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EXHIBIT (e)(2)
Amended Schedule I to the
Amended and Restated
Distribution Contract
EXCELSIOR INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
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Equity Fund
Value Equity Fund
Optimum Growth Fund
Income Fund
Total Return Bond Fund
International Equity Fund
High Yield Fund
In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in the Distribution
Contract dated as of August 1, 1995, as amended and restated July 31, 1998,
between Excelsior Institutional Trust and Edgewood Services, Inc., Excelsior
Institutional Trust and Edgewood Services, Inc. execute and deliver this
intending to be legally bound and intending this to be Amended Schedule I to
said Distribution Contract.
Witness the due execution hereof this _____ day of _____________, 2000.
EXCELSIOR INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
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Name: Frederick S. Wonham
Title: Chairman, President, and Treasurer
EDGEWOOD SERVICES, INC.
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Name:
Title:
