Reporting Fund Status

Each Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc share class registered as a reporting “share class” in Austria with Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (“OeKB”) has appointed an Austrian tax representative to calculate the tax figures on the deemed distribution income (DDI) and on distributions. The tax figures are available on the OeKB website.

Tax Reporting

Effective January 1, 2018, Germany introduced a new investment fund tax regime which had a wide-ranging impact on the taxation of income realized by German investors through an investment fund. 

Please see the below sections relating to: 

  • German Tax Information (Tax regime applicable from January 1, 2018) and,
  • German Tax Information (Tax regime applicable pre-January 1, 2018)

Tax Information (Tax regime applicable from January 1, 2018)

Partial German Tax Exemption: A partial exemption from German income tax may be available to German investors where income is derived from investment funds which invest predominantly in shares or real estate. The amount of income that may be subject to the partial exemption depends on whether the fund is categorized as:

  • ‘Equity fund’/’Aktienfonds’
  • ‘Mixed fund’/’Mischfonds’
  • ‘Real estate fund’/’Immobilienfonds’ or,
  • ‘Other fund’/ ‘Sonstiger’.

Below is a list showing how each Global Funds I Plc fund is classified under German tax law for the purposes of the above-mentioned partial tax exemption.

Fund Classification for German Partial Tax Exemption

Additional information: Additionally tax information relating to Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc is available on www.wmdaten.de.

Tax Information (Tax regime applicable pre-January 1, 2018)

Certain share classes are registered in Germany to attain tax transparency status in order to avoid penalty taxation. This is generally accomplished by producing tax figures that should be used by shareholders to complete their annual tax declaration. The following tax figures will be made available:

Daily Tax Figures Germany Daily Tax Figures

  • Interim Profit (Zwischengewinn)
  • Equity Gain EStG (Aktiengewinn EStG) in accordance with the German Income Tax act
  • Equity Gain KStG (Aktiengewinn KStG)  in accordance with the German Corporate Tax act
  • Real Estate Gain (Immobiliengewinn)
  • Accumulated Deemed Distributed Income (Akkumulierter Ausschüttungsgleicher Ertrag)

Annual Tax Figures

  • Deemed Distributed Income (Ausschüttungsgleiche Erträge)
  • Distributed Income (Ausgeschüttete Erträge)

The daily tax figures will be published on the Germany Tax Transparency page and the certified annual tax figures will be published on www.bundesanzeiger.de. Additionally daily and annual tax information is available on www.wmdaten.de.

German Tax Transparent Funds

Additional information
Additionally tax information relating to Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc is available on www.wmdaten.de.

Reduced Rate Percentage

For each relevant Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc fund, the Italian Reduced Rate Percentage is published bi‐annually and is calculated based on the proportion of assets of the fund that constitute ‘qualifying government bonds’.

It is the responsibility of all investors to seek assistance from an independent financial professional or tax advisor to obtain an understanding of tax and other consequences to owning shares of the Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc.

‘Traspasos’ Regime

A number of the sub-funds of Lord Abbett Global Funds I Plc meet the conditions to qualify for tax deferral under the ‘Traspasos’ regime in Spain.

Please refer to the CNMV website for a list of qualifying share classes.