EX-99.1A9(B)(1) 3 a2058904zex-99_1a9b1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1A9(B)(1) FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, Variable Insurance Products Fund and Fidelity Distributors Corporation hereby amend the Participation Agreement ("Agreement") dated September 29, 1998, by doing the following: 1. Replacing Section 2.5 (b) in its entirety with the following: "(b) With respect to Service Class shares and Service Class 2 shares, the Fund has adopted Rule 12b-1 Plans under which it makes payments to finance distribution expenses. The Fund represents and warrants that it has a board of trustees, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the Fund, which has formulated and approved each of its Rule 12b-1 Plans to finance distribution expenses of the Fund and that any changes to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plans will be approved by a similarly constituted board of trustees." 2. Replacing Schedule A in its entirety with the attached, revised Schedule A. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereto affixed their respective authorized signatures, intending that this Amendment be effective as of the 25th day of September, 2001. FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: /s/ Dennis M. Marker Name: Dennis M. Marker Title: Vice President - Investment Administration VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND By: /s/ Robert Dwight Robert Dwight Treasurer FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION By: /s/ Mike Kellogg Mike Kellogg Executive Vice President SCHEDULE A SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND ASSOCIATED CONTRACTS NAME OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND POLICY FORM NUMBERS OF CONTRACTS DATE ESTABLISHED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FUNDED BY SEPARATE ACCOUNT Farm Bureau Life Flexible Premium Variable Variable Account - 3/3/87 Life Insurance Policy No. 434-114 (0798) Flexible Premium Last Survivor Variable Life Insurance Policy Farm Bureau Life Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity Account - 1/26/93 Variable Annuity Contract No. 434-062 (0798)