EX-99.(A)(44) 3 a09-35045_1ex99da44.htm EX-99.(A)(44)

Exhibit 99.(a)(44)

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “Department”) that:

 

FIRST:  The Corporation is registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SECOND:  The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), at a meeting duly convened and held on February 24-25, 2009, adopted resolutions which:

 

(a)           authorized the elimination of one (1) portfolio of common stock of the Corporation, consisting of two (2) classes, designated as Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class I and Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class P (the “Liquidated Portfolio”), none of which portfolio or classes have any shares outstanding; and

 

(b)           authorized the reduction to zero of the number of shares of common stock classified as shares of the Liquidated Portfolio.

 

THIRD:  The reduction to zero of the number of shares of the Liquidated Portfolio results in the decrease in the aggregate number of shares of common stock which the Corporation has authority to issue from eighteen billion five hundred million (18,500,000,000) shares of common stock to seventeen billion five hundred million (17,500,000,000) shares of common stock.

 

FOURTH:  As of immediately before the decrease in the number of authorized shares of the Liquidated Portfolio and the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock of all classes of the Corporation, as set forth above, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation had authority to issue was eighteen billion five hundred million (18,500,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500,000) and designated and classified in the following portfolios and classes:

 

NAME OF CLASS

 

NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
CLASSIFIED AND
ALLOCATED

 

 

 

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Capital Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Capital Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class I†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class P†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class H†

 

500,000,000 shares

 


 

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class L†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class L

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class I

 

1,000,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Total

 

18,500,000,000 shares

 

†      The par value of all shares of common stock of all portfolios and classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is $0.001 per share, with the exception of the shares of common stock classified as Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class I, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class P, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class H and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio Class L, which have a par value of $0.003 per share.

 

FIFTH:  After giving effect to the decrease in the number of authorized shares of stock of the Liquidated Portfolios and the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock of all classes of the Corporation, as set forth above, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is seventeen billion five hundred million (17,500,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of twenty-one million five hundred thousand dollars ($21,500,000) and designated and classified in the following portfolios and classes:

 

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NAME OF CLASS

 

NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
CLASSIFIED AND
ALLOCATED

 

 

 

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Capital Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Capital Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class I†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class P†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class H†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class L†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class L

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class I

 

1,000,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio — Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio — Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

Total

 

17,500,000,000 shares

 

†      The par value of all shares of common stock of all portfolios and classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is $0.001 per share, with the exception of the shares of common stock classified as Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class I, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class P, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class H and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio Class L, which have a par value of $0.003 per share.

 

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SIXTH:  The number of shares of stock of the Liquidated Portfolio, and the aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue, has been decreased by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to on its behalf by its Secretary on this 20th day of January, 2010.

 

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Randy Takian

 

 

 

Randy Takian

 

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mary E. Mullin

 

 

Mary E. Mullin

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC., who executed on behalf of the Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Randy Takian

 

 

Randy Takian

 

 

President