485BPOS 1 d865595d485bpos.htm THE GUARDIAN SEPARATE ACCOUNT N - FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS VUL III The Guardian Separate Account N - Flexible Solutions VUL III

Registration Nos. 333-188304

811-09725

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

AMENDMENT NO. 5

 

 

THE GUARDIAN SEPARATE ACCOUNT N

(Exact Name of Registrant)

THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC.

(Name of Depositor)

 

 

7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004

(Complete Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 598-8359

(Depositors Telephone Number)

RICHARD T. POTTER, JR., ESQ.

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.

7 Hanover Square

New York, New York 10004

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Steve Roth

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

 

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b), or
x on May 1, 2015 pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i), or
¨ on             pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) 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.

The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its shares under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The notice required by such rule for the Registrant’s most recent fiscal year was filed on March 20, 2015.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement incorporates herein by reference the prospectus dated May 1, 2015, and the statement of additional information dated May 1, 2015, included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form N-6 (File Nos. 333-188304, 811-09725) filed on April 24, 2015, pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.


Part C

ITEM 27: Exhibits

 

The following exhibits:
(a) Resolution of the Board of Directors of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. establishing The Guardian Separate Account N   (1
(b) Custodian Agreements. Not Applicable.   N/A   
(c) Distribution Agreements.
(c)(i) Distribution and Service Agreement between GIAC and PAS (March 31, 2015)   (11
(c)(ii) Field Representative Agreement (FRVUL)   (3
(c)(iii) Agreement of Agency (FTAVUL)   (3
(c)(iv) Agreement of General Agency (GAVULUL)   (3
(c)(v) Memorandum of Agreement (CDM)   (3
(c)(vi) Special Agreement of Agency (SPAG)   (3
(c)(vii) Brokerage Agreement   (3
(c)(viii) Form of GIAC Selling Agreement (04/2015)   (11
(d) Specimen of the Flexible Premium Adjustable Variable Whole Life Insurance Policy   (9
(d)(i) Policy Continuation Rider   (8
(d)(ii) Whole Life Purchase Option Rider   (8
(d)(iii) Guaranteed Coverage Rider   (8
(d)(iv) Accidental Death Benefit Rider   (8
(d)(v) Disability Benefit Rider   (8
(d)(vi) Waiver of Monthly Deductions Rider   (8
(e) Applications
(e)(i) Form of Application for the Flexible Premium Adjustable Variable Whole Life Policy.   (7
(e)(ii) Application Supplement for Flexible Premium Adjustable Variable Whole Life Policy.   (7
(f) Certification of Incorporation and By-Laws.
(f)(i) Certificate of Incorporation of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.   (1
(f)(ii) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.   (1
(f)(iii) By-laws of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.   (1
(g) Reinsurance Agreements
(g)(i) Reinsurance Agreement Number 3001 (including amendments through 8/1/13)   (9
(g)(ii) Reinsurance Agreement Number 3002 (including amendments through 8/1/13)   (9
(h) Participation Agreements.
(h)(i) AIM/Invesco Variable Insurance Funds (1998)   (1
(a) Amendments to Agreement (No. 1-5)   (2
(b) Amendment to Agreement (No. 6)   (3
(c) Amendment to Agreement (No. 7) (2008)   (2
(d) Amendment to Agreement (No. 8)   (11
(e) Amendment to Agreement (No. 9)   (11
(f) Amendment to Agreement (No. 10) (2015)   (11


     (h)(ii) Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc. (1999) (including Addenda 1-2)**   (2
(a) Addenda #3 to Agreement (July 2004)   (2
(b) Addenda #4 to Agreement   (2
(c) Addenda #5 to Agreement (2008)   (2
(h)(iii) Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund (including amendments 1-3)   (2
(a) Amendment #4 to Agreement (2002)   (2
(b) Amendment #5 to Agreement (2005)   (2
(c) Amendment #6 to Agreement (2008)   (2
(h)(iv) Intentionally left blank
(h)(v) Janus Aspen Series (service shares) (2000)   (3
(a) Amendment to Agreement (2000)   (3
(b) Amendment to Agreement (2008)   (3
(h)(vi) MFS Variable Insurance Trust** (2000)   (2
(a) Amendment to Agreement (Aug 2000)   (2
(b) Amendment to Agreement (Nov 2000)   (2
(c) Amendment to Agreement (2006)   (2
(d) Amendment to Agreement (2008)   (2
(h)(vii) AB Variable Products Series Fund (formerly AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.) (2002)   (2
(a) First Amendment to Agreement (2008)   (2
(b) Amendment to Agreement (No. 2)   (11
(c) Amendment to Agreement (No. 3)   (11
(d) Amendment to Agreement (No. 4)   (11
(e) Amendment to Agreement (No. 5) (2015)   (11
(h)(viii) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(ix) RS Variable Product Trust (2007)   (2
(a) Amendment to Agreement (2008)   (3
(b) Amendment to Agreement (2009)   (4
(h)(x) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xi) Franklin Templeton   (2
(a) Amendment No. 1 (2004)   (2
(b) Amendment No. 2 (2007)   (2
(c) Amendment No. 3 (2008)   (2
(d) Amendment No. 4   (11
(e) Amendment No. 5 (2015)   (11
(h)(xii) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xiii) American Century** (1998)   (2
(a) First Amendment   (2
(b) Second Amendment (2008)   (2
(c) Amendment No. 3 (2009)   (5


(h)(xiv) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xv) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xvi) PIMCO / ALLIANZ (2009)   (4
(h)(xvii) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xviii) Intentionally left blank     
(h)(xix) Waddell & Reed, Inc. (IVY)** (2010)   (5
(h)(xx) Dreyfus   (7
(h)(xx)(a) Amendment to Dreyfus Participation Agreement (2013)   (9
(h)(xxi) Columbia Funds   (7
(h)(xxi)(a) Amendment to Columbia Participation Agreement (2013)   (8
(h)(xxii) Pioneer Funds   (7
(h)(xxii)(a) Amendment to Pioneer Participation Agreement (2013)   (9
(i) Administrative Contracts
(i)(i) Amended and Restated Agreement for Services and Reimbursement Therefor between The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (2007)   (1
(j)(i) Powers of Attorney executed by a majority of the Board of Directors and certain principal officers of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.:
(a) Robert E. Broatch   (8
(b) Michael B. Cefole   (8
(c) Donald P. Sullivan, Jr.   (8
(d) Michael Slipowitz   (8
(e) Marc Costantini   (10
(k) Legal Opinion.
(k)(i) Opinion of Richard T. Potter, Jr., Esq.   (9
(k)(ii) Consent of Richard T. Potter, Jr., Esq.   (11
(l) Opinion and Consent of actuarial officers.   (11
(m) Calculation.   (8
(n) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   (12
(o) No financial statements are omitted.   N/A   
(p) Initial Capital Agreements.   N/A   
(q) Memorandum on the Policy’s Issuance, Transfer and Redemption Procedures and on the Method of Computing Cash Adjustments upon Exchange of the Policy for Flexible Premium Adjustable Variable Life Insurance Policy.   (9

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on May 21, 2008
  (File No. 333-151073; Accession No. 0001193125-08-120023)
(2) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on August 1, 2008 (File No. 333-151073; Accession No. 0001193125-08-163928)
(3) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on August 26, 2008 (File No. 333-151073; Accession No. 0001193125-08-184460)
(4) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on April 27, 2010 (File No. 333-151073; Accession No. 0001193125-10-094621)
(5) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on April 27, 2011 (File No. 333-151073; Accession No. 0001193125-11-111532)
(6) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on April 25, 2012 (File No. 333-148736; Accession No. 0001193125-12-181996)
(7) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on May 2, 2013
  (File No. 333-188304; Accession No. 0001193125-13-196448)
(8) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on July 15, 2013 (File No. 333-188304; Accession No. 0001193125-13-290766)
(9) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on September 27, 2013 (File No. 333-188304; Accession No. 0001193125-13-382543)
(10) Incorporated by reference Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on April 25, 2014 (File No. 333-188304; Accession No. 0001193125-14-158833)
(11) Incorporated by reference Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration statement on Form N-6 filed by the Registrant on

April 24, 2015 (File No. 333-188304; Accession No. 0001193125-15-146150)

(12) Filed herewith.

 

** Financial information redacted


Item 28. Directors and Officers of the Depositor

The following is a list of directors and principal officers of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (“GIAC”), the depositor of the Registrant. The principal business address of each director and officer is 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004. List is effective as of April 8, 2015.

 

POSITION with GIAC

  

Name

Director & President

   Michael B. Cefole

Director

   Marc Costantini

Director

   Donald P. Sullivan, Jr.

Director, Senior Vice President & Corporate Chief Actuary

   Michael Slipowitz

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

   Thomas G. Sorell

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Associate Corporate Secretary

   Tracy L. Rich

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

   Gordon Bailey

Senior Vice President, Product Management

   Douglas Dubitsky

Senior Vice President, Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

   Richard T. Potter, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary- Individual Life

   Charles Marino

Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Investments

   Robert T. O’Rourke

Senior Managing Director, Investments; Asset Allocation and Fixed Income Portfolio Management

   Douglas Dupont

Senior Managing Director, Investments; Asset Liability and Equity Portfolio Management

   Douglas Niemann

Managing Director

   John Blaney

Managing Director

   Kevin Booth

Managing Director

   Douglas Gaylor

Managing Director

   Robert J. Crimmins, Jr.

Managing Director

   Thomas M. Donohue

Managing Director & Derivatives Risk Officer

   Atanas H. Goranov

Managing Director, Head of Private Equity

   Maurice Gordon

Managing Director

   Paul Jablansky

Managing Director

   Stewart M. Johnson

Managing Director, Private Placements

   Brian E. Keating

Managing Director, Investment Actuary

   Chi M. Kwok

Managing Director, Real Estate Portfolio Manager

   Robert LoCascio

Managing Director

   David J. Marmon

Managing Director

   Robert A. Reale

Managing Director, Head of Commercial Mortgages Investments

   Daniel Maples

Vice President and Actuary, Individual Life

   Jess Geller

Vice President, Corporate Tax

   Bruce P. Chapin

Vice President, Treasurer

   Walter R. Skinner

Vice President & Director of Finance

   John H. Walter

Vice President, Head of FP&A and Financial Reporting

   Kevin Lyons

Second Vice President & NRO Controller, Individual Life Finance

   Paul Iannelli

Second Vice President, Retirement Services

   Travis Ovitt

Senior Director

   Demetrios Tsaparas

Second Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

   Linda Senker

Senior Director, Private Placements

   Edward J. Brennan

Senior Director, Private Placements

   Timothy Powell

Senior Director, Real Estate Portfolio Manager

   Mark A. DePrima

Senior Director, Private Placements

   Gwendolyn Foster

Senior Director, Fixed Income Trading

   John Gargana

Senior Director, Real Estate

   Gary A. Gorecki

Senior Director, Private Placements

   Barry J. Scheinholtz

Senior Director

   John Paul Gillin

Senior Director, Derivatives Risk Analytics, Investments

   Kampoleak Pal

Senior Director, Private Equity Investments

   ChengWang

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Distribution Support

   Robert Chamerda

Vice President, Retirement Product Fund Management

   Stuart Carlisle

Second Vice President, Product Management, Individual Annuity, Retirement Solutions

   Nahulan Ethirveerasingam

Second Vice President, Head of Client Services

Second Vice President, Head of 401(k) Business Growth Initiatives

  

Christopher Pic

Matthew Butler

Assistant Vice President & Actuary

   Mordechai Shapiro

Assistant Vice President , Annuity Operations and Customer Service

   Christian Mele

Assistant Controller

   James Nemeth

Associate Actuary

   Mariana Slepovitch

Director, Corporate Secretary

   Sonya L. Crosswell

Director, Variable Product Issue

   Brenda L. Ahner

Director, GIAC Compliance & Licensing

   Tricia P. Mohr

Director, Policy Forms

   John J. Monahan

Director, Fixed Income Trading

   Martin Vernon

Director, Financial Reporting & Sales Support, Retirement Solutions

   Sanjay Patel

 

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Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Depositor or Registrant

The following list sets forth the persons directly controlled by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (“Guardian Life”), the parent company of GIAC, the Registrant’s depositor, as of December 31, 2014. Those entities that are indented under another entity are subsidiaries of that entity and, therefore, indirect subsidiaries of Guardian Life.

 

Name

   State of
Incorporation
or Organization
   Percent of Voting
Securities
Owned

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc.

   Delaware    100%

Park Avenue Securities LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Baillie Gifford Limited

   Scotland    51%

Hanover Square Funding, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Investor Services LLC

   Delaware    100%

RS Investment Management Co. LLC

   Delaware    96.19%

RS Investments (Hong Kong) Limited

   Hong Kong    100% (indirectly owned)

RS Investments (UK) Limited

   England    100% (indirectly owned)

RS Funds Distributor LLC

   Delaware    100% (indirectly owned)

RS Investment Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

   Singapore    100% (indirectly owned)

Park Avenue Life Insurance Company

   Delaware    100%

Family Service Life Insurance Company

   Texas    100%

Sentinel American Life Insurance Company

   Texas    100%

Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America

   Massachusetts    100%

Berkshire Acquisition LLC

   Delaware    100%

Berkshire Acquisition II, LLC

   Delaware    100%

First Commonwealth, Inc.

   Delaware    100%

Managed DentalGuard, Inc.

   Ohio    100%

First Commonwealth Limited Health Services Corporation

   Illinois    100%

First Commonwealth of Illinois, Inc.

   Illinois    100%

First Commonwealth of Missouri, Inc.

   Missouri    100%

First Commonwealth Limited Health Service Corporation of Michigan

   Michigan    100%

First Commonwealth Insurance Company

   Illinois    100%

Reed Group, Ltd.

   Colorado    100%

Access Professional Dental Care, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Access Professional Dental Services, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Premier Access Administrators

   California    100%

Premier Access Insurance Company

   California    100%

Sacramento Access Dental, Inc.

   California    100%

Bay Access Dental, Inc.

   California    100%

Data Telesis Private Limited

   India    100%

Premier Group, Inc.

   California    100%

Access Dental Plan of Utah, Inc.

   Utah    100%

AAA Access Dental Plan of Texas, Inc.

   Texas    100%

Access Dental Plan of Nevada, Inc.

   Nevada    100%

Blue Hills Dental Plan of Arizona, Inc.

   Arizona    100%

Access Dental Plan

   California    100%

Blue Hills Dental Management, Inc.

   California    100%

Managed Dental Care

   California    100%

Managed DentalGuard, Inc.

   New Jersey    100%

Managed DentalGuard, Inc.

   Texas    100%

Guardian Distributors, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Innovative Underwriters, Inc.

   New Jersey    100%

RS Global Fund

   Massachusetts    82.05%

RS High Yield Fund

   Massachusetts    44.29%

RS Strategic Income Fund

   Massachusetts    48.42%

RS China Fund

   Massachusetts    92.67%

RS Investors Fund

   Massachusetts    21.14%

RS Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

   Massachusetts    92.54%

Guardian Shores, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Shores, LLC

   Delaware    50%

Guardian LCP Commercial I LLC

   Delaware    100%

LEI LCP-GL Commercial, LLC

   Delaware    75%

Hanover Acquisition LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Parkside Commons LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Ledges, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Quincy, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Hanover Acquisition 5 LLC

   Delaware    100%

Spencer Airport Center LLC

   Delaware    100%

Hanover Acquisition II LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Cliffside LLC

   Delaware    60%

Guardian Juanita Village, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Hanover Acquisition 3 LLC

   Delaware    100%

Hanover Acquisition IV LLC

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Eldorado, LLC

   Delaware    75%

Guardian Campus Holdings LLC

   Delaware    100%

Campus Drive Land Partners LLC

   Delaware    100%

Campus Drive Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    100%

Campus Drive Manager LLC

   Delaware    90%

Guardian Westwood Holdings LLC

   Delaware    100%

Westwood Drive Land Partners LLC

   Delaware    100%

 

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Westwood Drive Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian Tyron Village LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian Park Place LLC

Delaware 100%

Spencer Airport Center Phase III, LLC

Delaware 100%

Spencer Airport Center Phase IV, LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian Piazza D’Oro

Delaware 100%

Guardian CapCo, LLC

Delaware 100%

901 Hawthorne/250 Spring Lake, LLC

Delaware 60%

360 S. Acacia Partnership

New York 53%

Airside Business Park LP

Pennsylvania 25%

B.A. Ventures, LLC

New York 50%

Broadway Denver LLC

Delaware 60%

G-M Joint Venture

Tennessee 90%

GH Scottsdale I LLC

Delaware 50%

GH Warner LLC

Delaware 50%

Golden State II

California 50%

Lowe Capital Partners, LLC

Delaware 80%

Guardian KW/Santa Maria Land Partners, LLC

Delaware 60%

Guardian/KW Hayward Member, LLC

Delaware 60%

Guardian Forest Creek LLC

Delaware 90%

Guardian Park Potomac LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian Santa Fe Partnership

Colorado 75%

Guardian Timber Ridge LLC

Delaware 90%

Space Center Apartments, LLC

Delaware 50%

TruAmerica Muiltifamily LLC

Delaware 80%

TruAmerica Properties LLC

Delaware 80%

Campus Drive Manager LLC

Delaware 90%

Westwood Drive Manager

Delaware 90%

TruAmerica Properties II LLC

Delaware 40%

Deasil Manager LLC

Delaware 39.61% (indirectly owned)

Deasil Lender LLC

Delaware 39.61% (indirectly owned)

Mediterranean Operator LLC

Delaware 39.61% (indirectly owned)

Galena Way Manager LLC

Delaware 37% (indirectly owned)

Galena Way Land Partners LLC

Delaware 3.7% (indirectly owned)

Galena Way Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 3.7% (indirectly owned)

Monaco Parkway Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 3.7% (indirectly owned)

Monaco Parkway Manager LLC

Delaware 37% (indirectly owned)

Petrovitsky Road Manager LLC

Delaware 37% (indirectly owned)

Petrovitsky Road Land Partners LLC

Delaware 3.7% (indirectly owned)

Petrovitsky Road Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 3.7% (indirectly owned)

Hanover Acquisition VI, LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian/Abbey, LLC

Delaware 72%

400 Columbus Avenue LLC

New York 100%

Guardian LEIM, LLC

Delaware 100%

Lowe Enterprises Investment Management, LLC

Delaware 50%

Guardian Hilltop LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian/KW Hilltop, LLC

Delaware 50%

Guardian Mercury, LLC

Delaware 100%

The Mercury Homes, LLC

Delaware 27%

Guardian/Mile High, LLC

Delaware 100%

Guardian/DCC, LLC

Delaware 90%

Guardian LCP Hospitality I LLC

Delaware 100%

LEI LCP-GL, LLC

Delaware 75%

Guardian LCP Hospitality Finance LLC

Delaware 100%

LEI LCP-GL II, LLC

Delaware 73%

Guardian Deasil Holdings, LLC

Delaware 100%

Deasil Land Partners LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

Bayridge Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

Canyon Crest Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

Canyon Ridge Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

Colonnade Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

Colony Fee Owner LLC

Delaware 15.35% (indirectly owned)

 

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Forest Park Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Harborview Fee Owner LL

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Hidden Hills Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Mediterranean Fee Owner LP

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Mountain Summit Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Reche Ridge Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Towne Center Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Tuscan Village Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Waterstone Magnolia Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    15.35% (indirectly owned)

Guardian Lowry LLC

   Delaware    100%

Monaco Parkway Land Partners LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Monaco Parkway Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Guardian Ponderosa LLC

   Delaware    100%

Galena Way Land Partners LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Galena Way Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Guardian Carriages LLC

   Delaware    100%

Petrovitsky Road Land Partners LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Petrovitsky Road Fee Owner LLC

   Delaware    25% (indirectly owned)

Guardian LCP2A, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Lowe Capital Partners 2A , LLC

   Delaware    93.33%

Guardian LCP2B, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Lowe Capital Partners 2B, LLC

   Delaware    50%

Willowbrook Center Joint Venture

   Illinois    90%

GR Lenexa, LLC*

   Delaware    50%

Guardian/KW NOHO Manager, LLC*

   Delaware    50%

Guardian Wakefield LLC*

   Delaware    100%

Guardian Blossom Hill, LLC*

   Delaware    100%

Guardian/KW Blossom Hill, LLC*

   Delaware    85%

Guardian Wakefield LLC*

   Delaware    100%

 

* Inactive

The following list sets forth the entities directly controlled by GIAC for the benefit of various contract holders and, thus, indirectly controlled by Guardian Life, as of December 31, 2014

 

Name

   Place of
Incorporation
or Organization
   Approximate
Percentage of Voting
Securities Owned
by GIAC
 

RS Variable Products Trust

   Massachusetts      100

 

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Item 30. Indemnification

The By-Laws of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent legally permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, indemnify and hold harmless officers and directors of the Corporation for certain liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with such person’s capacity as an officer or director.

The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation includes the following provision:

No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) under Section 164 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction for which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

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 31. Principal Underwriters

(a) Park Avenue Securities LLC (“PAS”) is the principal underwriter of the Registrant’s variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts.

In addition, PAS is the distributor of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts currently offered by GIAC through its separate accounts, The Guardian/Value Line Separate Account, The Guardian Separate Account A, The Guardian Separate Account B, The Guardian Separate Account C, The Guardian Separate Account D, The Guardian Separate Account E, The Guardian Separate Account F, The Guardian Separate Account K, The Guardian Separate Account M, The Guardian Separate Account N, The Guardian Separate Account Q, The Guardian Separate Account R, Separate Account 1 and Separate Account 2 which are all registered as unit investment trusts under the 1940 Act.

(b) The following is a list of managers and principal officers of PAS. The principal business address of each person is 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004. List is effective as of April 8, 2015.

 

POSITION with PAS

  

NAME

Manager & President

  

John Palazzetti

Manager, Senior Vice President, Principal Executive Officer, Wholesale Division

   Michael B. Cefole

Manager

   Marc Constantini

Manager

  

D. Scott Dolfi

Manager

   Michael N. Ferik

Manager

   Donald P. Sullivan, Jr.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Associate Corporate Secretary

   Tracy L. Rich

Vice President, Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

   Richard T. Potter, Jr.

Vice President, Wholesale Division

   Douglas Dubitsky

Vice President, Financial Officer, Wholsale Division

   John Walter

Vice President, Head of Business Administration and Control

   Barbara Fuentez

Field Vice President, National Sales Manager, Wholesale Division

   James Lake

Second Vice President, Business Technology Services

   Domenica Grittani

Second Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Wholesale Division

   Linda Senker

Second Vice President, Head of Strategic Initiatives

   Marianne Caswell

Second Vice President, Head of Business Management Distribution

  

Frank Kulak

Second Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

   Kenneth Goodall

Second Vice President, National Control Officer

   Frank Ingraham

Second Vice President, Wholesale Division

Second Vice President, Wholesale Division

  

Robert Chamerda

Nahulan Ethirveerasingam

Assistant Vice President & Chief Operations Officer

Assistant Vice President & Head of Finance

  

Michael Ryniker

James Conway

Director, Agent Contracting & Licensing

   Gregory Blazinski

Director, Corporate Secretary

   Sonya L. Crosswell

Counsel

Assistant Corporate Secretary

  

Joshua Hergan

Robert D. Grauer

(c) PAS, as the principal underwriter of the Registrant’s variable life contracts received, either directly or indirectly, the following commissions or other compensation from the Registrant during the last fiscal year.

 

Net Underwriting

Discounts and

Commissions

 

Compensation on

Redemption or

Annuitization

 

Brokerage

Commission

 

Compensation

N/A

  N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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Item 32. Location of Accounts and Records

Most of the Registrant’s accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by GIAC, the depositor, at its Customer Service Office, 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017. Documents constituting the Registrant’s corporate records are also maintained by GIAC but are located at its Executive Office, 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004.

 

Item 33. Management Services

None.

 

Item 34. Fee Representation

The Depositor, GIAC, hereby undertakes and represents that the fees and charges deducted under the policy, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by GIAC.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, The Guardian Separate Account N certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York, on April 27, 2015.

 

THE GUARDIAN SEPARATE ACCOUNT N
(Name of Registrant)

THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC.

(Name of Depositor)
By:

/s/ Richard T. Potter, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following directors and principal officers of The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

/s/ Michael Slipowitz*

Michael Slipowitz

Director and Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Actuary

/s/ Gordon Bailey

Gordon Bailey

(Principal Financial Officer)

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

/s/ Michael B. Cefole

Director and President

Michael B. Cefole

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Donald P. Sullivan, Jr.*

Donald P. Sullivan, Jr.

Director

/s/ Marc Costantini*

Director
Marc Costantini
By:

/s/ Richard T. Potter, Jr.

Date: April 27, 2015
Senior Vice President, Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

 

* Pursuant to Power of Attorney

 

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The Guardian Separate Account N

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

(n)    Consent of Independent Registered Accountant