EX-99-1.8(xvi)
AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment is made as of October 12, 1998, by and among JANUS ASPEN
SERIES (the "Fund"), AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY (the "Company")
and JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION (the "Adviser").
BACKGROUND
A. The Fund, the Company and the Adviser are parties to a Fund
Participation Agreement dated December 8, 1997 (the "Agreement").
B. The parties wish to amend the Agreement as follows:
AMENDMENT
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
acknowledged, the parties agree:
1. That the first paragraph of 1. (a) Establishment of Accounts;
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Availability of Fund. shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
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following:
The Company represents that it has established Variable
Annuity Accounts B, C and D and Variable Life Account B and may
establish such other accounts as may be set forth in Schedule A
attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time with the
mutual consent of the parties hereto (the "Accounts"), each of
which is a separate account under Connecticut Insurance law, and
(1) has been registered or, will be registered as a unit
investment trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") or, alternatively
(2) has not been registered in proper reliance upon the exclusion
from registration under Section 3(c)(11) of the 1940 Act, to serve
as an investment vehicle for the Contracts. Each Contract provides
for the allocation of net amounts received by the Company to an
Account for investment in the shares of one or more specified
open-end management investment companies available through that
Account as underlying investment media. Selection of a particular
investment management company and changes therein from time to
time are made by the participant or Contract owner (hereinafter
"Participant" or "Contract Owner"), as available under a
particular Contract.
2. The Agreement, as modified by this Amendment, is ratified and confirmed.
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND JANUS ASPEN SERIES
ANNUITY COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President Assistant Vice President
JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Assistant Vice President
