PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Among and Pacific Life Insurance Company
Exhibit (8)(k)
Among
X. XXXX PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC.,
X. XXXX PRICE INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.,
and
Pacific Life Insurance Company
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this 25th day of July, 2005 by and among Pacific
Life & Annuity Company (hereinafter, the “Company”), an Arizona insurance company, on its own
behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset account of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto
as may be amended from time to time (each account hereinafter referred to as the “Account”), and
the undersigned funds, each, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland (each hereinafter
referred to as the “Fund”) and X. Xxxx Price Investment Services, Inc. (hereinafter the
“Underwriter”), a Maryland corporation.
WHEREAS, the Fund engages in business as an open-end management investment company and is or
will be available to act as the investment vehicle for separate accounts established for variable
life insurance and variable annuity contracts (the “Variable Insurance Products”) to be offered by
insurance companies which have entered into participation agreements with the Fund and Underwriter
(hereinafter “Participating Insurance Companies”); and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Fund is divided into several series of shares, each
designated a “Portfolio” and representing the interest in a particular managed portfolio of
securities and other assets; and
WHEREAS, the Fund has obtained an order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
granting Participating Insurance Companies and variable annuity and variable life insurance
separate accounts exemptions from the provisions of sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a), and 15(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (hereinafter the “1940 Act”) and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and
6e-3(T) (b)(15) thereunder, to the extent necessary to permit shares of the Fund to be sold to and
held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and
unaffiliated life insurance companies (hereinafter the “Shared Funding Exemptive Order”); and
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end management investment company under the 1940
Act and shares of the Portfolios are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(hereinafter the “1933 Act”); and
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WHEREAS, X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. and X. Xxxx Price International, Inc. (each
hereinafter referred to as the “Adviser”) are each duly registered as an investment adviser under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws; and
WHEREAS, the Company has issued or will issue certain variable life insurance or variable
annuity contracts (including any certificates thereunder) supported wholly or partially by the
Account (the “Contracts”), and said Contracts are listed in Schedule A hereto, as it may be amended
from time to time by mutual written agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Account is duly established and maintained as a segregated asset account,
established by direction of the Board of Directors of the Company, on the date shown for such
Account on Schedule A hereto, to set aside and invest assets attributable to the aforesaid
Contracts; and
WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register the Account as a unit investment trust
under the 1940 Act or will not register the Account in proper reliance upon an exclusion from
registration under the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Underwriter is registered as a broker dealer with the SEC under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (hereinafter the “1934 Act”), and is a member in good standing of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (hereinafter “NASD”); and
WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and regulations, the Company
intends to purchase shares in the Portfolios listed in Schedule A hereto, as it may be amended from
time to time by mutual written agreement (the “Designated Portfolios”) on behalf of the Account to
fund the aforesaid Contracts, and the Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to unit
investment trusts such as the Account at net asset value;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Company, the Fund and the
Underwriter agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. Sale of Fund Shares
1.1 The Underwriter agrees to sell to the Company those shares of the Designated Portfolios
which the Account orders, executing such orders on a daily basis at the net asset value next
computed after receipt by the Fund or its designee of the order for the shares of the Designated
Portfolios.
1.2 The Fund agrees to make shares of the Designated Portfolios available for purchase at the
applicable net asset value per share by the Company and the Account on those days on which the Fund
calculates its net asset value pursuant to rules of the SEC, and the Fund shall use its best
efforts to calculate such net asset value on each day which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Fund (hereinafter the
“Board”) may refuse to sell shares of any Designated Portfolio to any person, or suspend or
terminate the offering of shares of any Designated Portfolio if such action is required by law or
by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, or is, in the sole discretion of the Board acting in
good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and any applicable state laws,
necessary in the best interests of the shareholders of such Designated Portfolio.
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1.3 The Fund and the Underwriter agree that shares of the Fund will be sold only to
Participating Insurance Companies and their separate accounts. No shares of any Designated
Portfolios will be sold to the general public. The Fund and the Underwriter will not sell Fund
shares to any insurance company or separate account unless an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as Articles I, III and VII of this Agreement is in effect to govern such
sales.
1.4 The Fund agrees to redeem, typically in cash, on the Company’s request, any full or
fractional shares of the Designated Portfolios held by the Company, executing such requests on a
daily basis at the net asset value next computed after receipt by the Fund or its designee of the
request for redemption in accordance with Section 22(c) of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder
and the procedures and policies of the Fund as described in the then current prospectus, except
that the Fund reserves the right to suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment
or satisfaction upon redemption consistent with Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act and any sales
thereunder, and in accordance with the procedures and policies of the Fund as described in the then
current prospectus.
1.5 For purposes of Sections 1.1 and 1.4, the Company shall be the designee of the Fund for
receipt of purchase and redemption orders from the Account, and receipt by such designee shall
constitute receipt by the Fund; provided that the Company receives the order by 4:00 p.m. Baltimore
time and the Fund receives notice of such order by 9:30 a.m. Baltimore time on the next following
Business Day. “Business Day” shall mean any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading and on which the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to the rules of the SEC.
1.6 The Company agrees to purchase and redeem the shares of each Designated Portfolio offered
by the then current prospectus of the Fund and in accordance with the provisions of such
prospectus.
1.7 The Company shall pay for Fund shares one Business Day after receipt of an order to
purchase Fund shares is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.5 hereof. Payment
shall be in federal funds transmitted by wire by 3:00 p.m. Baltimore time. If payment in Federal
Funds for any purchase is not received or is received by the Fund after the close of the Federal
Reserve System on such Business Day, the Company shall promptly, upon the Fund’s request, reimburse
the Fund for any charges, costs, fees, interest or other expenses incurred by the Fund in
connection with any advances to, or borrowings or overdrafts by, the Fund, or any similar expenses
incurred by the Fund, as a result of portfolio transactions effected by the Fund based upon such
purchase request. For purposes of Section 2.9 and 2.10 hereof, upon receipt by the Fund of the
federal funds so wired, such funds shall cease to be the responsibility of the Company and shall
become the responsibility of the Fund.
1.8 Issuance and transfer of the Fund’s shares will be by book entry only. Stock certificates
will not be issued to the Company or any Account. Shares ordered from the Fund will be recorded in
an appropriate title for each Account or the appropriate subaccount of each Account.
1.9 The Fund shall furnish same day notice (by wire or telephone, followed by written
confirmation) to the Company of any income, dividends or capital gain distributions payable on the
Designated Portfolios’ shares. The Company hereby elects to receive all such income, dividends,
and capital gain distributions as are payable on Designated Portfolio shares in additional shares
of that Portfolio. The Company reserves the right to revoke this election and to receive all such
income
dividends and capital gain distributions in cash. The Fund shall notify the Company of the
number
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of shares so issued as payment of such dividends and distributions. Any error in the
calculation or reporting of the Fund’s income, dividends or capital gains information shall be
reported promptly to the Company. If the Fund provides the Company with incorrect income, dividend
or distribution information, the matter shall be resolved as set forth in Schedule B.
1.10 The Fund shall make the net asset value per share for each Designated Portfolio available
to the Company on a daily basis as soon as reasonably practical after the net asset value per share
is calculated and shall use its best efforts to make such net asset value per share available by
6:30 p.m. Baltimore time. If the Fund’s net asset value is materially incorrect through no fault
of the Company, the Company, on behalf of each Account, shall be entitled to an adjustment to the
number of shares purchased or redeemed to reflect the correct net asset value in accordance with
Fund procedures. Any error in the calculation or reporting of the Fund’s net asset value shall be
reported promptly to the Company. If the Fund provides the Company with incorrect net asset value
information, the matter shall be resolved as set forth in Schedule B. The Company shall have a
duty to mitigate expenses relating to the error.
1.11 The Parties hereto acknowledge that the arrangement contemplated by this Agreement is not
exclusive; the Fund’s shares may be sold to other insurance companies (subject to Section 1.3 and
Article VI hereof) and the cash value of the Contracts may be invested in other investment
companies.
ARTICLE II. Representations and Warranties
2.1 The Company represents and warrants that the Contracts are or will be registered under the
1933 Act or that the Contracts are not registered because they are properly exempt from
registration under the 1933 Act or will be offered exclusively in transactions that are properly
exempt from registration under the 1933 Act. The Company further represents and warrants that the
Contracts will be issued and sold in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
federal and state laws and that the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all material respects
with state insurance suitability requirements. The Company further represents and warrants that it
is an insurance company duly organized and in good standing under applicable law and that it has
legally and validly established the Account prior to any issuance or sale thereof as a segregated
asset account under the State of California insurance laws and has registered or, prior to any
issuance or sale of the Contracts, will register the Account as a unit investment trust in
accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act to serve as a segregated investment account for the
Contracts or that it has not registered the Account in proper reliance upon an exclusion from
registration under the 0000 Xxx.
2.2 The Fund represents and warrants that Fund shares sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be
registered under the 1933 Act, duly authorized for issuance and sold in compliance with the laws of
the state of California and all applicable federal and state securities laws and that the Fund is
and shall remain registered under the 0000 Xxx. The Fund shall amend the Registration Statement
for its shares under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from time to time as required in order to effect
the continuous offering of its shares. The Fund shall register and qualify the shares for sale in
accordance with the laws of the various states only if and to the extent deemed advisable by the
Fund or the Underwriter.
2.3 To the extent that the Fund decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule
12b-1, the Fund will undertake to have the Board, a majority of whom are not interested persons of
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the Fund, formulate and approve any plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act to finance
distribution expenses.
2.4 The Fund makes no representations as to whether any aspect of its operations, including
but not limited to, investment policies, fees and expenses, complies with the insurance and other
applicable laws of the various states, except that the Fund represents that the Fund’s investment
policies, fees and expenses are and shall at all times remain in compliance with the laws of the
state of California to the extent required to perform this Agreement.
2.5 The Fund represents that it is lawfully organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Maryland and that it does and will comply in all material respects with the 0000 Xxx.
2.6 The Fund and Adviser represent that each Designated Portfolio shall be managed in
accordance with its respective investment objective(s), investment strategies, and investment
restrictions as described in the Fund’s registration statement as amended or supplemented from time
to time;
2.7 The Underwriter represents and warrants that it is a member in good standing of the NASD
and is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC. The Underwriter further represents that it will
sell and distribute the Fund shares in accordance with the laws of the State of California and any
applicable state and federal securities laws.
2.8 The Underwriter represents and warrants that the Adviser is and shall remain duly
registered under all applicable federal and state securities laws and that the Adviser shall
perform its obligations for the Fund in compliance in all material respects with the laws of the
State of California and any applicable state and federal securities laws.
2.9 The Fund and the Underwriter represent and warrant that all of their directors, officers,
employees, investment advisers, and other individuals or entities dealing with the money and/or
securities of the Fund are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a blanket fidelity bond
or similar coverage for the benefit of the Fund in an amount not less than the minimum coverage as
required currently by Rule 17g-1 of the 1940 Act or related provisions as may be promulgated from
time to time. The aforesaid bond shall include coverage for larceny and embezzlement and shall be
issued by a reputable bonding company.
2.10 The Company represents and warrants that all of its directors, officers, employees, and
other individuals/entities employed or controlled by the Company dealing with the money and/or
securities of the Fund are covered by a blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage in an amount not
less than $5 million. The aforesaid bond includes coverage for larceny and embezzlement and is
issued by a reputable bonding company. The Company agrees that any amounts received under such
bond in connection with claims that arise from the arrangements described in this Agreement will be
held by the Company for the benefit of the Fund. The Company agrees to make all reasonable efforts
to see that this bond or another bond containing these provisions is always in effect, and agrees
to notify the Fund and the Underwriter in the event that such coverage no longer applies. The
Company agrees to exercise its best efforts to ensure that other individuals/entities not employed
or controlled by the
Company and dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund maintain a similar bond or
coverage in a reasonable amount.
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2.11 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, neither the Fund nor any of its
affiliates shall use any trademark, trade name, service xxxx or logo of the Company or any of its
affiliates, or any variation of such trademark, trade name, service xxxx or logo, without the prior
written consent of the Company, the granting of which shall be at that party’s sole option and
subject to such quality control and other specifications and requirements as the Company, shall
specify.
ARTICLE III. Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, and Proxy Statements;
Voting
3.1 The Underwriter shall provide the Company (at the Fund’s expense) with as many copies of
the Fund’s current prospectus (describing only the Designated Portfolios listed on Schedule A) as
the Company may reasonably require for distributing to Contract owners in the Fund. If requested
by the Company, the Fund also shall provide such documentation (including a final copy of the new
prospectus as set in type, in pdf format, or on a diskette, at the Fund’s expense) and other
assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company (at the Company’s expense) once each
year (or more frequently if the prospectus for the Fund is amended) to have the prospectus (which
shall include an offering memorandum, if any) for the Contracts, and the Fund’s prospectus printed
together in one document (such printing to be at the Company’s expense).
3.2 The Fund’s prospectus shall state that the current Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”) for the Fund is available from the Company (or, in the Fund’s discretion, from the Fund),
and the Underwriter (or the Fund), at its expense, shall print, or otherwise reproduce, and provide
sufficient copies of such SAI free of charge to the Company for itself, and for any owner of a
Contract who requests such SAI. The Company shall send an SAI to any such Contract owner within 3
business days of the receipt of a request.
3.3 The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with copies of its proxy material,
reports to shareholders, and other communications to shareholders in such quantity as the Company
shall reasonably require for distributing to Contract owners in the Fund. The Underwriter (at the
Company’s expense) shall provide the Company with copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual
reports to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall reasonably request for use in
connection with offering the Variable Contracts issued by the Company. If requested by the
Company, the Underwriter also shall provide such documentation (which may include a final copy of
the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports as set in type, in pdf format, or on diskette) and other
assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company (at the Company’s expense) to print
such shareholder communications for distribution to Contract owners. The Company shall send a copy
of the Fund’s annual or semi-annual report within 3 business days of the receipt of a request by a
Contract owner.
3.4 The Company shall, with respect to Contracts that are funded by Accounts that are
registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act:
(i) | solicit voting instructions from Contract owners; | ||
(ii) | vote the Fund shares in accordance with instructions received from Contract owners; and | ||
(iii) | vote Fund shares for which no instructions have been received in the same proportion as Fund shares of such Designated Portfolio for which instructions have been received, |
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so long as and to the extent that the SEC continues to interpret the 1940 Act to require
pass-through voting privileges for variable contract owners or to the extent otherwise required by
law. The Company reserves the right to vote Fund shares held in any segregated asset account in
its own right, to the extent permitted by law.
3.5 Participating Insurance Companies shall be responsible for assuring that each of their
separate accounts participating in a Designated Portfolio calculates voting privileges as required
by the Shared Funding Exemptive Order and consistent with any reasonable standards that the Fund
may adopt and such standards are provided in writing by the Fund to the Company.
3.6 The Fund will comply with all provisions of the 1940 Act requiring voting by shareholders,
and in particular the Fund will either provide for annual meetings or comply with Section 16(c) of
the 1940 Act (although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in Section 16(c) of that Act) as
well as with Sections 16(a) and, if and when applicable, 16(b). Further, the Fund will act in
accordance with the SEC’s interpretation of the requirements of Section 16(a) with respect to
periodic elections of directors or trustees and with whatever rules the SEC may promulgate with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE IV. Sales Material and Information
4.1 The Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Fund or its designee,
each piece of sales literature or other promotional material that the Company develops or uses and
in which the Fund (or a Portfolio thereof) or the Adviser or the Underwriter is named, at least ten
calendar days prior to its use. No such material shall be used if the Fund or its designee
reasonably object to such use within ten calendar days after receipt of such material. The Fund or
its designee reserves the right to reasonably object to the continued use of such material, and no
such material shall be used if the Fund or its designee so object.
4.2 The Company shall not give any information or make any representations or statements on
behalf of the Fund or concerning the Fund in connection with the sale of the Contracts other than
the information or representations contained in the registration statement or prospectus or SAI for
the Fund shares, as such registration statement and prospectus or SAI may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements for the Fund, or in sales
literature or other promotional material approved by the Fund or its designee or by the
Underwriter, except with the permission of the Fund or the Underwriter or the designee of either.
4.3 The Fund, Underwriter, or its designee shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to
the Company, each piece of sales literature or other promotional material in which the Company,
and/or its Account, is named at least ten calendar days prior to its use. No such material shall
be used if the Company reasonably objects to such use within ten calendar days after receipt of
such material. The Company reserves the right to reasonably object to the continued use of such
material and no such material shall be used if the Company so objects.
4.4. The Fund and the Underwriter shall not give any information or make any representations
on behalf of the Company or concerning the Company, the Account, or the Contracts other than the
information or representations contained in a registration statement, prospectus, or SAI for the
Contracts, as such registration statement, prospectus or SAI may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, or in published reports for the Account which are in the public
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domain or approved by
the Company for distribution to Contract owners, or in sales literature or other promotional
material approved by the Company or its designee, except with the permission of the Company.
4.5 The Fund will provide to the Company at least one complete copy of all registration
statements, prospectuses, SAIs, reports, proxy statements, sales literature and other promotional
materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and all amendments to any
of the above, that relate to the Fund or its shares, within a reasonable time after the filing of
such document(s) with the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
4.6 The Company will provide to the Fund at least one complete copy of all registration
statements, prospectuses, SAIs, reports, solicitations for voting instructions, sales literature
and other promotional materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and
all amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Contracts or the Account, within a
reasonable time after the filing of such document(s) with the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
4.7 For purposes of this Article IV, the phrase “sales literature and other promotional
materials” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following that refer to the Fund or any
affiliate of the Fund: advertisements (such as material published, or designed for use in, a
newspaper, magazine, or other periodical, radio, television, telephone or tape recording, videotape
display, signs or billboards, motion pictures, or other public media), sales literature
(i.e., any written communication distributed or made generally available to customers or
the public, including brochures, circulars, reports, market letters, form letters, seminar texts,
reprints or excerpts of any other advertisement, sales literature, or published article),
educational or training materials or other communications distributed or made generally available
to some or all agents or employees, and registration statements, prospectuses, SAIs, shareholder
reports, proxy materials, and any other communications distributed or made generally available with
regard to the Funds.
ARTICLE V. Fees and Expenses
5.1 The Fund and the Underwriter shall pay no fee or other compensation to the Company under
this Agreement, except that if the Fund or any Portfolio adopts and implements a plan pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution expenses, then the Underwriter may make payments to the Company
or to the underwriter for the Contracts if and in amounts agreed to by the Underwriter in writing,
and such payments will be made out of existing fees otherwise payable to the Underwriter, past
profits of the Underwriter, or other resources available to the Underwriter. No such payments
shall be made directly by the Fund. Currently, no such payments are contemplated.
5.2 All expenses incident to performance by the Fund under this Agreement shall be paid by the
Fund, except as otherwise provided herein. The Fund shall see to it that all its shares are
registered and authorized for issuance in accordance with applicable federal law and, if and to the
extent deemed advisable by the Fund, in accordance with applicable state laws prior to their sale.
The Fund shall bear the expenses for the cost of registration and qualification of the Fund’s
shares,
preparation and filing of the Fund’s prospectus and registration statement, setting in type
and printing the prospectus, proxy materials (including any costs relating to proxy solicitation
and the tabulation of proxy votes) and reports to shareholders (including the costs of printing a
prospectus that constitutes an annual report), the preparation of all statements and notices
required by any federal or state law, and all taxes on the issuance or transfer of the Fund’s
shares.
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5.3 The Company shall bear the expenses of printing the Fund’s prospectus in connection with
prospective Contract owners and of distributing the Fund’s prospectus, proxy materials, and reports
to Contract owners and prospective Contract owners.
ARTICLE VI. Diversification and Qualification
6.1 The Fund will invest the assets of each Designated Portfolio in such a manner as to ensure
that the Contracts will be treated as annuity, endowment, or life insurance contracts, whichever is
appropriate, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the regulations
issued thereunder (or any successor provisions). Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, each
Designated Portfolio of the Fund will comply with Section 817(h) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation ['1.817-5], and any Treasury interpretations thereof, relating to the
diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, or life insurance contracts, and any
amendments or other modifications or successor provisions to such Section or Regulations. In the
event of a breach of this Article VI by the Fund, it will take all reasonable steps (a) to notify
the Company of such breach and (b) to adequately diversify the Fund so as to achieve compliance
within the grace period afforded by Regulation 817.5.
6.2 The Fund represents that each Designated Portfolio is or will be qualified as a Regulated
Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Code, and that it will make every effort to maintain
such qualification (under Subchapter M or any successor or similar provisions) and that it will
notify the Company immediately upon having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased to
so qualify or that it might not so qualify in the future.
6.3 The Company represents that the Contracts are currently, and at the time of issuance shall
be, treated as life insurance, endowment contracts, or annuity insurance contracts, under
applicable provisions of the Code, and that it will make every effort to maintain such treatment,
and that it will notify the Fund and the Underwriter immediately upon having a reasonable basis for
believing the Contracts have ceased to be so treated or that they might not be so treated in the
future. The Company agrees that any prospectus offering a contract that is a “modified endowment
contract” as that term is defined in Section 7702A of the Code (or any successor or similar
provision), shall identify such contract as a modified endowment contract.
ARTICLE VII. Potential Conflicts.
7.1 The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict
between the interests of the contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An
irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by
any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable federal or state insurance,
tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or
interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory
authorities; (c) an administrative or
judicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) the manner in which the investments of any
Portfolio are being managed; (e) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity
contract and variable life insurance contract owners; or (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard
the voting instructions of contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company if it
determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof.
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7.2. The Company will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the
Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Shared
Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the
Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the
Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded.
7.3 If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested
members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating
Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined
by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or
eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1), withdrawing the assets
allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Portfolio and reinvesting
such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Portfolio of
the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of
all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group
(i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners
of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or
offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2), establishing
a new registered management investment company or managed separate account.
7.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to
disregard contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or
would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund’s election, to withdraw
the affected Account’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such
Account provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent
required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six
(6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until
the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the
Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund.
7.5 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance
regulator’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state
regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account’s investment in the Fund and
terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the
Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material
conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent
required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund
shall continue to accept and implement orders by the company for the purchase (and redemption) of
shares of the Fund.
7.6 For purposes of Section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested
members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any
irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new
funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a
new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of
Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the
event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any
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irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw the Account’s investment in the
Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in
writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination
shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined
by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board.
7.7 If and to the extent Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 is adopted, to
provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder
with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms
and conditions materially different from those contained in the Shared Funding Exemptive Order,
then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such
steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3, as
adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3,
7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and
conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or
adopted.
ARTICLE VIII. Indemnification
8.1 Indemnification By the Company
8.1(a). The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund and the Underwriter and
each of their officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Fund or the
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.1) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
(including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Company) or litigation
(including legal and other expenses), to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under
any statute or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or
acquisition of the Fund’s shares or the Contracts and:
(i) | arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus (which shall include an offering memorandum, if any), or statement of additional information (“SAI”) for the Contracts or contained in the Contracts or sales literature or other promotional material for the Contracts (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund for use in the Registration Statement, prospectus or SAI for the Contracts or in the Contracts or sales literature or other promotional material (or any amendment or supplement) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or | ||
(ii) | arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than statements or representations contained in the Registration Statement, |
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prospectus or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund not supplied by the Company or persons under its control) or wrongful conduct of the Company or persons under its authorization or control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the Contracts or Fund Shares; or | |||
(iii) | arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, prospectus, SAI, or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading if such a statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Fund by or on behalf of the Company; or | ||
(iv) | arise as a result of any material failure by the Company to provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise, to comply with the qualification requirements specified in Article VI of this Agreement); or | ||
(v) | arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Company, |
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.1(b) and 8.1(c) hereof.
8.1(b). The Company shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation to which an Indemnified Party would
otherwise be subject by reason of such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross
negligence in the performance of such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Indemnified
Party’s reckless disregard of its obligations or duties under this Agreement.
8.1(c). The Company shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to
any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified the
Company in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving
information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after
such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but
failure to notify the Company of any such claim shall not relieve the Company from any liability
which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on
account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought against an
Indemnified Party, the Company shall be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense
of such action. The Company also shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to the party named in the action and to settle the claim at its own expense;
provided, however, that no such settlement shall, without the Indemnified Parties’ written consent,
include any factual stipulation referring to the Indemnified Parties or their conduct. After
notice from the Company to such party of the Company’s election to assume the defense thereof, the
Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and
the Company will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation.
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8.1(d). The Indemnified Parties will promptly notify the Company of the commencement of any
litigation or proceedings against them in connection with the issuance or sale of the Fund Shares
or the Contracts or the operation of the Fund.
8.2 Indemnification by the Underwriter
8.2(a). The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of it
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section
8.2) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement
with the written consent of the Underwriter) or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to
which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of the Fund’s shares or the
Contracts; and
(i) | arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or prospectus or SAI or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Underwriter or Fund by or on behalf of the Company for use in the Registration Statement or prospectus for the Fund or in sales literature or other promotional material (or any amendment or supplement) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or | ||
(ii) | arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than statements or representations contained in the Registration Statement or prospectus or sales literature or other promotional material for the Contracts not supplied by the Underwriter or persons under its control) or wrongful conduct of the Fund or Underwriter or persons under their control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the Contracts or Fund shares; or | ||
(iii) | arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, prospectus, SAI, or sales literature or other promotional material of the Contracts, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement or statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund; or |
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(iv) | arise as a result of any material failure by the Fund to provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise, to comply with the diversification and other qualification requirements specified in Article VI of this Agreement); or | ||
(v) | arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Underwriter in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Underwriter; |
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2(b) and 8.2(c) hereof.
8.2(b). The Underwriter shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect
to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation to which an Indemnified Party would
otherwise be subject by reason of such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross
negligence in the performance or such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Indemnified
Party’s reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to the Company or the
Account, whichever is applicable.
8.2(c). The Underwriter shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect
to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified
the Underwriter in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process
giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party
(or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated
agent), but failure to notify the Underwriter of any such claim shall not relieve the Underwriter
from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought
otherwise than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought
against the Indemnified Party, the Underwriter will be entitled to participate, at its own expense,
in the defense thereof. The Underwriter also shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action and to settle the claim at its own expense;
provided, however, that no such settlement shall, without the Indemnified Parties’ written consent,
include any factual stipulation referring to the Indemnified Parties or their conduct. After
notice from the Underwriter to such party of the Underwriter’s election to assume the defense
thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained
by it, and the Underwriter will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
8.2(d). The Company agrees promptly to notify the Underwriter of the commencement of any
litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers or directors in connection with the
issuance or sale of the Contracts or the operation of the Account.
8.3 Indemnification By the Fund
8.3(a). The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors
and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.3)
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against any
and all losses, claims, expenses, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with
the written consent of the Fund) or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the
Indemnified Parties may be required to pay or may become subject under any statute or regulation,
at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages, liabilities or
expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements, are related to the operations of the Fund
and:
(i) | arise as a result of any material failure by the Fund to provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise, to comply with the diversification and other qualification requirements specified in Article VI of this Agreement); or | ||
(ii) | arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Fund in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Fund; |
as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.3(b) and 8.3(c) hereof.
8.3(b). The Fund shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation to which an Indemnified Party would otherwise be
subject by reason of such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence
in the performance of such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Indemnified Party’s
reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to the Company, the Fund, the
Underwriter or the Account, whichever is applicable.
8.3(c). The Fund shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any
claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Fund
in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving
information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after
such indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but
failure to notify the Fund of any such claim shall not relieve the Fund from any liability which it
may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of
this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought against the Indemnified
Parties, the Fund will be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense thereof. The
Fund also shall be entitled to assume the expense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the party
named in the action and to settle the claim at its own expense; provided, however, that no such
settlement shall, without the Indemnified Parties’ written consent, include any factual stipulation
referring to the Indemnified Parties or their conduct. After notice from the Fund to such party of
the Fund’s election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and
expenses of any additional counsel
retained by it, and the Fund will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
8.3(d). The Company and the Underwriter agree promptly to notify the Fund of the commencement
of any litigation or proceeding against it or any of its respective officers or directors in
connection with the Agreement, the issuance or sale of the Contracts, the operation of the Account,
or the sale or acquisition of shares of the Fund.
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ARTICLE IX. Applicable Law
9.1 This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions hereof interpreted under and in
accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
9.2 This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the 1933, 1934 and 1940 Acts, and the
rules and regulations and rulings thereunder, including such exemptions from those statutes,
rules and regulations as the SEC may grant (including, but not limited to, any Shared Funding
Exemptive Order) and the terms hereof shall be interpreted and construed in accordance therewith.
ARTICLE X. Termination
10.1 This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the first to occur of:
(a) | termination by any party, for any reason with respect to some or all Designated Portfolios, by three (3) months’ advance written notice delivered to the other parties; or | ||
(b) | termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter with respect to any Designated Portfolio based upon the Company’s determination that shares of the Fund are not reasonably available to meet the requirements of the Contracts; provided that such termination shall apply only to the Designated Portfolio not reasonably available; or | ||
(c) | termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter in the event any of the Designated Portfolio’s shares are not registered, issued or sold in accordance with applicable state and/or federal law or such law precludes the use of such shares as the underlying investment media of the Contracts issued or to be issued by the Company; or | ||
(d) | termination by the Fund or Underwriter in the event that formal administrative proceedings are instituted against the Company by the NASD, the SEC, the Insurance Commissioner or like official of any state or any other regulatory body regarding the Company’s duties under this Agreement or related to the sale of the Contracts, the operation of any Account, or the purchase of the Fund shares; provided, however, that the Fund or Underwriter determines in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that any such administrative proceedings will have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; or | ||
(e) | termination by the Company in the event that formal administrative proceedings are instituted against the Fund or Underwriter by the NASD, the SEC, or any state securities or insurance department or any other regulatory body; provided, however, that the Company determines in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that any such administrative proceedings will have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Fund or Underwriter to perform its obligations under this Agreement; or |
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(f) | termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter with respect to any Designated Portfolio in the event that such Designated Portfolio ceases to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M or fails to comply with the Section 817(h) diversification requirements specified in Article VI hereof, or if the Company reasonably believes that such Designated Portfolio may fail to so qualify or comply; or | ||
(g) | termination by the Fund or the Underwriter by written notice to the Company in the event that the Contracts fail to meet the qualifications specified in Section 6.3 hereof; or if the Fund or Underwriter reasonably believes that such Contracts may fail to so qualify; or | ||
(h) | termination by either the Fund or the Underwriter by written notice to the Company, if either one or both of the Fund or the Underwriter respectively, shall determine, in their sole judgment exercised in good faith, that the Company has suffered a material adverse change in its business, operations, financial condition, or prospects since the date of this Agreement or is the subject of material adverse publicity; or | ||
(i) | termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter, if the Company shall determine, in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that the Fund or the Underwriter has suffered a material adverse change in its business, operations, financial condition or prospects since the date of this Agreement or is the subject of material adverse publicity. |
10.2 Effect of Termination. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the
Fund and the Underwriter shall, at the option of the Company, continue to make available additional
shares of the Fund pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for all Contracts in
effect on the effective date of termination of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Existing
Contracts”). Specifically, the owners of the Existing Contracts may be permitted to reallocate
investments in the Fund, redeem investments in the Fund and/or invest in the Fund upon the making
of additional purchase payments under the Existing Contracts. The parties agree that this Section
10.2 shall not apply to any termination under Article VII and the effect of such Article VII
termination shall be governed by Article VII of this Agreement. The parties further agree that
this Section 10.2 shall not apply to any termination under Section 10.1(g) of this Agreement.
10.3 The Company shall not redeem Fund shares attributable to the Contracts (as opposed to
Fund shares attributable to the Company’s assets held in the Account) except (i) as necessary to
implement Contract owner initiated or approved transactions, (ii) as required by state and/or
federal
laws or regulations or judicial or other legal precedent of general application (hereinafter
referred to as a “Legally Required Redemption”), (iii) pursuant to the terms of a substitution
order issued by the SEC pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act, or (iv) pursuant to a redemption
from the Account after notice has been provided of termination of this Agreement with respect to a
Fund or Designated Portfolio hereunder. Except in cases where permitted under the terms of the
Contracts, the Company shall not prevent Contract owners from allocating payments to a Portfolio
that was otherwise available under the Contracts without first giving the Fund or the Underwriter
60 days notice of its intention to do so.
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10.4 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, each party’s obligation under Article
VIII to indemnify the other parties shall survive.
ARTICLE XI. Notices
Any notice shall be sufficiently given when sent by registered or certified mail to the other
party at the address of such party set forth below or at such other address as such party may from
time to time specify in writing to the other party.
If to the Fund:
X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Company:
Pacific Life & Annuity Company
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
If to Underwriter:
X. Xxxx Price Investment Services
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
ARTICLE XII. Miscellaneous
12.1 All references herein to the Fund are to each of the undersigned Funds as if this
agreement were between such individual Fund and the Underwriter and the Company. All references
herein to the Adviser relate solely to the Adviser of such individual Fund, as appropriate.
All persons dealing with a Fund must look solely to the property of such Fund, and in the case of a
series company, the respective Designated Portfolio listed on Schedule A hereto as though such
Designated Portfolio had separately contracted with the Company and the Underwriter for the
enforcement of any claims against the Fund. The parties agree that neither the Board, officers,
agents or shareholders assume any personal liability or responsibility for obligations entered into
by or on behalf of the Fund.
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12.2 Subject to the requirements of legal process and regulatory authority, each party hereto
shall treat as confidential the names and addresses of the owners of the Contracts and all
information reasonably identified as confidential in writing by any other party hereto and, except
as permitted by this Agreement, shall not disclose, disseminate or utilize such names and addresses
and other confidential information without the express written consent of the affected party until
such time as such information may come into the public domain.
12.3 The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no
way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or
effect.
12.4 This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
12.5 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision,
statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of the Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
12.6 Each party hereto shall cooperate with each other party and all appropriate governmental
authorities (including without limitation the SEC, the NASD, and state insurance regulators) and
shall permit such authorities reasonable access to its books and records in connection with any
investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto further agrees to furnish the
State of California Insurance Commissioner, or such other state in which the Company becomes
domesticated, with any information or reports in connection with services provided under this
Agreement which such Commissioner may request in order to ascertain whether the variable annuity
operations of the Company are being conducted in a manner consistent with the variable annuity laws
and regulations and any other applicable law or regulations of such state.
12.7 The rights, remedies and obligations contained in this Agreement are cumulative and are
in addition to any and all rights, remedies, and obligations, at law or in equity, which the
parties hereto are entitled to under state and federal laws.
12.8 This Agreement or any of the rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned by any
party without the prior written consent of all parties hereto.
12.9 The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished, to the Fund or its designee copies of
the following reports:
(a) | the Company’s annual statement (prepared under statutory accounting principles) and annual report (prepared under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), if any), as soon as practical and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. | ||
(b) | the Company’s semi-annual statements (statutory) (and GAAP, if any), as soon as practical and in any event within 45 days after the end of each quarterly period. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed
in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative and its seal to be hereunder
affixed hereto as of the date specified below.
COMPANY: | PACIFIC LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY | |||
By its authorized officers | ||||
By: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Date: | ||||
By: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Date: | ||||
FUND: | X. XXXX PRICE EQUITY SERIES, INC. | |||
By its authorized officers | ||||
By: | ||||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Date: | ||||
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UNDERWRITER: | X. XXXX PRICE INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. | |||
By its authorized officer | ||||
By: | ||||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Date: | ||||
A-1
SCHEDULE A
Name of Separate Account and Date | Contracts Funded by | |||
Established by Board of Directors | Separate Account | Designated Portfolios | ||
Pacific Select Exec II-NY
Separate Account of Pacific Life
& Annuity Company Established September 24, 1988 |
Pacific Select Exec II-NY Policy Form No. 98-52-NY |
X. Xxxx Price Equity
Series, Inc. X. Xxxx Price Equity Income Portfolio-II |
||
Pacific Select Exec III-NY — Policy Form No. P03SE2-NY | X. Xxxx Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio-II | |||
Pacific Select Performer 500-NY - Policy Form No. P03500-NY | ||||
Pacific Select Estate Preserver-NY - Policy Form No. P0156-NY | ||||
Pacific COLI Separate Account II
of Pacific Life & Annuity
Company Established October 17, 2003 |
Custom COLI-NY - Policy Form No. P04CC2-NY | X. Xxxx Price Equity Series, Inc. | ||
X. Xxxx Price Equity Income Portfolio-II | ||||
X. Xxxx Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio-II | ||||
Separate Account I of Pacific
Life & Annuity Company
Established June 8, 2002
|
–Magnastar
Variable
Life Insurance
Policy Policy Form
No. P02MIN Magnastar |
X. Xxxx Price Equity Series, Inc. X. Xxxx Price Equity Income Portfolio-II |
A-2
Name of Separate Account and Date | Contracts Funded by | |||
Established by Board of Directors | Separate Account | Designated Portfolios | ||
Survivorship
Variable Life
Insurance Policy Policy Fomr No. P02M2N |
X. Xxxx Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio-II |
B-1
SCHEDULE B
Contract Owner Losses Caused by Pricing, Income, Dividend
and Capital Gains Distribution Errors
and Capital Gains Distribution Errors
Compensating Contract Owners for Losses Caused by Pricing, Income, Dividend and Capital Gains
Distribution Errors. In the event the Fund provides a materially incorrect price for the Fund,
or provides incorrect income, dividend or capital gains distribution information for the Fund,
through no fault of the Company, the Underwriter will adjust the Account with the Fund on a net
basis to correct the shares in the account. The materiality of an incorrect price will be
determined with reference to applicable SEC guidance. If the Company adjusts the underlying
Contract owners’ accounts, those accounts with gains shall be used to offset those accounts with
losses, including those Contract owners who received underpaid distributions (“Contract owner
Adjustments”). After the Contract owner Adjustments, the Company will identify those Contract
owners who received distributions or made exchanges into other investment options during the time
period affected by the incorrect price or the incorrect dividend or distribution information. The
Company will then notify the Underwriter of the amount of losses suffered as a result of (i) for an
overstated price or overstated income, dividend or capital gains distributions, Contract owners
whose accounts had a loss that could not be offset by the overpayments (gains) made to Contract
owners who took distributions; or (ii) for an understated price or understated dividends or
distributions, Contract owners who received underpaid distributions that could not be offset by
gains in other Contract owner accounts; or (iii) for exchanges into other investment options,
Contract owners whose accounts had a loss due to the adjustment in the other investment option
(caused by market fluctuation of the other investment option) and such loss cannot be offset by the
gains received by Contract owners who exchanged into other investment options where such
fluctuation caused a gain. Upon receipt of appropriate documentation verifying such losses, the
Underwriter shall reimburse the Account with the appropriate number of additional shares. Should
the Company fail to collect overpayments made to those Contract owners who received distributions
with a gain, the Company agrees to subrogate its claim against such Contract owner to the Fund, the
Underwriter or its affiliate. Any net gains calculated after Contract owner Adjustments will be
returned by the Company to the Underwriter.
Compensating the Company for its Expenses Incurred as a Result of Pricing, Income, Dividend or
Capital Gains Distribution Errors. Set forth below is the criteria that must be met before the
Underwriter will reimburse the Company for expenses incurred due to pricing, income, dividend or
capital gains distribution errors:
• | The Company must provide a full accounting of expenses; | ||
• | A $10,000 cap will be imposed on each occurrence; | ||
• | Expenses may include payroll overtime, system fees, postage and stationery (if separate mailing is required); |
B-2
• | The Company must use its best efforts to mitigate all expenses which may be reimbursable; and | ||
• | Expenses and payroll overtime shall not include any time spent programming computers or otherwise customizing the Company’s systems to correct the error. |
February 1, 2005
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This
letter sets forth the agreement (“Agreement”) between Pacific Life Insurance Company
(“you” or the “Company”) and the undersigned (“we” or “Price Associates”) concerning certain
administration services to be provided by you, with respect to the X. Xxxx Price Equity Series,
Inc. (the “Fund”).
1. The Fund. The Fund is a Maryland Corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) as an open-end
diversified management investment company. The Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable
annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts and, as such, sells its shares to insurance
companies and their separate accounts. With respect to various provisions of the Act, the SEC
requires that owners of variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts be
provided with materials and rights afforded to shareholders of a publicly-available SEC-registered
mutual fund.
2. The Company. The Company is a California insurance company. The Company issues variable
annuity and/or variable life insurance contracts (the
“Contracts”) supported by one or more
separate accounts (individually a “Separate Account” and collectively the “Separate Accounts”)
which are registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust. The Company has entered into a
participation agreement (the “Participation Agreement”) with the Fund pursuant to which the Company
purchases shares of the Fund for the Separate Accounts supporting the Company’s Contracts.
3. Price Associates. Price Associates serves as the Fund’s investment adviser. Price
Associates supervises and assists in the overall management of the Fund’s affairs under an
Investment Management Agreement with the Fund, subject to the overall authority of the Fund’s Board
of Directors in accordance with Maryland law. Under the Investment Management Agreement, Price
Associates is compensated by the Fund for providing investment advisory and certain administrative
services (either directly or through its affiliates).
4. Administrative Services. You have agreed to assist us and/or our affiliates, as we may
request from time to time, with the provision of administrative services to the Fund, as they may
relate to the investment in the Fund by the Separate Accounts. It is anticipated that such
services may include (but shall not be limited to): the mailing of Fund reports, notices, proxies
and proxy statements and other informational materials to holders of the Contracts supported by the
Separate Account; the preparation of various reports for submission to the Fund Directors; the
provision of advice and recommendations concerning the operation of the series of the Fund as
funding vehicles for the Contracts; the provision of shareholder support services with respect to
the Portfolios serving as funding vehicles for the Company’s Contracts; telephonic support for
holders of Contracts with respect to inquiries about the Fund; and the provision of other
administrative services as shall be mutually agreed upon from time to time. The Company agrees to
monitor its contractholders’ accounts for excessive trading or market timing activity in accordance
with the Company’s policies and procedures on this matter, and agrees to work with the Price
Associates to deter or block any future such activity that is inconsistent with the Company’s
policies and procedures.
5. Payment for Administrative Services. In consideration of the administrative services to be
provided by the Company, we shall make payments to the Company on a monthly basis (“Payments”),
from our assets, including our bona fide profits as an investment adviser to the
Fund, an amount equal to 15 basis points (0.15%) per annum for average aggregate net asset value of
shares of the Fund held by the Separate Accounts under the Participation Agreement provided,
however, that such Payments shall only be payable for each calendar month during which the
aggregate dollar value of shares of the Funds purchased pursuant to the Participation Agreement by
the Company in the aggregate exceeds $25,000,000 at all times during that month. Further, this
amount shall be increased to 25 basis points (0.25%) per annum of the average aggregate net asset
value of shares of the Fund held by the Separate Accounts under the Participation Agreement,
provided, however, that such increased Payments shall only be payable with respect to the Fund for
each calendar month during which the aggregate dollar value of shares exceeds $250,000,000 at all
times during that month. TRPI shall be responsible for payments due pursuant to this Paragraph 5
with respect to the purchase of shares of a Fund managed by TRPI. For purposes of computing the
Payments to the Company contemplated under this Paragraph 5, the average aggregate net asset value
of shares of the Funds held by the Separate Accounts over a monthly period shall be computed by
totaling each Separate Account’s aggregate investment (share net asset value multiplied by total
number of shares held by the Separate Account) on each business day during the calendar month, and
dividing by the total number of business days during the month. The Payments contemplated by this
Paragraph 5 shall be calculated by TRPI at the end of each calendar month and will be paid to each
Company within 30 calendar days thereafter.
6. Nature of Payments. The parties to this Agreement recognize and agree that Price
Associates’ Payments to the Company under this Agreement represent compensation for administrative
services only and do not constitute payment in any manner for investment advisory services or for
costs of distribution of the Contracts or of Fund shares; and further, that these payments are not
otherwise related to investment advisory or distribution services or expenses, or administrative
services which Price Associates is required to provide to owners of the Contracts pursuant to the
terms thereof. You represent that you may legally receive the payments and we represent that we
can legally make such payments as contemplated by this Agreement.
7. Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for an initial term of one
year, and shall automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless either party notifies
the other upon 60-days written notice of its intent not to continue this agreement. This Agreement
and all obligations hereunder shall terminate automatically upon the redemption of the Company’s
and the Separate Account’s investment in the Fund, or upon termination of the Participation
Agreement.
8. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only upon mutual agreement of the parties hereto
in writing.
9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If this Agreement is consistent with your understanding of the matters we discussed concerning
your administration services, kindly sign below and return a signed copy to us.
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SUPPLEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
This Agreement is between Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (“Company”), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company (“Insurer”) and X. Xxxx Price Investment
Services, Inc., (the “Distributor”), is intended to supplement the Administrative Services
Agreement dated February 1, 2005 by, between and among the Company, X. Xxxx Price
Associates, Inc. (“Price Associates”). All terms herein, unless otherwise defined, shall
have the same meaning as used in the Administrative Services Agreement.
Whereas,
certain portfolios of the X. Xxxx Price Equity Series, Inc. (the
“Equity Fund”) are
authorized to issue a class of shares (“VIP II Class” or “Class”) with respect to which the
Equity Fund has adopted a plan (“12b-1 Plan”) for purposes of paying for distribution
services under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to VIP II Class
shares;
Whereas, the Insurer intends to issue Contracts that will be funded by an investment in the
VIP II Class shares; and
Whereas, the Company acts as the distributor for the Contracts, and is interested in
performing distribution services for the Distributor with respect to VIP II Class shares in
exchange for the receipt of fees pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan.
In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants set forth below the Company and
the Distributor agree as follows:
1. Distributor. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and serves as the principal underwriter of the Equity Fund. The Distributor is affiliated with the Price Associates.
Exchange Act of 1934 and with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and serves as the principal underwriter of the Equity Fund. The Distributor is affiliated with the Price Associates.
2. Services.
(a) Distribution Services. The Company has agreed to assist Distributor, as it may request
from time to time, with the provision of distribution services to the Equity Fund, as they
may relate to the investment in the VIP II Class by the Separate Accounts of the Insurer. It
is anticipated that such services shall include any activities primarily intended to result
in the sale of shares of the VIP II Class, including (but not limited to): (i) distribution
of Fund reports, prospectuses, and SAIs for the Class to other than existing holders of
Contracts; (ii) the preparation and distribution of sales literature and advertising
material for the Class; (iii) continuing education and training of insurance agents and
other representatives of broker-dealers that enter into sales agreements with the Company
with respect to the Class and the Fund’s portfolios offering the Class and serving as
funding vehicles for the Contracts; (iv) the provision of distribution support services by
insurance agents and other representatives of broker-dealers that enter into sales
agreements with the Company who will provide personal service and attention to the
foregoing; and (v) other distribution services in respect of the Class as mutually agreed
upon from time to time.
(b) Other Services. The Company agrees to cause the Insurer to monitor its
Contractholders’ accounts for excessive trading or market timing activity in accordance with
the Insurer’s policies and procedures on this matter, and agrees to work with the
Distributor to deter or block any future such activity that is inconsistent with the
Insurer’s policies and procedures.
3. Payment for Distribution Services. In consideration of the distribution
services to be provided by the Company, the Distributor, in accordance with the 12b-1 Plan, shall pay to the Company a fee with respect to the Class of each portfolio of Equity Fund equal to 25 basis points (0.25%) per annum of the average aggregate net asset value of the shares of each Class held by the Separate Accounts under the Participation Agreement. For purposes of computing the payment to the Company contemplated under this Paragraph 3, the average aggregate net asset value of shares of each Class held by the Separate Accounts over a monthly period shall be computed by totaling each Separate Account’s aggregate investment (share net asset value multiplied by total number of shares held by the Separate Account) on each business day during the calendar month, and dividing by the total number of business days during each month. The Payments contemplated by this Paragraph 3 shall be calculated by the Equity Fund at the end of each calendar month and will be paid to each Company within 30 calendar days thereafter.
services to be provided by the Company, the Distributor, in accordance with the 12b-1 Plan, shall pay to the Company a fee with respect to the Class of each portfolio of Equity Fund equal to 25 basis points (0.25%) per annum of the average aggregate net asset value of the shares of each Class held by the Separate Accounts under the Participation Agreement. For purposes of computing the payment to the Company contemplated under this Paragraph 3, the average aggregate net asset value of shares of each Class held by the Separate Accounts over a monthly period shall be computed by totaling each Separate Account’s aggregate investment (share net asset value multiplied by total number of shares held by the Separate Account) on each business day during the calendar month, and dividing by the total number of business days during each month. The Payments contemplated by this Paragraph 3 shall be calculated by the Equity Fund at the end of each calendar month and will be paid to each Company within 30 calendar days thereafter.
4. Term. The term of this Agreement shall run concurrently with the term of the
Administrative Services Agreement.
5. Relationship to Other Agreements. This Agreement is intended to supplement the
Administrative Services Agreement and not intended to conflict with or supersede the
provisions of the Administrative Services Agreement or the Participation Agreement (“Prior
Agreements”). All representations and warranties made by the parties in the Prior
Agreements are incorporated into this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been made in
connection with this Agreement.
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