AGENCY AGREEMENTAgency Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT made the 30th day of April, 2010 (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”):
CUSTODIAN AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTCustodian and Investment Accounting Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust • Massachusetts
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 • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment 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.
AMENDMENT 14 to the ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT among The Investment Companies comprising the Lord Abbett Family of Funds and Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”)Administrative Services Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
WHEREAS, the Investment Companies named on Exhibit 1 and Lord Abbett entered into an Administrative Services Agreement dated December 12, 2002, as may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”);
FORM OF MANAGEMENT FEE WAIVER AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTManagement Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
This Management Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this [20th day of April, 2011] between Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”) and Lord Abbett Investment Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to the Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund (“Inflation Focused Fund”).
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • February 4th, 2011 • 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 Short Duration Real Return Fund” and (ii) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, the following classes of the Lord Abbett Short Duration Real Return Fund: Class A; Class C; Class F; Class I; Class R2; and Class R3. 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.
November 19, 2010 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111-2900 Attn: Vice President, Custody Dear Sir or Madam:Custodian and Investment Accounting Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), as a party to the Custodian and Investment Accounting Agreement between various Lord Abbett-sponsored mutual funds and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) dated November 1, 2001 (the “Agreement”), requests an amendment to the Agreement pursuant to Section 17.
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • February 4th, 2011 • 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 amend the Declaration, pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Declaration, to change the name of the existing Lord Abbett Short Duration Real Return Fund of the Trust to “Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund.”
Form of Addendum to Management Agreement between Lord Abbett Investment Trust and Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Dated: [April 20, 2011] (the “Addendum”)Management Agreement • February 4th, 2011 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”) and Lord Abbett Investment Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund (the “Fund”), do hereby agree that the annual management fee rate for the Fund with respect to paragraph 2 of the management agreement dated October 20, 1993 (“Management Agreement”), shall be as follows: [0.40] of [1%] of the first [$3 billion] of the Fund’s average daily net assets; [0.35] of [1%] of the next [$2 billion] of such assets; and [0.30] of [1%] of such assets in excess of [$5 billion].
