EX-99.(A)(37) 2 a08-7301_1ex99da37.htm EX-99.(A)(37)

Exhibit 99.(a)(37)

 

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 27, 2008, adopted resolutions which:  (i) increased the total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue to twenty-nine billion (29,000,000,000) shares of common stock; and (ii) established five (5) additional classes of common stock designated as Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class L, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio – Class L, Global Real Estate Portfolio – Class L, International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class L and Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class L, respectively, and classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class L, classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio – Class L, classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Global Real Estate Portfolio – Class L, classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class L and classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class L.

 

THIRD:  The terms applicable to the classes of common stock designated and classified as set forth above, including any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, as set by the Board of Directors, are the same as the terms of the existing classes of common stock which are set forth in the Articles of Restatement of the Corporation, as amended and supplemented (the “Charter”).

 

FOURTH:  As of immediately before the increase in the number of authorized shares as set forth above, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation had authority to issue was twenty-six billion five hundred million (26,500,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of twenty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($29,500,000) 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

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

 


 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

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 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 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 Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

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 Magnum Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Magnum 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

 

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

 

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

 

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

 

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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

 

26,500,000,000 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 and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio – Class H, which have a par value of $0.003 per share.

 

FIFTH:  As increased, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is twenty-nine billion (29,000,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) 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

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class L

 

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 Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

 

 

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International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class L

 

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 Magnum Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

International Magnum 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

 

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

 

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class I

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class P

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class H

 

500,000,000 shares

 

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class L

 

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

 

29,000,000,000 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.

 

SIXTH:  The aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue has been increased by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law, and the shares of Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio – Class L, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio – Class L, Global Real Estate Portfolio – Class L, International Growth Active Extension Portfolio – Class L and Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio – Class L have been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in Article FIFTH, Section 3 of the Charter.

 

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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 3rd day of June, 2008.

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

 

Ronald E. Robison

 

 

President

 

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/ Ronald E. Robison

 

Ronald E. Robison

 

President

 

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