EX-99.4.37 3 c53443bexv99w4w37.txt EX-99.4.37 GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT RIDER SINGLE LIFE SECURESOURCE(R) FLEX RIDER This rider is made a part of the contract to which it is attached. Except where this rider provides otherwise, it is subject to all of the conditions and limitations of the contract. This rider requires 100% allocation of purchase payments, any purchase payment credits and your Contract Value to one of various specified investment options. Your initial investment options and investment selection are shown under Contract Data. You will be notified of any change to the investment options available. Additional limitations will be imposed on the investment options available for selection if you decline any Annual Rider Fee increase or to comply with the written instructions of a fund. Contracts issued with initial purchase payments over the Maximum Purchase Payments Permitted (shown under Contract Data) require corporate officer approval and may require limitation of the number of models available for selection. EXCESS WITHDRAWALS MAY REDUCE BENEFITS BY MORE THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE WITHDRAWALS. ANY WITHDRAWAL DURING THE WAITING PERIOD WILL TEMPORARILY SET THE BASIC BENEFIT AND LIFETIME BENEFIT TO ZERO UNTIL THE END OF THE WAITING PERIOD WHEN THE BENEFITS WILL BE RESET BASED ON THE CONTRACT VALUE AT THAT TIME. If you selected this Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider, it will be indicated under Contract Data. The additional charge for this rider is described in the Rider Charges provision. Tax-qualified annuities have minimum distribution rules that govern the timing and amount of distributions from the annuity contract. If you have a tax-qualified annuity, you may be required to take a minimum distribution that is greater than your Remaining Benefit Payment (RBP) or your Remaining Annual Lifetime Payment (RALP). After the Waiting Period, these required minimum distributions will not result in excess withdrawal processing in most situations. However, in limited circumstances, an excess withdrawal due to a required distribution would be subject to excess withdrawal processing. Any withdrawal due to a minimum distribution during the Waiting Period will temporarily set the basic benefit and lifetime benefit to zero until the end of the waiting period when the benefits will be reset based on the contract value at that time. DEFINITIONS The following words are often used in this rider. When we use these words, this is what we mean: ALP PERCENTAGE The ALP Percentage is used to calculate your Annual Lifetime Payment. Two percentages are shown under Contract Data, Percentage A and Percentage B, and which percentage is used can vary as described in the "GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage" provision. ANNUAL LIFETIME PAYMENT (ALP) The Annual Lifetime Payment (ALP) is the lifetime benefit amount available each contract year after the Waiting Period and until death (see Death Benefit Before the Settlement Date) or termination of the rider. After the Waiting Period, the annual withdrawal amount guaranteed by the rider can vary each contract year. ANNUAL LIFETIME PAYMENT ATTAINED AGE (ALPAA) The Annual Lifetime Payment Attained Age (ALPAA), as shown under Contract Data, is the age at which the lifetime benefit is established. CONTRACT DATE, CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY, RIDER ANNIVERSARY Your contract date is shown under Contract Data. It is the date from which contract anniversaries, contract years, and contract months are determined. Your contract anniversary is the same day and month as the contract date each year that the contract remains in force. Your rider anniversary is the same as your contract anniversary unless the rider is issued after the contract date. It is the same day and month as the rider effective date each year that the rider remains in force. COVERED PERSON The Covered Person is the person whose life is used to determine when the Annual Lifetime Payment (ALP) is established and the duration of the ALP payments. The Covered Person is the oldest owner unless otherwise specified under Contract Data. If the owner is a non-natural person (e.g., a trust or corporation), the Covered Person is the oldest annuitant. 139503-SG Page 1 (7/2009) EXCESS WITHDRAWAL An excess withdrawal is a withdrawal that is greater than the Remaining Benefit Payment (RBP) for the basic benefit and/or Remaining Annual Lifetime Payment (RALP) for the lifetime benefit. EXCESS WITHDRAWAL PROCESSING Certain benefits under this rider are reset if an excess withdrawal is taken. Basic benefit amounts are reset when the withdrawal is in excess of the RBP, and lifetime benefit amounts are reset when the withdrawal is in excess of the RALP. GBP PERCENTAGE The GBP Percentage is used to calculate your Guaranteed Benefit Payment. Two percentages are shown under Contract Data, Percentage A and Percentage B, and which percentage is used can vary as described in the "GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage" provision. GUARANTEED BENEFIT AMOUNT (GBA) The Guaranteed Benefit Amount (GBA) is equal to the total cumulative withdrawals guaranteed by this rider. The GBA cannot be withdrawn or annuitized and is not payable as a death benefit. The GBA is used to calculate the Guaranteed Benefit Payment. GUARANTEED BENEFIT PAYMENT (GBP) The Guaranteed Benefit Payment (GBP) is the basic benefit amount available each contract year after the Waiting Period until the RBA is reduced to zero. After the Waiting Period the annual withdrawal amount guaranteed by the rider can vary each contract year. REMAINING ANNUAL LIFETIME PAYMENT (RALP) As you make withdrawals during a contract year, the remaining amount that the rider guarantees will be available for withdrawal that year is reduced. The Remaining Annual Lifetime Payment (RALP) is the lifetime benefit amount that can be withdrawn during the remainder of the current contract year. REMAINING BENEFIT AMOUNT (RBA) As you make withdrawals, they reduce the amount of GBA that is guaranteed by this rider for future withdrawals. At any point in time, the Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA) equals the amount of GBA that remains. REMAINING BENEFIT PAYMENT (RBP) As you make withdrawals during a contract year, the remaining amount that the rider guarantees will be available for withdrawal that year is reduced. The Remaining Benefit Payment (RBP) is the basic benefit amount that can be withdrawn during the remainder of the current contract year. RIDER EFFECTIVE DATE This rider is effective as of the contract date of this contract unless otherwise provided. WAITING PERIOD The Waiting Period is the number of years, shown under Contract Data, before you can take a withdrawal without affecting benefits under the rider. The Waiting Period starts on the rider effective date and ends after the number of years shown, on the day prior to the rider anniversary. WITHDRAWAL For purposes of this rider, the term "withdrawal" is equal to the term "surrender" in your contract and any other riders, and the amount of a withdrawal is the amount by which your contract value is reduced as a result of your surrender request. It may differ from the amount of your request due to any surrender charge. WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT BASE (WAB) The Withdrawal Adjustment Base is one of the components used to determine the GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage. The WAB cannot be withdrawn or annuitized and is not payable as a death benefit. GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT The Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit rider guarantees that regardless of investment performance you may take withdrawals each contract year after the Waiting Period until death (as described in the Death Benefit Before the Settlement Date provision) for the lifetime benefit or until the depletion of the basic benefit. Before the lifetime benefit is established, the annual withdrawal amount guaranteed by the rider after the Waiting Period is the basic benefit amount. After the lifetime benefit is established and after the Waiting Period, the rider guarantees that you have the option each contract year to cumulatively 139503-SG Page 2 (7/2009) withdraw an amount up to the lifetime benefit amount or the basic benefit amount, but the rider does not guarantee withdrawal of both in a contract year. The basic benefit amount and the lifetime benefit amount can vary based on the relationship of your contract value to the Withdrawal Adjustment Base. Each contract year after the Waiting Period, the percentages used to determine the benefit amounts are set when the first withdrawal is taken and fixed for the remainder of that year. At any time after the Waiting Period, as long as your withdrawal does not exceed the greater of the basic benefit amount or the lifetime benefit amount, if established, you will not be assessed a surrender charge. If you withdraw a larger amount, the excess amount will be assessed any applicable surrender charges. Also, benefit amounts may be reduced in accordance with excess withdrawal processing. At any time you may withdraw any amount up to your entire surrender value, subject to excess withdrawal processing under the rider. Subject to conditions and limitations, the basic benefit amount and the lifetime benefit amount can be increased if your contract value has increased on a rider anniversary as described in the Annual Step-Up provision. The values associated with the basic benefit are GBA, RBA, GBP and RBP. The values associated with the lifetime benefit are ALP and RALP. ALP and GBP are similar in that they are the annual withdrawal amount for each benefit after the Waiting Period. RALP and RBP are similar in that they are the remaining amount that can be withdrawn during the current contract year for each benefit. We may modify the fee for this rider as described in the Rider Charges provision. GBP PERCENTAGE AND ALP PERCENTAGE During the Waiting Period, Percentage A, shown under Contract Data, will be used to determine the amount payable to beneficiaries under the Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA) Payout Option provision. After the Waiting Period, a comparison of your contract value and the Withdrawal Adjustment Base (WAB) determines your GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage unless the percentage is fixed as described below. On each valuation date, if the value calculated below is less than the Adjustment Threshold shown under Contract Data, then GBP Percentage A and ALP Percentage A shown under Contract Data are used in calculating your GBP and ALP, otherwise GBP Percentage B and ALP Percentage B are used. The value is calculated as follows but will not be less than zero: 1 - (a/b) a = contract value at the end of the prior valuation period b = WAB at the end of the prior valuation period When the first withdrawal in a contract year is taken, the GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage will be set and fixed for the remainder of that contract year. Beginning on the next rider anniversary, the GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage can change on each valuation date as described above until a withdrawal is taken in that contract year. Your GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage will be set at the earliest of (1), (2) or (3) below and remain fixed for as long as the benefit is payable: (1) when the RBA payout option is elected as described in the Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA) Payout Option provision, or (2) if the ALP is established, when your contract value on a rider anniversary is less than two times the ALP (For the purpose of this calculation only, the ALP is determined using ALP Percentage B. The ALP Percentage used to determine your ALP going forward will be as described previously.), or (3) when the contract value reduces to zero. For certain periods of time at our discretion and on a non-discriminatory basis, your GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage may be set by us to Percentage A if more favorable to you. Throughout the remainder of this rider, your GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage will be either Percentage A or Percentage B as determined by this provision. 139503-SG Page 3 (7/2009) WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT BASE (WAB) Your WAB is determined at the following times and is subject to a maximum amount as shown under Contract Data: 1. AT RIDER EFFECTIVE DATE If the rider is effective on the contract date, the WAB is set equal to the initial purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit. If the rider is effective on a contract anniversary, the WAB is set equal to the contract value on the later of that anniversary and the valuation date we receive your written request to add the rider. 2. WHEN A SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE PAYMENT IS MADE Before a withdrawal is taken in the waiting period and at any time after the waiting period, the WAB will be increased by the amount of each additional purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit. 3. WHEN A WITHDRAWAL IS TAKEN If the first withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the WAB will be set equal to zero until the end of the Waiting Period. Whenever a withdrawal is taken after the Waiting Period, the WAB will be reduced by the amount in (A) unless the withdrawal is an excess withdrawal for the lifetime benefit (or the basic benefit if the ALP is not established) when it will be set equal to the amount in (B). (A) The WAB is reduced by an amount as calculated below: a x b where: ----- c a = the amount the contract value is reduced by the withdrawal b = WAB on the date of (but prior to) the withdrawal c = the contract value on the date of (but prior to) the withdrawal. (B) If the ALP is not established and the current withdrawal exceeds the RBP, the WAB will be reset to the GBA immediately following excess withdrawal processing as described in the "Guaranteed Benefit Amount (GBA) and Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA)" provision, item 3. If the ALP is established and the current withdrawal exceeds the RALP, the WAB will be reset to the ALP divided by the current ALP Percentage. In this calculation, we use the ALP immediately following excess withdrawal processing as described under "Annual Lifetime Payment (ALP)," item 4. 4. ON RIDER ANNIVERSARIES Unless you decline a fee increase as described in the Rider Charges provision, the WAB will be increased to the contract value on each rider anniversary, if the contract value is greater, except as follows: (A) If a withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the WAB will be increased to the contract value on each rider anniversary beginning at the end of the Waiting Period, if the contract value is greater. (B) If you decline a fee increase and a withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the WAB will change on the rider anniversary at the end of the Waiting Period as described in the Rider Charges provision. 5. UPON CERTAIN CHANGES TO YOUR INVESTMENT SELECTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS AND LIMITS PROVISION GUARANTEED BENEFIT AMOUNT (GBA) AND REMAINING BENEFIT AMOUNT (RBA) Your GBA and RBA are determined at the following times and are subject to a maximum amount as shown under Contract Data: 1. AT RIDER EFFECTIVE DATE If the rider is effective on the contract date, the GBA and RBA are set equal to the initial purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit. If the rider is effective on a contract anniversary, the GBA and RBA are set equal to the contract value on the later of that anniversary and the valuation date we receive your written request to add the rider. 2. WHEN A SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE PAYMENT IS MADE If a withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the GBA and RBA will not change 139503-SG Page 4 (7/2009) when a subsequent purchase payment is made during the Waiting Period. Prior to any withdrawal during the Waiting Period and after the Waiting Period, each additional purchase payment will have its own GBA and RBA established equal to the amount of the purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit. Upon each subsequent purchase payment: (A) the total RBA is recalculated to equal the sum of the individual RBAs immediately prior to the receipt of the additional purchase payment, plus the RBA associated with the additional purchase payment. (B) the total GBA is recalculated to equal the sum of the individual GBAs immediately prior to the receipt of the additional purchase payment, plus the GBA associated with the additional purchase payment. 3. WHEN A WITHDRAWAL IS TAKEN If the first withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the total GBA and total RBA will be set equal to zero until the end of the Waiting Period. Whenever a withdrawal is taken after the Waiting Period, the total GBA and total RBA will be equal to the amount in either (A) or (B) as follows: (A) If the current withdrawal is less than or equal to the RBP, the total RBA is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal and the total GBA is unchanged. (B) If the current withdrawal exceeds the RBP, excess withdrawal processing will occur as follows: (i) the total GBA will be reset to the lesser of its current value or the contract value immediately following the withdrawal; and (ii) the total RBA will be reset to the lesser of its current value less the amount of the withdrawal or the contract value immediately following the withdrawal. 4. ON THE RIDER ANNIVERSARY AT THE END OF THE WAITING PERIOD If the first withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period and you did not decline a fee increase as described in the Rider Charges provision, the total GBA and the total RBA will be reset to the contract value. If the first withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period and you decline a fee increase, the total GBA and the total RBA will change on the rider anniversary at the end of the Waiting Period as described in the Rider Charges provision. 5. WHENEVER AN INDIVIDUAL RBA IS DEPLETED Whenever an RBA is depleted by a withdrawal, the GBA associated with that RBA will also be set to zero. 6. UPON ANNUAL STEP-UP AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL STEP-UP PROVISION 7. UPON CERTAIN CHANGES TO YOUR INVESTMENT SELECTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS AND LIMITS PROVISION GUARANTEED BENEFIT PAYMENT (GBP) At any point in time, the GBP is calculated as follows: 1. Determine the lesser of (A) or (B) for each purchase payment where: (A) is the individual GBA multiplied by the GBP Percentage, and (B) is the individual RBA. 2. Add the results of Step 1 for each purchase payment to obtain the current total GBP. If you withdraw less than the GBP in a contract year, there is no carry over to the next contract year. REMAINING BENEFIT PAYMENT (RBP) The RBP will be zero during the Waiting Period. After the Waiting Period, at the beginning of each contract year and when the GBP Percentage changes, each individual RBP is set equal to each individual GBP. When a payment is made after the Waiting Period, the RBP for each purchase payment is set equal to that purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit multiplied by the GBP Percentage. The total RBP is equal to the sum of the individual RBPs. Whenever a withdrawal is taken after the Waiting Period, the total RBP equals the total RBP 139503-SG Page 5 (7/2009) immediately prior to the withdrawal less the amount of the withdrawal, but not less than zero. ANNUAL LIFETIME PAYMENT (ALP) Your ALP is determined at the following times and is subject to a maximum amount as shown under Contract Data. 1. INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT The ALP is established and set equal to the total RBA multiplied by the ALP Percentage on the earliest of the following dates: (A) the rider effective date if the Covered Person has already reached the ALPAA. (B) the rider anniversary following the date the Covered Person reaches the ALPAA, - if during the Waiting Period and no prior withdrawal has been taken or - if after the Waiting Period. (C) the rider anniversary following the end of the Waiting Period if the Covered Person reaches the ALPAA during the Waiting Period and a prior withdrawal had been taken. 2. WHENEVER THE ALP PERCENTAGE CHANGES AS DESCRIBED UNDER THE "GBP PERCENTAGE AND ALP PERCENTAGE" PROVISION If the ALP Percentage is changing from Percentage A to Percentage B, the ALP is reset to the ALP multiplied by Percentage B, divided by Percentage A. If the ALP Percentage is changing from Percentage B to Percentage A, the ALP is reset to the ALP multiplied by Percentage A, divided by Percentage B. 3. WHEN A SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE PAYMENT IS MADE Before a withdrawal is taken in the Waiting Period and at any time after the Waiting Period, each purchase payment made increases the ALP by the amount of the purchase payment and any purchase payment credit multiplied by the ALP Percentage. 4. WHEN A WITHDRAWAL IS TAKEN If a withdrawal is taken during the Waiting Period, the ALP, if established, will be set equal to zero until the end of the Waiting Period. Whenever a withdrawal is taken after the Waiting Period, the ALP will be equal to the amount in either (A) or (B) as follows: (A) If the current withdrawal is less than or equal to the RALP, the ALP is unchanged. (B) If the current withdrawal exceeds the RALP, excess withdrawal processing will occur and the ALP will be reset to the lesser of: (i) the ALP immediately prior to the withdrawal, or (ii) the contract value immediately following the withdrawal multiplied by the ALP Percentage. If you withdraw less than the ALP in a contract year, there is no carry over to the next contract year. 5. ON THE RIDER ANNIVERSARY AT THE END OF THE WAITING PERIOD If a withdrawal was taken during the Waiting Period and if the Covered Person has reached the ALPAA, the ALP is set equal to the RBA multiplied by the ALP Percentage. 6. UPON ANNUAL STEP-UP AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL STEP-UP PROVISION 7. UPON CERTAIN CHANGES TO YOUR INVESTMENT SELECTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS AND LIMITS PROVISION REMAINING ANNUAL LIFETIME PAYMENT (RALP) The RALP is established at the same time as the ALP. The RALP will be zero during the Waiting Period. After the Waiting Period, at the beginning of each contract year and when the ALP Percentage changes, the RALP is set equal to the ALP. When a payment is made after the Waiting Period, the RALP is increased by the amount of that purchase payment plus any purchase payment credit multiplied by the ALP Percentage. Whenever a withdrawal is taken after the Waiting Period, the RALP equals the RALP immediately prior to the withdrawal less the amount of the withdrawal, but not less than zero. EXCESS WITHDRAWAL PROCESSING Here is a simplified example of how the Guaranteed Benefit Amount (GBA), the Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA), the Guaranteed Benefit Payment (GBP), the Annual Lifetime Payment (ALP), and the Withdrawal 139503-SG Page 6 (7/2009) Adjustment Base (WAB) change when withdrawals exceed the annual limits and when withdrawals don't exceed the annual limits. EXAMPLE ASSUMES - No withdrawals have ever been taken - GBA = $100,000 - RBA = $100,000 - WAB = $100,000 - The contract value before the withdrawal is $85,000 - Current ALP and GBP are $6,000 $6,000 WITHDRAWAL RBA after withdrawal = $94,000 = $100,000 - $6,000 GBA after withdrawal = $100,000 WAB after withdrawal = $92,941 = $100,000 - (($6,000 X $100,000)/$85,000) ALP after withdrawal = $6,000 GBP after withdrawal = $6,000 $8,000 WITHDRAWAL RBA after withdrawal = $77,000 = lesser of ($100,000 - $8,000) or ($85,000 - $8,000) GBA after withdrawal = $77,000 = lesser of ($100,000) or ($85,000 - $8,000) ALP after withdrawal = $4,620 = lesser of ($6,000) or (6% * ($85,000 - $8,000)) GBP after withdrawal = $4,620 = 6% * $77,000 WAB after withdrawal = $77,000 = $4,620/6% REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS If you are taking required minimum distributions (RMD) from this contract and the RMD is greater than the RALP or RBP on the most recent rider anniversary, the portion of your RMD that is greater than the benefit amount will not be subject to excess withdrawal processing provided: 1. the withdrawal is after the Waiting Period, and 2. the RMD is for this contract alone, and 3. the RMD is based on your recalculated life expectancy taken from the Uniform Lifetime Table under the Code, and 4. the RMD amount does not otherwise exceed the amount based on the requirements of the Code Section 401(a)(9), related Code provisions, and regulations thereunder that were in effect on the effective date of this rider. Any withdrawal during the Waiting Period will reset the basic benefit and lifetime benefit at the end of the Waiting Period as described in the "Guaranteed Benefit Amount (GBA) and Remaining Benefit Amount (RBA)" provision, item 4 and the Annual Lifetime Payment (ALP) provision, item 5. After the Waiting Period, withdrawal amounts greater than the RALP or RBP that do not meet the conditions above will result in excess withdrawal processing. The amount in excess of the RBP and/or RALP that is not subject to excess withdrawal processing will be recalculated if the RALP and RBP change due to GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage changes. ANNUAL STEP-UP Beginning with the first rider anniversary, an Annual Step-up may be available. If you take any withdrawals during the Waiting Period, the Annual Step-up will not be available until the rider anniversary following the Waiting Period. If you decline any Annual Rider Fee increase as described in the Rider Charges provision, future Annual Step-ups will no longer be available. Other than the exceptions described above, the Annual Step-up will be executed on any rider anniversary where: - your contract value is greater than the RBA or, - your contract value multiplied by the ALP Percentage is greater than the ALP. If the Annual Step-up is executed, the basic benefit and lifetime benefit values will be adjusted on the rider anniversary as follows: RBA STEP-UP Subject to the maximum RBA shown under Contract Data, the total RBA will be increased to the contract value on the rider anniversary, if the contract value is greater. GBA STEP-UP Subject to the maximum GBA shown under Contract Data, the total GBA will be increased to the contract value on the rider anniversary, if the contract value is greater. 139503-SG Page 7 (7/2009) GBP STEP-UP The GBP will be calculated as described earlier, based on the increased GBA and RBA. RBP STEP-UP During the Waiting Period, the RBP will not change. After the Waiting Period, the RBP will be reset to the GBP after the Annual Step-up. ALP STEP-UP After the establishment of the ALP, subject to the maximum ALP shown under Contract Data, the ALP will be increased to the contract value on the rider anniversary multiplied by the ALP Percentage, if greater than the current ALP. RALP STEP-UP During the Waiting Period, the RALP will not change. After the Waiting Period, the RALP will be reset to the ALP after the Annual Step-up. INVESTMENT OPTIONS AND LIMITS This rider requires 100% allocation of purchase payments, any purchase payment credits and your contract value to one of various specified investment options shown under Contract Data, ranging from conservative to more aggressive risk classifications. You will be notified of any change to the investment options available. There may be a limitation of available options (1) if your contract was issued with initial purchase payments over the Maximum Purchase Payments Permitted (shown under Contract Data) requiring corporate officer approval, or (2) if you decline any Annual Rider Fee increase as described in the Rider Charges provision. Because this rider requires that your contract value be invested in one of specified investment options for the life of the contract, and you CANNOT TERMINATE THIS RIDER ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED IT, if you later decide you do not want to invest in any of the specified investment options, you must terminate your contract by requesting a full surrender. Surrender charges and tax penalties may then apply. Accumulation phases are periods of time (1) beginning on the rider effective date and ending with your first withdrawal and (2) beginning with a benefit reset due to an investment option change as described in this provision and ending with any subsequent withdrawal. During these accumulation phases, you can allocate your contract value to any available investment option for this rider. You may request to change your investment allocation by written request or by another method agreed to by us. You must transfer 100% of your contract value and designate future allocations to one of the available investment options. The number of elective investment option changes permitted per contract year is shown under Contract Data. Additionally, we reserve the right to limit the number of investment option changes permitted if required to comply with the written instructions of a fund. Withdrawal phases are periods of time starting with your first withdrawal while you are in an accumulation phase and continuing until you reallocate your contract value to an investment option that is more aggressive than the Target Investment Option Classification. If your current investment option classification is more aggressive than the Target Investment Option Classification shown under Contract Data and if you take a withdrawal, then we will reallocate your contract value to an investment option with the Target Investment Option Classification immediately following a withdrawal. We reserve the right to change the Target Investment Option Classification to an investment option classification that is more aggressive after 30 days written notice. If you are in a withdrawal phase and if you choose to allocate your contract value to an investment option that is more aggressive than the Target Investment Option Classification, you will be in the accumulation phase again. (If the reallocation occurs during the Waiting Period, the prior withdrawal will have already reset your benefits to zero until the end of the Waiting Period.) If the reallocation occurs after the Waiting Period, your rider benefit will be reset when you choose the more aggressive investment option as follows: 1. the total GBA will be reset to the contract value, if your contract value is less; and 2. the total RBA will be reset to the contract value, if your contract value is less; and 139503-SG Page 8 (7/2009) 3. the GBP will be recalculated as described earlier, based on the reset GBA and RBA; and 4. the RBP will be recalculated as the reset GBP less all prior withdrawals taken during the current contract year, but it will never be less than zero; and 5. the ALP, if established, will be reset to the contract value multiplied by the current ALP Percentage, if this amount is less than the current ALP; and 6. the RALP will be recalculated as the reset ALP less all prior withdrawals taken during the current contract year, but it will never be less than zero; and 7. the WAB will be reset as follows: (A) if the ALP has not been established, the WAB will be equal to the reset GBA. (B) if the ALP has been established, the WAB will be equal to the reset ALP, divided by the current ALP Percentage. We reserve the right to cancel required asset allocation to specified investment options for this rider after 30 days written notice. If specified investment options are not required, you may allocate your contract value and additional purchase payments as provided in the contract. REMAINING BENEFIT AMOUNT (RBA) PAYOUT OPTION As an alternative to the annuity payment plans available under the Annuity Provisions in your contract, a fixed payout option is available under this rider. You can elect this option after the Waiting Period. Under this option, the amount payable each year will be equal to the remaining schedule of GBPs but the total amount paid over the life of the annuity will not exceed the total RBA at the time you begin this fixed payout option. These annualized amounts will be paid in monthly installments. If the monthly payment is less than $100, we have the right to change the frequency, but no less frequently than annually. If, at the death of the owner, payments have been made for less than the total RBA, the remaining payments will be made to the beneficiary. In determining the remaining schedule of GBPs, the current GBP is fixed for as long as payments are made when the RBA Payout Option is elected. This option may not be available if the contract is issued to qualify under Section 403 or 408 of the Code, as amended. For such contracts, this option will be available only if the number of years it will take to deplete the RBA by paying the GBP each year is less than the life expectancy of the owner at the time the option becomes effective. Such life expectancy will be computed using the life expectancy tables as defined in section 72 of the Code. The RBA Payout Option is also available to beneficiaries when the death benefit is payable, subject to the Payments to Beneficiary section of the contract. Whenever multiple beneficiaries are designated under the contract, each such beneficiary's share of the proceeds, if they elect this option, will be in proportion to their applicable designated beneficiary percentage. If you choose to receive the RBA Payout Option, all other contract features, rider features and charges terminate after the RBA payout option is elected. We reserve the right to adjust the remaining schedule of GBPs if necessary to comply with the Code. CONTRACT PROVISION MODIFICATIONS Because of the addition of this rider to your contract, several contract provisions are modified as described above and as further described below. PURCHASE PAYMENTS PROVISIONS This rider amends the Amount and Intervals provision to limit when purchase payments may be paid as described below. It also amends the Payment Limits Provision to restrict payments after 139503-SG Page 9 (7/2009) the first contract year to an amount less than the Maximum Purchase Payments Permitted, shown under Contract Data. 1. INITIAL PURCHASE PAYMENTS This rider limits initial purchase payments to the following: (A) payments received at time of application and 90 days thereafter, and (B) payments we allow otherwise on a non-discriminatory basis. 2. ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PAYMENTS This rider prohibits additional purchase payments other than initial purchase payments described above, unless: (A) this is a tax qualified contract, for which we allow additional purchase payments in any contract year up to the maximum permissible annual contribution described by the Code, or (B) we allow otherwise on a non-discriminatory basis. The rider also prohibits additional purchase payments while the rider is effective, if: (A) you decline any Annual Rider Fee increase as described in the Rider Charges provision, or (B) the ALP is established and your contract value on an anniversary is less than four times the ALP. (For the purpose of this calculation only, the ALP is determined using ALP Percentage B.) ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS Because this rider requires asset allocation to specified investment options, allocation of purchase payments shall be determined by your investment option selection from investment options available for this rider. TRANSFERS OF CONTRACT VALUES PROVISION Because this rider requires asset allocation to specified investment options, transfer privileges granted under the contract are suspended other than: (1) transfers among the available investment options as described in the Investment Options and Limits provision, (2) automated transfers necessary to adjust contract value allocations to match the allocation percentages utilized in certain investment options, or (3) transfers as otherwise agreed to by us. Transfers made by you into and out of the same subaccount within a five business day period (or vice versa) may be to the disadvantage of other contract owners and are prohibited. RULES FOR SURRENDER For surrenders, the surrender will be taken from the variable subaccounts and Regular Fixed Account in the same proportion as your interest in each bears to the contract value less amounts in any Special DCA fixed account. You cannot specify from which accounts the surrender is to be taken. If the contract value reduces to zero, the following will occur: 1. If the Covered Person has not reached the ALPAA and the total RBA is greater than zero, and if the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of fees or charges, or a withdrawal that is less than or equal to the RBP; then the owner must choose to receive either: (A) the remaining schedule of GBPs until the total RBA equals zero, or (B) wait until the rider anniversary following the date the Covered Person reaches the ALPAA and receive the ALP annually until the later of: (i) the death of the Covered Person; or (ii) the total RBA is reduced to zero. We will notify you of this option. If no election is made, option (B) above will be paid. 2. If the Covered Person has reached the ALPAA and the total RBA is greater than zero, and (A) if the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of fees or charges, or a withdrawal that is less than or equal to both the RBP and the RALP, the owner must choose to receive either (i) the remaining schedule of GBPs until the total RBA equals zero, or (ii) the ALP which will be paid annually until the later of: (a) the death of the Covered Person, or (b) the total RBA is reduced to zero. We will notify you of this option. If no election is made, option (ii) above will be paid. (B) If the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of a withdrawal that is greater than the RALP, but less than or equal to the RBP, the remaining schedule of GBPs will be paid until the total RBA equals zero. (C) If the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of a withdrawal that is greater than 139503-SG Page 10 (7/2009) the RBP but less than or equal to the RALP, the ALP will be paid annually until the death of the Covered Person. In (1) and (2) above: - These annualized amounts will be paid in monthly installments. If the monthly payment is less than $100, we have the right to change the frequency, but no less frequently than annually. - We will no longer accept subsequent purchase payments. - No more charges will be collected for the rider. - The death benefit becomes the remaining payments, if any, until the RBA is reduced to zero. - In determining the remaining schedule of GBPs, the current GBP is fixed for as long as payments are made. 3. If the Covered Person has not reached the ALPAA, and the RBA is zero, and if the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of fees, charges, or a withdrawal, this rider and the contract will terminate. 4. If the Covered Person has reached the ALPAA, and the RBA is zero, and if the contract value is reduced to zero as a result of a withdrawal that is greater than the RALP, this rider and the contract will terminate. DEATH BENEFIT BEFORE THE SETTLEMENT DATE Under this provision in the contract, a death benefit is payable if any owner dies. If the contract is jointly owned and an owner dies when the contract value is greater than zero, the lifetime benefit for the Covered Person will cease whether or not spousal continuation is elected. If the contract value is greater than zero when the death benefit becomes payable, the beneficiary may: 1. elect to take the death benefit under the terms of the contract, or 2. take the RBA payout option available under this rider, or 3. continue the contract under the spousal continuation provision which terminates the rider. If the contract value equals zero when the death benefit becomes payable, the following will occur: 1. If the RBA is greater than zero and the owner had been receiving the GBP each year, the GBP will continue to be paid to the beneficiary until the RBA is depleted. 2. If the Covered Person dies and the RBA is greater than zero, and if the owner had been receiving the ALP each year; then the ALP will continue to be paid to the beneficiary until the RBA is depleted. 3. If the Covered Person is still alive and the RBA is greater than zero, and if the owner had been receiving the ALP each year; then the ALP will continue to be paid to the beneficiary until the later of the death of the Covered Person or the RBA is depleted. 4. If the Covered Person is still alive and the RBA equals zero, and if the owner had been receiving the ALP each year; then the ALP will continue to be paid to the beneficiary until the death of the Covered Person. 5. If the Covered Person dies and the RBA equals zero, the benefit terminates. No further payments are made. SPOUSE OPTION TO CONTINUE CONTRACT UPON OWNER'S DEATH If a spouse chooses to continue the contract under the spousal continuation provision, the rider terminates. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP If allowed by state law, a change of ownership is subject to our approval. If there is a change of ownership and the Covered Person remains the same, the rider continues with no change to any of the rider benefits. If there is a change of ownership and the Covered Person would be different, the rider terminates. ASSIGNMENT If allowed by state law, an assignment is subject to our approval. 139503-SG Page 11 (7/2009) RIDER CHARGES We deduct the charge on a pro-rata basis among the variable subaccounts, but not the Fixed Account, in the same proportion your value in each bears to your total variable account contract value. We deduct the charge (or the entire variable account contract value if less) 60 days after each contract anniversary. The charge is calculated 60 days after your contract anniversary by multiplying the Annual Rider Fee by the greater of the contract value or the total RBA on that date. The Annual Rider Fee may vary with your investment option and is subject to the Maximum Annual Rider Fee shown under Contract Data. The Initial Annual Rider Fee associated with your initial investment option is shown under Contract Data. The following describes how your Annual Rider Fee may increase: 1. We may increase the Annual Rider Fee at our discretion and on a nondiscriminatory basis. Your Annual Rider Fee will increase if we declare an increase to the fee with written notice 30 days in advance except as described below. The new fee will be in effect on the date we declare in the written notice. (A) You can decline this increase and therefore all future fee increases if we receive your written request prior to the date of the fee increase, in which case you permanently relinquish: (i) all future Annual Step-ups, (ii) any ability to make additional purchase payments, and (iii) the ability to change your investment option to one with a risk classification that is more aggressive than your current investment option. Any change to a less aggressive investment option will further limit the investment options available to the then current and less aggressive investment options. If you decline a rider fee increase, the WAB will not be increased on rider anniversaries as described under Withdrawal Adjustment Base (WAB) provision, item 4. If you decline a rider fee increase and take a withdrawal during the Waiting Period, on the rider anniversary at the end of the Waiting Period, the total GBA, total RBA and WAB will be set equal to the lesser of: (i) the GBA at the time of the first withdrawal, plus any purchase payments and purchase payment credits made since the first withdrawal, minus total withdrawals taken, or (ii) the contract value. (B) You can terminate this rider if your Annual Rider Fee increase is more than 0.25% and if we receive your written request to terminate the rider prior to the date of the fee increase. 2. Your Annual Rider Fee may increase if you elect to change to an investment option with a more aggressive risk classification than your current investment option and if the new investment option has a higher current Annual Rider Fee. The Annual Rider Fees associated with the available investment options may change at our discretion, however these changes will not apply to this rider unless you change your investment option to one with a more aggressive risk classification. The new fee will be in effect on the valuation date we receive your written request to change your investment option. There is no increase in the Annual Rider Fee for any required reallocation of your contract value to the Target Investment Option Classification following a withdrawal. If the rider fee changes during a contract year, we will calculate an average rider charge, for that contract year only, that reflects the various different fees that were in effect that year, adjusted for the number of calendar days each fee was in effect. If your contract or rider is terminated for any reason, the rider charge will be deducted, adjusted for the number of calendar days coverage was in place during the contract year. 139503-SG Page 12 (7/2009) TERMINATION OF THE RIDER This rider cannot be terminated either by you or us except as follows: 1. After the death benefit is payable, continuation of the contract will terminate the rider. 2. A change of ownership that would result in a different Covered Person will terminate the rider. 3. Settlement of the contract under an annuity payment plan will terminate the rider. 4. In relation to certain Annual Rider Fee increases as described in the Rider Charges provision, your written request will terminate the rider. 5. Reduction of the contract value to zero as described in the Rules for Surrender provision will terminate the rider. 6. Termination of the contract for any reason will terminate the rider. (GRAPHIC) ABCD Secretary 139503-SG Page 13 (7/2009) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider SecureSource(R) Flex Rider Covered Person (GRAPHIC) Rider Effective Date (GRAPHIC) Initial Annual Rider Fee (GRAPHIC) Maximum Annual Rider Fee (GRAPHIC) Maximum GBA, RBA and WAB (GRAPHIC) Maximum ALP (GRAPHIC) Waiting Period 3 Years Annual Lifetime Payment Attained Age Age 65 Adjustment Threshold 20% Initial Investment Selection (GRAPHIC) Target Investment Option Classification (GRAPHIC) Number of Elective Investment Option Changes Permitted Per Contract Year 2
Percentage A Percentage B ------------ ------------ GBP Percentage* 6% 5% ALP Percentage* 6% 5%
* After the Waiting Period, the first withdrawal in a contract year will set the percentages as either Percentage A or Percentage B, and they will not change for the remainder of the contract year. See "GBP Percentage and ALP Percentage" provision. Specified Investment Options/Allocation Restrictions and Limitations: This rider requires participation in the Portfolio Navigator asset allocation program. The Portfolio Navigator asset allocation program contains certain variable subaccounts, guarantee period accounts, if applicable, and the fixed account, if applicable. You may select from the following Portfolio Navigator models: Conservative, Moderately Conservative, Moderate, Moderately Aggressive and Aggressive. If you elect to change asset allocation models, the Annual Rider Fee may increase. See the Rider Charges provision on page 11 of your rider. DP131184-SG