FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into as of the 11 day of April, 1997, between
Prudential Insurance Company of America, a life insurance company organized
under the laws of the State of New Jersey ("Insurance Company"), and each of
DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND, THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND,
INC., and DREYFUS LIFE AND ANNUITY INDEX FUND, INC. (d/b/a DREYFUS STOCK INDEX
FUND) (each a "Fund").
ARTICLE I
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 "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.
1.10 "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.
1.11 "Prospectus" shall mean the current prospectus and statement of
additional information of a Fund, as most recently filed with the
Commission.
1.12 "Separate Account" shall mean The Prudential Variable Contract Account
GI-2, a separate account established by Insurance Company in accordance
with the laws of the State of New Jersey.
1.13 "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.
1.14 "Insurance Company's General Account(s)" shall mean the general
account(s) of Insurance Company and its affiliates that invest in a Fund.
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 the
New Jersey Insurance Code 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
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.
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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 he 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)
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to make its shares available to other Participating Companies and
Contractholders.
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 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
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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 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.
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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 12:00 noon 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 by a Participating Fund after 12:00 noon 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 apporpriate 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
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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.
4.3 Each Participating Fund will provide to Insurance Company at least one
complete 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 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 proportional 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.
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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,
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.
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 and 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, in particular, has reviewed the conditions to the
relief set forth in each related Notice. As set forth therein, if Dreyfus
Variable Investment Fund or Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. is
a Participating Fund, Insurance Company agrees, as applicable to report
any potential or existing conflicts
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promptly to the respective Board of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
and/or Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. 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.
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., if it is a
Participating Fund, shall furnish Insurance Company with a copy of its
application for an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Section 6(c) of the Act for mixed and shared funding relief, and the
notice of such application and order when issued by the SEC. Insurance
Company agrees to comply with the conditions on which such order is
issued, including reporting any potential or existing conflicts promptly
to the Board of The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., and
in particular whenever Contractholder voting instructions are
disregarded, to the extent such conditions are not materially different
from the conditions of the mixed and shared funding relief obtained by
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund,
Inc., respectively; and recognizes that it shall be responsible for
assisting the Board of The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
in carrying out its responsibilities in connection with such order.
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 segregation
should be implemented to a vote of all affected Contractholders;
and/or
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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
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(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.
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.
ARTICLE VIII
MARKETING AND REPRESENTATIONS
8.1 Each Participating Fund or its underwriter shall periodically furnish
Insurance Company with the following documents, in quantities as
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
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case may be, shall use all reasonable efforts to respond within ten days
of receipt.
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 letter, seminar texts, or reprints or
excerpts of any other advertisement, sales literature, or published
article), educational or training materials or other communications
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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.
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
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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 (collectively, the "Insurance Company Indemnified
Parties") against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
Insurance Company Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the 1933
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) 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) (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 cut 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 Indemnified Parties 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
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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 indenmity
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 race; 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 notice. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notified the
indemnified 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 party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the
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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 provision
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 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
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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
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or sold in accordance with applicable federal law, or such law
precludes the use or such shares as the underlying investment
medium of 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
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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 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 Company: Prudential Insurance Co.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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. Keelev, Esq.
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with copies to: [Name of Fund]
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, 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.
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be duly
executed and attested as of the date above written.
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BY: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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Its: Vice President
Attest: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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DREYFUS LIFE AND ANNUITY INDEX FUND,
INC. (d/b/a DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND)
BY: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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Its: Vice President
Attest: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
FUND, INC.
BY: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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Its: Vice President
Attest: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND
BY: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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Its: Vice President
Attest: --[PLEASE SUPPLY]--
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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF PARTICIPATING FUNDS
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
Capital Appreciation Portfolio
International Equity Portfolio
International Value Portfolio
Quality Bond Portfolio
Small Cap Portfolio
Disciplined Stock Portfolio
Growth and Income Portfolio
Managed Assets Portfolio
Zero Coupon 2000 Portfolio
Small Company Stock Portfolio
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
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