May 1, 2009 Todd Modic Senior Vice President ING Investments, LLC

Exhibit (d)(1)(i)

May 1, 2009

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Senior Vice President

ING Investments, LLC

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Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Pursuant to the Amended Investment Management Agreement dated April 1, 2004 between ING Variable Portfolios, Inc. and ING Investments, LLC (the “Agreement”) we hereby notify you of our intention to retain you as Manager to render investment advisory services to ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇^™ Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio, ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇^™ Large Cap Value Index Portfolio, ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇^™ Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio, and ING Hang Seng Index Portfolio (collectively, the “Portfolios”), effective May 1, 2009, each a series of ING Variable Portfolios, Inc. Upon your acceptance, the Agreement will be modified to give effect to the foregoing as indicated on the Amended Schedule A of the Agreement. The Amended Schedule A, with the annual investment management fees indicated for the Portfolios, is attached hereto.

The Amended Schedule A has also been updated to reflect the name change of ING BlackRock Global Science and Technology Portfolio to ING BlackRock Global Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio, the name change of ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index^® Bond Portfolio to ING U.S. Bond Index Portfolio, the name change of ING Opportunistic LargeCap Value Portfolio to ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio, the name change of ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇™ Global Large Cap Index 85% Portfolio to ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇^™ Global Large Cap Index 75% Portfolio, the name change of ING VP Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio to ING Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio, the name change of ING VP Index Plus MidCap Portfolio to ING Index Plus MidCap Portfolio, the name change of ING VP Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio to ING Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio, and the name change of ING VP Small Company Portfolio to ING Small Company Portfolio.

Please signify your acceptance to act as Manager for the Portfolios by signing below where indicated.

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

ING Investments, LLC

 

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		Senior Vice President

 

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AMENDED SCHEDULE A

with respect to the

AMENDED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

between

ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

and

ING INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

Series		Effective Date		Annual Investment Management Fee
				(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
ING BlackRock Global Science and Technology Portfolio		2001		0.95%
ING Global Equity Option Portfolio		August 20, 2008		0.10% on all assets
ING Hang Seng Index Portfolio		May 1, 2009		0.60%
ING Index Plus LargeCap Portfolio		2001		0.35%
ING Index Plus MidCap Portfolio		2001		0.40%
ING Index Plus SmallCap Portfolio		2001		0.40%
ING International Index Portfolio		March 4, 2008		0.38% on all assets
ING Morningstar U.S. Growth Index Portfolio		April 28, 2008		0.31% on all assets
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Growth Portfolio		2001		0.60%
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio		2001		0.60%
ING RussellTM Global Large Cap Index 75% Portfolio		August 20, 2008		0.46% on all assets
ING RussellTM Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio		May 1, 2009		0.45%

 

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ING RussellTM Large Cap Value Index Portfolio		May 1, 2009		0.45%
ING RussellTM Mid Cap Growth Index Portfolio		May 1, 2009		0.45%
ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇™ Large Cap Index Portfolio		March 4, 2008		0.25% on all assets
ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇™ Mid Cap Index Portfolio		March 4, 2008		0.31% on all assets
ING ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇™ Small Cap Index Portfolio		March 4, 2008		0.33% on all assets
ING Small Company Portfolio		2001		0.75%
ING U.S. Bond Index Portfolio		March 4, 2008		0.32% on all assets
ING U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio		October 31, 2008		0.35% on first $1 billion 0.325% on next $2 billion 0.30% in excess of $3 billion
ING WisdomTreeSM Global High-Yielding Equity Index Portfolio		January 16, 2008		0.46% on all assets

 

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