497 1 d467515d497.htm SUNAMERICA SERIES INC SUNAMERICA SERIES INC

Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration No. 333-11283

SUNAMERICA SERIES, INC.

Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio

(the “Portfolio”)

Supplement dated January 18, 2013

to the Prospectus dated February 28, 2012,

as amended and supplemented to date

Effective immediately, Timothy Pettee and Jay Merchant serve as co-portfolio managers of the Portfolio, replacing Daniel Lew. Accordingly, under the heading “Portfolio Manager,” on page 21 of the Prospectus, the portfolio management disclosure pertaining to the Portfolio is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Name

    Portfolio Manager
of the Portfolio Since		   

Title

Timothy Pettee

    2013   

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at SunAmerica

Jay Merchant

    2013   

Portfolio Manager and Vice President
at SunAmerica

In addition, under the heading “Information About Advisers—Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio,” on page 71 of the Prospectus, the portfolio management disclosure pertaining to the Portfolio is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Portfolio

   

Name, Title, and Affiliation

of Portfolio Manager

   

Experience

Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio

   

Timothy Pettee

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

(SunAmerica)

    Mr. Pettee is Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of SunAmerica. He chairs the firm’s Portfolio Policy Committee and is also a portfolio manager of the Focused Asset Allocation Strategy portfolios. Prior to joining SunAmerica in 2003, Mr. Pettee was Executive Vice President and Global Director of Research for Schroder Investment Management. Prior to that, he was Director of Research with U.S. Trust Company of New York. He also held several positions in research and portfolio management at Alliance Capital Management.

Portfolio

   

Name, Title, and Affiliation

of Portfolio Manager

   

Experience

  

Jay Merchant

Portfolio Manager and

Vice President
(SunAmerica)

    Mr. Merchant joined SunAmerica in July 2007 as a vice president and senior research analyst specializing in Global Resources (Energy and Materials) companies. He has 14 years of investment experience focusing primarily on the Energy, Materials, and Technology sectors. Prior to joining SunAmerica, Mr. Merchant was a research analyst at Swergold Capital, a long/short technology hedge fund. Prior to that, he held equity research positions at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and Citigroup Asset Management, covering the Technology and Global Telecommunications sectors, respectively. Mr. Merchant received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the CFA Charter designation and is a current member of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA).

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.

 

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SUNAMERICA SERIES, INC.

Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio

(the “Portfolio”)

Supplement dated January 18, 2013 to the

Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) dated

February 28, 2012, as amended and supplemented to date

Effective immediately, Timothy Pettee and Jay Merchant serve as co-portfolio managers of the Portfolio, replacing Daniel Lew. Accordingly, under the heading “Additional Information about the Portfolio Managers,” on page B-50 of the SAI, the information pertaining to the Portfolio is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

                 Other Accounts  
                 Number of Other
Accounts Managed
and Total Assets
(in millions)
by Account*		      Number of
Accounts and
Total Assets
(in millions) for
Which Advisory
Fee Is
Performance
Based		  

Portfolio

    Advisers/
Subadviser		     

Portfolio Manager

    RIC      OPI      OA      RIC      OPI      OA  

Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio

      SunAmerica       Timothy Pettee      5         0         0         0         0         0   
         $ 2,304         0         0         0         0         0   
      Jay Merchant      0         0         0         0         0         0   
           0         0         0         0         0         0   

Additionally, under the heading “Portfolio Ownership,” on page B-51 of the SAI, the following information pertaining to the Portfolio is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Portfolio

   

Name of Adviser

   

Name of

Portfolio Manager(s)

    Dollar Range of
Equity Securities
in each Fund
managed by the
named Portfolio
Manager*

Focused Small-Cap Value Portfolio

   

SunAmerica

   

Timothy Pettee

    None
      Jay Merchant    None

 

* As of December 31, 2012

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings assigned to them in the SAI.

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