Common use of Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting Clause in Contracts

Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting. 3.1. The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund’s current prospectus and statement of additional information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies, the Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes containing the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus or other disclosure document for the Contracts and the Fund’s prospectus (and statement of additional information for the Fund and the statement of additional information for the Registered Contracts) printed together in one document. Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund’s prospectus and/or its statement of additional information in combination with other fund companies’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. The Fund shall use its best efforts to provide the Fund’s full prospectus (which includes only the Fund portfolios offered by the Company) and full SAI (which includes all of the portfolios offered by the Fund) no later than April 15th of each year. In no event shall such materials be provided by the Fund to the Company later than April 21st of each year.

Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting. 3.1. The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund’s current prospectus and statement of additional information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies, copies the Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes containing the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or and/ or statement of additional information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus or other disclosure document for the Contracts and the Fund’s prospectus (printed together in one document, and to have the statement of additional information for the Fund and the statement of additional information for the Registered Contracts) Contracts and the Fund printed together in one document. Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund’s prospectus and/or and/ or its statement of additional information in combination with other fund companies’ prospectuses and statements of additional information. The Fund shall use its best efforts to provide form of the Fund’s full prospectus (which includes only the Fund portfolios offered by the Companyprospectus(es) and full SAI (which includes all and/ or statement of the portfolios offered by the Fund) no later than April 15th of each year. In no event shall such materials be additional information provided by the Fund to the Company later than April 21st shall be the final form of each year.prospectus(es) and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form(s) of prospectus(es) shall include only those Portfolios of the Fund identified in Schedule B.

Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting. 3.1. The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund’s 's current prospectus and statement of additional information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies, copies the Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes containing the Fund’s 's prospectus and statement of additional information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus or other disclosure document for the Contracts and the Fund’s 's prospectus (printed together in one document, and to have the statement of additional information for the Fund and the statement of additional information for the Registered Contracts) Contracts printed together in one document. Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund’s 's prospectus and/or its statement of additional information in combination with other fund companies’ ' prospectuses and statements of additional information. The Fund shall use its best efforts to provide form of the Fund’s full prospectus (which includes only the Fund portfolios offered by the Company's prospectus(es) and full SAI (which includes all and/or statements of the portfolios offered by the Fund) no later than April 15th of each year. In no event shall such materials be additional information provided by the Fund to the Company later than April 21st shall be the final form of each year.prospectus(es) and statement of additional information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form(s) of prospectus(es) shall include only those Portfolios of the Fund identified in Schedule B.