AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Regarding RULES 30e-3 and 498AParticipation Agreement • April 28th, 2021 • Guardian Separate Account R
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2021 CompanyThe Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (the “Company’’),BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc and BlackRock Variable Series Funds II, Inc., each open-end management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), BlackRock Investments, LLC, a broker-dealer registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Underwriter”), entered into a certain participation agreement dated January 1, 2009 (the “Participation Agreement”), as may be amended. This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Participation Agreement is entered into as of February 18 2021, by and among the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the “Accounts’’), each Fund and the Underwriter (collectively, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Regarding RULES 30e-3 and 498AParticipation Agreement • April 28th, 2021 • Guardian Separate Account R
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2021 CompanyThe Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (the “Company’’),BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc and BlackRock Variable Series Funds II, Inc., each open-end management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), BlackRock Investments, LLC, a broker-dealer registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Underwriter”), entered into a certain participation agreement dated January 1, 2009 (the “Participation Agreement”), as may be amended. This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Participation Agreement is entered into as of February 18 2021, by and among the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the “Accounts’’), each Fund and the Underwriter (collectively, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.