Exhibit 23(a)(ii)
AMENDMENT NO. 9
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
THE BSG FUNDS
1. Pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of The
BSG Funds and effective upon execution of this document, the undersigned, being
a majority of the Trustees of The BSG Funds (the "Trust"), hereby amend Section
4.2 of said Agreement and Declaration of Trust, replacing the first seven lines
of Section 4.2 with the following:
SECTION 4.2 ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF SERIES OR CLASSES. Without
limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 4.1 to
establish and designate any further Series or Classes, the Trustees hereby
affirm that they have hereby established and designated three Series of
Shares: "The Banc Stock Group Fund," "Diamond Hill Focus Fund," and
"Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund," and that each of the current Series consists
of two Classes of Shares, designated "Class A" and "Class C," respectively.
Any Shares originally issued without a Class designation have been
redesignated as "Class A" Shares. The Shares of these Series and Classes,
and any Shares of any further Series or Class that may from time to time be
established and designated by the Trustees shall (unless the Trustees
otherwise determine with respect to some further Series or Class at the
time of establishing and designating the same) have the following relative
rights and preferences:
The remaining portions of Section 4.2 of said Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, beginning with subparagraph (a) and ending with subparagraph (l), remain
unchanged.
2. This document shall have the status of an Amendment to said Agreement
and Declaration of Trust, and may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
Date: JANUARY 24, 2001 /S/ XXXX X. XXXXXX
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Date: JANUARY 24, 2001 /S/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXX, XX.
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Date: JANUARY 24, 2001 S/ XXXXXXX X. ZOX
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