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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A: Attachment to item 77M: Mergers
EXHIBIT B: Attachment to item 77Q1: Exhibits
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EXHIBIT A:
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 B:
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.
e) Registrants new investment advisory contract in 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 Registrant, filed with the SEC on
December 11, 1999, incorporated by reference herein.
