EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 19 msifarticlesofamendmay.txt MSIF ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY MAY 16, 2013 MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC. ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), 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 meetings duly convened and held on December 4-5, 2012 and April 17- 18, 2013, adopted resolutions which: (i) increased the total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue to fifty-eight billion five hundred million (58,500,000,000) shares of common stock; (ii) established fourteen (14) additional classes of common stock designated as International Equity Portfolio - Class IS, Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class IS, U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, International Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class IS, Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class IS, Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Advantage Portfolio - Class IS, International Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class IS and Growth Portfolio - Class IS, respectively; and (iii) classified 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Equity Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Advantage Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of International Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class IS and 500,000,000 shares of common stock as shares of Growth Portfolio - Class IS. 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 fifty-one billion five hundred million (51,500,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of fifty-five million five hundred thousand dollars ($55,500,000) 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 I 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class I+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class P+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class H+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class L+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class I 1,000,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Total 51,500,000,000 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 Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class I, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class P, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class H and Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class L, 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 fifty-eight billion five hundred million (58,500,000,000) shares of common stock, having an aggregate par value of sixty-three million five hundred thousand dollars ($63,500,000) 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 I 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Active International Allocation Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Advantage Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Asian Equity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class I+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class P+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class H+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class L+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class IS+ 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Discovery Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Franchise Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Insight Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Growth Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Insight Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Advantage Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Equity Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares International Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class I 1,000,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares International Small Cap Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Multi-Asset Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares Total Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class I 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class P 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class H 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class L 500,000,000 shares U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS 500,000,000 shares Total 58,500,000,000 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 Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class I, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class P, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class H, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class L and Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class IS, 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 Equity Portfolio - Class IS, Global Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets Portfolio - Class IS, U.S. Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, International Real Estate Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Portfolio - Class IS, Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio - Class IS, Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Select Global Infrastructure Portfolio - Class IS, Global Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Advantage Portfolio - Class IS, International Opportunity Portfolio - Class IS, Small Company Growth Portfolio - Class IS and Growth Portfolio - Class IS have been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in Article FIFTH, Section 3 of the Charter. SEVENTH: These Articles Supplementary shall be effective upon filing with the Department. [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to on its behalf by its Secretary on this 16th day of May, 2013. MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC. By: __/s/ Arthur Lev_____________ Arthur Lev 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/Arthur Lev Arthur Lev President 14 DMEAST #16135532 v4 DMEAST #16135532 v4 16 DMEAST #16135532 v5 DMEAST #16135532 v4