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SEASONS SERIES TRUST

International Equity Portfolio

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Multi-Managed Growth Portfolio

Multi-Managed Income Portfolio

Multi-Managed Income/Equity Portfolio

Multi-Managed Moderate Growth Portfolio

(each a “Portfolio,” and collectively, the “Portfolios”)

Supplement to the Statutory Prospectus dated July 29, 2014

The following changes will become effective on or about October 17, 2014:

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In the Portfolio Summary, the Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio will be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The Portfolio attempts to achieve its investment goal by allocating its assets among three distinct, actively-managed investment components (the “Managed Components”), each with a different investment strategy. The Managed Components include a small-cap growth component, a fixed income component and a growth component.

The Managed Components each invest to varying degrees, according to its investment strategy, in a diverse portfolio of securities including, but not limited to, common stocks, securities with equity characteristics (such as preferred stocks, warrants or fixed income securities convertible into common stock), corporate and U.S. Government fixed income securities, money market instruments and/or cash or cash equivalents.

The allocation of the Portfolio’s assets among the three components is as follows:

•    Small-Cap Growth Component	20	%
•    Fixed Income Component	26	%
•    Growth Component	54	%

Differences in investment returns among the Managed Components will cause the actual percentages to vary over the course of a calendar quarter from the target allocations referenced above. Accordingly, the Portfolio’s assets will be reallocated or “rebalanced” among the Managed Components on at least a quarterly basis to restore the target allocations for the Portfolio.

The Small-Cap Growth Component invests principally in equity securities, including those of lesser known or high growth companies or industries, such as technology, telecommunications, media, healthcare, energy and consumer cyclicals. Although the component’s investments will primarily be in small-capitalization companies, the component may invest substantially in mid-capitalization companies and to a smaller degree, large-capitalization companies.

As noted above, approximately 26% of the Portfolio’s assets will be allocated to the Fixed Income Component, which, under normal circumstances, invests primarily in investment grade fixed income securities (U.S. or foreign). The component may also invest substantially in short-term investments, foreign securities (including securities denominated in foreign currencies), asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and when-issued and delayed-delivery securities.

The Growth Component invests principally in equity securities selected for their growth potential. Although the component’s investments in equity securities may be primarily in large-capitalization companies, it may invest substantially in small- and mid-capitalization companies.