EX-99.A.2 3 b56707ahexv99waw2.txt AMENDMENT #1 TO SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED AGREEMENT & DECLARATION OF TRUST COLUMBIA FUNDS TRUST IX AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article I of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration of Trust") dated August 10, 2005 of Columbia Funds Trust IX (the "Trust"), a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, authorizes the Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration of Trust to change the name of the Trust without authorization by vote of the Shareholders of the Trust. The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Columbia Funds Trust IX, do hereby certify that we have determined to conduct the business of the Trust under the name "Columbia Funds Series Trust I" and have authorized the following amendment to said Declaration of Trust: Section 1 of Article I is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: Section 1. This Trust shall be known as "Columbia Funds Series 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. The foregoing amendment is effective as of September 19, 2005. [The remainder of this page intentionally left blank.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, for themselves and their assigns, as of August 10, 2005. /s/ Douglas A. Hacker /s/ Janet Langford Kelly ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Douglas A. Hacker Janet Langford Kelly /s/ Richard W. Lowry /s/ William E. Mayer ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Richard W. Lowry William E. Mayer /s/ Charles R. Nelson /s/ John J. Neuhauser ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Charles R. Nelson John J. Neuhauser /s/ Patrick J. Simpson /s/ Thomas E. Stitzel ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Patrick J. Simpson Thomas E. Stitzel /s/ Thomas C. Theobald /s/ Anee-Lee Verville ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Thomas C. Theobald Anne-Lee Verville /s/ Richard L. Woolworth ------------------------------------- Richard L. Woolworth Registered Agent: Corporation Service Company 84 State Street Boston, MA 02109 -2-