by and among ING Financial Advisers, LLC ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company Lord Abbett Distributor LLC, Lord, Abbett & Co. and Lord Abbett Funds
Exhibit 24(b)(8.36) Amendment No. 1 to the Selling and Services Agreement |
by and among |
ING Financial Advisers, LLC |
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company |
Lord Xxxxxx Distributor LLC, Lord, Xxxxxx & Co. |
and Lord Xxxxxx Funds |
This Amendment No. 1 to the Selling and Services Agreement is entered into |
as of July 25, 2002, by and among ING Financial Advisers, LLC, formerly known as |
Aetna Investment Services, LLC (“ING Financial”), ING Life Insurance and Annuity, |
formerly known as Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (“ING Life” and |
collectively with ING Financial, “ING”), Lord Xxxxxx Distributor LLC (“Distributor”), |
Lord, Xxxxxx & Co. LLC (the “Adviser”), Lord Xxxxxx Affiliated Fund, Inc., Lord Xxxxxx |
Bond-Debenture Fund, Inc. and Lord Xxxxxx Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. (sometimes |
referred to collectively herein as the “Funds”). |
WHEREAS, ING, Distributor and the Funds have entered into a Selling and |
Services Agreement dated as of March 1, 2001 (the “Selling and Services Agreement”) |
under which shares of the Funds may be offered to Plans for which ING Life provides |
recordkeeping and other administrative services; and |
WHEREAS, ING Financial has entered into a Bundled Investment Product and |
Services Provider Agreement (“Bundled Provider Agreement”) with the Florida State |
Board of Administration (“FSBA”), whereby ING Financial will act as a “Bundled |
Investment Provider” to make available certain share classes of the Funds as set forth in |
Section 1(b) this Amendment No. 1 to the State of Florida’s Public Employee Optional |
Retirement Program, a defined contribution pension plan (the “PEORP”); and |
WHEREAS, the Adviser, which serves as the investment adviser and manager of |
the Funds, desires to provide certain additional compensation to ING for providing |
administration services to the Funds from the Adviser’s own funds, derived from its bona |
fide profits, rather than request that the Funds bear any additional costs of such |
compensation; |
WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the terms and conditions of the foregoing |
paragraph, the parties acknowledge the need to add the Adviser as an additional party to |
the Selling and Services Agreement solely for the purposes of Section 1(d) of this |
Amendment No. 1 to the Selling and Services Agreement; and |
WHEREAS, the parties now desire to amend the Selling and Services Agreement |
to provide for additional provisions relating specifically to investments in the Funds by or |
on behalf of the PEORP; and |
WHEREAS, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have |
the same meaning as in the Selling and Services Agreement; and |
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants | |
and promises expressed herein, and pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Selling and Services | |
Agreement, the parties agree to amend the Selling and Services Agreement as follows: | |
1. Notwithstanding anything in the Selling and Services Agreement to the | |
contrary, the following provisions apply solely with respect to investments in | |
the Funds by or on behalf of the PEORP: | |
(a) ING may hire or make arrangements for subcontractors, agents or | |
affiliates to perform the recordkeeping and administrative services set | |
forth in the Selling and Services Agreement. ING shall provide the Funds, | |
Distributor and Adviser with written notice of the names of any | |
subcontractors, agents or affiliates ING hires or arranges to perform such | |
recordkeeping and administrative services, and any specific operational | |
requirements that arise as a result of such arrangement. ING agrees that it | |
is and will be responsible for the acts and omissions of its subcontractors, | |
affiliates, and agents and that the indemnification provided by ING in | |
Section 11 of the Selling and Services Agreement shall be deemed to | |
cover the acts and omissions of such subcontractors, affiliates, and agents | |
to the same extent as if they were the acts or omissions of ING. | |
(b) The following are the Funds and share classes thereof which may be | |
offered to PEORP though ING pursuant to the Selling and Services | |
Agreement: | |
FUNDS | SHARE CLASS |
Lord Xxxxxx Affiliated Fund, Inc. | Class A |
Lord Xxxxxx Bond Debenture Fund, Inc. | Class A |
Lord Xxxxxx Mid Cap Value Fund, Inc. | Class Y |
(c) The Funds shall pay the following Administrative Service Fees to ING | |
Life with respect to investments in the Funds by the PEORP: | |
FUNDS and SHARE CLASSES | FEE RATE |
Lord Xxxxxx Affiliated Fund, Inc. - Class A | ____% |
Lord Xxxxxx Bond Debenture Fund, Inc. - Class A | ____% |
Lord Xxxxxx Mid Cap Value Fund, Inc. - Class Y | ____% |
(d) The Adviser shall pay the following Administrative Service Fees to ING | |
Life with respect to investments in the Funds by the PEORP: | |
FUNDS and SHARE CLASSES | FEE RATE |
Lord Xxxxxx Affiliated Fund, Inc. - Class A | ____% |
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(e) Except with respect to the Administrative Services Fee rates set forth | |
above, the Administrative Service Fee shall be calculated and paid in the | |
manner as set forth in the Selling and Services Agreement. In addition, | |
any applicable Servicing Fees under the Selling and Services Agreement | |
shall apply to investments in the Funds by or on behalf of the PEORP. | |
2. In the event of any inconsistencies between the Selling and Services | |
Agreement and this Amendment No. 1, the terms of this Amendment No. 1 | |
shall govern. | |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 as of the | |
date first written above. | |
ING FINANCIAL ADVISERS, LLC | |
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title | Vice President |
ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY | |
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx |
Name | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx |
Title | Vice President |
LORD XXXXXX DISTRIBUTOR LLC | |
By: Lord, Xxxxxx & Co., its Managing Member | |
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title | Partner |
LORD XXXXXX AFFILIATED FUND, INC. | |
LORD XXXXXX BOND-DEBENTURE FUND, INC. | |
LORD XXXXXX MID-CAP VALUE FUND, INC. | |
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title | Vice President |
LORD, XXXXXX & CO. | |
By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title | Partner |
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