Investment Sub-Advisory AgreementInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Agreement is effective this 19th day of December, 2011, by and between Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser (“Adviser”), Franklin Advisers, Inc., a California corporation and registered investment adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) and Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (“Trust”).
Sub -Administration and Fund Accounting Services AgreementSub-Administration and Fund Accounting Services Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Agreement is made and entered into as of January 1, 2012, by and between Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“Curian” or “Administrator”), and Jackson Fund Services (“JFS” or “Sub-Administrator”), a division of Jackson National Asset Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Michigan (“JNAM”).
MASTER FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTMaster Fund Participation Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT, effective February 1, 2012, among Jackson National Life Insurance Company (“Insurance Company”), on behalf of itself and certain of its separate accounts; Curian Variable Series Trust (“Trust”), an open-end investment company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES (“Series”), an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY (“CRMC”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and AMERICAN FUNDS SERVICE COMPANY (the “Transfer Agent”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California.
Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Agreement is executed on January 1, 2012, by and between Curian Variable Series Trust (the “Trust”) and Jackson National Life Distributors LLC (“JNLD”) and, as provided in Section 11 below, shall become effective on the effective date of the registration statement of the Trust on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”), as amended from time to time under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
Curian Variable Series Trust Transfer Agency AgreementTransfer Agency Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
Agreement made as of this 29th day of November 2011, by and between Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), and Jackson National Asset Management, LLC, a Michigan limited liability corporation (“JNAM”).
Fund Compliance Services AgreementFund Compliance Services Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Fund Compliance Services Agreement (“Agreement”) effective as of the 5th day of October, 2011, between Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts Business Trust (the “Trust), and Jackson Fund Services (“JFS”), a division of Jackson National Asset Management, LLC a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Michigan (“JNAM”), having its principal place of business at 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1000, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
Administration AgreementAdministration Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Agreement is made as of January 1, 2012, between Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (“Trust”), and Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“Administrator”).
Investment Sub-Advisory AgreementInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
This Agreement is effective this 19th day of December 2011, by and between Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and registered investment adviser (“Adviser”), Mellon Capital Management Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and registered investment adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) and Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (“Trust”).
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGREEMENTAnti-Money Laundering Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust • Michigan
THIS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of January 1, 2012 is entered into by and among Jackson National Life Insurance Company, a Michigan life insurance company (“Jackson”), Curian Variable Series Trust (“Trust”). Jackson and the Trust are herein individually referred to as a “Party,” and collectively referred to as the “Parties.”
ADDENDUM TO MASTER GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENTMaster Global Custody Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust
The undersigned Curian Variable Series Trust formed under the laws of Massachusetts, with an address at 7601 Technology Way, Denver, Colorado 80237, on behalf of each of the series listed under its name on Schedule A attached hereto, severally and not jointly (each such series a separate and distinct “Customer”), hereby requests the securities custody services of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Customer, by its signature below, agrees to the terms and conditions of that certain Master Global Custody Agreement, and that certain Settled Securities Class Action Services Addendum, each dated March 24, 2011 by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and certain affiliated companies of the undersigned effective as of November 30, 2011.
Investment Advisory and Management AgreementInvestment Advisory and Management Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust
This Investment Advisory and Management Agreement is dated as of the 19th day of December 2011 between Curian Variable Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, (the “Trust”) and Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Adviser”).
Initial Capital AgreementInitial Capital Agreement • January 26th, 2012 • Curian Variable Series Trust
