Exhibit (h)(ix) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG RS VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST, RS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO. LLC, GUARDIAN INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, AND THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC.Participation Agreement • March 27th, 2008 • Guardian Separate Acct N of the Guardian Ins & Annuity Co • New York
THIS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 31st day of July, 2007, by and among RS VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), RS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), for purposes of Sections 2.5 and 5.1 only, GUARDIAN INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GIS”), and THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the segregated asset accounts of the Company set forth in Schedule A hereto, as may be amended from time to time (the “Accounts”).
THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC. AGREEMENT OF GENERAL AGENCYGeneral Agency • March 27th, 2008 • Guardian Separate Acct N of the Guardian Ins & Annuity Co
Agreement made this _________ day of ____________, 2008 by and between The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (“GIAC”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (“Guardian Life”), having its Principal office located at 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York, 10004 and ________________ (“Principal”).
