Exhibit (a.27)
ISHARES, INC.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
iShares, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) is hereby amended to change the name of the following series of common stock of the Corporation as set forth below:
Current Name | New Name | |
iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend 30 Index Fund | iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF | |
iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF | |
iShares Emerging Markets Dividend Index Fund | iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF | |
iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund | iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF | |
iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund | iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF | |
iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund | iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | |
iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund | iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | |
iShares International DR Completion Index Fund | iShares International DR Completion ETF | |
iShares Latin America Bond Fund | iShares Latin America Bond ETF | |
iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility Index Fund | iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility ETF | |
iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund | iShares MSCI Australia ETF | |
iShares MSCI Austria Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Belgium Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund | iShares MSCI BRIC ETF | |
iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund | iShares MSCI Canada ETF | |
iShares MSCI Chile Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary Sector Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EMEA Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EMEA ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Energy Sector Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Energy Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Growth ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index Fund | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value ETF | |
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iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund | iShares MSCI EMU ETF | |
iShares MSCI France Index Fund | iShares MSCI France ETF | |
iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund | iShares MSCI Germany ETF | |
iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund | iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers ETF | |
iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers Fund | iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers ETF | |
iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | |
iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Mining Producers Fund | iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF | |
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund | iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF | |
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund | iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | |
iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Israel Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund | iShares MSCI Japan ETF | |
iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap Index Fund | iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF | |
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund | iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF | |
iShares MSCI Mexico Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Netherlands Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF | |
iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund | iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF | |
iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund | iShares MSCI Singapore ETF | |
iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund | iShares MSCI South Africa ETF | |
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iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Spain Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund | iShares MSCI Sweden ETF | |
iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped Index Fund | iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund | iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | |
iShares MSCI Thailand Capped Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF | |
iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Turkey ETF | |
iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund | iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF | |
iShares MSCI USA High Dividend Yield Index Fund | iShares MSCI USA High Dividend ETF | |
iShares MSCI USA Index Fund | iShares MSCI USA ETF | |
iShares MSCI Vietnam Investable Market Index Fund | iShares MSCI Vietnam ETF | |
iShares MSCI World Index Fund | iShares MSCI World ETF | |
SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Charter was approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation and was limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605(a)(2) of the Maryland General Corporation Law without action by the stockholders.
THIRD: These Articles of Amendment shall become effective at 12:00 a.m. on July 1, 2013.
FOURTH: The undersigned Vice President of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Vice President acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President and attested to by its Secretary on this 28th day of June, 2013.
| ATTEST: | ISHARES, INC. | |||||||
/s/ Eilleen M. Clavere | By: | /s/ Edward B. Baer | (SEAL) | |||||
| Eilleen M. Clavere | Edward B. Baer | |||||||
| Secretary | Vice President | |||||||
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