JNL INVESTORS SERIES TRUST 485BPOS
Ex. 99.28(g)(2)(xi)
Amendment to Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement
This amendment, made as of June 27, 2025, and effective June 11, 2025 (the “Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement dated as of December 1, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Agreement”), is by and among each management investment company and limited liability company identified on Appendix A thereto (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Custodian”, and together with the Funds, the “Parties”).
Whereas, the Board of Trustees of PPM Funds (the “Board”) has approved the liquidation, de-registration, and termination of its portfolios, the PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and PPM High Yield Core Fund (the “Terminated Funds”), as identified on Appendix A, and PPM Funds have ceased its operations of the Terminated Funds (the “Fund Terminations”); and
Whereas, the Parties have agreed to amend the Agreement, including its Appendix A, to remove PPM Funds as a party and to remove the Terminated Funds, effective June 11, 2025.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1) | PPM Funds is hereby removed as a party to the Agreement, effective June 11, 2025. |
| 2) | Appendix A to the Agreement is hereby deleted, in its entirety, and replaced with the Appendix A attached hereto to reflect the removal of the Terminated Funds, effective June 11, 2025. |
| 3) | Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
| 4) | This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the Parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form. |
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In Witness Whereof, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their officers designated below, effective June 11, 2025.
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JNL Series Trust, and JNL Investors Series Trust, each on behalf of its Portfolios listed on Appendix A of the Agreement Jackson Credit Opportunities Fund Jackson Credit Opportunities Fund LLC Jackson Real Assets Fund Jackson Real Assets Fund LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Emily J. Bennett | |
| Name: | Emily J. Bennett | |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |
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State Street Bank and Trust Company |
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| By: | /s/ Agostino Bonavita | |
| Name: | Agostino Bonavita | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
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Appendix A
(Updated as of June 11, 2025)
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Management Investment Company: JNL Series Trust, for the following Portfolios |
| JNL Multi-Manager Alternative Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Floating Rate Income Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Fund |
| JNL Multi-Manager U.S. Select Equity Fund |
| JNL/Causeway International Value Select Fund |
| JNL/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth 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 |
| JNL/DoubleLine® Total Return Fund |
| JNL/Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Total Bond Fund |
| JNL/GQG Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| JNL/Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund |
| JNL/Invesco Global Growth Fund |
| JNL/Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Global Allocation 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 Nasdaq® Hedged Equity Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan Midcap Growth Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan U.S. Government & Quality Bond Fund |
| JNL/JPMorgan U.S. Value Fund |
| JNL/Lazard International Quality Growth Fund |
| JNL/Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund |
| JNL/Lord Abbett Short Duration Income Fund |
| JNL/Mellon World Index Fund |
| JNL/Mellon Nasdaq® 100 Index Fund |
| JNL/MFS Mid Cap Value Fund |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Gold Plus Strategy Fund |
| JNL/Neuberger Berman Strategic Income 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 Balanced Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity Fund |
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| 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 U.S. High Yield Fund |
| JNL/T. Rowe Price Value Fund |
| JNL/Westchester Capital Event Driven Fund |
| JNL/William Blair International Leaders Fund |
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Management Investment Company: JNL Investors Series Trust |
| [Reserved] |
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Management Investment Company: Jackson Credit Opportunities Fund |
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Limited Liability Company: Jackson Credit Opportunities Fund LLC |
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Management Investment Company: Jackson Real Assets Fund |
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Limited Liability Company: Jackson Real Assets Fund LLC |
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