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EXHIBIT 1(e)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AIM FUNDS GROUP
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF AIM
FUNDS GROUP (the "Amendment") is entered into as of the 25th day of April,
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, 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 Funds Group 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 Houston, Texas on the
11th day of March, 1997, the Trustees resolved to amend, effective May 1, 1997,
the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby amend the Agreement as hereinafter
set forth:
1. Section 2.3 of the Agreement, as amended, is hereby further amended
to read as follows:
"Section 2.3. Establishment of Portfolios and Classes. The Trust shall
be divided into nine Portfolios, the AIM Balanced Fund, the AIM Global
Utilities Fund, the AIM Growth Fund, the AIM High Yield Fund, the AIM Income
Fund, the AIM Intermediate Government Fund, the AIM Money Market Fund, the AIM
Municipal Bond Fund, and the AIM Value Fund. With the exception of the AIM
Money Market Fund, all of the eight other Portfolios shall have two Classes,
the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares. The AIM Money Market Fund shall have
three Classes, the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares, and the AIM Cash
Reserve Shares. The above Portfolios and their respective Classes as set forth
in this Section 2.3 are collectively referred to as the "Portfolios". The
establishment and designation of any other Portfolio or Class thereof, or,
subject to Section 6.1 hereof, any change to the Portfolios, shall be effective
upon the adoption by a majority of the then Trustees of a resolution which sets
forth such establishment, designation or change."
2. 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 AIM
Funds Group, have executed this Fourth Amendment to Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of AIM Funds Group as of the 25th day of April, 1997.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Trustee Trustee
/s/ XXXX XXXX XX /s/ XXXX XXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxx XX Xxxx Xxxxxx
Trustee Trustee
/s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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
