Common use of Conclusion Clause in Contracts

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton 39 Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin (the “Trust”), Franklin/Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National (together with the Trust, “we” or “us”) and Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, Nationwide Life Insurance Company The participation agreementof America, Nationwide Life and Annuity Company of America, and 1717 Capital Management Company (altogether, “you”), on your behalf and on behalf of certain Accounts, have previously entered into a Participation Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company 2003 (the "“Agreement") is hereby amended ”). The parties now desire to supplement the Agreement in this Addendum (the “Addendum”). Except as follows:modified hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Unless otherwise indicated, the terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning as in this Addendum. Schedules to this Addendum supplement the Schedules in the Agreement that share the same identifying letter.

Conclusion. For the reasons stated above, Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, that the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions Notice of application for an amended order of exemption pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder. TEXT: Templeton Summary of Application: Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton the “Xxxxxxxxx Trust"”), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("formerly Franklin Valuemark Funds) (the “VIP Trust",” and together with the Templeton Trust, the “Funds”), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("“TFAC"”) or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("“Future Funds"”) filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking seek an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to (2) permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, Funds and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17Applicants: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx DistributorsFunds Annuity Company or any successor to TFAC, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor (collectively, the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:“Applicants”).

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Xxxxxxxx Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Xxxxxxxx Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxx Templeton Variable Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Annxxxx Xxxxany ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(156e-2(b)(l5) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to xx xxxx xo and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trustthx XXX Xxxst, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an on order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. 39 Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Frankxxx Xxxxxeton Variable Insurance Products Trust Xxxxx ("VIP XIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Templetxx Xxxxx Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any xxx xxx future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life varxxxxx xxxe insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by axx xxxx xy qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton 38 Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Xxxxxxxxx Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. 39 Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Templeton Variable Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Annxxxx Xxxxany ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as -- HARTFORD LEADERS As of May 1, 2000, 2003 by and among Franklin Templetion Templeton Variable Xxxxxxxxx Products Trust Franklin/Templeton Distributxxx, Xxx. Hartford Life Insurance Company, Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, and Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. Franklin Templeton Variable Xxxxxxxxx Products Trust (the "Trust"), Franklin/Templeton Distributxxx, Xxx. (the "Underwriter," and together with the Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors"we" or "us"), Inc. and The Lincoln National Hartford Life Insurance Company, Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("you"), and Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc., your distributor, on your behalf and on behalf of certain Accounts, have previously entered into a Participation Agreement dated May 1, 2000 (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:). The parties now desire to amend the Agreement in this Amendment (the "Amendment").

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series FundSxxxxx Xxxd, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund Sxxxxx Xxxd ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Txxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Xxxxxxxx Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Compaxx ("TFACXXXX") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held xxx xxxx by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP TrustTrusx, and Future xxx Xxture Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. For the reasons stated above, Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, that the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions Notice of application for an amended order of exemption pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder. TEXT: Summary of Application: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton the “Xxxxxxxxx Trust"”), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("formerly Franklin Valuemark Funds) (the “VIP Trust",” and together with the Templeton Trust, the “Funds”), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("“TFAC"”) or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("“Future Funds"”) filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking seek an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to (2) permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, Funds and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17Applicants: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx DistributorsFunds Annuity Company or any successor to TFAC, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor (collectively, the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:“Applicants”).

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Variablx Xxxxxxxs Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Xxxxxxxn Templeton Variablx Xxxxxxxce Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Axxxxxx Xxmpany ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(156e-2(b)(l5) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold tx xx xxxx to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trustxxx XXX Xrust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an on order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, -- HARTFORD NON-LEADERS by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Templeton Variablx Xxxxxxxce Products Trust Franklin/Templeton Distribxxxxx, Xxc. Hartford Life Insurance Company Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. Hartford Equity Sales Company, Inc. Franklin Templeton Variablx Xxxxxxxce Products Trust (the "Trust"), Franklin/Templeton Distribxxxxx, Xxc. (the "Underwriter," and together with the Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors"we" or "us") and Hartford Life Insurance Company and Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company (together "you"), Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Hartford Equity Sales Company, Inc., your distributor, on your behalf and on behalf of certain Accounts, have previously entered into a Participation Agreement -- Hartford Non-Leaders dated May 1, 2000 (the "Agreement"). The parties now desire to amend the Agreement in this amendment (the "Amendment"). The purpose of the Amendment is to document the intentions of the parties to communicate, process and settle purchase and redemptions for shares (collectively, "share transactions") is hereby amended as follows:via the Fund/SERV and Networking systems of the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC").

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund Sxxxxx Xxxd ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Txxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Xxxxxxxx Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Compaxx ("TFACXXXX") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(156e-2(b)(l5) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held xxx xxxx by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP TrustTrusx, and Future xxx Xxture Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an on order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. 38 Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Funds Annuity Company ("TFAC") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.

Conclusion. Applicants assert that, for the reasons summarized above, the requested exemptions are appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 37 For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. 39 Templeton Variable Products Series Fund, et al. File No. 812-11698 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Release No. IC-24079 1999 SEC LEXIS 2177 October 13, 1999 ACTION: Order Granting Exemptions TEXT: Templeton Variable Products Series Fund ("Templeton Trust"), Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Variable Insurance Products Xxxxxxxx Trust ("VIP Trust"), Xxxxxxxxx Templeton Funds Annuity Company Compaxx ("TFACXXXX") or any successor to TFAC, and any future open-end investment company for which TFAC or any affiliate is the administrator, sub-administrator, investment manager, adviser, principal underwriter, or sponsor ("Future Funds") filed an application on July 14, 1999, and an amendment on September 17, 1999 seeking an amended order of the Commission pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") exempting them from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15). The prior order (Rel. No. IC-19879) granted exemptive relief to permit shares of the Templeton Trust to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies. The proposed relief would amend the prior order to add as parties to that order the VIP Trust and any Future Funds and to permit shares of the Templeton Trust, the VIP Trust, and Future Funds to be issued to and held by qualified pension and retirement plans outside the separate account context. A notice of the filing of the application was issued on September 17, 1999 (Rel. No. IC-24018). The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to request a hearing and stated that an order granting the application would be issued unless a hearing should be ordered. No request for a hearing has been filed, and the Commission has not ordered a hearing. The matter has been considered, and it is found that granting the requested exemptions is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act, that the requested exemptions from Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act, and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder, be, and hereby are, granted, effective forthwith. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Variable Insurance Products Trust Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The participation agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000, by and among Franklin Templetion Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Distributors, Inc. and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (the "Agreement") is hereby amended as follows:.