THORNBURG INVESTMENT TRUST 485BPOS
Exhibit 99.(h)(19)
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FUND ACCOUNTING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Fifth Amendment, dated as of March 3, 2026 (the “Amendment”), to that certain Fund Accounting and Support Services Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2018 and effective as of January 1, 2018, as amended (the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (“State Street”), and each Fund listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as amended (each, a “Fund” and, together with State Street, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, certain series of Thornburg Investment Trust (the “Investment Trust”) intend to offer a class of exchange-traded shares that operate as an exchange-traded fund;
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement as set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto. |
| 2. | Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is incorporated in its entirety into the Agreement, and this Amendment and said Agreement shall be read and interpreted together as the Agreement. |
| 3. | This Amendment shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. |
| 4. | This Amendment may be executed in separate 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. |
| 5. | State Street acknowledges that each Fund’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the Agreement is executed or made by or on behalf of each Fund by an officer as an officer and not individually. State Street further acknowledges that the obligations of each Portfolio under this Amendment and the Agreement are not binding upon any Trustee, officer or shareholder of a Portfolio individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the applicable Portfolio and that the rights and any liabilities and obligations of any one Portfolio are separate and distinct from those of any other Portfolio. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.
THORNBURG INVESTMENT TRUST
| By: | /s/Curtis Holloway |
Name: Curtis Holloway
Title: CFO & Treasurer
THORNBURG ETF TRUST
| By: | /s/Curtis Holloway |
Name: Curtis Holloway
Title: CFO & Treasurer
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
| By: | /s/ Andrea E. Sharp |
Name: Andrea E. Sharp
Title: Managing Director
Exhibit A
FUND ACCOUNTING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE A
Listing of Portfolios
Thornburg Investment Trust
Thornburg American Opportunities Fund
ETF Class Shares*
Thornburg Better World International Fund
Thornburg California Limited Term Municipal Fund
Thornburg Capital Management Fund
Thornburg Core Plus Bond Fund
Thornburg Developing World Fund
Thornburg Emerging Markets Managed Account Fund
Thornburg Focus Growth Fund
ETF Class Shares*
Thornburg Global Opportunities Fund
Thornburg Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg International Equity
Thornburg International Growth Fund
Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund
Thornburg Limited Income Fund
Thornburg Limited Term Municipal Fund
Thornburg Limited Term U.S. Government Fund
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Fund
Thornburg Short Duration Municipal Fund
Thornburg Municipal Managed Account Fund
Thornburg New Mexico Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg New York Intermediate Municipal Fund
Thornburg Strategic Income Fund
Thornburg Strategic Municipal Income Fund
Thornburg Summit Fund
* = ETF Portfolio
Thornburg ETF Trust
Thornburg Core Plus Bond ETF
Thornburg Multi Sector Bond ETF
Thornburg International Equity ETF
Thornburg International Growth ETF
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