EX-99.(A)(11) 2 dex99a11.htm ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY Articles Supplementary

Exhibit (a)(11)

WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and having its principal office in the State of Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: In accordance with procedures established in the Corporation’s Charter and pursuant to Section 2-208.1 of Maryland General Corporate Law, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by resolution dated January 24, 2008, duly authorized the increase in the aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue from six hundred million (600,000,000) shares to seven hundred million (700,000,000) shares, all designated as common stock.

SECOND: In accordance with procedures established in the Corporation’s Charter and pursuant to Section 2-208 of Maryland General Corporate Law, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by resolution dated January 24, 2008, duly classifies one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of the authorized common stock of the Corporation into the following new portfolio and classes, designated as follows:

 

Name of Portfolio

 

Class Designation

 

Number of Authorized

Shares Allocated

Wilshire/MAXAM Diversity Fund

  Investment Class   50,000,000
  Institutional Class   50,000,000

THIRD: The increase in the shares of common stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue pursuant to Article First of these Articles Supplementary has been so authorized under the authority contained in the Charter of the Corporation. The total number of shares of common stock that the Corporation has authority to issue has been increased by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of Maryland General Corporate Law.

FOURTH: The shares of the Corporation classified pursuant to Article Second of these Articles Supplementary have been so classified by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in the Charter of the Corporation. The number of shares of common stock of the various portfolios that the Corporation has authority to issue has been established by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-105(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

FIFTH: Immediately prior to the effectiveness of these Articles Supplementary of the Corporation, the Corporation had the authority to issue six hundred million (600,000,000) shares of common stock of the par value of $0.001 per share and of the aggregate par value of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), of which the Board of Directors had designated six hundred million shares into portfolios and classes and classified the shares of each portfolio and class as follows:

 

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Previous Classification of Shares

 

Name of Portfolio

 

Class Designation

 

Number of Authorized

Shares Allocated

Large Company Growth Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Large Company Value Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Small Company Growth Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Small Company Value Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index

Portfolio

 

Investment Class Shares

Institutional Class Shares

Qualified Class Shares

Horace Mann Class Shares

  50,000,000
50,000,000
10,000,000
10,000,000

Wilshire Large Cap Core 130/30 Fund

 

Investment Class Shares

Institutional Class Shares

  40,000,000
40,000,000

As amended hereby, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation authorize the issuance of seven hundred million (700,000,000) shares of common stock of the par value of $0.001 per share and of the aggregate par value of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000), of which the Board of Directors has designated seven hundred million (700,000,000) common shares into portfolios and classes and classified the shares of each portfolio and class as follows:

Current Classification of Shares

 

Name of Portfolio

 

Class Designation

 

Number of Shares Allocated

Large Company Growth Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Large Company Value Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Small Company Growth Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

Small Company Value Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares   50,000,000
  Institutional Class Shares   50,000,000

 

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Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index Portfolio

  Investment Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
Qualified Class Shares Horace Mann Class Shares
  50,000,000
50,000,000
10,000,000
10,000,000

Wilshire Large Cap Core 130/30 Fund

  Investment Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
  40,000,000
40,000,000

Wilshire/MAXAM Diversity Fund

  Investment Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
  50,000,000
50,000,000

SIXTH: The preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of each share of each class of the Wilshire/MAXAM Diversity Fund (the “Portfolio”) shall be as set forth in Article Fifth (5) of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as supplemented, and shall be subject to all provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as supplemented, relating generally to the Corporation’s Common Stock and to the following:

 

  (1) Assets of the Portfolio attributable to the Institutional Class shares (the “Institutional Class”) of the Portfolio and assets of the Portfolio attributable to the Investment Class shares (the “Investment Class”) of the Portfolio shall be invested in the same investment portfolio, together with any other class of shares of the Portfolio.

 

  (2) As more fully set forth hereinafter, the assets and liabilities and the income and expenses of the Institutional Class and the Investment Class of the Portfolio, respectively, shall be determined separately from each other and from those attributable to any other class of shares of the Portfolio or of the Corporation and, accordingly, the net asset values, the dividends and distributions payable to holders, and the amounts distributable in the event of liquidation of the Portfolio or the Corporation to holders of shares of the various classes may vary between and among the classes. Except for these differences, and certain other differences set forth hereinafter or elsewhere in the Charter of the Corporation, the Institutional Class and the Investment Class of the Portfolio shall have the same preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption.

 

  (3)

The dividends and distributions of investment income and capital gains with respect to the Institutional Class and the Investment Class of the Portfolio shall be in such amounts as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, and such dividends and distributions may vary between and among the classes of shares of the Portfolio to reflect differing allocations of the expenses and liabilities of the Corporation among the classes of shares of the Portfolio and any resultant differences between the net asset values per share of the respective classes, to such extent and for such purposes as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. The allocation of investment income and losses, capital gains and

 

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losses, and expenses and liabilities of the Portfolio and the Corporation between and among the classes of shares of the Portfolio and any other class of the Corporation’s shares shall be determined by the Board of Directors in a manner that is consistent with applicable law.

 

  (4) Except as may otherwise be required by law, the holders of the Institutional Class and the Investment Class shares, respectively, of the Portfolio shall each have (i) except as set forth below, the same voting rights as the holders of other classes of shares of the Portfolio, (ii) exclusive voting rights with respect to any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders that affects only holders of the Institutional Class and Investment Class shares, respectively, of the Portfolio, including, without limitation, the provisions of any distribution plan adopted by the Corporation pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Plan”), applicable to the Institutional Class and the Investment Class shares, respectively, of the Portfolio, (iii) no voting rights with respect to the provisions of any Plan applicable solely to one or more other classes of shares of the Portfolio or of the Corporation, or with respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of stockholders that does not affect holders of the Institutional Class or the Investment Class shares, as the case may be, of the Portfolio, and (iv) to the extent required by law, separate voting rights with respect to any matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilshire Mutual Funds, Inc. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed, and witnessed, in its name and on its behalf by its undersigned officers who acknowledge that these Articles Supplementary are the act of the Corporation; that to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, all matters and facts set forth herein relating to the authorization and approval of these Articles Supplementary are true in all material respects; and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

Date: February 13, 2008

 

[CORPORATE SEAL]     WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
      By:   /s/ Lawrence E. Davanzo
   

Name:

Title:

 

Lawrence E. Davanzo

President

 

Attest:

By:   /s/ Helen Webb Thompson

Name:

Title:

 

Helen Webb Thompson

Secretary

 

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