COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II AMENDMENT NO. 21 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II

AMENDMENT NO. 21 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

NOW, THEREFORE, The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, and have authorized the following amendments to said Declaration of Trust to reflect (i) the renaming of VP – American Century Diversified Bond Fund, VP – BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, VP – CenterSquare Real Estate Fund, VP – DFA International Value Fund, VP – Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Fund, VP – Los Angeles Capital Large Cap Growth Fund, VP– MFS^® Blended Research^® Core Equity Fund, VP – MFS^® Value Fund, VP – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Advantage Fund, VP – Xxxxxxxxxxx International Growth Fund, VP – Pyramis^® International Equity Fund, VP – X. Xxxx Price Large Cap Value Fund, VP – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund, VP – Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund, VP – Xxxxx Fargo Short Duration Government Fund and VP – Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund by replacing “Variable Portfolio” with “CTIVP^SM” effective May 1, 2018, (ii) the renaming of Columbia Variable Portfolio – Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund as Variable Portfolio – Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund, (iii) the renaming of Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select International Equity Fund as Columbia Variable Portfolio – Overseas Core Fund and (iv) the renaming of CTIVP^SM – Pyramis^® International Equity Fund as CTIVP^SM – AQR International Core Equity Fund effective May 21, 2018:

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 – Mid Cap Growth Fund

Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Value Fund

Columbia Variable Portfolio – Overseas Core Fund

Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap 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

CTIVP^SM – American Century Diversified Bond Fund

CTIVP^SM – BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

CTIVP^SM – CenterSquare Real Estate Fund

CTIVP^SM – DFA International Value Fund

CTIVP^SM – Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Fund

CTIVP^SM – Los Angeles Capital Large Cap Growth Fund

CTIVP^SM – MFS^® Blended Research^® Core Equity Fund

CTIVP^SM – MFS^® Value Fund

CTIVP^SM – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Advantage Fund

CTIVP^SM – Xxxxxxxxxxx International Growth Fund

CTIVP^SM – Pyramis^® International Equity Fund (CTIVP^SM – AQR International Core Equity Fund effective May 21, 2018)

CTIVP^SM – X. Xxxx Price Large Cap Value Fund

CTIVP^SM – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund

CTIVP^SM – Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund

CTIVP^SM – Xxxxx Fargo Short Duration Government Fund

CTIVP^SM – Westfield Mid Cap Growth Fund

Variable Portfolio – Aggressive Portfolio

Variable Portfolio – Columbia Xxxxxx International Equities Fund

Variable Portfolio – Conservative Portfolio

Variable Portfolio – Xxxxx Xxxxx Floating-Rate Income Fund

Variable Portfolio – Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund

Variable Portfolio – Moderate Portfolio

Variable Portfolio – Moderately Aggressive Portfolio

Variable Portfolio – Moderately Conservative Portfolio

Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Bond Fund

Variable Portfolio – Partners Small Cap Growth Fund

Variable Portfolio – Partners Small Cap Value 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 May 1, 2018.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 21 to the Declaration of Trust on April 18, 2018.

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