EXHIBIT (8)(a)(9)

AMENDMENT NO. 43 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (TST)

AMENDMENT NO. 43 TO

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST,

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND

MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

The Participation Agreement, dated July 1, 1992, as amended (“Agreement”) among Transamerica Series Trust (the “Fund”), Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“Transamerica”), Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (“TFLIC”), and Monumental Life Insurance Company (“Monumental”) is hereby amended as of August 17, 2010 as follows:

1. A new Article XIII is added as follows:

ARTICLE XIII. Confidential Information

Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that in order to perform the duties called for in this Agreement, it may be necessary for a party (“owner”) to disclose to the other party(ies) certain “Confidential Information.” Confidential Information means non-public, proprietary information, data or know-how of an owner, including, but not limited to, personal information of an owner’s customers. No party will use another party’s Confidential Information except as required for the performance of this Agreement. Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts in a manner fully consistent with industry standards and applicable federal, state and international laws and regulations to hold in confidence a party’s Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information which is: (i) already in the possession of the receiving party or its subsidiaries and not subject to a confidentiality obligation to the providing party; (ii) independently developed by the receiving party; (iii) publicly disclosed or in the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (iv) rightfully received by the receiving party or its subsidiaries from a third party that is not under any obligation to keep such information confidential; (v) approved for release by written agreement with the owner; or (vi) disclosed pursuant to the requirements of law, regulation or court order.

Each party to this Agreement represents, warrants and agrees that it has adopted and implemented, and will continue to have in place and follow for the term of this Agreement and thereafter, appropriate policies and procedures designed to detect, prevent and mitigate the risk of identity theft and other breaches of privacy concerning Confidential Information. Each party agrees to take immediate and appropriate measures to respond to any breach of privacy concerning Confidential Information of the owner, and to notify the owner in writing regarding such breach in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay; provided, however, that a party may postpone providing such notice as the party deems consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement. Each party further agrees to provide the owner with a copy of its plan to remediate any such breach and to pay for all costs associated with such remediation and with providing written notice of such breach to the applicable party.

Each party agrees to establish and maintain (i) administrative, technical and physical safeguards against the destruction, loss or alteration of Confidential Information, and (ii) appropriate security measures to protect Confidential Information, which measures are consistent with the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to personal information security and with all other applicable federal, state and international laws and regulations relating to personal information security.

The provisions found in this Section on Confidential Information will survive any expiration or termination of the Agreement.

2. Schedule A of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following Amended Schedule A:

AMENDED SCHEDULE A

Effective August 17, 2010

Account(s), Policy(ies) and Portfolio(s)

Subject to the Participation Agreement

Accounts:	Separate Account VA B
	Separate Account VA BNY
	Mutual Fund Account
	Separate Account VA A
	Separate Account VA C
	Separate Account VA CC
	Separate Account VA D
	Separate Account VA EE
	Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account
	TFLIC Separate Account C
	Separate Account VUL-A
	TFLIC Series Life Account
	TFLIC Series Annuity Account
	Separate Account VA E
	Separate Account VA F
	Separate Account VUL-1 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VUL-2 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VUL-3 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VUL-4 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VUL-5 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VUL-6 of Transamerica Life insurance Company
	Separate Account VA-8
	Separate Account VA J
	TA PPVUL 1
	Separate Account VA K
	Separate Account VA-2LNY
	Separate Account VA-2L
	Separate Account VL A
	AES Private Placement VA Separate Account
	Separate Account VA L
	Separate Account VA P
	PFL Corporate Account One
	Separate Account VA R
	Separate Account VA S
	Separate Account VA Q
	Separate Account VA HNY
	Separate Account VA QNY
	Separate Account VA W
	Separate Account VA WNY
	Separate Account VA YNY
	TFLIC Separate Account VNY
	Separate Account VA X
	Separate Account VA Y
	Separate Account VA-6
	Separate Account VA-6NY
	Separate Account VA-7
Accounts: (Continued)
	Separate Account VL
	Transamerica Occidental Separate Account Two
	Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen

	Separate Account Fund B
	Separate Account Fund C
Policies:	Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity
	Transamerica Landmark NY Variable Annuity
	The Atlas Portfolio Builder Variable Annuity
	Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity
	Transamerica Access Variable Annuity
	Retirement Income Builder II Variable Annuity
	Advisor’s Edge® Variable Annuity
	Advisors’s Edge Select® Variable Annuity
	Advisor’s Edge® Variable Annuity (NY)
	Legacy Builder Plus
	TFLIC Financial Freedom Builder
	Transamerica Elite
	Privilege Select Variable Annuity
	Estate Enhancer Variable Life
	TransMark Optimum Choice Variable Annuity
	TFLIC Freedom Elite Builder
	TFLIC Freedom PremierSM
	Immediate Income Builder II
	Premier Asset Builder Variable Annuity
	TFLIC Freedom Wealth Protector
	Advantage V
	Retirement Income Builder Variable Annuity
	Retirement Income Builder – BAI Variable Annuity
	Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity (NY)
	Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity
	Advisor’s Edge Select Private Placement
	Transamerica Preferred Advantage Variable Annuity
	Portfolio SelectSM Variable Annuity
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - A
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - B
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - C
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity – D
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - E
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity – G
	TFLIC Freedom Elite Builder II
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity – H
	Advisor’s Edge® NY Variable Annuity
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity – I
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity –J
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - N
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - O
	Flexible Premium Variable Annuity - P
	Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity
	TransAccumulator® VUL
	TransAccumulator® VUL II
	TransUltra® VUL
	Transamerica Classic® Variable Annuity
	Transamerica Catalyst® Variable Annuity
Policies: (Continued)
	Transamerica Classic® Variable Annuity (NY)
	Transamerica Bounty® Variable Annuity
	Inheritance Builder Plus
	TransEquity®

	TransEquity II
	Advantage VI
	Advantage SE
	Advantage X
	TransSurvivorSM VUL
	Transamerica Lineage®
	Transamerica Tribute®
	Fund B
	Fund C
	The One Income Annuity
Portfolios:	Transamerica Series Trust – each Portfolio has an Initial Class and a Service Class of Shares except as noted
	Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP
	Transamerica AllianceBernstein Dynamic Allocation VP
	Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP
	Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP
	Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP
	Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP
	Transamerica Balanced VP
	Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP (Initial Class Shares currently not being offered)
	Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP
	Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP (Initial Class Shares currently not being offered)
	Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP
	Transamerica Diversified Equity VP
	Transamerica Efficient Markets VP
	Transamerica Federated Market Opportunity VP
	Transamerica Focus VP
	Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP
	Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP
	Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP
	Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP
	Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP
	Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP
	Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP
	Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP
	Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP
	Transamerica Index 35 VP
	Transamerica Index 50 VP
	Transamerica Index 75 VP
	Transamerica Index 100 VP
	Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP
	Transamerica Jennison Growth VP
	Transamerica JPMorgan Core Bond VP
	Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP
	Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP
	Transamerica MFS International Equity VP
	Transamerica Money Market VP
	Transamerica Morgan Stanley Active International Allocation VP
	Transamerica Morgan Stanley Mid-Cap Growth VP
Portfolios:	Transamerica Series Trust – each Portfolio has an Initial Class and a Service Class of Shares except as noted (Continued)
	Transamerica Multi Managed Large Cap Core VP
	Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP
	Transamerica ProFund UltraBear VP (Initial Class Shares currently not being offered)

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP

Transamerica Third Avenue Value VP

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth II VP (Service Class Shares currently not being offered)

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

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

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST		TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,		By its authorized officer,
By:	/s/ Christopher A. Staples	By:	/s/ Arthur D. Woods
	Christopher A. Staples		Arthur D. Woods
Title:	Vice President	Title:	Vice President
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY		MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,		By its authorized officer,
By:	/s/ Arthur D. Woods	By:	/s/ Steven R. Shepard
	Arthur D. Woods		Steven R. Shepard
Title:	Vice President	Title:	Vice President