Amendment to Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement Between Jackson National Asset Management, LLC and Franklin Advisers, Inc.
EX. 99.28(d)(23)(viii)
Amendment
to Amended and Restated
Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement Between
Xxxxxxx National Asset Management, LLC
and Franklin Advisers, Inc.
This Amendment is made by and between Xxxxxxx National Asset Management, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser (the “Adviser”), and Franklin Advisers, Inc., a California corporation and registered investment adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”).
Whereas, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser (the “Parties”) entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, effective as of the 1st day of December, 2012, as amended (the “Agreement”), whereby the Adviser appointed the Sub-Adviser to provide certain sub-investment advisory services to certain investment portfolios (each, a “Fund”) of JNL Series Trust (the “Trust”), as listed on Schedule A to the Agreement.
Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved and the Parties have agreed to amend the following section of the Agreement, effective September 3, 2021:
Section 15. Confidential Treatment.
Now Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1) | Section 15. Confidential Treatment shall be deleted and replaced, in its entirety, with the following: |
| “15. | Confidential Treatment. All information and advice furnished by one party to the other party (including their respective agents, employees and representatives and the agents, employees, and representatives of any affiliates) hereunder shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to third parties, except as may be necessary to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, subpoenas, court orders, and as required in the administration and management of the Funds. It is understood that any information or recommendation supplied or produced by Sub-Adviser in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder is to be regarded as confidential and for use only by the Adviser and the Trust. Without limiting the foregoing, the Adviser and the Trust will only disclose portfolio information in accordance with the Trust’s portfolio information policy as adopted by the Board. |
The confidential treatment of the information noted in this Agreement shall also apply to information shared between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser relating to potential future funds for which the Adviser may wish to retain the Sub-Adviser’s investment advisory services.”
| 2) | Except as specifically amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. |
| 3) | Each of the Parties represents and warrants to the others that it has full authority to enter into this Amendment, upon the terms and conditions hereof, and that the individual executing this Amendment is duly authorized to bind the respective party to this Amendment. |
| 4) | This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, which together shall constitute one document. |
In Witness Whereof, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed, effective September 3, 2021.
| Xxxxxxx National Asset Management, LLC |
Franklin Advisers, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Title: | AVP and Associate General Counsel | Title: | President, CIO | |
