EX-99.A.4 2 d888386dex99a4.htm ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT DATED MARCH 12, 2015. Articles of Amendment dated March 12, 2015.

Exhibit (a)(4)

AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.

The undersigned Secretary of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) hereby certifies that in accordance with Section 180.1002 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and Article IV of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Restated Articles”), the following Amendment was duly adopted to create “Artisan Developing World Fund” as an additional class of common stock with three series designated as “Artisan Developing World Fund Investor Shares,” “Artisan Developing World Fund Institutional Shares” and “Artisan Developing World Fund Advisor Shares.”

“Article IV is hereby amended by deleting Section A of Article IV in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

‘A. The Corporation is authorized to issue an indefinite number of shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share. Subject to the following paragraph, the authorized shares are classified as follows:

 

Class

  

Series

  

Authorized
Number of Shares

Artisan Small Cap Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Small Cap Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Small Cap Value Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Small Cap Value Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Small Cap Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Value Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Value Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan International Value Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Value Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Value Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Value Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Emerging Markets Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Emerging Markets Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Value Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Value Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Value Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite


Exhibit (a)(4)

Class

  

Series

  

Authorized
Number of Shares

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Equity Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Global Small Cap Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan High Income Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan High Income Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Developing World Fund

   Investor Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Developing World Fund

   Institutional Shares    Indefinite

Artisan Developing World Fund

   Advisor Shares    Indefinite

The remaining shares shall remain unclassified until action is taken by the Board of Directors pursuant to the following paragraph.’”

This Amendment to the Restated Articles was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on March 12, 2015 without shareholder approval in accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(a) and (b). Prior to this Amendment, none of the Artisan Developing World Fund Investor Shares, Artisan Developing World Fund Institutional Shares or Artisan Developing World Fund Advisor Shares has been issued.

Executed this 12th day of March, 2015.

 

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Sarah A. Johnson

  Sarah A. Johnson, Secretary

This instrument was drafted by:

Laura A. Bautista

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 North Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

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