EX-99.(E)(4)(X) 154 dex99e4x.txt AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT CLASS E SHARES METLIFE INVESTORS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AMENDMENT NO. 10 to Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement ("Amendment No. 10"), dated as of November 1, 2006, by and between Met Investors Series Trust (the "Trust") and MetLife Investors Distribution Company ("MID"). The Trust and MID agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement relating to Class E Shares dated as of August 30, 2002, as amended on May 1, 2003, November 1, 2003, April 30, 2004, November 3, 2004, May 1, 2005, September 30, 2005, November 1, 2005, December 19, 2005, and May 1, 2006 (the "Original Agreement" or "Agreement") as herein provided. All terms used in this Amendment No. 10, unless defined herein to the contrary, shall have the meaning given such terms in the Agreement. 1. New Portfolios. The Trust hereby authorizes MID to participate in the distribution of Class E shares of the following new portfolios ("New Portfolios") on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement: Strategic Growth and Income Portfolio Strategic Growth Portfolio Strategic Conservative Growth Portfolio 2. Effective Date. The effective date of this Amendment No. 10 shall be November 1, 2006 with respect to the New Portfolios. 3. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in effect until August 31, 2007 with respect to the New Portfolios and thereafter will continue on a year to year basis with respect to the New Portfolios only so long as the continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by (a) the Board of Trustees of the Trust or (b) persons having voting rights in respect of the Trust, by the vote stated in Section 11 of the Agreement, voted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Participation Agreement (as defined in the Agreement); provided, however, that in either event such continuance shall also be approved by a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of any party to the Agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. 4. Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which MID is authorized to distribute Class E Shares, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule A attached hereto. Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 10 as of the date first above set forth. MET INVESTORS SERIES TRUST METLIFE INVESTORS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Tupper By: /s/ Richard C. Pearson --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Treasurer Executive Vice President 2 SCHEDULE A TO AMENDMENT NO. 10 DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT CLASS E SHARES Portfolios in Original Agreement: J.P. Morgan Quality Bond Portfolio J.P. Morgan Small Cap Stock Portfolio (now known as Met/Putnam Capital Opportunities Portfolio) J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index Portfolio J.P. Morgan Select Equity Portfolio J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Portfolio Lord Abbett Developing Growth Portfolio Lord Abbett Growth and Income Portfolio Lord Abbett Growth Opportunities Portfolio (now known as Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio) PIMCO Total Return Portfolio PIMCO Innovation Portfolio (now known as RCM Global Technology Portfolio) MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (now known as T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio) MFS Research International Portfolio Met/Putnam Research Portfolio Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio (now known as Legg Mason Aggressive Growth Portfolio) Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Portfolio Third Avenue Small Cap Value Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 1: Lord Abbett America's Value Portfolio PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio MET/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio MET/AIM Mid Cap Equity Portfolio Harris Oakmark International Portfolio Portfolios Deleted by Amendment No. 1: J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index Portfolio J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio Lord Abbett Developing Growth Portfolio 3 Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 2: Met/American Growth Portfolio Met/American Growth-Income Portfolio Met/American International Portfolio Met/American Bond Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 3: Neuberger Berman Real Estate Portfolio Turner Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Value Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 4: MetLife Defensive Strategy Portfolio MetLife Moderate Strategy Portfolio MetLife Balanced Strategy Portfolio MetLife Growth Strategy Portfolio MetLife Aggressive Strategy Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 5: Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio Portfolios Deleted by Amendment No. 5: J. P. Morgan Quality Bond Portfolio J. P. Morgan Select Equity Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 6: Cyclical Growth and Income ETF Portfolio Cyclical Growth ETF Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 7: Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio 4 Portfolios Deleted by Amendment No. 7: Met/Putnam Research Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 8: Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio Portfolios Deleted by Amendment No. 8: Met/AIM Mid Cap Core Equity Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 9: Met/AIM Capital Appreciation Portfolio Batterymarch Growth and Income Portfolio Batterymarch Mid-Cap Stock Portfolio Federated High Yield Portfolio (now known as BlackRock High Yield Portfolio) Loomis Sayles Global Markets Portfolio Mercury Large-Cap Core Portfolio (now known as BlackRock Large-Cap Core Portfolio) MFS Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio MFS Value Portfolio Pioneer Fund Portfolio Pioneer Strategic Income Portfolio Pioneer Mid-Cap Portfolio Dreman Small-Cap Value Portfolio Janus Capital Appreciation Portfolio Legg Mason Partners Managed Assets Portfolio Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 10 Strategic Growth and Income Portfolio Strategic Growth Portfolio Strategic Conservative Growth Portfolio 5