EX-99.A CHARTER 2 artsupprdf20502055.htm
T. ROWE PRICE RETIREMENT FUNDS, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

CLASSIFYING AUTHORIZED STOCK

T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation, having its principal office in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article Fifth of the Charter of the Corporation, the Board of Directors has duly classified a number of shares of its unissued Common Stock (determined in connection with the SECOND paragraph below) into two (2) new series and two (2) new classes of Common Stock to be designated the T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 FundAdvisor Class, and T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 FundR Class.

SECOND: After giving effect to the foregoing classification, the Board of Directors has heretofore duly divided and classified an aggregate of 3,000,000,000 shares of the unissued Common Stock of the Corporation into the following series and classes on the dates indicated in the parentheses following the names of the respective series and class: (a) T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement Income Fund (July 12, 2002); (b) T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 FundR Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 FundR Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 FundR Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 FundR Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement Income FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement Income FundR Class (October 22, 2003); (c) T. Rowe Price Retirement 2005 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund (February 4, 2004); (d) T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund (March 2, 2005); (e) T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 FundAdvisor Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 FundR Class, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund (October 18, 2006). Each such series and/or class shall consist, until further changed, of the lesser of (x) 3,000,000,000 shares or (y) the number of shares that could be issued by issuing all of the shares of any series and/or class currently or hereafter classified less the total number of shares then issued and outstanding in all of such series and/or classes. All shares of each series have the powers, preferences, other special rights, qualifications, restrictions, and limitations set forth in the Charter. The Board of Directors also has provided for the issuance of the shares of each such series.

THIRD: As permitted by the Charter, the Board of Directors has determined that the shares of Common Stock classified as the T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund and T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund shall not automatically convert into shares of Common Stock classified as the T. Rowe Price Retirement Income Fund; provided that the Board of Directors, upon at least 30 days` prior written notice to the shareholders, may provide for such conversion on the terms and conditions specified in the Charter.


FOURTH: The shares aforesaid have been duly classified by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority and power contained in the Charter of the Corporation. These Articles Supplementary do not increase the aggregate authorized capital stock of the Corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc. has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and witnessed by its Secretary on October 18, 2006.


WITNESS:


T. ROWE PRICE RETIREMENT FUNDS, INC.


/s/Patricia B. Lippert

Patricia B. Lippert, Secretary

/s/Henry H. Hopkins

Henry H. Hopkins, Vice President

THE UNDERSIGNED, Vice President of T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc., who executed on behalf of the Corporation Articles Supplementary of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of said Corporation and hereby certifies that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all material respects under the penalties of perjury.

/s/Henry H. Hopkins


Henry H. Hopkins, Vice President

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