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SECTION 9 - GENERAL PR. i NS 9.1 Ownership: You own this contract. No other person of entitylas any right, title, or interest in this contract or to amounts received or credited under it until you make such amounts available to them. All amounts received or credited under this contract become our property. We are obligated to make only the payments or distributions specified in this contract. Assets shall be held for the sole benefit of Participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan. No benefit or privilege under the contract may be sold, assigned, discounted, or pledged as collateral for a loan, as security for the performance of an obligation, or for any other purpose to any person or entity other than AUL. 9.2 Entire Contract: This contract and your application constitute the entire agreement between you and us. We are not a party to, nor bound by, a Plan, trust, custodial agreement, or other agreement (including your TPA agreement), or any amendment or modification to any of the same. We are not a fiduciary under this contract or under any such Plan, trust, custodial agreement, or other agreement. 9.3 Benefit Determinations: You will furnish us whatever information is necessary to establish the eligibility for and amount of annuity or other benefit due. We rely solely on your instructions and certifications with respect to Participant benefits. You are fully responsible for determining: (a) whether benefit payments are permitted under applicable law and the Plan and (b) the existence or amount of Excess Contributions (plus interest thereon), and that returns of Excess Contributions are permitted by the Plan and the Code. We may rely on your or your designee's statements or representations in honoring any benefit payment request. We require that a Participant execute and submit to us an affidavit that we prepare in order that we may process that Participant's benefit payable under this contract if you, the Plan Sponsor, the Plan Trustee, and the Plan Administrator are no longer in existence at the time we receive that Participant's benefit payment request. 9.4 Representations and Warranties: You and we mutually represent and warrant, each to the other, that each is fully authorized to enter into this contract and that this contract is a valid and binding obligation and that the execution of this contract does not violate any law, regulation, judgment, or order by which the representing party is bound. In addition, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) the Plan is a deferred compensation plan that meets the requirements of Code §457; (b) the execution of this contract has been authorized by the Plan fiduciary or other Plan representative responsible for Plan investment decisions; and (c) the execution or performance of this contract does not violate any Plan provision or any law, regulation, judgment, or order by which the Plan is bound. We do not make any representation or warranty regarding the federal, state, or local tax status of this contract or any transaction involving this contract. 9.5 Contractholder Representative; Misstatement of Data: You may designate a representative to act on your behalf under §§2 or 3 or to receive any payment under §§4 or 8. We may rely on any GB8.OM-KuFIA3121 SpPport (SBR-NR457) 14