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EX-99.(A)(11) 2 msemmp-html5910_ex99a11.htm AMENDMENT, DATED OCTOBER 26, 2022, TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE REGISTRANT MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS - Amendment, dated October 26, 2022, to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant (redesignating the Institutional Class and Institutional Select Class of ESG Money Market Portfolio as the Wealth Class and Wealth S Class, respectively), is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(11) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January 23, 2023.

Exhibit (a)(11)

 

CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the Secretary of Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds (the “Trust”), an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that annexed hereto is an Amendment to the Declaration of Trust duly adopted by the Trustees of the Trust on October 26, 2022 as provided in Section 9.3 of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, said Amendment to take effect on January 23, 2023 and I do hereby further certify that such Amendment has not been amended and is on the date hereof in full force and effect.

 

Dated this 26th day of October, 2022

 

  /s/  Mary E. Mullin
  Mary E. Mullin
  Secretary
 

 

AMENDMENT

 

Dated:October 26, 2022
To be Effective:January 23, 2023

 

TO

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

DATED

 

February 13, 2003

 

 

AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF

 

MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS



WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds (the “Trust”) was established by the Declaration of Trust dated February 13, 2003, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”), under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.3 of the Declaration provides that the Trustees may amend the Declaration without the vote or consent of Shareholders to change the name of the Trust or any Series or classes of Shares;

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have deemed it advisable to redesignate the Institutional Class of the ESG Money Market Portfolio, a series of the Trust (the “Portfolio”), as the Wealth Class, such change to be effective on January 23, 2023; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have deemed it advisable to redesignate the Institutional Select Class of the Portfolio as the Wealth S Class, such change to be effective on January 23, 2023;

 

NOW, THEREFORE:

 

1. The Declaration is hereby amended to redesignate the Institutional Class of the Portfolio as the “Wealth Class.”

 

2. The Declaration is hereby amended to redesignate the Institutional Select Class of the Portfolio as the “Wealth S Class.”

 

3. The Trustees of the Trust hereby reaffirm the Declaration, as amended, in all respects.

 

4. The undersigned hereby certify that this instrument has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration.

 

5. This amendment may be executed in more than one counterpart, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.

 

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned, the Trustees of the Trust, have executed this instrument this 26th day of October 2022.

  /s/ Frank L. Bowman     /s/ Kathleen A. Dennis  
 

Frank L. Bowman, as Trustee, and not individually
c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

   

Kathleen A. Dennis, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

 
  /s/ Nancy C. Everett     /s/ Jakki L. Haussler  
 

Nancy C. Everett, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

   

Jakki L. Haussler, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

 
  /s/ Manuel H. Johnson     /s/ Joseph J. Kearns  
 

Dr. Manuel H. Johnson, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Johnson Smick International, Inc.
220 I St. NE, Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20002

   

Joseph J. Kearns, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

 
  /s/ Michael F. Klein     /s/ Patricia A. Maleski  
 

Michael F. Klein, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

   

Patricia A. Maleski, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

 
  /s/ W. Allen Reed     /s/ Frances L. Cashman  
 

W. Allen Reed, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

   

Frances L. Cashman, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

 
  /s/ Eddie A. Grier        
 

Eddie A. Grier, as Trustee, and not individually

c/o Perkins Coie LLP

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

1155 Avenue of the Americas
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10036