Exhibit (a)(7)
AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
The undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Artisan 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, as amended (the "Restated Articles"),
the following Amendment was duly adopted to create an additional class of shares
to be designated the "Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund," with a single series
designated as "Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund Investor Shares":
"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:
Authorized
Number
Class Series of Shares
------ ------- -----------
Artisan Small Cap Fund Investor Shares Indefinite
Artisan International Fund Investor Shares Indefinite
Artisan International Fund Institutional Shares Indefinite
Artisan Mid Cap Fund Investor Shares Indefinite
Artisan Mid Cap Fund Institutional Shares Indefinite
Artisan Small Cap Value Fund Investor Shares Indefinite
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund Investor 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 26, 2000 without shareholder approval in
accordance with Sections 180.1002(8) and 180.0602(1)(a) and(b).
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Executed in duplicate this 29th day of November, 2000.
ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/ Andrew A. Ziegler
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Andrew A. Ziegler
Chief Executive Officer
This instrument was drafted by :
Dennis F. Connolly
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
780 North Water Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
