Exhibit 99.B(1)(j)
XXXXXX XXXXXX BUSINESS TRUST
AMENDMENT NO. 9
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being a majority of the trustees of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Business Trust, a Massachusetts business trust created and existing under an
Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 20, 1994, as amended May 27, 1994,
June 13, 1997, November 10, 1998, April 3, 2000, July 17, 2001, August 14, 2001,
December 31, 2001 and August 22, 2003, a copy of which is on file in the Office
of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Trust"), having
determined that the termination of the "MCBT Greater China Fund" is desirable
and appropriate and consistent with fair and equitable treatment of all
shareholders, do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 9 be filed with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby:
Amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust to terminate the "Greater
China Fund", effective as of the time this Amendment is filed with the Secretary
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, so that the first sentence of Section 6 of
Article III of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust is amended and restated 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 "MCBT
Opportunistic EAFE Fund," "MCBT Japan Mid Cap Fund," "MCBT Global Emerging
Markets Fund," "MCBT All Countries World ex U.S. Fund," "MCBT Pan European
Mid Cap Fund" and "MCBT Global Equity Fund" shall be, and hereby are,
established and designated as separate Series of the Trust."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and for
our successors and assigns this 29th day of July, 2005.
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxx
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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