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EXHIBIT (b)


NEUBERGER BERMAN ETF TRUST











BY-LAWS














As Adopted December 8, 2021





TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I. PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND SEAL
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Section 1.  Principal Office.
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Section 2.  Seal.
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ARTICLE II. MEETINGS OF TRUSTEES
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Section 1.  Action by Trustees.
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Section 2.  Compensation of Trustees.
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ARTICLE III. COMMITTEES
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Section 1.  Establishment.
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Section 2.  Proceedings; Quorum; Action.
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Section 3.  Executive Committee.
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Section 4.  Governance and Nominating Committee.
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Section 5.  Audit Committee.
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Section 6.  Compensation of Committee Members.
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ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
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Section 1.  General.
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Section 2.  Election, Tenure and Qualifications of Officers.
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Section 3.  Vacancies and Newly Created Offices.
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Section 4.  Removal and Resignation.
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Section 5.  Chief Executive Officer.
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Section 6.  Chairman.
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Section 7.  President.
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Section 8.  Vice President(s).
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Section 9.  Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer(s).
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Section 10.  Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.
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Section 11.  Compensation of Officers.
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Section 12.  Surety Bond
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ARTICLE V. MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
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Section 1.  No Annual Meetings.
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Section 2.  Special Meetings.
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Section 3.  Notice of Meetings; Waiver.
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Section 4.  Adjourned Meetings.
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Section 5.  Validity of Proxies.
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Section 6.  Record Date.
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Section 7.  Action Without a Meeting.
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ARTICLE VI. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
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Section 1.  No Share Certificates.
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Section 2.  Transfer of Shares.
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ARTICLE VII. INSPECTION OF RECORDS AND REPORTS
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ARTICLE VIII. FISCAL YEAR AND ACCOUNTANT
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Section 1.  Fiscal Year.
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Section 2.  Accountant.
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ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS
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Section 1.  General.
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Section 2.  By Shareholders Only.
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ARTICLE X. NET ASSET VALUE
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BY-LAWS

OF

NEUBERGER BERMAN ETF TRUST

These By-laws of Neuberger Berman ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, are subject to the Amended and Restated Trust Instrument of the Trust dated December 8, 2021, as from time to time amended, supplemented or restated (the "Trust Instrument").  Capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined have the same meanings as in the Trust Instrument.


ARTICLE I.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND SEAL

Section 1.  Principal Office.  The principal office of the Trust shall be located in New York, New York, or such other location as the Trustees determine.  The Trust may establish and maintain other offices and places of business as the Trustees determine.

Section 2.  Seal.  The Trustees may adopt a seal for the Trust in such form and with such inscription as the Trustees determine.  Any Trustee or officer of the Trust shall have authority to affix the seal to any document.

ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF TRUSTEES
Section 1.  Action by Trustees.  Trustees may take actions at meetings held at such places and times as the Trustees may determine, or without meetings, all as provided in Article II, Section 7, of the Trust Instrument.

Section 2.  Compensation of Trustees.  Each Trustee who is neither an employee of an investment adviser of the Trust or any Series nor an employee of an entity affiliated with the investment adviser may receive such compensation from the Trust for services and reimbursement for expenses as the Trustees may determine.

ARTICLE III.
COMMITTEES
Section 1.  Establishment. The Trustees may designate one or more committees of the Trustees, which shall include an Executive Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, and an Audit Committee (collectively, the "Established Committees"). The Trustees shall determine the number of members of each committee and its powers and shall appoint its members. Each committee shall choose from among its members a Chair and any Vice-Chair.  Each committee member shall serve at the

pleasure of the Trustees. The Trustees may abolish any committee, other than the Established Committees, at any time. Each committee shall maintain records of its meetings and report its actions to the Trustees. The Trustees may rescind any action of any committee, but such rescission shall not have retroactive effect. The Trustees may delegate to any committee any of its powers, subject to the limitations of applicable law.

Section 2.  Proceedings; Quorum; Action.  Each committee may adopt such rules governing its proceedings, quorum and manner of acting as it shall deem proper and desirable.  In the absence of such rules, a majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum, and a committee shall act by the vote of a majority of a quorum.

Section 3.  Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have all the powers of the Trustees when the Trustees are not in session.  The Chairman shall be a member and the chair of the Executive Committee.  The Chief Executive Officer, if a member of the Board of Trustees, shall also be a member of the Executive Committee.  A majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall be trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Trustees").

Section 4.  Governance and Nominating Committee.  The Governance and Nominating Committee shall nominate individuals to serve as Trustees (including Disinterested Trustees), as members of committees, and as officers of the Trust.  The members of the Committee shall be Disinterested Trustees.

Section 5.  Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee shall review and evaluate the audit function, including recommending the selection of independent certified public accountants for each Series.  The members of the Committee shall be Disinterested Trustees.

Section 6.  Compensation of Committee Members.  Each committee member who is a Disinterested Trustee may receive such compensation from the Trust for services and reimbursement for expenses as the Trustees may determine.

ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
Section 1.  General.  The officers of the Trust shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, and may include one or more Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers ("Other Officers") as the Trustees may determine.

Section 2.  Election, Tenure and Qualifications of Officers.  The Trustees shall elect the officers of the Trust, except as described below.  Each officer elected by the Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation.  Any person may hold one or more offices, except that the Chief Executive Officer and the Secretary may not be the same individual.  A person who holds more than one office in the Trust may not act in more than one capacity to execute, acknowledge, or verify an instrument required by law to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by more than one officer.  No officer need be a Trustee or Shareholder.
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The Trustees from time to time may appoint such other officers or agents as they deem advisable, including one or more assistant treasurers and one or more assistant secretaries, each of whom shall have such title, hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Trustees may determine.  The Trustees from time to time may delegate to one or more officers or agents the power to appoint and/or terminate any such subordinate officers or agents.  Any such appointment or termination made by an officer or agent shall be in writing, which shall be retained with the records of the Trust.  The duties of such subordinate officers and agents shall be as described in Sections 9 and 10 of this Article, unless the written appointment provides otherwise.

Section 3.  Vacancies and Newly Created Offices.  Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any office or if any new office is created, the Trustees may fill such vacancy or new office.

Section 4.  Removal and Resignation.  Officers serve at the pleasure of the Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.  The Trustees may delegate this power to the Chief Executive Officer or President with respect to any Other Officer.  Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.  Any officer may resign from office at any time by delivering a written resignation to the Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, or the President.  Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.

Section 5.  Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Trust.  Subject to the direction of the Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge, supervision and control over the Trust's business affairs and shall be responsible for the management thereof and the execution of policies established by the Trustees.  In the absence of the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at any Shareholders' meetings.  Except as the Trustees may otherwise order, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to grant, issue, execute or sign such powers of attorney, proxies, agreements or other documents on the Trust’s behalf.  The Chief Executive Officer also shall have the power to employ attorneys, accountants and other advisers and agents for the Trust, except as the Board of Trustees may otherwise direct.  The Chief Executive Officer shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as the Trustees may assign to the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 6.  Chairman.  The Board of Trustees shall be required to elect a Chairman of the Board.  Any Chairman of the Board shall be elected from among the Trustees of the Trust and may hold such office only so long as he or she continues to be a Trustee.  The Chairman shall normally preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees and may participate as an ex officio member of all committees of the Board of Trustees.  The Chairman shall have such additional powers and perform such additional duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board of Trustees.

Section 7.  President.  The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Trustees or the Chief Executive Officer may determine.  At the request or in the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall perform all the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 8.  Vice President(s).  The Executive Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer
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or the President.  At the request or in the absence or disability of the President, the Executive Vice President (or, if there are two or more Executive Vice Presidents, then the senior Executive Vice President present and able to act) shall perform all the duties of the President, including those set forth in Section 7 of this Article, and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of the President.  The Vice President(s) shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Trustees or the Chief Executive Officer may determine.  At the request or in the absence or disability of each Executive Vice President, the Vice President (or, if there are two or more Vice Presidents, then the senior of the Vice Presidents present and able to act) shall perform all the duties of the Executive Vice President(s) and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of the Executive Vice President(s) for whom he or she is acting.  The Trustees may designate an Executive Vice President or Vice President as the principal financial officer of the Trust or to serve one or more other functions.  If a person is designated as principal financial officer of the Trust, he or she shall have general charge of the finances and books of the Trust and shall report to the Trustees annually regarding the financial condition of each Series as soon as possible after the close of such Series' fiscal year.

Section 9.  Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer(s). The Treasurer may be designated as the principal financial officer or as the principal accounting officer of the Trust.  If designated as principal financial officer, the Treasurer shall have general charge of the finances and books of the Trust, and shall report to the Trustees annually regarding the financial condition of each Series as soon as possible after the close of such Series' fiscal year.  The Treasurer shall be responsible for the delivery of all funds and securities of the Trust to such company as the Trustees shall retain as Custodian.  The Treasurer shall furnish such reports concerning the financial condition of the Trust as the Trustees may request.  The Treasurer shall perform all acts incidental to the office of Treasurer, subject to the Trustees' supervision, and shall perform such additional duties as the Trustees may designate.

Any Assistant Treasurer may perform such duties of the Treasurer as the Trustees or the Treasurer may assign, and, in the absence of the Treasurer, may perform all the duties of the Treasurer.

Section 10.  Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.  The Secretary shall record all votes and proceedings of the meetings of Trustees and Shareholders in books to be kept for that purpose.  The Secretary shall be responsible for giving and serving notices of the Trust.  The Secretary shall have custody of any seal of the Trust and shall be responsible for the records of the Trust, including the Share register and such other books and documents as may be required by the Trustees or by law.  The Secretary shall perform all acts incidental to the office of Secretary, subject to the supervision of the Trustees, and shall perform such additional duties as the Trustees may designate.

Any Assistant Secretary may perform such duties of the Secretary as the Trustees or the Secretary may assign, and, in the absence of the Secretary, may perform all the duties of the Secretary.

Section 11.  Compensation of Officers.  Each officer may receive such compensation from the Trust for services and reimbursement for expenses as the Trustees may determine.

Section 12.  Surety Bond.  The Trustees may require any officer or agent of the Trust to execute a bond (including, without limitation, any bond required by the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission")) to the Trust in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees may determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or
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her duties to the Trust, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting of any of the Trust's property, funds or securities that may come into his or her hands.

ARTICLE V.
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1.  No Annual Meetings.  There shall be no annual Shareholders' meetings, unless required by law.

Section 2.  Special Meetings.  The Secretary shall call a special meeting of Shareholders of any Series or Class whenever ordered by the Trustees.

The Secretary also shall call a special meeting of Shareholders of any Series or Class upon the written request of Shareholders owning at least twenty-five percent (or a lesser percent to the extent required by law) of the Outstanding Shares of such Series or Class entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, that (1) such request shall state the purposes of such meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on, and (2) the Shareholders requesting such meeting shall have paid to the Trust the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice thereof, which the Secretary shall determine and specify to such Shareholders.  If the Secretary fails for more than thirty days to call a special meeting when required to do so, the Trustees or the Shareholders requesting such a meeting may, in the name of the Secretary, call the meeting by giving the required notice.  The Secretary shall not call a special meeting upon the request of Shareholders of any Series or Class to consider any matter that is substantially the same as a matter voted upon at any special meeting of Shareholders of such Series or Class held during the preceding twelve months, unless requested by the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Shares of such Series or Class entitled to be voted at such meeting.

A special meeting of Shareholders of any Series or Class shall be held at such time and place as is determined by the Trustees and stated in the notice of that meeting.  Subject to any applicable requirements of the 1940 Act, any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another, and all such persons shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting for purposes of the Delaware Act and, to the extent permitted, the 1940 Act.

Section 3.  Notice of Meetings; Waiver.  The Secretary shall call a special meeting of Shareholders by giving written notice of the place, date, time, and purposes of that meeting at least fifteen days before the date of such meeting.  The Secretary may deliver or mail, postage prepaid, the written notice of any meeting to each Shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail directed to the Shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Trust.

Section 4.  Adjourned Meetings.  A Shareholders' meeting may be adjourned one or more times for any reason, including the failure of a quorum to attend the meeting.  No notice of adjournment of a meeting to another time or place need be given to Shareholders if such time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken or reasonable notice is given to persons present at the meeting, and if the adjourned meeting is held within a reasonable time after the date set for the original meeting.  Any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting may be transacted at any
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adjourned meeting.  If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Secretary shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to Shareholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting.  Any irregularities in the notice of any meeting or the nonreceipt of any such notice by any of the Shareholders shall not invalidate any action otherwise properly taken at any such meeting.

Section 5.  Validity of Proxies.  Subject to the provisions of the Trust Instrument, Shareholders entitled to vote may vote either in person or by proxy; provided, that either (1) the Shareholder or his or her duly authorized attorney has signed and dated a written instrument authorizing such proxy to act, or (2) the Trustees adopt by resolution an electronic, telephonic, computerized or other alternative to execution of a written instrument authorizing the proxy to act, but if a proposal by anyone other than the officers or Trustees is submitted to a vote of the Shareholders of any Series or Class, or if there is a proxy contest or proxy solicitation or proposal in opposition to any proposal by the officers or Trustees, Shares may be voted only in person or by written proxy.  Unless the proxy provides otherwise, it shall not be valid for more than eleven months before the date of the meeting.  All proxies shall be delivered to the Secretary or other person responsible for recording the proceedings before being voted.  A proxy with respect to Shares held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them unless at or prior to exercise of such proxy the Trust receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.  Unless otherwise specifically limited by their terms, proxies shall entitle the Shareholder to vote at any adjournment of a Shareholders' meeting.  A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Shareholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger.  At every meeting of Shareholders, unless the voting is conducted by inspectors, the chairman of the meeting shall decide all questions concerning the qualifications of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes.  Subject to the provisions of the Delaware Code entitled “Treatment of Delaware Statutory Trusts,” the Trust Instrument, or these By-laws, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder shall govern all matters concerning the giving, voting or validity of proxies, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Shareholders were shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

Section 6.  Record Date.  The Trustees may fix in advance a date up to one hundred twenty days before the date of any Shareholders' meeting as a record date for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting.  The Shareholders of record entitled to vote at a Shareholders' meeting shall be deemed the Shareholders of record at any meeting reconvened after one or more adjournments, unless the Trustees have fixed a new record date.  If the Shareholders' meeting is adjourned for more than sixty days after the original date, the Trustees shall establish a new record date.

Section 7.  Action Without a Meeting.  Shareholders may take any action without a meeting if a majority (or such greater amount as may be required by law) of the Outstanding Shares entitled to vote on the matter consent to the action in writing and such written consents are filed with the records of Shareholders' meetings.  Such written consent shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting of the Shareholders.

ARTICLE VI.
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
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Section 1.  No Share Certificates.  Neither the Trust nor any Series or Class shall issue certificates certifying the ownership of Shares, unless the Trustees may otherwise specifically authorize such certificates.

Section 2.  Transfer of Shares.  Shares in the Trust shall only be transferable as authorized by the Board of Trustees or as required by the 1940 Act.

ARTICLE VII.
INSPECTION OF RECORDS AND REPORTS
Every Trustee shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the Trust, in conformance with any restrictions placed on such inspections by the custodian or transfer agent pursuant to the Trust’s contract with such entities.  This inspection by a Trustee may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents.  No Shareholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Trust except as provided by law (other than § 3819 of Delaware statutory trust law) or by the Trustees.

ARTICLE VIII.
FISCAL YEAR AND ACCOUNTANT
Section 1.  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of each series of the Trust shall, unless otherwise established by resolution of the Board of Trustees, end on August 31.  The fiscal year may be changed by resolution of the Board of Trustees.

Section 2.  Accountant.  The Trust shall employ independent certified public accountants as its Accountant to examine the accounts of the Trust and to sign and certify financial statements filed by the Trust.  The Accountant's certificates and reports shall be addressed both to the Trustees and to the Shareholders.  A majority of the Disinterested Trustees shall select the Accountant at any meeting held within ninety days before or after the beginning of the fiscal year of the Trust, acting upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee.  The Trust shall submit the selection for ratification or rejection at the next succeeding Shareholders' meeting, if such a meeting is to be held within the Trust's fiscal year.  If the selection is rejected at that meeting, the Accountant shall be selected by majority vote of the Trust's outstanding voting securities, either at the meeting at which the rejection occurred or at a subsequent meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of selecting an Accountant.  The employment of the Accountant shall be conditioned upon the right of the Trust to terminate such employment without any penalty by vote of a Majority Shareholder Vote at any Shareholders' meeting called for that purpose.

ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS
Section 1.  General.  Except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IX, these By-laws may be amended by the Trustees.
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Section 2.  By Shareholders Only.  After the issue of any Shares, this Article IX may only be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of the lesser of (a) at least two-thirds of the Outstanding Shares present and entitled to vote at any meeting, or (b) at least fifty percent of the Outstanding Shares.

ARTICLE X.
NET ASSET VALUE
The term "Net Asset Value" of any Series shall mean that amount by which the assets belonging to that Series exceed its liabilities, all as determined by or under the direction of the Trustees.  Net Asset Value per Share shall be determined separately for each Series and Class and shall be determined on such days and at such times as the Trustees may determine.

The Trustees shall make such determination with respect to securities for which market quotations are readily available, at the market value of such securities, and with respect to other securities and assets, at the fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trustees; provided, however, that the Trustees, without Shareholder approval, may alter the method of appraising portfolio securities insofar as permitted under the 1940 Act and the rules, regulations and interpretations thereof promulgated or issued by the SEC or insofar as permitted by any order of the SEC applicable to the Series.  The Trustees may delegate any of their powers and duties under this Article X with respect to appraisal of assets and liabilities.  At any time the Trustees may cause the Net Asset Value per Share last determined to be determined again in a similar manner and may fix the time when such redetermined values shall become effective.

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