AGENCY AGREEMENTAgency Agreement • January 13th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT made the 1st day of January, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), by and among each of the funds within the Lord Abbett Family of Funds, each of such funds to be listed on Schedule A hereto as amended from time to time upon the mutual agreement of the parties, (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and DST SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal place of business at 333 West 11th Street, 5th Floor, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 (“DST”):
FORM OF AMENDMENT 3 to theAdministrative Services Agreement • January 13th, 2017 • 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”);
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTAdministrative Services Agreement • January 13th, 2017 • 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”);
The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement as of December 15, 2016Distribution Plan and Agreement • January 13th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT dated as of December 15, 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 December 15, 2016 supersedes the Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of June 16, 2016.
FORM OF SCHEDULE ALord Abbett Investment Trust • January 13th, 2017
FORM OF SCHEDULE A1 List of FundsLord Abbett Investment Trust • January 13th, 2017
This Schedule A, as may be amended from time to time, is incorporated into that certain Agency Agreement dated January 1, 2017 by and between DST Systems, Inc. and the Lord Abbett Family of Funds. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Schedule A have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.
form of Expense Limitation AgreementExpense Limitation Agreement • January 13th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
This Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 31st day of March, 2017 between Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”) and Lord Abbett Investment Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to Lord Abbett Corporate Bond Fund (“Corporate Bond Fund”) and Lord Abbett Short Duration Core Bond Fund (“Short Duration Core Bond Fund”) (each, a “Fund”).
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • January 13th, 2017 • 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 establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new class of shares for fourteen of the Trust’s series, including: Lord Abbett Convertible Fund, Lord Abbett Core Fixed Income Fund, Lord Abbett Core Plus Bond Fund, Lord Abbett Diversified Equity Strategy Fund, Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund, Lord Abbett High Yield Fund, Lord Abbett Income Fund, Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Growth Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Income Fund, Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund, Lord Abbett Total Return Fund, and Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund; such new class to be designated Class T of each series. Any variations as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, th
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • January 13th, 2017 • 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 establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new class of shares for fourteen of the Trust’s series, including: Lord Abbett Convertible Fund, Lord Abbett Core Fixed Income Fund, Lord Abbett Core Plus Bond Fund, Lord Abbett Diversified Equity Strategy Fund, Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund, Lord Abbett High Yield Fund, Lord Abbett Income Fund, Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Growth Fund, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Income Fund, Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund, Lord Abbett Total Return Fund, and Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund; such new class to be designated Class F3 of each series. Any variations as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, t
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • January 13th, 2017 • 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, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration: (i) establish two new series of shares of the Trust to be designated as the “Lord Abbett Corporate Bond Fund” and the “Lord Abbett Short Duration Core Bond Fund”; (ii) establish the following classes of the Lord Abbett Corporate Bond Fund: Class A, Class C, Class F, Class F3, Class I, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class R6, and Class T; and (iii) establish the following classes of the Lord Abbett Short Duration Core Bond 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
