COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II AMENDMENT NO. 12 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
AMENDMENT NO. 12 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 – Managed Volatility Fund to Columbia Variable Portfolio – Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund and the creation of one additional Series of the Trust, Columbia Variable Portfolio – Commodity Strategy 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;
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Cash Management Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Commodity Strategy Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Core Equity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Diversified Bond 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 - High Yield Bond Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Income Opportunities Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - International Opportunity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Large Cap Growth Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Large Core Quantitative Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Managed Volatility Moderate Growth Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Growth Opportunity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Mid Cap Value Opportunity Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - S&P 500 Index 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 - Short Duration U.S. Government Fund
Variable Portfolio - Aggressive Portfolio
Variable Portfolio - Conservative Portfolio
Variable Portfolio - Moderately Aggressive Portfolio
Variable Portfolio - Moderately Conservative Portfolio
Variable Portfolio - Moderate Portfolio
Variable Portfolio - American Century Diversified Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio - American Century Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - BlackRock Global Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
Variable Portfolio - Columbia Xxxxxx International Equities Fund
Variable Portfolio - Columbia Xxxxxx U.S. Equities Fund
Variable Portfolio - DFA International Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Xxxxx Xxxxx Floating-Rate Income Fund
Variable Portfolio - Invesco International Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Xxxxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - X.X. Xxxxxx Core Bond Fund
Variable Portfolio - Xxxxxxx Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - MFS Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Mondrian International Small Cap Fund
Variable Portfolio - Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Global Real Estate Fund
Variable Portfolio - NFJ Dividend Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - Nuveen Xxxxxxx Large Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Partners Small Cap Value Fund
Variable Portfolio - PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund
Variable Portfolio - Pyramis® International Equity Fund
Variable Portfolio - Sit Dividend Growth Fund
Variable Portfolio - Victory 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 January 16, 2013.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 12 to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust on January 16, 2013.
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