Exhibit 10.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

MARKETING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO MARKETING AND SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT (the
“Amendment”) is entered into as of the 28th day of June 2005 by and between
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NFS”) and Gartmore
Global Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GGI”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, NFS and GGI entered into a Marketing and Support Services Agreement
(the “Agreement”) on the 28th day of June 2002, such Agreement having a term of
three (3) years from the date of execution; and

 

WHEREAS, NFS and GGI desire to amend the Agreement in the manner set forth
below.

 

NOW THEREFORE:

 

Section 11 of the Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:

 

“Section 11. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence on June 28, 2002
and shall terminate automatically at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on August 26, 2005.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to the Agreement have entered into this
Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

GARTMORE GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Gerald J. Holland

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Gerald J. Holland

   

Senior Vice President

NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ James M. Barnett

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James M. Barnett

   

Vice President