Exhibit 1(c)
THE COMPOSITE FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being a majority of the trustees of The Composite Funds
("the Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust created and existing under the
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust ("the Declaration of
Trust") dated September 19, 1997, a copy of which is on file in the office of
the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having determined to (i)
change the name of the Trust from The Composite Funds to WM Trust I, pursuant to
ARTICLE I, Section 1 and ARTICLE IX, Section 8 of said Declaration of Trust; and
(ii) change the names of the Series of the Trust and designate an additional
Series of the Trust, pursuant to ARTICLE III, Section 5 and ARTICLE IX, Section
8 of said Declaration of Trust do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 2 be
filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby
amend the Declaration of Trust so that:
(i) Section 1 of ARTICLE I of the Declaration of Trust is amended and
restated as follows:
This Trust shall be known as WM Trust I, and the Trustees shall
conduct the business of the Trust under that name or any other name as
they may from time to time determine.
All other appropriate references in the Declaration of Trust are amended to
reflect the fact that the new name of the Trust is "WM Trust I."
(ii) The first sentence of Section 6 of ARTICLE III of the Declaration of
Trust is amended and restated as follows:
Without limiting the authority of the Trustees
set forth in Section 5, inter alia, to establish
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and designate any further Series or Classes or to
modify the rights and preferences of any Series or
Classes, the "Bond & Stock Fund," the "Growth &
Income Fund," the "High Yield Fund," the "Income Fund,"
the "Money Market Fund," the "Northwest Fund," the
"Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund," the "Tax-Exempt Bond
Fund" and the "U.S. Government Securities Fund" shall
be, and hereby are, established and designated as
separate Series of the Trust.
This amendment will be effective as of the close of business on March 20,
1998.
This instrument may be executed in counterparts, which together shall
constitute a single instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and for
our successors and assigns this 20th day of March, 1998.
XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX XXXXX X. XXXXXXX, M.D.
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D.
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX, Esq. XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq. Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
XXXXXX X. XXXXX, Esq. XXXX X. ENGLISH
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq Xxxx X. English
XXXX X. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX. Ph.D XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. Ph.D Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx
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