EX-99.(A)3 2 a11-16791_1ex99da3.htm EX-99.(A)3

EXHIBIT NO. 99.(a) 3

 

MFS MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST

 

CERTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT

TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION

OF CLASS

 

Pursuant to Sections 6.10 and 9.3 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated December 16, 2004, as amended (the “Declaration”) of MFS Municipal Series Trust, a business trust organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Trust”), the undersigned Trustees of the Trust, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, do hereby divide the shares of MFS Municipal Income Fund, a series of the Trust, to create one additional class of shares, within the meaning of Section 6.10, as follows:

 

1.     The additional classes of Shares is designated “Class I Shares”,

 

2.     Class I Shares shall be entitled to all the rights and preferences accorded to shares under the Declaration;

 

3.     The purchase price of Class I Shares, the method of determination of the net asset value of Class I Shares, the price, terms and manner of redemption of Class I Shares, any conversion feature of Class I Shares, and relative dividend rights of holders of Class I Shares shall be established by the Trustees of the Trust in accordance with the Declaration and shall be set forth in the current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Trust or any series thereof, as amended from time to time, contained in the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

4.     All shares shall vote together as a single class except that shares of a class may vote separately on matters affecting only that class and shares of a class not affected by a matter will not vote on that matter; and

 

5.     A class of shares of any series of the Trust may be terminated by the Trustees by written notice to the Shareholders of the class.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust have executed this amendment, in one or more counterparts, all constituting a single instrument, as an instrument under seal in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as of July 15, 2011, and further certify, as provided by the provisions of Section 9.3(c) of the Declaration, that this amendment was duly adopted by the undersigned in accordance with Section 9.3(a) of the Declaration.

 

 

ROBERT E. BUTLER

 

ROBERT C. POZEN

Robert E. Butler

 

Robert C. Pozen

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

MFS Investment Management

500 Boylston Street

 

500 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAUREEN R. GOLDFARB

 

J. DALE SHERRATT

Maureen R. Goldfarb

 

J. Dale Sherratt

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

c/o MFS Investment Management

500 Boylston Street

 

500 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID H. GUNNING

 

LAURIE J. THOMSEN

David H. Gunning

 

Laurie J. Thomsen

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

c/o MFS Investment Management

500 Boylston Street

 

500 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM R. GUTOW

 

ROBERT W. UEK

William R. Gutow

 

Robert W. Uek

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

c/o MFS Investment Management

500 Boylston Street

 

500 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHAEL HEGARTY

 

 

Michael Hegarty

 

 

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

 

500 Boylston Street

 

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN P. KAVANAUGH

 

 

John P. Kavanaugh

 

 

c/o MFS Investment Management

 

 

500 Boylston Street

 

 

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROBERT J. MANNING

 

 

Robert J. Manning

 

 

MFS Investment Management

 

 

500 Boylston Street

 

 

Boston, MA 02116