EX-99.A.2 2 exa2-cat.txt Exhibit (a)(2) CASH ACCOUNT TRUST Amendment of Declaration of Trust The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Cash Account Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), acting pursuant to Article IX, Section 4 of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 17, 1990, as amended (the "Declaration of Trust"), do hereby amend Article III Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust, as follows: The series designated "Government Securities Portfolio" shall be redesignated as "Government & Agency Securities Portfolio." The relative rights and preferences of such series shall continue to be as set forth in the Declaration of Trust. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have this day signed this Instrument. /s/John W. Ballantine /s/Lewis A. Burnham ------------------------------- -------------------------------- John W. Ballantine, Trustee Lewis A. Burnham, Trustee /s/Donald L. Dunaway /s/James R. Edgar ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Donald L. Dunaway, Trustee James R. Edgar, Trustee /s/Paul K. Freeman /s/Richard T. Hale ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Paul K. Freeman, Trustee Richard T. Hale, Trustee /s/Robert B. Hoffman /s/Shirley D. Peterson ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Robert B. Hoffman, Trustee Shirley D. Peterson, Trustee /s/Fred B. Renwick /s/John G. Weithers ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Fred B. Renwick, Trustee John G. Weithers, Trustee Dated: March 17, 2004