AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN WANGER ADVISORS TRUST, COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. AND MERRILL LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Exhibit 99(h)(18)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN XXXXXX ADVISORS TRUST, COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. AND
XXXXXXX XXXXX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
THIS AMENDMENT, effective as of the 27th day of April, 2007, by and among Xxxxxx Advisors Trust, a Massachusetts business trust corporation (the “Fund”), Columbia Management Distributors, Inc. (the “Underwriter”), Xxxxxx Advisors Trust, a Massachusetts Corporation, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Life Insurance Company, an Arkansas life insurance company (the “Company”);
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Fund, the Underwriter and the Company heretofore entered into a Participation Agreement dated March 4, 2005, as amended (the “Agreement”), with regard to separate accounts established for variable life insurance and/or variable annuity contracts offered by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Fund, the Underwriter, and the Company desire to amend Schedule A to the Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, the Fund, the Underwriter and the Company hereby agree:
1. Amendment.
(a) Schedule A to the Agreement is amended in its entirety and is replaced by the Schedule A attached hereto;
(b) Article IX Notices. of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
If to the Company: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esquire
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
1700 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Drive, 3rd Floor
Xxxxxxxxxx, New Jersey 08534
2. Effectiveness. The revised Schedule A of the Agreement shall be effective as the date hereof.
3. Continuation. Except as set forth above, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effective in accordance with its terms.
4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.
(Signatures located on following page)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund, the Underwriter and the Company have caused the Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers effective as of the day and year first above written.
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XXXXXX ADVISORS TRUST |
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XXXXXXX XXXXX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx |
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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President |
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Vice President & Senior Counsel |
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March 26, 2007 |
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3/30/07 |
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COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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President |
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3/27/07 |
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Schedule A
Separate Account
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A
Portfolio
Xxxxxx U.S. Smaller Companies
Xxxxxx International Small Cap
Contract
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Investor Choice – Investor Series
(Form ML-VA-010 and state variations thereof)
Dated: April 27, 2007
