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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST,

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. AND

AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

This Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement dated December 19, 2003 (the “Amendment”), is made and entered into this 29th day of April, 2016 by and between GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, a statutory trust formed under the laws of Delaware (the “Trust”), GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., a New York limited partnership (the “Distributor”), and AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas life insurance company (the “Company”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company referred to herein.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust, the Distributor and the Company entered into a Participation Agreement on December 19, 2003 (the “2003 Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Trust, the Distributor and the Company wish to amend the 2003 Agreement to reflect the offering of the Service, Institutional and Advisor Shares of certain series of the Trust in certain additional registered products; and

WHEREAS, Article XI of the 2003 Agreement provides that the 2003 Agreement may be amended by written agreement signed by all of the parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, which consideration is full and complete, the Trust, the Distributor and the Company hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Unless otherwise noted or amended herein, all other terms used in this Amendment shall have the same meaning as in the 2003 Agreement.

 

2.

Except as hereby amended, the 2003 Agreement remains in full force and effect in accordance with it terms.

 

3.

Amendments and Additions to Schedules.

Schedule 2 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Schedule 2.

Schedule 3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Schedule 3.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officer on the date specified below.

 

  GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
      (Trust)
Date:    April 29, 2016   By:  

  /s/ James McNamara

      Name:   James McNamara
      Title:   Managing Director
  GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
      (Distributor)
Date:    April 29, 2016   By:  

  /s/ Marci Green

      Name:   Marci Green
      Title:   Managing Director
  AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
      (Company)
Date:    April 29, 2016   By:  

  /s/ Robert J. Scheinerman

      Name:   Robert J. Scheinerman
     

Title:

  President, Individual Retirement

 

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Schedule 2

Classes of Contracts

Supported by Separate Accounts

Listed on Schedule 1

 

Effective as of April 29, 2016, the following classes of Contracts are hereby added to this Schedule 2 and made subject to the Agreement:

 

Policy Marketing Name   

SEC 1933 Act

Registration Number

   Name of Supporting
Account
   Annuity or Life
Polaris Platinum III    333-185762    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity
Polaris Choice IV    333-185784    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity

Polaris Platinum O-

Series

   333-185790    Variable Annuity Account Seven    Variable Annuity

Polaris Preferred

Solution

   333-185778    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity
Polaris Retirement Protector    333-185787    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity

Polaris Select

Investor

   333-198223    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity

[Advisory Fee

Product 1-Product

Name TBD]

   To be assigned    Variable Separate Account    Variable Annuity
                

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust, the Distributor and the Company hereby amend this Schedule 2 in accordance with Article XI of the Agreement.

 

    /s/ James McNamara

       

    /s/ Robert J. Scheinerman

 
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust   American General Life Insurance Company
Name: James McNamara         Name: Robert J. Scheinerman  
Title: Managing Director         Title: President, Individual Retirement  

  /s/ Marci Green

         
Goldman, Sachs & Co.          
Name: Marci Green          
Title: Managing Director          

 

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Schedule 3

Trust Classes and Series

Available Under

Each Class of Contracts

 

Effective as of the date of this Amendment, the following Trust Classes and Series are available under the Contracts:

 

Contracts Marketing Name    Trust Classes and Series      
Platinum Investor VA    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor I VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor II VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor III VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor PLUS VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor Survivor VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Platinum Investor Survivor II VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Executive Advantage VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Gemstone Life VUL    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Select Investor Variable Annuity    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Platinum III    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Choice IV    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     

 

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Polaris Platinum O-Series    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Preferred Solution    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Retirement Protector    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
Polaris Select Investor    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     
[Advisory Fee Product 1-Product Name TBD]    All Series of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service, Institutional, Advisor)     

 

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