AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • July 2nd, 2019 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 21st day of June, 2019, by and among Lord Abbett Investment Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of its series, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Lord Abbett Global Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), on behalf of its series, Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Global Opportunity Fund (the “Target Fund,” and, together with the Acquiring Fund, each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). Each Fund’s principal place of business is 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3973.
LORD ABBETT INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUSTDeclaration and Agreement of Trust • July 2nd, 2019 • Lord Abbett Investment Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Abbett Investment Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) organized pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated August 16, 1993 (the “Declaration”), do hereby establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new class of shares for one of the Trust’s series, Lord Abbett Ultra Short Bond Fund, such new class to be designated Class A1 of the series. Any variations as to purchase price, determination of net asset value, the price, terms and manner of redemption and special and relative rights as to dividends on liquidation, and conditions under which such series or class shall have separate voting rights, shall be as set forth in the Declaration or as elsewhere determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
