INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of the 1st day of April, 2001 is made and entered into by and between AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES, a Massachusetts business trust, (hereinafter called the "Trust"),...Investment Advisory and Service Agreement • April 30th, 2001 • American Variable Insurance Series
THIS AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of the 1st day of April, 2001 is made and entered into by and between AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES, a Massachusetts business trust, (hereinafter called the "Trust"), and CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, (hereinafter called the "Adviser"). The parties agree as follows: 1. The Trust hereby employs the Adviser to furnish advice to the Trust with respect to the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Trust. The Adviser hereby accepts such employment and agrees to render the services and to assume the obligation to the extent herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided. The Adviser shall, for all purposes herein, be deemed an independent contractor and not an agent of the Fund. 2. The Adviser agrees to provide supervision of the portfolio of the Trust and to determine what securities or other property shall be purchased or sold by the Trust, giving due consideration to the policies of the Trust as
