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EXHIBIT (A)(3)
CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST
WRITTEN INSTRUMENT ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING
CALAMOS HIGH YIELD FUND
The undersigned, being a majority of the trustees of Calamos Investment
Trust (the "Trust"), a business trust organized pursuant to an amended and
restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated June 23, 1997, (the
"Declaration of Trust"), pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Declaration of Trust, do
hereby establish and designate a sixth series of Shares of the Trust to be
known as Calamos High Yield Fund. The relative rights and preferences of such
series shall be as set forth in the Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have this the 27th day of July, 1999
signed these presents.
/s/ John P. Calamos
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John P. Calamos
/s/ Nick P. Calamos
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Nick P. Calamos
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Richard Dowen
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Robert Frost
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William Kaun
