EXHIBIT A(4)
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COMSTOCK PARTNERS STRATEGY FUND, INC.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
Comstock Partners Strategy Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation having
its principal office in Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called
the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation
are amended by deleting ARTICLE II and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
ARTICLE II
NAME
The name of the Corporation is Comstock Partners Funds, Inc.
SECOND: The Charter of the Corporation, as heretofore amended, is
further amended by redesignating all of the issued and unissued shares of the
Corporation's Class A Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Common Stock that
has not been further designated, respectively, as Class A Common Stock, Class C
Common Stock and Class O Common Stock, respectively, of the Comstock Partners
Strategy Fund series of the Corporation. Subsequent to such redesignation, the
Common Stock of the Corporation is classified as follows:
Designation Number of Shares
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Comstock Partners Strategy Fund Class A Common Stock 150,000,000
Comstock Partners Strategy Fund Class C Common Stock 200,000,000
Comstock Partners Strategy Fund Class O Common Stock 150,000,000
THIRD: The foregoing amendments to the Charter of the Corporation were
approved by a majority of the entire board of directors at a meeting duly
convened and held on January 30, 1996.
FOURTH: The foregoing amendments to the Charter of the Corporation are
limited to changes expressly permitted by Section 2-605 of Subtitle 6 of Title 2
of the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without action by
stockholders.
FIFTH: The Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Comstock Partners Strategy Fund, Inc. has caused
these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized
officers who acknowledge that these Articles of Amendment are the act of the
Corporation and that to the best of their knowledge, information and belief, all
matters and facts set forth herein relating to the authorization and approval of
these Articles are true in all material respects and that this statement is made
under the penalties of perjury.
COMSTOCK PARTNERS STRATEGY FUND, INC.
WITNESS: William T. Hottenstein By: Stanley D. Salvigsen
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Name: /s/William T. Hottenstein Name: /s/ Stanley D. Salvigsen
Title: Secretary Title: Chairman
