Exhibit 99.(a)(vii)
LORD XXXXXX SECURITIES TRUST
AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord
Xxxxxx Securities Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), organized
pursuant to a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated February 26, 1993 (the
"Declaration"), do hereby (i) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the
Declaration, a new Series of shares of the Trust to be designated the "Lord
Xxxxxx Value Opportunities Fund"; and (ii) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of
the Declaration, the following classes of the Lord Xxxxxx Value Opportunities
Fund: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class P, and Class Y. Any variations as to
purchase price, determination of net asset value, the price, terms and manner of
redemption and special and relative rights as to dividends on liquidation, and
conditions under which such series or class shall have separate voting rights,
shall be as set forth in the Declaration or as elsewhere determined by the Board
of Trustees of the Trust.
This instrument shall constitute an amendment to the Declaration.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this
20th day of October, 2005.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxx /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxx Xxxxx X. Xxxx
/s/ X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. X. Xxxx /s/ C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. X. Xxxx C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
