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Exhibit 24(b)(8.91) |
SELLING, SERVICES AND |
FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT |
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 30th day of July, 2009 by |
and between ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (ING Life), ING Institutional |
Plan Services, LLC (ING Institutional), ING Financial Advisers, LLC (ING |
Financial) (collectively, ING) on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate |
account that it has established and may establish in the future (each such account |
hereinafter referred to as a Separate Account), and Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. |
(Distributor), acting as agent for the registered open-end management investment |
companies whose shares are or may be underwritten by Distributor (each a Fund or |
collectively the Funds). |
WHEREAS, Distributor acts as principal underwriter for the Funds, identified on |
Schedule A, attached hereto, as may be amended from time to time; and |
WHEREAS, ING Life is an insurance company that issues annuity contracts to, |
and/or provides various recordkeeping and other administrative services to, certain plans |
under Sections 401, 403(b), 457 or 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as |
amended (Tax Code), certain nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and |
custodial accounts under Section 403(b)(7) or 408 of the Tax Code (collectively, |
Plans); and |
WHEREAS, ING Institutional is a limited liability company that provides various |
recordkeeping and other administrative services to certain Plans; and |
WHEREAS, such Plans may invest in the Funds directly, or alternatively, certain of |
such Plans may invest in the Funds indirectly through annuity contracts and funding |
agreements issued by ING Life (the Contracts); and |
WHEREAS, ING Life has established and may establish in the future Separate |
Accounts for all of its annuity contracts and funding agreements to serve as an investment |
vehicle for the Contracts; and |
WHEREAS, ING Life will provide various administrative and shareholder services |
in connection with the investment by the Plans in the Funds or in the Contracts, and ING |
Institutional will provide various administrative and shareholder services in connection |
with the investment by the Plans in the Funds; and |
WHEREAS, ING Financial will distribute to Plans shares of the Funds or units of |
the Separate Accounts that may in turn invest in the Funds; |
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: | |
1. | Investment of Plan Assets. |
(a) With respect to Plans that invest in the Funds outside of the Contracts, ING | |
Financial represents that it is authorized under the Plans to implement the investment of | |
Plan assets in the name of an appropriately designated nominee of each Plan | |
(“Nominee”) in shares of investment companies or other investment vehicles specified by | |
a sponsor, an investment adviser, an administrative committee, or other fiduciary as | |
designated by a Plan (“Plan Representative”) upon the direction of a Plan participant or | |
beneficiary (“Participant”). The parties acknowledge and agree that selections of | |
particular investment companies or other investment vehicles are made by Plan | |
Representatives or Participants, who may change their respective selections from time to | |
time in accordance with the terms of the Plan. | |
(b) With respect to Plans that invest in the Funds indirectly through the | |
Contracts, ING Life represents that each of the Separate Accounts is a separate account | |
under Connecticut Insurance law and that it has registered or will register each of the | |
Separate Accounts (except for such Accounts for which no such registration is required) | |
as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), | |
to serve as an investment vehicle for the Contracts. Each Contract provides for the | |
allocation of net amounts received by ING Life to a Separate Account for investment in | |
the shares of one or more specified open-end management investment companies | |
available through that Separate Account as underlying investment media. Selection of a | |
particular investment management company and changes therein from time to time are | |
made by the contract owner or Participant, as applicable under a particular Contract. | |
(c) To the extent ING is required to do so under applicable law, ING shall | |
provide full disclosure to the customer of all material facts and act in good faith, fairly, | |
and in compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and commercial standards. | |
(d) ING shall not transmit any order for the purchase of shares on behalf of any | |
underlying purchaser who (i) is not a resident of the United States, or (ii) is a resident of | |
another jurisdiction in which such shares are not qualified for sale. | |
(e) Distributor and the Funds explicitly disclaim any and all responsibility for | |
the offer, sale, distribution and/or servicing of the Contracts, except as otherwise | |
specified in this Agreement. | |
2. | Omnibus Account. |
The parties agree that, with respect to each Fund, up to three omnibus accounts may | |
be maintained (the “Account” or collectively, the “Accounts”). For Plan assets directed | |
for investment directly in the Fund, one Account held in the name of the Nominee may | |
be maintained in connection with Plans for which ING Life shall provide various | |
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recordkeeping and other administrative services, and a second Account held in the name | ||
of the Nominee may be maintained in connection with Plans for which ING Institutional | ||
shall provide various recordkeeping and other administrative services. Alternatively, one | ||
Account held in the name of the Nominee may be maintained in connection with Plans | ||
for which both ING Life and ING Institutional shall provide such recordkeeping and | ||
administrative services. An additional Account held in the name of ING Life shall be | ||
maintained for those Plan assets directed for investment in the Fund through the | ||
Contracts. ING Institutional, as service agent for Plans, or ING Life, as service agent for | ||
Plans or issuer of the Contracts, shall facilitate purchase and sale transactions with | ||
respect to the Accounts in accordance with the Agreement. | ||
3. | Services to be Performed by ING. | |
ING may be responsible for performing shareholder account servicing functions, | ||
which shall include without limitation: | ||
(a) | making the Funds available under the Contracts or other arrangements | |
offered by ING; | ||
(b) | assisting in processing customer purchase and redemption requests; | |
(c) | answering customer inquiries regarding account status and history; | |
(d) | assisting customers in designating and changing dividend options, account | |
designations and addresses; | ||
(e) | adopting and maintaining appropriate security measures for identifying | |
customers; | ||
(f) | providing periodic statements showing a customers account balances and, | |
to the extent practicable, integration of such information with other | ||
customer transactions otherwise effected with or through ING; | ||
(g) | furnishing (either separately or on an integrated basis with other reports | |
sent to a customer by ING) statements and confirmations of all purchases | ||
and redemption requests as may be required by agreement between ING | ||
and the customers; | ||
(h) | processing customer purchase and redemption requests for shares and | |
placing purchase and redemption instructions with the Funds transfer | ||
agent, including any designee thereof, (Transfer Agent) in the manner | ||
described in Section 4 hereof; | ||
(i) | providing subaccounting services and maintaining accurate subaccounting | |
records regarding shares beneficially owned by customers; | ||
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(j) | updating customer records to reflect dividend payments; | |
(k) | transmitting proxy statements, annual and semi-annual reports, the Funds’ | |
then current prospectuses (in each case, the “Prospectus”) and other | ||
communications from the Funds to customers as may be required by law | ||
and by agreement between ING and the customers; and | ||
(l) | providing such other related services upon which the Distributor and ING | |
may mutually agree. | ||
ING shall provide all personnel, facilities and equipment reasonably necessary in order | ||
for it to perform the functions described in this paragraph with respect to its customers. | ||
ING shall exercise reasonable care in performing all such services. | ||
4. | Pricing Information, Orders, Settlement. | |
(a) Distributor will make shares available to be purchased by the Nominee or by | ||
ING Life, as applicable, on behalf of the Accounts, at the net asset value applicable to | ||
each order; provided, however, that the Plans or the Separate Accounts meet the criteria | ||
for purchasing shares of the Funds at net asset value as described in the Funds’ | ||
Prospectuses. Fund shares shall be purchased and redeemed on a net basis for such Plans | ||
or such Separate Accounts in such quantity and at such time determined by ING or the | ||
Nominee to correspond with investment instructions received by ING from Contract | ||
owners, Plan Representatives or Participants, provided, however, that the Board of | ||
Directors of the Fund (hereinafter the “Directors”) may upon reasonable notice to ING, | ||
refuse to sell shares of any Funds to any person, or suspend, or terminate the offering of | ||
any shares of Funds if such action is required by law or by regulatory authorities having | ||
jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion of the Directors, acting in good faith and in the | ||
best interests of the shareholders of the Fund shares and is acting in compliance with their | ||
fiduciary obligations under federal and/or any applicable state laws. | ||
(b) Distributor agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to ING Financial for each | ||
Fund: (i) confirmed net asset value information as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 | ||
p.m., Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (“Close of Trading”) on each | ||
business day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for business (“Business Day”) or | ||
at such other time as the net asset value of a Fund is calculated as disclosed in the | ||
relevant then current Prospectus(es) in a format that includes the Fund’s name and the | ||
change from the last calculated net asset value, (ii) dividend and capital gains information | ||
as it arises, and (iii) in the case of a fixed income fund, the daily accrual or the | ||
distribution rate factor. Distributor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide | ||
or cause to be provided to ING Financial such information by 6:30 p.m., Eastern time, | ||
unless extraordinary circumstances are encountered in which case Distributor shall notify | ||
ING Financial of the delay and shall provide such information no later than 7:00 p.m. | ||
(c) ING Financial, as agent for the Funds solely for the purposes expressed herein | ||
shall receive from Contract owners, Plan Representatives or Participants for acceptance | ||
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as of the Close of Trading on each Business Day orders for the purchase of shares of the |
Funds, exchange orders, and redemption requests and redemption directions with respect |
to shares of the Funds held by the Nominee or by ING Life on behalf of its Separate |
Accounts (Instructions). In addition, ING Financial shall (i) transmit to Distributor |
such Instructions no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern time on the next following Business |
Day, and (ii) upon acceptance of any such Instructions, communicate such acceptance to |
the Contract owners, Plan Representatives or Plan Participants, as appropriate |
(Confirmation). The Business Day on which such Instructions are received in proper |
form by ING Financial and time stamped by the Close of Trading will be the date as of |
which Fund shares shall be deemed purchased, exchanged, or redeemed as a result of |
such Instructions (Trade Date). Instructions received in proper form by ING Financial |
and time stamped after the Close of Trading on any given Business Day shall be treated |
as if received on the next following Business Day. ING Financial agrees that all |
Instructions received by ING Financial, which will be transmitted to Distributor for |
processing as of a particular Business Day, will have been received and time stamped |
prior to the Close of Trading on that Business Day. |
(d) ING Financial will wire payment, or arrange for payment to be wired, for such |
purchase orders, in immediately available funds, to a Fund custodial account or accounts |
designated by Distributor, promptly, but in any event no later than 4:00 p.m., Eastern |
time on the Business Day after the Trade Date. |
(e) Distributor or its designees will wire payment, or arrange for payment to be |
wired, for redemption orders received in good order, in immediately available funds, to |
an account or accounts designated by ING Financial, promptly, but in any event no later |
than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day after the Trade date. |
(f) In lieu of applicable provisions set forth in paragraphs 4(c) through 4(e) above, |
the parties may agree to execute orders and wire payments for purchases and redemptions |
through National Securities Clearing Corporations Fund/SERV System, in which case |
such activities will be governed by the provisions set forth in Exhibit I to this Agreement. |
In addition, the parties may also provide pricing information in accordance with Exhibit |
I. |
(g) Issuance and transfer of Fund shares will be by book entry only. Share |
certificates will not be issued to ING for any Separate Account. Fund shares will be |
recorded in the appropriate title for each Separate Account. |
(h) Upon Distributors request, ING shall provide copies of historical records |
relating to transactions between the Funds and the Contract owners, Plan Representatives |
or Participants investing in such Funds, written communications regarding the Funds to |
or from such persons, and other materials, in each case, as may reasonably be requested |
to enable Distributor or any other designated entity, including without limitation, |
auditors, investment advisers, or Transfer Agents of the Funds to monitor and review the |
services being provided under this Agreement, or to comply with any request of a |
governmental body or self-regulatory organization or a shareholder. ING also agrees that |
ING will permit Distributor or the Funds, or any duly designated representative to have |
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reasonable access to INGs personnel and records in order to facilitate the monitoring of |
the quality of the services being provided under this Agreement. |
(i) Distributor or its agents will use reasonable best efforts to provide closing net |
asset value, change in net asset value, dividend or daily accrual rate information and |
capital gain information by 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time each Business Day to ING. ING |
shall use this data to calculate values for its Separate Accounts and for shares purchased |
directly by the Nominee. Such values shall be used to process that same Business Days |
transactions. In the event adjustments to transactions previously effected on behalf of the |
Nominee or a Separate Account are required to correct any material error in the |
computation of the net asset value of a Funds shares, Distributor or its agent shall notify |
ING as soon as practicable after discovering the need for those adjustments which result |
in a reimbursement to the Nominee or a Separate Account in accordance with the Funds |
then current policies on reimbursement, which Distributor represents are consistent with |
applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) standards. If an adjustment is |
to be made in accordance with such policies to correct an error which has caused the |
Nominee or a Separate Account to receive an amount different than that to which it is |
entitled, Distributor or its agent shall make all necessary adjustments to the number of |
shares owned by the Nominee or the Separate Account and distribute to the Nominee or |
Separate Account the amount of such underpayment for credit by ING to affected |
Contract owners. ING agrees to use its best efforts to minimize any costs incurred under |
this paragraph and shall provide Distributor with acceptable documentation of any such |
costs incurred. |
(j) In the event that an adjustment is required in accordance with a Funds then |
current policies on reimbursement to correct any error in the computation of the net asset |
value of Fund shares, Distributor shall notify ING as soon as practicable after learning of |
the error. Notice may be made via e-mail or directly by telephone, and shall state for |
each day for which an error occurred the incorrect price, the correct price and, to the |
extent communicated to the Funds other shareholders, the reason for the price change. |
If a price error causes an Account to receive less than the amount to which it would |
otherwise have been entitled, Distributor shall make all necessary adjustments, subject to |
the Funds then current policies on reimbursement, so that the Account receives the |
amount to which it would have been entitled. |
If a price error causes an Account to receive amounts in excess of amounts to which |
it otherwise would have been entitled, ING, upon the request of Distributor, shall use its |
best efforts to collect such excess amounts from the affected customers. |
(k) Each party shall notify the other of any errors or omissions in any information, |
including a net asset value and distribution information set forth above, and interruptions |
in or delay or unavailability of, the means of transmittal of any such information as |
promptly as possible. ING Financial and Distributor agree to maintain reasonable errors |
and omissions insurance coverage commensurate with each partys respective |
responsibilities under this Agreement. |
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5. | Servicing Fees. |
The provision of shareholder and administrative services to Contract owners or to | |
the Plans shall be the responsibility of ING Financial, ING Life, ING Institutional or the | |
Nominee and shall not be the responsibility of Distributor. The Nominee, or ING Life on | |
behalf of its Separate Accounts, will be recognized as the sole shareholder of Fund shares | |
purchased under this Agreement. It is further recognized that there will be a substantial | |
savings in administrative expense and recordkeeping expenses by virtue of having one | |
shareholder rather than multiple shareholders. In consideration of the administrative | |
savings resulting from such arrangement, Distributor agrees to pay or will cause to be | |
paid to ING Life or ING Institutional, as appropriate, a servicing fee, as specified in | |
Schedule A, based on the average net assets invested in the Funds through the Contracts | |
or through ING Lifes or ING Institutionals arrangements with Plans in each calendar | |
quarter. Distributor will make, or cause to be made, such payments to ING Life or ING | |
Institutional within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter. Each payment | |
will be accompanied by a statement showing the calculation of the fee payable to ING | |
Life or ING Institutional for the quarter and such other supporting data as may be | |
reasonably requested by ING Life or ING Institutional. If required by a Plan or by | |
applicable law, ING Life or ING Institutional shall have the right to allocate to a Plan or | |
to Participant Accounts in a Plan all or a portion of such servicing fees, or to use | |
servicing fees it collects from Distributor to offset other fees payable by the Plan to ING | |
Life or ING Institutional. | |
6. | Distribution Fees. |
To compensate ING Financial for its distribution of Fund shares, Distributor shall | |
make quarterly payments to ING Financial, as specified in Schedule A, based on the | |
average net assets invested in the Funds through the Contracts or through ING Lifes or | |
ING Institutionals arrangements with Plans in each calendar quarter. Distributor will | |
make such payments to ING Financial within thirty (30) days after the end of each | |
calendar quarter. Each payment will be accompanied by a statement showing the | |
calculation of the fee payable to ING Financial for the quarter and such other supporting | |
data as may be reasonably requested by ING Financial. If required by a Plan or by | |
applicable law, ING Financial shall have the right to allocate to a Plan or to Participant | |
Accounts in a Plan all or a portion of such distribution fees, or to use such fees it collects | |
from Distributor to offset other fees payable by the Plan to ING Financial. | |
7. | Expenses. |
Distributor shall reimburse certain reasonable out-of-pocket expenses ING Life or | |
ING Institutional incurs in connection with providing shareholder services to contract | |
owners or the Plans. These expenses include actual postage paid by ING Life or ING | |
Institutional in connection with mailing updated prospectuses, supplements and financial | |
reports to contract owners or Plan Representatives or Participants for which ING Life or | |
ING Institutional provides shareholder services hereunder, and all costs incurred by ING | |
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Life or ING Institutional associated with proxies for the Fund, including proxy | |
preparation, group authorization letters, programming for tabulation and necessary | |
materials (including postage). Except as otherwise agreed in writing, ING shall bear all | |
other expenses incidental to the performance of the services described herein. Distributor | |
shall, however, provide ING, or at INGs request, the Plan, with such sufficient copies of | |
relevant prospectuses for all Participants making an initial Fund purchase as well as | |
relevant prospectuses, prospectus supplements and periodic reports to shareholders, and | |
other material as shall be reasonably requested by ING to disseminate to Plan participants | |
who purchase shares of the Funds. | |
If ING elects to include any materials provided by Distributor or the Funds, | |
specifically Prospectuses, SAIs, Periodic Reports and proxy materials, on its web site or | |
in any other computer or electronic format, ING assumes sole responsibility for | |
maintaining such materials in the form provided by Distributor or the Funds for promptly | |
replacing such materials with all updates provided by Distributor or the Funds. | |
Distributor or the Funds agree to provide all such materials requested by ING in a | |
Portable Document Format (PDF) in a timely fashion at no additional cost, together | |
with such other formats at INGs cost as may be mutually agreed upon. | |
8. | Termination. |
This Agreement shall terminate as to the maintenance of the Account: | |
(a) At the option of either ING Life, ING Institutional, ING Financial or | |
Distributor upon four (4) months advance written notice to the other parties; | |
(b) At the option of ING Life, ING Institutional or ING Financial, if shares of the | |
Funds are not available for any reason to meet the investment requirements of the | |
Contracts or the Plans; provided, however, that prompt advance notice of election to | |
terminate shall be furnished by the terminating entity; | |
(c) At the option of either ING Financial or Distributor, upon institution of | |
formal disciplinary or investigative proceedings against ING Financial, Distributor or the | |
Funds by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the SEC, or any other | |
regulatory body; | |
(d) At the option of Distributor, if Distributor shall reasonably determine in good | |
faith that shares of the Funds are not being offered in conformity with the terms of this | |
Agreement; | |
(e) At the option of ING, upon termination of the management agreement | |
between the Fund and its investment adviser; written notice of such termination shall be | |
promptly furnished to ING; | |
(f) Upon the determination of ING Life to substitute for the Funds shares the | |
shares of another investment company in accordance with the terms of the applicable | |
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Contracts. ING Life will give sixty (60) days written notice to the Fund and the | |
Distributor of any decision to replace the Funds shares; | |
(g) Upon assignment of this Agreement by any party, unless made with the | |
written consent of all other parties hereto. To the extent one or more third parties are | |
engaged by ING to offer the Contracts and/or perform services that ING is responsible | |
for under this Agreement (such parties include, but are not limited to, affiliates of ING) | |
(Agents), ING shall determine that each such Agent is capable of performing such | |
services, shall take measures as may be necessary to ensure that Agents perform such | |
services in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and applicable law and | |
shall bear full responsibility for, and assume all liability for (including any obligation for | |
indemnification as provided in Paragraph 12 hereof), the actions and inactions of such | |
Agents as if such services had been provided by ING; | |
(h) If the Funds shares are not registered, issued or sold in conformance with | |
federal law or such law precludes the use of Fund shares as an investment vehicle for the | |
Contracts or the Plans; provided, however, that prompt notice shall be given by any party | |
should such situation occur; | |
(i) At any time with respect only to an applicable Fund(s), upon Distributors | |
election, if Distributor determines that liquidation of the Funds is in the best interest of | |
the Funds and its (their) beneficial owners. Reasonable advance notice (which shall be | |
no less than sixty (60) days) of election to liquidate shall be furnished by Distributor to | |
permit the substitution of Fund shares with the shares of another investment company; or | |
(j) At the option of any party to this Agreement, upon thirty (30) days written | |
notice to the other parties that another party is in material breach of any provision of this | |
Agreement, unless the party in breach cures the breach to the reasonable satisfaction of | |
the party alleging the breach, within the notice period. | |
9. | Continuation of Agreement. |
Termination as the result of any cause listed in Section 8 hereof shall not affect | |
the Funds respective obligations to continue to maintain the Account as an investment | |
option for Contracts then in force for which its shares serve or may serve as the | |
underlying medium, or for Plans electing to invest in the Funds prior to the termination of | |
this Agreement, unless doing so would be contrary to applicable law or regulation. For | |
avoidance of doubt, the servicing fee will continue to be payable under the terms in | |
Section 5 after the termination, for as long as Fund assets are held through the Contracts | |
or through ING Lifes or ING Institutionals arrangement with Plans and so long as ING | |
continues to perform the services in Section 3 to the Plans. | |
10. | Advertising and Related Materials. |
(a) Advertising and literature with respect to the Funds prepared by ING | |
Financial or the Nominee or its agents for use in marketing shares of the Funds to | |
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Contract owners or Plans (except any material that simply lists the Funds names) shall | |
be submitted to Distributor for review and approval before such material is used with the | |
general public or any Contract owner, Plan, Plan Representative, or Participant. | |
Distributor shall advise the submitting party in writing within ten (10) Business Days of | |
receipt of such materials of its approval or disapproval of such materials. ING shall be | |
responsible for final written approval and recordkeeping of such advertising and | |
literature, and for filing such material with FINRA or any other applicable regulatory | |
body if required. | |
(b) Distributor will provide to ING at least one complete copy of all | |
Prospectuses, SAIs, annual and semiannual reports and proxy statements, other related | |
documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of the above documents that relate | |
to the Funds promptly after the filing of such document with the SEC or other regulatory | |
authorities. Distributor will also provide to ING an electronic copy of all Prospectuses, | |
SAIs, annual and semiannual reports, and all amendments or supplements suitable for | |
posting on INGs websites at our discretion. | |
(c) Distributor will provide via Excel spreadsheet diskette format or in electronic | |
transmission to ING at least quarterly portfolio information necessary to update Fund | |
profiles as soon as reasonably practical following the end of each quarter, but in no event | |
later than fifteen (15) calendar days following the end of the quarter. | |
(d) ING and its Agents shall make no representations concerning the Funds or | |
Fund shares that are inconsistent with those contained in the Funds then current | |
Prospectuses, SAIs or other documents produced by Distributor (or an entity on its | |
behalf) which contain information about the Funds. | |
11. | Proxy Voting. |
ING or the Nominee will distribute to Contract owners, Plan Representatives or | |
Participants all proxy materials furnished by Distributor or its designees for the Funds. | |
ING and the Nominee shall not oppose or interfere with the solicitation of proxies for | |
Fund shares held for such beneficial owners. | |
12. | Indemnification. |
(a) ING agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Funds, Distributor and each | |
of their directors, officers, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls the | |
Funds or their investment adviser within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 | |
(1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Funds, | |
Distributor or any such director, officer, employee, agent, or controlling person may | |
become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in | |
respect thereof): (i) arise out of, or are based upon, the provision of administrative | |
services by ING Life or ING Institutional under this Agreement, (ii) result in an untrue | |
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in information | |
furnished by ING; (iii) result in the omission or the alleged omission to state in the | |
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Registration Statements or Prospectuses of the Separate Accounts, or Contract, or in any |
sales literature or other public communication generated by ING on behalf of the |
Separate Accounts or Contracts, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary |
to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) arise out of any statements or |
representations of ING or its agents or third parties, with respect to the offer, sale or |
distribution of Contracts for which Fund shares are an underlying investment, or |
negligent or wrongful conduct of ING or its Agents or third parties with respect to offers |
or sales of Contracts or Funds Shares; or (v) result from a breach of a material provision |
of this Agreement. ING will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred |
by Distributor or any such director, officer, employee, agent, or controlling person in |
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or |
action; provided, however, that ING will not be liable for indemnification hereunder to |
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based |
upon the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Distributor or any such director, |
officer, employee, agent or any controlling person herein defined in performing their |
obligations under this Agreement. |
(b) Distributor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of ING Financial, |
ING Life and ING Institutional the Nominee and each of their directors, officers, |
employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls ING Financial, ING Life, ING |
Institutional and the Nominee within the meaning of the 1933 Act against any losses, |
claims, damages or liabilities to which ING Financial, ING Life, ING Institutional, the |
Nominee, or any such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may |
become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in |
respect thereof): (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of any material |
fact contained in the registration statement, Prospectus or sales literature of the Funds or |
arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or the alleged omission to state a material |
fact that is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) result from a |
breach of a material provision of this Agreement. Distributor will reimburse any legal or |
other expenses reasonably incurred by ING Financial, ING Life, ING Institutional, the |
Nominee, or any such director, officer, employee, agent, or controlling person in |
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or |
action; provided, however, that Distributor will not be liable for indemnification |
hereunder to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is |
based upon: (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (ii) an act, statement, |
omission or representation or alleged act, alleged statement, alleged omission or alleged |
representation of ING Financial, ING Life, ING Institutional, the Nominee or their |
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, or any controlling person herein defined |
in the performance of their obligations under this Agreement. |
(c) After receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the |
commencement of action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to |
be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, promptly notify the indemnifying |
party of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party |
will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise |
than under this Section 12. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified |
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party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the | |
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may | |
wish to, assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, | |
and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election to | |
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified | |
party under this Section 12 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such | |
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of | |
investigation. | |
This section shall survive after termination of this agreement. | |
13. | Representations and Warranties. |
(a) Representations of ING Life. ING Life represents and warrants: | |
(i) that: (1) it is a life insurance company organized under the laws of the | |
State of Connecticut, (2) it is in good standing in that jurisdiction, (3) it is in | |
material compliance with all applicable federal and state insurance laws, (4) it is | |
duly licensed and authorized to conduct business in every jurisdiction where such | |
license or authorization is required, and will maintain such license or | |
authorization in effect at all times during the term of this Agreement, (5) it has | |
full authority to enter into this Agreement and carry out its obligations pursuant to | |
it terms, (6) it has legally and validly established each Separate Account prior to | |
any issuance or sale of Contracts, shares or other interests therein, as a segregated | |
asset account under the insurance laws of the State of Connecticut, (7) the | |
Contracts are or will be registered unless exempt and that it will make every effort | |
to maintain such registration under the 1933 Act to the extent required by the | |
1933 Act; and | |
(ii) that it is authorized under the Plans to: (1) provide administrative | |
services to the Plans, and (2) facilitate transactions in the Fund(s) through the | |
Account(s). | |
(b) Representations of ING Institutional. ING Institutional represents and | |
warrants: | |
(i) that it (1) is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the | |
State of Delaware, (2) is in good standing in that jurisdiction, (3) is in material | |
compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, (4) is duly licensed and | |
authorized to conduct business in every jurisdiction where such license or | |
authorization is required, and will maintain such license or authorization in effect | |
at all times during the term of this Agreement, and (5) has full authority to enter | |
into this Agreement and carry out its obligations pursuant to it terms; and | |
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(ii) that it is authorized under the Plans to: (1) provide administrative |
services to the Plans, and (2) facilitate transactions in the Fund through the |
Account. |
(c) Representations of ING Financial. ING Financial represents and warrants: |
(i) that it: (1) is a member in good standing of the FINRA, (2) is registered |
as a broker-dealer with the SEC, and (3) will continue to remain in good standing |
and be so registered during the term of this Agreement; |
(ii) that it: (1) is a limited liability company duly organized under the laws |
of the State of Delaware , (2) is in good standing in that jurisdiction, (3) is in |
material compliance with all applicable federal, state and securities laws, (4) is |
duly registered and authorized to conduct business in every jurisdiction where |
such registration or authorization is required, and will maintain such registration |
or authorization in effect at all times during the term of this Agreement, and (5) |
has full authority to enter into this Agreement and carry out its obligations |
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; |
(iii) that it is authorized under the Plans to make available investments of |
Plan assets in the name of the Nominee of each Plan or in the name of ING Life in |
shares of investment companies or other investment vehicles specified by Plan |
Representatives or Participants; and |
(iv) that it will not, without the written consent of Distributor, make |
representations concerning shares of the Funds except those contained in the then- |
current Prospectus and in the current printed sales literature approved by either |
the Fund or Distributor. |
(d) Representations of Distributor. Distributor represents and warrants: |
(i) that the Funds: (1) are duly organized under the laws of the various |
states, (2) are in good standing in such jurisdictions, (3) are in material |
compliance with all applicable federal, state and securities laws, and (4) are duly |
licensed and authorized to conduct business in every jurisdiction where such |
license or authorization is required; |
(ii) that the shares of the Funds are registered under the 1933 Act, duly |
authorized for issuance and sold in compliance with the laws of the states and all |
applicable federal, state, and securities laws; that the Funds amend their |
registration statements under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act from time to time as |
required or in order to effect the continuous offering of its shares; and that the |
Funds have registered and qualified its shares for sale in accordance with the laws |
of each jurisdiction where it is required to do so; |
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(iii) that the Funds are currently qualified as regulated investment | |
companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as | |
amended, and will make every effort to maintain such qualification, and that | |
Distributor will notify ING Financial, ING Life and ING Institutional promptly | |
upon having a reasonable basis for believing that any of the Funds have ceased to | |
so qualify or that any might not qualify in the future; | |
(iv) that it: (1) is a member in good standing of the FINRA, (2) is | |
registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC, and (3) will continue to remain in | |
good standing and be so registered during the term of this Agreement; and | |
(v) that it: (1) is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State | |
of Florida (2) is in good standing in that jurisdiction, (3) is in material compliance | |
with all applicable federal, state, and securities laws, (4) is duly registered and | |
authorized in every jurisdiction where such license or registration is required, and | |
will maintain such registration or authorization in effect at all times during the | |
term of this Agreement, and (5) has full authority to enter into this Agreement and | |
carry out its obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement | |
14. | Governing Law. |
This Agreement and all the rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed | |
by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware to the extent such law is not | |
superseded by federal law without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws and | |
the provisions shall be continuous. | |
15. | Confidentiality. |
ING. Distributor acknowledges that the identities of the customers of ING or any | |
of its affiliates (collectively, ING Protected Parties for purposes of this Section 15), | |
information maintained regarding those customers, and all computer programs and | |
procedures or other information developed by ING Protected Parties or any of their | |
employees or agents in connection with INGs performance of its duties under this | |
Agreement are the valuable property of ING Protected Parties. Distributor agrees that if | |
it comes into possession of any list or compilation of the identities of or other information | |
about ING Protected Parties, other than such information as may be independently | |
developed or compiled by the Funds from information supplied to it by ING Protected | |
Parties customers who also maintain accounts directly with the Funds, Distributor will | |
hold such information or property in confidence and refrain from using, disclosing or | |
distributing any such information or other property except: (a) with INGs prior written | |
consent; or (b) as required by law or judicial process. | |
Distributor. ING acknowledges that the identities of the customers of Distributor | |
or any of its affiliates (collectively, Distributor Protected Parties for purposes of this | |
Section 15), information maintained regarding those customers, and all computer | |
programs and procedures or other information developed by Distributor Protected Parties | |
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or any of their employees or agents in connection with the Funds performance of its | |
duties under this Agreement are the valuable property of the Distributor Protected Parties. | |
ING agrees that if it comes into possession of any list or compilation of the identities of | |
or other information about the Distributor Protected Parties, other than such information | |
as may be independently developed or compiled by ING from information supplied to it | |
by the Distributor Protected Parties customers who also maintain accounts directly with | |
ING, ING will hold such information or property in confidence and refrain from using, | |
disclosing or distributing any of such information or other property except: (a) with | |
Distributors prior written consent; or (b) as required by law or judicial process. | |
Both Parties. Each party acknowledges that any breach of the agreements in this | |
Section 15 would result in immediate and irreparable harm to the other party for which | |
there would be no adequate remedy at law and agree that in the event of such a breach, | |
the other party will be entitled to equitable relief by way of temporary and permanent | |
injunctions, as well as such other relief as any court of competent jurisdiction deems | |
appropriate. | |
16. | Miscellaneous. |
(a) Amendment and Waiver. Except to the extent that Distributor may | |
unilaterally amend Schedule A for the purpose of adding a Fund or share class to the | |
Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be amended, waived, | |
discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by all parties | |
hereto. | |
(b) Anti-Money Laundering. Each of the parties to this Agreement will establish | |
and maintain programs, policies and procedures as required by federal, state or local law | |
to detect and prevent money laundering. Each party shall cooperate with the others to the | |
extent required by law to facilitate implementation of each others anti-money laundering | |
(AML) program, which may include annual AML compliance certifications, periodic | |
AML due diligence reviews and/or other requests deemed necessary to ensure | |
compliance with the AML regulations. | |
(c) Restrictions on Excessive Trading. The Funds have adopted policies | |
designed to prevent frequent purchases and redemptions of any Fund shares in quantities | |
great enough to disrupt orderly management of the corresponding Funds investment | |
portfolio. ING Life and ING Institutional have adopted their own excessive trading | |
policy, which is attached as Exhibit II (the Policy). ING does not monitor trading in | |
fund shares on behalf of, or in accordance with disclosed policies of, any fund groups; | |
however, ING Life and ING Institutional monitor individual Participant and Contract | |
owner trading in accordance with its Policy. ING Life and ING Institutional will use their | |
best efforts, and shall reasonably cooperate with the Distributor and the Funds, and will | |
execute any instructions from the Distributor or the Funds to restrict or prohibit further | |
purchases or exchanges of Fund shares by an individual Participant or Contract owner | |
who has been identified by the Distributor or the Funds as having engaged in transactions | |
in Fund shares that violate market timing policies established by the Funds. The parties | |
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shall use their best efforts, and shall reasonably cooperate with each other to prevent |
future market timing and frequent trading. Additionally, the parties have entered into a |
separate shareholder information agreement dated ___________, incorporating the terms |
of the Policy. ING Life and ING Institutional agree to provide to the Funds certain |
shareholder identity and transaction information upon the Fund’s request as provided by |
the shareholder information agreement executed by both parties. |
(d) Notice of Certain Proceedings and Other Circumstances. ING will promptly |
notify Distributor of: (i) the issuance by any court or regulatory body of any stop order, |
cease and desist order, or other similar order with respect to each Separate Account’s |
registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to the Contracts or each Separate |
Account Prospectus, (ii) any request by the SEC for any amendment to such registration |
statement or Separate Account Prospectus that may affect the offering of shares of the |
Funds, (iii) the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or for any other purpose |
relating to the registration or offering of each Separate Account’s interests pursuant to the |
Contracts, or (iv) any other action or circumstances that may prevent the lawful |
limitation, any circumstances in which said interests are not registered and, in all material |
respects, issued and sold in accordance with applicable state and federal law. ING will |
make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order, cease and |
desist order or similar order and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at |
the earliest possible time. |
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be given or |
made in writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by telex, facsimile, express |
delivery or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the |
party or parties to whom they are directed at the following address, or at such other |
addresses as may be designated by notice from such party to all other parties. |
To ING: |
ING |
One Orange Way, B3N |
Windsor, CT 06095-4774 |
Attention: |
Worksite Investment Products |
To Distributor: |
Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. |
6300 Lamar Avenue |
Overland Park, KS 66202 |
Attention: Contracts Department |
With a copy to the Legal Department |
Any notice, demand or other communication given in a manner prescribed in this |
Subsection (e) shall be deemed to have been delivered on receipt. |
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(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to | |
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. | |
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of | |
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any party | |
hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. | |
(h) Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this | |
Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality | |
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be | |
affected or impaired thereby. | |
(i) Entire Agreement. This Agreement including any Exhibits attached hereto | |
and apart hereof, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties | |
hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreement and | |
understandings relating to such subject matter. | |
(j) 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 | |
reasonably 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. | |
(k) | Relationship of Parties. Subject to the terms and conditions of this |
Agreement, ING shall be authorized to, and agrees, to act as a limited agent of Distributor | |
for purposes of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act and to the extent permitted by applicable | |
law, for the sole purpose of receiving instructions for the purchase and redemption of | |
Fund shares (from Contract owners or Participants making investment allocation | |
decisions under the Contracts). Except as particularly stated in this paragraph, ING shall | |
have no authority to act on behalf of Distributor or the Funds or to incur any cost or | |
liability on its behalf. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a partnership | |
or joint venture by and among the parties hereto. | |
(l) | Non-Exclusive Agreement. The parties of this Agreement acknowledge |
and agree that this Agreement shall not be exclusive in any respect. | |
[Remainder of page intentionally left blank.] | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement by | |
their duly authorized officers as of the date first written above. | |
ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY | |
By | /s/ Lisa S. Gilarde |
Name: Lisa S. Gilarde | |
Title: Vice President | |
ING INSTITUTIONAL PLAN SERVICES, LLP | |
By | /s/ Michelle Sheiowitz attorney in fact |
Name: Michelle Sheiowitz | |
Title: Vice President | |
ING FINANCIAL ADVISERS, LLC | |
By | /s/ Michael J. Pise |
Name: Michael Pise | |
Title: Vice President | |
IVY FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. | |
By | /s/ Thomas W. Butch |
Name | Thomas W. Butch |
Title | President |
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Schedule A | ||
Funds | Distribution Fee | Administrative |
Services Fee | ||
Ivy Family of Funds A shares | ____ bps | ____ bps |
(excluding Ivy Money Market Fund) | ||
Ivy Money Market Fund A share | ____ bps | ____ bps |
Ivy Family of Funds Y shares | ____ bps | ____ bps |
Ivy Family of Funds R shares | ____ bps | ____ bps |
Ivy Family of Funds I shares | ____ bps | ____ bps |
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EXHIBIT I |
To |
SELLING AND SERVICES AGREEMENT and FUND PARTICIPATION |
AGREEMENT |
Procedures for Pricing and Order/Settlement Through National Securities Clearing |
Corporations Mutual Fund Profile System and Mutual Fund Settlement, Entry and |
Registration Verification System |
1. As provided in Section 4 of the Selling and Services Agreement and Fund |
Participation Agreement, the parties hereby agree to provide pricing information, execute |
orders and wire payments for purchases and redemptions of Fund shares through National |
Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) and its subsidiary systems as follows: |
(a) Distributor or the Funds will furnish to ING Financial or its affiliate through NSCCs |
Mutual Fund Profile System (MFPS) as well as via email or fax directly to ING at |
860-580-0413 (1) the most current net asset value information for each Fund, (2) a |
schedule of anticipated dividend and distribution payment dates for each Fund, which |
is subject to change without prior notice, ordinary income and capital gain dividend |
rates on the Funds ex-date, and (3) in the case of fixed income funds that declare |
daily dividends, the daily accrual or the interest rate factor. All such information |
shall be furnished to ING Financial or its affiliate by 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time on each |
business day that the Fund is open for business (each a Business Day). Changes in |
pricing information will be communicated to both NSCC and ING Financial or its |
affiliate. |
(b) Upon receipt of Fund purchase, exchange and redemption instructions for acceptance |
as of the time at which a Funds net asset value is calculated as specified in such |
Funds Prospectus (Close of Trading) on each Business Day (Instructions), and |
upon its determination that there are good funds with respect to Instructions involving |
the purchase of shares, ING Financial or its affiliate will calculate the net purchase or |
redemption order for each Fund. Orders for net purchases or net redemptions derived |
from Instructions received by ING Financial or its affiliate prior to the Close of |
Trading on any given Business Day will be sent to the Defined Contribution Interface |
of NSCCs Mutual Fund Settlement, Entry and Registration Verification System |
(Fund/SERV) by 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the next Business Day. Subject to |
ING Financials or its affiliates compliance with the foregoing, ING Financial or its |
affiliate will be considered the agent of the Distributor and the Funds, and the |
Business Day on which Instructions are received by ING Financial or its affiliate in |
proper form prior to the Close of Trading will be the date as of which shares of the |
Funds are deemed purchased, exchanged or redeemed pursuant to such Instructions. |
Instructions received in proper form by ING Financial or its affiliate after the Close of |
Trading on any given Business Day will be treated as if received on the next |
following Business Day. Dividends and capital gains distributions will be |
automatically reinvested at net asset value in accordance with the Funds then current |
Prospectuses. |
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(c) ING Financial or its affiliate will wire payment for net purchase orders by the Funds |
NSCC Firm Number, in immediately available funds, to an NSCC settling bank |
account designated by ING Financial or its affiliate no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern |
Time on the same Business Day such purchase orders are communicated to NSCC. |
For purchases of shares of daily dividend accrual funds, those shares will not begin to |
accrue dividends until the day the payment for those shares is received. |
(d) NSCC will wire payment for net redemption orders by Fund, in immediately |
available funds, to an NSCC settling bank account designated by ING Financial or its |
affiliate, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day such redemption orders are |
communicated to NSCC, except as provided in a Funds Prospectus and statement of |
additional information. |
(e) With respect to (c) or (d) above, if Distributor does not send a confirmation of ING |
Financials or its affiliates purchase or redemption order to NSCC by the applicable |
deadline to be included in that Business Days payment cycle, payment for such |
purchases or redemptions will be made the following Business Day. |
(f) If on any day ING Financial or its affiliate or Distributor is unable to meet the NSCC |
deadline for the transmission of purchase or redemption orders, it may at its option |
transmit such orders and make such payments for purchases and redemptions directly |
to Distributor or to ING Financial or its affiliate, as applicable, as is otherwise |
provided in Section 4 of the Agreement. |
(g) These procedures are subject to any additional terms in each Funds Prospectus and |
the requirements of applicable law. The Funds and/or Distributor reserve the right, at |
their discretion and without notice, to suspend the sale of shares or withdraw the sale |
of shares of any Fund. |
2. ING Financial or its affiliate, Distributor and clearing agents (if applicable) are each |
required to have entered into membership agreements with NSCC and met all |
requirements to participate in the MFPS and Fund/SERV systems before these |
procedures may be utilized. Each party will be bound by the terms of their membership |
agreement with NSCC and will perform any and all duties, functions, procedures and |
responsibilities assigned to it and as otherwise established by NSCC applicable to the |
MFPS and Fund/SERV system and the Networking Matrix Level utilized. |
3. Except as modified hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall |
remain in full force and effect. Unless otherwise indicated herein, the terms defined in the |
Agreement shall have the same meaning as in this Exhibit. |
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EXHIBIT II
ING Excessive Trading Policy (the Policy) as of October 16, 2007