BYLAWS
OF
THE COMPOSITE FUNDS
ARTICLE 1
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and
Principal Office
1.1. Agreement and Declaration of Trust. These Bylaws shall be subject to
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the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from time to time in effect (the
"Declaration of Trust"), of The Composite Funds, the Massachusetts business
trust established by the Declaration of Trust (the "Trust").
1.2. Principal Office of the Trust. The initial principal office of the
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Trust shall be located at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000-0000. The Trust may have such other offices within or without
Massachusetts as the Trustee may determine or as they may authorize.
ARTICLE 2
Meetings of Trustees
2.1. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Trustees may be held
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without call or notice at such places and at such times as the Trustees may from
time to time determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting
following any such determination shall be given to absent Trustees.
2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may be held at
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any time and at any place designated in the call of the meeting when called by
the Chairman of the Trustees, the President or the Treasurer or by two or more
Trustees, sufficient notice thereof being given to each Trustee by the Clerk or
an Assistant Clerk or by the officer or the Trustees calling the meeting.
2.3. Notice. It shall be sufficient notice to a Trustee of a special
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meeting to send notice by mail at least forty-eight hours or by telegram, telex
or telecopy or other electronic facsimile transmission method at least twenty-
four hours before the meeting addressed to the Trustee at his or her usual or
last known business or residence address or to give notice to him or her in
person or by telephone at least twenty-four hours before the meeting. Notice of
a meeting need not be given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice,
executed by him or her before the meeting, is filed with the records of the
meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting without protesting prior
thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him or her. Neither notice
of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.
2.4. Quorum. At any meeting of the Trustees a majority of the Trustees
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then in office shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from
time to time by a majority of the votes cast upon the question, whether or not a
quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further
notice.
2.5. Action by Vote. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority
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of Trustees present may take any action, except when a larger vote is expressly
required by law, by the Declaration of Trust or by these Bylaws.
2.6. Action by Writing. Except as required by law, any action required or
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permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken without a
meeting if a majority of the Trustees (or such larger proportion thereof as
shall be required by any express provision of the Declaration of Trust or these
Bylaws) consent to the action in writing and such written consents are filed
with the records of the meetings of Trustees. Such consent shall be treated for
all purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of Trustees.
2.7. Presence through Communications Equipment. Except as required by
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law, the Trustees may participate in a meeting of Trustees by means of a
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
ARTICLE 3
Officers
3.1. Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Trust shall be a
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President, a Treasurer, a Clerk, and such other officers, including a Chairman
of the Trustees and a Controller, if any, as the Trustees from time to time may
in their discretion elect. The Trust may also have such agents as the Trustees
from time to time may in their discretion appoint. The Chairman of the Trustees,
if one is elected, shall be a Trustee and may but need not be a Shareholder; and
any other officer may but need not be a Trustee or a Shareholder. Any two or
more offices may be held by the same person.
3.2. Election. The President, the Treasurer, and the Clerk shall be
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elected annually by the Trustees. Other officers, if any, may be elected or
appointed by the Trustees at such or any other time. Vacancies in any office
may be filled at any time.
3.3. Tenure. The Chairman of the Trustees, if one is elected, the
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President, the Treasurer and the Clerk shall hold office until their respective
successors are chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner
dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each other officer shall
hold office and each agent shall retain authority at the pleasure of the
Trustees.
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3.4. Powers. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws, each officer
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shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein and in the Declaration
of Trust set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to the
office occupied by him or her as if the Trust were organized as a Massachusetts
business corporation and such other duties and powers as the Trustees may from
time to time designate.
3.5. Chairman; President. Unless the Trustees otherwise provide, the
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Chairman of the Trustees or, if there is none or in the absence of the Chairman,
the President shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and of the
Trustees. The President shall be the chief executive officer.
3.6. Treasurer and Controller. The Treasurer shall be the chief financial
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officer and, if no Controller is elected, chief accounting officer of the Trust,
and shall, subject to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and to any
arrangement made by the Trustees with a custodian, investment adviser or
manager, or transfer, shareholder servicing or similar agent, be in charge of
the valuable papers and, if no Controller is elected, the books of account and
accounting records of the Trust, and shall have such other duties and powers as
may be designated from time to time by the Trustees or by the President.
The Controller, if any, shall be the chief accounting officer of the Trust
and shall be in charge of its books of account and accounting records. The
Controller shall be responsible for preparation of financial statements of the
Trust and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time
to time by the Trustees or the President.
3.7. Clerk. The Clerk shall record all proceedings of the Shareholders
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and the Trustees in books to be kept therefor, which books or a copy thereof
shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust. In the absence of the Clerk
from any meeting of the Shareholders or Trustees, an assistant clerk or, if
there be none or if he or she is absent, a temporary clerk chosen at such
meeting shall record the proceedings thereof in the aforesaid books.
3.8. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by written
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instrument signed by him or her and delivered to the Chairman, the President or
the Clerk 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 officer
resigning and no officer removed shall have any right to any compensation for
any period following his or her resignation or removal, or any right to damages
on account of such removal.
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ARTICLE 4
Committees
4.1. Quorum; Voting. A majority of the members of any Committee of
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the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any
action of such a Committee may be taken at a meeting by a vote of a majority of
the members present (a quorum being present) or evidenced by one or more
writings signed by such a majority. Members of a Committee may participate in a
meeting of such Committee by means of a conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means
shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
ARTICLE 5
Reports
5.1. General. The Trustees and officers shall render reports at the
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time and in the manner required by the Declaration of Trust or any applicable
law. Officers and Committees shall render such additional reports as they may
deem desirable or as may from time to time be required by the Trustees.
ARTICLE 6
Fiscal Year
6.1. General. Except as from time to time otherwise provided by the
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Trustees, the initial fiscal year of the Trust shall end on such date as is
determined in advance or in arrears by the Treasurer, and subsequent fiscal
years shall end on such date in subsequent years.
ARTICLE 7
Seal
7.1. General. The Trust shall have no seal.
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ARTICLE 8
Execution of Papers
8.1. General. Except as the Trustees may generally or in particular
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cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases,
contracts, notes and other obligations made by the Trustees shall be signed by
the President or by the Treasurer.
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ARTICLE 9
Share Certificates
9.1. Share Certificates. No certificates certifying the ownership of
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Shares shall be issued except as the Trustee may otherwise authorize. In the
event that the Trustees authorize the issuance of Share certificates, subject to
the provisions of Section 9.3, each Shareholder shall be entitled to a
certificate stating the number of Shares and the series or class owned by him or
her, in such form as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees.
Such certificates shall be signed by the President or any Vice-President and by
the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures may be facsimiles if
the certificate is signed by a transfer agent, or by a registrar, other than a
Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust. In case any officer who has signed
or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall cease to
be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Trust
with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the time of its issue.
In lieu of issuing certificates for Shares, the Trustees or the
transfer agent may either issue receipts therefor or may keep accounts upon the
books of the Trust for the record holders of such Shares, who shall in either
case be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be the holders of certificates
for such Shares as if they had accepted such certificates and shall be held to
have expressly assented and agreed to the terms hereof.
9.2. Loss of Certificates. In case of the alleged loss or
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destruction or the mutilation of a Share certificate, a duplicate certificate
may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms as the Trustees may prescribe.
9.3. Discontinuance of Issuance of Certificates. The Trustees may at
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any time discontinue the issuance of Share certificates and may, by written
notice to each Shareholder, require the surrender of Share certificates to the
Trust for cancellation. Such surrender and cancellation shall not affect the
ownership of Shares in the Trust.
ARTICLE 10
Provisions Relating to the Conduct of the Trust's Business
10.1. Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share. Net asset value
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per Share of each series or class of Shares of the Trust shall mean: (i) the
value of all the assets of such series or class of Shares; (ii) less total
liabilities of such series or class of Shares; (iii) divided by the number of
Shares of such series or class of Shares outstanding, in each case at the time
of each determination. The net asset value per Share of each series or class of
Shares shall be determined at such times as determined by the Trustees.
In valuing the portfolio investments of any series or class of Shares
for determination of net asset value per Share of such series, securities for
which market quotations are readily available shall be valued at prices which,
in the opinion of the Trustees or the person
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designated by the Trustees to make the determination, most nearly represent the
market value of such securities, and other securities and asset shall be valued
at their fair value as determined by or pursuant to the direction of the
Trustees, which in the case of short-term debt obligations, commercial paper and
repurchase agreements may, but need not, be on the basis of quoted yields for
securities of comparable maturity, quality and type, or on the basis of
amortized cost. Expenses and liabilities of the Trust shall be accrued each
day. Liabilities may include such reserves for taxes, estimated accrued
expenses and contingencies as the Trustees or their designates may in their sole
discretion deem fair and reasonable under the circumstances. No accruals shall
be made in respect of taxes on unrealized appreciation of securities owned
unless the Trustees shall otherwise determine. Dividends payable by the Trust
shall be deducted as at the time of but immediately prior to the determination
of net asset value per Share on the record date thereof.
10.2. Derivative Claims. No Shareholder shall have the right to
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bring or maintain any court action, proceeding or claim on behalf of this Trust
or any series without first making demand on the Trustees requesting the
Trustees to bring or maintain such action, proceeding or claim. Such demand
shall be excused only when the plaintiff makes a specific showing that
irreparable injury to the Trust or Series would otherwise result. Such demand
shall be mailed to the Clerk of the Trust at the Trust's principal office and
shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature of the proposed court action,
proceeding or claim and the essential facts relied upon by the Shareholder to
support the allegations made in the demand. The Trustees shall consider such
demand within 45 days of its receipt by the Trust. In their sole discretion,
the Trustees may submit the matter to a vote of Shareholders of the Trust or
series, as appropriate. Any decision by the Trustees to bring, maintain or
settle (or not to bring, maintain or settle) such court action, proceeding or
claim, or to submit the matter to a vote of Shareholders shall be made by the
Trustees in their business judgment and shall be binding upon the Shareholders.
Any decision by the Trustees to bring or maintain a court action, proceeding or
suit on behalf of the Trust or a series shall be subject to the right of the
Shareholders under Article V, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust to vote on
whether or not such court action, proceeding or suit should or should not be
brought or maintained.
10.3. Securities and Cash of the Trust to be held by Custodian
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Subject to Certain Terms and Conditions.
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(a) All securities and cash owned by this Trust shall be held by or
deposited with one or more banks or trust companies having
(according to its last published report) not less than $5,000,000
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits (any such bank
or trust company being hereby designated as "Custodian"),
provided such a Custodian can be found ready and willing to act;
subject to such rules, regulations and orders, if any, as the
Securities and Exchange Commission may adopt, this Trust may, or
may permit any Custodian to, deposit all or any part of the
securities owned by this Trust in a system for the central
handling of securities pursuant to which all securities of any
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class or series of any issue deposited within the system may be
transferred or pledged by bookkeeping entry, without physical
delivery. The Custodian may appoint, subject to the approval of
the Trustees, one or more subcustodians.
(b) The Trust shall enter into a written contract with each Custodian
regarding the powers, duties and compensation of such Custodian
with respect to the cash and securities of the Trust held by such
Custodian. Such contract and all amendments thereto shall be
approved by the Trustees.
(c) The Trust shall upon the resignation or inability to serve of any
Custodian or upon change of any Custodian:
(i) in case of such resignation or inability to serve, use its
best efforts to obtain a successor Custodian;
(ii) require that the cash and securities owned by the Trust be
delivered directly to the successor Custodian; and
(iii) in the event that no successor Custodian can be found,
submit to the Shareholders, before permitting delivery of
the cash and securities owned by the Trust to a successor
Custodian, the question whether the Trust shall be
liquidated or shall function without a Custodian.
ARTICLE 11
Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meetings
11.1. Voting Powers. The Shareholders shall have power to vote only
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(i) for the election of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 1 of the
Declaration of Trust, provided, however, that no meeting of Shareholders is
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required to be called for the purpose of electing Trustees unless and until such
time as less than a majority of the Trustees have been elected by the
Shareholders, (ii) with respect to any investment adviser as provided in Article
IV, Section 7 of the Declaration of Trust to the extent required by the 0000
Xxx, (xxx) with respect to any plan of distribution adopted by the Trustees with
respect to one or more series or classes pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940
Act, (iv) with respect to any termination of this Trust to the extent and as
provided in Article IX, Section 4 of the Declaration of Trust, (v) with respect
to any amendment of the Declaration of Trust to the extent and as provided in
Article IX, Section 8 of the Declaration of Trust, (vi) to the same extent as
the stockholders of a Massachusetts 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,
and (vii) with respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may
be required by law, the Declaration of Trust, these Bylaws 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. Annual meetings of
Shareholders are not required by these
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Bylaws. 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. The Shareholders of any particular series or
class shall not be entitled to vote on any matters as to which such series or
class is not affected. Except with respect to matters as to which the Trustees
have determined that only the interests of one or more particular series or
classes are affected or as required by law, all of the Shares of each series or
class shall, on matters as to which such series or class is entitled to vote,
vote with other series or classes so entitled as a single class.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to matters which would otherwise be
voted on by two or more series or classes as a single class, the Trustees may,
in their sole discretion, submit such matters to the Shareholders of any or all
such series or classes, separately. There will 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. The placing of a Shareholder's
name on a proxy pursuant to telephonic or electronically transmitted
instructions obtained pursuant to procedures reasonably designed to verify that
such instructions have been authorized by such Shareholder shall constitute
execution of such proxy by or on behalf of such Shareholder. Until Shares are
issued, the Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders and may take action
required by law, the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws to be taken by
Shareholders.
11.2. Voting Power and Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders of the
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Trust or of one or more series or classes of Shares may be called by the
Trustees for the purpose of electing Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section
1 of the Declaration of Trust and for such other purposes as may be prescribed
by law, by the Declaration of Trust or by these Bylaws. Meetings of the
Shareholders of the Trust or of one or more series or classes of Shares 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 record of the
Trust. Whenever notice of a meeting is required to be given to a Shareholder
under the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, 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.
11.3. Quorum and Required Vote. Ten percent (10%) of Shares entitled
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to vote shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at a Shareholders'
meeting, except that where any provision of law or of the Declaration of Trust
or these Bylaws permits or requires that holders of any series or class of
Shares shall vote as a series or class, as the case may be, then
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ten percent (10%) of the aggregate number of Shares of that series or that class
entitled to vote shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business by that series or class. Any lesser number shall be sufficient for
adjournments. Any adjourned session or sessions may be held, within a
reasonable time after the date set for the original meeting, without the
necessity of further notice. Except when a larger vote is required by any
provision of law or the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, a majority of the
Shares voted shall decide any questions and a plurality shall elect a Trustee,
provided that where any provision of law or of the Declaration of Trust or these
Bylaws permits or requires that the holders of any series or class shall vote as
a series or class, as the case may be, then a majority of the Shares of that
series or that class voted on the matter (or a plurality with respect to the
election of a Trustee) shall decide that matter insofar as that series or class
is concerned.
11.4. Action by Written Consent. Any action taken by Shareholders
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may be taken without a meeting if a majority of Shareholders entitled to vote on
the matter (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any
express provision of law or the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws) 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.
11.5. Record Dates. For the purpose of determining the Shareholders
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who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any adjournment thereof, or
who are entitled to receive payment of any dividend or of any other
distribution, the Trustees may from time to time fix a time, which shall be not
more than 60 days before the date of any meeting of Shareholders or the date for
the payment of any dividend or of any other distribution, as the record date for
determining the Shareholders having the right to notice of and to vote at such
meeting and any adjournment thereof or the right to receive such dividend or
distribution, 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; or without fixing such record date the Trustees may
for any of such purposes close the register or transfer books for all or any
part of such period.
ARTICLE 12
Amendments to the Bylaws
12.1. General. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, in whole or
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in part, by a majority of the Trustees then in office at any meeting of the
Trustees, or by one or more writings signed by such a majority.
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