Exhibit 23(d)31(b)
Short Term Bond
AMENDMENT TO SUBINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This amendment ("Amendment") is made as of March 12, 2003 by and among Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Variable Series Trust I (the "Series"), Independence Investment
Associates, Inc. ("Adviser"), and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Life Insurance Company, a
Massachusetts corporation formerly known as "Xxxx Xxxxxxx Mutual Life Insurance
Company" ("JHLICO").
RECITALS
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A. Series, Adviser and JHLICO are parties to that certain
Sub-Investment Management Agreement among Xxxx Xxxxxxx Variable Series
Trust I, Independence Investment Associates, Inc. and Xxxx Xxxxxxx Life
Insurance Company dated April 15, 1994, (the "Agreement") wherein Adviser
is appointed as sub-investment manager of the Short-Term Bond Fund
("Short-Term U.S. Government Portfolio").
B. The parties hereto desire to amend the terms of the Agreement in
accordance with Rule 12d3-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
pursuant to the terms of this Amendment.
AMENDMENT
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Now, therefore, for good and valuable consideration, receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Recitals A and B are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
2. Independence Investment Associates, Inc. will not consult with
any other sub-manager to the Short-Term U.S. Government Portfolio or
to any other Portfolio of the Series concerning transactions of the
Short-Term U.S. Government Portfolio in securities or other assets,
except as such consultations may be reasonably necessary in order to
ensure compliance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of Rule 12d3-1 under the
1940 Act.
3. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts which
together shall constitute one instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed as of the day first set forth above.
XXXX XXXXXXX VARIABLE
SERIES TRUST I
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxx Xxxx
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Title: President and CEO
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XXXX XXXXXXX LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist
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Independence Investment Associates, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: COO
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