XXXXX XXXXXX EQUITY FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 9
TO
THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 9 to the First Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement
dated as of November 5, 1992, as amended (the "Declaration of Trust") of Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Equity Funds (the "Trust"), dated as of April 29, 2004.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 7.3 of the Declaration of Trust provides
that the Declaration of Trust may be amended at any time, so long as such
amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any shareholder and so long as
such amendment is not in contravention of applicable law, including the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by an instrument in writing signed
by an officer of the Trust pursuant to a vote of a majority of the Trustees;
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4.1 of the Declaration of Trust provides that
the Trustees of the Trust may establish and designate Sub-Trusts of the Trust
and classes thereof;
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2004 the Trustees voted unanimously to redesignate
the existing Class L shares of the Xxxxx Xxxxxx Social Awareness Fund as Class C
shares, effective upon the effectiveness of the post-effective amendment to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A reflecting such changes (the
"Effective Date");
WHEREAS, the undersigned has been duly authorized by the Trustees to
execute and file this Amendment No. 9 to the Declaration of Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Declaration of Trust is hereby amended as follows:
1. Upon the Effective Date, the first paragraph of Article IV, Section 4.2
of the Declaration of Trust is hereby amended to read in pertinent part as
follows:
"Section 4.2 Establishment and Designation of Sub-Trusts. Without limiting
the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 4.1 to establish and
designate any further Sub-Trusts and classes, the Trustees hereby
establish and designate the following Sub-Trusts and classes thereof:
"Xxxxx Xxxxxx Social Awareness Fund," which shall consist of four classes
designated as Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares. The share of
such Sub-Trusts and classes thereof and any shares of any further
Sub-Trusts or classes that may from time to time be established and
designated by the Trustees shall (unless the Trustees otherwise determine
with respect to some further Sub-Trust or class as the time of
establishing and designating the same) have the following relative rights
and preferences:"
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The undersigned hereby certifies that the Amendment set forth above has
been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set forth his hands as of
the day and year first above written.
BY: /S/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
