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EXHIBIT a(2)
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF AIM
INVESTMENT FUNDS (the "Amendment") is entered into as of the 8th day of
September, 1998, among C. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, 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 Funds entered into as of
May 7, 1998, (the "Agreement").
WHEREAS, Sections 2.3 and 9.7 of the Agreement empower the Trustees
without Shareholder action to amend the Agreement in order to change the
designations of the Portfolios; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees on August 12, 1998 approved amending the
Agreement to change certain designations of the Portfolios as hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Amendment shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and a
new Schedule A to the Agreement is substituted as to read in its entirety as
follows:
"SCHEDULE A
AIM Investment Funds shall be divided into the following Portfolios,
each of which shall have three Classes (Class A, Class B and Advisor Class):
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM Emerging Markets Fund
AIM Global Growth & Income Fund
AIM Latin American Growth Fund
AIM Global Consumer Products and Services Fund
AIM Global Financial Services Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Infrastructure Fund
AIM Global Resources Fund
AIM Global Telecommunications Fund
AIM Global Government Income Fund
AIM Emerging Markets Debt Fund
AIM Strategic Income Fund
Dated: September 8, 1998"
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3. Except for the above change in Schedule A to the Agreement, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees of the
Trust, have executed this First Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust
of AIM Investment Funds as of the day first above written.
/s/ C. XXXXX XXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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C. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Trustee Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Trustee
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Trustee
[THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS]