Exhibit (8)(d)
SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into effective as of the 1st day of Februrary,
2003, by and between FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS COMPANY, INC.
("FIIOC") and WOODMAN OF THE WORLD ("Company").
WHEREAS, FIIOC provides transfer agency and other services to Fidelity's
Variable Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II and
Variable Insurance Products Fund III (collectively "Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the services provided by FIIOC on behalf of the Funds include
responding to inquiries about the Funds, including the provision of information
about the Funds' investment objectives, investment policies, portfolio holdings,
etc.; and
WHEREAS, Company holds shares of the Funds in order to fund certain
variable annuity contracts, group annuity contracts, and/or variable life
insurance policies, the beneficial interests in which are held by individuals,
plan trustees, or others who look to Company to provide information about the
Funds similar to the information provided by FIIOC; and
WHEREAS, the Company and one or more of the Funds have entered into one or
more Participation Agreements, under which the Company agrees not to provide
information about the Funds except for information provided by the Funds or
their designees; and
WHEREAS, FIIOC and Company desire that Company be able to respond to
inquiries about the Funds from individual variable annuity owners, participants
in group annuity contracts issued by the Company, and owners and participants
under variable life insurance policies issued by the Company, and prospective
customers for any of the above; and
WHEREAS, FIIOC and Company recognize that Company's efforts in responding
to customer inquiries will reduce the burden that such inquiries would place on
FIIOC should such inquiries be directed to FIIOC.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do agree as follows:
1. Information to be Provided to Company. FIIOC agrees to provide to
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Company, on a periodic basis, directly or through a designee, information about
the Funds' investment objectives, investment policies, portfolio holdings,
performance, etc. The content and format of such information shall be as FIIOC,
in its sole discretion, shall choose. FIIOC may change the format and/or
content of such informational reports, and the frequency with which such
information is provided. For purposes of Section 4.2 of each of the Company's
Participation Agreement(s) with the Funds, FIIOC represents that it is the
designee of the Funds, and Company may therefore use the information provided by
FIIOC without seeking additional permission from the Funds.
2. Use of Information by Company. Company may use the information
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provided by FIIOC in communications to individuals, plan trustees, or others who
have legal title or beneficial interest in the annuity or life insurance
products issued by Company, and to prospective purchasers of such products or
beneficial interests thereunder. If such information is contained as part of
larger pieces of sales literature, advertising, etc., such pieces shall be
furnished for review to the Funds in accordance with the terms of the Company's
Participation Agreements with the Funds. Nothing herein shall give the Company
the right to expand upon, reformat or otherwise alter the information provided
by FIIOC. Company acknowledges that the information provided it by FIIOC may
need to be supplemented with additional qualifying information, regulatory
disclaimers, or other information before it may be conveyed to persons outside
the Company.
3. Compensation to Company. In recognition of the fact that Company will
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respond to inquiries that otherwise would be handled by FIIOC, FIIOC agrees to
pay Company a quarterly fee computed as follows:
At the close of each calendar quarter FIIOC will determine the Average
Daily Assets held in the Funds by the Company. Average Daily Assets shall be
the sum of the daily assets for each calendar day in the quarter divided by the
number of calendar days in the quarter. The Average Daily Assets shall be
multiplied by 0.0005 (5 basis points) and that sum shall be divided by four.
The resulting number shall be the quarterly fee for that quarter.
Should any Participation Agreement(s) between Company and any Fund(s) be
terminated effective before the last day of a quarter, Company shall be entitled
to a fee for that portion of the quarter during which the Participation
Agreement was still in effect, unless such termination is due to misconduct on
the part of the Company. For such a stub quarter, Average Daily Assets shall be
the sum of the daily assets for each calendar day in the quarter through and
including the date of termination of the Participation Agreement(s), divided by
the number of calendar days in that quarter for which the Participation
Agreement was in effect. Such Average Daily Assets shall be multiplied by
0.0005 (5 basis points) and that number shall be multiplied by the number of
days in such quarter that the Participation Agreement was in effect, then
divided by three hundred sixty-five. The resulting number shall be the
quarterly fee for the stub quarter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) Company will not be entitled to any
compensation under this Agreement for any calendar quarter in which the average
net assets of the Company and the following affiliates under common control
(list affiliates) invested in the qualifying Variable Insurance Products Funds'
portfolios (listed below) are in the aggregate less than $100 million; and (B)
compensation for each calendar quarter will not exceed one million dollars
($1,000,000).
Qualifying Variable Insurance Products Funds Portfolios:
Equity-Income Portfolio
Growth Portfolio
Overseas Portfolio
Asset Manager Portfolio
Contrafund Portfolio
Asset Manager: Growth Portfolio
Growth Opportunities Portfolio
Balanced Portfolio
Growth & Income Portfolio
Mid Cap Portfolio
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
Value Portfolio
Value Strategies Portfolio
4. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by Company at any time
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upon written notice to FIIOC. FIIOC may terminate this Agreement at any time
upon thirty (30) days' written notice to Company. FIIOC may terminate this
Agreement immediately upon written notice to Company (1) if required by any
applicable law or regulation, (2) if so required by action of the Fund(s) Board
of Trustees, or (3) if Company engages in any material breach of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall terminate immediately and automatically upon the
termination of Company's Participation Agreement(s) with the Funds, and in such
event no notice need be given hereunder.
5. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions
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hereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
6. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned without the prior
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written consent of the parties, except that it shall be assigned automatically
to any successor to FIIOC as the Funds' transfer agent, and any such successor
shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands as of the date first
written above.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS COMPANY, INC.
By:
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WOODMAN OF THE WORLD
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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