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EXHIBIT (a)(1)
HEWITT SERIES TRUST
Certificate of Designation
The undersigned constituting a all of the trustees (the "Trustees") of
Hewitt Series Trust, organized under the laws of Delaware as a business trust
(the "Trust"), hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the
Trustees of the Trust by Section 6 of Article III and Section 2 of Article VIII
of the Declaration of Trust, dated July 6, 1998 (the "Declaration of Trust")
have executed this instrument for the purpose of: (i) changing the name of
Hewitt Money Market Fund, a series of the Trust, to Hewitt Institutional Money
Market Fund; (ii) establishing a new series of shares of the Trust and
specifying the rights and privileges of such series; and (iii) terminating the
Administrative Share class of the Trust:
1. The name of the sole existing series of the Trust, Hewitt Money Market
Fund, is hereby changed to "Hewitt Institutional Money Market Fund" (the
"Institutional Money Market Fund"), effective upon the commencement of
operations of the new series of the Trust hereinafter established by this
Certificate of Designation.
2. There is hereby established and designated, effective as of the date
hereof, a new series (the "New Series") of shares of the Trust, which series
shall be known as "Hewitt Money Market Fund".
3. Beneficial interest in the New Series hereby established shall be
divided into shares having a par value of $0.001 per share ("Shares"), of which
an unlimited number may be issued.
4. Shares of the New Series hereby established shall have the rights and
preferences provided in Article III, Section 6 of the Declaration of Trust and
elsewhere in the Declaration of Trust, except as otherwise set forth in this
Certificate of Designation.
5. Shares of the New Series created hereunder shall have voting rights as
provided by the Declaration of Trust.
6. The class of shares of the existing series of the trust known as the
Administrative Share class is hereby terminated, effective upon the commencement
of operations of the New Series.
7. This Certificate of Designation may be executed in counterparts, each
of which shall, for all purposes, constitute an original, and all of which when
taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Trustees of the Trust have set
their hands as of the 23/rd/ day of August, 2000.
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E. Scott Peterson
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Donald S. Hunt
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John D. Oliverio
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