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EXHIBIT 1-A(8)(b)
EVERGREEN VARIABLE TRUST
FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made this day of October, 1997 between EVERGREEN
VARIABLE TRUST, an open-end management investment company organized as a
Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), and Xxxxxx Investors Life Insurance
Company, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of
Illinois (the "Company"), on its own behalf and on behalf of each segregated
asset account of the Company set forth on Schedule A, as may be amended from
time to time (the "Accounts").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
and the offer and sale of its shares are registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to act as an investment vehicle for separate
accounts established for variable life insurance policies and variable annuity
contracts to be offered by insurance companies that have entered into
participation agreements with the Trust (the "Participating Insurance
Companies"); and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Trust is divided into several
series of shares, each series representing an interest in a particular managed
portfolio of securities and other assets (the "Portfolios"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust has obtained an order from the Securities and
Exchange Commission granting Participating Insurance Companies and their
separate account exemptions from the provisions of section 9(a), 13(a), 15(a)
and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e- 3(T)(b)(15) thereunder,
to the extent necessary to permit shares of the Trust to be sold to and held by
variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both
affiliated and nonaffiliated life insurance companies and certain qualified
pension and retirement plans (the "Shared Trust Exemptive Order"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register certain variable
life insurance policies and/or variable annuity contracts under the 1933 Act
(the "Contracts"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register certain Accounts
as unit investment trusts under the 1940 Act;
WHEREAS, the Company relies on certain provisions of the 1940 and 1933
Acts that exempt certain Accounts and Contracts from the registration
requirements of
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the Acts in connection with the sale of Contracts under certain private
placement offerings; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to utilize shares of one or more Portfolios
as an investment vehicle of the Accounts;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the parties
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Sale of Trust Shares
1.1 The Trust shall make shares of its Portfolios available to the
Accounts at the net asset value next computed after receipt of such purchase
order by the Trust (or its agent), as established in accordance with the
provisions of the then current prospectus of the Trust. Shares of a particular
Portfolio of the Trust shall be ordered in such quantities and at such times as
determined by the Company to be necessary to meet the requirements of the
Contracts. The Trustees of the Trust (the "Trustees") may refuse to sell
shares of any Portfolio to any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of
shares of any Portfolio if such action is required by law or by regulatory
authorities having jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion of the Trustees
acting in good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and
any applicable state laws, necessary in the best interest of the shareholders
of such Portfolio.
1.2 The Trust will redeem any full or fractional shares of any
Portfolio when requested by the Company on behalf of an Account at the net
asset value next computed after receipt by the Trust (or its agent) of the
request for redemption, as established in accordance with the provisions of the
then current prospectus of the Trust. The Trust shall make payment for such
shares in the manner established from time to time by the Trust, but in no
event shall payment be delayed for a greater period than is permitted by the
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1.3 For the purposes of Section 1.1, 1.2, the Trust hereby appoints the
Company as its agent for the limited purpose of receiving and accepting
purchase and redemption orders resulting from investment in and payments under
the Contracts. Receipt by the Company shall constitute receipt by the Trust
provided that (i) such orders are received by the Company in good order prior
to the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange and
(ii) the Trust receives notice of such orders by 9:30 a.m. New York 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 Trust calculates
its net asst value pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1.4 Purchase orders that are transmitted to the Trust in accordance with
Section 1.3 shall be paid for on the same Business Day that the Trust receives
notice of the order. Payments shall be made in federal funds transmitted by
wire.
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1.5 The Trust shall furnish prompt notice to the Company of any income
dividends or capital gain distributions payable on shares of any Portfolio of
the Trust. The Company hereby elects to receive all such income dividends and
capital gain distributions as are payable on a Portfolio's shares in additional
shares of that Portfolio. The Trust shall notify the Company of the number of
share so issued as payment of such dividends and distributions.
1.6. The Trust shall make the net asset value per share for each
Portfolio available to the Company on a daily basis as soon as reasonably
practical after the net asset value per share is calculated and shall use its
best efforts to make such net asset value per share available by 7 p.m. New
York time.
1.7. The Trust agrees that it shares will be sold only to
Participating Insurance Companies and their separate accounts and to certain
qualified pension and retirement plans to the extent permitted by the Shared
Trust Exemptive Order. No shares of any Portfolio will be sold directly to the
general public. The Company agrees that the trust shares will be used only for
the purposes of funding the Contracts and Accounts listed in Schedule A, as
amended from time to time.
1.8. The Trust agrees that all participating Insurance Companies shall
have the obligations and responsibilities regarding pass-through voting and
conflicts of interest corresponding to those contained in Section 2.8 and
Article IV of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
Obligations of the Parties
2.1. The Trust shall prepare and be responsible for filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any state regulators requiring such
filing all shareholder reports, notices, proxy materials (or similar materials
such as voting instruction solicitation materials), prospectuses and statements
of additional information of the Trust. The Trust shall bear the costs of
registration and qualification of its shares, preparation and filing of the
documents listed in this Section 2.1. and all taxes to which an issuer is
subject on the issuance and transfer of its shares.
2.2. The Trust will bear or cause to be borne the printing costs (or
duplicating costs with respect to the statement of additional information) and
mailing costs associated with the delivery of the Trust's current prospectus,
statement of additional information, annual report, semi-annual report, Trust
sponsored proxy material or other shareholder communications, including any
amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.
2.3. The Company will bear the printing costs (or duplicating costs
with respect to the statement of additional information) and mailing costs
associated with the delivery of the Accounts' current prospectuses and
statements of additional information, private placement memorandums, annual and
semi-annual reports,
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Contracts, Contract applications, Account sponsored proxy materials and voting
solicitation instructions.
2.4. The Company agrees and acknowledges that the Trust's adviser,
Evergreen Asset Management Corp. ("Evergreen Asset"), is the sole owner of the
name and xxxx "Evergreen" and that all use of any designation comprised in
whole or part of Evergreen (an "Evergreen Xxxx") under this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of Evergreen Asset. Except as provided in Section 2.5.,
the Company shall not use any Evergreen xxxx on its own behalf or on behalf of
the Accounts or Contracts in any registration statement, advertisement, sales
literature or other materials relating to the Accounts or Contracts without the
prior written consent of Evergreen Asset. Upon termination of this Agreement
for any reason, the Company shall cease all use of any Evergreen Asset xxxx(s)
as soon as reasonably practicable.
2.5. The Company shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trust
or its designee, a copy of each Contract prospectus or statement of additional
information in which the Trust or its investment adviser is named prior to the
filing of such document with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Trust or its
designee, each piece of sales literature or other promotional material
including private placement memorandums, in which the Trust or its investment
adviser is named, at least ten Business Days prior to its use. No such
material shall be used if the Trust or its designee reasonably objects to such
use within ten Business Days after receipt of such material.
2.6. The Company shall not give any information or make any
representations or statements on behalf of the Trust or concerning the Trust or
its investment adviser in connection with the sale of the Contracts other than
information or representations contained in and accurately derived from the
registration statement or prospectus for the Trust shares (as such registration
statement and prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time),
annual and semi-annual reports of the Trust, Trust-sponsored proxy statements,
or in sales literature or other promotional material approved by the Trust or
its designee, except as required by legal process or regulatory authorities or
with the written permission of the Trust or its designee.
2.7. The Trust shall furnish or cause to be furnished, to the Company
or its designee, a copy of each Trust prospectus or statement of additional
information in which the Company or the Accounts are named prior to the filing
of such document with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Trust shall
furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Company or its designee, each
piece of sales literature or other promotional material in which the Company or
the Accounts are named, at least ten Business Days prior to its use. No such
material shall be used if the Company or its designee reasonably objects to
such use within ten Business Days after receipt of such material.
2.8. The Trust shall not give any information or make any
representations or statements on behalf of the Company or concerning the
Company, the Accounts or the
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Contracts other than information or representations contained in and accurately
derived from the registration statement, prospectus or private placement
memorandum for the Contracts (as such registration statement, prospectus or
private placement memorandum may be amended or supplemented from time to time),
or in materials approved by the Company for distribution including sales
literature or other promotional materials, except as required by legal process
or regulatory authorities or with the written permission of the Company.
2.9. So long as, and to the extent that the Securities and Exchange
Commission interprets the 1940 Act to require pass-through voting privileges
for variable policy owners, the Company will provide pass-through voting
privileges to owners of policies whose cash values are invested, through the
Accounts, in shares of the Trust. The Trust shall require all Participating
Insurance Companies to calculate voting privileges in the same manner and the
Company shall be responsible for assuring that the Accounts calculated voting
privileges in the manner established by the Trust. With respect to each
Account, the Company will vote shares of the Trust held by the Account and for
which no timely voting instructions from policy owners are received as well as
shares it owns that are held by that Account, in the same proportion as those
shares for which voting instructions are received. The Company and its agents
will in no way recommend or oppose or interfere with the solicitation of
proxies for Trust shares held by Contract owners without the prior written
consent of the Trust, which consent may be withheld in the Trust's sole
discretion.
ARTICLE III.
Representations and Warranties
3.1. The Company represents and warrants that it is an insurance
company duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Illinois and that it has legally and validly established each Account as a
segregated asset account under such law on the dates set forth in Schedule A.
3.2. The Company represents and warrants that it has registered or,
prior to any issuance or sale of the Contracts, will register each 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.
3.3. The Company represents and warrants that the Contracts will be
registered under the 1933 Act to the extent required by the 1933 Act prior to
any issuance or sale of the Contracts; the Contracts will be issued and sold in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws;
and the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all material respects with state
insurance suitability requirements.
3.4. The Trust represents and warrants that it is duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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3.5. The Trust represents and warrants that the Trust shares offered
and sold pursuant tot this Agreement will be registered under the 1933 Act and
the Trust is registered under the 1940 Act prior to any issuance or sale of
such shares. The Trust shall amend its registration statement 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 Trust shall register and qualify its
shares for sale in accordance with the laws of the various states only if and
to the extent deemed advisable by the Trust.
3.6. The Trust represents and warrants that the investments of each
Portfolio will comply with the diversification requirements set forth in
Section 817(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder. The Trust shall provide the Company, or cause to
be provided, a letter from the appropriate office within ten Business Days
following the end of each calendar quarter of the Trust, certifying the Trust's
compliance during that calendar quarter with the diversification requirements
and qualification as a regulated investment company, and including a detailed
listing of individual securities held by each Portfolio of the Trust. In the
event of a breach of this Section 3.6 by the Trust, it will take all reasonable
steps (a) to immediately notify the Company of such breach and (b) to
adequately diversify the Trust so as to achieve compliance within the grace
period afforded by Regulation 817-5.
ARTICLE IV.
Potential Conflicts
4.1. The parties acknowledge that the Trust's shares may be made
available for investment to other Participating Insurance Companies. In such
event, the Trustees will monitor the Trust for the existence of any material
irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the contract owners of all
Participating Insurance Companies. 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 Trustees shall promptly inform the Company if they determine that
an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof.
4.2. The Company agrees to promptly report any potential or existing
conflicts of which it is aware to the Trustees. The Company will assist the
Trustees in carrying out their responsibilities under the Shared Trust
Exemptive Order by providing the Trustees with all information reasonably
necessary for the Trustees to consider any issues raised including, but not
limited to, information as to a decision by the Company to disregard Contract
owner voting instructions.
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4.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Trustees, or a majority
of its disinterested Trustees, that an irreconcilable material conflict exists
that affects the interests of Contract owners, the Company shall, in
cooperation with other Participating Insurance Companies whose contract owners
are also affected, at its expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as
determined by the Trustees) take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or
eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, which steps could include: (a)
withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the Accounts from the Trust
or any Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a difference investment medium,
including (but not limited to) another Portfolio of the Trust, or submitting
the question of whether or not 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 (b) establishing a new
registered management investment company or managed separate account.
4.4. If an irreconcilable material 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 Trust's election, to withdraw the affected
Account's investment in the Trust 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 irreconcilable material
conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested Trustees. Any such
withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the
Trust gives written notice that this provision is being implemented. Until the
end of such six (6) month period, the Trust shall continue to accept and
implement orders by the Company for the purchase and redemption of shares of
the Trust.
4.5. If any irreconcilable material 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 Trust and terminate this
Agreement with respect to such Account within six (6) months after the Trustees
inform the Company in writing that it had 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 irreconcilable material conflict as determined by a majority of the
required by the foregoing irreconcilable material conflict as determined by a
majority of the disinterested Trustees. Until the end of such six (6) month
period, the Trust shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company
for the purchase and redemption of shares of the Trust.
4.6. For purposes of Section 4.3. through 4.6. of this Agreement, a
majority of the disinterested Trustees shall determine whether any proposed
action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no
event will the Company be required to establish a new funding medium for the
Contracts if any offer to do so has
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been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely
affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the
Trustees determine that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any
irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw the Account's
investment in the Trust and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months
after the Trustees inform 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 irreconcilable material conflict as
determined by a majority of the disinterested Trustees.
4.7. The Company shall at least annually submit tot he trustees such
reports, materials or data as the Trustees may reasonably request sot hat the
trustees may fully carry out the duties imposed upon them by the Shared Trust
Exemptive Order, and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more
frequently if deemed appropriate by the Trustees.
4.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(l) 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 Trust Exemptive Order) on terms and
conditions materially different from those contained in the Shared Trust
Exemptive Order, then the Trust 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(l), as amended, and Rule 6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such
rules are applicable.
ARTICLE V.
Indemnification
5.1. Indemnification By the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Trust and each of its Trustees, officers, employees and
agents and each person, if any, who controls the Trust within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties" for
purposes of this Article V) against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of
the Company) or expenses (including the reasonable costs of investigating or
defending any alleged loss, claim, damage, liability or expense and reasonable
legal counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) (collectively, "Losses"),
to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute or
regulation, or at common law or otherwise, insofar as such Losses:
(a) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged
untrue statements of any material fact contained in a registration statement,
prospectus or private placement memorandum for the Contracts or in the
Contracts themselves or in sales literature generated or approved by the
Company on behalf of the Contracts or Accounts (or any amendment or supplement
to any of the foregoing) (collectively, "Company Documents" for the purposes of
this Article V), 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
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that this indemnity 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 was accurately derived from written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of the Trust for use in Company Documents or
otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Trust shares;
or
(b) arise out of or result from statements or representations (other
than statements or representations contained in and accurately derived from
Trust Documents as defined in Section 5.2(a)) or wrongful conduct of the
Company or persons under its control, with respect to the sale or acquisition
of the Contracts or Trust shares; or
(c) arise out of or result from any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in Trust Documents as defined in Section
5.2(a) 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 statement or omission was made in reliance upon and
accurately derived from written information furnished to the Trust by or on
behalf of the Company; or
(d) arise out of or result from any failure by the Company to provide
the services or furnish the materials required under the terms of this
Agreement; or
(e) 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.
5.2 Indemnification By the Trust. The Trust agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, officers, employees and
agents 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 Article V) against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of
the Trust) or expenses (including the reasonable costs of investigating or
defending any alleged loss, claim, damage, liability or expense and reasonable
legal counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) (collectively, "Losses"),
to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute or
regulation, or at common law or otherwise, insofar as such Losses:
(a) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged
untrue statements of any material fact contained in the registration statement
or prospectus for the Trust (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
(collectively, "Trust Documents" for the purposes of this Article V), 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 indemnity 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 was accurately derived from
written information furnished to the Trust by or on behalf of the Company for
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use in Trust Documents or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the
Contracts or Trust shares; or
(b) arise out of or result from statements or representations (other
than statements or representations contained in and accurately derived from
Company Documents) or wrongful conduct of the Trust or persons under its
control, with respect to the sale or acquisition of the Contracts or Trust
shares; or
(c) arise out of or result from any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in Company Documents 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 statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and accurately derived form written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Trust; or
(d) arise out of or result from any failure by the Trust to provide the
services or furnish the materials required under the terms of this Agreement;
or
(e) arise out of or result from any material breach of any
representation and/or warranty made by the Trust in this Agreement or arise out
of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Trust.
5.3. Neither the Company nor the Trust shall be liable under the
indemnification provisions of Section 5.1 or 5.2, as applicable, with respect
to any Losses incurred or assessed against an Indemnified Party that arise from
such Indemnified Party's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence int
he performance of such Indemnified Party's duties or by reason of such
Indemnified Party's reckless disregard of obligations or duties under this
Agreement.
5.4. Neither the Company nor the Trust shall be liable under the
indemnification provisions of Section 5.1 or 5.2, as applicable, with respect
to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party
shall have notified the other party in writing within a reasonable time after
the summons, or other first written notification, giving information of the
nature of the claim which shall have been served upon or otherwise received by
such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received
notice of service upon or other notification to any designated agent), but
failure to notify the party against whom indemnification is sought of any such
claim or shall not relieve that party from any liability which it may have to
the Indemnified Party int he absence of Sections 5.1 and 5.2.
5.5. In case any such action is brought against he Indemnified
Parties, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate, at its own
expense, int he defense of such action. The indemnifying party also shall be
entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonable satisfactory to
the party named in the action. After notice from the indemnifying party to the
Indemnified Party of an election to assume such defense, the Indemnified Party
shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional
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counsel retained by it, and the indemnifying party will not be liable to the
Indemnified 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.
ARTICLE VI.
Termination
6.1. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the
first to occur of:
(a) termination by any party for any reason by six (6) months' advance
written notice delivered to the other party; or
(b) termination by the Company by written notice to the Trust with
respect to any Portfolio based upon the Company's determination that shares of
such Portfolio are not reasonably available to meet the requirements of the
Contracts or not consistent with the Company's obligations to Contract owners;
or
(c) termination by the Company by written notice to the Trust with
respect to any Portfolio in the event any of the 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 Company by written notice to the Trust with
respect to any Portfolio in the event that such Portfolio ceases to qualify as
a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Code or any
independent or resulting failure under Section 817 of the Code, or under any
successor or similar provision of either, or if the Company reasonably believes
that the Trust may fail to so qualify; or
(e) termination by the Trust by written notice to the Company, if the
Trust shall determine, in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that the
Company and/or its affiliated companies 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, but no such
termination shall be effective under this subsection (e) until the Company has
been afforded a reasonable opportunity to respond to a statement by the Trust
concerning the reason for notice of termination hereunder; or
(f) termination by the Company by written notice to the Trust, if the
Company shall determine, in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that
either the Trust or an investment adviser to the Trust 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; but no such termination shall be effective under this subsections
(f) until the Trust has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to
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respond to a statement by the Company concerning the reason for notice of
termination hereunder.
6.2. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Trust
shall, at the option of the Company, continue to make available additional
shares of the Trust (or any Portfolio) pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement for all Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination
of this Agreement, provided that the Company continues to pay the cots set
forth in Section 2.3.
6.3. The provisions of Article V shall survive the termination of this
Agreement, and the provisions of Article IV and Section 2.8 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement as long as shares of the Trust are held on behalf
of Contract owners in accordance with Section 6.2.
ARTICLE VII.
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 Trust:
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx, Esq.
If to the Company:
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
ARTICLE VIII.
Miscellaneous
8.1. 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.
8.2. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
8.3. 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.
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8.4. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions hereof
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
8.5. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that all
liabilities of the Trust arising, directly or indirectly, under this Agreement,
of any and every nature whatsoever, shall be satisfied solely out of the assets
of the Trust and that no Trustee, officer, agent or holder of shares of
beneficial interest of the Trust shall be personally liable for any such
liabilities.
8.6. Each party shall cooperate with each other party and all
appropriate governmental 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 transactions contemplated
hereby.
8.7. 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.
8.8. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement shall not be exclusive in any respect.
8.9. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may
be assigned by either party without the prior written approval of the
other party.
8.10. No provisions of this Agreement may be amended or modified in any
manner except by a written agreement properly authorized and executed by both
parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized officers to
execute this Participation Agreement as of the date and year first above
written.
XXXXXX INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY EVERGREEN VARIABLE TRUST
By: By:
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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SCHEDULE A
Separate Accounts, Contracts and Associated Portfolios
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Name of Separate Accounts and Date
Established by Board of Directors
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1. KILICO Variable Separate Account - 2
(KV SA-2) (est. 06/17/97)
2. KILICO Variable Series III Separate Account
(Series III SA) (est. 01/30/97)
3. KILICO Variable Series VI Separate Account
(Series VI SA) (est. 01/30/98)
Contracts Funded by Separate Account
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1. First Foundation VUL (KV SA-2)
2. Series IV VUL (Individual) (Series III SA)
3. Series VII VUL (Survivorship) (Series VI SA)
Designated Portfolios
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1. First Foundation VUL
o Evergreen VA Fund
o Evergreen VA Growth and Income Fund
o Evergreen VA Foundation Fund
o Evergreen VA Global Leaders Fund
o Evergreen VA Strategic Income fund
o Evergreen VA Aggressive Growth Fund
2. Series IV VUL
o Evergreen VA Fund
o Evergreen VA Growth and Income Fund
o Evergreen VA Foundation Fund
o Evergreen VA Global Leaders Fund
o Evergreen VA Strategic Income Fund
o Evergreen VA Aggressive Growth Fund
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3. Series VII VUL
o Evergreen VA Fund
o Evergreen VA Growth and Income Fund
o Evergreen VA Foundation Fund
o Evergreen VA Global Leaders Fund
o Evergreen VA Strategic Income Fund
o Evergreen VA Aggressive Growth
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