Exhibit 5(r) 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 • July 31st, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii • Massachusetts
Exhibit 5(r) 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, 1996, 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 6(g) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION Agreement made this 30st day of December 1996, Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a Massachusetts business trust having...General Distribution Agreement • July 31st, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii
Exhibit 6(g) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION Agreement made this 30st 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 the Distributor 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 2. Sales of Shares by the Issuer - The rights granted to Distributors shall be nonexc
Exhibit 5(g) MANAGEMENT CONTRACT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III: Growth & Income Portfolio and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY MODIFICATION made this 1st day of January, 1997, by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a...Management Contract • July 31st, 1997 • Variable Insurance Products Iii
Exhibit 5(g) MANAGEMENT CONTRACT between VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III: Growth & Income Portfolio and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY MODIFICATION made this 1st day of January, 1997, by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called the "Fund"), on behalf of Growth & Income Portfolio, (hereinafter called the "Portfolio"), and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter called the "Adviser"). 1. (a) Investment Advisory Services. The Adviser undertakes to act as investment adviser of the Portfolio and shall, subject to the supervision of the Fund's Board of Trustees, direct the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations as provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ru
