EXETER FUND, INC.

                            CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION

     EXETER  FUND,  INC.  (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized under the
laws  of  the  State of Maryland, having its principal place of business at 1100
Chase  Square,  Rochester,  New  York  14604,  does  hereby certify to the State
Department  of  Assessments  and  Taxation  of  Maryland  (the "Department") the
following  Certificate  of  Correction:

     FIRST:  The  resolution  designating  and  classifying  (iii)  seventy-five
million (75,000,000) shares of the authorized, unissued and unclassified capital
stock  of  the Corporation as the Core Bond Series Class A is corrected to (iii)
seventy-five  million  (75,000,000)  shares  of  the  authorized,  unissued  and
unclassified capital stock of the Corporation as the Core Plus Bond Series Class
A  within the Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Exeter Fund,
Inc.  filed  with  the  State  Department of Assessments and Taxation on May 25,
2004.

     SECOND:  This  Certificate  of Correction shall be effective as of the date
the  Department  accepts  this  Certificate  for  record.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  EXETER  FUND,  INC.  has caused these presents to be
signed  in its name and on its behalf by its President and its corporate seal to
be  hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary as of the 10th day of August,
2004.

                    EXETER  FUND,  INC.



                    By:  /s/  B.  Reuben  Auspitz
                                    B.  Reuben  Auspitz
                                    President


[Seal]


Attest:


/s/  Jodi  L.  Hedberg
Jodi  L.  Hedberg
Secretary




     THE  UNDERSIGNED, President of Exeter Fund, Inc., who executed on behalf of
said  corporation  the foregoing Articles of Amendment of which this certificate
is  made  a  part,  hereby  acknowledges,  in  the  name  and  on behalf of said
corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of said
corporation  and  further  certifies  that,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge,
information  and  belief, the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to
the  approval  thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of
perjury.


                              /s/  B.  Reuben  Auspitz
                              B.  Reuben  Auspitz
                              President