Ex. 99.28(h)(27)(xxii)
Amendment to
Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement
Between JNL Series Trust and
Jackson National Asset Management, LLC
This Amendment is made by and between JNL Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), and Jackson National Asset Management, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“JNAM”).
Witnesseth
Whereas, the Trust and JNAM (the “Parties”) entered into an Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement, effective February 28, 2012, as amended (the “Agreement”).
Whereas, under the terms of the Agreement, JNAM renders certain transfer agency and other services to units of beneficial interest in separate funds (the “Funds”) of the Trust, as listed on Exhibit A (Schedule A) of the Agreement, and the owners of record thereof.
Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) has approved (i) one new Fund of the Trust (the “New Fund”), (ii) mergers for eleven Funds of the Trust into other Funds of the Trust (each, a “Merged Fund” and together, the “Merged Funds”), and (iii) fund name changes for six Funds of the Trust (the “Fund Name Changes”), as outlined below, effective April 27, 2026; and the Parties have agreed to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to add the New Fund, to remove each Merged Fund, and to update the names of certain Funds pursuant to the Fund Name Changes, effective April 27, 2026.
New Fund
| 1) | JNL/PPM America Emerging Markets Debt Fund. |
Merged Funds
| 1) | JNL/American Funds® Capital World Bond Fund; |
| 2) | JNL/AB Sustainable Global Thematic Fund; |
| 3) | JNL/AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund; |
| 4) | JNL/Invesco Global Growth Fund; |
| 5) | JNL/JPMorgan Global Allocation Fund; |
| 6) | JNL/Lazard International Quality Growth Fund; |
| 7) | JNL/Morningstar PitchBook Listed Private Equity Index Fund; |
| 8) | JNL/T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund; |
| 9) | JNL/T. Rowe Price U.S. High Yield Fund; |
| 10) | JNL/WCM China Quality Growth Fund; and |
| 11) | JNL/WMC Global Real Estate Fund. |
Fund Name Changes
| 1) | JNL Multi-Manager U.S. Select Equity Fund change to JNL Multi-Manager Select Equity Fund; |
| 2) | JNL/American Funds® Global Small Capitalization Fund change to JNL Multi-Manager Global Small Cap Fund; |
| 3) | JNL/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Fund change to JNL/Fidelity Institutional AM® & JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund; |
| 4) | JNL/Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Total Bond Fund change to JNL/Fidelity Institutional AM® Total Bond Fund; |
| 5) | JNL/Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund change to JNL/MFS Equity Income Fund; and |
| 6) | JNL/William Blair International Leaders Fund change to JNL Multi-Manager International Equity Fund. |
Now Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1) | Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced, in its entirety, with Schedule A dated April 27, 2026, attached hereto. |
| 2) | Each of the Parties represents and warrants to the others that it has full authority to enter into this Amendment, upon the terms and conditions hereof, and that the individual executing this Amendment is duly authorized to bind the respective party to this Amendment. |
| 3) | This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, which together shall constitute one document. |
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In Witness Whereof, the Trust and JNAM have caused this Amendment to be executed, effective April 27, 2026.
| Attest: | JNL Series Trust | ||||
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By: |
/s/ Norma M. Mendez |
By: |
/s/ Kristen K. Leeman |
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| Norma M. Mendez | Name: | Kristen K. Leeman | |||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | ||||
| Attest: | Jackson National Asset Management, LLC | ||||
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By: |
/s/ Norma M. Mendez |
By: |
/s/ Emily J. Bennett |
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| Norma M. Mendez | Name: | Emily J. Bennett | |||
| Title: | VP and Deputy General Counsel | ||||
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Schedule A
Dated April 27, 2026
| Funds |
| JNL Bond Index Fund |
| JNL Emerging Markets Index Fund |
| JNL International Index Fund |
| JNL Mid Cap Index Fund |
| JNL Small Cap Index Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Balanced Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Bond Fund of America Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Capital Income Builder Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Global Growth Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Growth Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Growth-Income Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® International Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® New World Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Washington Mutual Investors Fund |
| JNL Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund |
| JNL Conservative Allocation Fund |
| JNL Growth Allocation Fund |
| JNL Growth ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL Moderate Allocation Fund |
| JNL Moderate ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL Moderate Growth Allocation Fund |
| JNL Moderate Growth ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Alternative Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Floating Rate Income Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Global Small Cap Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager International Equity Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Select Equity Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Small Cap Growth Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Small Cap Value Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Growth Allocation Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Moderate Allocation Fund |
| JNL/American Funds® Moderate Growth Allocation Fund |
| JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation Fund |
| JNL/BlackRock Global Natural Resources Fund |
| JNL/BlackRock Large Cap Select Growth Fund |
| JNL/Causeway International Value Select Fund |
| JNL/Cohen & Steers U.S. Realty Fund |
| JNL/DFA International Core Equity Fund |
| JNL/DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund |
| JNL/DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund |
| JNL/DoubleLine® Core Fixed Income Fund |
| JNL/DoubleLine® Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund |
| JNL/DoubleLine® Shiller Enhanced CAPE® Fund |
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| Funds |
| JNL/DoubleLine® Total Return Fund |
| JNL/Dreyfus Government Money Market Fund |
| JNL/ Fidelity Institutional AM® & JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund |
| JNL/Fidelity Institutional AM® Total Bond Fund |
| JNL/First Sentier Global Infrastructure Fund |
| JNL/Franklin Templeton Income Fund |
| JNL/Goldman Sachs 4 Fund |
| JNL/GQG Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| JNL/Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Hedged Equity Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Managed Aggressive Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Managed Conservative Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Managed Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Managed Moderate Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Managed Moderate Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan MidCap Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Nasdaq® Hedged Equity Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan U.S. Government & Quality Bond Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan U.S. Value Fund |
| JNL/Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund |
| JNL/Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Bond Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Communication Services Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Consumer Discretionary Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Consumer Staples Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon DowSM Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Emerging Markets Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Energy Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Financial Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Healthcare Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Industrials Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Information Technology Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon International Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Materials Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Nasdaq® 100 Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Real Estate Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon S&P 400 MidCap Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon S&P 500 Index Fund |
| JNL S&P 500 Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Small Cap Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon U.S. Stock Market Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Utilities Sector Fund |
| JNL/Mellon World Index Fund |
| JNL/Morningstar SMID Moat Focus Index Fund |
| JNL/Morningstar U.S. Sustainability Index Fund |
| JNL/Morningstar Wide Moat Index Fund |
| JNL/MFS Equity Income Fund |
| JNL/MFS Mid Cap Value Fund |
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| Funds |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Gold Plus Strategy Fund |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Strategic Income Fund |
| JNL/Newton Equity Income Fund |
| JNL/PIMCO Income Fund |
| JNL/PIMCO Investment Grade Credit Bond Fund |
| JNL/PIMCO Real Return Fund |
| JNL/PPM America Emerging Markets Debt Fund |
| JNL/PPM America High Yield Bond Fund |
| JNL/PPM America Investment Grade Credit Fund |
| JNL/PPM America Total Return Fund |
| JNL/RAFI® Fundamental U.S. Small Cap Fund |
| JNL/RAFI® Multi-Factor U.S. Equity Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Value Fund |
| JNL/Vanguard Growth ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL/Vanguard Moderate ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL/Vanguard Moderate Growth ETF Allocation Fund |
| JNL/WCM Focused International Equity Fund |
| JNL/Westchester Capital Event Driven Fund |
| JNL/WMC Balanced Fund |
| JNL/WMC Equity Income Fund |
| JNL/WMC Value Fund |
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