EX-26.(H)(1)(C) 2 dex26h1c.htm AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS Amendment to Participation Agreement for AIM Variable Insurance Funds

Exhibit 26(h)(1)(c)

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

The Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of April 14, 2000, by and among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, A I M Distributors, Inc., United Investors Life Insurance Company, and United Securities Alliance, Inc. is hereby amended as follows:

 

Section 2.3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

  2.3 Applicable Price

 

(a) Share purchase payments and redemption orders that result from purchase payments, premium payments, surrenders and other transactions under Contracts (collectively, “Contract transactions”) and that LIFE COMPANY receives prior to the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other time set by the Board for purposes of determining the current net asset value of a Fund in accordance with Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act) on a Business Day will be executed at the net asset values of the appropriate Funds next computed after receipt by AVIF or its designated agent of the orders. For purposes of this Section 2.3(a), LIFE COMPANY shall be the designated agent of AVIF for receipt of orders relating to Contract transactions, in accordance with Section 22(c) and Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, on each Business Day and receipt by such designated agent shall constitute receipt by AVIF; provided that AVIF receives notice of such orders by 9:00 a.m. Central Time on the next following Business Day or such later time as computed in accordance with Section 2.1(b) hereof. Any adjustments for pricing errors shall be made according to Schedule B, attached hereto and made a part hereof. In connection with this Section 2.3(a), LIFE COMPANY represents and warrants that it will not submit any order for Shares or engage in any practice nor will it allow or suffer any person acting on its behalf to submit any order for Shares or engage in any practice, that would violate or cause a violation of applicable law or regulation including, without limitation Section 22 of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.

 

(b) All other Share purchases and redemptions by LIFE COMPANY will be effected at the net asset values of the appropriate Funds next computed after receipt by AVIF or its designated agent of the order therefor, and such orders will be irrevocable.

 

(c) Without limiting the scope or effect of Section 1.1 hereof, pursuant to which the Board may reject a Share purchase order by or on behalf of LIFE COMPANY under the circumstances described therein, LIFE COMPANY and UNDERWRITER agree to cooperate with the Fund and AIM to prevent any person exercising, or purporting to exercise, rights or privileges under one or more Contracts (including, but not limited to Contract owners, annuitants, insureds or participants, as the case may be (collectively, “Participants”) from engaging in any trading practices in any Fund that the Board or AIM determines in good faith and in their sole discretion, to be detrimental or potentially detrimental to the other shareholders of the Fund, or to be in contravention of any applicable law or regulation including, without limitation, Section 22 of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. Such cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to, identifying the person or persons engaging in such trading practices, facilitating the imposition of any applicable redemption fee on such person or persons, limiting the


telephonic or electronic trading privileges or such person or persons, and taking such other remedial steps, all to the extent permitted or required by applicable law.

 

Section 6.3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

  6.3 Funds To Remain Available

 

Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement by LIFE COMPANY, AVIF will, at the option of LIFE COMPANY, continue to make available additional shares of the Fund pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for all Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Existing Contracts”), unless AIM or the Board determines that doing so would not serve the best interest of the shareholders of the affected Funds or would be inconsistent with applicable law or regulation. Specifically, without limitation, the owners of the Existing Contracts will be permitted to reallocate investments in the Fund (as in effect on such date), redeem investments in the Fund and/or invest in the Fund upon the making of additional purchase payment under the Existing Contracts. The parties agree that this Section 6.3 will not apply to any (i) termination under Section 5 and the effect of such terminations will be governed by Section 5 of this Agreement or (ii) any rejected purchase and/or redemption order as described in Section 2.3(c) hereof.

 

Section 22 is hereby added to the Agreement:

 

Section 22. Force Majeure

 

Each Party shall be excused from the performance of any of its obligations to the other where such nonperformance is occasioned by any event beyond its control which shall include, without limitation, any applicable order, rule or regulation of any federal state or local body, agency or instrumentality with jurisdiction, work stoppage, accident, natural disaster, war, acts of terrorism or civil disorder, provided that the Party so excused shall use all reasonable efforts to minimize its nonperformance and overcome, remedy, cure or remove such event as soon as is reasonable practicable, and such performance shall be excused only for so long as, in any given case, the force or circumstances making performance impossible shall exist.


Schedule A—Funds Available Under the Contracts, of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

SCHEDULE A

 

FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACTS

 

Series I and II Shares

 

AIM V.I. Aggressive Growth Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Core Equity Fund (name will be
changed to AIM V.I. Core Stock Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. Balanced Fund

  

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund

  

AIM V.I. Blue Chip Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Dynamics Fund
(name will be changed to AIM V.I. Dynamics Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund

  

AIM V.I. Capital Development Fund

  

AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Financial Services Fund
(name will be changed to AIM V.I.
Financial Services Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund

  

Aim V.I. Diversified Income Fund

  

AIM V.I. Government Securities Fund

  

AIM V.I. Growth Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Health Sciences Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V. I. Health Sciences Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. High Yield Fund

  

AIM V.I. International Growth Fund

  

AIM V.I. Large Cap Growth Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Leisure Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V.I. Leisure Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. MID Cap Core Equity Fund

  

AIM V.I. Money Market Fund

  

AIM V.I. Premier Equity Fund

   INVESCO VIF - Small Company Growth Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V.I. Small Company Growth Fund
on October 15, 2004)

AIM V.I. Real Estate Fund

  

Aim V.I. Small Cap Equity Fund

  
     INVESCO VIF Technology Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V.I. Technology Fund
on October 15, 2004)
     INVESCO VIF - Total Return Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V.I. Total Return Fund
on October 15, 2004)
     INVESCO VIF - Utilities Fund (name will
be changed to AIM V.I. Utilities Fund
on October 15, 2004)


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

 

Effective date: April 30, 2004

 

     AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

Attest: /s/ Jim A. Coppedge

  

By: /s/ Robert H. Graham

Name: Jim A. Coppedge

  

Name: Robert H. Graham

Title: Assistant Secretary

  

Title: President

     A I M DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Attest: /s/ Jim A. Coppedge

  

By: /s/ Gene L. Needles

Name: Jim A. Coppedge

  

Name: Gene L. Needles

Title: Assistant Secretary

  

Title: President

     UNITED INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Attest: /s/ Cathy C. Pilcher

  

By: /s/ John H. Livingston

Name: Cathy C. Pilcher

  

Name: John H. Livingston

Title: Second Vice President

  

Title: Secretary & Counsel

     UNITED SECURITIES ALLIANCE, INC.

Attest: /s/ Jeffrey J. Cannella

  

By: /s/ Joe Padilla

Name: Jeffrey J. Cannella

  

Name: Joe Padilla

Title: AVP, Chief Compliance Officer

  

Title: President