EX-99.A 3 csifdeclarationoftrust.htm EXHIBIT 99.A Exhibit


CALVERT SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
DECLARATION OF TRUST

ARTICLE I
Name and Definitions
1
 
 
1
 
 1. Name
 
 
 2. Definitions -
 
 
  (a) Affiliated Person, Assignment,
 
 
  Commission, Interested Person,
 
 
  Majority Shareholder Vote, Principal
 
 
  Underwriter
1
 
  (b) Trust
1
 
 
 
 
  (c) Accumulated Net Income
1
 
  (d) Shareholder
1
 
  (e) Trustees
1
 
  (f) Shares
2
 
  (g) 1940 Act
2
 
  (h) Commission
2
 
  (i) Business Day
2
 
 
 
ARTICLE II
Purpose of Trust
2
 
 
 
ARTICLE III
Beneficial interest
2
 
 
 
 
 1. Shares of Beneficial Interest
2
 
 2. Ownership of Shares
3
 
 3. Investment in the Trust
3
 
 4. No Pre-emptive Rights
4
 
 5. Provisions Relating to Series of Shares
4
 
 
 
ARTICLE IV
The Trustees
5
 
 
 
 
 1. Management of the Trust
5
 
 2. Election of Trustees
5
 
 3. Term of Office of Trustees
5
 
 4. Termination of Service and
 
 
  Appointment of Trustees
6
 
  . Temporary Absence of Trustee
6
 
 6. Number of Trustees
6
 
 7. Effect of Death, Resignation, Etc.
 
 
  of a Trustee
7
 
 8. Ownership of the Trust
7
 
 
 
ARTICLE V
Powers of the Trustees
7
 
 
 
 
 1. Powers
7
 
 2. Trustees and Officers as Shareholders
10
 
 3. Parties to Contract
10
 
 
 
ARTICLE VI
Trustees' Expenses and Compensation
11
 
 1. Trustee Reimbursement
11
 
 2. Trustee Compensation
12
 
 
 
ARTICLE VII
Investment Adviser, Administrative
 
 
 Services, Principal Underwriter and
 
 
 Transfer Agent
12
 
 1. Investment Adviser
12
 
 2. Administrative Services
13
 
 3. Principal Underwriter
13
 
 4. Transfer Agent
13
ARTICLE VIII
Shareholders' Voting Powers and Meetings
14
 
 1. Voting Powers
14
 
 2. Meetings
14
 
 3. Quorum and Required Vote
14
 
 4. Proxies
15
 
 5. Additional Provisions
15
ARTICLE IX
Custodians
 
 
 1. Appointment of Custodian and Duties
15
 
 2. Central Certificate System
15
 
 3. Special Custodians
16
 
 4. Special Depositories
16
ARTICLE X
Distributions and Redemptions
17
 
 1. Distributions
17
 
 2. Redemptions and Repurchases
17
 
 3. Determination of Accumulated Net Income
18
 
 4. Net Asset Value of Shares
18
 
 5. Suspension of the Right of Redemption
19
 
 6. Trust's Right to Redeem Shares
20
ARTICLE XI
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
21
 
 1. Limitation of Personal Liability and
 
 
  Indemnification of Shareholders
21
 
 2. Limitation of Personal Liability of
 
 
  Trustees, Officers, Employees or
 
 
  Agents of the Trust
22
 
 3. Express Exculpatory Clauses and
 
 
  Instruments
22
 
 4. Mandatory Indemnification
23
 
 
 
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous
24
 
 1. Trust is not a Partnership
24
 
 2. Trustee's Good Faith Action, Expert
 
 
  Advice, No Bond or Surety
24
 
 3. Establishment of Record Dates
24
 
 4. Termination of Trust
25
 
 5. Offices of the Trust, Filing of Copies,
 
 
  References, Headings
25
 
 6. Applicable Law
26
 
 7. Amendments
26
 
 8. Conflicts with Law or Regulations
27
 
 9. Use of Name
27


CALVERT SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
DECLARATION OF TRUST


DECLARATION OF TRUST made this 30th day of November, 1981,
by John G. Guffey, Jr., and D. Wayne Silby.
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to establish a trust fund for
the investment and reinvestment of funds contributed thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees declare that all money and property
contributed to the trust fund hereunder shall be held and managed
under this Declaration of Trust IN TRUST as herein set forth below.

ARTICLE I
NAMES AND DEFINITIONS

Section 1. Name. This Trust shall be known as "Calvert Social Investment
Fund." Should the Trustees determine that the use of such name is not
advisable or otherwise cease using such name, then they may hold the property
of the Trust and conduct its business under another name of their choosing,
and shall undertake to change the name of the Trust accordingly.

Section 2. Definitions. Wherever used herein, unless otherwise required by
the context or specifically provided:

(a) The terms "Affiliated Person", "Assignment", "Interested Person",
"Majority Shareholder Vote" (the 67% or 50% requirement of the third sentence
of Section 2(a) (42) of the 1940 Act, whichever may be applicable), and
"Principal Underwriter" shall have the meanings given them in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time;

(b) The "Trust" refers to Calvert Social Investment Fund;

(c) "Accumulated Net Income" means the accumulated net income
of the Trust determined in the manner provided or authorized in
Article X, Section,3;

(d) "Shareholder" means a record owner of Shares of the Trust;

(e) The "Trustees" refers to the individual trustees in their
capacity as trustees hereunder of the Trust and their successor or
successors for the time being in office as such Trustees;

(f) "Shares" means the equal proportionate units of interest
into which the beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided from
time to time and includes fractions of Shares as well as whole Shares;

(g) The "1940 Act" refers to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time;

(h) The "Commission" refers to the Commission described in the 1940 Act
and to any succeeding governmental authority; and

(i) A "business day" means a day when the New York Stock Exchange is
open for trading and the Trustees have not determined that the Trust shall be
closed for business in observance of a holiday observed generally by banks in
New York City, Washington, D.C., or by the offices of the Federal Government
in Washington, D.C.

ARTICLE II
PURPOSE OF TRUST
This Trust is organized to operate as an investment company registered
under the 1940 Act for the purpose of investing and reinvesting its
assets in securities.

ARTICLE III
BENEFICIAL INTEREST

Section 1. Shares of Beneficial Interest.
The beneficial interest in the Trust shall at all times be divided into
transferable Shares, without par value, each of which shall represent
an equal proportionate interest in the Trust with each other Share
outstanding, none having priority or preference over another, except to
the extent modified by the Trustees under the provisions of this section.
The number of Shares which may be issued is unlimited. The Trustees may
from time to time divide or combine the outstanding Shares into a greater
or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial
interest in the Trust. Contributions to the Trust may be accepted for, and
Shares shall be redeemed as, whole shares and/or fractions. Shares may be
represented by certificates or by suitable entries in the books of the Trust.

From time to time as they deem appropriate, the Trustees may create Series
and/or Classes of Shares. References in this Declaration of Trust to Shares
of the Trust shall apply to each such Series of Shares and (to the extent not
inconsistent with the rights and restrictions of a Class) to each such Class
of Shares, except to the extent modified by the Trustees under the provisions
of this Section.

Any Series of Shares created hereunder shall represent the beneficial
interest in the assets (and related liabilities) allocated by the
Trustees to such Series of Shares and acquired by the Trust only after
creation of the respective Series of Shares and only on the account of
such Series. Upon creation of any Series of Shares, the Trustees shall
designate it appropriately and determine the investment policies with
respect to the assets allocated to such Series of Shares, preferences,
redemption rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, liquidation
rights, voting rights, and such other rights and restrictions as the
Trustees deem appropriate, to the extent not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Declaration of Trust.

The Trustees may divide the Shares or any Series of Shares into more
than one Class. Upon creation of any additional Class of Shares, the
Trustees shall designate it appropriately and determine its preferences,
redemption rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, liquidation
rights, voting rights, and such other rights and restrictions as the
Trustees deem appropriate.

Section 2. Ownership of Shares. The ownership of Shares shall be
recorded in the books of the Trust or of a transfer agent. The Trustees
may make such rules as they consider appropriate for the transfer of
shares and similar matters. The record books of the Trust or any
transfer agent, as the case may be, shall be conclusive as to who are
the holders of Shares and as to the number of Shares held from time to
time by each.

Section 3. Investment in the Trust. The Trustees may accept
investments in a Trust from such persons and on such terms as
they may from time to time authorize and may cease offering Shares
to the public at any time. After the date of the initial contribution
of capital to the Trust, the number of Shares determined by the Trustees
to represent the initial contribution shall be considered as
outstanding, and the amount received by the Trustees on account of the
contribution shall be treated as an asset of the Trust. Subsequent to
such initial contribution of capital, Shares (including Shares which may
have been redeemed or repurchased by the Trust) may be

issued or sold at a price which will net the Trust, before paying
any taxes in connection with such issue or sale, not less than the
net asset value (as defined in Article X, Section 4) hereof; provided,
however, that the Trustees may in their discretion impose a sales
charge upon investments in the Trust.

Section 4. No Pre-emptive Rights. Shareholders shall have no
pre-emptive or other right to subscribe to any additional
Shares or other securities issued by the Trust or the Trustees.

Section 5. Provisions Relating to Series of Shares. Whenever no
Shares of a Series are outstanding, then the Trustees may abolish
such Series (or any Class of Shares of a Series for which there are
no outstanding Shares). Whenever more than one Series of Shares is
outstanding, then the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Assets Belonging to Each Series. All consideration
received by the Trust for the issue or sale of Shares of a particular
Series, together with all assets in which such consideration is invested
or reinvested, all income, earnings and proceeds thereof, and any funds
derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds, shall irrevocably belong
to that Series for all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors,
and shall be so recorded upon the books of the Trust. In the event there
are assets, income, earnings, and proceeds thereof which are not readily
identifiable as belonging to a particular Series, then the Trustees shall
allocate such items to the various Series then existing, in such manner
and on such basis as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and
equitable. The amount of each such item allocated to a particular Series
by the Trustees shall then belong to that Series, and each such allocation
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for
all purposes.


(b) Liabilities Belonging to Each Series. The assets belonging to
each particular Series shall be charged with the liabilities, expenses,
costs and reserves of the Trust attributable to that Series; any
general liabilities, expenses, costs and reserves of the Trust which
are not readily identifiable as attributable to a particular Series
shall be allocated by the Trustees to the various Series then existing,
in such manner and on such basis as they, in their sole discretion,
deem fair and equitable. Each such allocation shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all purposes.


(c) Series Shares, Dividends and Liquidation. Each Share of each
respective Class of a Series shall have the same rights and pro rata
beneficial interest in the assets and liabilities of the Series as any
other such Share. Any dividends paid on the Shares of any Series shall
only be payable from and to the extent of the assets (net of
liabilities) belonging to that Series. In the event of liquidation of a
Series, only the assets (less provision for liabilities) of that Series
shall be distributed to the holders of the Shares of that Series.

(d) Voting by Series. Except as provided in this section or as limited
by the rights and restrictions of any Class, each Share of the Trust
shall vote with and in the same manner as any other Share on matters
submitted to a vote of the Shareholders, without differentiation among
votes from the separate Series; provided, however, that (i) as to any
matter with respect to which a separate vote of any Series is required
by the 1940 Act or would be required under the Massachusetts Business
Corporation Law if the Trust were a Massachusetts business corporation,
such requirements as to a separate vote by the Series shall apply in
lieu of the voting described above herein; (ii) in the event that the
separate vote requirements referred to in (i) above apply with respect
to one or more Series, then, subject to (iii) below, the Shares of all
other Series shall vote without differentiation among their votes; and
(iii) as to any matter which does not affect the interest of a
particular Series, only the holders of Shares of the one or more
affected Series shall be entitled to vote.



ARTICLE IV,
THE TRUSTEES

Section 1. Management of the Trust. The business and affairs of the
Trust shall be managed by the Trustees, and they shall have all powers
necessary and desirable to carry out that responsibility.

Section 2. Election of Trustees. During the year following the end of
the Trust's first fiscal year subsequent to its initial public offering
of Shares, the Shareholders shall elect, at a meeting called by the
then Trustees of the Trust, the Trustees who will serve for such
regular terms as may be provided in the By-Laws of the Trust.

Section 3. Term of Office of Trustees. The Trustees shall hold office
during the lifetime of this Trust, and until the expiration of the
term of office for which each was elected; except that (a) any Trustee
may resign his trust by written instrument signed by him and delivered
to the other Trustees, which shall take effect upon such delivery or
upon such later date as is specified therein; (b) any Trustee may be
removed at any time by written instrument signed by at least two-thirds
of the number of Trustees prior to such removal, specifying the date
when such removal shall become effective; (c) any Trustee who requests
in writing to be retired or who has become mentally or physically
incapacitated may be retired by written instrument signed by a
majority of the other Trustees, specifying the date of his retirement;
and (d) a Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of
Shareholders of the Trust by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding
Shares.

Section 4. Termination of Service and Appointment of Trustees. In case
of the death, resignation, retirement, removal or mental or physical
incapacity of any of the Trustees, or in case a vacancy shall, by
reason of an increase in number, or for any other reason, exist, the
remaining Trustees shall fill such vacancy by appointing for the
remaining term of the predecessor Trustee such other person as they in
their discretion shall see fit. Such appointment shall be effected by
the signing of a written instrument by a majority of the Trustees in
office. Within three months of such appointment, the Trustees shall
cause notice of such appointment to be mailed to each Shareholder at
his address as recorded on the books of the Trust. An appointment of a
Trustee may be made by the Trustees then in office and notice thereof
mailed to Shareholders as aforesaid in anticipation of a vacancy to
occur by reason of retirement, resignation or increase in number of
Trustees effective at a later date, provided that said appointment
shall become effective only at or after the effective date of said
retirement, resignation or increase in number of Trustees. As soon as
any Trustee so appointed shall have accepted this Trust, the trust
estate shall vest in the new Trustee or Trustees, together with
the continuing Trustees, without any further act or conveyance, and he
shall be deemed a Trustee hereunder. Any appointment authorized by
this Section 4 is subject to the provisions of Section 16(a) of the
1940 Act.

Section 5. Temporary Absence of Trustee. Any Trustee may, by power of
attorney, delegate his power for a period not exceeding six months at
any one time to any other Trustee or Trustees, provided that in no
case shall less than two of the Trustees personally exercise their
power hereunder, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.

Section 6. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees serving
Hereunder at any time shall be determined by the Trustees themselves,
but once Shares have been issued shall not be less than three (3) nor
more than fifteen (15).

Whenever a vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall occur, until such
vacancy is filled or while any Trustee is physically or mentally
incapacitated, the other Trustees shall have all the powers hereunder
and the certificate signed by a majority of the other Trustees of such
vacancy, absence or incapacity, shall be conclusive, provided, however,
that no vacancy which reduces the number of Trustees below three (3)
shall remain unfilled for a period longer than six calendar months.

Section 7. Effect of Death, Resignation, etc., of a Trustee. The death,
resignation, retirement, removal, or mental or physical incapacity of
the Trustees, or any one of them, shall not operate to annul the Trust
or to revoke any existing agency created pursuant to the terms of this
Declaration of Trust.

Section 8. Ownership of the Trust. The assets of the Trust shall be
held separate and apart from any assets now or hereafter held in any
capacity other than as Trustee hereunder by the Trustees or by any
successor Trustees. All of the assets of the Trust shall at all times
be considered as vested in the Trustees. No Shareholder shall be
deemed to have severable ownership in any individual asset of the
Trust or any right of partition or possession thereof, but each
Shareholder shall have a proportionate undivided beneficial interest
in the Trust.


ARTICLE V
POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES

Section 1. Powers. The Trustees in all instances shall act as
principals, and are and shall be free from the control of the
Shareholders. The Trustees shall have full power and authority to do
any and all acts and to make and execute any and all contract and
instruments that they may consider necessary or appropriate in
connection with the management of the Trust. The Trustees shall not be
bound or limited by present or future laws or customs in regard to
investment by Trustees or fiduciaries, but shall have full authority
and power to make any and all investments which they, in their
uncontrolled discretion, shall deem proper to accomplish the purpose
of this Trust. Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustees shall have
the following specific powers and authority, subject to any applicable
limitation in this Declaration of Trust or in the By-Laws of the Trust

(a) To buy, and invest funds of the Trust, in securities including,
but not limited to, common stocks, preferred stocks, bonds, debentures,
warrants and rights to purchase securities, options, certificates of
beneficial interest, money market instruments, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness issued by corporations, trusts, associations, or
banking institutions, domestic or foreign, or issued or guaranteed by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
by the government of any foreign country, by any State of the United
States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam) or
By any political subdivision or agency or instrumentality of any State
or foreign country, or in "when-issued" or "delayed-delivery" contacts
for any such securities, or in any repurchase agreement (agreements
under which the seller agrees at the time of sale to repurchase the
security at an agreed time and price); or retain Trust assets in cash,
and from time to time change the investments constituting the assets
of the Trust;

(b) To adopt By-Laws not inconsistent with the Declaration of Trust
providing for the conduct of the business of the Trust and to amend
and repeal them to the extent that they do not reserve that right to
the Shareholders;

(c) To elect and remove such officers and appoint and terminate such
agents as they consider appropriate;

(d) To appoint or otherwise engage one or more banks or trust companies
or member firms of any national securities exchange registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as custodian of any assets of the
Trust, subject to any conditions set forth in this Declaration of Trust
or in the By-Laws.

(e) To appoint or otherwise engage custodial agents, transfer agents,
dividend disbursing agents, Shareholder servicing agents, investment
advisers, sub-investment advisers, principal underwriters,
administrative service agents, and such other agents as the Trustees
may from time to time appoint or otherwise engage;

(f) To provide for the distribution of interests of the Trust either
through a principal underwriter in the manner hereinafter provided for
or by the Trust itself, or both;

(g) To set record dates in the manner hereinafter provided for;

(h) To delegate such authority as they consider desirable to a
Committee or Committees composed of Trustees, including without
limitation, an Executive Committee, or to any officers of the Trust
and to any agent, custodian or underwriter;


(i) To sell or exchange any or all of the assets of the Trust, subject
to the provisions of Article XII, Section 4(b) hereof;

(j) To vote or give assent, or exercise any rights of ownership, with
respect to stock or other securities or property; and to execute and
deliver powers of attorney to such person or persons as the Trustees
shall deem proper, granting to such person or persons such power and
discretion with relation to securities or property as the Trustees
shall deem proper;

(k) To exercise powers and rights of subscription or otherwise which
in any manner arise out of ownership of securities;

(1) To hold any security or property in a form not indicating any
trust, whether in bearer, unregistered or other negotiable form; or
either in its own name or in the name of a custodian or a nominee or
nominees, subject in either case to proper safeguards according to the
usual practice of Massachusetts trust companies or investment
companies;

(m) To consent to or participate in any plan for the reorganization,
consolidation or merger of any corporation or concern, any security of
which is held in the Trust; to consent to any contract, lease,
mortgage, purchase, or sale of property by such corporation or
concern, and to pay calls or subscriptions with respect to any
security held in the Trust.

(n) To engage in and to prosecute, compound, compromise, abandon, or
adjust, by arbitration, or otherwise, any actions, suits, proceedings,
disputes, claims, demands, and things relating to the Trust, and out
of the assets of the Trust to pay, or to satisfy, any debts, claims or
expenses incurred in connection therewith, including those of
litigation, upon any evidence that the Trustees may deem sufficient
(such powers shall include without limitation any actions, suits,
proceedings, disputes, claims, demands and things relating to the
Trust wherein any of the Trustees may be named individually and the
subject matter of which arises by reason of business for or on behalf
of the Trust);

(o) To make distributions of income and of capital gains to
Shareholders in the manner hereinafter provided for;

(p) To borrow money and enter into reverse repurchase agreements
(agreements in which the Trust sells assets while concurrently agreeing
to repurchase such assets at a later date at a specific price) if such
borrowings are made temporarily for extraordinary or emergency purposes
or to permit redemptions of Shares without selling portfolio
securities. Any borrowings hereunder may be made with or without
collateral security and the Trustees may, in their discretion, pledge,
mortgage, charge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber the gross assets of
the Trust as security for any loans or reverse repurchase agreements,
subject to the limitations provided herein.

(q) To lend portfolio securities of the Trust pursuant to policies
established by the Trustees.

(r) To invest in securities having legal or contractual restrictions
on their resale or for which no readily available market exists.

(s) From time to time to issue and sell the Shares of the Trust either
for cash or for property whenever and in such amounts as the Trustees
may deem desirable, but subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 3 of Article III.

(t) To purchase insurance of any kind, including, without limitation,
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Trustee, officer,
employee or agent of the Trust, or is or was serving at the request of
the Trust as a trustee, director, officer, agent or employee of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and
incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such
person's status as such.

No one dealing with the Trustees shall be under obligation to make any
inquiry concerning the authority of the Trustees.

Section 2. Trustees and Officers as Shareholders. Any Trustee, officer
or other agent of the Trust may acquire, own and dispose of shares of
the Trust to the same extent as if he were not a Trustee, officer or
agent; and the Trustees may issue and sell or cause to be issued or
sold Shares of the Trust to an interested person subject only to the
general limitations herein contained as to the sale and purchase of
such Shares; and all subject to any restrictions which may be
contained in the By-Laws.

Section 3. Parties to Contract. The Trustees may enter into any
contract of the character described in Sections 1, 2, 3, or 4 of
Article VII, or in Article IX hereof, or of any other character not
prohibited by the 1940 Act with any corporation, firm, trust or
association, although one or more of the Shareholders, Trustees,
officers, employees or agents of the Trust or their affiliates may be
an officer, director, trustee, shareholder or interested person of
such other party to the contract, and no such contract shall be
invalidated or rendered voidable by reason of the existence of any
such relationship, nor shall any person holding such relationship be
liable merely by reason of such relationship for any loss or expense
to the Trust under or by reason of said contract or accountable for
any profit realized directly or indirectly therefrom, in the absence
of actual fraud. The same person (including a firm, corporation, trust
or association) may be the other party to contracts entered into
pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Article VII or Article IX or
any other capacity deemed legal under the 1940 Act, and any individual
may be financially interested or otherwise an interested person of
parties to any or all of the contracts mentioned in this Section 4.


ARTICLE VI
TRUSTEES' EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION

Section 1. Trustee Reimbursement. The Trustees shall be reimbursed from
the Trust estate for all of their expenses and disbursements not
otherwise reimbursed, including, without limitation, expenses of
organizing the Trust and continuing its existence; fees and expenses of
Trustees and officers of the Trust; fees for investment, advisory
services, administrative services and principal underwriting services
provided for in Article VII, Sections 1, 2, and 3; fees and expenses of
preparing and printing its Registration Statements under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
amendments thereto; expenses of registering and qualifying the Trust
and its shares under Federal and state laws and regulations; expenses
of preparing, printing and distributing prospectuses and any amendments
thereof sent to Shareholders, underwriters, broker-dealers and to
investors who may be considering the purchase of shares; expenses of
registering, licensing or other authorization of the Trust as a broker-
dealer and of its officers as agents and salesmen under Federal and
state laws and regulations; interest expense, taxes, fees and
commissions of every kind; expenses of issue (including cost of share
certificates), repurchase and redemption of shares, including expenses
attributable to a program of periodic issue; charges and expenses of
custodians, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, shareholder
servicing agents and registrars; printing and mailing costs; auditing,
accounting and legal expenses; reports to Shareholders and governmental
officers and commissions; expenses of meetings of Shareholders and
proxy solicitations therefor; insurance expenses; association
membership dues and nonrecurring items as may arise, including all
losses and liabilities by them incurred in administering the Trust,
including expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings
and claims and the obligations of the Trust under Article XI hereof to
indemnify its Trustees, officers, employees, Shareholders and agents,
and for the payment of such expenses, disbursements, losses and
liabilities, the Trustees shall have a lien on the Trust estate prior
to any rights or interests of the Shareholders thereto. This section
shall not preclude the Trust from directly paying any of the
aforementioned fees and expenses.

Section 2. Trustee Compensation. The Trustees shall be
entitled to compensation from the Trust for their respective
services as Trustees, to be determined from time to time by vote of the
Trustees, and the Trustees shall also determine the compensation of all
officers, consultants and agents who they may elect or appoint. The
Trust may pay any Trustee or any corporation, firm, trust or
association of which a Trustee is an interested person for services
rendered to the Trust in any capacity not prohibited by the 1940 Act,
and such payments, shall not be deemed compensation for services as a
Trustee under the first sentence of this Section 2 of Article VI.


ARTICLE VII
INVESTMENT ADVISER, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES,
PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER AND TRANSFER AGENT

Section 1. Investment Adviser. Subject to a Majority Shareholder Vote,
the Trustees may in their discretion from time to time enter into an
investment advisory contract whereby the other party to such contract
shall undertake to furnish the Trustees investment advisory services
upon such terms and conditions and for such compensation as the
Trustees may in their discretion determine. Subject to a Majority
Shareholder Vote, the investment adviser may enter into a sub-
investment advisory contract to receive investment advice, statistical
and factual information from the sub-investment adviser upon such terms
and conditions and for such compensation as the Trustees may in their
discretion agree to. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Declaration
of Trust, the Trustees may authorize the investment adviser or sub-
investment adviser or any person furnishing administrative personnel
and services as set forth in Article VII, Section 2 (subject to such
general or specific instructions as the Trustees may from time to time
adopt) to effect purchases, sales or exchanges of portfolio securities
of the Trust on behalf of the Trustees or may authorize any officer or
Trustee to effect such purchases, sales or exchanges pursuant to
recommendations of the investment adviser (and all without further
action by the Trustees). Any such purchases, sales and exchanges shall
be deemed to have been authorized by the Trustees. The Trustees may
also authorize the investment adviser to determine what firms shall be
employed to effect transactions in securities for the account of the
Trust and to determine what firms shall participate in any such
transactions or shall share in commissions or fees charged in
connection with such transactions.

Section 2. Administrative Services. The Trustees may in their
discretion from time to time contract for administrative personnel and
services whereby the other party shall agree to provide the Trustees
administrative personnel and services to operate the Trust on a daily
basis, on such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their
discretion determine. Such services may be provided by one or more
entities.

Section 3. Principal Underwriter. The Trustees may in their discretion
from time to time enter into an exclusive or non-exclusive contract or
contracts providing for the sale of the Shares of the Trust to net the
Trust not less than the amount provided in Article III, Section 3
hereof, whereby the Trust may either agree to sell the Shares to the
other party to the contract or appoint such other party its sales agent
for such shares. In either case, the contract shall be on such terms
and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article VII; and such
contracts may also provide for the repurchase or sales of Shares of the
Trust by such other party as principal or as agent of the Trust and may
provide that the other party may maintain a market for shares of the
Trust.

Section 4. Transfer Agent. The Trustees may in their discretion from
time to time enter into transfer agency and shareholder services
contracts whereby the other party shall undertake to furnish the
Trustees transfer agency and shareholder services. The contracts shall
be on such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion
determine not inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration of
Trust. Such services may be provided by one or more entities.


ARTICLE VIII
SHAREHOLDERS' VOTING POWERS AND MEETINGS

Section 1. Voting Powers. The Shareholders shall have power to vote (i)
for the election of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 2; (ii)
for the removal of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 3(d);
(iii) with respect to any investment adviser or sub-investment adviser
as provided in Article VII, Section 1; (iv) with respect to the
amendment of this Declaration of Trust as provided in Article XII,
Section 7; (v) to the same extent as the Shareholders of a
Massachusetts business corporation as to whether or not a court action,
proceeding or claim should be brought or maintained derivatively or as
a class action on behalf of the Trust or the Shareholders; and (vi)
with respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may be
required by law, by this Declaration of Trust, or by By-Laws of the
Trust or any regulation of the Trust by the Commission or any State, or
as the Trustees may consider desirable. Each whole Share shall be
entitled to one vote as to any matter on which it is entitled to vote,
and each fractional Share shall be entitled to a proportionate
fractional vote. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of
Trustees. Until Shares are issued, the Trustees may exercise all rights
of Shareholders and may take any action required or permitted
by law, this Declaration of Trust or any By-Laws of the Trust to be
taken by Shareholders.

Section 2. Meetings. Shareholder meetings shall be held as specified in
Section 2 of Article IV and in the By-Laws at the principal office of
the Trust or at such other place as the Trustees may designate. Special
meetings of the Shareholders may be called by the Trustees or by
officers of the Trust given such authority in the By-Laws and shall
be called by the Trustees at a place designated by them upon the
written request of Shareholders owning at least one-tenth of the
outstanding Shares entitled to vote. Shareholders shall be entitled to
at least ten days' notice of any meeting.

Section 3. Quorum and Required Vote. Except as otherwise provided by
law, to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at any
meeting of Shareholders there must be present, in person or by proxy,
holders of one-fourth of the total number of Shares of the Trust then
outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting. If a quorum, as above
defined, shall not be present for the purpose of any vote that may
properly come before the meeting, the Shareholders present in person or
by proxy and entitled to vote at such meeting on such matter holding a
majority of the Shares present entitled to vote on such matter may by
vote adjourn the meeting from time to time to be held at the same place
without further notice than by announcement to be given at the meeting
until a quorum, as above defined, entitled to vote on such matter shall
be present, whereupon any such matter may be voted upon at the meeting
as though held when originally convened. Subject to any applicable
requirement of law or of this Declaration of Trust or by the By-Laws,
a plurality of the votes cast shall elect a Trustee and all other
matters shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast entitled to
vote thereon.

Section 4. Proxies. Any vote by a Shareholder of the Trust may be made
in person or by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any
meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Trustees or
their designate prior to the time the vote is taken. Pursuant to a
resolution of a majority of the Trustees, proxies may be solicited in
the name of one or more Trustees or one or more officers of the Trust.
Only Shareholders of record shall be entitled to vote. 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.

Section 5. Additional Provisions. The By-Laws may include further
provisions for Shareholders' votes and meetings and related matters.

ARTICLE IX
CUSTODIANS

Section 1. Appointment of Custodian and Duties. The Trustees shall
appoint or otherwise engage a bank or trust company having an
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits (as shown in its last
published report) of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) as its
Custodian with authority as its agent, but subject to such
restrictions, limitations and other requirements, if any, as may be
contained in the By-Laws of the Trust:

(1) To receive and hold securities owned by the Trust
and deliver the same upon written order;
(2) To receive and receipt for any moneys due to the
Trust and deposit the same in its own banking
department or elsewhere as the Trustees may direct;
(3) To disburse such funds upon orders or vouchers;
(4) To keep, if authorized to do so by the Trustees,
the books and accounts of the Trust and furnish
clerical and accounting services; and
(5) To compute, if authorized to do so by the Trustees,
the Accumulated Net Income of the Trust and the net
asset value of the Shares in accordance with the
provisions hereof;

all upon such basis of compensation as may be agreed upon between the
Trustees and the Custodian. If so directed by a Majority Shareholder
Vote, the Custodian shall deliver and pay over all property of the
Trust held by it as specified in such vote.

The Trustees may also authorize the Custodian to employ one or more
sub-custodians from time to time to perform such of the acts and
services of the Custodian and upon such terms and conditions, as may be
agreed upon between the Custodian and such sub-custodian and approved
by the Trustees, provided that in every case such sub-custodian shall
be a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United
States or one of the States thereof and having an aggregate capital,
surplus and undivided profits (as shown in its last published report)
of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) or a member firm of a
national securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

Section 2. Central-Certificate System. Subject to such rules,
regulations and orders as the Commission may adopt, the Trustees may
direct the Custodian to deposit all or any part of the securities owned
by the Trust in a system for the central handling of securities
established by a national securities exchange or a national securities
association registered with the Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or such other person as may be permitted by the
Commission or otherwise in accordance with the 1940 Act, pursuant to
which system all securities of any particular class or series of any
issuer deposited within the system are treated as fungible and may be
transferred or pledged by bookkeeping entry without physical delivery
of such securities, provided that all such deposits shall be subject to
withdrawal only upon the order of the Custodian at the direction of the
Trustees.

Section 3. Special Custodians. The Trustees may appoint or otherwise
engage any institution which would be permitted to act as a sub-
custodian hereunder to act as a Special Custodian of the Trust. Any
Special Custodian which is a member firm of a national securities
exchange shall have custody only of securities owned by the Trust and
shall not hold any of its cash. Special Custodians shall be appointed
pursuant to a written agreement approved and thereafter at least
annually ratified by the Trustees, and any such written agreement shall
meet such requirements as may be specified by law or by the regulations
of the Commission. Any such written agreement with a member firm of a
national securities exchange shall also require that the Special
Custodian shall deliver to the Custodian its receipt, evidencing that
it holds the specific securities in question on behalf of the Trust in
its safekeeping, before any payment can be made for such securities by
the Trust. Special Custodians shall be used by the Trust only for
purposes of safekeeping designated types of securities for periods of
limited duration in cases where, in the opinion of the Trustees,
officers of the Trust, its investment adviser or other authorized
agent, such safekeeping services would be more appropriate or
convenient to the Trust than the safekeeping of such securities with
the Custodian.

Section 4. Special Depositories. The Trustees may by resolution appoint
as Special Depositories any commercial banks insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation having aggregate capital, surplus and
undivided profits (as shown in their respective last published reports)
of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000). The Trust may maintain
with a Special Depository only demand deposit accounts and shall not
permit the aggregate balances in such accounts to exceed the amount of
any fidelity bond covering any officer of the Trust authorized by the
Trustees to have signature authority over such demand deposit accounts.


ARTICLE X
DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS

Section 1. Distributions.

(a) The Trustees may from time to time declare and pay dividends, and
the amount of such dividends and the payment of them shall be wholly in
the discretion of the Trustees.

(b) The Trustees may declare Accumulated Net Income of the Trust (as
defined in Section 3 of this Article X) as a dividend to Shareholders
of record at such time as the Trustees shall designate, payable in
additional full and fractional Shares or in cash. The Trustees may, if
they deem it advisable, declare a negative dividend (or reverse split)
and deduct such amount from the previously accumulated dividends of
each Shareholder or from such Shareholder's interest in the Trust.

(c) The Trustees may distribute in respect of any fiscal year as
ordinary dividends and as capital gains distributions, respectively,
amounts sufficient to enable the Trust as a regulated investment
company to avoid any liability for federal income taxes in respect of
that year.

(d) The decision of the Trustees as to what, in accordance with good
accounting practice, is income and what is principal shall be final,
and except as specifically provided herein, the decision of the
Trustees as to what expenses and charges of the Trust shall be charged
against principal and what against income shall be final. Any income
not distributed in any year may be permitted to accumulate and as long
as not distributed may be invested from time to time in the same manner
as the principal funds of the Trust.

(e) The Trustees shall have power, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, at any time, or from time to time, to declare and cause to be paid
dividends, which at the election of the Trustees, may be accrued,
automatically reinvested in additional Shares (or fractions thereof) of
the Trust or paid in cash or additional Shares, all upon such terms and
conditions as the Trustees may prescribe.

(f) Anything in this instrument to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustees may at any time declare and distribute a dividend consisting
of shares of the Trust.

Section 2. Redemptions and Repurchases.

(a) In case any Shareholder of record of the Trust at any time desires
or authorizes the disposition of Shares recorded in his name, he or his
authorized agent may deposit a written request (or such other form of
request as the Trustees may from time to time authorize) requesting
that the Trust purchase his Shares, together with such other
instruments or authorization to effect the transfer as the Trustees may
from time to time require, at the office of the Trust, and the Trust
shall purchase his said Shares, but only at the net asset value of such
Shares (as defined in Section 4 of this Article X) determined by or on
behalf of the Trustees next after said request.

Payment for such Shares shall be made by the Trust to the Shareholder
of record at a time determined by the Trustees within seven (7) days
after the date upon which the request (and, if required, such other
instruments or authorizations of transfer) is deposited, subject to
the right of the Trustees to postpone the date of payment pursuant to
Section 5 of this Article X. If the redemption is postponed beyond the
date on which it would normally occur by reason of a declaration by the
Trustees suspending the right of redemption pursuant to Section 5 of
this Article X, the right of the Shareholder to have his Shares
purchased by the Trust shall be similarly suspended, and he may
withdraw his request (or such other instruments or authorizations of
transfer) from deposit if he so elects; or, if he does not so elect,
the purchase price shall be the net asset value of his Shares,
determined next after termination of such suspension and payment
therefor shall be made within seven (7) days thereafter.

(b) The Trust may purchase Shares of the Trust by agreement with the
owner thereof (1) at a price not exceeding the net asset value per
share determined next after the purchase or contract of purchase is
made or (2) at a price not exceeding the net asset value per Share
determined at some later time.

(c) Shares purchased by the Trust either pursuant to paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b) of this Section 2 shall be deemed treasury Shares and may
be resold by the Trust.

(d) If the Trustees determine that economic conditions would make it
seriously detrimental to the best interests of the remaining
Shareholders of the Trust to make payment wholly or partly in cash, the
Trust may pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a
distribution in kind of securities from the portfolio of the Trust, in
lieu of cash in conformity with applicable rules of the Commission,
taking such securities at the same value employed in determining net
asset value and selecting the securities in such manner as the Trustees
may deem fair and equitable.

Section 3. Determination of Accumulated Net Income. The Accumulated Net
Income of the Trust shall be determined by or on behalf of the Trustees
daily or more frequently at the discretion of the Trustees, on each
business day at such time or times as the Trustees shall in their
discretion determine. Such determination shall be made in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and practices and the
accounting policies established by the Trustees, and may include
realized and/or unrealized gains from the sale or disposition of
securities or other property of the Trust. The power and duty to
determine Accumulated Net Income may be delegated by the Trustees from
time to time to one or more of the Trustees or officers of the Trust,
to the other party to any contract entered into pursuant to Section 1
or 2 of Article VII, or to the Custodian or to a transfer agent.

Section 4. Net Asset Value of Shares. The net asset value of each Share
of the Trust outstanding shall be determined at least once on each
business day by or on behalf of the Trustees. The power and duty to
determine net asset value may be delegated by the Trustees from time
to time to one or more of the Trustees or officers of the Trust, to the
other party to any contract entered into pursuant to Section 1 or 2 of
Article VII, or to the Custodian or to a transfer agent.

The net asset value of each Share of the Trust as of any particular
time shall be the quotient (adjusted to the number of significant
digits determined by the Trustees) obtained by dividing the value, as
of such time, of the net assets of the Trust (i.e., the value of the
assets of the Trust less its liabilities exclusive of capital and
surplus) by the total number of Shares outstanding (exclusive of
treasury Shares) at such time in accordance with the requirements of
the 1940 Act and any applicable rules, regulations and orders
thereunder, and applicable provisions of the By-Laws of the Trust in
conformity with generally accepted accounting practices and principles.

Section 5. Suspension of the Right of Redemption. The Trustees may
declare a suspension of the determination of net asset value and/or the
right of redemption or postpone the gate of payment or the whole or any
part of any period (i) during which the New York Stock Exchange is
closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings, (ii) during
which trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted, (iii)
during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the
Trust of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is
not reasonably practicable for the Trust fairly to determine the value
of its net assets, or (iv) during any other period when the Commission
may for the protection of security holders of the Trust by order, rule
or interpretation permit suspension of the right of redemption or
postponement of the date of payment on redemption; provided that
applicable rules, interpretations and regulations of the Commission
shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (ii) or (iii)
exist. Such suspension shall take effect at such time as the Trustees
shall specify but not later than the close of business on the business
day next following the declaration of suspension, and thereafter there
shall be no right of redemption or payment until the Trustees shall
declare the suspension at an end, except that the suspension shall
terminate in any event on the first day on which said Stock Exchange
shall have reopened or the period specified in (ii) or (iii) shall have
expired (as to which in the absence of an official ruling by the
Commission, the determination of the Trustees shall be conclusive).

Section 6. Trust's Right to Redeem Shares. The Trust shall have the
right to caused a redemption of Shares in any Shareholder's account for
their then current net asset value (which will be promptly paid to the
Shareholder in cash) if at any time the total investment in the account
does not have a minimum dollar value determined from time to time by
the Trustees in their sole discretion. Shares of the Trust are
redeemable at the option of the Trust if, in the opinion of the
Trustees, ownership of Trust Shares has or may become concentrated to
an extent which would cause the Trust to be a personal holding company
within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
and any successor statute (and thereby disqualified under Sub-chapter M
of said Code); in such circumstances the Trust may compel the
redemption of Shares, reject any order for the purchase of Shares or
refuse to give effect to the Transfer of Shares.

ARTICLE XI
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Limitation of Personal Liability and Indemnification of
Shareholders. The Trustees, officers, employees or agents of the Trust
shall have no power to bind any Shareholder personally or to call upon
any Shareholder for the payment of any sum of money or assessment
whatsoever, other than such as the Shareholder may at any time agree to
pay by way of subscription to any Shares or otherwise.

No Shareholder or former Shareholder of the Trust shall be liable
solely by reason of his being or having been a Shareholder for any
debt, claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, judgment, decree,
liability or obligation of any kind, against, or with respect to the
Trust arising out of any action taken or omitted for or on behalf of
the Trust, and the Trust shall be solely liable therefor and resort
shall be had solely to the Trust property for the payment or
performance thereof.

Each Shareholder or former Shareholder of the Trust (or their heirs,
executors, administrators or other legal representatives or, in case of
a corporate entity, its corporate or general successor) shall be
entitled to indemnity and reimbursement out of the Trust property to
the full extent of such liability and the costs of any litigation or
other proceedings in which such liability shall have been determined,
including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel
if, contrary to the provisions hereof, such Shareholder or former
Shareholder of the Trust shall be held to personal liability.

The Trust shall, upon request by the Shareholder or former Shareholder,
assume the defense of any claim made against any shareholder for any
act or obligation of the Trust and satisfy any judgment thereon.

Section 2. Limitation of Personal Liability of Trustees, Officers,
Employees or Agents of the Trust. No Trustee, officer, employee or
agent of the Trust shall have the power to bind any other Trustee,
officer, employee or agent of the Trust personally. The Trustees,
officers, employees or agents of the Trust incurring any debts,
liabilities or obligations, or in taking or omitting any other actions
for or in connection with the Trust are, and each shall be deemed to
be, acting as Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust and not
in his own individual capacity.

Provided they have acted under the belief that their actions are in the
best interest of the Trust, the Trustees and officers shall not be
responsible for or liable in any event for neglect or wrongdoing by
them or any officer, agent, employee, investment adviser, principal
underwriter, transfer agent or custodian of the Trust or of any entity
providing administrative services for the Trust, but nothing herein
contained shall protect any Trustee or officer against any liability to
which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his office.

Section 3. Express Exculpatory Clauses and Instruments. The Trustees
shall use appropriate means to assure that all persons having
dealings with the Trust shall be informed that the property of the
Shareholders and the Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the
Trust shall not be subject to claims against or obligations of the
Trust to any extent whatsoever. The Trustees may cause to be inserted
in any written agreement, undertaking or obligation made or issued on
behalf of the Trust (including certificates for Shares of the Trust) an
appropriate reference to this Declaration, providing that neither the
Shareholders, the Trustees, the officers, the employees nor any agent
of the Trust shall be liable thereunder, and that the other parties to
such instrument shall look solely to the Trust property for the payment
of any claim thereunder or for the performance thereof; but the
omission of such provisions from any such instrument shall not render
any Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee or agent liable, nor shall
the Trustee, or any officer, agent or employee of the Trust be liable
to anyone for such omission. If, notwithstanding this provision, any
Shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee or agent shall be held liable
to any other person by reason of the omission of such provision from
any such agreement, undertaking or obligation, the Shareholder,
Trustee, officer, employee or agent shall be entitled to indemnity and
reimbursement out of the Trust property, as provided in this Article
XI.

Section 4. Mandatory Indemnification.
(a) Subject only to the provisions hereof, every person who is or has
been a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust and every
person who serves at the Trust's request as director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest
extent permitted by law against all liabilities and against all
expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any
debt, claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, judgment, decree,
liability or obligation of any kind in which he becomes involved as a
party or otherwise or is threatened by virtue of his being or having
been a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at
the request of the Trust against amounts paid or incurred by him in the
compromise or settlement thereof.

(b) The words "claim," "action," "suit," or "proceeding" shall apply to
all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal,
administrative, legislative, investigative or other, including
appeals), actual or, threatened, and the words "liabilities" and
"expenses" shall include, without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs,
judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other
liabilities.

(c) No indemnification shall be provided to any person hereunder
against any liabilities to the Trust or its Shareholders adjudicated to
have been incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct
of such person's office.

(d) The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured
against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall
not affect any other rights to which any Trustee, officer, employee or
agent may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be such Trustee, officer, employee, or agent and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person; provided, however, that no person may satisfy any
right of indemnity or reimbursement granted herein except out of the
property of the Trust, and no other person shall be personally liable
to provide indemnity or reimbursement hereunder (except an insurer or
surety of person otherwise bound by contract).

(e) Expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a
defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character
described in paragraph (a) of this Section 4 may be paid by the Trust
prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of a written
undertaking by or on behalf of the Trustee, officer, employee or agent
to reimburse to the Trust if it is ultimately determined under this
Section 4 that he is not entitled to indemnification.


ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1. Trust is not a Partnership. It is hereby expressly declared
that a trust and not a partnership is created hereby.

Section 2. Trustee's Good Faith Action, Expert Advice, No Bond or
Surety. The exercise by the Trustees of their powers and discretions
hereunder in good faith and with reasonable care under the
circumstances then prevailing, shall be binding upon everyone
interested. Subject to the provisions of Article XI, the Trustees shall
not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law. The
Trustees may take advice of counsel or other experts with respect to
the meaning and operation of this Declaration of Trust, and subject to
the provisions of Article XI, shall be under no liability for any act
or omission in accordance with such advice or for failing to follow
such advice. The Trustees shall not be required to give any bond as
such, nor any surety if a bond is required.

Section 3. Establishment of Record Dates. The Trustees may close the
Share transfer books of the Trust for a period not exceeding sixty (60)
days preceding the date of any meeting of Shareholders, or the date for
the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution to
Shareholders, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when
any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go into effect; or
in lieu of closing the Share transfer books as aforesaid, the Trustees
may fix in advance a date, not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the
date of any meeting of Shareholders, or the date for the payment of any
dividend or the making of any distribution to Shareholders, or the date
for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion
or exchange of Shares shall go into effect, or the last day on which
the consent or dissent of Shareholders may be effectively expressed for
any purpose, as a record date for the determination of the Shareholders
entitled to notice of, and, to vote at, any such meeting and any
adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such
dividend or distribution, or to any such allotment of rights, or to
exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or
exchange of shares, or to exercise the right to give such consent or
dissent, and in such case, such Shareholders and only such Shareholders
as shall be Shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be
entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, or to receive
payment of such dividend or distribution, or to receive such allotment
or rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be,
notwithstanding any transfer of any Shares on the books of the Trust
after any such date fixed as aforesaid.

Section 4. Termination of Trust.

(a) This Trust shall continue without limitation of time but subject to
the provisions of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 4.

(b) The Trustees, with the approval of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Shares, may merge, consolidate, or sell and convey the
assets of the Trust including its goodwill to another trust or
corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States
for an adequate consideration which may include the assumption of all
outstanding obligations, taxes, and other liabilities, accrued or
contingent, of the Trust and which may include shares of beneficial
interest or stock of such trust or corporation. Upon making provision
for the payment of all such liabilities, by such assumption or
otherwise, the Trustees shall distribute the net proceeds of the
transaction ratably among the holders of the Shares of the Trust then
outstanding.

(c) Subject to a Majority Shareholder Vote, the Trustees may at any
time sell and convert into money all the assets of the Trust. Upon
making provision for the payment of all outstanding obligations, taxes
and other liabilities, accrued or contingent, of the Trust, the
Trustees shall distribute the remaining assets of the Trust ratably
among the holders of the outstanding Shares.

(d) Upon completion of the distribution of the remaining proceeds or
the remaining assets as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the Trust
shall be discharged of any and all further liabilities and duties
hereunder and the right, title, and interest of all parties shall be
canceled and discharged.

Section 5. Offices of the Trust, Filing of Copies, References,
Headings. The Trust may maintain such offices in such locations as the
Trustees may from time to time determine. The original or a copy of
this instrument and of each declaration of trust supplemental hereto
shall be kept at the office of the Trust where it may be inspected by
any Shareholder. A copy of this instrument and of each supplemental
declaration of trust shall be filed by the Trustees with the
Massachusetts Secretary of State, as well as any other governmental
office where such filing may from time to time be required. Anyone
dealing with the Trust may rely on a certificate by an officer of the
Trust as to whether or not any such supplemental declaration of trust
has been made and as to any matters in connection with the Trust
hereunder, and with the same effect as if it were the original, may
rely on a copy certified by an officer of the Trust to be a copy of
this instrument or of any such supplemental declaration of trust. In
this instrument or in any such supplemental declaration of trust,
references to this instrument, and all expressions like "herein,"
"hereof" and "hereunder," shall be deemed to refer to this instrument
as amended or affected by any such supplemental declaration of trust.
Headings are placed herein for convenience or reference only, and in
case of any conflict, the text of this instrument, rather than the
headings, shall control. This instrument may be executed in any number
of counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original.

Section 6. Applicable Law. The Trust set forth in this instrument is
created under and is to be governed by and construed and administered
according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust
shall be of the type commonly called a Massachusetts business trust,
and without limiting the provisions hereof, the Trust may exercise all
powers which are ordinarily exercised by such a trust.

Section 7. Amendments. Prior to the initial issuance of Shares pursuant
to the second sentence of Section 3 of Article III, a majority of the
Trustees then in office may amend or otherwise supplement this
instrument by making a declaration of trust supplemental hereto, which
thereafter shall form a part hereof. Subsequent to such initial
issuance of Shares, if authorized by a majority of the Trustees then in
office and by a Majority Shareholder Vote, or by any larger vote which
may be required by applicable law or this declaration of trust in any
particular case, the Trustees shall amend or otherwise supplement this
instrument, by making a Declaration of Trust supplemental hereto, which
thereafter shall form a part hereof. Any such supplemental declaration
of trust shall be signed by at least a majority of the
Trustees then in office. Copies of the supplemental declaration of
trust shall be filed as specified in Section 5 of this Article XII.

Section 8. Conflicts with Law or Regulations.

(a) The provisions of this Declaration of Trust are severable, and if
the Trustees determine, with the advice of counsel, that any such
provision is in unresolvable conflict with the 1940 Act, with the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the tax treatment
of a regulated investment company or other matters concerning regulated
investment companies, or with other applicable laws or regulations, the
conflicting provision shall be deemed never to have constituted a part
of this Declaration of Trust; provided, however, that such
determination shall not affect any of the remaining provisions hereof
nor render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to
such determination.

(b) If any provision of this Declaration of Trust shall be held invalid
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not attach to such provision in any other
jurisdiction or any other provision hereof in any jurisdiction.

Section 9. Use of Name. The Trustees of the Trust acknowledge that, in
consideration of its assumption of certain expenses of formation of the
Trust, Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc., has reserved for itself
the rights to the name "Calvert Social Investment Fund" (or any similar
name) and that use by the Trust of such name shall continue only with
the continuing consent of Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc., which
consent may be withdrawn at any time, effect immediately, upon written
notice thereof to the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument on
the date first written above.
John G. Guffey, Jr.
D. Wayne Silby
Filed 1/5/82


CALVERT SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF TRUST


SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF TRUST made this 23rd day of December, 1981,
by John G. Guffey, Jr., Trustee, and D. Wayne Silby, Trustee.

WHEREAS, by Declaration of Trust made on November 30, 1981, the above-
named Trustees established Calvert Social Investment Fund ("the Fund");
and

WHEREAS, the above-named Trustees, comprising all of the Trustees of
Fund, desire to amend said Declaration of Trust prior to the issuance
of Shares of the Fund, in accordance with the provisions of Article
XII, Section 7, thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees do hereby declare that such Declaration of
Trust shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

Article XI, Section 4(a), shall be and hereby is amended to provide:

"Section 4. Mandatory Indemnification.

(a) Subject only to the provisions hereof and any applicable
provisions of the By-laws of the Trust, every person who is or has been
a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust and every person who
serves at the Trust's request as director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent
permitted by laws against all liabilities and against all expenses
reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any debt, claim,
action, demand, suit, proceeding, judgment, decree, liability or
obligation of any kind in which he becomes involved as a party or
otherwise or is threatened by virtue of his being or having been a
Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at
the request of the Trust against amounts paid or incurred by him in the
compromise or settlement thereof."

And further, Article XII, Section 3, shall be and hereby is amended to
provide:

"Section 3. Establishment of Record Dates. The Trustees may close the
Share transfer books of the Trust for a period not exceeding ninety
(90) days preceding the date of any meeting of Shareholders, or the
date of the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution
to Shareholders, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date
when any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go into
effect; or in lieu of closing the Share transfer books as aforesaid,
the Trustees may fix in advance a date, not exceeding ninety (90) days
preceding the date of any meeting of Shareholders, or the date for the
payment of any dividend or the making or any distribution to
Shareholders, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when
any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go into effect, or
the last day on which the consent or dissent of Shareholders may be
effectively expressed for any purpose, as a record date for the
determination of the Shareholders entitled to notice of, and, to vote
at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or, entitled to
receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to any such
allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such
change, conversion or exchange of shares, or to exercise the right to
give such consent or dissent, and in such case, such Shareholders and
only such Shareholders as shall be Shareholders of record on the date
so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such
meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend or distribution, or to
receive such allotment or rights, or to exercise such rights, as the
case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any Shares on the books of
the Trust after any such date fixed as aforesaid."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument on
the date first written above.

/s/John G. Guffey, Jr., Trustee
/s/D. Wayne Silby, Trustee