EX-99.(A)(39) 2 a39amendmenttodeclarationo.htm EX-99.(A)(39) Document

TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST
AMENDMENT TO
RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of Touchstone Strategic Trust (the “Trust”), acting pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 7.3 of the Trust’s Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated May 19, 1993, as amended (the “Declaration”), hereby adopt the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust then in office, acting pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 7.3 of the Declaration, established and designated a Series of the Trust as Touchstone Global ESG Equity Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees now desire to change the name of the Touchstone Global ESG Equity Fund.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Declaration, the name of the Touchstone Global ESG Equity Fund is hereby redesignated Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund, effective on or about July 29, 2022; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 4.2 of the Declaration is hereby amended to the reflect the new name of Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund as a Series of the Trust, and following execution of such amendment to the Declaration (the “Amendment”), the proper officers of the Trust be, and they hereby are, authorized to file or cause to be filed such Amendment with the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the City of Boston.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this amendment to the Declaration have the meanings otherwise assigned to them in the Declaration.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, hereunto set their hand this 15th day of June, 2022.

/s/ Karen Carnahan        
Karen Carnahan
/s/ William C. Gale        
William C. Gale
/s/ Susan J. Hickenlooper        
Susan J. Hickenlooper
/s/ Susan M. King        
Susan M. King
/s/ Jill T. McGruder        
Jill T. McGruder
/s/ E. Blake Moore Jr.        
E. Blake Moore Jr.
/s/ Kevin A. Robie        
Kevin A. Robie
/s/ William H. Zimmer III        
William H. Zimmer III

Amendment to Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust –
Redesignate Series as Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund