Common use of Shareholder Materials Clause in Contracts

Shareholder Materials. The Adviser and Distributors shall, as applicable, provide in camera ready or other form mutually agreed to by the parties, the following shareholder communications materials prepared for circulation to Owners: proxy or information statements, annual reports, semi-annual reports, and all initial and updated prospectuses, supplements and amendments thereof. . Adviser or Distributors shall pay any reasonable and necessary costs for tabulating and archiving (to the extent archiving is required by applicable law, rule or regulation) proxy materials of proxies requested by Adviser, the Funds or Distributors, provided Company uses a proxy tabulation service designated by Adviser or Distributors The Adviser or Distributors shall be responsible for a pro-rata share of the reasonable and necessary costs of printing such materials (to the extent the materials relate to the Funds) determined by applying the following formula: A _________________ times C B where A is the number of pages dedicated to information about the Fund; B is the total number of pages in the document; and C is the total costs for printing the document. Adviser or Distributors shall pay the Fund's pro-rata share of the postage and handling expenses with respect to such materials that are delivered to Contract Owners, the calculation of which shall be determined by applying the following formula: A ______________ times C A+B+C+D+E where A is the aggregate number of annuity Contract Owners who own shares of the Fund; B is the aggregate number of Contract Owners who own shares of mutual funds advised by FMR Co. and included in the AccountCompany; C, D, and E are the aggregate number of Contract Owners who own shares in funds advised by each of the other individual fund companies participating in the Contract; and , C is the total cost of postage and handling to all Contract Owners. The Company shall bear the expenses of distributing the Fund's prospectuses, annual reports and semi-annual reports to prospective Contract Owners. The Company agrees to provide the Fund or its designee with such information as may be reasonably requested by the Fund to assure that the Fund's expenses are calculated in accordance with this section 5.

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Sources: Participation Agreement (Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I)

Shareholder Materials. The Adviser and Distributors shall, as applicable, provide in camera ready or other form mutually agreed to by the parties, the following shareholder communications materials prepared for circulation to Owners: proxy or information statements, annual reports, semi-annual reports, and all initial and updated prospectuses, supplements and amendments thereof. . Adviser or Distributors shall pay any reasonable and necessary costs for tabulating and archiving (to the extent archiving is required by applicable law, rule or regulation) proxy materials of proxies requested by Adviser, the Funds or Distributors, provided Company uses a proxy tabulation service designated by Adviser or Distributors The Adviser or Distributors shall be responsible for a pro-rata share of the reasonable and necessary costs of printing such materials (to the extent the materials relate to the Funds) determined by applying the following formula: A _________________ times C B where A is the number of pages dedicated to information about the Fund; B is the total number of pages in the document; and C is the total costs for printing the document. Adviser or Distributors shall pay the Fund's pro-rata share of the postage and handling expenses with respect to such materials that are delivered to Contract Owners, the calculation of which shall be determined by applying the following formula: A ______________ times C A+B+C+D+E where A is the aggregate number of annuity Contract Owners who own shares of the Fund; B is the aggregate number of Contract Owners who own shares of mutual funds advised by FMR Co. and included in the AccountCompanyAccount; C, D, and E are the aggregate number of Contract Owners who own shares in funds advised by each of the other individual fund companies participating in the Contract; and and, C is the total cost of postage and handling to all Contract Owners. The Company shall bear the expenses of distributing the Fund's prospectuses, annual reports and semi-annual reports to prospective Contract Owners. The Company agrees to provide the Fund or its designee with such information as may be reasonably requested by the Fund to assure that the Fund's expenses are calculated in accordance with this section 5.

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Sources: Participation Agreement (Empire Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account A)