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EXHIBIT 1(f)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST (the "Amendment") is entered into the 12th day
of June, 1997, among Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx XX, Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, as Trustees, and each person who became or
becomes a Shareholder in accordance with the terms set forth in that certain
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of AIM Investment Securities Funds entered
into as of May 5, 1993, as amended (the "Agreement").
WHEREAS, Section 9.7 of the Agreement authorizes the Trustees
without Shareholder vote to amend or otherwise supplement the Agreement by
making an amendment; and
WHEREAS, at a meeting duly called and held on the 12th day of
June, 1997, the Trustees have resolved to amend the Agreement as hereinafter
set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby amend the Agreement as
herein set forth below:
1. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this
Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. New Section 9.9 is hereby added in full as follows:
"Section 9.9. Shareholders' Right to Inspect Shareholder
List. One or more persons who together and for at least six months have been
Shareholders of at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Shares of any
Class may present to any officer or resident agent of the Trust a written
request for a list of its Shareholders. Within twenty (20) days after such
request is made, the Trust shall prepare and have available on file at its
principal office a list verified under oath by one of its officers or its
transfer agent or registrar which sets forth the name and address of each
Shareholder and the number of Shares of each Class which the Shareholder holds.
The rights provided for herein shall not extend to any person who is a
beneficial owner but not also a record owner of Shares of the Trust."
3. With the exception of the amendment in the preceding
paragraph 2 of this Amendment, the Agreement shall in all other respects remain
in full force and effect.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the
Trustees of the Trust, have executed this Fourth Amendment to Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Short-Term Investments Trust as of the day first above
written.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXXX XXXX XX /s/ XXXX XXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxx XX, Trustee Xxxx Xxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXX X. XXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Trustee
[THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST]