AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.

AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
X. XXXX PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.

     AMENDMENT made as of this 1^st day of May, 2000 to the Subadvisory Agreement dated January 28, 1999 (the “Agreement”), between Manufacturers Securities Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly, NASL Financial Services, Inc.) (the “Adviser”), and X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Subadviser”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

1. CHANGE IN APPENDIX A

     Section 3 of the Agreement, “Compensation of Subadviser,” is hereby amended to decrease the fee the Adviser pays to the Subadviser with respect to Science & Technology Portfolio as specified in Appendix A to this Amendment.

2. SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

     In all other respects, the Agreement is confirmed and remains in full force and effect.

2. EFECTIVE DATE

     This Amendment shall become effective with respect to Science & Technology Portfolio on the date of its execution.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the date first mentioned above.

Manufacturers Securities Services, LLC
By:		The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of North America, its managing member
By:		/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, President
By:		/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
		Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Vice President,
		Secretary and General Counsel
X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc.
By:		/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Vice President

APPENDIX A

     The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the following portfolios of the Trust. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this Agreement, the fee computed separately for each such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the “Subadviser Percentage Fee”):

Between

Between

$50,000,000

$200,000,000

First

and

and

Excess over

Portfolio

$50,000,000

$200,000,000

$500,000,000

$500,000,000

Blue Chip Growth Trust

Equity-Income Trust

(formerly, the Value Equity Trust)

Science & Technology Trust

     The Subadviser Percentage Fee for each Portfolio shall be accrued for each calendar day and the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly to the Subadviser. The daily fee accruals will be computed by multiplying the fraction of one over the number of calendar days in the year by the applicable annual rate described in the preceding paragraph, and multiplying this product by the net assets of the Portfolio as determined in accordance with the Trust’s prospectus and statement of additional information as of the close of business on the previous business day on which the Trust was open for business.

     If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.