FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTParticipation Agreement • April 19th, 2024 • Variable Account AA
Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, a New York life insurance company, and Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America, an Arizona life insurance company (collectively, the “Company”), Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc., an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of Maryland (the “Fund”), Principal Global Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and Principal Funds Distributor, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Distributor”), entered into a certain Participation Agreement dated January 7, 2022, (the “Participation Agreement”). This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Participation Agreement is entered into as of 9/20/2023 | 2:46 PM EDT, 2023, by and among the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the “Separate Accounts”), the Fund, the Adviser and the Dist
