EXHIBIT (a)(2)
RIVERSOURCE VARIABLE SERIES TRUST
AMENDMENT NO. 2 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 RiverSource Variable Series Trust (the
"Trust"), amended and restated on September 11, 2007, 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 create one or
more Series of classes of Shares (in addition to any Series or classes already
existing or otherwise) with such rights and preferences and such eligibility
requirements for investment therein as the Trustees shall determine and 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 RiverSource Variable Series Trust, do hereby certify that we have authorized
the creation of five additional Series of the Trust and renaming RiverSource
Variable Portfolio - Fundamental Value Fund, RiverSource Variable Portfolio -
Emerging Markets Fund, RiverSource Variable Portfolio - International
Opportunity Fund, RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Select Value Fund and
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund, 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;
Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Aggressive
Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Conservative
Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderate
Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderately Aggressive
Disciplined Asset Allocation Portfolios - Moderately Conservative
RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Fundamental Value Fund
RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Select Value Fund
RiverSource Partners Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Cash Management Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Core Equity Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Diversified Bond Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Diversified Equity Income Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Global Bond Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Global Inflation Protected Securities Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Growth Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - High Yield Bond Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Large Cap Equity Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Large Cap Value Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Growth Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Value Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - S&P 500 Index Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Short Duration U.S. Government Fund
RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Advantage Fund
Threadneedle Variable Portfolio - Emerging Markets Fund
Threadneedle Variable Portfolio - International Opportunity 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 below,
together with such other rights and preferences relative to such other classes
as are set forth in any 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 9, 2008.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 2 to the
Agreement and Declaration of Trust on April 9, 2008.
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