Exhibit 28(h)(ix)   Amendment #19 to Administrative Services Agreement dated as of December 15, 2011.

AMENDMENT 19

to the

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

among

The Investment Companies comprising the Lord Abbett Family of Funds

(each, a “Fund” or collectively, the “Funds”) as set forth on Exhibit 1

and

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”)

          WHEREAS, the Funds and Lord Abbett entered into an Administrative Services Agreement dated December 12, 2002, as may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”);

          WHEREAS, Section 9 of the Agreement provides for the addition to the Agreement of new funds created in the Lord Abbett Family of Funds where such funds wish to engage Lord Abbett to perform Administrative Services under the Agreement; and

          WHEREAS, the Funds and Lord Abbett desire to further amend the Agreement to include such additional funds;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and of other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually agree to amend the Agreement in the following respects:

1.	The Agreement is hereby amended to add the following funds to Exhibit 1 of the Agreement:
	Lord Abbett Equity Trust1
		-Lord Abbett Calibrated Large Cap Value Fund
		-Lord Abbett Calibrated Mid Cap Value Fund
2.	The Agreement shall remain the same in all other respects.
3.	The Amendment is effective as of the 15th day of December 2011.

¹ Effective August 1, 2011, Lord Abbett Blend Trust changed its name to Lord Abbett Equity Trust.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to the Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative.

	On behalf of each of the Lord Abbett Funds listed on Exhibit 1 Attached hereto
	By:	/s/Joan A. Binstock
		Joan A. Binstock
		Chief Financial Officer
Attested:
/s/Thomas R. Phillips
Thomas R. Phillips
Vice President & Assistant Secretary
	LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC
	By:	/s/Robert S. Dow
		Robert S. Dow
		Managing Member
Attested:
/s/Lawrence H. Kaplan
Lawrence H. Kaplan
Member, General Counsel

EXHIBIT 1 (AMENDED AS OF December 15, 2011) ²
TO
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

The following funds comprise the Lord Abbett Family of Funds:

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Equity Trust

Lord Abbett Calibrated Large Cap Value Fund

Lord Abbett Calibrated Mid Cap Value Fund

Lord Abbett Small-Cap Blend Fund

Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Emerging Markets Currency Fund

Lord Abbett Global Allocation Fund

Lord Abbett Investment Trust

Lord Abbett Balanced Strategy Fund

Lord Abbett Convertible Fund

Lord Abbett Core Fixed Income Fund

Lord Abbett Diversified Equity Strategy Fund

Lord Abbett Diversified Income Strategy Fund

Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund

Lord Abbett Growth & Income Strategy Fund

Lord Abbett High Yield Fund

Lord Abbett Income Fund

Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund

Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund

Lord Abbett Total Return Fund

Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett AMT Free Municipal Bond Fund

Lord Abbett California Tax-Free Income Fund

Lord Abbett High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

Lord Abbett Intermediate Tax Free Fund

Lord Abbett National Tax-Free Income Fund

Lord Abbett New Jersey Tax-Free Income Fund

Lord Abbett New York Tax-Free Income Fund

² As amended to reflect: (1) effective August 1, 2011, Lord Abbett Blend Trust changed its name to Lord Abbett Equity Trust; and (2) the addition of Lord Abbett Calibrated Large Cap Value Fund and Lord Abbett Calibrated Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Lord Abbett Equity Trust, as of December 15, 2011.

Lord Abbett Short Duration Tax Free Fund

Lord Abbett Research Fund, Inc.

Lord Abbett Capital Structure Fund

Lord Abbett Classic Stock Fund

Lord Abbett Growth Opportunities Fund

Small-Cap Value Series

Lord Abbett Securities Trust

Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy Fund

Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity Fund

Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund

Lord Abbett International Core Equity Fund

Lord Abbett International Dividend Income Fund

Lord Abbett International Opportunities Fund

Lord Abbett Large-Cap Value Fund

Lord Abbett Micro-Cap Growth Fund

Lord Abbett Micro-Cap Value Fund

Lord Abbett Value Opportunities Fund

Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.

Bond-Debenture Portfolio

Capital Structure Portfolio

Classic Stock Portfolio

Developing Growth Portfolio

Fundamental Equity Portfolio

Growth and Income Portfolio

Growth Opportunities Portfolio

International Core Equity Portfolio

International Opportunities Portfolio

Mid-Cap Value Portfolio

Total Return Portfolio

Value Opportunities Portfolio

Lord Abbett Stock Appreciation Fund

Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc.