Amendment to Participation Agreement
(h)(xxii)(a)
Amendment to Participation Agreement
This Amendment is effective as of July 1, 2013, by and between PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST, a Delaware business trust (the “Trust”), THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC., a Delaware life insurance company (the “Company”) on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the segregated asset accounts of the Company set forth in Schedule A hereto, as may be amended from time to time (the “Accounts”), PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“PIM”) and PIONEER FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“PFD”). PIM and PFD are Members of the UniCredit Banking Group, Register of Banking Groups.
WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Participation Agreement on January 1, 2009, (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the parties reserved to themselves the right to amend the Agreement from time to time in a writing executed by the parties; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows.
1. | Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and is replaced with a new Schedule A as attached hereto. |
2. | Except as provided herein, the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the effective date set forth above.
THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC. By its authorized officer, |
PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. Pioneer Investment Management Shareholder Services, Inc. | |||||||||||
By its authorized officer, | ||||||||||||
By: | /s/ | By: | /s/ | |||||||||
Name: | Name: | |||||||||||
Title: | Title: | |||||||||||
PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST, on behalf of the Portfolios By its authorized officer and not individually, |
PIONEER FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. By its authorized officer, | |||||||||||
By: | /s/ | By: | /s/ | |||||||||
Name: | Name: | |||||||||||
Title: | Title: |
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SCHEDULE A
ACCOUNTS, CONTRACTS AND PORTFOLIOS
SUBJECT TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Name of Separate Account and Date Established by Board of Directors |
Contracts Funded by Separate Account |
Portfolios and Class of Shares Available to Contracts | ||
Variable Annuity Account R, established March 12, 2003 | The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity L Series | Pioneer Fundamental Value VCT Portfolio (Class II) | ||
The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity B Series | Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio (Class II) | |||
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio (Class II) | ||||
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio (Class II) | ||||
Guardian Investor II Variable Annuity | Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio (Class II) | |||
Guardian Investor ProFreedom Variable AnnuitySM B Series | Pioneer Bond Fund VCT Portfolio (Class II) | |||
Guardian Investor ProStrategies Variable AnnuitySM I Series | ||||
Guardian Investor ProFreedom Variable AnnuitySM C Series | ||||
Variable Life Account N, established September 23, 1999 | Flexible Solutions® VUL III | Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio (Class II) |
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