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EXHIBIT (A.4)
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO
CHARTER
OF
WEBS INDEX FUND, INC.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that WEBS INDEX FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation,
having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the "Corporation"),
hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of
Maryland that:
FIRST: The Charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by striking
out Article SECOND of the Articles of Incorporation and inserting in lieu
thereof a new Article SECOND as follows:
SECOND: Name. The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter
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called the "Corporation"): is iSHARES, INC.
SECOND: The designation of each of the Corporation's series of common
stock as a "WEBS Index Series" is hereby amended to be an "iShares MSCI
[name] Index Fund" and the name of the "Korea WEBS Index Series" is further
amended to become the "iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund", with the
effect that the name of each such series changes as follows:
From: To:
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Australia WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund
Austria WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund
Belgium WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund
Brazil (Free) WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Brazil (Free) Index Fund
Canada WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund
EMU WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund
France WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI France Index Fund
Germany WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund
Greece WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Greece Index Fund
Hong Kong WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund
Indonesia (Free) WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Indonesia (Free) Index Fund
Italy WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund
Japan WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund
Korea WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund
Malaysia WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund
Mexico (Free) WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Mexico (Free) Index Fund
Netherlands WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund
Portugal WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Portugal Index Fund
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From: To:
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Singapore WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund
South Africa WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund
Spain WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund
Sweden WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund
Switzerland WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund
Taiwan WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund
Thailand (Free) WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Thailand (Free) Index Fund
Turkey WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI Turkey Index Fund
United Kingdom WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund
USA WEBS Index Series iShares MSCI USA Index Fund
THIRD: The foregoing amendment does not change the preferences,
conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of the
capital stock of the Corporation.
FOURTH: A majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation
approved the foregoing amendments to the Charter of the Corporation and
duly adopted a resolution in which were set forth the foregoing amendments
to the Charter of the Corporation, declaring that said amendments of the
Charter as proposed were advisable.
FIFTH: The foregoing amendments to the Charter of the Corporation are
limited to changes expressly permitted by (S)2-605(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the
General Corporation Law of Maryland to be made without action by
stockholders and the Corporation is registered as an open-end company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WEBS Index Fund, Inc. has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and witnessed by its
Secretary on May 15, 2000.
WEBS INDEX FUND, INC.
WITNESS:
/s/ John P. Falco By: /s/ Nathan Most
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John P. Falco Nathan Most
Assistant Secretary President
THE UNDERSIGNED, President of WEBS Index Fund, Inc., who executed on behalf
of the Corporation the foregoing amendments to the Charter of which this
Certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of
said Corporation the foregoing amendments to the Charter to be the corporate act
of said Corporation and hereby certifies that the matters and facts set forth
herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all
material respects under the penalties of perjury.
/s/ Nathan Most
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Name: Nathan Most
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