Operational and cybersecurity risk. Cybersecurity breaches may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to fund assets, customer data, or
proprietary information, or cause a fund or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. Similar incidents affecting issuers of a fund’s securities may negatively impact performance. Operational risk may arise from human error, error by third parties, communication errors, or technology failures, among other causes.
Redemption risk. The fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause it to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets, and that could affect the fund’s ability to maintain a $1.00 share price. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money. In addition, the fund may suspend redemptions and liquidate the fund when permitted by applicable regulations.
Tax diversification risk. The fund operates as a “government money market fund” in accordance with
Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (a “Government Fund”). Additionally, the fund intends to meet the diversification requirements that
are applicable to insurance company separate accounts under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Diversification Requirements”). To
satisfy the Diversification Requirements applicable to variable annuity contracts, the value of the assets of the fund invested in securities issued by the United States
government must remain below specified thresholds. For these purposes, each United States government agency or instrumentality is treated as a separate issuer (subject to special rules applicable to government agency-issued mortgage-backed securities). Under a Notice issued by the Internal Revenue Service in 2016, pending amendment of the applicable regulations, government money market funds may rely upon an alternative diversification standard.
A failure to satisfy the Diversification Requirements could have significant adverse tax consequences for variable annuity contract owners whose contract values are determined by investment in the fund.
U.S. government agency obligations risk. The fund invests in obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government.
Government-sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Federal Home Loan Banks, although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by congressional appropriations and the debt securities that they issue are neither guaranteed nor issued by the U.S. government. Such debt securities are subject to the risk of default on the payment of interest and/or principal, similar to the debt securities of private issuers. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. government obligations may greatly exceed their current resources, including any legal right to support from the U.S. government. Although the U.S. government has provided financial support to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the past, there can be no assurance that it will support these or other government-sponsored entities in the future.
U.S. Treasury obligations risk. The market value of direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury may vary due to changes in interest rates. In addition, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the fund’s investments in obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury to decline.
The following information illustrates the variability of the fund’s returns and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund by
showing changes in the fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the fund’s average annual returns compared with a broad-based securities market index. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate future results. The ICE BofA 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index shows how the fund’s performance compares against the
returns of similar investments. All figures assume dividend reinvestment. Performance information is updated daily, monthly, and quarterly and may be obtained at our website,
jhinvestments.com, or by calling 800-225-5291, Monday to Thursday, 8:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m., Eastern time. Calendar year total returns are shown only for Class A shares and would be different for other share
classes.
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