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EXHIBIT 1(g)
FIFTH AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST (the "Amendment") is entered into the 18th day of
June, 1998, among Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx XX,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx., Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, as Trustees,
and each person who became or becomes a Shareholder in accordance with the
terms set forth in that certain Agreement and Declaration of Trust of
Short-Term Investments Trust entered into as of May 5, 1993, as amended (the
"Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Trustees of Short-Term Investments Trust (the "Trust")
desire to establish a new Portfolio of the Trust and four Classes thereof,
namely, the Government Agency Portfolio and its Cash Management Class,
Institutional Class, Private Investment Class and Resource Class; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.3.1 of the Agreement permits the Trustees to
establish such Portfolio and such Classes thereof and Section 9.7 of the
Agreement authorizes the Trustees to amend or otherwise supplement the Agreement
by making an amendment, all without prior Shareholder authorization or vote; and
WHEREAS, at a meeting duly called and held on the 11th day of March,
1998, the Trustees have resolved to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby amend the Agreement as herein set
forth below:
1. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Amendment
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. Section 2.3 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety
and the following new Section shall be substituted in lieu thereof:
"Section 2.3. Establishment of Portfolios and Classes. The Trust
shall be divided into three Portfolios: the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury
TaxAdvantage Portfolio and the Government Agency Portfolio. The Treasury
Portfolio shall contain five Classes: the Institutional Class, the Private
Investment Class, the Personal Investment Class, the Cash Management Class and
the Resource Class. The Treasury TaxAdvantage Portfolio shall contain two
Classes: the Institutional Class and the Private Investment Class. The
Government Agency Portfolio shall contain four Classes: the Institutional
Class, the Private Investment Class, the Cash Management Class and the Resource
Class. The Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury TaxAdvantage Portfolio and the
Government Agency Portfolio and their respective Classes as set forth in this
Section 2.3 are collectively referred to as the "Portfolios". The
establishment and designation of any other Portfolio or Class thereof, or,
subject to Section 6.1 hereof, any change to the Portfolios, shall be effective
upon the adoption by a majority of the then Trustees of a resolution which sets
forth such establishment, designation or change."
The foregoing shall not be construed to amend or replace Sections
2.3.1 and 2.3.2 of the Agreement.
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3. With the exception of the amendment to Section 2.3 of the
Agreement as set forth in paragraph 2 of this Amendment, the Agreement, as
amended, shall in all other respects remain in full force and effect.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Fifth Amendment to Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of Short-Term Investments Trust as of the day first above written.
/S/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Trustee
/S/ XXXX XXXX /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXX
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Xxxx Xxxx XX, Trustee Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
/S/ XXXX XXXXXX /S/ XXXX XXXXXXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxxxx, Trustee Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Trustee
/S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Trustee
/S/ XXX X. XXXXXXXX /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Trustee
[THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR
THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST]
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