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            MERRILL LYNCH [LOGO]
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            Global Markets & Investment Banking


                                                               December 27, 2005

                                    AMENDMENT

Alfred Ouellette
Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
John Hancock Advisors, LLC
601 Congress Street, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02210


Robert Sandt
Vice President
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
60 Wall Street, 27th Floor MS NYC60-2715
New York, NY 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        Reference is made to the Broker-Dealer Agreements (collectively, the
"Broker-Dealer Agreements") between Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(formerly known as Bankers Trust Company) (acting not in its individual capacity
but solely as the agent in each case of the applicable Company, the "Auction
Agent") and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &. Smith Incorporated ("Merrill
Lynch") relating to the Auction Market' Preferred Stock or Bonds of the issuers
(each, an "Issuer") listed in Annex A hereto (collectively, the "AMPS").

         Pursuant to the Broker-Dealer Agreements, Merrill Lynch is required to
obtain from each purchaser of AMPS a purchaser's letter (the "Purchaser's
Letter"), the form of which is attached as Annex B hereto. Merrill Lynch would
like to amend the Broker-Dealer Agreements to the extent necessary to eliminate
the requirement that Merrill Lynch obtain the Purchaser's Letters; and, the
Issuer (specified below) also would like the Broker-Dealer Agreement(s) to which
it is party to be so amended.

        Accordingly, said Broker-Dealer Agreement(s) is(are) hereby amended to
eliminate any requirement that Merrill Lynch obtain a Purchaser's Letter from
any purchaser of AMP's.

        This Amendment is limited as specified and shall not constitute a
modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of any Broker-Dealer
Agreement. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by

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the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.

        This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
law of the State of New York (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

        This Amendment shall become effective as of the date written above when
executed by Merrill Lynch and the Auction Agent; provided, that it is understood
by Merrill Lynch and by the Issuer that the Auction Agent is executing this
Amendment not in its individual capacity but solely as agent of the Issuer and
that execution hereof by the Issuer shall constitute a direction by the Issuer
to the Auction Agent to execute this Amendment as agent for the Issuer.


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         We hereby request that (i) the Issuer indicate its consent to this
Amendment and its instruction to the Auction Agent to execute this Amendment by
signing this Amendment in the space provided below and (ii) the Auction Agent
execute this Amendment in the space provided below pursuant to the Issuer's
instruction as heretofore described.



                                  Very truly yours,
                                  MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                               INCORPORATED



                                  By       /s/ Frances M. Constable
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Frances M. Constable
                                           Managing Director



By countersigning below, the Issuer consents to this Amendment and instructs the
Auction Agent to execute this Amendment as of the date first written above:

JOHN HANCOCK ADVISERS, LLC on behalf of the Funds listed on Annex A




By /s/ Alfred Ouellette
   ------------------------------------------------
   Alfred Ouellette
   Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel

By countersigning below, the Auction Agent consents to this Amendment, not in
its individual capacity but solely as agent of the Issuer, as of the date first
written above:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS



By /s/ Robert Sandt
   ---------------------------------
   Robert Sandt
   Vice President




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                                    ANNEX A
CUSIP                                                 $MM          ISSUE DATE
41013G301         JHN HNCCK/PTRIOT GLB                60.000        04/30/93
41013Q200         JNH HNCCK/PTRIOT PRM                62.500        12/16/88
41013T204         JHN HNCCK/PTRIOT PRM                50.000        12/14/89
41013T303         JHN HNCCK/PTRIOT PRM                50.000        12/14/89
41013U201         JHN HNCCK/PTRIOT SLT                70.000        08/23/90



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                                     ANNEX B

           TO BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR BROKER-DEALER OR REMARKETING AGENT

                            Master Purchaser's Letter

                                   Relating to
                       Securities Involving Rate Settings
                        Through Auctions or Remarketings

THE COMPANY
A REMARKETING AGENT
THE TRUST COMPANY
A BROKER-DEALER
AN AGENT MEMBER
OTHER PERSONS

Dear Sirs:

        1. This letter is designed  to apply to  publicly or  privately  offered
debt or equity securities ("Securities") of any issuer (the "Company") which are
described in any final prospectus or other offering  materials  relating to such
Securities  as the same  may be  amended  or  supplemented  (collectively,  with
respect to the particular  Securities  concerned,  the  "Prospectus")  and which
involve  periodic rate setting  through  auctions  ("Auctions")  or  remarketing
procedures ("Remarketing").  This letter shall be for the benefit of any Company
and of any trust company,  auction  agent,  paying agent  (collectively,  "trust
company"), remarketing agent, broker-dealer, agent member, securities depository
or other  interested  person  in  connection  with any  Securities  and  related
Auctions or Remarketings  (it being understood that such persons may be required
to  execute   specified   agreements   and  nothing   herein  shall  alter  such
requirements).  The  terminology  used  herein is  intended to be general in its
application  and not to  exclude  any  Securities  in  respect  of which (in the
Prospectus or otherwise) alternative terminology is used.

        2. We may from time to time offer to purchase,  purchase,  offer to sell
and/or sell  Securities of any Company as described in the  Prospectus  relating
thereto. We agree that this letter shall apply to all such purchases,  sales and
offers and to Securities  owned by us. We understand that the  dividend/interest
rate on Securities  may be based from time to time on the results of Auctions or
Remarketings as set forth in the Prospectus.

        3. We agree that any bid or sell  order  placed by us in an Auction or a
Remarketing shall constitute an irrevocable offer (except as otherwise described
in the Prospectus) by us to purchase or sell the Securities  subject to such bid
or sell order,  or such lesser  amount of  Securities as we shall be required to
sell or purchase as a result of such Auction or  Remarketing,  at the applicable
price, all as set forth in the Prospectus, and that if we fail to place a bid or
sell order with respect to Securities  owned by us with a  broker-dealer  on any
Auction or Remarketing date, or a broker-dealer to which we communicate a bid or
sell  order  fails to  submit  such bid or sell  order to the trust  company  or
remarketing agent concerned, we shall be deemed to have placed a hold order with
respect to such  Securities  as described in the  Prospectus.  We authorize  any
broker-dealer  that  submits  a bid or sell  order as our agent in  Auctions  or
Remarketings to execute contracts for the sale of Securities covered by such bid
or  sell  order.  We  recognize  that  the  payment  by such  broker-dealer  for
Securities purchased on our behalf shall not relieve us of any liability to such
broker-dealer for payment for such Securities.

        4. We understand that in a Remarketing, the dividend or interest rate or
rates on the  Securities  and the  allocation  of  Securities  tendered for sale
between  dividend or interest  periods of  different  lengths will be based from
time to time on the determinations of one or more remarketing  agent(s),  and we
agree to be conclusively bound by such  determinations.  We further agree to the
payment  of  different  dividend  or  interest  rates to  different  holders  of
Securities depending on the length of the dividend or interest period elected by

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such holders. We agree that any notice given by us to a remarketing agent (or to
a broker-dealer for transmission to a remarketing agent) of our desire to tender
Securities  in a Remarketing  shall  constitute  an  irrevocable  (except to the
limited extent set forth in the  Prospectus)  offer by us to sell the Securities
specified in such notice,  or such lesser  number of  Securities  as we shall be
required to sell as a result of such  Remarketing,  in accordance with the terms
set forth in the  Prospectus,  and we authorize the  remarketing  agent to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of such Securities as set forth in the Prospectus.

        5. We agree  that,  during the  applicable  period as  described  in the
Prospectus, dispositions of Securities can be made only in the denominations set
forth in the Prospectus and we will sell,  transfer or otherwise  dispose of any
Securities  held by us from time to time only  pursuant  to a bid or sell  order
placed in an Auction,  in a Remarketing,  to or through a broker-dealer or, when
permitted in the  Prospectus,  to a person that has signed and  delivered to the
applicable  trust company or a remarketing  agent a letter  substantially in the
form of this letter (or other applicable  purchaser's letter),  provided that in
the case of an transfers  other than pursuant to Auctions or  Remarketings we or
our  broker-dealer  or our agent  member  shall  advise such trust  company or a
remarketing agent of such transfer. We understand that a restrictive legend will
be  placed  on  certificates   representing  the  Securities  and  stop-transfer
instructions will be issued to the transfer agent and/or  registrar,  all as set
forth in the Prospectus.

        6. We agree  that,  during the  applicable  period as  described  in the
Prospectus,  ownership of Securities  shall be represented by one or more global
certificates  registered in the name of the applicable  securities depository or
its  nominee,   that  we  will  not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  certificate
representing  the Securities  and that our ownership of any  Securities  will be
maintained in book-entry  form by the  securities  depository for the account of
our  agent  member,  which  in turn  will  maintain  records  of our  beneficial
ownership.  We  authorize  and  instruct  our agent  member to  disclose  to the
applicable trust company or remarketing  agent such  information  concerning our
beneficial  ownership of Securities as such trust company or  remarketing  agent
shall request.

        7. We  acknowledge  that partial  deliveries of Securities  purchased in
Auctions or Remarketings  may be made to us and such deliveries shall constitute
good delivery as set forth in the Prospectus.

        8. This letter is not a commitment by us to purchase any Securities.

        9.  This  letter  supersedes  any  prior-dated  version  of this  master
purchaser's  letter, and supplements any prior or post-dated  purchaser's letter
specific to any particular Securities,  and this letter may only be revoked by a
signed writing delivered to the original recipients hereof.

        10. The  descriptions of Auction or Remarketing  procedures set forth in
each applicable  Prospectus are  incorporated by reference herein and in case of
any conflict between this letter,  any purchaser's letter specific to particular
Securities and any such description, such description shall control.

        11. Any  xerographic,  or other copy of this  letter  shall be deemed of
equal effect as a signed original.

        12. In the case of each offer to  purchase,  purchase,  offer to sell or
sale by us of Securities  not  registered  under the  Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), we represent and agree as follows:

             (A) We understand and expressly acknowledge that the Securities
have not been and will not be registered under the Act and, accordingly, that
the Securities may not be reoffered, resold or otherwise pledged, hypothecated
or transferred unless an applicable exemption from the registration requirements
of the Act is available.

             (B) We hereby confirm that any purchase of Securities made by us
will be for our own account, or for the account of one or more parties for which
we are acting as trustee or agent with complete investment discretion and with
authority to bind such parties, and not with a view to any public resale or
distribution thereof. We and each other party for which we are acting which will
acquire Securities will be "accredited investors" within the meaning of
Regulation D under the Act with respect to the Securities to be purchased by us
or such party, as the case may be, will have previously invested in similar
types of instruments and will be able and prepared to bear the economic risk of
investing in and holding such Securities.

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             (C) We acknowledge that prior to purchasing any Securities we have
had access to such financial and other information as we deem necessary in
connection with our decision to purchase Securities.

             (D) We recognize that the Company and broker-dealers or remarketing
agents will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing investment
representations and agreements, and we agree that each of our purchases of
Securities now or in the future shall be deemed to constitute our concurrence in
all of the foregoing which shall be binding on us and each party for which we
are acting as set forth in Subparagraph B above.


Date: ___________________  MLPF&S   Account ____________________________________
                           Number:
                                            By (signature):_____________________
                                            Name (print):_______________________
                                            Title (if applicable):______________
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