EXHIBIT (a)(II)(11)
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
ECLIPSE FUNDS
This AMENDMENT (the "Amendment"), made on and as of this 8th day of
February, 2007 by the Trustees of Eclipse Funds.
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
WHEREAS, the Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration) of
Eclipse Equity Trust (the "Trust"), a trust with transferable shares under the
laws of Massachusetts, was signed and delivered by Xxxxx X. Xxxxx of Brookline,
Massachusetts, as settler, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx of Boston, Massachusetts, as
trustee, at One Post Office Square, City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk,
and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on July 30, 1986, and thereafter filed
in the offices of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
Clerk of the City of Boston; and
WHEREAS, such Declaration was amended on October 2, 1986 to change the
name of such Trust from "Eclipse Equity Trust" to "Eclipse Financial Asset
Trust" (the "First Amendment"), and the First Amendment was thereafter filed in
the offices of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk
of the City of Boston; and
WHEREAS, such Declaration was further amended on December 1, 1997 to
change the name of such Trust from "Eclipse Financial Asset Trust" to "Eclipse
Funds" (the "Second Amendment"), and the Second Amendment was thereafter filed
in the offices of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
Clerk of the City of Boston; and
WHEREAS, such Declaration was further amended on June 28, 2002 in order
to authorize the Trust to issue two classes of shares (the "Third Amendment"),
and the Third Amendment was thereafter filed in the offices of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the City of Boston; and
WHEREAS, such Declaration was further amended on December 26, 2002 in
order to authorize the Trust to issue three classes of shares (the "Fourth
Amendment"), and the Fourth Amendment was thereafter filed in the offices of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the City of
Boston; and
WHEREAS, such Declaration was further amended on December 22, 2003 in
order to authorize the Trust to issue one or more classes of shares (the "Fifth
Amendment"), and the Fifth Amendment was thereafter filed in the offices of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the City of
Boston; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.3 of the Declaration provides certain procedures for
the Amendment thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that it is desirable and in the
best interests of the Trust and its shareholders that the Declaration be further
amended as herein provided.
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Declaration, the
Declaration shall be amended as follows:
1. The Declaration shall be amended to include the following additional
section:
SECTION 7.4. Record Dates. For the purpose of determining the
Shareholders who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or
any adjournment thereof, or who are entitled to participate in
any dividend or distribution, or for the purpose of any other
action, the Trustees may from time to time close the transfer
books for such period, not exceeding thirty (30) days (except
at or in connection with the termination of the Trust), as the
Trustees may determine; or without closing the transfer books
the Trustees may fix a date and time not more than ninety (90)
days prior to the date of any meeting of Shareholders or other
action as the date and time of record for the determination of
Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any
adjournment thereof or to be treated as Shareholders of record
for purposes of such other action, and any Shareholder who was
a Shareholder at the date and time so fixed shall be entitled
to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof or to be
treated as a Shareholder of record for purposes of such other
action, even though he has since that date and time disposed
of his Shares, and no Shareholder becoming such after that
date and time shall be so entitled to vote at such meeting or
any adjournment thereof or to be treated as a Shareholder of
record for purposes of such other action.
The undersigned, being an officer of the Trust, hereby certifies that
the foregoing amendments have been duly adopted by affirmative vote of a
majority of the Trustees at a meeting duly called and held on February 8, 2007.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being an officer of the Trust, has
hereunto set her hand and seal, all as of the day and year first above written.
/s/ Xxxxxxxxxx E. H. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx X. X. Xxxxxxxx
Secretary