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Selling Agreement |
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MetLife Investors Insurance Company of California
SELLING AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of _________________ (such date, following
execution and delivery by all parties, to be the "Effective Date"), by and among
MetLife Investors Insurance Company of California, a California life insurance
company ("Life Company"); and MetLife Investors Distribution Company, a Delaware
corporation ("Distributor"); __________________ ("Broker-Dealer") and
___________________ ("General Agent").
RECITALS
A. Life Company is the issuer of certain fixed and variable annuity contracts
and variable life insurance contracts identified in Schedule I (the
"Contracts"), (which Schedule I may be amended from time to time in accordance
with Section 2.6) and has appointed Distributor as principal underwriter or
distributor of the Contracts and authorized Distributor to recommend persons for
appointment as agents of Life Company to solicit applications for the sale of
the Contracts.
B. Distributor and Broker-Dealer are both broker-dealers registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended ("1934 Act"), and members of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
C. General Agent, which is an Affiliate of, or the same person as,
Broker-Dealer, or whose employees are also employees of Broker-Dealer, is an
insurance agency duly licensed to sell variable life insurance and fixed and
variable annuities in any state or other jurisdiction in which General Agent
intends to perform hereunder.
D. It is intended that General Agent shall be authorized to offer and sell the
Contracts to the general public subject to the terms and conditions set forth
more fully herein.
E. Life Company has authorized Distributor to enter into separate written
agreements with broker-dealers registered under the 1934 Act which agree to
participate in the distribution of the Contracts, and the parties hereto desire
that Broker-Dealer be authorized to solicit applications for the sale of the
Contracts.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and promises herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to any terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement,
the terms defined in this Section 1.1, whenever used in this Agreement
(including in the Recitals, Schedules, and Exhibits), shall have the respective
meanings indicated.
a. Affiliated Person or Affiliate - With respect to a person, any other person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such person.
b. Agent -An individual associated with General Agent and registered with the
NASD as a representative of Broker-Dealer who is appointed by Life Company as an
insurance agent for the purpose of soliciting applications for the Contracts.
c. Broker-of-Record - The party designated in Life Company records as the
person, with respect to a Contract, who is entitled to receive compensation
payable with respect to such Contract and who is authorized to contact directly
the owner of such Contract. In the case of compensation payable with respect to
a Premium, the Broker-of-Record shall be the party designated as such in the
records of Life Company at the time such Premium is accepted by Life Company. In
the case of compensation payable with respect to Contract value or client
services, the Broker-of-Record shall be the party designated as such in the
records of Life Company, in accordance with the rules and procedures of Life
Company at the time any such payment is payable. In the case of compensation
payable on annuitization of a Contract, the Broker-of Record shall be the party
designated as such in the records of Life Company on the annuity commencement
date specified in such Contract.
d. Contract Prospectus - The prospectus for the interests under the Contracts
included within a Contract Registration Statement and including any prospectus
or supplement separately filed under the Contract Registration Statement
respecting the Contracts.
e. Contract Registration Statements - The most recent effective registration
statements, or most recent effective post-effective amendments thereto, relating
to interests under the Contracts and in the Variable Accounts, as required by
the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, including the statement of addition of
information, financial statements therein and all exhibits thereto.
f. Contracts - The life insurance policies and annuity contracts, including
certificates, issued by Life Company, which are identified in Schedule I.
Schedule I may be modified from time to time as provided in Section 2.6.
g. NASD - National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
h. 1940 Act - Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
i. 1934 Act - Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
j. 1933 Act - Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
k. Premium - Any premium, purchase payment, contribution or other consideration
relating to the Contracts.
l. SEC or Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
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