EX-99.(8)(I)8 12 a16-6158_4ex99d8i8.htm EX-99.(8)(I)8

Exhibit 99.(8)(i)8

 

Amendment No. 2 to

Administrative Services Agreement

Franklin Templeton Services, LLC

National Life Insurance Company

 

THIS AMENDMENT is made by and between Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (the “Fund Administrator”) and National Life Insurance Company (the “Company”).

 

WHEREAS, The Company and the Fund Administrator have entered into an Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2004, as may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), concerning certain administrative services with respect to each series (“Fund” or “Funds”) of Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust (the “Trust”) listed on the Schedule B of the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Fund Administrator wish to amend the Agreement for the purpose of updating schedules and adding certain new Funds and variable life or variable annuity insurance contracts covered by the Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of past and prospective business relations, the Fund Administrator and the Company hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

 

1.                                      Schedules A and B of the Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the Schedules A and B attached hereto.

 

2.                                      All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.

 

This Amendment is executed as of April 1, 2016

 

 

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott Edblom

 

Name:

Scott Edblom

 

Title:

Vice President — Product Strategy & Innovation

 

 

 

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SERVICES, LLC 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Fergenrson

 

Name:

Laura Fergenrson

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 


 

Schedule A

 

Administrative Services

 

Maintenance of Books and Records

 

·                  Assist as necessary to maintain book entry records on behalf of the Funds regarding issuance to, transfer within (via net purchase orders) and redemption by the Accounts of Fund shares.

 

·                  Maintain general ledgers regarding the Accounts’ holdings of Fund shares, coordinate and reconcile information, and coordinate maintenance of ledgers by financial institutions and other contract owner service providers.

 

Communication with the Funds

 

·                  Serve as the designee of the Funds for receipt of purchase and redemption orders from the Account and to transmit such orders, and payment therefore, to the Funds.

 

·                  Coordinate with the Funds’ agents respecting daily valuation of the Funds’ shares and the Accounts’ units.

 

·                  Purchase Orders

 

·                  Determine net amount available for investment in the Funds.

·                  Deposit receipts at the Funds’ custodians (generally by wire transfer).

·                  Notify the custodians of the estimated amount required to pay dividends or distributions.

 

·                  Redemption Orders

 

·                  Determine net amount required for redemptions by the Funds.

·                  Notify the custodian and Funds of cash required to meet payments.

 

·                  Purchase and redeem shares of the Funds on behalf of the Accounts at the then-current price in accordance with the terms of each Fund’s then current prospectus.

 

·                  Assistance in enforcing procedures adopted on behalf of the Trust to reduce, discourage, or eliminate market timing transactions in a Fund’s shares in order to reduce or eliminate adverse effects on a Fund or its shareholders.

 

Processing Distributions from the Funds

 

·                  Process ordinary dividends and capital gains.

 

·                  Reinvest the Funds’ distributions.

 

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Reports

 

·                  Periodic information reporting to the Funds, including, but not limited to, furnishing registration statements, prospectuses or private offering memorandum, statements of additional information, reports, solicitations for instructions, disclosure statements, sales or promotional materials and any other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Accounts invested in the Funds, if necessary.

 

·                  Periodic information reporting about the Funds to contract owners, including necessary delivery of the Funds’ prospectus and annual and semi-annual reports.

 

Fund-related Contract Owner Services

 

·                  Maintain adequate fidelity bond or similar coverage for all Company officers, employees, investment advisors and other individuals or entities controlled by the Company who deal with the money and/or securities of the Funds.

 

·                  Provide general information with respect to Fund inquiries (not including information about performance or related to sales).

 

·                  Provide information regarding performance of the Funds.

 

·                  Oversee and assist the solicitation, counting and voting of contract owner pass-through voting interests in the Funds pursuant to Fund proxy statements.

 

Other Administrative Support

 

·                  Provide other administrative and legal compliance support for the Funds as mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Funds or the Fund Administrator.

 

·                  Relieve the Funds of other usual or incidental administrative services provided to individual contract owners.

 

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Schedule B

 

Administrative Expense Payments

 

The Fund Administrator agrees to pay the Company a fee, computed daily and paid quarterly in arrears, equal to an annual rate as set forth below, applied to the average daily net assets of the shares of the Funds held in the subaccounts of the Accounts.  The payment will be computed and paid in the manner described more completely in the Agreement.

 

#

 

Company Name

 

Separate Account/
Registration Yes/No.

 

Class/Funds of the Trust

 

Fee
Rate

 

Date of
beginning of
period for
computation
of fee

 

1.

 

National Life Insurance Company

 

National Life Variable Life Insurance Account Yes

 

Class 1 Shares:
Franklin U.S. Government Securities VIP Fund
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery VIP Fund

 

Redacted

 

12/01/08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 2 Shares:
Franklin Global Real Estate VIP Fund
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund
Franklin Small Cap Value VIP Fund
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund

 

Redacted

 

05/01/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

National Life Insurance Company

 

National Variable Annuity Account II Yes

 

Class 1 Shares:
Franklin U.S. Government Securities VIP Fund
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery VIP Fund

 

Redacted

 

12/01/08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 2 Shares:
Franklin Global Real Estate VIP Fund
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund
Franklin Small Cap Value VIP Fund
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund

 

Redacted

 

05/01/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 4 Shares:
Franklin Funding Funds Allocation VIP Fund
Franklin High Income VIP Fund
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery VIP Fund
Franklin Rising Dividend VIP Fund
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund
Templeton Developing Markets VIP Fund
Templeton Global Bond VIP Fund

 

Redacted

 

05/01/16

 

 

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