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EX-99-B.8.19
AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Fund Participation Agreement ("Agreement") dated
December 8, 1997, as amended, among Janus Capital Corporation (the "Adviser"), a
Colorado corporation, Janus Aspen Series, an open-end management investment
company organized as a Delaware business trust (the "Fund"), and Aetna Insurance
Company of America, a Florida life insurance company (the "Company") is
effective as of August 1, 2000.
AMENDMENT
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. The parties agree that the Agreement relates to Institutional
Shares and Services Shares, two classes of shares of the
Portfolios of the Fund, and all references to shares refers to
those classes of shares and not any other classes of shares of the
Fund's Portfolios.
2. Schedule B to the Agreement is hereby amended to include the Janus
Aspen Series Capital Appreciation Portfolio.
3. All other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized
officers to execute this Amendment as of the date and year first above written.
AETNA INSURANCE JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
COMPANY OF AMERICA
By: /s/Laurie M. LeBlanc By: /s/Bonnie Howe
Name: Laurie M. LeBlanc Name: Bonnie M. Howe
Title: Pursuant to delegation of authority Title: Vice President
dated 8/12/98
JANUS ASPEN SERIES
By: /s/Bonnie Howe
Name: Bonnie M. Howe
Title: Vice President
