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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
OF
PRINCOR TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC.
Princor Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc., a Maryland Corporation having its
principal office in this state in Baltimore, Maryland (hereinafter called the
Corporation), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland, that:
FIRST: The charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by striking out
Article II of the Articles of Incorporation and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"Article II
Name
The name of the corporation is Principal Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
hereinafter called the 'Corporation'."
SECOND: The Corporation desires to restate its charter as amended so that,
as amended, said charter shall be restated as follows:
ARTICLE I
Incorporator
The undersigned Arthur S. Filean and Michael D. Roughton, whose post office
address is The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392, being at least
18 years of age, incorporators, hereby form a corporation under and by virtue of
the laws of Maryland.
ARTICLE II
Name
The name of the corporation is Principal Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
hereinafter called the "Corporation."
ARTICLE III
Corporate Purposes and Powers
The Corporation is formed for the following purposes:
(1) To conduct and carry on the business of an investment company.
(2) To hold, invest and reinvest its assets in securities and other
investments or to hold part or all of its assets in cash.
(3) To issue and sell shares of its capital stock in such amounts and on
such terms and conditions and for such purposes and for such amount or kind of
consideration as may now or hereafter be permitted by law.
(4) To redeem, purchase or acquire in any other manner, hold, dispose of,
resell, transfer, reissue or cancel (all without the vote or consent of the
stockholders of the Corporation) shares of its capital stock, in any manner and
to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law and by these Articles of
Incorporation.
(5) To do any and all additional acts and to exercise any and all
additional powers or rights as may be necessary, incidental, appropriate or
desirable for the accomplishment of all or any of the foregoing purposes.
To carry out all or any part of the foregoing objects as principal, factor,
agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or through or in conjunction with
any person, firm, association or corporation, and, in carrying on its business
and for the purpose of attaining or furnishing any of its objects and purposes,
to make and perform any contracts and to do any acts and things, and to exercise
any powers suitable, convenient or proper for the accomplishment of any of the
objects and purposes herein enumerated or incidental to the powers herein
specified, or which at any time may appear conducive to or expedient for the
accomplishment of any such objects and purposes.
To carry out all or any part of the aforesaid objects and purposes, and to
conduct its business in all or any of its branches, in any or all states,
territories, districts and possessions of the United States of America and in
foreign countries; and to maintain offices and agencies in any or all states,
territories, districts and possessions of the United States of America and in
foreign countries.
The foregoing objects and purposes shall, except when otherwise expressed,
be in no way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms
of any other clause of this or any other article of these Articles of
Incorporation or of any amendment thereto, and shall each be regarded as
independent, and construed as powers as well as objects and purposes.
The Corporation shall be authorized to exercise and enjoy all of the
powers, rights and privileges granted to, or conferred upon, corporations of a
similar character by the Maryland General Corporation Law now or hereafter in
force, and the enumeration of the foregoing powers shall not be deemed to
exclude any powers, rights or privileges so granted or conferred.
ARTICLE IV
Principal Office and Resident Agent
The post office address of the principal office of the Corporation in this
State is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202. The name of the resident agent of the Corporation in this State
is The Corporation Trust Incorporated, a corporation of this State, and the post
office address of the resident agent is 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202.
ARTICLE V
Capital Stock
Section 1. Authorized Shares: The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred million (100,000,000)
shares, of the par value of one cent ($.01) each and of the aggregate par value
of one million dollars ($1,000,000). The shares may be issued by the Board of
Directors in such separate and distinct series and classes of series as the
Board of Directors shall from time to time create and establish. The Board of
Directors shall have full power and authority, in its sole discretion, to
establish and designate series and classes of series, and to classify or
reclassify any unissued shares in separate series or classes having such
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of
redemption as shall be fixed and determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors. In the event of establishment of classes, each class of a series
shall represent interests in the assets belonging to that series and have
identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and
conditions as any other class of the series, except that expenses allocated to
the class of a series may be borne solely by such class as shall be determined
by the Board of Directors and may cause differences in rights as described in
the following sentence. The shares of a class may be converted into shares of
another class upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Board
of Directors, and a class of a series may have exclusive voting rights with
respect to matters affecting only that class. Expenses related to the
distribution of, and other identified expenses that should properly be allocated
to, the shares of a particular series or class may be charged to and borne
solely by such series or class, and the bearing of expenses solely by a series
or class may be appropriately reflected (in a manner determined by the Board of
Directors) and cause differences in the net asset value attributable to, and the
dividend, redemption and liquidation rights of, the shares of each series or
class. Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors to increase and
decrease the number of, and to reclassify the shares of any series or class,
there are hereby established two classes of common stock, each comprising the
number of shares and having the designation indicated:
Class Number of Shares
Class A 25,000,000
Class B 25,000,000
In addition, the Board of Directors is hereby expressly granted authority to
change the designation of any series or class, to increase or decrease the
number of shares of any series or class, provided that the number of shares of
any series or class shall not be decreased by the Board of Directors below the
number of shares thereof then outstanding, and to reclassify any unissued shares
into one or more series or classes that may be established and designated from
time to time. Notwithstanding the designations herein of series and classes, the
Corporation may refer, in prospectuses and other documents furnished to
shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or used for
other purposes, to a series of shares as a "class" and to a class of shares of a
particular series as a "series."
(a) The Corporation may issue shares of stock in fractional
denominations to the same extent as its whole shares, and shares in
fractional denominations shall be shares of stock having proportionately,
to the respective fractions represented thereby, all the rights of whole
shares, including without limitation, the right to vote, the right to
receive dividends and distributions and the right to participate upon
liquidation of the Corporation, but excluding the right to receive a stock
certificate representing fractional shares.
(b) The holder of each share of stock of the Corporation shall be
entitled to one vote for each full share, and a fractional vote for each
fractional share, of stock, irrespective of the series or class, then
standing in the holder's name on the books of the Corporation. On any
matter submitted to a vote of stockholders, all shares of the Corporation
then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote shall be voted in the
aggregate and not by series or class except that (1) when otherwise
expressly required by the Maryland General Corporation Law or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, shares shall be voted by
individual series or class, and (2) if the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, determines that a matter affects the interests of only one or
more particular series or class or classes then only the holders of shares
of such affected series or class or classes shall be entitled to vote
thereon.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the Board of
Directors providing for the establishment and designation of any new series
or class or classes, each series of stock of the Corporation shall have the
following powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, restrictions,
and limitations thereof:
(1) Assets Belonging to a Class. All consideration received by the
Corporation for the issue or sale of shares of a particular class,
together with all assets in which such consideration is invested or
reinvested, all income, earnings, profits and proceeds thereof,
including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation
of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment
of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably
belong to that class for all purposes, subject only to the rights of
creditors, and shall be so recorded upon the books and accounts of the
Corporation. Such consideration, assets, income, earnings, profits and
proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale,
exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments
derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds, in whatever form the
same may be, together with any General Items allocated to that class as
provided in the following sentence, are herein referred to as "assets
belonging to" that class. In the event that there are any assets,
income, earnings, profits, proceeds thereof, funds or payments which
are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular class
(collectively "General Items"), such General Items shall be allocated
by or under the supervision of the Board of Directors to and among any
one or more of the classes established and designated from time to time
in such manner and on such basis as the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, deems fair and equitable, and any General Items so
allocated to a particular class shall belong to that class. Each such
allocation by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes.
(2) Liabilities Belonging to a Class. The assets belonging to each
particular class shall be charged with the liabilities of the
Corporation in respect of that class and all expenses, costs, charges
and reserves attributable to that class, and any general liabilities,
expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the Corporation which are not
readily identifiable as belonging to any particular class shall be
allocated and charged by or under the supervision of the Board of
Directors to and among any one or more of the classes established and
designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the
Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, deems fair and equitable.
The liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves allocated and so
charged to a class are herein referred to as "liabilities belonging to"
that class. Expenses related to the shares of a series may be borne
solely by that series (as determined by the Board of Directors). Each
allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the
Board of Directors shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(3) Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time
declare and pay dividends or distributions, in stock, property or
cash, on any or all series of stock or classes of series, the amount
of such dividends and property distributions and the payment of them
being wholly in the discretion of the Board of Directors. Dividends
may be declared daily or otherwise pursuant to a standing resolution
or resolutions adopted only once or with such frequency as the Board
of Directors may determine, after providing for actual and accrued
liabilities belonging to that class. All dividends or distributions on
shares of a particular class shall be paid only out of surplus or
other lawfully available assets determined by the Board of Directors
as belonging to such class. Dividends and distributions may vary
between the classes of a series to reflect differing allocations of
the expense of each class of that series to such extent and for such
purposes as the Boards of Directors may deem appropriate. The Board of
Directors shall have the power, in its sole discretion, to distribute
in any fiscal year as dividends, including dividends designated in
whole or in part as capital gains distributions, amounts sufficient,
in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to enable the Corporation,
or where applicable each series or class of a series of shares, to
qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor or comparable statute
thereto, and regulations promulgated thereunder, and to avoid
liability for the Corporation, or each series of shares or class of a
series, for Federal income and excise taxes in respect of that or any
other year.
(4) Liquidation. In the event of the liquidation of the
Corporation or of the assets attributable to a particular series or
class, the shareholders of each series or class that has been
established and designated and is being liquidated shall be entitled to
receive, as a series or class, when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, the excess of the assets belonging to that series or class
over the liabilities belonging to that series or class. The holders of
shares of any series or class shall not be entitled thereby to any
distribution upon liquidation of any other series or class. The assets
so distributable to the shareholder of any particular series or class
shall be distributed among such shareholders according to their
respective rights taking into account the proper allocation of expenses
being borne by that series or class. The liquidation of assets
attributable to any particular series or class in which there are
shares then outstanding may be authorized by vote of a majority of the
Board of Directors then in office, subject to the approval of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of that series or class,
as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In the
event that there are any general assets not belonging to any particular
series or class of stock and available for distribution, such
distribution shall be made to holders of stock of various series or
classes in such proportion as the Board of Directors determines to be
fair and equitable, and such determination by the Board of Directors
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(5) Redemption. All shares of stock of the Corporation shall have
the redemption rights provided for in Article V, Section 5.
(d) The Corporation's shares of stock are issued and sold, and all
persons who shall acquire stock of the Corporation shall do so, subject to
the condition and understanding that the provisions of the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, shall be binding
upon them.
Section 2. Quorum Requirements and Voting Rights: Except as otherwise
expressly provided by the Maryland General Corporation Law, the presence in
person or by proxy of the holders of one-third of the shares of capital stock of
the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, except that where the holders of any
series or class are required or permitted to vote as a series or class,
one-third of the aggregate number of shares of that series or class outstanding
and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.
Notwithstanding any provision of Maryland General Corporation Law requiring
a greater proportion than a majority of the votes of all series or classes or of
any series or class of the Corporation's stock entitled to be cast in order to
take or authorize any action, any such action may be taken or authorized upon
the concurrence of a majority of the aggregate number of votes entitled to be
cast thereon subject to the applicable laws and regulations as from time to time
in effect or rules or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto. All shares of stock of this Corporation shall have the voting
rights provided for in Article V, Section 1, paragraph (b).
Section 3. No Preemptive Rights: No holder of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any right to purchase or subscribe
for any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation which the Corporation may
issue or sell (whether consisting of shares of capital stock authorized by these
Articles of Incorporation, or shares of capital stock of the Corporation
acquired by it after the issue thereof, or other shares) other than any right
which the Board of Directors of the Corporation, in its discretion, may
determine.
Section 4. Determination of Net Asset Value: The net asset value of each
share of each series or class of each series of the Corporation shall be the
quotient obtained by dividing the value of the net assets of the Corporation, or
if applicable of the series or class (being the value of the assets of the
Corporation or of the particular series or class or attributable to the
particular series or class less its actual and accrued liabilities exclusive of
capital stock and surplus), by the total number of outstanding shares of the
Corporation or the series or class, as applicable. Such determination may be
made on a series-by-series basis or made or adjusted on a class-by-class basis,
as appropriate, and shall include any expenses allocated to a specific series or
class thereof. The Board of Directors may adopt procedures for determination of
net asset value consistent with the requirements of applicable statutes and
regulations and, so far as accounting matters are concerned, with generally
accepted accounting principles. The procedures may include, without limitation,
procedures for valuation of the Corporation's portfolio securities and other
assets, for accrual of expenses or creation of reserves and for the
determination of the number of shares issued and outstanding at any given time.
Section 5. Redemption and Repurchase of Shares of Capital Stock: Any
shareholder may redeem shares of the Corporation for the net asset value of each
series or class thereof by presentation of an appropriate request, together with
the certificates, if any, for such shares, duly endorsed, at the office or
agency designated by the Corporation. Redemptions as aforesaid, or purchases by
the Corporation of its own stock, shall be made in the manner and subject to the
conditions contained in the bylaws or approved by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Purchase of Shares: The Corporation shall be entitled to
purchase shares of any series or class of its capital stock, to the extent that
the Corporation may lawfully effect such purchase under Maryland General
Corporation Law, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as
the Board of Directors shall deem advisable, by agreement with the stockholder
at a price not exceeding the net asset value per share computed in accordance
with Section 4 of this Article.
Section 7. Redemption of Minimum Amounts:
(a) If after giving effect to a request for redemption by a
stockholder, the aggregate net asset value of his remaining shares of any
series or class will be less than the Minimum Amount then in effect, the
Corporation shall be entitled to require the redemption of the remaining
shares of such series or class owned by such stockholder, upon notice given
in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section, to the extent that the
Corporation may lawfully effect such redemption under Maryland General
Corporation Law.
(b) The term "Minimum Amount" when used herein shall mean Three Hundred
Dollars ($300) unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors from time
to time, provided that the Minimum Amount may not in any event exceed Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000).
(c) If any redemption under paragraph (a) of this Section is upon
notice, the notice shall be in writing personally delivered or deposited in
the mail, at least thirty days prior to such redemption. If mailed, the
notice shall be addressed to the stockholder at his post office address as
shown on the books of the Corporation, and sent by certified or registered
mail, postage prepaid. The price for shares redeemed by the Corporation
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section shall be paid in cash in an
amount equal to the net asset value of such shares, computed in accordance
with Section 4 of this Article.
Section 8. Mode of Payment: Payment by the Corporation for shares of any
series or class of the capital stock of the Corporation surrendered to it for
redemption shall be made by the Corporation within three business days of such
surrender out of the funds legally available therefor, provided that the
Corporation may suspend the right of the holders of capital stock of the
Corporation to redeem shares of capital stock and may postpone the right of such
holders to receive payment for any shares when permitted or required to do so by
law. Payment of the redemption or purchase price may be made in cash or, at the
option of the Corporation, wholly or partly in such portfolio securities of the
Corporation as the Corporation may select.
Section 9. Rights of Holders of Shares Purchased or Redeemed: The right of
any holder of any series or class of capital stock of the Corporation purchased
or redeemed by the Corporation as provided in this Article to receive dividends
thereon and all other rights of such holder with respect to such shares shall
terminate at the time as of which the purchase or redemption price of such
shares is determined, except the right of such holder to receive (I) the
purchase or redemption price of such shares from the Corporation or its
designated agent and (ii) any dividend or distribution or voting rights to which
such holder has previously become entitled as the record holder of such shares
on the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution or to vote at the meeting of stockholders.
Section 10. Status of Shares Purchased or Redeemed: In the absence of any
specification as to the purpose for which such shares of any series or class of
capital stock of the Corporation are redeemed or purchased by it, all shares so
redeemed or purchased shall be deemed to be retired in the sense contemplated by
the laws of the State of Maryland and may be reissued. The number of authorized
shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall not be reduced by the number of
any shares redeemed or purchased by it.
Section 11. Additional Limitations and Powers: The following provisions are
inserted for the purpose of defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the
Corporation and of the Board of Directors and stockholders:
(a) Any determination made in good faith and, so far as accounting
matters are involved, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors, as to
the amount of the assets, debts, obligations or liabilities of the
Corporation, as to the amount of any reserves or charges set up and the
propriety thereof, as to the time of or purpose for creating such reserves
or charges, as to the use, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or
charges (whether or not any debt, obligation or liability for which such
reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or
discharged or shall be then or thereafter required to be paid or
discharged), as to the establishment or designation of procedures or
methods to be employed for valuing any investment or other assets of the
Corporation and as to the value of any investment or other asset, as to the
allocation of any asset of the Corporation to a particular series or class
or classes of the Corporation's stock, as to the funds available for the
declaration of dividends and as to the declaration of dividends, as to the
charging of any liability of the Corporation to a particular series or
class or classes of the Corporation's stock, as to the number of shares of
any series or class or classes of the Corporation's outstanding stock, as
to the estimated expense to the Corporation in connection with purchases or
redemptions of its shares, as to the ability to liquidate investments in
orderly fashion, or as to any other matters relating to the issue, sale,
purchase or redemption or other acquisition or disposition of investments
or shares of the Corporation, or in the determination of the net asset
value per share of shares of any series or class of the Corporation's stock
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) Except to the extent prohibited by the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, or rules, regulations or orders thereunder promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto or by the
bylaws of the Corporation, a director, officer or employee of the
Corporation shall not be disqualified by his position from dealing or
contracting with the Corporation, nor shall any transaction or contract of
the Corporation be void or voidable by reason of the fact that any
director, officer or employee or any firm of which any director, officer or
employee is a member, or any corporation of which any director, officer or
employee is a stockholder, officer or director, is in any way interested in
such transaction or contract; provided that in case a director, or a firm
or corporation of which a director is a member, stockholder, officer or
director is so interested, such fact shall be disclosed to or shall have
been known by the Board of Directors or a majority thereof. Nor shall any
director or officer of the Corporation be liable to the Corporation or to
any stockholder or creditor thereof or to any person for any loss incurred
by it or him or for any profit realized by such director or officer under
or by reason of such contract or transaction; provided that nothing herein
shall protect any director or officer of the Corporation against any
liability to the Corporation or to its security holders to which he would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
his office; and provided always that such contract or transaction shall
have been on terms that were not unfair to the Corporation at the time at
which it was entered into. Any director of the Corporation who is so
interested, or who is a member, stockholder, officer or director of such
firm or corporation, may be counted in determining the existence of a
quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation which
shall authorize any such transaction or contract, with like force and
effect as if he were not such director, or member, stockholder, officer or
director of such firm or corporation.
(c) Specifically and without limitation of the foregoing paragraph (b)
but subject to the exception therein prescribed, the Corporation may enter
into management or advisory, underwriting, distribution and administration
contracts, custodian contracts and such other contracts as may be
appropriate.
ARTICLE VI
Directors
Section 1. Number of Directors: The number of directors in office may be
changed from time to time in the manner specified in the bylaws of the
Corporation, but this number shall never be less than three.
Section 2. Certain Powers of Board of Directors: The business and affairs
of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of
Directors, which shall have and may exercise all powers of the Corporation
except those powers which are by law, by these Articles of Incorporation or by
the by-laws of the Corporation conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.
In addition to its other powers explicitly or implicitly granted under these
Articles of Incorporation, by law or otherwise, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (a) is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal bylaws
for the Corporation, (b) is empowered to authorize, without stockholder
approval, the issuance and sale from time to time of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, in such amounts, for such
amount and kind of consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board
of Directors shall determine, (c) is empowered to classify or reclassify any
unissued stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, by setting or changing the
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of
redemption of such stock and (d) shall have the power from time to time to set
apart out of any assets of the Corporation otherwise available for dividends a
reserve or reserves for taxes or for any other proper purposes, and to reduce,
abolish or add to any such reserve or reserves from time to time as said Board
of Directors may deem to be in the best interests of the Corporation; and to
determine in its discretion what part of the assets of the Corporation available
for dividends in excess of such reserve or reserves shall be declared in
dividends and paid to the stockholders of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification
The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, including any director who
serves another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, to the maximum
extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law and the Investment
Company Act of 1940. The Corporation shall indemnify its officers to the same
extent as its directors and to such further extent as is consistent with law.
The Corporation shall indemnify its employees and agents to the extent provided
by its Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
The Corporation reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment
of these Articles of Incorporation now or hereafter authorized by law, including
any amendment which alters the contract rights, as expressly set forth in these
Articles of Incorporation, of any outstanding capital stock. "Articles of
Incorporation" or "these Articles of Incorporation" as used herein and in the
bylaws of the Corporation shall be deemed to mean these Articles of
Incorporation as from time to time amended or restated.
ARTICLE IX
Duration
The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
THIRD: The provisions set forth in the articles of restatement as described
in the second paragraph hereof are all the provisions of the charter currently
in effect, as amended.
FOURTH: The charter, as amended herein, is not otherwise amended by the
articles of restatement.
FIFTH: The current post office address of principal office of the
Corporation in the State of Maryland is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated,
32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The name of the resident agent of
the Corporation in the State of Maryland is The Corporation Trust Incorporation,
a Maryland corporation, and the post office address of the resident agent is 32
South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
SIXTH: The Corporation has nine directors. The names of the directors are
as follows:
James D. Davis David K. Kauf
Roy W. Ehrle Ronald E. Keller
Pamela A. Ferguson Barbara A. Lukavsky
Richard W. Gilbert Richard G. Peebler
Stephan L. Jones
SEVENTH: The board of directors of the Corporation on March 10, 1997 duly
and unanimously adopted a resolution in which was set forth the foregoing
amendment to and restatement of the charter, declaring that the said amendment
and restatement as proposed was advisable and directing that it be submitted for
action thereon by the stockholders of the Corporation at the special meeting to
be held on September 16, 1997.
EIGHTH: Notice setting forth a summary of the changes to be effected by
said amendment and restatement of the charter and stating that a purpose of the
meeting of the stockholders would be to take action thereon, was given, as
required by law, to all stockholders entitled to vote thereon. The amendment and
restatement of the charter of the Corporation as hereinabove set forth was
approved by the stockholders of the Corporation at said meeting by affirmative
vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast thereon.
NINTH: The amendment and restatement of the charter of the Corporation as
hereinabove set forth has been duly advised by the board of directors and
approved by the stockholders of the Corporation.
TENTH: The Articles of Amendment and Restatement shall become effective on
January 1, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Principal Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc. has caused these
presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and
its Secretary on December 22, 1997.
Princor Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
/s/ Arthur S. Filean
By -----------------------------------------------
Arthur S. Filean, Vice President and Secretary
Attest
/s/ Ernest H. Gillum
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Ernest H. Gillum, Assistant Secretary
The UNDERSIGNED, Vice President of Princor Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc., who
executed on behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment and
Restatement, of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in
the name on behalf of said corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment and
Restatement to be the corporate act of said corporation and further certifies
that, to the best of his 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.
/s/ Arthur S. Filean
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Arthur S. Filean
Vice President and Secretary
Princor Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
AGREEMENT to be effective January 1, 1998, by and between PRINCIPAL
TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC.(formerly known as Princor Tax-Exempt Bond Fund,
Inc.), a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the "Fund") and PRINCIPAL
MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (formerly known as Princor Management Corporation), an
Iowa corporation (hereinafter called "the Manager").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, The Fund has furnished the Manager with copies properly certified
or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Fund;
(b) Bylaws of the Fund as adopted by the Board of Directors;
(c) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund selecting the Manager
as investment adviser and approving the form of this Agreement; and
(d) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund and Minutes of the
Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund approving the modification
of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, the modification of this Agreement requires that:
FIRST: This Agreement is hereby amended by striking out Section 6 of the
Agreement and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
" 6. SERVICES FURNISHED BY THE MANAGER
The Manager (in addition to the services to be performed by it pursuant to
Sections 1 and 2 hereof) will:
(a) Act as, and provide all services customarily performed by, the
transfer and paying agent of the Fund including, without limitation,
the following:
(i) preparation and distribution to shareholders of reports, tax
information, notices, proxy statements and proxies;
(ii) preparation and distribution of dividend and capital gain
payments to shareholders;
iii) issuance, transfer and registry of shares, and maintenance of
open account system;
(iv) delivery, redemption and repurchase of shares, and remittances to
shareholders; and
(v) communication with shareholders concerning items (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv) above.
In the carrying out of this function the Manager may contract with others
for data systems, processing services and other administrative services.
(b) Use its best efforts to qualify the Capital Stock of the Fund for sale
in states and jurisdictions other than those in which initially
qualified, as directed by the Fund; and
(c) Prepare stock certificates, and distribute the same as requested by
shareholders of the Fund.
The Manager will maintain records in reasonable detail that will support the
amount it charges the Fund for performance of the services set forth in this
Section 6. At the end of each calendar month the Fund will pay the Manager for
its performance of these services."
SECOND: This Agreement is hereby amended by striking out Section 8 of the
Agreement and renumbering Sections 9 through 13 hereof.
THIRD: The Fund desires to restate its Management Agreement as amended so
that, as amended, said Agreement shall be restated as follows:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements
herein contained, the Fund hereby appoints the Manager to act as investment
adviser and manager of the Fund, and the Manager agrees to act, perform or
assume the responsibility therefor in the manner and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth. The Fund will furnish the Manager from time to time with
copies, properly certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements
to the foregoing, if any.
1. INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The Manager will regularly perform the following services for the Fund:
(a) Provide investment research, advice and supervision;
(b) Provide investment advisory, research and statistical facilities and
all clerical services relating to research, statistical and investment
work;
(c) Furnish to the Board of Directors of the Fund (or any appropriate
committee of such Board), and revise from time to time as economic
conditions require, a recommended investment program for the Fund's
portfolio consistent with the Fund's investment objective and policies;
(d) Implement such of its recommended investment program as the Fund shall
approve, by placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities,
subject always to the provisions of the Fund's Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and the requirements of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect;
(e) Advise and assist the officers of the Fund in taking such steps as are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the decisions of its Board of
Directors and any appropriate committees of such Board regarding the
general conduct of the investment business of the Fund; and
(f) Report to the Board of Directors of the Fund at such times and in such
detail as the Board may deem appropriate in order to enable it to
determine that the investment policies of the Fund are being observed.
2. CORPORATE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
In addition to the investment advisory services set forth in Section 1, the
Manager will perform the following corporate administrative services:
(a) Furnish the services of such of the Manager's officers and employees as
may be elected officers or directors of the Fund, subject to their
individual consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law;
(b) Furnish office space, and all necessary office facilities and
equipment, for the general corporate functions of the Fund (i.e.,
functions other than (i) underwriting and distribution of Fund shares;
(ii) custody of Fund assets, and (iii) transfer and paying agency
services); and
(c) Furnish the services of the supervisory and clerical personnel
necessary to perform the general corporate functions of the Fund.
(d) Determine the net asset value of the shares of the Fund's Capital Stock
as frequently as the Fund shall request, or as shall be required by
applicable law or regulations.
3. RESERVED RIGHT TO DELEGATE DUTIES AND SERVICES TO OTHERS
The Manager in assuming responsibility for the various services as set
forth in this Agreement reserves the right to enter into agreements with others
for the performance of certain duties and services or to delegate the
performance of some or all of such duties and services to Principal Mutual Life
Insurance Company, or an affiliate thereof.
4. EXPENSES BORNE BY THE MANAGER
The Manager will pay:
(a) The compensation and expenses of all officers and executive employees
of the Fund;
(b) The compensation and expenses of all directors of the Fund who are
persons affiliated with the Manager; and
(c) The expenses of the organization of the Fund, including its
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the initial
registration and qualification of its Capital Stock for sale under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Blue Sky laws of the states in which it
initially qualifies.
5. COMPENSATION OF THE MANAGER BY FUND
For all services to be rendered and payments made as provided in Sections
1, 2 and 4 hereof, the Fund will accrue daily and pay the Manager within five
days after the end of each calendar month a fee based on the average of the
values placed on the net assets of the Fund as of the time of determination of
the net asset value on each trading day throughout the month in accordance with
the following schedule.
Average Daily Net Fee as a Percentage of
Assets of the Fund Average Daily Net Assets
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First $100,000,000 0.50%
Next 100,000,000 0.45%
Next 100,000,000 0.40%
Next 100,000,000 0.35%
Amount Over 400,000,000 0.30%
Net asset value shall be determined pursuant to applicable provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Fund. If pursuant to such provisions the
determination of net asset value is suspended, then for the purposes of this
Section 5 the value of the net assets of the Fund as last determined shall be
deemed to be the value of the net assets for each day the suspension continues.
The Manager may, at its option, waive all or part of its compensation
for such period of time as it deems necessary or appropriate.
6. SERVICES FURNISHED BY THE MANAGER
The Manager (in addition to the services to be performed by it pursuant
to Sections 1 and 2 hereof) will:
(a) Act as, and provide all services customarily performed by, the
transfer and paying agent of the Fund including, without limitation,
the following:
(i) preparation and distribution to shareholders of reports, tax
information, notices, proxy statements and proxies;
(ii) preparation and distribution of dividend and capital gain
payments to shareholders;
(iii)issuance, transfer and registry of shares, and maintenance of
open account system;
(iv) delivery, redemption and repurchase of shares, and remittances to
shareholders; and
(v) communication with shareholders concerning items (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv) above.
In the carrying out of this function the Manager may contract with others
for data systems, processing services and other administrative services.
(b) Use its best efforts to qualify the Capital Stock of the Fund for sale
in states and jurisdictions other than those in which initially
qualified, as directed by the Fund; and
(c) Prepare stock certificates, and distribute the same as requested by
shareholders of the Fund.
The Manager will maintain records in reasonable detail that will support the
amount it charges the Fund for performance of the services set forth in this
Section 6. At the end of each calendar month the Fund will pay the Manager for
its performance of these services.
7. EXPENSES BORNE BY FUND
The Fund will pay the following expenses:
(a) Taxes, including in case of redeemed shares any initial transfer
taxes, and governmental fees (except with respect to the Fund's
organization and the initial qualification and registration of its
Capital Stock);
(b) Portfolio brokerage fees and incidental brokerage expenses;
(c) Interest;
(d) The fees of its independent auditor and its legal counsel, incurred
subsequent to the Fund's organization and the initial qualification
and registration of its Capital Stock;
(e) The fees and expenses of the Custodian of its assets;
(f) The fees and expenses of all directors of the Fund who are not persons
affiliated with the Manager; and
(g) The cost of meetings of shareholders.
8. AVOIDANCE OF INCONSISTENT POSITION
In connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the
account of the Fund, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager's directors,
officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or receive any
commission.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE MANAGER
The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of
law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which
this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence on the Manager's part in the performance of its duties
or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
10. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall continue in effect from year to year provided that
the continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by the Board
of Directors of the Fund or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund and in either event by vote of a majority of the
directors of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Manager, Principal
Mutual Life Insurance Company, or the Fund cast in person at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on such approval. This Agreement may, on sixty days
written notice, be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty, by
the Board of Directors of the Fund, by vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, or by the Manager. This Agreement shall
automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. In interpreting the
provisions of this Section 10, the definitions contained in Section 2(a) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (particularly the definitions of "interested
person," "assignment" and "voting security") shall be applied.
11. AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party
against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is
sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved by
vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities
and by vote of a majority of the directors who are not interested persons of the
Manager, Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company or the Fund cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
12. ADDRESS FOR PURPOSE OF NOTICE
Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and
delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other party at such address as such
other party may designate for the receipt of such notices. Until further notice
to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and that of the
Manager for this purpose shall be The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines,
Iowa 50392.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference
only, and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise
affect their construction or effect. This Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
PRINCIPAL TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND, INC.
/s/ Arthur S. Filean
By----------------------------------
Arthur S. Filean, Vice President
PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
/s/ Stephan L. Jones
By----------------------------------
Stephan L. Jones, President
