ICON FUNDS AMENDMENT NO. 16 TO MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
Exhibit (A)(17)
AMENDMENT No. 16 to the Master Trust Agreement of ICON Funds dated as of September 16, 2010, at
Greenwood Village, Colorado.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Section 7.3 of the ICON Master Trust Agreement dated September 19, 1996, as amended (the
“Agreement”) of ICON Funds (the “Trust”), provides that the Agreement may be amended at any time,
so long as such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any shareholder with respect to
which such amendment is or purports to be applicable and so long as such amendment is not in
contravention of applicable law, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, by an instrument in
writing, signed by an officer of the Trust pursuant to a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the
Trust; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust desire to amend Section 4.2 of the Master
Agreement to rename the existing shares, which are a single class, to Class S and establish new
Class A and Class C shares to the following ICON Funds: ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund, ICON
Energy Fund, ICON Financial Fund, ICON Healthcare Fund, ICON Industrials Fund, ICON Information
Technology Fund, ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund, ICON Materials Fund and ICON
Telecommunication & Utilities Fund; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust desire to amend Section 4.2 of the Master
Agreement to establish new Class A shares for the ICON Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust desire to abolish ICON Europe Fund Classes Z and I
and ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund Class Z, and pursuant to section 4.1 of the Master Trust
Agreement can do so because the Classes have no shareholders; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust desire to amend Section 4.2 of the Master Trust
Agreement to reflect the abolition of ICON Europe Fund Classes Z and I and ICON Asia-Pacific Fund
Class Z; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust duly adopted the amendment to the Agreement as of
August 9, 2010 and authorized the same to be filed with the Secretary of the State of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Vice President and Secretary of the Trust, pursuant
to the authorization described above, hereby forward for filing this amendment to Section 4.2 of
the Master Trust Agreement, as heretofore in effect, to read as follows:
Section 4.2 Establishment and Designation of Sub-Trusts. Without limiting the Trustees’
authority to establish further sub-trusts and classes pursuant to Section 4.1, the Trustees
hereby establish the following sub-trusts and classes:
FUNDS/CLASSES WITH NO DISTRIBUTION PLAN
(CLASS Q, CLASS S AND CLASS Z)
(CLASS Q, CLASS S AND CLASS Z)
ICON Asia Pacific Region Fund – Class S
ICON Bond Fund – Class Z
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund – Class S
ICON Core Equity Fund – Class Z
ICON Risk-Managed Equity Fund – Class Z (formerly named ICON Income Opportunity Fund – Class Z)
ICON Energy Fund – Class S
ICON Equity Income Fund – Class Z
ICON Europe Fund – Class S
ICON Financial Fund – Class S
ICON Healthcare Fund – Class S
ICON Industrials Fund – Class S
ICON Information Technology Fund – Class S
ICON International Equity Fund – Class S, Class Q, and Class Z
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund – Class S
ICON Long/Short Fund – Class Z
ICON Materials Fund – Class S
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund – Class S
ICON Bond Fund – Class Z
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund – Class S
ICON Core Equity Fund – Class Z
ICON Risk-Managed Equity Fund – Class Z (formerly named ICON Income Opportunity Fund – Class Z)
ICON Energy Fund – Class S
ICON Equity Income Fund – Class Z
ICON Europe Fund – Class S
ICON Financial Fund – Class S
ICON Healthcare Fund – Class S
ICON Industrials Fund – Class S
ICON Information Technology Fund – Class S
ICON International Equity Fund – Class S, Class Q, and Class Z
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund – Class S
ICON Long/Short Fund – Class Z
ICON Materials Fund – Class S
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund – Class S
FUNDS/CLASSES WITH DISTRIBUTION PLAN
(CLASS C, CLASS I and CLASS A)
(CLASS C, CLASS I and CLASS A)
ICON Bond Fund – Class A, Class C and Class I
ICON Core Equity Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Risk-Managed Equity Fund (formerly named ICON Income Opportunity Fund) – Class A, Class C and Class I
ICON Equity Income Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Long/Short Fund – Class A, Class C and Class I
ICON International Equity Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Europe Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Energy Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Financial Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Healthcare Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Industrials Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Core Equity Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Risk-Managed Equity Fund (formerly named ICON Income Opportunity Fund) – Class A, Class C and Class I
ICON Equity Income Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Long/Short Fund – Class A, Class C and Class I
ICON International Equity Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund – Class A, Class C, and Class I
ICON Europe Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Energy Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Financial Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Healthcare Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Industrials Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Information Technology Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Materials Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Materials Fund – Class A and Class C
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund – Class A and Class C
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, my hand as of this 16th day of September, 2010.
STATE OF COLORADO
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COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE
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Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared the above Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, who acknowledged that he did sign the foregoing instrument in the capacity indicated, and
that the same is his free act and deed on this 16th day of September, 2010.
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