Exhibit (1)(ddd)
VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC., a Maryland corporation registered as an open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and having its principal office in the State of Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The total number of shares of Capital Stock that the Corporation currently has authority to issue is 16,900,000,000, par value $.001 per share (the "Capital Stock"), having an aggregate par value of $16,900,000.
SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors"), under a power contained in the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), adopted resolutions reclassifying 100,000,000 authorized and unissued shares of classified Capital Stock as unclassified Capital Stock, thereby decreasing the number of shares of Capital Stock that are classified (but not changing the aggregate number of shares that the Corporation has authority to issue or the aggregate par value thereof), as follows:
| Name of Series | Name of | Number of |
| Class of Series | Shares Reclassified |
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| Voya Australia Index Portfolio | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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THIRD: The shares reclassified in Article SECOND of these Articles Supplementary, shall have the preferences, rights, powers, restrictions, limitations, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in Article SECOND, Section Six of, and elsewhere in, and shall be subject to all provisions of, the Charter.
FOURTH: After the reclassification of the shares of Capital Stock as provided in Article SECOND, the number of shares of each authorized class of Capital Stock is as follows:
| Name of Series | Name of | Number of |
| Class of Series | Shares Allocated |
| |
| | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Emerging Markets Index Portfolio | Class P2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Euro STOXX 50 Index Portfolio | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Class I | 200,000,000 |
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| Name of Series | Name of | Number of |
| Class of Series | Shares Allocated |
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| Voya FTSE 100 Index Portfolio | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class I | 100,000,000 |
| Voya Global High Dividend Low | | |
| Class S | 300,000,000 |
| Volatility Portfolio |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class T | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Hang Seng Index Portfolio | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio | Class I | 200,000,000 |
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| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Index Plus MidCap Portfolio | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| Name of Series | Name of | Number of |
| Class of Series | Shares Allocated |
| |
| | Adviser Class | 250,000,000 |
| | | |
| | Class I | 200,000,000 |
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| Voya International Index Portfolio | Class P2 | 300,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Japan TOPIX Index Portfolio | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Russell Global Large Cap Index | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| 75% Portfolio | | |
| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
| Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index | | |
| Class I | 100,000,000 |
| Portfolio |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio | Class I | 400,000,000 |
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| Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
| Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index | | |
| Class I | 100,000,000 |
| Portfolio |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| Name of Series | Name of | Number of |
| Class of Series | Shares Allocated |
| |
| | Class I | 100,000,000 |
| Voya Russell Mid Cap Growth Index | | |
| Class S | 100,000,000 |
| Portfolio |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class I | 300,000,000 |
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| Voya Russell Mid Cap Index Portfolio | Class P2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Russell Small Cap Index Portfolio | Class P2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| Voya Small Company Portfolio | Class I | 100,000,000 |
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| Class R6 | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
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| | Adviser Class | 100,000,000 |
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| | Class I | 700,000,000 |
| Voya U.S. Bond Index Portfolio | | |
| Class P2 | 300,000,000 |
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| | Class S | 100,000,000 |
| | | |
| | Class S2 | 100,000,000 |
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for a total of 8,850,000,000 shares designated and classified into separate classes of Capital Stock, with 8,050,000,000 shares remaining undesignated and unclassified Capital Stock.
FIFTH: The Board of Directors reclassified the shares of Capital Stock under the authority contained in the Charter. These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name on its behalf by its authorized officers who acknowledge that these Articles Supplementary are the act of the Corporation, that to the best of their knowledge, information and belief, all matters and facts set forth herein relating to the authorization and approval of these Articles Supplementary are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.
WITNESS: | Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc. |
/s/ Joanne F. Osberg_________________ | /s/ Todd Modic_____________________ |
Name: Joanne F. Osberg | Name: Todd Modic |
Title: Secretary | Title: Senior Vice President |
Dated: April 14, 2021
Return Address:
Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
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