EXHIBIT 99.(A)(13)
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THE DLB FUND GROUP
AMENDMENT NO. 12
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, 1999, Amendment No. 5 thereto dated February 12, 1999, Amendment
No. 6 thereto dated May 12, 1999, Amendment No. 7 thereto dated October 20,
1999, Amendment No. 8 thereto dated December 21, 1999, Amendment No 9. thereto
dated May 12, 2000, Amendment No. 10 thereto dated July 17, 2000 (the
"Agreement") and Amendment No. 11 thereto dated October 19, 2000, 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. 12 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 Core Growth Fund", the "DLB
Enhanced Index Core Equity Fund", the "DLB Small Company Opportunities
Fund", the "DLB Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Fund", the "DLB Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Emerging Markets Fund", the "DLB High Yield Fund", the "DLB Enhanced Index
Growth Fund", the "DLB Enhanced Index Value Fund", and the "DLB Small
Capitalization Value 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 30th day of December, 2002.
/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
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