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Exhibit (a)(2)

DWS ADVISOR FUNDS

AMENDED AND RESTATED DESIGNATION OF SERIES AND CLASSES

OF

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the DWS Advisor Funds (the “Trust”), acting pursuant to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust as then in effect, had previously established and designated one or more series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust (each, a “Series”) pursuant to one or more designations of series (the “Prior Series Designations”) and had previously established and designated one or more classes of Shares (each, a “Class”) for some or all of the Series pursuant to one or more designations of classes (the “Prior Class Designations,” such Prior Series Designations and Prior Class Designations referred to herein collectively as the “Prior Designations”);

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust, effective June 2, 2008 restated the Trust’s Prior Designations, the terms of the restated designation to supersede any terms set forth in the Prior Designations;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, Sections 5.11 and 5.12 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees, at a meeting held on July 16, 2008, authorized the establishment of an “Institutional Shares” class of Tax-Free Money Fund Investment series of the Trust, to be effective upon filing;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, Section 11 of the Declaration, the Trustees, at a meeting held on July 16, 2008, authorized the re-designation of the “Investment” share class to “Premier Shares” class to be effective upon filing;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Trustees of the Trust, hereby amend and restate the Trust’s Amended and Restated Designation of Series and Classes of Shares of Beneficial Interest in its entirety as follows:

1.        The following Series of Shares and Classes thereof are established and designated, the Shares of such Series and Classes to be subject to the terms of, and entitled to all the rights and preferences accorded to Shares of a Series, and, if applicable, a Class under, the Declaration and this restated designation:

 

 

Tax Free Money Fund Investment

Premier Shares

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

NY Tax Free Money Fund

Investment Class

 

 

Tax-Exempt New York Money

 

 

Market Fund Class

 

 

DWS Mid Cap Growth Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

DWS Small Cap Growth Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Short Duration Plus Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS International Select Equity Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Core Fixed Income Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Short Duration Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS High Income Plus Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS Micro Cap Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Fund

Class A

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

 

DWS RREEF Global Real Estate Securities Fund

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class S

 

Institutional Class

 

2.        For Shares of a Class of a Series, the relative rights and preferences of such Class shall be as determined by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time in accordance with the Declaration and set forth in the Trust’s Multi-Distribution System Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as such Plan may be amended from time to time, or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Shares of a Class of a Series shall have such other terms, features and qualifications as may be determined by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time in accordance with the Declaration and set forth in the current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Series relating to such Class, contained in the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such prospectus or statement of additional information may be further supplemented from time to time.

3.        The designation of the Series and Classes hereby shall not impair the power of the Trustees from time to time to designate additional Series and Classes of Shares of the Trust.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, have executed this instrument as of this 16th day of July, 2008.

 

 

 

/s/John W. Ballantine

 

 

/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.

John W. Ballantine, Trustee

 

Henry P. Becton, Jr., Trustee

 

/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll

 

 

/s/Keith R. Fox

Dawn-Marie Driscoll, Trustee

 

Keith R. Fox, Trustee

 

/s/Paul K. Freeman

 

 

/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss

Paul K. Freeman, Trustee

 

Kenneth C. Froewiss, Trustee

 

/s/Richard J. Herring

 

 

/s/William McClayton

Richard J. Herring, Trustee

 

William McClayton, Trustee

 

/s/Rebecca W. Rimel

 

 

/s/Axel Schwarzer

Rebecca W. Rimel, Trustee

 

Axel Schwarzer, Trustee

 

/s/ William N. Searcy

 

 

/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg

William N. Searcy, Jr., Trustee

 

Jean Gleason Stromberg, Trustee

 

/s/Robert H. Wadsworth

 

 

Robert H. Wadsworth, Trustee