EX-99.A.26 2 d255918dex99a26.htm AMENDMENT NO.25 TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Amendment No.25 to Articles of Incorporation

Exhibit(a)(26)

TO BE EFFECTIVE AT 11:59 P.M. ON DECEMBER 28, 2011

MARSHALL FUNDS, INC.

AMENDMENT NO. 25

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The undersigned officer of Marshall Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) hereby certifies that in accordance with Section 180.1002 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the following Amendment of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles”) was duly adopted to:

 

  (i) replace “Marshall” with “BMO” in the name of certain classes of the Corporation’s common stock;

 

  (ii) create BMO Dividend Income Fund, BMO Monegy High Yield Bond Fund, BMO Pyrford Global Strategic Return Fund and BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund as four additional classes of common stock, each with Series Y and Series I series of shares;

 

  (iii) change the name of the Marshall Core Plus Bond Fund to the BMO TCH Core Plus Bond Fund;

 

  (iv) change the name of the Marshall Corporate Income Fund to the BMO TCH Corporate Income Fund; and

 

  (v) change the name of the Marshall Emerging Markets Equity Fund to the BMO Lloyd George Emerging Markets Equity Fund.

“The Articles are hereby amended as follows:

Section (a) of Article IV is hereby amended by deleting section (a) thereof and inserting the following as a new paragraph:

‘(a) The Corporation is authorized to issue an indefinite number of shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share. Subject to the following paragraph, the authorized shares are classified as follows:

 

CLASS

  

SERIES

  

AUTHORIZED NUMBER
OF SHARES

Investor Class

     

BMO Large-Cap Value Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Government Income Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Short-Intermediate Bond Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Mid-Cap Growth Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Prime Money Market Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Government Money Market Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite


CLASS

  

SERIES

  

AUTHORIZED NUMBER
OF SHARES

BMO Short-Term Income Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Large-Cap Growth Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Mid-Cap Value Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Intermediate Tax-Free Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

Marshall International Stock Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Small-Cap Growth Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Tax-Free Money Market Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Aggregate Bond Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Lloyd George Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO TCH Core Plus Bond Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO TCH Corporate Income Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Ultra Short Tax-Free Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Large-Cap Focus Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Small-Cap Value Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Dividend Income Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Monegy High Yield Bond Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Pyrford Global Strategic Return Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

Institutional Class

     

BMO Prime Money Market Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Government Money Market Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Tax-Free Money Market Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Aggregate Bond Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Government Income Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Short-Intermediate Bond Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Short-Term Income Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Small-Cap Growth Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Mid-Cap Growth Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Mid-Cap Value Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Large-Cap Growth Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Large-Cap Value Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Lloyd George Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO TCH Core Plus Bond Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO TCH Corporate Income Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Ultra Short Tax-Free Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Large-Cap Focus Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Intermediate Tax-Free Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

Marshall International Stock Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Small-Cap Value Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Dividend Income Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Monegy High Yield Bond Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Pyrford Global Strategic Return Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund

   Series I    Indefinite’”

 

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This Amendment to the Articles was adopted by the Board of Directors on November 2, 2011 in accordance with Sections 180.1002 and 180.0602 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Prior to this Amendment, none of the shares of the BMO Dividend Income Fund, BMO Monegy High Yield Bond Fund, BMO Pyrford Global Strategic Return Fund or BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund have been issued.

Executed in duplicate this 28th day of December, 2011.

 

MARSHALL FUNDS, INC.
By:   /s/    John M. Blaser         
  John M. Blaser, President

This instrument was drafted by:

Michele L. Racadio

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

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