EX-99.D ADVSR CONTR 7 exd11vii_bimsubamend09282015.htm Unassociated Document
EX 99.28(d)(11)(vii)
Amendment

to Amended and Restated

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement Between

Jackson National Asset Management, LLC

And BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
 

 
This Amendment is made by and between Jackson National Asset Management, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser (“Adviser”), and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment adviser (“Sub-Adviser”).

Whereas, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement effective as of the 1st day of July, 2013, as amended (“Agreement”), whereby the Adviser appointed the Sub-Adviser to furnish sub-investment advisory services to certain investment portfolios (“Funds”) of JNL Series Trust (“Trust”), as listed on Schedule A to the Agreement.

Whereas, in connection with the merger of the JNL/Franklin Templeton Natural Resources Fund of Jackson Variable Series Trust into the JNL/BlackRock Commodity Securities Strategy Fund and as a result of certain investment strategy changes in connection therewith, the fund will be renamed the JNL/BlackRock Natural Resources Fund.

Whereas, pursuant to this merger and fund name change, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser have agreed to amend Schedule A and Schedule B of the Agreement to update the fund name, as outlined above.

Now Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1.  
Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with Schedule A dated September 28, 2015, attached hereto.

2.  
Schedule B to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with Schedule B dated September 28, 2015, attached hereto.

In Witness Whereof, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser have caused this Amendment to be executed as of this 20th day of August 2015, effective September 28, 2015.


Jackson National Asset Management, LLC
 
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
 
By:
/s/ Mark D. Nerud
 
By:
/s/ Francis Porcelli
Name:
Mark D. Nerud
 
Name:
Francis Porcelli
Title:
President and CEO
 
Title:
Managing Director


 




Schedule A
Dated September 28, 2015
 



Funds
Subsidiaries
 
JNL/BlackRock Natural Resources Fund
 
 
N/A
 
JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation Fund
 
 
JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Ltd.
 
JNL/BlackRock Large Cap Select Growth Fund
 
 
N/A


 

A-1



Schedule B
Dated September 28, 2015
(Compensation)
 

 
JNL/BlackRock Natural Resources Fund
 
Average Daily Net Assets
 
 
Annual Rate
 
$0 to $100 Million
 
 
0.40%
 
$100 Million to $400 Million
 
 
0.29%
 
Amounts over $400 Million
 
 
0.20%
 
 
JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation Fund
 
Average Daily Net Assets
 
 
Annual Rate
 
$0 to $500 Million
 
 
0.42%
 
$500 Million to $1.5 Billion
 
 
0.40%
 
Amounts over $1.5 Billion
 
 
0.375%
 

 
JNL/BlackRock Large Cap Select Growth Fund
 
Average Daily Net Assets
 
 
Annual Rate
 
$0 to $500 Million
 
 
0.32%
 
$500 Million to $2 Billion
 
 
0.25%
 
Amounts over $2 Billion
 
 
0.20%


B-1