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EXHIBIT a(1)(e)
FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF AIM
INVESTMENT FUNDS (the "Amendment") is entered into as of the 16th day of
February, 1999, among C. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 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, a Delaware business
trust (the "Trust"), entered into as of May 7, 1998, as amended (the
"Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust and the Shareholders of AIM Emerging
Markets Fund have approved the Plan of Reorganization and Termination, dated as
of November 30, 1998, adopted by the Trust on behalf of AIM Emerging Markets
Fund and AIM Developing Markets Fund, pursuant to which AIM Emerging Markets
Fund would be reorganized into AIM Developing Markets Fund (the
"Reorganization"); and
WHEREAS, the Reorganization was consummated as of the close of business
on February 12, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have directed that promptly
following the Reorganization, the Trust shall terminate AIM Emerging Markets
Fund in accordance with Delaware law;
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. Schedule A of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and the
following new Schedule A shall be substituted in lieu thereof:
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"SCHEDULE A
AIM Investment Funds shall be divided into the following Portfolios and
Classes:
Class A, Class B, Class C and Advisor Class
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AIM Developing 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
As previously provided in the Third Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of AIM Investment Funds, dated as of February 4, 1999, the name of AIM
Global Telecommunications Fund shall be changed, effective June 1, 1999, to 'AIM
Global Telecommunications and Technology Fund.'
Date: February 16, 1999"
3. With the exception of the amendment to Schedule A of the Agreement
as set forth in paragraph 2 of this Amendment, the Agreement, as amended, 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust
of AIM Investment Funds as of the day and year first above written.
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[THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS]