EX-99.8(C)(III) 6 d830040dex998ciii.htm AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 1, 2005 Amendment No. 3 to the Participation Agreement dated as of July 1, 2005

AMENDMENT NO. 3

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 3 to the Participation Agreement, (the “Agreement”), dated July 1, 2005, by and among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, a Delaware Trust (“AVIF”), Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AIM”), AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, a New York life insurance company (“LIFE COMPANY”), on behalf of itself and each of its segregated asset accounts listed in Schedule A hereto, as the parties hereto may amend from time to time (each, an “Account,” and collectively, the “Accounts”); and AXA Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors LLC, each an affiliate of LIFE COMPANY and the principal underwriters of the contracts (“UNDERWRITER”) (collectively, the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, effective April 30, 2010, AIM Variable Insurance Funds will be renamed AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds); and

WHEREAS, effective April 30, 2010, Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. will be renamed Invesco Distributors, Inc.;

The Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. All references to AIM Variable Insurance Funds will hereby be deleted and replaced with AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds);

2. All references to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. will hereby be deleted and replaced with Invesco Distributors, Inc.; and

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

SCHEDULE A

FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACTS

ALL SERIES I SHARES AND SERIES II SHARES OF AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

ALL ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE ACCOUNTS

ALL CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE ACCOUNTS

 

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All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect. Effective date: April 30, 2010.

 

     

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

(INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

Attest:  

/s/ Peter Davidson

    By:  

/s/ John M. Zerr

Name:   Peter Davidson     Name:   John M. Zerr
Title:   Assistant Secretary     Title:   Senior Vice President
      INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Attest:  

/s/ Peter Davidson

    By:  

/s/ John S. Cooper

Name:   Peter Davidson     Name:   John S. Cooper
Title:   Assistant Secretary     Title:   President
     

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

on behalf of itself and its separate accounts

Attest:  

/s/ Kenneth Beitle

    By:  

/s/ Steven Joenk

Name:   Kenneth Beitle     Name:   Steven Joenk
Title:   Vice President     Title:   Senior Vice President
      AXA ADVISORS, LLC
Attest:  

/s/ Kenneth Beitle

    By:  

/s/ Christine Nigro

Name:   Kenneth Beitle     Name:   Christine Nigro
Title:   Vice President     Title:  

President

AXA Advisors, LLC

      AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
Attest:  

/s/ Kenneth Beitle

    By:  

/s/ Phillip D. Meserve

Name:   Kenneth Beitle     Name:   Phillip D. Meserve
Title:   Vice President     Title:   Executive Vice President

 

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