EX-99.(A)(15) 2 msif-html2172_ex99a15.htm AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE REGISTRANT.

Exhibit (a)(15)

 

CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the Secretary of Morgan Stanley Insight Fund (the “Trust”), an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that annexed hereto is an Instrument Abolishing a Class of Shares of the Trust duly adopted by the Trustees of the Trust on June 13, 2019, as provided in Section 6.9(h) of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, said Instrument to take effect upon filing with the Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I do hereby further certify that such Instrument has not been amended and is on the date hereof in full force and effect.

 

Dated this 26th day of June, 2019

 

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

 

AMENDMENT

 

Dated: June 13, 2019

 

TO

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSIGHT FUND

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

DATED

 

October 16, 1995

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSIGHT FUND

INSTRUMENT ABOLISHING A CLASS OF SHARES OF THE TRUST


WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Insight Fund (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 6.9(h) of the Declaration provides that, at any time that there are no shares outstanding of any particular class previously established and designated, the Trustees may by an instrument executed by a majority of their number abolish that class and the establishment and designation thereof, which instrument shall have the status of an amendment to the Declaration; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have deemed it advisable to abolish the Trust’s Class B shares as provided herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE:

 

I.       Pursuant to Section 6.9(h) of the Declaration, there being no shares of the Trust’s Class B shares outstanding, such Class B shares are hereby abolished.

 

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

 

III.       This Instrument 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 Instrument this 13th day of June, 2019.

 

/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 Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

/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