Exhibit (a)(7)
NEW ENGLAND FUNDS TRUST I
Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of New
England Funds Trust I (the "Trust"), having determined it to be consistent with
the fair and equitable treatment of all shareholders of the Trust, hereby amend
the Trust's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended
by Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 thereto (the "Declaration of Trust"), a copy
of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, as follows:
1. The first sentence of Section 6 of Article III of the Declaration of
Trust is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 5,
inter alia, to establish and designate any further Series or classes or
to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or class, each of
the following Series shall be, and is hereby, established and
designated: (1) New England Government Securities Fund, (2) New England
Growth Fund, (3) New England Balanced Fund, (4) New England Value Fund,
(5) New England Bond Income Fund, (6) New England Tax Exempt Income
Fund, (7) New England Global Government Fund, (8) New England
International Equity Fund, (9) New England Capital Growth Fund and (10)
New England Star Advisers Fund; and the following Series shall be, and
are hereby, designated as Multi-Class Series: New England Government
Securities Fund, New England Balanced Fund, New England Value Fund, New
England Bond Income Fund, New England Tax Exempt Income Fund, New
England Global Government Fund, New England International Equity Fund,
New England Capital Growth Fund and New England Star Advisers Fund.
The foregoing amendment shall become effective as of the time it is
filed with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and
for our successors and assigns as of this 19th day of May, 1994.
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