AMENDMENT TO JANUS INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT JANUS HENDERSON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND

Exhibit (d)(97)

AMENDMENT TO

JANUS INVESTMENT FUND

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

XXXXX XXXXXXXXX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND

THIS AMENDMENT is made this 28th day of January 2020, between JANUS INVESTMENT FUND, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), and JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“JCM”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Trust and JCM are parties to an Investment Advisory Agreement on behalf of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Global Technology Fund (the “Fund”), dated May 30, 2017 (the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement as set forth in greater detail below;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11 of the Agreement, any amendment to the Agreement is subject to approval (i) by a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as that phrase is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of any party to the Agreement and, (ii) if required by applicable law, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as that phrase is defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act);

WHEREAS, the parties have obtained Trustee approval as set forth above, and the parties agree that a shareholder vote is not required to amend the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the name of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Global Technology Fund has been changed to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Global Technology and Innovation Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements set forth below, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1.        All references to “Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Global Technology Fund” are deleted and replaced with “Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Global Technology and Innovation Fund.”

2.        The parties acknowledge that the Agreement, as amended, remains in full force and effect as of the date of this Amendment, and that this Amendment, together with the Agreement and any prior amendments, contains the entire understanding and the full and

complete agreement of the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understandings and agreements among the parties respecting the subject matter hereof.

3.        This Amendment may be contemporaneously executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Amendment as of the date first above written.

JANUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Name: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

JANUS INVESTMENT FUND
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary