EX-99.A.4 2 c57438bexv99waw4.txt AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST RIVERSOURCE VARIABLE SERIES TRUST AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST WHEREAS, Section 5 of Article III of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration of Trust") of RiverSource Variable Series Trust (the "Trust"), dated September 11, 2007, as amended from time to time, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, authorizes the Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration of Trust to change the designation of any Series or class of Shares without authorization by vote of the Shareholders of the Trust. NOW, THEREFORE, The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of RiverSource Variable Series Trust, do hereby certify that we have authorized the creation of 26 additional Series of the Trust and the renaming RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Fundamental Value Fund, RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Select Value Fund and RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund and have authorized the following amendment to said Declaration of Trust: Section 6 of Article III is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes. Without limiting the authority of the Trustees as set forth in Section 5, inter alia, to establish and designate any further Series or classes or to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or class, the following Series shall be, and are hereby, established and designated; Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Aggressive Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Conservative Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderate Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderately Aggressive Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderately Conservative RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Cash Management Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Core Equity Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Diversified Bond Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Diversified Equity Income Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Dynamic Equity Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Global Bond Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Global Inflation Protected Securities Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - High Yield Bond Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Bond Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Growth Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Value Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - S&P 500 Index Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Short Duration U.S. Government Fund RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Strategic Income Fund Seligman Variable Portfolio - Growth Fund Seligman Variable Portfolio - Larger - Cap Value Fund Seligman Variable Portfolio - Smaller - Cap Value Fund Threadneedle Variable Portfolio - Emerging Markets Fund Threadneedle Variable Portfolio - International Opportunity Fund Variable Portfolio - Aggressive Portfolio Variable Portfolio - Conservative Portfolio Variable Portfolio - Moderately Aggressive Portfolio Variable Portfolio - Moderately Conservative Portfolio Variable Portfolio - Moderate Portfolio Variable Portfolio - AllianceBernstein International Value Fund Variable Portfolio - American Century Diversified Bond Fund Variable Portfolio - American Century Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - Davis New York Venture Fund* Variable Portfolio - Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Fund Variable Portfolio - Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund* Variable Portfolio - Invesco International Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - International Fund Variable Portfolio - Jennison Mid Cap Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - J.P. Morgan Core Bond Fund Variable Portfolio - MFS Value Fund Variable Portfolio - Mondrian International Small Cap Fund Variable Portfolio - Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund Variable Portfolio - NFJ Dividend Value Fund Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Value Fund* Variable Portfolio - PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Variable Portfolio - Pyramis(R) International Equity Fund Variable Portfolio - UBS Large Cap Growth Fund Variable Portfolio - U.S. Equity Fund Variable Portfolio - Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Fund * Name change effective May 1, 2010. Shares of each Series established in this Section 6 shall have the following rights and preferences relative to Shares of each other Series, and Shares of each class of a Multi-Class Series shall have such rights and preferences relative to other classes of the same Series as are set forth below, together with such other rights and preferences relative to such other classes as are set forth in any resolutions of the Trustees establishing and designating such class of Shares. The rest of this Section 6 remains unchanged. The foregoing amendment is effective as of January 14, 2010. [The remainder of this page intentionally left blank.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust on January 14, 2010. /s/ Kathleen A. Blatz ------------------------------------- Kathleen A. Blatz* /s/ Arne H. Carlson ------------------------------------- Arne H. Carlson* /s/ Pamela G. Carlton ------------------------------------- Pamela G. Carlton* /s/ Patricia M. Flynn ------------------------------------- Patricia M. Flynn* /s/ Anne P. Jones ------------------------------------- Anne P. Jones* /s/ Jeffrey Laikind ------------------------------------- Jeffrey Laikind* /s/ Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. ------------------------------------- Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. * /s/ John F. Maher ------------------------------------- John F. Maher* /s/ Catherine James Paglia ------------------------------------- Catherine James Paglia* /s/ Leroy C. Richie ------------------------------------- Leroy C. Richie* /s/ Alison Taunton-Rigby ------------------------------------- Alison Taunton-Rigby* /s/ William F. Truscott ------------------------------------- William F. Truscott** * 901 S. Marquette Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 ** 53600 Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis, MN 55474 Registered Agent: Corporation Service Company 84 State Street Boston, MA 02109