EX-99.A.(XII) 2 a14-12556_1ex99dadxii.htm EX-99.A.(XII)

 

THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST:  The charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) is hereby amended to change the name of the following series of common stock of the Corporation as set forth below:

 

Current Name

 

New Name

 

 

 

The Hartford Balanced Allocation Fund

 

Hartford Moderate Allocation Fund

 

 

 

The Hartford Global Research Fund

 

Hartford Global Equity Income Fund

 

SECOND:  The foregoing amendment to the Charter was approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation and was limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605(a)(2) of the Maryland General Corporation Law without action by the stockholders.

 

THIRD:  These Articles of Amendment shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 30, 2014.

 

FOURTH:  The undersigned Vice President of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Vice 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary on this 20 day of May, 2014.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Alice A. Pellegrino

 

By:

/s/ Edward P. Macdonald

Alice A. Pellegrino

 

Edward P. Macdonald

Assistant Secretary

 

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

 

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