EX-99.A.15 2 d799739dex99a15.htm ARTICLES AMENDMENT DATED NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Articles Amendment dated November 21, 2019

Exhibit (a)(15)

AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.

The undersigned Assistant 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 Advisor Shares series of Artisan Global Discovery Fund and the Investor Shares, Institutional Shares and Advisor Shares series of Artisan Select Equity 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 Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund    Investor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund    Institutional Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Value Fund    Investor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Global Value Fund    Institutional Shares    Indefinite


Exhibit (a)(15)

 

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
Artisan Global Discovery Fund    Advisor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Select Equity Fund    Investor Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Select Equity Fund    Institutional Shares    Indefinite
Artisan Select Equity 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 November 13, 2019 without shareholder approval in accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(a) and (b) of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. Prior to this Amendment, none of the Advisor Shares of Artisan Global Discovery Fund or the Investor Shares, Institutional Shares or Advisor Shares of Artisan Select Equity Fund have been issued.

Executed this 21st day of November, 2019.

 

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.
By:       /s/ Laura E. Simpson
  Laura E. Simpson, Assistant Secretary

This instrument was drafted by:

Molly L. Bussie

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202