Exhibit 5(i) SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY AND FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC. AND VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND ON BEHALF OF GROWTH & INCOME PORTFOLIO AGREEMENT made this 1st day of January,...Sub-Advisory Agreement • October 30th, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii • Massachusetts
Exhibit 5(i) SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY AND FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC. AND VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND ON BEHALF OF GROWTH & INCOME PORTFOLIO AGREEMENT made this 1st day of January, 1997, by and between Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called the "Trust") on behalf of Growth & Income Portfolio (hereinafter called the "Portfolio"). WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its
Exhibit GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION Agreement made this 19th day of December 1996, Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a Massachusetts business trust having its...General Distribution Agreement • October 30th, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii
Exhibit GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION Agreement made this 19th day of December 1996, Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a Massachusetts business trust having its principal place of business in Boston, Massachusetts and which may issue one or more series of beneficial interest ("Issuer"), with respect to shares of Growth & Income Portfolio, a series of the Issuer, and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation having its principal place of business in Boston, Massachusetts ("Distributors"). In consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings herein contained, the parties agree as follows: 1. Sale of Shares - The Issuer grants to Distributors the right to sell shares on behalf of the Issuer during the term of this Agreement and subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), and of the laws governing the sale of securities in the
FORM OF SERVICE CONTRACT With Respect to Initial Class Shares of: ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - High Income Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - Equity-Income Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - Growth Portfolio ( )...Service Contract • October 30th, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii
FORM OF SERVICE CONTRACT With Respect to Initial Class Shares of: ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - High Income Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - Equity-Income Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - Growth Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund - Overseas Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Investment Grade Bond Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Asset Manager Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Asset Manager: Growth Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund III - Growth Opportunities Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund III - Balanced Portfolio ( ) Variable Insurance Products Fund III - Growth & Income Portfolio To Fidelity Distributors Corporation: We desire to enter into a Contract with you for activities in connection with (i) the distribution of shares of the funds noted above (the "Funds") of which you are the princip
