EX-99.a-2
Amendment to Master Trust Agent
LEND LEASE FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 4 to the Master Trust Agreement of LEND LEASE FUNDS made
as of the 17th day of November, 2004.
WHEREAS, Section 7.3 of the Master Trust Agreement dated October 28, 1999,
as amended, (the "Agreement") of LEND LEASE FUNDS (the "Trust") provides that
the Agreement may be amended at any time, so long as such amendment does not
materially adversely affect the rights of any shareholder of the Trust 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 of
the Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, being an officer of the Trust, does
hereby, certify that acting by written consent dated October 25, 2004 the
Trustees approved the following:
1. Section 1.1 of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirely
to read as follows:
"Section 1.1 Name and Principal Office. This Trust shall be known as
"Adelante Funds" and the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust
under that name or any other name or names as they may from time to time
determine. The principal office of the Trust shall be at such location as
the Trustees may from time to time determine."
2. The first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 4.2 of the
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
"Section 4.2 Establishment and Designation of Sub-Trusts and Classes.
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-Trust: Adelante U.S. Real
Estate Securities Fund. The Shares of such Sub-Trusts and any Shares of
any further Sub-Trust or class thereof 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:"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereunto has set his hand for himself
and his assigns, as of the date set forth above.
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Vice President