Exhibit (8)(e)(2): Amendment No. 3 to the Participation Agreement by and among
Companion Life Insurance Company, Pioneer Variable Contracts
Trust and Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.
AMENDMENT NO. 3
This is Amendment Number 3 (Amendment) to the Participation Agreement
(Agreement) dated May 1, 1997, among the Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust (the
Fund), Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc. (the Distributor) and Companion Life
Insurance Company (the Company). This Amendment is effective September 28, 2000.
The Fund, the Distributor and the Company hereby agree to replace Schedule A of
the Agreement, which was most recently amended effective January 3, 2000 by
inserting the following in its entirety. All other provisions of the Agreement
remain in full force and effect.
Schedule A
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Name of Separate Account and Contracts
Date Established by Funded by
Board of Directors Separate Account Designated Portfolios
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Pioneer Equity-Income VCT
Companion Life Insurance 729Y- 1/96 Pioneer Fund VCT
Company Separate Account C Pioneer Growth Shares VCT
(2-18-94) Pioneer Mid-Cap Value VCT
(Variable Annuities) Pioneer Real Estate Growth VCT
Pioneer Small Cap Value VCT
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Pioneer Equity-Income VCT
Companion Life Insurance 760Y-0600 Pioneer Fund VCT
Company Separate Account B Pioneer Growth Shares VCT
(8-27-96) Pioneer Mid-Cap Value VCT
(Variable Life) Pioneer Real Estate Growth VCT
Pioneer Small Cap Value VCT
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Signed by the parties:
COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
Date:
PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
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Title:
Date:
PIONEER FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
By its authorized officer,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
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Title: Executive Vice
President Distribution
Date: