EXHIBIT 23(a)(5)
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AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being all of the trustees of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Series
Trust, a Massachusetts business trust created and existing under an Agreement
and Declaration of Trust dated April 1, 1988, as amended, a copy of which is
on file in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(the "Trust"), having determined that the creation of a new Series of the
Trust is consistent with the fair and equitable treatment of all
Shareholders, do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 4 be filed with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby consent to and
adopt the following amendment to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust:
1. The first sentence of Section 6 of Article III of the Second
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust is amended and
restated in its entirety to read 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 of Shares or to modify the rights and preferences of any
Series or Class, the "AXA Xxxxxxxxx Japan Fund" (formerly the Japan
Series), "AXA Xxxxxxxxx U.S. Small Capitalization Fund" (formerly the
U.S. Small Capitalization Series and, prior to that, the Small
Capitalization Series), "AXA Xxxxxxxxx International Small
Capitalization Fund" (formerly the International Small Capitalization
Series), "AXA Xxxxxxxxx Value Market Neutral Fund" (formerly the Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Market Neutral Fund), "AXA Xxxxxxxxx Double Alpha Market
Fund" (formerly the Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Double Alpha Market Fund), "AXA
Xxxxxxxxx Select Sectors Market Neutral Fund" (formerly the Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Select Sectors Market Neutral Fund), "AXA XXXXXXXXX ENHANCED
500 FUND," "AXA XXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND," "AXA XXXXXXXXX
MULTI-STRATEGY MARKET NEUTRAL FUND" AND "AXA XXXXXXXXX U.S. DISCOVERY
FUND" shall be, and are hereby, established and designated; and with
respect to the AXA Xxxxxxxxx U.S. Small Capitalization Fund, the
Institutional Shares Class, Adviser Shares Class and Investor Shares
Class, which may be issued by such Series from time to time, shall be,
and are hereby, established and designated, and with respect to the
AXA Xxxxxxxxx Japan Fund, the Institutional Shares Class and Investor
Shares Class, which
may be issued by such Series from time to time, shall be, and are
hereby, established and designated, and with respect to the AXA
Xxxxxxxxx International Small Capitalization Fund, AXA Xxxxxxxxx Value
Market Neutral Fund, AXA Xxxxxxxxx Double Alpha Market Fund, AXA
Xxxxxxxxx Select Sectors Market Neutral Fund, AXA Xxxxxxxxx Enhanced
500 Fund, AXA Xxxxxxxxx International Equity Fund, AXA Xxxxxxxxx
Multi-Strategy Market Neutral Fund and AXA Xxxxxxxxx U.S. Discovery
Fund, the Institutional Shares Class, Investor Shares Class, Class A,
Class B and Class C, which may be issued by each such Series from time
to time, shall be, and are hereby, established and designated, all of
which Classes shall have the respective rights and preferences as are
set forth in the Plan attached as Exhibit 3.6 hereto as such Plan may
be amended from time to time by the Board of Trustees."
The foregoing amendment shall become effective upon execution by the
undersigned trustees. This amendment may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
taken together shall constitute one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Trustees as aforesaid do
hereto set their hands this 30th day of September, 2000.
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