LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST

Exhibit 99. (a)(xxv)

LORD XXXXXX SECURITIES TRUST

AMENDMENT TO

DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST

The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Xxxxxx Securities Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated February 26, 1993 (the “Declaration”), do hereby, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration: (i) establish a new series of shares of the Trust to be designated as “Lord Xxxxxx Global Select Equity Fund” and (ii) establish the following classes of Lord Xxxxxx Global Select Equity Fund: Class A, Class C, Class F, Class F3, Class I, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class R6, and Class T. 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 19th day of April, 2018.

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