BY-LAWS OF Artio Global Investment Funds (Formerly Julius Baer Investment Funds) FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF OCTOBER 13, 2008
SUB-ITEM
77Q(1)(a)(1)
OF
(Formerly
Xxxxxx Xxxx Investment Funds)
FIFTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF OCTOBER 13, 2008
ARTICLE
1
Agreement
and Declaration of Trust and Principal Office
1.1
Agreement and Declaration of Trust. These By-Laws shall be subject to the
Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement, as from time to time in effect
(the
“Master Trust Agreement”), of Artio Global Investment Funds (formerly Xxxxxx
Xxxx Investment Funds), the Massachusetts business trust established by the
Master Trust Agreement (the “Trust”).
1.2
Principal Office of the Trust. The principal office of the Trust shall be
located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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3.4
Powers. Subject to the other provisions of these By-Laws, each officer shall
have, in addition to the duties and powers herein and in the Master Trust
Agreement set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to the
office occupied by him or her as if the Trust were organized as a Massachusetts
business corporation and such other duties and powers as the Trustees may from
time to time designate.
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4.1
General. The Trustees, by vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office,
may
elect from their number an Executive committee or other committees and may
delegate thereof some or all of their powers except those which by law, by
the
Master Trust Agreement, or by these By-Laws may not be delegated. Except as
the
trustees may otherwise determine, any such committee may make rules for the
conduct or in such rules, its business shall be conducted so far as possible
in
the same manner as is provided by these By-Laws for the Trustees themselves.
All
members of such committees shall hold such office at the pleasure of the
Trustees. The Trustees may abolish any such committee at any time. Any committee
to which the Trustees delegate any of their power or duties shall keep records
of its meetings, and shall report its action to the Trustees. The Trustees
shall
have power to rescind any action of any committee, but no such rescission shall
have retroactive effect.
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The
Trustees may at any time authorize
the issuance of share certificates. In that event, each shareholder
shall be entitled to a certificate stating the number of shares owned by him
or
her, in such form as shall be prescribed from time to time by the
Trustees. Such certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice
President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer. Such
signatures may be facsimiles if the certificate is signed by a transfer agent,
or by a registrar, other than a Trustee, officer or employee of the
Trust. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed on such certificate shall cease to be such officer
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Trust with the same
effect as if he were such officer at the time of its issue.
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Any
Trustee, officer or other agent of
the Trust may acquire, own and dispose of shares of the Trust to the same extent
as if he or she were not a trustee, officer or agent; and the Trustees may
accept subscriptions to share or repurchase shares from any firm or company
in
which he or she is interested.
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12.1
General. These By-laws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by
a
majority of the Trustees then in office at any meeting of the Trustees, or
by
one or more writings signed by such a majority.
ARTICLE
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Declaration
of a Trust
The
Master Trust Agreement establishing
Artio Global Investment Funds (formerly Xxxxxx Xxxx Investment Funds), dated
April 30, 1992 as amended and restated April 2, 2008, a copy of which, together
with all amendments thereto, is on file in the office of the Secretary of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that the name Artio Global Investment
Funds refers to the Trustees under the Master Trust Agreement collectively
as
Trustees, but not as individuals or personally; and no Trustee, shareholder,
officer, employee or agent of Artio Global Investment Funds shall be held to
any
personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private property, for
the
satisfaction of any obligation or claim or otherwise, in connection with the
future affairs of Artio Global Investment Funds, but the Trust Estate only
shall
be liable.
Adopted: September
24, 2008 (to become effective October 13, 2008.)