AGENCY AGREEMENTAgency Agreement • February 10th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Equity 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”):
The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement as of December 15, 2016Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement • February 10th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Equity 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.
LORD ABBETT EQUITY TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTAmendment to Declaration and Agreement of Trust • February 10th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Equity Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Abbett Equity Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated May 1, 2001 (the “Declaration”), do hereby establish, pursuant to Section V.2 of the Declaration, a new class of shares for each of the Trust’s two series: Lord Abbett Calibrated Large Cap Value Fund and Lord Abbett Calibrated Mid Cap Value Fund; such new class to be designated Class F3 shares of each series. 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.
Expense Limitation AgreementExpense Limitation Agreement • February 10th, 2017 • Lord Abbett Equity Trust
This Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 13th day of February, 2017 between Lord, Abbett & Co. llc (“Lord Abbett”), Lord Abbett Distributor LLC (“Lord Abbett Distributor”), and Lord Abbett Equity Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to Lord Abbett Calibrated Large Cap Value Fund and Lord Abbett Calibrated Mid Cap Value Fund.
