EX-99.A.14 2 d658624dex99a14.htm ARTICLES AMENDMENT DATED DECEMBER 4, 2018. Articles Amendment dated December 4, 2018.

Exhibit (a)(14)

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 redesignate the existing class of shares of “Artisan International Small Cap Fund” as “Artisan International Small-Mid Fund” and to create the Advisor Shares series of Artisan International Small-Mid 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 Small Cap Fund    Advisor 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 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-Mid Fund    Investor Shares       Indefinite
Artisan International Small-Mid Fund    Institutional Shares       Indefinite
Artisan International Small-Mid Fund    Advisor 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


Exhibit (a)(14)

 

Class    Series        

Authorized

Number of Shares

Artisan Global Value Fund    Advisor Shares       Indefinite
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 High Income Fund    Investor Shares       Indefinite
Artisan High Income Fund    Institutional 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
Artisan Thematic Fund    Investor Shares       Indefinite
Artisan Thematic Fund    Institutional Shares       Indefinite
Artisan Thematic Fund    Advisor Shares       Indefinite
Artisan Global Discovery Fund    Investor Shares       Indefinite
Artisan Global Discovery Fund    Institutional 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 October 2, 2018 without shareholder approval in accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(c) with respect to the redesignation of Artisan International Small-Mid Fund and in accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(a) and (b) with respect to the creation of the new series of Artisan International Small-Mid Fund. Prior to this Amendment, none of the Advisor Shares of Artisan International Small-Mid Fund have been issued.

Executed this 4th day of December, 2018.

 

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.  
By:  

        /s/ Sarah A. Johnson

 

    

  Sarah A. Johnson, Secretary  

This instrument was drafted by:

Leah N. Cry

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

One East Main Street, Suite 500

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

 

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