AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT AS OF MAY 1, 2016Administrative Services Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust • Delaware
This Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of May 1, 2016 by and among each of the investment companies in the Lord Abbett Family of Funds, as set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto, and each new Lord Abbett Fund added as a party to this Agreement pursuant to section 9, (each, a “Fund” or collectively, the “Funds”) and Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lord Abbett”). This Amended and Restated Agreement dated as of May 1, 2016 amends, restates, and supersedes the Administrative Services Agreement dated as of December 12, 2002.
The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement as of June 16, 2016Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT dated as of June 16, 2016 by and between each of the registered, open-end management investment companies acting individually in respect of their constituent series listed on Schedule A hereto (each a “Fund”) and Lord Abbett Distributor LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Distributor”). This Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of June 16, 2016 supersedes the Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of November 6, 2014.
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTAmendment to Declaration and Agreement of Trust • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Abbett 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 (i) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new series of shares of the Trust to be designated the “Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund” and (ii) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, the following classes of the Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund: Class A, Class F, Class I, 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.
The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement As of [October 11, 2016]1Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
FORM OF AMENDMENT 1 to theAdministrative Services Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
WHEREAS, the Funds and Lord Abbett entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement dated May 1, 2016, as may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”);
FORM OF LETTER AMENDMENT [October 11, 2016] DST Systems, Inc. Kansas City, MO 64105 Attn: Group Vice President – Full Service Dear Sir or Madam:Agency Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
Lord Abbett Investment Trust (the “Trust”), party to the Agency Agreement by and among each of the funds within the Lord Abbett Family of Funds and DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”) dated April 30, 2010 (as amended March 15, 2011) (the “Agreement”), hereby requests an amendment to Schedule A of the Agreement as a result of the following changes within the Lord Abbett Family of Funds:
FORM OF Expense Limitation AgreementExpense Limitation Agreement • July 28th, 2016 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
This Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this [11th day of October, 2016] between Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”) and Lord Abbett Investment Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund (“Ultra Short Bond Fund”).
