SUB-ITEM 77Q1(a)
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS CO.
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS CO., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called
the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, by resolutions duly
adopted pursuant to unanimous written consent dated March 27, 2000, has (a)
increased the aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation has
authority to issue from Two Hundred Eleven Billion Six Hundred Fifty Million
(211,650,000,000) shares to Two Hundred Fifty Three Billion Nine Hundred Eighty
Million (253,980,000,000) shares, (b) classified and designated such newly
authorized shares as follows: Forty Two Billion Three Hundred Thirty Million
(42,330,000,000) shares as unclassified, with the preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends,
qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of shares of stock as set
forth in ARTICLE FIFTH, paragraph (b) of the Charter of the Corporation (the
"Charter") and in any other provisions of the Charter relating to the stock of
the Corporation generally, and (c) ratified and confirmed the issuance of
shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, of each class of whatever portfolio,
as reflected in the records of the Corporation, and further declared and
confirmed that each such share, of whatever class of whatever portfolio, is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
SECOND: Immediately prior to the filing of these Articles
Supplementary, the Corporation had authority to issue Two Hundred Eleven
Billion Six Hundred Fifty Million (211,650,000,000) shares, $.001 par value per
share, having an aggregate par value of $211,650,000, of which:
(a) Seventeen Billion Six Hundred Million (17,600,000,000) shares
are classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Cash Management Class,
Seventy-seven Billion (77,000,000,000) shares are classified
as Liquid Assets
Portfolio - Institutional Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Personal Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Private Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Reserve Class, and
Three Billion Nine Hundred Sixty Million (3,960,000,000)
shares are classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Resource Class;
(b) Six Billion Six Hundred Million (6,600,000,000) shares are
classified as Prime
Portfolio - Cash Management Class,
Seventy-six Billion (76,000,000,000) shares are classified as
Prime Portfolio -
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Institutional Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Personal Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Private Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Reserve Class and
Four Billion Six Hundred Twenty Million (4,620,000,000) shares
are classified as
Prime Portfolio - Resource Class; and
(c) Six Billion Seventy Million (6,070,000,000) shares are
unclassified.
THIRD: As of the filing of these Articles Supplementary, the Corporation shall
have authority to issue Two Hundred Fifty Three Billion Nine Hundred Eighty
Million (253,980,000,000) shares, $.001 par value per share, having an
aggregate par value of $253,980,000, of which:
(a) Seventeen Billion Six Hundred Million (17,600,000,000) shares
are classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Cash Management Class,
Seventy-seven Billion (77,000,000,000) shares are classified
as Liquid Assets
Portfolio - Institutional Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Personal Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Private Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Reserve Class, and
Three Billion Nine Hundred Sixty Million (3,960,000,000)
shares are classified as
Liquid Assets Portfolio - Resource Class;
(b) Six Billion Six Hundred Million (6,600,000,000) shares are
classified as Prime
Portfolio - Cash Management Class,
Seventy-six Billion (76,000,000,000) shares are classified as
Prime Portfolio - Institutional Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Personal Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Private Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares are
classified as
Prime Portfolio - Reserve Class and
Four Billion Six Hundred Twenty Million (4,620,000,000) shares
are classified as
Prime Portfolio - Resource Class; and
(c) Forty Eight Billion Four Hundred Million (48,400,000,000)
shares are unclassified.
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FOURTH: The Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
FIFTH: The total number of shares of capital stock that the
Corporation had authority to issue immediately prior to the filing of these
Articles Supplementary was increased and such additional shares were classified
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with section
2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.
SIXTH: The Shares were classified by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation under authority granted to it in ARTICLE FIFTH, paragraph (a) of
the Charter.
The undersigned Vice President acknowledges these Articles
Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and states that to the
best of his or her knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set
forth in these Articles with respect to authorization and approval are true in
all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for
perjury.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS CO. has caused these
Articles Supplementary to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice
President and witnessed by its Assistant Secretary on April _6_, 2000. -
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS CO.
Witness:
/s/ Kathleen J. Pflueger By: /s/Robert H. Graham
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
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