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AMENDMENT NO. 3
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
The Amended and Restated Participation Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated August
1, 2000, by and among Allmerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity Company, a
Delaware life insurance company ("Insurer") (on behalf of itself and its
Separate Account, defined below); Allmerica Investments, Inc., a Massachusetts
corporation ("Contracts Distributor"), the principal underwriter with respect to
the Contracts referred to below; Alliance Capital Management L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("Adviser"), the investment adviser of the Fund referred to
below; and Alliance Fund Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Distributor"), the Fund's principal underwriter (collectively, the "Parties"),
is hereby amended as follows:
Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
SCHEDULE A
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1933 ACT 1940 ACT
PRODUCT NAME NUMBER NUMBER PORTFOLIOS
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Allmerica Value Generation 333-87099 811-6293 Alliance Growth Portfolio
("Annuity Scout")
DirectedAdvisorySolutions 333-90543 811-6293 Alliance Growth Portfolio
("Fund Quest")
Exec Annuity Plus 33-39702 811-6293 Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Allmerica Advantage 33-39702 811-6293 Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Agency C-Shares 333-38274 811-6293 Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Select Reward 333-78245 811-6632 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Select Acclaim 333-92115 811-6632 Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Delaware Medallion (I, II, III) 33-44830 811-6293 Alliance Growth Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Delaware Golden Medallion 333-81281 811-6293 Alliance Growth Portfolio
Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
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PRODUCT NAME NUMBER NUMBER PORTFOLIOS
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Pioneer Vision (I, II) 33-85916 811-8848 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Pioneer C-Vision 333-64831 811-8848 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Pioneer Xtra Vision 333-81017 811-8848 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Pioneer No-Load 333-90535 811-8848 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Allmerica Select Life 33-83604 811-8746 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
VEL 87 33-14672 811-5183 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
VEL 91 33-90320 811-5183 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
VEL 93 33-57792 811-7466 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Variable Inheiritage 33-70948 811-8120 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Select Inheiritage 33-70948 811-8120 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Allmerica Select Life Plus 333-84879 811-09529 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Allmerica VUL 2001 333-84879 811-09529 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Allmerica Select SPL 333-58551 811-8859 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Select SPL II TBD TBD AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Select Life II 33-83604 811-8746 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
Select Charter 333-63093 811-6632 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Select Resource 33-47216 811-6632 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
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PRODUCT NAME NUMBER NUMBER PORTFOLIOS
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Allmerica Immediate Advantage 333-81861 811-6293 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
VEL III 333-58385 811-8857 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
("Allmerica Estate Optimizer")
VUL 2001 Survivorship 333-90995 811-09529 Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio
Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Value Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio
Alliance Technology Portfolio
Group VEL 33-82658 811-8704 Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio
(Standard)
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All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain
in full force and effect.
Effective Date: May 1, 2002
ALLMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE AND
ANNUITY COMPANY
By: /s/ Mark A. Hug
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Name: Mark A. Hug
Title: President
ALLMERICA INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: /s/ William F. Monroe Jr.
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Name: William F. Monroe Jr.
Title: President
ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
By: Alliance Capital Management Corporation,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Edmund P Bergan Jr.
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Name: Edmund P. Bergan Jr.
Title: Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel
ALLIANCE FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By: /s/ Richard A. Winge
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Name: Richard A. Winge
Title: Senior Vice President