AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG
VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND
FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION
and
NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
WHEREAS, NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (the "Company), VARIABLE
INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND (the "Fund") and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION have
previously entered into a Participation Agreement (the "Agreement") containing,
among other things, certain arrangements concerning the formats in which the
Company can receive Fund prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information;
and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to receive electronic versions of the
Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information and supplements
thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree to amend the Agreement to
add the following to the provisions of Article III;
The Company may also choose to receive the Fund's prospectus and
Statement of Additional information in electronic format. The file format shall
be such as may be mutually agreed to by the Fund and the Company from time to
time. The Company shall make no changes whatsoever to the file, or to the
material constituting the printed output of the file, unless such changes shall
have been approved in writing by the Fund or its designee. The Company shall be
responsible for compliance with all regulatory requirements related to delivery
of electronic prospectuses, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act, the
1933 Act, and related SEC releases.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have set our hand as of the 24th day of July,
1997.
NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION
By: ________________________________ By: ___________________________
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President President
