Exhibit (a)(vi) under Form N-1A
Exhibit 3(i) under Item 601/Reg. S-K
LIBERTY HIGH INCOME BOND FUND, INC.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
LIBERTY HIGH INCOME BOND FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation having post
office addresses in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the City of
Baltimore, Maryland (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to
the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended
by striking Article FIRST and inserting the following in its place:
"FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Federated High Income Bond Fund,
Inc."
SECOND: The Board of Directors, in accordance with the authority granted
under subparagraph (b)(i) of paragraph FOURTH of the Corporation's Articles of
Restatement, dated April 30, 1993, hereby redesignates the classes of authorized
shares of common stock of the Corporation as:
Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc. Class A Shares
Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc. Class B Shares
Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc. Class C Shares
THIRD: The foregoing amendment to the charter of the Corporation was
approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation; the
charter amendment is limited to a change expressly permitted by Section 2-605 of
the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without action by stockholders;
and the Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
FOURTH: These Articles of Amendment will become effective immediately upon
filing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Liberty High Income Bond Fund, Inc. has caused these
presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Secretary and
witnessed by its Assistant Secretary on March 29, 1996.
The undersigned, John W. McGonigle, Executive Vice President and Secretary
of the Corporation, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be its corporate act and
further certifies to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, that the
matters and facts set forth herein with respect to the authorization and
approval hereof are true in all material respects and that this statement is
made under the penalties of perjury.
LIBERTY HIGH INCOME
ATTEST BOND FUND, INC.
/S/ CHARLES H. FIELD /S/ JOHN W. MCGONIGLE
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Charles H. Field John W. McGonigle
Assistant Secretary Executive Vice President and Secretary
