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        <name>John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust-Core Bond Trust</name>
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        <name>JHVIT EQUITY INCOME TRUST EWUITY INCOME TR NAV SHS</name>
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        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>JHVIT STRATEGIC EQUITY ALLO MUTUAL FUND</name>
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        <name>John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust-Bond Trust</name>
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        <name>HANCOCK JOHN SOVEREIGN BD FD MUTUAL FUND</name>
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        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>JOHN HANCOCK FUNDAMENTAL LARGE JH FNDMNTL LRG CAP CORE-NAV</name>
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        <name>JHF Emerging Markets Equity Fu MUTUAL FUND</name>
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        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
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      <ncom:dateSigned>2022-01-28</ncom:dateSigned>
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