EX-99.(A)(13) 2 msif-html979_ex99a13.htm AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE REGISTRANT

Exhibit (a)(13)

 

CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the Secretary of Morgan Stanley Multi Cap Growth Trust (the “Trust”), an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that annexed hereto is an Amendment to the Declaration of Trust duly adopted by the Trustees of the Trust on December 5, 2018, as provided in Section 9.3 of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, said Amendment to take effect on February 11, 2019, and I do hereby further certify that such Amendment has not been amended and is on the date hereof in full force and effect.

 

Dated this 5th day of December 2018

 

 

        /s/ Mary E. Mullin
        Mary E. Mullin
        Secretary
 

AMENDMENT

 

Dated:                  December 5, 2018

To be Effective:    February 11, 2019

 

TO

 

MORGAN STANLEY MULTI CAP GROWTH TRUST

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

DATED

 

October 16, 1995

 

AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF

MORGAN STANLEY MULTI CAP GROWTH TRUST


WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Multi Cap Growth Trust (the “Trust”) was established by the Declaration of Trust, dated October 16, 1995, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”), under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.3 of the Declaration provides that the Trustees may amend the Declaration without the vote or consent of Shareholders to change the name of the Trust; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have deemed it advisable to redesignate the Trust as the Morgan Stanley Insight Fund, such change to be effective on February 11, 2019;

 

NOW, THEREFORE:

 

I.       Section 1.1 of Article I of the Declaration is hereby amended so that such Section shall read in its entirety as follows:

 

Section 1.1.  Name.  The name of the Trust created hereby is the Morgan Stanley Insight Fund and so far as may be practicable the Trustees shall conduct the Trust’s activities, execute all documents and sue or be sued under that name, which name (and the word “Trust” whenever herein used) shall refer to the Trustees as Trustees, and not as individuals, or personally, and shall not refer to the officers, agents, employees or Shareholders of the Trust.  Should the Trustees determine that the use of such name is not advisable, they may use such other name for the Trust as they deem proper and the Trust may hold its property and conduct its activities under such other name.

 

II.       Subsection (p) of Section 1.2 of Article I of the Declaration is hereby amended so that such Subsection shall read in its entirety as follows:

 

(p)  “Trust” means the Morgan Stanley Insight Fund.

 

III.      The Trustees of the Trust hereby reaffirm the Declaration, as amended, in all respects.

 

IV.      The undersigned hereby certify that this Amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration.

 

V.       This Amendment may be executed in more than one counterpart, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned, the Trustees of the Trust, have executed this Amendment this 5th day of December, 2018.

 

/s/ Frank L. Bowman

Frank L. Bowman, as Trustee, and not individually
c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Kathleen A. Dennis

Kathleen A. Dennis, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Nancy C. Everett

Nancy C. Everett, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Jakki L. Haussler

Jakki L. Haussler, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Manuel H. Johnson

Dr. Manuel H. Johnson, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Johnson Smick International, Inc.
220 I St. NE, Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20002

 

/s/ Joseph J. Kearns

Joseph J. Kearns, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Kearns & Associates LLC

46 E. Peninsula Center #385

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274-3712

 

/s/ Michael F. Klein

Michael F. Klein, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Patricia Maleski

Patricia Maleski, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Michael E. Nugent

Michael E. Nugent, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Management
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036

 

/s/ W. Allen Reed

W. Allen Reed, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/s/ Fergus Reid

Fergus Reid, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Joe Pietryka, Inc.
85 Charles Colman Blvd.
Pawling, NY 12564