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Exhibit a.(13)
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
AMERICAN GENERAL SERIES PORTFOLIO COMPANY
American General Series Portfolio Company, a Maryland corporation,
registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, having its principal office in Baltimore City, Maryland
(hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation by Article V of the Charter of the Corporation,
the Board of Directors has approved the change of name of the Corporation to
North American Funds Variable Product Series Company I from American General
Series Portfolio Company, and the change of name of the existing series of the
Corporation (the "Series") as follows:
Former Name: New Name:
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Asset Allocation Fund North American-AG Asset
Allocation Fund
Capital Conservation Fund North American-AG Capital
Conservation Fund
Government Securities Fund North American-AG Government
Securities Fund
Growth Fund North American Core Equity
Fund
Growth & Income Fund North American-AG Growth &
Income Fund
International Equities Fund North American-AG International
Equities Fund
International Government Bond Fund North American-AG International
Government Bond Fund
MidCap Index Fund North American-AG MidCap Index
Fund
Money Market Fund North American-AG 1 Money
Market Fund
Science & Technology Fund North American-T. Rowe Price
Science & Technology Fund
Small Cap Index Fund North American-AG Small Cap
Index Fund
Social Awareness Fund North American-AG Social
Awareness Fund
Stock Index Fund North American-AG Stock Index
Fund
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Any reference to the former names in the Charter shall be changed to the new
names as specified above.
This Amendment is limited to a change of name expressly provided by
ss.2-605 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, and is made without action by
stockholders.
SECOND: The amendment to the charter of the Corporation herein made
was duly approved by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors at a
meting duly convened and held on July 18, 2000; and that at the time of the
approval by the Directors, there were no shares of stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote on the matter.
THIRD: These Articles of Amendment shall become effective on the
1st day of October 2000.
We the undersigned Vice President and Secretary swear under penalties
of perjury that the foregoing is a corporate act.
ATTEST: AMERICAN GENERAL SERIES
PORTFOLIO COMPANY
/s/ Nori L. Gabert By: /s/ Pauletta P. Cohn
Nori L. Gabert Pauletta P. Cohn
Vice President & Secretary Vice President
American General Series Portfolio Company
2929 Allen Parkway, A40-04
Houston, Texas 77019
