EX-99.(D)(33)(C) 140 b73715a1exv99wxdyx33yxcy.htm EX-99.(D)(33)(C) AMENDMENT DATED APRIL 29, 2005 TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 29, 1999 exv99wxdyx33yxcy
AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
     AMENDMENT made as of this 29th day of April, 2005 to the Subadvisory Agreement dated January 29, 1999 as amended (the “Agreement”), between John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (formerly, Manufacturer’s Securities Services, LLC), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Adviser”), and Wellington Management Company, LLP, a Massachusetts limited liability partnership (the “Subadviser”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. CHANGE IN APPENDIX A
     Appendix A to the Agreement is hereby amended to add the subadvisory fee for the following portfolios as set forth in the revised Appendix A attached to this Amendment.
Small Cap Value Trust
Small Cap Growth Trust
2. CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRUST PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     The Subadviser agrees to treat the Manufacturers Investment Trust (the “Trust”) portfolio holdings as confidential information in accordance with the Subadviser’s “Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy and Procedures,” (the “Subadviser Policy” as may be amended from time to time, and to prohibit its employees from trading on any such confidential information. The Subadviser acknowledges the provisions of the Trust’s “Policy Regarding Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings” (the “Trust Policy”) regarding non-disclosure of confidential information. Consistent with the Subadviser Policy, the Subadviser will not release the Trust’s confidential portfolio holdings information to any third party except at the direction of the Adviser. The Adviser hereby represents and warrants that it shall not instruct the Subadviser to release such information to any third party unless the Adviser has entered into a confidentiality agreement with such third party of the type contemplated under the Trust Policy.
3. CONSULTATION WITH SUBADVISERS TO OTHER TRUST PORTFOLIOS
As required by Rule 17a-10 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Subadviser is prohibited from consulting with the entities listed below concerning transactions for a Portfolio in securities or other assets:
  1.   other subadvisers to a Portfolio
 
  2.   other subadvisers to a Trust portfolio
 
  3.   other subadvisers to a portfolio under common control with the Portfolio
4. EFFECTIVE DATE
     This Amendment shall become effective with respect to each portfolio on the later to occur of: (i) approval of the Amendment by the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Trust and (ii) execution of the Amendment.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the date first mentioned above.
John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC
By: John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), its managing member
         
By:
  /s/James D. Gallagher
 
    
 
  James D. Gallagher, Executive Vice President,    
 
  Secretary and General Counsel    
 
        
Wellington Management Company, LLP    
 
        
By:
  /s/Jonathan M. Payson
 
    
 
  Jonathan M. Payson    
 
  Senior Vice President    

 

 

APPENDIX A
     The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the following portfolios of the Trust. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this Agreement, the fee computed separately for each such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the “Subadviser Percentage Fee”):
                 
    First     Excess Over  
Portfolio   $100 million     $100 million  
Small Cap Value Trust
                
Small Cap Growth Trust
                
                                         
            Between     Between              
            $50 million     $200 million     Between        
    First     and     and $500     $500 million     Excess Over  
Portfolio   $50 million     $200 million     million     and $1 billion     $1 billion  
Natural Resources Trust
                                        
Growth & Income Trust
                                        
Investment Quality Bond Trust
                                        
Mid Cap Stock Trust
                                        
     The Subadviser Percentage Fee for each Portfolio shall be accrued for each calendar day and the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly to the Subadviser. The daily fee accruals will be computed by multiplying the fraction of one over the number of calendar days in the year by the applicable annual rate described in the preceding paragraph, and multiplying this product by the net assets of the Portfolio as determined in accordance with the Trust’s prospectus and statement of additional information as of the close of business on the previous business day on which the Trust was open for business.
     If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.