Exhibit 7(v)
[Janus Letterhead]
LETTER AGREEMENT
February 15, 2005
Xx. Xxxx Xxxx
Associate Counsel
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Global Investor Services Group
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx XXX0X
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Xx. Xxxx:
This letter is to notify you that Janus Adviser Series (the "Trust") has changed
the name of Janus Adviser Capital Appreciation Fund to Janus Adviser Forty Fund
(the "Fund"), effective February 28, 2005. The Trust requests confirmation that
all references to "Janus Adviser Capital Appreciation Fund" in the Custodian
Contract dated June 29, 2000, as amended, between the Trust and State Street
Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") (the "Custodian Contract"), shall be
replaced with "Janus Adviser Forty Fund," and that State Street will continue to
act as custodian for the Fund under the terms of the Custodian Contract.
Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this
letter, returning one copy to the Trust and retaining one copy for your records.
JANUS ADVISER SERIES
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Agreed to this 22nd day of February, 2005.
cc: Xxxxx Xxxx
