VAN ECK FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement dated
February 6, 1992 (amending the Master Trust Agreement dated April 3, 1985) (the
"Agreement"), of Van Eck Funds (the "Trust"), made at New York, New York this
17th day of March, 1993.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, Section 7.3 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be
amended at any time, as long as such amendment does not adversely affect the
rights of any shareholder 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, Section 4.1 of the Agreement provides that the Trustees of the
Trust may establish and designate series of Shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, a majority of Trustees have duly approved this amendment to the
Agreement and authorized the same to be filed with the Secretary of State of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx the duly elected and
serving Vice President of the Trust, pursuant to the authorization described
above, hereby declares that the initial, paragraph of Section 4.2 of the
Agreement is amendment to add additional Sub-Trusts and to read as follows:
"Section 4.2 Establishment and Description of Sub-Trusts. Without
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limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 4.1 to
establish and designate any further Sub-Trusts, the Trustees hereby
establish and designate nineteen Sub-Trusts: World Trends Fund,
Gold/Resources Fund, U. S. Government Money Fund, World Income Fund,
International Growth Fund, International Investors,
Short-Term World Income Fund-C, Asia Dynasty Fund, World High Income
Trust, World Income Plus Fund, Strategic World Income Fund, Global 500
Trust, Global 500 Income Trust, American Trust, American Growth Trust,
Balanced Growth Trust, Flexible Income Trust, U.S./Global Short-Term
Trust, International Asset Allocation Trust, and Foreign Currency
Trust. The World Trends Fund, Gold/Resources Fund, U.S. Government
Money Fund, World Income Fund, International Growth Fund,
International Investors, Short-Term World Income Fund-C, World High
Income Trust, World Income Plus Fund, Strategic World Income Fund,
Global 500 Trust, Global 500 Income Trust, American Trust, American
Growth Trust, Balanced Growth Trust, Flexible Income Trust,
U.S./Global Short-Term Trust, International Asset Allocation Trust,
and Foreign Currency Trust and any Shares of any further Sub-Trusts
that may from time to time be established and designated by the
Trustees shall (unless the Trustees otherwise determine with respect
to sane further Sub-Trust at the time of establishing and designating
the same) have the following relative riots and preferences:"
WITNESS my hand and seal this 17th day of March 1993.
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Vice President
STATE OF NEW YORK )
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
Then personally appeared the above-named Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and
acknowledged this instrument to be his free act and deed this 17th day of March
1993.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
My Commission Expires: March 30, 1994
