Exhibit (a)(12)
NEW ENGLAND FUNDS TRUST I
Amendment No. 11 to Amended and Restated Agreement
Declaration of Trust
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of New
England Funds Trust I (the "Trust"), having determined it to be consistent with
the fair and equitable treatment of all shareholders of the Trust, hereby amend
the Trust's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended
by Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 thereto (the "Declaration of
Trust"), a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows:
1. The name of the Trust is hereby amended to be "Nvest Funds Trust I."
2. The first sentence of Section 6 of Article III of the Declaration of
Trust is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 5,
inter alia, to establish and designate any further Series or classes
or to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or class, each
of the following Series shall be, and is hereby, established and
designated as a Multi-Class Series: (1) Nvest Government Securities
Fund, (2) Nvest Growth Fund, (3) Nvest Balanced Fund, (4) Nvest Value
Fund, (5) Nvest Bond Income Fund, (6) Nvest Municipal Income Fund, (7)
Nvest International Equity Fund, (8) Nvest Capital Growth Fund, (9)
Nvest Star Advisers Fund, (10) Nvest Strategic Income Fund, (11) Nvest
Star Worldwide Fund and (12) Nvest Star Small Cap Fund.
The foregoing amendment shall be effective as of the time it is filed
with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hand for ourselves and for
our successors and assigns as of the 12th day of November, 1999.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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