LORD ABBETT BLEND TRUST AMENDMENT TODeclaration and Agreement of Trust • September 13th, 2007 • Lord Abbett Blend Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Lord Abbett Blend 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, three new classes of shares for the Trust’s sole series, the Lord Abbett Small-Cap Blend Fund, to be designated Class F, Class R2 and Class R3 shares of such 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.
LORD ABBETT BLEND TRUST AMENDMENT TOAmendment to Declaration and Agreement of Trust • September 13th, 2007 • Lord Abbett Blend Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Lord Abbett Blend Trust, a Delaware Statutory Trust (the “Trust”) organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated May 1, 2001 (the “Declaration”), do hereby redesignate, pursuant to Section V.2 of the Declaration, the class of shares designated Class Y as Class I shares, of the Trust’s sole series, the Lord Abbett Small-Cap Blend Fund. 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 August 10, 2007Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement • September 13th, 2007 • Lord Abbett Blend Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT dated as of August 10, 2007 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 August 10, 2007 supersedes the Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of March 23, 2006.
