PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Among VANGUARD VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND and THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. and VANGUARD MARKETING CORPORATION and PROTECTIVE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COParticipation Agreement • August 24th, 2020 • Variable Annuity Account a of Protective Life • Pennsylvania
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 20th day of August, 2020, by and among VANGUARD VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND (hereinafter the “Fund”), a Delaware business trust, THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. (hereinafter the “Sponsor”), a Pennsylvania corporation, VANGUARD MARKETING CORPORATION (hereinafter the “Distributor”), a Pennsylvania corporation, and PROTECTIVE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE CO (hereinafter the “Company”), an Alabama corporation, on its own behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset account of the Company named in Schedule A hereto as may be amended from time to time (each such account hereinafter referred to as the “Account”).
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT by and among DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC., DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, DFA SECURITIES LLC and PROTECTIVE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANYParticipation Agreement • August 24th, 2020 • Variable Annuity Account a of Protective Life • New York
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 20th day of August 2020, by and among Protective Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), on its own behalf and on behalf of segregated asset accounts of the Company that may be established from time to time (individually, an “Account” and collectively, the “Accounts”); DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. (the “Fund”); the Fund’s investment adviser, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Adviser”); and the Fund’s principal underwriter, DFA Securities LLC (“DFAS”) (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”).
