JOHN HANCOCK SERIES TRUST
John Hancock Small Cap Growth Fund
Amendment of Section 5.11 and
Establishment and Designation of Class I Shares
of Beneficial Interest of
John Hancock Small Cap Growth Fund
a Series of John Hancock Series Trust
Amendment of Section 5.11
The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of John
Hancock Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), acting pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Declaration of
Trust dated September 10, 1996, as amended from time to time, do
hereby amend Section 5.11, effective December 1, 1999, as
follows:
1. Section 5.11 (a) shall be deleted and replaced with
the following:
Without limiting the authority of the Trustees
set forth in Section 5.1 to establish and
designate any further Series or Classes, the
Trustees hereby establish the following Series:
John Hancock Global Technology Fund, which
consists of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, and
Class C Shares; and John Hancock Small Cap Growth
Fund, which consists of Class A Shares, Class B
Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares (the
"Existing Series").
Establishment and Designation of Class I Shares
The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of John
Hancock Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), acting pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.11 of the
Declaration of Trust dated September 10, 1996, as amended from
time to time (the "Declaration of Trust"), do hereby establish
and designate an additional class of shares of John Hancock
Small Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund"), effective December 1, 1999,
as follows:
1. The additional class of Shares of the Fund established
and designated hereby is "Class I Shares".
2. Class I Shares shall be entitled to all of the rights
and preferences accorded to Shares under the Declaration of
Trust.
3. The purchase price of Class I Shares, the method of
determining the net asset value of Class I Shares, and the
relative dividend rights of holders of Class I Shares shall
be established by the Trustees of the Trust in accordance
with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and shall
be as set forth in the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information of the Fund included in the Trust's
Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and/or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Declaration of Trust is hereby amended to the extent
necessary to reflect the amendment of Section 5.11 and the
establishment of an additional class of Shares, effective
December 1, 1999.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
instrument, together and in counterpart, as of the 19th day of
July, 1999.
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Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
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Charles L. Ladner
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Stephen L. Brown
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Leo E. Linbeck, Jr.
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James F. Carlin
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Steven R. Pruchansky
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William H. Cunningham
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Richard S. Scipione
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Ronald R. Dion
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Norman H. Smith
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Harold R. Hiser, Jr.
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John P. Toolan
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Anne C. Hodsdon
The Declaration of Trust, a copy of which, together with
all amendments thereto, is on file in the office of the
Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
provides that no Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the
Trust or any Series thereof shall be subject to any personal
liability whatsoever to any Person, other than to the Trust or
its shareholders, in connection with Trust Property or the
affairs of the Trust, save only that arising from bad faith,
willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of
his/her duties with respect to such Person; and all such Persons
shall look solely to the Trust Property, or to the Trust
Property of one or more specific Series of the Trust if the
claim arises from the conduct of such Trustee, officer, employee
or agent with respect to only such Series, for satisfaction of
claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of
the Trust.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
Then personally appeared the above-named Edward J.
Boudreau, Jr., Stephen L. Brown, James F. Carlin, William H.
Cunningham, Ronald R. Dion, Harold R. Hiser, Jr., Anne C.
Hodsdon, Charles L. Ladner, Leo E. Linbeck, Jr., Steven R.
Pruchansky, Richard S. Scipione, Norman H. Smith and John P.
Toolan, who acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his or
her free act and deed, before me, this 19th day of July, 1999.
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Notary Public
My Commission
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