Pricing Information; Orders; Settlement (a) Each Fund will make shares available to be purchased by the Company, and will accept redemption orders from the Company, on behalf of each Account at the net asset value applicable to each order on those days on which the Fund calculates its net asset value (a "Business Day"). Fund shares shall be purchased and redeemed in such quantity and at such times as determined by the Company to be necessary to meet the requirements of those Contracts for which the Fund serves as underlying investment media, provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Fund (hereinafter the "Directors") may, upon reasonable notice to the Company, refuse to sell shares of any Fund to any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of shares of any Fund if such action is required by law or by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion of the Directors acting in good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and/or any applicable state laws, necessary in the best interests of the shareholders of such Fund.
(b) Each Fund will provide to the Company closing net asset value, dividend and capital gain information at the close of trading each day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") is open (each such day a "Business Day"), and in no event later than 6:30 p.m. eastern time on such Business Day. The Company will send via facsimile or electronic transmission to each Fund or its specified agent orders to purchase and/or redeem Fund shares by 9:30 a.m. eastern time the following business day. Payment for net purchases will be wired by the Company to an account designated by the Fund.
(c) Each Fund hereby appoints the Company as its agent for the limited purpose of accepting purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares relating to the Contracts from Contract owners or participants. Orders from Contract owners or participants received from any distributor of the Contracts (including affiliates of the Company) by the Company, acting as agent for the Fund, prior to the close of the Exchange on any given business day will be executed by the Fund at the net asset value determined as of the close of the Exchange on such Business Day, provided that the Fund receives written (or facsimile) notice of such order by 9:30 a.m. eastern time on the next following Business Day. Any orders received by the Company acting as agent on such day but after the close of the Exchange will be executed by the Fund at the net asset value determined as of the close of the Exchange on the next business day following the day of receipt of such order, provided that the Fund receives written (or facsimile) notice of such order by 9:30 a.m. eastern time within two days following the day of receipt of such order.
(d) Payments for net redemptions of shares of a Fund will be wired by the Fund to an account designated by the Company. Payments for net purchases of the Fund will be wired by the Company to an account designated by the Fund on the same Business Day the Company places an order to purchase Fund shares. Payments shall be in federal funds transmitted by wire.
(e) Each party has the right to rely on information or confirmations provided by the other party (or by any affiliate of the other party), and shall not be liable in the event that an error is a result of any misinformation supplied by the other party. The Company shall assume responsibility as herein described for any loss to a Fund caused by a cancellation or correction made to an Instruction by a Plan Representative or Participant subsequent to the date as of which such Instruction has been received by the Company and originally relayed to Aeltus, and the Company will immediately pay such loss to such Fund upon the Company's receipt of written notification, with supporting data. Aeltus shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless, from the effective date of this Agreement, against any amount the Company is required to pay to Plans, Plan Representatives, or Participants due to: (i) an incorrect calculation of a Fund's daily net asset value, dividend rate, or capital gains distribution rate or (ii) incorrect or unreasonably late reporting of the daily net asset value deemed material in accordance with the Fund's error correction policy, dividend rate, or capital gain distribution rate, upon written notification by the Company, with supporting data, to Aeltus.
(f) The Company agrees to purchase and redeem the shares of the Funds named in this Agreement or in Schedule B hereof in accordance with the provisions of each Fund's then-current prospectus and statement of additional information. The Company shall not permit any person other than a Contract owner or Participant to give instructions to the Company which would require the Company to redeem or exchange shares of a Fund. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the Company from substituting shares of another fund, as permitted by law.
