FT 9857 TRUST AGREEMENT Dated: January 24, 2022Trust Agreement • January 24th, 2022 • Ft 9857
The Trust Agreement among First Trust Portfolios L.P., as Depositor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, First Trust Advisors L.P., as Evaluator and Portfolio Supervisor, sets forth certain provisions in full and incorporates other provisions by reference to the document entitled "Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust for FT 4484 and certain subsequent Series, Effective: November 6, 2013" as amended by Amendment dated September 5, 2017 (herein called the "Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust"), and such provisions as are incorporated by reference constitute a single instrument. All references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust.
RULE 12d1-4 UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST OF CLOSED-END FUNDS INVESTMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Agreement • January 24th, 2022 • Ft 9857 • New York
This Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2022, is between FT Series (the “Trust”) on behalf of each of its existing and future series that invests in the Acquired Fund in reliance on the Rule as such terms are defined below, severally and not jointly, (each, an “Acquiring Fund”), and Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, a business trust formed under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Acquired Fund” and, together with an Acquiring Fund, the “Funds”).
