Exhibit 7(aa)
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 Aspen Series (the "Trust") has changed
the name of Capital Appreciation Portfolio to Forty Portfolio (the "Portfolio")
effective May 1, 2005. The Trust requests confirmation that all references to
"Capital Appreciation Portfolio" in the Custodian Contract dated September 13,
1993, as amended, between the Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company
("State Street") (the "Custodian Contract"), shall be replaced with "Forty
Portfolio," and that State Street will continue to act as custodian for the
Portfolio 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 ASPEN 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
