LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST

Exhibit 99.28(a)(xxii)

LORD XXXXXX INVESTMENT TRUST

AMENDMENT TO

DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST

The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Xxxxxx Investment Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated August 16, 1993 (the “Declaration”), do hereby establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, three new classes of shares for each of the Trust’s twelve series: Lord Xxxxxx Diversified Equity Strategy Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Multi-Asset Growth Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Multi-Asset Income Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Convertible Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Core Fixed Income Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Floating Rate Fund, Lord Xxxxxx High Yield Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Income Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Inflation Focused Fund, Lord Xxxxxx Short Duration Income Fund, and Lord Xxxxxx Total Return Fund; such new classes to be designated Class R4, Class R5, and Class R6. Any variations as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, the price, terms and manner of redemption and special and relative rights as to dividends on liquidation, and conditions under which such series or class shall have separate voting rights, shall be as set forth in the Declaration or as elsewhere determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

This instrument shall constitute an amendment to the Declaration.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 6th day of November 2014.

/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx		/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx		Xxxxx X. Xxxx
/s/ X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx		/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx		Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.		/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.		Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx X. Fast		/s/ Xxxxx L.L. Xxxxxx
Xxxx C. Fast		Xxxxx L.L. Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx