Common use of SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY Clause in Contracts

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY. The Company agrees to provide the following administrative services to the Manager, the Trust and the Funds: • periodic reporting of information to the Trust, such reports to indicate the number owners of Contracts that hold, through a Contract, interests in each Account as defined in the Participation Agreement. • printing of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports and other shareholder communications and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • printing of Fund prospectuses and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • preparation, printing and distribution of confirmation and quarterly account statements to owners of Contracts. • preparation and printing of proxy statements and other proxy material and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in the Funds to which such statements and materials relate. • solicitation of Contract owner voting instructions and tabulation of the same. • provision of telephone inquiry support and other applicable personal services (as defined in FINRA Rule 2320 and 2341 (as applicable) to Contract owners invested in the Funds. • provision of other administrative support to the Manager, the Trust or the Funds as mutually agreed from time to time between the Manager and the Company. • transmission of purchase and redemption requests to the Trust’s transfer agent. • prepare and provide reports to appropriate third-party reporting services. • relieve the Trust or the Funds of other incidental administrative services generally provided by mutual funds to their shareholders by providing the same to Contract owners. The Manager and the Company understand that the Company is obligated by the Participation Agreement to perform, provide or pay for certain of the foregoing services and payments under this Agreement may serve to relieve the Company, in whole or in part, from such Participation Agreement obligations. The Manager and the Company agree that no payments made by the Manager to the Company under this Letter Agreement are for administrative services to the Trust that the Trust has agreed to pay for under the Participation Agreement.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY. The Company agrees to provide the following administrative services to the Manager, the Trust and the Funds: • periodic reporting of information to the Trust, such reports to indicate the number owners of Contracts that hold, through a Contract, interests in each Account as defined in the Participation Agreement. • printing of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports and other shareholder communications and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • printing of Fund prospectuses and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • preparation, printing and distribution of confirmation and quarterly account statements to owners of Contracts. • preparation and printing of proxy statements and other proxy material and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in the Funds to which such statements and materials relate. • solicitation of Contract owner voting instructions and tabulation of the same. • provision of telephone inquiry support and other applicable personal services (as defined in FINRA Rule 2320 and 2341 (as applicable) to Contract owners invested in the Funds. • provision of other administrative support to the Manager, the Trust or the Funds as mutually agreed from time to time between the Manager and the Company. • transmission of purchase and redemption requests to the Trust’s transfer agent. • prepare and provide reports to appropriate third-party reporting services. • relieve the Trust or the Funds of other incidental administrative services generally provided by mutual funds to their shareholders by providing the same to Contract owners. The Manager and the Company understand that the Company is obligated by the Participation Agreement to perform, provide or pay for certain of the foregoing services and payments under this Agreement may serve to relieve the Company, in whole or in part, from such Participation Agreement obligations. The Manager and the Company agree that no payments made by the Manager to the Company under this Letter Agreement are for administrative services to the Trust that the Trust has agreed to pay for under the Participation Agreement.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY. The Company agrees to provide the following administrative services to the Manager, the Trust and the Funds: • periodic reporting of information to the Trust, such reports to indicate the number owners of Contracts that hold, hold through a Contract, Contract interests in each Account as defined in the Participation Agreement. • printing of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports and other shareholder communications and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • printing of Fund prospectuses and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in one or more Funds. • preparation, printing and distribution of confirmation and quarterly account statements to owners of Contracts. • preparation and printing of proxy statements and other proxy material and distribution of the same to owners of Contracts indirectly invested in the Funds to which such statements and materials relate. • solicitation of Contract owner voting instructions and tabulation of the same. • provision of telephone inquiry support and other applicable personal services (as defined in FINRA Rule 2320 and 2341 (as applicable2830(d)) to Contract owners invested in the Funds. • provision of other administrative support to the Manager, the Trust or the Funds as mutually agreed from time to time between the Manager and the Company. • transmission of purchase and redemption requests to the Trust’s transfer agent. • prepare and provide reports to appropriate third-party reporting services. • relieve the Trust or the Funds of other incidental administrative services generally provided by mutual funds to their shareholders by providing the same to Contract owners. The Manager and the Company understand that the Company is obligated by the Participation Agreement to perform, provide or pay for certain of the foregoing services and payments under this Agreement may serve to relieve the Company, in whole or in part, from such Participation Agreement obligations. The Manager and the Company agree that no payments made by the Manager to the Company under this Letter Agreement are for administrative services to the Trust that the Trust has agreed to pay for under the Participation Agreement.