Exhibit (a)(13)
NVEST FUNDS TRUST I
Amendment No. 12 to Amended and Restated Agreement
Declaration of Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Nvest
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, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 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 as a Multi-Class Series: (1) Nvest Government Securities
Fund, (2) Nvest Growth Fund, (3) Nvest Balanced Fund, (4) Nvest Star
Value Fund, (5) Nvest Bond Income Fund, (6) Nvest Municipal Income
Fund, (7) Nvest International Equity Fund, (8) Nvest Capital Growth
Fund, (9) Nvest Star Advisers Fund, (10) Nvest Strategic Income Fund,
(11) Nvest Star Worldwide Fund and (12) Nvest Star Small Cap Fund.
The foregoing amendment shall be 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 hand for ourselves and for
our successors and assigns as of the 25th day of February, 2000.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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