EX-99.(A.50) 2 d467475dex99a50.htm ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2017. Articles of Amendment, dated September 29, 2017.

Exhibit (a.50)

ISHARES, INC.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

iShares, 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

iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF

iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Austria ETF

iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Chile ETF

iShares MSCI Colombia Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Colombia ETF

iShares MSCI Israel Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Israel ETF

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Italy ETF

iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF

iShares MSCI Russia Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Russia ETF

iShares MSCI Singapore Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Spain ETF

iShares MSCI Sweden Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Sweden ETF

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

iShares MSCI Taiwan Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF

  

iShares MSCI Thailand ETF

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: The undersigned officer 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 officer 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 Chief Financial Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this 29th day of September, 2017.

 

ATTEST:      ISHARES, INC.  

/s/ Sarah R. Crespi

     By:  

/s/ Jack Gee

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Sarah R. Crespi        Jack Gee  
Assistant Secretary                Chief Financial Officer