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AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMEMT
AMENDMENT NO. 5 to the First Amended and
Restated Master Trust Agreement dated as of February
28, 1998 (the "Agreement") of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment
Trust (the "Trust"), made as of the 16th day of
August 2000.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 7.3 of the
Agreement provides that the Agreement 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; and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2000, a majority of the
Trustees voted to change the name of the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Mid Cap Blend Fund to the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Core
Fund;
WHEREAS, the undersigned has been duly
authorized by the Trustees to execute and file this
Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
1. The first paragraph of Article IV,
Section 4.2 of the Agreement 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: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Intermediate Maturity California Municipals Fund,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Intermediate Maturity New York
Municipals Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Large Capitalization
Growth Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ S&P 500 Index Fund; ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Core Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. 5000
Index Fund and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ EAFE Index Fund, each of
which shall consist of one class designated as Class
A, and solely with respect to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Intermediate Maturity California Municipals Fund,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Intermediate Maturity New York
Municipals Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Large Capitalization
Growth Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ S&P 500 Index Fund; ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Core Fund, additional classes
designated as Class B, Class L and Class Y shares and
solely with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ S&P 500 Index
Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. 5000 Index Fund and ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ EAFE Index Fund an additional class designated
as Class D Shares, and solely with respect to ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Core Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Large
Capitalization Growth Fund and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ S&P 500
Index Fund an additional class designated as Class Z
shares; and solely with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Mid Cap Core Fund, an additional class designated as
Class 1 shares. The Shares of such Sub-Trusts and
classes thereof and any Shares of any further Sub-
Trust 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 at the time of
establishing and designating the same) have the
following relative rights and preferences:"
The undersigned hereby certifies that the
Amendment set forth above has been duly adopted in
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto
set his hands as of the day and year first above
written.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT TRUST
By:
Name:
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Title:
Assistant Secretary
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