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EX-99.B(a)scartsup
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
UNITED SMALL CAP FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Sections 2-105, 2-605 and 2-607 of the Maryland General
Corporation Law, United Small Cap Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland
corporation, having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland, hereby adopts
the following Articles of Amendment to the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation, as previously supplemented and amended ("Articles of
Incorporation"):
FIRST: As amended, effective June 30, 2000, Article SECOND of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation shall read as follows: "The name of the
Corporation is Waddell & Reed Advisors Small Cap Fund, Inc., hereinafter called
the 'Corporation'."
SECOND: The amendment contained herein was approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation and is limited to changes permitted by
Section 2-605(a)(4) of the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without
action by the stockholders of the Corporation.
THIRD: The Corporation is registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Vice President of the Corporation
hereby executes these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the Corporation this
15th day of June, 2000.
United Small Cap Fund, Inc.
(Corporate Seal)
/s/ Kristen A. Richards
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Kristen A. Richards, Vice President
Attest: /s/ Daniel C. Schulte
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Daniel C. Schulte,
Assistant Secretary
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The undersigned, Vice President of United Small Cap Fund, Inc. who executed
on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment, of which this
certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of
said Corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the act of said
Corporation and further certifies that, to the best of her knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.
By: /s/ Kristen A. Richards
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Kristen A. Richards, Vice President
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