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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A: Attachment to item 77I:
Terms of new or amended securities
EXHIBIT B: Attachment to item 77M:
Mergers
EXHIBIT C: Attachment to item 77Q1:
Exhibits
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EXHIBIT A:
SUB-ITEM 77I Terms of New or Amended Securities
Registrant has issued the following new classes of
shares: Administration Shares, Cash Reserve Shares and Cash
Management Shares of TempFund, T-Fund, MuniFund and California
Money Fund and Plus Shares of TempFund and MuniFund, which are
described in Registrants PEA 61, filed with the SEC on
February 2, 1999, incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBIT B:
SUB-ITEM 77M: MERGERS
a) Provident Institutional Funds ("PIF" or the "Trust")
was organized as a Delaware business trust on October 21, 1998.
It is the successor to the following five investment companies:
(1) Temporary Investment Fund, Inc. ("Temp"), (2) Trust for
Federal Securities ("Fed"), (3) Municipal Fund for Temporary
Investment ("Muni"); (4) Municipal Fund for California Investors,
Inc. ("Cal Muni") and (5) Municipal Fund for New York Investors,
Inc. ("NY Muni") (each a "Predecessor Company", collectively the
"Predecessor Companies"). The Predecessor Companies were
comprised of the following portfolios (each, a "Fund" or
"Predecessor Fund", collectively, the "Funds" or "Predecessor
Funds"): Temp - TempFund and TempCash; Fed - FedFund, T-Fund,
Federal Trust Fund and Treasury Trust Fund; Muni - MuniFund and
MuniCash; Cal Muni - California Money Fund; and NY Muni - New
York Money Fund. PIF has succeeded to Temp's File Nos 2-
47015/811-2354.
b) Special Shareholder Meetings for each of the
Predecessor Companies were held on February 9, 1999.
Shareholders of each Portfolio of each Predecessor Company voted
to approve Agreements and Plans of Reorganization pursuant to
which each Portfolio was reorganized as a separate series of PIF.
On February 10, 1999, each of the Predecessor Funds was
reorganized into a separate series of PIF. The circumstances and
details of the reorganization are included in the definitive
proxy statements for Temporary Investment Fund, Inc., Nos 2-
47015/811-2354, Trust for Federal Securities, Nos 2-53808/811-
2573, Municipal Fund of Temporary Investment, Nos 2-64358/811-
2919, Municipal Fund for California Investors, Inc. Nos 2-
79510/811-3574 and Municipal Fund for New York Investors, Inc.,
Nos 2-82278/811-3678, each filed with the SEC on December 11,
1999 and incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBIT C:
SUB-ITEM 77Q1: Exhibits
a) Registrant's Agreement and Declaration of Trust and
By-Laws are included in Registrants PEA 61, filed with the SEC on
February 2, 1999, incorporated by reference herein.
d) Copies of instruments defining the rights of holders
of new classes of securities are exhibits to Registrant's PEA 62,
filed with the SEC on May 28, 1999, incorporated by reference.
e) Registrants new investment advisory contract is
included in Registrants PEA 61, filed with the SEC on February 2,
1999, incorporated by reference herein.
g) The Agreement and Plan of Reorganization are
included in the definitive proxy statement for Temporary
Investment Fund, Inc., Nos 2-47015/811-2354, Trust for Federal
Securities, Nos 2-53808/811-2573, Municipal Fund of Temporary
Investment, Nos 2-64358/811-2919, Municipal Fund for California
Investors, Inc. Nos 2-79510/811-3574 and Municipal Fund for New
York Investors, Inc., Nos 2-82278/811-3678, each, filed with the
SEC on December 11, 1999, incorporated by reference herein.
