EX-99.A.16 3 exa16-int.htm ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

Exhibit (a)(16)

DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

Deutsche International Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (which is hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Charter of the Corporation and by the Maryland General Corporation Law, and to effectuate further the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of August 14, 2015 between the Corporation, on behalf of the Deutsche CROCI® International Fund, a separate series of the Corporation, and the Corporation, on behalf of the Deutsche International Value Fund, a separate series of the Corporation, and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“DIMA”), investment adviser for the funds, the Board of Directors has designated and classified the shares of the Deutsche International Value Fund series of the Corporation’s capital stock, all of which are unissued, into undesignated shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

SECOND: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Charter of the Corporation and by the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors has designated and classified the Investment Class shares of the Deutsche CROCI® International Fund series of the Corporation’s capital stock, all of which are unissued, into undesignated shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

THIRD: (a) Immediately prior to the filing of these Articles Supplementary, the Corporation had the authority to issue 2,947,923,888 shares of capital stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share, for an aggregate par value of $29,479,238.88, which shares were designated and classified into the following Series, which Series were subdivided into the following Classes:

 

Series Classes Number of Shares
     
Deutsche CROCI® International Fund   570,595,597
     
Class A shares 100,000,000
   Class B shares 50,000,000
   Class C shares 20,000,000
Class S shares 200,595,597
   Institutional Class shares 50,000,000
Investment Class shares 100,000,000
   Class R6 shares 50,000,000
 

 

Deutsche Latin America Equity Fund               270,000,000
   
  Class A shares         50,000,000
  Class B shares      50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares    100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares     50,000,000
     
Deutsche World Dividend Fund    370,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares        50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares       100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares    100,000,000
  Class R6 shares      50,000,000
     
Deutsche Emerging Markets  
Equity Fund    320,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares         50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares       100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares    100,000,000
     
Deutsche International  
Value Fund         320,000,000
   
  Class A shares      80,000,000
  Class C shares      80,000,000
   Institutional Class shares      80,000,000
   Class S shares 80,000,000
     
Deutsche Global  
Equity Fund    300,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares        50,000,000
  Class C shares      50,000,000
  Class R shares         50,000,000
  Class S shares      50,000,000
  Institutional Class shares     50,000,000

 

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Deutsche Emerging Markets  
Frontier Fund    200,000,000
   
  Class A shares     50,000,000
  Class C shares      50,000,000
  Class S shares      50,000,000
  Institutional Class shares      50,000,000
     
  Undesignated     597,328,291

 

 

 

(b) Immediately after the filing of these Articles Supplementary, the Corporation will continue to have the authority to issue 2,947,923,888 shares of capital stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share, for an aggregate par value of $29,479,238.88, which shares will be designated and classified into the following Series, which Series will be subdivided into the following Classes:

 

Series Classes Number of Shares
     
Deutsche CROCI® International Fund 470,595,597
     
  Class A shares 100,000,000
  Class B shares    50,000,000
  Class C shares   20,000,000
  Class S shares 200,595,597
  Institutional Class shares    50,000,000
  Class R6 shares    50,000,000
     
Deutsche Latin America Equity Fund               270,000,000
   
  Class A shares         50,000,000
  Class B shares     50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares    100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares      50,000,000
     
Deutsche World Dividend Fund     370,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares       50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares       100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares    100,000,000
  Class R6 shares      50,000,000

 

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Deutsche Emerging Markets  
Equity Fund    320,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares         50,000,000
  Class C shares      20,000,000
  Class S shares       100,000,000
  Institutional Class shares    100,000,000
     
Deutsche Global  
Equity Fund    300,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class B shares         50,000,000
  Class C shares      50,000,000
  Class R shares         50,000,000
  Class S shares      50,000,000
  Institutional Class shares      50,000,000
     
Deutsche Emerging Markets  
Frontier Fund    200,000,000
   
  Class A shares      50,000,000
  Class C shares      50,000,000
  Class S shares      50,000,000
  Institutional Class shares     50,000,000
     
  Undesignated     107,328,291

 

FOURTH: Except as otherwise provided by the express provisions of these Articles Supplementary, nothing herein shall limit, by inference or otherwise, the discretionary right of the Board of Directors of the Corporation to classify and reclassify and issue any unissued shares of the Corporation’s capital stock and to fix or alter all terms thereof to the full extent provided by the Charter of the Corporation.

 

FIFTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting at a meeting duly called and held on November 11, 2015, duly authorized and adopted resolutions designating and classifying the capital stock of the Corporation as set forth in these Articles Supplementary.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Deutsche International Fund, Inc. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and attested to by its Assistant Secretary on this 11th day of November, 2015; and its Vice President acknowledges that this Certificate of Notice is the act of Deutsche International Fund, Inc., and he further acknowledges that, as to all matters or facts set forth herein which are required to be verified under oath, such matters and facts are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

 

ATTEST:                                                         DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONAL FUND,

INC.

 

 

/s/Hepsen Uzcan                                          /s/John Milette

Name: Hepsen Uzcan                                   Name: John Millette

Position: Assistant Secretary                         Position: Vice President

 

 

 

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