UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 14A

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              RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Income Series, Inc.
            RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Investment Series, Inc.
             RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Managed Series, Inc.
             RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Managers Series, Inc.
           RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Money Market Series, Inc.
              RiverSource Variable Portfolio - Select Series, Inc.
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                                                  [RIVERSOURCE INVESTMENTS LOGO]

                                IMPORTANT NOTICE
                    RIVERSOURCE(R) VARIABLE PORTFOLIO FUNDS

                     JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                January 29, 2008

As a contract owner of a variable life insurance policy or variable annuity
contract you recently received proxy materials requesting that you instruct the
insurance company on how to vote at the joint special meeting of fund
shareholders on JANUARY 29, 2008. YOUR INSTRUCTION FOR THIS IMPORTANT MEETING
HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO DO SO. Please take a few
moments to provide instructions by using one of the following three options:

1.  BY PHONE: For automated telephone voting, call (866) 235-4258, enter your
    unique 14-digit Control Number from the enclosed Voting Instruction Card and
    follow the recorded instructions.

2.  BY INTERNET: Visit www.proxy-direct.com, enter your unique 14-digit Control
    Number from the enclosed Voting Instruction Card and follow the on-screen
    instructions.

3.  BY MAIL: Complete the enclosed Voting Instruction Card and return it in the
    enclosed postage-paid envelope. Please use this option only if the above
    methods are unavailable, as we may not receive your executed instruction
    card by January 29, 2008.

    REMEMBER, YOUR INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. PLEASE ACT
                                     TODAY.

If you have questions regarding the proposal, please call Computershare Fund
Services, your Fund's proxy agent, at (866) 492-0843. Representatives are
available from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, and from
12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern Time, on Saturday.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.