Common use of STATEMENTS; VOTING Clause in Contracts

STATEMENTS; VOTING. The Trust shall provide Hartford with as many printed copies of the current prospectus(es), statement of additional information, proxy statements, annual reports and semi annual reports of each Portfolio (and no other portfolio), and any supplements or amendments to any of the foregoing, as Hartford may reasonably request. If requested by Hartford In lieu of the foregoing printed documents, the Trust shall provide such documents in the form of camera-ready film, computer diskettes or typeset electronic document files, all as Hartford may reasonably request, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for Hartford to have any of the prospectus(es), statement of additional information, proxy statements, annual reports and semi annual reports of each Portfolio (and no other portfolio), and any supplements or amendments to any of the foregoing, printed in combination with such documents of other fund companies' and/or such documents for the Contracts. Except as provided in the following three sentences, all expenses of printing and distributing Trust prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information shall be the expense of Hartford. For prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information provided by Hartford to its existing owners of Contracts in order to update disclosure annually as required by the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, the cost of printing shall be borne by the Trust. If Hartford chooses to receive camera-ready film in lieu of receiving printed copies of the Trust's prospectus, the Trust will reimburse Hartford in an amount equal to the product of A and B where A is the number of such prospectuses distributed to owners of the Contracts, and B is the Trust's per unit cost of typesetting and printing the Trust's prospectus. The same procedures shall be followed with respect to the Trust's Statement of Additional Information. In the event that Portfolios of the Trust are made available in Contracts that were available for purchase before the date of this Agreement, the quantities above shall be limited to owners of Contracts issued after the date of this Agreement. Hartford agrees to provide the Trust or its designee with such information as may be reasonably requested by the Trust to assure that the Trust's expenses do not include the cost of printing any prospectuses or Statements of Additional Information other than those actually distributed to existing owners of the Contracts.