EX-99.(G)(IV) 8 c93841_ex99-giv.htm LETTER AMENDMENT DATED OCTOBER 16, 2019 TO CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 2001 (INCLUDING UPDATED EXHIBIT A DATED OCTOBER 16, 2019)

Exhibit 99.(g)(iv)

 

LETTER AMENDMENT

 

October 16, 2019

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

Attn: Vice President, Custody

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”), as a party to the Custodian and Investment Accounting Agreement between various Lord Abbett-sponsored investment companies and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) dated November 1, 2001, as amended (the “Agreement”), requests an amendment to the Agreement pursuant to Section 17.

 

Section 17 of the Agreement provides that: “in the event that a Fund establishes one or more series with respect to which it desires to have State Street render services as custodian and recordkeeper under the terms of the Agreement, it shall so notify State Street in writing, and if State Street agrees in writing to provide such services, such series of Shares shall become a Portfolio under the terms of the Agreement.” This Letter Amendment is to notify State Street that on July 24, 2019, the Board of Trustees of Lord Abbett Securities Trust (the “Trust”) executed an Amendment to the Declaration and Agreement of Trust to add Lord Abbett Durable Growth Fund, a series of the Trust, (the “Portfolio”). It is the Trust’s desire to have State Street render services as custodian and recordkeeper to the Portfolio under the terms of the Agreement; therefore, the Trust requests that State Street agree, in writing, to provide such services to the Portfolio, thereby making the Portfolio a Portfolio under the terms of the Agreement.

 

Attached is an Amended Exhibit A to the Agreement that includes the names of each Portfolio that participates in the Agreement.

 

We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter. Please indicate State Street’s acceptance by signing below.

 

  On Behalf of:  
     
  Lord Abbett Securities Trust  
     
  /s/ John T. Fitzgerald  
  John T. Fitzgerald  
  Vice President and Assistant Secretary  
 

Accepted:

 

/s/ Andrew Erickson

Andrew Erickson, Executive Vice President

State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

Enclosure

 

EXHIBIT A

Amended as of October 16, 20191

 

ENTITY AND SERIES TYPE OF
ENTITY		   JURISDICTION
       
Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Credit Opportunities Fund Statutory Trust   Delaware
Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Equity Trust Statutory Trust   Delaware
Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Emerging Markets Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund      
Lord Abbett Global Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Investment Trust Statutory Trust   Delaware
Lord Abbett Convertible Fund      
Lord Abbett Core Fixed Income Fund      
Lord Abbett Core Plus Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Corporate Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Floating Rate Fund      
Lord Abbett High Yield Fund      
Lord Abbett Income Fund      
Lord Abbett Inflation Focused Fund      
Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund      
Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Income Fund      
Lord Abbett Short Duration Core Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund      
Lord Abbett Total Return Fund
Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund		      
Lord Abbett Mid Cap Stock Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
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      
Lord Abbett Short Duration High Yield Municipal Bond Fund      
Lord Abbett Short Duration Tax Free Fund      

 

1 As amended to reflect the addition of Lord Abbett Durable Growth Fund, a series of Lord Abbett Securities Trust.
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Lord Abbett Research Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Lord Abbett Calibrated Dividend Growth Fund      
Lord Abbett Growth Opportunities Fund      
Small-Cap Value Series      
Lord Abbett Securities Trust Statutory Trust   Delaware
Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy Fund      
Lord Abbett Durable Growth Fund      
Lord Abbett Focused Growth Fund      
Lord Abbett Focused Large Cap Value Fund      
Lord Abbett Focused Mid Cap Value Fund      
Lord Abbett Focused Small Cap Value Fund2      
Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity Fund      
Lord Abbett Global Equity Research Fund
Lord Abbett Global Select Equity Fund
Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund		      
Lord Abbett Health Care Fund      
Lord Abbett International Equity Fund      
Lord Abbett International Opportunities Fund      
Lord Abbett International Value Fund      
Lord Abbett Micro-Cap Growth Fund      
Lord Abbett Value Opportunities Fund      
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. Corporation   Maryland
Bond-Debenture Portfolio      
Calibrated Dividend Growth Portfolio      
Developing Growth Portfolio      
Fundamental Equity Portfolio      
Growth and Income Portfolio      
Growth Opportunities Portfolio      
Mid Cap Stock Portfolio      
Short Duration Income Portfolio      
Total Return Portfolio      
Lord Abbett U.S. Government & Government Sponsored
Enterprises Money Market Fund, Inc.		 Corporation   Maryland

 

2 Effective July 1, 2019, Lord Abbett Micro-Cap Value Fund was renamed Lord Abbett Focused Small Cap Value Fund.
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