AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO
The Participation Agreement, dated October 1, 2000 (as amended, the “Agreement”), by and among AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), a Delaware trust (“AVIF”), Invesco Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“INVESCO”), MetLife Insurance Company USA, a Delaware life insurance company (“MetLife”) and MetLife Investors Distribution Company, a Missouri corporation (“MLIDC”), is hereby amended as follows:
WHEREAS, effective March 6, 2017, MetLife Insurance Company USA was renamed Brighthouse Life Insurance Company;
WHEREAS, effective March 6, 2017, its affiliate Brighthouse Securities, LLC (Brighthouse Securities), a Delaware limited liability company, replaced MetLife Investors Distribution Company as distributor of the Contracts;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to memorialize such name change and replace MetLife Distributors with Brighthouse Securities as party to the Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | All references to MetLife Insurance Company USA are hereby deleted and replaced with Brighthouse Life Insurance Company and all references to the term “MetLife” are replaced with the term “Brighthouse”; and |
| 2. | All references to MetLife Investors Distribution Company and the state of domicile in Missouri are hereby deleted and replaced with Brighthouse Securities and the new state of domicile is Delaware. All references to the term “MLDIC” are replaced with the term “Brighthouse Securities”; and |
| 3. | Section 9 - Notices of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“Section 9. Notices
Notices and communications required or permitted will be given by means mutually acceptable to the Parties concerned. Each other notice or communication required or permitted by this Agreement will be given to the following persons at the following addresses and facsimile numbers, or such other persons, addresses or facsimile numbers as the Party receiving such notices or communications may subsequently direct in writing:
AIM Variable Insurance Fund
(Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
Invesco Distributors, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
Brighthouse Securities, LLC
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Law Department”
| 4. | All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties below have caused this Amendment to the Participation Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers effective as of the day and year first written below.
Effective date: March 6, 2017.
| AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS) | ||||||||
| Attest: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | Title: | Senior Vice President | |||||
| INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC. | ||||||||
| Attest: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
By: | /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | Title: | Vice President | |||||
| BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE | ||||||||
| Attest: |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: |
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Title: | Vice President | |||||
| BRIGHTHOUSE SECURITIES, LLC | ||||||||
| Attest: |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: |
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Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: |
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Title: | Vice President | |||||
| METLIFE INVESTORS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY | ||||||||
| Attest: |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||
| Name: |
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Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: |
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Title: | Vice President | |||||
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