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Suppose \(n(w,f,\Delta)\) denotes the number of roots (counted according to their multiplicities) in the set \(\Delta\) of the equation \(f(z)=w\), and \(p\) is a positive integer. A system \(\{f_k\}^N_{k=1}\) of functions \(f_k(z)\) meromorphic in \(E=\{| z| <1\}\) is called jointly \(p\)-valent if \(\sum^N_{k=1}n(w,f_k,E)\leq p\) for all \(w\) in the extended complex plane. The author only considers systems \(\{f_k\}^N_{k=1}\) of jointly \(p\)-valent functions in which each function is \(p\)-valent. Set \(a_k=f_k(0)\) and assume that \(z=0\) is a root of multiplicity \(q_k(1\leq q_k\leq p)\) of the equation \(f_k(z)=a_k\). Let \(z_q^{(k)}\) \((q=1,\ldots,p-q_k)\) denote the remaining roots in \(E\) of this equation. For fixed \(a_k\) and \(z_q^{(k)}\), one gets the set \(M_p(a_1,\ldots, a_N; z_q^{(k)})\) of systems of jointly \(p\)-valent functions. The author proves three theorems, which give upper bounds for expressions (too complicated to reproduce here) constructed from systems \(\{f_k\}^N_{k=1}\) in the set \(M_p(\infty,a_2,\ldots, a_ N; z_ q^{(k)})\) and from the functions \[ \psi_k(z)=\prod^N_{j=2}(f_k(z)-a_j)^{\alpha_k\gamma_j}\quad (k=1,\ldots,N;\ | \alpha_k|=1;\ \gamma_ k\text{ real)}. \] Some cases where \(a_1\neq\infty\) are also considered. This article continues earlier work by the author [Extremal problems of the theory of functions, 5, Interuniv. Collect. Artic., Tomsk 1986, 32--37 (1986; Zbl 0615.30021)].