AMENDMENT DATED AUGUST 31, 2010
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS OF
JOHN HANCOCK BOND TRUST
JOHN HANCOCK CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
JOHN HANCOCK CAPITAL SERIES
JOHN HANCOCK CURRENT INTEREST
JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST
JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST II
JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT TRUST III
JOHN HANCOCK MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRUST
JOHN HANCOCK SERIES TRUST
JOHN HANCOCK SOVEREIGN BOND FUND
JOHN HANCOCK STRATEGIC SERIES
JOHN HANCOCK TAX-EXEMPT SERIES FUND
EACH DATED MARCH 8, 2005 AS AMENDED
AND
BY-LAWS OF
JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS III
DATED JUNE 9, 2005 AS AMENDED
Section 4.3 of ARTICLE IV is hereby amended to read as follows in its entirety:
Section 4.3 Retirement Age. The retirement age for Trustees shall be seventy three and therefore each Trustee shall retire from service on
December 31 of the year in which he or she reaches his or her seventy-third birthday.