AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIABLE TRUST VALMARK ADVISERS, INC. AND NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
Item 30. Exhibit (h) i. t. 1. iii.
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIABLE TRUST
VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.
AND
NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into as of the 26th day of June, 2023, amends the Fund Participation Agreement entered into as of the 9th day of October, 2020, as amended (the “Agreement”) by and among MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“MassMutual”), C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“C.M. Life,” and together with MassMutual, the “Company”); NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIABLE TRUST, an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Fund”); VALMARK ADVISERS, INC. (the “Adviser”), an Ohio corporation; and NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC (the “Underwriter”), a Nebraska limited liability company.
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Schedule A. |
| 2. | Except as expressly provided in this amendment, all other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. | |
| 3. | Terms used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. |
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| MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Head of Institutional Insurance | |
| C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIABLE TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Secretary | |
| NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |
| VALMARK ADVISERS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | EVP / COO | |
SCHEDULE A
Separate Accounts of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company participating in Portfolios of the Fund:
| · | Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account IX |
| · | Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account VII |
| · | Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account X |
Separate Accounts of C.M. Life Insurance Company participating in Portfolios of the Fund:
| · | C.M. Life Variable Life Separate Account I |
