The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement as of August 10, 2007Distribution Plan and Agreement • September 21st, 2012 • Lord Abbett Securities Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT dated as of August 10, 2007 by and between each of the registered, open-end management investment companies acting individually in respect of their constituent series listed on Schedule A hereto (each a “Fund”) and Lord Abbett Distributor LLC, a New York limited liability company (the ”Distributor”). This Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of August 10, 2007 supersedes the Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement dated as of March 23, 2006.
FORM OF SCHEDULE A The Lord Abbett Family of Funds Amended and Restated Joint Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and Agreement As of [November 28, 2012]1Lord Abbett Securities Trust • September 21st, 2012
Form of Management Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation AgreementLimitation Agreement • September 21st, 2012 • Lord Abbett Securities Trust
This form of Management Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this [28th day of November 2012] between Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”) and Lord Abbett Securities Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to the Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund (the “Growth Leaders Fund”).
LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • September 21st, 2012 • Lord Abbett Securities Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Lord Abbett Securities Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated February 26, 1993 (the “Declaration”), do hereby establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new class of shares for the series of the Trust named Lord Abbett Growth Leaders Fund, to be designated as Class B shares of such series. Any variations between the new class and the existing classes of the Trust as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, the price, terms and manner of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and on liquidation, and conditions under which such classes shall have separate voting rights, shall be set forth in the Declaration or elsewhere determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
