COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II AMENDMENT NO. 16 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
AMENDMENT NO. 16 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 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 Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, do hereby certify that we have authorized the renaming of Columbia Variable Portfolio – Large Core Quantitative Fund to Columbia Variable Portfolio - Disciplined Core Fund, Columbia Variable Portfolio – Cash Management Fund to Columbia Variable Portfolio- Government Money Market Fund, Variable Portfolio - Holland Large Cap Growth Fund to Variable Portfolio - Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Advantage Fund, Variable Portfolio - Invesco International Growth Fund to Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxxxxxxx International Growth Fund, Variable Portfolio – Sit Dividend Growth Fund to Variable Portfolio - MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Fund, Variable Portfolio – Victory Established Value Fund to Variable Portfolio – Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund (all effective May 1, 2016) and Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Global Real Estate Fund to Variable Portfolio - CenterSquare Real Estate Fund (effective June 1, 2016) 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;
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 - 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 - Xxxxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 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 - NFJ Dividend Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Nuveen Xxxxxxx Large Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio – Xxxxxxxxxxx International Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Pyramis® International Equity Fund
Variable Portfolio – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio – Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Xxxxx Fargo Short Duration Government 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.
The foregoing amendment is effective as of April 19, 2016.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 16 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust on April 19, 2016.
| /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx. |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx. | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
| /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
/s/ Minor X. Xxxx | |||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | Minor X. Xxxx | |||
| /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx | |||
| /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| /s/ R. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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| R. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
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