Exhibit (e)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of the 30th day of June, 2000, is made
by and between Alleghany Funds, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust")
operating as an open-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and Provident Distributors, Inc. ("Provident")
(collectively, the "Parties").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Trust and Provident have entered into an agreement dated
September 16, 1999 and effective on December 1, 1999, wherein Provident has
agreed to provide certain distribution services to the Trust ("Distribution
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Distribution Agreement to
include under its terms one additional separate series of shares identified as
Alleghany/Veredus SciTech Fund;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby
agree to amend Schedule "A" to the Distribution Agreement in the form attached
hereto as Schedule "A".
This Amendment shall take effect upon the date that the respective
amendments to the registration statement of the Trust registering
Alleghany/Veredus SciTech Fund become effective.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment
consisting of one type written page, together with Schedule "A", to be signed by
their duly authorized officers and their corporate seals hereunto duly affixed
and attested, as of the day and year first above written.
Alleghany Funds Provident Distributors, Inc.
/s/Kenneth C. Anderson /s/Philip H. Rinnander
By: Kenneth C. Anderson, President By: Philip H. Rinnander, President
/s/Gerald F. Dillenburg /s/Jason A. Greim
Attest: Gerald F. Dillenburg, V.P. Attest: Jason A. Greim, Vice President
SCHEDULE "A"
TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALLEGHANY FUNDS
Alleghany/Montag & Caldwell Growth Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Growth & Income Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Talon Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Balanced Fund
Alleghany/Montag & Caldwell Balanced Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Bond Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Municipal Bond Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust Money Market Fund
Alleghany/Chicago Trust SmallCap Value Fund
Alleghany/Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund
Alleghany/Blairlogie Emerging Markets Fund
Alleghany/Blairlogie International Developed
Fund Alleghany/Veredus SciTech Fund
