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Exhibit 99A
LEADER MUTUAL FUNDS (FORMERLY "MAGNA FUNDS")
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, being a majority of the trustees of Magna Funds, a
Massachusetts business trust created and existing under an Agreement and
Declaration of Trust dated April 28, 1994, a copy of which is on file in the
Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Trust"),
having determined to change the name of the Trust from "Magna Funds" to "Leader
Mutual Funds" do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 1 be filed with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby amend the Agreement
and Declaration of Trust so that Section I of Article I of the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust is amended and restated as follows:
"This Trust shall be known as "Leader Mutual Funds", and the Trustees
shall conduct the business of the Trust under that name or any other
name as they may from time to time determine."
The foregoing amendment shall become effective upon execution by a
majority of the Trustees.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and
for our successors and assigns this 15th day of August, 2000.
/s/ Earl E. Lazerson
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Earl E. Lazerson
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
/s/ Robert Archibald
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Robert Archibald
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
/s/ Robert Saur
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Robert Saur
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
/s/ Neil Seitz
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Neil Seitz
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
/s/ Harry R. Maier
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Harry R. Maier
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
/s/ Brad L. Badgley
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Brad L. Badgley
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
