EX-99.(A)(33) 3 d633015dex99a33.htm ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT DATED JUNE 19, 2009 Articles of Amendment dated June 19, 2009

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ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 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 that:

FIRST: The Corporation desires to, and does hereby, amend its charter (the “Charter”) as currently in effect.

SECOND: The following Series is hereby dissolved: ING Morningstar U.S. Growth Index Portfolio.

THIRD: The Fifth provision of the Charter is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

5. Authorized Capital

 

  (i) The Corporation has the authority to issue an aggregate of 12,900,000,000 shares of Capital Stock (hereinafter referred to as “Shares”);

 

  (ii) 11,500,000,000 Shares have been and are hereby designated and classified into the following series (each a “series”) and classes of series (each a “class”):

 

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

 

  Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S2  

 

100,000,000

 

ING Global Equity Option Portfolio   Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

ING Hang Seng Index Portfolio   Adviser Class  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class I  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

 

Class S2

 

 

 

100,000,000

 


Name of Series   Name of Class of Series   Number of Shares Allocated
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  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S2  

 

100,000,000

 

ING Opportunistic LargeCap Growth Portfolio   Adviser Class  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class I  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

ING Opportunistic LargeCap 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 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

 

  Class S2  

 

100,000,000

 

ING Russell Large 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 Large Cap Value 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 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  

 

100,000,000

 

  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  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S  

 

100,000,000

 

  Class S2  

 

100,000,000

 

ING U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio   Adviser Class  

 

1,000,000,000

 

  Class I  

 

1,000,000,000

 

  Class S  

 

1,000,000,000

 

  Class S2  

 

1,000,000,000

 

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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  (iii) the par value of each Share of each series is $0.001 per share;

 

  (iv) the aggregate par value of all Shares is $12,900,000.

  FOURTH: The amendment to the Charter herein set forth was duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation and made pursuant to Section 2-603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

  FIFTH: The amendment to the Charter herein set forth does not increase the authorized stock of the Corporation.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name on its behalf by its authorized officers who acknowledge that these Articles of Amendment 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 of Amendment 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, Esq.                                 /s/ Todd Modic                                    
Name: Theresa K. Kelety, Esq.     Name: Todd Modic
Title:   Secretary     Title:   Senior Vice President

Dated: June 19, 2009                                    

 

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