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VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

VOYA 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 March 9, 2017 meeting and pursuant to the authority expressly vested in it by Article SECOND, Sections Five and Six of the Corporation’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the “Charter”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted resolutions classifying and designating five hundred million (500,000,000) authorized and unissued shares of undesignated Capital Stock of the Corporation as shares of “Class P2” of the following Series (as defined below) (but not increasing the aggregate number of authorized shares or the aggregate par value):

 

Name of Series        

 

 

Name of

    Class of Series    

 

Number of

    Shares Allocated    

     

Voya Emerging Markets Index Portfolio

 

  Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya International Index Portfolio

 

  Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Mid Cap Index Portfolio

 

  Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Small Cap Index Portfolio

 

  Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya U.S. Bond Index Portfolio

 

  Class P2   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 classification of the additional Capital Stock as set forth in Article SECOND, the total number of shares of each authorized class of Capital Stock that the Corporation had authority to issue was as follows:


Name of Series

 

  Name of
    Class of Series    
 

Number of

    Shares Allocated    

     

Voya Australia Index Portfolio

 

  Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Emerging Markets Index Portfolio

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Euro STOXX 50 Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

     

Voya FTSE 100 Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Global Equity Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  300,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class T

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Hang Seng Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

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Name of Series

 

  Name of
    Class of Series    
 

Number of

    Shares Allocated    

     
   

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Index Plus MidCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya International Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  250,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Japan TOPIX Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya 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

 

     

Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya 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

 

 

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Name of Series

 

  Name of
    Class of Series    
 

Number of

    Shares Allocated    

     

Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya 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

 

     

Voya 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

 

     

Voya Small Company Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class R6

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya U.S. Bond Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  700,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

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for a total of eight billion, three hundred and fifty million (8,350,000,000) shares designated and classified into separate classes of Capital Stock, with eight billion, five hundred and fifty million (8,550,000,000) shares remaining undesignated and unclassified.

FIFTH: Immediately following the classification and designation of shares set forth in Article SECOND, the total number of shares of each authorized class of Capital Stock that the Corporation has authority to issue is as follows:

 

Name of Series

 

 

Name of

    Class of Series    

 

Number of

    Shares Allocated    

     

Voya Australia Index Portfolio

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Emerging Markets Index Portfolio

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Euro STOXX 50 Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

     

Voya FTSE 100 Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Global Equity Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  300,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class T

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Hang Seng 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     
     

Voya Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Index Plus MidCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya International Index Portfolio

 

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  250,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  200,000,000

 

 

 

Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Japan TOPIX Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya 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

 

 

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Name of Series

 

 

Name of

    Class of Series    

  Number of
    Shares Allocated     
     

Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya 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

 

     

Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Mid Cap Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  300,000,000

 

 

 

Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya Russell Small Cap Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class P2

 

  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     
     

Voya Small Company Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class R6

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

     

Voya U.S. Bond Index Portfolio

 

 

Adviser Class

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class I

 

  700,000,000

 

 

 

Class P2

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S

 

  100,000,000

 

 

 

Class S2

 

  100,000,000

 

for a total of eight billion, eight hundred and fifty million (8,850,000,000) shares designated and classified into separate classes of Capital Stock, with eight billion fifty million (8,050,000,000) shares remaining undesignated and unclassified.

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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:       Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.  

/s/ Huey P. Falgout, Jr.

     

/s/ Kimberly A. Anderson

 
Name: Huey P. Falgout, Jr.       Name: Kimberly A. Anderson  
Title:   Secretary       Title:   Senior Vice President  

Dated: April 6, 2017

Return Address:

Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.

7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road

Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

 

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CERTIFICATE

THE UNDERSIGNED, Senior Vice President of Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc., who executed on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles of Supplementary to the Charter, of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges that the foregoing Articles Supplementary are the act of the said Corporation and further certifies that, to the best of her knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of perjury.

 

/s/ Kimberly A. Anderson

Kimberly A. Anderson
Senior Vice President

 

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