485BPOS 1 e47660e485bpos.txt TRAVELERS SEP ACCT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES 1 Registration Statement No. 333-32581 811-08317 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 and REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES ___________________________________________________________ (Exact name of Registrant) THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY ______________________________________ (Name of Depositor) ONE TOWER SQUARE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06183 _____________________________________________ (Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) Depositor's Telephone Number, including area code: (860) 277-0111 ERNEST J. WRIGHT The Travelers Life and Annuity Company One Tower Square Hartford, Connecticut 06183 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): _____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485. __X__ on May 1, 2001 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485. _____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485. _____ on ___________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485. If appropriate, check the following box: _____ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. 2 PART A Information Required in a Prospectus 3 TRAVELERS PRIMELITE ANNUITY PROSPECTUS: THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES This prospectus describes TRAVELERS PRIMELITE ANNUITY, a flexible premium deferred variable annuity contract (the "Contract") issued by The Travelers Insurance Company or The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, depending on the state in which you purchased your Contract. The Contract is available in connection with certain retirement plans that qualify for special federal income tax treatment ("qualified Contracts") as well as those that do not qualify for such treatment ("nonqualified Contracts"). We may issue it as an individual Contract or as a group Contract. When we issue a group Contract, you will receive a certificate summarizing the Contract's provisions. For convenience, we refer to Contracts and certificates as "Contracts." You can choose to have your premium ("purchase payments") accumulate on a variable and/or fixed basis in one of our funding options. Your contract value before the maturity date and the amount of monthly income afterwards will vary daily to reflect the investment experience of the variable funding options you select. You bear the investment risk of investing in the variable funding options. The variable funding options are: GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND Appreciation Portfolio Fundamental Value Portfolio(1) SMITH BARNEY ALLOCATION SERIES INC. Select Balanced Portfolio Select Growth Portfolio Select High Growth Portfolio SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES(2) Growth and Income Portfolio Smith Barney Large Cap Core Portfolio(3) Smith Barney Premier Selection All Cap Growth Portfolio(4) TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS Total Return Portfolio Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio Smith Barney High Income Portfolio Smith Barney International All Cap Growth Portfolio(5) TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. (CONT.) Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio Smith Barney Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio Smith Barney Mid Cap Core Portfolio Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio MFS Research Portfolio Social Awareness Stock Portfolio VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares VARIABLE ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS Smith Barney Small Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio
--------------- (1) Formerly the Total Return Portfolio (2) Formerly the Concert Investment Series (3) Formerly the Select Growth Portfolio (4) Formerly the Select Mid Cap Portfolio (5) Formerly the Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio The Contract, certain contract features and/or some of the funding options may not be available in all states. THE CURRENT PROSPECTUSES FOR THE UNDERLYING FUNDS THAT SUPPORT THE VARIABLE FUNDING OPTIONS MUST ACCOMPANY THIS PROSPECTUS. READ AND RETAIN THEM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. This prospectus provides the information that you should know before investing in the Contract. You can receive additional information about your Contract by requesting a copy of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") dated May 1, 2001. We filed the SAI with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and it is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To request a copy, write to The Travelers Insurance Company, PrimeElite Travelers Service Center, One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06183, call (888) 556-5412 or access the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). See Appendix D for the SAI's table of contents. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OF ANY BANK, AND ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. PROSPECTUS MAY 1, 2001 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Index of Special Terms................ 2 Summary............................... 3 Fee Table............................. 6 Condensed Financial Information....... 9 The Annuity Contract.................. 9 Contract Owner Inquiries............ 9 Purchase Payments................... 9 Accumulation Units.................. 9 The Variable Funding Options........ 10 Fixed Account......................... 12 Charges and Deductions................ 12 General............................. 12 Withdrawal Charge................... 13 Free Withdrawal Allowance........... 14 Administrative Charges.............. 14 Mortality and Expense Risk Charge... 14 Variable Funding Option Expenses.... 15 Premium Tax......................... 15 Changes in Taxes Based Upon Premium or Value......................... 15 Transfers............................. 15 Dollar Cost Averaging............... 15 Access to Your Money.................. 16 Systematic Withdrawals.............. 16 Loans............................... 17 Ownership Provisions.................. 17 Types of Ownership.................. 17 Contract Owner........................ 17 Beneficiary......................... 17 Annuitant........................... 18 Death Benefit......................... 18 Death Proceeds Before the Maturity Date............................. 18 Payment of Proceeds................. 20 Death Proceeds After the Maturity Date............................. 21 The Annuity Period.................... 21 Maturity Date....................... 21 Allocation of Annuity............... 22 Variable Annuity.................... 22 Fixed Annuity....................... 23 Payment Options....................... 23 Election of Options................. 23 Annuity Options..................... 23 Income Options...................... 24 Miscellaneous Contract Provisions..... 24 Right to Return..................... 24 Termination......................... 25 Required Reports.................... 25 Suspension of Payments.............. 25 The Separate Accounts................. 25 Performance Information............. 26 Federal Tax Considerations............ 26 General Taxation of Annuities....... 27 Types of Contracts: Qualified or Nonqualified..................... 27 Nonqualified Annuity Contracts...... 27 Qualified Annuity Contracts......... 28 Penalty Tax for Premature Distributions.................... 28 Diversification Requirements for Variable Annuities............... 28 Ownership of the Investments........ 28 Mandatory Distributions for Qualified Plans.................. 28 Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds......................... 29 Other Information..................... 29 The Insurance Companies............. 29 Financial Statements................ 29 Distribution of Variable Annuity Contracts........................ 29 Conformity with State and Federal Laws............................. 29 Voting Rights....................... 30 Legal Proceedings and Opinions...... 30 Appendix A: Condensed Financial Information for The Travelers Insurance Company: Separate Account PF.................................. A-1 Appendix B: Condensed Financial Information for The Travelers Life and Annuity: Separate Account PF II.................................. B-1 Appendix C: The Fixed Account......... C-1 Appendix D: Waiver of Withdrawal Charge for Nursing Home Confinement......................... D-1 Appendix E: Contents of the Statement of Additional Information........... E-1
INDEX OF SPECIAL TERMS The following terms are italicized throughout the prospectus. Refer to the page listed for an explanation of each term. Accumulation Unit..................... 9 Accumulation Period................... 9 Annuitant............................. 18 Annuity Payments...................... 21 Annuity Unit.......................... 10 Contingent Annuitant.................. 18 Contract Date......................... 9 Contract Owner (You, Your)............ 17 Contract Value........................ 9 Contract Year......................... 9 Death Report Date..................... 18 Fixed Account......................... 9 Funding Option(s)..................... 10 Joint Owner........................... 17 Maturity Date......................... 21 Purchase Payment...................... 9 Underlying Fund....................... 10 Written Request....................... 9
2 5 SUMMARY: TRAVELERS PRIMELITE ANNUITY THIS SUMMARY DETAILS SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT POINTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW AND CONSIDER BEFORE PURCHASING THE CONTRACT. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY. WHAT COMPANY WILL ISSUE MY CONTRACT? Your issuing company is either The Travelers Insurance Company or The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, ("the Company," "We" or "Us") depending on where you reside. Each company sponsors its own segregated asset account ("Separate Account"). The Travelers Insurance Company sponsors the Travelers Separate Account PF for Variable Annuities ("Separate Account PF"); The Travelers Life and Annuity Company sponsors the Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities ("Separate Account PF II"). When we refer to the Separate Account, we are referring to either Separate Account PF or Separate Account PF II, depending upon your issuing Company. Your issuing Company is The Travelers Life and Annuity Company unless you reside in one of the following locations. The Travelers Insurance Company issues Contracts in the locations listed below: Bahamas New York British Virgin Islands North Carolina Guam Puerto Rico Kansas Tennessee Maine U.S. Virgin Islands New Hampshire Wyoming New Jersey
You may also refer to the cover page of your Contract for the name of your issuing company. You may only purchase a Contract in states where the Contract has been approved for sale. The Contract may not currently be available for sale in all states. CAN YOU GIVE ME A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTRACT? We designed the Contract for retirement savings or other long-term investment purposes. The Contract provides a death benefit as well as guaranteed payout options. You direct your payment(s) to one or more of the variable funding options and/or to the Fixed Account that is part of our general account (the "Fixed Account"). We guarantee money directed to the Fixed Account as to principal and interest. The variable funding options are designed to produce a higher rate of return than the Fixed Account; however, this is not guaranteed. You can also lose money in the variable funding options. The Contract, like all deferred variable annuity contracts, has two phases: the accumulation phase and the payout phase. During the accumulation phase generally, under a qualified contract, your pre-tax contribution accumulates on a tax-deferred basis and is taxed as income when you make a withdrawal, presumably when you are in a lower tax bracket. During the accumulation phase, under a nonqualified contract, earnings on your after-tax contribution accumulates on a tax-deferred basis and is taxed as income when you make a withdrawal. The payout phase occurs when you begin receiving payments from your Contract. The amount of money you accumulate in your Contract determines the amount of income (annuity payments) you receive during the payout phase. During the payout phase, you may choose one of a number of annuity options. You may receive income payments from the variable funding options and/or the Fixed Account. If you elect variable income payments, the dollar amount or your payments may increase or decrease. Once you choose one of the annuity options or income options and begin to receive payments, it cannot be changed. 3 6 WHO SHOULD PURCHASE THIS CONTRACT? The Contract is currently available for use in connection with (1) individual nonqualified purchases; (2) Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs); and (3) other qualified retirement plans. Qualified contracts include contracts qualifying under Section 401(a), 403(b), or 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Purchase of this Contract through a tax qualified retirement plan ("Plan") does not provide any additional tax deferral benefits beyond those provided by the Plan. Accordingly, if you are purchasing this Contract through a Plan, you should consider purchasing this Contract for its Death Benefit, Annuity Option Benefits, and other non-tax-related benefits. You may purchase the Contract with an initial payment of at least $5,000, which amount may be paid in one or more installments of at least $100 within the first twelve months after the contract date. You may make additional payments of at least $100 at any time during the accumulation phase. IS THERE A RIGHT TO RETURN PERIOD? If you cancel the Contract within twenty days after you receive it, you will receive a full refund of your contract value plus any Contract charges and premium taxes you paid (but not fees and charges assessed by the underlying funds). Where state law requires a longer right to return period, or the return of purchase payments, the Company will comply. You bear the investment risk on the purchase payment allocated to a variable funding option during the right to return period; therefore, the contract value we return may be greater or less than your purchase payment. If you purchased your Contract as an Individual Retirement Annuity, and you return it within the first seven days after delivery, we will refund your full purchase payment. During the remainder of the right to return period, we will refund your contract value (including charges we assessed). We will determine your contract value at the close of business on the day we receive a written request for a refund. WHAT TYPES OF INVESTMENT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE? You can direct your money into the Fixed Account or any or all of the funding options shown on the cover page. The funding options are described in the prospectuses for the funds. Depending on market conditions, you may make or lose money in any of these options. The value of the Contract will vary depending upon the investment performance of the funding options you choose. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Standard and Nonstandard performance is shown in the Statement of Additional Information that you may request free of charge. You can transfer between the funding options as frequently as you wish without any current tax implications. Currently there is no limit to the number of transfers allowed. We may, in the future, limit the number of transfers allowed. At a minimum, we would always allow one transfer every six months. We reserve the right to restrict transfers that we determine will disadvantage other contract owners. You may transfer between the Fixed Account and the funding options twice a year (during the 30 days after the six-month contract date anniversary), provided the amount is not greater than 15% of the Fixed Account Value on that date. WHAT EXPENSES WILL BE ASSESSED UNDER THE CONTRACT? The Contract has insurance features and investment features, and there are costs related to each. We deduct an administrative expense charge and a mortality and expense risk ("M&E") charge daily from the amounts you allocate to the Separate Account. We deduct the administrative expense charge at an annual rate of 0.15% and deduct the M&E at an annual rate of 1.25%. We also deduct an annual administrative charge of $30. Each underlying fund also charges for management and other expenses. We will apply a withdrawal charge to withdrawals from the Contract, and will calculate it as a percentage of the purchase payments. The maximum percentage is 8%, decreasing to 0% in years nine and later. 4 7 HOW WILL MY PURCHASE PAYMENTS AND WITHDRAWALS BE TAXED? Generally, the payments you make to a qualified Contract during the accumulation phase are made with before-tax dollars. Generally, you will be taxed on your purchase payments and on any earnings when you make a withdrawal or begin receiving annuity payments. Under a nonqualified Contract, payments to the Contract are made with after-tax dollars, and earnings will generally accumulate tax-deferred. You will be taxed on these earnings when they are withdrawn from the Contract. If you are younger than 59 1/2 when you take money out, you may be charged a 10% federal penalty tax on the amount withdrawn. For owners of qualified Contracts, if you reach a certain age, you may be required by federal tax laws to begin receiving payments from your annuity or risk paying a penalty tax. In those cases, we can calculate and pay you the minimum required distribution amounts. HOW MAY I ACCESS MY MONEY? You can take withdrawals any time during the accumulation phase. Withdrawal charges, income taxes, and/or a penalty tax may apply to taxable amounts withdrawn. WHAT IS THE DEATH BENEFIT UNDER THE CONTRACT? The death benefit applies upon the first death of the contract owner, joint owner, or annuitant. Assuming you are the Annuitant, the death benefit is as follows: If you die before the Contract is in the payout phase, the person you have chosen as your beneficiary will receive a death benefit. We calculate the death benefit value at the close of the business day on which our Home Office receives (1) due proof of death and (2) written payment instructions. Please refer to the Death Benefit section in the prospectus for more details. WHERE MAY I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES? The Condensed Financial Information in Appendix A or Appendix B to this prospectus provides more information about accumulation unit values. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FEATURES? This Contract has other features you may be interested in. These include: - DOLLAR COST AVERAGING. This is a program that allows you to invest a fixed amount of money in variable funding options each month, theoretically giving you a lower average cost per unit over time than a single one-time purchase. Dollar Cost Averaging requires regular investments regardless of fluctuating price levels, and does not guarantee profits or prevent losses in a declining market. Potential investors should consider their financial ability to continue purchases through periods of low price levels. - SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL OPTION. Before the maturity date, you can arrange to have money sent to you at set intervals throughout the year. Of course, any applicable income and penalty taxes will apply on amounts withdrawn. - AUTOMATIC REBALANCING. You may elect to have the Company periodically reallocate the values in your Contract to match your original (or your latest) funding option allocation request. 5 8 FEE TABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this Fee Table is to assist Contract owners in understanding the various costs and expenses that you will bear, directly or indirectly, if you purchase this Contract. See "Charges and Deductions" in this prospectus for additional information. Expenses shown do not include premium taxes, which may be applicable. "Other Expenses" include operating costs of each underlying fund. Each fund reflects these expenses in its net asset value; the expenses are not deducted from your contract value. TRANSACTION EXPENSES WITHDRAWAL CHARGE (as a percentage of the purchase payments withdrawn)
YEARS SINCE PURCHASE PAYMENT MADE WITHDRAWAL CHARGE 0-1 8% 2 7% 3 6% 4 5% 5 4% 6 3% 7 2% 8 1% 9 or more 0%
ANNUAL SEPARATE ACCOUNT CHARGES: (as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Separate Account) Mortality & Expense Risk Charge....................... 1.25% Administrative Expense Charge......................... 0.15% ----- Total Separate Account Charges.................... 1.40% OTHER ANNUAL CHARGES ANNUAL CONTRACT ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE..................... $30 VARIABLE FUNDING OPTION EXPENSES: (as a percentage of average daily net assets of the funding option as of December 31, 2000, unless otherwise noted)
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING MANAGEMENT FEE OTHER EXPENSES EXPENSES (AFTER EXPENSE (AFTER EXPENSE (AFTER EXPENSE FUNDING OPTIONS: REIMBURSEMENT) 12B-1 FEES REIMBURSEMENT) REIMBURSEMENT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND Appreciation Portfolio.................. 0.75% 0.03% 0.78%(1) Fundamental Value Portfolio............. 0.75% 0.04% 0.79%(1) SMITH BARNEY ALLOCATION SERIES INC. Select Balanced Portfolio............... 0.35% 0.71% 1.06%(2) Select Growth Portfolio................. 0.35% 0.77% 1.12%(2) Select High Growth Portfolio............ 0.35% 0.79% 1.14%(2) SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES Growth and Income Portfolio............. 0.75% 0.20% 0.95%(3) Smith Barney Large Cap Core Portfolio... 0.75% 0.20% 0.95%(3) Smith Barney Premier Selection All Cap Growth Portfolio...................... 0.75% 0.20% 0.95%(3) Select Government Portfolio+............ 0.60% 0.20% 0.80%(3) THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio............ 0.86% 0.04% 0.90% MFS Research Portfolio.................. 0.86% 0.06% 0.92% Social Awareness Stock Portfolio........ 0.71% 0.04% 0.75%
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TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING MANAGEMENT FEE OTHER EXPENSES EXPENSES (AFTER EXPENSE (AFTER EXPENSE (AFTER EXPENSE FUNDING OPTIONS: REIMBURSEMENT) 12B-1 FEES REIMBURSEMENT) REIMBURSEMENT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS Total Return Portfolio.............. 0.80% 0.04% 0.84%(4) Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio............................. 0.80% 0.19% 0.99%(4) Smith Barney High Income Portfolio...... 0.60% 0.06% 0.66%(4) Smith Barney International All Cap Growth Portfolio...................... 0.90% 0.08% 0.98%(4) Smith Barney Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio............................. 0.75% 0.02% 0.77%(4) Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio............................. 0.65% 0.01% 0.66%(4) Smith Barney Mid Cap Core Portfolio..... 0.75% 0.20% 0.95%(4) Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio..... 0.50% 0.03% 0.53%(4) VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares*..... 0.00% 0.25% 0.95% 1.20%(5) Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares*............................... 0.70% 0.25% 0.05% 1.00% Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares*............................... 0.55% 0.25% 0.20% 1.00%(6) VARIABLE ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS Smith Barney Small Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio............... 0.75% 0.15% 0.90%(7)
* The 12b-1 fees deducted from these classes cover certain distribution, shareholder support and administrative services provided by intermediaries (the insurance company, broker dealer, other service provider). + Not available to new contract owners as of May 1, 2001. (1) The Management Fee includes 0.20% for fund administration. (2) Each Portfolio of the SMITH BARNEY CONCERT ALLOCATION SERIES INC. (a "fund of funds") invests in the shares of other mutual funds ("underlying funds"). The Management Fee for each Portfolio is 0.35%. While the Portfolios have no direct expenses, the "Other Expenses" figure represents a weighted average of the total expense ratios of the underlying funds as of 1/31/00 (the fiscal year end of the Portfolios). (3) The Adviser has agreed to waive all or a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses for the year ended October 31, 2000 (the Fund's fiscal year end). If such fees were not waived and expenses not reimbursed, Total Annual Operating Expenses for the SMITH BARNEY PREMIER SELECTION ALL CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO, the SMITH BARNEY LARGE CAP CORE PORTFOLIO, the GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO, and the SELECT GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO would have been 2.14%, 1.55%, 2.05% and 2.06%, respectively. As a result of a voluntary expense limitation, the expense ratios of these funds will not exceed 0.95%, 0.95%, 0.95%, and 0.80%, respectively. (4) Expenses are as of October 31, 2000 (the Fund's fiscal year end). There were no fees waived or expenses reimbursed for these funds in 2000. (5) If certain expenses had not been assumed by Van Kampen, Total Annual Operating Expenses for the COMSTOCK PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES would have been 2.38%. (6) If certain expenses had not been assumed by Van Kampen, Total Annual Operating Expenses for the GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS II would have been 1.03%. (7) The Adviser has agreed to reimburse SMITH BARNEY SMALL CAP GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO for the period ended December 31, 2000. If such expenses were not voluntarily reimbursed, the actual annualized Total Annual Operating Expenses would have been 4.45%. EXAMPLES These examples show what your costs would be under certain hypothetical situations. The examples do not represent past or future expenses. Your actual expenses may be more or less than those shown. We base examples on the annual expenses of the underlying funds for the year ended December 31, 2000, and assume that any fee waivers and expense reimbursements will continue. We cannot guarantee that these fee waivers and expense reimbursements will continue. The examples also assume that the $30 annual administrative charge is equivalent to 0.060% of the Separate Account contract value. 7 10 EXAMPLE: You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return on assets and the charges reflected in the expense table above.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF CONTRACT IS NOT SURRENDERED OR IF CONTRACT IS SURRENDERED AT THE ANNUITIZED AT END OF PERIOD END OF PERIOD SHOWN: SHOWN**: ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- FUNDING OPTION 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND Appreciation Portfolio................ 103 130 160 257 23 70 120 257 Fundamental Value Portfolio........... 103 130 160 258 23 70 120 258 SMITH BARNEY ALLOCATION SERIES INC. Select Balanced Portfolio............. 106 138 174 286 26 78 134 286 Select Growth Portfolio............... 106 140 177 291 26 80 137 291 Select High Growth Portfolio.......... 106 141 178 293 26 81 138 293 SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES Growth and Income Portfolio........... 104 135 169 275 24 75 129 275 Smith Barney Large Cap Core Portfolio........................... 104 135 169 275 24 75 129 275 Smith Barney Premier Selection All Cap Growth Portfolio.................... 104 135 169 275 24 75 129 275 Select Government Portfolio+.......... 103 131 161 260 23 71 121 260 THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio.......... 104 134 166 270 24 74 126 270 MFS Research Portfolio................ 104 134 167 272 24 74 127 272 Social Awareness Stock Portfolio...... 102 129 158 254 22 69 118 254 TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS Total Return Portfolio............ 103 132 163 264 23 72 123 264 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio........................... 105 136 171 279 25 76 131 279 Smith Barney High Income Portfolio.... 102 126 154 245 22 66 114 245 International All Cap Growth Portfolio........................... 105 136 170 278 25 76 130 278 Smith Barney Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio.................... 103 130 159 256 23 70 119 256 Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio........................... 102 126 154 245 22 66 114 245 Smith Barney Mid Cap Core Portfolio... 104 135 169 275 24 75 129 275 Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio... 100 122 147 232 20 62 107 232 VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares.... 107 143 181 299 27 83 141 299 Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares.............................. 105 137 171 280 25 77 131 280 Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares.............................. 105 137 171 280 25 77 131 280 VARIABLE ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS Smith Barney Small Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio............. 104 134 166 270 24 74 126 270
+ No longer available to new contract owners. 8 11 CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Appendices A and B. THE ANNUITY CONTRACT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travelers PrimElite Annuity is a contract between the contract owner ("you") and the Company. We describe your rights and benefits in this prospectus and in the Contract. There may be differences in your Contract because of the requirements of the state where we issued your Contract. We will include any such differences in your Contract. You make purchase payments to us and we credit them to your Contract. We promise to pay you an income, in the form of annuity or income payments, beginning on a future date that you choose, the maturity date. The purchase payments accumulate tax deferred in the funding options of your choice. We offer multiple variable funding options, and one Fixed Account option. The contract owner assumes the risk of gain or loss according to the performance of the variable funding options. The contract value is the amount of purchase payments, plus or minus any investment experience on the amounts you allocate to the Separate Account ("Separate Account contract value") or interest on the amounts you allocate to the Fixed Account ("Fixed Account contract value"). The contract value also reflects all withdrawals made and charges deducted. There is generally no guarantee that at the maturity date the contract value will equal or exceed the total purchase payments made under the Contract. The date the contract and its benefits become effective is referred to as the contract date. Each 12-month period following the contract date is called a contract year. Certain changes and elections must be made in writing to the Company. Where the term "written request" is used, it means that you must send written information to our Home Office in a form and content satisfactory to us. CONTRACT OWNER INQUIRIES Any questions you have about your Contract should be directed to our Home Office at (888) 556-5412. PURCHASE PAYMENTS Your initial purchase payment is due and payable before the Contract becomes effective. The initial purchase payment must be at least $5,000, which amount may be paid in one or more installments of at least $100 within the first twelve months after the contract date. You may make additional payments of at least $100 at any time. Under certain circumstances, we may waive the minimum purchase payment requirement. Purchase payments over $1,000,000 may be made only with our prior consent. We will apply the initial purchase payment less any applicable premium tax (net purchase payment) within two business days after we receive it in good order at our Home Office. We will credit subsequent purchase payments to a Contract on the same business day we receive it, if it is received in good order by our Home Office by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. A business day is any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading (except when trading is restricted due to an emergency as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission). ACCUMULATION UNITS The period between the contract date and the maturity date is the accumulation period. During the accumulation period, an accumulation unit is used to calculate the value of a Contract. An 9 12 accumulation unit works like a share of a mutual fund. Each funding option has a corresponding accumulation unit value. The accumulation units are valued each business day and their values may increase or decrease from day to day. The number of accumulation units we will credit to your Contract once we receive a purchase payment is determined by dividing the amount directed to each funding option by the value of its accumulation unit. We calculate the value of an accumulation unit for each funding option each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. The values are calculated as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. After the value is calculated, we credit your Contract. During the annuity period (i.e., after the maturity date), you are credited with annuity units. THE VARIABLE FUNDING OPTIONS You choose the variable funding options to which you allocate your purchase payments. These variable funding options are subaccounts of the Separate Account. The subaccounts invest in the underlying funds. You are not investing directly in the underlying fund. Each underlying fund is a portfolio of an open-end management investment company that is registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940. You will find detailed information about the funds and their inherent risks in the current fund prospectuses for the underlying funds that must accompany this prospectus. Since each option has varying degrees of risk, please read the prospectuses carefully before investing. There is no assurance that any of the underlying funds will meet its investment objectives. Contact your Primerica Financial Services representative or call (888) 556-5412 to request additional copies of the prospectuses. The Company has entered into agreements with either the investment adviser or distributor of certain of the underlying funds in which the adviser or distributor pays us a fee for providing administrative services, which fee may vary. The fee is ordinarily based upon an annual percentage of the average aggregate net amount invested in the underlying funds on behalf of the Separate Account. In addition, an affiliated broker-dealer will receive 12b-1 fees deducted from certain underlying fund assets for providing distribution, shareholder support and administrative services to some of the underlying funds. If any of the underlying funds become unavailable for allocating purchase payments, or if we believe that further investment in an underlying fund is inappropriate for the purposes of the Contract, we may substitute another funding option. However, we will not make any substitutions without notifying you and obtaining any state and SEC approval, if necessary. From time to time we may make new funding options available. The current variable funding options are listed below, along with their investment advisers and any subadviser:
FUNDING OPTION INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE INVESTMENT ADVISER/SUBADVISER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND Appreciation Portfolio Seeks long term appreciation of capital by Smith Barney Fund Management investing primarily in equity securities. Inc. ("SBFM") Fundamental Value Portfolio Seeks long term capital growth with current income SBFM as a secondary objective. SMITH BARNEY ALLOCATION SERIES, INC. Select Balanced Portfolio Seeks a balance of growth of capital and income by Travelers Investment Advisers investing in a select group of mutual funds. ("TIA") Select Growth Portfolio Seeks long term growth of capital by investing in TIA a select group of mutual funds. Select High Growth Seeks capital appreciation by investing in a TIA Portfolio select group of mutual funds. SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES Growth and Income Portfolio Seeks both growth and income by investing princi- SBFM pally in equity securities which provide dividend and interest income but may invest in non-income producing investments for potential appreciation in value.
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FUNDING OPTION INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE INVESTMENT ADVISER/SUBADVISER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES (CONT'D) Smith Barney Large Cap Core Seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily SBFM Portfolio in U.S. common stocks and other equity securities, typically of established companies with large market capitalization. Smith Barney Premier Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing at SBFM Selection All Cap Portfolio least 65% of its assets in the equity securities of companies having market capitalization within the range of the companies included in the Standard and Poor's MidCap 400 Index at the time of investment. TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS Total Return Portfolio (a balanced portfolio) Seeks to obtain TIA above-average income (compared to a portfolio Subadviser: Massachusetts entirely invested in equity securities) consistent Financial Services Company with the prudent employment of capital. Generally, ("MFS") at least 40% of the Portfolio's assets are invested in equity securities. Smith Barney Aggressive Seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily SBFM Growth Portfolio in common stocks of companies that are experiencing, or have the potential to experience, growth of earnings, or that exceed the average earnings growth rate of companies whose securities are included in the S&P 500. Smith Barney High Income Seeks high current income. Capital appreciation is SBFM Portfolio a secondary objective. The Portfolio will invest at least 65% of its assets in high-yielding corporate debt obligations and preferred stock. Smith Barney International Seeks total return on assets from growth of SBFM All Cap Growth Portfolio capital and income by investing at least 65% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of established non-U.S. issuers. Smith Barney Large Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in SBFM Capitalization Growth equity securities of companies with large market Portfolio capitalizations. Smith Barney Large Cap Seeks current income and long-term growth of SBFM Value Portfolio income and capital by investing primarily, but not exclusively, in common stocks. Smith Barney Mid Cap Core Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing SBFM Portfolio primarily in equity securities of medium-sized companies with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion at the time of investment. Smith Barney Money Market Seeks maximum current income and preservation of SBFM Portfolio capital. THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS Mid Cap Growth Seeks to obtain long-term growth of capital by Travelers Asset Management Portfolio investing, under normal market conditions, at International Company LLC least 65% of its total assets in equity securities ("TAMIC")Subadviser: MFS of companies with medium market capitalization which the investment adviser believes have above-average growth potential. MFS Research Portfolio Seeks to provide long-term growth of capital and TAMIC future income. Subadviser: MFS Social Awareness Stock Seeks to obtain long-term capital appreciation and SBFM Portfolio retention of net investment income. VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST Comstock Portfolio -- Class Seeks capital growth and income through Van Kampen Asset Management, II Shares investments in equity securities, including common Inc. ("VKAM") stocks and securities convertible into common and preferred stocks. Emerging Growth Seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily VKAM Portfolio -- Class II in common stocks of companies Shares considered to be emerging growth companies. Growth and Income Seeks long-term growth of capital and income. VKAM Portfolio -- Class II Shares
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FUNDING OPTION INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE INVESTMENT ADVISER/SUBADVISER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VARIABLE ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS Smith Barney Small Cap Seeks long-term capital growth by investing in Citi Fund Management, Inc. Growth Opportunities equity securities of U.S. companies with market Portfolio capitalizations below the top 1,000 stocks of the equity market. Under normal circumstances, at least 65% of the fund's total assets will be invested in such companies. Dividend income, if any, is incidental to this investment objective.
Before the end of 2001, we anticipate substituting shares of a new portfolio for the following portfolio currently available in your Contract. You should know, however, that we cannot proceed with the proposed substitution until we receive certain regulatory approvals, and that details of the substitution, including the new portfolio to be offered, may change. We will notify you of the final details, including the approximate date, before the substitution occurs, and will notify you after the substitution has happened. Also, we will send you a current prospectus for the new funding option before the substitution occurs. SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES Select Government Portfolio Seeks high current return consistent with the SBFM preservation of capital by investing primarily in debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
FIXED ACCOUNT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We offer our Fixed Account as a funding option. Please see Appendix C for more information. CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL We deduct the charges described below. The charges are for the service and benefits we provide, costs and expenses we incur, and risks we assume under the Contracts. Services and benefits we provide include: - the ability for you to make withdrawals and surrenders under the Contracts; - the death benefit paid on the death of the contract owner, annuitant, or first of the joint owners, - the available funding options and related programs (including dollar-cost averaging, portfolio rebalancing, and systematic withdrawal programs); - administration of the annuity options available under the Contracts; and - the distribution of various reports to contract owners. Costs and expenses we incur include: - losses associated with various overhead and other expenses associated with providing the services and benefits provided by the Contracts, - sales and marketing expenses including commission payments to your sales agent, and - other costs of doing business. 12 15 Risks we assume include: - that annuitants may live longer than estimated when the annuity factors under the Contracts were established; - that the amount of the death benefit will be greater than the contract value, and - that the costs of providing the services and benefits under the Contracts will exceed the charges deducted. We may also deduct a charge for taxes. Unless otherwise specified, charges are deducted proportionately from all funding options in which you are invested. We may reduce or eliminate the withdrawal charge, the administrative charges and/or the mortality and expense risk charge under the Contract when certain sales or administration of the Contract result in savings or reduced expenses and/or risks. For certain trusts, we may change the order in which purchase payments and earnings are withdrawn in order to determine the withdrawal charge. We will not reduce or eliminate the withdrawal charge or the administrative charge where such reduction or elimination would be unfairly discriminatory to any person. The amount of a charge may not necessarily correspond to the costs associated with providing the services or benefits indicated by the designated charge. (For example, the withdrawal charge we collect may not fully cover all of the sales and distribution expenses we actually incur.) We may also profit on one or more of the charges. We may use any such profits for any corporate purpose, including the payment of sales expenses. WITHDRAWAL CHARGE We do not deduct a sales charge from purchase payments when they are made to the Contract. However, a withdrawal charge will apply if purchase payments are withdrawn before they have been in the Contract for nine years. We will assess the charge as a percentage of the purchase payment withdrawn as follows:
YEARS SINCE PURCHASE WITHDRAWAL PAYMENT MADE CHARGE 0-1 8% 2 7% 3 6% 4 5% 5 4% 6 3% 7 2% 8 1% 9 or more 0%
For purposes of the withdrawal charge calculation, withdrawals are deemed to be taken first from: (a) any purchase payment to which no withdrawal charge applies, then (b) any remaining free withdrawal allowance (as described below) (after being reduced by (a)), then (c) any purchase payment to which a withdrawal charge applies (on a first-in, first-out basis), then (d) any Contract earnings. Unless you instruct us otherwise, we will deduct the withdrawal charge from the amount requested. 13 16 We will not deduct a withdrawal charge: - from payments we make due to the death of the contract owner or the annuitant (with no contingent annuitant surviving); - if an annuity payout (based on life expectancy) has begun (after the first contract year) - due to a minimum distribution under our minimum distribution rules then in effect; or - if the annuitant is confined to an eligible Nursing Home as described in Appendix D NOTE: Any free withdrawals taken will not reduce purchase payments still subject to a withdrawal charge, FREE WITHDRAWAL ALLOWANCE The free withdrawal allowance does not apply to any withdrawals transferred directly to other financial institutions. You may withdraw up to 15% of the contract value annually, without a withdrawal charge. (If you have purchase payments no longer subject to a withdrawal charge, the maximum you may withdraw without a withdrawal charge is the greater of (a) the free withdrawal allowance, or (b) the total amount of purchase payments no longer subject to a withdrawal charge. Note: Any free withdrawal taken will reduce purchase payments no longer subject to a withdrawal charge.) For the first contract year, the available amount is 15% of the initial purchase payment. If the initial purchase payment is the result of multiple transfers and/or exchanges, we will apply the 15% to the aggregate purchase payments received from outside carriers provided that: 1) the transfer paperwork attributable to each such payment is submitted to our office with the original application, and 2) such payments are received by our office within 120 days after the application is received. Beginning in the second contract year, the available free withdrawal amount is 15% of the contract value at the end of the previous contract year. ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES There are two administrative charges: the annual contract administrative charge and the administrative expense charge. We will deduct the annual contract administrative charge on the fourth Friday of each August. This charge compensates us for expenses incurred in the first contract year, and we will prorate this charge (i.e. calculate) from the date of purchase. We will also prorate this charge if you surrender your Contract, or if we terminate your Contract. We will not deduct a contract administrative charge: (1) from the distribution of death proceeds; or (2) after an annuity payout has begun. We deduct the administrative expense charge (sometimes called "sub-account administrative charge") on each business day from amounts allocated to the variable funding options to compensate the Company for certain related administrative and operating expenses. The charge equals, on an annual basis, 0.15% of the daily net asset value allocated to each of the variable funding options, and is reflected in our accumulation and annuity unit value calculations. MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE Each business day, we deduct a mortality and expense risk ("M&E") charge from amounts held in the variable funding options. We reflect the deduction in our calculation of accumulation and annuity unit values. The charges stated are the maximum for this product. We reserve the right to lower this charge at any time. This charge equals 1.25% annually. This charge compensates the company for risks assumed, benefits provided and expenses incurred, including payment of commissions to your sales agent. 14 17 VARIABLE FUNDING OPTION EXPENSES We summarized the charges and expenses of the underlying funds in the fee table. Please review the prospectus for each underlying fund for a more complete description of that fund and its expenses. PREMIUM TAX Certain state and local governments charge premium taxes ranging from 0% to 5%, depending upon jurisdiction. We are responsible for paying these taxes and will determine the method used to recover premium tax expenses incurred. We will deduct any applicable premium taxes from your contract value either upon death, surrender, annuitization, or at the time you make purchase payments to the Contract, but no earlier than when we have a tax liability under state law. CHANGES IN TAXES BASED UPON PREMIUM OR VALUE If there is any change in a law assessing taxes against the Company based upon premiums, contract gains or value of the Contract, we reserve the right to charge you proportionately for this tax. TRANSFERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to 30 days before the maturity date, you may transfer all or part of the contract value between variable funding options. We will make transfers at the value(s) next determined after we receive your request at our Home Office. There are no restrictions on the amount or frequency of transfers currently; however, we reserve the right to limit the number of transfers to one in any six-month period. We also reserve the right to restrict transfers by any market timing firm or any other third party authorized to initiate transfers on behalf of multiple contract owners. We may, among other things, not accept: 1) the transfer instructions of any agent acting under a power of attorney on behalf of more than one owner, or 2) the transfer or exchange instructions of individual owners who have executed pre-authorized transfer forms which are submitted by market timing firms or other third parties on behalf of more than one owner. We further reserve the right to limit transfers that we determine will disadvantage other contract owners. Since different underlying funds have different expenses, a transfer of contract values from one variable funding option to another could result in your investment becoming subject to higher or lower expenses. Also, you should consider the inherent risks involved in making transfers. Frequent transfers based on short-term expectations may increase the risk that you will make a transfer at an inopportune time. After the maturity date, you may make transfers between funding options only with our consent. DOLLAR COST AVERAGING Dollar cost averaging or the pre-authorized transfer program (the "DCA Program") allows you to transfer a set dollar amount to other funding options on a monthly or quarterly basis during the accumulation phase of the Contract. Using this method, you will purchase more accumulation units in a funding option if the value per unit is low and will purchase fewer accumulation units if the value per unit is high. Therefore, you may achieve a lower-than-average cost per unit in the long run if you have the financial ability to continue the program over a long enough period of time. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss. You may elect the DCA Program through written request or other method acceptable to us. You must have a minimum total contract value of $5,000 to enroll in the DCA Program. The minimum amount that may be transferred through this program is $100. 15 18 You may establish pre-authorized transfers of contract values from the Fixed Account, subject to certain restrictions. Under the DCA Program, automated transfers from the Fixed Account may not deplete your Fixed Account Value in less than twelve months from your enrollment in the DCA Program. In addition to the DCA Program, we may credit increased interest rates to contract owners under an administrative Special DCA Program established at our discretion, depending on availability and state law. Under this program, the contract owner may pre-authorize level transfers to any of the funding options under either a 6 Month Program or 12 Month Program. The 6 Month Program and the 12 Month Program will generally have different credited interest rates. Under the 6 Month Program, the interest rate can accrue up to 6 months on amounts in the Special DCA Program and we must transfer all purchase payments and accrued interest on a level basis to the selected funding options in 6 months. Under the 12 Month Program, the interest rate can accrue up to 12 months on funds in the Special DCA Program and we must transfer all purchase payments and accrued interest in this Program on a level basis to the selected funding options in 12 months. The pre-authorized transfers will begin after the initial Program purchase payment and complete enrollment instructions are received by Travelers. If complete Program enrollment instructions are not received by the Company within 15 days of receipt of the initial Program purchase payment, the entire balance in the Program will be credited with the non-Program interest rate then in effect for the Fixed Account. You may start or stop participation in the DCA Program at any time, but you must give the Company at least 30 days' notice to change any automated transfer instructions that are currently in place. If you stop the Special DCA Program and elect to remain in the Fixed Account, we will credit your contract value for the remainder of 6 or 12 months with the interest rate for non-Program funds. You may only have one DCA Program or Special DCA Program in place at one time. We will allocate any subsequent purchase payments we receive within the Program period selected to the current funding options over the remainder of that Program transfer period, unless you otherwise direct. All provisions and terms of the Contract apply to the DCA and Special DCA Programs, including provisions relating to the transfer of money between funding options. We reserve the right to suspend or modify transfer privileges at any time and to assess a processing fee for this service. ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any time before the maturity date, you may redeem all or any portion of the cash surrender value, that is, the contract value less any withdrawal charge and any premium tax not previously deducted. Unless you submit a written request specifying the fixed or variable funding option(s) from which we are to withdraw amounts, we will make the withdrawal on a pro rata basis. We will determine the cash surrender value as of the close of business after we receive your surrender request at our Home Office. The cash surrender value may be more or less than the purchase payments you made. You may not make withdrawals during the annuity period. We may defer payment of any cash surrender value for a period of up to seven days after the written request is received, but it is our intent to pay as soon as possible. We cannot process requests for withdrawals that are not in good order. We will contact you if there is a deficiency causing a delay and will advise what is needed to act upon the withdrawal request. SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWALS Before the maturity date, you may choose to withdraw a specified dollar amount (at least $100) on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. We will deduct any applicable premium taxes 16 19 and withdrawal charge. To elect systematic withdrawals, you must have a contract value of at least $15,000 and you must make the election on the form we provide. We will surrender accumulation units pro rata from all investment options in which you have an interest, unless you instruct us otherwise. You may begin or discontinue systematic withdrawals at any time by notifying us in writing, but you must give at least 30 days' notice to change any systematic withdrawal instructions that are currently in place. We reserve the right to discontinue offering systematic withdrawals or to assess a processing fee for this service upon 30 days' written notice to contract owners (where allowed by state law). Each systematic withdrawal is subject to federal income taxes on the taxable portion. In addition, a 10% federal penalty tax may be assessed on systematic withdrawals if the contract owner is under age 59 1/2. You should consult with your tax adviser regarding the tax consequences of systematic withdrawals. LOANS Loans may be available under your Contract. If available, all loan provisions are described in your Contract or loan agreement. OWNERSHIP PROVISIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPES OF OWNERSHIP CONTRACT OWNER Contract Owner (you). The Contract belongs to the contract owner named in the Contract (on the Specifications page), or to any other person to whom you subsequently assign the Contract. You may only make an assignment of ownership or a collateral assignment for nonqualified contracts. You have sole power during the annuitant's lifetime to exercise any rights and to receive all benefits given in the Contract provided you have not named an irrevocable beneficiary and provided you have not assigned the Contract. You receive all payments while the annuitant is alive unless you direct them to an alternate recipient. An alternate recipient does not become the contract owner. Joint Owner. For nonqualified contracts only, you may name joint owners (e.g., spouses) in a written request before the Contract is in effect. Joint owners may independently exercise transfers allowed under the Contract. All other rights of ownership must be exercised by both owners. Joint owners own equal shares of any benefits accruing or payments made to them. BENEFICIARY You name the beneficiary in a written request. The beneficiary has the right to receive any death benefit proceeds remaining under the Contract upon the death of the annuitant or the contract owner. If more than one beneficiary survives the annuitant or contract owner, they will share equally in benefits unless you recorded different shares with the Company by written request before the death of the annuitant or contract owner. In the case of a non-spousal beneficiary or a spousal beneficiary who has not chosen to assume the Contract, we will not transfer or otherwise remove the death benefit proceeds from either the variable funding options or the Fixed Account, as most recently elected by the contract owner, until the death report date. Unless you have named an irrevocable beneficiary you have the right to change any beneficiary by written request during the lifetime of the annuitant and while the Contract continues. 17 20 ANNUITANT The annuitant is designated in the Contract (on the Specifications page), and is the individual on whose life the maturity date and the amount of the monthly annuity payments depend. You may not change the annuitant after your Contract is in effect. You may not change, delete or add a contingent annuitant after the Contract becomes effective. DEATH BENEFIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before the maturity date, when there is no annuitant, a death benefit is payable when either the annuitant or a contract owner dies. We calculate the death benefit at the close of the business day on which the Company's Home Office receives due proof of death and written payment instructions ("death report date"). We must be notified of the annuitant's death no later than six months from the date of death in order to pay the death proceeds as described under "Death Proceeds Before the Maturity Date." If we are notified more than six months after the death, we will pay death proceeds equal to the contract value on the death report date, less any applicable premium tax. DEATH PROCEEDS BEFORE THE MATURITY DATE
AGE ON CONTRACT DATE DEATH BENEFIT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the annuitant was younger than age - the contract value; 76 on the Contract Date, the death - the total purchase payments made under the contract benefit will be the greatest of: (less any withdrawals); or - the step-up value, if any, as described below. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the annuitant was age 76 or over on - the contract value. the Contract Date, the death benefit will be: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEP-UP VALUE WHERE THE ANNUITANT WAS YOUNGER THAN AGE 67 ON THE CONTRACT DATE. A step-up value will be established on the eighth contract date anniversary which occurs on or prior to the death report date. The step-up value will initially equal the contract value on that anniversary. When you make an additional purchase payment, we will increase the step-up value by the amount of that purchase payment. When a withdrawal is taken, we will reduce the step-up value by a partial surrender reduction as described below. On each Contract anniversary before the annuitant's 76th birthday and before the annuitant's death, if the contract value is greater than the step-up value, we will reset the step-up value to equal that greater amount. We will not reduce the step-up value on these anniversary recalculations (provided no withdrawals or surrenders are made on that day). The only changes made to the step-up value on or after the annuitant's 76th birthday will be those related to additional purchase payments or withdrawals. WHERE THE ANNUITANT WAS AGE 67 THROUGH 75 ON THE CONTRACT DATE. A step-up value will be established on the eighth contract date anniversary which occurs on or prior to the death report date. The step-up value will equal the contract value on that anniversary. When you make an additional purchase payment, we will increase the step-up value by the amount of that purchase payment. When a withdrawal is taken, we will reduce the step-up value by a partial surrender reduction as described below. The only changes made to the step-up value on or after the annuitant's eighth contract date anniversary will be those related to additional purchase payments or withdrawals. 18 21 PARTIAL SURRENDER REDUCTION. If you make a withdrawal, we will reduce the step-up value by a partial surrender reduction which equals (1) the step-up value, multiplied by (2) the amount of the withdrawal, divided by (3) the contract value before the withdrawal. For example, assume your current contract value is $55,000. If your original step-up value is $50,000, and you decide to make a withdrawal of $10,000, we would reduce the step-up value as follows: 50,000 X (10,000/55,000) = 9,090 Your new step-up value would be 50,000-9,090, or $40,910. The following example shows what would happen in a declining market. Assume your current contract value is $30,000. If your original step-up value is $50,000, and you decide to make a partial withdrawal of $10,000, the step-up value would be reduced as follows: 50,000 X (10,000/30,000) = 16,666 Your new step-up value would be 50,000-16,666, or $33,334. IF THE ANNUITANT IS AGE 76 OR OLDER ON THE CONTRACT DATE. We will pay to the beneficiary a death benefit in an amount equal to the contract value as of the death report date, reduced by any applicable premium tax or outstanding loans. 19 22 PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS We describe the process of paying death benefit proceeds before the maturity date in the charts below. The charts do not encompass every situation and are merely intended as a general guide. More detailed information is provided in your Contract. Generally, the person(s) receiving the benefit may request that the proceeds be paid in a lump sum, or be applied to one of the settlement options available under the Contract. NONQUALIFIED CONTRACTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE THE MATURITY DATE, UPON THE COMPANY WILL PAY THE UNLESS... MANDATORY PAYOUT THE DEATH OF THE PROCEEDS TO: RULES APPLY* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owner (who is not the The beneficiary (ies), Unless, the beneficiary is Yes annuitant) (with no joint or if none, to the the contract owner's spouse owner) contract owner's estate. and the spouse elects to continue the contract as the new owner rather than receive the distribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owner (who is the annuitant) The beneficiary (ies), Unless, the beneficiary is Yes (with no joint owner) or if none, to the the contract owner's spouse contract owner's estate. and the spouse elects to continue the contract as the new owner rather than receive the distribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Owner (who is not the The surviving joint Unless the surviving joint Yes annuitant) owner. owner is the spouse and elects to continue the contract. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Owner (who is the The beneficiary (ies), Unless the beneficiary is the Yes annuitant) or if none, to the contract owner's spouse and contract owner's estate. the spouse elects to continue the contract. Or, unless there is a contingent annuitant the contingent annuitant becomes the annuitant and the proceeds will be paid to the surviving joint owner. If the surviving joint owner is the spouse, the spouse may elect to continue the contract. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annuitant (who is not the The beneficiary (ies). Unless, there is a contingent No contract owner) annuitant. Then, the contingent annuitant becomes the annuitant and the Contract continues in effect (generally using the original maturity date). The proceeds will then be paid upon the death of the contingent annuitant or owner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annuitant (who is the contract See death of "owner who N/A owner) is the annuitant" above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE THE MATURITY DATE, UPON THE COMPANY WILL PAY THE UNLESS... MANDATORY PAYOUT THE DEATH OF THE PROCEEDS TO: RULES APPLY* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annuitant (where owner is a The beneficiary (ies) Yes (Death of nonnatural person/trust) (e.g. the trust). annuitant is treated as death of the owner in these circumstances.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contingent Annuitant (assuming No death proceeds are N/A annuitant is still alive) payable; contract continues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beneficiary No death proceeds are N/A payable; contract continues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contingent Beneficiary No death proceeds are N/A payable; contract continues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Certain payout rules of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) are triggered upon the death of any Owner. Non-spousal Beneficiaries (as well as spousal beneficiaries who choose not to assume the contract) must begin taking distributions based on the Beneficiary's life expectancy within one year of death or take a complete distribution of contract proceeds within 5 years of death. QUALIFIED CONTRACTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE THE MATURITY DATE, UPON THE COMPANY WILL PAY THE UNLESS... MANDATORY PAYOUT THE DEATH OF THE PROCEEDS TO: RULES APPLY (SEE * ABOVE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owner/Annuitant The beneficiary (ies), Yes or if none, to the contract owner's estate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beneficiary No death proceeds are N/A payable; contract continues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contingent Beneficiary No death proceeds are N/A payable; contract continues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEATH PROCEEDS AFTER THE MATURITY DATE If any contract owner or the annuitant dies on or after the maturity date, the Company will pay the beneficiary a death benefit consisting of any benefit remaining under the annuity or income option then in effect. THE ANNUITY PERIOD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATURITY DATE Under the Contract, you can receive regular income payments (annuity payments). You can choose the month and the year in which those payments begin (maturity date). You can also choose among income plans (annuity or income options) or elect a lump sum distribution. While the annuitant is alive, you can change your selection any time up to the maturity date. Annuity or 21 24 income payments will begin on the maturity date stated in the Contract unless the Contract has been fully surrendered or the proceeds have been paid to the beneficiary before that date, or unless you elect another date. Annuity payments are a series of periodic payments (a) for life; (b) for life with either a minimum number of payments or a specific amount assured; or (c) for the joint lifetime of the annuitant and another person, and thereafter during the lifetime of the survivor. We may require proof that the annuitant is alive before annuity payments are made. Not all options may be available in all states. You may choose to annuitize at any time after you purchase the contract. Unless you elect otherwise, the maturity date will be the later of the annuitants 90th birthday or 10 years after the effective date of the contract. For Contracts issued in Florida and New York, the maturity date elected may not be later than the annuitant's 90th birthday. Certain annuity options taken at the maturity date may be used to meet the minimum required distribution requirements of federal tax law, or a program of partial surrenders may be used instead. These mandatory distribution requirements take effect generally upon the death of the contract owner, or with qualified contracts upon either the later of the contract owner's attainment of age 70 1/2 or year of retirement; or the death of the contract owner. You should seek independent tax advice regarding the election of minimum required distributions. ALLOCATION OF ANNUITY You may elect to receive your annuity payments in the form of a variable annuity, a fixed annuity, or a combination of both. If, at the time annuity payments begin, you have not made an election, we will apply your cash surrender value to provide an annuity funded by the same investment options as you have selected during the accumulation period. At least 30 days before the maturity date, you may transfer the contract value among the funding options in order to change the basis on which we will determine annuity payments. (See "Transfers.") VARIABLE ANNUITY You may choose an annuity payout that fluctuates depending on the investment experience of the variable funding options. We determine the number of annuity units credited to the Contract by dividing the first monthly annuity payment attributable to each variable funding option by the corresponding accumulation unit value as of 14 days before the date annuity payments begin. We use an annuity unit to measure the dollar value of an annuity payment. The number of annuity units (but not their value) remains fixed during the annuity period. DETERMINATION OF FIRST ANNUITY PAYMENT. Your Contract contains the tables we use to determine your first monthly annuity payment. If you elect a variable annuity, the amount we apply to it will be the cash surrender value as of 14 days before the date annuity payments. The amount of your first monthly payment depends on the annuity option you elected and the annuitant's adjusted age. Your Contract contains the formula for determining the adjusted age. We determine the total first monthly annuity payment by multiplying the benefit per $1,000 of value shown in the Contract tables (or, if they would produce a larger payment, the tables then in effect on the maturity date) by the number of thousands of dollars of contract value you apply to that annuity option, and factors in an assumed daily net investment factor. We call this your net investment rate. Your net investment rate corresponds to an annual interest rate of 3%. This means that if the annualized investment performance, after expenses, of your variable funding options is less than 3%, then the dollar amount of your variable annuity payment will decrease. However, if the annualized investment performance, after expenses, of your variable funding options is greater than 3%, then the dollar amount of your variable annuity payments will increase. DETERMINATION OF SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT ANNUITY PAYMENTS. The dollar amount of all subsequent annuity payments changes from month to month based on the investment experience of the applicable funding options. The total amount of each annuity payment will equal the sum of the 22 25 basic payments in each funding option. We determine the actual amounts of these payments by multiplying the number of annuity units we credited to each funding option by the corresponding annuity unit value as of the date 14 days before the date the payment is due. FIXED ANNUITY You may choose a fixed annuity that provides payments which do not vary during the annuity period. We will calculate the dollar amount of the first fixed annuity payment as described under "Variable Annuity," except that the amount we apply to begin the annuity will be your cash surrender value as of the date annuity payments begin. The payout rates we use will always at least equal but not exceed those we show in your Contract. PAYMENT OPTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF OPTIONS While the annuitant is alive, you can change your annuity or income option selection any time up to the maturity date. Once annuity or income payments have begun, no further elections are allowed. During the annuitant's lifetime, if you do not elect otherwise before the maturity date, we will pay you (or another designated payee) the first of a series of monthly annuity or income payments based on the life of the annuitant, in accordance with Annuity Option 2 (Life Annuity with 120 monthly payments assured). For certain qualified contracts, Annuity Option 4 (Joint and Last Survivor Life Annuity -- Annuity Reduced on Death of Primary Payee) will be the automatic option as described in the Contract. The minimum amount that can be placed under an annuity or income option will be $1,000 unless we agree to a lesser amount. If any monthly periodic payment due is less than $100, the Company reserves the right to make payments at less frequent intervals, or to pay the contract value in a lump-sum. On the maturity date, we will pay the amount due under the Contract in accordance with the payment option that you select. You may choose to receive a single lump-sum payment. You must elect an option in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Company. Any election made during the lifetime of the annuitant must be made by the contract owner. ANNUITY OPTIONS Subject to the conditions described in "Election of Options" above, we may pay all or any part of the cash surrender value under one or more of the following annuity options. Payments under the annuity options are generally made on a monthly basis. We may offer additional options. Options 1 through 4 are available for both fixed and/or variable annuities. Option 5 is only available for fixed annuities. Option 1 -- Life Annuity -- No Refund. The Company will make annuity payments during the lifetime of the annuitant ending with the last payment before death. This option offers the maximum periodic payment, since there is no assurance of a minimum number of payments or provision for a death benefit for beneficiaries. Option 2 -- Life Annuity with 120, 180 or 240 Monthly Payments Assured. The Company will make monthly annuity payments during the lifetime of the annuitant, with the agreement that if, at the death of that person, payments have been made for less than 120, 180 or 240 months as elected, we will continue making payments to the beneficiary during the remainder of the period. 23 26 Option 3 -- Joint and Last Survivor Life Annuity -- No Refund. The Company will make regular annuity payments during the lifetime of the annuitant and a second person. When either person dies, we will continue making payments to the survivor. No further payments will be made following the death of the survivor. Option 4 -- Joint and Last Survivor Life Annuity -- Annuity Reduced on Death of Primary Payee. The Company will make annuity payments during the lifetimes of the annuitant and a second person. You will designate one as primary payee, and the other will be designated as secondary payee. On the death of the secondary payee, the Company will continue to make monthly annuity payments to the primary payee in the same amount that would have been payable during the joint lifetime of the two persons. On the death of the primary payee, the Company will continue to make annuity payments to the secondary payee in an amount equal to 50% of the payments which would have been made during the lifetime of the primary payee. No further payments will be made once both payees have died. Option 5 -- Other Annuity Options. We will make any other arrangements for annuity payments as may be mutually agreed upon. INCOME OPTIONS Instead of one of the annuity options described above, and subject to the conditions described under "Election of Options," all or part of the Contract's cash surrender value (or, if required by state law, contract value) may be paid under one or more of the following income options, provided that they are consistent with federal tax law qualification requirements. Payments under the income options may be elected on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual basis: Option 1 -- Payments of a Fixed Amount. We will make equal payments of the amount elected until the cash surrender value applied under this option has been exhausted. We will pay the first payment and all later payments from each funding option or the Fixed Account in proportion to the cash surrender value attributable to each funding option and/or Fixed Account. The final payment will include any amount insufficient to make another full payment. Option 2 -- Payments for a Fixed Period. We will make payments for the period selected. The amount of each payment will be equal to the remaining cash surrender value applied under this option divided by the number of remaining payments. Option 3 -- Other Income Options. We will make any other arrangements for Income Options as may be mutually agreed upon. MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACT PROVISIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIGHT TO RETURN You may return the Contract for a full refund of the contract value plus any contract charges and premium taxes you paid (but not any fees and charges the underlying fund assessed) within twenty days after you receive it (the "right to return period"). You bear the investment risk of investing in the variable funding options during the right to return period; therefore, the contract value we return may be greater or less than your purchase payment. If you purchase the Contract as an Individual Retirement Annuity, and return it within the first seven days after delivery, we will refund your purchase payment in full; during the remainder of the right to return period, we will refund the contract value (including charges). We will determine the contract value following the close of the business day on which we receive your Contract and a written request for a refund. Where state law requires a longer period, or the return of purchase payments or other variations of this provision, we will comply. Refer to your Contract for any state-specific information. 24 27 TERMINATION You do not need to make any purchase payments after the first to keep the Contract in effect. However, we reserve the right to terminate the Contract on any business day if your contract value as of that date is less than $1,000 and you have not made purchase payments for at least two years, unless otherwise specified by state law. Termination will not occur until 31 days after we have mailed notice of termination to your last known address and to any assignee of record. If we terminate the Contract, we will pay you the cash surrender value less any applicable taxes. REQUIRED REPORTS As often as required by law, but at least once in each contract year before the due date of the first annuity payment, we will furnish a report showing the number of accumulation units credited to the Contract and the corresponding accumulation unit value(s) as of the report date for each funding option to which the contract owner has allocated amounts during the applicable period. The Company will keep all records required under federal and state laws. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS The Company reserves the right to suspend or postpone the date of any payment or determination of values on any business day (1) when the New York Stock Exchange ("the Exchange") is closed; (2) when trading on the Exchange is restricted; (3) when an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that the sale of securities held in the Separate Account may not reasonably occur or so that the Company may not reasonably determine the value the Separate Account's net assets; or (4) during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits for the protection of security holders. Payments from the Fixed Account may be delayed up to 6 months. THE SEPARATE ACCOUNTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Travelers Insurance Company and the Travelers Life and Annuity Company each sponsor separate accounts: Separate Account PF and Separate Account PF II, respectively. Both Separate Account PF and Separate Account PF II were established on July 30, 1997 and are registered with the SEC as unit investment trusts (separate account) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. We will invest Separate Account assets attributable to the Contracts exclusively in the shares of the variable funding options. We hold the assets of Separate Account PF and Separate Account PF II for the exclusive and separate benefit of the owners of each separate account, according to the laws of Connecticut. Income, gains and losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the Separate Account are, in accordance with the Contracts, credited to or charged against the Separate Account without regard to other income, gains and losses of the Company. The assets held by the Separate Account are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business which we may conduct. Obligations under the Contract are obligations of the Company. All investment income and other distributions of the funding options are payable to the Separate Account. We reinvest all such income and/or distributions in shares of the respective funding option at net asset value. Shares of the funding options are currently sold only to life insurance company separate accounts to fund variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts. Shares of the variable funding options are currently sold only to life insurance company separate accounts to fund variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts. Certain variable annuity separate accounts and variable life insurance separate accounts may invest in the funding options simultaneously (called "mixed" and "shared" funding). It is conceivable that in the future it may be disadvantageous to do so. Although the Company and the variable funding options do not currently foresee any such disadvantages either to variable annuity contract owners or variable life 25 28 policy owners, each variable funding option's Board of Directors intends to monitor events in order to identify any material conflicts between them and to determine what action, if any, should be taken. If a Board of Directors was to conclude that separate funds should be established for variable life and variable annuity separate accounts, the variable annuity contract owners would not bear any of the related expenses, but variable annuity contract owners and variable life insurance policy owners would no longer have the economies of scale resulting from a larger combined fund. PERFORMANCE INFORMATION From time to time, we may advertise several types of historical performance for the Contract's variable funding options. We may advertise the "standardized average annual total returns" of the variable funding option, calculated in a manner prescribed by the SEC, and the "nonstandardized total return," as described below. Specific examples of the performance information appear in the SAI. STANDARDIZED METHOD. We compute quotations of average annual total returns according to a formula in which a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 is applied to the variable funding option, and then related to ending redeemable values over one-, five-, and ten-year periods, or for a period covering the time during which the funding option has been in existence, if less. These quotations reflect the deduction of all recurring charges during each period (on a pro rata basis in the case of fractional periods). We convert the deduction for the annual contract administrative charge to a percentage of assets based on the actual fee collected, divided by the average net assets for Contracts sold. Each quotation assumes a total redemption at the end of each period with the applicable withdrawal charge deducted at that time. NONSTANDARDIZED METHOD. We calculate nonstandardized "total returns" in a similar manner based on the performance of the funding options over a period of time, usually for the calendar year-to-date, and for the past one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods. Nonstandardized total returns will not reflect the deduction of the annual contract administrative charge, which, if reflected, would decrease the level of performance shown. These returns also do not reflect the withdrawal charge because we designed the Contract for long-term investment. For underlying funds that were in existence before they became available as a funding option, the nonstandardized average annual total return quotations reflects the investment performance that such funding options would have achieved (reduced by the applicable charges) had the underlying fund been held under the Contract for the period quoted. The total return quotations are based upon historical earnings and are not necessarily representative of future performance. GENERAL. Within the guidelines prescribed by the SEC and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), performance information may be quoted numerically or may be presented in a table, graph or other illustration. Advertisements may include data comparing performance to well-known indices of market performance (including, but not limited to, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index, the S&P 400 Index, the Lehman Brothers Long T-Bond Index, the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 Indices, the Value Line Index, and the Morgan Stanley Capital International's EAFE Index). Advertisements may also include published editorial comments and performance rankings compiled by independent organizations (including, but not limited to, Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc.) and publications that monitor the performance of the Separate Account and the variable funding options. FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following general discussion of the federal income tax consequences under this Contract is not intended to cover all situations, and is not meant to provide tax advice. Because of the complexity of the law and the fact that the tax results will vary depending on many factors, you should consult 26 29 your tax adviser regarding your personal situation. For your information, a more detailed tax discussion is contained in the SAI. GENERAL TAXATION OF ANNUITIES Congress has recognized the value of saving for retirement by providing certain tax benefits, in the form of tax deferral, for money put into an annuity. The Internal Revenue Code (Code) governs how this money is ultimately taxed, depending upon the type of contract, qualified or non-qualified, and the manner in which the money is distributed, as briefly described below. TAX-FREE EXCHANGES: The Internal Revenue Code provides that, generally, no gain or loss is recognized when an annuity contract is received in exchange for a life, endowment, or annuity contract. Since different annuity contracts have different expenses, fees and benefits, a tax-free exchange could result in your investment becoming subject to higher or lower fees and/or expenses. TYPES OF CONTRACTS: QUALIFIED OR NONQUALIFIED If you purchase an annuity contract with proceeds of an eligible rollover distribution from any qualified employee pension plan or individual retirement annuity (IRA), your contract is referred to as a qualified contract. Some examples of qualified contracts are: IRAs, 403(b) annuities established by public school systems or certain tax-exempt organizations, corporate sponsored pension and profit-sharing plans (including 401(k) plans), Keogh Plans (for self-employed individuals), and certain other qualified deferred compensation plans. An exception to this is a qualified plan called a Roth IRA. Under Roth IRAs, after-tax contributions accumulate until maturity, when amounts (including earnings) may be withdrawn tax-free. The rights and benefits under a qualified contract may be limited by the terms of the retirement plan, regardless of the terms and conditions of the contract. If you purchase the contract on an individual basis with after-tax dollars and not under one of the programs described above, your contract is referred to as nonqualified. NONQUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACTS As the owner of a nonqualified annuity, you do not receive any tax benefit (deduction or deferral of income) on purchase payments, but you will not be taxed on increases in the value of your contract until a distribution occurs -- either as a withdrawal (distribution made prior to the maturity date), or as annuity payments. When a withdrawal is made, you are taxed on the amount of the withdrawal that is considered earnings. Similarly, when you receive an annuity payment, part of each payment is considered a return of your purchase payments and will not be taxed. The remaining portion of the annuity payment (i.e., any earnings) will be considered ordinary income for tax purposes. If a nonqualified annuity is owned by other than an individual, however, (e.g., by a corporation), increases in the value of the contract attributable to purchase payments made after February 28, 1986 are includible in income annually. Furthermore, for contracts issued after April 22, 1987, if you transfer the contract without adequate consideration all deferred increases in value will be includible in your income at the time of the transfer. If you make a partial withdrawal, this money will generally be taxed as first coming from earnings, (income in the contract), and then from your purchase payments. These withdrawn earnings are includible in your income. (See "Penalty Tax for Premature Distributions" below.) There is income in the contract to the extent the contract value exceeds your investment in the contract. The investment in the contract equals the total purchase payments you paid less any amount received previously which was excludible from gross income. Any direct or indirect borrowing against the value of the contract or pledging of the contract as security for a loan will be treated as a cash distribution under the tax law. 27 30 Federal tax law requires that nonqualified annuity contracts meet minimum mandatory distribution requirements upon the death of the contract owner, including the first of joint owners. If these requirements are not met, the contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for Federal income tax purposes and earnings under the contract will be taxable currently, not when distributed. The distribution required depends, among other things, upon whether an annuity option is elected or whether the new contract owner is the surviving spouse. We will administer Contracts in accordance with these rules and we will notify you when you should begin receiving payments. There is a more complete discussion of these rules in the SAI. QUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACTS Under a qualified annuity, since amounts paid into the contract have generally not yet been taxed, the full amount of all distributions, including lump-sum withdrawals and annuity payments, are generally taxed at the ordinary income tax rate unless the distribution is transferred to an eligible rollover account or contract. The Contract is available as a vehicle for IRA rollovers and for other qualified contracts. There are special rules which govern the taxation of qualified contracts, including withdrawal restrictions, requirements for mandatory distributions, and contribution limits. We have provided a more complete discussion in the SAI. PENALTY TAX FOR PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS Taxable distributions taken before the contract owner has reached the age of 59 1/2 will be subject to a 10% additional tax penalty unless the distribution is taken in a series of periodic distributions, for life or life expectancy, or unless the distribution follows the death or disability of the contract owner. Other exceptions may be available in certain qualified plans. DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES The Code requires that any nonqualified variable annuity contracts based on a separate account shall not be treated as an annuity for any period if investments made in the account are not adequately diversified. Final tax regulations define how separate accounts must be diversified. The Company monitors the diversification of investments constantly and believes that its accounts are adequately diversified. The consequence of any failure to diversify is essentially the loss to the contract owner of tax deferred treatment. The Company intends to administer all contracts subject to this provision of law in a manner that will maintain adequate diversification. OWNERSHIP OF THE INVESTMENTS In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts have been considered to be the owners of the assets of the underlying separate account for Federal income tax purposes due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets. When this is the case, the contract owners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the variable account assets. There is little guidance in this area, and some features of the Contract, such as the flexibility of the contract owner to allocate premium payments and transfer amounts among the funding options, have not been addressed in public rulings. While we believe that the Contract does not give the contract owner investment control over separate account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Contract as necessary to prevent a contract owner from being treated as the owner of the separate account assets supporting the Contract. MANDATORY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR QUALIFIED PLANS Federal tax law requires that minimum annual distributions begin by April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which an IRA owner attains age 70 1/2. Participants in qualified plans and 403(b) annuities may defer minimum distributions until the later of April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which they attain age 70 1/2 or the year of retirement. 28 31 Distributions must begin or be continued according to required patterns following the death of the contract owner or annuitant of both qualified and nonqualified annuities. TAXATION OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS Amounts may be distributed from a Contract because of the death of an owner or annuitant. Generally, such amounts are includible in the income of the recipient as follows: (i) if distributed in a lump sum, they are taxed in the same manner as a full surrender of the contract; of (ii) if distributed under a payment option, they are taxed in the same way as annuity payments. OTHER INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE INSURANCE COMPANIES Please refer to your Contract or the first page of the Summary of this prospectus to determine which Company issued your Contract. The Travelers Insurance Company is a stock insurance company chartered in 1864 in Connecticut and continuously engaged in the insurance business since that time. It is licensed to conduct life insurance business in all states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. The Company is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. The Company's Home Office is located at One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06183. The Travelers Life and Annuity Company is a stock insurance company chartered in 1973 in Connecticut and continuously engaged in the insurance business since that time. It is licensed to conduct life insurance business in a majority of the states of the United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and intends to seek licensure in the remaining states, except New York. The Company is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. The Company's Home Office is located at One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06183. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financial statements for the Company and its separate account are located in the Statement of Additional Information. DISTRIBUTION OF VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS We intend to sell the Contracts in all jurisdictions where we are licensed to do business and where the Contract is approved. Any registered representative of affiliated or independent broker-dealers who sell the Contracts will be qualified to sell variable annuities under applicable federal and state laws. Each broker-dealer is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all are members of the NASD. The principal underwriter of the Contracts is our affiliate, Travelers Distribution LLC, One Tower Square, Hartford, CT. Up-front compensation paid to sales representatives will not exceed 7% of the purchase payments made under the Contracts. If asset based compensation is paid, it will not exceed 2% of the average account value annually. From time to time, we may pay or permit other promotional incentives, in cash, credit or other compensation. CONFORMITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS The laws of the state in which we deliver a Contract govern that Contract. Where a state has not approved a contract feature or funding option, it will not be available in that state. Any paid-up annuity, cash surrender value or death benefits that are available under the Contract are not less than the minimum benefits required by the statutes of the state in which we delivered the 29 32 Contract. We reserve the right to make any changes, including retroactive changes, in the Contract to the extent that the change is required to meet the requirements of any law or regulation issued by any governmental agency to which the Company, the Contract or the contract owner is subject. VOTING RIGHTS The Company is the legal owner of the shares of the underlying funds. However, we believe that when an underlying fund solicits proxies in conjunction with a vote of shareholders we are required to obtain from you and from other owners instructions on how to vote those shares. When we receive those instructions, we will vote all of the shares we own in proportion to those instructions. This will also include any shares we own on our own behalf. Should we determine that we are no longer required to comply with the above, we will vote on the shares in our own right. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND OPINIONS Legal matters in connection with the federal laws and regulations affecting the issue and sale of the contract described in this prospectus, as well as the organization of the Companies, their authority to issue variable annuity contracts under Connecticut law and the validity of the forms of the variable annuity contracts under Connecticut law, have been passed on by the General Counsel of the Companies. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY There are no pending legal proceedings affecting the Separate Account. There is one material pending legal proceeding, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to business, to which the Company is a party. In March 1997, a purported class action entitled Patterman v. The Travelers, Inc., et al. was commenced in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia, alleging, among other things, violations of the Georgia RICO statute and other state laws by an affiliate of the Company, Primerica Financial Services, Inc. and certain of its affiliates. Plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and other relief. From February 1998 through April 2000, various motions for transfer of the lawsuit were heard and appealed. In April 2000, the matter was remanded to the Superior Court of Richmond County by the Georgia Supreme Court. Also, in April 2000 defendants moved for summary judgement on all counts of the complaint. Discovery commenced in May 2000. Defendants intend to vigorously contest the litigation. THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY There are no pending material legal proceedings affecting the Separate Account, the principal underwriter or the Company. 30 33 PRIMELITE APPENDIX A: CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
PERIOD FROM YEAR YEAR JULY 9, 1998 ENDED ENDED TO FUNDING OPTION 2000 1999 DECEMBER 31, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCERT INVESTMENT SERIES* SELECT GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO (5/00)+ Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 1.105 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 305,703 SELECT GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.927 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 3,031,797 SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.892 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 11,573,385 SELECT MID CAP PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 1.048 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 3,237,291 SELECT SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.833 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 1,826,980 GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.151 1.032 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.131 1.151 1.032 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 55,280,185 39,976,850 6,001,504 SMITH BARNEY CONCERT ALLOCATION SERIES INC.* SELECT BALANCED PORTFOLIO (7/78) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.071 1.010 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.107 1.071 1.010 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 16,329,880 11,802,965 3,276,785 SELECT CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO (8/78)++ Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.033 1.006 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.064 1.033 1.006 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 4,143,559 3,541,657 958,292 SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO (7/78) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.178 1.028 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.106 1.178 1.028 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 21,993,066 16,449,483 4,128,790 SELECT HIGH GROWTH PORTFOLIO (7/78) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.260 1.007 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.153 1.260 1.007 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 12,351,705 6,958,968 2,419,349 SELECT INCOME PORTFOLIO (7/98)++ Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.997 1.005 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.021 0.997 1.005 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 1,772,791 1,638,501 855,703 TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS TOTAL RETURN PORTFOLIO (7/78) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.024 1.011 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.177 1.024 1.011 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 13,308,964 8,380,697 1,863,613 SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO (5/00) Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 1.021 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 18,739,294 SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO (7/78) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.969 0.958 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.879 0.969 0.958 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 6,930,394 5,067,972 1,085,592 SMITH BARNEY INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO (7/98)* Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.471 0.889 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.105 1.471 0.889 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 13,921,387 5,354,378 1,252,105
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PERIOD FROM YEAR YEAR JULY 9, 1998 ENDED ENDED TO FUNDING OPTION 2000 1999 DECEMBER 31, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH BARNEY LARGE CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.959 0.972 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.070 0.959 0.972 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 22,747,426 17,862,434 3,867,915 SMITH BARNEY MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.050 1.016 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.098 1.050 1.016 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 8,885,259 8,243,538 1,796,861 TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.632 1.008 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.760 1.632 1.008 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 19,101,495 6,463,250 1,229,892 MFS RESEARCH PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.231 1.009 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.146 1.231 1.009 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 17,616,134 10,815,585 3,296,438 SOCIAL AWARENESS PORTFOLIO Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.984 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 1,618,990 VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST COMSTOCK PORTFOLIO CLASS II Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.166 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 1,128,683 EMERGING GROWTH PORTFOLIO CLASS II Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.773 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 9,176,940 GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS II Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.046 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 888,512
* Fund's name has changed. Refer to prospectus for new name. + No longer available to new contract owners. ++ Fund is closed. The date next to each Funding Option's name represents the date that money came into the Funding Option through the Separate Account. Funding Options not listed had no amounts yet allocated to them or were not yet available as of December 31, 2000. The financial statements of separate account PF and the consolidated financial statements of Travelers Insurance Company and subsidiaries are contained in the SAI. A-2 35 PRIMELITE APPENDIX B: CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
PERIOD FROM JUNE 24, 1998 YEAR YEAR (EFFECTIVE DATE) ENDED ENDED TO FUNDING OPTION 2000 1999 DECEMBER 31, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCERT INVESTMENT SERIES* SELECT GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO (5/00)+ Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 1.105 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 2,632,392 SELECT GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO (5/00) Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.927 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 18,344,678 SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.892 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 48,044,652 SELECT MID CAP PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 1.048 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 21,516,596 SELECT SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO (5/00)* Unit Value at beginning of year......................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of year............................... 0.833 Number of units outstanding at end of year.............. 8,291,558 GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.151 1.032 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.131 1.151 1.032 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 312,397,589 235,392,378 36,108,910 SMITH BARNEY CONCERT ALLOCATION SERIES* SELECT BALANCED PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.071 1.010 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.107 1.071 1.010 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 116,649,147 92,958,272 37,964,992 SELECT CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO (7/98)++ Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.033 1.006 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.064 1.033 1.006 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 29,371,876 32,731,406 14,254,579 SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO (6/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.178 1.028 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.106 1.178 1.028 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 148,142,153 106,081,505 30,475,847 SELECT HIGH GROWTH PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.260 1.007 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.153 1.260 1.007 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 98,281,080 63,571,711 18,718,704 SELECT INCOME PORTFOLIO (7/98)++ Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.997 1.005 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.021 0.997 1.005 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 13,550,404 14,503,445 6,835,035 TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. MFS TOTAL RETURN PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.024 1.011 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.177 1.024 1.011 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 75,344,816 54,861,298 11,901,259 SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.021 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 98,624,592 SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.969 0.958 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.879 0.969 0.958 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 31,714,593 25,856,446 7,250,612 SMITH BARNEY INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO (7/98)* Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.471 0.889 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.105 1.471 0.889 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 68,195,410 28,191,109 8,642,970
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PERIOD FROM JUNE 24, 1998 YEAR YEAR (EFFECTIVE DATE) ENDED ENDED TO FUNDING OPTION 2000 1999 DECEMBER 31, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMITH BARNEY LARGE CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 0.959 0.972 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.070 0.959 0.972 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 109,901,403 95,910,703 21,613,178 SMITH BARNEY MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.050 1.016 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.098 1.050 1.016 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 43,727,838 56,006,628 9,365,841 TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST MFS MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.632 1.008 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.760 1.632 1.008 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 102,889,578 34,997,093 5,280,045 MFS RESEARCH PORTFOLIO (7/98) Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.231 1.009 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.146 1.231 1.009 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 111,973,813 70,357,077 18,932,328 SOCIAL AWARENESS STOCK PORTFOLIO Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.984 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 8,016,692 VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST COMSTOCK PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.166 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 7,549,285 EMERGING GROWTH PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 0.773 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 57,423,433 GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES Unit Value at beginning of period....................... 1.000 Unit Value at end of period............................. 1.046 Number of units outstanding at end of period............ 12,181,962
* Fund's name has changed. Return to prospectus for new name. + No longer available to new contract owners. ++ Fund is closed. The date next to each Funding Option's name represents the date that money came into the Funding Option through the Separate Account. Funding Options not listed had no amounts yet allocated to them. The financial statements for Fund PF II and the financial statements for The Travelers Life and Annuity Company are contained in the SAI. B-2 37 APPENDIX C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIXED ACCOUNT The Fixed Account is part of the Company's general account assets. These general account assets include all assets of the Company other than those held in the separate accounts sponsored by the Company or its affiliates. The staff of the SEC does not generally review the disclosure in the prospectus relating to the Fixed Account. Disclosure regarding the Fixed Account and the general account may, however, be subject to certain provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in the prospectus. Under the Fixed Account, the Company assumes the risk of investment gain or loss, guarantees a specified interest rate, and guarantees a specified periodic annuity payment. The investment gain or loss of the Separate Account or any of the funding options does not affect the Fixed Account contract value, or the dollar amount of fixed annuity payments made under any payout option. We guarantee that, at any time, the Fixed Account contract value will not be less than the amount of the purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account, plus interest credited as described below, less any applicable premium taxes or prior withdrawals. Purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account and any transfers made to the Fixed Account become part of the Company's general account which supports insurance and annuity obligations. Neither the general account nor any interest therein is registered under, nor subject to the provisions of, the Securities Act of 1933 or Investment Company Act of 1940. We will invest the assets of the Fixed Account at our discretion. Investment income from such Fixed Account assets will be allocated to us and to the Contracts participating in the Fixed Account. Investment income from the Fixed Account allocated to us includes compensation for mortality and expense risks borne by us in connection with Fixed Account Contracts. The amount of such investment income allocated to the Contracts will vary from year to year in our sole discretion at such rate or rates as we prospectively declare from time to time. We guarantee the initial rate for any allocations into the Fixed Account for one year from the date of such allocation. We guarantee subsequent renewal rates for the calendar quarter. We also guarantee that for the life of the Contract we will credit interest at not less than 3% per year. We will determine any interest we credit to amounts allocated to the Fixed Account in excess of 3% per year in our sole discretion. You assume the risk that interest credited to the Fixed Account may not exceed the minimum guarantee of 3% for any given year. TRANSFERS You may make transfers from the Fixed Account to any other available variable funding option(s) twice a year during the 30 days following the semiannual anniversary of the contract effective date. We limit transfers to an amount of up to 15% of the Fixed Account contract value on the semiannual contract effective date anniversary. (This restriction does not apply to transfers under the Dollar Cost Averaging Program.) Amounts previously transferred from the Fixed Account to variable funding options may not be transferred back to the Fixed Account for a period of at least six months from the date of transfer. We reserve the right to waive either of these restrictions. Automated transfers from the Fixed Account to any of the variable funding options may begin at any time. Automated transfers from the Fixed Account may not deplete your Fixed Account value in a period of less than twelve months from your enrollment in the Dollar Cost Averaging Program. C-1 38 APPENDIX D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAIVER OF WITHDRAWAL CHARGE FOR NURSING HOME CONFINEMENT (This waiver is not available if the Annuitant is age 71 or older on the date the Contract is issued.) If, after the first contract year and before the maturity date, the annuitant begins confinement in an Eligible Nursing Home, and remains confined for the qualifying period, you may make a total or partial withdrawal, subject to the maximum withdrawal amount described below, without incurring a Withdrawal Charge. In order for the Withdrawal Charge to be waived, the withdrawal must be made during continued confinement in an Eligible Nursing Home after the qualifying period has been satisfied, or within sixty (60) days after such confinement ends. The qualifying period is confinement in an Eligible Nursing Home for ninety (90) consecutive days. We will require proof of confinement in a form satisfactory to us, which may include certification by a licensed physician that such confinement is medically necessary. An Eligible Nursing Home is defined as an institution or special nursing unit of a hospital which: (a) is Medicare approved as a provider of skilled nursing care services; and (b) is not, other than in name only, an acute care hospital, a home for the aged, a retirement home, a rest home, a community living center, or a place mainly for the treatment of alcoholism, mental illness or drug abuse. OR Meets all of the following standards: (a) is licensed as a nursing care facility by the state in which it is licensed; (b) is either a freestanding facility or a distinct part of another facility such as a ward, wing, unit or swing-bed of a hospital or other facility; (c) provides nursing care to individuals who are not able to care for themselves and who require nursing care; (d) provides, as a primary function, nursing care and room and board; and charges for these services; (e) provides care under the supervision of a licensed physician, registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN); (f) may provide care by a licensed physical, respiratory, occupational or speech therapist; and (g) is not, other than in name only, an acute care hospital, a home for the aged, a retirement home, a rest home, a community living center, or a place mainly for the treatment of alcoholism, mental illness or drug abuse. FILING A CLAIM: You must provide the Company with written notice of a claim during continued confinement after the 90-day qualifying period, or within sixty days after such confinement ends. The maximum withdrawal amount for which we will waive the Withdrawal Charge is the contract value on the next valuation date following written proof of claim, less any purchase payments made within a one-year period before confinement in an Eligible Nursing Home begins, less any purchase payments made on or after the Annuitant's 71st birthday. Any withdrawal requested which falls under the scope of this waiver will be paid as soon as we receive proper written proof of your claim, and will be paid in a lump sum. You should consult with your personal tax adviser regarding the tax impact of any withdrawals taken from your contract. D-1 39 APPENDIX E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Statement of Additional Information contains more specific information and financial statements relating to The Travelers Insurance Company or The Travelers Life and Annuity Company. A list of the contents of the Statement of Additional Information is set forth below: The Insurance Company Principal Underwriter Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement Valuation of Assets Performance Information Federal Tax Considerations Independent Accountants Financial Statements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copies of the Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2001 are available without charge. To request a copy, please clip this coupon on the dotted line above, enter your name and address in the spaces provided below, and mail to: The Travelers Insurance Company, PrimeElite Travelers Service Center, One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06183. The Travelers Insurance Company Statement of Additional Information is printed on Form L-12684S, and The Travelers Life and Annuity Statement of Additional Information is printed on Form L-12685S. Name: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: ------------------------------------------------------------------ E-1 40 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. 41 L-12684 May 1, 2001 42 PART B Information Required in a Statement of Additional Information 43 PRIMELITE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION dated May 1, 2001 for THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES ISSUED BY THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus but relates to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Individual Variable Annuity Contract Prospectus dated May 1, 2001. A copy of the Prospectus may be obtained by writing to The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, PrimElite Travelers Service Center, One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut 06183-8036, or by calling (888) 556-5412 or by accessing the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov. TABLE OF CONTENTS THE INSURANCE COMPANY ..................................................... 1 PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER ..................................................... 1 DISTRIBUTION AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ......................... 1 VALUATION OF ASSETS ....................................................... 1 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ................................................... 2 FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS ................................................ 6 INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ................................................... 9 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ...................................................... F-1 44 THE INSURANCE COMPANY The Travelers Life and Annuity Company (the "Company") is a stock insurance company chartered in 1973 in Connecticut and continuously engaged in the insurance business since that time. The Company is licensed to conduct a life insurance business in all states (except New Hampshire and New York), and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Company's Home Office is located at One Tower Square Hartford, Connecticut 06183 and its telephone number is (860) 277-0111. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Insurance Company, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup"), a diversified holding company whose businesses provide a broad range of financial services to consumer and corporate customers around the world. Citigroup's activities are conducted through the Global Consumer, Global Corporate and Investment Bank, Global Investment Management and Private Banking, and Investment Activities segments. STATE REGULATION. The Company is subject to the laws of the state of Connecticut governing insurance companies and to regulation by the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Connecticut (the "Commissioner"). An annual statement covering the operations of the Company for the preceding year, as well as its financial condition as of December 31 of such year, must be filed with the Commissioner in a prescribed format on or before March 1 of each year. The Company's books and assets are subject to review or examination by the Commissioner or his agents at all times, and a full examination of its operations is conducted at least once every four years. The Company is also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all other states in which it is licensed to operate. However, the insurance departments of each of these states generally apply the laws of the home state (jurisdiction of domicile) in determining the field of permissible investments. THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. Separate Account PF II meets the definition of a separate account under the federal securities laws, and will comply with the provisions of the 1940 Act. Additionally, the operations of Separate Account PF II are subject to the provisions of Section 38a-433 of the Connecticut General Statutes which authorizes the Commissioner to adopt regulations under it. Section 38a-433 contains no restrictions on the investments of the Separate Account, and the Commissioner has adopted no regulations under the Section that affect the Separate Account. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER Travelers Distribution LLC ("TDLLC") serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account PF II and the Contracts. The offering is continuous. TDLLC's principal executive offices are located at One Tower Square, Hartford, Connecticut. TDLLC is affiliated with the Company and Separate Account PF II. DISTRIBUTION AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Under the terms of the Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement among Separate Account PF II, TDLLC and the Company, TDLLC acts as agent for the distribution of the Contracts and as principal underwriter for the Contracts. The Company reimburses TDLLC for certain sales and overhead expenses connected with sales functions. VALUATION OF ASSETS FUNDING OPTIONS: The value of the assets of each Funding Option is determined at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on each business day, unless we need to close earlier due to an emergency. A business day is any day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Each security traded on a national securities exchange is valued at the last reported sale price on the business day. If there has been no sale on that day, then the value of the security is taken to be the mean between the reported bid and asked prices on the business day or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or any other recognized source. 1 45 Any security not traded on a securities exchange but traded in the over-the-counter-market and for which market quotations are readily available is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices on the business day or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or any other recognized source. Securities traded on the over-the-counter-market and listed securities with no reported sales are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or other recognized source. Short-term investments for which a quoted market price is available are valued at market. Short-term investments maturing in more than sixty days for which there is no reliable quoted market price are valued by "marking to market" (computing a market value based upon quotations from dealers or issuers for securities of a similar type, quality and maturity.) "Marking to market" takes into account unrealized appreciation or depreciation due to changes in interest rates or other factors which would influence the current fair values of such securities. Short-term investments maturing in sixty days or less for which there is no reliable quoted market price are valued at amortized cost which approximates market. THE CONTRACT VALUE: The value of an accumulation unit on any business day is determined by multiplying the value on the preceding business day by the net investment factor for the valuation period just ended. The net investment factor is used to measure the investment performance of a Funding Option from one valuation period to the next. The net investment factor for a Funding Option for any valuation period is equal to the sum of 1.000000 plus the net investment rate (the gross investment rate less any applicable Funding Option deductions during the valuation period relating to the mortality and expense risk charge and the administrative expense charge). The gross investment rate of a Funding Option is equal to (a) minus (b), divided by (c) where: (a) = investment income plus capital gains and losses (whether realized or unrealized); (b) = any deduction for applicable taxes (presently zero); and (c) = the value of the assets of the funding option at the beginning of the valuation period. The gross investment rate may be either positive or negative. A Funding Option's investment income includes any distribution whose ex-dividend date occurs during the valuation period. ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE. The value of the accumulation unit for each Funding Option was initially established at $1.00. The value of an accumulation unit on any business day is determined by multiplying the value on the preceding business day by the net investment factor for the valuation period just ended. The net investment factor is calculated for each Funding Option and takes into account the investment performance, expenses and the deduction of certain expenses. ANNUITY UNIT VALUE. The initial Annuity Unit Value applicable to each Funding Option was established at $1.00. An annuity unit value as of any business day is equal to (a) the value of the annuity unit on the immediately preceding business day, multiplied by (b) the corresponding net investment factor for the valuation period just ended, divided by (c) the assumed net investment factor for the valuation period. (For example, the assumed net investment factor based on an annual assumed net investment rate of 3.0% for a Valuation Period of one day is 1.000081 and, for a period of two days, is 1.000081 x 1.000081.) PERFORMANCE INFORMATION From time to time, the Company may advertise several types of historical performance for the Funding Options of Separate Account PF II. The Company may advertise the "standardized average annual total returns" of the Funding Options, calculated in a manner prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the "nonstandardized total returns," as described below: STANDARDIZED METHOD. Quotations of average annual total returns are computed according to a formula in which a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 is applied to the Funding Option, and then related to ending redeemable values over one-, five-, and ten-year periods, or for a period covering the time during which the Funding Option has been in existence, if less. If a Funding Option has been in existence for less than one year, the "since inception" total return performance quotations are year-to-date and are not average annual total returns. These quotations reflect the deduction of all recurring charges during each period (on a pro rata basis in the case of fractional periods). The deduction 2 46 for the annual contract administrative charge is converted to a percentage of assets based on the actual fee collected, divided by the average net assets for contracts sold under the Prospectus to which this Statement of Additional Information relates. Each quotation assumes a total redemption at the end of each period with the assessment of any applicable withdrawal charge at that time. NONSTANDARDIZED METHOD. Nonstandardized "total returns" will be calculated in a similar manner based on the performance of the Funding Options over a period of time, usually for the calendar year-to-date, and for the past one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods. Nonstandardized total returns will not reflect the deduction of any applicable withdrawal charge or the annual contract administrative charge, which, if reflected, would decrease the level of performance shown. The withdrawal charge is not reflected because the Contract is designed for long-term investment. For Funding Options that were in existence prior to the date they became available under Separate Account PF II, the nonstandardized average annual total return quotations will reflect the investment performance that such Funding Options would have achieved (reduced by the applicable charges) had they been held under the Contract for the period quoted. The total return quotations are based upon historical earnings and are not necessarily representative of future performance. Average annual total returns for each of the Funding Options computed according to the standardized and nonstandardized methods for the period ending December 31, 2000 are set forth in the following tables. 3 47 PRIMELITE STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE UPDATE AS OF 12/31/00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSET ALLOCATION ACCOUNTS: 1 Year 5 Year 10 Year (or inception) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith Barney Concert Select High Growth Portfolio -15.98% - 3.46% 7/6/98 Smith Barney Concert Select Growth Portfolio -13.78% - 1.62% 6/24/98 Smith Barney Concert Select Balanced Portfolio -4.84% - 1.70% 7/7/98 Smith Barney Concert Select Conservative Portfolio -5.21% - 0.00% 7/9/98 Smith Barney Concert Select Income Portfolio -5.80% - -1.76% 7/13/98 EQUITY ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Appreciation Portfolio -9.84% - 2.60% 7/6/98 Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio 3.32% - 0.21% 7/7/98 Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio -31.01% - 1.61% 7/8/98 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio - - -6.06% 5/1/00 Concert Investment Series Select Growth and Income Portfolio - - -14.85% 5/1/00 Concert Investment Series Select Growth Portfolio - - -18.10% 5/1/00 Concert Investment Series Select Mid Cap Portfolio - - -3.44% 5/1/00 Concert Investment Series Select Small Cap Portfolio - - -21.38% 5/1/00 Social Awareness Stock Portfolio (Smith Barney) - - -9.69% 5/1/00 MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio -0.37% - 23.58% 7/8/98 MFS Research Portfolio -14.51% - 3.19% 7/7/98 Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares* - - -3.52% 9/18/00 Van Kampen Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares* - - -29.00% 9/18/00 Van Kampen Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares* - - 8.49% 9/18/00 BOND ACCOUNTS: - Smith Barney High Income Portfolio -16.75% - -7.55% 7/6/98 Concert Investment Series Select Government Portfolio - - 2.29% 5/1/00 BALANCED ACCOUNTS: MFS Total Return Portfolio 6.79% - 4.37% 7/6/98 MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio -3.63% - 1.35% 7/9/98 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE INCEPTION DATE USED TO CALCULATE STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE IS BASED ON THE DATE THAT THE INVESTMENT OPTION BECAME ACTIVE IN THE PRODUCT 4 48 PRIMELITE NONSTANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE UPDATE AS OF 12/31/00
Cumulative Returns Average Annual Returns --------------------------------- ------------------------------- YTD 1 YR 3YR 5YR 3YR 5YR Inception ------ ------ ------- ------- ----- ----- --------------- ASSET ALLOCATION ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Concert Select High Growth Portfolio -8.48% -8.48% 30.21% -- 9.19% -- 9.55% 3/10/97 Smith Barney Concert Select Growth Portfolio -6.09% -6.09% 20.83% -- 6.50% -- 7.68% 3/11/97 Smith Barney Concert Select Balanced Portfolio 3.38% 3.38% 18.46% -- 5.81% -- 6.96% 3/10/97 Smith Barney Concert Select Conservative Portfolio 3.01% 3.01% 10.75% -- 3.46% -- 5.52% 3/25/97 Smith Barney Concert Select Income Portfolio 2.41% 2.41% 5.82% -- 1.90% -- 4.21% 3/26/97 EQUITY ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Appreciation Portfolio -1.79% -1.79% 28.69% 89.69% 8.76% 13.64% 11.46% 10/16/91 Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio 11.55% 11.55% 19.23% 75.84% 6.03% 11.94% 13.30% 6/20/94 Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio -24.85% -24.85% 30.47% 53.37% 9.26% 8.92% 7.51% 6/20/94 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio 14.12% 14.12% -- -- -- -- 31.59% 11/1/99 Concert Investment Series Select Growth & Income Portfolio -8.29% -8.29% -- -- -- -- -0.60% 9/14/99 Concert Investment Series Select Growth Portfolio -6.50% -6.50% -- -- -- -- 8.02% 9/14/99 Concert Investment Series Select Mid Cap Portfolio 16.26% 16.26% -- -- -- -- 28.38% 9/14/99 Concert Investment Series Select Small Cap Portfolio -17.85% -17.85% -- -- -- -- 1.36% 9/14/99 Social Awareness Stock Portfolio (Smith Barney) -1.86% -1.86% 46.21% 117.09% 13.49% 16.75% 14.16% 5/1/92 MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio 7.85% 7.85% -- -- -- -- 21.99% 3/23/98 MFS Research Portfolio -6.89% -6.89% -- -- -- -- 6.42% 3/23/98 Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares* 27.78% 27.78% -- -- -- -- 11.30% 5/1/99 Van Kampen Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares* -11.55% -11.55% 141.83% 230.41% 34.19% 26.97% 27.73% 7/3/95 Van Kampen Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares* 17.56% 17.56% 54.57% -- 15.61% -- 16.47% 12/23/96 BOND ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney High Income Portfolio -9.32% -9.32% -9.13% 13.82% -3.14% 2.62% 4.32% 6/22/94 Concert Investment Series Select Government Portfolio 12.49% 12.49% -- -- -- -- 8.46% 9/14/99 BALANCED ACCOUNTS: MFS Total Return Portfolio 15.03% 15.03% 28.21% 73.06% 8.63% 11.58% 11.99% 6/20/94 MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio 4.59% 4.59% 11.92% 20.04% 3.82% 3.72% 3.67% 6/20/94 Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio - 7 Day Yield 4.76% This yield quotation more closely reflects the current earnings of this fund.
Calendar Year Returns ------------------------- 1999 1998 1997 ------------------------- ASSET ALLOCATION ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Concert Select High Growth Portfolio 25.12% 13.72% -- Smith Barney Concert Select Growth Portfolio 14.54% 12.34% -- Smith Barney Concert Select Balanced Portfolio 6.08% 8.03% -- Smith Barney Concert Select Conservative Portfolio 2.69% 4.70% -- Smith Barney Concert Select Income Portfolio -0.75% 4.11% -- EQUITY ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Appreciation Portfolio 11.55% 17.47% 24.66% Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio -1.33% 8.32% 24.87% Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio 65.42% 4.96% 1.27% Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio -- -- -- Concert Investment Series Select Growth & Income Portfolio -- -- -- Concert Investment Series Select Growth Portfolio -- -- -- Concert Investment Series Select Mid Cap Portfolio -- -- -- Concert Investment Series Select Small Cap Portfolio -- -- -- Social Awareness Stock Portfolio (Smith Barney) 14.23% 30.43% 25.51% MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio 61.90% -- -- MFS Research Portfolio 21.96% -- -- Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares* -- -- -- Van Kampen Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares* 101.57% 35.64% 18.77% Van Kampen Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares* 11.42% 18.01% 19.90% BOND ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney High Income Portfolio 1.17% -0.95% 12.27% Concert Investment Series Select Government Portfolio -- -- -- BALANCED ACCOUNTS: MFS Total Return Portfolio 1.21% 10.13% 19.56% MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS: Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio 3.31% 3.59% 3.63% Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio - 7 Day Yield
The inception date is the date that the underlying fund commenced operations. *These funds offer multiple classes of shares. The performance above may reflect the fees and performance of another class of the same fund for periods before the current class existed. If the current class's 12b-1 fee and other expenses were higher, the performance shown would be lower. They may not be available in every jurisdiction. 5 49 FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS The following description of the federal income tax consequences under this Contract is not exhaustive and is not intended to cover all situations. Because of the complexity of the law and the fact that the tax results will vary according to the factual status of the individual involved, tax advice may be needed by a person contemplating purchase of an annuity contract and by a contract owner or beneficiary who may make elections under a contract. For further information, please consult a qualified tax adviser. MANDATORY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR QUALIFIED PLANS Federal tax law requires that minimum annual distributions begin by April 1st of the calendar year following the later of calendar year in which a participant under a qualified plan, or a Section 403(b) annuity, attains age 70 1/2 or retires. Minimum annual distributions under an IRA must begin by April 1st of the calendar year in which the contract owner attains 70 1/2. Distributions must also begin or be continued according to required patterns following the death of the contract owner or the annuitant. NONQUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACTS Individuals may purchase tax-deferred annuities without tax law funding limits. The purchase payments receive no tax benefit, deduction or deferral, but increases in the value of the contract are generally deferred from tax until distribution. If a nonqualified annuity is owned by other than an individual, however, (e.g., by a corporation), the increases in value attributable to purchase payments made after February 28, 1986 are generally includable in income annually. Furthermore, for contracts issued after April 22, 1987, all deferred increases in value will be includable in the income of a contract owner when the contract owner transfers the contract without adequate consideration. If two or more annuity contracts are purchased from the same insurer within the same calendar year, distributions from any of them will be taxed based upon the amount of income in all of the same calendar year series of annuities. This will generally have the effect of causing taxes to be paid sooner on the deferred gain in the contracts. Those receiving partial distributions made before the maturity date will generally be taxed on an income-first basis to the extent of income in the contract. If you are exchanging another annuity contract for this annuity, certain pre-August 14, 1982 deposits into an annuity contract that have been placed in the contract by means of a tax-deferred exchange under Section 1035 of the Code may be withdrawn first without income tax liability. This information on deposits must be provided to the Company by the other insurance company at the time of the exchange. There is income in the contract generally to the extent the cash value exceeds the investment in the contract. The investment in the contract is equal to the amount of premiums paid less any amount received previously which was excludable from gross income. Any direct or indirect borrowing against the value of the contract or pledging of the contract as security for a loan will be treated as a cash distribution under the tax law. In order to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, Section 72(s) of the Code requires any non-qualified contract to contain certain provisions specifying how your interest in the contract will be distributed in the event of the death of an owner of the contract. Specifically, Section 72(s) requires that (a) if an owner dies on or after the annuity starting date, but prior to the time the entire interest in the contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the contract will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of such owner's death; and (b) if any owner dies prior to the annuity starting date, the entire interest in the contract will be distributed within five years after the date of such owner's death. These requirements will be considered satisfied as to any portion of an owner's interest which is payable to or for the benefit of a designated beneficiary and which is distributed over the life of such designated beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the owner's death. The designated beneficiary refers to a natural person designated by the owner as a beneficiary and to whom ownership of the contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the deceased owner, the contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new owner. Contracts will be administered by the Company in accordance with these rules and the Company will make a notification when payments should be commenced. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES To the extent of earned income for the year and not exceeding $2,000 per individual, an individual may make deductible contributions to an individual retirement annuity (IRA). There are certain limits on the deductible amount based on the adjusted gross income of the individual and spouse and based on their participation in a retirement plan. If an 6 50 individual is married and the spouse does not have earned income, the individual may establish IRAs for the individual and spouse. Purchase payments may then be made annually into IRAs for both spouses in the maximum amount of 100% of earned income up to a combined limit of $4,000. The Code provides for the purchase of a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan. A SEP is funded through an IRA with an annual employer contribution limit of 15% of compensation up to $35,000 for each participant. The Internal Revenue Services has not reviewed the contract for qualifications as an IRA, and has not addressed in a ruling of general applicability whether a death benefit provision such as the optional enhanced death benefit in the contract comports with IRA qualification requirements. SIMPLE Plan IRA Form Effective January 1, 1997, employers may establish a savings incentive match plan for employees ("SIMPLE plan") under which employees can make elective salary reduction contributions to an IRA based on a percentage of compensation of up to $6,000. (Alternatively, the employer can establish a SIMPLE cash or deferred arrangement under IRS Section 401(k)). Under a SIMPLE plan IRA, the employer must either make a matching contribution of 100% on the first 3% or 7% contribution for all eligible employees. Early withdrawals are subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty generally applicable to IRAs, except that an early withdrawal by an employee under a SIMPLE plan IRA, within the first two years of participation, shall be subject to a 25% early withdrawal tax. ROTH IRAS Effective January 1, 1998, Section 408A of the Code permits certain individuals to contribute to a Roth IRA. Eligibility to make contributions is based upon income, and the applicable limits vary based on marital status and/or whether the contribution is a rollover contribution from another IRA or an annual contribution. Contributions to a Roth IRA, which are subject to certain limitations ($2,000 per year for annual contributions), are not deductible and must be made in cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA or other IRA. A conversion of a "traditional" IRA to a Roth IRA may be subject to tax and other special rules apply. You should consult a tax adviser before combining any converted amounts with other Roth IRA contributions, including any other conversion amounts from other tax years. Qualified distributions from a Roth IRA are tax-free. A qualified distribution requires that the Roth IRA has been held for at least 5 years, and the distribution is made after age 59 1/2, on death or disability of the owner, or for a limited amount ($10,000) for a qualified first time home purchase for the owner or certain relatives. Income tax and a 10% penalty tax may apply to distributions made (1) before age 59 1/2 (subject to certain exceptions) or (2) during five taxable years starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA of the individual. QUALIFIED PENSION AND PROFIT-SHARING PLANS Under a qualified pension or profit-sharing plan, purchase payments made by an employer are not currently taxable to the participant and increases in the value of a contract are not subject to taxation until received by a participant or beneficiary. Distributions are generally taxable to the participant or beneficiary as ordinary income in the year of receipt. Any distribution that is considered the participant's "investment in the contract" is treated as a return of capital and is not taxable. Under a qualified plan, the investment in the contract may be zero. The contract includes an optional death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the purchase payments or the contract value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any pension or profit-sharing plan. Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, employers using the contract in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser. SECTION 403(b) PLANS Under Code section 403(b), payments made by public school systems and certain tax exempt organizations to purchase annuity contracts for their employees are excludable from the gross income of the employee, subject to certain limitations. However, these payments may be subject to FICA (Social Security) taxes. A qualified contract issued as a tax-sheltered annuity under section 403(b) will be amended as necessary to conform to the requirements of the Code. 7 51 The contract includes an optional death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the purchase payments or the contract value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any tax-sheltered annuity under section 403(b). Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, employers using the Contract in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser. Code section 403(b)(11) restricts this distribution under Code section 403(b) annuity contracts of: (1) elective contributions made in years beginning after December 31, 1998; (2) earnings on those contributions; and (3) earnings in such years on amounts held as of the last year beginning before January 1, 1989. Distribution of those amounts may only occur upon death of the employee, attainment of age 59 1/2, separation from service, disability, or financial hardship. In addition, income attributable to elective contributions may not be distributed in the case of hardship. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING The portion of a distribution, which is taxable income to the recipient, will be subject to federal income tax withholding as follows: 1. ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION FROM SECTION 403(b) PLANS OR ARRANGEMENTS OR FROM QUALIFIED PENSION AND PROFIT-SHARING PLANS There is a mandatory 20% tax withholding for plan distributions that are eligible for rollover to an IRA or to another retirement plan but that are not directly rolled over. A distribution made directly to a participant or beneficiary may avoid this result if: (a) a periodic settlement distribution is elected based upon a life or life expectancy calculation, or (b) a term-for-years settlement distribution is elected for a period of ten years or more, payable at least annually, or (c) a minimum required distribution as defined under the tax law is taken after the attainment of the age of 70 1/2 or as otherwise required by law, or (d) the distribution is a hardship distribution. A distribution including a rollover that is not a direct rollover will be subject to the 20% withholding, and a 10% additional tax penalty may apply to any amount not added back in the rollover. The 20% withholding may be recovered when the participant or beneficiary files a personal income tax return for the year if a rollover was completed within 60 days of receipt of the funds, except to the extent that the participant or spousal beneficiary is otherwise underwithheld or short on estimated taxes for that year. 2. OTHER NON-PERIODIC DISTRIBUTIONS (FULL OR PARTIAL REDEMPTIONS) To the extent not described as requiring 20% withholding in 1 above, the portion of a non-periodic distribution which constitutes taxable income will be subject to federal income tax withholding, if the aggregate distributions exceed $200 for the year, unless the recipient elects not to have taxes withheld. If no such election is made, 10% of the taxable distribution will be withheld as federal income tax. Election forms will be provided at the time distributions are requested. This form of withholding applies to all annuity programs. 3. PERIODIC DISTRIBUTIONS (DISTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE OVER A PERIOD GREATER THAN ONE YEAR) The portion of a periodic distribution which constitutes taxable income will be subject to federal income tax withholding under the wage withholding tables as if the recipient were married claiming three exemptions. A recipient may elect not to have income taxes withheld or have income taxes withheld at a different rate by providing a completed election form. Election forms will be provided at the time distributions are requested. This form of withholding applies to all annuity programs. As of January 1, 2001, a recipient receiving periodic payments (e.g., monthly or annual payments under an annuity option) which total $15,150 or less per year, will generally be exempt from periodic withholding. 8 52 Recipients who elect not to have withholding made are liable for payment of federal income tax on the taxable portion of the distribution. All recipients may also be subject to penalties under the estimated tax payment rules if withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient to cover tax liabilities. Recipients who do not provide a social security number or other taxpayer identification number will not be permitted to elect out of withholding. Additionally, U.S citizens residing outside of the country, or U.S. legal residents temporarily residing outside the country, are not permitted to elect out of withholding. INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS The financial statements of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, included herein, and the financial statements of The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and for the year ended December 31, 2000, also included herein, have been included in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. 9 53 ANNUAL REPORT DECEMBER 31, 2000 THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES [THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE LOGO] The Travelers Insurance Company The Travelers Life and Annuity Company One Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 54 THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DECEMBER 31, 2000 ASSETS: Investments at market value: Concert Investment Series, 8,085,512 shares (cost $98,030,326) ...................... $ 91,890,515 Greenwich Street Series Fund, 15,489,666 shares (cost $343,077,661) ................. 353,319,271 Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc., 35,795,577 shares (cost $452,816,777) .. 451,242,204 The Travelers Series Trust, 21,629,503 shares (cost $302,489,639) ................... 317,102,630 Travelers Series Fund Inc., 72,685,487 shares (cost $459,347,286) ................... 457,504,551 Van Kampen Life Investment Trust, 2,517,754 shares (cost $71,183,110) ............... 64,929,524 -------------- Total Investments (cost $1,726,944,799) .......................................... $1,735,988,695 RECEIVABLES: Dividends ........................................................................... 88,295 Purchase payments and transfers from other Travelers accounts ....................... 3,814,346 Other assets ........................................................................... 1,706 -------------- Total Assets ..................................................................... 1,739,893,042 -------------- LIABILITIES: Payables: Contract surrenders and transfers to other Travelers accounts ....................... 884,713 Insurance charges ................................................................... 585,072 Administrative fees ................................................................. 70,209 Accrued liabilities .................................................................... 38,967 -------------- Total Liabilities ................................................................ 1,578,961 -------------- NET ASSETS: $1,738,314,081 ==============
See Notes to Financial Statements -1- 55 THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends .................................................................. $ 60,318,515 EXPENSES: Insurance charges .......................................................... $ 17,515,403 Administrative fees ........................................................ 2,101,849 ---------------------- Total expenses .......................................................... 19,617,252 --------------------- Net investment income ................................................ 40,701,263 --------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold .......................................... 119,206,138 Cost of investments sold ................................................ 118,694,996 ---------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ............................................. 511,142 Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain at December 31, 1999 .................................... 96,763,820 Unrealized gain at December 31, 2000 .................................... 9,043,896 ---------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .................... (87,719,924) --------------------- Net realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized gain (loss) .... (87,208,782) --------------------- Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations ....................... $ (46,507,519) =====================
See Notes to Financial Statements -2- 56 THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999
2000 1999 ---- ---- OPERATIONS: Net investment income .................................................... $ 40,701,263 $ 8,780,528 Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions .................... 511,142 302,888 Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments ...................... (87,719,924) 81,039,123 -------------------- ----------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ....... (46,507,519) 90,122,539 -------------------- ----------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments (applicable to 731,263,638 and 717,655,113 units, respectively) ....... 841,315,823 756,181,363 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts (applicable to 222,964,706 and 60,722,026 units, respectively) ........ 261,152,848 65,167,224 Administrative charges (applicable to 675,285 and 261,412 units, respectively) ............... (823,312) (276,901) Contract surrenders (applicable to 76,476,981 and 28,960,080 units, respectively) ......... (88,587,741) (30,498,118) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts (applicable to 235,819,379 and 62,192,749 units, respectively) ........ (260,330,190) (65,164,837) Other payments to participants (applicable to 7,910,230 and 2,888,127 units, respectively) ........... (9,029,787) (3,039,545) -------------------- ----------------- Net increase in net assets resulting from unit transactions .......... 743,697,641 722,369,186 -------------------- ----------------- Net increase in net assets ......................................... 697,190,122 812,491,725 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ........................................................ 1,041,123,959 228,632,234 -------------------- ----------------- End of year .............................................................. $ 1,738,314,081 $ 1,041,123,959 ==================== =================
See Notes to Financial Statements -3- 57 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities ("Separate Account PF II") is a separate account of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company ("Travelers Life"), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Insurance Company ("The Travelers"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., and is available for funding certain variable annuity contracts issued by Travelers Life. Separate Account PF II is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a unit investment trust. Separate Account PF II is comprised of the PrimElite product. Participant purchase payments applied to Separate Account PF II are invested in one or more sub-accounts in accordance with the selection made by the contract owner. As of December 31, 2000, the investments comprising Separate Account PF II were: Select Government Portfolio, Select Growth and Income Portfolio, Select Growth Portfolio, Select Mid Cap Portfolio and Select Small Cap Portfolio of Concert Investment Series; Appreciation Portfolio of Greenwich Street Series Fund; Select Balanced Portfolio, Select Conservative Portfolio, Select Growth Portfolio, Select High Growth Portfolio and Select Income Portfolio of Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc.; MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, MFS Research Portfolio and Social Awareness Stock Portfolio of The Travelers Series Trust; MFS Total Return Portfolio, Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Smith Barney High Income Portfolio, Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio, Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio and Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio of Travelers Series Fund Inc; Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares, Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares and Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares of Van Kampen Life Investment Trust. All funds are Massachusetts business trust, except for Travelers Series Fund Inc. and Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc. which are incorporated under Maryland law. All funds are managed by affiliates of The Travelers. Not all funds may be available in all states or to all contact owners. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by Separate Account PF II in the preparation of its financial statements. SECURITY VALUATION. Investments are valued daily at the net asset values per share of the underlying funds. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. The operations of Separate Account PF II form a part of the total operations of Travelers Life and are not taxed separately. Travelers Life is taxed as a life insurance company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Under existing federal income tax law, no taxes are payable on the investment income of Separate Account PF II. Separate Account PF II is not taxed as a "regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Code. OTHER. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. -4- 58 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED 2. INVESTMENTS The aggregate costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments were $902,344,983 and $119,206,138, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2000. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are reported on an average cost basis. The cost of investments in eligible funds was $1,726,944,799 at December 31, 2000. Gross unrealized appreciation for all investments at December 31, 2000 was $40,209,882. Gross unrealized depreciation for all investments at December 31, 2000 was $31,165,986. 3. CONTRACT CHARGES Insurance charges are paid for the mortality and expense risks assumed by Travelers Life. Each business day, Travelers Life deducts a mortality and expense risk charge which is reflected in the calculation of accumulation and annuity unit values. This charge equals, on an annual basis, 1.25% of the amounts held in each funding option. Administrative fees are paid for administrative expenses. This fee is also deducted each business day and reflected in the calculation of accumulation and annuity unit values. This charge equals, on an annual basis, 0.15% of the amounts held in each funding option. For contracts in the accumulation phase, an annual charge of $30 (prorated for partial periods) is deducted from participant account balances and paid to Travelers Life to cover contract administrative charges. No sales charge is deducted from participant purchase payments when they are received. However, Travelers Life generally assesses a contingent deferred sales charge of up to 8% if a participant's purchase payment is surrendered within eight years of its payment date. Contract surrender payments include $3,459,456 and $1,023,451 of contingent deferred sales charges for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. -5- 59 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED 4. NET CONTRACT OWNERS' EQUITY
DECEMBER 31, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCUMULATION UNIT NET UNITS VALUE ASSETS ----- ----- ------ Concert Investment Series Select Government Portfolio ........................ 2,632,392 $ 1.105 $ 2,909,165 Select Growth and Income Portfolio ................. 18,344,678 0.927 17,011,861 Select Growth Portfolio ............................ 48,044,652 0.892 42,854,755 Select Mid Cap Portfolio ........................... 21,516,596 1.048 22,541,148 Select Small Cap Portfolio ......................... 8,291,558 0.833 6,904,051 Greenwich Street Series Fund Appreciation Portfolio ............................. 312,397,589 1.131 353,211,561 Smith Barney Concert Allocation Series Inc. Select Balanced Portfolio .......................... 116,649,147 1.107 129,162,249 Select Conservative Portfolio ...................... 29,371,876 1.064 31,262,878 Select Growth Portfolio ............................ 148,142,153 1.106 163,829,041 Select High Growth Portfolio ....................... 98,281,080 1.153 113,355,839 Select Income Portfolio ............................ 13,550,404 1.021 13,838,969 The Travelers Series Trust MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio ....................... 102,889,578 1.760 181,075,623 MFS Research Portfolio ............................. 111,973,813 1.146 128,334,928 Social Awareness Stock Portfolio ................... 8,016,692 0.984 7,884,743 Travelers Series Fund Inc. MFS Total Return Portfolio ......................... 75,344,816 1.177 88,701,157 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio ........... 98,624,592 1.021 100,733,978 Smith Barney High Income Portfolio ................. 31,714,593 0.879 27,861,989 Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio ........ 68,195,410 1.105 75,362,730 Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio ............. 109,901,403 1.070 117,551,927 Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio ................ 43,727,838 1.098 48,022,846 Van Kampen Life Investment Trust Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares ................. 7,549,285 1.166 8,802,834 Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares .......... 57,423,433 0.773 44,359,114 Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares ........ 12,181,962 1.046 12,740,695 ----------------- Net Contract Owners' Equity ......................................................................... $ 1,738,314,081 =================
-6- 60 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED 5. STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS NO. OF MARKET SHARES VALUE ---------------- ----------------- CONCERT INVESTMENT SERIES (5.3%) Select Government Portfolio (Cost $2,880,912) 270,616 $ 2,857,706 Select Growth and Income Portfolio (Cost $17,835,643) 1,694,413 16,927,186 Select Growth Portfolio (Cost $46,582,863) 3,813,287 42,785,080 Select Mid Cap Portfolio (Cost $22,843,392) 1,605,268 22,441,645 Select Small Cap Portfolio (Cost $7,887,516) 701,928 6,878,898 ---------------- ----------------- Total (Cost $98,030,326) 8,085,512 91,890,515 ---------------- ----------------- GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND (20.3%) Appreciation Portfolio Total (Cost $343,077,661) 15,489,666 353,319,271 ---------------- ----------------- SMITH BARNEY CONCERT ALLOCATION SERIES INC (26.0%) Select Balanced Portfolio (Cost $127,887,910) 10,736,983 129,165,901 Select Conservative Portfolio (Cost $31,756,170) 2,755,999 31,280,585 Select Growth Portfolio (Cost $165,580,047) 12,838,473 163,562,157 Select High Growth Portfolio (Cost $113,186,871) 8,181,007 113,388,755 Select Income Portfolio (Cost $14,405,779) 1,283,115 13,844,806 ---------------- ----------------- Total (Cost $452,816,777) 35,795,577 451,242,204 ---------------- ----------------- THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST (18.3%) MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (Cost $170,813,547) 10,794,631 180,918,021 MFS Research Portfolio (Cost $123,672,800) 10,561,487 128,322,068 Social Awareness Stock Portfolio (Cost $8,003,292) 273,385 7,862,541 ---------------- ----------------- Total (Cost $302,489,639) 21,629,503 317,102,630 ---------------- ----------------- TRAVELERS SERIES FUND INC. (26.4%) MFS Total Return Portfolio (Cost $82,342,141) 4,992,376 88,664,606 Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio (Cost $105,607,731) 7,170,390 100,313,751 Smith Barney High Income Portfolio (Cost $32,863,839) 2,751,817 27,820,867 Smith Barney International Equity Portfolio (Cost $80,011,830) 4,333,279 75,355,718 Smith Barney Large Cap Value Portfolio (Cost $110,610,637) 5,526,518 117,438,501 Smith Barney Money Market Portfolio (Cost $47,911,108) 47,911,107 47,911,108 ---------------- ----------------- Total (Cost $459,347,286) 72,685,487 457,504,551 ---------------- ----------------- VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST (3.7%) Comstock Portfolio Class II Shares (Cost $7,980,448) 728,297 8,564,773 Emerging Growth Portfolio Class II Shares (Cost $50,631,567) 1,062,246 43,987,616 Growth and Income Portfolio Class II Shares (Cost $12,571,095) 727,211 12,377,135 ---------------- ----------------- Total (Cost $71,183,110) 2,517,754 64,929,524 ---------------- ----------------- TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100%) (COST $1,726,944,799) $ 1,735,988,695 =================
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SELECT GROWTH AND INCOME SELECT GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO ----------------------------- ------------------------------ 2000 1999 2000 1999 INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ......................................... $ 145,952 $ - $ 153,364 $ --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ EXPENSES: Insurance charges ................................. 7,857 - 66,776 - Administrative fees ............................... 943 - 8,013 - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net investment income (loss) ................ 137,152 - 78,575 - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ................. 374,632 - 141,618 - Cost of investments sold ....................... 366,553 - 141,616 - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net realized gain (loss) .................... 8,079 - 2 - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year - - - - Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ............. (23,206) - (908,457) - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .................................. (23,206) - (908,457) - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ................... 122,025 - (829,880) - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ..................... 1,517,840 - 16,066,314 - Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts .................................... 1,652,700 - 2,215,683 - Administrative charges ............................ (67) - (769) - Contract surrenders ............................... (50,160) - (281,538) - Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ..................................... (333,173) - (157,949) - Other payments to participants .................... - - - - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ............ 2,787,140 - 17,841,741 - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets ....... 2,909,165 - 17,011,861 - NET ASSETS: Beginning of year .............................. - - - - --------------- ----------- ---------------- ------------ End of year .................................... $ 2,909,165 $ - $17,011,861 - =============== =========== ================ ============
SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------- 2000 1999 INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ........................................ $ 96,668 $ - -------------- ---------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges ................................ 186,664 - Administrative fees .............................. 22,400 - -------------- ---------- Net investment income (loss) ............... (112,396) - -------------- ---------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ................ 46,402 - Cost of investments sold ...................... 46,428 - -------------- ---------- Net realized gain (loss) ................... (26) - -------------- ---------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ...... - - Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ............ (3,797,783) - -------------- ---------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .............................. (3,797,783) - -------------- ---------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations .................. (3,910,205) - -------------- ---------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments .................... 38,710,563 - Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ........................... 9,488,957 - Administrative charges ........................... (3,629) - Contract surrenders .............................. (536,813) - Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ..................................... (894,118) - Other payments to participants ................... - - -------------- ---------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ........... 46,764,960 - -------------- ---------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets ...... 42,854,755 - NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ............................. - -------------- ---------- End of year ................................... $ 42,854,755 $ - ============== ==========
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SELECT MID CAP PORTFOLIO SELECT SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 134,051 $ - $ 355,308 $ - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 77,566 - 31,359 - 9,308 - 3,763 - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 47,177 - 320,186 - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 91,710 - 181,244 - 90,541 - 186,821 - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 1,169 - (5,577) - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- - - - - (401,747) - (1,008,618) - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- (401,747) - (1,008,618) - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- (353,401) - (694,009) - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 16,371,684 - 6,006,357 - 7,887,634 - 2,028,091 - (1,776) - (748) - (207,678) - (115,350) - (1,155,315) - (319,166) - - - (1,124) - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 22,894,549 - 7,598,060 - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 22,541,148 - 6,904,051 - - - - - --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- $ 22,541,148 $ - $ 6,904,051 $ - ===================== ==================== ==================== ====================
APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO SELECT BALANCED PORTFOLIO -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 7,245,478 $ 3,001,168 $ 8,493,612 $ 2,929,529 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 4,174,431 1,775,689 1,456,655 900,882 500,933 213,083 174,799 108,106 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 2,570,114 1,012,396 6,862,158 1,920,541 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 14,442,366 699,291 5,672,148 3,683,172 14,079,776 656,478 5,533,924 3,558,751 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 362,590 42,813 138,224 124,421 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 17,587,490 3,181,738 4,473,261 1,779,450 10,241,610 17,587,490 1,277,991 4,473,261 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- (7,345,880) 14,405,752 (3,195,270) 2,693,811 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- (4,413,176) 15,460,961 3,805,112 4,738,773 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 128,743,014 217,523,716 37,411,328 65,699,833 31,643,330 14,213,700 9,918,775 5,296,842 (222,532) (65,361) (58,955) (28,801) (21,037,210) (6,738,468) (8,488,742) (4,830,764) (49,898,300) (5,947,744) (12,319,202) (8,741,146) (2,627,948) (691,499) (680,005) (897,535) --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 86,600,354 218,294,344 25,783,199 56,498,429 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- 82,187,178 233,755,305 29,588,311 61,237,202 271,024,383 37,269,078 99,573,938 38,336,736 --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- $ 353,211,561 $ 271,024,383 $ 129,162,249 $ 99,573,938 ===================== ===================== ====================== ====================
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SELECT CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------ 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends .................................................. $ 2,179,545 $ 931,106 -------------------- -------------------- Expenses: Insurance charges .......................................... 384,663 317,054 Administrative fees ........................................ 46,159 38,047 -------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ........................... 1,748,723 576,005 -------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ........................... 9,637,387 2,572,358 Cost of investments sold ................................. 9,551,893 2,566,491 -------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ............................... 85,494 5,867 -------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ................. 513,679 417,298 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ....................... (475,585) 513,679 -------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year ...... (989,264) 96,381 -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations .............................. 844,953 678,253 -------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments .............................. 9,249,357 22,329,026 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ........ 1,476,024 1,058,883 Administrative charges ..................................... (15,522) (9,122) Contract surrenders ........................................ (2,901,020) (1,637,593) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts .......... (10,789,724) (2,806,534) Other payments to participants ............................. (425,689) (133,133) -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ....................... (3,406,574) 18,801,527 -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets .................. (2,561,621) 19,479,780 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ........................................ 33,824,499 14,344,719 -------------------- -------------------- End of year .............................................. $ 31,262,878 $ 33,824,499 ==================== ====================
SMITH BARNEY SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ................................................. $ 9,117,440 $ 1,957,676 -------------------------- -------------------------- Expenses: Insurance charges ......................................... 1,916,533 973,285 Administrative fees ....................................... 229,984 116,794 -------------------------- -------------------------- Net investment income (loss) .......................... 6,970,923 867,597 -------------------------- -------------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold .......................... 3,118,147 506,560 Cost of investments sold ................................ 2,982,315 476,171 -------------------------- -------------------------- Net realized gain (loss) .............................. 135,832 30,389 -------------------------- -------------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ................ 15,003,526 2,793,787 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ...................... (2,017,890) 15,003,526 -------------------------- -------------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year ..... (17,021,416) 12,209,739 -------------------------- -------------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ............................. (9,914,661) 13,107,725 -------------------------- -------------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ............................. 61,255,874 81,958,277 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ....... 10,202,236 5,852,076 Administrative charges .................................... (98,485) (40,449) Contract surrenders ....................................... (9,806,909) (3,030,219) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ......... (12,074,016) (3,807,508) Other payments to participants ............................ (670,395) (440,977) -------------------------- -------------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ...................... 48,808,305 80,491,200 -------------------------- -------------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets ................. 38,893,644 93,598,925 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ....................................... 124,935,397 31,336,472 -------------------------- -------------------------- End of year ............................................. $ 163,829,041 $ 124,935,397 ========================== ==========================
SELECT HIGH GROWTH PORTFOLIO ---------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ................................................ $ 5,401,801 $ 818,986 ------------------------ -------------------- Expenses: Insurance charges ........................................ 1,338,620 562,160 Administrative fees ...................................... 160,634 67,459 ------------------------ -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ......................... 3,902,547 189,367 ------------------------ -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ......................... 4,116,264 298,363 Cost of investments sold ............................... 3,856,119 269,462 ------------------------ -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ............................. 260,145 28,901 ------------------------ -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ............... 14,641,598 2,152,000 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ..................... 201,884 14,641,598 ------------------------ -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .... (14,439,714) 12,489,598 ------------------------ -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ............................ (10,277,022) 12,707,866 ------------------------ -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ............................ 50,211,961 48,146,404 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ...... 12,771,092 4,011,925 Administrative charges ................................... (72,571) (25,576) Contract surrenders ...................................... (7,291,399) (1,930,747) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ........ (11,768,967) (1,619,682) Other payments to participants ........................... (343,572) (20,925) ------------------------ -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ..................... 43,506,544 48,561,399 ------------------------ -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets ................ 33,229,522 61,269,265 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ...................................... 80,126,317 18,857,052 ------------------------ -------------------- End of year ............................................ $ 113,355,839 $ 80,126,317 ======================== ====================
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SELECT INCOME PORTFOLIO MFS MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 1,004,972 $ 380,589 $ 9,775,070 $ 74,784 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- 165,602 133,567 1,726,135 267,330 19,873 16,028 207,136 32,080 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- 819,497 230,994 7,841,799 (224,626) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- 4,619,697 1,770,685 1,451,309 29,871 4,727,588 1,756,241 1,253,028 27,681 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- (107,891) 14,444 198,281 2,190 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- (154,948) 150,593 18,975,974 690,082 (560,973) (154,948) 10,104,474 18,975,974 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- (406,025) (305,541) (8,871,500) 18,285,892 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- 305,581 (60,103) (831,420) 18,063,456 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- 3,918,541 9,702,296 99,351,862 30,855,687 1,078,928 1,164,500 45,594,808 5,597,229 (6,632) (3,840) (80,973) (10,642) (1,651,251) (1,596,434) (7,993,056) (837,124) (4,228,727) (1,595,215) (11,495,187) (1,866,893) (41,848) (15,006) (584,432) (9,898) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- (930,989) 7,656,301 124,793,022 33,728,359 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- (625,408) 7,596,198 123,961,602 51,791,815 14,464,377 6,868,179 57,114,021 5,322,206 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------- -------------------- $ 13,838,969 $ 14,464,377 $ 181,075,623 $ 57,114,021 ==================== ==================== ========================= ====================
MFS RESEARCH PORTFOLIO SOCIAL AWARENESS STOCK PORTFOLIO ---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 1,876,991 $ - $ 18,134 $ - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 1,527,380 607,307 28,113 - 183,286 72,877 3,373 - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 166,325 (680,184) (13,352) - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 2,485,881 421,139 293,860 - 2,234,774 387,660 287,462 - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 251,107 33,479 6,398 - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 16,176,494 2,042,867 - - 4,649,268 16,176,494 (140,751) - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- (11,527,226) 14,133,627 (140,751) - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- (11,109,794) 13,486,922 (147,705) - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 55,338,259 54,754,335 6,884,718 - 15,276,971 4,664,700 1,629,298 - (77,482) (26,342) (539) - (6,322,204) (2,228,548) (58,369) - (10,791,908) (2,896,475) (317,881) - (586,932) (255,138) (104,779) - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 52,836,704 54,012,532 8,032,448 - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 41,726,910 67,499,454 7,884,743 - 86,608,018 19,108,564 - - ------------------------ -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- $ 128,334,928 $ 86,608,018 $ $ 7,884,743 $ - ======================== ==================== ==================== ====================
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MFS TOTAL RETURN PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------ 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends .......................................... $ 4,194,582 $ 2,403,297 -------------------- --------------------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges .................................. 862,824 425,189 Administrative fees ................................ 103,539 51,023 -------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ................... 3,228,219 1,927,085 -------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ................... 3,862,523 327,451 Cost of investments sold ......................... 3,962,559 329,344 -------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ....................... (100,036) (1,893) -------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ......... (1,214,241) 593,537 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ............... 6,322,465 (1,214,241) -------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year ..................................... 7,536,706 (1,807,778) -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ...................... 10,664,889 117,414 -------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ...................... 30,790,677 44,183,472 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ......................................... 7,423,251 3,554,028 Administrative charges ............................. (40,343) (16,001) Contract surrenders ................................ (4,118,558) (1,761,368) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts... (11,416,006) (1,858,747) Other payments to participants ..................... (756,460) (101,471) -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ............... 21,882,561 43,999,913 -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets .......... 32,547,450 44,117,327 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ................................ 56,153,707 12,036,380 -------------------- -------------------- End of year ...................................... $ 88,701,157 $ 56,153,707 ==================== ====================
SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends .......................................... $ - $ - -------------------------- -------------------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges .................................. 416,594 - Administrative fees ................................ 49,991 - -------------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ................... (466,585) - -------------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ................... 37,777 - Cost of investments sold ......................... 37,994 - -------------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ....................... (217) - -------------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ......... - - Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ............... (5,293,980) - -------------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year ...................................... (5,293,980) - -------------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ...................... (5,760,782) - -------------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ...................... 75,629,219 - Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ....................................... 35,193,659 - Administrative charges ............................. (12,108) - Contract surrenders ................................ (1,224,072) - Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ....................................... (2,998,041) - Other payments to participants ..................... (93,897) - -------------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ............... 106,494,760 - -------------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets .......... 100,733,978 - NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ................................ - - -------------------------- -------------------- End of year ...................................... $ 100,733,978 $ - ========================== ====================
SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends $ 2,520,838 $ 1,114,718 -------------------- -------------------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges .................................. 341,302 203,717 Administrative fees ................................ 40,956 24,446 -------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ................... 2,138,580 886,555 -------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ................... 3,881,863 432,652 Cost of investments sold ......................... 4,232,415 444,257 -------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ....................... (350,552) (11,605) -------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ......... (520,782) 80,325 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ............... (5,042,972) (520,782) -------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year ...................................... (4,522,190) (601,107) -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ...................... (2,734,162) 273,843 -------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ...................... 11,451,165 18,958,105 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ....................................... 2,548,551 1,520,704 Administrative charges ............................. (14,871) (7,086) Contract surrenders ................................ (1,839,439) (939,540) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts... (6,292,556) (1,671,180) Other payments to participants ..................... (308,992) (26,445) -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ............... 5,543,858 17,834,558 -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets .......... 2,809,696 18,108,401 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ................................ 25,052,293 6,943,892 -------------------- -------------------- End of year ...................................... $ 27,861,989 $ 25,052,293 ==================== ====================
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SMITH BARNEY INTERNATIONAL SMITH BARNEY LARGE CAP EQUITY PORTFOLIO VALUE PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 467,813 $ 56,768 $ 3,687,132 $ 2,088,096 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 845,653 231,754 1,253,227 735,364 101,478 27,810 150,387 88,244 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (479,318) (202,796) 2,283,518 1,264,488 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 1,769,655 241,243 9,316,992 285,527 1,733,331 192,012 9,724,844 300,876 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 36,324 49,231 (407,852) (15,349) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 14,543,862 434,908 (3,262,093) 1,408,112 (4,656,112) 14,543,862 6,827,864 (3,262,093) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (19,199,974) 14,108,954 10,089,957 (4,670,205) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- (19,642,968) 13,955,389 11,965,623 (3,421,066) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 52,140,420 19,026,469 35,509,067 74,044,657 17,152,223 3,167,060 9,091,583 5,755,157 (39,073) (9,336) (62,957) (27,476) (3,467,307) (1,032,548) (6,258,024) (2,734,212) (11,658,017) (1,196,091) (23,909,310) (2,438,928) (581,520) (135,907) (757,474) (209,366) -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 53,546,726 19,819,647 13,612,885 74,389,832 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- 33,903,758 33,775,036 25,578,508 70,968,766 41,458,972 7,683,936 91,973,419 21,004,653 -------------------- -------------------- ------------------------ -------------------- $ 75,362,730 $ 41,458,972 $ 117,551,927 $ 91,973,419 ==================== ==================== ======================== ====================
SMITH BARNEY MONEY MARKET COMSTOCK PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 2,755,197 $ 1,431,325 $ 98,031 $ - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- 587,813 373,410 13,014 - 70,537 44,809 1,562 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- 2,096,847 1,013,106 83,455 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- 53,658,630 20,029,961 - - 53,658,630 20,029,961 - - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- - - - - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- - - - - - - 584,325 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- - - 584,325 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- 2,096,847 1,013,106 667,780 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- 56,178,725 68,999,086 6,324,336 - 12,810,422 9,310,420 1,849,305 - (13,280) (6,869) - - (4,619,407) (1,200,553) (17,952) - (76,780,359) (28,718,694) (20,635) - (464,720) (102,245) - - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- (12,888,619) 48,281,145 8,135,054 - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- (10,791,772) 49,294,251 8,802,834 - 58,814,618 9,520,367 - - -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------------- $ 48,022,846 $ 58,814,618 $ 8,802,834 $ - ==================== ==================== =================== ====================
-13- 67 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED 6. SCHEDULE OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II OPERATIONS AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999 (CONTINUED)
EMERGING GROWTH PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends .................................................. $ - $ - -------------------- -------------------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges .......................................... 85,862 - Administrative fees ........................................ 10,303 - -------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ........................... (96,165) - -------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ........................... - - Cost of investments sold ................................. - - -------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) ............................... - - -------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ................. - - Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ....................... (6,643,951) - -------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .............................................. (6,643,951) - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations .............................. (6,740,116) - -------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments .............................. 33,451,021 - Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts .............................................. 18,436,735 - Administrative charges ..................................... - - Contract surrenders ........................................ (230,003) - Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts .......... (558,523) - Other payments to participants ............................. - - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ....................... 51,099,230 - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets .................. 44,359,114 - NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ........................................ - - -------------------- -------------------- End of year .............................................. $ 44,359,114 $ - ==================== ====================
GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ................................................ $ 596,536 $ - -------------------- -------------------- EXPENSES: Insurance charges ........................................ 20,760 - Administrative fees ...................................... 2,492 - -------------------- -------------------- Net investment income (loss) ......................... 573,284 - -------------------- -------------------- REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ......................... 6,033 - Cost of investments sold 6,385 - -------------------- -------------------- Net realized gain (loss) (352) - -------------------- -------------------- Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ............... - - Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ..................... (193,960) - -------------------- -------------------- Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .... (193,960) - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ............................ 378,972 - -------------------- -------------------- UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ............................ 8,803,521 - Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ...... 3,782,592 - Administrative charges ................................... - - Contract surrenders ...................................... (71,280) - Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ........ (153,110) - Other payments to participants ........................... - - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ..................... 12,361,723 - -------------------- -------------------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets ................ 12,740,695 - NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ...................................... - - -------------------- -------------------- End of year ............................................ $ 12,740,695 $ - ==================== ====================
COMBINED ------------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividends ................................................ $ 60,318,515 $ 17,188,042 ------------------------ ------------------------ EXPENSES: Insurance charges ........................................ 17,515,403 7,506,708 Administrative fees ...................................... 2,101,849 900,806 ------------------------ ------------------------ Net investment income (loss) ......................... 40,701,263 8,780,528 ------------------------ ------------------------ REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS: Realized gain (loss) from investment transactions: Proceeds from investments sold ......................... 119,206,138 31,298,273 Cost of investments sold ............................... 118,694,996 30,995,385 ------------------------ ------------------------ Net realized gain (loss) ............................. 511,142 302,888 ------------------------ ------------------------ Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments: Unrealized gain (loss) beginning of year ............... 96,763,820 15,724,697 Unrealized gain (loss) end of year ..................... 9,043,896 96,763,820 ------------------------ ------------------------ Net change in unrealized gain (loss) for the year .... (87,719,924) 81,039,123 ------------------------ ------------------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations ............................ (46,507,519) 90,122,539 ------------------------ ------------------------ UNIT TRANSACTIONS: Participant purchase payments ............................ 841,315,823 756,181,363 Participant transfers from other Travelers accounts ...... 261,152,848 65,167,224 Administrative charges ................................... (823,312) (276,901) Contract surrenders ...................................... (88,587,741) (30,498,118) Participant transfers to other Travelers accounts ........ (260,330,190) (65,164,837) Other payments to participants ........................... (9,029,787) (3,039,545) ------------------------ ------------------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions ..................... 743,697,641 722,369,186 ------------------------ ------------------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets ................ 697,190,122 812,491,725 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year ...................................... 1,041,123,959 228,632,234 ------------------------ ------------------------ End of year ............................................ $ 1,738,314,081 $ 1,041,123,959 ======================== ========================
-14- 68 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED 6. SCHEDULE OF ACCUMULATION UNITS FOR SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999
SELECT GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ....................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts ................ 2,995,191 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................. (362,799) - ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................. 2,632,392 - =================== ==================== SELECT MID CAP PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ....................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts ................ 22,817,818 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................. (1,301,222) - ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................. 21,516,596 - =================== ==================== SELECT BALANCED PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ....................... 92,958,272 37,964,992 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts ................ 43,520,547 69,018,617 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................. (19,829,672) (14,025,337) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................. 116,649,147 92,958,272 =================== ==================== SELECT HIGH GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ....................... 63,571,711 18,718,704 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts ................ 50,497,346 48,106,585 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................. (15,787,977) (3,253,578) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................. 98,281,080 63,571,711 =================== ====================
SELECT GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 18,804,886 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (460,208) - -------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 18,344,678 - ==================== =================== SELECT SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 8,777,398 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (485,840) - -------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 8,291,558 - ==================== =================== SELECT CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 32,731,406 14,254,579 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 10,231,416 22,991,742 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (13,590,946) (4,514,915) -------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 29,371,876 32,731,406 ==================== =================== SELECT INCOME PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 14,503,445 6,835,035 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 4,950,853 10,882,495 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (5,903,894) (3,214,085) -------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 13,550,404 14,503,445 ==================== ===================
SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 49,558,018 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (1,513,366) - ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 48,044,652 - =================== ==================== APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 235,392,378 36,108,910 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 142,325,806 211,462,274 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (65,320,595) (12,178,806) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 312,397,589 235,392,378 =================== ==================== SMITH BARNEY SELECT GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 106,081,505 30,475,847 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 61,649,252 82,407,819 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (19,588,604) (6,802,161) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 148,142,153 106,081,505 =================== ==================== MFS MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 34,997,093 5,280,045 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 78,646,116 31,818,393 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (10,753,631) (2,101,345) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 102,889,578 34,997,093 =================== ====================
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MFS RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 70,357,077 18,932,328 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 55,776,909 56,477,924 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (14,160,173) (5,053,175) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 111,973,813 70,357,077 =================== ==================== SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 102,704,646 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (4,080,054) - ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 98,624,592 - =================== ==================== SMITH BARNEY LARGE CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... 95,910,703 21,613,178 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 46,266,927 79,837,895 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (32,276,227) (5,540,370) ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 109,901,403 95,910,703 =================== ==================== EMERGING GROWTH PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ----------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ..................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .............. 58,349,635 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts ................ (926,202) - ------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ........................... 57,423,433 - =================== ====================
SOCIAL AWARENESS STOCK PORTFOLIO ---------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .. 8,486,691 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .... (469,999) - ------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............... 8,016,692 - =================== =================== SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO ---------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......... 25,856,446 7,250,612 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .. 14,881,107 21,373,936 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .... (9,022,960) (2,768,102) ------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............... 31,714,593 25,856,446 =================== =================== SMITH BARNEY MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO ---------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......... 56,006,628 9,365,841 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .. 64,248,487 75,615,908 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .... (76,527,277) (28,975,121) ------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............... 43,727,838 56,006,628 =================== =================== GROWTHS AND INCOME PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ---------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .. 12,400,957 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .... (218,995) - ------------------- ------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............... 12,181,962 - =================== ===================
MFS TOTAL RETURN PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------ 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......................... 54,861,298 11,901,259 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .................. 36,191,214 46,615,526 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................... (15,707,696) (3,655,487) --------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................... 75,344,816 54,861,298 ===================== ==================== SMITH BARNEY INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......................... 28,191,109 8,642,970 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .................. 52,562,912 21,768,025 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................... (12,558,611) (2,219,886) ---------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................... 68,195,410 28,191,109 ====================== ==================== COMSTOCK PORTFOLIO CLASS II SHARES ------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......................... - - Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .................. 7,584,212 - Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................... (34,927) - ---------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................... 7,549,285 - ====================== ==================== COMBINED ------------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ---- ---- Accumulation units beginning of year ......................... 911,419,071 227,344,300 Accumulation units purchased and transferred from other Travelers accounts .................. 954,228,344 778,377,139 Accumulation units redeemed and transferred to other Travelers accounts .................... (320,881,875) (94,302,368) ---------------------- -------------------- Accumulation units end of year ............................... 1,544,765,540 911,419,071 ====================== ====================
-16- 70 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT The Board of Directors of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company and Owners of Variable Annuity Contracts of The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities: We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities (comprised of the sub-accounts listed in note 1) (collectively, "the Account") as of December 31, 2000, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended and the statement of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Account's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of shares owned as of December 31, 2000, by correspondence with the underlying funds. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Account as of December 31, 2000, the results of its operations for the year then ended and the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. /s/ KMPG LLP Hartford, Connecticut February 15, 2001 -17- 71 This page intentionally left blank 72 This page intentionally left blank 73 Independent Auditors KPMG LLP Hartford, Connecticut This report is prepared for the general information of contract owners and is not an offer of units of The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities or shares of Separate Account PF II's underlying funds. It should not be used in connection with any offer except in conjunction with the Prospectus for The Travelers Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities product(s) offered by The Travelers Life and Annuity Company and the Prospectuses of the underlying funds, which collectively contain all pertinent information, including the applicable sales commissions. SEPPF II (Annual) (12-00) Printed in U.S.A. 74 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT The Board of Directors and Shareholder The Travelers Life and Annuity Company: We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related statements of income, changes in retained earnings and accumulated other changes in equity from non-owner sources and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. /s/ KPMG LLP Hartford, Connecticut January 16, 2001 F-1 75 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY STATEMENTS OF INCOME ($ in thousands)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 1999 1998 --------- --------- --------- REVENUES Premiums $ 33,941 $ 25,270 $ 23,677 Net investment income 214,174 177,179 171,003 Realized investment gains (losses) (7,396) (4,973) 18,493 Fee income 127,378 63,722 27,392 Other revenues 9,625 4,072 1,494 --------- --------- --------- Total Revenues 377,722 265,270 242,059 --------- --------- --------- BENEFITS AND EXPENSES Current and future insurance benefits 78,403 78,072 81,371 Interest credited to contractholders 77,579 56,216 51,535 Amortization of deferred acquisition costs 68,254 38,902 15,956 Operating expenses 14,095 11,326 5,012 --------- --------- --------- Total Benefits and Expenses 238,331 184,516 153,874 --------- --------- --------- Income before federal income taxes 139,391 80,754 88,185 --------- --------- --------- Federal income taxes Current 11,738 21,738 18,917 Deferred 36,748 6,410 11,783 --------- --------- --------- Total Federal Income Taxes 48,486 28,148 30,700 --------- --------- --------- Net income $ 90,905 $ 52,606 $ 57,485 ========= ========= =========
See Notes to Financial Statements. F-2 76 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY BALANCE SHEETS ($ in thousands)
DECEMBER 31, 2000 1999 ----------- ----------- ASSETS Fixed maturities, available for sale at fair value (including $49,465 at December 31, 2000 subject to securities lending agreements) $ 2,297,141 $ 1,713,948 Equity securities, at fair value 22,551 33,169 Mortgage loans 132,768 155,719 Short-term securities 247,377 81,119 Other invested assets 222,325 190,622 ----------- ----------- Total Investments 2,922,162 2,174,577 ----------- ----------- Separate accounts 6,802,985 4,795,165 Deferred acquisition costs 579,567 350,088 Deferred federal income taxes 11,296 74,478 Premium balances receivable 26,184 22,420 Other assets 153,423 84,605 ----------- ----------- Total Assets $10,495,617 $ 7,501,333 ----------- ----------- LIABILITIES Future policy benefits and claims $ 989,576 $ 1,007,776 Contractholder funds 1,631,611 1,117,819 Separate accounts 6,802,985 4,795,165 Other liabilities 211,441 114,408 ----------- ----------- Total Liabilities 9,635,613 7,035,168 ----------- ----------- SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY Common stock, par value $100; 100,000 shares authorized, 30,000 issued and outstanding 3,000 3,000 Additional paid-in capital 417,316 167,316 Retained earnings 426,066 335,161 Accumulated other changes in equity from non-owner sources 13,622 (39,312) ----------- ----------- Total Shareholder's Equity 860,004 466,165 ----------- ----------- Total Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity $10,495,617 $ 7,501,333 =========== ===========
See Notes to Financial Statements. F-3 77 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS AND ACCUMULATED OTHER CHANGES IN EQUITY FROM NON-OWNER SOURCES ($ in thousands)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN RETAINED EARNINGS 2000 1999 1998 --------- --------- --------- Balance, beginning of year $ 335,161 $ 282,555 $ 225,070 Net income 90,905 52,606 57,485 --------- --------- --------- Balance, end of year $ 426,066 $ 335,161 $ 282,555 ========= ========= ========= STATEMENTS OF ACCUMULATED OTHER CHANGES IN EQUITY FROM NON-OWNER SOURCES Balance, beginning of year $ (39,312) $ 87,889 $ 70,277 Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax 52,934 (127,201) 17,612 --------- --------- --------- Balance, end of year $ 13,622 $ (39,312) $ 87,889 ========= ========= ========= SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FROM NON-OWNER SOURCES Net Income $ 90,905 $ 52,606 $ 57,485 Other changes in equity from non-owner sources 52,934 (127,201) 17,612 --------- --------- --------- Total changes in equity from non-owner sources $ 143,839 $ (74,595) $ 75,097 ========= ========= =========
See Notes to Financial Statements. F-4 78 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH ($ in thousands)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 1999 1998 ----------- ----------- ----------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Premiums collected $ 33,609 $ 24,804 $ 22,300 Net investment income received 186,362 150,107 146,158 Benefits and claims paid (96,890) (94,503) (90,872) Interest credited to contractholders (77,579) (50,219) (51,535) Operating expenses paid (325,180) (235,166) (122,327) Income taxes paid (38,548) (29,369) (25,214) Other, including fee income 176,822 46,028 46,099 ----------- ----------- ----------- Net Cash Used in Operating Activities (141,404) (188,318) (75,391) ----------- ----------- ----------- CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from maturities of investments Fixed maturities 220,841 213,402 113,456 Mortgage loans 28,477 28,002 25,462 Proceeds from sales of investments Fixed maturities 843,856 774,096 1,095,976 Equity securities 30,772 5,146 6,020 Mortgage loans 15,260 -- -- Real estate held for sale 2,115 -- -- Purchases of investments Fixed maturities (1,564,237) (1,025,110) (1,320,704) Equity securities (20,361) (12,524) (13,653) Mortgage loans (17,016) (8,520) (39,158) Policy loans, net (2,675) (5,316) (2,010) Short-term securities (purchases) sales, net (166,259) 45,057 43,054 Other investments (purchases) sales, net 327 (44,621) 1,110 Securities transactions in course of settlement, net 21,372 (7,033) 36,459 ----------- ----------- ----------- Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (607,528) (37,421) (53,988) ----------- ----------- ----------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Contractholder fund deposits 629,138 308,953 211,476 Contractholder fund withdrawals (115,289) (83,817) (83,036) Contribution from parent company 250,000 -- -- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities 763,849 225,136 128,440 ----------- ----------- ----------- Net increase (decrease) in cash 14,917 (603) (939) Cash at beginning of period 21 624 315 ----------- ----------- ----------- Cash at December 31, $ 14,938 $ 21 $ 624 =========== =========== ===========
See Notes to Financial Statements. F-5 79 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements follow. BASIS OF PRESENTATION The Travelers Life and Annuity Company (the Company) is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Insurance Company (TIC), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup). The financial statements and accompanying footnotes of the Company are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and benefits and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company offers a variety of variable annuity products where the investment risk is borne by the contractholder, not the Company, and the benefits are not guaranteed. The premiums and deposits related to these products are reported in separate accounts. The Company considers it necessary to differentiate, for financial statement purposes, the results of the risks it has assumed from those it has not. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2000 presentation. ACCOUNTING CHANGES ACCOUNTING FOR TRANSFERS AND SERVICING OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND EXTINGUISHMENTS OF LIABILITIES In September 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities, a replacement of FASB Statement No. 125" (FAS 140). Provisions of FAS 140 primarily relating to transfers of financial assets and securitizations that differ from provisions of FAS 125 are effective for transfers taking place after March 31, 2001. Special purpose entities (SPEs) used in securitizations that are currently qualifying SPEs under FAS 125 will continue to be treated as qualifying SPEs so long as they issue no new beneficial interests and accept no new asset transfers after March 31, 2001, other than transfers committed to prior to that date. Under FAS 140 qualifying SPEs are not consolidated by the transferor. It is not expected that there will be a significant effect on the Company's results of operations, financial condition or liquidity relating to a change in consolidation status for existing qualifying SPEs under FAS 140. FAS 140 also amends the accounting for collateral and requires new disclosures for collateral, securitizations, and retained interests in securitizations. These provisions are effective for financial statements for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2000. The accounting for collateral, as amended, requires (a) certain assets pledged as collateral to be separately reported in the consolidated balance sheet from assets not so encumbered and (b) disclosure of assets pledged as collateral that have not been reclassified and separately reported. The change in accounting for collateral did not have a significant effect on results of the Company's operations, financial condition or liquidity. See Note 2. F-6 80 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) ACCOUNTING FOR THE COSTS OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPED OR OBTAINED FOR INTERNAL USE During the third quarter of 1998, the Company adopted the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' (AcSEC) Statement of Position 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use" (SOP 98-1). SOP 98-1 provides guidance on accounting for the costs of computer software developed or obtained for internal use and for determining when specific costs should be capitalized or expensed. The adoption of SOP 98-1 had no impact on the Company's financial condition, statement of operations or liquidity. ACCOUNTING POLICIES INVESTMENTS Fixed maturities include bonds, notes and redeemable preferred stocks. Fair values of investments in fixed maturities are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes or, if these are not available, discounted expected cash flows using market rates commensurate with the credit quality and maturity of the investment. Also included in fixed maturities are loan-backed and structured securities, which are amortized using the retrospective method. The effective yield used to determine amortization is calculated based upon actual historical and projected future cash flows, which are obtained from a widely accepted securities data provider. Fixed maturities are classified as "available for sale" and are reported at fair value, with unrealized investment gains and losses, net of income taxes, charged or credited directly to shareholder's equity. Equity securities, which include common and non-redeemable preferred stocks, are classified as "available for sale" and are carried at fair value based primarily on quoted market prices. Changes in fair values of equity securities are charged or credited directly to shareholder's equity, net of income taxes. Mortgage loans are carried at amortized cost. A mortgage loan is considered impaired when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect principal and interest amounts due. For mortgage loans that are determined to be impaired, a reserve is established for the difference between the amortized cost and fair market value of the underlying collateral. In estimating fair value, the Company uses interest rates reflecting the current real estate financing market. Impaired loans were insignificant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. Short-term securities, consisting primarily of money market instruments and other debt issues purchased with a maturity of less than one year, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates market. Other invested assets include partnership investments and real estate joint ventures accounted for on the equity method of accounting. All changes in equity of these investments are recorded in net investment income. Also included in other invested assets are policy loans which are carried at the amount of the unpaid balances that are not in excess of the net cash surrender values of the related insurance policies. The carrying value of policy loans, which have no defined maturities, is considered to be fair value. F-7 81 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) Accrual of investment income, included in other assets, is suspended on fixed maturities or mortgage loans that are in default, or on which it is likely that future payments will not be made as scheduled. Interest income on investments in default is recognized only as payment is received. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company uses derivative financial instruments, including financial futures, options, forward contracts and interest rate swaps, as a means of hedging exposure to foreign currency, equity price changes and/or interest rate risk on anticipated transactions or existing assets and liabilities. Hedge accounting is generally used to account for derivatives. To qualify for hedge accounting the changes in value of the derivative must be expected to substantially offset the changes in value of the hedged item. Hedges are monitored to ensure that there is a high correlation between the derivative instruments and the hedged investment. Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are marked to market with the changes in market value reflected in realized investment gains (losses). Gains and losses arising from financial futures contracts are used to adjust the basis of hedged investments and are recognized in net investment income over the life of the investment. Payments to be received or made under interest rate swaps are accrued and recognized in net investment income. Swaps hedging investments are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, charged or credited directly to shareholder's equity. Gains and losses arising from equity index options are marked to market with changes in market value reflected in realized investment gains (losses). Forward contracts, equity swaps and interest rate options were not significant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. Information concerning derivative financial instruments is included in Note 8. INVESTMENT GAINS AND LOSSES Realized investment gains and losses are included as a component of pre-tax revenues based upon specific identification of the investments sold on the trade date. Also included are gains and losses arising from the remeasurement of the local currency value of foreign investments to U.S. dollars, the functional currency of the Company. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS The Company has separate account assets and liabilities representing funds for which investment income and investment gains and losses accrue directly to, and investment risk is borne by, the contractholders. Each of these accounts have specific investment objectives. The assets and liabilities of these accounts are carried at fair value, and amounts assessed to the contractholders for management services are included in fee income. Deposits, net investment income and realized investment gains and losses for these accounts are excluded from revenues, and related liability increases are excluded from benefits and expenses. F-8 82 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS Costs of acquiring individual life insurance and annuity business, principally commissions and certain expenses related to policy issuance, underwriting and marketing, all of which vary with and are primarily related to the production of new business, are deferred. Acquisition costs relating to traditional life insurance are amortized in relation to anticipated premiums; universal life in relation to estimated gross profits; and annuity contracts employing a level yield method. A 15 to 20-year amortization period is used for life insurance, and a seven to 20-year period is employed for annuities. Deferred acquisition costs are reviewed periodically for recoverability to determine if any adjustment is required. Adjustments, if any, are charged to income. VALUE OF INSURANCE IN FORCE The value of insurance in force is an asset recorded at the time of acquisition of an insurance company. It represents the actuarially determined present value of anticipated profits to be realized from annuity contracts at the date of acquisition using the same assumptions that were used for computing related liabilities, where appropriate. The value of insurance in force was the actuarially determined present value of the projected future profits discounted at an interest rate of 16% for the annuity business acquired. The annuity contracts are amortized employing a level yield method. The value of insurance in force, which is included in other assets, is reviewed periodically for recoverability to determine if any adjustment is required. Adjustments, if any, are charged to income. FUTURE POLICY BENEFITS Benefit reserves represent liabilities for future insurance policy benefits. Benefit reserves for life insurance and annuity policies have been computed based upon mortality, morbidity, persistency and interest assumptions applicable to these coverages, which range from 3.0% to 7.8%, including a provision for adverse deviation. These assumptions consider Company experience and industry standards. The assumptions vary by plan, age at issue, year of issue and duration. CONTRACTHOLDER FUNDS Contractholder funds represent receipts from the issuance of universal life, certain individual annuity contracts, and structured settlement contracts. Contractholder fund balances are increased by such receipts and credited interest and reduced by withdrawals, mortality charges and administrative expenses charged to the contractholders. Interest rates credited to contractholder funds range from 3.5% to 10.0%. OTHER LIABILITIES Included in Other Liabilities is the Company's estimate of its liability for guaranty fund and other insurance-related assessments. State guaranty fund assessments are based upon the Company's share of premium written or received in one or more years prior to an insolvency occurring in the industry. Once an insolvency has occurred, the Company recognizes a liability for such assessments if it is probable that an assessment will be imposed and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company's liability for guaranty fund assessments was not significant. F-9 83 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) PERMITTED STATUTORY ACCOUNTING PRACTICES The Company, domiciled in the State of Connecticut, prepares statutory financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Connecticut Insurance Department. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include certain publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) as well as state laws, regulations, and general administrative rules. Permitted statutory accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not so prescribed. The impact of presently permitted accounting practices on the statutory surplus of the Company is not material. The NAIC recently completed a process intended to codify statutory accounting practices for certain insurance enterprises. As a result of this process, the NAIC issued a revised statutory Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual - version effective January 1, 2001 (the revised Manual) that will be effective for years beginning January 1, 2001. The State of Connecticut will require that, effective January 1, 2001, insurance companies domiciled in Connecticut prepare their statutory basis financial statements in accordance with the revised Manual subject to any deviations prescribed or permitted by the Connecticut insurance commissioner. Other states have addressed compliance with the revised Manual in a similar manner. The Company has estimated that the impact of this change on its statutory capital and surplus will not be significant. PREMIUMS Premiums are recognized as revenues when due. Reserves are established for the portion of premiums that will be earned in future periods. FEE INCOME Fee income includes mortality, administrative and equity protection charges, and management fees earned on the Universal Life and Deferred Annuity separate account businesses. OTHER REVENUES Other revenues include surrender, penalties and other charges. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES The provision for federal income taxes comprises two components, current income taxes and deferred income taxes. Deferred federal income taxes arise from changes during the year in cumulative temporary differences between the tax basis and book basis of assets and liabilities. F-10 84 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FUTURE APPLICATION OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS In June 1998, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" (FAS 133). In June 1999, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Standards No. 137, "Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133" (FAS 137), which allows entities that have not yet adopted FAS 133 to defer its effective date to all fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. In June 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133," which amends the accounting and reporting standards of FAS 133. FAS 133 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts (collectively referred to as derivatives), and for hedging activities. It requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as (a) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment, (b) a hedge of the exposure to variable cash flows of a recognized asset or liability or of a forecasted transaction, or (c) a hedge of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation, an unrecognized firm commitment, an available-for-sale security, or a foreign-currency-denominated forecasted transaction. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative (that is, gains and losses) depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation. Upon initial application of FAS 133, hedging relationships must be designated anew and documented pursuant to the provisions of this statement. The Company adopted the deferral provisions of FAS 137, effective January 1, 2000. The Company will adopt FAS 133, as amended, as of January 1, 2001. The Company has determined that the cumulative effect of FAS 133, as amended, will not be significant. The Company does, however, anticipate a significant and continuing increase in the complexity of the accounting and the recordkeeping requirements for hedging activities and for insurance-related contracts and may make changes to its risk management strategies. The Company does not expect that FAS 133, as amended, will have a significant impact on its results of operations, financial condition or liquidity in future periods. F-11 85 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 2. INVESTMENTS FIXED MATURITIES The amortized cost and fair values of investments in fixed maturities were as follows:
GROSS GROSS DECEMBER 31, 2000 AMORTIZED UNREALIZED UNREALIZED FAIR ($ in thousands) COST GAINS LOSSES VALUE ----------------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----- AVAILABLE FOR SALE: Mortgage-backed securities - CMOs and pass-through securities $ 219,851 $ 7,369 $ 1,767 $ 225,453 U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities 112,021 12,200 286 123,935 Obligations of states and political subdivisions 30,583 2,698 329 32,952 Debt securities issued by foreign governments 50,624 1,149 939 50,834 All other corporate bonds 1,403,462 33,805 26,904 1,410,363 All other debt securities 442,390 10,734 7,837 445,287 Redeemable preferred stock 9,007 853 1,543 8,317 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total Available For Sale $2,267,938 $ 68,808 $ 39,605 $2,297,141 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
GROSS GROSS DECEMBER 31, 1999 AMORTIZED UNREALIZED UNREALIZED FAIR ($ in thousands) COST GAINS LOSSES VALUE ----------------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----- AVAILABLE FOR SALE: Mortgage-backed securities - CMOs and pass-through securities $ 211,864 $ 2,103 $ 7,818 $ 206,149 U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities 116,082 2,613 3,704 114,991 Obligations of states and political subdivisions 29,801 7 3,312 26,496 Debt securities issued by foreign governments 44,159 2,813 198 46,774 All other corporate bonds 1,059,552 6,592 42,458 1,023,686 All other debt securities 297,911 5,065 10,353 292,623 Redeemable preferred stock 3,654 41 466 3,229 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total Available For Sale $1,763,023 $ 19,234 $ 68,309 $1,713,948 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturities classified as available for sale were $844 million, $774 million and $1.1 billion in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Gross gains of $22.4 million, $24.6 F-12 86 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) million and $32.6 million and gross losses of $34.1 million, $22.0 million and $17.0 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively were realized on those sales. Fair values of investments in fixed maturities are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes or, if these are not available, discounted expected cash flows using market rates commensurate with the credit quality and maturity of the investment. The fair value of investments for which a quoted market price or dealer quote is not available amounted to $530.2 million and $486.2 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities available for sale at December 31, 2000, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
AMORTIZED FAIR ($ in thousands) COST VALUE ---------- ---------- MATURITY: Due in one year or less $ 51,478 $ 51,005 Due after 1 year through 5 years 638,112 646,327 Due after 5 years through 10 years 675,953 679,957 Due after 10 years 682,544 694,399 ---------- ---------- 2,048,087 2,071,688 ---------- ---------- Mortgage-backed securities 219,851 225,453 ---------- ---------- Total Maturity $2,267,938 $2,297,141 ---------- ----------
The Company makes significant investments in collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). CMOs typically have high credit quality, offer good liquidity, and provide a significant advantage in yield and total return compared to U.S. Treasury securities. The Company's investment strategy is to purchase CMO tranches, which are protected against prepayment risk, including planned amortization class (PAC) tranches. Prepayment protected tranches are preferred because they provide stable cash flows in a variety of interest rate scenarios. The Company does invest in other types of CMO tranches if an assessment indicates a favorable risk/return tradeoff. The Company does not purchase residual interests in CMOs. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held CMOs with a fair value of $189.4 million and $167.7 million, respectively. The Company's CMO holdings were 55.4% and 65.9% collateralized by GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC securities at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company engages in securities lending whereby certain securities from its portfolio are loaned to other institutions for short periods of time. The Company generally receives cash collateral from the borrower, equal to at least the market value of the loaned securities plus accrued interest, and F-13 87 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) reinvests in a short-term investment pool. See Note 10. The loaned securities remain a recorded asset of the Company, however, the Company records a liability for the amount of the collateral held, representing its obligation to return the collateral related to these loaned securities, and reports that liability as part of other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held collateral of $50.7 million and $38.2 million, respectively. EQUITY SECURITIES The cost and fair values of investments in equity securities were as follows:
GROSS GROSS EQUITY SECURITIES: UNREALIZED UNREALIZED FAIR ($ in thousands) COST GAINS LOSSES VALUE ------- ------- ------- ------- DECEMBER 31, 2000 Common stocks $ 2,861 $ 29 $ 845 $ 2,045 Non-redeemable preferred stocks 21,150 480 1,124 20,506 ------- ------- ------- ------- Total Equity Securities $24,011 $ 509 $ 1,969 $22,551 ------- ------- ------- ------- DECEMBER 31, 1999 Common stocks $ 4,966 $ 730 $ 256 $ 5,440 Non-redeemable preferred stocks 29,407 533 2,211 27,729 ------- ------- ------- ------- Total Equity Securities $34,373 $ 1,263 $ 2,467 $33,169 ------- ------- ------- -------
Proceeds from sales of equity securities were $30.8 million, $5.1 million and $6.0 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Gross gains of $3.3 million, $1.5 million and $2.6 million and gross losses of $.3 million, $.3 million and $.8 million were realized on those sales during 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. MORTGAGE LOANS Underperforming assets include delinquent mortgage loans over 90 days past due, loans in the process of foreclosure and loans modified at interest rates below market. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company's mortgage loan portfolios consisted of the following:
($ in thousands) 2000 1999 -------- -------- Current Mortgage Loans $132,768 $151,814 Underperforming Mortgage Loans -- 3,905 -------- -------- Total $132,768 $155,719 -------- --------
F-14 88 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) Aggregate annual maturities on mortgage loans at December 31, 2000 are as follows:
($ in thousands) 2001 $ 17,550 2002 8,990 2003 5,089 2004 8,475 2005 6,277 Thereafter 86,387 -------- Total $132,768 ========
CONCENTRATIONS Significant individual investment concentrations included $52.8 million and $63.2 million in the Tishman Speyer Joint Venture at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company participates in a short-term investment pool maintained by an affiliate. See Note 10. Included in fixed maturities are below investment grade assets totaling $143.8 million and $141.4 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company defines its below investment grade assets as those securities rated "Ba1" or below by external rating agencies, or the equivalent by internal analysts when a public rating does not exist. Such assets include publicly traded below investment grade bonds and certain other privately issued bonds and notes that are classified as below investment grade. The Company's industry concentrations of investments, primarily fixed maturities, at fair value were as follows:
($ in thousands) 2000 1999 -------- -------- Banking $222,984 $152,848 Finance 204,994 103,385 -------- --------
The Company held investments in foreign banks in the amount of $139 million and $125 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, which are included in the table above. Below investment grade assets included in the preceding table were not significant. Mortgage loan investments are relatively evenly disbursed throughout the United States, with no significant holdings in any one state or property type. The Company monitors creditworthiness of counterparties to all financial instruments by using controls that include credit approvals, limits and other monitoring procedures. Collateral for fixed maturities often includes pledges of assets, including stock and other assets, guarantees and letters of credit. The Company's underwriting standards with respect to new mortgage loans generally require loan to value ratios of 75% or less at the time of mortgage origination. F-15 89 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NON-INCOME PRODUCING INVESTMENTS Investments included in the December 31, 2000 and 1999 balance sheets that were non-income producing were insignificant. RESTRUCTURED INVESTMENTS Mortgage loan and debt securities which were restructured at below market terms at December 31, 2000 and 1999 were insignificant. The new terms of restructured investments typically defer a portion of contract interest payments to varying future periods. The accrual of interest is suspended on all restructured assets, and interest income is reported only as payment is received. Gross interest income on restructured assets that would have been recorded in accordance with the original terms of such assets was insignificant. Interest on these assets, included in net investment income, was insignificant. NET INVESTMENT INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ($ in thousands) 2000 1999 1998 -------- -------- -------- GROSS INVESTMENT INCOME Fixed maturities $163,091 $136,039 $130,825 Joint ventures and partnerships 34,574 22,175 22,107 Mortgage loans 14,776 16,126 15,969 Other 4,398 4,417 3,322 -------- -------- -------- Total Gross Investment Income 216,839 178,757 172,223 -------- -------- -------- Investment expenses 2,665 1,578 1,220 -------- -------- -------- Net investment income $214,174 $177,179 $171,003 -------- -------- --------
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED INVESTMENT GAINS (LOSSES) Net realized investment gains (losses) for the periods were as follows:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ($ in thousands) 2000 1999 1998 -------- -------- -------- REALIZED Fixed maturities $(11,742) $ 2,657 $ 15,620 Joint ventures and partnerships (1,909) (10,450) 529 Mortgage Loans 3,825 602 623 Other 2,430 2,218 1,721 -------- -------- -------- Total Realized Investment Gains (Losses) $ (7,396) $ (4,973) $ 18,493 -------- -------- --------
F-16 90 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) Changes in net unrealized investment gains (losses) that are included as accumulated other changes in equity from non-owner sources in shareholder's equity were as follows:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ($ in thousands) 2000 1999 1998 --------- --------- --------- UNREALIZED Fixed maturities $ 78,278 $(180,409) $ 24,336 Other 3,159 (15,285) 2,760 --------- --------- --------- Total unrealized investment gains (losses) 81,437 (195,694) 27,096 Related taxes 28,503 (68,493) 9,484 --------- --------- --------- Change in unrealized investment gains (losses) 52,934 (127,201) 17,612 Balance beginning of year (39,312) 87,889 70,277 --------- --------- --------- Balance End of Year $ 13,622 $ (39,312) $ 87,889 --------- --------- ---------
3. REINSURANCE The Company participates in reinsurance in order to limit losses, minimize exposure to large risks, provide additional capacity for future growth and to effect business-sharing arrangements. Reinsurance is accomplished through various plans of reinsurance, primarily yearly renewable term coinsurance and modified coinsurance. The Company remains primarily liable as the direct insurer on all risks reinsured. Total in-force business ceded under reinsurance contracts is $17.4 billion and $12.8 billion at December 31, 2000 and 1999, including $28.9 million and $62.8 million, respectively to TIC. Total life insurance premiums ceded were $8.9 million, $6.5 million and $4.2 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Ceded premiums paid to TIC were immaterial for these same periods. 4. DEPOSIT FUNDS AND RESERVES At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company had $2.6 billion and $2.1 billion of life and annuity deposit funds and reserves, respectively. Of that total, $1.4 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, were not subject to discretionary withdrawal based on contract terms. The remaining amounts were life and annuity products that were subject to discretionary withdrawal by the contractholders. Included in the amount that is subject to discretionary withdrawal were $.9 billion and $.5 billion of liabilities that are surrenderable with market value adjustments. The remaining $.3 billion and $.2 billion of life insurance and individual annuity liabilities are subject to discretionary withdrawals with an average surrender charge of 5.4% and 4.9%, respectively. The life insurance risks would have to be underwritten again if transferred to another carrier, which is considered a significant deterrent for long-term policyholders. Insurance liabilities that are surrendered or withdrawn from the Company are reduced by outstanding policy loans and related accrued interest prior to payout. F-17 91 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 5. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES The net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2000 and 1999 were comprised of the tax effects of temporary differences related to the following assets and liabilities:
($ in thousands) 2000 1999 --------- --------- Deferred Tax Assets: Benefit, reinsurance and other reserves $ 192,772 $ 161,629 Investments, net 0 14,270 Other 2,510 2,394 --------- --------- Total 195,282 178,293 --------- --------- Deferred Tax Liabilities: Investments, net (16,956) -- Deferred acquisition costs and value of insurance in force (165,671) (100,537) Other (1,359) (1,208) --------- --------- Total (183,986) (101,745) --------- --------- Net Deferred Tax Asset Before Valuation Allowance 11,296 76,548 Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets 0 (2,070) --------- --------- Net Deferred Tax Asset After Valuation Allowance $ 11,296 $ 74,478 --------- ---------
TIC and its life insurance subsidiaries, including the Company, file a consolidated federal income tax return. Federal income taxes are allocated to each member on a separate return basis adjusted for credits and other amounts required by the consolidation process. Any resulting liability has been, and will be, paid currently to TIC. Any credits for losses have been, and will be, paid by TIC to the extent that such credits are for tax benefits that have been utilized in the consolidated federal income tax return. The elimination of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in 2000 resulted from an analysis of the availability of capital gains to offset capital losses. In management's opinion, there will be adequate capital gains to make realization of existing capital losses more likely than not. The reduction in the valuation allowance was recognized by reducing goodwill. In management's judgment, the $11.3 million net deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2000, is fully recoverable against expected future years' taxable ordinary income and capital gains. At December 31, 2000, the Company had no ordinary or capital loss carryforwards. The policyholders surplus account, which arose under prior tax law, is generally that portion of the gain from operations that has not been subjected to tax, plus certain deductions. The balance of this account is approximately $2.1 million. Income taxes are not provided for on this amount because under current U.S. tax rules such taxes will become payable only to the extent such amounts are distributed as a dividend or exceed limits prescribed by federal law. Distributions are not contemplated from this account. At current rates the maximum amount of such tax would be approximately $700 thousand. F-18 92 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 6. SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY AND DIVIDEND AVAILABILITY The Company's statutory net loss was $(66.2) million, $(23.4) million and $(3.2) million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Statutory capital and surplus was $476 million and $294 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Effective January 1, 2001, the Company will prepare its statutory basis financial statements in accordance with the revised Manual subject to any deviations prescribed or permitted by its domicilary insurance commissioners (see Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Permitted Statutory Accounting Practices). The Company has estimated that the impact of this change on statutory capital and surplus will not be significant. The Company is currently subject to various regulatory restrictions that limit the maximum amount of dividends available to be paid to its parent without prior approval of insurance regulatory authorities. The Company does not have surplus available to pay dividends to TIC in 2001 without prior approval of the Connecticut Insurance Department. In 2000, TIC contributed $250 million as additional paid-in capital to the Company. F-19 93 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) ACCUMULATED OTHER CHANGES IN EQUITY FROM NON-OWNER SOURCES, NET OF TAX Changes in each component of Accumulated Other Changes in Equity from Non-Owner Sources were as follows:
NET ACCUMULATED UNREALIZED FOREIGN OTHER CHANGES GAIN (LOSS) ON CURRENCY IN EQUITY FROM INVESTMENT TRANSLATION NON-OWNER ($ in thousands) SECURITIES ADJUSTMENT SOURCES -------------- ----------- -------------- BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1998 $ 70,277 $ -- $ 70,277 Unrealized gains on investment securities, Net of tax of $15,957 29,632 -- 29,632 Less: reclassification adjustment for gains Included in net income, net of tax of $(6,473) (12,020) -- (12,020) --------- --------- --------- CURRENT PERIOD CHANGE 17,612 -- 17,612 --------- --------- --------- BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1998 87,889 -- 87,889 Unrealized loss on investment securities, Net of tax of $(70,234) (130,433) -- (130,433) Less: reclassification adjustment for losses Included in net income, net of tax of $1,741 3,232 -- 3,232 --------- --------- --------- CURRENT PERIOD CHANGE (127,201) -- (127,201) --------- --------- --------- BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1999 (39,312) -- (39,312) Unrealized gains on investment securities, Net of tax of $25,914 48,127 -- 48,127 Less: reclassification adjustment for losses Included in net income, net of tax of $2,589 4,807 -- 4,807 --------- --------- --------- CURRENT PERIOD CHANGE 52,934 -- 52,934 --------- --------- --------- BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2000 $ 13,622 $ -- $ 13,622 ========= ========= =========
7. BENEFIT PLANS PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS The Company participates in a qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plan sponsored by Citigroup. In addition, the Company provides certain other postretirement benefits to retired employees through a plan sponsored by The Travelers Insurance Group Inc. (TIGI), TIC's direct parent. The Company's share of net expense for the qualified pension and other postretirement benefit plans was not significant for 2000, 1999 and 1998. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN Substantially all of the Company's employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) savings plan sponsored by Citigroup. The Company's expenses in connection with the 401(k) savings plan were not significant in 2000, 1999 and 1998. F-20 94 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 8. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company uses derivative financial instruments, including financial futures, interest rate swaps, equity swaps, options and forward contracts as a means of hedging exposure to interest rate, equity price, and foreign currency risk on anticipated transactions or existing assets and liabilities. The Company does not hold or issue derivative instruments for trading purposes. These derivative financial instruments have off-balance sheet risk. Financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and market risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheet. The contract or notional amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in a particular class of financial instrument. However, the maximum loss of cash flow associated with these instruments can be less than these amounts. For interest rate swaps, options, and forward contracts, credit risk is limited to the amounts that it would cost the Company to replace the contracts. Financial futures contracts and purchased listed option contracts have very little credit risk since organized exchanges are the counterparties. The Company as a writer of option contracts has no credit risk since the counterparty has no performance obligation after it has paid a cash premium. The Company monitors creditworthiness of counterparties to these financial instruments by using criteria of acceptable risk that are consistent with on-balance sheet financial instruments. The controls include credit approvals, limits and other monitoring procedures. The Company uses exchange-traded financial futures contracts to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates that arise from the sale of certain insurance and investment products, or the need to reinvest proceeds from the sale or maturity of investments. To hedge against adverse changes in interest rates, the Company enters long or short positions in financial futures contracts which offset asset price changes resulting from changes in market interest rates until an investment is purchased or a product is sold. Margin payments are required to enter a futures contract and contract gains or losses are settled daily in cash. The contract amount of futures contracts represents the extent of the Company's involvement, but not future cash requirements, as open positions are typically closed out prior to the delivery date of the contract. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held financial futures contracts with notional amounts of $89.9 million and $48.7 million, respectively. The deferred gains and/or losses on these contracts were not significant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company's futures contracts had no fair value because these contracts are marked to market and settled in cash daily. The Company enters into interest rate swaps in connection with other financial instruments to provide greater risk diversification and better match assets and liabilities. Under interest rate swaps, the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed- F-21 95 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) rate and floating-rate interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed notional principal amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. A single net payment is usually made by one counterparty at each due date. Swap agreements are not exchange-traded so they are subject to the risk of default by the counterparty. As of December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held interest rate swap contracts with notional amounts of $279.0 million and $231.1 million, respectively. The fair value of these financial instruments was $2.0 million (loss position) at December 31, 2000, and was $9.5 million (loss position) at December 31, 1999. The fair values were determined using the discounted cash flow method. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held swap contracts with affiliate counterparties, included above, with a notional amount of $37.0 million and $43.7 million and a fair value of $1.8 million (loss position) and $4.7 million (loss position), respectively. The Company uses equity option contracts to manage its exposure to changes in equity market prices that arise from the sale of certain insurance products. To hedge against adverse changes in the equity market prices, the Company enters long positions in equity option contracts with major financial institutions. These contracts allow the Company, for a fee, the right to receive a payment if the Standard and Poor's 500 Index falls below agreed upon strike prices. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company held equity option contracts with notional amounts of $291.5 million and $275.4 million, respectively. The fair value of these financial instruments was $6.9 million (gain position) and $32.6 million (gain position) at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The fair value of these contracts represents the estimated replacement cost as quoted by independent third party brokers. The off-balance sheet risks of interest rate options, equity swaps and forward contracts were not significant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK In the normal course of business, the Company issues fixed and variable rate loan commitments and has unfunded commitments to partnerships and joint ventures. The off-balance sheet risk of these financial instruments was not significant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. FAIR VALUE OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company uses various financial instruments in the normal course of its business. Fair values of financial instruments that are considered insurance contracts are not required to be disclosed and are not included in the amounts discussed. At December 31, 2000, investments in fixed maturities had a carrying value and a fair value of $2.3 billion compared with a carrying value and a fair value of $1.8 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, at December 31, 1999. See Notes 1 and 2. At December 31, 2000, mortgage loans had a carrying value of $132.7 million and a fair value of $134.1 million and in 1999 had a carrying value of $155.7 million and a fair value of $156.0 million. F-22 96 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) In estimating fair value, the Company used interest rates reflecting the current real estate financing market. The carrying values of short-term securities were $247.4 million and $81.1 million in 2000 and 1999, respectively, which approximated their fair values. Policy loans which are included in other invested assets had carrying values of $12.9 million and $10.2 million in 2000 and 1999, respectively, which also approximated their fair values. The carrying values of $101.4 million and $57.6 million of financial instruments classified as other assets approximated their fair values at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The carrying values of $173.5 million and $100.2 million of financial instruments classified as other liabilities also approximated their fair values at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Fair value is determined using various methods, including discounted cash flows, as appropriate for the various financial instruments. At December 31, 2000, contractholder funds with defined maturities had a carrying value of $1,204 million and a fair value of $1,170 million, compared with a carrying value of $879 million and a fair value of $781 million at December 31, 1999. The fair value of these contracts is determined by discounting expected cash flows at an interest rate commensurate with the Company's credit risk and the expected timing of cash flows. Contractholder funds without defined maturities had a carrying value of $583 million and a fair value of $477 million at December 31, 2000, compared with a carrying value of $482 million and a fair value of $409 million at December 31, 1999. These contracts generally are valued at surrender value. 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK See Note 8. LITIGATION In the ordinary course of business, the Company is a defendant or co-defendant in various litigation matters incidental to and typical of the businesses in which it is engaged. In the opinion of the Company's management, the ultimate resolution of these legal proceedings would not be likely to have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition or liquidity. 10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The principal banking functions, including payment of salaries and expenses, for certain subsidiaries and affiliates of TIGI, including the Company, are handled by two companies. TIC handles banking functions for the life and annuity operations of Travelers Life & Annuity and some of its non-insurance affiliates. The Travelers Indemnity Company handles banking functions for the property-casualty operations, including most of its property-casualty insurance and non-insurance affiliates. Settlements between companies are made at least monthly. TIC provides various employee benefit coverages to certain subsidiaries of TIGI. The premiums for these coverages were charged in accordance with cost allocation procedures based upon salaries or census. In addition, investment F-23 97 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) advisory and management services, data processing services and claims processing services are provided by affiliated companies. Charges for these services are shared by the companies on cost allocation methods based generally on estimated usage by department. TIC maintains a short-term investment pool in which the Company participates. The position of each company participating in the pool is calculated and adjusted daily. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the pool totaled approximately $4.4 billion and $2.6 billion, respectively. The Company's share of the pool amounted to $172.5 million and $31.4 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, and is included in short-term securities in the balance sheet. In the normal course of business, management of both the Company and TIC conducts reviews of the investment portfolios of each company to properly match assets with liabilities. As a result of these reviews, the Company sold $100 million of investments to TIC at arm's length, with a related loss of $1.3 million. The Company's TTM Modified Guaranteed Annuity Contracts are subject to a limited guarantee agreement by TIC in a principal amount of up to $450 million. TIC's obligation is to pay in full to any owner or beneficiary of the TTM Modified Guaranteed Annuity Contracts principal and interest as and when due under the annuity contract to the extent that the Company fails to make such payment. In addition, TIC guarantees that the Company will maintain a minimum statutory capital and surplus level. The Company sold structured settlement annuities to the insurance affiliates of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. (TPC). During 1998 it was decided to use TIC as the primary issuer of structured settlement annuities and the Company as the assignment company. Policy reserves and contractholder fund liabilities associated with these structured settlements were $726 million and $766 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company began distributing variable annuity products through its affiliate, Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) in 1995. Premiums and deposits related to these products were $1.6 billion, $1.1 billion and $932.1 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. In 1996, the Company began marketing various life products through SSB as well. Premiums related to such products were $59.3 million, $40.8 million and $44.5 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. During 1998, the Company began distributing deferred annuity products through its affiliates Primerica Financial Services (Primerica), CitiStreet Retirement Services (formerly The Copeland Companies), a division of CitiStreet, a joint venture between Citigroup and State Street Bank, and Citibank, N.A. (Citibank). Deposits received from Primerica were $844 million, $763 million and $216 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998 respectively. Deposits from Citibank and CitiStreet Retirement Services were $131 million and $220 million, respectively for 2000, and were insignificant in 1999 and 1998. The Company participates in a stock option plan sponsored by Citigroup that provides for the granting of stock options in Citigroup common stock to officers and key employees. To further encourage employee stock ownership, Citigroup introduced the WealthBuilder stock option program during 1997. Under this program, all employees meeting certain requirements are granted Citigroup stock options. F-24 98 THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) Most leasing functions for TIGI and its subsidiaries are handled by TPC. Rent expense related to these leases is shared by the companies on a cost allocation method based generally on estimated usage by department. The Company's rent expense was insignificant in 2000, 1999 and 1998. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company had investments in Tribeca Investments LLC, an affiliate of the Company, in the amounts of $29.4 million and $22.3 million, respectively. The Company also had investments in an affiliated joint venture, Tishman Speyer, in the amount of $52.8 million and $63.2 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company has other affiliated investments. The individual investment with any one affiliate was insignificant at December 31, 2000 and 1999. 11. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES The following table reconciles net income to net cash used in operating activities:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 1999 1998 ($ in thousands) ---- ---- ---- Net Income From Continuing Operations $ 90,905 $ 52,606 $ 57,485 Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash used in operating activities: Realized (gains) losses 7,396 4,973 (18,493) Deferred federal income taxes 36,748 6,410 11,783 Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 68,254 38,902 15,956 Additions to deferred policy acquisition costs (297,733) (211,182) (120,278) Investment income accrued (27,812) (27,072) (3,821) Premium balances (332) (466) (6,786) Insurance reserves (18,487) (16,431) (8,431) Other (343) (36,058) (2,806) --------- --------- --------- Net cash used in operations $(141,404) $(188,318) $ (75,391) --------- --------- ---------
12. NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES There were no significant non-cash investing and financing activities for 2000, 1999 and 1998. F-25 99 PRIMELITE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES Individual Variable Annuity Contract issued by The Travelers Life and Annuity Company One Tower Square Hartford, Connecticut 06183 May 2001 100 PART C Other Information Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) The financial statements of the Registrant and the Report of Independent Accountants thereto are contained in the Registrant's Annual Report and are included in the Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of the Registrant include: Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2000 Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2000 Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 Statement of Investments as of December 31, 2000 Notes to Financial Statements The financial statements of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company and the report of Independent Auditors, are contained in the Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company include: Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 Statements of Changes in Retained Earnings and Accumulated Other Changes in Equity from Non-Owner Sources for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 Notes to Financial Statements (b) Exhibits 1. Resolution of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company Board of Directors authorizing the establishment of the Registrant. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed July 31, 1997.) 2. Not Applicable. 3(a). Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement among the Registrant, The Travelers Life and Annuity Company and Travelers Distribution LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-58809 filed February 26, 2001.) 3(b). Selling Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-27689 filed April 6, 2001.) 4. Variable Annuity Contract. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed July 31, 1997.) 5. Application. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, filed November 4, 1997.) 6(a). Charter of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, as amended on April 10, 1990. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(a) to Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 33-58131, filed via Edgar on March 17, 1995.) 101 6(b). By-Laws of The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, as amended on October 20, 1994. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(b) to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 33-58131, filed via Edgar on March 17, 1995.) 8. Participation Agreements. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6, File No. 333-96521 filed May 24, 2000.) 9. Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of securities being registered. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 9 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed July 31, 1997.) 10(a). Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Certified Public Accountants. 13. Computation of Total Return Calculations - Standardized and Non-Standardized. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 13 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, filed November 4, 1997.) 15. Powers of Attorney authorizing Ernest J. Wright or Kathleen A. McGah as signatory for George C. Kokulis, Katherine M. Sullivan and Glenn D. Lammey. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed April 17, 2000.) Powers of Attorney authorizing Ernest J. Wright or Kathleen A. McGah as signatory for Glenn D. Lammey, Marla Berman Lewitus and William R. Hogan filed herewith. Item 25. Directors and Officers of the Depositor
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Business Address with Insurance Company ---------------------- ---------------------- George C. Kokulis* Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Glenn D. Lammey* Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Mary Jean Thornton* Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Stuart Baritz*** Senior Vice President William H. Heyman** Senior Vice President William R. Hogan* Director, Senior Vice President Marla Berman Lewitus* Director, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brendan Lynch* Senior Vice President Warren H. May* Senior Vice President Kathleen Preston* Senior Vice President Robert J. Price** Senior Vice President David A. Tyson* Senior Vice President F. Denney Voss** Senior Vice President David A. Golino* Vice President Donald R. Munson, Jr.* Vice President Tim W. Still* Vice President Anthony Cocolla* Second Vice President
102 Linn K. Richardson* Second Vice President and Actuary Paul Weissman* Second Vice President and Actuary Ernest J. Wright* Vice President and Secretary Kathleen A. McGah* Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Principal Business Address: * The Travelers Life and Annuity Company ** Citigroup Inc. One Tower Square 399 Park Avenue Hartford, CT 06183 New York, N.Y. 10048 *** Travelers Portfolio Group 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 Item 26. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 16 to Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-27689, filed April 6, 2001. Item 27. Number of Contract Owners As of February 28, 2001, 44,698 contract owners held qualified and non-qualified contracts offered by the Registrant. Item 28. Indemnification Sections 33-770 to 33-778, inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes ("C.G.S.") regarding indemnification of directors and officers of Connecticut corporations provides in general that Connecticut corporations shall indemnify their officers, directors and certain other defined individuals against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with proceedings against the corporation. The corporation's obligation to provide such indemnification generally does not apply unless (1) the individual is wholly successful on the merits in the defense of any such proceeding; or (2) a determination is made (by persons specified in the statute) that the individual acted in good faith and in the best interests of the corporation and in all other cases, his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and in a criminal case he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; or (3) the court, upon application by the individual, determines in view of all of the circumstances that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified, and then for such amount as the court shall determine. With respect to proceedings brought by or in the right of the corporation, the statute provides that the corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors and certain other defined individuals, against reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with such proceedings, subject to certain limitations. Citigroup Inc. also provides liability insurance for its directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries, including the Registrant. This insurance provides for coverage against loss from claims made against directors and officers in their capacity as such, including, subject to certain exceptions, liabilities under the federal securities laws. 103 Rule 484 Undertaking Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. Item 29. Principal Underwriter (a) Travelers Distribution LLC One Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 Travelers Distribution LLC also serves as principal underwriter and distributor for the following funds: The Travelers Fund U for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund VA for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund BD for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund BD II for Variable Annuities, The The Travelers Fund BD III for Variable Annuities, Travelers Fund BD IV for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund ABD for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund ABD II for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account PF for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account QP for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account TM for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account TM II for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Five for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Six for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Seven for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Eight for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Nine for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Separate Account Ten for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance, The Travelers Fund UL II for Variable Life Insurance, The Travelers Fund UL III for Variable Life Insurance, The Travelers Variable Life Insurance Separate Account One, The Travelers Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Two, The Travelers Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Three, The Travelers Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Four, The Travelers Separate Account MGA, The Travelers Separate Account MGA II, The Travelers Growth and Income Stock Account for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Quality Bond Account for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Money Market Account for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Timed Growth and Income Stock Account for Variable Annuities, The Travelers Timed Short-Term Bond Account for Variable Annuities and The Travelers Timed Aggressive Stock Account for Variable Annuities. (b) The information required by this Item 29 with respect to each director and officer of Travelers Distribution LLC is incorporated by reference to Schedule A of Form BD filed by Travelers Distribution LLC pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (File No. 8-50244). (c) Not Applicable 104 Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records (1) The Travelers Life and Annuity Company One Tower Square Hartford, Connecticut 06183 Item 31. Management Services Not Applicable. Item 32. Undertakings The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (a) To file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than sixteen months old for so long as payments under the variable annuity contracts may be accepted; (b) To include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information; and (c) To deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form N-4 promptly upon written or oral request. The Company hereby represents: (a). That the aggregate charges under the Contracts of the Registrant described herein are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the Company. 105 SIGNATURES As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this amendment to this registration statement and has caused this amendment to this registration statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, on this 6th day of April, 2001. THE TRAVELERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT PF II FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES (Registrant) THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY (Depositor) By:*GLENN D. LAMMEY ----------------------------------------- Glenn D. Lammey, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 6th day of April 2001. *GEORGE C. KOKULIS Director, President and Chief Executive Officer ---------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) (George C. Kokulis) *GLENN D. LAMMEY Director, Chief Financial Officer, ---------------------- Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Glenn D. Lammey) (Principal Financial Officer) *MARLA BERMAN LEWITUS Director ---------------------- (Marla Berman Lewitus) *WILLIAM R. HOGAN Director ---------------------- (William R. Hogan) *By: /s/Ernest J. Wright, Attorney-in-Fact 106 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description Method of Filing ------- ----------- ---------------- 10. Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Certified Electronically Public Accountants 15(b). Powers of Attorney authorizing Ernest J. Wright or . Electronically Kathleen AMcGah as signatory for Glenn D. Lammey, Marla Berman Lewitus and William R. Hogan.