EX-99.(A)(27) 3 d362743dex99a27.htm AMENDMENT NO. 27 TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Amendment No. 27 to Articles of Incorporation dated September 25, 2012

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MARSHALL FUNDS, INC.

AMENDMENT NO. 27

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 create the BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund, BMO Short Tax-Free Fund and BMO TCH Emerging Markets Bond Fund as three additional classes of common stock, each with Series Y and Series I series of shares.

“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

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 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

BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO Short Tax-Free Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite

BMO TCH Emerging Markets Bond Fund

   Series Y    Indefinite


CLASS

  

SERIES

  

AUTHORIZED NUMBER
OF SHARES

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 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

BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO Short Tax-Free Fund

   Series I    Indefinite

BMO TCH Emerging Markets Bond Fund

   Series I    Indefinite’”

This Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by the Board of Directors on August 8, 2012 in accordance with Sections 180.1002 and 180.0602 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Shareholder approval was not required. Prior to this Amendment, none of the shares of the BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund, BMO Short Tax-Free Fund or BMO TCH Emerging Markets Bond Fund have been issued

Executed in duplicate this 25th day of September, 2012.

 

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

This instrument was drafted by:

Ellen Drought

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

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