AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST
DATED AS OF JANUAURY 1, 2004
AND
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 27, 2004
FOR
STANDARD & POOR'S
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS ("SPDR") TRUST
SERIES 1
AND
ANY SUBSEQUENT AND SIMILAR
SERIES OF THE
SPDR TRUST
BETWEEN
PDR SERVICES LLC
AS SPONSOR
AND
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2004 AND
EFFECTIVE AS OF NOVEMBER 8, 2004
THIS AMENDMENT (THE "AMENDMENT AGREEMENT") DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2004 BETWEEN
PDR SERVICES LLC, AS SPONSOR (THE "SPONSOR"), AND STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE (THE "TRUSTEE"), AMENDS THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED "AMENDED AND
RESTATED STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2004 AND
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 27, 2004 FOR STANDARD & POOR'S DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS ("SPDR")
TRUST SERIES 1 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT AND SIMILAR SERIES OF THE SPDR TRUST BETWEEN
PDR SERVICES LLC AS SPONSOR AND STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE"
(HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "STANDARD TERMS").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into the Standard
Terms to facilitate the creation of the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts
("SPDR") Trust (the "Trust"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Standard Terms
as more fully set forth below;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual agreements contained herein, the Sponsor and the Trustee agree as
follows:
1. The twelfth (12th) paragraph of Section 3.04 of the Standard Terms which
states:
"The Trustee further reserves the right to declare special
dividends if, in its reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or
advisable to preserve the status of the Trust as a regulated investment
company or to avoid imposition of income or excise taxes on
undistributed income."
shall be amended by adding the phrase "or would be otherwise advantageous to the
Beneficial Owners" to the end of the paragraph, so that the entirety of the
paragraph shall now read as follows:
"The Trustee further reserves the right to declare special
dividends if, in its reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or
advisable to preserve the status of the Trust as a regulated investment
company or to avoid imposition of income or excise taxes on
undistributed income or would be otherwise advantageous to the
Beneficial Owners."
2. Pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Standard Terms, both parties to this
Amendment Agreement hereby agree that paragraph (1) of this Amendment Agreement
is made in made in regard to matters as will not adversely affect the interests
of Beneficial Owners in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.01(a)
thereof.
3. Pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Standard Terms, the Trustee agrees that it
shall promptly furnish each DTC Participant with sufficient copies of a written
notice of the substance of the terms of this Amendment Agreement for transmittal
by each such DTC Participant to the Beneficial Owners of the Trust.
4. Except as amended hereby, the Standard Terms now in effect is in all respects
ratified and confirmed hereby and this Amendment Agreement and all of its
provisions shall be deemed to be a part of the Standard Terms.
5. This Amendment Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to
be duly executed as of the date hereof.
PDR SERVICES LLC, as Sponsor
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title: President
ATTEST: _________________
TITLE:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title: Senior Vice President
ATTEST: _________________
TITLE:
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ___ day of November in the year 2004 before me
personally came to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is the President of PDR Services LLC, the limited liability company
described in and which executed the above instrument; and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NORFOLK )
On this ___ day of November in the year 2004 before me
personally appeared to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is Senior Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust Company, the
bank and trust company described in and which executed the above instrument; and
that he signed his name thereto by authority of the board of directors of said
bank and trust company.
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Notary Public
