- The Registrant's Declaration of Trust was amended to permit the Registrant's
  Board of Trustees to approve certain mergers, consolidations, reorganizations,
  and related sales and/or exchanges of assets without shareholder approval when
  such approval is not required under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- A provision was added to the Registrant's Declaration of Trust that
  establishes procedural and fund holdings requirements for bringing a
  derivative action on behalf of the Registrant.