EX-99.8.(J)(II) 8 ex998jii.txt RYDEX AMENDMENT 6 AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST, RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC., AND SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WHEREAS, Rydex Variable Trust (the "Trust"), Rydex Distributors, Inc. (the "Underwriter") and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (the "Company") are parties to a Participation Agreement dated February 12, 2001 as amended March 11, 2002, May 1, 2003, July 1, 2003, January 30, 2004, and September 28, 2005 (the "Agreement"); and WHEREAS, terms of the Agreement contemplate that it may be amended with the mutual agreement of the parties; and WHEREAS, the parties wish to change the use of the terms "Account," "Contract," and "Fund" in such a way that the Accounts, Contracts and Funds need not be listed on Schedule A to the Agreement, but nonetheless, for convenience the parties may determine to list them on Schedule A; and WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment, shall have the meaning given them in the Agreement; and WHEREAS, all other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Company, the Trust and the Underwriter agree to amend the Agreement as follows: 1. The first paragraph of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 12th day of February, 2001 by and among SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter the "Company"), a Kansas Corporation on its own behalf and on behalf of each Account (defined below), RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST (hereinafter the "Trust"), a Delaware business trust, and RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC. (hereinafter the "Underwriter"), a Maryland corporation. 2. The third recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: WHEREAS, beneficial interests in the Trust are divided into several series of interest or shares, each representing the interest in a particular managed portfolio of securities and other assets, any one or more of which may be made available under this Agreement (each such series is hereinafter referred to as a "Fund"); and 3. The seventh recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: 1 WHEREAS, the Variable Insurance Products issued or that will be issued by the Company ("Contracts") have been or will be registered by the Company under the 1933 Act, unless such Contracts are exempt from registration thereunder; and4. The eighth recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following WHEREAS, each Account is a duly organized, validly existing segregated asset account, established by resolution or under authority of the Board of Directors of the Company to set aside and invest assets attributable to the aforesaid Contracts; and 5. The tenth recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and regulations, the Company intends to purchase shares in the Funds on behalf of each Account to fund the aforesaid Contract, and the Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to the Account at net asset value; 6. Section 1.6 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: The Company agrees that purchases and redemptions of Fund shares offered by the then current prospectus of the Trust shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such prospectus, provided however, that the provisions of the then current Fund prospectus will not be deemed to alter any provision of Section 1.1 or 1.5. 7. The following new Section 1.11 is hereby added to the Agreement: It is agreed that Company, on behalf of an Account, has access under this Agreement to all Funds of the Trust and all share classes thereof (including Funds and share classes created in the future) and that it shall not be necessary to list the Accounts, the Contracts, the Funds or the share classes on Schedule A. It is further agreed that a segregated asset account of the Company shall become an "Account" hereunder as of the date such segregated asset account first invests in a Fund. A series of the Trust shall become a "Fund" hereunder as of the date an Account first invests in such Fund. Notwithstanding the fact that Accounts, Contracts and Funds need not be listed on Schedule A, the parties may, in their discretion and for convenience and ease of reference only, include one or more Accounts, Contracts and Funds on Schedule A from time to time. 8. The existing Schedule A is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the accompanying Schedule A IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment Number 6 to the Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative as of the date specified below. SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By its authorized officer By: _______________________________ Name: _______________________________ Title: _______________________________ Date: _______________________________ 2 RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST By its authorized officer By: _______________________________ Name: _______________________________ Title: _______________________________ Date: _______________________________ RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC. By its authorized officer By: _______________________________ Name: _______________________________ Title: _______________________________ Date: _______________________________ 3 SCHEDULE A ACCOUNTS - All Accounts of the Company, including, without limitation: Variflex Separate Account SBL Variable Annuity Account VIII SBL Variable Annuity Account XIV SBL Variable Annuity Account XVII CONTRACTS - All Contracts of the Company, including without limitation: Variflex Variable Annuity VIVA Variable Annuity PGA Variable Annuity Variflex Extra Credit Variable Annuity Variflex LS Variable Annuity Variflex Signature Variable Annuity AdvisorDesigns Variable Annuity AdvanceDesigns Variable Annuity SecureDesigns Variable Annuity ClassicStrategies Variable Annuity ThirdFed Variable Annuity EliteDesigns Variable Annuity FUNDS - All Funds of the Trust, including without limitation: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUND CUSIP # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RVT CLS AdvisorOne Amerigo 783555584 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RVT CLS AdvisorOne Berolina 783555378 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RVT CLS AdvisorOne Clermont 783555576 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Absolute Return Strategies 783555428 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Banking 783555881 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Basic Materials 783555873 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Biotechnology 783555865 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Commodities 783555436 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT 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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Large Cap Growth 783555493 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Large Cap Value 783555485 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Leisure 783555782 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Mid Cap Advantage 783555626 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Mid Cap Growth 783555568 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Mid Cap Value 783555519 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Multi-Cap Core Equity 783555386 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Nova 783555105 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT OTC 783555303 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Precious Metals 783555501 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Real Estate 783555618 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Retailing 783555774 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Russell 2000(R) Advantage 783555634 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Sector Rotation 783555592 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Small Cap Growth 783555535 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Small Cap Value 783555527 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Technology 783555766 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Telecommunications 783555758 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Transportation 783555741 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT U.S. Government Money Market 783555808 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rydex VT Utilities 783555683 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: November 20, 2006 5