EX-99.(A)(31) 2 a07-18049_1ex99da31.htm EX-99.(A)(31)

Exhibit 99.(a)(31)

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), having its principal place of business at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, 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:  The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), at a meeting duly convened and held on April 25, 2007, adopted resolutions which:  (i) increased the total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue to twenty-three billion (23,000,000,000) shares of common stock; and (ii) established one additional portfolio of common stock, consisting of two classes, designated as International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class A and International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class B, respectively, and classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class A and 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class B.

THIRD:  The terms applicable to the classes of common stock designated and classified as set forth above, including any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, as set by the Board of Directors, are the same as the terms of the existing classes of common stock which are set forth in the Articles of Restatement of the Corporation, as amended and supplemented (the “Charter”).

FOURTH:  As of immediately before the increase in the number of authorized shares as set forth above, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation had authority to issue was twenty-two billion (22,000,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) and designated and classified in the following portfolios and classes:

NAME OF CLASS

 

NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
CLASSIFIED AND
ALLOCATED

 

 

 

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

 



 

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class A†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class B†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Magnum Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Magnum Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class A

 

1,000,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Total

 

22,000,000,000 shares

 

†      The par value of all shares of common stock of all portfolios and classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is $0.001 per share, with the exception of the shares of common stock

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classified as Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class A and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class B, which have a par value of $0.003 per share.

FIFTH:  As increased, the total number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is twenty-three billion (23,000,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and designated and classified in the following portfolios and classes:

NAME OF CLASS

 

NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
CLASSIFIED AND
ALLOCATED

 

 

 

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Active International Allocation Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Disciplined Large Cap Value Active Extension Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class A†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class B†

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Emerging Markets Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Focus Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Franchise Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Global Value Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Growth Equity Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Magnum Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Magnum Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

International Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

International Small Cap Portfolio — Class A

 

1,000,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Large Cap Relative Value Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Small Company Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

 

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Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Large Cap Core Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Core Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Active Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

Systematic Large Cap Core Active Extension Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

 

500,000,000 shares

U.S. Real Estate Portfolio — Class B

 

500,000,000 shares

Total

 

23,000,000,000 shares

 

†      The par value of all shares of common stock of all portfolios and classes that the Corporation has authority to issue is $0.001 per share, with the exception of the shares of common stock classified as Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class A and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio — Class B, which have a par value of $0.003 per share.

SIXTH:  The aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue has been increased by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law, and the shares of International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class A and International Growth Active Extension Portfolio — Class B have been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in Article FIFTH, Section 3 of the Charter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to on its behalf by its Secretary on this 25th day of April, 2007.

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

 

 

  Ronald E. Robison

 

 

  President

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mary E. Mullin

 

Mary E. Mullin

 

Secretary

 

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, President of MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC., who executed on behalf of the Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President 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.

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

 

Ronald E. Robison

 

President

 

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