485BPOS 1 d577694d485bpos.htm NATIONWIDE VARIABLE ACCOUNT - II Nationwide Variable Account - II
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 File No. 333-182494
Pre-Effective Amendment No. □
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 ☑
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 File No. 811-03330
Amendment No. 491 ☑
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Nationwide Variable Account-II
(Exact Name of Registrant)
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
(Name of Depositor)
One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(614) 249-7111
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code
Robert W. Horner III, Vice President Corporate Governance and Secretary,
One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
August 1, 2013
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)
□ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
□ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
□ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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□ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Prospectus supplement dated August 2, 2013
to the following prospectus(es):
Nationwide DestinationSM Architect 2.0 prospectus dated May 1, 2013
This supplement updates certain information contained in your prospectus. Please read it and keep it with your prospectus for future reference.
Effective August 12, 2013, the following funds are available as investment options under the contract:
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Aggressive - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative - Managed Volatility
In addition, effective August 12, 2013, the following funds are available as investment options under the Nationwide Lifetime Income Track Option:
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Aggressive - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative - Managed Volatility
In addition, effective August 12, 2013, for contracts that have elected the Nationwide Lifetime Income Track Option, the following funds are no longer available to receive transfers or new purchase payments:
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative
Accordingly, the following changes apply to your prospectus:
1. The Income Benefit Investment Options section is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Income Benefit Investment Options
Only certain investment options are available to contracts that elect the Nationwide Lifetime Income Track option. The investment options available under Nationwide Lifetime Income Track option are chosen by Nationwide based on each investment option's risk characteristics. The permitted investment options are more conservative than those that are not permitted. This helps Nationwide manage its obligation to provide Contract Owners with Lifetime Withdrawals by reducing the likelihood that it will have to make unanticipated payments. By electing the Nationwide Lifetime Income Track option and accepting the limited menu of investment options, Contract Owners may be foregoing investment gains that could otherwise be realized by investing in riskier investment options that are not available under the option.
The following investment options are the only investment options available for contracts that have elected the Nationwide Lifetime Income Track option:
• American Funds Insurance Series® - Protected Asset Allocation Fund: Class P2
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - American Funds NVIT Asset Allocation Fund: Class II
Asset Allocation Programs:
Custom Portfolio Asset Rebalancing Service (see "Contract Owner Services")
• Custom Portfolio Asset Rebalancing Service - Balanced
• Custom Portfolio Asset Rebalancing Service - Capital Appreciation
• Custom Portfolio Asset Rebalancing Service - Moderate
• Custom Portfolio Asset Rebalancing Service - Moderately Conservative
Static Asset Allocation Model (see "Static Asset Allocation Model")
• Static Asset Allocation Models - American Funds Option (33% American Funds NVIT Asset Allocation Fund, 33% American Funds NVIT Bond Fund and 34% American Funds NVIT Growth-Income Fund)
Funds of Funds:
• Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - Fidelity VIP Freedom Fund 2010 Portfolio: Service Class 2
• Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - Fidelity VIP Freedom Fund 2020 Portfolio: Service Class 2
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Conservative
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• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate (Effective August 12, 2013, this fund is no longer available to receive transfers or new purchase payments)
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Aggressive - Managed Volatility
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative (Effective August 12, 2013, this fund is no longer available to receive transfers or new purchase payments)
• Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative - Managed Volatility
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - Loring Ward NVIT Moderate Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Balanced Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Capital Appreciation Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Moderate Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Moderately Conservative Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Managed Growth & Income Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Cardinal(SM) Managed Growth Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Balanced Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Capital Appreciation Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Moderate Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Moderately Conservative Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Managed Growth & Income Fund: Class II
• Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Investor Destinations Managed Growth Fund: Class II
Refer to "Appendix A: Underlying Mutual Funds" for more information.
2. The "Appendix A: Underlying Mutual Funds" is amended to add the following:
Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderate - Managed Volatility
Investment Advisor: Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company
Sub-advisor: Advantus Capital Management, Inc.
Investment Objective: To provide total return consistent with a moderate level of risk as compared to the other Ivy Funds VIP Pathfinder Managed Volatility Portfolios, while seeking to manage volatility of investment return.
Designation: VOL
Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Aggressive - Managed Volatility
Investment Advisor: Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company
Sub-advisor: Advantus Capital Management, Inc.
Investment Objective: To provide growth of capital, but also to seek income consistent with a moderately aggressive level of risk as compared to the other Ivy Funds VIP Pathfinder Managed Volatility Portfolios, while seeking to manage volatility of investment return.
Designation: VOL
Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios - Pathfinder Moderately Conservative - Managed Volatility
Investment Advisor: Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company
Sub-advisor: Advantus Capital Management, Inc.
Investment Objective: To provide total return consistent with a moderately conservative level of risk as compared to the other Ivy Funds VIP Pathfinder Managed Volatility Portfolios, while seeking to manage volatility of investment return.
Designation: VOL
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Incorporation by Reference
The prospectus supplement dated  June 14, 2013, and the prospectus, statement of additional information, and Part C, except as modified by this supplement, that were effective May 1, 2013, previously filed with the Commission under SEC file No. 333-182494, are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this registration statement.

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 Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 for effectiveness of the Registration Statement and has caused this Registration Statement to be signed by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, and State of Ohio, on August 1, 2013.
Nationwide Variable Account-II
(Registrant)
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
(Depositor)
By: /s/ JAMIE RUFF CASTO
Jamie Ruff Casto
Attorney-in-Fact
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated, on August 1, 2013.
KIRT A. WALKER  
Kirt A. Walker, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Director  
MARK R. THRESHER  
Mark R. Thresher, Executive Vice President and Director  
TIMOTHY G. FROMMEYER  
Timothy G. Frommeyer, Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer and Director  
ERIC S. HENDERSON  
Eric S. Henderson, Senior Vice President - Individual Products & Solutions and Director  
JOHN L. CARTER  
John L. Carter, Senior Vice President - Distribution and Sales and Director  
STEPHEN S. RASMUSSEN  
Stephen S. Rasmussen, Director  
  By /s/ JAMIE RUFF CASTO
  Jamie Ruff Casto
Attorney-in-Fact