Exhibit a.34
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & RYGEL INVESTMENT GROUP
AMENDMENT NO. 33 TO
MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 33 to the Master Trust Agreement of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Rygel
Investment Group, dated January 22, 1992, as amended (the Agreement"), is made
as of June 15, 2004.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Trustees have previously
established and designated eighteen sub-trusts known as the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Limited
Maturity Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Short Bond Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Government Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GNMA
Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Core Bond Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Opportunity Bond Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Real Return
Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ High Income Fund, Bunker Hill Money Market Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Tax Exempt
Bond Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ California Municipal Income Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth & Income Fund,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Market Return Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Growth Leaders Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Small Cap
Leaders Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Short Bond Fund, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Fixed Income Fund,
and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Bond Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have the authority, without shareholder approval,
under Section 7.3 of the Agreement, to amend the Agreement in any manner, so
long as such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any shareholder
and is not in contravention of applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees hereby desire to establish and designate an
additional sub-trust, to be known as the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Plus Fund, and to fix the rights
and preferences of the shares of such additional sub-trust, effective June 15,
2004;
NOW THEREFORE:
1. Effective June 15, 2004, the first paragraph of Section 4.2 of the
Agreement is hereby amended to read in pertinent part as follow:
"Section 4.2 Establishment and Designation of Sub-Trusts. Without limiting
the authority of the Trustee set forth in Section 4.1 to establish and designate
any further Sub-Trusts, the Trustees hereby establish and designate nineteen
Sub-trusts and classes thereof: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Limited Maturity Fund, which shall
consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Short Bond Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares designated as
"Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Government Fund, which shall consist of one
class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Core Bond Fund,
which shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class"
shares;
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Opportunity Bond Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares
designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Real Return Fund, which shall
consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇
GNMA Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor
Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ High Income Fund, which shall consist of one class of
shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; Bunker Hill Money Market Fund,
which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Investor Class" and
"Class D" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Tax Exempt Bond Fund, which shall consist of one class
of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ California Municipal
Income Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor
Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth & Income Fund, which shall consist of one class of
shares designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Market Return Fund, which
shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares;
▇▇▇▇▇▇ U.S. Growth Leaders Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares
designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Small Cap Leaders Fund, which
shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares;
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Short Bond Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares
designated as "Investor Class" shares; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Fixed Income Fund, which
shall consist of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares;
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Bond Fund, which shall consist of one class of shares
designated as "Investor Class" shares; and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Plus Fund, which shall consist
of one class of shares designated as "Investor Class" shares. The shares of each
Sub-Trust and classes thereof and any shares of any further Sub-Trusts and
classes 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 a the time of establishing and designating the same)
have the following relative rights and preferences:".
The undersigned hereby certify that the Amendment set forth above has been
duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Master Trust Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands for
themselves and their assigns, as of the day and year first above written. This
instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall
together constitute a single instrument.
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