the market began to reward the kind of mega-cap quality stocks that the fund emphasizes.

On the downside, Fundamental Value Fund’s (Davis) relative performance was hindered by selection in materials and energy stocks. Emerging Markets Fund (DFA), which had been a strong contributor last year, detracted from relative performance due to its overweight and selection in smaller-cap issues. Relative performance of International Opportunities Fund (Marsico), another strong performer in 2010, was hurt by selection in financial and energy stocks.

The Portfolio’s manager lineup remained the same during the period.

1 Figures from Morningstar, Inc. include reinvested dividends and do not take into account sales charges. Actual load-adjusted performance is lower.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the Portfolio’s period discussed in this report. The managers’ statements reflect their own opinions. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Without sales charge  $12,864  $12,927  $12,329  $13,251  $13,436  $13,696  $13,783  $13,152 

With maximum sales charge  12,764  12,927  12,329  13,251  13,436  13,696  13,783  13,152 

Index 1  12,507  12,507  11,079  12,507  12,507  12,507  12,544  11,561 

Index 2  13,772  13,772  13,332  13,772  13,772  13,772  13,778  13,715 

Index 3  13,512  13,512  12,618  13,512  13,512  13,512  13,532  13,056 

 

S&P 500 Index — is an unmanaged index that includes 500 widely traded common stocks.

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — is an unmanaged index of dollar-denominated and non-convertible investment grade debt issues.

40% S&P 500/60% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Blend — is comprised of 40% S&P 500 Index and 60% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values if they did.

Performance chart

Total returns with maximum sales charge (POP) for the period ended 6-30-11

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12  Class 52 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05  7-3-06 

Average annual returns — 1 year  11.02%  10.99%  15.05%  16.46%  16.55%  16.80%  17.28%  17.41%  17.49% 

Average annual returns — 5 years  4.05%  3.95%  4.38%    4.81%  5.09%  5.45%  5.59%  5.63% 

Average annual returns — Since inception  4.40%  4.37%  4.61%  4.47%  5.06%  5.32%  5.67%  5.78%  5.63% 

Cumulative returns — 6 months  –1.05%  –1.33%  2.68%  3.89%  3.90%  4.05%  4.22%  4.29%  4.32% 

Cumulative returns — 1 year  11.02%  10.99%  15.05%  16.46%  16.55%  16.80%  17.28%  17.41%  17.49% 

Cumulative returns — 5 years  21.97%  21.35%  23.89%    26.49%  28.19%  30.41%  31.23%  31.52% 

Cumulative returns — Since inception  27.85%  27.64%  29.27%  23.29%  32.51%  34.36%  36.96%  37.83%  31.52% 

 

Performance figures assume all distributions are reinvested. Returns with maximum sales charge reflect a sales charge on Class A shares of 5%, and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B shares and Class C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1–6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charges will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares.

The expense ratios of the Portfolio, both net (including any fee waivers or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the Portfolio and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights tables in this report. The waivers and expense limitations are contractual at least until 4-30-12 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares. The following expense ratios include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests. The expenses are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1  Class 5 
Net (%)  1.36  2.08  2.06  1.67  1.61  1.33  0.99  0.87  0.83 
Gross (%)  1.36  2.08  2.06  1.67  1.61  1.33  0.99  0.88  0.83 

 

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the Portfolio’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-225-5291 or visit the Portfolio’s Web site at www.jhfunds.com.

This performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. The Portfolio’s performance results reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

1 NAV represents net asset value and POP represents public offering price. Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the Portfolio’s Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class 1 and Class 5 shares prospectuses.

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John Hancock

Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio

Goal and strategy

The Portfolio seeks a high level of current income with some consideration given to growth of capital. The Portfolio operates as a fund of funds and normally invests approximately 80% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and approximately 20% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities.

Asset Allocation     
 
Equity  20% of Total 

U.S. Large Cap    12% 

International Large Cap  4% 

Real Estate    2% 

U.S. Mid Cap    1% 

Natural Resources    1% 

 
Fixed Income  78% of Total 

Intermediate Bond    34% 

Multi-Sector Bond    17% 

High-Yield Bond    8% 

Bank Loan    7% 

Global Bond    4% 

Short-Term Bond    4% 

Treasury Inflation-     
Protected Securities    4% 

 
Other    2% of Total 

Currency    2% 

 

As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

Portfolio results

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, John Hancock Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 returned 3.64%, 3.26%, 3.28%, 3.42%, 3.40%, 3.62%, 3.79% and 3.80%, respectively, at net asset value. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index returned 6.02%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 2.72% and a blended index — 20% S&P 500 Index/80% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — returned 3.40% over the same period. Morningstar, Inc.’s average conservative allocation fund returned 3.83%.1

Performance review

Diversification across a wide range of asset classes helped the Portfolio outpace the blended index’s performance. Positive contributions from weightings to high-yield bonds, TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities), multi-sector bonds, global bonds, U.S. mid-cap stocks and U.S. real estate were partially offset by small negative contributions from international large-cap stocks and emerging markets.

The Portfolio had positive contributions from a number of managers. On the fixed-income side, both Active Bond Fund (Declaration/John Hancock) and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund (John Hancock) continued the strong relative performance of last year. Active Bond Fund’s relative performance was helped by its overweight to the credit sector, which performed well. Performance of Strategic Income Opportunities Fund was aided by strong selection in high-yield and non-U.S. bonds and currencies.

Among equity managers, Global Shareholder Yield Fund (Epoch) benefited from overweighting staples and underweighting financials. International Value Fund (Franklin) gained in the health care sector through both stock selection and an overweight position, and in financials through strong stock selection. Underweighting the materials sector also added to performance.

On the downside, Fundamental Value Fund’s (Davis) relative performance was hindered by selection in materials and energy stocks. Relative results for High Income Fund (John Hancock), one of last year’s big performers, were hurt by selection in the gaming and auto sectors. Multi-Sector Bond Fund (Stone Harbor) had an emphasis on shorter-duration bonds, which trailed long-duration bonds as interest rates fell during the period.

The Portfolio’s manager lineup remained the same during the period.

1 Figures from Morningstar, Inc. include reinvested dividends and do not take into account sales charges. Actual load-adjusted performance is lower.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the Portfolio’s period discussed in this report. The managers’ statements reflect their own opinions. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05 

Without sales charge  $13,036  $13,073  $12,673  $13,417  $13,593  $13,859  $13,946 

With maximum sales charge  12,936  13,073  12,673  13,417  13,593  13,859  13,946 

Index 1  12,507  12,507  11,079  12,507  12,507  12,507  12,544 

Index 2  13,772  13,772  13,332  13,772  13,772  13,772  13,778 

Index 3  13,685  13,685  13,011  13,685  13,685  13,685  13,698 

 

S&P 500 Index — is an unmanaged index that includes 500 widely traded common stocks.

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index — is an unmanaged index of dollar-denominated and non-convertible investment grade debt issues.

20% S&P 500/80% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Blend — is comprised of 20% S&P 500 Index and 80% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values if they did.

Performance chart

Total returns with maximum sales charge (POP) for the period ended 6-30-11

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R12  Class R32  Class R42  Class R52  Class 12 

Start date  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  9-18-06  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-18-05  10-15-05 

Average annual returns — 1 year  6.37%  6.14%  10.27%  11.50%  11.56%  11.97%  12.40%  12.46% 

Average annual returns — 5 years  4.69%  4.63%  5.03%    5.48%  5.73%  6.09%  6.22% 

Average annual returns — Since inception  4.62%  4.62%  4.81%  5.07%  5.29%  5.53%  5.89%  6.00% 

Cumulative returns — 6 months  –1.53%  –1.74%  2.28%  3.42%  3.40%  3.62%  3.79%  3.80% 

Cumulative returns — 1 year  6.37%  6.14%  10.27%  11.50%  11.56%  11.97%  12.40%  12.46% 

Cumulative returns — 5 years  25.74%  25.39%  27.80%    30.55%  32.10%  34.42%  35.23% 

Cumulative returns — Since inception  29.34%  29.36%  30.73%  26.73%  34.17%  35.93%  38.59%  39.46% 

 

Performance figures assume all distributions are reinvested. Returns with maximum sales charge reflect a sales charge on Class A shares of 5%, and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B shares and Class C shares. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1–6 according to the following schedule: 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1%. No sales charges will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 shares.

The expense ratios of the Portfolio, both net (including any fee waivers or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the Portfolio and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights tables in this report. The waivers and expense limitations are contractual at least until 4-30-12 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares. The following expense ratios include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests. The expenses are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1 
Net (%)  1.33  2.05  2.03  1.59  1.57  1.32  0.95  0.84 
Gross (%)  1.33  2.05  2.03  1.59  1.57  1.32  0.95  0.85 

 

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the Portfolio’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-225-5291 or visit the Portfolio’s Web site at www.jhfunds.com.

This performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or the redemption of Portfolio shares. The Portfolio’s performance results reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

1 NAV represents net asset value and POP represents public offering price. Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the Portfolio’s Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class 1 shares prospectuses.

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Your expenses

As a shareholder of a John Hancock Funds II Lifestyle Portfolio, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on certain purchase and redemption fees on certain exchanges and redemptions, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Portfolio expenses. In addition to the operating expenses which the Portfolio bears directly, the Portfolio indirectly bears a pro rata share of the operating expenses of the affiliated underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests. Because the affiliated underlying funds have varied operating expenses and transaction costs and the Portfolio may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times, the amount of expenses incurred indirectly by the Portfolio will vary. Had these indirect expenses been reflected in the following analysis, total expenses would have been higher than the amounts shown.

This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolio so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011).

Actual expenses:

The first line of each share class in the table below and on the following pages provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes:

The second line of each share class in the table below and on the following pages provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio for the share class and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of the share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Portfolio and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs and insurance-related charges. Therefore, the second line of each share class in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Shareholder expense example chart

    Beginning  Ending  Expenses Paid   
    Account Value  Account Value  During Period1  Annualized 
    1-1-11  6-30-11  1-1-11–6-30-11  Expense Ratio2 
Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio         

Class A  Actual  $1,000.00  $1,046.20  $2.79  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class B  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.00  6.84  1.35% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.10  6.76  1.35% 

Class C  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.00  6.33  1.25% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.60  6.26  1.25% 

Class R1  Actual  1,000.00  1,044.40  4.56  0.90% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.30  4.51  0.90% 

Class R3  Actual  1,000.00  1,044.60  4.16  0.82% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.70  4.11  0.82% 

Class R4  Actual  1,000.00  1,045.50  2.79  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class R5  Actual  1,000.00  1,047.90  1.12  0.22% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,023.70  1.10  0.22% 

Class 1  Actual  1,000.00  1,048.00  0.56  0.11% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.20  0.55  0.11% 
 
Lifestyle Growth Portfolio         

Class A  Actual  $1,000.00  $1,044.20  $2.79  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class B  Actual  1,000.00  1,040.20  6.53  1.29% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.40  6.46  1.29% 

Class C  Actual  1,000.00  1,040.30  6.32  1.25% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.60  6.26  1.25% 

Class R1  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.50  4.30  0.85% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.60  4.26  0.85% 

Class R3  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.70  3.95  0.78% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.90  3.91  0.78% 

Class R4  Actual  1,000.00  1,044.30  2.48  0.49% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.40  2.46  0.49% 

Class R5  Actual  1,000.00  1,045.80  0.91  0.18% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,023.90  0.90  0.18% 

Class 1  Actual  1,000.00  1,046.00  0.56  0.11% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.20  0.55  0.11% 

Class 5  Actual  1,000.00  1,046.80  0.30  0.06% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.50  0.30  0.06% 

 

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Shareholder expense example chart, continued

    Beginning  Ending  Expenses Paid   
    Account Value  Account Value  During Period1  Annualized 
    1-1-11  6-30-11  1-1-11–6-30-11  Expense Ratio2 
Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio         

Class A  Actual  $1,000.00  $1,042.70  $2.79  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class B  Actual  1,000.00  1,039.00  6.37  1.26% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.50  6.31  1.26% 

Class C  Actual  1,000.00  1,039.00  6.32  1.25% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.60  6.26  1.25% 

Class R1  Actual  1,000.00  1,041.00  4.55  0.90% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.30  4.51  0.90% 

Class R3  Actual  1,000.00  1,040.90  3.85  0.76% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,021.00  3.81  0.76% 

Class R4  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.40  2.43  0.48% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.40  2.41  0.48% 

Class R5  Actual  1,000.00  1,043.90  0.86  0.17% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.00  0.85  0.17% 

Class 1  Actual  1,000.00  1,044.50  0.56  0.11% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.20  0.55  0.11% 

Class 5  Actual  1,000.00  1,044.70  0.30  0.06% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.50  0.30  0.06% 
 
Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio         

Class A  Actual  $1,000.00  $1,041.30  $2.78  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class B  Actual  1,000.00  1,036.70  6.46  1.28% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.40  6.41  1.28% 

Class C  Actual  1,000.00  1,036.80  6.31  1.25% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.60  6.26  1.25% 

Class R1  Actual  1,000.00  1,038.90  4.95  0.98% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,019.90  4.91  0.98% 

Class R3  Actual  1,000.00  1,039.00  4.25  0.84% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.60  4.21  0.84% 

Class R4  Actual  1,000.00  1,040.50  2.93  0.58% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,021.90  2.91  0.58% 

Class R5  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.20  1.11  0.22% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,023.70  1.10  0.22% 

Class 1  Actual  1,000.00  1,042.90  0.56  0.11% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.20  0.55  0.11% 

Class 5  Actual  1,000.00  1,043.20  0.30  0.06% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.50  0.30  0.06% 

 

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Shareholder expense example chart, continued

    Beginning  Ending  Expenses Paid   
    Account Value  Account Value  During Period1  Annualized 
    1-1-11  6-30-11  1-1-11–6-30-11  Expense Ratio2 
Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio         

Class A  Actual  $1,000.00  $1,036.40  $2.78  0.55% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,022.10  2.76  0.55% 

Class B  Actual  1,000.00  1,032.60  6.45  1.28% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.40  6.41  1.28% 

Class C  Actual  1,000.00  1,032.80  6.30  1.25% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,018.60  6.26  1.25% 

Class R1  Actual  1,000.00  1,034.20  4.94  0.98% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,019.90  4.91  0.98% 

Class R3  Actual  1,000.00  1,034.00  4.44  0.88% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,020.40  4.41  0.88% 

Class R4  Actual  1,000.00  1,036.20  2.98  0.59% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,021.90  2.96  0.59% 

Class R5  Actual  1,000.00  1,037.90  1.41  0.28% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,023.40  1.40  0.28% 

Class 1  Actual  1,000.00  1,038.00  0.61  0.12% 
  Hypothetical (5% annualized return before expenses)  1,000.00  1,024.20  0.60  0.12% 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (181) and divided by 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

2 The Portfolios’ expense ratios do not include fees and expenses indirectly incurred by the underlying funds who expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolios. The range of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolios was as follows:

  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle 
Period ended  Aggressive  Growth  Balanced  Moderate  Conservative 
6-30-11  0.48%–1.38%  0.48%–1.38%  0.48%–1.38%  0.48%–1.14%  0.48%–1.11% 

 

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Portfolio’s investments

Investment companies   
 
Underlying Funds’ Subadvisers   
American Century Management, Inc.  (American Century) 
Columbia Management Investment   
Advisors, LLC  (Columbia) 
Davis Selected Advisors, L.P.  (Davis) 
Declaration Management &  (Declaration) 
Research LLC   
Deutsche Asset Management  (Deutsche) 
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP  (DFA) 
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.  (Epoch) 
First Quadrant L.P.  (First Quadrant) 
Franklin Mutual Advisers   
Franklin Templeton Investment Corp.  (Franklin) 
Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC   
Frontier Capital Management Company  (Frontier) 
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC  (GMO) 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.  (Invesco) 
Jennison Associates LLC  (Jennison) 
John Hancock Asset Management*  (John Hancock) 
Lord Abbett  (Lord Abbett) 
Marsico Capital Management, LLC  (Marsico) 
Pacific Investment Management Company  (PIMCO) 
Perimeter Capital Management, LLC  (Perimeter) 
QS Investors, LLC  (QS Investors) 
Rainier Investment Management, Inc.  (Rainier) 
Robeco Investment Management, Inc.  (Robeco) 
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.  (SSgA) 
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LP  (Stone Harbor) 
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.  (T. Rowe Price) 
UBS Global Asset Management   
(Americas) Inc.  (UBS) 
Wellington Management Company, LLP  (Wellington) 
Wells Capital Management, Inc.  (Wells Capital) 
Western Asset Management Company  (WAMCO) 

 

* Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC and Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited are doing business as John Hancock Asset Management.

Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio

Securities owned by the Portfolio on 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies — 100.00%   

EQUITY 98.00%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 87.97%     

All Cap Core, Class NAV (QS Investors)  11,035,776  $103,736,293 

All Cap Value, Class NAV (Lord Abbett)  6,739,279  81,882,236 

Alpha Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington)  17,827,929  218,926,973 

Blue Chip Growth, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  11,758,246  256,212,184 

Capital Appreciation, Class NAV (Jennison)  17,533,144  214,255,020 

Capital Appreciation Value, Class NAV     
(T.Rowe Price) (I)  4,446,538  46,510,784 

Emerging Markets, Class NAV (DFA)  32,259,241  386,143,120 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  13,576,115  201,605,302 

Fundamental Value, Class NAV (Davis)  13,270,490  205,825,298 

Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  4,331,167  34,129,598 

Heritage, Class NAV (American Century)  4,636,546  46,411,826 

Index 500, Class NAV (John Hancock2)(A)  18,414,486  180,830,253 

International Equity Index, Class NAV (SSgA)  1,451,546  26,737,468 

International Growth Stock , Class NAV (Invesco)  3,215,898  37,336,574 

International Opportunities, Class NAV (Marsico)  8,073,282  113,671,809 

International Small Cap, Class NAV (Franklin)  2,774,177  46,744,876 

International Small Company, Class NAV (DFA)  5,180,010  46,257,485 

International Value, Class NAV (Franklin)  9,796,488  151,649,629 

Large Cap, Class NAV (UBS)  3,010,160  41,088,685 

Mid Cap Index, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  3,845,971  81,573,038 

Mid Cap Stock, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  5,469,499  104,959,692 

Mid Cap Value Equity, Class NAV (Columbia)  3,344,684  35,453,647 

Mid Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  4,935,125  76,297,029 

Mutual Shares, Class NAV (Franklin)  4,378,818  50,049,891 

Natural Resources, Class NAV (Wellington)  5,299,026  125,109,999 

Optimized Value, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  5,457,523  68,328,187 

Real Estate Equity, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  2,333,647  20,092,702 

Small Cap Growth, Class NAV (Wellington)  2,824,607  33,471,590 

Small Cap Index, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  1,338,206  18,975,763 

Small Cap Opportunities, Class NAV     
(Invesco/DFA) (I)  1,655,351  38,089,621 

Small Cap Value, Class NAV (Wellington)  2,172,312  37,906,849 

Small Company Growth, Class NAV (Invesco) (I)  2,000,389  29,925,819 

Small Company Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  2,003,779  54,522,827 

Smaller Company Growth, Class NAV     
(Frontier/John Hancock2(A)/Perimeter)  2,461,766  30,107,395 

Technical Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  5,910,046  69,088,439 

U.S. Equity, Class NAV (GMO)  15,571,606  160,543,257 

Value, Class NAV (Invesco)  3,600,101  38,053,067 

Value & Restructuring, Class NAV (Columbia)  6,373,866  75,785,268 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 8.93%     

Disciplined Value, Class NAV (Robeco)  5,513,497  74,432,208 

International Core, Class NAV (GMO)  4,704,883  147,874,486 

Rainier Growth, Class NAV (Rainier)  6,555,310  141,725,796 
 
John Hancock Investment Trust (G) 1.10%   

Small Cap Intrinsic Value, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  3,265,811  45,068,194 
 
OTHER 2.00%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 2.00%     

Currency Strategies, Class NAV (First Quadrant) (I)  8,992,040  81,557,802 
 
Total Investments (Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio) 
(Cost $3,278,359,184) 100.00%    $4,078,947,979 
 
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.00%)  (87,813) 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.00%    $4,078,860,166 
 
Percentages are based upon net assets.     

 

See notes to financial statements

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Lifestyle Growth Portfolio
Securities owned by the Portfolio on 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies — 99.99%   

EQUITY 81.00%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 72.91%     

All Cap Core, Class NAV (QS Investors)  33,722,004  $316,986,837 

All Cap Value, Class NAV (Lord Abbett)  16,657,336  202,386,636 

Alpha Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington)  52,703,312  647,196,666 

Blue Chip Growth, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  31,063,524  676,874,181 

Capital Appreciation, Class NAV (Jennison)  44,010,135  537,803,850 

Capital Appreciation Value, Class NAV     
(T.Rowe Price) (I)  12,351,834  129,200,180 

Emerging Markets, Class NAV (DFA)  70,252,502  840,922,452 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  33,077,514  491,201,082 

Fundamental Value, Class NAV (Davis)  38,408,918  595,722,318 

Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  22,846,342  180,029,175 

Heritage, Class NAV (American Century)  9,044,590  90,536,344 

Index 500, Class NAV (John Hancock2)(A)  36,695,990  360,354,626 

International Equity Index, Class NAV (SSgA)  5,093,013  93,813,291 

International Growth Stock , Class NAV (Invesco)  7,015,207  81,446,548 

International Opportunities, Class NAV (Marsico)  19,768,002  278,333,474 

International Small Cap, Class NAV (Franklin)  4,988,459  84,055,540 

International Small Company, Class NAV (DFA)  9,532,761  85,127,552 

International Value, Class NAV (Franklin)  23,652,160  366,135,430 

Large Cap, Class NAV (UBS)  9,087,833  124,048,922 

Mid Cap Index, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  11,779,917  249,852,046 

Mid Cap Stock, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  11,243,716  215,766,916 

Mid Cap Value Equity, Class NAV (Columbia)  5,530,151  58,619,602 

Mid Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  11,182,033  172,874,226 

Mutual Shares, Class NAV (Franklin)  12,144,536  138,812,044 

Natural Resources, Class NAV (Wellington)  11,556,026  272,837,785 

Optimized Value, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  13,103,896  164,060,782 

Real Estate Equity, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  12,343,257  106,275,439 

Small Cap Growth, Class NAV (Wellington)  5,009,511  59,362,702 

Small Cap Opportunities, Class NAV     
(Invesco/DFA) (I)  2,712,220  62,408,193 

Small Cap Value, Class NAV (Wellington)  3,653,192  63,748,209 

Small Company Growth, Class NAV (Invesco) (I)  3,475,442  51,992,615 

Small Company Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  3,453,123  93,959,475 

Smaller Company Growth, Class NAV     
(Frontier/John Hancock2 (A)/Perimeter)  4,114,561  50,321,077 

Technical Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  18,064,674  211,176,038 

U.S. Equity, Class NAV (GMO)  47,312,331  487,790,133 

Value, Class NAV (Invesco)  5,996,900  63,387,231 

Value & Restructuring, Class NAV (Columbia)  16,795,535  199,698,907 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 7.47%     

Disciplined Value, Class NAV (Robeco)  13,858,561  187,090,576 

International Core, Class NAV (GMO)  11,389,728  357,979,143 

Rainier Growth, Class NAV (Rainier)  16,996,711  367,468,892 
 
John Hancock Investment Trust (G) 0.62%   

Small Cap Intrinsic Value, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  5,452,196  75,240,306 
 
FIXED INCOME 16.97%     
John Hancock Funds II (G) 16.97%     

Active Bond, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1/Declaration) (A)  10,260,121  104,345,433 

Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  33,633,659  319,856,092 

Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  9,048,960  115,102,769 

Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  7,168,232  75,911,578 

High Income, Class NAV (John Hancock1) (A)  15,320,433  127,312,795 

High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  17,175,778  156,814,853 

Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  17,913,255  186,118,724 

Real Return Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  7,980,952  100,639,805 

Spectrum Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  18,065,162  194,923,098 

Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  19,661,894  220,016,589 

Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  24,996,351  350,448,842 

U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  9,553,989  122,004,439 
 
OTHER 2.02%     
John Hancock Funds II (G) 2.02%     

Currency Strategies, Class NAV (First Quadrant) (I)  27,170,878  246,439,859 
 
Total Investments (Lifestyle Growth Portfolio)   
(Cost $10,170,977,394) 99.99%    $12,212,832,317 
 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.01%    1,117,518 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.00%    $12,213,949,835 
 
Percentages are based upon net assets.     

 

Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio

Securities owned by the Portfolio on 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies — 99.99%   

EQUITY 59.80%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 53.85%     

All Cap Core, Class NAV (QS Investors)  26,917,431  $253,023,856 

All Cap Value, Class NAV (Lord Abbett)  13,110,149  159,288,309 

Alpha Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington)  37,785,972  464,011,738 

Blue Chip Growth, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  24,051,768  524,088,019 

Capital Appreciation, Class NAV (Jennison)  31,924,147  390,113,073 

Capital Appreciation Value, Class NAV     

(T.Rowe Price) (I) 

11,134,226  116,464,004 

Emerging Markets, Class NAV (DFA)  45,815,623  548,413,002 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  20,526,242  304,814,698 

Fundamental Value, Class NAV (Davis)  29,085,661  451,118,595 

Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  21,385,447  168,517,320 

Heritage, Class NAV (American Century)  6,573,546  65,801,195 

Index 500, Class NAV (John Hancock2)(A)  34,203,042  335,873,870 

International Equity Index, Class NAV (SSgA)  635,587  11,707,511 

International Growth Stock , Class NAV (Invesco)  6,016,572  69,852,401 

International Opportunities, Class NAV (Marsico)  13,078,938  184,151,452 

International Small Cap, Class NAV (Franklin)  2,149,288  36,215,509 

International Small Company, Class NAV (DFA)  4,084,749  36,476,805 

International Value, Class NAV (Franklin)  16,779,499  259,746,651 

Large Cap, Class NAV (UBS)  8,530,390  116,439,822 

Mid Cap Stock, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  10,247,729  196,653,921 

Mid Cap Value Equity, Class NAV (Columbia)  6,086,746  64,519,511 

Mid Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  8,069,772  124,758,679 

Mutual Shares, Class NAV (Franklin)  10,893,904  124,517,324 

Natural Resources, Class NAV (Wellington)  8,712,985  205,713,572 

Optimized Value, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  10,278,882  128,691,599 

Real Estate Equity, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  12,445,256  107,153,655 

Small Cap Growth, Class NAV (Wellington)  4,546,760  53,879,112 

Small Cap Opportunities, Class NAV     
(Invesco/DFA) (I)  1,412,498  32,501,583 

Small Cap Value, Class NAV (Wellington)  2,140,013  37,343,230 

Small Company Growth, Class NAV (Invesco) (I)  2,671,254  39,961,953 

Small Company Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  3,365,674  91,579,980 

Smaller Company Growth, Class NAV     
(Frontier/John Hancock2(A)/Perimeter)  3,177,426  38,859,916 

Technical Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  17,236,679  201,496,772 

U.S. Equity, Class NAV (GMO)  34,616,680  356,897,973 

Value, Class NAV (Invesco)  6,099,446  64,471,145 

Value & Restructuring, Class NAV (Columbia)  13,374,735  159,025,601 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 5.60%     

Disciplined Value, Class NAV (Robeco)  11,092,706  149,751,525 

International Core, Class NAV (GMO)  8,261,213  259,649,920 

Rainier Growth, Class NAV (Rainier)  12,426,923  268,670,076 
 
John Hancock Investment Trust (G) 0.35%   

Small Cap Intrinsic Value, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  3,086,593  42,594,982 
 
FIXED INCOME 38.17%     
John Hancock Funds II (G) 38.17%     

Active Bond, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1/Declaration) (A)  44,885,685  456,487,420 

Core Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  16,942,906  220,088,343 

Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  52,401,141  498,334,848 

Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  29,966,187  381,169,895 

Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  12,392,532  131,236,914 

High Income, Class NAV (John Hancock1) (A)  24,215,270  201,228,897 

High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  31,401,185  286,692,821 

Investment Quality Bond, Class NAV (Wellington)  7,164,563  87,407,671 

Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  41,573,817  431,951,956 

Real Return Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  22,575,749  284,680,195 

Spectrum Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  39,989,959  431,491,654 

Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  39,789,508  445,244,589 

Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  38,174,761  535,210,150 

U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  18,255,071  233,117,251 
 
OTHER 2.02%     
John Hancock Funds II (G) 2.02%     

Currency Strategies, Class NAV (First Quadrant) (I)  27,024,653  245,113,604 
 
Total Investments (Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio)   
(Cost $10,232,083,790) 99.99%    $12,114,266,067 
 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.01%    836,686 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.00%    $12,115,102,753 
 
Percentages are based upon net assets.     

 

See notes to financial statements

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Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio

Securities owned by the Portfolio on 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies — 99.97%   

EQUITY 38.32%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 33.83%     

All Cap Value, Class NAV (Lord Abbett)  906,161  $11,009,858 

Alpha Opportunities, Class NAV (Wellington)  6,804,583  83,560,282 

Blue Chip Growth, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  8,437,472  183,852,506 

Capital Appreciation, Class NAV (Jennison)  4,537,890  55,453,013 

Capital Appreciation Value, Class NAV     
(T.Rowe Price) (I)  1,113,719  11,649,505 

Emerging Markets, Class NAV (DFA)  6,590,054  78,882,942 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  7,991,876  118,679,365 

Fundamental Value, Class NAV (Davis)  7,690,187  119,274,806 

Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  6,288,414  49,552,699 

Index 500, Class NAV (John Hancock2)(A)  10,008,670  98,285,137 

International Growth Stock , Class NAV (Invesco)  1,680,917  19,515,451 

International Opportunities, Class NAV (Marsico)  2,249,948  31,679,269 

International Small Cap, Class NAV (Franklin)  195,401  3,292,504 

International Small Company, Class NAV (DFA)  368,203  3,288,051 

International Value, Class NAV (Franklin)  3,387,627  52,440,464 

Mid Cap Stock, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  2,868,151  55,039,827 

Mid Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  3,475,108  53,725,163 

Natural Resources, Class NAV (Wellington)  1,106,838  26,132,453 

Real Estate Equity, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  3,782,456  32,566,947 

Small Cap Growth, Class NAV (Wellington)  831,771  9,856,487 

Small Cap Value, Class NAV (Wellington)  540,251  9,427,373 

Small Company Growth, Class NAV (Invesco) (I)  574,591  8,595,876 

Small Company Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  646,684  17,596,264 

Smaller Company Growth, Class NAV     
(Frontier/John Hancock2 (A) /Perimeter)  756,836  9,256,101 

U.S. Equity, Class NAV (GMO)  9,014,125  92,935,634 

Value & Restructuring, Class NAV (Columbia)  3,688,463  43,855,824 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 4.49%     

Global Shareholder Yield, Class NAV (Epoch)  9,503,844  92,852,561 

International Core, Class NAV (GMO)  1,542,761  48,488,982 

Rainier Growth, Class NAV (Rainier)  1,325,907  28,666,112 
 
FIXED INCOME 59.62%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 59.62%     

Active Bond, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1/Declaration) (A)  25,949,628  263,907,720 

Core Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  14,384,354  186,852,754 

Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  24,591,880  233,868,778 

Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  10,723,763  136,406,259 

Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  5,263,514  55,740,614 

High Income, Class NAV (John Hancock1) (A)  6,557,830  54,495,564 

High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  9,963,618  90,967,830 

Investment Quality Bond, Class NAV (Wellington)  10,148,571  123,812,566 

Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  17,300,017  179,747,176 

Real Return Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  9,468,477  119,397,490 

Spectrum Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  16,901,018  182,361,979 

Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  17,057,142  190,869,417 

Total Bond Market, Class NAV (Declaration) (A)  6,229,055  64,034,685 

Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  21,419,517  300,301,625 

U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  5,644,620  72,081,794 
 
OTHER 2.03%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 2.03%     

Currency Strategies, Class NAV (First Quadrant) (I)  8,479,603  76,909,996 
 
Total Investments (Lifestyle Moderate Portfolio)   
(Cost $3,355,003,060) 99.97%    $3,781,167,703 
 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.03%    1,182,924 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.00%    $3,782,350,627 
 
Percentages are based upon net assets.     

 

Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio

Securities owned by the Portfolio on 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies — 99.95%   

EQUITY 20.45%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 16.98%     

All Cap Value, Class NAV (Lord Abbett)  429,509  $5,218,537 

Blue Chip Growth, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  4,394,687  95,760,228 

Capital Appreciation Value, Class NAV     
(T.Rowe Price) (I)  543,410  5,684,064 

Emerging Markets, Class NAV (DFA)  1,317,609  15,771,775 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  6,054,439  89,908,425 

Fundamental Value, Class NAV (Davis)  4,969,682  77,079,760 

Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  4,899,588  38,608,753 

Index 500, Class NAV (John Hancock2) (A)  5,360,852  52,643,569 

International Value, Class NAV (Franklin)  1,900,685  29,422,607 

Mid Cap Stock, Class NAV (Wellington) (I)  529,069  10,152,827 

Mid Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  645,122  9,973,582 

Natural Resources, Class NAV (Wellington)  816,083  19,267,723 

Real Estate Equity, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  3,186,172  27,432,938 

Small Cap Growth, Class NAV (Wellington)  664,127  7,869,904 

Small Company Value, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  289,903  7,888,271 

U.S. Equity, Class NAV (GMO)  2,982,350  30,748,032 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 3.47%     

Global Shareholder Yield, Class NAV (Epoch)  7,923,897  77,416,473 

International Core, Class NAV (GMO)  939,540  29,529,743 
 
FIXED INCOME 77.43%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 77.43%     

Active Bond, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1/Declaration)(A)  26,775,980  272,311,721 

Core Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  13,379,589  173,800,861 

Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  22,574,521  214,683,698 

Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  10,438,694  132,780,186 

Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  4,663,444  49,385,873 

High Income, Class NAV (John Hancock1) (A)  5,611,484  46,631,430 

High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  8,434,875  77,010,413 

Investment Quality Bond, Class NAV (Wellington)  13,995,204  170,741,486 

Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  15,750,927  163,652,134 

Real Return Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  9,421,505  118,805,181 

Short Term Government Income, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  13,766,690  138,079,903 

Spectrum Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  15,359,762  165,731,831 

Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV     
(John Hancock1) (A)  16,058,513  179,694,756 

Total Bond Market, Class NAV (Declaration) (A)  11,700,648  120,282,666 

Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  21,337,140  299,146,709 

U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  4,949,678  63,207,387 
 
OTHER 2.07%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 2.07%     

Currency Strategies, Class NAV (First Quadrant) (I)  7,043,290  63,882,640 
 
Total Investments (Lifestyle Conservative Portfolio) 
(Cost $2,825,973,952) 99.95%    $3,080,206,086 
 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.05%    1,665,474 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.00%    $3,081,871,560 

 

Percentages are based upon net assets.

Footnote Legend:

(A) The subadviser is an affiliate of the adviser.

(G) The underlying fund’s subadviser is shown parenthetically.

(I) Non-income producing.

1 Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC is doing business as John Hancock Asset Management.

2 Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited is doing business as John Hancock Asset Management.

See notes to financial statements

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Financial statements

Statements of assets and liabilities 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

These Statements of Assets and Liabilities are the Portfolios’ balance sheets. They show the value of what each Portfolio owns, is due and owes. You’ll also find the net asset value and the maximum offering price per share for each Portfolio. Net asset value is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.

  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle 
  Aggressive  Growth  Balanced 
Assets       

Investments in affiliated funds, at value (Note 7)  $4,078,947,979  $12,212,832,317  $12,114,266,067 
Receivable for investments sold  12,129,931  34,883,627  26,121,053 
Receivable for fund shares sold  1,123,835  3,913,139  5,209,607 
Dividends and interest receivable    3,116,473  5,438,259 
Other assets  57,624  101,012  101,100 
Total assets  4,092,259,369  12,254,846,568  12,151,136,086 
 
Liabilities       

Payable for investments purchased    3,224,969  5,641,836 
Payable for fund shares repurchased  13,144,001  36,905,958  29,475,930 
Distributions payable      139,101 
Payable to affiliates (Note 4): Accounting and legal services fees  128,905  387,529  380,925 
Transfer agent fees  49,630  174,496  179,917 
Trustees’ fees  909  2,886  3,037 
Distribution and service fees  6,440  12,397  17,290 
Investment management fees  51     
Other liabilities and accrued expenses  69,267  188,498  195,297 
Total liabilities  13,399,203  40,896,733  36,033,333 
 
Net assets       

Capital paid-in  $3,976,050,751  $11,828,668,215  $11,881,806,786 
Undistributed net investment income (Accumulated net investment loss)  (3,619,487)  34,454,713  6,182 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments  (694,159,893)  (1,691,028,016)  (1,648,892,492) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments  800,588,795  2,041,854,923  1,882,182,277 
Net assets  $4,078,860,166  $12,213,949,835  $12,115,102,753 
Investments in affiliated funds, at cost  $3,278,359,184  $10,170,977,394  $10,232,083,790 
 
Net asset value per share       

The Portfolios have an unlimited number of shares authorized with par value of $0.01       
per share. Net asset value is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of       
shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.       
Class A: Net assets  $211,586,066  $721,141,528  $722,366,346 
Shares outstanding  16,395,128  53,586,909  53,759,615 
Net asset value and redemption price per share  $12.91  $13.46  $13.44 
Class B:1 Net assets  $25,867,346  $100,102,985  $82,733,500 
Shares outstanding  2,007,461  7,446,068  6,156,765 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.89  $13.44  $13.44 
Class C:1 Net assets  $126,643,110  $466,644,452  $512,124,634 
Shares outstanding  9,823,857  34,740,558  38,083,765 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.89  $13.43  $13.45 
Class R1: Net assets  $10,734,077  $15,949,900  $17,510,268 
Shares outstanding  830,200  1,181,062  1,306,977 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.93  $13.50  $13.40 
Class R3: Net assets  $12,608,128  $24,703,775  $38,560,115 
Shares outstanding  979,066  1,839,221  2,874,809 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.88  $13.43  $13.41 
Class R4: Net assets  $9,693,432  $21,116,491  $31,988,659 
Shares outstanding  752,438  1,569,554  2,384,783 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.88  $13.45  $13.41 
Class R5: Net assets  $13,215,955  $27,128,535  $44,672,788 
Shares outstanding  1,024,388  2,013,631  3,326,502 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.90  $13.47  $13.43 
Class 1: Net assets  $3,668,512,052  $10,720,575,833  $10,604,989,118 
Shares outstanding  284,945,549  798,203,738  792,978,670 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.87  $13.43  $13.37 
Class 5: Net assets    $116,586,336  $60,157,325 
Shares outstanding    8,687,854  4,496,694 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share    $13.42  $13.38 
Maximum public offering price per share       
Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 95%)2  $13.59  $14.17  $14.15 

1 Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

2 On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced.

 

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F I N A N C I A L  S T A T E M E N T S

Statements of assets and liabilities 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

Continued

  Lifestyle  Lifestyle 
  Moderate  Conservative 
Assets     

Investments in affiliated funds, at value (Note 7)  $3,781,167,703  $3,080,206,086 
Receivable for investments sold  11,190,362  7,258,987 
Receivable for fund shares sold  2,653,318  3,719,204 
Dividends and interest receivable  2,504,325  2,234,415 
Other assets  68,422  69,891 
Total assets  3,797,584,130  3,093,488,583 
 
Liabilities     

Payable for investments purchased  2,593,377  2,316,408 
Payable for fund shares repurchased  12,173,436  8,599,931 
Distributions payable  170,643  424,682 
Payable to affiliates (Note 4): Accounting and legal services fees  122,326  109,479 
Transfer agent fees  71,227  71,127 
Trustees’ fees  1,017  1,212 
Distribution and service fees  5,272  5,115 
Other liabilities and accrued expenses  96,205  89,069 
Total liabilities  15,233,503  11,617,023 
 
Net assets     

Capital paid-in  $3,654,858,030  $2,978,402,439 
Undistributed net investment income  2,772  1,905 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments  (298,674,818)  (150,764,918) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments  426,164,643  254,232,134 
Net assets  $3,782,350,627  $3,081,871,560 
Investments in affiliated funds, at cost  $3,355,003,060  $2,825,973,952 
 
Net asset value per share     

The Portfolios have an unlimited number of shares authorized with par value of $0.01     
per share. Net asset value is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of     
shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.     
Class A: Net assets  $273,864,525  $264,355,596 
Shares outstanding  21,036,840  20,242,160 
Net asset value and redemption price per share  $13.02  $13.06 
Class B:1 Net assets  $31,437,568  $33,042,849 
Shares outstanding  2,416,287  2,529,458 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $13.01  $13.06 
Class C:1 Net assets  $216,504,696  $222,787,025 
Shares outstanding  16,628,472  17,061,866 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $13.02  $13.06 
Class R1: Net assets  $7,159,664  $5,949,640 
Shares outstanding  549,972  455,153 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $13.02  $13.07 
Class R3: Net assets  $11,402,066  $12,321,088 
Shares outstanding  876,832  944,551 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $13.00  $13.04 
Class R4: Net assets  $7,927,873  $8,442,254 
Shares outstanding  610,554  647,070 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.98  $13.05 
Class R5: Net assets  $14,549,514  $12,116,999 
Shares outstanding  1,119,356  928,120 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $13.00  $13.06 
Class 1: Net assets  $3,193,254,068  $2,522,856,109 
Shares outstanding  245,813,679  193,439,437 
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.99  $13.04 
Class 5: Net assets  $26,250,653   
Shares outstanding  2,022,539   
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share  $12.98   
 
Maximum public offering price per share     

Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 95%)2  $13.71  $13.75 

 

1 Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

2 On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced.

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Statements of operations
For the six months ended 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

These Statements of Operations summarize the Portfolios’ investment income earned and expenses directly incurred in operating each Portfolio. They also show net gains (losses) for the period stated.

  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle  Lifestyle 
  Aggressive  Growth  Balanced  Moderate  Conservative 
Investment income           

Income distributions received from affiliated           
underlying funds    $45,336,014  $98,173,391  $47,714,881  $48,108,641 
Expenses           
Investment management fees (Note 4)  $915,514  2,607,341  2,484,323  751,565  603,741 
Distribution and service fees (Note 4)  2,024,045  6,486,270  6,619,594  2,355,996  2,201,280 
Transfer agent fees (Note 4)  298,573  1,025,517  1,048,350  407,017  404,216 
Accounting and legal services fees (Note 4)  306,596  914,600  890,568  280,208  230,886 
State registration fees (Note 4)  41,682  61,215  64,920  48,477  51,650 
Professional fees  39,957  88,022  86,676  37,790  33,692 
Printing and postage (Note 4)  16,120  73,615  58,163  18,400  18,384 
Custodian fees  5,951  5,951  5,951  5,951  5,951 
Trustees’ fees (Note 4)  15,468  46,520  45,679  14,367  11,864 
Registration and filing fees  20,041  98,127  121,897  69,206  54,946 
Other  17,920  41,721  41,152  17,320  14,854 
Total expenses before reductions and           
amounts recaptured  3,701,867  11,448,899  11,467,273  4,006,297  3,631,464 
 
Net expense reductions and amounts recaptured           
(Note 4)  (82,380)  (128,220)  (70,477)     
Total expenses  3,619,487  11,320,679  11,396,796  4,006,297  3,631,464 
 
Net investment income (loss)  (3,619,487)  34,015,335  86,776,595  43,708,584  44,477,177 
  
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)           

Net realized gain (loss) on           
Investments in affiliated underlying funds  9,299,724  5,917,802  (3,776,026)  904,975  3,624,589 
Change in net unrealized appreciation           
(depreciation) of           
Investments in affiliated underlying funds  179,708,938  492,675,891  417,741,754  106,757,585  61,085,194 
Net realized and unrealized gain  189,008,662  498,593,693  413,965,728  107,662,560  64,709,783 
Increase in net assets from operations  $185,389,175  $532,609,028  $500,742,323  $151,371,144  $109,186,960 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

These Statements of Changes in Net Assets show how the value of the Portfolios’ net assets have changed during the period. They reflect earnings less expenses, any investment gains and losses, distributions, if any, paid to shareholders and the net of Portfolio share transactions.

  Lifestyle Aggressive    Lifestyle Growth   
  Six Months Ended 6-30-11  Year Ended 12-31-10  Six Months Ended 6-30-11  Year Ended 12-31-10 
  (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)   
Increase (decrease) in net assets         

From operations         
Net investment income (loss)  ($3,619,487)  $25,200,893  $34,015,335  $193,093,652 
Net realized gain (loss)  9,299,724  (34,630,916)  5,917,802  155,625,530 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  179,708,938  539,816,745  492,675,891  1,163,853,629 
Increase in net assets resulting from  185,389,175  530,386,722  532,609,028  1,512,572,811 
operations         
 
Distributions to shareholders         
 
From net investment income         
Class A    (475,639)    (7,830,429) 
Class B        (552,736) 
Class C        (2,857,718) 
Class R1        (159,043) 
Class R3    (11,124)    (263,910) 
Class R4    (31,239)    (277,122) 
Class R5    (69,856)    (354,466) 
Class 1        (179,130,375) 
Class 5    (25,224,475)    (1,723,497) 
From net realized gain         
Class A    (1,806,250)    (5,892,066) 
Class B    (146,492)    (896,445) 
Class C    (673,946)    (4,050,175) 
Class R1    (79,528)    (150,736) 
Class R3    (122,075)    (233,328) 
Class R4    (81,627)    (193,531) 
Class R5    (113,836)    (214,353) 
Class 1    (34,861,743)    (103,498,945) 
Class 5        (970,645) 
 
Total distributions    (63,697,830)    (309,249,520) 
 
From Portfolio share transactions (Note 5)  34,859,024  55,504,569  112,535,395  533,198,162 
 
Total increase  220,248,199  522,193,461  645,144,423  1,736,521,453 
 
Net assets         

Beginning of period  3,858,611,967  3,336,418,506  11,568,805,412  9,832,283,959 
 
End of period  $4,078,860,166  $3,858,611,967  $12,213,949,835  $11,568,805,412 
 
Undistributed net investment income  ($3,619,487)    $34,454,713  $439,378 
(Accumulated net investment loss)         

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Continued

  Lifestyle Balanced    Lifestyle Moderate   
  Six Months Ended 6-30-11  Year Ended 12-31-10  Six Months Ended 6-30-11  Year Ended 12-31-10 
  (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)   
Increase (decrease) in net assets         

From operations         
Net investment income  $86,776,595  $285,812,365  $43,708,584  $113,177,254 
Net realized gain (loss)  (3,776,026)  100,111,494  904,975  16,967,318 
Change in net unrealized appreciation  417,741,754  939,029,364  106,757,585  243,513,038 
(depreciation)         
Increase in net assets resulting from  500,742,323  1,324,953,223  151,371,144  373,657,610 
operations         
 
Distributions to shareholders         
 
From net investment income         
Class A  (3,735,584)  (12,316,849)  (2,607,093)  (6,004,885) 
Class B  (153,858)  (1,103,762)  (191,073)  (551,703) 
Class C  (980,524)  (6,932,674)  (1,352,410)  (3,984,622) 
Class R1  (62,600)  (276,506)  (55,186)  (180,227) 
Class R3  (171,325)  (775,357)  (91,195)  (263,761) 
Class R4  (184,571)  (662,605)  (77,867)  (196,346) 
Class R5  (322,678)  (952,191)  (167,775)  (359,442) 
Class 1  (81,561,056)  (261,408,646)  (39,240,525)  (100,806,164) 
Class 5  (460,026)  (1,197,779)  (314,469)  (692,426) 
From net realized gain         
Class A    (5,827,726)    (2,171,717) 
Class B    (744,111)    (255,928) 
Class C    (4,473,888)    (1,809,705) 
Class R1    (144,968)    (66,482) 
Class R3    (390,408)    (93,970) 
Class R4    (288,408)    (72,832) 
Class R5    (393,208)    (111,349) 
Class 1    (100,572,024)    (30,164,371) 
Class 5    (482,593)    (218,560) 
 
Total distributions  (87,632,222)  (398,943,703)  (44,097,593)  (148,004,490) 
 
From Portfolio share transactions (Note 5)  419,135,934  875,814,605  163,432,887  460,538,401 
 
Total increase  832,246,035  1,801,824,125  270,706,438  686,191,521 
 
Net assets         

Beginning of period  11,282,856,718  9,481,032,593  3,511,644,189  2,825,452,668 
 
End of period  $12,115,102,753  $11,282,856,718  $3,782,350,627  $3,511,644,189 
 
Undistributed net investment income  $6,182  $861,809  $2,772  $391,781 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Continued

Lifestyle Conservative  
  Six Months Ended 6-30-11  Year Ended 12-31-10 
  (Unaudited)   
Increase (decrease) in net assets     

From operations     
Net investment income  $44,477,177  $102,572,314 
Net realized gain  3,624,589  37,379,341 
Change in net unrealized appreciation  61,085,194  115,923,453 
(depreciation)     
Increase in net assets resulting from  109,186,960  255,875,108 
operations     
 
Distributions to shareholders     
From net investment income     
Class A  (3,352,038)  (6,707,189) 
Class B  (305,583)  (717,507) 
Class C  (2,064,865)  (4,766,114) 
Class R1  (72,677)  (256,696) 
Class R3  (131,989)  (331,001) 
Class R4  (109,682)  (191,961) 
Class R5  (176,037)  (394,781) 
Class 1  (38,629,455)  (89,108,986) 
From net realized gain     
Class A    (2,079,581) 
Class B    (269,077) 
Class C    (1,811,410) 
Class R1    (81,023) 
Class R3    (101,731) 
Class R4    (61,882) 
Class R5    (101,354) 
Class 1    (22,926,013) 
 
Total distributions  (44,842,326)  (129,906,306) 
 
From Portfolio share transactions (Note 5)  156,198,301  496,509,122 
 
Total increase  220,542,935  622,477,924 
 
Net assets     

Beginning of year  2,861,328,625  2,238,850,701 
 
End of year  $3,081,871,560  $2,861,328,625 
 
Undistributed net investment income  $1,905  $367,054 

 

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Financial highlights

These Financial Highlights show how each Portfolio’s net asset value for a share has changed since the beginning of the period.

Lifestyle Aggressive  
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                 Expenses      
      realized Total             Expenses including   Net  
  Net asset Net  and from From net           before re- reduc-   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and tions and Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment  From net From Total value,  end Total amounts amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period come (loss) on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($)  tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%)  (loss) (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS A                               

6-30-20114  12.34  (0.03)  0.60  0.57          12.91  4.625,6  0.557,8  0.557, 8  (0.55)8  212  6 
12-31-2010  10.82  0.04  1.64  1.68  (0.04)  (0.12)    (0.16)  12.34  15.505  0.597  0.617,9  0.34  185  19 
12-31-2009  8.02  0.06  2.83  2.89  (0.05)  (0.04)    (0.09)  10.82  36.045  0.727  0.657  0.70  138  23 
12-31-2008  15.22  0.10  (6.58)  (6.48)  (0.09)  (0.63)    (0.72)  8.02  (42.40)5  0.667  0.617  0.77  78  36 
12-31-2007  14.72  0.11  1.05  1.16  (0.12)  (0.54)    (0.66)  15.22  8.005  0.597  0.597  0.69  116  21 
12-31-200610  14.06  0.08  1.24  1.32  (0.37)  (0.29)    (0.66)  14.72  9.405,6  0.658,11  0.648,11  1.698  56  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  (0.07)  1.56  1.49  (0.06)      (0.06)  14.06  11.855,6  0.848,11  0.658,11  (0.59)8  35  23 

CLASS B                               

6-30-20114  12.37  (0.09)  0.61  0.52          12.89  4.205,6  1.297,8  1.357,8,9  (1.35)8  26  6 
12-31-2010  10.86  (0.05)  1.64  1.59    (0.08)    (0.08)  12.37  14.615  1.377  1.357,9  (0.46)  24  19 
12-31-2009  8.06  (0.01)  2.84  2.83    (0.03)    (0.03)  10.86  35.095  1.607  1.357  (0.15)  22  23 
12-31-2008  15.23  13  (6.54)  (6.54)    (0.63)    (0.63)  8.06  (42.84)5  1.517  1.357  0.01  16  36 
12-31-2007  14.72  (0.02)  1.07  1.05    (0.54)    (0.54)  15.23  7.235  1.377  1.357  (0.13)  24  21 
12-31-200610  14.00  0.05  1.23  1.28  (0.27)  (0.29)    (0.56)  14.72  9.155,6  1.548,11  1.358,11  1.078  13  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  (0.15)  1.56  1.41  (0.04)      (0.04)  14.00  11.225,6  2.008,11  1.348,11  (1.23)8  8  23 

CLASS C                               

6-30-20114  12.37  (0.08)  0.60  0.52          12.89  4.205,6  1.267,8  1.257, 8  (1.25)8  127  6 
12-31-2010  10.86  (0.04)  1.63  1.59    (0.08)    (0.08)  12.37  14.615  1.297  1.337,9  (0.39)  111  19 
12-31-2009  8.06  (0.01)  2.84  2.83    (0.03)    (0.03)  10.86  35.095  1.437  1.357  (0.14)  89  23 
12-31-2008  15.23  0.01  (6.55)  (6.54)    (0.63)    (0.63)  8.06  (42.79)5  1.367  1.317  0.05  62  36 
12-31-2007  14.73  13  1.05  1.05  (0.01)  (0.54)    (0.55)  15.23  7.215  1.327  1.317  0.03  95  21 
12-31-200610  14.00  0.05  1.24  1.29  (0.27)  (0.29)    (0.56)  14.73  9.225,6  1.368,11  1.358,11  1.108  39  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  (0.15)  1.57  1.42  (0.05)      (0.05)  14.00  11.225,6  1.608,11  1.348,11  (1.27)8  25  23 

CLASS R1                               

6-30-20114  12.38  (0.06)  0.61  0.55          12.93  4.445,6  0.907,8  0.907, 8  (0.90)8  11  6 
12-31-2010  10.87  14  1.63  1.63    (0.12)    (0.12)  12.38  14.995  0.917  0.967,9  (0.03)  8  19 
12-31-2009  8.05  0.08  2.79  2.87  (0.01)  (0.04)    (0.05)  10.87  35.665  1.167  1.057  0.81  6  23 
12-31-2008  15.27  0.10  (6.63)  (6.53)  (0.06)  (0.63)    (0.69)  8.05  (42.56)5  1.497  0.857  0.83  2  36 
12-31-2007  14.76  0.15  1.00  1.15  (0.10)  (0.54)    (0.64)  15.27  7.925  3.547  0.727,16  0.92  1  21 
12-31-200610,12  14.11  0.08  1.23  1.31  (0.37)  (0.29)    (0.66)  14.76  9.255,6  12.898,11  0.708,11  1.798  15  5 

CLASS R3                               

6-30-20114  12.33  (0.05)  0.60  0.55          12.88  4.465,6  0.827,8  0.827,8  (0.82)8  13  6 
12-31-2010  10.82  0.01  1.63  1.64  (0.01)  (0.12)    (0.13)  12.33  15.215  0.857  0.847  0.06  12  19 
12-31-2009  8.03  0.03  2.83  2.86  (0.03)  (0.04)    (0.07)  10.82  35.595  0.957  0.957  0.31  10  23 
12-31-2008  15.22  0.07  (6.57)  (6.50)  (0.06)  (0.63)    (0.69)  8.03  (42.54)5  0.917  0.867  0.59  6  36 
12-31-2007  14.72  0.11  1.03  1.14  (0.10)  (0.54)    (0.64)  15.22  7.855  1.217  0.817,16  0.68  7  21 
12-31-200610  14.06  0.08  1.24  1.32  (0.37)  (0.29)    (0.66)  14.72  9.365,6  2.218,11  0.728,11  1.708  2  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  (0.05)  1.54  1.49  (0.06)      (0.06)  14.06  11.815,6  8.078,11  0.698,11  (0.47)8  1  23 

CLASS R4                               

6-30-20114  12.32  (0.03)  0.59  0.56          12.88  4.555,6  0.567,8  0.557,8  (0.55)8  10  6 
12-31-2010  10.81  0.04  1.64  1.68  (0.05)  (0.12)    (0.17)  12.32  15.565  0.557  0.557  0.34  8  19 
12-31-2009  8.01  0.06  2.83  2.89  (0.05)  (0.04)    (0.09)  10.81  36.095  0.627  0.627  0.68  9  23 
12-31-2008  15.21  0.18  (6.66)  (6.48)  (0.09)  (0.63)    (0.72)  8.01  (42.38)5  0.667  0.567  1.56  6  36 
12-31-2007  14.71  0.11  1.07  1.18  (0.14)  (0.54)    (0.68)  15.21  8.135  0.967  0.547,16  0.70  5  21 
12-31-200610  14.07  0.08  1.25  1.33  (0.40)  (0.29)    (0.69)  14.71  9.465,6  1.388,11  0.538,11  1.718  2  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  (0.05)  1.55  1.50  (0.06)      (0.06)  14.07  11.945,6  4.088,11  0.498,11  (0.38)8  2  23 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Aggressive continued                    
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net  and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-   unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-   gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value, end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period come (loss)  on invest-   operations income realized capital distribu-  of period return  recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)  paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS R5                               

6-30-20114  12.31  (0.01)  0.60  0.59          12.90  4.795,6  0.237,8  0.227,8  (0.22)8  13  6 
12-31-2010  10.80  0.08  1.63  1.71  (0.08)  (0.12)    (0.20)  12.31  15.845  0.267  0.257  0.68  11  19 
12-31-2009  8.00  0.09  2.83  2.92  (0.08)  (0.04)    (0.12)  10.80  36.515  0.327  0.327  0.97  10  23 
12-31-2008  15.21  0.17  (6.62)  (6.45)  (0.13)  (0.63)    (0.76)  8.00  (42.18)5  0.327  0.247  1.42  6  36 
12-31-2007  14.71  0.22  1.00  1.22  (0.18)  (0.54)    (0.72)  15.21  8.425  1.117  0.237,16  1.40  3  21 
12-31-200610  14.09  0.09  1.26  1.35  (0.44)  (0.29)    (0.73)  14.71  9.575,6  4.078,11  0.238,11  1.908  1  5 
8-31-200612  12.63  0.01  1.52  1.53  (0.07)      (0.07)  14.09  12.165,6  8.268,11  0.208,11  0.058  15  23 

CLASS 1                               

6-30-20114  12.28  (0.01)  0.60  0.59          12.87  4.805,6  0.127,8  0.117,8  (0.11)8  3,669  6 
12-31-2010  10.77  0.09  1.63  1.72  (0.09)  (0.12)    (0.21)  12.28  16.015  0.127  0.117  0.79  3,499  19 
12-31-2009  7.98  0.10  2.83  2.93  (0.10)  (0.04)    (0.14)  10.77  36.705  0.117  0.117  1.11  3,052  23 
12-31-2008  15.18  0.15  (6.57)  (6.42)  (0.15)  (0.63)    (0.78)  7.98  (42.08)5  0.127  0.127  1.24  2,120  36 
12-31-2007  14.68  0.15  1.09  1.24  (0.20)  (0.54)    (0.74)  15.18  8.54  0.117  0.117  0.94  3,416  21 
12-31-200610  14.07  0.10  1.25  1.35  (0.45)  (0.29)    (0.74)  14.68  9.596  0.118,11  0.118,11  2.098  2,782  5 
8-31-200612  12.60  0.06  1.48  1.54  (0.07)      (0.07)  14.07  12.276  0.118,11  0.118,11  0.488  2,422  23 

 

1 Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
2 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
3 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
4 Unaudited.
5 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
6 Not annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range
of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolios was as follows: 0.48%–1.38%, 0.48%–1.39%, 0.49%–1.40%, 0.49%–2.84% and 0.79%–0.91%, for the
periods ended 6-30-11, 12-31-10, 12-31-09, 12-31-08 and 12-31-07, respectively.
8 Annualized.
9 Includes the impact of expense recapture for the following periods ended: 6-30-11: 0.08% of average net assets for Class B shares. 12-31-10: 0.03%, 0.03%, 0.05% and
0.05% of average net assets for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R1 shares, respectively. See Note 4.
10 The fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to December 31.
11 Does not include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests.
12 The inception date for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares is 10-18-05 and the inception dates for Class R1 and Class 1 shares are 9-18-06 and
10-15-05, respectively.
13 Less than $0.005 per share.
14 Less than ($0.005) per share.
15 Less than $500,000.
16 Includes transfer agent fee earned credits of less that 0.01% of average net assets.

Lifestyle Growth                      
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions   Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,   end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)  paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS A                               

6-30-20114  12.89  0.01  0.56  0.57          13.46  4.425,6  0.557,8  0.557,8  0.228  721  5 
12-31-2010  11.50  0.19  1.51  1.70  (0.18)  (0.13)    (0.31)  12.89  14.775  0.567  0.557  1.58  593  19 
12-31-2009  8.73  0.21  2.81  3.02  (0.21)  (0.04)    (0.25)  11.50  34.545  0.647  0.627  2.17  417  26 
12-31-2008  15.05  0.27  (5.85)  (5.58)  (0.26)  (0.48)    (0.74)  8.73  (36.89)5  0.597  0.577  2.14  251  37 
12-31-2007  14.72  0.28  0.73  1.01  (0.23)  (0.45)    (0.68)  15.05  6.965  0.547  0.537  1.79  332  18 
12-31-20069  14.63  0.16  1.01  1.17  (0.43)  (0.36)  (0.29)  (1.08)  14.72  8.005,6  0.588,10  0.588,10  3.188  165  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  0.07  1.28  1.35  (0.07)      (0.07)  14.63  10.185,6  0.728,10  0.618,10  0.558  103  26 
 
 
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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Growth continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and  reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,  end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period   come  (loss) on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)  paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS B                               

6-30-20114  12.92  (0.04)  0.56  0.52          13.44  4.025,6  1.267,8  1.297,8,12  (0.53)8  100  5 
12-31-2010  11.54  0.08  1.51  1.59  (0.08)  (0.13)    (0.21)  12.92  13.815  1.297  1.357,12  0.69  89  19 
12-31-2009  8.77  0.13  2.81  2.94  (0.13)  (0.04)    (0.17)  11.54  33.535  1.487  1.357  1.32  75  26 
12-31-2008  15.06  0.16  (5.81)  (5.65)  (0.16)  (0.48)    (0.64)  8.77  (37.35)5  1.417  1.327  1.30  54  37 
12-31-2007  14.73  0.16  0.73  0.89  (0.11)  (0.45)    (0.56)  15.06  6.145  1.307  1.297  1.02  78  18 
12-31-20069  14.57  0.12  1.01  1.13  (0.36)  (0.36)  (0.25)  (0.97)  14.73  7.775,6  1.408,10  1.358,10  2.458  39  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  (0.02)  1.30  1.28  (0.06)      (0.06)  14.57  9.575,6  1.698,10  1.348,10  (0.19)8  24  26 

CLASS C                               

6-30-20114  12.91  (0.03)  0.55  0.52          13.43  4.035,6  1.257,8  1.257,8,12  (0.49)8  467  5 
12-31-2010  11.53  0.10  1.51  1.61  (0.10)  (0.13)    (0.23)  12.91  13.935  1.257  1.257  0.84  404  19 
12-31-2009  8.76  0.14  2.81  2.95  (0.14)  (0.04)    (0.18)  11.53  33.635  1.357  1.347  1.37  305  26 
12-31-2008  15.05  0.17  (5.81)  (5.64)  (0.17)  (0.48)    (0.65)  8.76  (37.33)5  1.307  1.297  1.36  206  37 
12-31-2007  14.72  0.16  0.74  0.90  (0.12)  (0.45)    (0.57)  15.05  6.195  1.257  1.257  1.05  294  18 
12-31-20069  14.57  0.13  0.99  1.12  (0.36)  (0.36)  (0.25)  (0.97)  14.72  7.735,6  1.298,10  1.298,10  2.538  152  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  (0.02)  1.30  1.28  (0.06)      (0.06)  14.57  9.575,6  1.448,10  1.338,10  (0.14)8  93  26 

CLASS R1                               

6-30-20114  12.95  (0.01)  0.56  0.55          13.50  4.255,6  0.857,8  0.857,8  (0.11)8  16  5 
12-31-2010  11.57  0.15  1.50  1.65  (0.14)  (0.13)    (0.27)  12.95  14.285  0.877  0.867  1.24  15  19 
12-31-2009  8.77  0.25  2.75  3.00  (0.16)  (0.04)    (0.20)  11.57  34.155  1.027  1.027  2.45  11  26 
12-31-2008  15.10  0.34  (5.96)  (5.62)  (0.23)  (0.48)    (0.71)  8.77  (37.05)5  1.347  0.837  2.81  3  37 
12-31-2007  14.77  0.32  0.66  0.98  (0.20)  (0.45)    (0.65)  15.10  6.755  2.427  0.737  2.02  2  18 
12-31-20069,11  14.70  0.14  1.00  1.14  (0.42)  (0.36)  (0.29)  (1.07)  14.77  7.755,6  12.958,10  0.698,10  3.238  13  4 

CLASS R3                               

6-30-20114  12.88    0.55  0.55          13.43  4.275,6  0.797,8  0.787,8  (0.02)8  25  5 
12-31-2010  11.50  0.15  1.51  1.66  (0.15)  (0.13)    (0.28)  12.88  14.465  0.817  0.817  1.24  23  19 
12-31-2009  8.73  0.18  2.81  2.99  (0.18)  (0.04)    (0.22)  11.50  34.265  0.887  0.887  1.77  19  26 
12-31-2008  15.03  0.24  (5.84)  (5.60)  (0.22)  (0.48)    (0.70)  8.73  (37.06)5  0.847  0.837  1.93  12  37 
12-31-2007  14.71  0.28  0.69  0.97  (0.20)  (0.45)    (0.65)  15.03  6.695  0.987  0.807  1.83  14  18 
12-31-20069  14.61  0.16  1.01  1.17  (0.42)  (0.36)  (0.29)  (1.07)  14.71  8.005,6  1.358,10  0.718,10  3.138  4  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  0.07  1.26  1.33  (0.07)      (0.07)  14.61  9.985,6  5.078,10  0.688,10  0.628  2  26 

CLASS R4                               

6-30-20114  12.88  0.02  0.55  0.57          13.45  4.435,6  0.497,8  0.497,8  0.278  21  5 
12-31-2010  11.50  0.19  1.51  1.70  (0.19)  (0.13)    (0.32)  12.88  14.805  0.487  0.487  1.57  19  19 
12-31-2009  8.72  0.21  2.82  3.03  (0.21)  (0.04)    (0.25)  11.50  34.735  0.547  0.547  2.11  16  26 
12-31-2008  15.03  0.29  (5.86)  (5.57)  (0.26)  (0.48)    (0.74)  8.72  (36.87)5  0.567  0.567  2.34  13  37 
12-31-2007  14.71  0.27  0.74  1.01  (0.24)  (0.45)    (0.69)  15.03  6.955  0.647  0.537  1.76  15  18 
12-31-20069  14.64  0.16  1.01  1.17  (0.44)  (0.36)  (0.30)  (1.10)  14.71  8.045,6  0.808,10  0.538,10  3.128  7  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  0.08  1.29  1.37  (0.08)      (0.08)  14.64  10.265,6  1.788,10  0.498,10  0.698  5  26 

CLASS R5                               

6-30-20114  12.88  0.04  0.55  0.59          13.47  4.585,6  0.197,8  0.187,8  0.588  27  5 
12-31-2010  11.50  0.21  1.52  1.73  (0.22)  (0.13)    (0.35)  12.88  15.065  0.217  0.217  1.80  22  19 
12-31-2009  8.72  0.25  2.81  3.06  (0.24)  (0.04)    (0.28)  11.50  35.095  0.267  0.267  2.48  18  26 
12-31-2008  15.04  0.33  (5.87)  (5.54)  (0.30)  (0.48)    (0.78)  8.72  (36.64)5  0.247  0.247  2.67  10  37 
12-31-2007  14.71  0.39  0.67  1.06  (0.28)  (0.45)    (0.73)  15.046  7.315  0.547  0.217  2.53  8  18 
12-31-20069  14.66  0.18  1.02  1.20  (0.47)  (0.36)  (0.32)  (1.15)  14.71  8.155,6  1.408,10  0.208,10  3.548  2  4 
8-31-200611  13.35  0.09  1.30  1.39  (0.08)      (0.08)  14.66  10.475,6  2.528,10  0.198,10  0.708  2  26 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Growth continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value, end Total amounts   and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)   on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)   (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS 1                               

6-30-20114  12.84  0.04  0.55  0.59          13.43  4.605,6  0.117,8  0.117,8  0.648  10,721  5 
12-31-2010  11.45  0.23  1.52  1.75  (0.23)  (0.13)    (0.36)  12.84  15.305  0.117  0.117  1.92  10,305  19 
12-31-2009  8.68  0.25  2.81  3.06  (0.25)  (0.04)    (0.29)  11.45  35.275  0.117  0.117  2.55  8,903  26 
12-31-2008  15.00  0.32  (5.85)  (5.53)  (0.31)  (0.48)    (0.79)  8.68  (36.63)5  0.127  0.127  2.49  6,345  37 
12-31-2007  14.67  0.30  0.77  1.07  (0.29)  (0.45)    (0.74)  15.006  7.445  0.117  0.117  1.94  9,574  18 
12-31-20069  14.63  0.17  1.03  1.20  (0.48)  (0.36)  (0.32)  (1.16)  14.67  8.186  0.118,10  0.118,10  3.348  8,059  4 
8-31-200611  13.31  0.15  1.25  1.40  (0.08)      (0.08)  14.63  10.586  0.118,10  0.118,10  1.178  7,081  26 

CLASS 5                               

6-30-20114  12.82  0.05  0.55  0.60          13.42  4.685,6  0.067,8  0.067,8  0.718  117  5 
12-31-2010  11.44  0.25  1.50  1.75  (0.24)  (0.13)    (0.37)  12.82  15.285  0.067  0.067  2.07  98  19 
12-31-2009  8.67  0.27  2.80  3.07  (0.26)  (0.04)    (0.30)  11.44  35.375  0.077  0.077  2.70  68  26 
12-31-2008  14.98  0.35  (5.86)  (5.51)  (0.32)  (0.48)    (0.80)  8.67  (36.57)5  0.077  0.077  2.78  41  37 
12-31-2007  14.66  0.37  0.70  1.07  (0.30)  (0.45)    (0.75)  14.98  7.425  0.067  0.067  2.39  46  18 
12-31-20069  14.62  0.24  0.97  1.21  (0.48)  (0.36)  (0.33)  (1.17)  14.66  8.246  0.068,10  0.068,10  4.688  15  4 
8-31-200611  14.40  14  0.22  0.22          14.62  1.536  0.068,10  0.068,10  (0.02)8  3  26 

 

1 Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
2 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
3 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
4 Unaudited.
5 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
6 Not annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range
of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolios was as follows: 0.48%–1.38%, 0.48%–1.39%, 0.49%–1.40%, 0.49–2.84% and 0.79%–0.91% for the
periods ended 6-30-11, 12-31-10, 12-31-09, 12-31-08 and 12-31-07, respectively.
8 Annualized.
9 The fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to December 31.
10 Does not include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests.
11 The inception date for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares is 10-18-05 and the inception dates for Class R1, Class 1 and Class 5 shares are
9-18-06, 10-15-05 and 7-3-06, respectively.
12 Includes the impact of expense recapture for the following periods ended: 6-30-11: 0.01% of average net assets for Class C shares. 12-31-10: 0.07% of average net assets
for Class B shares. See Note 4.
13 Less than $500,000.
14 Less than $0.005 per share.

Lifestyle Balanced                          
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,  end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)

 paid-in ($)

tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS A                               

6-30-20114  12.96  0.08  0.47  0.55  (0.07)      (0.07)  13.44  4.275,6  0.557,8  0.557,8  1.168  722  5 
12-31-2010  11.85  0.31  1.23  1.54  (0.30)  (0.13)    (0.43)  12.96  13.135  0.547  0.547  2.55  588  19 
12-31-2009  9.22  0.35  2.65  3.00  (0.33)  (0.04)    (0.37)  11.85  32.875  0.577  0.567  3.35  408  319 
12-31-2008  14.54  0.45  (4.96)  (4.51)  (0.42)  (0.39)    (0.81)  9.22  (31.63)5  0.547  0.547  3.60  249  36 
12-31-2007  14.37  0.42  0.42  0.84  (0.35)  (0.32)    (0.67)  14.54  5.905  0.517  0.507  2.84  284  14 
12-31-200610  14.38  0.24  0.81  1.05  (0.43)  (0.27)  (0.36)  (1.06)  14.37  7.256  0.558,11  0.558,11  4.778  125  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.19  1.01  1.20  (0.17)  13    (0.17)  14.38  9.085,6  0.708,11  0.588,11  1.608  81  23 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Balanced continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions       Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and  reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-   gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,  end Total amounts  and amounts   investment period (in Portfolio
  of period   come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu-  of period return   recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($)  tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%)  (loss) (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS B                               

6-30-20114  12.96  0.03  0.48  0.51  (0.03)      (0.03)  13.44  3.905,6  1.267,8  1.267,8  0.428  83  5 
12-31-2010  11.85  0.20  1.24  1.44  (0.20)  (0.13)    (0.33)  12.96  12.235  1.287  1.317,14  1.67  74  19 
12-31-2009  9.21  0.25  2.68  2.93  (0.25)  (0.04)    (0.29)  11.85  31.995  1.407  1.357  2.44  64  319 
12-31-2008  14.53  0.33  (4.94)  (4.61)  (0.32)  (0.39)    (0.71)  9.21  (32.22)5  1.367  1.327  2.66  46  36 
12-31-2007  14.37  0.29  0.42  0.71  (0.23)  (0.32)    (0.55)  14.53  5.025  1.307  1.307  1.95  60  14 
12-31-200610  14.37  0.20  0.81  1.01  (0.40)  (0.27)  (0.34)  (1.01)  14.37  6.966  1.418,11  1.348,11  4.008  32  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.10  1.02  1.12  (0.10)  13    (0.10)  14.37  8.475,6  1.738,11  1.348,11  0.848  20  23 

CLASS C                               

6-30-20114  12.97  0.03  0.48  0.51  (0.03)      (0.03)  13.45  3.905,6  1.257,8  1.257,8  0.448  512  5 
12-31-2010  11.86  0.22  1.23  1.45  (0.21)  (0.13)    (0.34)  12.97  12.345  1.247  1.247  1.82  448  19 
12-31-2009  9.22  0.27  2.67  2.94  (0.26)  (0.04)    (0.30)  11.86  32.085  1.277  1.267  2.63  327  319 
12-31-2008  14.55  0.34  (4.95)  (4.61)  (0.33)  (0.39)    (0.72)  9.22  (32.19)5  1.247  1.247  2.76  209  36 
12-31-2007  14.39  0.31  0.42  0.73  (0.25)  (0.32)    (0.57)  14.55  5.105  1.227  1.217  2.09  268  14 
12-31-200610  14.38  0.20  0.82  1.02  (0.40)  (0.27)  (0.34)  (1.01)  14.39  7.036  1.258,11  1.258,11  4.108  128  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.12  1.01  1.13  (0.10)  13    (0.10)  14.38  8.555,6  1.418,11  1.298,11  0.978  79  23 

CLASS R1                               

6-30-20114  12.92  0.05  0.48  0.53  (0.05)      (0.05)  13.40  4.105,6  0.907,8  0.907,8  0.788  18  5 
12-31-2010  11.82  0.26  1.23  1.49  (0.26)  (0.13)    (0.39)  12.92  12.755  0.887  0.887  2.17  15  19 
12-31-2009  9.20  0.43  2.51  2.94  (0.28)  (0.04)    (0.32)  11.82  32.215  1.077  1.077  3.96  10  319 
12-31-2008  14.53  0.44  (5.01)  (4.57)  (0.37)  (0.39)    (0.76)  9.20  (32.01)5  2.587  1.067  3.69  1  36 
12-31-2007  14.38  0.49  0.31  0.80  (0.33)  (0.32)    (0.65)  14.53  5.585  7.357  0.787,15  3.25  1  14 
12-31-200610,12  14.44  0.21  0.78  0.99  (0.42)  (0.27)  (0.36)  (1.05)  14.38  6.845,6  13.068,11  0.708,11  4.968  16  3 

CLASS R3                               

6-30-20114  12.94  0.06  0.47  0.53  (0.06)      (0.06)  13.41  4.095,6  0.777,8  0.767,8  0.898  39  5 
12-31-2010  11.83  0.28  1.23  1.51  (0.27)  (0.13)    (0.40)  12.94  12.895  0.797  0.797  2.28  39  19 
12-31-2009  9.20  0.30  2.67  2.97  (0.30)  (0.04)    (0.34)  11.83  32.625  0.847  0.847  2.94  30  319 
12-31-2008  14.52  0.40  (4.95)  (4.55)  (0.38)  (0.39)    (0.77)  9.20  (31.89)5  0.817  0.807  3.21  20  36 
12-31-2007  14.36  0.43  0.37  0.80  (0.32)  (0.32)    (0.64)  14.52  5.655  0.857  0.767,15  2.90  23  14 
12-31-200610  14.37  0.22  0.82  1.04  (0.42)  (0.27)  (0.36)  (1.05)  14.36  7.225,6  1.248,11  0.728,11  4.558  5  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.36  0.82  1.18  (0.16)  13    (0.16)  14.37  8.925,6  3.708  0.698,11  3.108  3  23 

CLASS R4                               

6-30-20114  12.94  0.08  0.47  0.55  (0.08)      (0.08)  13.41  4.245,6  0.487,8  0.487,8  1.208  32  5 
12-31-2010  11.84  0.31  1.23  1.54  (0.31)  (0.13)    (0.44)  12.94  13.195  0.457  0.457  2.53  29  19 
12-31-2009  9.20  0.35  2.66  3.01  (0.33)  (0.04)    (0.37)  11.84  33.105  0.537  0.537  3.37  24  319 
12-31-2008  14.52  0.43  (4.94)  (4.51)  (0.42)  (0.39)    (0.81)  9.20  (31.68)5  0.527  0.527  3.51  14  36 
12-31-2007  14.36  0.39  0.45  0.84  (0.36)  (0.32)    (0.68)  14.52  5.915  0.587  0.517,15  2.63  18  14 
12-31-200610  14.38  0.23  0.81  1.04  (0.43)  (0.27)  (0.36)  (1.06)  14.36  7.275,6  0.708,11  0.528,11  4.558  10  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.16  1.06  1.22  (0.19)  13    (0.19)  14.38  9.195,6  1.468,11  0.488,11  1.378  7  23 

CLASS R5                               

6-30-20114  12.96  0.10  0.47  0.57  (0.10)      (0.10)  13.43  4.395,6  0.177,8  0.177,8  1.508  45  5 
12-31-2010  11.85  0.35  1.23  1.58  (0.34)  (0.13)    (0.47)  12.96  13.525  0.187  0.187  2.89  38  19 
12-31-2009  9.21  0.39  2.65  3.04  (0.36)  (0.04)    (0.40)  11.85  33.455  0.227  0.227  3.74  27  319 
12-31-2008  14.52  0.54  (5.01)  (4.47)  (0.45)  (0.39)    (0.84)  9.21  (31.40)5  0.217  0.217  4.46  15  36 
12-31-2007  14.36  0.50  0.38  0.88  (0.40)  (0.32)    (0.72)  14.52  6.185  0.437  0.217,15  3.35  10  14 
12-31-200610  14.38  0.24  0.82  1.06  (0.44)  (0.27)  (0.37)  (1.08)  14.36  7.415,6  1.698,11  0.208,11  4.858  2  3 
8-31-200612  13.35  0.18  1.06  1.24  (0.21)  13    (0.21)  14.38  9.395,6  2.588,11  0.198,11  1.488  1  23 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Balanced continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions       Ratios to average net assets    
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value, end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)   on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu-  of period return  recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS 1                               

6-30-20114  12.90  0.10  0.47  0.57  (0.10)      (0.10)  13.37  4.455,6  0.117,8  0.117,8  1.568  10,605  5 
12-31-2010  11.80  0.35  1.23  1.58  (0.35)  (0.13)    (0.48)  12.90  13.575  0.117  0.117  2.88  10,003  19 
12-31-2009  9.17  0.38  2.66  3.04  (0.37)  (0.04)    (0.41)  11.80  33.59  0.117  0.117  3.65  8,557  319 
12-31-2008  14.47  0.47  (4.91)  (4.44)  (0.47)  (0.39)    (0.86)  9.17  (31.37)  0.127  0.127  3.79  6,241  36 
12-31-2007  14.31  0.42  0.47  0.89  (0.41)  (0.32)    (0.73)  14.47  6.30  0.117  0.117  2.84  8,928  14 
12-31-200610  14.34  0.24  0.82  1.06  (0.45)  (0.27)  (0.37)  (1.09)  14.31  7.406  0.118,11  0.118,11  4.848  7,609  3 
8-31-200612  13.31  0.22  1.03  1.25  (0.22)  13    (0.22)  14.34  9.476  0.118,11  0.118,11  1.818  6,736  23 

CLASS 5                               

6-30-20114  12.91  0.11  0.47  0.58  (0.11)      (0.11)  13.38  4.475,6  0.067,8  0.067,8  1.648  60  5 
12-31-2010  11.80  0.37  1.23  1.60  (0.36)  (0.13)    (0.49)  12.91  13.715  0.067  0.067  3.07  49  19 
12-31-2009  9.17  0.40  2.65  3.05  (0.38)  (0.04)    (0.42)  11.80  33.66  0.077  0.077  3.89  32  319 
12-31-2008  14.48  0.50  (4.95)  (4.45)  (0.47)  (0.39)    (0.86)  9.17  (31.38)  0.077  0.077  4.07  18  36 
12-31-2007  14.32  0.50  0.40  0.90  (0.42)  (0.32)    (0.74)  14.48  6.35  0.067  0.067  3.39  19  14 
12-31-200610  14.35  0.33  0.74  1.07  (0.45)  (0.27)  (0.38)  (1.10)  14.32  7.426  0.068,11  0.068,11  6.638  7  3 
8-31-200612  14.17  17  0.31  0.31  (0.13)      (0.13)  14.35  2.236  0.018,11  0.018,11  (0.01)8  1  23 

 

1 Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
2 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
3 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
4 Unaudited.
5 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
6 Not annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range
of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolios was as follows: 0.48%–1.38%, 0.48%–1.39%, 0.49%–1.40%, .049%–2.84% and 0.79%–0.91% for the
periods ended 6-30-11, 12-31-10, 12-31-09, 12-31-08 and 12-31-07, respectively.
8 Annualized.
9 Excludes merger activity.
10 The fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to December 31.
11 Does not include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests.
12 The inception date for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares is 10-18-05 and the inception dates for Class R1, Class 1 and Class 5 shares are
9-18-06, 10-15-05 and 7-3-06, respectively.
13 Less than ($0.005) per share.
14 Includes the impact of expense recapture which amounted to 0.03% of average net assets.
15 Includes transfer agent fee earned credits of less than 0.01% of average net assets.
16 Less than $500,000.
17 Less than $0.005 per share.

Lifestyle Moderate                        
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions       Ratios to average net assets    
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-   unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,   end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)  paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS A                               

6-30-20114  12.63  0.14  0.38  0.52  (0.13)      (0.13)  13.02  4.135  0.556,7  0.556,7  2.116  274  6 
12-31-2010  11.77  0.41  0.97  1.38  (0.39)  (0.13)    (0.52)  12.63  11.858  0.557  0.557  3.37  220  20 
12-31-2009  9.59  0.45  2.19  2.64  (0.42)  (0.04)    (0.46)  11.77  27.888  0.547  0.547  4.27  146  29 
12-31-2008  13.57  0.58  (3.76)  (3.18)  (0.54)  (0.26)    (0.80)  9.59  (23.88)8  0.537  0.537  4.81  86  32 
12-31-2007  13.53  0.50  0.14  0.64  (0.41)  (0.19)    (0.60)  13.57  4.788  0.537  0.537  3.57  76  13 
12-31-20069  13.64  0.27  0.52  0.79  (0.36)  (0.21)  (0.33)  (0.90)  13.53  5.778,5  0.576,10  0.566,10  5.866  37  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.25  0.66  0.91  (0.21)      (0.21)  13.64  7.108,5  0.836,10  0.576,10  2.216  25  24 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Moderate continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions  and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value, end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period   come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu-  of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($)  tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)   (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS B                               

6-30-20114  12.63  0.09  0.37  0.46  (0.08)      (0.08)  13.01  3.675  1.286,7  1.286,7  1.376  31  6 
12-31-2010  11.76  0.30  0.99  1.29  (0.29)  (0.13)    (0.42)  12.63  11.058  1.307  1.347,12  2.50  26  20 
12-31-2009  9.58  0.35  2.20  2.55  (0.33)  (0.04)    (0.37)  11.76  26.918  1.417  1.357  3.33  20  29 
12-31-2008  13.56  0.45  (3.74)  (3.29)  (0.43)  (0.26)    (0.69)  9.58  (24.56)8  1.397  1.367  3.70  14  32 
12-31-2007  13.52  0.38  0.15  0.53  (0.30)  (0.19)    (0.49)  13.56  3.978  1.437  1.357  2.73  15  13 
12-31-20069  13.62  0.23  0.52  0.75  (0.33)  (0.21)  (0.31)  (0.85)  13.52  5.495,8  1.666,10  1.356,10  4.876  7  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.15  0.68  0.83  (0.15)      (0.15)  13.62  6.425,8  2.436,10  1.346,10  1.286  5  24 

CLASS C                               

6-30-20114  12.64  0.09  0.37  0.46  (0.08)      (0.08)  13.02  3.685  1.256,7  1.256,7  1.396  217  6 
12-31-2010  11.77  0.32  0.98  1.30  (0.30)  (0.13)    (0.43)  12.64  11.158  1.257  1.257  2.67  183  20 
12-31-2009  9.59  0.38  2.18  2.56  (0.34)  (0.04)    (0.38)  11.77  27.008  1.257  1.257  3.58  116  29 
12-31-2008  13.57  0.48  (3.75)  (3.27)  (0.45)  (0.26)    (0.71)  9.59  (24.44)8  1.257  1.257  4.02  69  32 
12-31-2007  13.53  0.41  0.13  0.54  (0.31)  (0.19)    (0.50)  13.57  4.058  1.247  1.247  2.94  69  13 
12-31-20069  13.63  0.24  0.51  0.75  (0.33)  (0.21)  (0.31)  (0.85)  13.53  5.495,8  1.326,10  1.286,10  5.136  29  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.17  0.67  0.84  (0.15)      (0.15)  13.63  6.495,8  1.676  1.296,10  1.516  18  24 

CLASS R1                               

6-30-20114  12.63  0.10  0.39  0.49  (0.10)      (0.10)  13.02  3.895  0.986,7  0.986,7  1.576  7  6 
12-31-2010  11.76  0.33  1.00  1.33  (0.33)  (0.13)    (0.46)  12.63  11.458  0.937  0.987,12  2.72  7  20 
12-31-2009  9.58  0.50  2.09  2.59  (0.37)  (0.04)    (0.41)  11.76  27.358  1.147  1.067  4.57  6  29 
12-31-2008  13.58  0.64  (3.87)  (3.23)  (0.51)  (0.26)    (0.77)  9.58  (24.21)8  1.977  0.857  5.39  2  32 
12-31-2007  13.54  0.52  0.10  0.62  (0.39)  (0.19)    (0.58)  13.58  4.638  4.107  0.717,13  3.73  1  13 
12-31-20069,11  13.69  0.25  0.50  0.75  (0.36)  (0.21)  (0.33)  (0.90)  13.54  5.435,8  13.146,10  0.706,10  6.076  14  1 

CLASS R3                               

6-30-20114  12.62  0.12  0.37  0.49  (0.11)      (0.11)  13.00  3.905  0.846,7  0.846,7  1.896  11  6 
12-31-2010  11.76  0.35  0.99  1.34  (0.35)  (0.13)    (0.48)  12.62  11.568  0.877  0.877  2.87  10  20 
12-31-2009  9.58  0.39  2.21  2.60  (0.38)  (0.04)    (0.42)  11.76  27.438  0.957  0.957  3.72  8  29 
12-31-2008  13.57  0.55  (3.78)  (3.23)  (0.50)  (0.26)    (0.76)  9.58  (24.22)8  1.007  0.867  4.55  5  32 
12-31-2007  13.53  0.47  0.15  0.62  (0.39)  (0.19)    (0.58)  13.57  4.618  1.517  0.837,13  3.40  4  13 
12-31-20069  13.65  0.23  0.55  0.78  (0.36)  (0.21)  (0.33)  (0.90)  13.53  5.665,8  3.136,10  0.786,10  4.896  1  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.33  0.58  0.91  (0.20)      (0.20)  13.65  7.105,8  8.446,10  0.696,10  2.936  1  24 

CLASS R4                               

6-30-20114  12.60  0.13  0.38  0.51  (0.13)      (0.13)  12.98  4.055  0.586,7  0.586,7  2.046  8  6 
12-31-2010  11.74  0.40  0.97  1.37  (0.38)  (0.13)    (0.51)  12.60  11.848  0.587  0.607,12  3.30  7  20 
12-31-2009  9.57  0.40  2.22  2.62  (0.41)  (0.04)    (0.45)  11.74  27.718  0.707  0.667  3.83  5  29 
12-31-2008  13.55  0.56  (3.75)  (3.19)  (0.53)  (0.26)    (0.79)  9.57  (23.94)8  0.797  0.577  4.66  4  32 
12-31-2007  13.51  0.47  0.18  0.65  (0.42)  (0.19)    (0.61)  13.55  4.878  1.137  0.547,13  3.38  4  13 
12-31-20069  13.63  0.25  0.53  0.78  (0.36)  (0.21)  (0.33)  (0.90)  13.51  5.805,8  1.536,10  0.526,10  5.446  2  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.30  0.62  0.92  (0.23)      (0.23)  13.63  7.145,8  4.656,10  0.496,10  2.596  1  24 

CLASS R5                               

6-30-20114  12.62  0.15  0.38  0.53  (0.15)      (0.15)  13.00  4.225  0.226,7  0.226,7  2.416  15  6 
12-31-2010  11.75  0.46  0.97  1.43  (0.43)  (0.13)    (0.56)  12.62  12.358  0.247  0.247  3.75  11  20 
12-31-2009  9.58  0.46  2.19  2.65  (0.44)  (0.04)    (0.48)  11.75  28.108  0.327  0.327  4.39  8  29 
12-31-2008  13.56  0.63  (3.78)  (3.15)  (0.57)  (0.26)    (0.83)  9.58  (23.67)8  0.367  0.237  5.27  5  32 
12-31-2007  13.52  0.58  0.11  0.69  (0.46)  (0.19)    (0.65)  13.56  5.158  0.977  0.217,13  4.21  4  13 
12-31-20069  13.64  0.32  0.48  0.80  (0.37)  (0.21)  (0.34)  (0.92)  13.52  5.935,8  2.836,10  0.206,10  6.836  1  1 
8-31-200611  12.94  0.22  0.73  0.95  (0.25)      (0.25)  13.64  7.405,8  4.866,10  0.196,10  1.926  1  24 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Moderate continued                         
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions     Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including    assets,  
  value, invest-  unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value, end Total amounts   and amounts   investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)  on invest-   operations income realized capital distribu-  of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS 1                               

6-30-20114  12.61  0.16  0.38  0.54  (0.16)      (0.16)  12.99  4.295  0.116,7  0.116,7  2.496  3,193  6 
12-31-2010  11.74  0.44  1.00  1.44  (0.44)  (0.13)    (0.57)  12.61  12.438  0.117  0.117  3.66  3,026  20 
12-31-2009  9.56  0.47  2.21  2.68  (0.46)  (0.04)    (0.50)  11.74  28.498  0.117  0.117  4.49  2,503  29 
12-31-2008  13.54  0.59  (3.73)  (3.14)  (0.58)  (0.26)    (0.84)  9.56  (23.63)8  0.127  0.127  4.90  1,857  32 
12-31-2007  13.50  0.49  0.21  0.70  (0.47)  (0.19)    (0.66)  13.54  5.25  0.117  0.117,13  3.53  2,339  13 
12-31-20069  13.63  0.27  0.54  0.81  (0.38)  (0.21)  (0.35)  (0.94)  13.50  5.905  0.116,10  0.116,10  5.806  2,008  1 
8-31-200611  12.93  0.26  0.70  0.96  (0.26)      (0.26)  13.63  7.475  0.116,10  0.116,10  2.236  1,820  24 

CLASS 5                               

6-30-20114  12.60  0.17  0.37  0.54  (0.16)      (0.16)  12.98  4.325  0.066,7  0.066,7  2.586  26  6 
12-31-2010  11.73  0.47  0.97  1.44  (0.44)  (0.13)    (0.57)  12.60  12.508  0.067  0.067  3.87  22  20 
12-31-2009  9.56  0.51  2.17  2.68  (0.47)  (0.04)    (0.51)  11.73  28.458  0.077  0.077  4.78  14  29 
12-31-2008  13.54  0.67  (3.80)  (3.13)  (0.59)  (0.26)    (0.85)  9.56  (23.59)8  0.077  0.077  5.70  8  32 
12-31-2007  13.49  0.53  0.19  0.72  (0.48)  (0.19)    (0.67)  13.54  5.39  0.067  0.067  3.80  5  13 
12-31-20069  13.62  0.34  0.47  0.81  (0.38)  (0.21)  (0.35)  (0.94)  13.49  5.935  0.066,10  0.066,10  7.216  3  1 
8-31-200611  13.48  15  0.30  0.30  (0.16)      (0.16)  13.62  2.275  0.016,10  0.016,10  (0.01)6  1  24 

 

1 Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
2 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
3 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
4 Unaudited.
5 Not annualized.
6 Annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range
of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was as follows: 0.48%–1.14%, 0.48%–1.14%, 0.49%–1.17%, 0.49%–2.40% and 0.79%–0.91% for the
periods ended 6-30-11, 12-31-10, 12-31-09, 12-31-08 and 12-31-07, respectively.
8 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
9 The fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to December 31.
10 Does not include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests.
11 The inception date for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares is 10-18-05 and the inception dates for Class R1, Class 1 and Class 5 shares are
9-18-06, 10-15-05 and 7-3-06, respectively.
12 Includes the impact of expense recapture for the following period ended: 12-31-10: 0.04%, 0.05% and 0.02% of average net assets Class B, Class R1 and Class R4 shares,
respectively. See Note 4.
13 Includes transfer agent fee earned credits of less than 0.01% of average net assets.
14 Less than $500,000.
15 Less than $0.005 per share.

Lifestyle Conservative                           
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions   Ratios to average net assets    
 
 
 
 
      Net               Expenses        
      realized Total             before Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           reduc- including   assets,  
  value, invest- unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   tions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in- gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,  end Total amounts  and amounts   investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)  on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)  paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)   (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS A                               

6-30-20114  12.77  0.18  0.28  0.46  (0.17)      (0.17)  13.06  3.645  0.556,7  0.556,7  2.816  264  6 
12-31-2010  12.15  0.48  0.71  1.19  (0.45)  (0.12)    (0.57)  12.77  9.96  0.557  0.557  3.78  218  24 
12-31-2009  10.39  0.54  1.77  2.31  (0.50)  (0.05)    (0.55)  12.15  22.538  0.527  0.527  4.80  141  24 
12-31-2008  13.32  0.73  (2.75)  (2.02)  (0.63)  (0.28)    (0.91)  10.39  (15.41)8  0.537  0.537  6.01  87  33 
12-31-2007  13.29  0.59  0.05  0.64  (0.49)  (0.12)    (0.61)  13.32  4.898  0.557  0.547  4.38  44  13 
12-31-20069  13.63  0.33  0.23  0.56  (0.38)  (0.16)  (0.36)  (0.90)  13.29  4.115,8  0.646,13  0.566,13  7.206  20  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.31  0.41  0.72  (0.25)      (0.25)  13.63  5.535,8  1.026,13  0.576,13  2.756  12  20 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Conservative continued                       
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions   Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net  and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-   unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and   reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,   end Total amounts  and amounts investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)   on invest-  operations income realized capital  distribu-  of period return  recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($) paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%)  (loss) (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS B                               

6-30-20114  12.77  0.13  0.29  0.42  (0.13)      (0.13)  13.06  3.265  1.286,7  1.286,7  2.036  33  6 
12-31-2010  12.15  0.37  0.73  1.10  (0.36)  (0.12)    (0.48)  12.77  9.16  1.297  1.297,14  2.96  28  24 
12-31-2009  10.40  0.44  1.77  2.21  (0.41)  (0.05)    (0.46)  12.15  21.468  1.357  1.357  3.88  21  24 
12-31-2008  13.32  0.59  (2.70)  (2.11)  (0.53)  (0.28)    (0.81)  10.40  (16.04)8  1.367  1.347  4.81  13  33 
12-31-2007  13.29  0.50  0.04  0.54  (0.39)  (0.12)    (0.51)  13.32  4.118  1.547  1.327  3.71  10  13 
12-31-20069  13.63  0.29  0.22  0.51  (0.35)  (0.16)  (0.34)  (0.85)  13.29  3.755,8  1.886,13  1.336,13  6.206  4  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.24  0.41  0.65  (0.18)      (0.18)  13.63  4.995,8  3.126,13  1.336,13  2.086  3  20 

CLASS C                               

6-30-20114  12.77  0.13  0.29  0.42  (0.13)      (0.13)  13.06  3.285  1.256,7  1.256,7  2.066  223  6 
12-31-2010  12.14  0.39  0.72  1.11  (0.36)  (0.12)    (0.48)  12.77  9.28  1.247  1.247  3.10  189  24 
12-31-2009  10.39  0.46  1.76  2.22  (0.42)  (0.05)    (0.47)  12.14  21.58  1.247  1.247  4.08  119  24 
12-31-2008  13.32  0.62  (2.73)  (2.11)  (0.54)  (0.28)    (0.82)  10.39  (16.03)8  1.247  1.247  5.05  73  33 
12-31-2007  13.28  0.52  0.04  0.56  (0.40)  (0.12)    (0.52)  13.32  4.228  1.287  1.287,11  3.88  44  13 
12-31-20069  13.62  0.30  0.21  0.51  (0.35)  (0.16)  (0.34)  (0.85)  13.28  3.765,8  1.416,13  1.296,13  6.556  14  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.29  0.35  0.64  (0.18)      (0.18)  13.62  4.915,8  2.056,13  1.316,13  2.546  8  20 

CLASS R1                               

6-30-20114  12.78  0.12  0.32  0.44  (0.15)      (0.15)  13.07  3.425  0.986,7  0.986,7  1.826  6  6 
12-31-2010  12.15  0.41  0.74  1.15  (0.40)  (0.12)    (0.52)  12.78  9.56  0.887  0.937,14  3.24  8  24 
12-31-2009  10.41  0.57  1.66  2.23  (0.44)  (0.05)    (0.49)  12.15  21.748  1.167  1.067  5.00  7  24 
12-31-2008  13.34  1.02  (3.07)  (2.05)  (0.60)  (0.28)    (0.88)  10.41  (15.62)8  2.317  0.887  8.75  2  33 
12-31-2007  13.30  0.57  0.07  0.64  (0.48)  (0.12)    (0.60)  13.34  4.838  9.697  0.717,11  4.21  12  13 
12-31-20069,10  13.67  0.30  0.23  0.53  (0.38)  (0.16)  (0.36)  (0.90)  13.30  3.855,8  13.246,13  0.706,13  7.386  12  2 

CLASS R3                               

6-30-20114  12.76  0.17  0.26  0.43  (0.15)      (0.15)  13.04  3.405  0.886,7  0.886,7  2.576  12  6 
12-31-2010  12.14  0.42  0.74  1.16  (0.42)  (0.12)    (0.54)  12.76  9.68  0.867  0.867  3.36  11  24 
12-31-2009  10.40  0.46  1.79  2.25  (0.46)  (0.05)    (0.51)  12.14  21.94  0.927  0.927  4.14  8  24 
12-31-2008  13.33  0.54  (2.59)  (2.05)  (0.60)  (0.28)    (0.88)  10.40  (15.62)8  0.907  0.837  4.27  6  33 
12-31-2007  13.29  0.70  (0.07)  0.63  (0.47)  (0.12)    (0.59)  13.33  4.818  1.897  0.817,11  5.17  4  13 
12-31-20069  13.65  0.29  0.25  0.54  (0.38)  (0.16)  (0.36)  (0.90)  13.29  3.935,8  6.236,13  0.776,13  6.236  12  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.28  0.44  0.72  (0.23)      (0.23)  13.65  5.555,8  14.726,13  0.686,13  2.466  12  20 

CLASS R4                               

6-30-20114  12.76  0.19  0.27  0.46  (0.17)      (0.17)  13.05  3.625  0.596,7  0.596,7  2.946  8  6 
12-31-2010  12.13  0.47  0.72  1.19  (0.44)  (0.12)    (0.56)  12.76  9.90  0.617  0.677,14  3.77  7  24 
12-31-2009  10.39  0.52  1.75  2.27  (0.48)  (0.05)    (0.53)  12.13  22.228  0.777  0.667  4.60  4  24 
12-31-2008  13.31  0.64  (2.65)  (2.01)  (0.63)  (0.28)    (0.91)  10.39  (15.38)8  0.877  0.577  5.21  3  33 
12-31-2007  13.28  0.53  0.12  0.65  (0.50)  (0.12)    (0.62)  13.31  4.978  1.467  0.537,11  3.96  3  13 
12-31-20069  13.64  0.28  0.27  0.55  (0.38)  (0.16)  (0.37)  (0.91)  13.28  4.065,8  2.876  0.516,13  6.176,13  1  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.44  0.30  0.74  (0.26)      (0.26)  13.64  5.665,8  10.016  0.456,13  3.896,13  1  20 

CLASS R5                               

6-30-20114  12.77  0.19  0.29  0.48  (0.19)      (0.19)  13.06  3.795  0.286,7  0.286,7  3.016  12  6 
12-31-2010  12.15  0.50  0.74  1.24  (0.50)  (0.12)    (0.62)  12.77  10.34  0.237  0.237  3.96  9  24 
12-31-2009  10.40  0.57  1.75  2.32  (0.52)  (0.05)    (0.57)  12.15  22.67  0.337  0.337  5.08  9  24 
12-31-2008  13.32  0.86  (2.83)  (1.97)  (0.67)  (0.28)    (0.95)  10.40  (15.10)8  0.527  0.257  7.19  4  33 
12-31-2007  13.29  0.57  0.12  0.69  (0.54)  (0.12)    (0.66)  13.32  5.278  3.427  0.227,11  4.23  1  13 
12-31-20069  13.65  0.28  0.29  0.57  (0.40)  (0.16)  (0.37)  (0.93)  13.29  4.195,8  6.376,13  0.206,13  6.016  12  2 
8-31-200610  13.16  0.28  0.49  0.77  (0.28)      (0.28)  13.65  5.945,8  9.186,13  0.196,13  2.446  12  20 

 

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Financial highlights

Continued

Lifestyle Conservative continued                       
 
Per share operating performance for a share outstanding throughout the period      Ratios and supplemental data   

  Income (loss) from                         
  investment operations    Less distributions   Ratios to average net assets  
 
 
 
 
      Net                        
      realized Total             Expenses Expenses   Net  
  Net asset Net and from From net           before re- including   assets,  
  value, invest-   unrealized invest- invest-       Net asset   ductions and reductions Net end of  
  beginning ment in-  gain (loss) ment ment From net From Total value,  end Total amounts  and amounts  investment period (in Portfolio
  of period  come (loss)   on invest-  operations income realized capital distribu- of period return recaptured recaptured income millions) turnover
Period ended  ($) ($)1,2 ments ($) ($) ($) gain ($)   paid-in ($) tions ($) ($) (%)3 (%) (%) (loss)  (%)1 ($) (%)

CLASS 1                               

6-30-20114  12.76  0.20  0.28  0.48  (0.20)      (0.20)  13.04  3.805  0.126,7  0.126,7  3.156  2,523  6 
12-31-2010  12.13  0.51  0.75  1.26  (0.51)  (0.12)    (0.63)  12.76  10.51  0.117  0.117  4.08  2,391  24 
12-31-2009  10.38  0.56  1.78  2.34  (0.54)  (0.05)    (0.59)  12.13  22.96  0.127  0.127  4.99  1,931  24 
12-31-2008  13.30  0.71  (2.67)  (1.96)  (0.68)  (0.28)    (0.96)  10.38  (15.02)8  0.127  0.127  5.71  1,393  33 
12-31-2007  13.27  0.57  0.14  0.71  (0.56)  (0.12)    (0.68)  13.30  5.388  0.117  0.117  4.24  1,401  13 
12-31-20069  13.64  0.32  0.25  0.57  (0.40)  (0.16)  (0.38)  (0.94)  13.27  4.165  0.116,13  0.116,13  6.966  1,184  2 
8-31-200610  13.15  0.30  0.48  0.78  (0.29)      (0.29)  13.64  6.015  0.126,13  0.126,13  2.546  1,097  20 

 

1 Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
2 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
3 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
4 Unaudited.
5 Not annualized.
6 Annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range
of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was as follows: 0.48%–1.11%, 0.48%–1.13%, 0.49%–1.09%, 0.49%–2.40%, and 0.79%–0.91% for the
periods ended 6-30-11, 12-31-10, 12-31-09, 12-31-08 and 12-31-07, respectively.
8 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
9 The fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to December 31.
10 The inception date for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares is 10-18-05 and the inception dates for Class R1 and Class 1 shares are 9-18-06 and
10-15-05, respectively.
11 Includes transfer agent fee earned credits of less than 0.01% of average net assets.
12 Less than $500,000.
13 Does not include expenses of the underlying affiliated funds in which the Portfolio invests.
14 Includes the impact of expense recapture for the following period ended: 12-31-10: less than 0.005%, 0.05% and 0.06% of average net assets for Class B, Class R1 and
Class R4 shares, respectively. See Note 4.

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Notes to financial statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is a series company which means it has several funds, each with a stated investment objective that it pursues through separate investment policies. The Trust currently offers multiple investment funds, five of which (collectively, Lifestyle Portfolios or the Portfolios, and individually the Portfolio) are presented in this report. The Lifestyle Portfolios are series of the Trust and operate as “funds of funds” that invest in shares of underlying funds of the Trust, John Hancock Funds III (JHF III) and also in other affiliated funds of the John Hancock funds complex. Each Portfolio is diversified for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act).

The Portfolios may offer multiple classes of shares. The shares currently offered by the Trust are detailed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Class A, Class B and Class C shares are open to all investors. Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Class 1 shares are offered only to certain affiliates of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC). Class 5 shares are available only to the John Hancock Freedom 529 Plan. Shareholders of each class have exclusive voting rights to matters that affect that class. The distribution of service fees, if any, and transfer agent fees for each class may differ. Class B shares convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase.

The accounting policies of the underlying funds of the Portfolios are outlined in the underlying funds’ shareholder reports, available without charge by calling 1-800-344-1029, at jhfunds.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. The underlying funds are not covered by this report.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Portfolios:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The Portfolios use a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, including registered investment companies. Level 2 includes securities valued using significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the Portfolios’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

As of June 30, 2011, all investments for the Portfolios are categorized as Level 1 under the hierarchy described above. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1 assets.

Investments by the Portfolios in underlying affiliated funds and/or other investment companies are valued at their respective net asset values each business day.

New accounting pronouncement. In May 2011, Accounting Standards Update 2011-04 (ASU 2011-04), Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, was issued and is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. ASU 2011-04 amends Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments are the result of the work by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with GAAP. Management is currently evaluating the application of ASU 2011-04 and its impact, if any, on the Portfolios’ financial statements.

Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Income and capital gain distributions from underlying funds are recorded on ex-date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation.

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Line of credit. The Portfolios may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to a Portfolio to make properly authorized payments. The Portfolios are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian has a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any Portfolio property that is not segregated, to the maximum extent permitted by law for any overdraft.

In addition, effective March 30, 2011, the Portfolios and other affiliated funds have entered into an agreement with Citibank N.A. which enables them to participate in a $200 million unsecured committed line of credit. Prior to March 30, 2011, the Portfolios had a similar agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company. A commitment fee, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit, is charged to each participating fund on a pro rata basis and is reflected in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolios had no borrowings under the lines of credit.

Expenses. The majority of expenses are directly attributable to an individual portfolio. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific portfolio are allocated among all portfolios in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the portfolio’s relative assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Class allocations. Income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are determined at the portfolio level and allocated daily to each class of shares based on the net asset value of the class. Class-specific expenses, such as distribution and service fees, if any, and transfer agent fees, are calculated daily for each class, based on the net asset value of the class and the applicable specific expense rates applicable to each class.

Federal income taxes. The Portfolios intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provisions are required.

For federal income tax purposes, the Portfolios have capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains. The following table details the capital loss carryforwards available as of December 31, 2010:

  Capital Loss Carryforward   
  Expiring at December 31,   

Portfolio  2016  2017  2018 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $129,404,422  $364,659,388  $69,543,765 
Lifestyle Growth  331,154,610  966,013,756   
Lifestyle Balanced  164,498,926  987,127,767  57,259,117 
Lifestyle Moderate  39,351,498  168,786,302  17,270,240 
Lifestyle Conservative    89,776,301  4,984,075 

 

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Portfolios will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

As of December 31, 2010, the Portfolios had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The Portfolios’ federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

The cost of investments owned on June 30, 2011, including short-term investments, for federal income tax purposes, was as follows.

        Net Unrealized 
    Unrealized  Unrealized  Appreciation/ 
Portfolio  Aggregate Cost  Appreciation  Depreciation  (Depreciation) 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $3,418,211,226  $666,226,257  ($5,489,504)  $660,736,753 
Lifestyle Growth  10,570,754,846  1,672,125,301  (30,047,830)  1,642,077,471 
Lifestyle Balanced  10,668,314,446  1,474,874,137  (28,922,516)  1,445,951,621 
Lifestyle Moderate  3,429,174,813  357,234,946  (5,242,056)  351,992,890 
Lifestyle Conservative  2,885,603,083  199,289,009  (4,686,006)  194,603,003 

 

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The Lifestyle Aggressive and Lifestyle Growth Portfolios generally declare and pay dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at least annually. The Lifestyle Balanced, Lifestyle Moderate and Lifestyle Conservative Portfolios generally declare and pay dividends quarterly and capital gain distributions, if any, at least annually.

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Distributions paid by the Portfolios with respect to each class of shares are calculated in the same manner, at the same time and in the same amount, except for the effect of expenses that may be applied differently to each class.

Such distributions, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Short term gains from underlying funds are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. The final determination of tax characteristics of the Portfolio’s distribution will occur at the end of the year and will subsequently be reported to shareholders.

Capital accounts within financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable to wash sale loss deferrals for all Portfolios.

Note 3 — Guarantees and indemnifications

Under the Portfolios’ organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolios. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolios enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Portfolios’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolios that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 4 — Fees and transactions with affiliates

John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the Adviser) serves as investment adviser for the Portfolios. John Hancock Funds, LLC (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as principal underwriter of the Portfolios. The Adviser and the Distributor are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of MFC.

Management fee. The Portfolios pay the Adviser a management fee for its services to the Portfolios. The management fee has two components: (a) a fee on net assets invested in affiliated funds (Affiliated Fund Assets) and (b) a fee on net assets not invested in affiliated funds (Other Assets). Affiliated funds are any funds of the Trust, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust (JHVIT) (formerly known as John Hancock Trust) and JHF III, excluding John Hancock Money Market Trust B, John Hancock 500 Index Trust B, John Hancock International Equity Index Trust B and John Hancock Total Bond Market Trust B. The fee on assets invested in Affiliated Fund Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of all the Portfolios and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.05% of the first $7.5 billion of aggregate net assets and (b) 0.04% of the excess over $7.5 billion of aggregate net asset. The fee on Other Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of all the Portfolios and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.50% of the first $7.5 billion aggregate net assets and (b) 0.49% of the excess over $7.5 billion of aggregate net assets and is applied to the other assets of the Portfolios.

John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited and John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC, both indirectly owned subsidiaries of MFC and affiliates of the Adviser, act as subadvisers to the Portfolios. QS Investors, LLC also acts as subadviser. The Portfolios are not responsible for payment of the subadvisory fees. The investment management fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were equivalent to an annual effective rate of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets as follows:

Portfolio  Annual Effective Rate 

Lifestyle Aggressive  0.05% 
Lifestyle Growth  0.04% 
Lifestyle Balanced  0.04% 
Lifestyle Moderate  0.04% 
Lifestyle Conservative  0.04% 

 

Expense reimbursements. The Adviser voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee if certain expenses of the Lifestyle Portfolios exceed 0.10% of average net assets. Expenses excluded from this waiver are taxes, brokerage commissions, interest, litigation and indemnification expenses, advisory fees, Rule 12b-1 fees, printing and postage, transfer agent fees, state registration fees, service fees, underlying fund expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolios’ business. This expense reduction will continue in effect until terminated by the Adviser.

The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fee or reimburse the Portfolios so that the aggregate advisory fee retained by the Adviser with respect to both the Portfolios and the underlying investments does not exceed 0.51% of the Lifestyle Portfolios’ first $7.5 billion of average daily net assets and 0.50% of the Portfolios’ average daily net assets in excess of $7.5 billion. This voluntary waiver may terminate at any time.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse certain class specific expenses, including 12b-1 fees, transfer agent fees, service fees, state registration fees, and printing and postage for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4, and Class R5 shares, to the extent that the above expenses for each class exceed 0.59%, 1.29%, 1.29%, 1.04%, 0.94%, 0.64% and 0.34%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to the classes. This expense fee waiver and/or reimbursement will continue in effect until at least April 30, 2012.

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For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the expense reductions related to these plans amounted to the following and are reflected as a reduction of total expenses in the Statements of Operations:

      Expense Reimbursement by Class         

Portfolio  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class R1  Class R3  Class R4  Class R5  Class 1  Class 5 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $4,496  $2,329  $2,720  $235  $285  $214  $292  $81,913   
Lifestyle Growth  7,877  1,131  5,248  212  291  246  304  126,635  $1,298 
Lifestyle Balanced  3,909  471  2,897  99  232  184  257  62,098  330 

 

Expense recapture. The Adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed or fees waived under previous expense limitation or waiver arrangements made subsequent to January 1, 2009, for a period of three years following the beginning of the month in which such reimbursements or waivers originally occurred. The table below outlines the amount recovered during the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the amount of waived or reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery and the respective expiration dates. Certain reimbursements or waivers are not subject to recapture.

Portfolio  Amounts eligible for recovery  Amounts eligible for recovery  Amounts eligible for recovery  Amount recovered during the 
  through December 1, 2012  through December 1, 2013  through June 1, 2014  six months ended June 30, 2011 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $21,047  $7,850  $1,760  $10,104 
Lifestyle Growth        15,022 

 

Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the Portfolios reimburse the Adviser for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, accounting and recordkeeping services of the Portfolios, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. These expenses are allocated to each share class based on its relative net assets at the time the expense was incurred. These accounting and legal services fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011 amounted to an annual rate of 0.02% of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

Distribution and service plans. The Portfolios have a distribution agreement with the Distributor. The Portfolios have adopted distribution and service plans with respect to Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class 1 shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, to pay the Distributor for services provided as the distributor of shares of the Portfolios. In addition, under the service plan for Class R1, Class R3, Class R4 and Class R5 shares, the Portfolios pay for certain other services. The Portfolios may pay up to the following contractual rates of distribution and service fees under these arrangements, expressed as an annual percentage of average daily net assets for each class of the Portfolios’ shares:

Class  12b-1 Fee  Service Fee 

A  0.30%   
B  1.00%   
C  1.00%   
R1  0.50%  0.25% 
R3  0.50%  0.15% 
R4  0.25%  0.10% 
R5    0.05% 
1  0.05%   

 

Sales charges. Class A shares are assessed up-front sales charges of up to 5% of the net asset value of such shares. The following summarizes the net up-front sales charges received by the Distributor during the six months ended June 30, 2011:

Lifestyle Aggressive Lifestyle Growth Lifestyle Balanced Lifestyle Moderate Lifestyle Conservative

 
Net sales charges  $491,335  $3,539,357  $3,291,934  $1,045,418  $819,045 
Retained for printing prospectuses,           
advertising and sales literature  77,216  566,362  533,512  170,574  134,085 
Sales commission to unrelated broker-dealers  405,636  2,921,524  2,702,725  862,473  669,251 
Sales commission to affiliated sales personnel  8,483  51,471  55,697  12,371  15,709 

 

Class B and Class C shares are subject to contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). Class B shares that are redeemed within six years of purchase are subject to CDSCs, at declining rates, beginning at 5.00% of the lesser of the current market value at the time of redemption or the original purchase cost of the shares being redeemed. Class C shares that are redeemed within one year of purchase are subject to a 1.00% CDSC of the lesser of the current market value at the time of redemption or the original purchase cost of the shares being redeemed. Proceeds from CDSCs are paid to the Distributor and are used, in whole or in part, to defray its expenses for providing distribution-related services to the Portfolios in connection with the sale of Class B and Class C shares. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, CDSCs received by the Distributor for Class B and Class C were as follows:

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Portfolio  Class B  Class C 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $29,587  $9,173 
Lifestyle Growth  93,215  28,249 
Lifestyle Balanced  86,851  33,077 
Lifestyle Moderate  27,999  19,260 
Lifestyle Conservative  36,185  24,334 

 

Transfer agent fees. The Portfolios have a transfer agent agreement with John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (Signature Services or Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Adviser. The transfer agent fees paid to Signature Services are determined based on the cost to Signature Services (Signature Services Cost) of providing recordkeeping services. The Signature Services Cost includes a component of allocated John Hancock corporate overhead for providing transfer agent services to the Portfolios and to all other John Hancock affiliated funds. It also includes out-of-pocket expenses that are comprised of payments made to third-parties for recordkeeping services provided to their clients who invest in one or more John Hancock funds. In addition, Signature Services Cost may be reduced by certain revenues that Signature Services receives in connection with the fees associated with retirement and small accounts. Signature Services Cost is calculated monthly and allocated, as applicable, to four categories of share classes: Institutional Share Classes, Retirement Share Classes, Municipal Bond Classes and all other Retail Share Classes. Within each of these categories, the applicable costs are allocated to the affected John Hancock affiliated funds and/or classes, based on the relative average daily net assets.

Class level expenses. Class level expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were:     
 
    Distribution and  Transfer  State  Printing and 
Portfolio  Share class  service fees  agent fees  registration fees  postage 

Lifestyle Aggressive  Class A  $297,614  $168,778  $9,429  $8,026 
  Class B  125,495  21,350  5,298  1,401 
  Class C  600,051  102,068  6,408  5,849 
  Class R1  36,592  1,463  4,746  376 
  Class R3  40,608  1,767  5,186  149 
  Class R4  16,374  1,335  5,330  186 
  Class R5  3,070  1,812  5,285  133 
  Class 1  904,241       
  Total  $2,024,045  $298,573  $41,682  $16,120 

Lifestyle Growth  Class A  $987,278  $559,525  $20,588  $34,742 
  Class B  473,107  80,475  6,528  7,964 
  Class C  2,194,043  373,123  12,127  29,449 
  Class R1  61,794  2,504  4,986  671 
  Class R3  78,434  3,418  5,678  290 
  Class R4  35,689  2,895  5,513  266 
  Class R5  6,018  3,577  5,795  233 
  Class 1  2,649,907       
  Total  $6,486,270  $1,025,517  $61,215  $73,615 

Lifestyle Balanced  Class A  $976,154  $553,108  $20,052  $24,693 
  Class B  392,774  66,799  5,850  5,596 
  Class C  2,413,135  410,360  16,042  26,122 
  Class R1  61,087  2,319  5,114  672 
  Class R3  125,165  5,440  5,550  336 
  Class R4  53,265  4,315  6,811  309 
  Class R5  10,341  6,009  5,501  435 
  Class 1  2,587,673       
  Total  $6,619,594  $1,048,350  $64,920  $58,163 

Lifestyle Moderate  Class A  $369,341  $209,260  $11,265  $7,017 
  Class B  141,475  24,043  5,324  1,641 
  Class C  990,279  168,328  11,113  8,877 
  Class R1  26,727  1,012  5,102  304 
  Class R3  30,786  1,361  5,193  138 
  Class R4  13,037  1,057  5,231  187 
  Class R5  3,344  1,956  5,249  236 
  Class 1  781,007       
  Total  $2,355,996  $407,017  $48,477  $18,400 

Lifestyle Conservative  Class A  $356,683  $202,020  $12,213  $7,252 
  Class B  151,357  25,720  5,567  1,520 
  Class C  1,008,041  171,332  8,601  8,795 
  Class R1  28,852  1,072  4,932  331 
  Class R3  32,757  1,421  7,391  116 
  Class R4  12,660  1,036  5,276  191 
  Class R5  2,762  1,615  7,670  179 
  Class 1  608,168       
  Total  $2,201,280  $404,216  $51,650  $18,384 

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Trustee expenses. The Portfolios compensate each Trustee who is not an employee of the Adviser or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to each Portfolio based on its average daily net assets.

Note 5 — Portfolio share transactions

Transactions in Portfolio shares for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010 were as follows.

Lifestyle Aggressive         
  Six months ended 6-30-11    Year ended 12-31-10 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class A shares         

Sold  3,969,131  $50,744,200  6,305,037  $70,594,208 
Distributions reinvested      179,719  2,208,744 
 
Repurchased  (2,542,696)  (32,475,075)  (4,272,684)  (47,184,373) 
Net increase  1,426,435  $18,269,125  2,212,072  $25,618,579 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  222,386  $2,855,561  304,055  $3,382,176 
Distributions reinvested      11,119  136,983 
 
Repurchased  (161,280)  (2,055,986)  (381,053)  (4,236,010) 
Net increase (decrease)  61,106  $799,575  (65,879)  ($716,851) 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  1,619,659  $20,729,101  2,508,754  $27,954,313 
Distributions reinvested      51,465  634,050 
 
Repurchased  (760,589)  (9,732,583)  (1,821,170)  (20,136,171) 
Net increase  859,070  $10,996,518  739,049  $8,452,192 
 
Class R1 shares         

Sold  339,497  $4,364,709  331,421  $3,708,886 
Distributions reinvested      5,029  62,001 
 
Repurchased  (185,088)  (2,378,296)  (223,167)  (2,514,129) 
Net increase  154,409  $1,986,413  113,283  $1,256,758 
 
Class R3 shares         

Sold  178,919  $2,260,878  407,234  $4,509,668 
Distributions reinvested      10,847  133,199 
 
Repurchased  (184,365)  (2,376,241)  (380,475)  (4,275,316) 
Net increase (decrease)  (5,446)  ($115,363)  37,606  $367,551 
 
Class R4 shares         

Sold  336,611  $4,344,809  228,047  $2,518,760 
Distributions reinvested      9,198  112,863 
 
Repurchased  (249,817)  (3,213,939)  (359,415)  (3,862,856) 
Net increase (decrease)  86,794  $1,130,870  (122,170)  ($1,231,233) 
 
Class R5 shares         

Sold  272,121  $3,457,912  357,321  $3,960,507 
Distributions reinvested      14,983  183,692 
 
Repurchased  (175,137)  (2,223,825)  (359,621)  (4,022,202) 
Net increase  96,984  $1,234,087  12,683  $121,997 
 
Class 1 shares         

Sold  6,739,225  $85,621,672  14,472,185  $161,177,263 
Distributions reinvested      4,913,019  60,086,218 
 
Repurchased  (6,657,599)  (85,063,873)  (17,954,899)  (199,627,905) 
Net increase  81,626  $557,799  1,430,305  $21,635,576 
 
Net increase  2,760,978  $34,859,024  4,356,949  $55,504,569 

 

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Lifestyle Growth         
 
  Six months ended 6-30-11    Year ended 12-31-10 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class A shares         

Sold  14,348,664  $191,515,372  18,814,650  $225,001,303 
Distributions reinvested      1,030,999  13,227,661 
 
Repurchased  (6,791,778)  (90,487,515)  (10,099,050)  (119,743,641) 
Net increase  7,556,886  $101,027,857  9,746,599  $118,485,323 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  1,110,117  $14,822,299  1,265,708  $15,127,498 
Distributions reinvested      102,276  1,316,279 
 
Repurchased  (577,380)  (7,691,929)  (978,368)  (11,624,127) 
Net increase  532,737  $7,130,370  389,616  $4,819,650 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  6,451,844  $86,094,305  9,702,393  $115,563,855 
Distributions reinvested      492,454  6,327,921 
 
Repurchased  (3,001,910)  (39,970,450)  (5,375,747)  (63,668,960) 
Net increase  3,449,934  $46,123,855  4,819,100  $58,222,816 
 
Class R1 shares         

Sold  416,437  $5,542,631  502,427  $5,987,652 
Distributions reinvested      18,671  240,862 
 
Repurchased  (409,960)  (5,514,484)  (289,081)  (3,493,178) 
Net increase  6,477  $28,147  232,017  $2,735,336 
 
Class R3 shares         

Sold  475,511  $6,295,126  661,010  $7,911,722 
Distributions reinvested      38,602  494,881 
 
Repurchased  (447,595)  (6,005,828)  (507,021)  (6,122,404) 
Net increase  27,916  $289,298  192,591  $2,284,199 
 
Class R4 shares         

Sold  252,411  $3,364,153  730,506  $8,662,769 
Distributions reinvested      36,712  470,653 
 
Repurchased  (189,850)  (2,535,199)  (671,736)  (7,797,633) 
Net increase  62,561  $828,954  95,482  $1,335,789 
 
Class R5 shares         

Sold  581,814  $7,738,582  734,800  $8,763,730 
Distributions reinvested      44,173  566,295 
 
Repurchased  (262,173)  (3,482,061)  (624,225)  (7,547,846) 
Net increase  319,641  $4,256,521  154,748  $1,782,179 
 
Class 1 shares         

Sold  12,584,131  $167,027,721  37,252,046  $443,658,442 
Distributions reinvested      22,114,970  282,629,320 
 
Repurchased  (17,113,726)  (228,202,794)  (33,910,544)  (402,925,018) 
Net increase (decrease)  (4,529,595)  ($61,175,073)  25,456,472  $323,362,744 
 
Class 5 shares         

Sold  1,127,400  $14,949,424  1,615,561  $19,248,023 
Distributions reinvested      211,140  2,694,142 
 
Repurchased  (69,082)  (923,958)  (149,920)  (1,772,039) 
Net increase  1,058,318  $14,025,466  1,676,781  $20,170,126 
 
Net increase  8,484,875  $112,535,395  42,763,406  $533,198,162 

 

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Lifestyle Balanced         
 
  Six months ended 6-30-11    Year ended 12-31-10 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
 
Class A shares         

Sold  14,215,373  $189,869,237  19,580,426  $240,102,252 
Distributions reinvested  265,057  3,561,018  1,373,063  17,275,109 
 
Repurchased  (6,065,496)  (80,911,398)  (10,042,103)  (122,781,303) 
Net increase  8,414,934  $112,518,857  10,911,386  $134,596,058 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  892,305  $11,904,212  1,180,688  $14,435,721 
Distributions reinvested  10,223  137,384  130,755  1,655,395 
 
Repurchased  (485,522)  (6,468,620)  (993,298)  (12,095,506) 
Net increase  417,006  $5,572,976  318,145  $3,995,610 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  6,551,893  $87,446,554  12,290,967  $150,133,097 
Distributions reinvested  66,363  892,150  810,001  10,258,850 
 
Repurchased  (3,084,410)  (41,163,540)  (6,152,559)  (75,155,891) 
Net increase  3,533,846  $47,175,164  6,948,409  $85,236,056 
 
Class R1 shares         

Sold  342,213  $4,555,802  618,303  $7,531,435 
Distributions reinvested  3,408  45,654  25,021  314,158 
 
Repurchased  (162,876)  (2,169,765)  (391,958)  (4,806,555) 
Net increase  182,745  $2,431,691  251,366  $3,039,038 
 
Class R3 shares         

Sold  451,658  $5,994,304  1,574,471  $18,999,404 
Distributions reinvested  12,724  170,623  92,237  1,161,080 
 
Repurchased  (620,078)  (8,289,081)  (1,175,431)  (14,485,233) 
Net increase (decrease)  (155,696)  ($2,124,154)  491,277  $5,675,251 
 
Class R4 shares         

Sold  592,977  $7,973,131  1,183,979  $14,474,628 
Distributions reinvested  13,764  184,571  75,526  947,259 
 
Repurchased  (456,690)  (6,142,763)  (1,087,613)  (13,126,262) 
Net increase  150,051  $2,014,939  171,892  $2,295,625 
 
Class R5 shares         

Sold  1,049,257  $13,916,839  1,413,916  $17,398,471 
Distributions reinvested  24,027  322,678  107,201  1,345,399 
 
Repurchased  (700,826)  (9,339,884)  (884,630)  (10,964,930) 
Net increase  372,458  $4,899,633  636,487  $7,778,940 
 
Class 1 shares         

Sold  22,856,447  $303,681,541  48,988,036  $599,105,962 
Distributions reinvested  6,100,303  81,561,056  29,027,359  361,980,670 
 
Repurchased  (11,152,536)  (148,356,087)  (28,069,764)  (341,123,667) 
Net increase  17,804,214  $236,886,510  49,945,631  $619,962,965 
 
Class 5 shares         

Sold  767,873  $10,221,386  1,182,532  $14,454,724 
Distributions reinvested  34,382  460,026  134,459  1,680,372 
 
Repurchased  (69,451)  (921,094)  (243,328)  (2,900,034) 
Net increase  732,804  $9,760,318  1,073,663  $13,235,062 
 
Net increase  31,452,362  $419,135,934  70,748,256  $875,814,605 

 

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Lifestyle Moderate         
  Six months ended 6-30-11    Year ended 12-31-10 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
 
Class A shares         

Sold  5,735,229  $74,315,727  7,839,288  $95,797,648 
Distributions reinvested  187,951  2,441,718  619,398  7,647,128 
 
Repurchased  (2,308,725)  (29,898,167)  (3,445,806)  (41,973,126) 
Net increase  3,614,455  $46,859,278  5,012,880  $61,471,650 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  534,941  $6,933,113  638,918  $7,781,974 
Distributions reinvested  12,405  161,031  57,501  710,843 
 
Repurchased  (181,619)  (2,351,027)  (306,127)  (3,734,736) 
Net increase  365,727  $4,743,117  390,292  $4,758,081 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  3,389,340  $43,897,503  6,582,442  $79,898,068 
Distributions reinvested  94,044  1,221,710  417,998  5,173,078 
 
Repurchased  (1,324,043)  (17,114,920)  (2,412,411)  (29,434,773) 
Net increase  2,159,341  $28,004,293  4,588,029  $55,636,373 
 
Class R1 shares         

Sold  182,632  $2,367,212  307,418  $3,717,017 
Distributions reinvested  3,318  43,109  17,242  212,703 
 
Repurchased  (169,752)  (2,194,276)  (280,296)  (3,438,717) 
Net increase  16,198  $216,045  44,364  $491,003 
 
Class R3 shares         

Sold  251,336  $3,244,734  283,692  $3,466,476 
Distributions reinvested  7,025  91,127  29,029  357,731 
 
Repurchased  (137,493)  (1,778,954)  (264,667)  (3,255,213) 
Net increase  120,868  $1,556,907  48,054  $568,994 
 
Class R4 shares         

Sold  119,630  $1,545,377  326,284  $3,934,571 
Distributions reinvested  6,010  77,867  21,817  268,881 
 
Repurchased  (99,109)  (1,275,993)  (150,156)  (1,811,443) 
Net increase  26,531  $347,251  197,945  $2,392,009 
 
Class R5 shares         

Sold  382,559  $4,920,119  524,830  $6,382,507 
Distributions reinvested  12,903  167,362  38,129  469,165 
 
Repurchased  (169,869)  (2,192,378)  (330,550)  (4,064,450) 
Net increase  225,593  $2,895,103  232,409  $2,787,222 
 
Class 1 shares         

Sold  8,147,928  $105,004,153  25,257,401  $306,609,811 
Distributions reinvested  3,027,797  39,240,525  10,659,990  130,970,535 
 
Repurchased  (5,316,139)  (68,951,847)  (9,137,901)  (111,993,007) 
Net increase  5,859,586  $75,292,831  26,779,490  $325,587,339 
 
Class 5 shares         

Sold  336,258  $4,354,611  599,558  $7,284,955 
Distributions reinvested  24,281  314,469  74,120  910,986 
 
Repurchased  (89,325)  (1,151,018)  (111,299)  (1,350,211) 
Net increase  271,214  $3,518,062  562,379  $6,845,730 
 
Net increase  12,659,513  $163,432,887  37,855,842  $460,538,401 

 

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Lifestyle Conservative         
  Six months ended 6-30-11    Year ended 12-31-10 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
 
Class A shares         

Sold  6,821,902  $88,875,050  10,041,016  $126,533,979 
Distributions reinvested  230,167  2,995,714  622,255  7,844,596 
 
Repurchased  (3,877,810)  (50,450,529)  (5,202,312)  (65,496,196) 
Net increase  3,174,259  $41,420,235  5,460,959  $68,882,379 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  554,310  $7,221,152  838,104  $10,539,336 
Distributions reinvested  18,165  236,413  64,666  815,716 
 
Repurchased  (245,787)  (3,200,929)  (401,195)  (5,021,870) 
Net increase  326,688  $4,256,636  501,575  $6,333,182 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  4,141,007  $53,946,145  7,384,187  $92,601,801 
Distributions reinvested  128,647  1,674,347  427,536  5,392,803 
 
Repurchased  (2,040,945)  (26,523,813)  (2,745,826)  (34,549,114) 
Net increase  2,228,709  $29,096,679  5,065,897  $63,445,490 
 
Class R1 shares         

Sold  132,944  $1,736,156  337,200  $4,245,154 
Distributions reinvested  4,670  60,802  23,156  292,218 
 
Repurchased  (341,120)  (4,445,643)  (246,997)  (3,145,624) 
Net increase (decrease)  (203,506)  ($2,648,685)  113,359  $1,391,748 
 
Class R3 shares         

Sold  322,963  $4,205,768  438,423  $5,515,699 
Distributions reinvested  10,151  131,989  34,350  432,732 
 
Repurchased  (224,776)  (2,913,911)  (309,773)  (3,930,221) 
Net increase  108,338  $1,423,846  163,000  $2,018,210 
 
Class R4 shares         

Sold  274,830  $3,573,746  315,088  $3,965,586 
Distributions reinvested  8,434  109,682  20,102  253,285 
 
Repurchased  (147,207)  (1,914,282)  (137,036)  (1,733,405) 
Net increase  136,057  $1,769,146  198,154  $2,485,466 
 
Class R5 shares         

Sold  350,952  $4,551,255  430,442  $5,380,666 
Distributions reinvested  13,418  174,628  39,422  496,135 
 
Repurchased  (171,496)  (2,229,306)  (438,988)  (5,550,349) 
Net increase  192,874  $2,496,577  30,876  $326,452 
 
Class 1 shares         

Sold  10,570,903  $137,711,351  28,313,977  $353,882,230 
Distributions reinvested  2,972,690  38,629,455  8,906,887  112,034,998 
 
Repurchased  (7,544,979)  (97,956,939)  (8,990,485)  (114,291,033) 
Net increase  5,998,614  $78,383,867  28,230,379  $351,626,195 

Net increase  11,962,033  $156,198,301  39,764,199  $496,509,122 

 

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Note 6 — Purchase and sale of securities

The following summarizes the purchases and sales of the affiliated underlying funds for the six months ended June 30, 2011:

Portfolio  Purchases  Sales 

Lifestyle Aggressive  $266,532,258  $234,798,118 
Lifestyle Growth  741,331,570  594,835,330 
Lifestyle Balanced  1,060,063,519  642,492,264 
Lifestyle Moderate  393,074,848  230,798,685 
Lifestyle Conservative  336,329,464  181,815,693 

 

Note 7 — Investment in affiliated underlying funds

The Portfolios invest primarily in affiliated underlying funds that are managed by the Adviser and affiliates. The Portfolios do not invest in the affiliated underlying funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, the Portfolios’ investment may represent a significant portion of each underlying fund’s net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the following Portfolios held 5% or more of an affiliated underlying fund’s net assets:

  Percent of Underlying 
Portfolio Affiliate Class NAV  Funds’ Net Assets 

Lifestyle Aggressive   

John Hancock Funds II 

 
All Cap Core  15.39% 
All Cap Value  12.73% 
Alpha Opportunities  14.12% 
Blue Chip Growth  10.30% 
Capital Appreciation  10.57% 
Capital Appreciation Value  11.58% 
Currency Strategies  9.46% 
Emerging Markets Value  16.73% 
Equity-Income  12.74% 
Fundamental Value  12.35% 
Global Real Estate  6.37% 
Heritage  19.23% 
Index 500  7.60% 
International Equity Index  5.21% 
International Growth Stock  16.46% 
International Opportunities  15.56% 
International Small Cap  13.35% 
International Small Company  21.88% 
International Value  11.46% 
Large Cap  12.53% 
Mid Cap Index  23.59% 
Mid Cap Stock  9.89% 
Mid Cap Value Equity  18.95% 
Mid Value  15.35% 
Mutual Shares  12.40% 
Natural Resources  12.30% 
Optimized Value  16.61% 
Real Estate Equity  6.06% 
Small Cap Growth  17.22% 
Small Cap Index  18.89% 
Small Cap Opportunities  18.63% 
Small Cap Value  22.06% 
Small Company Growth  20.10% 
Small Company Value  12.43% 
Smaller Company Growth  20.49% 
Technical Opportunities  10.03% 
U.S. Equity  14.22% 
Value  19.56% 
Value & Restructuring  12.81% 
John Hancock Funds III   
International Core  8.27% 
Rainier Growth  8.77% 
John Hancock Investment Trust   
Small Cap Intrinsic Value  10.10% 

 

  Percent of Underlying 
Portfolio Affiliate Class NAV  Funds’ Net Assets 

Lifestyle Growth   
John Hancock Funds II   
Active Bond  8.27% 
All Cap Core  47.03% 
All Cap Value  31.46% 
Alpha Opportunities  41.73% 
Blue Chip Growth  27.21% 
Capital Appreciation  26.53% 
Capital Appreciation Value  32.16% 
Currency Strategies  28.59% 
Emerging Markets  36.44% 
Equity-Income  31.05% 
Floating Rate Income  13.08% 
Fundamental Value  35.73% 
Global Bond  12.52% 
Global High Yield  20.68% 
Global Real Estate  33.58% 
Heritage  37.52% 
High Income  29.32% 
High Yield  14.98% 
Index 500  15.15% 
International Equity Index  18.27% 
International Growth Stock  35.91% 
International Opportunities  38.10% 
International Small Cap  24.00% 
International Small Company  40.27% 
International Value  27.67% 
Large Cap  37.83% 
Mid Cap Index  72.24% 
Mid Cap Stock  20.33% 
Mid Cap Value Equity  31.33% 
Mid Value  34.78% 
Multi-Sector Bond  17.59% 
Mutual Shares  34.40% 
Natural Resources  26.83% 
Optimized Value  39.88% 
Real Estate Equity  32.07% 
Real Return Bond  12.69% 
Small Cap Growth  30.53% 
Small Cap Opportunities  30.52% 
Small Cap Value  37.10% 
Small Company Growth  34.93% 
Small Company Value  21.42% 
Smaller Company Growth  34.25% 
Spectrum Income  18.25% 
Strategic Income Opportunities  9.99% 
Technical Opportunities  30.67% 
Total Return  14.47% 
U.S. Equity  43.22% 
U.S. High Yield Bond  20.01% 
Value  32.58% 
Value & Restructuring  33.74% 
John Hancock Funds III   
Disciplined Value  11.93% 
International Core  20.02% 
Rainier Growth  22.73% 
John Hancock Investment Trust   
Small Cap Intrinsic Value  16.85% 

 

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  Percent of Underlying 
Portfolio Affiliate Class NAV  Funds’ Net Assets 

Lifestyle Balanced   
John Hancock Funds II   
Active Bond  36.18% 
All Cap Core  37.54% 
All Cap Value  24.76% 
Alpha Opportunities  29.92% 
Blue Chip Growth  21.07% 
Capital Appreciation  19.24% 
Capital Appreciation Value  28.99% 
Core Bond  37.05% 
Currency Strategies  28.44% 
Emerging Markets  23.77% 
Equity Income  19.27% 
Floating Rate Income  20.39% 
Fundamental Value  27.06% 
Global Bond  41.47% 
Global High Yield  35.75% 
Global Real Estate  31.44% 
Heritage  27.27% 
High Income  46.35% 
High Yield  27.39% 
Index 500  14.12% 
International Growth Stock  30.80% 
International Opportunities  25.20% 
International Small Cap  10.34% 
International Small Company  17.26% 
International Value  19.63% 
Investment Quality Bond  19.45% 
Large Cap  35.51% 
Mid Cap Stock  18.53% 
Mid Cap Value Equity  34.49% 
Mid Value  25.10% 
Multi-Sector Bond  40.82% 
Mutual Shares  30.86% 
Natural Resources  20.23% 
Optimized Value  31.28% 
Real Estate Equity  32.34% 
Real Return Bond  35.89% 
Small Cap Growth  27.71% 
Small Cap Opportunities  15.89% 
Small Cap Value  21.73% 
Small Company Growth  26.85% 
Small Company Value  20.88% 
Smaller Company Growth  26.45% 
Spectrum Income  40.41% 
Strategic Income Opportunities  20.22% 
Technical Opportunities  29.26% 
Total Return  22.10% 
U.S. Equity  31.62% 
U.S. High Yield Bond  38.23% 
Value  33.14% 
Value & Restructuring  26.87% 
John Hancock Funds II   
Disciplined Value  9.55% 
International Core  14.52% 
Rainier Growth  16.62% 
John Hancock Investment Trust   
Small Cap Intrinsic Value  9.54% 

 

  Percent of Underlying 
Portfolio Affiliate Class NAV  Funds’ Net Assets 

Lifestyle Moderate   
John Hancock Funds II   
Active Bond  20.91% 
Alpha Opportunities  5.39% 
Blue Chip Growth  7.39% 
Core Bond  31.46% 
Currency Strategies  8.92% 
Equity-Income  7.50% 
Floating Rate Income  9.57% 
Fundamental Value  7.15% 
Global Bond  14.84% 
Global High Yield  15.18% 
Global Real Estate  9.24% 
High Income  12.55% 
High Yield  8.69% 
International Growth Stock  8.60% 
Investment Quality Bond  27.56% 
Mid Cap Stock  5.18% 
Mid Value  10.81% 
Multi-Sector Bond  16.98% 
Real Estate Equity  9.83% 
Real Return Bond  15.05% 
Small Cap Growth  5.07% 
Small Cap Value  5.49% 
Small Company Growth  5.77% 
Smaller Company Growth  6.30% 
Spectrum Income  17.08% 
Strategic Income Opportunities  8.67% 
Total Bond Market  17.96% 
Total Return  12.40% 
U.S. Equity  8.23% 
U.S. High Yield Bond  11.82% 
Value & Restructuring  7.41% 
John Hancock Funds III   
Global Shareholder Yield  21.33% 
 
  Percent of Underlying 
Portfolio Affiliate Class NAV  Funds’ Net Assets 

Lifestyle Conservative   
John Hancock Funds II   
Active Bond  21.58% 
Core Bond  29.26% 
Currency Strategies  7.41% 
Equity Income  5.68% 
Floating Rate Income  8.78% 
Global Bond  14.45% 
Global High Yield  13.45% 
Global Real Estate  7.20% 
High Income  10.74% 
High Yield  7.36% 
Investment Quality Bond  38.00% 
Multi-Sector Bond  15.46% 
Real Estate Equity  8.28% 
Real Return Bond  14.98% 
Short Term Government Income  100.00% 
Spectrum Income  15.52% 
Strategic Income Opportunities  8.16% 
Total Bond Market  33.73% 
Total Return  12.35% 
U.S. High Yield Bond  10.36% 
John Hancock Funds III   
Global Shareholder Yield  17.78% 

 

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EVALUATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

This section describes the evaluation by the Board of Trustees of the Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) and the Subadvisory Agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”) for each of the portfolios (the “Funds”) of John Hancock Funds II (the “Trust”) discussed in this semi-annual report.

At in-person meetings on May 25–27, 2011 the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, approved for an annual period the continuation of the Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

Evaluation by the Board of Trustees

The Board, including the Trustees who are not considered to be “interested persons” of the Trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), is responsible for selecting the Trust’s adviser, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the “Adviser” or “JHIMS”), approving the Adviser’s selection of subadvisers for each of the portfolios of the Trust (each a “Subadviser, and collectively, the “Subadvisers”) and approving the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory (and any sub-subadvisory) agreements, their periodic continuation and any amendments. Consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Board regularly evaluates the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory arrangements, including consideration of the factors listed below. The Board may also consider other factors (including conditions and trends prevailing generally in the economy, the securities markets and the industry) and does not treat any single factor as determinative, and each Trustee may attribute different weights to different factors. The Board is furnished with an analysis of its fiduciary obligations in connection with its evaluation and, throughout the evaluation process, the Board is assisted by counsel for the Trust and the Independent Trustees are also separately assisted by independent legal counsel. The factors considered by the Board are:

(1) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Trust and by the Subadvisers to the Funds;

(2) the investment performance of the Funds and their Subadvisers;

(3) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as a Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Trust shareholders;

(4) the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates (including any subadvisers that are affiliated with the Adviser) from the Adviser’s relationship with the Trust; and

(5) comparative services rendered and comparative advisory and subadvisory fee rates.

The Board believes that information relating to all of these factors is relevant to its evaluation of the Trust’s advisory agreement. With respect to its evaluation of subadvisory agreements with subadvisers not affiliated with the Adviser, the Board believes that, in view of the Trust’s “manager-of-managers” advisory structure, the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by those subadvisers that are not affiliated with the Adviser from their relationship with the Trust generally are not a material factor in the Board’s consideration of these subadvisory agreements because such fees are paid by the Adviser and not by the Funds and the Board relies on the ability of the Adviser to negotiate the subadvisory fees at arms-length.

In evaluating subadvisory arrangements, the Board also considers other material business relationships that unaffiliated Subadvisers and their affiliates have with the Adviser or its affiliates, including the involvement by certain affiliates of certain sub-advisers in the distribution of financial products, including shares of the Trust, offered by the Adviser and other affiliates of the Adviser (“Material Relationships”).

Approval of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements

At in-person meetings on May 25–27, 2011, the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, re-approved the Advisory Agreement and the applicable Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

In considering the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Board received in advance of the meeting a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Adviser and each Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for a peer group of similar mutual funds prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data, including performance information for relevant benchmark indices and other information provided by the Adviser and the Subadvisers regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Subadvisers under their respective Agreements. The Board also took into account discussions with management and information provided to the Board in its meetings throughout the year with respect to the services provided by the Adviser and the Subadvisers to the Funds, including quarterly performance reports prepared by management containing reviews of investment results, and periodic presentations from the Subadvisers with respect to the Funds they manage. The Board noted the affiliation of certain of the Subadvisers with JHIMS, noting any potential conflicts of interest.

Throughout the process, the Trustees were afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and request additional information from management. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from their independent counsel discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreements and discussed the proposed continuation of the Agreements in private sessions with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of management were present.

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Approval of Advisory Agreement

Among the information received by the Board from the Adviser relating to the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds, the Board reviewed information provided by JHIMS relating to its operations and personnel and information regarding JHIMS’ compliance and regulatory history. The Board also noted that on a regular basis it receives and reviews information from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) regarding the Funds’ compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Board also considers the Adviser’s risk management processes.

The Trustees also took into account their knowledge of JHIMS’s management and the quality of the performance of its duties, through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year and through each Trustee’s experience as a Trustee of the Trust and of another trust in the complex.

In approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement, and with reference to the factors that it regularly considers when considering approval of advisory and subadvisory agreements as listed above, the Board:

(1) — (a) considered the high value to the Trust of continuing its relationship with JHIMS as the Trust’s adviser, the skills and competency with which JHIMS has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationships, JHIMS’ oversight and monitoring of the subadvisers’ investment performance and compliance programs including its timeliness in responding to performance issues and the qualifications of JHIMS’ personnel;

(b) considered JHIMS’ compliance policies and procedures and noted its responsiveness to regulatory changes and mutual fund industry developments;

(c) considered JHIMS’ administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Funds;

(d) reviewed the financial condition of the Adviser and whether it had the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the Funds; and

(e) recognized the Adviser’s reputation and experience in serving as an investment adviser to the Trust, and considered the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments.

The Board concluded that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue to provide a high quality of services under the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Funds;

(2) — (a) reviewed the investment performance of each of the Funds;

(b) reviewed the comparative performance of their respective benchmarks;

(c) considered the performance of comparable funds as included in a report prepared by an independent third party provider of mutual fund data (i.e., funds underlying variable insurance products having approximately the same investment clas-sification/objective), if any. Such report included each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds and the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds, as well as a description of the methodology used to determine the similarity of each Fund with the funds included in each group; and

(d) took into account JHIMS’ analysis of each Fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally and with respect to particular Funds.

The Board concluded that the performance of each of the Funds has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Funds’ respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A and in such cases, that appropriate action is being taken to address performance, if necessary, or that such performance is reasonable in light of all factors considered, and that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue ably to monitor the performance of the Funds and each of their subadvisers.

(3) — (a) with respect to each Fund (except those listed below), considered that the Adviser has agreed to waive its management fee for each of these Funds and each of the funds of John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust (except those listed below) (the “Participating Portfolios”) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the Participating Portfolios as follows (the “Reimbursement”) and that, at the request of the Board, the Reimbursement rate was increased effective May 31, 2011. The current Reimbursement rate is as follows: The Reimbursement shall equal, on an annualized basis, 0.01% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceed $75 billion but is less than $100 billion and 0.015% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that equals or exceeds $100 billion. The amount of the Reimbursement shall be calculated daily and allocated among all the Participating Portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each Participating Portfolio, and that Reimbursement may be terminated or modified by the Adviser only upon notice to the Trust and approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. (The Funds that are not Participating Portfolios as of the date of this report are each of the funds of funds of the Trust and John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust.)

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(b) reviewed the Trust’s advisory fee structure and the incorporation therein of any subadvisory fee breakpoints in the advisory fees charged and concluded that (i) most of the Funds contain breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for Funds and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements permit shareholders of Funds with advisory fee breakpoints to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the Funds’ advisory fee structure, including with respect to those Funds that did not currently have breakpoints, and also noted that management had agreed to add breakpoints or implement additional breakpoints to the advisory fee structure of certain of the Funds; and

(c) The Board also considered the effect of the Funds’ growth in size on their performances and fees. The Board also noted that if the Funds’ assets increase over time, the Portfolios may realize other economies of scale if assets increase proportionally more than certain other fixed expenses.

(4) — (a) reviewed the financial statements of JHIMS and considered (i) an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the net profitability to JHIMS and Manulife Financial Corporation, the Adviser’s parent, of each Fund;

(b) reviewed and considered an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the profitability of JHIMS’ relationship with each Fund and whether JHIMS has the financial ability to continue to provide a high level of services to the Fund;

(c) considered that JHIMS also provides administrative services to the Funds on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement and took into account information prepared by JHIMS indicating the allocation of such costs;

(d) noted that certain of the Funds’ Subadvisers are affiliates of the Adviser;

(e) John Hancock Signature Services, LLC and John Hancock Funds, LLC, affiliates of the Adviser, provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the Funds, respectively, and that JHIMS also derives reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the Funds;

(f) noted that the subadvisory fees for the Funds are paid by JHIMS; and

(g) considered that the Adviser should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it provides to each Fund and the entrepreneurial risk that it assumes as Adviser.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Adviser and its affiliates’ level of profitability, if any, from their relationship with each Fund was reasonable and not excessive.

(5) — reviewed comparative information prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data including, among other data, each Fund’s contractual and actual advisory and subadvisory fees and total expenses as compared to similarly situated investment companies underlying variable insurance products deemed to be comparable to the Funds. The Board considered each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds chosen by the independent third-party provider, as well as the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds. In comparing each Funds actual and contractual management fee to that of comparable funds, the Board noted that such fee includes both advisory and administrative costs.

The Board determined that the Trust’s advisory fees are generally within a competitive range of those incurred by other comparable funds. In this regard, the Board took into account management’s discussion with respect to the advisory/subadvisory fee structure, including the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Adviser after payment of the subadvisory fee. The Board also noted that JHIMS is currently waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses with respect to certain of the Funds. The Board also noted that the Adviser pays the subadvisory fees of the Funds, and that such fees are negotiated at arm’s length with respect to unaffiliated Subadvisers. In addition, the Board noted that the Adviser effected advisory and subadvisory fee reductions in the past year with respect to several Funds. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Funds’ expenses, as well as certain actions taken over the past several years to reduce the Funds’ operating expenses. The Board also took into account the level and quality of services provided by JHIMS with respect to the Funds, as well as the other factors considered. The Board concluded that the advisory fees paid by the Trust with respect to the Funds are reasonable.

In addition, the Trustees reviewed the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser for each Fund and concluded that the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the advisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered in approving the Advisory Agreement is set forth in Appendix A.

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Approval of Subadvisory Agreements

In making its determination with respect to the factors that its considers in considering approval of the Subadvisory Agreements, the Board reviewed:

(1) information relating to each subadviser’s business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock family of funds);

(2) the historical and current performance of each Fund and comparative performance information relating to the Fund’s benchmark and comparable funds;

(3) the subadvisory fee for each Fund and comparative fee information prepared by an independent third party of mutual fund data; and

(4) information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Trust’s Adviser and unaffiliated Subadvisers.

With respect to the services provided by each of the Subadvisers, the Board received information provided to the Board by each Subadviser, including each Subadviser’s Form ADV, as well as considered information presented throughout the past year. The Board considered the Subadviser’s current level of staffing and its overall resources, as well as its compensation program. The Board reviewed each Subadviser’s history and investment experience, as well as information regarding the qualifications, background and responsibilities of the Subadviser’s investment and compliance personnel who provide services to the Portfolios. The Board also considered, among other things, the Subadviser’s compliance program and any disciplinary history. The Board also considered the Subadviser’s risk assessment and monitoring process. The Board noted each Subadviser’s regulatory history, including whether it was currently involved in any regulatory actions or investigations as well as material litigation, and any settlements and amelioratory actions undertaken, as appropriate. The Board also noted that the CCO and his staff conduct regular, periodic compliance reviews with each of the Subadvisers and present reports to the Independent Trustees regarding the same, which includes evaluating the regulatory compliance systems of the Subadvisers and procedures reasonably designed by them to assure compliance with the federal securities laws. The Board also took into account the financial condition of each Subadviser.

The Board considered each Subadviser’s investment process and philosophy. The Board took into account that each Subadviser’s responsibilities include the development and maintenance of an investment program for the applicable Fund which is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, the selection of investment securities and the placement of orders for the purchase and sale of such securities, as well as the implementation of compliance controls related to performance of these services. The Board also received information with respect to each Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices, including with respect to best execution and soft dollars. The Board also reviewed information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Adviser and its affiliates and to unaffiliated Subadvisers.

The Board also took into account the subadvisory fees paid by the Adviser to fees charged by each Fund’s Subadviser to manage other subadvised portfolios and portfolios not subject to regulation under the 1940 Act.

The Board also received information with respect to any Material Relationships with respect to the unaffiliated Subadvisers, which include arrangements in which unaffiliated subadvisers or their affiliates provide advisory, distribution or management services in connection with financial products sponsored by the Trust’s adviser or its affiliates, and may include other registered investment companies, a 529 education savings plan, managed separate accounts and exempt group annuity contracts sold to qualified plans. The Board also received information and took into account any other potential conflicts of interests the Adviser might have in connection with the Subadvisory Agreements.

The Board’s decision to approve each Subadvisory Agreement was based on a number of determinations, including the following:

(1) The Subadviser has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager;

(2) Although not without variation, the performance of each Fund managed by a Subadviser has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Fund’s respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A (with respect to such exceptions, the Board concluded that appropriate action was being taken to address such Funds’ performance, if necessary, or that performance was reasonable in light of all factors considered);

(3) The subadvisory fees generally are competitive and within the range of industry norms, are paid by JHIMS out of its advisory fees it receives from the Fund and would not be an expense of the Fund, and, with respect to each Subadviser that is not affiliated with the Adviser, are a product of arm’s length negotiation between the Adviser and the Subadviser; and the Board concluded that each Fund’s subadvisory fees are reasonable; and

(4) With respect to those Funds that have subadvisory fees that contain breakpoints, such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the Funds in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow.

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In addition, the Trustees reviewed the subadvisory fee to be paid to the Subadviser for the Funds and concluded that the subad-visory fee to be paid to the Subadviser with respect to each Fund is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the subadvisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered for a particular Fund is set forth in Appendix A.

* * * 

 

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that renewal of the Advisory Agreement and each of the Subadvisory Agreements would be in the best interest of each of the Funds and its respective shareholders. Accordingly, the Board, and the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Advisory Agreement for an additional one-year period.

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Appendix A

 
 
 
Portfolio  Performance of Portfolios,     
(Subadviser)  as of March 31, 2011   Fees and Expenses   Comments 

 
 
JHF II Lifestyle  Benchmark Index — The Fund  Subadvisory fees for this   
Aggressive  slightly outperformed for the  Fund are lower than the peer   
  one-year period and slightly  group median.   
 (John Hancock Asset  outperformed for the three- 
Management)  year period.  Net management fees for this   
Fund are lower than the peer   
  Morningstar Category — The  group median.   
Fund modestly outperformed   
  for the one-year period and  Total expenses for this Fund   
  outperformed for the three-  are slightly lower than the peer   
  year period.  group median.   
     

 
JHF II Lifestyle  Benchmark Index — The Fund  Subadvisory fees for this  The Board took into account 
Balanced  modestly outperformed for the  Fund are lower than the peer  management’s discussion of the 
  one-year period and modestly  group median.  Fund’s expenses. 
(John Hancock Asset  outperformed for the three-     
Management)  year period.  Net management fees for this  The Board noted the Fund’s 
  Fund are lower than the peer  favorable overall performance. 
  Morningstar Category — The  group median.   
  Fund modestly outperformed     
  for the one-year period and  Total expenses for this Fund   
  outperformed for the three-  are slightly higher than the   
  year period.  peer group median.   

JHF II Lifestyle  Benchmark Index — The  Subadvisory fees for this Fund are  The Board took into account 
Conservative  Fund outperformed for the  lower than the peer group median.  management’s discussion of the 
  one-year period and mod-    Fund’s performance, including 
 (John Hancock Asset  estly outperformed for the   Net management fees for this  the Fund’s relative performance  
Management)  three-year period.  Fund are lower than the peer   versus its peers over the more 
    group median.  recent period.  
Morningstar Category — The   
  Fund slightly underperformed   Total expenses for this Fund  The Board took into account 
  for the one-year period  are slightly higher than the peer  management’s discussion of the  
  and outperformed for the  group median.   Fund’s expenses. 
  three-year period.    

JHF II Lifestyle Growth  Benchmark Index — The  Subadvisory fees for this   
  Fund modestly outperformed  Fund are lower than the peer   
(John Hancock Asset  for the one-year period  group median.   
Management)  and outperformed for the     
  three-year period.  Net management fees for this   
    Fund is in line with the peer 
  Morningstar Category — The  group median.   
Fund slightly outperformed   
  for the one-year period  Total expenses for this Fund   
  and outperformed for the  are slightly lower than the peer   
  three-year period.  group median.   
     

JHF II Lifestyle  Benchmark Index —The Fund  Subadvisory fees — Limited  The Board took into account 
Moderate  outperformed for the one-year  peer group  management’s discussion of the 
  period and outperformed for    Fund’s expenses. 
(John Hancock Asset  the three-year period.  Net management fees for this   
Management)    Fund are lower than the peer  The Board noted the Fund’s 
  Morningstar Category —  group median.  favorable overall performance. 
  The Fund outperformed     
  for the one-year period  Total expenses for this Fund are   
  and outperformed for the  slightly higher than the peer   
  three-year period.  group median.   

 

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More information

Trustees  Investment adviser 
James M. Oates, Chairman  John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC 
James R. Boyle   
Charles L. Bardelis*  Subadvisers 
Peter S. Burgess*  John Hancock Asset Management 
Grace K. Fey   
Theron S. Hoffman  Principal distributor 
Hassell H. McClellan  John Hancock Funds, LLC 
Steven M. Roberts*   
  Custodian 
Officers   State Street Bank and Trust Company 
Hugh McHaffie    
President  Transfer agent 
  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
Thomas M. Kinzler   
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer  Legal counsel 
  K&L Gates LLP 
Francis V. Knox, Jr.   
Chief Compliance Officer  
  The report is certified under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which 
Michael J. Leary  requires mutual funds and other public companies to affirm 
Treasurer  that, to the best of their knowledge, the information in 
  their financial reports is fairly and accurately stated in all 
Charles A. Rizzo  material respects. 
Chief Financial Officer  
 
John G. Vrysen 
Chief Operating Officer   
  
*Member of the Audit Committee   
†Non-Independent Trustee   

 

The Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelvemonth period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or on our Web site.

The Fund’s complete list of portfolio holdings, for the first and third fiscal quarters, is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on our Web site and the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov, and can be reviewed and copied (for a fee) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 to receive information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room.

We make this information on your fund, as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other fund details available on our Web site www.jhfunds.com or by calling 1-800-225-5291.

You can also contact us:     
1-800-225-5291  Regular mail:  Express mail: 
jhfunds.com  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
  P.O. Box 55913  Mutual Fund Image Operations 
  Boston, MA 02205-5913  30 Dan Road 
    Canton, MA 02021 

 

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John Hancock Retirement Distribution Portfolio   
 
Table of Contents   
 
Your expenses  Page 3 
Portfolio summary  Page 4 
Portfolio of investments  Page 5 
Financial statements  Page 6 
Financial highlights  Page 9 
Notes to financial statements  Page 10 
Evaluation of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements   
By the Board of Trustees  Page 15 
More information  Page 22 

 

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Your expenses

These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses.

Understanding your portfolio expenses

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs which include sales charges (loads) on purchases or redemptions (varies by share class), minimum account fee charge, etc.

Ongoing operating expenses including management fees, distribution and service fees (if applicable), and other portfolio expenses.

We are going to present only your ongoing operating expenses here.

Actual expenses/actual returns

This example is intended to provide information about your portfolio’s actual ongoing operating expenses, and is based on your portfolio’s actual return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011 with the same investment held until June 30, 2011.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111,2 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,032.30  $3.02 

 

Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at June 30, 2011, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” for your share class from the table above. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:

Example

[ My account value $8,600.00 / $1,000.00 = 8.6 ] x $[ “expenses paid” from table ] = My actual expenses

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

This table allows you to compare your portfolio’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the Portfolio’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each class’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not your portfolio’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011, with the same investment held until June 30, 2011. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111,2 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,021.80  $3.01 

 

Remember, these examples do not include any transaction costs, therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectus for details regarding transaction costs.

1 Expenses are equal to the Portfolio's annualized expense ratio of 0.60% for Class A shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

2 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was 0.64% - 1.02%.

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Portfolio Summary       
 
Asset Allocation1       
Equity- Affiliated  11%  Fixed Income - Affiliated  81% 
International Large Cap  5%  Multi-Sector Bond  38% 
U.S. Large Cap  4%  Intermediate Bond  16% 
Real Estate  2%  High Yield Bond  15% 
Equity - Unaffiliated  8%  Bank Loan  7% 
Exchange-Traded Funds  8%  Global Bond  5% 
 
 
1 As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.    

 

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Retirement Distribution Portfolio
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
Affiliated Investment Companies 91.92%    $5,655,104 

Equity 10.93%     

John Hancock Funds II (G) 5.94%    365,300 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  16,297  242,007 
Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  15,646  123,293 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 4.99%    307,333 

Global Shareholder Yield, Class NAV (Epoch)  31,457  307,333 
 
Fixed Income 80.99%     

John Hancock Funds II (G) 80.99%    4,982,471 

Active Bond, Class NAV (John Hancock1/Declaration) (A)  60,129  611,517 
Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  45,018  428,124 
Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  24,127  306,898 
Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  23,336  247,133 
High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  53,752  490,760 
Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  112,422  1,168,067 
Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV (John Hancock1)(A)  105,052  1,175,537 
Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  26,388  369,963 
U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  14,446  184,472 
 
Unaffiliated Investment Companies 8.07%    496,635 

Equity 8.07%     
WisdomTree Equity Income Fund  11,970  496,635 

Total investments (Cost $6,231,143)† 99.99%    $6,151,739 

Other assets and liabilities, net 0.01%    $743 

Total net assets 100.00%    $6,152,482 

 

Percentages are based upon net assets. 
 
(A)  The subadviser is an affiliate of the adviser. 
 
(G)  The underlying fund's subadviser is shown parenthetically. 
   
1   Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC is doing business as John Hancock Asset Management. 
 
  At 6-30-11, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $6,234,379. Net 
  unrealized depreciation aggregated $82,640, of which $63,726 related to appreciated investment securities 
  and $146,366 related to depreciated investment securities. 

 

Underlying Funds’ Investment Managers   
Declaration Management & Research, LLC  (Declaration) 
Deutsche Asset Management  (Deutsche) 
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.  (Epoch) 
John Hancock Asset Management1  (John Hancock) 
Pacific Investment Management Company  (PIMCO) 
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LP  (Stone Harbor) 
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.  (T. Rowe Price) 
Wells Capital Management, Inc.  (Wells Capital) 
Western Asset Management Company  (WAMCO) 

 

See notes to financial statements   
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Retirement Distribution Portfolio

Statement of Assets and Liabilities — June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Assets     

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value     
(Cost $581,022)  $  496,635 
Investments in affiliated funds, at value (Cost     
$5,650,121) (Note 7)    5,655,104 
Total investments, at value (Cost $6,231,143)    6,151,739 
Cash    23,597 
Receivable for investments sold    5,558 
Dividends receivable    12,294 
Receivable due from adviser    524 
Other assets    8,648 
Total assets    6,202,360 
 
 
Liabilities     

Payable for investments purchased    12,706 
Distributions payable    5,492 
Payable to affiliates (Note 4)     
Accounting and legal services fees    205 
Transfer agent fees    837 
Trustees' fees    103 
Other liabilities and accrued expenses    30,535 
Total liabilities    49,878 
 
 
Net assets     

Capital paid-in  $  6,369,436 
Accumulated distributions in excess of net     
investment income    (59,981) 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments    (77,569) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on     
investments    (79,404) 
Net assets  $  6,152,482 
 
 
Net asset value per share     

Based on net asset values and shares     
outstanding-the Portfolio has an unlimited     
number of shares authorized with no par value     
Class A ($6,152,482 ÷ 529,813 shares)  $  11.61 
 
Maximum offering price per share     
Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 95%)1  $  12.22 

 

1 On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced.

See notes to financial statements   
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Retirement Distribution Portfolio

Statement of Operations — June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Investment income     

Income distributions received from affiliated     
underlying funds  $  104,031 
Dividends    10,358 
Interest    199 
 
Total investment income    114,588 
 
Expenses     

Investment management fees (Note 4)    4,726 
Distribution and service fees (Note 4)    9,002 
Accounting and legal services fees (Note 4)    456 
Transfer agent fees (Note 4)    5,101 
Trustees' fees (Note 4)    26 
State registration fees    6,648 
Printing and postage    723 
Professional fees    15,966 
Custodian fees    5,951 
Registration and filing fees    14,202 
Other    2,420 
Total expenses before reductions and     
amounts recaptured    65,221 
Net expense reductions and amounts     
recaptured (Note 4)    (47,292) 
 
Total expenses    17,929 
 
Net investment income    96,659 
 
 
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)     

Net realized gain on     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers    142,836 
Investments in affiliated issuers    53,476 
    196,312 
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation) of     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers    (110,141) 
Investments in affiliated issuers    9,636 
    (100,505) 
 
Net realized and unrealized gain    95,807 
 
Increase in net assets from operations  $  192,466 

 

See notes to financial statements   
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Retirement Distribution Portfolio

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Six months     
    ended    Year ended 
    6/30/11    12/31/10 
    (Unaudited)     
Increase (decrease) in net assets         

From operations         
Net investment income  $  96,659  $  168,009 
Net realized gain (loss)    196,312    (32,534) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation         
(depreciation)    (100,505)    351,414 
 
Increase in net assets resulting from         
operations    192,466    486,889 
 
Distributions to shareholders         
From net investment income    (156,640)    (167,912) 
From net realized gain        (54,983) 
From tax return of capital        (74,325) 
 
Total distributions    (156,640)    (297,220) 
 
From Portfolio share transactions (Note 5)    133,541    575,237 
 
Total increase    169,367    764,906 
 
Net assets         

Beginning of period    5,983,115    5,218,209 
End of period  $  6,152,482  $  5,983,115 
Accumulated distributions in excess of net         
investment income  $  (59,981)  $   

 

See notes to financial statements   
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Retirement Distribution Portfolio
Financial Highlights (For a share outstanding throughout the period)

Class A Shares                 
 
Period ended                 
    6-30-111    12-31-10    12-31-09    12-31-08 
Per share operating performance                 

 
 
 
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $  11.54  $  11.16  $  9.44  $  13.18 
Net investment income   3 0.19    0.34    0.39    0.46 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on                 
investments    0.18    0.64    1.93    (3.45) 
Total from investment operations    0.37    0.98    2.32    (2.99) 
 
Less distributions                 
From net investment income    (0.30)    (0.34)    (0.40)    (0.58) 
From net realized gain        (0.11)    (0.04)     
From tax return of capital        (0.15)    (0.16)    (0.17) 
Total distributions    (0.30)    (0.60)    (0.60)    (0.75) 
 
Net asset value, end of period  $  11.61  $  11.54  $  11.16  $  9.44 
 
Total return (%)   4,5 3.236    8.99    25.35    (23.47) 
 
Ratios and supplemental data                 

 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $  6  $  6  $  5  $  4 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net                 
assets):                 
Expenses before reductions and amounts                 
recaptured   7 2.178    2.20    2.38    1.71 
Expenses including reductions and amounts                 
recaptured   7 0.608    0.68    0.64    0.60 
Net investment income    3.228    3.00    3.94    3.97 
Portfolio turnover (%)    47    29    38    16 

 

1 Unaudited.

2 The inception date for Class A shares is 1-2-08.

3 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.

4 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.

5 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.

6 Not annualized.

7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was 0.64%-1.02%, 0.52%-1.00%, 0.53%-1.09% and 0.61%-1.13%, for the period ended 6-30-11 and years ended 12-31-10, 12-31-09 and 12-31-08, respectively.

8 Annualized.

See notes to financial statements   
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Retirement Distribution Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a diversified series of John Hancock Funds II (the Trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The Portfolio seeks to provide a stated, targeted (non-guaranteed) quarterly distribution. As a secondary objective, the Portfolio seeks capital appreciation.

The Portfolio operates as a “fund of funds” that invest in Class NAV shares of underlying funds of the Trust, John Hancock Funds III (JHF III) and also in other affiliated funds of the John Hancock funds complex. The Portfolio may also invest in unaffiliated underlying funds and other permitted security investments.

The accounting policies of the underlying funds of the Portfolio are outlined in the underlying funds’ shareholder reports, available without charge by calling 1-800-344-1029 or on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. The underlying funds are not covered by this report. On June 24, 2011, the Board of Trustees approved a Plan of Liquidation and Termination of the Portfolio expected to be effective on or about August 19, 2011.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Portfolio:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. The Portfolio uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, including registered investment companies. Level 2 includes securities valued using significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

As of June 30, 2011, all investments are categorized as Level 1 under the hierarchy described above. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. During the six month period ended June 30, 2011, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1 or Level 2 assets.

In order to value the securities, the Portfolio uses the following valuation techniques. Investments by the Portfolio in underlying affiliated funds and/or other open-end management investment companies are valued at their respective net asset values each business day.

Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is

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accrued as earned. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend and capital gain distributions from underlying funds are recorded on ex-date.

Line of credit. The Portfolio may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to the Portfolio to make properly authorized payments. The Portfolio is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian has a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any Portfolio property that is not segregated, to the maximum extent permitted by law for any overdraft.

In addition, effective March 30, 2011, the Portfolio and other affiliated funds have entered into an agreement with Citibank N.A. which enables them to participate in a $200 million unsecured committed line of credit. Prior to March 30, 2011, the Portfolio had a similar agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company. A commitment fee, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit, is charged to each participating fund or portfolio on a pro rata basis and is reflected in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolio had no borrowings under the lines of credit.

Expenses. The majority of expenses are directly attributable to an individual portfolio. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific portfolio are allocated among all portfolios in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the portfolio’s relative assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Federal income taxes. The Portfolio intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

For federal income tax purposes, the Portfolio has a capital loss carryforward of $270,645 available to offset future net realized capital gains as of December 31, 2010. The loss carryforward expires as follows: December 31, 2017 — $172,106 and December 31, 2018 —$98,539.

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Portfolio will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

As of December 31, 2010, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The Portfolio’s federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The Portfolio uses a quarterly targeted distribution strategy and distributes substantially all of its net income quarterly and capital gains, if any, annually. If the Portfolio has not met its distribution goal from net income and capital gains, then the distributions may consist of a return of capital.

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Such distributions, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Short-term gains from underlying funds are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. The final determination of tax characteristics of the Portfolio’s distribution will occur at the end of the year and will subsequently be reported to shareholders.

Capital accounts within financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable to wash sale loss deferrals.

Note 3 - Guarantees and indemnifications

Under the Portfolio’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 4 — Fees and transactions with affiliates

John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the Adviser) serves as investment adviser for the Trust. John Hancock Funds, LLC (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as principal underwriter of the Portfolio. The Adviser and the Distributor are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC).

Management fee. The Portfolio pays the Adviser a management fee for its services to the Portfolio. The management fee has two components: (a) a fee on net assets invested in a fund of the Trust or JHF III (Affiliated Fund Assets); and (b) a fee on net assets invested in investments other than a fund of the Trust or JHF III (Other Assets). The fee on assets invested in Affiliated Fund Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of the Portfolio and the Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.06% of the first $500 million of aggregate net assets and (b) 0.05% of the excess over $500 million of aggregate net assets. The fee on Other Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of the Portfolio and the Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.51% of the first $500 million of aggregate net assets and (b) 0.50% of the excess over $500 million of aggregate net assets and is applied to the Other Assets of the Portfolio. The investment management fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.16% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) LLC, and John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC, both indirectly owned subsidiaries of MFC and affiliates of the Adviser, act as subadvisers to the Portfolio. The Portfolio is not responsible for the payment of subadvisory fees.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse certain Portfolio level expenses to 0.09% of the Portfolio’s average annual net assets. This agreement excludes management fees, underlying fund expenses, taxes, portfolio brokerage commissions, interest, Rule 12b-1 fees, transfer agency fees, state registration fees, printing and postage, litigation and indemnification expenses, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio’s business. In addition, fees incurred under any agreement or plans of the Portfolio dealing with services for the shareholders and others with beneficial interest in shares of the Portfolio, are excluded. The Adviser has also agreed to a contractual expense limit on Class A specific expenses (which include 12b-1 fees, transfer agent fees, state registration fees, and printing and postage fees) of 0.35%. These expense waivers and/or reimbursements will continue in effect until at least April 30, 2012.

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Accordingly, the expense reductions amounted to $47,292 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Expense recapture. The Adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed or fees waived under previous expense limitation or waiver arrangements made for a period of three years following the beginning of the month in which such reimbursements or waivers originally occurred. The table below outlines the amounts recovered during the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the amount of waived or reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery and the respective expiration dates. Certain reimbursements or waivers are not subject to recapture.

Amount eligible for  Amount eligible for  Amount eligible for  Amount recovered 
recovery through  recovery through  recovery through June  during the six months 
December 1, 2012  December 1, 2013  1, 2014 ended June 30, 2011 

$  76,944  $  85,120  $  47,292  - 

 

Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the Portfolio reimburses the Adviser for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, accounting and recordkeeping services of the Portfolio, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. These accounting and legal services fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011 amounted to an annual rate of 0.02% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

Distribution and service plans. The Portfolio has a distribution agreement with the Distributor. The Portfolio has adopted distribution and service plans with respect to Class A shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, to pay the Distributor for services provided as the distributor of shares of the Portfolio. Accordingly, the Portfolio may pay up to an annual rate of 0.30% of average daily net assets for Class A shares for distribution and service fees.

Sales charges. Class A shares are assessed up-front sales charges, which resulted in payments to the Distributor amounting to $4,804 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Of this amount, $852 was retained and used for printing prospectuses, advertising, sales literature and other purposes, and $3,952 was paid as sales commissions to broker-dealers.

Transfer agent fees. The Portfolio has a transfer agent agreement with John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (Signature Services or Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Adviser. The transfer agent fees paid to Signature Services are determined based on the cost to Signature Services (Signature Services Cost) of providing recordkeeping services. The Signature Services Cost includes a component of allocated John Hancock corporate overhead for providing transfer agent services to the Portfolio and to all other John Hancock affiliated funds. It also includes out-of-pocket expenses that are comprised of payments made to third-parties for recordkeeping services provided to their clients who invest in one or more John Hancock funds. In addition, Signature Services Cost may be reduced by certain fees that Signature Services receives with retirement and small accounts. Signature Services Cost is calculated monthly and allocated, as applicable, to four categories of share classes: Institutional Share Classes, Retirement Share Classes, Municipal Bond Classes and all other Retail Share Classes. Within each of these categories, the applicable costs are allocated to the affected John Hancock affiliated funds and/or classes, based on the relative average daily net assets.

Trustee expenses. The Portfolio compensates each Trustee who is not an employee of the Adviser or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to each Portfolio based on its average daily net assets.

Note 5 — Portfolio share transactions

Transactions in Portfolio shares for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010 were as follows:

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  Six months ended  Year ended
  6/30/11 12/31/10
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class A shares         
Sold  18,746    $ 216,944  49,254 $  563,290 
Distributions reinvested  12,620  146,333  25,084  284,065 
Repurchased  (19,862)  (229,736)  (23,740)  (272,118) 
 
Net increase  11,504    $ 133,541  50,598    $ 575,237 
 

 

Affiliates of the Portfolio owned 89% of the shares of beneficial interest of Class A shares on June 30, 2011.

Note 6 — Purchase and sale of securities

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated to $4,501,950 and $2,606,687, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Note 7 — Investment in affiliated underlying funds

The Portfolio invests in affiliated underlying funds that are managed by the Adviser and affiliates. The Portfolio does not invest in the affiliated underlying funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, the Portfolio’s investment may represent a significant portion of each underlying fund’s net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolio held less than 5% of the total net assets in any of the underlying funds.

Note 8 — Subsequent event

On August 19, 2011, the Portfolio liquidated.

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EVALUATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY 
AGREEMENTS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

 

This section describes the evaluation by the Board of Trustees of the Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) and the Subadvisory Agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”) for each of the portfolios (the “Funds”) of John Hancock Funds II (the “Trust”) discussed in this semi-annual report.

At in-person meetings on May 25-27, 2011 the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, approved for an annual period the continuation of the Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

Evaluation by the Board of Trustees

The Board, including the Trustees who are not considered to be “interested persons” of the Trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), is responsible for selecting the Trust’s adviser, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the “Adviser” or “JHIMS”), approving the Adviser’s selection of subadvisers for each of the portfolios of the Trust (each a “Sub-Adviser, and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) and approving the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory (and any sub-subadvisory) agreements, their periodic continuation and any amendments. Consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Board regularly evaluates the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory arrangements, including consideration of the factors listed below. The Board may also consider other factors (including conditions and trends prevailing generally in the economy, the securities markets and the industry) and does not treat any single factor as determinative, and each Trustee may attribute different weights to different factors. The Board is furnished with an analysis of its fiduciary obligations in connection with its evaluation and, throughout the evaluation process, the Board is assisted by counsel for the Trust and the Independent Trustees are also separately assisted by independent legal counsel. The factors considered by the Board are:

(1) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Trust and by the Sub-Advisers to the Funds;

(2) the investment performance of the Funds and their Sub-Advisers;

(3) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as a Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Trust shareholders;

(4) the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates (including any subadvisers that are affiliated with the Adviser) from the Adviser’s relationship with the Trust; and

(5) comparative services rendered and comparative advisory and subadvisory fee rates.

The Board believes that information relating to all of these factors is relevant to its evaluation of the Trust’s advisory agreement. With respect to its evaluation of subadvisory agreements with subadvisers not affiliated with the Adviser, the Board believes that, in view of the Trust’s “manager-of-managers” advisory structure, the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by those subadvisers that are not affiliated with the Adviser from their relationship with the Trust generally are not a material factor in the Board’s consideration of these subadvisory agreements because such fees are paid by the Adviser and not by the Funds and the Board relies on the ability of the Adviser to negotiate the subadvisory fees at arms-length.

In evaluating subadvisory arrangements, the Board also considers other material business relationships that unaffiliated Sub-Advisers and their affiliates have with the Adviser or its affiliates, including the involvement by certain affiliates of certain subadvisers in the distribution of financial products, including shares of the Trust, offered by the Adviser and other affiliates of the Adviser (“Material Relationships”).

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Approval of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements

At an in-person meetings on May 25-27, 2011, the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, re-approved the Advisory Agreement and the applicable Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

In considering the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Board received in advance of the meeting a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for a peer group of similar mutual funds prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data, including performance information for relevant benchmark indices and other information provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers under their respective Agreements. The Board also took into account discussions with management and information provided to the Board in its meetings throughout the year with respect to the services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds, including quarterly performance reports prepared by management containing reviews of investment results, and periodic presentations from the Sub-Advisers with respect to the Funds they manage. The Board noted the affiliation of certain of the Sub-Advisers with JHIMS, noting any potential conflicts of interest.

Throughout the process, the Trustees were afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and request additional information from management. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from their independent counsel discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreements and discussed the proposed continuation of the Agreements in private sessions with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of management were present.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

Among the information received by the Board from the Adviser relating to the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds, the Board reviewed information provided by JHIMS relating to its operations and personnel and information regarding JHIMS' compliance and regulatory history. The Board also noted that on a regular basis it receives and reviews information from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) regarding the Funds’ compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Board also considers the Adviser’s risk management processes.

The Trustees also took into account their knowledge of JHIMS's management and the quality of the performance of its duties, through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year and through each Trustee's experience as a Trustee of the Trust and of another trust in the complex.

In approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement, and with reference to the factors that it regularly considers when considering approval of advisory and subadvisory agreements as listed above, the Board:

(1) - (a) considered the high value to the Trust of continuing its relationship with JHIMS as the Trust’s adviser, the skills and competency with which JHIMS has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationships, JHIMS’ oversight and monitoring of the subadvisers’ investment performance and compliance programs including its timeliness in responding to performance issues and the qualifications of JHIMS’ personnel;

(b) considered JHIMS’ compliance policies and procedures and noted its responsiveness to regulatory changes and mutual fund industry developments;

(c) considered JHIMS’ administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Funds;

(d) reviewed the financial condition of the Adviser and whether it had the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the Funds; and

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(e) recognized the Advisers reputation and experience in serving as an investment adviser to the Trust, and considered the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments.

The Board concluded that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue to provide a high quality of services under the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Funds;

(2) - (a) reviewed the investment performance of each of the Funds;

(b) reviewed the comparative performance of their respective benchmarks;

(c) considered the performance of comparable funds as included in a report prepared by an independent third party provider of mutual fund data (i.e., funds underlying variable insurance products having approximately the same investment classification/objective), if any. Such report included each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds and the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds, as well as a description of the methodology used to determine the similarity of each Fund with the funds included in each group; and

(d) took into account JHIMS’ analysis of each Fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally and with respect to particular Funds.

The Board concluded that the performance of each of the Funds has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Funds’ respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A and in such cases, that appropriate action is being taken to address performance, if necessary, or that such performance is reasonable in light of all factors considered, and that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue ably to monitor the performance of the Funds and each of their subadvisers.

3)– (a) with respect to each Fund (except those listed below), considered that the Adviser has agreed to waive its management fee for each of these Funds and each of the funds of John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust (except those listed below) (the “Participating Portfolios”) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the Participating Portfolios as follows (the “Reimbursement”) and that, at the request of the Board, the Reimbursement rate was increased effective May 31, 2011. The current Reimbursement rate is as follows: The Reimbursement shall equal, on an annualized basis, 0.01% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceed $75 billion but is less than $100 billion and 0.015% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that equals or exceeds $100 billion. The amount of the Reimbursement shall be calculated daily and allocated among all the Participating Portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each Participating Portfolio, and that Reimbursement may be terminated or modified by the Adviser only upon notice to the Trust and approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. (The Funds that are not Participating Portfolios as of the date of this report are each of the funds of funds of the Trust and John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust.)

(b) reviewed the Trust’s advisory fee structure and the incorporation therein of any subadvisory fee breakpoints in the advisory fees charged and concluded that (i) most of the Funds contain breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for Funds and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements permit shareholders of Funds with advisory fee breakpoints to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the Funds’ advisory fee structure, including with respect to those Funds that did not currently have breakpoints, and also noted that management had agreed to add breakpoints or implement additional breakpoints to the advisory fee structure of certain of the Funds; and

(c) The Board also considered the effect of the Funds’ growth in size on their performances and fees. The Board also noted that if the Funds’ assets increase over time, the Portfolios may realize other economies of scale if assets increase proportionally more than certain other fixed expenses.

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(4) -(a) reviewed the financial statements of JHIMS and considered (i) an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the net profitability to JHIMS and Manulife Financial Corporation, the Adviser’s parent, of each Fund;

(b) reviewed and considered an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the profitability of JHIMS’ relationship with each Fund and whether JHIMS has the financial ability to continue to provide a high level of services to the Fund;

(c) considered that JHIMS also provides administrative services to the Funds on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement and took into account information prepared by JHIMS indicating the allocation of such costs;

(d) noted that certain of the Funds’ Sub-Advisers are affiliates of the Adviser;

(e) John Hancock Signature Services, LLC and John Hancock Funds, LLC, affiliates of the Adviser, provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the Funds, respectively, and that JHIMS also derives reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the Funds;

(f) noted that the subadvisory fees for the Funds are paid by JHIMS; and

(g) considered that the Adviser should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it provides to each Fund and the entrepreneurial risk that it assumes as Adviser.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Adviser and its affiliates’ level of profitability, if any, from their relationship with each Fund was reasonable and not excessive.

5 - reviewed comparative information prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data including, among other data, each Fund’s contractual and actual advisory and subadvisory fees and total expenses as compared to similarly situated investment companies underlying variable insurance products deemed to be comparable to the Funds. The Board considered each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds chosen by the independent third-party provider, as well as the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds. In comparing each Funds actual and contractual management fee to that of comparable funds, the Board noted that such fee includes both advisory and administrative costs.

The Board determined that the Trust’s advisory fees are generally within a competitive range of those incurred by other comparable funds. In this regard, the Board took into account management’s discussion with respect to the advisory/subadvisory fee structure, including the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Adviser after payment of the subadvisory fee. The Board also noted that JHIMS is currently waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses with respect to certain of the Funds. The Board also noted that the Adviser pays the subadvisory fees of the Funds, and that such fees are negotiated at arm’s length with respect to unaffiliated Sub-Advisers. In addition, the Board noted that the Adviser effected advisory and subadvisory fee reductions in the past year with respect to several Funds. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Funds’ expenses, as well as certain actions taken over the past several years to reduce the Funds’ operating expenses. The Board also took into account the level and quality of services provided by JHIMS with respect to the Funds, as well as the other factors considered. The Board concluded that the advisory fees paid by the Trust with respect to the Funds are reasonable.

In addition, the Trustees reviewed the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser for each Fund and concluded that the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the advisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered in approving the Advisory Agreement is set forth in Appendix A.

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Approval of Subadvisory Agreements

In making its determination with respect to the factors that its considers in considering approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board reviewed:

(1) information relating to each subadviser’s business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock family of funds);

(2) the historical and current performance of each Fund and comparative performance information relating to the Fund’s benchmark and comparable funds;

(3) the subadvisory fee for each Fund and comparative fee information prepared by an independent third party of mutual fund data; and

(4) information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Trust’s Adviser and unaffiliated Sub-Advisers.

With respect to the services provided by each of the Sub-Advisers, the Board received information provided to the Board by each Sub-Adviser, including each Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV, as well as considered information presented throughout the past year. The Board considered the Sub-Adviser’s current level of staffing and its overall resources, as well as its compensation program. The Board reviewed each Sub-Adviser’s history and investment experience, as well as information regarding the qualifications, background and responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser’s investment and compliance personnel who provide services to the Portfolios. The Board also considered, among other things, the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program and any disciplinary history. The Board also considered the Sub-Adviser’s risk assessment and monitoring process. The Board noted each Sub-Adviser’s regulatory history, including whether it was currently involved in any regulatory actions or investigations as well as material litigation, and any settlements and amelioratory actions undertaken, as appropriate. The Board also noted that the CCO and his staff conduct regular, periodic compliance reviews with each of the Sub-Advisers and present reports to the Independent Trustees regarding the same, which includes evaluating the regulatory compliance systems of the Sub-Advisers and procedures reasonably designed by them to assure compliance with the federal securities laws. The Board also took into account the financial condition of each Sub-Adviser.

The Board considered each Sub-Adviser’s investment process and philosophy. The Board took into account that each Sub-Adviser’s responsibilities include the development and maintenance of an investment program for the applicable Fund which is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, the selection of investment securities and the placement of orders for the purchase and sale of such securities, as well as the implementation of compliance controls related to performance of these services. The Board also received information with respect to each Sub-Adviser’s brokerage policies and practices, including with respect to best execution and soft dollars. The Board also reviewed information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Adviser and its affiliates and to unaffiliated Sub-Advisers.

The Board also took into account the sub-advisory fees paid by the Adviser to fees charged by each Fund’s Sub-Adviser to manage other sub-advised portfolios and portfolios not subject to regulation under the 1940 Act.

The Board also received information with respect to any Material Relationships with respect to the unaffiliated Sub-Advisers, which include arrangements in which unaffiliated subadvisers or their affiliates provide advisory, distribution or management services in connection with financial products sponsored by the Trust’s adviser or its affiliates, and may include other registered investment companies, a 529 education savings plan, managed separate accounts and exempt group annuity contracts sold to qualified plans. The Board also received information and took into account any other potential conflicts of interests the Adviser might have in connection with the Sub-Advisory Agreements.

The Board’s decision to approve each Subadvisory Agreement was based on a number of determinations, including the following:

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(1) The Sub-Adviser has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager;

(2) Although not without variation, the performance of each Fund managed by a Sub-Adviser has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Fund’s respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A (with respect to such exceptions, the Board concluded that appropriate action was being taken to address such Funds’ performance, if necessary, or that performance was reasonable in light of all factors considered);

(3) The subadvisory fees generally are competitive and within the range of industry norms, are paid by JHIMS out of its advisory fees it receives from the Fund and would not be an expense of the Fund, and, with respect to each Sub-Adviser that is not affiliated with the Adviser, are a product of arm’s length negotiation between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser; and the Board concluded that each Fund’s subadvisory fees are reasonable; and

(4) With respect to those Funds that have subadvisory fees that contain breakpoints, such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the Funds in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow.

In addition, the Trustees reviewed the subadvisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser for the Funds and concluded that the subadvisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser with respect to each Fund is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the subadvisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered for a particular Fund is set forth in Appendix A.

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Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that renewal of the Advisory Agreement and each of the Sub-Advisory Agreements would be in the best interest of each of the Funds and its respective shareholders. Accordingly, the Board, and the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Advisory Agreement for an additional one-year period.

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John Hancock Funds II 
  
Appendix A 

PORTFOLIO  PERFORMANCE OF TRUST,     
(SUBADVISER)  AS OF MARCH 31, 2011  FEES AND EXPENSES  OTHER COMMENTS 

 
     Benchmark Index - The  Subadvisory fees: Limited   
  Fund underperformed for  peer group.  The Board took into account management’s discussion of performance 
  the one-year period and    and its proposed plans with respect to the Fund. 
  underperformed for the  Net management fees for this   
  three-year period.  Fund are lower than the peer  The Board took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s 
Retirement    group median.  expenses. 
Distribution  Morningstar Category - The     
Fund slightly  Total expenses for this Fund  The Board noted that the Fund is subject to a voluntary fee waiver that 
(John Hancock   underperformed for the one-  are higher than the peer  reduces certain expenses of the Fund. 
Asset  year period and modestly  group median.   
Management)  underperformed for the     
  three-year period.     

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More information

Trustees  Investment adviser 
James M. Oates, Chairman  John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC 
James R. Boyle†   
Grace K. Fey  Investment subadviser 
Charles L. Bardelis*  John Hancock Asset Management 
Peter S. Burgess*   
Theron S. Hoffman  Principal distributor 
Hassell H. McClellan  John Hancock Funds, LLC 
Steven M. Roberts*   
  Custodian 
*Member of the Audit Committee  State Street Bank and Trust Company 
†Non-Independent Trustee   
  Transfer agent 
Officers  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
Hugh McHaffie   
President  Legal counsel 
Thomas M. Kinzler  K&L Gates LLP 
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   
Francis V. Knox, Jr.   
Chief Compliance Officer   
Michael J. Leary   
Treasurer   
Charles A. Rizzo   
Chief Financial Officer   
John G. Vrysen   
Chief Operating Officer   

 

The Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the Fund’s proxy voting record, if any, for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or on our Web site.

The Fund’s complete list of portfolio holdings, for the first and third fiscal quarters, is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on our Web site and the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov, and can be reviewed and copied (for a fee) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 to receive information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room.

We make this information on your fund, as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other fund details available on our Web site www.jhfunds.com or by calling 1-800-225-5291.

You can also contact us:     
1-800-225-5291  Regular mail:  Express mail: 
jhfunds.com  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
  P.O. Box 55913  Mutual Fund Image Operations 
  Boston, MA 02205-5913  30 Dan Road 
    Canton, MA 02021 

 

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John Hancock Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio   
 
Table of Contents   
 
Your expenses  Page 3 
Portfolio summary  Page 4 
Portfolio of investments  Page 5 
Financial statements  Page 6 
Financial highlights  Page 9 
Notes to financial statements  Page 10 
Evaluation of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements   
By the Board of Trustees  Page 15 
More information  Page 22 

 

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Your expenses

These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses.

Understanding your portfolio expenses

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs which include sales charges (loads) on purchases or redemptions (varies by share class), minimum account fee charge, etc.

Ongoing operating expenses including management fees, distribution and service fees (if applicable), and other portfolio expenses.

We are going to present only your ongoing operating expenses here.

Actual expenses/actual returns

This example is intended to provide information about your portfolio’s actual ongoing operating expenses, and is based on your portfolio’s actual return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011 with the same investment held until June 30, 2011.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111,2 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,030.70  $3.07 

 

Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at June 30, 2011, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” for your share class from the table above. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:

Example

[ My account value $8,600.00 / $1,000.00 = 8.6 ] x $[ “expenses paid” from table ] = My actual expenses

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

This table allows you to compare your portfolio’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the Portfolio’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each class’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not your portfolio’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on January 1, 2011, with the same investment held until June 30, 2011. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses.

  Account value  Ending value  Expenses paid during 
  on 1-1-11  on 6-30-11  period ended 6-30-111,2 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,021.80  $3.06 

 

Remember, these examples do not include any transaction costs, therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectus for details regarding transaction costs.

1 Expenses are equal to the Portfolio's annualized expense ratio of 0.61% for Class A shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

2 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was 0.64% - 1.02%.

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Portfolio Summary     
 
Asset Allocation1     
Equity - Affiliated  17%  Fixed Income - Affiliated  70%
U.S. Large Cap  18%  Multi-Sector Bond  28%
Real Estate  5%  Intermediate Bond  14%
International Large Cap  4%  High Yield Bond  11%
Equity - Unaffiliated  13%  Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities  7%
Exchange-Traded Funds  13%  Bank Loan  5%
    Global Bond  5%

 

1 As a percentage of net assets on 6-30-11.

 

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Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio
As of 6-30-11 (Unaudited)

  Shares  Value 
 
Affiliated Investment Companies 86.85%    $4,736,185 

 
Equity 16.97%     
 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 12.95%    705,888 

Equity-Income, Class NAV (T. Rowe Price)  29,071  431,709 
Global Real Estate, Class NAV (Deutsche)  34,794  274,179 
 
John Hancock Funds III (G) 4.02%    219,354 

Global Shareholder Yield, Class NAV (Epoch)  22,452  219,354 
 
Fixed Income 69.88%     

 
John Hancock Funds II (G) 69.88%    3,810,943 

Active Bond, Class NAV (John Hancock1/Declaration) (A)  42,710  434,363 
Floating Rate Income, Class NAV (WAMCO)  28,583  271,822 
Global Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  21,397  272,172 
Global High Yield, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  15,457  163,690 
High Yield, Class NAV (WAMCO)  35,874  327,527 
Multi-Sector Bond, Class NAV (Stone Harbor)  73,311  761,703 
Real Return Bond, Class NAV (PIMCO)  30,170  380,441 
Strategic Income Opportunities, Class NAV (John Hancock1) (A)  68,250  763,714 
Total Return, Class NAV (PIMCO)  23,292  326,558 
U.S. High Yield Bond, Class NAV (Wells Capital)  8,532  108,953 
 
Unaffiliated Investment Companies 13.15%    717,269 

 
Equity 13.15%     
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (I)  11,120  322,035 
WisdomTree Equity Income Fund  9,526  395,234 
 
Total investments (Cost $5,543,596)† 100.00%    $5,453,454 

 
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.00%    $89 

 
Total net assets 100.00%    $5,453,543 

 

 

Percentages are based upon net assets.

(A) The subadviser is an affiliate of the adviser.

(G) The underlying fund's subadviser is shown parenthetically.

(I) Non-income producing.

1 Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC is doing business as John Hancock Asset Management.

† At 6-30-11, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $5,557,148. Net unrealized depreciation aggregated $103,694, of which $46,550 related to appreciated investment securities and $150,244 related to depreciated investment securities.

Underlying Funds’ Investment Managers   
Declaration Management & Research, LLC  (Declaration) 
Deutsche Asset Management  (Deutsche) 
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.  (Epoch) 
John Hancock Asset Management1  (John Hancock) 
Pacific Investment Management Company  (PIMCO) 
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LP  (Stone Harbor) 
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.  (T. Rowe Price) 
Wells Capital Management, Inc.  (Wells Capital) 
Western Asset Management Company  (WAMCO) 

 

See notes to financial statements

 

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Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio

Statement of Assets and Liabilities — June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Assets     

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value     
(Cost $784,713)  $  717,269 
Investments in affiliated funds, at value (Cost     
$4,758,883) (Note 7)    4,736,185 
 
Total investments, at value (Cost $5,543,596)    5,453,454 
 
Cash    23,205 
Receivable for investments sold    62 
Dividends receivable    8,109 
Receivable due from adviser    250 
Other assets    8,324 
 
Total assets    5,493,404 
 
 
Liabilities     

Payable for investments purchased    8,377 
Payable to affiliates (Note 4)     
Accounting and legal services fees    182 
Transfer agent fees    755 
Trustees' fees    102 
Other liabilities and accrued expenses    30,445 
 
Total liabilities    39,861 
 
 
Net assets     

Capital paid-in  $  5,810,740 
Accumulated distributions in excess of net     
investment income    (22,358) 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments    (244,697) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on     
investments    (90,142) 
 
Net assets  $  5,453,543 
 
 
Net asset value per share     

Based on net asset values and shares     
outstanding-the Portfolio has an unlimited     
number of shares authorized with no par value     
Class A ($5,453,543 ÷ 467,238 shares)  $  11.67 
 
Maximum offering price per share     
Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 95%)1  $  12.28 

 

1 On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced.

See notes to financial statements

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Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio

Statement of Operations — June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

Investment income     

Income distributions received from affiliated     
underlying funds  $  79,005 
Dividends    8,589 
Interest    193 
 
Total investment income    87,787 
 
Expenses     

Investment management fees (Note 4)    4,620 
Distribution and service fees (Note 4)    8,107 
Accounting and legal services fees (Note 4)    404 
Transfer agent fees (Note 4)    4,597 
Trustees' fees (Note 4)    24 
State registration fees    6,599 
Printing and postage    851 
Professional fees    15,955 
Custodian fees    5,951 
Registration and filing fees    10,582 
Other    2,417 
 
Total expenses before reductions and     
amounts recaptured    60,107 
 
Net expense reductions and amounts     
recaptured (Note 4)    (43,597) 
 
Total expenses    16,510 
 
Net investment income    71,277 
 
 
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)     

 
Net realized gain on     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers    40,161 
Investments in affiliated issuers    48,639 
 
    88,800 
Change in net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation) of     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers    (22,091) 
Investments in affiliated issuers    27,260 
 
    5,169 
 
Net realized and unrealized gain    93,969 
 
Increase in net assets from operations  $  165,246 

 

See notes to financial statements

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Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Six months     
    ended    Year ended 
    6/30/11    12/31/10 
    (Unaudited)     
Increase (decrease) in net assets         

From operations         
Net investment income  $  71,277  $  142,823 
Net realized gain (loss)    88,800    (25,902) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation         
(depreciation)    5,169    272,895 
Increase in net assets resulting from         
operations    165,246    389,816 
 
Distributions to shareholders         
From net investment income    (94,919)    (227,921) 
From net realized gain        (83,344) 
Total distributions    (94,919)    (311,265) 
 
From Portfolio share transactions (Note 5)    3,382    395,890 
 
Total increase    73,709    474,441 
 
Net assets         

Beginning of period    5,379,834    4,905,393 
End of period  $  5,453,543  $  5,379,834 
 
Undistributed (accumulated distributions in         
excess of) net investment income  $  (22,358)  $  1,284 

 

See notes to financial statements

 

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Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio
Financial Highlights (For a share outstanding throughout the period)

Class A Shares                 
 
Period ended                 
    6-30-111    12-31-10    12-31-09    12-31-082 
Per share operating performance                 

 
 
 
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $  11.52  $  11.34  $  9.34  $  12.70 
Net investment income  3  0.15    0.32    0.36    0.41 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on                 
investments    0.20    0.55    2.05    (3.29) 
Total from investment operations    0.35    0.87    2.41    (2.88) 
 
Less distributions                 
From net investment income    (0.20)    (0.51)    (0.37)    (0.48) 
From net realized gain        (0.18)    (0.04)     
Total distributions    (0.20)    (0.69)    (0.41)    (0.48) 
 
Net asset value, end of period  $  11.67  $  11.52  $  11.34  $  9.34 
 
Total return (%)  4,5  3.076    7.88    26.35    (23.21) 
 
Ratios and supplemental data                 

 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $  5  $  5  $  5  $  4 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net                 
assets):                 
Expenses before reductions and amounts                 
recaptured  7  2.228    2.339    2.559    1.71 
Expenses net of fee waivers including                 
reductions and amounts recaptured  7  0.618    0.739    0.699    0.62 
Net investment income    2.648    2.81    3.54    3.59 
Portfolio turnover (%)    38    29    38    17 

 

1 Unaudited.
2 The inception date for Class A shares is 1-2-08.
3 Based on the average daily shares outstanding.
4 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
5 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
6 Not annualized.
7 Ratios do not include expenses indirectly incurred from underlying funds whose expense ratios can vary based on the mix of underlying funds held by the Portfolio. The range of expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Portfolio was 0.64%-1.02%, 0.52%-1.06%, 0.53%-1.18% and 0.61%-1.13%, for the period ended 6-30-11 and years ended 12-31-10, 12-31-09 and 12-31-08, respectively.
8 Annualized.
9 Includes tax expense, which was 0.05% of average net assets.

See notes to financial statements

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Retirement Rising Distribution Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a diversified series of John Hancock Funds II (the Trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The Portfolio seeks to provide a stated, targeted (non-guaranteed) quarterly distribution. As a secondary objective, the Portfolio seeks capital appreciation.

The Portfolio operates as a “fund of funds” that invests in Class NAV shares of underlying funds of the Trust, John Hancock Funds III (JHF III) and also in other affiliated funds of the John Hancock funds complex. The Portfolio may also invest in unaffiliated underlying funds and other permitted security investments.

The accounting policies of the underlying funds of the Portfolio are outlined in the underlying funds’ shareholder reports, available without charge by calling 1-800-344-1029 or on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. The underlying funds are not covered by this report. On June 24, 2011, the Board of Trustees approved a Plan of Liquidation and Termination of the Portfolio expected to be effective on or about August 19, 2011.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Portfolio:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. The Portfolio uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, including registered investment companies. Level 2 includes securities valued using significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

As of June 30, 2011, all investments are categorized as Level 1 under the hierarchy described above. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. During the six month period ended June 30, 2011, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1 or Level 2 assets.

In order to value the securities, the Portfolio uses the following valuation techniques. Investments by the Portfolio in underlying affiliated funds and/or other open-end management investment companies are valued at their respective net asset values each business day.

Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is

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accrued as earned. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation. Dividend and capital gain distributions from underlying funds are recorded on ex-date.

Line of credit. The Portfolio may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to the Portfolio to make properly authorized payments. The Portfolio is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian has a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any Portfolio property that is not segregated, to the maximum extent permitted by law for any overdraft.

In addition, effective March 30, 2011, the Portfolio and other affiliated funds have entered into an agreement with Citibank N.A. which enables them to participate in a $200 million unsecured committed line of credit. Prior to March 30, 2011, the Portfolio had a similar agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company. A commitment fee, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit, is charged to each participating fund or portfolio on a pro rata basis and is reflected in other expenses on the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolio had no borrowings under the lines of credit.

Expenses. The majority of expenses are directly attributable to an individual portfolio. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific portfolio are allocated among all portfolios in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the portfolio’s relative assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Federal income taxes. The Portfolio intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

As of December 31, 2010, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The Portfolio’s federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The Portfolio uses a quarterly targeted distribution strategy and distributes substantially all of its net income quarterly and capital gains, if any, annually. If the Portfolio has not met its distribution goal from net income and capital gains, then the distributions may consist of a return of capital.

Such distributions, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Short term gains from underlying funds are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. The final determination of tax characteristics of the Portfolio’s distribution will occur at the end of the year and will subsequently be reported to shareholders.

Capital accounts within financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable to short-term capital gain distributions received from underlying funds, wash sale loss deferrals, distribution reclassifications, non-deductible excise tax, and treatment of certain realized capital losses.

Note 3 — Guarantees and indemnifications

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Under the Portfolio’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 4 — Fees and transactions with affiliates

John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the Adviser) serves as investment adviser for the Trust. John Hancock Funds, LLC (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as principal underwriter of the Portfolio. The Adviser and the Distributor are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC).

Management fee. The Portfolio pays the Adviser a management fee for its services to the Portfolio. The management fee has two components: (a) a fee on net assets invested in a fund of the Trust or JHF III (Affiliated Fund Assets); and (b) a fee on net assets invested in investments other than a fund of the Trust or JHF III (Other Assets). The fee on assets invested in Affiliated Fund Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of the Portfolio and the Retirement Distribution Portfolio and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.06% of the first $500 million of aggregate net assets and (b) 0.05% of the excess over $500 million of aggregate net assets. The fee on Other Assets is stated as an annual percentage of the current value of the aggregate net assets of the Portfolio and the Retirement Distribution Portfolio and is equivalent to the sum of: (a) 0.51% of the first $500 million of aggregate net assets and (b) 0.50% of the excess over $500 million of aggregate net assets and is applied to the Other Assets of the Portfolio. The investment management fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.17% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (North America) LLC, and John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC, both indirectly owned subsidiaries of MFC and affiliates of the Adviser, act as subadvisers to the Portfolio. The Portfolio is not responsible for the payment of subadvisory fees.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse certain Portfolio level expenses to 0.09% of the Portfolio’s average annual net assets. This agreement excludes management fees, underlying fund expenses, taxes, portfolio brokerage commissions, interest, Rule 12b-1 fees, transfer agency fees, state registration fees, printing and postage, litigation and indemnification expenses, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio’s business. In addition, fees incurred under any agreement or plans of the Portfolio dealing with services for the shareholders and others with beneficial interest in shares of the Portfolio, are excluded. The Adviser has also agreed to a contractual expense limit on Class A specific expenses (which include 12b-1 fees, transfer agent fees, state registration fees, and printing and postage fees) of 0.35%. These expense waivers and/or reimbursements will continue in effect until at least April 30, 2012.

Accordingly, the expense reductions amounted to $43,597 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Expense recapture. The Adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed or fees waived under previous expense limitation or waiver arrangements made subsequent to January 1, 2009, for a period of three years following the beginning of the month in which such reimbursements or waivers originally occurred. The table below outlines the amounts recovered during the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the amount of waived or reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery and the respective expiration dates. Certain reimbursements or waivers are not subject to recapture.

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Amount eligible for  Amount eligible for  Amount eligible for  Amount recovered 
recovery through  recovery through  recovery through June  during the six months 
December 1, 2012  December 1, 2013  1, 2014    ended June 30, 2011 

$  78,403  $  81,608  $  43,597  - 

 

Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the Portfolio reimburses the Adviser for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, accounting and recordkeeping services of the Portfolio, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. The accounting and legal services fees incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2011, amounted to an annual rate of 0.01% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

Distribution and service plans. The Portfolio has a distribution agreement with the Distributor. The Portfolio has adopted distribution and service plans with respect to Class A pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, to pay the Distributor for services provided as the distributor of shares of the Portfolio. The Portfolio may pay up to the annual rate of 0.30% of average daily net assets for Class A shares for distribution and service fees.

Sales charges. Class A shares may be assessed up-front sales charges. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, there were no upfront sales charges for Class A shares.

Transfer agent fees. The Portfolio has a transfer agent agreement with John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (Signature Services or Transfer Agent), an affiliate of the Adviser. The transfer agent fees paid to Signature Services are determined based on the cost to Signature Services (Signature Services Cost) of providing recordkeeping services. The Signature Services Cost includes a component of allocated John Hancock corporate overhead for providing transfer agent services to the Portfolio and to all other John Hancock affiliated funds. It also includes out-of-pocket expenses that are comprised of payments made to third-parties for recordkeeping services provided to their clients who invest in one or more John Hancock funds. In addition, Signature Services Cost may be reduced by certain fees that Signature Services receives with retirement and small accounts. Signature Services Cost is calculated monthly and allocated, as applicable, to four categories of share classes: Institutional Share Classes, Retirement Share Classes, Municipal Bond Classes and all other Retail Share Classes. Within each of these categories, the applicable costs are allocated to the affected John Hancock affiliated funds and/or classes, based on the relative average daily net assets.

Trustee expenses. The Portfolio compensates each Trustee who is not an employee of the Adviser or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to each portfolio based on its average daily net assets.

Note 5 — Portfolio share transactions

Transactions in Portfolio shares for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010 were as follows:

  Six months ended  Year ended 
  6/30/11  12/31/10 
 
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class A shares         
Sold    $      7,729  $  88,185 
Distributions reinvested  8,083  94,169  27,103  311,265 
Repurchased  (7,799)  (90,787)  (303)  (3,560) 
 
 
 
 
Net increase  284  $  3,382  34,529  $  395,890 
 
 
 
 

 

Affiliates of the Portfolio owned 100% of the shares of beneficial interest of Class A shares on June 30, 2011.

 

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Note 6 — Purchase and sale of securities

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $3,617,536 and $1,918,412, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Note 7 — Investment in affiliated underlying funds

The Portfolio invests in affiliated underlying funds that are managed by the Adviser and affiliates. The Portfolio does not invest in the affiliated underlying funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, the Portfolio’s investment may represent a significant portion of each underlying Fund’s net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolio held less than 5% of the total net assets in any underlying funds.

Note 8 — Subsequent event

On August 19, 2011, the Portfolio liquidated.

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EVALUATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY 
AGREEMENTS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

 

This section describes the evaluation by the Board of Trustees of the Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) and the Subadvisory Agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”) for each of the portfolios (the “Funds”) of John Hancock Funds II (the “Trust”) discussed in this semi-annual report.

At in-person meetings on May 25-27, 2011 the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, approved for an annual period the continuation of the Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

Evaluation by the Board of Trustees

The Board, including the Trustees who are not considered to be “interested persons” of the Trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), is responsible for selecting the Trust’s adviser, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (the “Adviser” or “JHIMS”), approving the Adviser’s selection of subadvisers for each of the portfolios of the Trust (each a “Sub-Adviser, and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) and approving the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory (and any sub-subadvisory) agreements, their periodic continuation and any amendments. Consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Board regularly evaluates the Trust’s advisory and subadvisory arrangements, including consideration of the factors listed below. The Board may also consider other factors (including conditions and trends prevailing generally in the economy, the securities markets and the industry) and does not treat any single factor as determinative, and each Trustee may attribute different weights to different factors. The Board is furnished with an analysis of its fiduciary obligations in connection with its evaluation and, throughout the evaluation process, the Board is assisted by counsel for the Trust and the Independent Trustees are also separately assisted by independent legal counsel. The factors considered by the Board are:

(1) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Trust and by the Sub-Advisers to the Funds;

(2) the investment performance of the Funds and their Sub-Advisers;

(3) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as a Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Trust shareholders;

(4) the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates (including any subadvisers that are affiliated with the Adviser) from the Adviser’s relationship with the Trust; and

(5) comparative services rendered and comparative advisory and subadvisory fee rates.

The Board believes that information relating to all of these factors is relevant to its evaluation of the Trust’s advisory agreement. With respect to its evaluation of subadvisory agreements with subadvisers not affiliated with the Adviser, the Board believes that, in view of the Trust’s “manager-of-managers” advisory structure, the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by those subadvisers that are not affiliated with the Adviser from their relationship with the Trust generally are not a material factor in the Board’s consideration of these subadvisory agreements because such fees are paid by the Adviser and not by the Funds and the Board relies on the ability of the Adviser to negotiate the subadvisory fees at arms-length.

In evaluating subadvisory arrangements, the Board also considers other material business relationships that unaffiliated Sub-Advisers and their affiliates have with the Adviser or its affiliates, including the involvement by certain affiliates of certain subadvisers in the distribution of financial products, including shares of the Trust, offered by the Adviser and other affiliates of the Adviser (“Material Relationships”).

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Approval of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements

At an in-person meetings on May 25-27, 2011, the Board, including all the Independent Trustees, re-approved the Advisory Agreement and the applicable Subadvisory Agreements with respect to each of the Funds.

In considering the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Board received in advance of the meeting a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for a peer group of similar mutual funds prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data, including performance information for relevant benchmark indices and other information provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers under their respective Agreements. The Board also took into account discussions with management and information provided to the Board in its meetings throughout the year with respect to the services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds, including quarterly performance reports prepared by management containing reviews of investment results, and periodic presentations from the Sub-Advisers with respect to the Funds they manage. The Board noted the affiliation of certain of the Sub-Advisers with JHIMS, noting any potential conflicts of interest.

Throughout the process, the Trustees were afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and request additional information from management. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from their independent counsel discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreements and discussed the proposed continuation of the Agreements in private sessions with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of management were present.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

Among the information received by the Board from the Adviser relating to the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds, the Board reviewed information provided by JHIMS relating to its operations and personnel and information regarding JHIMS' compliance and regulatory history. The Board also noted that on a regular basis it receives and reviews information from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) regarding the Funds’ compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Board also considers the Adviser’s risk management processes.

The Trustees also took into account their knowledge of JHIMS's management and the quality of the performance of its duties, through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year and through each Trustee's experience as a Trustee of the Trust and of another trust in the complex.

In approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreement, and with reference to the factors that it regularly considers when considering approval of advisory and subadvisory agreements as listed above, the Board:

(1) - (a) considered the high value to the Trust of continuing its relationship with JHIMS as the Trust’s adviser, the skills and competency with which JHIMS has in the past managed the Trust’s affairs and its subadvisory relationships, JHIMS’ oversight and monitoring of the subadvisers’ investment performance and compliance programs including its timeliness in responding to performance issues and the qualifications of JHIMS’ personnel;

(b) considered JHIMS’ compliance policies and procedures and noted its responsiveness to regulatory changes and mutual fund industry developments;

(c) considered JHIMS’ administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the Funds;

(d) reviewed the financial condition of the Adviser and whether it had the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the Funds; and

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(e) recognized the Advisers reputation and experience in serving as an investment adviser to the Trust, and considered the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments.

The Board concluded that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue to provide a high quality of services under the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Funds;

(2) - (a) reviewed the investment performance of each of the Funds;

(b) reviewed the comparative performance of their respective benchmarks;

(c) considered the performance of comparable funds as included in a report prepared by an independent third party provider of mutual fund data (i.e., funds underlying variable insurance products having approximately the same investment classification/objective), if any. Such report included each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds and the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds, as well as a description of the methodology used to determine the similarity of each Fund with the funds included in each group; and

(d) took into account JHIMS’ analysis of each Fund’s performance and its plans and recommendations regarding the Trust’s subadvisory arrangements generally and with respect to particular Funds.

The Board concluded that the performance of each of the Funds has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Funds’ respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A and in such cases, that appropriate action is being taken to address performance, if necessary, or that such performance is reasonable in light of all factors considered, and that JHIMS may reasonably be expected to continue ably to monitor the performance of the Funds and each of their subadvisers.

3)– (a) with respect to each Fund (except those listed below), considered that the Adviser has agreed to waive its management fee for each of these Funds and each of the funds of John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust (except those listed below) (the “Participating Portfolios”) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the Participating Portfolios as follows (the “Reimbursement”) and that, at the request of the Board, the Reimbursement rate was increased effective May 31, 2011. The current Reimbursement rate is as follows: The Reimbursement shall equal, on an annualized basis, 0.01% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that exceed $75 billion but is less than $100 billion and 0.015% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the Participating Portfolios that equals or exceeds $100 billion. The amount of the Reimbursement shall be calculated daily and allocated among all the Participating Portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each Participating Portfolio, and that Reimbursement may be terminated or modified by the Adviser only upon notice to the Trust and approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. (The Funds that are not Participating Portfolios as of the date of this report are each of the funds of funds of the Trust and John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust.)

(b) reviewed the Trust’s advisory fee structure and the incorporation therein of any subadvisory fee breakpoints in the advisory fees charged and concluded that (i) most of the Funds contain breakpoints at the subadvisory fee level and that such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for Funds and (ii) although economies of scale cannot be measured with precision, these arrangements permit shareholders of Funds with advisory fee breakpoints to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the Funds’ advisory fee structure, including with respect to those Funds that did not currently have breakpoints, and also noted that management had agreed to add breakpoints or implement additional breakpoints to the advisory fee structure of certain of the Funds; and

(c) The Board also considered the effect of the Funds’ growth in size on their performances and fees. The Board also noted that if the Funds’ assets increase over time, the Portfolios may realize other economies of scale if assets increase proportionally more than certain other fixed expenses.

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(4) -(a) reviewed the financial statements of JHIMS and considered (i) an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the net profitability to JHIMS and Manulife Financial Corporation, the Adviser’s parent, of each Fund;

(b) reviewed and considered an analysis presented by JHIMS regarding the profitability of JHIMS’ relationship with each Fund and whether JHIMS has the financial ability to continue to provide a high level of services to the Fund;

(c) considered that JHIMS also provides administrative services to the Funds on a cost basis pursuant to an administrative services agreement and took into account information prepared by JHIMS indicating the allocation of such costs;

(d) noted that certain of the Funds’ Sub-Advisers are affiliates of the Adviser;

(e) John Hancock Signature Services, LLC and John Hancock Funds, LLC, affiliates of the Adviser, provide transfer agency services and distribution services to the Funds, respectively, and that JHIMS also derives reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the Funds;

(f) noted that the subadvisory fees for the Funds are paid by JHIMS; and

(g) considered that the Adviser should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it provides to each Fund and the entrepreneurial risk that it assumes as Adviser.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the Adviser and its affiliates’ level of profitability, if any, from their relationship with each Fund was reasonable and not excessive.

5 - reviewed comparative information prepared by an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data including, among other data, each Fund’s contractual and actual advisory and subadvisory fees and total expenses as compared to similarly situated investment companies underlying variable insurance products deemed to be comparable to the Funds. The Board considered each Fund’s ranking within a smaller group of peer funds chosen by the independent third-party provider, as well as the Fund’s ranking within broader groups of funds. In comparing each Funds actual and contractual management fee to that of comparable funds, the Board noted that such fee includes both advisory and administrative costs.

The Board determined that the Trust’s advisory fees are generally within a competitive range of those incurred by other comparable funds. In this regard, the Board took into account management’s discussion with respect to the advisory/subadvisory fee structure, including the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Adviser after payment of the subadvisory fee. The Board also noted that JHIMS is currently waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses with respect to certain of the Funds. The Board also noted that the Adviser pays the subadvisory fees of the Funds, and that such fees are negotiated at arm’s length with respect to unaffiliated Sub-Advisers. In addition, the Board noted that the Adviser effected advisory and subadvisory fee reductions in the past year with respect to several Funds. The Board also noted management’s discussion of the Funds’ expenses, as well as certain actions taken over the past several years to reduce the Funds’ operating expenses. The Board also took into account the level and quality of services provided by JHIMS with respect to the Funds, as well as the other factors considered. The Board concluded that the advisory fees paid by the Trust with respect to the Funds are reasonable.

In addition, the Trustees reviewed the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser for each Fund and concluded that the advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the advisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered in approving the Advisory Agreement is set forth in Appendix A.

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Approval of Subadvisory Agreements

In making its determination with respect to the factors that its considers in considering approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board reviewed:

(1) information relating to each subadviser’s business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock family of funds);

(2) the historical and current performance of each Fund and comparative performance information relating to the Fund’s benchmark and comparable funds;

(3) the subadvisory fee for each Fund and comparative fee information prepared by an independent third party of mutual fund data; and

(4) information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Trust’s Adviser and unaffiliated Sub-Advisers.

With respect to the services provided by each of the Sub-Advisers, the Board received information provided to the Board by each Sub-Adviser, including each Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV, as well as considered information presented throughout the past year. The Board considered the Sub-Adviser’s current level of staffing and its overall resources, as well as its compensation program. The Board reviewed each Sub-Adviser’s history and investment experience, as well as information regarding the qualifications, background and responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser’s investment and compliance personnel who provide services to the Portfolios. The Board also considered, among other things, the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program and any disciplinary history. The Board also considered the Sub-Adviser’s risk assessment and monitoring process. The Board noted each Sub-Adviser’s regulatory history, including whether it was currently involved in any regulatory actions or investigations as well as material litigation, and any settlements and amelioratory actions undertaken, as appropriate. The Board also noted that the CCO and his staff conduct regular, periodic compliance reviews with each of the Sub-Advisers and present reports to the Independent Trustees regarding the same, which includes evaluating the regulatory compliance systems of the Sub-Advisers and procedures reasonably designed by them to assure compliance with the federal securities laws. The Board also took into account the financial condition of each Sub-Adviser.

The Board considered each Sub-Adviser’s investment process and philosophy. The Board took into account that each Sub-Adviser’s responsibilities include the development and maintenance of an investment program for the applicable Fund which is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, the selection of investment securities and the placement of orders for the purchase and sale of such securities, as well as the implementation of compliance controls related to performance of these services. The Board also received information with respect to each Sub-Adviser’s brokerage policies and practices, including with respect to best execution and soft dollars. The Board also reviewed information relating to the nature and scope of Material Relationships and their significance to the Adviser and its affiliates and to unaffiliated Sub-Advisers.

The Board also took into account the sub-advisory fees paid by the Adviser to fees charged by each Fund’s Sub-Adviser to manage other sub-advised portfolios and portfolios not subject to regulation under the 1940 Act.

The Board also received information with respect to any Material Relationships with respect to the unaffiliated Sub-Advisers, which include arrangements in which unaffiliated subadvisers or their affiliates provide advisory, distribution or management services in connection with financial products sponsored by the Trust’s adviser or its affiliates, and may include other registered investment companies, a 529 education savings plan, managed separate accounts and exempt group annuity contracts sold to qualified plans. The Board also received information and took into account any other potential conflicts of interests the Adviser might have in connection with the Sub-Advisory Agreements.

The Board’s decision to approve each Subadvisory Agreement was based on a number of determinations, including the following:

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(1) The Sub-Adviser has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager;

(2) Although not without variation, the performance of each Fund managed by a Sub-Adviser has generally been in line with or generally outperformed the historical performance of comparable funds and the Fund’s respective benchmarks with the exceptions noted in Appendix A (with respect to such exceptions, the Board concluded that appropriate action was being taken to address such Funds’ performance, if necessary, or that performance was reasonable in light of all factors considered);

(3) The subadvisory fees generally are competitive and within the range of industry norms, are paid by JHIMS out of its advisory fees it receives from the Fund and would not be an expense of the Fund, and, with respect to each Sub-Adviser that is not affiliated with the Adviser, are a product of arm’s length negotiation between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser; and the Board concluded that each Fund’s subadvisory fees are reasonable; and

(4) With respect to those Funds that have subadvisory fees that contain breakpoints, such breakpoints are reflected as breakpoints in the advisory fees for the Funds in order to permit shareholders to benefit from economies of scale if those Funds grow.

In addition, the Trustees reviewed the subadvisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser for the Funds and concluded that the subadvisory fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser with respect to each Fund is based on services provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided pursuant to the subadvisory agreements for the underlying portfolios of the Funds and that the additional services are necessary because of the differences between the investment policies, strategies and techniques of a fund of funds and those of its underlying portfolios.

Additional information relating to each Fund’s fees and expenses and performance that the Board considered for a particular Fund is set forth in Appendix A.

*    *    * 

 

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that renewal of the Advisory Agreement and each of the Sub-Advisory Agreements would be in the best interest of each of the Funds and its respective shareholders. Accordingly, the Board, and the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Advisory Agreement for an additional one-year period.

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John Hancock Funds II 
Appendix A

 

PORTFOLIO  PERFORMANCE OF TRUST,     
(SUBADVISER)  AS OF MARCH 31, 2011  FEES AND EXPENSES  OTHER COMMENTS 
 

  Benchmark Index - The  Subadvisory fees: Limited  The Board took into account management’s discussion of performance 
  Fund underperformed for  peer group.  and its proposed plans with respect to the Fund. 
  the one-year period and     
Retirement  underperformed for the  Net management fees for this  The Board took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s 
Rising  three-year period.  Fund are lower than the peer  expenses. 
Distribution    group median.   
  Morningstar Category - The    The Board noted that the Fund is subject to a voluntary fee waiver that 
(John Hancock  Fund slightly  Total expenses for this Fund  reduces certain expenses of the Fund. 
Asset  underperformed for the one-  are higher than the peer   
Management)  year period and  group median.   
  underperformed for the     
  three-year period.     

 

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More information   

 
 
 
 
Trustees  Investment adviser 
James M. Oates, Chairman  John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC 
James R. Boyle†   
Grace K. Fey  Investment subadviser 
Charles L. Bardelis*  John Hancock Asset Management 
Peter S. Burgess*   
Theron S. Hoffman  Principal distributor 
Hassell H. McClellan  John Hancock Funds, LLC 
Steven M. Roberts*   
  Custodian 
*Member of the Audit Committee  State Street Bank and Trust Company 
†Non-Independent Trustee   
  Transfer agent 
Officers  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
Hugh McHaffie   
President  Legal counsel 
Thomas M. Kinzler  K&L Gates LLP 
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   
Francis V. Knox, Jr.   
Chief Compliance Officer   
Michael J. Leary   
Treasurer   
Charles A. Rizzo   
Chief Financial Officer   
John G. Vrysen   
Chief Operating Officer   

 

The Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the Fund’s proxy voting record, if any, for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov or on our Web site.

The Fund’s complete list of portfolio holdings, for the first and third fiscal quarters, is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on our Web site and the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov, and can be reviewed and copied (for a fee) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 to receive information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room.

We make this information on your fund, as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other fund details available on our Web site www.jhfunds.com or by calling 1-800-225-5291.

You can also contact us:     
1-800-225-5291  Regular mail:  Express mail: 
jhfunds.com  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
  P.O. Box 55913  Mutual Fund Image Operations 
  Boston, MA 02205-5913  30 Dan Road 
    Canton, MA 02021 

 

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

(a)Not Applicable
(b)Not Applicable
(c)Not Applicable
(d)Not Applicable
(e)Not Applicable
(f)Not Applicable

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not Applicable

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a) Not Applicable
(b) Not Applicable
(c) Not Applicable
(d) Not Applicable
(e) Not Applicable
(f) Not Applicable
(g) Not Applicable
(h) Not Applicable

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not Applicable.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a) Included with Item 1.
(b) Not Applicable

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the



periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including the Registrant's principal executive officer and the Registrant's principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures relating to information required to be disclosed on Form N-CSR. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are operating effectively to ensure that:

(i) information required to be disclosed in this Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and

(ii) information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S INTERNAL CONTROL: Not Applicable.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Not applicable

(a)(2)(i) CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

(a)(2)(ii) CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER.

(b) CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO Rule 30a-2(b) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940



SIGNATURES 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II

/s/ Hugh McHaffie
Hugh McHaffie
President
Date: August 22, 2011

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/ Hugh McHaffie
Hugh McHaffie
President
Date: August 22, 2011

/s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 22, 2011