EX-99.(K)(III) 8 d117190dex99kiii.htm AMENDMENT NO., 3 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2013 TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Amendment No., 3 effective October 1, 2013 to the Participation Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT No. 3, dated as of October 1, 2013 to the Participation Agreement, (the “Agreement”), dated May 1, 2003 and as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective October 16, 2009 and Amendment No. 2 effective May 1, 2012, by and among MONY Life Insurance Company (“MONY”), AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, ProFunds, and ProFund Advisors LLC (collectively, the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, upon the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by that certain Master Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2013, by and among AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), AXA Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Protective Life Insurance Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee (“Purchaser”), Seller will sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of MONY (the “Transaction”);

WHEREAS, by virtue of the Transaction, AXA Equitable and MONY will no longer be affiliated entities and as such (i) the Parties wish to remove AXA Equitable as a Party to the Agreement and (ii) AXA Equitable is entering into a new Participation Agreement with ProFunds, and ProFund Advisors effective upon the Closing; and

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Removed Party. Effective as of the Closing, AXA Equitable is hereby deleted as a party to the Agreement, the defined term “Company” shall no longer be deemed to include AXA Equitable and all references to AXA Equitable throughout the Agreement are hereby deleted. Consistent with section 10.4 of the Agreement, AXA Equitable’s obligation under Article Vlll of the Agreement to indemnify ProFunds and ProFund Advisors LLC shall survive the removal of AXA Equitable as a party to the Agreement insofar as the activity, action, or inaction of AXA Equitable giving rise to the indemnification claim occurred prior to the Closing.

2. Schedule A. Effective as of the Closing, Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached “Schedule A”.

3. Effective Date. The Parties agree that this Agreement is contingent upon, and shall not be effective until, the Closing, and shall take effect automatically upon the Closing. If the Closing shall not have occurred by April 1, 2014, this Agreement shall terminate and shall be of no further force or effect.

4. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT, INCLUDING THE FORMATION, BREACH, TERMINATION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, AND ALL TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT, SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES WOULD PERMIT OR REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first above set forth.

 

PROFUNDS     PROFUND ADVISORS LLC
By:  

LOGO

 

    By:  

LOGO

 

Name:   Louis M. Mayberg     Name:   Michael L. Sapir
Title:   President     Title:   CEO
AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, on behalf of itself and its separate accounts
    MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
on behalf of itself and its separate accounts
By:  

LOGO

 

    By:  

LOGO

 

Name:   Steven M. Joenk     Name:   Steven M. Joenk
Title:   Managing Director     Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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SCHEDULE A

Separate Accounts and Associated Contracts

 

Name of Separate Account

       

Policy Form Numbers of Contracts
Funded by Separate Account

MONY Separate Account S

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account L

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account A

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account UGVL VUL

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account UGVL SVUL

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account UGVA VA

      All Contracts

MONY Separate Account Keynote

      All Contracts

 

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