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                                 SCHEDULE 14A
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                           SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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                                 June 14, 1996


Dear Fellow Shareholders and Contractholders,

     You are  cordially  invited  by the  Trustees  of the Aetna GET Fund (the
"Fund") to attend a Special  Meeting of the Fund's  Series B  Shareholders  on
July 19,  1996 at 9:00 a.m.  to  consider  several  recommendations  which are
important to you and your Fund.

   
     Each of the matters to be voted at this  meeting is reviewed in detail in
the enclosed Notice and Proxy  Statement,  including (i) election of Trustees,
(ii) an amendment to the Declaration of Trust,  (iii) a new advisory agreement
which simplifies  language,  adds certain terms and creates consistency across
the investment  advisory agreements for all funds managed by Aetna; and (iv) a
new subadvisory arrangement.
    

     PLEASE  NOTE  THAT  THIS IS A  DIFFERENT  PROXY  THAN  THOSE YOU MAY HAVE
RECEIVED FROM AETNA IN MAY AND THE NEW ADVISORY AGREEMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN A
CHANGE IN ADVISORY FEES FOR THIS FUND.

     Over the past  several  years,  the Aetna  organization  has  conducted a
thorough,  strategic review of its investment operations with the objective of
significantly modernizing and enhancing its capabilities. This review included
an analysis of resources,  pricing strategies and organizational  structure in
comparison  to   competitive   practice  and   customer/market   requirements.
Significant  enhancements have been made to date as a result of this study and
this Special Meeting is to authorize further significant steps in this regard,
particularly as related to the new subadvisory arrangement.

     To respond to these dynamic market  conditions,  over the past two years,
Aetna has made  significant  investments in and enhancements to its investment
advisory  capacity.  A number of highly  qualified and experienced  investment
professionals with a breadth of different  technical expertise have been hired
to manage your Fund under a new  market-competitive  compensation program. New
quantitative  research and analytic  tools have been designed and  implemented
along with  significant  upgrades in data bases,  information  management  and
reporting systems to improve the depth of analysis  capabilities,  reduce risk
and create quicker response time in volatile markets.

     To  further  enhance  the depth and  quality of its  investment  advisory
capabilities and better position itself competitively,  the Aetna organization
has decided to establish a single stand-alone investment management subsidiary
to focus its advisory activities. As part of this strategic initiative,  Aetna
will combine its investment management operations ($22 billion of assets under
management) with another Aetna affiliate,  Aeltus Investment Management,  Inc.
("Aeltus"),  which currently manages approximately $11 billion of total assets
primarily for pension account clients. All of the current investment personnel
and  staff of  Aetna  would  assume  comparable  positions  with  Aeltus,  and
immediately  following  the  combination,  it is  expected  that  the  current
portfolio manager of Series B will remain


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unchanged.  The combined entity will be called Aeltus, and it is proposed that
Aeltus be appointed as  subadvisor to your Fund.  This  business  structure is
used by a number of investment providers in today's marketplace.
    

     Aeltus  will  bring to the  combined  entity  more  depth  of  personnel,
additional effective styles of investment management and enhanced research and
quantitative modeling capability. Further, through the combined larger entity,
your Fund will  benefit  from such  things as an  enhanced  ability to execute
securities transactions.

   
     The Trustees have  carefully  considered  this  combination  of Aetna and
Aeltus  investment  management  operations and unanimously  recommend that you
approve the subadvisory  agreement with Aeltus. The Trustees believe that the
establishment of a focused, stand-alone investment management entity is in the
best long-term interest of your Fund.

     Your participation in this process is very important. If your contract is
held in Aetna's  Separate  Account D, Aetna has no  authority  to vote  shares
attributable  to your  contract.  Therefore,  if Aetna  does not  receive  any
instructions  from you,  Aetna will abstain from voting these  shares.  If you
cannot  attend  the  meeting,   you  can  vote  by filling  out  the  enclosed
authorization  card in the postage prepaid envelop provided.  Please complete,
sign, and return the enclosed card so that your shares will be represented. If
you later decide to attend the meeting, you may revoke your proxy at that time
and vote your shares in person.
    

     If you have any  questions  related to the  Special  Meeting  and/or this
proxy, please call us at 1-800-632-2386.

Sincerely,


Shaun P. Mathews
President


June 14, 1996

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                           NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
                                    OF THE
                           SERIES B SHAREHOLDERS OF
                                AETNA GET FUND


A Special  Meeting of the Series B Shareholders of Aetna GET Fund (the "Fund")
will be held on July 19, 1996, at 9:00 a.m.,  Eastern time, at 151  Farmington
Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06156-8962 for the following purposes:

     1.   to elect nine Trustees to serve until their  successors  are elected
          and qualified;

     2.   to approve or disapprove a Subadvisory  Agreement,  by and among the
          Fund,  on behalf  of Series B,  Aetna  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity
          Company ("Aetna"), and its affiliate,  Aeltus Investment Management,
          Inc.;

     3.   to approve or disapprove a new Investment Advisory Agreement, by and
          between  the Fund,  on behalf of  Series B, and  Aetna,  the  Fund's
          current investment adviser;

     4.   to approve or disapprove an amendment to the Fund's  Declaration  of
          Trust to modify the Fund's liability and indemnification provisions;
          and

     5.   to  transact  such other  business as may  properly  come before the
          meeting and any adjournments thereof.

     Shareholders  of  record  at the close of  business  on May 31,  1996 are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.


                                     Susan E. Bryant
                                     Secretary

   
June 14, 1996
    

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                                PROXY STATEMENT
                                 JUNE 14, 1996


     This Proxy  Statement is given to you to provide  information  you should
review before voting on the matters listed on the Notice of Special Meeting on
the previous page.  Your vote is being solicited by the Board of Trustees (the
"Trustees") of Aetna GET Fund (the "Fund") for a special meeting of the Fund's
Series B ("Series B")  shareholders  to be held on July 19, 1996,  and, if the
meeting is adjourned,  at any  adjournment  of that meeting,  for the purposes
listed on the Notice.

     This  Statement  describes  the  matters  that  will be  voted  on at the
meeting.  The  solicitation  of votes is made by the mailing of this Statement
and the accompanying  authorization card on or about June 14, 1996. Aetna Life
Insurance  and  Annuity  Company  ("Aetna")  and its  affiliates  may  contact
contract holders and their representatives  directly commencing in May 1996 to
discuss the proposals described in this Statement.  The expenses in connection
with preparing this Statement and its enclosures and of all solicitations will
be paid by Aetna, the Fund's investment adviser.

     A copy of the Fund's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1995,  was mailed to  shareholders  on or about  February 29, 1996. The Annual
Report is available upon request,  without charge, to anyone entitled to vote.
If you did not  receive an Annual  Report,  you may  request one by writing to
Wayne Baltzer, c/o Aetna, RT2A 151 Farmington Avenue,  Hartford,  Connecticut,
06156-8962, or by calling 1-800-632-2386.

     Series B  shareholders  of record on May 31, 1996,  the record date,  are
entitled to be present and to vote at the meeting or any adjourned meeting. As
of the record date, Aetna was the record shareholder of all of the outstanding
Series B shares  of the  Fund.  These  Series B shares  are  owned by Aetna as
depositor for its variable annuity contracts (the  "Contracts")  issued to you
or to a group of which you are a part.  Under the terms of the  Contracts  you
have the right to  instruct  Aetna how to vote the Series B shares  related to
your  interest  through  your  Contract.  This  Statement  is used to  solicit
instructions for voting Series B shares of the Fund.


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     The  Series B shares  held by Aetna are held on  behalf of the  following
Separate Accounts which hold assets for the Contracts:

<TABLE>
<S>                                        <C>                 <C>
Aetna Variable Annuity Account B -         1,111,468           Series B shares (15.9%)
Aetna Variable Annuity Account C -         5,745,497           Series B shares (82.5%)
Aetna Variable Annuity Account D -           106,615           Series B shares  (1.5%)
</TABLE>

     Aetna will vote the  Series B shares  held in its name as  directed.  The
group Contract holder of some group Contracts has the right to direct the vote
for all Series B shares under the Contract, for, against or abstaining, in the
same  proportions  as Series B shares for which  instructions  have been given
under the same Contract. If Aetna does not receive voting instructions for all
of the Series B shares held under Contracts,  Aetna will vote all the Series B
shares  in all  the  listed  Accounts,  except  Account  D,  for,  against  or
abstaining, in the same proportions as the Series B shares for which they have
received  instructions.  Aetna  will only vote  Series B shares  held  through
Aetna's Variable Annuity Account D for which it receives instructions and will
not vote Series B shares for which no instructions are received.

     All Series B shares  voted at the  meeting  will be counted as present at
the meeting whether they vote for,  against or abstain on the Proposals.  More
than 50% of the  total  outstanding  Series B shares  must be  present  at the
meeting  to have a quorum to  conduct  business.  Proposal  2  (Approval  of a
Subadvisory  Agreement) and Proposal 3 (Approval of a new Investment  Advisory
Agreement)  require  the  vote  of  a  "majority  of  the  outstanding  voting
securities"  of the  Fund  to be  approved.  The  remaining  proposals  can be
approved by the vote of a simple  majority  of Series B shares  present at the
meeting.  A "majority of the outstanding  voting securities" of the Fund means
67% of the Series B shares present at the meeting,  assuming a majority of the
Series B shares are present;  or, more than 50% of all the outstanding  voting
securities of the Fund,  if less. A vote to abstain is  effectively a negative
vote since the proposals require an affirmative vote to be approved.

     In the event  that a quorum of  shareholders  is not  represented  at the
meeting,  the meeting may be adjourned  until a quorum  exists,  or, even if a
quorum is represented,  the meeting may be adjourned until sufficient votes to
approve any of the proposals  are  received.  The persons named as proxies may
propose  and  vote  for one or more  adjournments  of the  meeting.  Adjourned
meetings must be held within a reasonable  time after the date  originally set
for the meeting (but not more than 6 months after the date of this Statement).
Solicitation  of votes may  continue  to be made  without  any  obligation  to
provide any additional notice of the adjournment. The persons named as proxies
will  vote  Series B shares  in favor of an  adjournment  at their  discretion
whether  instructions for those Series B shares are to vote for, against or to
abstain from voting on any of the proposals to be considered at the meeting.


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     The  number  of  Series  B  shares  that  you may  vote is  shown  on the
authorization  card  accompanying  this Statement.  This number was calculated
according to the formula described in the materials relating to your Contract.
Votes may be  revoked by written  notice to Aetna  prior to the  meeting or by
attending  the  meeting  in person and  indicating  that you want to vote your
Series B shares.

     The  duly  appointed   proxies  or  authorized   persons  may,  at  their
discretion,  vote upon any other matters that are raised at the meeting or any
adjournments.  Additional  matters  would only  include  matters that were not
expected at the date of this Statement.


                           MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

                                  PROPOSAL 1

                             ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

The persons  listed in the table below are  nominated  to serve as Trustees of
the Fund until  their  successors  are  elected and  qualified.  The  Nominees
consent to being  named in this  proposal.  The  Nominees  currently  serve as
Trustees and will  continue to serve if reelected  by the  shareholders.  Once
elected, the Trustees continue to serve indefinitely.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME, AGE AND             PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION,                   FIRST BECAME
POSITION WITH THE FUND    EMPLOYMENT OR PUBLIC                    A TRUSTEE
- ----------------------    DIRECTORSHIPS                           ---------
                          DURING LAST FIVE YEARS
                          ----------------------
<S>                       <C>                                        <C>
Morton Ehrlich*           Chairman and Chief Executive               1988
61 years of age           Officer, Integrated Manage-
Trustee                   ment Trustee Corp.and
                          Universal Research
                          Technologies (since January
                          1992); President, LIFECO
                          Travel Services Corp. (from
                          October 1988 to December
                          1991).

Maria T. Fighetti*        Attorney, New York City                    1994
52 years of age           Department of Mental Health
Trustee                   (since 1973).

David L. Grove*           Private Investor, Economic/                1987
77 years of age           Financial Consultant (since
Trustee                   December 1988).


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Timothy A. Holt           Director, Senior Vice President            1996
43 years of age           and Chief Financial Officer,
Trustee                   Aetna (since February 1996);
                          Director, Aeltus Investment
                          Management, Inc. ("Aeltus"),
                          formerly Aetna Capital Management
                          Company, Inc. (since April 1996);
                          Vice President, Portfolio
                          Management/Investment Group,
                          Aetna Life and Casualty Company
                          (from August 1991 to February
                          1996); Treasurer, Aeltus (from
                          February 1990 to July 1991); Vice
                          President -- Finance and
                          Treasurer, Aetna Life and
                          Casualty Company (from August
                          1989 through July 1991).
                          
Daniel P. Kearney         Chairman (since February                   1994
56 years of age           1996), Director (since March
                          Trustee 1991), President (since
                          March 1994) Aetna; Director,
                          Aeltus (since April 1996);
                          Executive Vice President (since
                          December 1993), and Group
                          Executive, Investment Division
                          (from February 1991 to December
                          1993), Aetna Life and Casualty
                          Company.

Sidney Koch*              Senior Adviser, Hambro                     1994
60 years of age           America, Inc. (since January
                          Trustee 1993); Senior Adviser,
                          Daiwa Securities America, Inc.
                          (from 1991 to January 1993)
                          Executive Vice President, Daiwa
                          Securities America, Inc. (from
                          1986 to January 1991).


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Shaun P. Mathews          Vice President and Director,               1991
40 years of age           Aetna (since March 1991);
Trustee and President     Assistant Vice President, Aetna
                          Life and Casualty Company (from
                          July 1989 to March 1991).

Corine T. Norgaard**      Dean, School of Management,                1987
58 years of age           State University at New York
Trustee                   (Binghamton) (since August 1993);
                          Professor, accounting, University
                          of Connecticut (from September
                          1969 to June 1993); Director, The
                          Advest Group, Inc. (holding
                          company for brokerage firm)
                          (since August 1983).

Richard G. Scheide*       Private banking consultant                 1994
66 years of age           (since July 1992); Consultant,
Trustee                   Fleet Bank (from July 1991 to
                          July 1992); Executive Vice
                          President and Manager, Trust and
                          Private Banking, Bank of New
                          England, N.A. and Bank of New
                          England Company (from June 1976
                          to July 1991).

<FN>
*  These Trustees (the "Independent  Trustees") are not interested  persons as
   defined by the Investment  Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") and the related
   rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission").
** Dr.  Norgaard is a director of a holding company that has as a subsidiary a
   broker-dealer  that sells  Contracts  for Aetna.  The Fund is offered as an
   investment  option under the  Contracts.  Her position as a director of the
   holding company may cause her to be an "interested  person" for purposes of
   the 1940 Act.
</FN>
</TABLE>

     The business address of each Nominee is 151 Farmington Avenue,  Hartford,
Connecticut  06156-8962.  The Fund held four meetings during 1995 all of which
were in person.  Mr. Kearney was unable to attend any of the board meetings in
1995. All other Trustees attended all meetings.

     Each Nominee is currently a director or trustee of each of the  following
management  investment  companies  managed by Aetna:  Aetna Series Fund, Inc.;
Aetna Income Shares;


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Aetna Variable Fund;  Aetna  Investment  Advisers Fund, Inc.; Aetna Generation
Portfolios,  Inc.; and Aetna Variable Encore Fund (collectively with the Fund,
the "Fund Complex").

     As of May 31, 1996,  Trustees and officers of the Fund beneficially owned
less than 1% of the Fund's outstanding Series B shares.

REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

     None of the Fund's  officers nor any Trustees who are  employees of Aetna
are entitled to any  compensation  from the Fund.  During 1995,  the following
Trustees  earned the following for their  services as Trustees to the Fund and
the Fund Complex:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Aggregate          Total Compensation
                          Compensation         From Fund Complex
                           From Fund           Paid to Trustees
                          ------------        ------------------
<S>                         <C>                   <C>    

Morton Ehrlich              $ 1,455                $46,000
Maria T. Fighetti           $ 1,455                $46,000
David L. Grove*             $ 1,455                $46,500
Sidney Koch                 $ 1,455                $47,000
Corine T. Norgaard          $ 1,586                $51,000
Richard G. Scheide          $ 1,455                $46,500
                            -------                -------

         Total              $ 8,861               $283,000

<FN>
* Mr. Grove elected to defer all compensation.
</FN>
</TABLE>

COMMITTEES

     The Trustees have standing Audit, Contract Review and Pricing Committees.
The Contract Review and Audit Committees  include all the Trustees who are not
employees of Aetna. Dr. Norgaard is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and
Mr.  Koch is the  Chairperson  of the  Contract  Review  Committee.  The Audit
Committee reviews the relationship between the Fund and its independent public
accountants.  The  Contract  Review  Committee  reviews the Fund's  investment
advisory,  subadvisory and administrative services contracts at least annually
in connection with  considering  the  continuation  of those  contracts.  That
Committee  also  meets  any time  there is a  proposal  to amend  any of those
agreements.   The  Fund's   Pricing   Committee   consists   of  Mr.   Mathews
(Chairperson),  Mr. Koch, Dr. Norgaard, and Mr. Scheide. The Pricing Committee
is  responsible  for acting upon and  approving  the Fund's net asset value at
times of market  disruption  or in any  situation  where the range of possible
valuations  of  individual  securities  could cause the net asset value of the
Fund's Series B shares to vary materially. In 1995, the Audit Committee


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met two times,  the Contract Review  Committee met two times,  and the Pricing
Committee met once. All members of these committees attended all the committee
meetings.  The Board of Trustees does not have a standing nominating committee
for the Fund nor a standing compensation committee.


                                  PROPOSAL 2

                      APPROVAL OF A SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

     The Independent  Trustees have unanimously  approved,  and recommend that
the Series B  shareholders  of the Fund approve,  a subadvisory  agreement for
Series B (the "Subadvisory  Agreement") among the Fund, on behalf of Series B,
Aetna, and Aetna's affiliate, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc. ("Aeltus"). A
copy of the  Subadvisory  Agreement is included with this Statement as Exhibit
A.

WHY IS AETNA PROPOSING A SUBADVISORY ARRANGEMENT?

   
     As part of a strategic  review of its  investment  operations,  the Aetna
organization   performed  an  in-depth  analysis  of  various   organizational
structures.  It has concluded that it should  combine its investment  advisory
businesses into a single stand-alone investment management subsidiary. From an
operating   perspective,   this  is   intended   primarily   as  a   corporate
restructuring.  To accomplish  this goal,  Aetna would combine its  investment
management  operations with those of Aetna's  affiliate,  Aeltus. The combined
entity  would be a separate  corporate  entity  managing  over $33  billion in
assets  and  would  operate  under  the name  Aeltus.  This  type of  business
structure is used by a number of investment  providers in today's  marketplace
and is  consistent  with  maintaining  a  focused,  well-qualified  and  fully
integrated investment  capability.  Complementing the significant  investments
and enhancements Aetna has made to its advisory capabilities over the last two
years,  Aeltus  would  add  more  depth  of  personnel,  different  styles  of
investment  management  and  additional  research  and  quantitative  modeling
capability.  Your Fund would  benefit  from this  larger  investment  advisory
entity in such ways as more efficient execution of securities transactions.
    

WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED?

     To accomplish the combination,  all of the current  investment  personnel
and staff of Aetna would  assume  comparable  positions  with Aeltus and would
continue to provide investment  services to your Fund.  Immediately  following
the combination, it is expected that the current portfolio manager of Series B
will remain  unchanged.  Aetna and the Fund, on behalf of Series B, then would
enter into a  subadvisory  agreement  with  Aeltus to provide  the  investment
management  services  to Series B.  Although  Aeltus is  already a part of the
Aetna  organization,  the 1940 Act requires that the  shareholders of Series B
approve the Subadvisory  Agreement.  Under the proposed Subadvisory Agreement,
Aeltus would be


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responsible  for deciding which  securities to buy, which to sell and which to
keep for Series B. It would also be placing trades for those  securities  with
third  party  broker-dealers  and, to the extent  directed by Aetna,  would be
handling the back office administrative functions related to those activities.
It is expected that those  activities  would include  determining the value of
Series B's net assets on a daily basis and preparing,  and providing to Aetna,
such other reports, data and information as Aetna or the Trustees request from
time to time.  In  connection  with the  management  of Series B's  portfolio,
Aeltus would be responsible for assuring that the assets acquired for Series B
are in compliance with Series B's objectives and policies.

     Aetna  would  bear  the  ultimate   responsibility   for  overseeing  the
investment advice provided to Series B. It would monitor Aeltus' activities to
ensure that Aeltus is following  regulatory and Board  policies,  restrictions
and guidelines in managing  Series B's assets.  Aetna would be responsible for
reporting  to the  Trustees  on a  regular  basis  and  assuring  that  Aeltus
maintains an adequate compliance  program.  The many years of experience Aetna
has in managing  assets for mutual funds and for its own portfolio will enable
it to monitor Aeltus' activities to the advantage of Series B's shareholders.

WHO IS AELTUS?

     Aeltus is a  Connecticut  corporation  organized  in 1972  under the name
Aetna Capital  Management,  Inc. It currently has its principal offices at 242
Trumbull  St.,  Hartford,   Connecticut.   Aeltus  is  a  part  of  the  Aetna
organization,  and is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Aetna Retirement Holdings,
Inc. which is also the parent of Aetna and which is a wholly-owned  subsidiary
of Aetna Retirement Services, Inc. Aetna Retirement Services is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Aetna Life and Casualty  Company,  a financial  services company
with stock  listed for  trading  on the New York Stock  Exchange.  John Y. Kim
currently  serves  as  the  President,   Chief  Executive  Officer  and  Chief
Investment  Officer of Aeltus.  Aeltus is registered with the Commission as an
investment adviser.

WHAT ARE THE MATERIAL  TERMS OF THE  PROPOSED  SUBADVISORY  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN
AETNA AND AELTUS?

     The  Subadvisory  Agreement  gives  Aeltus  broad  latitude in  selecting
securities  for Series B subject  to Aetna's  oversight.  The  Agreement  also
allows Aeltus to place trades through brokers of its choosing and to take into
consideration the quality of the brokers'  services and execution,  as well as
services such as research and providing equipment or paying Series B expenses,
in setting the amount of commissions paid to a broker. The use of research and
expense reimbursements in determining and paying commissions is referred to as
"soft  dollar"  practices.  Aeltus will only use soft dollars for services and
expenses  to the  extent  Aetna is  authorized  to do so under the  Investment
Advisory Agreement, but only as authorized by applicable law and the rules and
regulations of the Commission.


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     The Subadvisory  Agreement  requires Aeltus to reduce its fee if Aetna is
required to reduce its fee under the Investment Advisory Agreement.  Aetna has
agreed to reduce its fee or reimburse Series B if the expenses borne by Series
B would exceed the expense limitations of any jurisdiction in which Series B's
shares are  qualified  for sale.  Aetna would not be  obligated  to  reimburse
Series B for any expenses which exceed the amount of its advisory fee for that
year. The Subadvisory  Agreement  obligates Aeltus to reduce its fee by 60% of
the amount of Aetna's fee reduction.

     The  Subadvisory  Agreement  provides  that,  if  approved,  it  will  be
effective August 1, 1996 or, if the meeting is adjourned,  on the first day of
the next  month  following  the date on which  the  shareholders  approve  the
Subadvisory Agreement.  It will continue in effect until December 31, 1997 and
thereafter from year to year if approved by the Trustees, including a majority
of  the  Independent  Trustees.   The  Subadvisory  Agreement  will  terminate
automatically if the Investment Advisory Agreement terminates or if there is a
change in control  of Aeltus.  It can be  terminated  by Aeltus,  Aetna or the
Fund, on behalf of Series B, on 60 days' notice. If the Subadvisory  Agreement
terminates,  Series B's  investment  adviser  would  automatically  assume all
management  functions for Series B. The  Subadviser  can be held liable to the
Adviser  and  Series B for  negligence,  bad  faith,  willful  malfeasance  or
reckless  disregard  of  its  obligations  or  duties  under  the  Subadvisory
Agreement.

WHAT WILL THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT COST SERIES B?

     The Subadvisory Agreement provides that Aetna will pay Aeltus a fee at an
annual  rate up to 0.35% of the  average  daily net  assets of Series B. Aetna
believes  this  compensation  is fair and  reasonable  for the services  being
provided by Aeltus.  This fee is not charged back to, or paid by, Series B; it
is paid by Aetna  out of its own  resources,  including  fees and  charges  it
receives from or in connection with Series B.

WHAT IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDATION?

     The Board of Trustees  unanimously  recommends voting FOR approval of the
Subadvisory Agreement.

WHAT   FACTORS   DID  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES   CONSIDER   IN  REACHING   ITS
RECOMMENDATION?

     The Trustees  considered the proposed  Subadvisory  Agreement at meetings
held on December 12, 1995,  and  February  28,  1996.  Moreover,  the Contract
Review Committee of the Board of Trustees,  consisting  solely of the Trustees
who are not  employees  of Aetna,  considered  the  Subadvisory  Agreement  at
meetings held on December 11, 1995,  February 6, 1996,  and February 27, 1996.
At all such meetings, the Trustees were advised throughout by Messrs. Goodwin,
Procter & Hoar, their own independent counsel.


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     The Trustees'  recommendation was based on their conclusion that approval
of the  Subadvisory  Agreement  would mean that the  shareholders  of Series B
would receive the benefits of the talents of both Aetna and Aeltus working for
Series B.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT IS NOT APPROVED?

     If the  Subadvisory  Agreement is not approved,  Aetna would  continue as
investment  adviser to Series B and would retain  access to all of its current
investment advisory capabilities.

                                  PROPOSAL 3

                APPROVAL OF A NEW INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT


     The  Independent  Trustees  have  unanimously  approved a new  Investment
Advisory Agreement for Series B (the "Advisory  Agreement")  between the Fund,
on behalf of Series B, and Aetna as its investment  adviser and recommend that
you vote FOR this Proposal.

WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED?

     As  part  of  its  comprehensive,  strategic  review  of  its  investment
management  operations and products,  during the past several years, Aetna has
been reviewing its various  agreements and arrangements for providing services
to, and managing,  the funds it advises.  Based on this review, Aetna proposed
and the Trustees approved a new Administrative Services Agreement for Series B
which, as discussed below, became effective May 1, 1996, and it has proposed a
restructuring of its investment  advisory  operations as described in Proposal
2. Aetna is also proposing to enter into a new Investment  Advisory  Agreement
with the Fund, on behalf of Series B, to simplify the language used and to add
certain  terms  that  create  consistency   across  the  investment   advisory
agreements for all funds managed by Aetna. THE NEW ADVISORY AGREEMENT WILL NOT
RESULT IN A CHANGE IN ADVISORY FEES. The Trustees of the Fund are  unanimously
recommending approval of the new Investment Advisory Agreement for the reasons
identified below.

WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY  DIFFERENCES  BETWEEN THE  EXISTING  INVESTMENT  ADVISORY
AGREEMENT AND THE PROPOSED ADVISORY AGREEMENT?

     The proposed Advisory Agreement has been updated in several respects. The
language has been simplified where possible;  the liability provisions make it
clear that Aetna is liable to Series B for Aetna's negligence;  and it expands
Aetna's  ability to use brokerage  commissions to pay Series B expenses to the
extent  allowed by current law. A copy of the proposed  Advisory  Agreement is
included  with this  Statement  as  Exhibit B and the  existing  agreement  is
included as Exhibit C.


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     Under both the  existing  and proposed  investment  advisory  agreements,
Aetna is obligated to manage and oversee  Series B's day to day operations and
to manage its  investment  portfolio,  whether  directly  or as  discussed  in
Proposal 2 under a Subadvisory Agreement with Aeltus.

WHAT IS THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS?

     The existing advisory  agreement  provides that Aetna is liable to Series
B, and Series B is entitled to be  indemnified  by Aetna if Series B suffers a
loss or incurs a liability as a result of Aetna's bad faith,  gross negligence
or willful or reckless misconduct.  The Trustees recommend that this provision
be revised so that the standard is changed from "gross  negligence"  to simply
"negligence."  This change would mean that Aetna would be held accountable for
all its acts of  negligence  that hurt  Series B, not just its acts of "gross"
negligence.  The overall effect of the liability and indemnification provision
of the new  Advisory  Agreement  would be to  provide  Series  B with  greater
protection.

WHAT IS THE CHANGE IN THE USE OF BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS FOR SERIES B?

     The  existing  agreement  allows  the  investment  adviser  to take  into
consideration  research  and  related  services  provided  by a broker  to the
adviser  in  paying   commissions   to  a  broker  for  Series  B's  portfolio
transactions.  The Trustees  recommend that the investment adviser also should
be allowed to take into  consideration  Series B expenses actually paid by the
broker  on  behalf  of  Series B where  it is  allowed  by  current  law.  The
investment  adviser  of Series B is  required  to place  trades for Series B's
securities  with brokers who provide  "best  execution."  This does not always
mean the lowest  commission if the broker  provides  research or other related
services  to  the  adviser.   Recent  developments  have  indicated  that  the
Commission  will also allow an adviser to place  trades with a broker,  and to
take into consideration in the commissions, actual expenses paid by the broker
for Series B. This can only be done in compliance with certain reporting rules
and only with respect to expenses  that  directly  benefit  Series B, which is
paying the  commissions.  The  proposed  Advisory  Agreement  would allow such
transactions subject to applicable laws.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS OF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT?

     The Advisory Agreement gives Aetna broad latitude in selecting securities
for Series B subject to the Trustees' oversight. Under the Advisory Agreement,
Aetna may  delegate to a  subadviser  its  functions  in  managing  Series B's
investment  portfolio,  subject  to Aetna's  oversight.  See  Proposal  2. The
Advisory  Agreement  allows  Aetna  to place  trades  through  brokers  of its
choosing and to take into  consideration  the quality of the brokers' services
and execution,  as well as services such as research,  providing  equipment to
Series B, or paying  Series B expenses,  in setting the amount of  commissions
paid to a broker.  Aetna  will only use these  commissions  for  services  and
expenses  to the  extent  authorized  by  applicable  law  and the  rules  and
regulations of the Commission.


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     Under  the  Advisory  Agreement,  Aetna has  agreed to reduce  its fee or
reimburse  Series B if the expenses borne by Series B would exceed the expense
limitations  of any  jurisdiction  in which Series B shares are  qualified for
sale.  Aetna would not be  obligated  to  reimburse  Series B for any expenses
which  exceed  the amount of its  advisory  fee for that  year.  The  Advisory
Agreement  also  provides that Aetna would be  responsible  for all of its own
costs including costs of Aetna personnel  required to carry out its investment
advisory duties.

   
     The  Advisory  Agreement  provides  that if approved it will be effective
August 1, 1996 or, if the meeting is  adjourned,  on the first day of the next
month  following  the date on which  the  shareholders  approve  the  Advisory
Agreement.  It will continue in effect until  December 31, 1997 and thereafter
from year to year if  approved  by the  Trustees,  including a majority of the
Independent Trustees.  The Advisory Agreement will terminate  automatically if
there is a change in control of Aetna.  It can be  terminated by the Trustees,
the Series B shareholders or Aetna on 60 days' notice.
    

     All of these provisions are the same as those in the existing  investment
advisory agreement, which has been in effect since the inception of Series B.

WHO IS AETNA?

     Aetna is a Connecticut  corporation,  licensed as an insurance company in
all 50 states.  Through its  predecessors,  Aetna has been  offering  variable
products and  annuities to the public since the 1950's.  It currently  manages
approximately  $22 billion in assets.  Aetna is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Aetna Retirement Holdings,  Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Aetna Retirement Services, Inc., and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Aetna Life and Casualty Company. Aetna is registered with the Commission as an
investment  adviser and a  broker-dealer.  Aetna serves as the underwriter for
the Fund's Series B shares. The principal offices of Aetna and its parents are
located at 151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06156-8962.

WHAT FEES OR CHARGES ARE PAID BY SERIES B?

     During 1995, Aetna received  $613,806 for its services in managing Series
B which  had  assets as of  December  31,  1995 of over  $88.5  million.  THIS
INVESTMENT  ADVISORY  FEE IS PAID AT AN  ANNUAL  RATE OF 0.75% OF THE  AVERAGE
DAILY NET ASSETS OF SERIES B, AND WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
NEW ADVISORY AGREEMENT.

   
     Aetna  also  has  been  receiving  reimbursement  by  the  Fund  for  its
administrative  costs  incurred in managing  the Fund under an  Administrative
Services  Agreement  with the  Fund.  The  Administrative  Services  Agreement
provides  for the  reimbursement  of a share of  Aetna's  overhead  related to
managing the Fund. In addition,  Aetna has been paying,  and the Fund has been
reimbursing  Aetna for,  certain of the Fund's  ordinary  recurring  expenses.
Under these arrangements,  for the year ended December 31, 1995, Series B paid
a total of
    


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$176,248 (an annual rate of approximately 0.21% of average daily net assets) to
Aetna for  reimbursements of its costs in performing  administrative  services
and for the Fund's other ordinary recurring expenses.  The Trustees approved a
new Administrative  Services  Agreement with the Fund,  effective May 1, 1996,
pursuant to which Aetna will continue to provide  these  services to the Fund,
but on a fixed  fee  basis at an  annual  rate of 0.15% of  average  daily net
assets. The new Administrative Services Agreement was approved to allow Series
B to fix the amount of its costs and  expenses,  while Aetna assumes all risks
that its costs and Series B's expenses may increase.

WHAT IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDATION?

     The Board of Trustees  unanimously  recommends voting FOR approval of the
new Advisory Agreement.

WHAT   FACTORS   DID  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES   CONSIDER   IN  REACHING   ITS
RECOMMENDATION?

     The Trustees  considered the proposed Advisory Agreement at meetings held
on December 12, 1995, and February 28, 1996. The Contract Review  Committee of
the Board of Trustees,  consisting solely of Trustees who are not employees of
Aetna,  considered  the Advisory  Agreement  at meetings  held on December 11,
1995,  February 6, 1996 and  February 27, 1996.  At all such  meetings,  these
Trustees were advised throughout by Messrs. Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, their own
independent counsel.

     The  Trustees'  approval of the new Advisory  Agreement  was based on the
following factors,  all of which they considered material and which are listed
in the order of their importance, with the most important factor listed first:


     1.   The nature, quality, and scope of services Aetna currently provides,
          including the enhancements Aetna is currently  maintaining and which
          have been made over the past two years  with  regard to  investment,
          administrative,   operational   and  shareholder   services.   These
          enhancements include: (i) the hiring of a number of highly qualified
          and experienced investment professionals,  (ii) replacing its former
          compensation  system  with a more  competitive  system  designed  to
          attract   and  retain  such  highly   qualified   personnel,   (iii)
          instituting  the use of quantitative  research and analytical  tools
          and  techniques,  and (iv) upgrading its  information  and reporting
          systems.

   
     2.   The nature,  quality,  and scope of services  Aeltus  would  provide
          under the  Subadvisory  Agreement,  including  the  benefits  to be
          derived  from the  combination  of Aetna's  and  Aeltus'  investment
          management capabilities;
    

     3.   The  level  of the  advisory  fee and  other  fees  paid to Aetna in
          general, and as compared to its competitive peer group; and


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     4.   The new Advisory  Agreement will benefit  Series B  shareholders  by
          clarifying the liability  provisions,  expanding  Aetna's ability to
          use brokerage  commissions  to pay Series B expenses and  increasing
          the efficiency of Aetna's  monitoring  procedures through the use of
          uniform terms and provisions.


     In the course of its  deliberations,  the Trustees asked for and received
extensive data  concerning,  among other things,  (i) the nature,  quality and
scope of  services  that Aetna  currently  provides,  and that  Aeltus,  after
combining with Aetna, would provide, (ii) Aetna's profitability, (iii) Aetna's
financial condition,  and (iv) the level of Aetna's current fee in general and
as compared to its competitive peer group.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT IS NOT APPROVED?

     If the Advisory Agreement is not approved by Series B's shareholders, the
existing agreement will continue in effect.  Aetna expects that it would still
proceed with the Subadvisory Agreement with Aeltus, if it is approved.


                                  PROPOSAL 4

                           APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT
                          TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST


     The Trustees have approved,  and recommend that the  shareholders  of the
Fund  approve,  deleting  and  restating  Articles  5.2 and 5.3 of the  Fund's
Declaration of Trust.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES?

     The  provisions  being amended relate to the liability of Trustees to the
Fund  and  the  indemnification  by the  Fund of  Trustees  and  officers  for
liabilities  incurred  while  acting as Trustees or officers of the Fund.  The
primary  purpose  of the  proposed  amendment  is to allow the Fund to advance
costs to a Trustee  if that  Trustee  is named in an action for which the Fund
would  ultimately  be obligated to indemnify  the Trustee  without the Trustee
being required to post collateral. The advancement of costs would be made only
if: (i) the Trustee provides security for the costs advanced; or (ii) the Fund
is insured against losses arising from unlawful advances;  or (iii) a majority
of a quorum of the Independent  Trustees who are not parties determines,  or a
written  opinion of  independent  legal  counsel  provides,  that based upon a
review of the readily available facts,  there is reason to believe the Trustee
ultimately will be entitled to  indemnification.  This provision would allow a
Fund to provide a Trustee with the  resources the Trustee would need to afford
an  adequate  defense  if the  Trustee is named in  litigation  related to the
Trustee's activities in connection with the Fund


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without posting  collateral.  The amounts  advanced would have to be repaid if
there is a finding that the Trustee was not entitled to indemnification.

     The proposed changes also clarify that under most circumstances  Trustees
will not be liable for the wrongdoing of officers, agents, employees and other
service  providers to the Fund. The text of the proposed  amended Articles 5.2
and 5.3 are  attached  as Exhibit D. The  existing  language  is  attached  as
Exhibit E.

WHY IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT?

     The  Trustees  believe  that  advancing  the costs of Trustees who may be
subject to litigation  without the need to post  collateral is critical to the
Fund's ability to attract and retain the best  qualified  individuals to serve
the Fund as Trustees and officers.  The proposed  amendment  complies with the
1940 Act's  limitations on  indemnification,  in that  indemnification  is not
available  in cases of willful  misfeasance,  gross  negligence,  bad faith or
reckless  disregard of the duties of office.  The  proposed  amendment is also
consistent with interpretive positions taken by the staff of the Commission.

     The  Trustees  and  officers  of the Fund are not  subject to any pending
litigation  against any of them  arising out of any alleged  breach of duty to
the Fund or its shareholders  and are not aware of any such threatened  claims
or of circumstances that might give rise to a claim. The Trustees  acknowledge
that current and future  Trustees  could  benefit from the proposed  amendment
and, therefore, the Trustees have a conflict of interest in this matter.

WHAT IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' RECOMMENDATION?

     The Board of  Trustees  unanimously  recommends  voting FOR the  proposed
amendment.

     If the proposal is approved,  the  amendment  will take effect  August 1,
1996 or, if the  meeting  is  adjourned,  on the  first day of the next  month
following the date on which the  shareholders  approve the  amendment.  If the
shareholders  of the Fund do not approve the proposed  amendment,  the current
provisions  of  the  Declaration  of  Trust  concerning  indemnification  will
continue in effect.

WHAT FACTORS DID THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONSIDER IN MAKING ITS RECOMMENDATION?

     The Trustees  believe that  approval of the proposed  amendment  allowing
advancement of costs without  posting  collateral for  liabilities of Trustees
and  officers  and  clarifying  the  scope of  indemnification  is in the best
interests  of the Fund  because  it will  assist  the Fund in  attracting  and
retaining the best  qualified  people to serve as Trustees and officers of the
Fund.


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                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

OFFICERS OF THE FUND

     The  principal  executive  officers of the Fund and his or her  principal
occupation are set forth below.  The term of office of each executive  officer
of the Fund is until the next  annual  meeting of the Fund or until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       NAME AND                                    POSITION WITH THE FUND
   BUSINESS ADDRESS                             AND OTHER PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
  -----------------                             -------------------------------

<S>                                             <C>

Shaun P. Mathews                                President and Trustee of the Fund; see
40 years of age                                 description under "Election of Trustees."


James C. Hamilton                               Vice President and Treasurer of the Fund;
55 years of age                                 Chief Financial Officer, Aetna Investment Services,
                                                Inc.; Vice President and Actuary, Aetna Life
                                                Insurance Company.


Susan E. Bryant                                 Secretary of the Fund; Counsel to Aetna (since
48 years of age                                 March 1993); General Counsel and Corporate
                                                Secretary, First Investors Corporation (April
                                                1991 to March 1993); Administrator, Oklahoma
                                                Department of Securities (August 1986 to
                                                April 1991).
</TABLE>


DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AETNA

     The name, business address and principal  occupation of Aetna's principal
executive officer and directors are as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       NAME AND
   BUSINESS ADDRESS                             PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
<S>                                             <C>
Daniel P. Kearney                               Director, President and Principal
151 Farmington Avenue                           Executive Officer; see description
Hartford, Connecticut 06156                     under "Election of Trustees."


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Christopher J. Burns                            Director and Senior Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156

Laura R. Estes                                  Director and Senior Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156

Timothy A. Holt                                 Director and Senior Vice President;
151 Farmington Avenue                           see description under "Election of
Hartford, Connecticut 06156                     Trustees."

Gail P. Johnson                                 Director and Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156

John Y. Kim                                     Director and Senior Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156

Shaun P. Mathews                                Director and Vice President;
151 Farmington Avenue                           see description under
Hartford, Connecticut 06156                     "Election of Trustees."

Glen Salow                                      Director and Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156

Creed R. Terry                                  Director and Vice President.
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156
</TABLE>


OTHER BUSINESS

     The  management of the Fund knows of no other business to be presented at
the meeting other than the matters set forth in this  Statement.  If any other
business  properly  comes before the meeting,  the proxies will exercise their
best judgment in deciding how to vote on such matters.


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                             SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

     The  Declaration  of Trust and the By-Laws of the Fund  provide  that the
Fund need not hold  shareholder  meetings,  except as required by the 1940 Act
(or Massachusetts  law).  Therefore,  it is probable that no annual meeting of
shareholders  will be held in 1996 or in  subsequent  years until so required.
For those years in which annual shareholder meetings are held, proposals which
shareholders  of the  Fund  intend  to  present  for  inclusion  in the  proxy
materials with respect to the annual meeting of shareholders  must be received
by the Fund  within a  reasonable  period of time before the  solicitation  is
made.

     Please complete the enclosed authorization card and return it promptly in
the enclosed  self-addressed  postage-paid envelope. You may revoke your proxy
at any  time  prior  to the  meeting  by  written  notice  to the  Fund  or by
submitting an authorization card bearing a later date.

                                     Susan E. Bryant
                                     Secretary


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                                   APPENDIX



                                AETNA GET FUND
                                   Series B
               THIS AUTHORIZATION CARD IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF
                      THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND


THIS AUTHORIZATION CARD, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED AND RETURNED, WILL BE VOTED IN
THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE  UNDERSIGNED.  IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS
AUTHORIZATION  CARD WILL BE VOTED FOR THE  ELECTION OF THE  NOMINEES  NAMED IN
THIS AUTHORIZATION CARD AND FOR APPROVAL OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS.

                Dated: ____________________________ , 1996


            Please sign exactly as name appears on this card. When
          account is joint tenants, all should sign. When signing as
          administrator, trustee or guardian, please give title. If a
           corporation or partnership, sign in entity's name and by
                              authorized persons.



                           X_______________________

                           X_______________________


<PAGE>


Please refer to the Proxy  Statement for a discussion of these  matters.  This
authorization  card is solicited  in  connection  with the special  meeting of
Series B shareholders  of the Fund to be held at 9:00 a.m.,  Eastern  Standard
Time, on July 19, 1996, and at any  adjournment  thereof.  THIS  AUTHORIZATION
CARD, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED,  DIRECTS SHAUN P. MATHEWS AND SUSAN E. BRYANT TO
VOTE THE SHARES  LISTED ON THE FRONT OF THIS CARD AS DIRECTED  AND REVOKES ALL
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION CARDS.

[ ] Please vote by filling in the appropriate  box below, as shown, using blue
    or black ink or dark pencil. Do not use red ink.
    [box is filled in solidly]

THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Election of trustees        [ ] FOR all nominees listed
                                   (except as marked on the line below)

                               [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote
                                   for all nominees listed below


Morton Ehrlich   Maria T. Fighetti   David L. Grove   Timothy A. Holt
Daniel P. Kearney   Sidney Koch   Shaun P. Mathews Corine T. Norgaard
Richard G. Scheide

(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE,
WRITE THE NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE LINE BELOW.)

      ------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Approve the Subadvisory Agreement.           [ ]FOR  [ ]AGAINST  [ ]ABSTAIN

3. Approve the New Investment Advisory
   Agreement.                                   [ ]FOR  [ ]AGAINST  [ ]ABSTAIN

4. Approve an amendment to the Declaration 
   of Trust.                                    [ ]FOR  [ ]AGAINST  [ ]ABSTAIN



IN THEIR  DISCRETION,  THE  PROXIES  ARE  AUTHORIZED  TO VOTE UPON SUCH  OTHER
BUSINESS,  INCLUDING  ANY  ADJOURNMENT  OF THE MEETING,  AS MAY PROPERLY  COME
BEFORE THE MEETING.


<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A

                             SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT


THIS AGREEMENT is made by and among AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY  COMPANY,
a  Connecticut  insurance  corporation  (the  "Adviser"),  AETNA GET  FUND,  a
Massachusetts  Business  Trust,  on behalf of its  Series B (the  "Fund")  and
AELTUS   INVESTMENT   MANAGEMENT,   INC.,  a  Connecticut   corporation   (the
"Subadviser") as of the date set forth below.

                              W I T N E S S E T H
                              -------------------

WHEREAS,  the Fund is registered  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission") as an open-end, diversified, management investment company,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and

WHEREAS,  both  the  Adviser  and  the  Subadviser  are  registered  with  the
Commission as investment  advisers under the Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,
as amended  (the  "Advisers  Act") and both are in the  business  of acting as
investment advisers; and

WHEREAS,  the Adviser has entered into an Investment  Advisory  Agreement with
the Fund (the "Investment  Advisory  Agreement") which appoints the Adviser as
the investment adviser for the Fund; and

WHEREAS,  Article  IV of the  Investment  Advisory  Agreement  authorizes  the
Adviser to delegate all or a portion of its  obligations  under the Investment
Advisory Agreement to a subadviser;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:


I.   APPOINTMENT AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE ADVISER

Subject to the terms and  conditions  of this  Agreement,  the Adviser and the
Fund  hereby  appoint the  Subadviser  to manage the assets of the Fund as set
forth below in Section II, under the supervision of the Adviser and subject to
the approval and direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board").  The
Subadviser  hereby accepts such  appointment and agrees that it shall, for all
purposes herein,  undertake such obligations as an independent  contractor and
not as an agent of the Adviser. The Subadviser agrees, that except as required
to  carry  out  its  duties  under  this  Agreement  or  otherwise   expressly
authorized, it has no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way.


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II.  DUTIES OF THE SUBADVISER AND THE ADVISER

     A.   DUTIES OF THE SUBADVISER

     The Subadviser shall regularly provide  investment advice with respect to
     the  assets  held  by the  Fund  and  shall  continuously  supervise  the
     investment and reinvestment of cash,  securities and instruments or other
     property comprising the assets of the Fund. In carrying out these duties,
     the Subadviser shall:

          1.   select the securities to be purchased, sold or exchanged by the
               Fund  or  otherwise   represented  in  the  Fund's   investment
               portfolio,  place trades for all such  securities and regularly
               report  thereon  to the  Adviser  and,  at the  request  of the
               Adviser, to the Board;

          2.   formulate  and implement  continuing  programs for the purchase
               and sale of  securities  and  regularly  report  thereon to the
               Adviser and, at the request of the Adviser or the Fund,  to the
               Board;

          3.   obtain and evaluate  pertinent  information  about  significant
               developments  and economic,  statistical  and  financial  data,
               domestic,  foreign or otherwise,  whether affecting the economy
               generally,  the Fund, securities held by or under consideration
               for the Fund, or the issuers of those securities;

          4.   provide economic research and securities  analyses as requested
               by the Adviser from time to time,  or as the Adviser  considers
               necessary  or  advisable in  connection  with the  Subadviser's
               performance of its duties hereunder; and

          5.   give instructions to the custodian and/or  sub-custodian of the
               Fund  appointed by the Board,  as to deliveries of  securities,
               transfers of  currencies  and payments of cash for the Fund, in
               relation to the matters contemplated by this Agreement; and

          6.   provide  such  financial  support,   administrative  and  other
               services, such as preparation of financial data,  determination
               of the Fund's net asset value,  preparation  of  financial  and
               performance  reports,  as the Adviser from time to time,  deems
               necessary and  appropriate  and which the Subadviser is willing
               and able to provide.

     B.   DUTIES OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser shall retain  responsibility  for oversight of all activities
     of the  Subadviser  and for  monitoring  its  activities on behalf of the
     Fund.  In  carrying  out its  obligations  under this  Agreement  and the
     Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser shall:

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          1.   monitor the investment program maintained by the Subadviser for
               the Fund and the Subadviser's compliance program to ensure that
               the  Fund's  assets  are  invested  in   compliance   with  the
               Subadvisory  Agreement and the Fund's investment objectives and
               policies  as  adopted  by the Board and  described  in the most
               current effective  amendment of the registration  statement for
               the Fund, as filed with the Commission under the Securities Act
               of  1933  (the  "1933  Act"),  as  amended,  and the  1940  Act
               ("Registration Statement");

          2.   review  all  data  and  financial   reports   prepared  by  the
               Subadviser  to  assure  that  they  are  in   compliance   with
               applicable  requirements  and meet the provisions of applicable
               laws and regulations;

          3.   file all periodic reports required to be filed by the Fund with
               the applicable regulatory authorities;

          4.   review and deliver to the Board all financial,  performance and
               other reports  prepared by the Subadviser  under the provisions
               of this Agreement or as requested by the Adviser;

          5.   establish  and  maintain   regular   communications   with  the
               Subadviser  to share  information  it  obtains  concerning  the
               effect  of  developments  and  data on the  investment  program
               maintained by the Subadviser;

          6.   maintain  contact  with and enter  into  arrangements  with the
               custodian, transfer agent, auditors, outside counsel, and other
               third parties providing services to the Fund;

          7.   oversee  all  matters  relating  to (i) the  offer  and sale of
               shares of the Fund, including promotions,  marketing materials,
               preparation  of  prospectuses,  filings with the Commission and
               state   securities    regulators,    and   negotiations    with
               broker-dealers;    (ii)   shareholder   services,    including,
               confirmations,  correspondence  and reporting to  shareholders;
               (iii) all  corporate  matters on behalf of the Fund,  including
               monitoring  the  corporate  records  of the  Fund,  maintaining
               contact with the Board, preparing for, organizing and attending
               meetings  of  the  Board  and  the  Fund's  shareholders;  (iv)
               preparation of proxies when required; and (v) any other matters
               not expressly delegated to the Subadviser by this Agreement.


III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     A.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBADVISER

     The Subadviser hereby represents and warrants to the Adviser as  follows:

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          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.  The  Subadviser is duly
               organized and is in good  standing  under the laws of the State
               of  Connecticut  and is fully  authorized  to enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out its duties and obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The  Subadviser  is  registered as an investment
               adviser  with the  Commission  under the  Advisers  Act, and is
               registered  or licensed as an  investment  adviser under all of
               the laws of all  jurisdictions in which its activities  require
               it  to be so  registered  or  licensed.  The  Subadviser  shall
               maintain  such  registration  or license in effect at all times
               during the term of this Agreement.

          3.   REGULATORY  ORDERS.  The  Subadviser is not subject to any stop
               orders, injunctions or other orders of any regulatory authority
               affecting its ability to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
               The Subadviser will notify the Adviser and the Fund immediately
               if any such order is issued or if any  proceeding  is commenced
               that could result in such an order.

          4.   COMPLIANCE.  The Subadviser has in place compliance systems and
               procedures  designed to meet the  requirements  of the Advisers
               Act and the 1940 Act and it shall at all times  assure that its
               activities  in  connection  with managing the Fund follow these
               procedures.

          5.   AUTHORITY.  The  Subadviser  is  authorized  to enter into this
               Agreement and carry out the terms hereunder.

          6.   BEST  EFFORTS.  The  Subadviser  at all times shall provide its
               best  judgment  and  effort  to the  Fund in  carrying  out its
               obligations hereunder.

     B.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser hereby represents and warrants to the Subadvisor as follows:

          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.   The  Adviser  is  duly
               organized and is in good  standing  under the laws of the State
               of  Connecticut  and is fully  authorized  to enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out its duties and obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The  Adviser  is  registered  as  an  investment
               adviser  with the  Commission  under the  Advisers  Act, and is
               registered  or licensed as an  investment  adviser under all of
               the laws of all  jurisdictions in which its activities  require
               it to be so registered or licensed.  The Adviser shall maintain
               such  registration or license in effect at all times during the
               term of this Agreement.

          3.   REGULATORY  ORDERS.  The  Adviser  is not  subject  to any stop
               orders, injunctions or other orders of any regulatory authority
               affecting its ability to carry out the

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               terms of this Agreement. The Adviser will notify the Subadviser
               and the Fund  immediately if any such order is issued or if any
               proceeding is commenced that could result in such an order.

          4.   AUTHORITY.  The  Adviser  is  authorized  to  enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out the terms hereunder.

          5.   BEST  EFFORTS.  The Adviser at all times shall provide its best
               judgment and effort to the Fund in carrying out its obligations
               hereunder.

     C.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE FUND

     The Fund hereby represents and warrants to the Adviser as follows:

          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.  The Fund has been  duly
               formed as a business  trust under the laws of the  Commonwealth
               of  Massachusetts  and it is  authorized  to  enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The Fund is registered as an investment  company
               with the  Commission  under the 1940 Act and shares of the Fund
               are  registered for offer and sale to the public under the 1933
               Act  and   all   applicable   state   securities   laws.   Such
               registrations  will be kept in effect  during  the term of this
               Agreement.


IV.  BROKER-DEALER RELATIONSHIPS

     A.   PORTFOLIO TRADES

     The  Subadviser  shall  place all  orders  for the  purchase  and sale of
     portfolio securities for the Fund with brokers or dealers selected by the
     Subadviser,  which may  include  brokers or dealers  affiliated  with the
     Subadviser.  The Subadviser shall use its best efforts to seek to execute
     portfolio transactions at prices that are advantageous to the Fund giving
     consideration  to the services and  research  provided and at  commission
     rates that are reasonable in relation to the benefits received.

     B.   SELECTION OF BROKER-DEALERS

     In   selecting   broker-dealers   qualified   to  execute  a   particular
     transaction,  brokers  or  dealers  may  be  selected  who  also  provide
     brokerage  and  research  services (as those terms are defined in Section
     28(e) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934) to the Fund  and/or  the
     other  accounts  over which the  Subadviser  or its  affiliates  exercise
     investment discretion.  The Subadviser may also select brokers or dealers
     to effect  transactions  for the Fund who provide payment for expenses of
     the Fund.  The  Subadviser  is  authorized  to pay a broker or dealer who
     provides such brokerage and research  services or expenses,  a commission
     for executing a portfolio

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     transaction  for the Fund that is in excess of the  amount of  commission
     another   broker  or  dealer  would  have  charged  for  effecting   that
     transaction if the  Subadviser  determines in good faith that such amount
     of commission  is  reasonable in relation to the value of the  brokerage,
     research and other services provided by such broker or dealer and is paid
     in compliance  with Section 28(e) or other rules and  regulations  of the
     Commission.  This  determination  may be viewed  in terms of either  that
     particular   transaction  or  the  overall   responsibilities   that  the
     Subadviser  and its  affiliates  have with respect to accounts over which
     they exercise investment discretion.  The Board shall periodically review
     the  commissions  paid by the Fund to determine if the  commissions  paid
     over  representative  periods of time were  reasonable in relation to the
     benefits received.


V.   CONTROL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Any  investment  program  undertaken  by  the  Subadviser   pursuant  to  this
Agreement, as well as any other activities undertaken by the Subadviser at the
direction  of the  Adviser  with  respect  to the Fund,  shall at all times be
subject to any directives of the Board.


VI.  COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS

In carrying out its obligations under this Agreement,  the Subadviser shall at
all times conform to:

     A.   all applicable  provisions of the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act and any
          rules and regulations adopted thereunder;

     B.   all policies and  procedures of the Fund as adopted by the Board and
          as described in the Registration Statement;

     C.   the  provisions of the  Declaration of Trust of the Fund, as amended
          from time to time;

     D.   the  provisions  of the Bylaws of the Fund,  as amended from time to
          time; and

     E.   any other applicable provisions of state or federal law.


VII. COMPENSATION

     A.   PAYMENT SCHEDULE

     The  Adviser  shall pay the  Subadviser,  as  compensation  for  services
     rendered  hereunder,  from its own assets, an annual fee of up to .35% of
     the  average  daily net assets in the Fund,  payable  monthly.  Except as
     hereinafter  set  forth,  compensation  under  this  Agreement  shall  be
     calculated  and  accrued  daily  at the  rate  of  1/365  of  the  annual
     Subadvisory  fee of up to .35%  applied  to the daily  net  assets of the
     Fund. If this Agreement becomes effective  subsequent to

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     the  first  day of a month or shall  terminate  before  the last day of a
     month,  compensation  for that part of the  month  this  Agreement  is in
     effect shall be prorated in a manner  consistent  with the calculation of
     the fees set forth above.

     B.   REDUCTION

     Payment of the Subadviser's compensation for the preceding month shall be
     made as promptly as possible,  except as provided  below.  The Subadviser
     acknowledges that,  pursuant to the Investment  Advisory  Agreement,  the
     Adviser  has  agreed  to  reduce  its fee or  reimburse  the  Fund if the
     expenses borne by the Fund exceed the expense  limitations  applicable to
     the  Fund  imposed  by  the   securities   laws  or  regulations  of  any
     jurisdiction   in  which  the  Fund  shares  are   qualified   for  sale.
     Accordingly,  the  Subadviser  agrees that,  if, for any fiscal year, the
     total of all  ordinary  business  expenses  of the  Fund,  including  all
     investment   advisory   fees   but   excluding   brokerage   commissions,
     distribution fees, taxes,  interest,  extraordinary  expenses and certain
     other  excludable  expenses,  would exceed the most  restrictive  expense
     limits imposed by any statute or regulatory authority of any jurisdiction
     in which  shares  of the Fund are  offered  for sale  (unless a waiver is
     obtained),  the  Subadviser  shall  reduce its advisory fee to the extent
     necessary  to meet  such  expense  limit,  but  will not be  required  to
     reimburse the Fund for any ordinary  business  expenses  which exceed the
     amount of its  advisory  fee for the fiscal year.  The  Subadviser  shall
     contribute to the amount of such reduction by reimbursing  the Adviser in
     proportion  to the amounts  which the Adviser and  Subadviser  would have
     been  entitled  to  receive  for  such  year.  For the  purposes  of this
     paragraph,  the term  "fiscal  year"  shall  exclude  the  portion of the
     current  fiscal year which elapsed  prior to the  effective  date of this
     Agreement,  but shall include the portion of the then current fiscal year
     has elapsed at the date of termination of this Agreement.


VIII.     ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES

The Subadviser shall pay the salaries,  employment  benefits and other related
costs of those of its personnel engaged in providing  investment advice to the
Fund hereunder, including, but not limited to, office space, office equipment,
telephone and postage costs.  In the event the  Subadviser  incurs any expense
that is the  obligation  of the  Adviser  as set out in  this  Agreement,  the
Adviser shall  reimburse the Subadviser for such expense on  presentation of a
statement  indicating  the  expenses  incurred  and  the  amount  paid  by the
Subadviser.


IX.  NONEXCLUSIVITY

The services of the  Subadviser  with respect to the Fund are not to be deemed
to be  exclusive,  and the  Subadviser  shall  be free  to  render  investment
advisory  and  administrative  or other  services to others  (including  other
investment companies) and to engage in other activities.  It is understood and
agreed that officers or directors of the  Subadviser  may serve as officers or
directors of the Adviser or officers or trustees of the Fund; that officers or
directors  of the  Adviser or  officers  or  trustees of the Fund may serve as
officers or directors of the  Subadviser  to the extent  permitted by law; and
that the officers and

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directors of the  Subadviser  are not  prohibited  from  engaging in any other
business  activity or from  rendering  services to any other  person,  or from
serving as  partners,  officers,  directors  or  trustees of any other firm or
trust, including other investment advisory companies.


X.   TERM

This Agreement  shall become  effective at the close of business on _________,
1996, and shall remain in force and effect through  December 31, 1997,  unless
earlier   terminated  under  the  provisions  of  Article  XI.  Following  the
expiration of its initial  term,  the  Agreement  shall  continue in force and
effect  for one  year  periods,  provided  such  continuance  is  specifically
approved at least annually:

     A.   (1) by the Fund's  trustees  or (2) by the vote of a majority of the
          Fund's outstanding voting securities (as defined in Section 2(a)(42)
          of the 1940 Act), and

     B.   by the  affirmative  vote of a majority of the  trustees who are not
          parties to this  Agreement or interested  persons of a party to this
          Agreement  (other  than as a trustee of the Fund),  by votes cast in
          person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.


XI.  TERMINATION

This Agreement may be terminated:

     A.   at any time,  without  the  payment of any  penalty,  by vote of the
          Fund's trustees or by vote of a majority of the  outstanding  voting
          securities of the Fund; or

     B.   by the  Adviser,  the Fund or the  Subadviser  on sixty  (60)  days'
          written  notice to the other party,  unless written notice is waived
          by the party required to be notified; or

     C.   automatically  in  the  event  there  is  an  "assignment"  of  this
          Agreement, as defined in Section 2 (a) (4) of the 1940 Act.


XII. LIABILITY

     A.   LIABILITY OF THE SUBADVISER

     The  Subadviser  shall be  liable to the Fund and the  Adviser  and shall
     indemnify  the Fund and the Adviser for any losses  incurred by the Fund,
     or the Adviser  whether in the purchase,  holding or sale of any security
     or  otherwise,  to the extent  that such losses  resulted  from an act or
     omission on the part of the  Subadviser  or its  officers,  directors  or
     employees,  that is found to involve  willful  misfeasance,  bad faith or
     negligence,  or reckless  disregard by the Subadviser of its duties under
     this  Agreement,   in  connection  with  the  services  rendered  by  the
     Subadviser hereunder.

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     B.   LIABILITY OF THE FUND, THE SHAREHOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEES

     A copy of the  Declaration  of  Trust  of the  Fund is on file  with  the
     Secretary  of The  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  and notice is hereby
     given that this  instrument  is executed on behalf of the trustees of the
     Fund as trustees and not  individually  and that the  obligations of this
     instrument  are not  binding  upon any of the  trustees  or  shareholders
     individually  but are  binding  only upon the assets and  property of the
     Fund.  No provision of this  Agreement  shall be construed to protect any
     trustee  or officer of the Fund or  director  or officer of the  Adviser,
     from liability in violation of Section 17(h) and (i) of the 1940 Act.


XIII.     NOTICES

Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered,
mailed  postage  paid,  or sent by other  delivery  service,  or by  facsimile
transmission to each party at such address as each party may designate for the
receipt of notice.  Until further notice,  such address shall be the following
addresses:

     IF TO THE FUND OR THE ADVISER:

     151 Farmington Avenue, RE4C
     Hartford, Connecticut  06156
     Fax number: 860/273-8340
     Attn:  Secretary

     IF TO THE SUBADVISER:

     242 Trumbull Street
     Hartford, Connecticut 06103-1205
     Fax number: 860/275-4440
     Attention:  President


XIV. QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.  Any
question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a
counterpart  in or otherwise  derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act
shall be resolved by  reference  to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and
to  interpretations  thereof,  if any, by the United  States Courts or, in the
absence of any controlling  decision of any such court, by rules,  regulations
or orders of the  Commission  issued  pursuant to the 1940 Act.  In  addition,
where the effect of a  requirement  of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision
of the Agreement is revised by rule,  regulation  or order of the  Commission,
such  provision  shall be  deemed to  incorporate  the  effect  of such  rule,
regulation or order.


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XV.  SERVICE MARK

The  service  mark of the Fund and  Adviser,  and the name  "Aetna"  have been
adopted by the Fund with the permission of Aetna Life and Casualty Company and
their continued use is subject to the right of Aetna Life and Casualty Company
to withdraw this permission in the event the Subadviser or another  subsidiary
or affiliated corporation of Aetna Life and Casualty Company should not be the
investment adviser of the Fund.


IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  caused  this  Agreement  to be
executed  in  duplicate  by their  respective  officers  on the  ______ day of
______________, 19__.


                                    AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND  ANNUITY COMPANY


                                        By: _____________________________
                                        Name:____________________________
                                        Title:___________________________
 ATTEST:
 _______________________________





                                    AELTUS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

                                        By: _____________________________
                                        Name:____________________________
                                        Title:___________________________
 ATTEST:
 _______________________________




                                    AETNA GET FUND, SERIES B

                                        By: _____________________________
                                        Name:____________________________
                                        Title:___________________________
 ATTEST:
 _______________________________


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                                   EXHIBIT B

                         INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT


THIS  AGREEMENT  is made by and  between  AETNA  LIFE  INSURANCE  AND  ANNUITY
COMPANY,  a  Connecticut  corporation  (the  "Adviser")  and AETNA GET FUND, a
Massachusetts  business trust,  on behalf of its Series B (the "Fund"),  as of
the date set forth below.

                              W I T N E S S E T H
                              - - - - - - - - - -

WHEREAS,  the Fund is registered  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission") as an open-end, diversified,  management investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and

WHEREAS,  the  Adviser is  registered  with the  Commission  as an  investment
adviser under the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers
Act"), and is in the business of acting as an investment adviser; and

WHEREAS, the Fund and the Adviser desire to enter into an agreement to provide
for investment  advisory and management services for the Fund on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:


I.   APPOINTMENT AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE ADVISER

Subject to the terms and  conditions  of this  Agreement  and the policies and
control  of the  Fund's  Board of  Trustees  (the  "Board"),  the Fund  hereby
appoints  the  Adviser  to serve as the  investment  adviser  to the Fund,  to
provide the  investment  advisory  services set forth below in Section II. The
Adviser  agrees  that,  except as required to carry out its duties  under this
Agreement or otherwise  expressly  authorized,  it is acting as an independent
contractor  and not as an agent of the Fund and has no authority to act for or
represent the Fund in any way.


II.  DUTIES OF THE ADVISER

In  carrying  out the  terms  of this  Agreement,  the  Adviser  shall  do the
following:

     A.   supervise all aspects of the operations of the Fund;

     B.   select the securities to be purchased, sold or exchanged by the Fund
          or otherwise represented in the Fund's investment  portfolio,  place
          trades for all such  securities and regularly  report thereon to the
          Board;

     C.   formulate  and  implement  continuing  programs for the purchase and
          sale of securities and regularly report thereon to the Board;

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     D.   obtain  and  evaluate   pertinent   information   about  significant
          developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic,
          foreign or otherwise,  whether affecting the economy generally,  the
          Fund, securities held by or under consideration for the Fund, or the
          issuers of those securities;

     E.   provide  economic  research and  securities  analyses as the Adviser
          considers  necessary or advisable in  connection  with the Adviser's
          performance of its duties hereunder;

     F.   obtain the services of,  contract with, and provide  instructions to
          custodians and/or  subcustodians of the Fund's securities,  transfer
          agents,  dividend paying agents,  pricing services and other service
          providers as are necessary to carry out the terms of this Agreement;

     G.   prepare  financial  and  performance  reports,  calculate and report
          daily net asset  values,  and  prepare any other  financial  data or
          reports, as the Adviser from time to time, deems necessary or as are
          requested by the Board; and

     H.   take any other  actions  which  appear to the  Adviser and the Board
          necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Agreement.

III.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     A.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ADVISER

     Adviser hereby represents and warrants to the Fund as follows:

          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.   The  Adviser  is  duly
               organized and is in good  standing  under the laws of the State
               of  Connecticut  and is fully  authorized  to enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out its duties and obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The  Adviser  is  registered  as  an  investment
               adviser  with the  Commission  under the  Advisers  Act, and is
               registered or licensed as an investment  adviser under the laws
               of all  jurisdictions in which its activities  require it to be
               so  registered  or licensed.  The Adviser  shall  maintain such
               registration  or license in effect at all times during the term
               of this Agreement.

          3.   BEST  EFFORTS.  The Adviser at all times shall provide its best
               judgment and effort to the Fund in carrying out its obligations
               hereunder.

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     B.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE FUND

          The Fund hereby represents and warrants to the Adviser as follows:

          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.  The Fund has been  duly
               formed as a business  trust under the laws of the  Commonwealth
               of  Massachusetts  and it is  authorized  to  enter  into  this
               Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The Fund is registered as an investment  company
               with the  Commission  under the 1940 Act and shares of the Fund
               are  registered  for  offer  and sale to the  public  under the
               Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933  Act") and all
               applicable state securities  laws. Such  registrations  will be
               kept in effect during the term of this Agreement.


IV.  DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

     A.   APPOINTMENT OF SUBADVISER

     Subject to the  approval of the Board and the  shareholders  of the Fund,
     the Adviser may enter into a Subadvisory Agreement to engage a subadviser
     (the "Subadviser") to the Adviser with respect to the Fund.

     B.   DUTIES OF SUBADVISER

     Under a Subadvisory  Agreement,  the  Subadviser may be delegated some or
     all of the following duties of the Adviser:

          1.   select the securities to be purchased, sold or exchanged by the
               Fund  or  otherwise   represented  in  the  Fund's   investment
               portfolio,  place trades for all such  securities and regularly
               report thereon to the Board;

          2.   formulate  and implement  continuing  programs for the purchase
               and sale of the securities of such issuers and regularly report
               thereon to the Board;

          3.   obtain and evaluate  pertinent  information  about  significant
               developments  and economic,  statistical  and  financial  data,
               domestic,  foreign or otherwise,  whether affecting the economy
               generally,  the Fund, securities held by or under consideration
               for the Fund, or the issuers of those securities;

          4.   provide  economic  research  and  securities  analyses  as  the
               Adviser considers necessary or advisable in connection with the
               Adviser's performance of its duties hereunder;

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          5.   give instructions to the custodian and/or  sub-custodian of the
               Fund  appointed by the Board,  as to deliveries of  securities,
               transfers  of  currencies  and payments of cash for the Fund as
               required to carry out the investment activities of the Fund, in
               relation to the matters contemplated by this Agreement; and

          6.   provide such  financial  support,  administrative  services and
               other duties as the Adviser deems necessary and appropriate.

     C.   DUTIES OF THE ADVISER

     In the event the Adviser delegates certain responsibilities  hereunder to
     a Subadviser, the Adviser shall, among other things:

          1.   monitor the investment program maintained by the Subadviser for
               the Fund and the Subadviser's compliance program to ensure that
               the  Fund's  assets  are  invested  in   compliance   with  the
               Subadvisory  Agreement and the Fund's investment objectives and
               policies  as  adopted  by the Board and  described  in the most
               current effective  amendment of the registration  statement for
               the Fund, as filed with the  Commission  under the 1933 Act and
               the 1940 Act ("Registration Statement");

          2.   review  all  data  and  financial   reports   prepared  by  the
               Subadviser  to  assure  that  they  are  in   compliance   with
               applicable  requirements  and meet the provisions of applicable
               laws and regulations;

          3.   establish  and  maintain   regular   communications   with  the
               Subadviser to share  information it obtains with the Subadviser
               concerning  the  effect  of   developments   and  data  on  the
               investment program maintained by the Subadviser; and

          4.   oversee  all  matters  relating  to the  offer  and sale of the
               Fund's shares, the Fund's corporate governance,  reports to the
               Board,  contracts  with all third parties on behalf of the Fund
               for services to the Fund, reports to regulatory authorities and
               compliance with all applicable rules and regulations  affecting
               the Fund's operations.


V.   BROKER-DEALER RELATIONSHIPS

     A.   PORTFOLIO TRADES

     The Adviser, at its own expense,  shall place all orders for the purchase
     and sale of  portfolio  securities  for the Fund with  brokers or dealers
     selected by the Adviser,  which may include brokers or dealers affiliated
     with the  Adviser.  The  Adviser  shall use its best  efforts  to seek to

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     execute  portfolio  transactions  at prices that are  advantageous to the
     Fund and at  commission  rates that are  reasonable  in  relation  to the
     benefits received.

     B.   SELECTION OF BROKER-DEALERS

     In   selecting   broker-dealers   qualified   to  execute  a   particular
     transaction,  brokers  or  dealers  may  be  selected  who  also  provide
     brokerage  and  research  services (as those terms are defined in Section
     28(e) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934) to the Fund  and/or  the
     other  accounts  over  which  the  Adviser  or  its  affiliates  exercise
     investment discretion.  The Adviser may also select brokers or dealers to
     effect  transactions for the Fund who provide payment for expenses of the
     Fund.  The Adviser is  authorized  to pay a broker or dealer who provides
     such  brokerage  and  research  services or expenses,  a  commission  for
     executing a portfolio  transaction  for the Fund that is in excess of the
     amount of  commission  another  broker or dealer  would have  charged for
     effecting that  transaction if the Adviser  determines in good faith that
     such amount of  commission  is reasonable in relation to the value of the
     brokerage and research  services provided by such broker or dealer and is
     paid in compliance  with Section 28(e) or other rules and  regulations of
     the Commission.  This determination may be viewed in terms of either that
     particular  transaction or the overall  responsibilities that the Adviser
     and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise
     investment   discretion.   The  Board  shall   periodically   review  the
     commissions  paid by the Fund to determine if the  commissions  paid over
     representative  periods  of  time  were  reasonable  in  relation  to the
     benefits received.


VI.  CONTROL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Any investment  program  undertaken by the Adviser pursuant to this Agreement,
as well as any other  activities  undertaken  by the  Adviser on behalf of the
Fund pursuant thereto,  shall at all times be subject to any directives of the
Board.


VII. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS

In carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, the Adviser shall at all
times conform to:

     A.   all applicable  provisions of the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act and any
          rules and regulations adopted thereafter;

     B.   all policies and  procedures of the Fund as adopted by the Board and
          as described in the Registration Statement;

     C.   the provisions of the Fund's Declaration of Trust, as amended;

     D.   the provisions of the Bylaws of the Fund, as amended; and

     E.   any other applicable provisions of state and federal law.

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VIII. COMPENSATION

For the services to be rendered,  the  facilities  furnished  and the expenses
assumed  by the  Adviser,  the Fund shall pay to the  Adviser  an annual  fee,
payable  monthly,  equal to .75% of the average  daily net assets of the Fund.
Except as hereinafter  set forth,  compensation  under this Agreement shall be
calculated  and  accrued  daily at the rate of 1/365 of .75% of the  daily net
assets of the Fund.  If this  Agreement  becomes  effective  subsequent to the
first  day  of a  month  or  terminates  before  the  last  day  of  a  month,
compensation  for that part of the month this  Agreement is in effect shall be
prorated in a manner  consistent  with the  calculation  of the fees set forth
above. Subject to the provisions of Section X hereof, payment of the Adviser's
compensation  for the  preceding  month shall be made as promptly as possible.
For so long as a  Subadvisory  Agreement is in effect,  the Fund  acknowledges
that the Adviser will pay to the  Subadviser,  as  compensation  for acting as
Subadviser to the Fund, the fees specified in the Subadvisory Agreement.


IX.  EXPENSES

The expenses in connection  with the management of the Fund shall be allocated
between the Fund and the Adviser as follows:

     A.   EXPENSES OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser shall pay:

          1.   the salaries,  employment  benefits and other related costs and
               expenses  of  those  of  its  personnel  engaged  in  providing
               investment advice to the Fund,  including  without  limitation,
               office space, office equipment, telephone and postage costs;

          2.   all fees and expenses of all Trustees,  officers and employees,
               if any,  of the Fund who are  employees  of the  Adviser  or an
               affiliated  entity,   including  any  salaries  and  employment
               benefits payable to those persons;

     B.   EXPENSES OF THE FUND

     The Fund shall pay:

          1.   investment advisory fees pursuant to this Agreement;

          2.   brokers'  commissions,   issue  and  transfer  taxes  or  other
               transaction fees payable in connection with any transactions in
               the  securities  in the Fund's  investment  portfolio  or other
               investment transactions incurred in managing the Fund's assets,
               including  portions of commissions  that may be paid to reflect
               brokerage research services provided to the Adviser;

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          3.   fees and  expenses of the Fund's  independent  accountants  and
               legal counsel and the independent Trustees' legal counsel;

          4.   fees  and  expenses  of  any  administrator,   transfer  agent,
               custodian, dividend, accounting, pricing or disbursing agent of
               the Fund;

          5.   interest and taxes;

          6.   fees and expenses of any membership in the  Investment  Company
               Institute or any similar  organization in which the Board deems
               it advisable for the Fund to maintain membership;

          7.   insurance premiums on property or personnel (including officers
               and Trustees) of the Fund which benefit the Fund;

          8.   all fees  and  expenses  of the  Fund's  Trustees,  who are not
               "interested  persons"  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund
               or the Adviser;

          9.   expenses of preparing, printing and distributing proxies, proxy
               statements,  prospectuses  and reports to  shareholders  of the
               Fund,  except  for  those  expenses  paid by third  parties  in
               connection  with the  distribution of Fund shares and all costs
               and expenses of shareholders' meetings;

          10.  all  expenses   incident  to  the  payment  of  any   dividend,
               distribution,  withdrawal or  redemption,  whether in shares of
               the Fund or in cash;

          11.  costs and expenses of promoting the sale of shares in the Fund,
               including preparing prospectuses and reports to shareholders of
               the Fund, provided, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the
               charging  of  such  costs  to  third  parties  involved  in the
               distribution and sale of Fund shares;

          12.  fees  payable  by the Fund to the  Commission  or to any  state
               securities  regulator  or other  regulatory  authority  for the
               registration of shares of the Fund in any state or territory of
               the United States or in the District of Columbia;

          13.  all costs  attributable  to  investor  services,  administering
               shareholder  accounts  and  handling   shareholder   relations,
               (including,   without   limitation,   telephone  and  personnel
               expenses),  which costs may also be charged to third parties by
               the Adviser; and

          14.  any other ordinary, routine expenses incurred in the management
               of the Fund's assets,  and any  nonrecurring  or  extraordinary
               expenses,   including   organizational   expenses,   litigation
               affecting the Fund and any  indemnification  by the Fund of its
               officers, Trustees or agents.

                                     -7-

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X.   EXPENSE LIMITATION

If, for any fiscal year, the total of all ordinary  business  expenses payable
by the Fund,  including all investment  advisory fees but excluding  brokerage
commissions, distribution fees, taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses and
certain other excludable  expenses,  would exceed the most restrictive expense
limits imposed by any statute or regulatory  authority of any  jurisdiction in
which shares of the Fund are offered for sale  (unless a waiver is  obtained),
the Adviser shall reduce its advisory fee to the extent necessary to meet such
expense limit,  but the Adviser will not be required to reimburse the Fund for
any ordinary business expenses which exceed the amount of its advisory fee for
such  fiscal  year.  The  amount of any such  reduction  is to be borne by the
Adviser and shall be deducted from the monthly advisory fee otherwise  payable
to the Adviser  during such fiscal year.  For the purposes of this  paragraph,
the term "fiscal  year" shall  exclude the portion of the current  fiscal year
which  shall  have  elapsed  prior to the date  hereof and shall  include  the
portion of the then  current  fiscal year which shall have elapsed at the date
of termination of this Agreement.


XI.  ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Upon the request of the Board,  the Adviser  may perform  certain  accounting,
shareholder  servicing or other administrative  services on behalf of the Fund
that are not required by this  Agreement.  Such  services will be performed on
behalf  of  the  Fund  and  the  Adviser  may  receive   from  the  Fund  such
reimbursement for costs or reasonable compensation for such services as may be
agreed  upon  between the Adviser and the Board on a finding by the Board that
the provision of such services by the Adviser is in the best  interests of the
Fund and its  shareholders.  Payment or  assumption by the Adviser of any Fund
expense that the Adviser is not otherwise required to pay or assume under this
Agreement  shall not relieve the Adviser of any of its obligations to the Fund
nor  obligate  the  Adviser to pay or assume any similar  Fund  expense on any
subsequent  occasions.  Such services may include, but are not limited to, (a)
the  services  of  a  principal  financial  officer  of  the  Fund  (including
applicable office space, facilities and equipment) whose normal duties consist
of  maintaining  the financial  accounts and books and records of the Fund and
the services (including applicable office space,  facilities and equipment) of
any of the personnel operating under the direction of such principal financial
officer;  (b) the  services  of  staff to  respond  to  shareholder  inquiries
concerning the status of their accounts,  providing assistance to shareholders
in exchanges among the investment companies managed or advised by the Adviser,
changing account designations or changing addresses, assisting in the purchase
or redemption of shares;  or otherwise  providing  services to shareholders of
the Fund; and (c) such other administrative  services as may be furnished from
time to time by the Adviser to the Fund at the request of the Board.


XII. NONEXCLUSIVITY

The services of the Adviser to the Fund are not to be deemed to be  exclusive,
and the Adviser shall be free to render investment  advisory or other services
to  others  (including  other  investment  companies)  and to  engage in other
activities,  so long as its  services  under this  Agreement  are not impaired
thereby.

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It is  understood  and agreed that  officers and  directors of the Adviser may
serve as officers or  trustees of the Fund,  and that  officers or trustees of
the Fund may serve as  officers  or  directors  of the  Adviser  to the extent
permitted by law;  and that the officers and  directors of the Adviser are not
prohibited  from  engaging in any other  business  activity or from  rendering
services to any other person, or from serving as partners, officers, directors
or trustees of any other firm or trust, including other investment companies.

XIII. TERM

This  Agreement  shall  become  effective at the close of business on the date
hereof and shall remain in force and effect,  subject to Paragraphs XIV and XV
hereof and approval by the Fund's shareholders, for a period of two years from
the date hereof.


XIV. RENEWAL

Following the expiration of its initial  two-year  term,  the Agreement  shall
continue in force and effect from year to year, provided that such continuance
is specifically approved at least annually:

     A.   1.   by the Fund's trustees, or

          2.   by the vote of a  majority  of the  Fund's  outstanding  voting
               securities  (as  defined in Section  2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act),
               and

     B.   by the  affirmative  vote of a majority of the  trustees who are not
          parties to this  Agreement or interested  persons of a party to this
          Agreement  (other  than as a trustee of the Fund),  by votes cast in
          person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.


XV.  TERMINATION

This  Agreement  may be  terminated  at any time,  without  the payment of any
penalty, by vote of the Fund's Trustees or by vote of a majority of the Fund's
outstanding  voting  securities  (as  defined in Section  2(a)(42) of the 1940
Act),  or by the  Adviser,  on sixty  (60) days'  written  notice to the other
party.  The notice  provided for herein may be waived by the party required to
be notified.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
"assignment", as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act.


XVI. LIABILITY

     A.   LIABILITY OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund and shall  indemnify the Fund for
     any losses incurred by the Fund, whether in the purchase, holding or sale
     of any  security or  otherwise,  to the extent

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     that such  losses  resulted  from an act or  omission  on the part of the
     Adviser or its officers,  Trustees or employees, that is found to involve
     willful  misfeasance,  bad faith or negligence,  or reckless disregard by
     the Adviser of its duties under this  Agreement,  in connection  with the
     services rendered by the Adviser hereunder.

     B. LIABILITY OF THE FUND, THE SHAREHOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEES

     A copy of the  Declaration  of  Trust  of the  Fund is on file  with  the
     Secretary  of The  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  and notice is hereby
     given that this  instrument  is executed on behalf of the trustees of the
     Fund as trustees and not  individually  and that the  obligations of this
     instrument  are not  binding  upon any of the  trustees  or  shareholders
     individually  but are  binding  only upon the assets and  property of the
     Fund.  No provision of this  Agreement  shall be construed to protect any
     trustees or officer of the Fund or  director  or officer of the  Adviser,
     from liability in violation of Section 17(h) and (i) of the 1940 Act.


XVII.  NOTICES

Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered,
mailed  postage  paid,  or sent by other  delivery  service,  or by  facsimile
transmission to each party at such address as each party may designate for the
receipt of notice. Until further notice, such addresses shall be:

     IF TO THE FUND OR THE ADVISER:

     151 Farmington Avenue, RE4C
     Hartford, Connecticut  06156
     Fax number:  860/273-8340
     Attention:  Secretary


XVIII.  QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.  Any
question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a
counterpart  in or otherwise  derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act
shall be resolved by  reference  to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and
to  interpretations  thereof,  if any, by the United  States Courts or, in the
absence of any controlling  decision of any such court, by rules,  regulations
or orders of the  Commission  issued  pursuant to the 1940 Act.  In  addition,
where the effect of a requirement  of the 1940 Act reflected in the provisions
of this Agreement is revised by rule,  regulation or order of the  Commission,
such  provisions  shall be  deemed to  incorporate  the  effect of such  rule,
regulation or order.

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XIX.  SERVICE MARK

The service  mark of the Fund and the name  "Aetna"  have been  adopted by the
Fund  with  the  permission  of Aetna  Life and  Casualty  Company  and  their
continued  use is subject to the right of Aetna Life and  Casualty  Company to
withdraw  this  permission  in the event the Adviser or another  subsidiary or
affiliated  corporation  of Aetna Life and Casualty  Company should not be the
investment adviser of the Fund.


 IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  caused  this  Agreement to be
 executed  in  duplicate  by  their  respective  officers  on the  ___  day of
 _______________, 199__.



                                        AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
                                        COMPANY


                                        By: _____________________________
                                        Name:____________________________
                                        Title:___________________________
 ATTEST:
 _______________________________


                                        AETNA GET FUND, SERIES B


                                        By: _____________________________
                                        Name:____________________________
                                        Title:___________________________
 ATTEST:
 _______________________________


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                                   EXHIBIT C

                         INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT


     THIS  AGREEMENT is made by and between  AETNA GET FUND,  a  Massachusetts
business trust (the "Company"),  on behalf of its Series B Fund and AETNA LIFE
INSURANCE  AND ANNUITY  COMPANY,  a  Connecticut  insurance  corporation  (the
"Adviser"), as of the Date set forth below.

                               R E C I T A L
                               - - - - - - -

     WHEREAS, the Company is registered as an open-end diversified  management
investment  company under the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

     WHEREAS,  the Adviser is registered  as an  investment  adviser under the
Investment  Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), and engages
in the business of acting as an investment adviser;

     WHEREAS, the Company has established its Series B Fund (the "Fund");

     WHEREAS,  the Company,  on behalf of the Fund,  and the Adviser desire to
enter into an agreement  to provide for  investment  advisory  and  management
services for the Fund on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

     NOW THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained
and other  good and  valuable  consideration,  the  receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:


I.      APPOINTMENT AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser is hereby appointed to serve as the investment adviser to the
Fund, to provide  investment  advisory services set forth below in Section II,
subject to the terms of this  Agreement  and the  policies  and control of the
Company's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). The Adviser shall, for all purposes
herein,  be deemed an independent  contractor and shall have, unless otherwise
expressly  provided or  authorized,  no authority to act for or represent  the
Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund.


II.     DUTIES OF THE ADVISER

     In carrying out the terms of this  Agreement,  the Adviser  shall provide
the following services:

     A.   supervise all aspects of the operations of the Fund;

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     B.   obtain  and  evaluate   pertinent   information   about  significant
     developments  and economic,  statistical  and financial  data,  domestic,
     foreign or  otherwise,  whether  affecting  the economy  generally or the
     Fund's  portfolio and whether  concerning the  individual  issuers of the
     securities  included in the Fund's  portfolio or the  activities in which
     the  issuers  engage,  or with  respect to  securities  that the  Adviser
     considers desirable for inclusion in the Fund's portfolio;

     C.   determine  which issuers and securities  shall be represented in the
     Fund's portfolio and regularly report thereon to the Board;

     D.   formulate  and implement  continuing  programs for the purchases and
     sales of the  securities of such issuers and regularly  report thereon to
     the Board;

     E.   give instructions to the custodian and/or  sub-custodian of the Fund
     appointed  by the Board as to  deliveries  of  securities,  transfers  of
     currencies  and payments of cash for the account of the Fund, in relation
     to the matters contemplated by this Agreement; and

     F.   take, on behalf of the Fund, all actions which appear to the Company
     and the Fund  necessary  to carry into  effect the  purchase  and sale of
     securities  for the  Fund and the  supervisory  functions  listed  above,
     including  the placing of orders for the purchase and sale of  securities
     for the Fund.


III.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     A.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ADVISER

     Adviser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

          1.   DUE  INCORPORATION  AND  ORGANIZATION.   The  Adviser  is  duly
          organized  and is in good  standing  under  the laws of the State of
          Connecticut and is fully authorized to enter into this Agreement and
          carry out its duties and obligations hereunder.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The  Adviser  is  registered  as  an  investment
          adviser  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the "SEC")
          under  the  Advisers  Act,  and  is  registered  or  licensed  as an
          investment  adviser under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its
          activities  require it to be so registered or licensed.  The Adviser
          shall maintain such  registration  or license in effect at all times
          during the term of this Agreement.

          3.   BEST  EFFORTS.  The Adviser at all times shall provide its best
          judgment  and  effort to the Fund in  carrying  out its  obligations
          hereunder.

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     B.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE FUND AND THE COMPANY

          The Company,  on behalf of the Fund,  hereby represents and warrants
     to the Adviser as follows:

          1.   DUE  ORGANIZATION.  The  Company has been duly  organized  as a
          "business trust" under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
          and is  authorized  to enter into this  Agreement  and carry out its
          terms.

          2.   REGISTRATION.  The  Company  is  registered  as  an  investment
          company  with the SEC under the 1940 Act and  shares of the Fund are
          registered for offer and sale to the public under the Securities Act
          of 1933,  as  amended  (the  "1933  Act") and all  applicable  state
          securities  laws. Such  registrations  will be kept in effect during
          the term of this Agreement.


IV.     DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

     A.   APPOINTMENT OF SUBADVISER

          Subject to the  approval  of the Board and the  shareholders  of the
     Fund,  the Adviser  may enter into a  Subadvisory  Agreement  to engage a
     subadviser (the "Subadviser") to the Adviser with respect to the Fund.

     B.   DUTIES OF SUBADVISER

          Under a Subadvisory Agreement, the Subadviser shall:

          1.   provide the Adviser with such economic  research and securities
          analysis as the Adviser may from time to time consider  necessary or
          advisable in connection with the Adviser's performance of its duties
          hereunder;

          2.   obtain and evaluate  pertinent  information  about  significant
          developments and economic, statistical and financial data, domestic,
          foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the economy generally or the
          Fund, and whether concerning the individual issuers whose securities
          are  included in the Fund or the  activities  in which such  issuers
          engage, or with respect to securities that the Subadviser  considers
          desirable for inclusion in the Fund's investment portfolio;

          3.   determine which issuers and securities shall be purchased, sold
          or  exchanged  by the Fund or  otherwise  represented  in the Fund's
          investment  portfolio  and regularly  report  thereon to the Adviser
          and, at the request of the Adviser, to the Board; and

                                     -3-
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          4.   formulate  and implement  continuing  programs for the purchase
          and sale of the  securities  of such  issuers and  regularly  report
          thereon to the Adviser  and, at the request of the  Adviser,  to the
          Board.

     C.   DUTIES OF THE ADVISER

          In  the  event  the  Adviser  delegates   certain   responsibilities
     hereunder to a Subadviser, the Adviser shall, among other things:

          1.   monitor the investment program maintained by the Subadviser for
          the Fund to ensure that the Fund's assets are invested in compliance
          with  the   Subadvisory   Agreement  and  the  Fund's   Registration
          Statement;

          2.   consult  with  and  assist  the   Subadviser   in   maintaining
          appropriate policies,  procedures and records so that the Subadviser
          operates  its  business  and any  investment  program  hereunder  in
          compliance with applicable laws;

          3.   establish  and  maintain  periodic   communications   with  the
          Subadviser  to share  information  it  obtains  with the  Subadviser
          concerning  the effect of  developments  and data on the  investment
          program maintained by the Subadviser; and

          4.   oversee matters relating to Fund promotion, marketing materials
          and the Subadviser's reports to the Board.


V.      BROKER-DEALER RELATIONSHIPS

     A.   PORTFOLIO TRADES

     The Adviser, at its own expense,  shall place all orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio securities for the Fund with brokers or dealers selected
by the  Adviser,  which may  include  brokers or dealers  affiliated  with the
Adviser.  The Adviser shall use its best efforts to seek to execute  portfolio
transactions  at prices that are  advantageous  to the Fund and at  commission
rates that are reasonable in relation to the benefits received.

     B.   SELECTION OF BROKER-DEALERS

     In   selecting   broker-dealers   qualified   to  execute  a   particular
transaction, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research  services  (as  those  terms  are  defined  in  Section  28(e) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended)  to the Fund and/or the other
accounts  over  which  the  Adviser  or  its  affiliates  exercise  investment
discretion.  The Adviser is  authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides
such  brokerage and research  services a commission  for executing a portfolio
transaction for the Fund that is in excess of the amount of commission another
broker or dealer  would have charged for  effecting  that  transaction  if the
Adviser  determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable
in relation to the

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value of the  brokerage  and  research  services  provided  by such  broker or
dealer.  This  determination  may be viewed in terms of either that particular
transaction  or  the  overall   responsibilities  that  the  Adviser  and  its
affiliates  have with respect to accounts over which they exercise  investment
discretion.  The Board shall  periodically  review the commissions paid by the
Fund to determine if the commissions paid over representative  periods of time
were reasonable in relation to the benefits received.


VI.     CONTROL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     Any  investment  program  undertaken  by the  Adviser  pursuant  to  this
Agreement, as well as any other activities undertaken by the Adviser on behalf
of the Fund pursuant thereto,  shall at all times be subject to any directives
of the Board.


VII.    COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS

     In carrying out its obligations  under this Agreement,  the Adviser shall
at all times conform to:

     A.   all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act;

     B.   the provisions of the registration  statement of the Company, as the
     same may be  amended  from time to time,  under the 1933 Act and the 1940
     Act;

     C.   the provisions of the Company's Declaration of Trust, as amended;

     D.   the provisions of the By-Laws of the Company, as amended; and

     E.   any other applicable provisions of state and federal law.


VIII.   COMPENSATION

     For  the  services  to be  rendered,  the  facilities  furnished  and the
expenses assumed by the Adviser, the Company, on behalf of the Fund, shall pay
to the Adviser an annual fee, payable  monthly,  equal to 0.75% of the average
daily  net  assets  of the Fund;  except  that  prior to the date on which the
assets of the Fund are  managed  so as to achieve a minimum  targeted  rate of
return,  the fee shall be at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average  daily net
assets of the Fund. Except as hereinafter set forth,  compensation  under this
Agreement  shall be  calculated  and accrued daily at the rate of 1/365 of the
annual  advisory  fee  applied  to the daily net  assets of the Fund.  If this
Agreement  becomes  effective  subsequent to the first day of a month or shall
terminate  before the last day of a month,  compensation  for that part of the
month this  Agreement  is in effect  shall be prorated in a manner  consistent
with the calculation of the fees as set forth above. Subject to the provisions
of Paragraph X hereof, payment of the Adviser's compensation for the preceding
month  shall be made as  promptly as  possible.  For so long as a  Subadvisory
Agreement is in

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effect,  the Company  acknowledges on behalf of the Fund that the Adviser will
pay to the Subadviser,  as compensation  for acting as Subadviser to the Fund,
the fees specified in the Subadvisory Agreement.


IX.     EXPENSES

     The  expenses  in  connection  with the  management  of the Fund shall be
allocable between the Fund and the Adviser as follows:

     A.   EXPENSES OF THE ADVISER

     The Adviser shall pay:

          1.   The  salaries,  employment  benefits and other related costs of
          those of its personnel engaged in providing investment advice to the
          Fund, including, without limitation, office space, office equipment,
          telephone and postage costs; and

          2.   Any fees and  expenses  of all  Trustees of the Company who are
          employees  of the Adviser or an  affiliated  entity and any salaries
          and  employment   benefits  of  officers  of  the  Company  who  are
          affiliated  persons of the  Adviser  for acting as  officers  of the
          Company.

     B.   EXPENSES OF THE FUND

     The Fund shall pay:

          1.   Investment advisory fees pursuant to this Agreement;

          2.   Brokers'  commissions,   issue  and  transfer  taxes  or  other
          transaction  fees  chargeable in connection with securities or other
          investment transactions,  including portions of commissions that may
          be paid to  reflect  brokerage  research  services  provided  to the
          Adviser;

          3.   Fees and expenses of the Fund's  independent public accountants
          and outside legal counsel;

          4.   Expenses   of  printing   and   distributing   proxies,   proxy
          statements,  prospectuses  and reports to  shareholders of the Fund,
          except as such expenses may be borne by any distributor of the Fund;

          5.   Interest and taxes;

          6.   The fees and  expenses of those of the  Company's  Trustees who
          are not  "interested  persons"  (as  defined in the 1940 Act) of the
          Company or the Adviser;

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          7.   Shareholders' meeting expenses;

          8.   Administrator,   transfer   agent,   custodian   and   dividend
          disbursing agent fees and expenses;

          9.   Fees of dividend, accounting or pricing agents appointed by the
          Fund;

          10.  Fees  payable by the Company to the SEC or in  connection  with
          the  registration  of shares of the Fund under the laws of any state
          or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia;

          11.  Fees and assessments of the Investment Company Institute or any
          successor organization or other association  memberships approved by
          the Board;

          12.  Such  nonrecurring  or  extraordinary  expenses  as may  arise,
          including organizational expenses, litigation affecting the Fund and
          any  indemnification  by the  Company of its  officers,  Trustees or
          agents with respect thereto;

          13.  All other ordinary business expenses incurred in the operations
          of the Fund unless specifically provided otherwise in this paragraph
          IX;

          14.  All costs  attributable  to  investor  services,  administering
          shareholder accounts and handling shareholder  relations (including,
          without limitation, telephone and personnel expenses);

          15.  All  expenses   incident  to  the  payment  of  any   dividend,
          distribution,  withdrawal  or  redemption,  whether in shares of the
          Fund or in cash; and

          16.  Insurance premiums on property or personnel (including officers
          and Trustees) of the Company which inure to its benefit.


X.      EXPENSE LIMITATION

     If, for any fiscal year, the total of all ordinary  business  expenses of
the Fund,  including all  investment  advisory  fees but  excluding  brokerage
commissions, distribution fees, taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses and
certain other excludable  expenses,  would exceed the most restrictive expense
limits imposed by any statute or regulatory  authority of any  jurisdiction in
which shares of the Fund are offered for sale  (unless a waiver is  obtained),
the  Adviser  shall  reduce its  advisory  fee in order to reduce  such excess
expenses,  but will not be required  to  reimburse  the Fund for any  ordinary
business  expenses which exceed the amount of its advisory fee for such fiscal
year. The amount of any such reduction is to be borne by the Adviser and shall
be deducted from the monthly  management fee otherwise  payable to the Adviser
during such fiscal year. For the purposes of this paragraph,  the term "fiscal
year" shall  exclude  the portion of the current  fiscal year which shall have
elapsed  prior to the date  hereof and shall  include  the

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portion of the then  current  fiscal year which shall have elapsed at the date
of termination of this Agreement.


XI.     ADDITIONAL SERVICES

     Upon  the  request  of  the  Board,   the  Adviser  may  perform  certain
accounting,  shareholder servicing or other administrative  services on behalf
of the Fund that are not required by this  Agreement.  Such  services  will be
performed on behalf of the Fund and the Adviser may receive from the Fund such
reimbursement for costs or reasonable compensation for such services as may be
agreed  upon  between the Adviser and the Board on a finding by the Board that
the provision of such services by the Adviser is in the best  interests of the
Fund and its  shareholders.  Payment or  assumption by the Adviser of any Fund
expense that the Adviser is not otherwise required to pay or assume under this
Agreement  shall not relieve the Adviser of any of its obligations to the Fund
nor  obligate  the  Adviser to pay or assume any similar  Fund  expense on any
subsequent  occasions.  Such services may include, but are not limited to, (a)
the  services  of a  principal  financial  officer of the  Company  (including
applicable office space, facilities and equipment) whose normal duties consist
of maintaining the financial accounts and books and records of the Company and
the Fund, and the services (including applicable office space,  facilities and
equipment)  of any of the  personnel  operating  under the  direction  of such
principal  financial  officer;  (b)  the  services  of  staff  to  respond  to
shareholder  inquiries  concerning  the  status of their  accounts;  providing
assistance to shareholders in exchanges among the investment companies managed
or  advised  by  the  Adviser;   changing  account  designations  or  changing
addresses;  assisting in the purchase or  redemption  of shares;  or otherwise
providing   services  to   shareholders  of  the  Fund;  and  (c)  such  other
administrative  services as may be furnished  from time to time by the Adviser
to the Company or the Fund at the request of the Board.


XII.    NON-EXCLUSIVITY

     The  services  of the  Adviser  to the  Fund are not to be  deemed  to be
exclusive,  and the  Adviser  shall be free to render  investment  advisory or
other services to others (including other investment  companies) and to engage
in other  activities,  so long as its services  under this  Agreement  are not
impaired  thereby.  It is understood and agreed that officers and directors of
the  Adviser  may serve as  officers  or  Trustees  of the  Company,  and that
officers or Trustees of the Company may serve as officers or  directors of the
Adviser to the extent permitted by law; and that the officers and directors of
the Adviser are not prohibited from engaging in any other business activity or
from  rendering  services to any other  person,  or from  serving as partners,
officers,  directors or trustees of any other firm or trust,  including  other
investment companies.

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XIII.   TERM

     This  Agreement  shall  become  effective at the close of business on the
date hereof and shall remain in force and effect,  subject to  Paragraphs  XIV
and XV hereof and  approval  by the Fund's  shareholders,  for a period of two
years from the date hereof.


XIV.    RENEWAL

     Following the  expiration  of its initial  two-year  term,  the Agreement
shall  continue  in force and  effect  from year to year,  provided  that such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually:

     A.   (1) by the  Company's  Trustees  or (2) by the vote of a majority of
     the Fund's  outstanding voting securities (as defined in Section 2(a)(42)
     of the 1940 Act), and

     B.   by the  affirmative  vote of a majority of the  Trustees who are not
     parties  to this  Agreement  or  interested  persons  of a party  to this
     Agreement  (other  than as a Trustee  of the  Company),  by votes cast in
     person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.


XV.     TERMINATION

     This Agreement may be terminated at any time,  without the payment of any
penalty,  by vote of the  Company's  Trustees  or by vote of a majority of the
Fund's  outstanding  voting  securities (as defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the
1940 Act), or by the Adviser,  on sixty (60) days' written notice to the other
party.  The notice  provided for herein may be waived by the party required to
be notified.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
"assignment", as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act.


XVI.    LIABILITY OF ADVISER AND INDEMNIFICATION

     A.   LIABILITY

     In the absence of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith or gross negligence on
the part of the Adviser or its officers,  directors or employees,  or reckless
disregard by the Adviser of its duties under this Agreement, the Adviser shall
not be liable to the Company or to any  shareholder of the Company for any act
or omission in the course of, or connected with,  rendering services hereunder
or for any losses that may be  sustained in the  purchase,  holding or sale of
any security.

     B.   INDEMNIFICATION

     In the absence of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross  negligence or
reckless  disregard  of  obligations  or duties  hereunder  on the part of the
Adviser or any  officer,

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director or employee of the Adviser,  to the extent  permitted  by  applicable
law, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Adviser harmless from
and against all claims,  actions,  suits and  proceedings at law or in equity,
whether  brought or  asserted  by a private  party or a  governmental  agency,
instrumentality or entity of any kind, relating to the sale, purchase,  pledge
of,  advertisement  of, or  solicitation of sales or purchases of any security
(whether of the Fund or  otherwise) by the Company,  its  officers,  Trustees,
employees  or agents in alleged  violation  of  applicable  federal,  state or
foreign laws, rules or regulations.


XVII.   NOTICES

     Any  notices  under this  Agreement  shall be in writing,  addressed  and
delivered  or mailed  postage  paid to the other party at such address as such
other party may designate for the receipt of such notice. Until further notice
to the other  party,  it is agreed that the address of the Adviser and that of
the  Company  for this  purpose  shall  be 151  Farmington  Avenue,  Hartford,
Connecticut 06156.


XVIII.   QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION

     This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.
Any question of  interpretation  of any term or  provision  of this  Agreement
having a counterpart  in or otherwise  derived from a term or provision of the
1940 Act shall be resolved by  reference to such term or provision of the 1940
Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or, in
the  absence  of  any  controlling  decision  of any  such  court,  by  rules,
regulations or orders of the SEC issued pursuant to the 1940 Act. In addition,
where the effect of a requirement  of the 1940 Act reflected in the provisions
of this  Agreement is revised by rule,  regulation  or order of the SEC,  such
provisions shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule,  regulation
or order.


XIX.     SERVICE MARK

     The service  mark of the Company and the Fund and the name  "Aetna"  have
been  adopted by the Company  with the  permission  of Aetna Life and Casualty
Company,  and their  continued  use is  subject to the right of Aetna Life and
Casualty  Company to  withdraw  this  permission  in the event the  Adviser or
another  subsidiary  or  affiliated  corporation  of Aetna  Life and  Casualty
Corporation should not be the investment adviser of the Fund.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be  executed  in  duplicate  by their  respective  officers  on the 8th day of
December, 1993.


Attest:                               AETNA GET FUND, on behalf of its Series
                                      B Fund


 /s/Susan E. Bryant                   By:  /s/Shaun P. Mathews
 ------------------                        --------------------
                                           Name:  Shaun P. Mathews
                                           Title:  President



Attest:                               AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND
                                      ANNUITY COMPANY

 /s/Paige L. Falasco                  By:  /s/Lucille M. Nickerson
 -------------------                       ---------------------------
                                           Name:  Lucille M. Nickerson
                                           Title:  Corporate Secretary

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                                   EXHIBIT D

    Article  5.2,  Nonliability  of  Trustees,   and  Others,  of  the  Fund's
Declaration of Trust, shall be amended and restated to read as follows:

    5.2 Nonliability of Trustees, and Others:

    The  exercise by the  Trustees of their  powers and  discretion  hereunder
shall be binding upon  everyone  interested.  A Trustee shall be liable to the
Trust and the  Shareholders  for such Trustee's own willful  misfeasance,  bad
faith,  gross  negligence or reckless  disregard of the duties involved in the
conduct of the  office of  Trustee,  and for  nothing  else,  and shall not be
liable for errors of  judgment  or  mistakes  of fact and law.  Subject to the
foregoing,  the Trustees  shall not be  responsible or liable in any event for
any  neglect  or  wrongdoing  of any  officer,  agent,  employee,  consultant,
adviser,  administrator,  distributor or principal  underwriter,  custodian or
transfer,  dividend disbursing,  shareholder  servicing or accounting agent of
the Trust, nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any
other Trustee.  Furthermore,  no officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall
be liable to the Trust,  its  Shareholders,  or to any  Shareholder,  Trustee,
officer,  employee,  or agent for any action or failure to act  (including the
failure  to compel in any way any  former or acting  Trustee  to  redress  any
breach of trust),  except  upon a showing of bad faith,  willful  misfeasance,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties.

    Article 5.3, Indemnification, of the Fund's Declaration of Trust, shall be
amended and restated to read as follows:

    5.3  Indemnification.  The Trust shall  indemnify its Trustees,  officers,
employees  and agents and any person who serves at the request of the Trust as
a director,  officer,  employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise as follows:

    (a) Every  person who is or has been a Trustee or officer of the Trust and
persons  who serve at the  Trust's  request as  director or officer of another
corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,  trust or other enterprise shall be
indemnified  by the  Trust to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by law  against
liability and against all expenses  reasonably  incurred or paid in connection
with any debt, claim, action,  demand,  suit,  proceeding,  judgment,  decree,
liability or obligation  of any kind in which he or she becomes  involved as a
party or  otherwise  by virtue of being or having been a Trustee or officer of
the Trust or of another  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or
other  enterprise  at the  request of the Trust and  against  amounts  paid or
incurred in the settlement thereof.

    (b) The words "claim," "action," "suit" or "proceeding" shall apply to all
claims,  actions,  suits  or  proceedings  (civil,  criminal,  administrative,
legislative, investigative or other, including appeals), actual or threatened,
and the words  "liability" and "expenses" shall include,  without  limitation,
attorneys'  fees,  costs,  judgments,  amounts  paid  in  settlement,   fines,
penalties and other liabilities.

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    (c) No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Trustee,  officer,
employee or agent  against any liability to the Trust or its  shareholders  by
reason of  willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross  negligence,  or  reckless
disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of office.

    (d) The rights of  indemnification  herein provided may be insured against
by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable,  shall not affect any
other  rights  to which any  Trustee,  officer,  employee  or agent may now or
hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such
Trustee,  officer,  employee  or agent and shall  inure to the  benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

    (e) In the  absence of a final  decision on the merits by a court or other
body before which such proceeding was brought, an indemnification payment will
not be made,  except as provided in paragraph (f) of this  Article,  unless in
the  absence  of such a  decision,  a  reasonable  determination  based upon a
factual  review has been made (1) by a majority  vote of a quorum of non-party
Trustees who are not  interested  persons of the Trust,  or (2) by independent
legal counsel in a written  opinion that the  indemnitee was not liable for an
act of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard
of duties.

    (f) The Trust further  undertakes that advancement of expenses incurred in
the defense of a  proceeding  (upon  undertaking  for  repayment  unless it is
ultimately  determined that  indemnification is appropriate) against a Trustee
or officer of the Trust will not be made  absent the  fulfillment  of at least
one of the following conditions:  (i) the indemnitee provides security for his
undertaking, (ii) the Trust is insured against losses arising by reason of any
lawful  advances  or (iii) a majority of a quorum of  disinterested  non-party
Trustees  or  independent  legal  counsel  in a  written  opinion  shall  have
determined, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full
trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to believe the indemnitee  ultimately
will be entitled to indemnification.

    (g) No amendment of this  Declaration  or repeal of any of its  provisions
shall limit or eliminate the rights of indemnification provided hereunder with
respect to acts or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

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                                   EXHIBIT E

    Article 5.2,  Non-Liability  of Trustees,  and Others,  currently reads as
follows:

    5.2 Non-Liability of Trustees, and Others:

     No Trustee, officer employee or agent of the Trust shall be liable to the
Trust, any series, its Shareholders, or to any Shareholder,  Trustee, officer,
employee,  or agent for any action or failure to act (including the failure to
compel in any way any  former or  acting  Trustee  to  redress  any  breach of
trust),  except  upon a  showing  of bad  faith,  willful  misfeasance,  gross
negligence or reckless disregard of duties.

    5.3 Indemnification

    (a) Every  person who is or was a Trustee,  officer  or  employee  of this
Trust or a director, officer or employee of any corporation which he served at
the request of this Trust (and his firm,  executors and administrators)  shall
have a right  to be  indemnified  by this  Trust  against  all  liability  and
reasonable  expenses  incurred by him in connection with or resulting from any
claim,  action,  suit or proceeding in which he may become involved as a party
or  otherwise  by reason of his being or having  been a  Trustee,  officer  or
employee of this Trust as a director, officer or employee of such corporation,
provided (1) said claim,  action,  suit or proceeding shall be prosecuted to a
final  determination  and he shall be vindicated on the merits,  or (2) in the
absence of such final  determination  vindicating him on the merits, the Board
shall  determine  that he acted in good  faith and in a manner  he  reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests  of the Trust,  and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,  had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was  unlawful;  said  determination  to be made (i) by the
Board, by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested Trustees; or
(ii) if such quorum is not obtainable or if a quorum of disinterested Trustees
so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the
Shareholders.

    (b) For purpose of the preceding subsection: (1) "liability and reasonable
expenses" shall include,  but not be limited to,  reasonable  counsel fees and
disbursements,  amounts  of any  judgment,  fine or  penalty,  and  reasonable
amounts paid in settlement;  (2) "claim,  action,  suit or  proceeding"  shall
include  every  such  claim,  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether  civil or
criminal, derivative or otherwise, administrative,  judicial or investigative,
any appeal relating thereto, and shall include any reasonable  apprehension or
threat of such a claim, action, suit or proceeding; (3) a settlement,  plea of
nolo contendere, consent judgment, adverse civil judgment, or conviction shall
not of itself  create a  presumption  that the  conduct of the person  seeking
indemnification  did not meet the standard of conduct set forth in  subsection
(2) hereof.

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    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing,  the following  additional  limitations
shall apply with respect to any actin by or in the right of the Trust:  (1) no
indemnification  shall be made in respect of any claim,  issue or matter as to
which the person seeking indemnification shall have been adjudged to be liable
for  negligence  or  misconduct  in the  performance  of his duty to the Trust
unless the court  which made such a finding,  or any other  court of equity in
the county where the Trust has its principal  office  determines  that despite
the adjudication of liability,  such person is fairly and reasonably  entitled
to indemnity for some or all of such expenses;  and (2) indemnification  shall
extend only to reasonable  expenses,  including  reasonable counsel's fees and
disbursements,  and shall not include  judgments,  fines and  amounts  paid in
settlement.

    (d) The right of  indemnification  shall  extend to any  person  otherwise
entitled to it under this Article whether or not that person continues to be a
Trustee, officer or employee of this Trust or a director,  officer or employee
of such  corporation  at the time such liability or expense shall be incurred.
The right of  indemnification  shall  extend to the legal  representative  and
heirs of any person otherwise entitled to  indemnification.  If a person meets
the  requirements  of this  Article  with  respect to some matters in a claim,
action,  suit or  proceeding,  but not with  respect  to  others,  he shall be
entitled to indemnification  as to the former.  Expenses incurred in defending
an action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Trust in advance of the final
disposition  of such action,  suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board in
the specific case:  (1) upon receipt of an undertaking  for which security has
been provided by or on behalf of the Trustee,  director,  officer, employee or
agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is
entitled to be indemnified by the Trust as authorized in this Article,  or (2)
if the Trust is at the time of such advance  insured against losses arising by
reason of the advance.

    (e) This Article shall not exclude any other rights of  indemnification or
other rights to which any Trustee,  officer, or employee may be entitled to by
contract,  vote of the  Shareholders  or as a matter  of law.  If any  clause,
provision  or  application  of this  Section  5.3  shall be  determined  to be
invalid,  the other clauses,  provisions or applications of this section shall
not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect.

     (f) The Trust shall have the power to purchase and maintain  insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a Trustee,  officer,  employee  or agent of
the Trust,  or is or was  serving at the  request of the Trust as a  director,
officer,  employee or agent of a corporation,  against any liability  asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising
out of his status as such,  whether  or not the Trust  would have the power to
indemnify  him or her against  such  liability  under the  provisions  of this
Article.




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