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Van Eck Funds – ‘485APOS’ on 3/1/99 – EX-99.1B5

As of:  Monday, 3/1/99   ·   Accession #:  950130-99-1141   ·   File #s:  2-97596, 811-04297

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 3/01/99  Van Eck Funds                     485APOS               67:1.3M                                   Donnelley R R & S… 02/FA

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Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485APOS     Van Eck Funds                                        117    573K 
60: EX-27.1   ƒ Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
61: EX-27.2     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
62: EX-27.3     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
63: EX-27.4     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
64: EX-27.5     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
65: EX-27.6     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
66: EX-27.7     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
67: EX-27.8     Financial Data Schedule                                2     21K 
50: EX-99.10.10  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar-Class B Global     1     21K 
                          Har                                                    
45: EX-99.10.2  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar W/Respect to        1     20K 
                          Gold/                                                  
46: EX-99.10.4  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar-Int'L.              1     20K 
                          Investors                                              
47: EX-99.10.5  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar-Asia Dynasty        1     22K 
                          Fund                                                   
48: EX-99.10.6  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar-Class B Asia        2±    22K 
                          Dynas                                                  
49: EX-99.10.8  Opinion of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar-Global Hard         1     21K 
                          Assets                                                 
51: EX-99.11    Consent of Independent Accountants                     1     19K 
52: EX-99.14C   Registrant's Form of Simplified Employee Plan         29     56K 
53: EX-99.14D   Amendments to the Retirement Plan for Self-Employe    88    175K 
54: EX-99.15A2  Plan of Distribution W/Respect to Asia Dynasty Fun     7     38K 
55: EX-99.15A3  Plan of Distribution W/Respect to Class B-Asia Dyn    12     57K 
56: EX-99.15A5  Plan of Distribution Pursuant to Rule 12B-1 Class      5     37K 
                          C                                                      
57: EX-99.15A6  Plan of Distribution to Rule 12B-1 (Global Hard        3     22K 
                          Ass                                                    
58: EX-99.15A8  Plan of Distribution Pursuant to Rule 12B-1 (Class     5     35K 
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59: EX-99.18    Power of Attorney                                      1     20K 
 2: EX-99.1A1   Master Trust Agreement                                31    114K 
 3: EX-99.1A2   Amendment No. 1 to Master Trust Agreement              2     19K 
 4: EX-99.1A3   Amendment No. 2 to Master Trust Agreement              2     19K 
 5: EX-99.1A4   Amendment No. 3 to Master Trust Agreement              2     20K 
 6: EX-99.1A5   Amendment No. 4 to Master Trust Agreement              2     20K 
 7: EX-99.1A6   Amendment No. 5 to Master Trust Agreement              2     20K 
 8: EX-99.1A7   Amendment No. 6 to Master Trust Agreement              4     25K 
 9: EX-99.1A8   Amendment No. 7 to Master Trust Agreement              3     21K 
10: EX-99.1B1   Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement           35    128K 
19: EX-99.1B10  Amendment No. 9 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     2     23K 
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11: EX-99.1B2   Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement            3     22K 
12: EX-99.1B3   Amendment No. 2 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     2     22K 
                          Ag                                                     
13: EX-99.1B4   Amendment No. 3 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     2     23K 
                          Ag                                                     
14: EX-99.1B5   Amendment No. 4 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     3     25K 
                          Ag                                                     
15: EX-99.1B6   Amendment No. 5 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     5     31K 
                          Ag                                                     
16: EX-99.1B7   Amendment No. 6 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     5     30K 
                          Ag                                                     
17: EX-99.1B8   Amendment No. 7 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     2     23K 
                          Ag                                                     
18: EX-99.1B9   Amendment No. 8 to Amended & Restated Master Trust     4     29K 
                          Ag                                                     
20: EX-99.2     By-Laws of Van Eck Funds                               7     34K 
21: EX-99.5A    Advisory Agreement                                    10     41K 
22: EX-99.5B1   Letter Agreement to Add Gold/Resources Fund            2     20K 
23: EX-99.5C    Form of Advisory Agreement                             7     37K 
24: EX-99.5D    Advisory Agreement Between Van Eck                     9     39K 
25: EX-99.5E2   Letter Agreement to Add Gold/Resources Fund & Inte     1     20K 
26: EX-99.5F    Advisory Agreement Between Van Eck Associates & in    11     46K 
27: EX-99.5G    Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement                      9     54K 
28: EX-99.6A    Distribution Agreement                                 7     38K 
29: EX-99.6B1   Letter Agreement to Add Gold/Resources Fund & U.S.     2     21K 
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30: EX-99.6B3   Form of Van Eck Funds                                  1     20K 
31: EX-99.6C2   Letter Agreement to Add Global Hard Assets Fund        1     20K 
32: EX-99.6C3   Letter Agreement to Add Global Hard Assets Fund        1     20K 
33: EX-99.6D    Amendment to Form of Selling Group Agreement           4     39K 
34: EX-99.6E    Selling Group Agreement                                7     38K 
35: EX-99.7     Deferred Fee Agreement                                 3     32K 
36: EX-99.8A    Global Custody Agreement                              22     93K 
37: EX-99.8B    Global Custody Agreement                              22     92K 
38: EX-99.9A    Procedural Agreement Among Merrill Lynch Futures      54    124K 
39: EX-99.9B    Commodity Customer's Agreement                        14±    65K 
40: EX-99.9C    Agreement & Plan of Redomicile & Reorganization        4     31K 
41: EX-99.9D    Form of Accounting & Administrative Services           6     39K 
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42: EX-99.9E    Accounting & Administrative Services Agreement         9     43K 
43: EX-99.9F2   Letter of Agreement to Add Gold/Resources Fund         3     23K 
44: EX-99.9F3   Letter Agreement to Add Global Hard Assets Fund        1     20K 


EX-99.1B5   —   Amendment No. 4 to Amended & Restated Master Trust Ag

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VAN ECK FUNDS AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement dated February 6, 1992 (amending the Master Trust Agreement dated April 3, 1985) (the "Agreement"), of Van Eck Funds (the "Trust"), made at New York, New York this 10th day of May, 1994. W I T N E S S E T H: -------------------- WHEREAS, Section 7.3 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be amended from time to time, as long as such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any shareholder and so long as such amendment is not in contravention of applicable law, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, by an instrument in writing, signed by an officer of the Trust pursuant to a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust; and WHEREAS, Section 4.1 of the Agreement provides that the Trustees of the Trust may establish and designate series of Shares of the Trust and classes thereof-, and WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust have voted to establish a second class of Shares for the World Income Fund which shall be designated as Class B Shares and hereby redesignate all existing shares of World Income Fund and any similar shares issued in the future as Class A Shares; and WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees have voted to establish two new series of the Trust, which are designated as Asia Infrastructure Fund and Global SmallCap Fund, and to establish two classes of Shares of each series thereof, which are designated as Class A and Class B; and WHEREAS, a majority of the Trustees have voted to change section 7.2 of the Agreement with respect to all Sub-Trusts other than World Trends Fund, Gold/Resources Fund, U.S. Government Money Fund, World Income Fund, International Growth Fund, International Investors Gold Fund, Asia Dynasty Fund and Global Balanced Fund; and
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WHEREAS, a majority of Trustees have duly approved this amendment to the Agreement and authorized the same to be filed with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Thaddeus Leszczynski, the duly elected and serving Vice President of the Trust, pursuant to the authorization described above, hereby declares that the initial paragraph of Section 4.2 of the Agreement is amended to add additional Sub-Trusts and to read as follows: "Section 4.2 Establishment and Description of Sub-Trusts. Without ------------------------------------------- limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 4.1 to establish and designate any further Sub-Trusts, the Trustees hereby establish and designate ten Sub-Trusts: World Trends Fund, Gold/Resources Fund, U.S. Government Money Fund, World Income Fund (Class A and Class B), International Growth Fund, International Investors Gold Fund, Asia Dynasty Fund (Class A and Class B), Asia Infrastructure Fund (Class A and Class B), Global Balanced Fund (Class A and Class B) and Global SmallCap Fund (Class A and Class B). The World Trends Fund, Gold/Resources Fund, U.S. Government Money Fund, World Income Fund (Class A and Class B), International Growth Fund, International Investors Gold Fund, Asia Dynasty Fund (Class A and Class B), Asia Infrastructure Fund (Class A and Class B), Global Balanced Fund (Class A and Class B) and Global SmallCap Fund (Class A and Class B) and any Shares of any further Sub-Trusts that may from time to time be established and designated by the Trustees shall (unless the Trustees otherwise determine With respect to some further Sub-Trust at the time of establishing and designating the same) have the following relative rights and preferences:" and hereby declares that the second paragraph of Section 7.2 of the Agreement is amended to read as follows: The Trust or any one or more Sub-Trusts may, either as the successor, or survivor, or non-survivor, (1) consolidate with one or more other trusts, partnerships, associations or corporations organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other state of the United States, to form a new consolidated trust, partnership, association or corporation under the laws of which any one of the constituent entities is organized, or (2) merge into one or more other trusts, partnerships, associations or corporations organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other state of the United States, or have one or more such trusts, partnerships, associations or corporations merged into it, any such consolidation or merger to be upon such terms and conditions as are specified in an agreement and plan of reorganization entered into by the Trust, or one or more such Sub-Trusts as the case may be, in connection therewith. The terms "merge" or "merger" as used herein shall also include the purchase or acquisition of any assets of any other trust, partnership, association
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or corporation which is an investment company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other state of the United States. With respect to the World Trends Fund, Gold/Resources Fund, U.S. Government Money Fund, World Income Fund, International Growth Fund, International Investors Gold Fund, Asia Dynasty Fund and Global Balanced Fund only, any such consolidation or merger shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting Shares, as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Sub-Trust so affected thereby; and with respect to all other Sub-Trusts, such affirmative vote shall only be required if the Sub-Trust is not the successor or survivor of such consolidation or merger. WITNESS my hand and seal this 10th day of May, 1994. /s/ Thaddeus Leszczynksi Thaddeus Leszczynski, Vice President STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) Then personally appeared the above-named Thaddeus Leszczynski and acknowledged this instrument to be his free act and deed this 10th day of May, 1994. /s/ Henry G. Neger Notary Public My commission expires: 12/31/95

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘485APOS’ Filing    Date First  Last      Other Filings
3/2/99
Filed on:3/1/99NSAR-B
2/6/921
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8 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/26/23  VanEck Funds                      485BPOS     5/01/23   20:18M
 4/25/22  VanEck Funds                      485BPOS     5/01/22   22:14M
10/21/21  VanEck Funds                      485BPOS    10/21/21   20:6.7M
 7/22/21  VanEck Funds                      485APOS2/10/22    2:2.7M
 7/12/21  VanEck Funds                      485BPOS     7/12/21   16:6M
 6/21/21  VanEck Funds                      485APOS                1:2.7M
 4/28/21  VanEck Funds                      485BPOS     5/01/21   29:16M
 4/06/21  VanEck Funds                      485APOS4/06/21    2:2.6M
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