EXHIBIT (8)(c)(1)
FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
(DREYFUS)
FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into as of the 1st day of May, 2001, between
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, a life insurance company organized under
the laws of the State of Iowa; Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, an Iowa
stock life insurance company; Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company, a
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina;
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, an Iowa stock life insurance
company; AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc. and Transamerica Life Insurance
Company of New York, life insurance companies organized under the laws of the
State of New York; (each as the "Insurance Company"), and Dreyfus Variable
Investment Fund, Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, The Dreyfus Socially
Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and the Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc.
(d.b.a. Dreyfus Stock Index Fund) (each as the "Fund").
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
1.2 "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors or Trustees, as the case may be,
of a Fund, which has the responsibility for management and control of the
Fund.
1.3 "Business Day" shall mean any day for which a Fund calculates net asset
value per Share as described in the Fund's Prospectus.
1.4 "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.5 "Contract" shall mean a variable annuity or life insurance contract that
uses any Participating Fund (as defined below) as an underlying investment
medium. Individuals who participate under a group Contract are
"Participants."
1.6 "Contractholder" shall mean any entity that is a party to a Contract with a
Participating Company (as defined below).
1.7 "Disinterested Board Members" shall mean those members of the Board of a
Fund that are not deemed to be "interested persons" of the Fund, as defined
by the Act.
1.8 "Dreyfus" shall mean The Dreyfus Corporation and its affiliates, including
Dreyfus Service Corporation.
1.9 "Insurance Company's General Account(s)" shall mean the general
account(s) of Insurance Company and its affiliates that invest in a Fund.
1.10 "Participating Companies" shall mean any insurance company (including
Insurance Company) that offers variable annuity and/or variable life
insurance contracts to the public and that has entered into an agreement
with one or more of the Funds.
1.11 "Participating Fund" shall mean each Fund, including, as applicable, any
series thereof, specified in Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended from
time to time by agreement of the parties hereto, the Shares of which are
available to serve as the underlying investment medium for the aforesaid
Contracts.
1.12 "Prospectus" shall mean the current prospectus and statement of additional
information of a Fund, as most recently filed with the Commission.
1.13 "Separate Account" shall mean each separate account, specified in Exhibit
A, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time by agreement of the
parties hereto.
1.14 "Shares" shall mean (i) each class of Shares of a Participating Fund set
forth on Exhibit A next to the name of such Participating Fund, as such
Exhibit may be revised from time to time, or (ii) if no class of Shares is
set forth on Exhibit A next to the name of such Participating Fund, the
Shares of the Participating Fund.
1.15 "Software Program" shall mean the software program used by a Fund for
providing Fund and account balance information including net asset value
per Share. Such Program may include the Lion System. In situations where
the Lion System or any other Software Program used by a Fund is not
available, such information may be provided by telephone. The Lion System
shall be provided to Insurance Company at no charge.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS
2.1 Insurance Company represents and warrants that (a) it is an insurance
company duly organized and in good standing under applicable law; (b) it
has legally and validly established the Separate Account pursuant to
applicable law for the purpose of offering to the public certain individual
and group variable annuity and life insurance contracts; (c) it has
registered the Separate Account as a unit investment trust under the Act to
serve as the segregated investment account for the Contracts; and (d) the
Separate Account is eligible to invest in Shares of each Participating Fund
without such investment disqualifying any Participating Fund as an
investment medium for insurance company separate accounts supporting
variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance contracts.
2.2 Insurance Company represents and warrants that (a) the Contracts will be
described in a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended ("1933 Act"); (b) the Contracts will be issued and sold in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state
laws; and (c) the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all
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material respects with state insurance law requirements. Insurance Company
agrees to notify each Participating Fund promptly of any investment
restrictions imposed by state insurance law and applicable to the
Participating Fund.
2.3 Insurance Company represents and warrants that the income, gains and
losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the Separate
Account are, in accordance with the applicable Contracts, to be credited to
or charged against such Separate Account without regard to other income,
gains or losses from assets allocated to any other accounts of Insurance
Company. Insurance Company represents and warrants that the assets of the
Separate Account are and will be kept separate from Insurance Company's
General Account and any other separate accounts Insurance Company may have,
and will not be charged with liabilities from any business that Insurance
Company may conduct or the liabilities of any companies affiliated with
Insurance Company.
2.4 Each Participating Fund represents that it is registered with the
Commission under the Act as an open-end, management investment company and
possesses, and shall maintain, all legal and regulatory licenses,
approvals, consents and/or exemptions required for the Participating Fund
to operate and offer its Shares as an underlying investment medium for
Participating Companies.
2.5 Each Participating Fund represents that it is currently qualified as a
regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and that it will make every effort
to maintain such qualification (under Subchapter M or any successor or
similar provision) and that it will notify Insurance Company immediately
upon having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased to so
qualify or that it might not so qualify in the future.
2.6 Insurance Company represents and agrees that the Contracts are currently,
and at the time of issuance will be, treated as life insurance policies or
annuity contracts, whichever is appropriate, under applicable provisions of
the Code, and that it will make every effort to maintain such treatment and
that it will notify each Participating Fund and Dreyfus immediately upon
having a reasonable basis for believing that the Contracts have ceased to
be so treated or that they might not be so treated in the future.
Insurance Company agrees that any prospectus offering a Contract that is a
"modified endowment contract," as that term is defined in Section 7702A of
the Code, will identify such Contract as a modified endowment contract (or
policy).
2.7 Each Participating Fund agrees that its assets shall be managed and
invested in a manner that complies with the requirements of Section 817(h)
of the Code.
2.8 Insurance Company agrees that each Participating Fund shall be permitted
(subject to the other terms of this Agreement) to make its Shares available
to other Participating Companies and Contractholders.
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2.9 Each Participating Fund represents and warrants that any of its directors,
trustees, officers, employees, investment advisers, and other
individuals/entities who deal with the money and/or securities of the
Participating Fund are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a
blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage for the benefit of the
Participating Fund in an amount not less than that required by Rule 17g-1
under the Act. The aforesaid Bond shall include coverage for larceny and
embezzlement and shall be issued by a reputable bonding company.
2.10 Insurance Company represents and warrants that all of its employees and
agents who deal with the money and/or securities of each Participating Fund
are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a blanket fidelity
bond or similar coverage in an amount not less than the coverage required
to be maintained by the Participating Fund. The aforesaid Bond shall
include coverage for larceny and embezzlement and shall be issued by a
reputable bonding company.
2.11 Insurance Company agrees that Dreyfus shall be deemed a third party
beneficiary under this Agreement and may enforce any and all rights
conferred by virtue of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
FUND SHARES
3.1 The Contracts funded through the Separate Account will provide for the
investment of certain amounts in Shares of each Participating Fund.
3.2 Each Participating Fund agrees to make its Shares available for purchase at
the then applicable net asset value per Share by Insurance Company and the
Separate Account on each Business Day pursuant to rules of the Commission.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Participating Fund may refuse to sell
its Shares to any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of its
Shares, if such action is required by law or by regulatory authorities
having jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion of its Board, acting in
good faith and in light of its fiduciary duties under federal and any
applicable state laws, necessary and in the best interests of the
Participating Fund's Shareholders.
3.3 Each Participating Fund agrees that Shares of the Participating Fund will
be sold only to (a) Participating Companies and their separate accounts or
(b) "qualified pension or retirement plans" as determined under Section
817(h)(4) of the Code. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.3,
no Shares of any Participating Fund will be sold to the general public.
3.4 Each Participating Fund shall use its best efforts to provide closing net
asset value, dividend and capital gain information on a per-Share basis to
Insurance Company by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time on each Business Day. Any
material errors in the calculation of net asset value, dividend and capital
gain information shall be reported immediately upon
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discovery to Insurance Company. Non-material errors will be corrected in
the next Business Day's net asset value per Share.
3.5 At the end of each Business Day, Insurance Company will use the information
described in Sections 3.2 and 3.4 to calculate the unit values of the
Separate Account for the day. Using this unit value, Insurance Company
will process the day's Separate Account transactions received by it by the
close of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (currently
4:00 p.m. Eastern time) to determine the net dollar amount of each
Participating Fund's Shares that will be purchased or redeemed at that
day's closing net asset value per Share. The net purchase or redemption
orders will be transmitted to each Participating Fund by Insurance Company
by 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day next following Insurance
Company's receipt of that information. Subject to Sections 3.6 and 3.8,
all purchase and redemption orders for Insurance Company's General Accounts
shall be effected at the net asset value per Share of each Participating
Fund next calculated after receipt of the order by the Participating Fund
or its Transfer Agent.
3.6 Each Participating Fund appoints Insurance Company as its agent for the
limited purpose of accepting orders for the purchase and redemption of
Participating Fund Shares for the Separate Account. Each Participating
Fund will execute orders at the applicable net asset value per Share
determined as of the close of trading on the day of receipt of such orders
by Insurance Company acting as agent ("effective trade date"), provided
that the Participating Fund receives notice of such orders by 11:00 a.m.
Eastern time on the next following Business Day and, if such orders request
the purchase of Participating Fund Shares, the conditions specified in
Section 3.8, as applicable, are satisfied. A redemption or purchase
request that does not satisfy the conditions specified above and in Section
3.8, as applicable, will be effected at the net asset value per Share
computed on the Business Day immediately preceding the next following
Business Day upon which such conditions have been satisfied in accordance
with the requirements of this Section and Section 3.8.
3.7 Insurance Company will make its best efforts to notify each applicable
Participating Fund in advance of any unusually large purchase or redemption
orders.
3.8 If Insurance Company's order requests the purchase of a Participating
Fund's Shares, Insurance Company will pay for such purchases by wiring
Federal Funds to the Participating Fund or its designated custodial account
on the day the order is transmitted. Insurance Company shall make all
reasonable efforts to transmit to the applicable Participating Fund payment
in Federal Funds by 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day the
Participating Fund receives the notice of the order pursuant to Section
3.5. Each applicable Participating Fund will execute such orders at the
applicable net asset value per Share determined as of the close of trading
on the effective trade date if the Participating Fund receives payment in
Federal Funds by 12:00 midnight Eastern time on the Business Day the
Participating Fund receives the notice of the order pursuant to Section
3.5. If payment in Federal Funds for any purchase is not received or is
received
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by a Participating Fund after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on such Business Day,
Insurance Company shall promptly, upon each applicable Participating Fund's
request, reimburse the respective Participating Fund for any charges,
costs, fees, interest or other expenses incurred by the Participating Fund
in connection with any advances to, or borrowings or overdrafts by, the
Participating Fund, or any similar expenses incurred by the Participating
Fund, as a result of portfolio transactions effected by the Participating
Fund based upon such purchase request. If Insurance Company's order
requests the redemption of any Participating Fund's Shares valued at or
greater than $1 million dollars, the Participating Fund will wire such
amount to Insurance Company within seven days of the order.
3.9 Each Participating Fund has the obligation to ensure that its Shares are
registered with applicable federal agencies at all times.
3.10 Each Participating Fund will confirm each purchase or redemption order
made by Insurance Company. Transfer of Participating Fund Shares will be
by book entry only. No Share certificates will be issued to Insurance
Company. Insurance Company will record Shares ordered from a Participating
Fund in an appropriate title for the corresponding account.
3.11 Each Participating Fund shall credit Insurance Company with the
appropriate number of Shares.
3.12 On each ex-dividend date of a Participating Fund or, if not a Business
Day, on the first Business Day thereafter, each Participating Fund shall
communicate to Insurance Company the amount of dividend and capital gain,
if any, per Share. All dividends and capital gains shall be automatically
reinvested in additional Shares of the applicable Participating Fund at the
net asset value per Share on the ex-dividend date. Each Participating Fund
shall, on the day after the ex-dividend date or, if not a Business Day, on
the first Business Day thereafter, notify Insurance Company of the number
of Shares so issued.
ARTICLE IV
STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
4.1 Each Participating Fund shall provide monthly statements of account as of
the end of each month for all of Insurance Company's accounts by the
fifteenth (15th) Business Day of the following month.
4.2 Each Participating Fund shall distribute to Insurance Company copies of the
Participating Fund's Prospectuses, proxy materials, notices, periodic
reports and other printed materials (which the Participating Fund
customarily provides to its Shareholders) in quantities as Insurance
Company may reasonably request for distribution to each Contractholder and
Participant.
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4.3 Each Participating Fund will provide, on a timely basis, to Insurance
Company at least one complete copy, in such a form that the Insurance
Company reasonably requires, of all registration statements, Prospectuses,
reports, proxy statements, sales literature and other promotional
materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and
all amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Participating Fund
or its Shares, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the
Commission or other regulatory authorities.
4.4 Insurance Company will provide to each Participating Fund at least one copy
of all registration statements, Prospectuses, reports, proxy statements,
sales literature and other promotional materials, applications for
exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and all amendments to any of
the above, that relate to the Contracts or the Separate Account,
contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the Commission.
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
5.1 The charge to each Participating Fund for all expenses and costs of the
Participating Fund, including but not limited to management fees, 12b-1
fees, administrative expenses and legal and regulatory costs, will be made
in the determination of the Participating Fund's daily net asset value per
Share so as to accumulate to an annual charge at the rate set forth in the
Participating Fund's Prospectus. Excluded from the expense limitation
described herein shall be brokerage commissions and transaction fees and
extraordinary expenses.
5.2 Except as provided in this Article V and, in particular in the next
sentence, Insurance Company shall not be required to pay directly any
expenses of any Participating Fund or expenses relating to the distribution
of its Shares. Insurance Company shall pay the following expenses or costs:
a. Such amount of the production expenses of any Participating Fund
materials, including the cost of printing a Participating Fund's
Prospectus, or marketing materials for prospective Insurance Company
Contractholders and Participants as Dreyfus and Insurance Company
shall agree from time to time.
b. Distribution expenses of any Participating Fund materials or marketing
materials for prospective Insurance Company Contractholders and
Participants.
c. Distribution expenses of any Participating Fund materials or marketing
materials for Insurance Company Contractholders and Participants.
Except as provided herein, all other expenses of each Participating Fund
shall not be borne by Insurance Company.
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A Participating Fund's principal underwriter may pay Insurance Company, or
the broker-dealer acting as principal underwriter for the Insurance
Company's Contract, for distribution and other services related to the
Shares of the Participating Fund pursuant to any distribution plan adopted
by the Participating Fund in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the Act,
subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement between the
Participating Fund's principal underwriter for the Insurance Company's
Contracts, as applicable, related to such plan.
ARTICLE VI
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
6.1 Insurance Company has reviewed a copy of the order dated December 23, 1987
of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 6(c) of the Act
with respect to Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, a copy of the order dated
August 23, 1989 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section
6(c) of the Act with respect to Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc.
and a copy of the order dated February 5, 1998 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under section 6(c) of the Act with respect to the
Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Investment
Portfolios and, in particular, has reviewed the conditions to the relief
set forth in each related Notice. As set forth therein, if Dreyfus Variable
Investment Fund, Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc., The Dreyfus
Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. or the Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
is a Participating Fund, Insurance Company agrees, as applicable, to report
any potential or existing conflicts promptly to the respective Board of
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund,
Inc., The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc, and/or Dreyfus
Investment Portfolios and, in particular, whenever contract voting
instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it will be responsible
for assisting each applicable Board in carrying out its responsibilities
under such application. Insurance Company agrees to carry out such
responsibilities with a view to the interests of existing Contractholders.
6.2 If a majority of the Board, or a majority of Disinterested Board Members,
determines that a material irreconcilable conflict exists with regard to
Contractholder investments in a Participating Fund, the Board shall give
prompt notice to all Participating Companies and any other Participating
Fund. If the Board determines that Insurance Company is responsible for
causing or creating said conflict, Insurance Company shall at its sole cost
and expense, and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a
majority of the Disinterested Board Members), take such action as is
necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such
necessary action may include, but shall not be limited to:
a. Withdrawing the assets allocable to the Separate Account from the
Participating Fund and reinvesting such assets in another
Participating Fund (if applicable) or a different investment medium,
or submitting the question of whether such
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segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected
Contractholders; and/or
b. Establishing a new registered management investment company.
6.3 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises as a result of a decision by
Insurance Company to disregard Contractholder voting instructions and said
decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote
by all Contractholders having an interest in a Participating Fund,
Insurance Company may be required, at the Board's election, to withdraw the
investments of the Separate Account in that Participating Fund.
6.4 For the purpose of this Article, a majority of the Disinterested Board
Members shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately
remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will any
Participating Fund be required to bear the expense of establishing a new
funding medium for any Contract. Insurance Company shall not be required by
this Article to establish a new funding medium for any Contract if an offer
to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contractholders
materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict.
6.5 No action by Insurance Company taken or omitted, and no action by the
Separate Account or any Participating Fund taken or omitted as a result of
any act or failure to act by Insurance Company pursuant to this Article VI,
shall relieve Insurance Company of its obligations under, or otherwise
affect the operation of, Article V.
ARTICLE VII
VOTING OF PARTICIPATING FUND SHARES
7.1 Each Participating Fund shall provide Insurance Company with copies, at no
cost to Insurance Company, of the Participating Fund's proxy material,
reports to shareholders and other communications to shareholders in such
quantity as Insurance Company shall reasonably require for distributing to
Contractholders or Participants.
Insurance Company shall:
(a) solicit voting instructions from Contractholders or Participants on a
timely basis and in accordance with applicable law;
(b) vote the Participating Fund Shares in accordance with instructions
received from Contractholders or Participants; and
(c) vote the Participating Fund Shares for which no instructions have been
received in the same proportion as Participating Fund Shares for which
instructions have been received.
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Insurance Company agrees at all times to vote its General Account Shares in
the same proportion as the Participating Fund Shares for which instructions
have been received from Contractholders or Participants. Insurance Company
further agrees to be responsible for assuring that voting the Participating
Fund Shares for the Separate Account is conducted in a manner consistent
with other Participating Companies.
7.2 Insurance Company agrees that it shall not, without the prior written
consent of each applicable Participating Fund and Dreyfus, solicit, induce
or encourage Contractholders to (a) change or supplement the Participating
Fund's current investment adviser or (b) change, modify, substitute, add to
or delete from the current investment media for the Contracts.
ARTICLE VIII
MARKETING AND REPRESENTATIONS
8.1 Each Participating Fund or its underwriter shall periodically furnish
Insurance Company with the following documents on a timely basis, in
quantities and in such a form that the Insurance Company may reasonably
request:
a. Current Prospectus and any supplements thereto; and
b. Other marketing materials
Expenses for the production of such documents shall be borne by Insurance
Company in accordance with Section 5.2 of this Agreement.
8.2 Insurance Company shall designate certain persons or entities that shall
have the requisite licenses to solicit applications for the sale of
Contracts. No representation is made as to the number or amount of
Contracts that are to be sold by Insurance Company. Insurance Company shall
make reasonable efforts to market the Contracts and shall comply with all
applicable federal and state laws in connection therewith.
8.3 Insurance Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to each
applicable Participating Fund or its designee, each piece of sales
literature or other promotional material in which the Participating Fund,
its investment adviser or the administrator is named, at least fifteen
Business Days prior to its use. No such material shall be used unless the
Participating Fund or its designee approves such material. Such approval
(if given) must be in writing and shall be presumed not given if not
received within ten Business Days after receipt of such material. Each
applicable Participating Fund or its designee, as the case may be, shall
use all reasonable efforts to respond within ten days of receipt.
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8.4 Insurance Company shall not give any information or make any
representations or statements on behalf of a Participating Fund or
concerning a Participating Fund in connection with the sale of the
Contracts other than the information or representations contained in the
registration statement or Prospectus of, as may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements for, the applicable
Participating Fund, or in sales literature or other promotional material
approved by the applicable Participating Fund.
8.5 Each Participating Fund shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to
Insurance Company, each piece of the Participating Fund's sales literature
or other promotional material in which Insurance Company or the Separate
Account is named, at least fifteen Business Days prior to its use. No such
material shall be used unless Insurance Company approves such material.
Such approval (if given) must be in writing and shall be presumed not given
if not received within ten Business Days after receipt of such material.
Insurance Company shall use all reasonable efforts to respond within ten
days of receipt.
8.6 Each Participating Fund shall not, in connection with the sale of
Participating Fund Shares, give any information or make any representations
on behalf of Insurance Company or concerning Insurance Company, the
Separate Account, or the Contracts other than the information or
representations contained in a registration statement or prospectus for the
Contracts, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or in
published reports for the Separate Account that are in the public domain or
approved by Insurance Company for distribution to Contractholders or
Participants, or in sales literature or other promotional material approved
by Insurance Company.
8.7 For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase "sales literature or other
promotional material" or words of similar import include, without
limitation, advertisements (such as material published, or designed for
use, in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, radio, television,
telephone or tape recording, videotape display, signs or billboards, motion
pictures or other public media), sales literature (such as any written
communication distributed or made generally available to customers or the
public, including brochures, circulars, research reports, market letters,
form letters, seminar texts, or reprints or excerpts of any other
advertisement, sales literature, or published article), educational or
training materials or other communications distributed or made generally
available to some or all agents or employees, registration statements,
prospectuses, statements of additional information, shareholder reports and
proxy materials, and any other material constituting sales literature or
advertising under National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. rules,
the Act or the 1933 Act.
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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Insurance Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Participating
Fund, Dreyfus, each respective Participating Fund's investment adviser and
sub-investment adviser (if applicable), each respective Participating
Fund's distributor, and their respective affiliates, and each of their
directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and each person, if any,
who controls or is associated with any of the foregoing entities or persons
within the meaning of the 1933 Act (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties"
for purposes of Section 9.1), against any and all losses, claims, damages
or liabilities joint or several (including any investigative, legal and
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid
in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) for
which the Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the 1933 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect to thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in information furnished by Insurance Company for use in the registration
statement or Prospectus or sales literature or advertisements of the
respective Participating Fund or with respect to the Separate Account or
Contracts, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) arise out of
or as a result of conduct, statements or representations (other than
statements or representations contained in the Prospectus and sales
literature or advertisements of the respective Participating Fund) of
Insurance Company or its agents, with respect to the sale and distribution
of Contracts for which the respective Participating Fund's Shares are an
underlying investment; (iii) arise out of the wrongful conduct of Insurance
Company or persons under its control with respect to the sale or
distribution of the Contracts or the respective Participating Fund's
Shares; (iv) arise out of Insurance Company's incorrect calculation and/or
untimely reporting of net purchase or redemption orders; or (v) arise out
of any breach by Insurance Company of a material term of this Agreement or
as a result of any failure by Insurance Company to provide the services and
furnish the materials or to make any payments provided for in this
Agreement. Insurance Company will reimburse any Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that with respect to clauses (i)
and (ii) above Insurance Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
such registration statement, prospectus, sales literature, or advertisement
in conformity with written information furnished to Insurance Company by
the respective Participating Fund specifically for use therein. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which Insurance
Company may otherwise have.
9.2 Each Participating Fund severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Insurance Company and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents
and each person, if any, who controls Insurance Company within the meaning
of the 1933 Act against any losses,
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claims, damages or liabilities to which Insurance Company or any such
director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become
subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (1) arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in the registration statement or Prospectus or
sales literature or advertisements of the respective Participating Fund;
(2) arise out of or are based upon the omission to state in the
registration statement or Prospectus or sales literature or advertisements
of the respective Participating Fund any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
or (3) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration
statement or Prospectus or sales literature or advertisements with respect
to the Separate Account or the Contracts and such statements were based on
information provided to Insurance Company by the respective Participating
Fund; and the respective Participating Fund will reimburse any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by Insurance Company or any such
director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action; provided, however, that the respective Participating Fund will not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made in such registration statement, Prospectus, sales
literature or advertisements in conformity with written information
furnished to the respective Participating Fund by Insurance Company
specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which the respective Participating Fund may otherwise
have.
9.3 Each Participating Fund severally shall indemnify and hold Insurance
Company harmless against any and all liability, loss, damages, costs or
expenses which Insurance Company may incur, suffer or be required to pay
due to the respective Participating Fund's (1) incorrect calculation of the
daily net asset value, dividend rate or capital gain distribution rate; (2)
incorrect reporting of the daily net asset value, dividend rate or capital
gain distribution rate; and (3) untimely reporting of the net asset value,
dividend rate or capital gain distribution rate; provided that the
respective Participating Fund shall have no obligation to indemnify and
hold harmless Insurance Company if the incorrect calculation or incorrect
or untimely reporting was the result of incorrect information furnished by
Insurance Company or information furnished untimely by Insurance Company or
otherwise as a result of or relating to a breach of this Agreement by
Insurance Company.
9.4 Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Article of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim
in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Article, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The
omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability under this Article IX, except to the
extent that the omission results in a failure of actual notice to the
indemnifying party and such indemnifying party is damaged solely as a
result of the failure to give such
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notice. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party,
and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party, and to the extent that the
indemnifying party has given notice to such effect to the indemnified party
and is performing its obligations under this Article, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof,
other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to
the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent.
A successor by law of the parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to
the benefits of the indemnification contained in this Article IX. The
provisions of this Article IX shall survive termination of this Agreement.
9.5 Insurance Company shall indemnify and hold each respective Participating
Fund, Dreyfus and sub-investment adviser of the Participating Fund harmless
against any tax liability incurred by the Participating Fund under Section
851 of the Code arising from purchases or redemptions by Insurance
Company's General Accounts or the account of its affiliates.
ARTICLE X
COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION
10.1 This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall continue
in force until terminated in accordance with the provisions herein.
10.2 This Agreement shall terminate without penalty:
a. As to any Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company or
the Participating Fund at any time from the date hereof upon 180
days' notice, unless a shorter time is agreed to by the respective
Participating Fund and Insurance Company;
b. As to any Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company, if
Shares of that Participating Fund are not reasonably available to
meet the requirements of the Contracts as determined by Insurance
Company. Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by
Insurance Company, said termination to be
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effective ten days after receipt of notice unless the Participating
Fund makes available a sufficient number of Shares to meet the
requirements of the Contracts within said ten-day period;
c. As to a Participating Fund, at the option of Insurance Company, upon
the institution of formal proceedings against that Participating Fund
by the Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers or any
other regulatory body, the expected or anticipated ruling, judgment or
outcome of which would, in Insurance Company's reasonable judgment,
materially impair that Participating Fund's ability to meet and
perform the Participating Fund's obligations and duties hereunder.
Prompt notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by Insurance
Company with said termination to be effective upon receipt of notice;
d. As to a Participating Fund, at the option of each Participating Fund,
upon the institution of formal proceedings against Insurance Company
by the Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers or any
other regulatory body, the expected or anticipated ruling, judgment or
outcome of which would, in the Participating Fund's reasonable
judgment, materially impair Insurance Company's ability to meet and
perform Insurance Company's obligations and duties hereunder. Prompt
notice of election to terminate shall be furnished by such
Participating Fund with said termination to be effective upon receipt
of notice;
e. As to a Participating Fund, at the option of that Participating Fund,
if the Participating Fund shall determine, in its sole judgment
reasonably exercised in good faith, that Insurance Company has
suffered a material adverse change in its business or financial
condition or is the subject of material adverse publicity and such
material adverse change or material adverse publicity is likely to
have a material adverse impact upon the business and operation of that
Participating Fund or Dreyfus, such Participating Fund shall notify
Insurance Company in writing of such determination and its intent to
terminate this Agreement, and after considering the actions taken by
Insurance Company and any other changes in circumstances since the
giving of such notice, such determination of the Participating Fund
shall continue to apply on the sixtieth (60th) day following the
giving of such notice, which sixtieth day shall be the effective date
of termination;
f. As to a Participating Fund, upon termination of the Investment
Advisory Agreement between that Participating Fund and Dreyfus or its
successors unless Insurance Company specifically approves the
selection of a new Participating Fund investment adviser. Such
Participating Fund shall promptly furnish notice of such termination
to Insurance Company;
g. As to a Participating Fund, in the event that Participating Fund's
Shares are not registered, issued or sold in accordance with
applicable federal law, or such law precludes the use of such Shares
as the underlying investment medium of
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Contracts issued or to be issued by Insurance Company. Termination
shall be effective immediately as to that Participating Fund only upon
such occurrence without notice;
h. At the option of a Participating Fund upon a determination by its
Board in good faith that it is no longer advisable and in the best
interests of shareholders of that Participating Fund to continue to
operate pursuant to this Agreement. Termination pursuant to this
Subsection (h) shall be effective upon notice by such Participating
Fund to Insurance Company of such termination;
i. At the option of a Participating Fund if the Contracts cease to
qualify as annuity contracts or life insurance policies, as
applicable, under the Code, or if such Participating Fund reasonably
believes that the Contracts may fail to so qualify;
j. At the option of any party to this Agreement, upon another party's
breach of any material provision of this Agreement;
k. At the option of a Participating Fund, if the Contracts are not
registered, issued or sold in accordance with applicable federal
and/or state law; or
l. Upon assignment of this Agreement, unless made with the written
consent of every other non-assigning party.
Any such termination pursuant to Section 10.2a, 10.2d, 10.2e, 10.2f or
10.2k herein shall not affect the operation of Article V of this Agreement.
Any termination of this Agreement shall not affect the operation of Article
IX of this Agreement.
10.3 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2
hereof, each Participating Fund and Dreyfus may, at the option of the
Participating Fund, continue to make available additional Shares of that
Participating Fund for as long as the Participating Fund desires pursuant
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as provided below, for all
Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination of this Agreement
(hereinafter referred to as "Existing Contracts"). Specifically, without
limitation, if that Participating Fund and Dreyfus so elect to make
additional Participating Fund Shares available, the owners of the Existing
Contracts or Insurance Company, whichever shall have legal authority to do
so, shall be permitted to reallocate investments in that Participating
Fund, redeem investments in that Participating Fund and/or invest in that
Participating Fund upon the making of additional purchase payments under
the Existing Contracts. In the event of a termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof, such Participating Fund and Dreyfus, as
promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, shall notify Insurance
Company whether Dreyfus and that Participating Fund will continue to make
that Participating Fund's Shares available after such termination. If such
Participating Fund Shares continue to be made available after such
termination, the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect and
thereafter either
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of that Participating Fund or Insurance Company may terminate the Agreement
as to that Participating Fund, as so continued pursuant to this Section
10.3, upon prior written notice to the other party, such notice to be for a
period that is reasonable under the circumstances but, if given by the
Participating Fund, need not be for more than six months.
10.4 Termination of this Agreement as to any one Participating Fund shall not be
deemed a termination as to any other Participating Fund unless Insurance
Company or such other Participating Fund, as the case may be, terminates
this Agreement as to such other Participating Fund in accordance with this
Article X.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
11.1 Any other changes in the terms of this Agreement, except for the addition
or deletion of any Participating Fund as specified in Exhibit A, shall be
made by agreement in writing between Insurance Company and each respective
Participating Fund.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICE
12.1 Each notice required by this Agreement shall be given by certified mail,
return receipt requested, to the appropriate parties at the following
addresses:
Insurance Companies: Transamerica Life Insurance Company
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Financial Markets Division Legal Department
Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Financial Markets Division Legal Department
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Legal Department
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Financial Markets Division Legal Department
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AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Financial Markets Division Legal Department
Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Legal Department
Participating Funds: [Name of Fund]
c/o Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
with copies to: [Name of Fund]
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Esq.
Stroock & Stroock & Xxxxx
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Notice shall be deemed to be given on the date of receipt by the addresses
as evidenced by the return receipt.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 This Agreement has been executed on behalf of each Fund by the undersigned
officer of the Fund in his capacity as an officer of the Fund. The
obligations of this Agreement shall only be binding upon the assets and
property of the Fund and shall not be binding upon any director, trustee,
officer or shareholder of the Fund individually. It is agreed that the
obligations of the Funds are several and not joint, that no Fund shall be
liable for any amount owing by another Fund and that the Funds have
executed one instrument for convenience only.
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ARTICLE XIV
LAW
14.1 This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflict of
laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be duly
executed and attested as of the date first
above written.
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------------
Its: President
--------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------
PEOPLES BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------------
Its: Executive Vice President
--------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------------
Its: President
--------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------
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TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
------------------------------------
Its: Executive Vice President
------------------------------------
ATTEST: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
------------------------
AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
------------------------------------
Its: Vice President
------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
------------------------
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-------------------------------------
Its: Vice President
-------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
------------------------
DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-------------------------------------
Its: Assistant Secretary
-------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
------------------------
DREYFUS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-------------------------------------
Its: Secretary
-------------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
------------------------
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THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------
Its: Secretary
--------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
------------------------
DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------
Its: Assistant Secretary
--------------------------------
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT A
List of Separate Accounts, Insurance Companies and Participating Funds
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Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
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Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund - Initial Class
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Separate Account VA A The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
. Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
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Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Service Class
Separate Account V . Core Bond Portfolio
Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Service Class
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Service Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
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Legacy Builder Variable Life Separate Account Dreyfus Stock Index Fund - Initial Class
Transamerica Life Insurance Company Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
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EXHIBIT A continued...
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Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
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Separate Account VA-2L Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund -
Initial Class & Service Class
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Balanced Portfolio
. Appreciation Portfolio
. Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. International Equity Portfolio
. International Value Portfolio
. Limited Term High Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
. Special Value Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund -
Initial Class & Service Class
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class & Service Class
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios -
Initial Class & Service Class
. Core Bond Portfolio
. Core Value Portfolio
. Emerging Leaders Portfolio
. Emerging Markets Portfolio
. European Equity Portfolio
. Founders Discovery Portfolio
. Founders Growth Portfolio
. Founders International Equity Portfolio
. Founders Passport Portfolio
. Japan Portfolio
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
. Technology Growth Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXHIBIT A continued...
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Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Separate Account VA-2LNY Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund -
Initial Class & Service Class
Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York . Balanced Portfolio
. Appreciation Portfolio
. Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. International Equity Portfolio
. International Value Portfolio
. Limited Term High Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
. Special Value Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund -
Initial Class & Service Class
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class & Service Class
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios -
Initial Class & Service Class
. Core Bond Portfolio
. Core Value Portfolio
. Emerging Leaders Portfolio
. Emerging Markets Portfolio
. European Equity Portfolio
. Founders Discovery Portfolio
. Founders Growth Portfolio
. Founders International Equity Portfolio
. Founders Passport Portfolio
. Japan Portfolio
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
. Technology Growth Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXHIBIT A continued...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Separate Account VA G Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Service Class
. Balanced Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Appreciation Portfolio
. Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. International Equity Portfolio
. International Value Portfolio
. Limited Term High Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
. Special Value Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund - Service Class
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.-
Service Class
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Service Class
. Core Bond Portfolio
. Core Value Portfolio
. Emerging Leaders Portfolio
. Emerging Markets Portfolio
. European Equity Portfolio
. Founders Discovery Portfolio
. Founders Growth Portfolio
. Founders International Equity Portfolio
. Founders Passport Portfolio
. Japan Portfolio
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
. Technology Growth Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXHIBIT A continued...
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Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Separate Account VA H Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Service Class
. Balanced Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Appreciation Portfolio
. Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. International Equity Portfolio
. International Value Portfolio
. Limited Term High Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
. Special Value Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
. Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund - Service Class
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
-Service Class
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Service Class
. Core Bond Portfolio
. Core Value Portfolio
. Emerging Leaders Portfolio
. Emerging Markets Portfolio
. European Equity Portfolio
. Founders Discovery Portfolio
. Founders Growth Portfolio
. Founders International Equity Portfolio
. Founders Passport Portfolio
. Japan Portfolio
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
. Technology Growth Portfolio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXHIBIT A continued...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PFL Corporate Account One Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance Company . Disciplined Stock Portfolio
. Growth and Income Portfolio
. Limited Term High Income Portfolio
. Quality Bond Portfolio
. Small Cap Portfolio
. Small Company Stock Portfolio
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
Money Market Portfolio
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund - Initial Class
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Initial Class
. Core Bond Portfolio
. Technology Growth Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Classic(R) Variable Annuity Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company . Small Cap Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Classic(R) Variable Annuity Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York . Small Cap Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Catalyst(R) Variable Annuity Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company . Small Cap Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Bounty Variable Annuity Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company . Small Cap Portfolio
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transmark Optimum Choice(SM) Variable Annuity Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company . Small Cap Portfolio
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Initial Class
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXHIBIT A continued...
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Separate Accounts and Insurance Companies Participating Funds
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Tribute(R) Variable Universal Life Insurance Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Small Cap Portfolio
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transamerica Lineage(R) Variable Life Insurance Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Small Cap Portfolio
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transsurvivor(SM) Life Variable Universal Life Insurance Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Small Cap Portfolio
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Initial Class
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transultra(R) Variable Universal Life Insurance Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund - Initial Class
. Appreciation Portfolio
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company . Small Cap Portfolio
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios - Initial Class
. MidCap Stock Portfolio
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. -
Initial Class
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