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Exhibit 23 (a)
Agreement and Declaration of Trust
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AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
of
CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST II
A Massachusetts Business Trust Dated: September 11, 1985
CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST II AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
ARTICLE I Name and Definitions
1. Name
2. Definitions
(a) Trust
(b) Trustees
(c) Shares
(d) Shareholder
(e) 1940 Act
(f) Commission and Principal Underwriter
(g) Declaration of Trust
(h) By-Laws
(i) Series Company
(j) Series
ARTICLE II Purpose of Trust
ARTICLE III Shares
1. Division of Beneficial Interest
2. Ownership of Shares
3. Investments in the Trust
4. Status of Shares and Limitation of Personal Liability
5. Power of Trustees to Change Provisions Relating to Shares
6. Establishment and Designation of Shares
(a) Assets Belonging to Series
(b) Liabilities Belonging to Series
(c) Dividends, Distributions, Redemptions and Repurchases
(d) Voting
(e) Equality
(f) Fractions
(g) Exchange Privilege
(h) Combination of Series
(i) Elimination of Series
7. Indemnification of Shareholders
8. Initial Designation of Series
ARTICLE IV The Trustees
1. Election and Tenure
2. Effect of Death, Resignation, etc. of a Trustee
3. Powers
4. Payment of Expenses by the Trust
5. Payment of Expenses by Shareholders
6. Ownership of Assets of the Trust
7. Service Contracts
ARTICLE V Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meetings
1. Voting Powers
2. Voting Power and Meetings
3. Quorum and Required Vote
4. Action by Written Consent
5. Record Dates
6. Additional Provisions
ARTICLE VI Net Asset Value, Distributions, and Redemptions
1. Determination of Net Asset Value, Net Income and Distributions
2. Redemptions and Repurchases
3. Redemptions at the Option of the Trust
ARTICLE VII Compensation and Limitation of Liability of Trustees
1. Compensation
2. Limitation of Liability
3. Indemnification
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous
1. Trustees, Shareholders, etc. Not Personally Liable; Notice
2. Trustees' Good Faith Action, Expert Advisor No Bond or Surety
3. Liability of Third Persons Dealing with Trustees
4. Termination of Trust or Series
5. Merger and Consolidation
6. Filing of Copies, References, Headings
7. Applicable Law
8. Amendments
9. Trust Only
10. Use of the Name "California Investment Trust"
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST II
THIS AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST made at San Francisco, California
this 11th day of September 1985 by the Trustees hereunder.
WHEREAS the Trustees desire and have agreed to manage all property coming
into their hands as trustees of a Massachusetts business trust in accordance
with the provisions hereinafter set forth,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby direct that this Agreement and
Declaration of Trust be filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and do hereby declare that they will hold all cash, securities and
other assets, which they may from time to time acquire in any manner as Trustees
hereunder, IN TRUST, and manage and dispose of the same upon the following terms
and conditions for the pro rata benefit of the holders of Shares in this Trust.
ARTICLE I
Name and Definitions
SECTION 1. NAME. This Trust shall be known as the CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT
TRUST II and the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust under that
name or any other name as they may from time to time determine.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used herein, unless otherwise required by
the text or specifically provided;
(a) The "Trust" refers to the Massachusetts business trust established by
this Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended from time to time;
(b) "Trustees" refers to the Trustees of the Trust named in Article IV
hereof or elected or appointed in accordance with such Article;
(c) "Shares" means the equal proportionate units of interest into which the
beneficial interest in the Trust or in the Trust property belonging to any
Series of the Trust (as the context may require) shall be divided from time to
time;
(d) "Shareholder" means a record owner of Shares;
(e) The "1940 Act" refers to the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
Rules and Regulations thereunder, all as amended from time to time;
(f) The terms "Commission" and "Principal Underwriter" shall have the
meanings given them in the 1940 Act;
(g) "Declaration of Trust" shall mean this Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, as amended or restated from time to time;
(h) "By-Laws" shall mean the By-Laws of the Trust as amended from time to
time;
(i) "Series Company" refers to the form of registered open-end investment
company described in Section 18 (f) (2) of the 1940 Act or in any successor
statutory provision; and
(j) "Series" refers to each Series of Shares established and designated
under or in accordance with the provisions of Article III.
ARTICLE II
Purpose of Trust
The purpose of the Trust is to provide investors a managed investment
company registered under the 1940 Act and investing one or more portfolios
primarily in securities and debt instruments.
ARTICLE III:
Shares
SECTION 1. DIVISION OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST. The beneficial interest in the
Trust shall at all times be divided into an unlimited number of Shares, without
par value. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this Article III, each
Share shall have voting rights as provided in Article V hereof, and holders of
the Shares of any Series shall be entitled to receive dividends, when and as
declared with respect thereto in the manner provided in Article VI, Section 1
hereof. No Shares shall have any priority or preference over any other Share of
the same Series with respect to dividends or distributions upon termination of
the Trust or of such Series made pursuant to Article VIII, Section 4 hereof. All
dividends and distributions shall be made ratably among all Shareholders of a
particular Series from the assets belonging to such Series according to the
number of Shares of such Series held of record by such shareholder on the record
date for any dividend or on the date of termination, as the case may be.
Shareholders shall have no preemptive or other right to subscribe to any
additional Shares or other securities issued by the Trust or any Series, The
Trustees may from time to time divide or combine the Shares of any particular
Series into a greater or lesser number of Shares of that Series without thereby
changing the proportionate beneficial interest of the Shares of that Series in
the assets belonging to that Series or in any way affecting the rights of Shares
of any other Series.
SECTION 2. OWNERSHIP OF SHARES. The ownership of Shares shall be recorded
on the books of the Trust or a transfer or similar agent for the Trust, which
books shall be maintained separately for the Shares of each Series. No
certificates certifying the ownership of Shares shall be issued except as the
Trustees may otherwise determine from time to time. The Trustees may make such
rules as they consider appropriate for the transfer of Shares of each Series and
similar matters. The record books of the Trust as kept by the Trust or any
transfer or similar agent, as the case may be shall be conclusive as to who are
the Shareholders of each Series and as to the number of Shares of each Series
held from time to time by each.
SECTION 3. INVESTMENTS IN THE TRUST. The Trustees may accept investments in
the Trust from such persons, at such times, on such terms, and for such
consideration as they from time to time authorize.
SECTION 4. STATUS OF SHARES AND LIMITATION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY. Shares
shall be deemed to be personal property giving only the rights provided in this
instrument. Every Shareholder by virtue of having become a Shareholder shall be
held to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms hereof and to have
become a party hereto. The death of a Shareholder during the existence of the
Trust shall not operate to terminate the Trust, nor entitle the representative
of any deceased Shareholder to an accounting or to take any action in court or
elsewhere against the Trust or the Trustees, but entitles such representative
only to the rights of said deceased Shareholder under this Trust. Ownership of
Shares shall not entitle the Shareholder to any title in or to the whole or any
part of the Trust property or right to call for a partition or division of the
same or for an accounting, nor shall the ownership of Shares constitute the
Shareholders as partners. Neither the Trust nor the Trustees, nor any officer,
employee or agent of the Trust shall have any power to bind personally any
Shareholders, nor, except as specifically provided herein, to call upon any
Shareholder for the payment of any sum of money or assessment whatsoever other
than such as the Shareholder may at any time personally agree to pay.
SECTION 5. POWER OF TRUSTEES TO CHANGE PROVISIONS RELATING TO SHARES.
Notwithstanding an other provision of this Declaration of Trust and without
limiting the power of the Trustees to amend the Declaration of Trust as provided
elsewhere herein, the Trustees shall have the power to amend this Declaration of
Trust, at any time and from time to time, in such manner as the Trustees may
determine in their sole discretion, without the need for Shareholder action, so
as to add to, delete, replace or otherwise modify any provisions relating to the
Shares contained in this Declaration of Trust, provided that before adopting any
such amendment without Shareholder approval the Trustees shall determine that it
is consistent with the fair and equitable treatment of all Share holders or that
Shareholder approval is not otherwise required by the 1940 Act or other
applicable law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing the Trustees may, for the
above-stated purposes, amend the Declaration of Trust to:
(a) create one or more Series of Shares (in addition to any Series already
existing or otherwise) with such rights and preferences and such eligibility
requirements for investment therein as the Trustees shall determine and
reclassify any or all outstanding Shares as shares of particular Series in
accordance with such eligibility requirements;
(b) amend any of the provisions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (i) of
Section 6 of this Article III;
(c) combine one or more Series of Shares into a single Series on such terms
and conditions as the Trustees shall determine;
(d) change or eliminate any eligibility requirements for investment in
Shares of any Series, including without limitation, to provide for the issue of
Shares of any Series in connection with any merger or consolidation of the Trust
with another trust or company or any acquisition by the Trust of part or all of
the assets of another trust or investment company;
(e) change the designation of any Series of Shares;
(f) change the method of allocating dividends among the various Series of
Shares;
(g) allocate any specific assets or liabilities of the Trust or any
specific items of income or expense of the Trust to one or more Series of
Shares;
(h) specifically allocate assets to any or all Series of Shares or create
one or more additional Series of Shares which are preferred over all other
Series of Shares in respect of Assets specifically allocated thereto or any
dividends paid by the Trust with respect to any net income, however determined,
earned from the investment and reinvestment of any assets so allocated or
otherwise and provide for any special voting or other rights with respect to
such Series.
SECTION 6. ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF SERIES. Except as set for the
In Sect ion 8 of this Article III, the establishment and designation of any
other Series of Shares shall be effective upon the resolution by a majority of
the then Trustees, setting forth such establishment and designation and the
relative rights and preferences of such Series, or as otherwise provided in such
resolution. Such establishment and designation shall be set forth in an
amendment to this Declaration of Trust as provided in Section 8 of Article VIII.
Shares of each Series established pursuant to this Section 6, unless
otherwise provided in the resolution establishing such Series, shall have the
following relative rights and preferences:
(a) ASSETS BELONGING TO SERIES. All consideration received by the Trust for
the issue or sale of Shares of a particular Series, together with all assets in
which such consideration is invested or reinvested, all income, earnings,
profits, and proceeds thereof from whatever source derived, including, without
limitation, any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such
assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds
in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably belong to that Series for
all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors, and shall be so recorded
upon the books of account of the Trust. Such consideration, assets, income,
earnings, profits and proceeds thereof, from whatever source derived, including,
without 1imitation any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation
of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such
proceeds, in whatever form the same may be, are herein referred to as "assets
belonging to" that Series. In the event that there are any assets, income,
earnings, profits and proceeds thereof, funds or payments which are not readily
identifiable as belonging to any particular Series (collectively "General
Assets"), the Trustees shall allocate such General Assets to, between or among
any one or more of the Series in such manner and on such basis as they, in their
sole discretion, deem fair and equitable, and any General Asset so allocated to
a particular Series shall belong to that Series. Each such allocation by the
Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for
all purposes.
(b) LIABILITIES BELONGING TO SERIES. The assets belonging to each
particular Series shall be charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect
to that Series and all expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to
that Series, and any general liabilities of the Trust which are not readily
identifiable as belonging to any particular Series shall be allocated and
charged by the Trustees to and among any one or more of the Series in such
manner and on such basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion deem fair and
equitable. The liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, and reserves so charged to
a Series are herein referred to as "liabilities belonging to" that Series. Each
allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Trustee
shall be conclusive and binding upon the holders of all Series for all purposes.
Under no circumstances shall the assets allocated or belonging to any particular
Series be charged with liabilities attributable to any other Series. All persons
who have extended credit which has been allocated to a particular Series, or who
have a claim or contract which has been allocated to any particular Series,
shall look only to the assets of that particular Series for payment of such
credit, claim, or contract.
(c) DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, REDEMPTIONS, AND REPURCHASES. Notwithstanding
any other provisions or this Declaration, including, without limitation, Article
VI, no dividend or distribution (including, without limitation, any distribution
paid upon termination of the Trust or of any Series) with respect to, nor any
redemption or repurchase of, the Shares of any Series shall be effected by the
Trust other than from the assets belonging to such Series, nor, except as
specifically provided in Section 7 of this Article III shall any Shareholder of
any particular Series otherwise have any right or claim against the assets
belonging to any other Series except to the extent that such Shareholder has
such a right or claim hereunder as Shareholder of such other Series. The
Trustees shall have full discretion, to the extent not inconsistent with the
1940 Act, to determine which items shall be treated as income and which items as
capital; and each such determination and allocation shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Shareholders.
(d) VOTING. All Shares of the Trust entitled to vote on a matter shall vote
separately by Series. That is, the Shareholders of each Series shall have the
right to approve or disapprove matters affecting the Trust and each respective
Series as if the Series were separate companies. There are however two
exceptions to voting by separate Series. First if the 1940 Act requires all
Shares of the Trust to be voted in the aggregate without differentiation between
the separate Series, then all the Trust's Shares shall be entitled to vote on a
one-vote-per-Share basis. Second, if any matter affects only the interests of
some but not all Series, then only such affected Series shall be entitled to
vote on the matter.
(e) EQUALITY. All the Shares of each particular Series shall represent an
equal proportionate interest in the assets belonging to that Series (subject to
the liabilities belonging to that Series), and each Share of any particular
Series shall be equal to each other Share of that Series.
(f) FRACTIONS. Any fractional Share of a Series shall carry property only
if all the rights and obligations of a whole share of that Series, including
rights with respect to voting, receipt of dividends and distributions,
redemption of Shares and termination of the Trust.
(g) EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE. The Trustees shall have the authority to provide
that the holders of Shares of any Series shall have the right to exchange said
Shares for Shares of one or more other Series of Shares in accordance with such
requirements and procedures as may be established by the Trustees.
(h) COMBINATION OF SERIES. The Trustees shall have the authority, without
the approval of the Shareholders of any Series unless otherwise required by
applicable law, to combine the assets and liabilities belonging to any two or
more Series into assets and liabilities belonging to a single Series.
(i) ELIMINATION OF SERIES. At any time that there are no Shares outstanding
of any particular Series previously established and designated, the Trustees may
amend this Declaration of Trust to abolish that Series and to rescind the
establishment and designation thereof, such amendment to be effected in the
manner provided in Section 5 of this Article III.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDERS. In case any Shareholder or
former Shareholder shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of his
or her being or having been a Shareholder and not because of his or her acts or
omissions or for some other reason, the Shareholder or former Shareholder (or
his or her heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives or
in the case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or other general
successor) shall be entitled out of the assets of the Trust to be held harmless
from indemnification against all loss and expense arising from such liability.
SECTION 8. INITIAL DESIGNATION OF SERIES. Subject to the relative rights
and preferences and other terms of this Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the
Trustees authorize the establishment of two (2) initial Series to be designated
as follows: "California GNMA Fund " and " California Federal Money Market Fund."
ARTICLE IV
The Trustees
SECTION 1. NUMBER, ELECTION AND TENURE. The number of Trustees shall be
four (4), unless such number shall be changed from time to time by a written
instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees, provided, however, that the
number of Trustees shall in no event be less than three nor more than 15. The
initial Trustees shall be Xxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx, and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx. The Trustees may fill vacancies in the Trustees or remove
Trustees with or without cause. Each Trustee shall serve during the continued
lifetime of the Trust until he dies, resigns or is removed, or, if sooner, until
the next meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of electing Trustees and
until the election and qualification of his successor. Any Trustee may resign at
any time by written instrument signed by him and delivered to any officer of the
Trust or to a meeting of the Trustees. Such resignation shall be effective upon
receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time. Except to the
extent expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust, no Trustee
resigning and no Trustee removed shall have any right to any compensation for
any period following his resignation or removal, or any right to damages on
account of such removal. The Shareholders may fix the number of Trustees and
elect Trustees at any meeting of Shareholders called by the Trustees for that
purpose.
SECTION 2. EFFECT OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, ETC. OF A TRUSTEE. The death,
declination, resignation, retirement, removal, or incapacity of the Trustees, or
any of them, shall not operate to annul the Trust or to revoke any existing
agency created pursuant to the terms of this Declaration of Trust. Whenever a
vacancy in the number of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled as
provided in Article IV, Section 1, the Trustees in office, regardless of their
number, shall have all the powers granted to the Trustees and shall discharge
all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this Declaration of Trust. A written
instrument certifying the existence of such vacancy signed by a majority of the
Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of such vacancy. In the event of the
death, declination, resignation, retirement, removals or incapacity of all the
then Trustees within a short period of time and without the opportunity for at
least one Trustee being able to appoint additional Trustees to fill vacancies,
the Trust's investment adviser or investment advisers jointly, if there is more
than one, are empowered to appoint new Trustees.
SECTION 3. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of this Declaration of Trust,
the business of the Trust shall be managed by the Trustees, and they shall have
all powers necessary or convenient to carry out that responsibility including
the power to engage in securities transactions of all kinds on behalf of the
Trust. Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustees may adopt By-Laws not
inconsistent with this Declaration of Trust providing for the regulation and
management of the affairs of the Trust and may amend and repeal them to the
extent that such By-Laws do not reserve that right to the Shareholders; they may
fill vacancies in or remove from their number and may elect and remove such
officers and appoint and terminate such agents as they consider appropriate;
they may appoint from their own number and establish and terminate one or more
committees consisting of two or more Trustees which may exercise the powers and
authority of the Trustees to the extent that the Trustees determine; they may
employ one or more custodians of the assets of the Trust and may authorize such
custodians to employ subcustodians and to deposit all or any part of such assets
in a system or systems for the central handling of securities or with a Federal
Reserve Bank, retain or otherwise provide for the services of (including the
Trust's performance of such services for itself) a transfer agent or a
Shareholder servicing agent, or both, provide for the distribution of Shares by
the Trust, through one or more Principal Underwriters or otherwise, set record
dates for the determination of Shareholders with respect to various
matters, and in general delegate such authority as they consider desirable to
any officer of the Trust, to any committee of the Trustees and to any agent or
employee of the Trust or to any such custodian, transfer or Shareholder
servicing agent, or Principal Underwriter. Any determination as to what is in
the interests of the Trust made by the Trustees in good faith shall be
conclusive. In construing the provisions of this Declaration of Trust, the
presumption shall be in favor of a grant of power to the Trustees.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustees shall have power and
authority:
(a) To invest and reinvest cash, to hold cash uninvested, and to subscribe
for, invest in, reinvest in, purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, pledge,
sell, assign, transfer, exchange, distribute, write options on, lend or
otherwise deal in or dispose of contracts for the future acquisition or delivery
of fixed income or other securities, and securities of every nature and kind,
including, without 1imitation, all types of bonds, debentures, stocks,
negotiable or non- negotiable instruments, obligations, evidences of
indebtedness, certificates of deposit or indebtedness, commercial paper,
repurchase agreements, bankers' acceptances, and other securities of any kind,
issued, created, guaranteed, or sponsored by any and all persons, including,
without limitation states, territories, and possessions of the United States and
the District of Columbia and any political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality thereof, any foreign government or any political subdivision of
the U.S. Government or any foreign government, or any international
instrumentality, or by any bank or savings institution, or by any corporation or
organization organized under the laws of the United States or of any state,
territory, or possession thereof, or by any corporation or organization
organized under any foreign law, or in "when issued" contracts for any such
securities, to change the investments of the assets of the Trust; and to
exercise any and all rights, powers, and privileges of ownership or interest in
respect of any and all such investments of every kind and description,
including, without limitation, the right to consent and otherwise act with
respect thereto, with power to designate one or more persons, firms,
associations or corporations to exercise any of said rights, powers, privileges
in respect of any of said instruments;
(b) To sell, exchange, lend, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, lease, or write
options with respect to or otherwise deal in any property rights relating to any
or all of the assets of the Trust;
(c) To vote or give assent, or exercise any rights of ownership, with
respect to stock or other securities or property; and to execute and deliver
proxies or powers of attorney to such person or persons as the Trustees shall
deem proper, granting to such person or persons such power and discretion with
relation to securities or property as the Trustees shall deem proper;
(d) To exercise powers and right of subscription or otherwise which in any
manner arise out of ownership of securities;
(e) To hold any security or property in a form not indicating any trust,
whether in bearer, unregistered or other negotiable form, or in its own name or
in the name of a custodian or subcustodian or a nominee or nominees or
otherwise;
(f) To consent to or participate in any plan for their organization,
consolidation or merger of any corporation or issuer of any security which is
held in the Trust; to consent to any contract, lease, mortgage, purchase or sale
of property by such corporation or issuer; and to pay calls or subscriptions
with respect to any security held in the Trust;
(g) To join with other security holders in acting through a committee,
depositary, voting trustee or otherwise, and in that connection to deposit any
security with, or transfer any security to, any such committee, depositary or
trustee, and to delegate to them such power and authority with relation to any
security (whether or not so deposited or transferred) as the Trustees shall deem
proper, and to agree to pay, and to pay, such portion of the expenses and
compensation of such committee, depositary or trustee as the Trustees shall deem
proper;
(h) To compromise, arbitrate or otherwise adjust claims in favor of or
against the Trust or any matter in controversy, including but not limited to
claims for taxes;
(i) To enter into joint ventures, general or limited partnerships and any
other combinations or associations;
(j) To borrow funds or other property;
(k) To endorse or guarantee the payment of any notes or other obligations
of any person; to make contracts of guaranty or suretyship, or otherwise assume
liability for payment thereof;
(l) To purchase and pay for entirely out of Trust property such insurance
as they may deem necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business,
including, without limitation, insurance policies insuring the assets of the
Trust or payment of distributions and principal on its portfolio investments,
and insurance policies insuring the Shareholders, Trustees, officers, employees,
agents, investment advisers, principal underwriters, or independent contractors
of the Trust, individually against all claims and liabilities of every nature
arising by reason of holding, being or having held any such office or position,
or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by any such
person as Trustee, officer, employee, agent, investment adviser, principal
underwriter, or independent contractor, including any action taken or omitted
that may be determined to constitute negligence, whether or not the Trust would
have the power to indemnify such person against liability; and
(m) To pay pensions as deemed appropriate by the Trustees and to adopt,
establish and carry out pension, profit-sharing, share bonus, share purchase,
savings, thrift and other retirement, incentive and benefit plans, trusts and
provisions, including the purchasing of life insurance and annuity contracts as
a means of providing such retirement and other benefits, for any or all of the
Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust.
The Trustees shall not be limited to investing in obligations maturing
before the possible termination of the Trust or one or more of its Series. The
Trustees shall not in any way be bound or limited by any present or future law
or custom in regard to investment by fiduciaries. The Trustees shall not be
required to obtain any court order to deal with any assets of the Trust or take
any other action hereunder.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES BY THE TRUST. The Trustees are authorized to
pay or cause to be paid out of the principal or income of the Trust, or partly
out of the principal and partly out of income, as they deem fair, all expenses,
fees, charges, taxes and liabilities incurred or arising in connection with the
Trust, or in connection with the management thereof, including, but not limited
to, the Trustees' compensation and such expenses and charges for the services of
the Trust's officers, employees, investment adviser or manager, principal
underwriter, auditors, counsel, custodian, transfer agent, Shareholder servicing
agent, and such other agents or independent contractors and such other expenses
and charges as the Trustees may deem necessary or proper to incur.
SECTION 5. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES BY SHAREHOLDERS . The Trustees shall have
the power, as frequently as they may determine, to cause each Shareholder, or
each Shareholder of any particular Series, to pay directly, in advance or
arrears, for charges of the Trust's custodian or transfer, Shareholder servicing
or similar agent, an amount fixed from time to time by the Trustees, by setting
off such charges due from such Shareholder from declared but unpaid dividends
owed such Shareholder and/or by reducing the number of shares in the account of
such Shareholder by that number of full and/or fractional Shares which
represents the outstanding amount of such charges due from such Shareholder.
SECTION 6. OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS OF THE TRUST. Title to all of the assets of
the Trust shall at all times be considered as vested in the Trustees.
SECTION 7. SERVICE CONTRACTS.
(a) Subject to such requirements and restrictions as may be set forth in
the By-Laws, the Trustees may, at any time and from time to time, contract for
exclusive or nonexclusive advisory and/or management services for the Trust or
for any Series with California Capital Management, a California Limited
Partnership ("Management") or any other corporation, trust, association or other
organization (the "Manager"); and any such contract may contain such other terms
as the Trustees may determine, including without limitation, authority for the
Manager to determine from time to time without prior consultation with the
Trustees what investments shall be purchased, held, sold or exchanged and what
portion, if any, of the assets of the Trust shall be held uninvested and to make
changes in the Trust's investments.
(b) The Trustees may also, at any time and from time to time, contract with
any corporation, trust, association or other organization, appointing it
exclusive or nonexclusive distributor or Principal Underwriter for the Shares of
one or more of the Series. Every such contract shall comply with such
requirements and restrictions as may be set forth in the By-Laws; and any such
contract may contain such other terms as the Trustees may determine.
(c) The Trustees are also empowered, at any time and from time to time, to
contract with First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A. or any other corporations, trusts,
associations or other organizations appointing it or them the transfer agent
and/or Shareholder servicing agent for the Trust or one or more of its Series.
Every such contract shall comply with such requirements and restrictions as may
be set forth in the By-Laws or stipulated by resolution of the Trustees.
(d) The fact that:
(i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees, or officers of the Trust is a
shareholder, director, officer, partner trustee, employee, manager adviser,
principal underwriter, distributor or affiliate or agent of or for any
corporation, trust, association, or other organization, or for any parent
or affiliate of any organization with which an advisory or management
contract, or principal underwriter's or distributor's contract, or
transfer, shareholder servicing or other agency contract may have been or
may hereafter be made, or that any such organization, or any parent or
affiliate thereof, is a Shareholder or has an interest in the Trust, or
that
(ii) any corporation, trust, association or other organization with
which an advisory or management contract or principal underwriter's or
distributor's contract , or transfer, shareholder servicing or other agency
contract may have been or may hereafter be made also has an advisory or
management contract, or principal underwriter's or distributor's contract,
or transfer, Shareholder servicing or other agency contract with one or
more other corporations, trust, associations, or other organizations, or
has other business or interests,
shall not affect the validity of any such contract or disqualify any
Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or executing the
same or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders.
ARTICLE V
Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meetings
SECTION 1. VOTING POWERS. Subject to the provisions of Article III, Section
6(d), the Shareholders shall have power to vote only (i) for the election of
Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 1, (ii) to the same extent as the
stockholders of a California business corporation as to whether or not a court
action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained
derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the Trust or the Shareholders,
(iii) with respect to the termination of the Trust or any Series to the extent
and as provided in Article VIII, Section 4, and (iv) with respect to such
additional matters relating to the Trust as may be required by this Declaration
of Trust, the By-Laws or any registration of the Trust with the Commission (or
any successor agency) or any state, or as the Trustees may consider necessary or
desirable. Each whole Share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on
which it is entitled to vote and each fractional Share shall be entitled to a
proportionate fractional vote. There shall be no cumulative voting in the
election of Trustees. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy. A proxy with
respect to Shares held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if
executed by any one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the
Trust receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them. A
proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Shareholder shall be deemed
valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise and the burden of proving
invalidity shall rest on the challenger. At any time when no Shares of a Series
are outstanding, the Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders of that
Series with respect to matters affecting that Series, take any action required
by law, this Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws to be taken by the
Shareholders.
SECTION 2. VOTING POWER AND MEETINGS. Meetings of the Shareholders may be
called by the Trustees for the purpose of electing Trustees as provided in
Article IV, Section 1 and for such other purposes as may be prescribed by law,
by this Declaration of Trust or by the By-Laws. Meetings of the Shareholders may
also be called by the Trustees from time to time for the purpose of taking
action upon any other matter deemed by the Trustees to be necessary or
desirable. A meeting of Shareholders may be held at any place designated by the
Trustees. Written notice of any meeting of Shareholders shall be given or caused
to be given by the Trustees by mailing such notice at least seven days before
such meeting, postage prepaid, stating the time and place of the meeting, to
each Shareholder at the Shareholder's address as it appears on the records of
the Trust. Whenever notice of a meeting is required to be given to a Shareholder
under this Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws, a written waiver thereof,
executed before or after the meeting by such Shareholder or his attorney
thereunto authorized and filed with the records of the meeting shall be deemed
equivalent to such notice.
SECTION 3. QUORUM AND REQUIRED VOTE. Except when a larger quorum is
required by applicable law, by the By-Laws or by this Declaration of Trust,
forty percent (40%) of the Shares entitled to vote shall constitute quorum at a
Shareholders' meeting. When any one or more Series is to vote as a single class
separate from any other Shares which are to vote on the same matters as separate
class or classes, forty percent (40%) of the Shares of each such Series entitled
to vote shall constitute a quorum at Shareholder's meeting of that Series. Any
meeting of Shareholders may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the
votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not quorum is present and the
meeting may be held as adjourned with in a reasonable time after the date set
for the original meeting without further notice. Subject to the provisions of
Article III, Section 6(d), when a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority
of the Shares voted shall decide any questions and a plurality shall elect a
Trustee, except when a larger vote is required by any provision of this
Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws or by applicable law.
SECTION 4. ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action taken by Shareholders may
be taken without a meeting if Shareholders holding a majority of the Shares
entitled to vote on the matter (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Declaration of Trust or by the
By-Laws) and holding a majority (or such larger proportion as aforesaid) of the
Shares of any Series entitled to vote separately on the matter consent to the
action in writing and such written consents are filed with the records of the
meetings of Shareholders. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as a
vote taken at a meeting of Shareholders.
SECTION 5. RECORD DATES. For the purpose of determining the Shareholders of
any Series who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any adjournment
thereof, the Trustees may from time to time fix a time, which shall be not more
than seventy-five (75) days before the date of any meeting of Shareholders, as
the record date for determining the Shareholders of such Series having the right
to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof, and in
such case only Shareholders of record on such record date shall have such right,
notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Trust after the
record date. For the purpose of determining the Shareholders of any Series who
are entitled to receive payment of any dividend or of any other distribution,
the Trustees may from time to time fix a date, which shall be before the date
for the payment of such dividend or such other payment, as the record date for
determining the Shareholders of such Series having the right to receive such
dividend or distribution. Without fixing a record date the Trustees may for
voting and/or distribution purposes close the register or transfer books for one
or more Series for all or any part of the period between a record date and a
meeting of Shareholders or the payment of a distribution. Nothing in this
section shall be construed as precluding the Trustees from setting different
record dates for different Series.
SECTION 6. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. The By-Laws may include further
provisions for Shareholders' votes and meetings and related matters.
ARTICLE VI
Net Asset Value, Distributions, and Redemptions
SECTION 1. DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE, NET INCOME, AND DISTRIBUTIONS,
Subject to Article III, Section 6 hereof, the Trustees, in their absolute
discretion, may prescribe and shall set forth in the By-laws or in a duly
adopted vote of the Trustees such bases and time for determining the per Share
or net asset value of the Shares of any Series or
net income attributable to the Shares of any Series, or the declaration and
payment of dividends and distributions on the Shares of any Series, as they may
deem necessary or desirable.
SECTION 2. REDEMPTIONS AND REPURCHASES. The Trust shall purchase such
Shares as are offered by any Shareholder for redemption, upon the presentation
of proper instrument of transfer together with a request directed to the Trust
or a person designated by the Trust that the Trust purchase such Shares or in
accordance with such other procedures for redemption as the Trustees may from
time to time authorize; and the Trust will pay therefor the net asset value
thereof, as determined in accordance with the By-Laws and applicable law, next
determined. Payment for said Shares shall be made by the Trust to the
Shareholder within seven days after the date on which the request is made in
proper form. The obligation set forth in this Section 2 is subject to the
provision that in the event that any time the New York Stock Exchange is closed
for other then weekends or holidays, or if permitted by the rules of the
Commission during periods when trading on the Exchange is restricted or during
any emergency which makes it impracticable for the Trust to dispose of the
investments of the applicable Series or to determine fairly the value of the net
assets belonging to such Series or during any other period permitted by order of
the Commission for the protection of investors, such obligations may be
suspended or postponed by the Trustees.
The redemption price may in any case or cases be paid wholly or partly in
kind if the Trustees determine that such payment is advisable in the interest of
the remaining Shareholders of the Series for which the Shares are being
redeemed. Subject to the foregoing, the fair value, selection and quantity of
securities or other property so paid or delivered as all or part of the
redemption price may be determined by or under authority of the Trustees. In no
case shall the Trust be liable for any delay of any corporation or other person
in transferring securities selected for delivery as all or part of any payment
in kind.
SECTION 3. REDEMPTIONS AT THE OPTION OF THE TRUST. The Trust shall have the
right at its option and at any time to redeem Shares of any Shareholder at the
net asset value thereof as described in Section 1 of this Article VI: (i) if at
such time such Share holder owns Share s of any Series having an aggregate net
asset value of less than an amount, not to exceed $10,000, determined from time
to time by the Trustees; or (ii) to the extent that such Shareholder owns Shares
equal to or in excess of a percentage determined from time to time by the
Trustees of the outstanding Shares of the Trust or of any Series.
ARTICLE VII
Compensation and Limitation of Liability of Trustees
SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. The Trustees as such shall be entitled to
reasonable compensation from the Trust, and they may fix the amount of such
compensation. Nothing herein shall in any way prevent the employment of any
Trustee for advisory, management, legal, accounting, investment banking services
and payment for the same by the Trust.
SECTION 2. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Trustees shall not be responsible
or liable in any event for any neglect or wrongdoing of any officer, agent,
employee, manager or Principal Underwriter of the Trust, nor shall any Trustee
be responsible for the act or omission of any other Trustee, but nothing herein
contained shall protect any Trustee against any liability to which he would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his
office.
Every note, bond, contract, instruments certificate or undertaking and
every other act or thing whatsoever issued, executed or done by or on behalf of
the Trust or the Trustees or any of them in connection with the Trust shall be
conclusively deemed to have been issued, executed or done only in or with
respect to their or his capacity as Trustees or Trustee, and such Trustees or
Trustee shall not be personally liable thereon.
SECTION 3. INDEMNIFICATION. The Trustees shall be entitled and empowered to
the fullest extent permitted by law to purchase insurance for and to provide by
resolution or in the By-Laws for indemnification out of Trust assets for
liability and for all expenses reasonably incurred or paid or expected to be
paid by a Trustee or officer in connection with any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which he becomes involved by virtue of his capacity or former
capacity
with the Trust. The provisions, including any exceptions and limitations
concerning indemnification, may be set forth in detail in the By-Laws or in a
resolution of the Trustees.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 1. TRUSTEES, SHAREHOLDERS, ETC. NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE; NOTICE. All
persons extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the
Trust or any Series shall look only to the assets of the Trust, or, to the
extent that the liability of the Trust may have been expressly limited by
contract to the assets of a particular Series, only to the assets belonging to
the relevant Series, for payment under such credit, contract or claim; and
neither the Shareholders nor the Trustees, nor any of the Trust's officers,
employees or agents whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable
therefor. Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall protect any Trustee against
any liability to which such Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason or
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee.
Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or
issued on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, by any officers or officer or
otherwise may include a notice that this Declaration of Trust is on file with
the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and may recite that the note,
bond, contract, instrument, certificate, or undertaking was executed or made by
or on behalf of the Trust or by them as Trustee or Trustees or as officers or
officer or otherwise and not individually and that the obligations of such
instrument are not binding upon any of them or the Shareholders individually but
are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust or upon the assets
belonging to the Series for the benefit of which the Trustees have caused the
note, bond, contract, instrument certificate or undertaking to be made or
issued, and may contain such further recital as he or they may deem appropriate,
but the omission of any such recital shall not operate to bind any Trustee or
Trustees or officer or officers or Shareholders or any other person
individually.
SECTION 2. TRUSTEE'S GOOD FAITH ACTION, EXERT ADVICE, NO BOND OR SURETY.
The exercise by the Trustees of their powers and discretions hereunder shall be
binding upon everyone interested. A Trustee shall be liable for his own willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee, and for nothing else, and
shall not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law. The
Trustees may take advice of counsel or other experts with respect to the meaning
and operation of this Declaration of Trust, and shall be under no liability for
any act or omission in accordance with such advice or for failing to follow such
advice. The Trustees shall not be required to give any bond as such, nor any
surety if a bond is required.
SECTION 3. LIABILITY OF THIRD PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEES. No person
dealing with the Trustees shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the
validity of any transaction made or to be made by the Trustees or to see to the
application of any payments made or property transferred to the Trust or upon
its order.
SECTION 4. TERMINATION OF TRUST OR SERIES. Unless terminated as provided
without limitation of time. The Trust may be terminated at any time by vote of
at least two- third s (66-2/3%) of the Shares of each Series entitled to vote,
voting separately by Series, or by the Trustees by written notice to the
Shareholders. Any Series may be terminated at any time by vote of at least
two-thirds (66-2/3%) of the Shares of that Series or by the Trustees by written
notice to the Shareholders of that Series.
Upon termination of the Trust (or any Series, as the case may be), after
paying or otherwise providing for all charges, taxes, expenses and liabilities
belonging, severally, to each Series (or the applicable Series, as the case may
be), whether due or accrued or anticipated as may be determined by the Trustees,
the Trust shall, in accordance with such procedures as the Trustees consider
appropriate, reduce the remaining assets belonging, severally, to each Series
(or the applicable Series, as the case may be), to distributable form in cash or
shares or other securities, or any combination thereof, and distribute the
proceeds belonging to each Series (or the applicable Series, as the case may
be), to the Shareholders of that Series, as a Series, ratably according to the
number of Shares of that Series held by the several Shareholders on the date of
termination.
SECTION 5. MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION. The Trustees may cause the Trust or
one or more of its Series to be merged into or consolidated with another Trust
or company or the Shares exchanged under or pursuant to any state or Federal
statute, if any, or otherwise to the extent permitted by law. Such merger or
consolidation or share exchange must be authorized by vote of a majority of the
outstanding Shares of the Trust as a whole or any affected Series, as may be
applicable; provided that in all respects not governed by statute or applicable
law, the Trustees shall have power to prescribe the procedure necessary or
appropriate to accomplish a sale of assets, merger or consolidation.
SECTION 6. FILING OF COPIES, REFERENCES, HEADINGS. The original or a copy
of this instrument and of each amendment hereto shall be kept at the office of
the Trust where it may be inspected by any Shareholder. A copy of this
instrument and of each amendment hereto shall be filed by the Trust with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with any other governmental
office where such filing may from time to time be required. Anyone dealing with
the Trust may rely on a certificate by an officer of the Trust as to whether or
not any such amendments have been made and as to any matters in connection with
the Trust hereunder; and, with the same effect as if it were the original, may
rely on a copy certified by an officer of the Trust to be a copy of this
instrument or of any such amendments. In this instrument and in any such
amendment, references to this instrument, and all expressions like "herein",
"hereof" and " hereunder ", shall be deemed to refer to this instrument as
amended or affected by any such amendments. Headings are placed herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not be taken as a part hereof or control
or affect the meaning, construction or effect of this instrument. This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be
deemed an original.
SECTION 7. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement and Declaration of Trust is
created under and is to be governed by and construed and administered according
to the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust shall be of the type
commonly called a Massachusetts business trust, and without limiting the
provisions hereof; the Trust may exercise all powers which are ordinarily
exercised by such a trust.
SECTION 8. AMENDMENTS. This Declaration of Trust may be amended at any time
by an instrument in writing signed by a majority of the then Trustees.
SECTION 9. TRUST ONLY. It is the intention of the Trustees to create only
the relationship of Trustee and beneficiary between the Trustees and each
Shareholder from time to time. It is not the intention of the Trustees to create
a general partnership, limited partnership, joint stock association,
corporation, bailment, or any form of legal relationship other than a trust.
Nothing in this Agreement and Declaration of Trust shall be construed to make
the Shareholders, either by themselves or with the Trustees, partners or members
of a joint stock association.
SECTION 10. USE OF THE NAME "CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST". California
Capital Management, a California Limited Partnership (" Management ") has
consented to the use by the Trust of the indentifying words or name "California
Investment Trust" as the name of the Trust. Such consent is conditioned upon the
employment of Management, its successors or any affiliate thereof, as Manager of
the Trust. As between the Trust and itself, Management controls the use of the
name of the Trust insofar as such name contains "California Investment Trust."
The name or identifying words "California Investment Trust" may be used from
time to time in other connections and for other purposes by Management or
affiliated entities. Management may require the Trust to cease using "California
Investment Trust" in the name of the Trust if the Trust ceases to employ, for
any reason, Management, an affiliate, or any successor as Manager of the Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, a majority of the Trustees as aforesaid do hereto set
their hands this 11th day of September, 1985.
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST II
The undersigned certify that:
1. They constitute a majority of the Board of Trustees of CALIFORNIA
INVESTMENT TRUST II, a Massachusetts business trust.
2. They hereby adopt the following amendments to the Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of this Trust:
A. Article III, Section 8 is amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 8. INITIAL DESIGNATION OF SERIES. Subject to the
relative rights and preferences Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Trustees authorize the
establishment of two (2) initial Series to be designated as follows:
"California GNMA Fund" and "California Money Fund For Investment In
Federal Securities."
B. Article VIII, Section 10 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 10. USE OF THE NAME "CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST". CCM
Partners, a California Limited Partnership, ("Management") has
consented to the use by the Trust of the identifying words or name
"California Investment Trust" as the name of the Trust. Such consent
is conditioned upon the employment of Management, its successors or
any affiliate thereof, as Manager of the Trust and its Series. As
between the Trust and itself, Management controls the use of the name
of the Trust insofar as such name contains "California Investment
Trust". The name or identifying words "California Investment Trust"
may be used from time to time in other connections and for other
purposes by Management or affiliated entities. Management may require
the Trust to cease using "California Investment Trust" in the name of
the Trust if the Trust ceases to employ, for any reason, Management,
an affiliate, or any successor as Manager of the Trust or one or more
of its Series."
C. Article VIII is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 11 to
read as follows:
"SECTION 11. USE OF THE NAMES OF SERIES. CCM Partners, a
California Limited Partnership, has consented to the use by the Trust
of the identifying words or names of each Series as created and as
modified from time to time. Such consent is conditioned upon the
employment of Management, its successors or any affiliate thereof, as
Manager of any particular Series. As between the Trust and itself,
Management controls the use of the name of each Series as
consideration for Management's or an affiliate's creation and
development of such name. The name or identifying words constituting
the name of a Series may be used from time to time in other
connections and for other purposes by Management or affiliated
entities. Management may require the Trust to cease using a name or
identifying words as the name for a particular Series if such Series
ceases to employ, for any reason, Management, an affiliate, or any
successor as Manager of such Series."
3. It is the determination of the Trustees that approval of the shareholders
of the Trust is not required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or other applicable law, These amendments are made pursuant to
Article III, Section 5 and Article VIII, Section 8 of the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust which empower the Trustees to change provisions
relating to shares and, in general, to amend the Agreement and Declaration
of Trust, respectively. Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 6, this
Certificate of Amendment may be executed in counterparts,
We declare under penalty of perjury that the matters set forth in this
Certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.
Dated: December 31, 1985
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT TRUST II
The undersigned certify that:
1. They constitute a majority of the Board of Trustees of CALIFORNIA
INVESTMENT TRUST II.
2. They hereby adopt the following amendment to this Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of this Trust:
A. Article III, Section 8 is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 8. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. Subject to the relative rights
and preferences and other terms of this Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, the Trustees authorize the establishment of two (2) Series to
be designated as follows: "U.S. Government Securities Fund" and
"California Money Fund for Investment in Federal Securities."
3. It is the determination of the Trustees that approval of the shareholders
of the Trust is not required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or other applicable law. These amendments are made pursuant to
Article III, Section 5 and Article VIII, Section 8 of the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust which empower the Trustees to change provisions
relating to shares and, in general, to amend the Agreement and Declaration
of Trust, respectively.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees named below do hereby set their hands as
of the 18th day of March, 1987,
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