Directed Services LLC

Exhibit (d)(1)(vi)

Directed Services LLC

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

May 1, 2012

Xxxx Xxxxx

Directed Services LLC

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx

Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Dear Xx. Xxxxx:

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 1, 2003, as amended, (the “Agreement”) between ING Partners, Inc. (“IPI”) and ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company, succeeded by Directed Services LLC (“DSL”) pursuant to the Substitution Agreement dated January 1, 2007 between IPI and DSL, we hereby notify you of our intention to modify the advisory fees for ING PIMCO Total Return Portfolio, a series of IPI (the “Portfolio”), effective on May 1, 2012, upon all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement.  Upon your acceptance, the Agreement will be modified to give effect to the foregoing by amending the Amended Schedule A and the Amended Schedule B of the Agreement.  The Amended Schedule A and the Amended Schedule B are attached hereto.

Please signify your acceptance to the modified advisory fees with respect to the aforementioned Portfolio by signing below where indicated.

			Very sincerely,
			/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
			Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
			Senior Vice President
			ING Partners, Inc.
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
Directed Services LLC
By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
	Xxxx Xxxxx
	Vice President

AMENDED SCHEDULE A

SERIES OF ING PARTNERS, INC.

ING American Century Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio

ING Baron Small Cap Growth Portfolio

ING Columbia Small Cap Value II  Portfolio

ING Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio

ING Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

ING Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Portfolio

ING Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

ING Global Bond Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2015 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2020 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2025 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2030 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2035 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2040 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2045 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2050 Portfolio

ING Index Solution 2055 Portfolio

ING Index Solution Income Portfolio

ING Invesco Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio

ING Invesco Xxx Xxxxxx Equity and Income Portfolio

ING JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio

ING Oppenheimer Global Portfolio

ING PIMCO Total Return Portfolio

ING Pioneer High Yield Portfolio

ING Solution 2015 Portfolio

ING Solution 2020 Portfolio

ING Solution 2025 Portfolio

ING Solution 2030 Portfolio

ING Solution 2035 Portfolio

ING Solution 2040 Portfolio

ING Solution 2045 Portfolio

ING Solution 2050 Portfolio

ING Solution 2055 Portfolio

ING Solution Aggressive Growth Portfolio

ING Solution Conservative Portfolio

ING Solution Growth Portfolio

ING Solution Income Portfolio

ING Solution Moderate Portfolio

ING X. Xxxx Price Diversified Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

ING X. Xxxx Price Growth Equity Portfolio

ING Xxxxxxxxx Foreign Equity Portfolio

ING Xxxxxxxxx Value Portfolio

ING UBS U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio

AMENDED SCHEDULE B

ADVISORY FEES

SERIES		ADVISORY FEES
		(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
ING American Century Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio		1.00%
ING Baron Small Cap Growth Portfolio		0.85% of the first $2 billion of assets 0.80% of assets thereafter
ING Columbia Small Cap Value II  Portfolio		0.75%
ING Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio		0.80%
ING Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio		0.00% while Series invested in Master 0.58% for Standalone Series
ING Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Portfolio		0.00% while Series invested in Master 0.48% for Standalone Series
ING Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio		0.00% while Series invested in Master 0.58% for Standalone Series
ING Global Bond Portfolio		0.50% on the first $4 billion; 0.475% on the next $1 billion; 0.45% on the next $1 billion; 0.43% on assets thereafter
ING Index Solution 2015 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2020 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2025 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2030 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2035 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2040 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2045 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2050 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution 2055 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Index Solution Income Portfolio		0.10%
ING Invesco Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio		0.60%

SERIES		ADVISORY FEES
		(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
ING Invesco Xxx Xxxxxx Equity and Income Portfolio		0.55%
ING JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio		0.75%
ING Oppenheimer Global Portfolio		0.60% of the first $4 billion of assets 0.58% of the next $4 billion of assets 0.56% of assets thereafter
ING PIMCO Total Return Portfolio		0.44%
ING Pioneer High Yield Portfolio		0.60% on the first $2 billion; 0.50% on the next $1 billion; 0.40% on the next $1 billion; 0.30% on assets thereafter
ING Solution 2015 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2020 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2025 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2030 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2035 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2040 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2045 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2050 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution 2055 Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution Aggressive Growth Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution Conservative Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution Growth Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution Income Portfolio		0.10%
ING Solution Moderate Portfolio		0.10%
ING X. Xxxx Price Diversified Mid Cap Growth Portfolio		0.64%

SERIES		ADVISORY FEES
		(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
ING X. Xxxx Price Growth Equity Portfolio		0.60%
ING Xxxxxxxxx Foreign Equity Portfolio		0.80% on the first $500 million; 0.75% on assets over $500 million
ING Xxxxxxxxx Value Portfolio		0.65%
ING UBS U.S. Large Cap Equity Portfolio		0.70% on the first $500 million; 0.65% on assets over $500 million