Exhibit a.27
THE XXXXXX & RYGEL INVESTMENT GROUP
AMENDMENT NO. 26 TO
MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 26 to the Master Trust Agreement of The Xxxxxx &
Rygel Investment Group, dated January 22, 1992, as amended (the Agreement"), is
made as of December 11, 2001.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Trustees have previously
established and designated twenty-one sub-trusts known as the Xxxxxx Limited
Maturity Fund, Xxxxxx Short Bond Fund, Xxxxxx U.S. Government Fund, Xxxxxx GNMA
Fund, Xxxxxx Investment Quality Bond Fund, Xxxxxx Total Return Fund, Xxxxxx High
Income Fund, Bunker Hill Money Market Fund, Xxxxxx Short Duration Tax Exempt
Fund, Xxxxxx Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Xxxxxx California Municipal Income Fund,
Xxxxxx Growth & Income Fund, Xxxxxx Market Return Fund, Xxxxxx U.S. Growth
Leaders Fund, Xxxxxx Small Cap Leaders Fund, Xxxxxx Global Short Bond Fund,
Xxxxxx Global Fixed Income Fund, Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Bond Fund, Xxxxxx
Global Balanced Fund, Xxxxxx European Aggressive Growth Fund and Xxxxxx World
Target Twenty 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 rename, and have authorized the
renaming of, the Xxxxxx Investment Quality Bond Fund as the "Xxxxxx Core Bond
Fund" and the Xxxxxx Total Return Fund as the "Xxxxxx Opportunity Bond Fund,"
each such name change to be effective December 31, 2001;
NOW THEREFORE:
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 twenty-one Sub-trusts and classes thereof:
Xxxxxx Limited Maturity Fund, which shall consist of two classes of
shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Short Bond
Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class
R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx U.S. Government Fund, which shall
consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S"
shares; Xxxxxx
Core Bond Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated
as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Opportunity Bond Fund, which
shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and
"Class S" shares; Xxxxxx GNMA Fund, which shall consist of two classes
of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx High
Income Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as
"Class R" and "Class S" shares; Bunker Hill Money Market Fund, which
shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and
"Class D" shares; Xxxxxx Short Duration Tax Exempt Fund, which shall
consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S"
shares; Xxxxxx Tax Exempt Bond Fund, which shall consist of two classes
of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx
California Municipal Income Fund, which shall consist of two classes of
shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Growth &
Income Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as
"Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Market Return Fund, which shall
consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S"
shares; Xxxxxx U.S. Growth Leaders Fund, which shall consist of two
classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx
Small Cap Leaders Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares
designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Global Short Bond
Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class
R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx Global Fixed Income Fund, which shall
consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S"
shares; Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Bond Fund, which shall consist of two
classes of shares designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx
Global Balanced Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares
designated as "Class R" and "Class S" shares; Xxxxxx European Aggressive
Growth Fund, which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as
"Class R" and "Class S" shares; and Xxxxxx World Target Twenty Fund,
which shall consist of two classes of shares designated as "Class R" and
"Class S" 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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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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X. X. Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxxxx La Force Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
