EXHIBIT 23(a)(10)
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THE DLB FUND GROUP
AMENDMENT NO. 9
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of The DLB
Fund Group, a Massachusetts business trust, created and existing under an
Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated August 1, 1994, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 thereto dated May 16, 1996, Amendment No. 2 thereto dated December 17,
1997, Amendment No. 3 thereto dated April 22, 1998, Amendment No. 4 thereto
dated February 12, 1998, Amendment No. 5 thereto dated February 12, 1998,
Amendment No. 6 thereto dated May 12, 1999, Amendment No. 7 thereto dated
October 20, 1998 and Amendment No. 8 thereto dated December 21, 1999 (the
"Agreement"), a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 9
be filed with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do
hereby amend the first sentence of Section 6 of Article III of the Agreement to
read in its entirety as follows:
"Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 5,
inter alia, to establish and designate any further Series or Classes or
to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or Classes, the "DLB
Fixed Income Fund", the "DLB Value Fund", the "DLB Growth Fund", the
"DLB Disciplined Growth Fund", the "DLB Enterprise III Fund", the "DLB
Micro Capitalization Fund", the "DLB Global Small Capitalization Fund",
the "DLB Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Fund", the "DLB Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Emerging Markets Fund", the "DLB High Yield Fund" and the "DLB
Technology Fund" shall be, and hereby are, established and designated
as separate Series of the Trust."
The foregoing amendment shall become effective as of the time it is
filed with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and
our successors and assigns this 12th day of May, 2000.
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