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EXHIBIT 1(h)
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST (the "Amendment") is entered into the 11th day of
September, 1993, among Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, III,
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, 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 Short-Term Investments Trust entered into as of May 5, 1993 (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 in Bermuda on the 11th,
day of September, 1993, the Trustees have resolved to amend the Agreement as
hereinafter set forth with an effective date of August 20, 1993.
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. Subclause (iii) in the first paragraph of Section 6.1 of the
Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and the following new subclause
(iii) in the first paragraph of Section 6.1 shall be substituted in lieu
therefore:
"(iii) approve the termination of the Trust or any Portfolio or
Class, unless, as of the date on which the Trustees have determined to so
terminate the Trust or such Portfolio or Class, there are fewer than 100
holders of record of the Trust or of such terminating Portfolio or Class and
provided, futher, that the Trustees have called a meeting of the Shareholders
for the purpose of approving any such termination;"
3. Section 8.1 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
the following new Section 8.1 shall be substituted in lieu therefore:
"Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability. A Trustee, when acting in
such capacity, shall not be personally liable to any person for any act,
omission or obligation of the Trust or
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any Trustee; provided, however, that nothing contained herein or in the
Delaware Act shall protect any Trustee against any liability to the Trust or to
Shareholders 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 the office of Trustee hereunder."
4. The amendments in the preceding paragraphs 2 and 3 of this
Amendment shall be effective as of the 20th day of August, 1993.
5. With the exception of the amendment in the preceding paragraphs 2
and 3 of this Amendment, the Agreement shall in all other respects remain in
full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the initial
Trustees of the Trust, have executed this First Amendment to Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Short-Term Investments Trust the 11th day of September,
1993.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX /s/ X X XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Trustee Trustee
/s/ XXXX XXXX, III /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxx, III Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Trustee Trustee
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Trustee Trustee
/s/ XXX X. XXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Trustee Trustee
[THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST]
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