AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST,
SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
AND
PIONEER FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this 17 day of March 2006 by
and among PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST, a Delaware business trust
(the "Trust"), SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Washington life insurance
company (the "Company") on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the
segregated asset accounts of the Company set forth in Schedule A hereto,
as may be amended from time to time (the "Accounts"), PIONEER INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation ("PIM") and Pioneer Funds Distributor,
Inc. ("PFD"), a corporation organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. PIM and PFD are members of the UniCredito Italiano banking
group, register of banking groups.
WHEREAS, the Company, Trust, PIM and PFD entered into a Fund
Participation Agreement dated as of the 13th of December, 2004 (the "Fund
Participation Agreement");
WHEREAS, the parties hereto agree that, except as expressly provided
herein, no term or provision of the Fund Participation Agreement shall be
deemed amended, supplemented or modified, and each term and provision of the
Fund Participation Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements
contained herein and other consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend the Fund
Participation Agreement as follows:
1.Effective July 15, 2005, all Notices made pursuant to Article XII:
Notices shall be made to the following addresses:
Symetra Life Insurance Company
000 000xx Xxx XX, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Legal Department, SC-11
2.Schedule A of the Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety
with the Schedule A attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment to
the Fund Participation Agreement as of the date first written above.
SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Date:
PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST,
on behalf of the Portfolios
By its authorized officer and not
individually,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Assistant Secretary
Date:
PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
Date:
PIONEER FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxx
Executive Vice President
Date:
SCHEDULE A
Accounts, Contracts and Portfolios
Subject to the Participation Agreement
As of April 28, 2006
Name of Separate Portfolios and
Account and Date Contracts Funded Class of Shares
Established by Board of Directors by Separate Account Available to Contracts
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Symetra Separate Account C Variable Annuity Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio --
established February 11, 1994 (Class I & II Shares)
Symetra Separate Account SL established Variable Life Insurance Pioneer Small Cap Value VCT Portfolio
November 6, 1986 (Class I & II Shares)
Symetra Resource Variable Account B Variable Annuity Pioneer Emerging Markets VCT Portfolio
established February 6, 1986 (Class I &II Shares)
Symetra Deferred Variable Annuity Variable Annuity Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio
Account (Class I & II Shares)
established December 23, 1986
Symetra Separate Account D (unregistered) Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio
(Class I & II Shares)
Resource A (unregistered) Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares)
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares )
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares)
Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares)
Pioneer Money Market VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares)
Pioneer Small Cap Value II VCT Portfolio
(Class I Shares)
Pioneer Real Estate VCT Portfolio
(Class II Shares)
