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EXHIBIT 8(d)
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
X. XXXX PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC,
X. XXXX PRICE INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC
AND
IL ANNUITY AND INSURANCE COMPANY
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this__ day of May, 1995 by
and among IL ANNUITY AND INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter, the "Company"), a
Massachusetts insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each
segregated asset account of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto as may
be amended from time to time (each account hereinafter referred to as the
"Account"), and the undersigned funds, each, a corporation organized under the
laws of Maryland (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund") and X. Xxxx Price
Investment Services, Inc (hereinafter the "Underwriter"), a Maryland
corporation.
WHEREAS, the Fund engages in business as an open-end management
investment company and is or will be available to act as the investment vehicle
for separate accounts established for variable life insurance and variable
annuity contracts (the "Variable Insurance Products") to be offered by
insurance companies which have entered into participation agreements with the
Fund and Underwriter (hereinafter "Participating Insurance Companies"); and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Fund is divided into several
series of shares, each designated a "Portfolio" and representing the interest
in a particular managed portfolio of securities and other assets; and
WHEREAS, the Fund has filed an application to obtain an order from the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") granting Participating Insurance
Companies and variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts
exemptions from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a), and 15(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (hereinafter the "1940 Act") and
Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T) (b)(15) thereunder, if and to the extent
necessary to permit shares of the Fund to be sold to and held by variable
annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and
unaffiliated life insurance companies (hereinafter the "Shared Funding
Exemptive Order"); and
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end management investment
company under the 1940 Act and shares of the Portfolios are registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (hereinafter the "1933 Act"); and
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WHEREAS, X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. and Xxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx
International, Inc. (each hereinafter referred to as the "Adviser") are each
duly registered as an investment adviser under the federal Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws; and
WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register certain variable
life insurance or variable annuity contracts supported wholly or partially by
the Account (the "Contracts") under the 1933 Act, and said Contracts are listed
in Schedule A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time by mutual written
agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Account is duly established and maintained as a
segregated asset account, established by resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Company, on the date shown for such Account on Schedule A hereto, to set
aside and invest assets attributable to the aforesaid Contracts; and
WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register the Account as a
unit investment trust under the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Underwriter is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (hereinafter the "1934
Act"), and is a member in good standing of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc (hereinafter "NASD"); and
WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and
regulations, the Company intends to purchase shares in the Portfolios listed in
Schedule A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time by mutual written
agreement (the "Designated Portfolios") on behalf of the Account to fund the
aforesaid Contracts, and the Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to
unit investment trusts such as the Account at net asset value;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the
Company, the Fund and the Underwriter agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Sale of Fund Shares
1.1 The Underwriter agrees to sell to the Company those shares of
the Designated Portfolios which the Account orders, executing such orders on a
daily basis at the net asset value next computed after receipt by the Fund or
its designee of the order for the shares of the Designated Portfolios.
1.2 The Fund agrees to make shares of the Designated Portfolios
available for purchase at the applicable net asset value per share by the
Company and the Account on those days on which the Fund calculates its net
asset value pursuant to rules of the SEC, and the Fund shall use its best
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efforts to calculate such net asset value on each day which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of
Directors of the Fund (hereinafter the "Board") may refuse to sell shares of
any Designated Portfolio to any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of
shares of any Designated Portfolio if such action is required by law or by
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, or is, in the sole discretion of
the Board acting in good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under
federal and any applicable state laws, necessary in the best interests of the
shareholders of such Designated Portfolio.
1.3 The Fund and the Underwriter agree that shares of the Fund
will be sold only to Participating Insurance Companies and their separate
accounts. No shares of any Designated Portfolios will be sold to the general
public. The Fund and the Underwriter will not sell Fund shares to any
insurance company or separate account unless an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as Articles I and VII of this Agreement is in effect to
govern such sales.
1.4 The Fund agrees to redeem, on the Company's request, any full
or fractional shares of the Designated Portfolios held by the Company,
executing such requests on a daily basis at the net asset value next computed
after receipt by the Fund or its designee of the request for redemption, except
that the Fund reserves the right to suspend the right of redemption or postpone
the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption consistent with Section
22(e) of the 1940 Act and any sales thereunder, and in accordance with the
procedures and policies of the Fund as described in the then current
prospectus.
1.5 For purposes of Sections 1.1 and 1.4, the Company shall be the
designee of the Fund for receipt of purchase and redemption orders from the
Account, and receipt by such designee shall constitute receipt by the Fund;
provided that the Company receives the order by 4:00 p.m. Baltimore time and
the Fund receives notice of such order by 9:30 a.m. Baltimore time on the next
following Business Day. "Business Day" shall mean any day on which the New
York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which the Fund calculate its net
asset value pursuant to the rules of the SEC.
1.6 The Company agrees to purchase and redeem the shares of each
Designated Portfolio offered by the then current prospectus of the Fund and in
accordance with the provisions of such prospectus.
1.7 The Company shall pay for Fund shares on the next Business Day
after receipt of an order to purchase Fund shares. Payment shall be in federal
funds transmitted by wire by 4:00 p.m. Baltimore time. If payment in Federal
Funds for any purchase is not received or is received by the Fund after 4:00
p.m. Baltimore time on such Business Day, the Company shall promptly, upon the
Fund's request, reimburse the Fund for any charges, costs, fees, interest or
other expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with any advances to, or
borrowings or overdrafts by, the Fund, or any similar expenses incurred by the
Fund, as a result of portfolio transactions effected by the Fund based upon
such purchase request. For purposes of Section 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, upon
receipt by the Fund of the federal funds so wired, such funds shall cease to be
the responsibility of the Company and shall become the responsibility of the
Fund.
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1.8 Issuance and transfer of the Fund's shares will be by book
entry only. Stock certificates will not be issued to the Company or any
Account. Shares ordered from the Fund will be recorded in an appropriate title
for each Account or the appropriate subaccount of each Account.
1.9 The Fund shall furnish same day notice (by wire or telephone,
followed by written confirmation) to the Company of any income, dividends or
capital gain distributions payable on the Designated Portfolios' shares. The
Company hereby elects to receive all such income, dividends, and capital gain
distributions as are payable on Designated Portfolio shares in additional
shares of that Portfolio. The Company reserves the right to revoke this
election and to receive all such income dividends and capital gain
distributions in cash. The Fund shall notify the Company of the number of
shares so issued as payment of such dividends and distributions. The Fund
shall use its best efforts to furnish advance notice of the day such dividends
and distributions are expected to be paid.
1.10 The fund shall make the net asset value per share for each
Designated Portfolio available to the Company on a daily basis as soon as
reasonably practical after the net asset value per share is calculated
(normally by 6:30 p.m. Baltimore time) and shall use its best efforts to make
such net asset value per share available by 7 p.m. Baltimore time.
1.11 The Parties hereto acknowledge that the arrangement
contemplated by this Agreement is not exclusive; the Fund's shares may be sold
to other insurance companies (subject to Section 1.3 and Article VI hereof) and
the cash value of the Contracts may be invested in other investment companies,
provided, however, that (a) such other investment company, or series thereof,
has investment objectives or policies that are different from the investment
objectives and policies of the Fund; or (b) the Company gives the Fund and the
Underwriter 45 days written notice of its intention to make such other
investment company available as a funding vehicle for the Contracts or (c)
such other investment company was available as a funding vehicle for the
Contracts prior to the date of this Agreement and the Company so informs the
Fund and Underwriter prior to their signing this Agreement: or (d) the fund or
Underwriter consents to the use of such other investment company, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties
2.1 The Company represents and warrants that the Contracts are or
will be registered under the 1933 Act; that the Contracts will be issued and
sold in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and
state laws and that the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all material
respects with state insurance suitability requirements. The Company further
represents and warrants that it is an insurance company duly organized and in
good standing under applicable law and that it has legally and validly
established the Account prior to any issuance of sale thereof as a segregated
asset account under the Massachusetts insurance laws and has registered or,
prior to any
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issuance or sale of the Contracts, will register the Account as a unit
investment trust in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act to serve as
a segregated investment account for the Contracts.
2.2 The Fund represents and warrants that Fund shares sold
pursuant to this Agreement shall be registered under the 1933 Act, duly
authorized for issuance and sold in compliance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all applicable federal and state securities
laws and that the Fund is and shall remain registered under the 0000 Xxx. The
Fund shall amend the Registration Statement for its shares under the 1933 Act
and the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect the
continuous offering of its shares. The Fund shall register and qualify the
shares for sale in accordance with the laws of the various states only if and
to the extent deemed advisable by the Fund or the Underwriter.
2.3 The Fund currently does not intend to make any payments to
finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act,
although it may make such payments in the future. To the extent that it
decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund will
undertake to have a Board, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the
Fund, formulate and approve any plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act
to finance distribution expenses.
2.4 The Fund makes no representations as to whether any aspect of
its operations, including but not limited to, investment policies, fees and
expenses, complies with the insurance and other applicable laws of the various
states, except that the Fund represents that the Fund's investment policies,
fees and expenses are and shall at all times remain in compliance with the laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the extent required to perform this
Agreement.
2.5 The Fund represents that it is lawfully organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Maryland and that it does and will
comply in all material respects with the 1940 Act.
2.6 The Underwriter represents and warrants that it is a member in
good standing of the NASD and is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC.
The Underwriter further represents that it will sell and distribute the Fund
shares in accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts and any
applicable state and federal securities laws.
2.7 The Underwriter represents and warrants that the Adviser is
and shall remain duly registered under all applicable federal and state
securities laws and that the Adviser shall perform its obligations for the Fund
in compliance in all material respects with the laws of the State of
Massachusetts and any applicable state and federal securities laws.
2.8 The Fund and the Underwriter represent and warrant that all of
their directors, officers, employees, investment advisers, and other
individuals or entities dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund
are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a blanket fidelity bond or
similar coverage for the benefit of the Fund in an amount not less than the
minimum coverage as required currently by Rule 17g-1 of the 1940 Act or related
provisions as may be
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promulgated from time to time. The aforesaid bond shall include coverage for
larceny and embezzlement and shall be issued by a reputable bonding company.
2.9 The Company represents and warrants that all of its directors,
officers, employees, and other individuals/entities employed or controlled by
the Company dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund are covered by
a blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage in an amount not less than $5
million. The aforesaid bond includes coverage for larceny and embezzlement and
is issued by a reputable bonding company. The Company agrees that any amounts
received under such bond in connection with claims that arise from the
arrangements described in this Agreement will be held by the Company for the
benefit of the Fund. The Company agrees to make all reasonable efforts to see
that this bond or another bond containing these provisions is always in effect,
and agrees to notify the Fund and the Underwriter in the event that such
coverage no longer applies. The Company agrees to exercise its best efforts to
ensure that other individuals/entities not employed or controlled by the
Company and dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund maintain a
similar bond or coverage in a reasonable amount.
ARTICLE III
Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, and
Proxy Statements; Voting
3.1 The Underwriter shall provide the Company with as many copies
of the Fund's current prospectus (describing only the Designated Portfolios
listed on Schedule A) as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by
the Company in lieu thereof, the Fund shall provide such documentation
(including a final copy of the new prospectus as set in type at the Fund's
expense) and other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the
Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus for the Fund is
amended) to have the prospectus for the Contracts and the Fund's prospectus
printed together in one document. The Fund shall bear the expense of printing
its current prospectus for distribution to existing Contract owners, and the
Company shall bear the expense of printing the Fund's current prospectus for
distribution to prospective Contract owners.
3.2 The Fund's prospectus shall state that the current Statement
of Additional Information ("SAI ") for the Fund is available from the Company
(or, in the Fund's discretion, from the Fund), and the Underwriter (or the
Fund), at its expense, shall print, or otherwise reproduce, and provide a copy
of such SAI free of charge to the Company for itself and for any owner of a
Contract who requests such SAI.
3.3 The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with
copies of its proxy material, reports to shareholders, and other communications
to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall reasonably require for
distributing to Contract owners.
3.4 The Company shall:
(i) solicit voting instructions from Contract owners;
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(ii) vote the Fund shares in accordance with instructions
received from Contract owners; and
(iii) vote Fund shares for which no instructions have been
received in the same proportion as Fund shares of
such Designated Portfolio for which instructions have
been received,
so long as and to the extent that the SEC continues to interpret the 1940 Act
to require pass-through voting privileges for variable contract owners or to
the extent otherwise required by law. The Company reserves the right to vote
Fund shares held in any segregated asset account in its own right, to the
extent permitted by law.
3.5 Participating Insurance Companies shall be responsible for
assuring that each of their separate accounts participating in a Designated
Portfolio calculates voting privileges as required by the Shared Funding
Exemptive Order and consistent with any reasonable standards that the Fund may
adopt.
3.6 The Fund will comply with all provisions of the 1940 Act
requiring voting by shareholders, and in particular the Fund will either
provide for annual meetings or comply with Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act
(although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in Section 16(c) of that
Act) as well as with Sections 16(a) and, if and when applicable, 16(b).
Further, the Fund will act in accordance with the SEC's interpretation of the
requirements of Section 16(a) with respect to periodic elections of directors
or trustees and with whatever rules the SEC may promulgate with respect
thereto.
ARTICLE IV
Sales Material and Information
4.1 The Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to
the Fund or its designee, each piece of sales literature or other promotional
material that the Company develops or uses and in which the Fund (or a
Portfolio thereof) or the Adviser or the Underwriter is named, at least fifteen
calendar days prior to its use. No such material shall be used if the Fund or
its designee reasonably object to such use within fifteen calendar days after
receipt of such material The Fund or its designee reserves the right to
reasonably object to the continued use of such material, and no such material
shall be used if the Fund or its designee so object.
4.2 The Company shall not give any information or make any
representations or statements on behalf of the Fund or concerning the Fund in
connection with the sale of the Contracts other than the information or
representations contained in the registration statement or prospectus or SAI
for the Fund shares, as such registration statement and prospectus or SAI may
be amended or supplemented from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements
for the Fund, or in sales
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literature or other promotional material approved by the Fund or its designee
or by the Underwriter, except with the permission of the Fund or the
Underwriter or the designee of either.
4.3 The Fund, Underwriter, or its designee shall furnish, or shall
cause to be furnished, to the Company, each piece of sales literature or other
promotional material in which the Company, and/or its Account, is named at
least fifteen calendar days prior to its use. No such material shall be used
if the Company reasonably objects to such use within fifteen calendar days
after receipt of such material. The Company reserves the right to reasonably
object to the continued use of such material and no such material shall be used
if the Company so objects.
4.4. The Fund and the Underwriter shall not give any information or
make any representations on behalf of the Company or concerning the Company,
the Account, or the Contracts other than the information or representations
contained in a registration statement, prospectus, or SAI for the Contracts, as
such registration statement, prospectus or SAI may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, or in published reports for the Account which are in the
public domain or approved by the Company for distribution to Contract owners,
or in sales literature or other promotional material approved by the Company or
its designee, except with the permission of the Company.
4.5 The Fund will provide to the Company at least one complete
copy of all registration statements, prospectuses, SAIs, 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 Fund or its shares, contemporaneously with the filing
of such document(s) with the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
4.6 The Company will provide to the Fund at least one complete
copy of all registration statements, prospectuses, SAIs, reports, solicitations
for voting instructions, 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 Account,
contemporaneously with the filing of such document(s) with the SEC or other
regulatory authorities.
4.7 For purposes of this Article IV, the phrase "sales literature
and other promotional materials" includes, but is not limited to, any of the
following that refer to the Fund or any affiliate of the Fund: 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 (i.e., any written communication distributed or made generally
available to customers or the public, including brochures, circulars, reports,
market letters, form letters, seminar texts, 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, and registration statements, prospectuses,
SAIs, shareholder reports, proxy materials, and any other communications
distributed or made generally available with regard to the Funds.
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ARTICLE V
Fees and Expenses
5.1. The Fund and the Underwriter shall pay no fee or other
compensation to the Company under this Agreement, except that if the Fund or
any Portfolio adopts and implements a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 to finance
distribution expenses, then the Underwriter may make payments to the Company or
to the underwriter for the Contracts if and in amounts agreed to by the
Underwriter in writing, and such payments will be made out of existing fees
otherwise payable to the Underwriter, past profits of the Underwriter, or other
resources available to the Underwriter. No such payments shall be made
directly by the Fund. Currently, no such payments are contemplated.
5.2 All expenses incident to performance by the Fund under this
Agreement shall be paid by the Fund, except as otherwise provided herein. The
Fund shall see to it that all its shares are registered and authorized for
issuance in accordance with applicable federal law and, if and to the extent
deemed advisable by the Fund, in accordance with applicable state laws prior to
their sale. The Fund shall bear the expenses for the cost of registration and
qualification of the Fund's shares, preparation and filing of the Fund's
prospectus and registration statement, proxy materials and reports, setting the
prospectus in type, setting in type and printing the proxy materials and
reports to shareholders (including the costs of printing a prospectus that
constitutes an annual report), the preparation of all statements and notices
required by any federal or state law, and all taxes on the issuance or transfer
of the Fund's shares.
5.3 The Company shall bear the expenses of distributing the Fund's
prospectus, proxy materials, and reports to Contract owners and prospective
Contract owners.
ARTICLE VI
Diversification and Qualification
6.1 Subject to the Company's maintaining the treatment of the
Contracts as life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts under applicable
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and
the regulations issued thereunder (or any successor provisions), the Fund will
invest its assets in such a manner as to ensure that the Contracts will be
treated as annuity, endowment, or life insurance contracts, whichever is
appropriate, under the Code and the regulations issued thereunder (or any
successor provisions). Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, the Fund
will comply with Section 817(h) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section
1.817-5 and any Treasury interpretations thereof, relating to the
diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, or life insurance
contracts, and any amendments or other modifications or successor provisions to
such Section or Regulations. In the event of a breach of this Article VI by
the Fund, it will take all reasonable steps (a) to notify the Company of such
breach and (b) to adequately diversify the Fund so as to achieve compliance
within the grace period afforded by Regulation 817.5.
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6.2 The Fund represents that it is or will be qualified as a
Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Code, and that it will
make every effort to maintain such qualification (under Subchapter M or any
successor or similar provisions) and that it will notify the Company
immediately upon having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased to
so quality or that it might not so quality in the future.
6.3 Subject to the Fund's compliance with Section 817(h) of the
Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.817-5, and any Treasury interpretations
thereof, relating to the diversification requirements for variable annuity,
endowment, or life insurance contracts, any amendments or other modifications
or successor provisions to such Sections or Regulations, the Company represents
that the Contracts are currently, and at the time of issuance shall be, treated
as life insurance, endowment contracts, or annuity insurance contracts, under
applicable provisions of the Code, and that it will make every effort to
maintain such treatment, and that it will notify the Fund and the Underwriter
immediately upon having a reasonable basis for believing the Contracts have
ceased to be so treated or that they might not be so treated in the future.
The 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 (or
any successor or similar provision), shall identify such contract as a modified
endowment contract.
ARTICLE VII
Potential Conflicts
The following provisions apply effective upon investment in the Fund
by a separate account of a Participating Insurance Company supporting variable
life insurance contracts.
7.1 The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any
material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the contract owners
of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material
conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any
state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable federal or
state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling,
private letter ruling, no action or interpretative letter, or any similar
action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) an
administrative or judicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) the manner
in which the investments of any Portfolio are being managed; (e) a difference
in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract and variable life
insurance contract owners; or (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the
voting instructions of contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the
Company if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and
the implications thereof.
7.2. The Company will report any potential or existing conflicts of
which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying
out its responsibilities under the Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing
the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider
any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the
Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are
disregarded.
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7.3 If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority
of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists,
the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense
and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the
disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or
eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1)
withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from
the Fund or any Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment
medium, including (but not limited to) another Portfolio of the Fund, or
submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a
vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the
assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance
contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating
Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to
the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2)
establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate
account.
7.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a
decision by the Company to disregard contract owner voting instructions and
that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote,
the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected
Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to
such Account provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be
limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable
conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board.
Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after
the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and
until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and
implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of
the Fund.
7.5 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a
particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company
conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will
withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this
Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board
informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has
created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such
withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the
foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month
period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the company
for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund.
7.6 For purposes of Section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a
majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any
proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but
in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the
Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new
funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote
of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the
irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that
any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable
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material conflict, then the Company will withdraw the Account's investment in
the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board
informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided,
however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent
required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a
majority of the disinterested members of the Board.
7.7 If and to the extent the Shared Funding Order contains terms
and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and
7.5 of this Agreement, or Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3
is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or
the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as
defined in the Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions
materially different from those contained in the Shared Funding Exemptive
Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as
appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules
6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such
rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and
7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms
and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such
Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
8.1 Indemnification By the Company
8.1(a). The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Fund and the Underwriter and each of their officers and directors and each
person, if any, who controls the Fund or the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties" for
purposes of this Section 8.1) against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of
the Company) or litigation (including legal and other expenses), to which the
Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute or regulation, at
common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the
sale or acquisition of the Fund's shares or the Contracts and:
(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or
alleged untrue statements of any material fact contained in
the Registration Statement, prospectus, or statement of
additional information for the Contracts or contained in the
Contracts or sales literature for the Contracts (or any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), 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,
provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as
to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such
alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information
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furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund for use
in the Registration Statement, prospectus or statement of
additional information for the Contracts or in the Contracts
or sales literature (or any amendment or supplement) or
otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts
or Fund shares; or
(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations
(other than statements or representations contained in the
Registration Statement, prospectus or sales literature of the
Fund not supplied by the Company or persons under its control)
or wrongful conduct of the Company or persons under its
authorization or control, with respect to the sale or
distribution of the Contracts or Fund Shares; or
(iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement,
prospectus, or sales literature of the Fund or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading if such a statement or omission was made in
reliance upon information furnished to the Fund by or on
behalf of the Company; or
(iv) arise as a result of any material failure by the Company to
provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms
of this Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional
or in good faith or otherwise, to comply with the
qualification requirements specified in Article VI of this
Agreement); or
(v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any
representation and/or warranty made by the Company in this
Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material
breach of this Agreement by the Company,
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.1(b) and
8.1(c) hereof.
8.1(b). The Company shall not be liable under this indemnification
provision with respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
litigation to which an Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason
of such Indemnified Party's willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence
in the performance of such Indemnified Party's duties or by reason of such
Indemnified Party's reckless disregard of its obligations or duties under this
Agreement.
8.1(c). The Company shall not be liable under this indemnification
provision with respect to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless
such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Company in writing within a
reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving
information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice
of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Company of
any such claim shall not relieve the Company from any liability which it may
have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise
than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is
brought against an Indemnified
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Party, the Company shall be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the
defense of such action. The Company also shall be entitled to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action and
to settle the claim at its own expense; provided, however, that no such
settlement shall, without the Indemnified Parties' written consent, include any
factual stipulation referring to the Indemnified Parties or their conduct.
After notice from the Company to such party of the Company's election to
assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and
expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and the Company will not be
liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
8.1(d). The Indemnified Parties will promptly notify the Company of
the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against them in connection
with the issuance or sale of the Fund Shares or the Contracts or the operation
of the Fund.
8.2 Indemnification by the Underwriter
8.2(a). The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties" for purposes of this Section 8.2)
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts
paid in settlement with the written consent of the Underwriter) or litigation
(including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may
become subject under any statute or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in
respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of the
Fund's shares or the Contracts; and
(i) 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 SAI or sales
literature of the Fund (or any amendment or supplement to any
of the foregoing), 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 provided that this agreement
to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if
such statement or omission or such alleged statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished to the Underwriter or Fund by or on
behalf of the Company for use in the Registration Statement or
prospectus for the Fund or in sales literature (or any
amendment or supplement) or otherwise for use in connection
with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or
(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations
(other than statements or representations contained in the
Registration Statement, prospectus or sales literature for the
Contracts not supplied by the Underwriter or persons under its
control) or wrongful conduct of the Fund or Underwriter or
persons under their control, with respect to the sale or
distribution of the Contracts or Fund shares; or
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(iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement,
prospectus or sales literature covering the Contracts, or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statement or
statements therein not misleading, if such statement or
omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of the Fund; or
(iv) arise as a result of any failure by the Fund to provide the
services and furnish the materials under the terms of this
Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in
good faith or otherwise, to comply with the diversification
and other qualification requirements specified in Article VI
of this Agreement); or
(v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any
representation and/or warranty made by the Underwriter in this
Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material
breach of this Agreement by the Underwriter;
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2(b) and
8.2(c) hereof.
8.2(b). The Underwriter shall not be liable under this
indemnification provision with respect to any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or litigation to which an Indemnified Party would otherwise be
subject by reason of such Indemnified Party's willful misfeasance, bad faith,
or gross negligence in the performance or such Indemnified Party's duties or by
reason of such Indemnified Party's reckless disregard of obligations and duties
under this Agreement or to the Company or the Account, whichever is applicable.
8.2(c). The Underwriter shall not be liable under this
indemnification provision with respect to any claim made against an Indemnified
Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Underwriter in
writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process
giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice
of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Underwriter
of any such claim shall not relieve the Underwriter from any liability which it
may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise
than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is
brought against the Indemnified Party, the Underwriter will be entitled to
participate, at its own expense, in the defense thereof. The Underwriter also
shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
the party named in the action and to settle the claim at its own expense;
provided, however, that no such settlement shall, without the Indemnified
Parties' written consent, include any factual stipulation referring to the
Indemnified Parties or their conduct. After notice from the Underwriter to
such party of the Underwriter's election to assume the defense thereof, the
Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel
retained by it, and the Underwriter will not be liable to such party under this
Agreement for any legal or other expenses
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subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
8.2(d). The Company agrees promptly to notify the Underwriter of the
commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers
or directors in connection with the issuance or sale of the Contracts or the
operation of the Account.
8.3 Indemnification By the Fund
8.3(a). The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the
"Indemnified Parties" for purposes of this Section 8.3) against any and all
losses, claims, expenses, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in
settlement with the written consent of the Fund) or litigation (including legal
and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may be required to pay or
may become subject under any statute or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages, liabilities or expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) or settlements, are related to the operations of
the Fund and:
(i) arise as a result of any failure by the Fund to provide the
services and furnish the materials under the terms of this
Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in
good faith or otherwise, to comply with the diversification
and other qualification requirements specified in Article VI
of this Agreement); or
(ii) arise out of or result from any material breach of any
representation and/or warranty made by the Fund in this
Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material
breach of this Agreement by the Fund;
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.3(b) and
8.3(c) hereof.
8.3(b). The Fund shall not be liable under this indemnification
provision with respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
litigation to which an Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason
of such Indemnified Party's willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence
in the performance of such Indemnified Party's duties or by reason of such
Indemnified Party's reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this
Agreement or to the Company, the Fund, the Underwriter or the Account,
whichever is applicable.
8.3(c). The Fund shall not be liable under this indemnification
provision with respect to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless
such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Fund in writing within a
reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving
information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice
of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Fund of any
such claim shall not relieve the Fund from any liability which it may have
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to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on
account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought
against the Indemnified Parties, the Fund will be entitled to participate, at
its own expense, in the defense thereof. The Fund also shall be entitled to
assume the expense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the party named in the
action and to settle the claim at its own expense; provided, however, that no
such settlement shall, without the Indemnified Parties' written consent,
include any factual stipulation referring to the Indemnified Parties or their
conduct. After notice from the Fund to such party of the Fund's election to
assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and
expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and the Fund will not be
liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
8.3(d). The Company and the Underwriter agree promptly to notify the
Fund of the commencement of any litigation or proceeding against it or any of
its respective officers or directors in connection with the Agreement, the
issuance or sale of the Contract, the operation of the Account, or the sale or
acquisition of shares of the Fund.
ARTICLE IX
Applicable Law
9.1 This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions hereof
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
9.2 This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the 1933,
1934 and 1940 Acts, and the rules and regulations and rulings thereunder,
including such exemptions from those statutes, rules and regulations as the SEC
may grant (including, but not limited to, any Shared Funding Exemptive Order)
and the terms hereof shall be interpreted and construed in accordance
therewith.
ARTICLE X
Termination
10.1 This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until
the first to occur of:
(a) termination by any party, for any reason with respect
to some or all Designated Portfolios, by six (6)
months' advance written notice delivered to the other
parties; or
(b) termination by the Company by written notice to the
Fund and the underwriter with respect to any
Designated Portfolio based upon the Company's
determination that shares of the Fund are not
reasonably available
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to meet the requirements of the Contracts; provided
that such termination shall apply only to the
Designated Portfolio not reasonably available; or
(c) termination by the Company by written notice to the
Fund and the Underwriter in the event any of the
Designated Portfolio's shares are not registered,
issued or sold in accordance with applicable state
and/or federal law or such law precludes the use of
such shares as the underlying investment media of the
Contracts issued or to be issued by the Company; or
(d) termination by the Fund or Underwriter in the event
that formal administrative proceedings are
instituted against the Company by the NASD, the SEC,
the Insurance Commissioner or like official of any
state or any other regulatory body regarding the
Company's duties under this Agreement or related to
the sale of the Contracts, the operation of any
Account, or the purchase of the Fund shares,
provided, however, that the Fund or Underwriter
determines in its sole judgment exercised in good
faith, that any such administrative proceedings will
have a material adverse effect upon the ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement; or
(e) termination by the Company in the event that formal
administrative proceedings are instituted against the
Fund or Underwriter by the NASD, the SEC, or any
state securities or insurance department or any other
regulatory body, provided, however, that the Company
determines in its sole judgment exercised in good
faith, that any such administrative proceedings will
have a material adverse effect upon the ability of
the Fund or Underwriter to perform its obligations
under this Agreement; or
(f) termination by the Company by written notice to the
Fund and the Underwriter with respect to any
Designated Portfolio in the event that such
Designated Portfolio ceases to qualify as a Regulated
Investment Company under Subchapter M or fails to
comply with the Section 817(h) diversification
requirements specified in Article VI hereof, or if
the Company reasonably believes that such Designated
Portfolio may fail to so qualify or comply; or
(g) termination by the Fund or Underwriter by written
notice to the Company in the event that the Contracts
fail to meet the qualifications specified in Article
VI hereof; or
(h) termination by either the Fund or the Underwriter by
written notice to the Company, if either one or both
of the Fund or the Underwriter respectively, shall
determine, in their sole judgment exercised in good
faith, that the Company has suffered a material
adverse change in its business, operations,
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financial condition, or prospects since the date of
this Agreement or is the subject of material adverse
publicity; or
(i) termination by the Company by written notice to the
Fund and the Underwriter, if the Company shall
determine, in its sole judgment exercised in good
faith, that the Fund or the Underwriter has suffered
a material adverse change in its business,
operations, financial condition or prospects since
the date of this Agreement or is the subject of
material adverse publicity; or
(j) termination by the Fund or the Underwriter by written
notice to the Company, if the Company gives the Fund
and the Underwriter the written notice specified in
Section 1.11 hereof and at the time such notice was
given there was no notice of termination outstanding
under any other provision of this Agreement;
provided, however, any termination under this Section
10.1.(j) shall be effective sixty days after the
notice specified in Section 1.11 was given.
10.2 Effect of Termination. Notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, the Fund and the Underwriter shall, at the option of the
Company, continue to make available additional shares of the Fund pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for all Contracts in effect on the
effective date of termination of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as
"Existing Contracts"). Specifically, the owners of the Existing Contracts may
be permitted to reallocate investments in the Fund, redeem investments in the
Fund and/or invest in the Fund upon the making of additional purchase payments
under the Existing Contracts. The parties agree that this Section 10.2 shall
not apply to any termination under Article VII and the effect of such Article
VII termination shall be governed by Article VII of this Agreement. The
parties further agree that this Section 10.2 shall not apply to any termination
under Section 10.1(g) of this Agreement.
10.3 The Company shall not redeem Fund shares attributable to the
Contracts (as opposed to Fund shares attributable to the Company's assets held
in the Account) except (i) as necessary to implement Contract Owner initiated
or approved transactions, (ii) as required by state and/or federal laws or
regulations or judicial or other legal precedent of general application
(hereinafter referred to as a "Legally Required Redemption"), or (iii) as
permitted by an order of the SEC pursuant to Section 26(b) of the 1940 Act.
Upon request, the Company will promptly furnish to the Fund and the Underwriter
the opinion of counsel for the Company (which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Fund and the Underwriter) to the effect that any redemption
pursuant to clause (ii) above is a Legally Required Redemption. Furthermore,
except in cases where permitted under the terms of the Contracts, the Company
shall not prevent Contract Owners from allocating payments to a Portfolio that
was otherwise available under the Contracts without first giving the Fund or
the Underwriter 90 days notice of its intention to do so.
10.4 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, each
party's obligation under Article VIII to indemnify the other parties shall
survive.
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10.5 Any successor by law of the parties hereto shall be entitled
to the benefits of the indemnification provisions contained in Article VIII.
ARTICLE XI
Notices
Any notice shall be sufficiently given when sent by registered or
certified mail to the other party at the address of such party set forth below
or at such other address as such party may from time to time specify in writing
to the other party.
If to the Fund: X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Company: IL Annuity and Insurance Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
and Secretary
If to Underwriter: X. Xxxx Price Investment Services
l00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Western
Copy to: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous
12.1 All persons dealing with the Fund must look solely to the
property of such Fund, and in the case of a series company, the respective
Designated Portfolio listed on Schedule A hereto as though such Designated
Portfolio had separately contracted with the Company and the Underwriter for
the enforcement of any claims against the Fund. The parties agree that neither
the Board, officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal liability or
responsibility for obligations entered into by or on behalf of the Fund.
12.2 Subject to the requirements of legal process and regulatory
authority, each party hereto shall treat as confidential the names and
addresses of the owners of the Contract and all information reasonably
identified as confidential in writing by any other party hereto and, except as
permitted by this Agreement, shall not disclose, disseminate or utilize such
names and addresses and
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other confidential information without the express written consent of the
affected party until such time as such information may come into the public
domain.
12.3 The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of
reference only and in no way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof
or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
12.4 This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
12.5 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made
invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of the
Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
12.6 Each party hereto shall cooperate with each other party and
all appropriate govern-mental authorities (including without limitation the
SEC, the NASD, and state insurance regulators) and shall permit such
authorities reasonable access to its books and records in connection with any
investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the transaction
contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, each
party hereto further agrees to furnish the Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner
with any information or reports in connection with services provided under this
Agreement which such Commissioner may request in order to ascertain whether the
variable annuity operations of the Company are being conducted in a manner
consistent with Massachusetts variable annuity laws and regulations and any
other applicable law or regulations.
12.7 The rights, remedies and obligations contained in this
Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any and all rights, remedies,
and obligations, at law or in equity, which the parties hereto are entitled to
under state and federal laws.
12.8 This Agreement or any of the rights and obligations hereunder
may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of all
parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this
Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized
representative and its seal to be hereunder affixed hereto as of the date
specified below.
COMPANY: IL ANNUITY AND INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer
By:
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Title:
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Date:
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FUND: X. XXXX PRICE INTERNATIONAL SERIES, INC.
By its authorized officer
By:
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Title:
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Date:
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UNDERWRITER: X. XXXX PRICE INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC
By its authorized officer
By:
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Title:
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Date:
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SCHEDULE A
Name of Separate Account and Contracts Funded by
Date Established by Board of Directors Separate Account Designated Portfolios
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IL Annuity and Insurance Co. VA-95 X. Xxxx Price International Series. Inc.
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Separate Account 1 (11-1-94) X. Xxxx Price International Stock Portfolio
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