Contract
Exhibit 24(b)(8.84) | ||
FIRST AMENDMENT TO | ||
THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT | ||
Reference is made to the Participation Agreement dated September 15, 2000 (together | ||
with all amendments thereof and supplements and exhibits thereto the “Agreement”) between | ||
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (formerly Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity | ||
Company) (the “Service Provider”) and MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. (“MFD”). | ||
Service Provider provides, either directly or in conjunction with a recordkeeper or other | ||
service provider(s) appointed by one or more qualified employee benefit plans (each, a “Plan”), | ||
administrative services including, but not limited to, plan administration, recordkeeping, | ||
reporting and communication/educational services (the “Administrative Services”), as described | ||
in the attached Schedule A, to the Plans and to Plan participants which invest in Class A and | ||
Class R3 shares of the Funds ( “Class R Shares”). Administrative Services for each Plan include | ||
processing and transfer arrangements for the investment and reinvestment of Plan assets in | ||
investment media specified by an investment adviser, trustee, sponsor or administrative | ||
committee of the Plan (a “Plan Representative”), generally upon the direction of Plan | ||
beneficiaries (the “Participants”). The Administrative Services are provided by Service Provider | ||
under service agreements with various Plans. | ||
Terms not otherwise defined herein have the definitions ascribed to them in the | ||
Agreement. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall continue in full force and | ||
effect and unamended. This First Amendment to the Agreement (the “Amendment”) shall take | ||
effect as of January 1, 2007. | ||
WHEREAS, the Service Provider and MFD desire to amend the Agreement in the | ||
manner hereinafter set forth; | ||
NOW, THEREFORE, the Service Provider and MFD hereby amend the Agreement as | ||
follows: | ||
1 | . | Addition of MFS Party. MFS Service Center, Inc. (“MFSC”), which serves as transfer |
agent with respect to each of the MFS Funds (each, a “Fund”), is hereby added as a party to the | ||
Agreement for purposes of (i) receiving certain representations, warranties and covenants from | ||
the Service Provider with respect to the shareholder services provided pursuant to the Agreement | ||
and the Service Provider’s operations, controls and procedures, and (ii) advancing on behalf of | ||
the Funds all or a portion of the fees payable under the Agreement to the extent the Funds | ||
determine in their sole discretion that such payments are entitled to reimbursement under the | ||
Funds’ policies with respect to shareholder servicing payments as in effect from time to time. | ||
MFD and MFSC are referred to collectively as “MFS.” | ||
2 | . | Amendment of Recital. The seventh Recital in the Agreement is hereby deleted in its |
entirety and replaced with the following: | ||
WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and regulations, the | ||
Service Provider intends to purchase shares in one or more of the Funds or share classes |
specified in Schedule B attached hereto (the “Shares”) on behalf of the Accounts to fund the | ||
policies, and MFS intends to sell such Shares to the Accounts. | ||
3. | Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement is deleted and replaced with the Schedule B | |
attached to this First Amendment to the Agreement. | ||
4. | Transmission of Orders. The Service Provider agrees it shall transmit orders to | |
purchase or redeem Shares to MFS or its designee according to the established protocols in | ||
Article I of the Fund Participation Agreement. | ||
5. | Compliance with Limitations on Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges. The | |
Service Provider will assure that orders for transactions in Shares comply with each Fund’s | ||
prospectus (including statement of additional information) restrictions with respect to purchases, | ||
redemptions and exchanges. MFS acknowledges the Service Provider’s restrictions as specified | ||
in paragraph 13 of this Amendment to the Agreement. | ||
6. | Maintenance of Records. Each party or its designee shall maintain and preserve all | |
records as required by law to be maintained and preserved in connection with providing the | ||
shareholder services and in making Shares available to the Plan accounts. Upon the request of | ||
MFS, the Service Provider shall provide copies of all the historical records relating to | ||
transactions between the Funds and the Plan accounts, written communications regarding the | ||
Funds to or from such Plan accounts and other materials, in each case to the extent necessary for | ||
an MFS or any Fund to meet its recordkeeping obligations under applicable law or regulation, | ||
including to comply with any request of a governmental body or self-regulatory organization. | ||
7. | Calculation of Fees; Verification of Data and Services. The Service Provider | |
acknowledges that MFS shall have exclusive responsibility for calculating payments due to the | ||
Service Provider under the Agreement. Upon Service Provider’s request, MFS shall provide to | ||
Service Provider supporting data showing the calculations for the payments. If the Service | ||
Provider maintains any information necessary to form the basis of the fee calculation, the Service | ||
Provider will, at MFS’ request, provide copies and electronic files of all the historical records | ||
necessary to enable MFS or its representatives to verify the accuracy of any information | ||
provided by the Service Provider that forms the basis of the fee calculation. The Service | ||
Provider agrees that it will permit MFS or its representatives to have reasonable access to its | ||
employees and records for the purposes of verifying the Service Provider’s compliance with the | ||
terms of this Agreement and verifying the accuracy of any information provided by the Service | ||
Provider that forms the basis of the fee calculation. In addition, if requested by MFS, the Service | ||
Provider will provide a certification (which may take the form of a control report or set of agreed | ||
upon standards) satisfactory to MFS that certifies the accuracy of any information provided by | ||
the Service Provider that forms the basis of the fee calculation. | ||
8. | Fees; Expenses. | |
(a) | In consideration of Service Provider’s performance of the Administrative Services | |
described in Schedule A with respect to the Plans and Participants investing in Class A and R | ||
shares, MFD agrees to pay Service Provider the Fees described in Schedule B with respect to | ||
Class A and R shares (the “Administrative Fees”). | ||
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(b) | Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party shall bear all | |
expenses incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. | ||
9. | Sources of Payment. | |
(a) | The parties agree and acknowledge that the source(s) of fees provided for | |
pursuant to this Agreement may, at the discretion of MFS, be comprised of any one or more of | ||
the following: (i) shareholder servicing payments paid directly or indirectly by MFSC and | ||
reimbursed by the Funds, (ii) Rule 12b-1 service fees paid by the Funds to MFD, and indirectly | ||
to the Service Provider in accordance with the Funds’ Rule 12b-1 Plan, or (iii) program servicing | ||
fees, paid by MFS or their affiliates from their own resources. The source of payment may | ||
change from time to time among these sources at MFS’ discretion, and MFS shall have no | ||
obligation to inform the Service Provider as to the source(s) of any payments. | ||
(b) | The Service Provider acknowledges that it shall not be entitled to any | |
Administrative Fees to the extent that it fails to provide MFS with the information and | ||
certifications requested by MFS pursuant to Section 15 of this Amendment. | ||
10. | Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery. Service Provider represents, warrants and | |
covenants that it has implemented and maintains a fully-documented business continuity plan | ||
and disaster recovery program in conformity with applicable law and prudent business practice. | ||
A supervisory structure is responsible for ensuring the implementation and updating of the plan | ||
and program. | ||
11. | Compliance with Privacy Laws and Regulations. Each party agrees to adopt policies | |
and practices related to the protection of non-public personal information pursuant to SEC | ||
Regulation S-P. These policies and practices are designed to comply with Regulation S-P in all | ||
material respects, including, but not limited to, the obligation to provide appropriate | ||
administrative, technical and physical safeguards reasonably designed to (i) ensure the security | ||
and confidentiality of customer records or information; (ii) protect against any anticipated threats | ||
or hazards to the security or integrity of customer records and information; and (iii) protect | ||
against unauthorized access to or use of customer records or information that could result in | ||
substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer. | ||
Each of the parties to this Agreement affirms that is has procedures in place reasonably designed | ||
to protect the privacy of non-public customer information and it will maintain such information | ||
that it may acquire pursuant to this Agreement in confidence and in accord with all applicable | ||
privacy laws. Each of the parties agrees not to use, or permit the use of, any such customer | ||
information for any purpose except to carry out the terms of this Agreement and/or pursuant to | ||
any exceptions set forth in such privacy laws. This provision shall survive the termination of this | ||
Agreement. | ||
12. | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance. The Service Provider agrees that it will comply | |
with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations regarding the detection | ||
and prevention of money laundering activity. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that | ||
the Service Provider is a financial institution subject to the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the | ||
Bank Secrecy Act (collectively, the “AML Acts”), which require among other things, that | ||
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financial institutions adopt compliance programs to guard against money laundering, the Service | ||
Provider agrees that it will comply with applicable AML Acts and applicable anti-money | ||
laundering rules of self-regulatory organizations in all relevant respects. The Service Provider | ||
represents and warrants that it has undertaken appropriate inquiry and due diligence regarding | ||
the customers that the Service Provider introduces or on whose behalf the Service Provider | ||
purchases Shares, and that, to the Service Provider’s knowledge, no such customers are | ||
individuals or entities identified on the lists of prohibited persons administered by the Office of | ||
Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury (including the list of Specially | ||
Designated Nationals), and are not otherwise subject to sanctions applicable to certain nationals | ||
or residents of countries subject to the U.S. sanctions, including Iran, Sudan, and Cuba. | ||
13. | Restrictions on Excessive Trading. Service Provider has adopted its own excessive | |
trading policy, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit I (“Market Timing Policy”). Service | ||
Provider does not monitor trading in fund shares on behalf of, or in accordance with disclosed | ||
policies of, any fund groups; however, Service Provider monitors individual Participant and | ||
Contract owner trading in accordance with its Market Timing Policy. Service Provider will use | ||
its best efforts, and shall reasonably cooperate with MFS and the Funds, to enforce both its | ||
Market Timing Policy and stated policies in a Fund’s currently effective Prospectus or Statement | ||
of Additional Information regarding transactions in Fund shares, including those related to | ||
market timing and excessive trading. Service Provider will execute any instructions from MFS | ||
or the Funds to restrict or prohibit further purchases or exchanges of Fund shares by an | ||
individual Participant or Contract owner who has been identified by the Funds as having engaged | ||
in transactions in Fund shares that violate market timing policies established by the Funds. The | ||
parties shall use their best efforts, and shall reasonably cooperate with each other to prevent | ||
future market timing and frequent trading. | ||
14. | Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants – Class R Shares. Each | |
party represents that (a) it is free to enter into this Agreement and that by doing so it will not | ||
breach or otherwise impair any other agreement or understanding with any other person, | ||
corporation or other entity and (b) it has full power and authority under applicable law, and has | ||
taken all action necessary, to enter into and perform this Agreement. Service Provider further | ||
represents, warrants and covenants that, with respect to Class R Shares: | ||
i) | the arrangements provided for in this Agreement will be disclosed to the | |
Plans through their representatives; | ||
ii) | it has not and will not hold itself out as a “fiduciary” of any Plan with | |
respect to the provision of the Administrative Services, the Services or with respect to a Plan’s | ||
purchase of Shares, as such term is defined in Section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income | ||
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of | ||
1986, as amended (the “Code”); | ||
iii) | the receipt of the Administrative Fees described in this Agreement by | |
Service Provider will not to the best of Service Provider’s knowledge constitute a non-exempt | ||
“prohibited transaction” as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of | ||
the Code; | ||
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iv) | it is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer or a transfer agent | ||
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any applicable state securities laws, | |||
including as a result of entering into and performing the Services set forth in this Agreement; | |||
v) | in the event that it has delegated any of its duties under this Agreement to | ||
an agent, it has provided such agent with reasonable compensation from the Administrative Fees | |||
it has received from MFD pursuant to Section 8. | |||
MFS further represents, warrants and covenants that each Fund is registered as an | |||
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and its Shares are | |||
registered under the Securities Act. | |||
15 | . | Controls and Procedures. The Service Provider has implemented controls and | |
procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws and | |||
regulations, as well as the terms of the Agreement. MFS may request certifications on an annual | |||
basis regarding such controls and procedures. | |||
16 | . | Operations of Funds. In no way shall the provisions of this Amendment or the | |
Agreement limit the authority of the Funds or MFS to take any action as it may deem appropriate | |||
or advisable in connection with all matters relating to the operation of such Fund and the sale of | |||
its shares. | |||
17 | . | Notices. Article XI “Notices” of the Agreement is deleted and replaced with the | |
following: | |||
If to the Service Provider: | |||
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company | |||
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxx | |||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | |||
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
If to MFD: | |||
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. | |||
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | |||
Attention: President | |||
with a copy to: | |||
Massachusetts Financial Services Company | |||
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | |||
Attention: General Counsel | |||
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If to MFSC: | |
MFS Service Center, Inc. | |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Attention: President | |
with a copy to: | |
Massachusetts Financial Services Company | |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Attention: General Counsel | |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment by their | |
duly authorized officers as of January 1, 2007. | |
ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY | |
COMPANY | |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Gildarde |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: Vice President | |
MFS FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X Xxxxxx |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President | |
MFS SERVICE CENTER, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Jago |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Jago | |
Title: President | |
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SCHEDULE A | ||
The Administrative Services | ||
With Respect to the Class A Shares, as it may agree upon with the sponsor or each Plan, Service | ||
Provider may perform, either directly or in conjunction with its affiliates, some or all of the | ||
following services, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable: | ||
1 | . | Maintain separate records for each Plan, which records shall reflect Shares |
purchased and redeemed, including the date and price for all transactions, and Share balances. | ||
2 | . | Disburse or credit to the Plans, and maintain records of, all proceeds of |
redemptions of Shares and all other distributions not reinvested in Shares. | ||
3 | . | Prepare, and transmit to the Plans or Plan representatives, periodic account |
statements showing the total number of Shares owned by each Plan as of the statement closing | ||
date, purchases and redemptions of Shares by the Plan during the period covered by the | ||
statement, and the dividends and other distributions paid to the Plan during the statement period | ||
(whether paid in cash or reinvested in Shares). | ||
4 | . | Transmit to the transfer agent of each Fund Instructions received from the Plans |
and their participants in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Agreement. | ||
5 | . | As may be agreed upon with MFS, transmit to MFS or the Funds or any of the |
agents designated by any of them such periodic reports, if any, as MFS or any Fund may | ||
reasonably request. | ||
6 | . | If applicable, transmit or communicate to the Plans or Plan representatives the |
Funds’ confirmations of Instructions placed by the Plans and/or their participants. | ||
7 | . | Maintain all account balance information for the Plans and daily and monthly |
purchase summaries expressed in Shares and/or dollar amounts. | ||
8 | . | Settle Instructions transmitted to MFD or its affiliate on behalf of the Plans and |
their participants in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. | ||
Service Provider shall perform or cause to be performed, either directly or in conjunction with | ||
other Plan appointed service providers, the following services with respect to Class R3 Shares | ||
(with respect to any Plan, solely to the extent that any such service is relevant to such Plan), all | ||
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement: | ||
Underlying Investment Options | ||
Coordinate Fund set-up | ||
Perform Fund monitoring | ||
Produce Fund descriptions | ||
Update fund information provided to plans and participants | ||
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Plan Administration |
Plan Set-up |
Design plan, provide & prepare plan document |
Submit IRS package (if necessary) |
Produce Summary Plan Description |
Review plan application |
Produce enrollment materials & forms |
Prepare enrollment kits |
Conduct plan educational meetings |
Plan setup for Financial Conversion |
Gather historical data |
Coordinate transfer of assets |
Gather census data and investment allocations |
On-going Plan Compliance |
Review census/identify new entrants |
Annual & mid-year test for 401(k) and 401(m) discrimination |
Calculation and/or review of employer contributions |
Review elective deferrals for compliance with 402(g) |
Test for top-heavy plan |
5500 and attachments |
Summary annual report |
Review contributions for compliance with 415 |
Plan amendments/summary of material modifications |
Recordkeeping |
Review, Process, and Record Allocations of: |
Employee contributions |
Employer ongoing contributions |
Employer year-end contributions |
Forfeitures |
Earnings and gains or losses |
Investment changes |
Reporting and disclosure |
Quarterly participant statements |
Transaction activity report |
Quarterly trust report |
Reconciliation of data, if needed |
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Distributions |
Provide participant benefit packages |
Calculation of vested benefits |
Calculation and authorization of plan distributions |
Completion of electronic loan forms |
Calculation of loan amounts |
Loan amortization |
Tracking of loan repayments |
Issuance of checks |
Tax withholding/remittance to IRS, state, where applicable |
Preparation of Form 1099R |
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SCHEDULE B |
Separate Accounts and Funds subject to the Agreement |
The Service Provider represents that it has established Variable Annuity Accounts B, C, F, and I |
and Separate Account D. |
The Administrative Fees |
The Administrative Fees payable for each Account shall be calculated and paid on a quarterly |
basis, in an amount equal to the average net asset value of Shares of the Funds held by such |
Account during the quarter, multiplied by the applicable per annum rate indicated below, |
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the quarter and the |
denominator of which is 365. |
The Administrative Fees will be due and payable only with respect to the Accounts which are |
identified in advance in writing by the Service Provider or which are easily identifiable on MFS’ |
systems as being the Service Provider's accounts. The Service Provider will be solely |
responsible for informing MFS in advance in writing of any changes to its trading methodologies |
that would affect the Accounts. |
FOR CLASS A SHARES | |
Fund Name | Service Fee |
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund | ____% |
Massachusetts Investors Trust | ____% |
MFS® Bond Fund | ____% |
MFS® Core Equity Fund | ____% |
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Fund | ____% |
MFS® Growth Fund | ____% |
MFS® Global Equity Fund | ____% |
MFS® Research Fund | ____% |
MFS® Total Return Fund | ____% |
MFS® Utilities Fund | ____% |
MFS® Value Fund | ____% |
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FOR CLASS I SHARES |
The Service Provider shall not be entitled to receive any Fees for the Class I Shares. |
FOR CLASS R SHARES |
The Fee schedule for assets invested in Class R3 Shares shall be calculated and paid in |
accordance with each Fund’s prospectus, as amended from time to time. The Service Provider |
shall be entitled to receive Fees for the Class R Shares only to the extent such Fees are received |
by MFS from the Funds. |
The Fee schedule for Class R3 Shares as of the date of this Amendment is as follows: |
R3 Class
| |||
12B-1 Fee
| ____%
| ||
Plan Administration | ____% | ||
and Service Fee
| |||
Total Fee
| ____%
| ||
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EXHIBIT I | |||
ING Excessive Trading Policy as of June 1, 2005 | |||
ING, as the provider of multi-fund products, has adopted a definition of “Excessive Trading” that | |||
is intended to respond to a majority of the restrictions on such trading activity that have been | |||
adopted by the various fund families. ING’s current definition of Excessive Trading and our | |||
policy with respect to such trading activity is outlined below. | |||
1 | . | ING currently defines Excessive Trading as more than one purchase and sale of the same | |
fund (including money market funds) within a thirty (30) day period. Each fund offered | |||
through ING’s products, either by prospectus or stated policy, has adopted or may adopt its | |||
own definition of Excessive Trading. Therefore ING reserves the right, without prior notice, | |||
to modify its general definition or to develop another definition that may apply to a particular | |||
fund, product or individual, depending on the needs of a particular fund and/or state or | |||
federal regulatory requirements. | |||
A purchase followed by one or more sale and then another purchase of the same fund, or a | |||
sale followed by one or more purchases and then another sale of the same fund would meet | |||
ING’s definition of Excessive Trading. The following transactions are excluded when | |||
determining whether trading activity is excessive: | |||
• | Purchases or sales of shares related to non-fund transfers (for example, new purchase | ||
payments, withdrawals and loans); | |||
• | Transfers associated with scheduled dollar cost averaging and scheduled rebalancing | ||
programs; | |||
• | Purchases and sales of fund shares in the amount of $250 or less; and | ||
• | Purchases and sales of funds that affirmatively permit short-term trading in their fund | ||
shares, and movement between such funds and a money market fund. | |||
2 | . | ING actively monitors fund transfer and reallocation activity within its products to identify | |
Excessive Trading. | |||
3 | . | If ING determines that an individual has used one or more of its products to engage in | |
Excessive Trading, ING will send that individual a one-time warning letter and place that | |||
individual on a watch list. According to the needs of the various business units, a copy of the | |||
warning letter may also be sent, as applicable to the person(s) or entity authorized to initiate | |||
fund transfers or reallocations, the agent/registered representative or investment adviser for | |||
that individual. | |||
4 | . | If ING determines that an individual has used one or more of its products to engage in | |
Excessive Trading after having received a warning letter as described above, ING will send a | |||
second letter to the individual. This letter will state that the individual’s ability to initiate | |||
fund transfers or reallocations through the Internet, facsimile, telephone calls to the | |||
company’s service center, or other electronic trading medium that ING may make available | |||
from time to time (“Electronic Trading Privileges”) has been suspended for a period of 6 | |||
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months. All fund transfers or reallocations will then have to be initiated by providing written | ||
instructions to ING via mail. During the Suspension Period, “inquiry only” privileges will be | ||
permitted where and when possible. | ||
5 | . | Following the 6 month suspension period, the Electronic Trading Privileges may again be |
restored, but ING will continue to monitor the fund transfer and reallocation activity. Any | ||
future Excessive Trading will result in an indefinite suspension of the Electronic Trading | ||
Privileges. | ||
6 | . | ING may elect to limit fund trading or reallocation privileges with respect to any individual, |
with or without prior notice, if ING determines that the individual’s trading activity is | ||
disruptive, regardless of whether the individual’s trading activity fall within the definition of | ||
Excessive Trading set forth above. | ||
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