EX-99.A.53 2 d226937dex99a53.htm ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER Articles of Amendment to the Charter

MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, having its principal place of business at 290 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, New York 14450, does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “Department”) that:

FIRST: The Corporation is registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SECOND: Pursuant to Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation Law and the authority granted to the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the Board has duly adopted resolutions classifying and designating seven hundred million (700,000,000) of the Corporation’s three billion, six hundred forty-seven million, five hundred thousand (3,647,500,000) authorized, but unclassified and unissued, shares of common stock as (i) three new portfolios of common stock of the Corporation with the shares of each such portfolio being divided into two classes; and (ii) a new share class of one of the Corporation’s existing portfolios, as more specifically set forth below:

 

Name of Class of Capital Stock

   Number of Shares of Capital
Stock Classified

Non-U.S. Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

Non-U.S. Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

Global Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

Global Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

U.S. Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

U.S. Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

International Series Class I

   100,000,000

THIRD: Pursuant to Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation Law and the authority granted to the Board in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the Board has duly adopted resolutions classifying and designating three hundred and five million (305,000,000) of the Corporation’s remaining two billion, nine hundred forty-seven million, five hundred thousand (2,947,500,000) authorized, but unclassified and unissued, shares of common stock as additional shares of certain of the Corporation’s existing portfolios, as more specifically set forth below:

 

Name of Class of Capital Stock

   Number of Additional Shares
of Capital Stock Classified

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class S

   75,000,000

Target Income Series Class I

   30,000,000

Target 2010 Series Class I

   30,000,000

Target 2020 Series Class I

   30,000,000

Target 2030 Series Class I

   30,000,000


Target 2040 Series Class I

     30,000,000   

Target 2050 Series Class I

     30,000,000   

International Series Class A

     50,000,000   

FOURTH: Upon filing for record these Articles Supplementary, the Corporation has the authority to issue ten billion (10,000,000,000) shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate par value of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) and classified and designated as follows:

 

Name of Class of Capital Stock

   Number of Shares of
Capital Stock Classified

Small Cap Series Class A

   87,500,000

Small Cap Series Class B

   2,500,000

Small Cap Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Small Cap Series Class D

   2,500,000

Small Cap Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class S

   125,000,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class C

   25,000,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class R

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series Class I

   200,000,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class S

   162,500,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class C

   25,000,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class R

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Conservative Term Series Class I

   75,000,000

Tax Managed Series Class A

   87,500,000

Tax Managed Series Class B

   2,500,000

Tax Managed Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Tax Managed Series Class D

   2,500,000

Tax Managed Series Class E

   2,500,000

World Opportunities Series Class A

   2,500,000,000

World Opportunities Series Class B

   2,500,000

World Opportunities Series Class Z

   2,500,000

World Opportunities Series Class D

   2,500,000

World Opportunities Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class S

   125,000,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class C

   25,000,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class R

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Moderate Term Series Class I

   125,000,000


Name of Class of Capital Stock

   Number of Shares of
Capital Stock Classified

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class S

   125,000,000

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class C

   25,000,000

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class Z

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class R

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class E

   2,500,000

Pro-Blend Extended Term Series Class I

   200,000,000

International Series Class A

   150,000,000

International Series Class I

   100,000,000

Life Sciences Series Class A

   100,000,000

Technology Series Class A

   100,000,000

Global Fixed Income Series Class A

   50,000,000

New York Tax Exempt Series Class A

   100,000,000

Ohio Tax Exempt Series Class A

   100,000,000

Diversified Tax Exempt Series Class A

   100,000,000

Equity Series Class A

   200,000,000

Overseas Series Class A

   100,000,000

High Yield Bond Series Class A

   125,000,000

Commodity Series Class A

   30,000,000

Core Bond Series Class A

   125,000,000

Core Plus Bond Class A

   125,000,000

Financial Services Series Class A

   100,000,000

Dividend Focus Series Class A

   100,000,000

Real Estate Series Class A

   100,000,000

Target Income Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target Income Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target Income Series Class R

   40,000,000

Target Income Series Class C

   10,000,000

Target 2010 Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target 2010 Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target 2010 Series Class R

   40,000,000

Target 2010 Series Class C

   10,000,000

Target 2020 Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target 2020 Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target 2020 Series Class R

   40,000,000

Target 2020 Series Class C

   10,000,000

Target 2030 Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target 2030 Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target 2030 Series Class R

   40,000,000

Target 2030 Series Class C

   10,000,000

Target 2040 Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target 2040 Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target 2040 Series Class R

   40,000,000


Name of Class of Capital Stock

   Number of Shares of
Capital Stock Classified

Target 2040 Series Class C

   10,000,000

Target 2050 Series Class I

   40,000,000

Target 2050 Series Class K

   40,000,000

Target 2050 Series Class R

   40,000,000

Target 2050 Series Class C

   10,000,000

Emerging Markets Series Class A

   100,000,000

Inflation Focus Equity Series Class A

   100,000,000

Non-U.S. Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

Non-U.S. Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

Global Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

Global Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

U.S. Equity Select Series Class S

   100,000,000

U.S. Equity Select Series Class I

   100,000,000

Authorized but Unclassified and Unissued

   2,642,500,000

FIFTH: The shares classified pursuant to the Board resolutions set forth in Article SECOND and Article THIRD have been classified by the Board pursuant to authority and power contained in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, and shall have all the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary as of the 2nd day of September, 2011.

 

MANNING & NAPIER FUND, INC.
By:   /s/ B. Reuben Auspitz
 

B. Reuben Auspitz

President

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Attest:
/s/ Jodi Hedberg

Jodi L. Hedberg

Secretary

THE UNDERSIGNED, President of Manning & Napier Fund, Inc., who executed on behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of said corporation, the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of said corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of perjury.

 

/s/ B. Reuben Auspitz

B. Reuben Auspitz

President