EX-99.A.6 2 d125109dex99a6.htm ARTICLES AMENDMENT DATED FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Articles Amendment dated February 9, 2016

Exhibit (a)(6)

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 the Institutional Shares series of Artisan International Small Cap Fund:

“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 Small Cap Fund    Institutional 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


Exhibit (a)(6)

 

Class    Series    Authorized

Number of Shares

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund    Investor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Opportunities Fund    Institutional Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Opportunities Fund    Advisor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Equity Fund    Investor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Equity Fund    Institutional 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 February 9, 2016 without shareholder approval in accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(a) and (b). Prior to this Amendment, none of the Institutional Shares of Artisan International Small Cap Fund have been issued.

Executed this 9th day of February, 2016.

 

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.
By:     /s/ Sarah A. Johnson
  Sarah A. Johnson, Secretary

This instrument was drafted by:

Christopher M. Cahlamer

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 North Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

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