Exhibit 1(c)
ARTICLES OF TRANSFER
FROM XXXXXXX XXXXX TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
A MARYLAND CORPORATION,
TO XXXXXXX XXXXX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
A MARYLAND CORPORATION
THESE ARTICLES OF TRANSFER are made and entered into as of the 14th day of
September, 1999, by and between Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Technology Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Transferor") and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Global Technology Fund, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Transferee").
FIRST: The Transferor agrees to convey and transfer substantially all of
its assets to the Transferee as hereinafter set forth.
SECOND:
(a) The Transferor was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
(b) The Transferee was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
THIRD: The name, address and principal place of business of the Transferee
is Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Global Technology Fund, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
FOURTH: The Transferor and the Transferee maintain their principal office
in the State of Maryland in Baltimore City. Neither the Transferor nor the
Transferee owns an interest in land in the State of Maryland.
FIFTH: The nature of consideration to be paid by the Transferee for the
conveyance and transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Transferor
shall be full shares of
the Transferee's Common Stock of an aggregate net asset value equal (to the
nearest one ten thousandth of one cent) to the value of assets of the Transferor
acquired, reduced by the amount of liabilities assumed by the Transferee, both
determined as of September 17, 1999.
SIXTH: The terms and conditions of the transactions set forth in these
Articles of Transfer have been advised, authorized and approved by the
Transferor in the manner and by the vote required by its Articles of
Incorporation and the laws of the State of Maryland at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Transferor held on May 25, 1999, and by the subsequent approval
of stockholders at a meeting of the stockholders of the Transferor held on
September 1, 1999 at 10:00 A.M.
SEVENTH: The terms and conditions of the transaction set forth in these
Articles of Transfer have been advised, authorized and approved by the
Transferee in the manner and by the vote required by its Articles of
Incorporation and the laws of the State of Maryland at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Transferee held on May 25, 1999.
EIGHTH: These Articles of Transfer shall be effective at the very beginning
of the day on September 20, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party to these Articles of Transfer has caused
these Articles to be signed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by
its President and attested by its Secretary, on the day and year first above
written, and each such signatory hereby acknowledges the same to be the act and
deed of such corporation, and that to the best of his
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knowledge, information and belief, all matters and facts stated herein are true
in all material respects, such statements being made under the penalties of
perjury.
ATTEST: XXXXXXX XXXXX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III By:/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Secretary Title: President
ATTEST: XXXXXXX XXXXX TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III By:/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Secretary Title: President
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