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 Capitalization Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, pursuant to delegated authority, by resolutions duly adopted at a
meeting duly called and held on March 9, 2000, has classified and designated
One Billion Four Hundred Thirty Million (1,430,000,000) shares of authorized,
but unclassified, shares as follows: Six Hundred Sixty Million (660,000,000)
shares as shares of the Liquid Assets Portfolio - Resource Class and Seven
Hundred Seventy Million (770,000,000) shares as shares of Prime Portfolio -
Resource Class, 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.
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 Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) 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
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Prime Portfolio - Private Investment Class,
Three Billion Three Hundred Million (3,300,000,000) shares
are classified as
Prime Portfolio - Reserve Class and
Three Billion Eight Hundred Fifty Million (3,850,000,000)
sharesare classified as
Prime Portfolio - Resource Class; and
(c) Seven Billion Five Hundred Million (7,500,000,000) shares are
unclassified.
THIRD: As of the filing of these Articles Supplementary, the
Corporation shall have 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 - 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.
FOURTH: The Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
FIFTH: The previously unclassified shares were classified by the
Capitalization Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant
to delegated authority, in accordance with section 2-105(c) of the Maryland
General Corporation Law.
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SIXTH: The Shares were classified by the Capitalization Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation under authority granted to that
committee by the Board of Directors, which was granted such authority 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 March 13 , 2000.
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS CO.
Witness:
/s/ P. Michelle Grace By: /s/ Melville B. Cox
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
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