COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II AMENDMENT NO. 20 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
AMENDMENT NO. 20 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 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II (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 establish, to change or abolish and rescind the designation of any Series or class of Shares without authorization by vote of the Shareholders of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, Section 8 of Article VIII of the Declaration of Trust authorizes the Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration of Trust to correct inconsistent provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, do hereby certify that we have authorized the creation of one additional Series of the Trust, Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap Equity Fund and have authorized the following amendment to said Declaration of Trust:
| 1. | Section 6 of Article III is hereby amended by replacing the text preceding paragraph (a) with the following: |
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;
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Balanced Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Commodity Strategy Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Core Equity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Disciplined Core Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Dividend Opportunity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Emerging Markets Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Global Bond Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Government Money Market Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – High Yield Bond Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Income Opportunities Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Intermediate Bond Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Large Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Large Cap Index Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Limited Duration Credit Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Value Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select International Equity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Equity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large - Cap Value Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller - Cap Value Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxxxx Global Technology Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – U.S. Equities Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio – U.S. Government Mortgage Fund
Variable Portfolio – Aggressive Portfolio
Variable Portfolio – American Century Diversified Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio – BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
Variable Portfolio – CenterSquare Real Estate Fund
Variable Portfolio – Columbia Xxxxxx International Equities Fund
Variable Portfolio – Conservative Portfolio
Variable Portfolio – DFA International Value Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxx Xxxxx Floating-Rate Income Fund
Variable Portfolio – X.X. Xxxxxx Core Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – Los Angeles Capital Large Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Fund
Variable Portfolio – MFS® Value Fund
Variable Portfolio – Moderate Portfolio
Variable Portfolio – Moderately Aggressive Portfolio
Variable Portfolio – Moderately Conservative Portfolio
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Advantage Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxxxxxxx International Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio – Partners Small Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – Partners Small Cap Value Fund
Variable Portfolio – Pyramis® International Equity Fund
Variable Portfolio – X. Xxxx Price Large Cap Value Fund
Variable Portfolio – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio – Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxx Fargo Short Duration Government Fund
Variable Portfolio – Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund
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 in the Declaration of Trust, together with such other rights and preferences relative to such other classes as are set forth in the Trust’s Rule 18f-3 Plan, registration statement as from time to time amended, and any applicable resolutions of the Trustees establishing and designating such class of Shares.
The rest of this Section 6 remains unchanged.
| 2. | Section 9 of Article VIII is hereby amended by replacing the text with the following: |
The address of the Trust is 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000. The address of each of the Trustees is 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
The foregoing amendment is effective as of December 19, 2017.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 20 to the Declaration of Trust on December 19, 2017.
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