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EXHIBIT (e)(1)
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SCHEDULE A
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (TO BE RENAMED GARTMORE VARIABLE
INSURANCE TRUST) AND NATIONWIDE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC./GARTMORE DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
(EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2001)
Name of Fund
Total Return Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Total Return Fund*)
Capital Appreciation Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Growth Fund*)
Government Bond (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Government Bond Fund*)
Money Market Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund*)
Money Market Fund II (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Money Market Fund II*)
Nationwide Small Company Fund (to be renamed GVIT Small Company Fund*)
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ NSAT Balanced Fund (to be renamed ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GVIT Balanced Fund*)
Federated NSAT Equity Income Fund (to be renamed Federated GVIT Equity Income
Fund*)
Nationwide Global 50 Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Worldwide Leaders Fund*)
Federated NSAT High Income Bond Fund (to be renamed Federated GVIT High Income
Fund*)
MAS NSAT Multi Sector Bond Fund (to be renamed MAS GVIT Multi Sector Bond Fund*)
Nationwide Small Cap Value Fund (to be renamed GVIT Small Cap Value Fund*)
Dreyfus NSAT Mid Cap Index Fund (to be renamed Dreyfus GVIT Mid Cap Index Fund*)
Nationwide Small Cap Growth Fund (to be renamed GVIT Small Cap Growth Fund*)
Nationwide Strategic Value Fund (to be renamed Nationwide GVIT Strategic Value
Fund*)
Nationwide Income Fund
Strong NSAT Mid Cap Growth Fund (to be renamed Strong GVIT Mid Cap Growth Fund*)
▇▇▇▇▇▇ NSAT Growth Focus Fund (to be renamed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ GVIT Growth Focus Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT Millennium Growth Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Millennium
Growth Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT Global Technology and Communications Fund (to be renamed Gartmore
GVIT Global Technology and Communications fund*)
Gartmore NSAT Global Health Sciences Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global
Health Sciences Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT Emerging Markets Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Emerging
Markets Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT International Growth Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT
International Growth Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT Global Leaders Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Worldwide Leaders
Fund*)
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Gartmore GVIT European Leaders Fund
Gartmore NSAT Global Small Companies Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Global
Small Companies Fund*)
Gartmore NSAT OTC Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT OTC Fund*)
Gartmore GVIT Asia Pacific Leaders Fund
Gartmore GVIT U.S. Leaders Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT U.S. Growth Leaders
Fund*)
Gartmore GVIT Global Financial Services Fund
Gartmore GVIT Global Utilities Fund
NSAT Investor Destinations Aggressive Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor
Destinations Aggressive Fund*)
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderately Aggressive Fund (to be renamed Gartmore
GVIT Investor Destinations Moderately Aggressive Fund*)
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderate Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT Investor
Destinations Moderate Fund*)
NSAT Investor Destinations Moderately Conservative Fund (to be renamed Gartmore
GVIT Investor Destinations Moderately Conservative Fund*)
NSAT Investor Destinations Conservative Fund (to be renamed Gartmore GVIT
Investor Destinations Conservative Fund*)
Gartmore GVIT U.S. Leaders Fund
* Name change to be effective with the Trust name change in January 2002.
NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST (to be renamed GARTMORE VARIABLE
INSURANCE TRUST)
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ Tantra
Name: ▇▇▇▇ Tantra
Title: Assistant Secretary
NATIONWIDE ADVISORY SERVICES, INC./GARTMORE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P. Associate General Counsel
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