Common use of Potential Conflicts Clause in Contracts

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's ’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained (or will obtain) an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.8). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Prospectus disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Company shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that the Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, the Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Series thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to establish bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for the Contractsany Contract. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 this Article to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. 7.1 The Board Directors will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the FundPortfolios. An A material irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance (including federal, state or other jurisdiction), tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretive letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are is being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (gf) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract contract owners. The Board Directors shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines they determine that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. 7.2 The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the BoardDirectors and, on an annual basis, shall provide the Fund and the Adviser with written notification that the Company is not aware of any conflict, if such is the case. The Company will assist the Board Directors in carrying out its their responsibilities under any applicable provisions of the Mixed federal securities laws and/or any exemptive orders granted by the SEC, including the order obtained by the Fund and Shared Funding the Adviser from the SEC, dated ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇ No. 812-12760) (“Exemptive Order”), by providing the Board Directors with all information reasonably necessary for the Board Directors to consider any issues raised. The Company, at least annually, will submit to the Directors such reports, materials or data as the Directors reasonably may request so that the Directors may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon the Board by the conditions contained in the Exemptive Order. The Company shall submit such reports, materials and data more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Directors. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board Directors whenever Contract owner holder voting instructions are disregarded. At least annuallyThe Company acknowledges that: (i) the Company’s disregard of voting instructions may conflict with the majority of Contract holders’ voting instructions; and (ii) the Company’s action could preclude a majority vote approving a proposed change or could represent a minority view. If the Company’s judgment represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, then the Company shall submit may be required, at the Fund’s election, to withdraw the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained Accounts’ investment in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reportsPortfolios. Other than possible decline in the value of an Account due to fluctuations in the NAVs of the Portfolios, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board no charge or penalty will be carried out with imposed as a view only to the interests result of the Contract ownerssuch withdrawal. 7.3. 7.3 If it is determined by a majority of the BoardDirectors, or a majority of its the Fund’s disinterested membersDirectors, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their its expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDirectors), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the material irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract holders and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners Contract holders the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. 7.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state or other jurisdiction’s insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state insurance regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund Portfolios and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six (6) months after the Board informs Directors inform the Company in writing that it has the Directors have determined that such decision has created an a material irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDirectors. Until the end of the foregoing six (6) month period, DFAS and the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of the shares of such Designated the Portfolios. 7.6. 7.5 For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 7.5 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Directors shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any material irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 of this Agreement to establish a new funding medium for the Contract Contracts if an offer to do so has been declined by the vote of a majority of Contract owners holders materially adversely affected by the material irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines Directors determine that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any material irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Portfolios and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs Directors inform the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Boardconflict. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. 7.6 If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) under the 1940 Act are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule under the 1940 Act is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding any Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding any Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.3 and 7.5 7.4 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adoptedadopted by the SEC.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e.I.E., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.9). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Prospectus disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will Companies shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Companies agree to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Companies shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that a Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, that Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Series thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the a Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the that Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the that Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the a Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the that Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the that Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for any Contract. The Companies shall not be required by this Article to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.9). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Prospectus disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Company shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that the Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, the Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Series thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to establish bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for the Contractsany Contract. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 this Article to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.9). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Prospectus disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will Companies shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Companies agree to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Companies shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that a Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, that Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Series thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the a Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the that Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the that -13- Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the a Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the that Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the that Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for any Contract. The Companies shall not be required by this Article to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the “Exemptive Order,” File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.8). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Private Offering Memorandum disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Company shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act (“Disinterested Directors”), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that the Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, the Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio portfolio thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the Company may be required, at the Fund's Fund Board’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund Adviser and fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to establish bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for the Contractsany Contract. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 this Article to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holdersowners, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders owners or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners., 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's ’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, ; that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. The following provisions shall apply only upon the sale of shares of the Fund to variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts, and then only to the extent required under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund and all other persons investing in the Fund. An A material irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on ; (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the other hand, or by the voting instructions of contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companiesowners; or (g) if applicable, a decision by a Participating Insurance Company qualified pension or retirement plan to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersparticipants. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and Company, with a view only to the Adviser interests of Contract owners, will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company Company, with a view only to the interests of Contract owners, will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least No less than annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, Board such reports, materials and materials, or data as the Board may reasonably request requests so that the Board may fully carry out the its obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said . Such reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question as to whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Accounteach Account (at the Company's expense); provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. The responsibility to take such remedial action shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the contract owners. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account (at the Company's expense) within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an a material irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. The responsibilty to take such Designated Portfoliosaction shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the contract owners. 7.6. For purposes of Sections Section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any material irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially and adversely affected by the material irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any material irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule under the 1940 Act is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.14.1 The parties acknowledge that a Fund’s shares may be made available for investment to both variable annuity and variable life separate accounts and to other Participating Insurance Companies. The Board In such event, the Trustees will monitor the Fund Trust for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the FundParticipating Insurance Companies. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio Fund are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (gf) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract contract owners. The Board Trust shall promptly inform Securian Life of any determination by the Company by written notice if it determines Trustees that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and of the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will 4.2 Securian Life agrees to promptly report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the BoardTrustees. The Company Securian Life will assist the Board Trustees in carrying out its their responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, Order by providing the Board Trustees with all information reasonably necessary for the Board Trustees to consider any issues raised. This includesraised including, but is not limited to, an obligation information as to a decision by the Company Securian Life to inform the Board whenever Contract disregard contract owner voting instructions are disregardedinstructions. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit All communications from Securian Life to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board Trustees may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained be made in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests care of the Contract ownersTrust. 7.3. 4.3 If it is determined by a majority of the BoardTrustees, or a majority of its the disinterested membersTrustees, that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists that affects the interests of contract owners, the Company and Securian Life shall, in cooperation with other Participating Insurance Companies shallwhose contract owners are also affected, at their its own expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. 4.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company Securian Life to disregard Contract contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company Securian Life may be required, at the Fund's Trust’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Trust and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationTrustees. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund Trust gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until . Until the end of that such six (6) month period period, the Fund Trust shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company Securian Life for the purchase (and redemption) redemption of shares of such Designated Portfoliothe Trust. 7.5. 4.5 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company Securian Life conflicts with the a majority of other state regulatorsregulators to which Securian Life is subject, then the Company Securian Life will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund Trust and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company Trustees inform Securian Life in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardTrustees. Until the end of the foregoing such six (6) month period, the Fund Trust shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company Securian Life for the purchase (and redemption) redemption of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Trust. 7.6. 4.6 For purposes of Sections 7.3 4.3 through 7.6 4.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Trustees shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund Trust be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflictVariable Insurance Products. In the event that the Board determines disinterested Trustees determine that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company Securian Life will withdraw an the Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Trust and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company Trustees inform Securian Life in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardTrustees. 7.7. If and 4.7 Securian Life shall at least annually submit to the extent Trustees such reports, materials or data as the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then Trustees may reasonably request so that the Fund and/or Trustees may fully carry out the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with duties imposed upon them by the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4said reports, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 materials and 7.5 of this Agreement data shall continue in effect only to be submitted more frequently if reasonably deemed appropriate by the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. Trustees. 4.8 If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and or Rule 6e-3(T) are 6e-3T is amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, so as to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund Trust and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules Rule 6e-2 and 6e-3(T)or Rule 6e-3T, as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar other rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, ; the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's ’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, . 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account; but the Company shall not be required to establish a management investment company without its consent. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's ’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Company and the other Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and or Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Separate Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Separate Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Separate Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Separate Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Separate Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.13-

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The following provisions shall apply only upon the sale of shares of the Designated Portfolios to variable life insurance separate accounts, and then only to the extent required under the 1940 Act. 7.1 The Board will monitor wil▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇r the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund and all other persons investing in the Fund. An A material irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on ; (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the other hand, or by the voting instructions of contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companiesowners; or (g) if applicable, a decision by a Participating Insurance Company qualified pension or retirement plan to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersparticipants. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and Company, with a view only to the Adviser interests of Contract owners, will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company Company, with a view only to the interests of Contract owners, will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least No less than annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, Board such reports, materials and materials, or data as the Board may reasonably request requests so that the Board may fully carry out the its obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said . Such reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, and if it is a Participating Insurance Company for which a material irreconcilable conflict is relevant, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the material irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1a) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question as to whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract Contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected effected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2b) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Accountthe Account (at the Company's expense); provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six (6) month period the Fund and the Underwriter shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. The responsibility to take such remedial action shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the Contract owners. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account Fund (at the Company's expense) within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an a material irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six (6) month period, the Fund and the Underwriter shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. The responsibility to take such Designated Portfoliosaction shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the Contract owners. 7.6. For purposes of Sections Section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any material irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially and adversely affected by the material irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any material irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e.I.E., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) 11 that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six six-month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.8). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Private Offering Memorandum disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Company shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that the Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, the Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio portfolio thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund Adviser and fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to establish bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for the Contractsany Contract. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 this Article to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract contracts holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's ’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e.I.E., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such -12- Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Separate Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Separate Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Separate Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Separate Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Separate Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.Mixed

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. 7.1 The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. 7.2 The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. 7.3 If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. 7.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. 7.5 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. 7.6 For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. 7.7 If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the "Exemptive Order," File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.8). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Private Offering Memorandum disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Company shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not "interested persons" as defined in the 1940 Act ("Disinterested Directors"), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that the Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, the Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio portfolio thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the Company may be required, at the FundFund Board's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund Adviser and fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to establish bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for the Contractsany Contract. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 this Article to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule 6e3 is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Trust, if it determines to offer its shares to any other insurance company, separate account or to a qualified plan shall furnish the Company with a copy of its application for an order of the SEC under Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act for mixed and shared funding relief, and the notice of such application and order when issued by the SEC. The Company agrees to comply with the conditions on which such order is issued, including reporting any potential or existing conflicts promptly to the Board of Trustees of the Trust (“Board”), and in particular whenever contract owner voting instructions are disregarded, to the extent such conditions are not materially different from the conditions of the mixed and shared funding relief that the Company has agreed to be bound by in similar participation agreements with other fund providers, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Board in carrying out its responsibilities in connection with such order. The Company agrees to carry out such responsibilities with a view to the interests of existing contract owners. 7.2. The Board will monitor the Fund Trust for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the FundTrust. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (gf) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.27.3. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, Order by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersTrustees, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their its expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersTrustees), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) ), withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund Trust or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the FundTrust, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract Contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesthe Company) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) ), establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's Trust’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Trust and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, however that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund Trust gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund Underwriter and Trust shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliothe Trust. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund Trust and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members Trustees of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six six-month period, the Fund Underwriter and Trust shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Trust. 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 7.4 through 7.6 7.7 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members Trustees of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund Trust be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 7.4 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract Contracts if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Trust and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund Trust and/or the Participating Insurance CompaniesCompany, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Fund for has obtained an order of exemption from the SEC (the “Exemptive Order,” File No. 812-9674) granting relief from various provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary to permit Fund shares to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated Participating Insurance Companies and other Qualified Persons (as defined in Section 2.9). The Fund hereby notifies the Company that Contracts Prospectus disclosure regarding potential risks of such mixed and shared funding may be appropriate. 7.2. The Fund Board shall monitor the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersProduct Owners. The Fund Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. (a) The Company and the Adviser will Companies shall report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware promptly to the Fund Board. The Company will assist , and in particular whenever Contract Owner voting instructions are disregarded, and recognizes that it shall be responsible for assisting the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under in connection with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board . The Companies agree to carry out such responsibilities with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit a view only to the Adviser, and the Adviser interests of Contract Owners. (b) The Companies shall at least annually submit to the Board, Fund Board such reports, materials and or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that the Fund Board and the Fund may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it them by the conditions contained in of the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; , and said such reports, materials material and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.37.4. If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersdirectors who are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act (“Disinterested Directors”), determines that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists with regard to Contract Owner investments in the Fund, the Fund Board shall give prompt notice to all Participating Insurance Companies. If the Fund Board determines that a Company is responsible in full or in part for causing or creating said conflict, that Company (and other responsible Participating Insurance Companies shallCompanies) shall at no cost and expense to the Fund, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board membersDisinterested Directors), take whatever steps are such action as is necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict. Such necessary action may include, up to and including: but shall not be limited to: (1a) withdrawing Withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Account from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Series thereof and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners Contract Owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract ownersContract Owners, life insurance contract ownersContract Owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companiesother Product Owners) that votes in favor of such segregation, segregation or offering to the affected contract owners Contract Owners the option of making such a change; and and (2b) establishing Establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate accountcompany. 7.47.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because as a result of a decision by the a Company to disregard Contract owner Owner voting instructions and that said decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority votevote by all Contract Owners having an interest in the Fund, the that Company may be required, at the Fund's Fund Board’s election, to withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDisinterested Directors. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the that Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. 7.57.6. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's ’s decision applicable to the a Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the that Company will withdraw the affected Account's ’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the that Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Adviser and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Fund (subject to Section 2.1 above). 7.67.7. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this AgreementArticle, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board Disinterested Directors shall determine whether or not any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will shall the Fund be required to bear the expense of establishing a new funding medium for any Contract. The Companies shall not be required by this Article to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the any Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of the Contract owners Owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's ’s investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; , provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the BoardDisinterested Directors. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto7.8. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision provisions of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or and shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, as applicable, to the extent such rules are applicable; , and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 7.2 through 7.7 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e.I.E., annuity contract owners, life insurance -11- contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance laws or regulations; (c) a tax ruling or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (f) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (g) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract owners. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and the Adviser will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolio. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of such Designated Portfolios. 7.6. For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.

Potential Conflicts. 7.17.1 The parties acknowledge that the Designated Funds' shares may be made available for investment to other Participating Insurance Companies. The Board In such event, CGM or its designee on behalf of the Designated Funds the will monitor the Fund Funds for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the FundParticipating Insurance Companies. An irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio Fund are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on the other hand, or by the contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companies; or (gf) a decision by a Participating Insurance Company an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract contract owners. The Board CGM shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines they determine that an irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. 7.2 The Company and the Adviser will agrees to promptly report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the BoardCGM. The Company will assist CGM on behalf of the Board Designated Funds in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, Order by providing the Board CGM with all information reasonably necessary for the Board them to consider any issues raised. This includesraised including, but is not limited to, an obligation information as to a decision by the Company to inform the Board whenever disregard Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, such reports, materials and data as the Board may reasonably request so that the Board may fully carry out the obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract ownersinstructions. 7.3. 7.3 If it is determined by a majority CGM on behalf of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested membersDesignated Funds, that a material irreconcilable conflict existsexists that affects the interests of Contract owners, the Company and shall, in cooperation with other Participating Insurance Companies shallwhose contract owners are also affected, at their its expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of CGM or the disinterested Board members), Designated Fund) take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and includingwhich steps could include: (1a) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts Accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio Fund and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question of whether or not such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract Contracts owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e.I.E., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract Contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2b) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. 7.4 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at CGM's or the Designated Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any a Designated Portfolio Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of CGM or the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and terminationDesignated Fund. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months 30 days after the a Designated Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until subject to applicable law but in any event consistent with the terms of the Exemptive Order. Until the end of that six month period such 30 day period, the Designated Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) redemption of shares of such Designated PortfolioFund shares. 7.5. 7.5 If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the a Designated Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account within six months 30 days after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of CGM or the disinterested members of the BoardDesignated Fund. Until the end of the foregoing six month such 30 day period, CGM on behalf of the Fund Designated Funds shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) redemption of shares of such Designated Portfoliosthe Funds. 7.6. 7.6 For purposes of Sections section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority CGM on behalf of the disinterested members of the Board shall Designated Funds will determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund Company be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract Contracts if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that CGM on behalf of the Board Designated Funds determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any the Designated Portfolio Funds and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months 30 days after CGM on behalf of the Board informs Designated Funds inform the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority CGM. 7.7 The Company shall at least annually submit to CGM on behalf of the disinterested members Designated Funds such reports, materials or data as the Trustees may reasonably request so that CGM on behalf of the Board. 7.7. If and to Designated Funds may fully carry out the extent duties imposed upon them by the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.4said reports, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 materials and 7.5 of this Agreement data shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by CGM. 7.8 If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companiesparties to this Agreement, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary (a) to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and or (b) Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of to conform this Agreement shall continue in effect only Article VII to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) the Exemptive Order, as so amended or adoptedthe case may be.

Potential Conflicts. The following provisions shall apply only upon the sale of shares of the Fund to variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts, and then only to the extent required under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among between the interests of the Contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the Fund and all other persons investing in the Fund. An A material irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable insurance federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory authorities; (c) a tax ruling an administrative or provision of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunderjudicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) any other development relating to the tax treatment of insurers, Contract or policy owners or beneficiaries of variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies; (e) the manner in which the investments of any Designated Portfolio are being managed; (fe) a difference in voting instructions given by variable annuity contract holders, on the one hand, and variable life insurance policy contract owners, on ; (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the other hand, or by the voting instructions of contract holders or policy owners of different Participating Insurance Companiesowners; or (g) if applicable, a decision by a Participating Insurance Company qualified pension or retirement plan to disregard the voting instructions of its Contract ownersparticipants. The Board shall promptly inform the Company by written notice if it determines that an a material irreconcilable material conflict exists and the implications thereof. 7.2. The Company and Company, with a view only to the Adviser interests of Contract owners, will report any potential or existing conflicts of which it is aware to the Board. The Company Company, with a view only to the interests of Contract owners, will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company to inform the Board whenever Contract owner voting instructions are disregarded. At least No less than annually, and more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company shall submit to the Adviser, and the Adviser shall at least annually submit to the Board, Board such reports, materials and materials, or data as the Board may reasonably request requests so that the Board may fully carry out the its obligations imposed upon it by the conditions contained in under the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order; and said . Such reports, materials and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Board. The responsibility to report such information and conflicts to the Board will be carried out with a view only to the interests of the Contract owners. 7.3. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested members, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating Insurance Companies shall, at their expense and to the extent reasonably practicable (as determined by a majority of the disinterested Board members), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1) withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Designated Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another Designated Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question as to whether such segregation should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making such a change; and (2) establishing a new registered management investment company or managed separate account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard Contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the affected Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Accounteach Account (at the Company's expense); provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. The Company will bear the cost of any remedial action, including such withdrawal and termination. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. No charge or penalty will be imposed as a result of such Designated Portfoliowithdrawal. The responsibility to take such remedial action shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the contract owners. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state regulators, then the Company will withdraw the affected Account's investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Account (at the Company's expense) within six months after the Board informs the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until the end of the foregoing six month period, the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. The responsibilty to take such Designated Portfoliosaction shall be carried out with a view only to the interest of the contract owners. 7.6. For purposes of Sections Section 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any material irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contract if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially and adversely affected by the material irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any material irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw an the Account's investment in any Designated Portfolio the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after the Board informs the Company in writing of the foregoing determination; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemption Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto contains terms and conditions different from Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement, then the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order or any amendment thereto. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule under the 1940 Act is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the 1940 Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, then (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2 and 6e-3(T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3 or any similar rule6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.43.5, 3.6, 7.1., 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted.