EXHIBIT (d)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 1st day of November, 1997 between NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (the...Investment Advisory Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Ohio
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EXHIBIT A TO THE EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUSTANDVILLANOVA GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUSTExpense Limitation Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONSCustody Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Ohio
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EXHIBIT (d)(5)(e) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 24th day of September, 1999, among NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST, a...Subadvisory Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Massachusetts
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EXHIBIT A INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST AND VILLANOVA GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT TRUST EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 27, 2000Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (g)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FIFTH THIRD BANK GLOBAL CUSTODY ADDENDUM This GLOBAL CUSTODY ADDENDUM ("ADDENDUM") dated as of 10/20/95, 1995, by and between NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002 • Ohio
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EXHIBIT (d)(5)(g) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 1st day of May, 2000 among NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST, a Massachusetts...Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Massachusetts
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ARTICLE V --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, TRUSTEES AND OTHERS 8 SECTION 5.1. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, TRUSTEES, ETC 8 SECTION 5.2. NON-LIABILITY...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002 • New York
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EXHIBIT (h)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FUND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT This Fund Administration Agreement is made as of this 1st day of November, 1997, between Nationwide Separate Account Trust,...Fund Administration Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Ohio
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST AND GARTMORE DISTRIBUTIONSERVICES, INC.Underwriting Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • Massachusetts
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AMENDED BYLAWS OFGartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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Federated NSAT High Income Bond Fund. 0.65% for assets of $50 million and more but less (formerly the . . . . . . . . . . . than $250 million "Nationwide High Income Bond Fund") 0.60% on assets of $250 million and more but less than $500 million 0.55%...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (d)(5)(c)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE AS OF September 1, 1999 This AMENDMENT is made part of SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as...Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust
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EXHIBIT (d)(1)(a) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE AS OF September 1, 1999 This AMENDMENT is made part of INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the...Investment Advisory Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust
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EXHIBIT A TO THE EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST AND VILLANOVA MUTUAL FUND CAPITAL TRUSTGartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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FUND CLASSES Gartmore GVIT Global Technology and Communications Fund Class II (formerly Gartmore NSAT Global Technology and Communications Fund) Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund Class II (formerly Total Return Fund) Gartmore GVIT Emerging Markets Fund...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (D)(3)(C)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE AS OF September 1, 1999 This AMENDMENT is made part of SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as...Subadvisory Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust
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EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 2000 (AS AMENDED DECEMBER 12, 2001)Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002Gartmore NSAT Global Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class I 1.35% and Communications Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class II 1.60% (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global Technology . . . . . . Class III 1.35% and Communications Fund)#
EXHIBIT (h)(1)(a) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- AMENDMENT TO FUND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE AS OF September 1, 1999 This AMENDMENT is made part of FUND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (the...Fund Administration Agreement • October 15th, 2002 • Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust
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EXHIBIT (h)(3)(a) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PLAN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (AMENDED EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 2000) Section 1. This Administrative Services Plan (the...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (h)(3)(c) ------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002NAME OF FUND Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund (formerly Total Return Fund) Gartmore GVIT Growth Fund (formerly Capital Appreciation Fund) Gartmore GVIT Government Bond Fund (formerly Government Bond Fund) Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund (formerly Money Market Fund) Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund II (formerly Money Market Fund II) GVIT Small Company Fund (formerly Nationwide Small Company Fund) J.P. Morgan GVIT Balanced Fund (formerly Nationwide Balanced Fund and J.P. Morgan NSAT Balanced Fund) Comstock GVIT Value Fund (formerly Nationwide Equity Income Fund and Federated GVIT Equity Income Fund) Gartmore GVIT Worldwide Leaders Fund (formerly Nationwide Global Equity Fund and Nationwide Global 50 Fund) Federated GVIT High Income Bond Fund (formerly Nationwide High Income Bond Fund and Federated NSAT High Income Bond Fund MAS GVIT Multi Sector Bond Fund (formerly Nationwide Multi Sector Bond Fund and MAS NSAT Multi Sector Bond Fund) GVIT Small Cap Value Fund (formerly Nationwide Small Ca
FUND CLASSES --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Gartmore GVIT Millennium Growth Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class II (formerly Gartmore NSAT Millennium Growth Fund) Gartmore GVIT Global Technology...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (d)(2)(b) ------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002Gartmore GVIT European Leaders Fund. . . . 1.00% of the Fund's average Not Seeded (formerly Gartmore NSAT European . . . . daily net assets Growth Fund)
EXHIBIT (h)(2)(b) ------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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AMENDED EXHIBIT A NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST Fund Administration Agreement (EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 2000) FUNDS OF THE TRUST FUND ADMINISTRATION FEES Total Return Fund For each Fund, Capital Appreciation Fund 0.05% of each Fund's average daily...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002FUNDS OF THE TRUST FUND ADMINISTRATION FEES Total Return Fund For each Fund, Capital Appreciation Fund 0.05% of each Fund's average daily Government Bond Fund net assets up to $1 billion Money Market Fund 0.04% on assets of $1 billion and more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationwide Balanced Fund For each Fund, Nationwide Equity Income Fund 0.07% on assets up to $250 million Nationwide Global 50 Fund 0.05% on the next $750 million (formerly, Nationwide Global Equity Fund) 0.04% on assets of $1 billion and more Nationwide High Income Bond Fund Nationwide Multi Sector Bond Fund Nationwide Small Cap Value Fund Nationwide Mid Cap Index Fund Nationwide Small Cap Growth Fund* (formerly, Nationwide Select Advisers Small Cap Growth Fund) Nationwide Strategic Growth Fund Nationwide Strategic Value Fund Nationwide Income Fund Nationwide Small Company Fund Nationwide Growth Focus Fund II* Nationwide New Economy Fund II* Nationwide Global Technol
AMENDED EXHIBIT A GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (EFFECTIVE , 2002)Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT MONEY MARKET TRUST AND HERITAGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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SCHEDULE A UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (TO BE RENAMED GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST) AND NATIONWIDE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC./GARTMORE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC. (EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2001) Name of FundGartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002Total Return Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund*) Capital Appreciation Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Growth Fund*) Government Bond (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Government Bond Fund*) Money Market Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund*) Money Market Fund II (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund II*) Nationwide Small Company Fund (to be renamed GVIT Small Company Fund*) J.P. Morgan NSAT Balanced Fund (to be renamed J.P. Morgan GVIT Balanced Fund*) Federated NSAT Equity Income Fund (to be renamed Federated GVIT Equity Income Fund*) Nationwide Global 50 Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Worldwide Leaders Fund*) Federated NSAT High Income Bond Fund (to be renamed Federated GVIT High Income Fund*) MAS NSAT Multi Sector Bond Fund (to be renamed MAS GVIT Multi Sector Bond Fund*) Nationwide Small Cap Value Fund (to be renamed GVIT Small Cap Value Fund*) Dreyfus NSAT Mid Cap Index Fund (to be renamed Dreyfus GVIT Mid Cap Index Fund*) Nationwide Small C
EXHIBIT (h)(1)(d) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- AMENDED EXHIBIT A FUND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (Effective________, 2002)Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002The Trust shall pay fees to the Administrator and Gartmore Investors Services, Inc. (formerly Nationwide Investors Services, Inc.) (the "Agent"), as set forth in the schedule directly below, for the provision of fund administration services covered by this Agreement and for transfer and dividend disbursement agency services. (Transfer and dividend disbursement agency services are provided to the Trust by the Agent and are described in the Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement between the Trust and the Agent. Reference is also made to Exhibit A of the Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement, effective ____, 2002.) Fees will be computed daily and payable monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate amount of the Trust's average daily net assets. The Trust will also be responsible for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Administrator and the Agent in providing services to the Trust. All fees and expenses shall be paid by the Trust to the Administrator
SERIES CLASSES -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . Class I, Class II, Class III (formerly Total Return Fund) Gartmore GVIT Growth Fund. . . . ....Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST AND NATIONWIDE INVESTORS SERVICES, INC. This amendment, made this 1st day of May, 2000, by and between NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (formerly...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
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EXHIBIT (q)(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned as trustees and/or officers of GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (the...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned as trustees and/or officers of GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust, which have filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, various Registration Statements and amendments thereto for the registration under said Acts of the Trust hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph J. Gasper, Paul J. Hondros, James R. Donatell, Kevin S. Crossett, Eric E. Miller, Elizabeth A. Davin, Angela R. Jett, Gerald J. Holland, and Mary Lou Vitale, and each of them with power to act without the others, his/her attorney, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve, and sign such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, with power to affix the corporate seal of said corporation
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST AND NATIONWIDE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002 • Ohio
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EXHIBIT (h)(2)(e) ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- AMENDED EXHIBIT A Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent Agreement (Effective_____, 2002)Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002The Trust shall pay fees to the Agent and Gartmore SA Capital Trust (formerly Villanova SA Capital Trust) (the "Administrator"), as set forth in the schedule directly below, for the provision of transfer and dividend disbursement agency services covered by this Agreement and for fund administration and fund accounting services. (Fund administration and fund accounting services are provided to the Trust by the Administrator and are described in the Fund Administration Agreement between the Trust and the Administrator. Reference is also made to Exhibit A of the Fund Administration Agreement, effective ______, 2002.) Fees will be computed daily and payable monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate amount of the Trust's average daily net assets. The Trust will also be responsible for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Agent and the Administrator in providing services to the Trust. All fees and expenses shall be paid by the Trust to the Administrator on behalf of the A
AMENDED EXHIBIT A TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT AGREEMENT (EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2001) NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (to be renamed Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust) FEES The Trust shall pay fees to the Agent and Villanova SA Capital...Gartmore Variable Insurance Trust • October 15th, 2002
Company FiledOctober 15th, 2002The Trust shall pay fees to the Agent and Villanova SA Capital Trust (to be renamed Gartmore SA Capital Trust) (the "Administrator"), as set forth in the schedule directly below, for the provision of transfer and dividend disbursement agency services covered by this Agreement and for fund administration and fund accounting services. (Fund administration and fund accounting services are provided to the Trust by the Administrator and are described in the Fund Administration Agreement between the Trust and the Administrator. Reference is also made to Exhibit A of the Fund Administration Agreement, effective December 1, 2001.) Fees will be computed daily and payable monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate amount of the Trust's average daily net assets. The Trust will also be responsible for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Agent and the Administrator in providing services to the Trust. All fees and expenses shall be paid by the Trust to the Administrator on behalf