RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT Regarding the Merger of Certain Sub-Trusts
XXXXXXX INVESTMENT COMPANY
AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
Regarding the Merger of Certain Sub-Trusts
AMENDMENT NO. 16 to the Second Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement dated October 1, 2008 (referred to herein as the “Agreement”), done this 15th day of October 2012, by the Trustees under such Agreement.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Trustees have adopted an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for the reorganization of the Xxxxxxx U.S. Value Fund Sub-Trust into the Xxxxxxx U.S. Defensive Equity Fund Sub-Trust, the termination of the Xxxxxxx U.S. Value Fund Sub-Trust, and the implementation of further actions consistent therewith;
WHEREAS, the Trustees propose that such reorganization shall be effective at a date to be set by the officers of the Trust in consideration of the revision of disclosure and other materials relating to such Sub-Trust; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby make the following revisions to the Agreement:
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE IV
Without affecting the rights and preferences of any presently issued and outstanding shares of interest in the Trust, effective upon the reorganization of the Xxxxxxx U.S. Value Fund into the Xxxxxxx U.S. Defensive Equity Fund, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization approved in accordance with the terms and the conditions of the Agreement, the filing of this Amendment in the minute books of the Trust by the Secretary of the Trust, and the filing of this Amendment with appropriate authorities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Washington, Article IV is amended to delete the following name, “ Xxxxxxx U.S. Value Fund” in each place where such name shall appear.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals for themselves and their assigns, as of the day and year set forth herein above. This instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall together constitute a single instrument.
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