EX-99.A(III) 3 a2102504zex-99_aiii.txt EXHIBIT 99.A(III) ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY OF HARTFORD HLS SERIES FUND II, INC. Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that: FIRST: The Corporation currently has the authority to issue two billion, three hundred million (2,300,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value common stock, having an aggregate par value of two million, three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000), as listed below:
CLASS IA CLASS IB SERIES SHARES SHARES ------ -------- -------- Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund 187,500,000 12,500,000 Hartford SmallCap Growth HLS Fund 187,500,000 12,500,000 Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund 187,500,000 12,500,000 Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund 187,500,000 12,500,000
NUMBER OF SHARES SERIES IN SERIES ------ ---------------- Hartford American Leaders HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund II 100,000,000 Hartford Capital Opportunities HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford Global Equity HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford International Stock HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford International Stock HLS Fund II 100,000,000 Hartford Investors Growth HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford LargeCap Growth HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford MidCap Stock HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford Multisector Bond HLS Fund 100,000,000
Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund 100,000,000
SECOND: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article IV of the Corporation's charter and in accordance with Sections 2-208 and 2-208.1 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors has duly authorized an increase in the Corporation's authorized shares of $0.001 par value common stock to eight billion, two hundred million (8,200,000,000) shares, having an aggregate par value of eight million, two hundred thousand dollars ($8,200,000), to accommodate the creation of Class IB Shares for the Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund, Hartford Capital Opportunities HLS Fund, Hartford International Stock HLS Fund, Hartford LargeCap Growth HLS Fund, Hartford MidCap Stock HLS Fund, Hartford Multisector Bond HLS Fund and Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund, and the reclassification of such shares as set forth below:
CLASS IA CLASS IB SERIES SHARES SHARES ------ -------- -------- Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford Capital Opportunities HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford International Stock HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford LargeCap Growth HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford MidCap Stock HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford Multisector Bond HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford SmallCap Growth HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000 Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund 500,000,000 200,000,000
SERIES NUMBER OF SHARES IN SERIES ------ -------------------------- Hartford American Leaders HLS Fund 100,000,000 Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund II 100,000,000 Hartford Global Equity HLS Fund 100,000,000
Hartford International Stock HLS Fund II 100,000,000 Hartford Investors Growth HLS Fund 100,000,000
THIRD: Shares of the Corporation's Class IA and IB Common Stock shall have all of the rights, preferences and privileges as set forth in the Corporation's charter and as set forth in the Corporation's current prospectuses, statements of additional information and multiple class plan. FOURTH: The Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. FIFTH: The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation has authority to issue has been increased by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law. SIXTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting on October 30, 2002 authorized the increase of shares as set forth herein and the creation of Class IB Shares for the Hartford Blue Chip Stock HLS Fund, Hartford Capital Opportunities HLS Fund, Hartford International Stock HLS Fund, Hartford LargeCap Growth HLS Fund, Hartford MidCap Stock HLS Fund, Hartford Multisector Bond HLS Fund and Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be duly executed by Kevin J. Carr, its Vice President, and attested to by Daniel E. Burton, its Assistant Secretary, this 9th day of January 2003. Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. Attest: By: /s/ Kevin J. Carr -------------------------------- /s/ Daniel E. Burton Kevin J. Carr ------------------------- Vice President Daniel E. Burton Assistant Secretary I, Kevin J. Carr, Vice President of Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc., hereby acknowledge, in the name and on behalf of said corporation, the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of said corporation and I further certify that, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects, under the penalties of perjury. /s/ Kevin J. Carr ------------------------ Kevin J. Carr