EXHIBIT (a)(5)
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF AMERICAN CENTURY GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF
TRUST is made as of the 30th day of November, 2007, by the Trustees hereunder.
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that it is in the best
interests of American Century Government Income Trust (the "Trust") to combine
the C Class with the Advisor Class of the Xxxxxx Xxx Fund, effective December 3,
2007, as approved by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on December 8, 2006;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that each of the aforementioned actions
shall take effect as indicated in the first recital hereto; and
RESOLVED, that Schedule A of the Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust for the Trust is hereby amended to reflect such actions by
deleting the text thereof in its entirety and inserting in lieu therefore the
Schedule A attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, a majority of the Trustees do hereto set their hands as
of the date first referenced above.
Trustees of the American Century Government Income Trust
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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SCHEDULE A
AMERICAN CENTURY GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
Pursuant to Article III, Section 6, the Trustees hereby establish and designate
the following Series as Series of the Trust (and the Classes thereof), with the
relative rights and preferences as described in Section 6:
SERIES CLASS DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT
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Capital Preservation Fund Investor 03/16/1997
Government Bond Fund Investor 09/08/1992
(formerly Long-Term Treasury Fund) Advisor 08/01/1997
Short-Term Government Fund Investor 09/03/1991
Advisor 08/01/1997
Xxxxxx Mae Fund Investor 09/23/1985
(formerly GNMA Fund) Advisor 08/01/1997
Institutional 07/27/2007
R 07/27/2007
Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund Investor 02/16/1996
(formerly Inflation-Adjusted Treasury Fund) Advisor 08/01/1997
Institutional 03/01/2002
This Schedule A shall supersede any previously adopted Schedule A to the
Declaration of Trust.
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