PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Among VANGUARD VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND and THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. and VANGUARD MARKETING CORPORATION and NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYParticipation Agreement • April 29th, 2008 • Nationwide Provident Vli Separate Account 1 • Ohio
Contract Type FiledApril 29th, 2008 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 28th day of February, 2008, 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 Delaware corporation, and NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter the “Company”), an Ohio 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”).