Common use of TIMING OF TRANSACTIONS Clause in Contracts

TIMING OF TRANSACTIONS. Distributor hereby appoints the Company as agent for the Funds for the limited purpose of accepting purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares from the Contract owners. On each day the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") and the Company are open for business (each, a "Business Day"), the Company may receive instructions from the Contract owners for the purchase or redemption of shares of the Funds ("Orders"). Orders received and accepted by the Company prior to the close of regular trading on the Exchange (the "Close of Trading") on any given Business Day (currently, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and transmitted to the Funds' transfer agent by 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on the next Business Day will be executed at the net asset value determined as of the Close of Trading on that Business Day. Any Orders received by the Company on such day but after the Close of Trading, and all Orders that are transmitted to the Funds' transfer agent after 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on the next Business Day, will be executed at the net asset value determined as of the Close of Trading on the next Business Day following the day of receipt of such Order. The day as of which an Order is executed by the Funds' transfer agent pursuant to the provisions set forth above is referred to herein as the "Trade Date". A Fund may refuse to sell shares to the Company if such action is required by law or by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, or, in the sole discretion of the board of Directors of such Fund, acting in good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and any applicable state laws, necessary in the best interests of the shareholders of such Fund (it being understood that for this purpose shareholders means Contract owners).