1 EXHIBIT 6(e) AMENDMENT NO. 1 MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT The Master Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated February 28, 1997, by and between Short-Term Investments Trust, a Delaware business trust, and Fund Management Company, a Texas...

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 6(e)

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                          MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT


         The Master Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated February 28,
1997, by and between Short-Term Investments Trust, a Delaware business trust,
and Fund Management Company, a Texas corporation, is hereby amended as follows:

         Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

                                   "APPENDIX A
                                       TO
                          MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
                                       OF
                          SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST


Treasury Portfolio

         Institutional Class
         Personal Investment Class
         Private Investment Class
         Cash Management Class
         Resource Class

Treasury TaxAdvantage Portfolio

         Institutional Class
         Private Investment Class

Government & Agency Portfolio

         Institutional Class
         Private Investment Class
         Cash Management Class
         Resource Class"


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         All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein
shall remain in full force and effect.

Dated: September 1, 1998

                                             SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST


Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx                 By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
       -------------------------------          -------------------------------
                  Assistant Secretary                          President


(SEAL)

                                             FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY



Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx                 By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
       -------------------------------          -------------------------------
                  Assistant Secretary                          Vice President


(SEAL)