Exhibit 99.B9(a)(iii)
AMENDMENT NO. THREE
TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of November 15, 1997 between Liberty Variable
Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (formerly named "Keyport
Variable Investment Trust") (the "Trust"), and Colonial Investors Service
Center, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation ("CISC").
Reference is made to the Transfer Agency Agreement dated as of June 7,
1993 between the Trust and Liberty Investment Services, Inc. a Massachusetts
corporation ("LIS"), as amended by each of (i) Amendment No. One thereto dated
May 2, 1994 between the Trust and LIS, (ii) the Joinder and Release Agreement
with Respect to Transfer Agency Agreement dated as of January 3, 1995, pursuant
to which CISC replaced LIS s transfer agent, and (iii) Amendment No. Two thereto
dated May 1, 1995 (as so amended, the "Transfer Agency Agreement"). The parties
hereby agree that each of (i) Liberty All-Star Equity Fund, Variable Series and
(ii) any additional series funds created after August 14, 1997 (the date on
which this Agreement was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) shall
become a "Fund" for all purposes of the Transfer Agency Agreement, effective
from and after the later of (i) the date first written above or (ii) the date on
which the offer and sale of shares of such Fund has been registered under the
Securities Act and the Investment Company Act pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-1A.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
By:
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Title:
COLONIAL INVESTORS SERVICE CENTER, INC.
By:
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