EX-99.(A)(29) 6 dex99a29.htm ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT DATED JANUARY 26, 2011 Articles of Amendment dated January 26, 2011

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ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and having its principal office in the State of Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “Department”) that:

FIRST: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation has authority to issue is sixteen billion, nine hundred million (16,900,000,000) shares of Capital Stock with a par value of one-tenth of one cent ($.001) per share, having an aggregate par value of sixteen million, nine hundred thousand dollars ($16,900,000).

SECOND: At its December 15, 2010 meeting and pursuant to the authority expressly vested in it by Section Second (8) of the Corporation’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the “Charter”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation adopted resolutions classifying and designating two hundred million (200,000,000) authorized and unissued shares of undesignated Capital Stock of the Corporation as shares of a new portfolio series, as set forth below:

 

Name of Series

   Shares Allocated  

ING Australia Index Portfolio – Adviser Class

     100,000,000   

ING Australia Index Portfolio – Class I

     100,000,000   

THIRD: The shares designated and classified in Article SECOND of these Articles Supplementary, shall have the preferences, rights, powers, restrictions, limitations, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in Section Second (6) of, and elsewhere in, and shall be subject to all provisions of, the Charter.

FOURTH: Immediately prior to the effectiveness of the amendment to the Charter set forth in Article SECOND, the number of shares of each authorized class of Capital Stock was as follows:

 

Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   


Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Euro STOXX 50 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      200,000,000   

ING FTSE 100 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING Hang Seng Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      200,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus MidCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING International Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 
   Class I      200,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Japan TOPIX Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING NASDAQ 100 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING Russell Global Large Cap Index 75% Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      400,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING Russell Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Mid Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      300,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Small Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Small Company Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING U.S. Bond Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      500,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING WisdomTree Global High-Yielding Equity Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

for a total of eight billion, one hundred million (8,100,000,000) shares designated and classified into separate classes of Capital Stock, with eight billion, eight hundred million (8,800,000,000) shares remaining undesignated and unclassified.

FIFTH: Immediately following the effectiveness of the amendment to the Charter set forth in Article SECOND, the number of shares of each authorized class of Capital Stock of the Corporation will be as follows:

Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING Australia Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Euro STOXX 50 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      200,000,000   

ING FTSE 100 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING Hang Seng Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 
   Class S      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      200,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus MidCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING International Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      200,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Japan TOPIX Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

ING NASDAQ 100 Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING Russell Global Large Cap Index 75% Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      400,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   

ING Russell Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

 

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Name of Series

  

Name of Class of Series

   Number of Shares
Allocated
 

ING Russell Mid Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      300,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Russell Small Cap Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING Small Company Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING U.S. Bond Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      500,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

ING WisdomTree Global High-Yielding Equity Index Portfolio

   Adviser Class      100,000,000   
   Class I      100,000,000   
   Class S      100,000,000   
   Class S2      100,000,000   

 

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for a total of eight billion, three hundred million (8,300,000,000) shares designated and classified into separate classes of Capital Stock, with eight billion, six hundred million (8,600,000,000) shares remaining undesignated and unclassified.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name on its behalf by its authorized officers who acknowledge that these Articles Supplementary are the act of the Corporation, that to the best of their knowledge, information and belief, all matters and facts set forth herein relating to the authorization and approval of these Articles Supplementary are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

 

WITNESS:

   

ING Variable Portfolios, Inc.

/s/ Theresa K. Kelety

   

/s/ Todd Modic

Name:

 

Theresa K. Kelety, Esq.

   

Name:

 

Todd Modic

Title:

 

Secretary

   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

Dated: January 26, 2011

 

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