EX-99.B(a)h2artamend




                           ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO
                         ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                     OF
             WADDELL & REED ADVISORS HIGH INCOME FUND II, INC.

     Pursuant to Sections 2-105, 2-605 and 2-607 of the Maryland General
Corporation Law, Waddell & Reed Advisors High Income Fund II, 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 September 13, 2000, Article SECOND of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation shall read as follows:  "The name of
the Corporation is Waddell & Reed Advisors Global Bond 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
6th day of September, 2000.

                         Waddell & Reed Advisors High Income Fund II, Inc.

     (Corporate Seal)

                         /s/ Kristen A. Richards
                         -----------------------------------
                         Kristen A. Richards, Vice President

Attest:  /s/ Daniel C. Schulte
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         Daniel C. Schulte,
         Assistant Secretary

    The undersigned, Vice President of Waddell & Reed Advisors High Income
Fund II, 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