EX-99.(A)(XXIII) 14 c88823_ex99axxiii.htm AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST (LORD ABBETT INTERNATIONAL CORE EQUITY FUND NAME CHANGE) DATED OCTOBER 31, 2017.

Exhibit 99.(a)(xxiii)

 

LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST

 

AMENDMENT TO

DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST

 

The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Abbett Securities Trust, a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated February 26, 1993 (the “Declaration”), do hereby agree, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, to change the name of Lord Abbett International Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) to “Lord Abbett International Equity Fund.”

 

This instrument shall constitute an amendment to the Declaration and shall be effective October 31, 2017.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 19th day of September, 2017.

 

/s/ James L.L. Tullis    /s/ Julie A. Hill
James L.L. Tullis   Julie A. Hill
     
/s/ Daria L. Foster    
Daria L. Foster   Franklin W. Hobbs
     
/s/ Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.   /s/ James M. McTaggart
Robert B. Calhoun, Jr.   James M. McTaggart
     
/s/ Eric C. Fast   /s/ Mark A. Schmid
Eric C. Fast   Mark A. Schmid
     
/s/ Evelyn E. Guernsey   /s/ Douglas B. Sieg
Evelyn E. Guernsey   Douglas B. Sieg