JOHN HANCOCK TRUST

                                 TERMINATION OF
                        SERIES III AND SERIES IIIA SHARES
                              OF JOHN HANCOCK TRUST

     The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of John Hancock
Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), acting pursuant to power
conferred on the Trustees by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust
dated September 29, 1988, do hereby terminate and abolish Series III shares of
each of the series of the Trust and Series IIIA shares of each series of the
Trust set forth below.

Lifestyle Aggressive Trust
Lifestyle Growth Trust
Lifestyle Balanced Trust
Lifestyle Moderate Trust
Lifestyle Conservative Trust



     In witness whereof, the undersigned have executed this instrument in
duplicate original counterparts and have caused a duplicate original to be
lodged among the records of the Trust this 29 day of September, 2006.


/s/ Don B. Allen                        /s/ Charles L. Bardelis
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Don B. Allen                            Charles L. Bardelis


/s/ James R. Boyle                      /s/ Peter S. Burgess
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James R. Boyle                          Peter S. Burgess


/s/ Elizabeth Cook                      /s/ Hassell H. McClellan
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Elizabeth Cook                          Hassell H. McClellan


/s/ James M. Oates                      /s/ John D. Richardson
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James M. Oates                          John D. Richardson


/s/ F. David Rolwing
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F. David Rolwing

The Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated September 29, 1988, a
copy of which together with all amendments thereto is on file in the office of
the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that this
instrument was executed by the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not
individually and that the obligations of this instrument are not binding upon
any of them or the shareholders of the Trust individually, but are binding only
upon the assets belonging to the Trust, or the particular Series of Shares in
question, as the case may be.