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APRIL 29, 2011
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL MASTERS® EXTRA PROSPECTUS

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F offer the flexible payment deferred annuity contracts and certificates described in this Prospectus to groups and individuals. The contracts and certificates described in this Prospectus are no longer available for sale. This Contract offers bonus credits on Purchase Payments and the costs of this Contract may be higher than the costs of Contracts that do not offer bonus credits. The amount of interest credited on this Contract may be more than offset by the higher charges associated with the interest credited. You may choose among a number of variable investment options and, when available, fixed interest options. Currently no fixed interest options are available other than those included in our dollar-cost averaging program. (See “Other Programs.”) The variable options are Sub-Accounts in the Variable Account, each of which invests in shares of one of the following funds (the “Funds”):

Large-Cap Equity Funds
Emerging Markets Equity Funds
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund, Class 24
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, Service Class
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund, Class 25
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, Service Class
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund®
Specialty Sector Equity Fund
Portfolio, Service Class 2
MFS® Utilities Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund
Specialty Sector Commodity Funds
Huntington VA Growth Fund
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio,
Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund
Administrative Class
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund, Series II
Real Estate Equity Fund
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio, Class VC
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund, Service Class
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio, Service Class
Asset Allocation Funds
MFS® Value Portfolio, Service Class
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio, Class B
Mutual Shares Securities Fund, Class 2
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio, Class B
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA, Service Shares
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, Class III
SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund, Service Class1
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio,
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund, Service Class
Service Class 2
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund, Service Class
Franklin Income Securities Fund, Class 2
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund, Service Class
Huntington VA Balanced Fund
Mid-Cap Equity Funds
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund, Series II
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio,
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Service Class
Service Class 2
MFS® Total Return Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, Advisor Class
Huntington VA New Economy Fund
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, Service Class
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund, Series II
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund, Service Class3
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio, Class VC
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund, Service Class
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Service Class
Target Date Funds
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund, Service Class
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015
Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, Class II
Portfolio, Service Class 2
Small-Cap Equity Funds
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund, Class 2
Portfolio, Service Class 2
Huntington VA Situs Fund
Money Market Fund
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, Service Class2
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®, Service Class
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Service Class
Short-Term Bond Fund
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund, Service Class
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund, Service Class
International/Global Equity Funds
Intermediate-Term Bond Funds
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio, Class B
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio -  Marsico International Opportunities
MFS® Bond Portfolio, Service Class
Fund, Class 26
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA International Equity Fund
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund, Service Class
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®, Service Class
MFS® International Growth Portfolio, Service Class
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund, Class 2
MFS® International Value Portfolio, Service Class
Inflation Protected Bond Fund
MFS® Research International Portfolio, Service Class
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Service Class
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Service Shares
Multi-Sector Bond Fund
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund, Service Class
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund, Class 2
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund, Service Class
High Yield Bond Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund, Class 2
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund, Service Class
International/Global Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Emerging Markets Bond Fund
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio, Administrative Class

1 Formerly SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund, Service Class.
2 Formerly SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund, Service Class.
3 Formerly SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund, Service Class.
4 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series, Class B.
5 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series, Class B.
6 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series, Class B.

Not all of these Funds may be available to you as an investment option under your Contract. Please see “Variable Account Options: The Funds.”

We have filed a Statement of Additional Information dated April 29, 2011 (the “SAI”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which is incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. The table of contents for the SAI is on page 61 of this Prospectus. You may obtain a copy without charge by writing to us at the address shown below  or by telephoning (800) 752-7216. In addition, you can inspect and copy all of our filings at the SEC’s public reference facilities at: 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-0102, telephone (202) 551-8090. The SEC will provide copies by mail for a fee. The SEC also has a website (www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI, material incorporated by reference, and other information regarding companies that file with the SEC.

The Contracts are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other agency. The SEC has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Please read this Prospectus and the Fund prospectuses carefully before investing and keep them for future reference. They contain important information about the Contracts and the Funds.

Any reference in this Prospectus to receipt by us means receipt at the following address: SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.), P.O. Box 9133, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL TERMS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
FEES AND EXPENSES [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE ANNUITY CONTRACT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
COMMUNICATING TO US ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Electronic Account Information [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.) [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
VARIABLE ACCOUNT OPTIONS: THE FUNDS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE FIXED ACCOUNT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS: THE GUARANTEE PERIODS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Guarantee Periods [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Guaranteed Interest Rates [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Early Withdrawals [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE ACCUMULATION PHASE [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Issuing Your Contract [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Amount and Frequency of Purchase Payments [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Allocation of Net Purchase Payments [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Your Account [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Your Account Value [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Purchase Payment Interest [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Variable Account Value [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Fixed Account Value [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Transfer Privilege [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Waivers; Reduced Charges; Credits; Special Guaranteed Interest Rates [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Other Programs [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES, AND MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Cash Withdrawals [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Withdrawal Charge [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Types of Withdrawals not Subject to Withdrawal Charge [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Market Value Adjustment [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
CONTRACT CHARGES [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Administrative Expense Charge and Distribution Fee [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Charges for Optional Benefits [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Premium Taxes [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Fund Expenses [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Modification in the Case of Group Contracts [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT: SUN INCOME RISER®[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Determining Your Withdrawal Benefit Base [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Determining Your Annual Withdrawal Amount [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
How SIR Works [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Withdrawals Under SIR [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Step-Up Under SIR [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Joint-Life Coverage [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Cancellation of SIR [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Death of Participant Under SIR with Single-Life Coverage [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Death of Participant Under SIR with Joint-Life Coverage [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Annuitization Under SIR [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Tax Issues Under SIR [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
DESIGNATED FUNDS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
DEATH BENEFIT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Amount of Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
The Basic Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Optional Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Spousal Continuance [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Calculating the Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Method of Paying Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Non-Qualified Contracts [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Selection and Change of Beneficiary [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Payment of Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
THE INCOME PHASE - ANNUITY PROVISIONS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Selection of Annuitant(s) [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Selection of the Annuity Commencement Date [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Annuity Options [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Selection of Annuity Option [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Amount of Annuity Payments [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Transfer of Variable Annuity Units [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Annuity Payment Rates [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Annuity Options as Method of Payment for Death Benefit [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
OTHER CONTRACT PROVISIONS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Exercise of Contract Rights [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Change of Ownership [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Voting of Fund Shares [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Reports to Owners [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Substitution of Securities [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Change in Operation of Variable Account [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Splitting Units [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Modification [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Discontinuance of New Participants [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Reservation of Rights [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Right to Return [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
TAX PROVISIONS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
U.S. Federal Income Tax Provisions [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
Puerto Rico Tax Provisions [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
AVAILABLE INFORMATION [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
STATE REGULATION [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX B - WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES & MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX C - PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFITS AND EXAMPLES [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX D - CALCULATION FOR PURCHASE PAYMENT INTEREST [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX E - PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX F - SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX G - SECURED RETURNS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX H - SECURED RETURNS 2 [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX I - SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE PLUS SM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX J - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX K - Income ON Demand®[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX L - Income ON Demand® II [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX M - Income ON Demand® II Plus [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX N - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM II [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX O - Income ON Demand® II Escalator [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX P - RETIREMENT ASSET PROTECTORSM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX Q - Income ON Demand® III Escalator [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX R - BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]
APPENDIX S - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]


 
 

 

SPECIAL TERMS

Your Contract is a legal document that uses a number of specially defined terms. We explain most of the capitalized terms that we use in this Prospectus in the context where they arise, and some are self-explanatory. In addition, for convenient reference, we have compiled a list of these capitalized terms in the Glossary included at the back of this Prospectus as Appendix A. If, while you are reading this Prospectus, you come across a capitalized term that you do not understand, please refer to the Glossary for an explanation.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

The headings in this section correspond to headings in the Prospectus under which we discuss these topics in more detail.

The Annuity Contract

Sun Life Financial Masters® Extra provides a number of important benefits for your retirement planning. You are eligible to purchase a Contract if you are age 85 or younger on the Open Date. During the Accumulation Phase, you make Purchase Payments under the Contract and allocate them to one or more of the Variable Account options or, if available, the Fixed Account options. During the Income Phase, we make annuity payments to you or someone else based on the amount you have accumulated. The Contract provides tax-deferral so that you do not pay taxes on your earnings until you withdraw them. When purchased in connection with a tax-qualified plan, the Contract provides no additional tax-deferral benefits because tax-qualified plans confer their own tax-deferral. The Contract also provides a basic death benefit if you die during the Accumulation Phase. You may enhance the basic death benefit by purchasing the optional death benefit, at an additional cost, if you are younger than age 75 on the Open Date.

The Accumulation Phase

Under most circumstances, you can buy the Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $10,000 or the maximum annual Individual Retirement Annuity contribution, unless we waive these limits. You can make additional Purchase Payments at any time during the Accumulation Phase. Currently, there is no minimum amount required for additional Purchase Payments. However, we reserve the right to require that each additional Purchase Payment be at least $1,000. We will not normally accept a Purchase Payment if your Account Value is over $2 million or, if the Purchase Payment would cause your Account Value to exceed $2 million. In addition, we will credit your Contract with interest, which we refer to as “Purchase Payment Interest,” at a rate that varies based upon the interest option you choose when you apply for your Contract. Not all interest options may be available in all states; and the rates credited may vary by state. These general requirements for Purchase Payments apply even if you elect an optional living benefit. In addition, there are other restrictions on the amounts and frequency of Purchase Payments that apply depending upon which optional living benefit you select. Under the optional living benefits, any Purchase Payments received after your first Account Anniversary will be deemed “not in good order” and returned to you.

Variable Account Options: The Funds

You can allocate your Purchase Payments among the Sub-Accounts investing in a number of Fund options. You may also transfer among the Funds and, if available, the Fixed Account Options. Each Fund is either a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a separate securities portfolio of shares of such a mutual fund. The investment returns on the Funds are not guaranteed. You can make or lose money.

The Fixed Account Options: The Guarantee Periods

From time to time, we make Fixed Account options available. When we do, you can allocate your Purchase Payments to the Fixed Account and elect to invest in one or more of the available Guarantee Periods. Each Guarantee Period earns interest at a Guaranteed Interest Rate that we publish. We may change the Guaranteed Interest Rate from time to time, but no Guaranteed Interest Rate will ever be less than the minimum guaranteed rate required by law. Once we have accepted your allocation to a particular Guarantee Period, we promise that the Guaranteed Interest Rate applicable to that allocation will not change for the duration of the Guarantee Period. We may offer Guarantee Periods of different durations or stop offering some Guarantee Periods. Once we stop offering a Guarantee Period of a particular duration, future allocations, transfers or renewals into that Guarantee Period will not be permitted. On May 4, 2009, we stopped accepting any investments (Purchase Payments, transfers, renewals) into any Guarantee Periods, other than in connection with our dollar-cost averaging program.

Fees and Expenses

The Contract has insurance features and investment features, and there are costs related to each.

If your Account Value is less than $100,000 on your Account Anniversary, we deduct a $50 Annual Account Fee. We will waive the Account Fee if your Contract was fully invested in the Fixed Account during the entire Account Year, or if your Account Value is $100,000 or more on your Account Anniversary.

During the Accumulation Phase, we deduct a mortality and expense risk charge at an annual rate of 1.40% of the average daily value of the Contract invested in the Variable Account. If you purchased your Contract prior to March 5, 2007, and you were 76 years or older on the Open Date, we deduct this charge at an annual rate of 1.60% of the average daily value of the Contract invested in the Variable Account.

We also deduct an administrative charge at an annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily value and a distribution fee at an annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily value of the Contract invested in the Variable Account.

If you take more than a specified amount of money out of your Contract, we assess a withdrawal charge against each Purchase Payment withdrawn. For each Purchase Payment, the withdrawal charge (also known as a “contingent deferred sales charge”) starts at 8% and declines to 0% after the Purchase Payment has been in the Contract for seven complete years.

Currently, you can make 12 free transfers each year. However, we reserve the right to impose a charge of up to $15 per transfer.

If you elect the optional death benefit, we will deduct, during the Accumulation Phase, an additional charge from the assets of the Variable Account at an annual rate of 0.40% of the average daily value of your Contract.

If you elect the optional living benefit, we will assess a periodic charge. The annual amount of the charge in no case exceeds 1.30% of the highest benefit base during the Account Year.

In addition to the charges we impose under the Contract, there are also charges (which include management fees and operating expenses) imposed by the Funds. The charges vary depending upon which Fund(s) you have selected.

Optional Living Benefits

At issue, you may choose to participate in the optional living benefit available under your Contract. Sun Income Riser offers a guaranteed withdrawal benefit with an opportunity for a bonus to be added to your benefit base if you defer taking withdrawals during a specified time period under your Contract.

Sun Income Riser is available only if you are age 85 or younger on the Open Date. If you purchase Sun Income Riser, your investment choices are limited to the Designated Funds. Sun Income Riser® terminates if you annuitize or if you transfer any portion of your Account Value to an investment option other than one of the Designated Funds. In addition, a change of ownership may also terminate Sun Income Riser. Under Sun Income Riser, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. Any Purchase Payments received after your first Account Anniversary will be deemed “not in good order” and returned to you. Withdrawals taken in excess of prescribed amounts, or withdrawals taken prior to prescribed dates, may severely decrease your Account Value or cause your Contract to terminate without value. Sun Income Riser allows you to “step-up” your guaranteed amount on an annual basis, if eligible. Sun Income Riser may not be available in all states.

In addition to the currently available optional living benefit listed above, twelve other optional living benefits were previously available. Although these optional living benefits are no longer being issued, they are still in force under many Contracts that are already outstanding. Each of these optional living benefits is discussed in a separate Appendix at the end of this prospectus:

Appendix F - Secured Returns for Life
Appendix L - Income ON Demand II
Appendix G - Secured Returns
Appendix M - Income ON Demand II Plus
Appendix H - Secured Returns 2
Appendix N - Retirement Income Escalator II
Appendix I - Secured Returns for Life Plus
Appendix O - Income ON Demand II Escalator
Appendix J - Retirement Income Escalator
Appendix P - Retirement Asset Protector
Appendix K - Income ON Demand
Appendix Q - Income ON Demand III Escalator

The Income Phase: Annuity Provisions

If you want to receive regular income from your annuity after the Annuity Commencement Date, you can select one of several Annuity Options. You can choose to receive annuity payments on a fixed or variable basis. If you choose to receive any part of your annuity payments on a variable basis, the dollar amount of the payments may fluctuate with the performance of the underlying Funds. Subject to the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you decide when your Income Phase will begin but, once it begins, you cannot change your choice of annuity payment option.

During the Income Phase, we will deduct total insurance charges at an annual rate of 1.70% of your average daily Annuity Unit values. We will not deduct the mortality and expense risk charge; nor will we deduct the charges for any optional living benefit or optional death benefit. The 1.70% insurance charge, which includes an administrative expense charge and a distribution fee, compensates us for the risks and expenses associated with providing annuity payments during the Income Phase.

Death Benefit

If you die before the Contract reaches the Income Phase, the Beneficiary will receive a death benefit. The amount of the death benefit depends upon your age on the Open Date and whether you choose the basic death benefit or, for a fee, the optional death benefit. If you are 85 or younger on your Open Date, the basic death benefit pays the greatest of your Account Value, your total Purchase Payments (adjusted for withdrawals), or your Surrender Value, all calculated as of your Death Benefit Date. If you are 86 or older on your Open Date, the basic death benefit is equal to the Surrender Value. If you are younger than age 75 on the Open Date, you may purchase the Maximum Anniversary Account Value (“MAV”) optional death benefit which pays the greater of the basic death benefit and the highest Account Value on any Account Anniversary (adjusted for withdrawals) prior to age 81. You must make your election before your Issue Date. Your death benefit election may not be changed after your Issue Date.

Withdrawals, Withdrawal Charges and Market Value Adjustment

You can withdraw money from your Contract during the Accumulation Phase. You may withdraw a portion of your Account Value each year without the imposition of a withdrawal charge. This “free withdrawal amount” equals the amount of all Purchase Payments made and not withdrawn prior to the last seven Account Years plus the greater of (1) your Contract’s earnings in the prior Account Year and (2) 10% of all Purchase Payments made in the last seven Account Years. All other Purchase Payments will be subject to a withdrawal charge. Withdrawals made from the Fixed Account may also be subject to a Market Value Adjustment (see “Market Value Adjustment”). You may also have to pay income taxes and tax penalties on money you withdraw.

Right to Return

Your Contract contains a “free look” provision. If you cancel your Contract within 10 days after receiving it (or later, if allowed by your state), we will send you your Account Value less any “adjusted” Purchase Payment Interest, (please see “Right to Return” under “Other Contract Provisions” for the calculation of adjusted Purchase Payment Interest) as of the day we receive your cancellation request, in good order. (This amount may be more or less than the original Purchase Payment.) In states requiring return of Purchase Payments, you will receive the greater of (1) your Surrender Value as of the day we receive your cancellation request or (2) your total Purchase Payments made as of that date. We will only deduct a withdrawal charge or a Market Value Adjustment when the returned amount is based on Surrender Value.

Tax Provisions

Your earnings are not taxed until you take them out. If you withdraw money during the Accumulation Phase, earnings come out first and are taxed as income. If your Contract is a Non-Qualified Contract, it is possible that the election of an optional living benefit might increase the taxable portion of any withdrawal you make from the Contract. If you are younger than 59½ when you take money out, you may be charged a 10% federal tax penalty on taxable amounts.

                               

NOTE ABOUT OTHER ANNUITY CONTRACTS THAT WE OFFER: In addition to the Contracts, we currently offer many other forms of annuity contracts with a wide variety of features, benefits and charges. Depending on your circumstances and needs, some of these other contracts may be at a lower cost to you. Not all of the annuity contracts that we offer are available in all jurisdictions or through all of the selling agents who offer the contracts. You should consider with your selling agent what annuity contract or financial product is most consistent with your needs and preferences.

If you have any questions about your Contract or need more information, please contact us at:

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
P. O. Box 9133
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02481
Toll Free (800) 752-7216
www.sunlife.com/us

 
 

 

FEES AND EXPENSES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the Contract.1



The table below describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender the Contract, or transfer cash value between investment options.

Contract Owner Transaction Expenses

 
Maximum Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of Purchase Payments withdrawn):
 
8%2

Number of Complete Account Years Since
Purchase Payment has been in the Account
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7
7 or more
                 
Withdrawal Charge
8%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
0%

 
Maximum Fee Per Transfer (currently $0):
 
$15
       
 
Premium Taxes (as a percentage of Account Value or total Purchase Payments):
 
0% - 3.5%3



The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract, not including Fund fees and expenses.

 
Annual Account Fee
$ 504

Variable Account Annual Expenses
(as a percentage of net Variable Account assets)5

 
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge:
1.40%6
 
Administrative Expense Charge:
0.15% 
 
Distribution Fee:
0.15% 
     
Total Variable Account Annual Expenses (without optional benefits):
1.70% 

Charges for Optional Death Benefits

Death Benefit Currently Available7
Fee as a % of Variable
Account Value
Maximum Anniversary Account Value (“MAV”)
0.40%

Death Benefits Previously Available8
Fee as a % of Variable
Account Value
5% Premium Roll-Up
0.20%
Earnings Enhancement Benefit Premier
0.25%
Earnings Enhancement Benefit Premier with MAV
0.40%
Earnings Enhancement Benefit Premier with 5% Roll-Up
0.40%
Earnings Enhancement Benefit Premier Plus
0.40%

Maximum Annual Charge for an Optional Death Benefit
    (as a percentage of Variable Account Value):
0.40%

Charges for Optional Living Benefits

Living Benefit Currently Available9
Maximum
Annual Fee
Sun Income Riser Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base11 during the Account Year):
  1.30%10

Living Benefits Previously Available13
Maximum
Annual Fee
Secured Returns Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of average daily net assets):
  0.40%
Secured Returns for Life Plus, Secured Returns for Life or Secured Returns 2 Living Benefits
    (as a percentage of the highest Account Value during the Account Year):
  0.50%14
Retirement Income Escalator Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base11 during the Account Year):
  0.95%14
Income ON Demand Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Income Benefit Base15 during the Account Year):
  0.85%14
Income ON Demand II Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base12 during the Account Year):
  0.85%14
Income ON Demand II Plus Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base12 during the Account Year):
  1.15%14
Retirement Income Escalator II Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base11 during the Account Year):
  1.15%14
Income ON Demand II Escalator Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base12 during the Account Year):
  1.15%14
Retirement Asset Protector Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base16 during the Account Year):
  0.75%14
Income ON Demand III Escalator Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base12 during the Account Year):
  1.30%14

Maximum Annual Charge for an Optional Living Benefit
    (as a percentage of highest applicable fee base during the Account Year):
  1.30%  

Total Variable Account Annual Expenses (1.70%) plus Maximum Charges for an Optional
    Death Benefit (0.40%) and an Optional Living Benefit (1.30%):
  3.40%17



The table below shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract.

 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
 
Minimum
Maximum
 
(expenses as a percentage of average daily Fund net assets that are deducted
from Fund assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service
(12b-1) fees, and other expenses)
 
0.65%
1.88%

The expenses shown, which include any acquired fund fees and expenses, are those incurred for the year ended December 31, 2010, and were provided by the Funds. We have not independently verified the accuracy of the Fund expense information. Current or future expenses may be greater or less than those shown. For more information about Fund expenses, including a description of any applicable fee waiver or expense reimbursement arrangement, see the Fund prospectuses.



1
The fee tables apply to the Accumulation Phase of the Contract and reflect the maximum charges unless otherwise noted. See "Contract Charges." During the Income Phase, the fees will be different than the Total Variable Account Annual Expenses described in the fee table. After you annuitize, we will deduct total insurance charges at an annual rate of 1.70% of your average daily Annuity Unit values; we will no longer deduct a mortality and expense risk charge or the charges for any optional living benefit or any optional death benefit. The 1.70% insurance charge, which includes the administrative expense charge and a distribution fee, compensates us for the risks and expenses associated with providing annuity payments during the Income Phase.
   
2
A portion of your Account may be withdrawn each year without imposition of any withdrawal charge and, after a Purchase Payment has been in your Account for 7 Account Years, it may be withdrawn free of the withdrawal charge. (See “Withdrawal Charge.”)
   
3
The premium tax rate and base vary by your state of residence and the type of Contract you own. Currently, we deduct premium taxes from Account Value upon full surrender (including surrender for the death benefit) or annuitization. (See “Premium Taxes.”)
   
4
The Annual Account Fee is waived if 100% of your Account Value has been allocated to the Fixed Account during the entire Account Year or if your Account Value is $100,000 or more on your Account Anniversary. (See “Account Fee.”)
   
5
All of the Variable Account Annual Expenses, except for the charges for optional living benefits, are assessed as a percentage of average daily net Variable Account assets. The charge for each optional living benefit is assessed on a quarterly basis.
   
6
For Contracts purchased prior to March 5, 2007, the rate of this charge is 1.60% if you were age 76 or older on the Contract’s Open Date. In that case, the rate for “Total Variable Account Annual Expenses (without optional benefits)” would be 1.90%.
   
7
The MAV optional death benefit is described under “Death Benefit.” It is currently available only if you are younger than age 75 on the Open Date. For Contracts purchased prior to August 17, 2009, the MAV death benefit was available to Owners younger than age 80 on the Open Date, at a cost of 0.20% of average daily net assets of the Variable Account Value.
   
8
The previously available death benefits are described in “APPENDIX C- PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFITS AND EXAMPLES.”
   
9
As discussed under ”OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT: SUN INCOME RISER,” if you elect to increase or renew certain benefits under Sun Income Riser, we have the right to increase the rate of the charge to what we are then charging on newly issued optional living benefits of the same type or to a rate based on then-current market conditions.
   
10
The charge shown is assessed and deducted quarterly based upon the applicable fee base, taken on the last day of each Account Quarter. Your actual charges may be less than the maximum stated above. See “Cost of SIR.”
   
11
The Withdrawal Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT: SUN INCOME RISER,” “APPENDIX J - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATOR,” and “APPENDIX N - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATOR II.”
   
12
The Fee Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See  “APPENDIX L - Income ON Demand II,” “APPENDIX M - Income ON Demand II Plus,” “APPENDIX O - Income ON Demand II Escalator” and “APPENDIX Q - Income ON Demand III Escalator.”
   
13
The previously available optional living benefits are described in Appendices F through P. If you elect to increase certain benefits under any of the living benefits other than  Secured Returns, we have the right to increase the rate of the charge based on then-current market conditions. (See the “Step-Up” section in Appendices F, H through Q.) Under these outstanding Contracts, you were permitted to select only one optional living benefit.
   
14
The charges shown are assessed and deducted quarterly based upon the applicable fee base, taken on the last day of each Account Quarter. Your actual charges may be less than the maximum stated above. (See Appendices F, H through Q.) For Contracts purchased prior to February 17, 2009, the Maximum Annual Fees for Retirement Income Escalator II, Income ON Demand II Escalator, and Retirement Asset Protector were initially set at 1.00%, 1.00%, and 0.35%, respectively. Those fees will not change on those earlier Contracts, unless the Owner consents in writing to the higher fees as described under “Step-Up” section in Appendices N through P.
   
15
The Income Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “APPENDIX K – Income ON Demand.”
   
16
The Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “APPENDIX P - RETIREMENT ASSET PROTECTOR.”
   
17
This amount assumes that MAV (0.40%) was selected and that the Sun Income Riser Optional Living Benefit with joint-life coverage (1.30%) was also selected (in addition to the 1.40% Mortality and Expense Risk Charge, the 0.15% Administrative Expense Charge, and the 0.15% Distribution Fee). It also assumes that the living benefit’s initial fee base is equal to the initial Purchase Payment. If the fee base changes, the charge for your optional living benefit and your Total Variable Account Annual Expenses would be higher or lower.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These costs include Contract Owner transaction expenses, contract fees, variable account annual expenses, and Fund fees and expenses.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated and that your Contract combines the features producing the highest maximum charges, including the MAV optional death benefit and the optional living benefit with joint-life coverage. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and assumes the maximum fees and expenses of any of the Funds. For purposes of converting the Annual Account Fee to a percentage, the Example assumes an average Contract size of $50,000. This Example factors in Purchase Payment Interest using the 5% Purchase Payment Interest Option. In addition, this Example assumes no transfers were made and no premium taxes were deducted. If these arrangements were considered, the expenses shown would be higher.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1)
If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
         
 
$1,315
$2,351
$3,322
$5,869

(2)
If you annuitize your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
         
 
$558
$1,695
$2,860
$5,869

(3)
If you do not surrender your Contract:

 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
         
 
$558
$1,695
$2,860
$5,869

The fee table and Example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses and charges of the Sub-Accounts. Your actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. The Example does not include the deduction of state premium taxes, which may be assessed upon full surrender, death or annuitization, or any taxes and penalties you may be required to pay if you surrender the Contract. This Example also does not take into consideration any fee waiver or expense reimbursement arrangement of the Funds. If these arrangements were taken into consideration, the expenses shown would be lower. Similarly, the 5% annual rate of return assumed in the Example is not intended to be representative of past or future investment performance. For more information about Fund expenses, including a description of any applicable fee waiver or expense reimbursement arrangement, see the prospectuses for the Funds.

For information concerning compensation paid for the sale of the Contracts, see “Distribution of the Contract.”

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Historical information about the value of the units we use to measure the variable portion of your Contract (“Variable Accumulation Units”) is included in the back of this Prospectus as Appendix S.

THE ANNUITY CONTRACT

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F (the “Variable Account”) offer the Contract to groups and individuals for use in connection with their retirement plans. Annuities are long-term investment vehicles designed for retirement planning, and are not suitable for short-term investing or speculation. Persons wishing to employ such strategies should not purchase a Contract. The Contract is available on a group basis and, in certain states, may be available on an individual basis. We issue an Individual Contract directly to the individual Participant of the Contract. We issue a Group Contract to the Owner, covering all individuals participating under the Group Contract; each individual receives a Certificate that evidences his or her participation under the Group Contract.

In this Prospectus, unless we state otherwise, we refer to both the owners of Individual Contracts and participating individuals under Group Contracts as “Participants” and we address all Participants as “you”; we use the term “Contracts” to include Individual Contracts, Group Contracts, and Certificates issued under Group Contracts. For the purpose of determining benefits under both Individual Contracts and Group Contracts, we establish an Account for each Participant, which we will refer to as “your” Account or a “Participant Account.”

Your Contract provides a number of important benefits for your retirement planning.

·  
It has an Accumulation Phase and an Income Phase. During the Accumulation Phase, you make Purchase Payments under the Contract and allocate them to one or more of the Variable Account options or, if available, the Fixed Account options. During the Income Phase, we make annuity payments based on the amount you have accumulated. Annuity payments can be fixed or variable. When you choose variable options, you assume the investment risk. When you choose fixed options, we assume the investment risk.

·  
It also has tax deferral, so that you do not pay taxes on your earnings under your Contract until you withdraw them. However, if you purchase your Contract in connection with a tax-qualified plan, your purchase should be made for reasons other than tax-deferral. Tax-qualified plans provide tax-deferral without the need for purchasing an annuity contract.

·  
It provides a basic death benefit if you die during the Accumulation Phase. You may enhance the basic death benefit by electing the optional death benefit for an additional charge.

·  
If you so elect, during the Income Phase, it provides annuity payments to you or someone else for life or for another period that you choose.

The Contract is designed for use in connection with personal retirement and deferred compensation plans, some of which qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment under Sections 401, 403, 408 or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Contract is also designed so that it may be used in connection with certain non-tax-qualified retirement plans, such as payroll savings plans and such other groups (trusteed or non-trusteed) as may be eligible under applicable law. We refer to Contracts used with plans that receive favorable tax treatment as “Qualified Contracts,” and all other Contracts as “Non-Qualified Contracts.” A qualified retirement plan generally provides tax-deferral regardless of whether the plan invests in an annuity contract. A decision to purchase an annuity contract should not be based on the assumption that the purchase of an annuity contract is necessary to obtain tax-deferral benefits under a qualified retirement plan.

You should work with your registered representative to decide whether an optional benefit is appropriate for you based on a thorough analysis of your particular insurance needs, financial objectives, investment goals, time horizons and risk tolerance.

COMMUNICATING TO US ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT

You may submit transaction requests or otherwise communicate with us in writing or by telephone. All materials mailed to us, including Purchase Payments, must be sent to our mailing address as set forth at the beginning of this Prospectus. For all telephone communications, you must call (800) 752-7216. In addition, the authorized registered representative of the broker-dealer of record may submit transfer requests on your behalf in writing, by telephone, or over the Internet on our broker website. To use the broker website, the registered representative must first consent to our online terms of use. (See “Requests for Transfers” under “Transfer Privilege.”)

Unless this Prospectus states differently, we will consider all materials sent to us and all telephone communications to be received on the date we actually receive them at our mailing address or at (800) 752-7216. However, we will consider all financial transactions, including Purchase Payments, withdrawal requests and transfer instructions, to be received on the next Business Day if we receive them (1) on a day that is not a Business Day or (2) after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, which is normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. In some cases, receipt of requests for financial transactions by the broker-dealer of record will be deemed to be constructive receipt by us. This would include only cases where we have a specific agreement with the broker-dealer that provides for this treatment and the broker-dealer electronically forwards to us the request promptly after the end of the Business Day on which it receives the request in good order. In such cases, financial transactions received by us in good order will be priced that Business Day, provided the broker-dealer received the request before the earlier of (a) 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or (b) the close of the New York Stock Exchange on days that the Stock Exchange closes before 4:00 p.m. For information about whether we have this type of arrangement with your broker-dealer, you may call us at the above number.

Certain methods of contacting us, such as by telephone or over the Internet, may be unavailable or delayed. Any computer or telephone system (including yours, ours, and your registered representative’s) can experience delays or outages that may delay or prevent us from processing your request. While we have taken reasonable precautions to allow our systems to accommodate heavy usage, we do not guarantee access or reliability under all circumstances. If you experience delays or an outage, you may submit your request to us in writing to our mailing address, as set forth at the beginning of this Prospectus.

When we specify that notice to us must be in writing, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to accept notice in another form.

Electronic Account Information

Contract Owners may elect to receive prospectuses, transaction confirmations, reports and other communications in electronic format, instead of receiving paper copies of these documents. To enroll in this optional electronic delivery service Contract Owners must register and log on to our Internet customer website at https://customerlink.sunlife-usa.com. First-time users of this website can enroll in this electronic delivery service by selecting “eDeliver Documents” when registering to use the website. If you are already a registered user of this website, you can enroll in the electronic delivery service by logging on to your account and selecting “eDeliver Documents” on the “Update Profile” page. The electronic delivery service is subject to various terms and conditions, including a requirement that you promptly notify us of any change in your e-mail address, in order to avoid any disruption of deliveries to you. You may obtain more information and assistance at the above-mentioned internet location or by writing us at our mailing address or by telephone at (800) 752-7216.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)

We are a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of Delaware on January 12, 1970. We do business in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and we have an insurance company subsidiary that does business in New York. The address for our Executive Office is One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

We are ultimately controlled by Sun Life Financial Inc. (“Sun Life Financial”). Sun Life Financial, a corporation organized in Canada, is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with common shares listed on the Toronto, New York, and Philippine stock exchanges.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

We established the Variable Account as a separate account on July 13, 1989, pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors. The Variable Account funds the Contract and various other variable annuity contracts that we offer. These other products may have features, benefits and charges that are different from those under the Contract.

Under Delaware insurance law and the Contract, the income, gains or losses of the Variable Account are credited to or charged against the assets of the Variable Account without regard to the other income, gains, or losses of the Company. These assets are held in relation to the Contract and other variable annuity contracts that provide benefits that vary in accordance with the investment performance of the Variable Account. The assets maintained in the Variable Account will not be charged with any liabilities arising out of any other business we conduct. All obligations arising under a Contract, including the promise to make annuity payments, and the optional living benefit and death benefit guarantees, are general corporate obligations of the Company and, as such, are subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors.

The assets of the Variable Account are divided into Sub-Accounts. Each Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of a specific Fund. All amounts allocated by you to a Sub-Account will be used to purchase Fund shares at their net asset value. Any and all distributions made by the Funds with respect to the shares held by the Variable Account will be reinvested to purchase additional Fund shares at their net asset value. Deductions from the Variable Account for cash withdrawals, annuity payments, death benefits, Account Fees, Contract charges against the assets of the Variable Account for the assumption of mortality and expense risks, administrative expenses, optional benefits, and any applicable taxes will, in effect, be made by redeeming the number of Fund shares at their net asset value equal in total value to the amount to be deducted. The Variable Account will be fully invested in Fund shares at all times.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT OPTIONS: THE FUNDS

The Contract offers Sub-Accounts that invest in a number of Fund investment options. Each Fund is a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or a separate series of shares of such a mutual fund. Not all investment options are available under all Contracts. Please refer to “Appendix E - Previously Available Investment Options” for more information. Currently, you may select from the following investment options:

Large-Cap Equity Funds
Emerging Markets Equity Funds
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund, Class 210
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio,
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund, Class 211
Service Class1
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund®
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, Service Class
Portfolio, Service Class 21,5
Specialty Sector Equity Fund
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund3
MFS® Utilities Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA Growth Fund3
Specialty Sector Commodity Funds
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund3
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund3
Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund3
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio,
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund, Series II
Administrative Class
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio, Class VC
Real Estate Equity Fund
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio, Service Class
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund, Service Class
MFS® Value Portfolio, Service Class
Asset Allocation Funds
Mutual Shares Securities Fund, Class 2
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio, Class B1
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA - Service Shares
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio, Class B1
SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund, Service Class7
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, Class III1
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund, Service Class
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio,
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund, Service Class1
Service Class 25
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund, Service Class1
Franklin Income Securities Fund, Class 2
Mid-Cap Equity Funds
Huntington VA Balanced Fund2,3
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio,
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund, Series II1
Service Class 25
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund3
MFS® Total Return Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA New Economy Fund3
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, Advisor Class1,2,6
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund, Series II1
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, Service Class1,2
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio, Class VC
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund, Service Class 1,2,9
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Service Class1
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund, Service Class1,2
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund, Service Class1
Target Date Funds
Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. - Mid Cap Growth
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015
Portfolio, Class II1,6,
Portfolio, Service Class 22,5
Small-Cap Equity Funds
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund, Class 2
Portfolio, Service Class 22,5
Huntington VA Situs Fund3
Money Market Fund
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, Service Class8
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®, Service Class
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Service Class1
Short-Term Bond Fund
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund, Service Class1
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund, Service Class1
International/Global Equity Funds
Intermediate-Term Bond Funds
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio, Class B1
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund3
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico International Opportunities
MFS® Bond Portfolio, Service Class
Fund, Class 212
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA International Equity Fund3
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund, Service Class1
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund3
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®, Service Class
MFS® International Growth Portfolio, Service Class
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund, Class 21,13
MFS® International Value Portfolio, Service Class
Inflation Protected Bond Fund
MFS® Research International Portfolio, Service Class
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Service Class1
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Service Shares
Multi-Sector Bond Fund
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund, Service Class1
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund, Class 2
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund, Service Clas1s
High Yield Bond Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund, Class 2
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund, Service Class1
International/Global Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Emerging Markets Bond Fund
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund4
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio, Administrative Class

1
Not available for investment if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative between April 25, 2005 and April 20, 2007.
2
These are Fund of Funds options and expenses of the Fund include the Fund level expenses of the underlying Funds as well. These Funds may be more expensive than Funds that do not invest in other Funds.
3
Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative. These Funds do not have different share classes.
4
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund does not have different share classes.
5
In marketing materials and other documents, the Fidelity® funds may be referred to as follows: Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio, Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio, Fidelity® VIP Balanced Portfolio, Fidelity® VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio, and Fidelity® VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio.
6
In marketing materials and other documents, the Universal Institutional Fund may be referred to as Morgan Stanley UIF Mid Cap Growth Portfolio.
7
Formerly SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund, Service Class.
8
Formerly SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund, Service Class.
9
Formerly SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund, Service Class.
10
Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series, Class B.
11
Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series, Class B.
12
Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series, Class B.
13
In marketing materials and other documents, the Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund may be referred to as Wells Fargo Advantage VT Total Return Bond Fund.

AllianceBernstein L.P. advises the AllianceBernstein Portfolios. BlackRock Advisors, LLC advises BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund (sub-advised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock International Limited). Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC advises the Columbia Variable Portfolios (sub-advised by Marsico Capital Management, LLC). Fidelity® Management & Research Company advises the Fidelity® VIP Portfolios; Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio and Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (sub-advised by FMR Co. Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.); and Fidelity® VIP Balanced Portfolio (sub-advised by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co. Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.). First Eagle Investment Management, LLC advises First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund. Franklin Advisers, Inc. advises Franklin Income Securities Fund and Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund. Franklin Advisory Services, LLC advises Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund. Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC advises Mutual Shares Securities Fund. Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc., advises the Huntington VA Funds. Invesco Advisers, Inc. advises the Invesco Funds. Lazard Asset Management LLC advises Lazard Retirement Portfolio. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC advises the Lord Abbett Portfolios. Massachusetts Financial Services Company, our affiliate, advises the MFS® Portfolios. Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. advises The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. Portfolio. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC advises the PIMCO Portfolios. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises the Oppenheimer Funds. Strategic Advisers, Inc. advises the Fidelity® VIP Freedom Portfolios. Sun Capital Advisers LLC, our affiliate, advises the Sun Capital Advisers Trust Funds; SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund (sub-advised by AllianceBernstein L.P.); SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund (sub-advised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.); SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund, SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund and SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (sub-advised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.); SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund (sub-advised by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC); SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund (sub-advised by Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.); SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund and SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund (sub-advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.); SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund, and SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Growth Fund (sub-advised by Ibbotson Associates, Inc.); SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund (sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc.); SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund (sub-advised by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC); SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund and SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund (sub-advised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC); SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund and SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund (sub-advised by Wellington Management Company, LLP); and Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund (sub-advised by Massachusetts Financial Services Company). Templeton Global Advisors Limited advises Templeton Growth Securities Fund. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC advises the Wells Fargo Variable Trust Fund (sub-advised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated).

More comprehensive information about the Funds, including a discussion of their management, investment objectives, expenses, and potential risks, is found in the current prospectuses for the Funds (the “Fund Prospectuses”). The Fund Prospectuses should be read in conjunction with this Prospectus before you invest. A copy of each Fund Prospectus, as well as each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, may be obtained without charge by calling us at (800) 752-7216 or by writing to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), P.O. Box 9133, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

The Funds may also be available to registered separate accounts offering variable annuity and variable life products of other affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies, as well as to the Variable Account and other separate accounts of the Company. Although we do not anticipate any disadvantages to this, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of the Variable Account and one or more of the other separate accounts participating in the Funds. A conflict may occur due to a change in law affecting the operations of variable life and variable annuity separate accounts, differences in the voting instructions of the Participants and Payees and those of other companies, or some other reason. In the event of conflict, we will take any steps necessary to protect Participants and Payees, including withdrawal of the Variable Account from participation in the underlying Funds which are involved in the conflict or substitution of shares of other Funds.

Certain of the investment advisers, transfer agents, or underwriters to the Funds may reimburse us for administrative costs in connection with administering the Funds as options under the Contracts. These amounts are not charged to the Funds or Participants, but are paid from assets of the advisers, transfer agents, or underwriters.

Certain publicly available mutual funds may have similar investment goals and principal investment policies and risks as one or more of the Funds, and may be managed by a Fund’s portfolio manager(s). While a Fund may have many similarities to these other funds, its investment performance will differ from their investment performance. This is due to a number of differences between a Fund and these similar products, including differences in sales charges, expense ratios and cash flows.

THE FIXED ACCOUNT

The Fixed Account is made up of all the general assets of the Company (referred to as the “general account”) other than those allocated to any separate account. Amounts you allocate to Guarantee Periods become part of the Fixed Account. These general account assets are available to support our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by the Variable Account. Any guarantees under the Contract that exceed your Variable Account Value, such as those with any optional living benefit and any death benefit, are paid from our general account (and not the Variable Account). Therefore, any amounts that we may be obligated to pay under the Contract in excess of Variable Account Value are subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability and our long-term ability to make such payments. We issue other types of insurance policies and financial products as well, and we pay our obligations under those products from our assets in the general account. The general account is subject to claims of creditors made on the assets of the Company.

We will invest the assets of the Fixed Account in those assets we choose that are allowed by applicable state insurance laws. In general, these laws permit investments, within specified limits and subject to certain qualifications, in federal, state and municipal obligations, corporate bonds, preferred and common stocks, real estate mortgages, real estate and certain other investments. We intend to invest primarily in investment-grade fixed income securities (i.e., rated by a nationally recognized rating service within the four highest grades) or instruments we believe are of comparable quality.

We are not obligated to invest amounts allocated to the Fixed Account according to any particular strategy, except as may be required by applicable state insurance laws. You will not have a direct or indirect interest in the Fixed Account investments.

THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS: THE GUARANTEE PERIODS

Guarantee Periods

You may elect one or more Guarantee Periods from those we make available from time to time. When available, we may offer Guarantee Periods of different durations; however, we may stop offering some or all Guarantee Periods at any time. Once we stop offering a Guarantee Period of a particular duration, allocations, transfers or renewals into that Guarantee Period will not be permitted. In addition, we reserve the right not to make any Guarantee Periods available. In such event, Guarantee Periods already in existence will be unaffected, although any renewals thereof will be made into the Money Market Sub-Account. We may choose to exercise this right before the Open Date or at some later time. At any time, we can reverse our decision to exercise this right.

Effective May 4, 2009, we stopped accepting any additional amounts for allocation to certain Guarantee Periods, regardless of when the Contract was issued. Under this change, all Guarantee Periods were closed to new amounts from:

l
initial or subsequent Purchase Payments you may make, except for Purchase Payments that you allocate to our dollar-cost averaging program;
   
l
transfers of Account Value into a Guarantee Period from any other Guarantee Period or Sub-Account;
   
l
renewals at the end of an existing Guarantee Period; and
   
l
any other source.

Any of your Account Value held in a Guarantee Period on May 4, 2009 was not immediately affected by our closing the Guarantee Periods to new amounts. However, at the end of such Guarantee Period, we automatically transfer all of your Account Value remaining therein to the Money Market Sub-Account, if you have not by that time requested that we transfer all of such amounts to any other Sub-Account(s).

Because we are not currently offering new Guarantee Periods in connection with our Secured Future Program, that program is no longer available to those who are not already participating in it. (See “Secured Future Program” under “Other Programs.”)

Guaranteed Interest Rates

We determine Guaranteed Interest Rates at our discretion. Our determination will be influenced by the interest rates we earn on our fixed income investments as well as other factors, including regulatory and tax requirements, sales commissions, administrative expenses, general economic trends and competitive factors. You can find out about our current Guaranteed Interest Rates by calling us at (800) 752-7216.

We may from time to time at our discretion offer special interest rates for new Purchase Payments that are higher than the rates we are then offering for renewals or transfers.

Early Withdrawals

Early withdrawals from your allocation to a Guarantee Period, including cash withdrawals, transfers, and commencement of an annuity option, may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment, which could decrease or increase the value of your Account. See “Withdrawals, Withdrawal Charges and Market Value Adjustment.”

THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase of your Contract, you make Purchase Payments into your Account, and your earnings accumulate on a tax-deferred basis. The Accumulation Phase begins with our acceptance of your first Purchase Payment and ends the Business Day before your Annuity Commencement Date. The Accumulation Phase will end sooner if you surrender your Contract or if the “Covered Person” dies before the Annuity Commencement Date.

Issuing Your Contract

We “open” the Contract on the Business Day when we receive your Application at our mailing address shown on the first page of this Prospectus. We refer to this date as the “Open Date.” We “issue” your Contract on the day we apply your initial Purchase Payment, when your Application is “in good order.” Your Application is in good order when we have received all the information necessary to complete it. We refer to this date as the “Issue Date.”

We determine your eligibility for purchasing a Contract and your eligibility for electing the optional death benefit and the optional living benefit based upon the ages of all Owners and Annuitants on the Open Date.

We will credit your initial Purchase Payment to your Account within two Business Days of receiving your completed Application, in good order. If your Application is not in good order, we will notify you. If we do not have the necessary information to complete the Application within five Business Days, we will send your money back to you or ask your permission to retain your Purchase Payment until the Application is in good order. Once the Application is in good order, we will then apply your Purchase Payment within two Business Days.

Amount and Frequency of Purchase Payments

The amount of Purchase Payments may vary. However, we will not accept an initial Purchase Payment of less than $10,000 or the maximum annual Individual Retirement Annuity (“IRA”) contribution, unless we waive these limits. Although there is currently no minimum amount for additional Purchase Payments, we reserve the right to limit each additional Purchase Payment to at least $1,000. In addition, unless we have given our prior approval, we will not accept a Purchase Payment if your Account Value is over $2 million, or if the Purchase Payment would cause your Account Value to exceed $2 million. We reserve the right to refuse Purchase Payments received more than five years after your Issue Date or after your 70th birthday, whichever is later. Within these limits, you may make Purchase Payments at any time during the Accumulation Phase. Additional restrictions may apply if you purchased an optional living benefit. If you are participating in an optional living benefit, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year.

Allocation of Net Purchase Payments

You may allocate your Purchase Payments among the different Sub-Accounts and Guarantee Periods currently available. However, we reserve the right to limit any allocation to a Guarantee Period to at least $1,000. We will notify you of any change in writing prior to its effectiveness.

In your Application, you may specify the percentage of each Purchase Payment to be allocated to each Sub-Account or Guarantee Period. These percentages are called your allocation factors. You may change the allocation factors for future Purchase Payments by sending us notice of the change as required. We will use your new allocation factors for the first Purchase Payments we receive with or after we have received notice of the change until we receive another change notice.

Although it is currently not our practice, we may deduct applicable premium taxes or similar taxes from your Purchase Payments (see “Contract Charges -- Premium Taxes”). In that case, we will credit your Net Purchase Payment, which is the Purchase Payment minus the amount of those taxes.

Your Account

When we accept your first Purchase Payment, we establish an Account for you, which we maintain throughout the Accumulation Phase of your Contract.

Your Account Value

Your Account Value is the sum of the value of the two components of your Contract: the Variable Account portion of your Contract (“Variable Account Value”) and the Fixed Account portion of your Contract (“Fixed Account Value”). These two components are calculated separately, as described under “Variable Account Value” and “Fixed Account Value.”

Purchase Payment Interest

We will credit your Contract with an amount, which we refer to as “Purchase Payment Interest,” at the rate you selected when you applied for the Contract. Currently, we offer the two Purchase Payment Interest options listed below. Available options and rates may vary by state.

 
Option A: The 2% Five-Year Anniversary Interest Option - Under this option we will credit your Contract with interest at a rate of 2% of each Purchase Payment received prior to the first Account Anniversary. In addition, on every Fifth-Year Anniversary, we will add to your Contract a credit equal to 2% of your Account Value at that time.
   
 
Option B: The 5% Interest Option - Under this option we will add to your Contract a credit equal to 5% of each Purchase Payment. However, Purchase Payments made under Option B prior to August 17, 2009, were credited with interest at the rate in effect at the time of the Purchase Payment. This rate ranged from 3% to 6% of the Purchase Payment. You will never receive a credit on an additional Purchase Payment lower than the rate declared at the time your Contract was purchased. See “APPENDIX D – CALCULATION FOR PURCHASE PAYMENT INTEREST.”

Option A will generally result in higher Purchase Payment Interest if you plan to hold your Contract for a longer period of time (e.g., 10 years or more). Option B will generally result in higher Purchase Payment Interest if you only plan to hold your Contract for a shorter period of time (e.g., during the period of time when withdrawal charges are being assessed on the Contract).

We add the Purchase Payment Interest to your Account during the same Valuation Period in which we receive the Purchase Payment. We allocate the Purchase Payment Interest to the Sub-Accounts and/or the Guarantee Periods in the same proportion as the Net Purchase Payment is allocated. For any Fifth-Year Anniversary credit under Option A, we allocate the amount on a pro-rata basis to all Sub-Accounts and/or Guarantee Periods in which you are invested, excluding any Guarantee Periods established to support a dollar-cost averaging program. Any additional interest adjustments will be credited on your Account Anniversary.

We may credit Purchase Payment Interest at rates other than those described above on Contracts sold to officers, directors and employees of the Company or its affiliates, registered representatives, and employees of broker-dealers with a current selling agreement with the Company and affiliates of such representatives and broker-dealers, employees of affiliated asset management firms, and persons who have retired from such positions (“Eligible Employees”) and immediate family members of Eligible Employees. The Company expects to make a profit on Purchase Payment Interest from the mortality and expense risk charge.

We may also credit Purchase Payment Interest described above using different Net Purchase Payment dollar amount thresholds. Any change in the Net Purchase Payment dollar amount thresholds will be offered to all Participants on a prospective basis.

The Contracts are designed to give the most value to Participants with long-term investment goals. We will deduct the “Adjusted” Purchase Payment Interest if the Contract is returned during the “free look period.” For a description of the free look period and Adjusted Purchase Payment Interest, see “Right to Return.” For examples of how we calculate Purchase Payment Interest, see Appendix D.

Variable Account Value

Variable Accumulation Units

In order to calculate your Variable Account Value, we use a measure called a Variable Accumulation Unit for each Sub-Account. Your Variable Account Value is the sum of your Account Value in each Sub-Account, which is the number of your Variable Accumulation Units for that Sub-Account times the value of each Unit.

Variable Accumulation Unit Value

The value of each Variable Accumulation Unit in a Sub-Account reflects the net investment performance of that Sub-Account. We determine that value once on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, at the close of trading, which is generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. (The close of trading is determined by the New York Stock Exchange.) Each day we make a valuation is called a “Business Day.” The period that begins at the time Variable Accumulation Units are valued on a Business Day and ends at that time on the next Business Day is called a “Valuation Period.” On days other than Business Days, the value of a Variable Accumulation Unit does not change.

To measure these values, we use a factor, which we call the Net Investment Factor, which represents the net return on the Sub-Account’s assets. At the end of any Valuation Period, the value of a Variable Accumulation Unit for a Sub-Account is equal to the value of that Sub-Account’s Variable Accumulation Units at the end of the previous Valuation Period, multiplied by the Net Investment Factor. We calculate the Net Investment Factor by dividing (1) the net asset value of a Fund share held in the Sub-Account at the end of that Valuation Period, plus the per share amount of any dividend or capital gains distribution made by that Fund during the Valuation Period, by (2) the net asset value per share of the Fund share at the end of the previous Valuation Period; then, for each day in the Valuation Period, we deduct a factor representing the asset-based insurance charges (the mortality and expense risk charge, the administrative expense charge, and the distribution fee) plus any applicable asset-based charge for certain optional benefits.

For a hypothetical example of how we calculate the value of a Variable Accumulation Unit, see the Statement of Additional Information.

Crediting and Canceling Variable Accumulation Units

When we receive an allocation to a Sub-Account, either from a Net Purchase Payment or a transfer of Account Value, we credit that amount to your Account in Variable Accumulation Units. Similarly, we cancel Variable Accumulation Units when you transfer or withdraw amounts from a Sub-Account, or when we deduct certain charges under the Contract. We determine the number of Units credited or canceled by dividing the dollar amount by the Variable Accumulation Unit value for that Sub-Account at the end of the Valuation Period during which the transaction or charge is effective.

Fixed Account Value

Your Fixed Account Value is the sum of all amounts allocated to Guarantee Periods, either from Net Purchase Payments, transfers or renewals, plus interest credited on those amounts, and minus withdrawals, transfers out of Guarantee Periods, and any deductions for charges under the Contract taken from your Fixed Account Value.

A Guarantee Period begins the day we apply your allocation and ends when all calendar years (or months if the Guarantee Period is less than one year) in the Guarantee Period (measured from the end of the calendar month in which the amount was allocated to the Guarantee Period) have elapsed. The last day of the Guarantee Period is its Renewal Date.

Each additional Purchase Payment, transfer or renewal credited to your Fixed Account Value will result in a new Guarantee Period with its own Renewal Date. Amounts allocated at different times to Guarantee Periods of the same duration may have different Renewal Dates. Guarantee Periods may not always be available for allocation. (See “Fixed Account Options: The Guarantee Periods.”)

Crediting Interest

We credit interest on amounts allocated to a Guarantee Period at the applicable Guaranteed Interest Rate for the duration of the Guarantee Period. During the Guarantee Period, we credit interest daily at a rate that yields the Guaranteed Interest Rate on an annual effective basis. You can find out about our current Guaranteed Interest Rates by calling us at (800) 752-7216.

Guarantee Amounts

Each separate allocation you make to a Guarantee Period, together with interest credited thereon, is called a Guarantee Amount. Each Guarantee Amount is treated separately for purposes of determining the Market Value Adjustment. We may restrict a Guarantee Period that will extend beyond your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. Renewals into a Guarantee Period that extends beyond your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date will result in an application of a Market Value Adjustment upon annuitization or withdrawals. We reserve the right to limit each new allocation to a Guarantee Period to at least $1,000.

Renewals

We will notify you in writing between 45 and 75 days before the Renewal Date for any Guarantee Amount. Renewals are only available if we are currently offering Fixed Account options on the Renewal Date. If you would like to change your Fixed Account option, we must receive from you prior to the Renewal Date:

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written notice from you electing a different Guarantee Period from among those we then offer, or
   
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written instructions to transfer the Guarantee Amount to one or more Sub-Accounts, in accordance with the transfer privilege provisions of the Contract (see “Transfer Privilege”).

If we receive no instructions from you prior to the Renewal Date, we will automatically renew your Fixed Account allocation into a new Guarantee Period of the same duration as the last Guarantee Period. If we are no longer offering a Guarantee Period of the same duration, we will automatically transfer your Fixed Account allocation into the Money Market Sub-Account.

A Guarantee Amount will not renew into a Guarantee Period that will extend beyond your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. In that case, unless you notify us otherwise, we will automatically transfer your Guarantee Amount into the Money Market Sub-Account.

These automatic transfers of Fixed Account Value into the Money Market Sub-Account will not count as a transfer for purposes of the transfer restrictions described under “Transfer Privilege.”

Early Withdrawals

If you withdraw, transfer, or annuitize an allocation from a Guarantee Period more than 30 days prior to the Renewal Date, we will apply a Market Value Adjustment to the transaction. This could result in an increase or a decrease of your Account Value, depending on interest rates at the time. You bear the risk that you will receive less than your principal if the Market Value Adjustment applies. See “WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES, AND MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT.”

Transfer Privilege

Permitted Transfers

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer all or part of your Account Value to one or more Sub-Accounts or Guarantee Periods then available, subject to the following restrictions:

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you may not make more than 12 transfers in any Account Year;
   
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the amount transferred from a Guarantee Period must be the entire Guarantee Amount, except for transfers of interest credited during the current Account Year;
   
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at least 30 days must elapse between transfers to and from Guarantee Periods;
   
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at least 6 days must elapse between transfers to and from the Sub-Accounts;
   
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transfers to or from Sub-Accounts are subject to terms and conditions that may be imposed by the Funds; and
   
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we impose additional restrictions on market timers, which are further described below. (See “Short-Term Trading.”)

These restrictions do not apply to transfers made under any optional program. (See “Other Programs.”) Additional restrictions apply to transfers made under any of the Optional Living Benefits.

We reserve the right to waive these restrictions and exceptions at any time, as discussed under “Short-Term Trading,” or to change them. Any change will be applied uniformly. We will notify you of any change prior to its effectiveness.

There is usually no charge imposed on transfers; however, we reserve the right to impose a transfer charge of $15 for each transfer. Transfers out of a Guarantee Period more than 30 days before the Renewal Date or any time after the Renewal Date will be subject to the Market Value Adjustment described under “WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES, AND MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT.” We will notify you of any change in writing prior to its effectiveness. Under current law, there is no tax liability for transfers.

Requests for Transfers

You, your authorized registered representative of the broker-dealer of record, or another authorized third party may request transfers in writing or by telephone. Registered representatives of broker-dealer firms that have entered into selling agreements with us may, on behalf of their clients, submit transfer requests electronically over the Internet on our broker website. To use this electronic transfer service, a registered representative must agree to our online terms of use. You can contact us by telephone at (800) 752-7216 to identify broker-dealers with registered representatives that use this service.

If a written, telephone, or electronic transfer request is received before the earlier of (a) 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or (b) the close of the New York Stock Exchange on days that the Stock Exchange closes before 4:00 p.m., the transfer will be priced that day. The telephone transfer privilege is available automatically during regular business hours before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and does not require your written election. We have established procedures reasonably designed to confirm that instructions communicated to us by telephone or electronically are genuine. These procedures may require any person requesting a transfer made by telephone or electronically to provide personal identifying information. We will not be liable for following instructions communicated by telephone that we reasonably believe are genuine.

We reserve the right to deny any and all transfer requests made by telephone or electronically and to require that certain transfer requests be submitted in writing. A transfer request may be denied if it is not in good order or if it does not comply with the terms of our short-term trading policy or the trading policy of a fund involved in the transfer. If an electronic or a telephone transfer request is denied, we will immediately notify you and your authorized registered representative.

We also reserve the right to suspend, modify, restrict, or terminate the telephone or electronic transfer privilege at any time. Your ability (or the ability of your authorized registered representative or another authorized third party) to request transfers by telephone and/or electronically may also be limited due to circumstances beyond our control, such as during system outages or periods of high volume.

A transfer request will be priced at the Variable Accumulation Unit value next determined at the close of the Business Day if we receive the transfer request, in good order, before the earlier of (a) 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Business Day, or (b) the close of the New York Stock Exchange on days that the Stock Exchange closes before 4:00 p.m. Otherwise, the transfer request will be priced on the next Business Day.

Certain transfer requests may result in the modification or cancellation of one or more of the Contract’s optional programs or features that require, or are based on, specific allocations among the available Sub-Accounts or Guarantee Periods as described more particularly elsewhere in this Prospectus (and in the Appendices hereto).

No more than one transfer request of Account Values may be made on the same Business Day regardless of whether the request is made by you, your authorized registered representative, or another authorized third party, and regardless of whether the request is submitted in writing, by telephone, or electronically. The Company has established reasonable procedures for handling multiple transfer requests received on the same Business Day, including processing the first transfer request received in good order on a Business Day (unless otherwise cancelled in accordance with the cancellation procedures described in the next paragraph).

You, your authorized registered representative, or another authorized third party may cancel a transfer request by contacting us by telephone at (800) 752-7216 before the end of the Business Day during which the transfer request was submitted. We may also permit your authorized registered representative to request cancellation of a transfer request electronically over the Internet, provided we receive the electronic request before the end of the Business Day during which the transfer request was submitted.

Short-Term Trading

The Contracts are not designed for short-term trading. If you wish to employ such strategies, do not purchase a Contract. Transfer limits and other restrictions, described below, are subject to our ability to monitor transfer activity. Some Participants and their third party intermediaries engaging in short-term trading may employ a variety of strategies to avoid detection. Despite our efforts to prevent short-term trading, there is no assurance that we will be able to identify such Participants or intermediaries or curtail their trading. A failure to detect and curtail short-term trading could result in adverse consequences to the Participants. Short-term trading can increase costs for all Participants as a result of excessive portfolio transaction fees. In addition, short-term trading can adversely affect a Fund’s performance. If large amounts of money are suddenly transferred out of a Fund, the Fund’s investment adviser cannot effectively invest in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies.

The Company has policies and procedures to limit the number and frequency of transfers of Account Value. The Company also reserves the right to charge a fee for transfers to discourage frequent trading. In no event will the total charge assessed in connection with a transfer, that includes this fee as well as any charge that we may assess on a permitted transfer of Account Value among Sub-Accounts (see “Permitted Transfers,” above), exceed the maximum fee per transfer presented in the table of “Fees and Expenses” in this Prospectus.

Short-term trading activities whether by the Participant or a third party authorized to initiate transfer requests on behalf of Participant(s) may be subject to other restrictions as well. For example, we reserve the right to take actions against short-term trading which restrict your transfer privileges (including transfers to and from the Fixed Account) more narrowly than the policies described under “Permitted Transfers,” such as requiring transfer requests to be submitted in writing through regular first-class U.S. mail (e.g., no overnight, priority or courier delivery allowed), and refusing any and all transfer instructions.

If we determine that a third party acting on your behalf is engaging (alone or in combination with transfers effected by you directly) in a pattern of short-term trading, we may refuse to process certain transfers requested by such a third party. We impose additional administrative restrictions on third parties that engage in transfers of Account Values on behalf of multiple Participants at one time. Specifically, we limit the form of such large group transfers to fax or mail delivery only, require the third party to provide us with advance notice of any possible large group transfer so that we can have additional staff ready to process the request, and require that the amount transferred out of a Sub-Account for each Participant be equal to 100% of that Participant’s value in the Sub-Account. In the last situation, we will not transfer any of the Sub-Account value. Instead, we will deem the request not in good order and immediately notify you.

We will provide you written notification of any restrictions imposed.

We reserve the right to waive short-term trading restrictions, where permitted by law and not adverse to the interests of the relevant underlying Fund, in the following instances:

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when a new broker of record is designated for the Contract;
   
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when the Participant changes;
   
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when control of the Contract passes to the designated beneficiary upon the death of the Participant or Annuitant;
   
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when necessary in our view to avoid hardship to a Participant; or
   
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when underlying Funds are dissolved, merged, or substituted.

If short-term trading results as a consequence of waiving the restrictions against short-term trading, it could expose Participants to certain risks. The short-term trading could increase costs for all Participants as a result of excessive portfolio transaction fees. In addition, the short-term trading could adversely affect a Fund’s performance. If large amounts of money are suddenly transferred out of a Fund, the Fund’s investment adviser cannot effectively invest in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies. We uniformly apply the short-term trading policy and the permitted waivers of that policy to all Contracts. If we did not do so, some Participants could experience a different application of the policy and therefore may be treated unfairly. Too much discretion on our part in allowing the waivers of short-term trading policy could result in an unequal treatment of short-term traders by permitting some short-term traders to engage in short-term trading while prohibiting others from doing the same.

Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies

In addition to the restrictions that we impose (as described under “Permitted Transfers” and “Short-Term Trading”), most of the Funds have adopted restrictions or other policies about transfers or other purchases and sales of the Fund’s shares. These policies (the “Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies”) are intended to protect the Fund from short-term trading or other trading practices that are potentially harmful to the Fund. The Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies may be more restrictive in some respects than the restrictions that we otherwise would impose, and the Funds may modify their Shareholder Trading Policies from time to time.

We are legally obligated to provide (at the Funds’ request) information about each amount you cause to be deposited into a Fund (including by way of Purchase Payments and transfers under your Contract) or removed from the Fund (including by way of withdrawals and transfers under your Contract). If a Fund identifies you as having violated the Fund’s Shareholder Trading Policies, we are obligated, if the Fund requests, to restrict or prohibit any further deposits or exchanges by you (or a third party acting on your behalf) in respect of that Fund. Any such restriction or prohibition may remain in place indefinitely.

Accordingly, if you do not comply with any Fund’s Shareholder Trading Policies, you (or a third party acting on your behalf) may be prohibited from directing any additional amounts into that Fund or directing any transfers or other exchanges involving that Fund. You should review and comply with each Fund’s Shareholder Trading Policies, which are disclosed in the Funds’ current prospectuses.

Funds may differ significantly as to such matters as: (a) the amount, format, and frequency of information that the Funds request from us about transactions that our customers make; and (b) the extent and nature of any limits or restrictions that the Funds request us to impose upon such transactions. As a result of these differences, the costs borne by us and (directly or indirectly) by our customers may be significantly increased. Any such additional costs may outweigh any additional protection that would be provided to our customers, particularly in view of the protections already afforded by the trading restrictions that we impose as described under “Permitted Transfers” and under “Short-Term Trading.” Also, if a Fund imposes more strict trading restrictions than are reasonably necessary under the circumstances, you could be deprived of potentially valuable flexibility to make transactions with respect to that Fund. For these and other reasons, we may disagree with the timing or substance of a Fund’s requests for information from us or with any transaction limits or restrictions that the Fund requests us to impose upon our customers. If any such disagreement with respect to a Fund cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the Fund might be restricted or, subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval, replaced as a variable investment option.

Waivers; Reduced Charges; Credits; Special Guaranteed Interest Rates

We may reduce or waive the withdrawal charge or the annual Account Fee, credit additional amounts, grant bonus Guaranteed Interest Rates in certain situations, or offer other options or benefits. These situations may include sales of Contracts (1) where selling and/or maintenance costs associated with the Contracts are reduced, such as the sale of several Contracts to the same Participant, certain sales of larger-sized Contracts (generally, Contracts that have our approval to exceed $2 million in Account Value), and certain group sales, and (2) to officers, directors and employees of the Company or its affiliates, registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers with a current selling agreement with the Company and affiliates of such representatives and broker-dealers, employees of affiliated asset management firms, and persons who have retired from such positions (“Eligible Employees”) and immediate family members of Eligible Employees. Eligible Employees and their immediate family members may also purchase a Contract without regard to minimum Purchase Payment requirements. For other situations in which withdrawal charges may be waived, see “Withdrawals, Withdrawal Charges and Market Value Adjustment.”

Other Programs

You may participate in any of the following optional programs free of charge. Transfers made pursuant to the provisions of the following optional programs will not be charged a transfer fee, nor will such transfers count as one of the 12 free transfers per year allowed under the section entitled “Transfer Privilege.”

Dollar-Cost Averaging

You may elect to participate in dollar-cost averaging when you make any Purchase Payment to your Account prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. You may select a dollar-cost averaging program at no extra charge by allocating a minimum amount to a designated Sub-Account or to a Guarantee Period we make available in connection with the program. (We reserve the right to limit minimum investments to at least $1,000.)

Dollar-cost averaging allows you to invest gradually over time. At regular time intervals, we will transfer the same amount automatically (including a portion of the Purchase Payment Interest) to one or more Sub-Accounts that you choose. The program continues until your Account Value allocated to the program is depleted or you elect to stop the program. The final amount transferred from the Fixed Account will include all interest earned (excluding Purchase Payment Interest).

Amounts allocated to the Fixed Account under the program will earn interest at a rate declared by the Company for the Guarantee Period you select. Previously applied amounts may not be transferred to a Guarantee Period made available in connection with this program. If you elected to participate in dollar-cost averaging when you purchased your Contract, then all future Purchase Payments will be allocated to dollar-cost averaging, unless you specify otherwise.

No Market Value Adjustment (either positive or negative) will apply to amounts automatically transferred from the Fixed Account under the dollar-cost averaging program. However, if you discontinue or alter the program prior to completion, amounts remaining in the Fixed Account will be transferred to the Money Market Sub-Account, unless you instruct us otherwise, and the Market Value Adjustment will be applied. Any allocation of a new Purchase Payment to the program will be treated as commencing a new dollar-cost averaging program and may be subject to the $1,000 minimum investment limit.

The main objective of a dollar-cost averaging program is to minimize the impact of short-term price fluctuations on Account Value. In general, since you transfer the same dollar amount to the variable investment options at set intervals, dollar-cost averaging allows you to purchase more Variable Accumulation Units (and, indirectly, more Fund shares) when prices are low and fewer Variable Accumulation Units (and, indirectly, fewer Fund shares) when prices are high. Therefore, you may achieve a lower average cost per Variable Accumulation Unit over the long term. A dollar-cost averaging program allows you to take advantage of market fluctuations. However, it is important to understand that a dollar-cost averaging program does not insure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. We do not allow transfers into any of the Guarantee Periods pursuant to the dollar-cost averaging program.

Asset Allocation

One or more asset allocation models may be available in connection with the Contract, at no extra charge. You may elect to participate in an asset allocation model at any time prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date as long as we are still offering asset allocation models. Asset allocation is the process of investing in different asset classes, such as equity funds, fixed income funds, and money market funds, depending on your personal investment goals, tolerance for risk, and investment time horizon. By spreading your money among a variety of asset classes, you may be able to reduce the risk and volatility of investing, although there are no guarantees, and asset allocation does not insure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

We have no discretionary authority or control over your investment decisions. We do not recommend asset allocation models or otherwise provide advice as to what asset allocation model may be appropriate for you.

Our asset allocation program consists of one or more asset allocation models that we may make available from time to time. You may participate in only one model at a time. Each such asset allocation model represents a combination of Sub-Accounts with a different level of risk. Any asset allocation models, as well as the terms and conditions of this asset allocation program, are fully described in a separate brochure. You may request a copy of this brochure by calling us at (800) 752-7216. We may add or delete such models in the future.

Our asset allocation models are “static.” That is to say, if you elect an asset allocation model, we automatically rebalance your Account Value among the Sub-Accounts represented in the model you chose. While we will not alter the Sub-Account allocation percentages used in any asset allocation model, your asset allocation model and allocation weightings could be affected by mergers, liquidations, fund substitutions or closures.

You will not be provided with information regarding the periodic updates to models that we may offer to new Contract purchasers. Any new models will only be offered to Contracts opened on or after the date the new model goes into effect or to Participants who elect an asset allocation model on or after that date. Participants of any existing asset allocation model will remain in that existing model and we will continue to rebalance their percentage allocations among the Sub-Accounts in that existing model. However, such Participants may make an independent decision to change their asset allocations at any time. Investment alternatives, other than these asset allocation models, are available that may enable you to invest your Account Value with similar risk and return characteristics. You should consult your financial adviser periodically to consider whether any model you have selected is still appropriate for you.

Systematic Withdrawal and Interest Out Program

You may select our Systematic Withdrawal Program or Interest Out Program at any time prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. Under the Systematic Withdrawal Program, you determine the amount and frequency of regular withdrawals you would like to receive from your Fixed Account Value and/or Variable Account Value and we will process them automatically. Under the Interest Out Program, we automatically pay you, or reinvest, interest credited for all Guarantee Periods you have chosen. The withdrawals under these programs may be subject to surrender charges and a Market Value Adjustment. They may also be included as income and subject to a 10% federal tax penalty. You should consult a qualified tax professional before choosing these options. We reserve the right to limit the election of either of these programs to Contracts with a minimum Account Value of $10,000. Limits on your systematic withdrawal may apply if you purchased an optional living benefit.

You may change or stop either program at any time, by written notice to us or other means approved by us.

Portfolio Rebalancing Program

You may select our Portfolio Rebalancing Program at any time prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. Under this program, we transfer funds among all Sub-Accounts to maintain the percentage allocation you have selected among these Sub-Accounts. At your election, we will make these transfers on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.

No transfers to or from any Guarantee Period are permitted while this program is in effect.

Secured Future Program

You may only elect to participate in the Secured Future Program on or before your Issue Date. We divide your initial Purchase Payment (and Purchase Payment Interest on that initial Purchase Payment) between the Fixed Account and the Variable Account. For the Fixed Account portion, you choose a Guarantee Period from among those we offer. We then allocate to that Guarantee Period the portion of your Purchase Payment and Purchase Payment Interest necessary so that, at the end of the Guarantee Period, your Fixed Account allocation, including interest, will equal the entire amount of your original Purchase Payment, less the amount of any Contract charges that have been deducted from the Fixed Account. The remainder of the initial Purchase Payment and Purchase Payment Interest will be invested in the Sub-Accounts of your choice. At the end of the Guarantee Period, you will be guaranteed the amount of your original Purchase Payment and Purchase Payment Interest (assuming no withdrawals or transfers), plus you will have the benefit, if any, of the investment performance of the Sub-Accounts you have chosen. Your Secured Future Program terminates at the end of the Guarantee Period and is not renewable into a new Guarantee Period. The Secured Future Program is not available when Guarantee Periods are not being offered. (See “The Fixed Account Options: The Guarantee Periods.”)

Travel Assistance Program

On January 11, 2010, we exercised our right to discontinue offering this program to new Contract purchasers. We sent Owners written notice of our decision to discontinue offering the program. If your Contract had an Open Date before January 11, 2010, you were automatically enrolled in this program on your Open Date, if it had been approved in your state and by the firm through whom you purchased your Contract, unless you instructed us otherwise. The program will remain in effect for you, unless your Contract terminates, you change ownership of your Contract, or you instruct us to cancel your participation in the program. There is no charge for this program.

This program may provide some or all of the following services, provided by a third party we designate, when the person covered is 100 miles or more away from home:

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Referral to an English-speaking doctor or hospital for medical consultation and evaluation
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Hospital admission guarantee, assuming the covered person has applicable health coverage
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Emergency evacuation, if necessary
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Critical care monitoring of attending doctor/hospital
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Medically supervised repatriation, if the person covered requires assistance returning home after hospitalization
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Assistance in filling prescriptions, if required
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Receipt and transmission of necessary emergency messages
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Telephone counseling and referrals if the person covered experiences emotional trauma
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Transportation to join a covered person who was traveling alone and will be hospitalized more than seven days
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Transportation home for minor children left unattended by the covered person’s illness or injury
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Legal and interpreter referrals
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Return of mortal remains

The “person covered” is:

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The Owner as identified in the Contract, if the Contract is owned by one or more individuals; or
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The Annuitant as identified in the Contract, if the Contract is owned by a non-natural entity.

WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES, AND MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Cash Withdrawals

Requesting a Withdrawal

At any time during the Accumulation Phase, you may withdraw in cash all or any portion of your Account Value. To make a withdrawal, other than a Systematic Withdrawal, you must send us a written request at our mailing address. Your request must specify whether you want to withdraw the entire amount of your Account or, if less, the amount you wish to receive.

All withdrawals may be subject to a withdrawal charge (see “Withdrawal Charge”), and withdrawals from your Fixed Account Value also may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment (see “Market Value Adjustment”). Upon request, we will notify you of the amount we would pay in the event of a full withdrawal. Withdrawals also may have adverse federal income tax consequences including a 10% penalty tax (see “Tax Provisions”). You should carefully consider these tax consequences before requesting a cash withdrawal.

Full Withdrawals

If you request a full withdrawal, we calculate the amount we will pay you as follows: we start with your Account Value at the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive your withdrawal request; we deduct the Account Fee, if applicable, for the Account Year in which the withdrawal is made; we calculate and then add or subtract the amount of any Market Value Adjustment applicable to your Fixed Account Value; and finally, we calculate and then deduct any applicable withdrawal charge.

A full withdrawal results in the surrender of your Contract, and cancellation of all rights and privileges under your Contract, except as may be otherwise provided under the terms of any optional living benefit that you have elected.

Partial Withdrawals

Unless you specify otherwise, when you request a partial withdrawal, we will pay you the amount specified in your request adjusted by any applicable charges and/or Market Value Adjustment and then reduce the value of your Account by the gross amount of the withdrawal.

You may specify the amount you want withdrawn from each Sub-Account and/or Guarantee Amount to which your Account is allocated. If you do not so specify, we will deduct the total amount you request pro-rata, based on your Account Value at the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive your request. If you have elected “Build Your Own Portfolio,” withdrawals out of your portfolio model will be taken pro-rata from each of your selected Funds.

Withdrawals may significantly reduce any death benefit and/or living benefit amount. In calculating the amount payable under the living benefit or death benefit, we may reduce the benefit by an amount that is greater than the amount of the withdrawal, depending on the circumstances. Accordingly, you should refer to the more detailed discussions of the optional living benefits and optional death benefits that appear elsewhere in this Prospectus (and in the Appendices hereto) for information about the effects that withdrawals will have on those benefits.

If you request a partial withdrawal that would result in your Account Value being reduced to an amount less than the Account Fee for the Account Year in which you make the withdrawal, we reserve the right to treat it as a request for a full withdrawal (i.e., a surrender of your Contract).

Time of Payment

We will pay you the applicable amount of any full or partial withdrawal within seven days after we receive your withdrawal request, in good order, except in cases where we are permitted, and choose, to defer payment under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and applicable state insurance law. Currently, we may defer payment of amounts you withdraw from the Variable Account only for the following periods:

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when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (except weekends and holidays) or when the SEC determines trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted;
   
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when the SEC determines that an emergency exists and that it is not reasonably practical (i) to dispose of securities held in the Variable Account or (ii) to determine the value of the net assets of the Variable Account; or
   
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when an SEC order permits us to defer payment for the protection of Participants.

If, pursuant to SEC rules, the Money Market Fund suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a liquidation of the Fund, we will delay payment of any transfer, partial withdrawal, surrender, loan, or death benefit from the Money Market Sub-Account until the Fund is liquidated. We also may defer payment of amounts you withdraw from the Fixed Account for up to six months from the date we receive your withdrawal request. We do not pay interest on the amount of any payments we defer.

Withdrawal Restrictions for Qualified Plans

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, you should carefully check the terms of your retirement plan for limitations and restrictions on cash withdrawals.

Special restrictions apply to withdrawals from Contracts used for Section 403(b) annuities. (See “Tax Provisions -- Tax-Sheltered Annuities.”)

Withdrawal Charge

We do not deduct any sales charge from your Purchase Payments when they are made. However, we may impose a withdrawal charge (known as a “contingent deferred sales charge”) on certain amounts you withdraw. We impose this charge primarily to defray some of our expenses related to the sale of the Contracts, such as commissions we pay to agents, the cost of sales literature, and other promotional costs and transaction expenses.

Free Withdrawal Amount

In each Account Year you may withdraw a portion of your Account Value, which we call the “free withdrawal amount,” before incurring the withdrawal charge. For any year, the free withdrawal amount is equal to the amount of all Purchase Payments made before the last seven Account Years that you have not previously withdrawn, plus the greater of:

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your Contract’s earnings (defined below) during the prior Account Year; and
   
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10% of the amount of all Purchase Payments you have made during the last seven Account Years, including the current Account Year.

Any portion of the “free withdrawal amount” that you do not use in an Account Year is not cumulative; that is, it will not be carried forward or available for use in future years.

Your Contract’s earnings during the prior Account Year are equal to:

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the difference between your Account Value at the end of the prior Account Year and your Account Value at the beginning of the prior Account Year, minus
   
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any Purchase Payments made during the prior Account Year, plus
   
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any partial withdrawals and withdrawal charges taken during the prior Account Year.

For an example of how we calculate the “free withdrawal amount,” see Appendix B.

Order of Withdrawal

When you make a withdrawal, we consider the free withdrawal amount to be withdrawn first. We consider Purchase Payments that you have not already withdrawn (beginning with the oldest remaining Purchase Payment) to be withdrawn next. Once all Purchase Payments are withdrawn, the balance withdrawn is considered to be earnings and is not subject to a withdrawal charge.

Calculation of Withdrawal Charge

We calculate the amount of the withdrawal charge by multiplying the Purchase Payments you withdraw by a percentage. The percentage varies according to the number of Account Years the Purchase Payment has been held in your Account. Each Purchase Payment begins a new 7-year period and moves down the declining withdrawal charge scale as shown below at each Account Anniversary. If a Purchase Payment is withdrawn during the same Account Year as it was made, it will have an 8% withdrawal charge. On your next scheduled Account Anniversary, that Purchase Payment, along with any other Purchase Payments made during that Account Year, will be considered to be in their second Account Year and will have an 8% withdrawal charge. On the next Account Anniversary, these Purchase Payments will move into their third Account Year and will have a withdrawal charge of 7%. This withdrawal charge decreases according to the number of Account Years the Purchase Payment has been held in your Account. The withdrawal charge scale is as follows:

Number of Account Years
Payment Has Been
In Your Account
Withdrawal
Charge
0-1
8%
1-2
8%
2-3
7%
3-4
6%
4-5
5%
5-6
4%
6-7
3%
7 or more
0%

For example, the percentage applicable to the withdrawal of a Purchase Payment that has been in an Account for more than two Account Years but less than three will be 7% regardless of the issue date of the Contract.

The withdrawal charge will never be greater than 8% of the aggregate amount of Purchase Payments you make under your Contract. You may want to consider deferring a withdrawal because withdrawal charges decline the longer the Purchase Payment is held in your Account.

For a Group Contract, we may modify the withdrawal charges and limits, upon notice to the Owner of the Group Contract. However, any modification will apply only to Accounts established after the date of the modification.

For additional examples of how we calculate withdrawal charges, see Appendix B.

Types of Withdrawals not Subject to Withdrawal Charge

Nursing Home Waiver

We will waive the withdrawal charge for a full withdrawal if:

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the nursing home waiver is approved in the state of issue;
   
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at least one year has passed since your Issue Date;
   
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you are confined to an eligible nursing home and have been confined there for at least the preceding 180 days, or any shorter period required by your state; and
   
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your confinement to an eligible nursing home began after your Issue Date.

An “eligible nursing home” means a licensed hospital or licensed skilled or intermediate care nursing facility at which medical treatment is available on a daily basis and daily medical records are kept for each patient. You must provide us with evidence of confinement in the form we determine. To find out where the nursing home waiver is approved, you can call us at (800) 752-7216.

Minimum Distributions

For each Qualified Contract, the free withdrawal amount in any Account Year will be the greater of the free withdrawal amount described above or any amounts required to be withdrawn to comply with the minimum distribution requirement of the Internal Revenue Code. This waiver of the withdrawal charge applies only to the portion of the required minimum distribution attributable to that Qualified Contract.

Other Withdrawals

We do not impose withdrawal charge:
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when you annuitize your Contract;
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on amounts we pay as a death benefit, except under the Cash Surrender method;
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on amounts you transfer among the Sub-Accounts, between the Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account, or within the Fixed Account; or
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on any amounts transferred as part of an optional program. (See “Other Programs.”)

Market Value Adjustment

Market Value Adjustments only apply to Contracts investing in the Fixed Account and are only applicable to Contracts that have allocated money to the Fixed Account Guarantee Period options that we make available from time to time.

If permitted under the laws of your state, we will apply a Market Value Adjustment if you withdraw or transfer amounts from your Fixed Account Value more than 30 days before the end of the applicable Guarantee Period. For this purpose, using Fixed Account Value to provide an annuity is considered a withdrawal, and the Market Value Adjustment will apply. However, we will not apply the Market Value Adjustment to automatic transfers to a Sub-Account from a Guarantee Period as part of our dollar-cost averaging program.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment separately to each Guarantee Amount in the Fixed Account, that is to each separate allocation you have made to a Guarantee Period together with interest credited on that allocation. However, we do not apply the adjustment to the amount of interest credited during your current Account Year. Any withdrawal from a Guarantee Amount is attributed first to such interest.

A Market Value Adjustment may decrease, increase or have no effect on your Account Value. This will depend on changes in interest rates since you made your allocation to the Guarantee Period and the length of time remaining in the Guarantee Period. In general, if the Guaranteed Interest Rate we currently declare for Guarantee Periods equal in duration to the number of complete years remaining in your Guarantee Period (or your entire Guarantee Period for Guarantee Periods of less than one year) is higher than your Guaranteed Interest Rate, the Market Value Adjustment is likely to decrease your Account Value. If our current Guaranteed Interest Rate is lower, the Market Value Adjustment is likely to increase your Account Value.

We determine the amount of the Market Value Adjustment by multiplying the amount that is subject to the adjustment by the following formula:

(
1 + I
)
N/12
-  1
1 + J + b
 

where:

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is the Guaranteed Interest Rate applicable to the Guarantee Amount from which you withdraw, transfer or annuitize;
   
J
is the Guaranteed Interest Rate we declare at the time of your withdrawal, transfer or annuitization for Guarantee Periods equal to the length of time remaining in the Guarantee Period applicable to your Guarantee Amount, rounded to the next higher number of complete years, for Guarantee Periods of one year or more. For any Guarantee Periods of less than one year, J is the Guaranteed Interest Rate we declare at the time of your withdrawal, transfer or annuitization for a Guarantee Period of the same length as your Guarantee Period. If, at that time, we do not offer the applicable Guarantee Period we will use an interest rate determined by straight-line interpolation of the Guaranteed Interest Rates for the Guarantee Periods we do offer;
   
N
is the number of complete months remaining in your Guarantee Period; and
   
b
is a factor that currently is 0%, but that in the future we may increase to up to 0.25%. Any increase would be applicable only to Participants who purchase their Contracts after the date of that increase. The “b” factor is the amount that will be used to cover market volatility (i.e., credit risk), basis risk, and/or liquidity costs.

We will apply the Market Value Adjustment to the amount being withdrawn after deduction of any Account Fee, if applicable, but before we impose any withdrawal charge on the amount withdrawn.

For examples of how we calculate the Market Value Adjustment, see Appendix B.

CONTRACT CHARGES

Account Fee

During the Accumulation Phase of your Contract, we will deduct from your Account an annual Account Fee of $50 to help cover the administrative expenses we incur related to the issuance of Contracts and the maintenance of Accounts. We deduct the Account Fee on each Account Anniversary. We deduct the Account Fee pro-rata from each Sub-Account and each Guarantee Period, based on the allocation of your Account Value on your Account Anniversary.

We will not charge the Account Fee if:

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your Account Value has been allocated only to the Fixed Account during the applicable Account Year; or
   
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your Account Value is $100,000 or more on your Account Anniversary.

If you make a full withdrawal of your Account, we will deduct the full amount of the Account Fee at the time of the withdrawal. In addition, on the Annuity Commencement Date we will deduct a pro-rata portion of the Account Fee to reflect the time elapsed between the last Account Anniversary and the day before the Annuity Commencement Date.

After the Annuity Commencement Date, we will deduct an annual Account Fee of $50 in the aggregate in equal amounts from each Variable Annuity payment we make during the year. We do not deduct any Account Fee from Fixed Annuity payments.

Administrative Expense Charge and Distribution Fee

We deduct an administrative expense charge from the assets of the Variable Account during both the Accumulation Phase and the Income Phase. During the Accumulation Phase, this charge is deducted at an annual effective rate equal to 0.15% of your average daily Variable Account Value (including any portion of your Variable Account Value that has resulted from the crediting of any Purchase Payment Interest). During the Income Phase, this charge is included as part of the total insurance charges deducted from Annuity Unit values. This charge is designed to reimburse us for expenses we incur in administering the Contracts, Participant Accounts and the Variable Account that are not covered by the annual Account Fee.

We also deduct a distribution fee from the assets of the Variable Account during both the Accumulation Phase and the Income Phase. During the Accumulation Phase, this fee is deducted at an annual effective rate equal to 0.15% of your average daily Variable Account Value (including any portion of your Variable Account Value that has resulted from the crediting of any Purchase Payment Interest). During the Income Phase, this fee is included as part of the total insurance charges deducted from Annuity Unit values. This charge is designed to reimburse us for the expenses associated with distributing and issuing the Contracts.

Depending on the amount of expenses that we incur, we expect that we may earn a profit from these charges. If so, we may use the profit for any proper corporate purpose, including paying any other expenses in connection with the Contracts or adding to our corporate surplus.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

During the Accumulation Phase, we deduct a mortality and expense risk charge from the assets of the Variable Account at an effective annual rate equal to 1.40% of your average daily Variable Account Value (including any portion of your Variable Account Value that has resulted from the crediting of any Purchase Payment Interest).

We assume numerous mortality and expense risks under the Contracts. These risks include, but are not limited to: (1) the risk that arises from our contractual obligation to continue to make annuity payments to each Annuitant, regardless of how long the Annuitant lives and regardless of how long all Annuitants as a group live; (2) the risk that arises from our contractual obligation to pay a death benefit upon the death of the Participant prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, including in cases where the death benefit is greater than a Contract’s Account Value; (3) the risk that our cost of providing benefits according to the terms of any optional death benefits and any optional living benefits will exceed the amount of the charges we deduct for those optional benefits; and (4) the risk that the annual Account Fee, the administrative expense charge, and the distribution fee we assess under the Contract may be insufficient to cover the actual total administrative expenses we incur. If the amount of the charge is insufficient to cover our costs resulting from these and other mortality and expense risks, we will bear the loss. If, as we expect, the amount of the charge is more than sufficient to cover such costs, we will make a profit on the charge. We may use this profit for any proper corporate purpose, including the payment of marketing and distribution expenses for the Contract. In setting the rate of this charge, we not only consider our expected mortality and expense risks, but also our objective to earn a profit from the Contracts, after all of the costs, expenses, credits, and benefits we expect to pay in connection with the Contracts.

For Contracts purchased prior to March 5, 2007, the rate of the mortality and expense risk charge is 1.60% (rather than 1.40%), if you were age 76 or older on the Contract’s Open Date. Also, during the Income Phase, we will deduct total insurance charges at an annual rate of 1.70% of your average daily Annuity Unit values, regardless of your age on the Open Date. We will not deduct the mortality and expense risk charge; nor will we deduct the charges for any optional living benefit or optional death benefit. The 1.70% charge, which includes an administrative expense charge and a distribution fee, compensates us for the risks and expenses associated with providing annuity payments during the Income Phase.

Charges for Optional Benefits

You may only elect the currently available optional living benefit. If you elect the optional living benefit, we will deduct a charge from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter during the Accumulation Phase. The maximum amount of the charge is shown in the following chart. (The chart shows the charge for the optional living benefit that are currently being offered. For more information about this charge, as well as the charges for forms of optional living benefits that are no longer being offered but remain in force under currently outstanding Contracts, please see “FEES AND EXPENSES.”)

Living Benefits Currently Available
Maximum Charge per Account Year
   
Sun Income Riser
1.30% of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base during the Account Year1
                                     
 
1 The Withdrawal Benefit Base is initially equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and thereafter is subject to certain adjustments.

If you elect the MAV optional death benefit, during the Accumulation Phase, we will deduct a daily charge at an effective annual rate of 0.40% of your average daily Variable Account Value. For more information about this charge, as well as the charges for optional death benefits that are no longer being offered but remain in force under currently outstanding Contracts, please see “FEES AND EXPENSES.” For more information about the calculation of this charge, please see “Variable Accumulation Unit Value” under “Variable Account Value.”

Premium Taxes

Some states and local jurisdictions impose a premium tax on us that is equal to a specified percentage of the Purchase Payments you make. In many states there is no premium tax. We believe that the amounts of applicable premium taxes currently range from 0% to 3.5%. You should consult a qualified tax professional to find out if you could be subject to a premium tax and the amount of any tax.

In order to reimburse us for the premium tax we may pay on Purchase Payments, our policy is to deduct the amount of such taxes from the amount you apply to provide an annuity at the time of annuitization. However, we reserve the right to deduct the amount of any applicable tax from your Account at any time, including at the time you make a Purchase Payment or make a full or partial withdrawal. We do not make any profit on the deductions we make to reimburse premium taxes.

Fund Expenses

There are fees and expenses deducted from each Fund. These fees and expenses are described in the Fund prospectuses and related Statements of Additional Information.

Modification in the Case of Group Contracts

For Group Contracts, we may modify the annual Account Fee, the administrative expense charge and the mortality and expense risk charge upon notice to Participants. However, such modification will apply only with respect to Participant Accounts established after the effective date of the modification.

OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT: SUN INCOME RISER®

Currently, you may elect to participate in Sun Income Riser (“SIR”) on or before your Issue Date. SIR provides an annual income guarantee for life. You can withdraw up to a guaranteed amount each year and, provided you meet certain requirements, we will continue to send you the guaranteed amount even if your Account Value should go to zero. Your income amount will not decrease, provided that your withdrawals do not exceed the guaranteed amount in any year. In general, the longer you wait for your first withdrawal under SIR, the larger the guaranteed Annual Withdrawal Amount. To describe how SIR works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Withdrawal Amount:
The total guaranteed amount available for withdrawal each Account Year during your life, provided that you comply with certain conditions. The Annual Withdrawal Amount is equal to your current Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. (You should be aware that certain actions you take could significantly reduce the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount.)
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your SIR Coverage Date.
 
 
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your SIR Coverage Date that exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount (or your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
   
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage:
The percentage used to calculate your Annual Withdrawal Amount.
   
SIR Bonus Base:
The amount on which bonuses are calculated. The SIR Bonus Base is equal to the sum of your Purchase Payments, increased by any “step-ups” (described below) and reduced proportionately by any withdrawal taken prior to your SIR Coverage Date or any Excess Withdrawals (see “Excess Withdrawals” under “Withdrawals Under SIR”).
   
SIR Bonus Period:
A ten-year period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on your tenth Account Anniversary. If you “step up” SIR (described below) during the SIR Bonus Period, the SIR Bonus Period is extended to ten years from the date of the step-up.
   
SIR Coverage Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue; otherwise, the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Withdrawal Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate (1) your Annual Withdrawal Amount and (2) your “SIR Fee” (see “Cost of SIR”).
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under “Death of Participant Under SIR with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under SIR with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

SIR may not be appropriate for all investors. Before purchasing SIR, you should carefully consider the following:

SIR may be appropriate for you if you are an investor who:
   
wants an opportunity for annual income to increase as you grow older.
wants a guaranteed stream of income for life without annuitizing, beginning on or after your SIR Coverage Date.
wants the option of joint-life coverage.
can defer withdrawals during your early Account Years to increase your benefit in later years.
   
SIR may be inappropriate for you if you are an investor who:
   
anticipates the need for Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals.
wants to invest in funds other than a Designated Fund.
wants single-life coverage on a co-owned Contract.
   
SIR is inappropriate if you are an investor who:
   
wants to make additional Purchase Payments after the first Account Year.
is actively invested in contributory plans, because SIR prohibits any Purchase Payments after the first Account Anniversary.

You may combine SIR with the MAV optional death benefit. Upon annuitization, SIR and the MAV optional death benefit, if elected, automatically terminate.

You may elect to participate in SIR, provided that:

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neither the oldest Participant nor the oldest Annuitant has attained age 86 on or before the date we receive your application (in the case of a non-natural Participant, the oldest Annuitant has not attained age 86 on or before that date);
   
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you limit the allocation of your Purchase Payments and Account Value to the Designated Funds that we make available with SIR; and
   
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you do not elect any other optional living benefit available under your Contract.

SIR allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount of money each year, beginning on your SIR Coverage Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected). Your right to take withdrawals under SIR continues regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. After your SIR Coverage Date, the amount you can withdraw, in any one year, can be 4%, 5%, or 6% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, depending upon your age (or the younger spouse’s age in case of joint-life coverage) on the date of your first withdrawal.

In addition, if you make no withdrawals in an Account Year during your SIR Bonus Period, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of your SIR Bonus Base (6% if you purchased your Contract prior to February 8, 2010, or the date SIR with a 7% bonus became available in your state). The SIR Bonus Period is a 10-year period commencing on your Issue Date. The period will be extended for an additional 10 years commencing on each step-up of the Withdrawal Benefit Base (see “Step-Up Under SIR”), provided that the step-up occurs during the SIR Bonus Period.

If you are participating in SIR, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in SIR, all of your Account Value must be invested in one or more of the Designated Funds at all times during the term of SIR. (The “term” of SIR is for life, unless your Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero or SIR is terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of SIR,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under SIR.”) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds.”

Under SIR, you have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail under “Joint-Life Coverage,” “Death of Participant Under SIR with Single-Life Coverage,” and “Death of Participant Under SIR with Joint-Life Coverage.”

Determining Your Withdrawal Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Withdrawal Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Withdrawal Benefit Base is:

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increased by any applicable bonuses;
   
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increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under SIR”;
   
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increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date.
   
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decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take as described under “Early Withdrawals”; and
   
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decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take as described under “Excess Withdrawals”.

Determining Your Annual Withdrawal Amount

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is first determined when you make your first withdrawal after your SIR Coverage Date and then on each subsequent Account Anniversary. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is equal to your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage depends upon your age at the time you make your first withdrawal after your SIR Coverage Date as shown in the table below.

Your Age on the Date of the
First Withdrawal After
Your SIR Coverage Date*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
   
59 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage.”

Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will only increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the table above. (See “Step-Up Under SIR.”). An increase in the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. If your Withdrawal Benefit Base changes after your Annual Withdrawal Amount is determined, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will also change. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be effective on the next Account Anniversary and, at that time, will reflect any increases caused by a step-up or a bonus that took place during the prior Account Year and any decreases caused by Excess Withdrawals (described below) that were taken during the prior Account Year. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be in effect for all subsequent Account Years, unless and until there is a further change in your Withdrawal Benefit Base.

How SIR Works

Each Account Year, beginning on your SIR Coverage Date, you can take withdrawals totaling up to the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. Even if your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), as long as your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount every year until you die.

If you defer taking any withdrawals in an Account Year during the SIR Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased by an amount equal to 7% of your SIR Bonus Base (6% if you purchased your Contract prior to February 8, 2010, or the date SIR with a 7% bonus became available in your state). However, if this amount is less than the amount you will receive under a step-up, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will instead be increased by the step-up amount, unless there is a fee increase as described under “Step-Up Under SIR.” In the case of a fee increase, we will notify you in writing, in advance of your Account Anniversary, and seek your written consent to the step-up and fee increase. If you do take a withdrawal, you are still eligible for step-up. (See “Step-Up under SIR.”) In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not, however, cumulative: any unused portion of your Annual Withdrawal Amount in any Account Year cannot be applied to a future year.

Note that the timing and amount of your withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your total benefits under SIR, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further under “Withdrawals Under SIR.” Note also that investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel SIR, as described under “Cancellation of SIR.”

Here is an example of how SIR works.

Assume that you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume also that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued and that you elected to participate in SIR with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Because you reached age 59 prior to your Issue Date, your SIR Coverage Date is your Issue Date. You can begin at any time to withdraw up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. During the SIR Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your SIR Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal. By deferring your withdrawals during a SIR Bonus Period you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount. After the SIR Bonus period is over, you will no longer be eligible for the 7% bonus each year and it may be in your interest to take the full Annual Withdrawal Amount each year. However, any withdrawal will reduce your Account Value as well as your chances of a higher Annual Withdrawal Amount through step-up. When to take withdrawals will depend upon your own situation. You should discuss your living benefit options with your financial advisor. (For convenience, assume that because of the investment performance of your underlying investments, your Account Value remains neutral throughout the life of your Contract, except for Account Year 2.)
 
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 by the beginning of Account Year 3. Your Contract is, therefore, eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the SIR Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base to $125,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,250. Going forward, your new SIR Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an Excess Withdrawal, and your SIR Bonus Period will now end on your 12th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the step-up). All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
SIR
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$5,350
$0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
 
Assume you take your first withdrawal when you are age 71 in Account Year 7. Using the above chart, we set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 5%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. You can begin withdrawing up to $8,000 each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base, as shown in the following table:
 
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$6,688
$0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$7,125
$0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$7,563
$0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
8
$117,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
 
Assume in Account Year 9, you defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by $8,750 which is 7% of your SIR Bonus Base ($125,000). Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to $8,438, which is 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base ($168,750), as shown below:
 
9
$109,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$0
10
$109,000
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
 
Assume that in Account Year 14, you again decide to defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be increased because you are no longer in the SIR Bonus Period, as your SIR Bonus Period ends 10 years after the previous step-up.
 
11
$100,562
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
12
$  92,124
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
13
$  83,686
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
14
$  75,248
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$0
15
$  75,248
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438

If you have SIR with a 6% bonus, the numbers shown in the above example would be different.

There is no way to know for certain whether forgoing income in one or more years will increase or decrease the total income paid to the Participant over the life of the annuity. Generally speaking, not taking income in a year will increase the Annual Withdrawal Amount during the SIR Bonus Period due to the bonus and the potential for step-ups. In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not, however, cumulative: any unused portion of your Annual Withdrawal Amount in any Account Year cannot be applied to a future year.

The total lifetime payments to the Participant could be more or less depending upon investment performance over the life of the Contract and the age to which the Participant lives. Better investment performance and a longer life span generally make it advantageous to forgo the Annual Withdrawal Amount in a limited number of years.

Withdrawals Under SIR

Withdrawals After the SIR Coverage Date

Starting on your SIR Coverage Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date, you may take withdrawals totaling up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals will reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract (discussed under “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge”);
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Tax Issues Under SIR”); and
   
your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

The previous example shows withdrawals taken after your SIR Coverage Date. Because they do not exceed your Annual Withdrawal Amount (or your Required Minimum Distribution amount, if higher), the withdrawals do not reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base or your Annual Withdrawal Amount. The withdrawals in the above example are not subject to any withdrawal charges because they do not exceed any of the following:

your free withdrawal amount permitted under this Contract,
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, or
your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

If a withdrawal exceeds the greatest of these amounts, then the withdrawal would be subject to withdrawal charges.

Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal, your SIR Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formulae:

Your new SIR Bonus Base =
BB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - AWA

Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base =
WBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - AWA

Where:
   
 
BB =
Your SIR Bonus Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WBB =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AWA =
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount minus any prior partial withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.

Using the facts of the above example, assume that in Account Year 7, you take two withdrawals: a $4,000 withdrawal followed by a $6,000 withdrawal. Your first withdrawal reduces your Account Value to $121,000 but does not affect your SIR Bonus Base or Withdrawal Benefit Base because it is not in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount. Your second withdrawal (when combined with the first) is in excess of your $8,000 Annual Withdrawal Amount. After your second withdrawal, your SIR Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced as follows:
           
 
Your new SIR Bonus Base
=
$125,000
x
$121,000 – $6,000                   
         
$121,000 – ($8,000 – $4,000)
           
   
=
$125,000
x
$115,000
         
$117,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
0.982906
           
   
=
$122,863
   
           
 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
$160,000
x
$121,000 – $6,000                   
         
$121,000 – ($8,000 – $4,000)
           
   
=
$160,000
x
$115,000
         
$117,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
0.982906
           
   
=
$157,265
   
           
Beginning on your Account Anniversary and going forward, your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be reduced to 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $7,863.

If you have SIR with a 6% bonus, the numbers shown in the above example would be different.

You should be aware that, if your Account Value is less than the Withdrawal Benefit Base at the time an Excess Withdrawal is taken (as in the above example), then your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base will be reduced by an amount equal to or more than the excess amount withdrawn. Thus, Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under SIR, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

All withdrawals taken before your SIR Coverage Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts” permitted under your Contract, will be considered Early Withdrawals and your SIR Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced using the following formulae:

Your new SIR Bonus Base
=
BB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV

Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
WBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
BB  =
Your SIR Bonus Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WBB  =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD  =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Assume that you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume also that you are age 45 when your Contract is issued and that you elected to participate in SIR with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your SIR Bonus Base each year in which you do not take a withdrawal. Your SIR Coverage Date will not occur until your 15th Account Anniversary (the first Account Anniversary after you reach age 59). Any withdrawals you take prior to that time will be Early Withdrawals.
 
Assume that because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 on your second Account Anniversary. Your Contract is therefore eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the SIR Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore, we will step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base to $125,000.
 
Assume that, in Account Year 7, your Account Value has grown to $130,000 and you withdraw $10,000. Because you are age 51 (and younger than age 59), this is an Early Withdrawal. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
SIR
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$0
$0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$0
$0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$0
$0
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$0
$0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$0
$0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$0
$0
7
$130,000
$160,000
$125,000
$0
$10,000
 
At this point, your SIR Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be recalculated as follows:
 
 
Your new SIR Bonus Base
=
$125,000
x
$130,000 – $10,000
         
$130,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
$120,000
         
$130,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
0.92308
           
   
=
$115,385
   
           
 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
$160,000
x
$130,000 – $10,000
         
$130,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
$120,000
         
$130,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
0.92308
           
   
=
$147,693
   
           
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will still be $0 because you have not reached your SIR Coverage Date.

If you have SIR with a 6% bonus, the numbers shown in the above example would be different.

You should be aware that Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under SIR, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your benefits under SIR, any withdrawal before you reach age 59½ could have adverse state and federal tax liabilities. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Excess Withdrawal or an Early Withdrawal, then your Withdrawal Benefit Base and the SIR Bonus Base will each also be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with SIR, will end.

If, on the other hand, your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end, but your right to receive an annual withdrawal amount will continue. That is to say, regardless of your age on the day the Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be entitled to receive your Annual Withdrawal Amount each year for as long as you live.

Cost of SIR

If you elect SIR, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“SIR Fee”). The SIR Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The SIR Fee will be a percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. This percentage will equal 0.2750% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter if you elected single-life coverage (0.3250% for joint-life coverage). The maximum SIR Fee you can pay in any one Account Year is equal to 1.10% of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base at any point in that Account Year if you elected single-life coverage (1.30% for joint-life coverage). We reserve the right to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the SIR Fee on newly issued Contracts.

Your SIR Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

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If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your SIR Fee.
   
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If you make a withdrawal before your SIR Coverage Date or a withdrawal in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, you will decrease your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your SIR Fee.

However, on each Account Anniversary, we determine whether favorable investment performance of the Designated Funds may cause the Withdrawal Benefit Base to increase as described under “Step-Up Under SIR.” If your Withdrawal Benefit Base increases because of favorable investment performance, your SIR Fee will also increase because it is recalculated on each Account Anniversary based upon your highest Withdrawal Benefit Base during that Account Year.

We will continue to deduct the SIR Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your SIR is terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of SIR”.

We reserve the right to make special offers from time to time. Specifically, we reserve the right to waive the SIR Fee for a limited period on newly issued Contracts. The same waiver would apply to all Contracts issued while we are making the special offer.

Step-Up Under SIR

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

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Your Account Value must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
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Your Account Value must be greater than your current Withdrawal Benefit Base (increased by any applicable 7% or 6% bonus during the SIR Bonus Period).

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the SIR Fee on newly issued Contracts. If we are no longer issuing Contracts with SIR, then the percentage rate we use to calculate your SIR Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time.

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If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your SIR Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base.
   
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If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your SIR Fee and step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base to an amount equal to the Account Value, if such amount exceeds your current Withdrawal Benefit Base (adjusted for any applicable 7% bonus increases). If the step-up occurs during the SIR Bonus Period, your SIR Bonus Period will renew for another 10-year period commencing at the time of step-up.

If your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage has already been determined and your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the table below, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase. After the step-up, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage multiplied by your new Withdrawal Benefit Base as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
   
59 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage.”

After a step-up, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to your new Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. Here is an example of how we calculate a step-up under SIR:

Assume that you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume also that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued and that you elected to participate in SIR with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Assume that no withdrawals are taken and, therefore, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase annually by 7%  of your SIR Bonus Base during your SIR Bonus Period. Assume further that no additional Purchase Payments are made, and, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 by the beginning of Account Year 3. Your Contract is, therefore, eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and SIR Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the SIR Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your SIR Bonus Base to $125,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,250. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
SIR
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$5,350
0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$6,250
0
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$6,688
0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$7,125
0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$7,563
0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
0
 
Going forward, your new SIR Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an Excess Withdrawal, and your SIR Bonus Period will now end on your 12th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the step-up).

If you have SIR with a 6% bonus, the numbers shown in the above example would be different.

The above example assumes that you are age 65 at issue, so that your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is 5%. Assume instead you are age 79 at issue and have attained age 80 on your first Account Anniversary. When your Withdrawal Benefit Base steps-up to $125,000, your new Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is 6% since you had attained age 80 by your first Account Anniversary. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is now $7,500.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing SIR with single-life coverage or, for a higher SIR Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary beneficiary while SIR is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while SIR is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under SIR only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under SIR for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. (Note, however, upon the death of a spouse, the Contract, including SIR, ends. To take annual withdrawals under SIR’s joint-life feature after the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse must first elect to continue the Contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision.) See also “Death of Participant Under SIR with Joint-Life Coverage.”

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the SIR Coverage Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59 on the Issue Date, and will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59 if the younger spouse is less than age 59 on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) Thus, Early Withdrawals will be determined based upon this definition of your SIR Coverage Date. Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be determined based on the age that the younger spouse is (or would have been) on the date of the first withdrawal under the Contract after the SIR Coverage Date, as shown in the table below.

Age of Younger Spouse on
Date of the First Withdrawal After
Your SIR Coverage Date
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. Once your Annual Withdrawal Amount is calculated, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will not change except if a step-up occurs as described under “Step-Up Under SIR.” The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will then be reset, if higher, to the percentage for then attained age of the younger spouse.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, SIR benefits continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. That fee will not change as long as SIR is in effect, regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibility of a longer waiting period before withdrawals under SIR can be made and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.

Cancellation of SIR

Should you decide that SIR is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel SIR at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under SIR shall cease. Once cancelled, SIR cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege,” SIR will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

SIR will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS.”

A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel your benefits under SIR.

Death of Participant Under SIR with Single-Life Coverage

If you selected single-life coverage, SIR terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new SIR benefit on the original Contract (assuming that your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If the surviving spouse makes such election:

the new Account Value and the new Withdrawal Benefit Base will both be set equal to the Death Benefit amount;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the SIR Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the SIR Fee;
   
the new Withdrawal Benefit Base and the new SIR Bonus Base will each be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited;
   
the new Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be based on the age of the surviving spouse; and
   
a new SIR Bonus Period begins.

Note that single-life coverage may be inappropriate on a co-owned Contract, because the living benefit will end on the death of any Participant. Note also that Beneficiaries who are not spouses cannot continue the Contract (see “Spousal Continuance”) or any living benefit under the Contract. Co-owners who are not spouses should, therefore, discuss with their financial advisor whether a living benefit is appropriate for them.

Death of Participant Under SIR with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in SIR, the provisions of the section titled “Death of Participant Under SIR with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, SIR will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the SIR Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant;
   
the Withdrawal Benefit Base and the SIR Bonus Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in Account Value (see “Step-Up Under SIR”);
   
if withdrawals under SIR have not yet begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be based on the age the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) on the date of the first withdrawal after the SIR Coverage Date;
   
if withdrawals under SIR have already begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage that applied to the Contract prior to the death of the Participant; and
   
the SIR Bonus Period will continue unchanged from the original contract.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including SIR, will terminate.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under SIR

Under the terms of SIR, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value,
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the then currently available Annuity Options, or
   
(3)
annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and is still eligible) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than your then current Annual Withdrawal Amount.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value.”

Tax Issues Under SIR

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit. If your Contract is a Non-Qualified Contract, it is possible that the election of an optional living benefit, such as SIR, might increase the taxable portion of any withdrawal you make from the Contract. It is not clear whether withdrawals after the Coverage Date while the Contract Value is greater than zero will be taxed as withdrawals or as annuity payments. This is significant for Non-Qualified Contracts because withdrawals are taxed less favorably than are annuity payments. In view of this uncertainty, we intend to adopt a conservative approach and treat such payments as withdrawals for tax purposes. We intend to treat payments pursuant to SIR after the Contract Value becomes zero as annuity payments for tax purposes.

You may not elect a Living Benefit with an inherited Non-Qualified Contract or beneficiary IRA Contract.

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, the retirement plan governing that Qualified Contract may be subject to certain Required Minimum Distribution (“RMD”) provisions imposed by the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and IRS regulations (collectively, the “Federal Tax Laws”). These RMD provisions require that a yearly amount be distributed from the retirement plan beginning generally in the calendar year in which you attain age 70½. Your failure to withdraw your yearly RMD amount from your retirement plan could result in adverse tax treatment. Because for certain retirement plans we do not know what assets are held by the plan, we assume for all plans that the Qualified Contract is the only asset and we determine a yearly RMD amount for only this Contract (“Yearly RMD Amount”).

When you elect to participate in SIR, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under SIR, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in SIR, we reduce your Account Value dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal. In addition, for that year only, your Annual Withdrawal Amount under SIR will be reduced, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Annual Withdrawal Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your Annual Withdrawal Amount for future years (or your Withdrawal Benefit Base or SIR Bonus Base), if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Withdrawal Amount that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Withdrawal Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Withdrawal Amount as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Withdrawal Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

DESIGNATED FUNDS

To participate in an optional living benefit, all of your Account Value must be invested only in Designated Funds at all times during the term of your optional living benefit.

For Contracts participating in SIR with a 7% bonus, the only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are as follows:

Asset Allocation Models
Funds
Build Your Own Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio, Class B
Blended Model
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Service Class
 
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, Advisor Class
Dollar-Cost Averaging Program Options
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, Service Class
6-Month DCA Guarantee Option
SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund, Service Class
12-Month DCA Guarantee Option
 


 
 

 

For all other Contracts participating in a living benefit including SIR with a 6% bonus, the only Funds, dollar-cost averaging programs, and asset allocation models that are deemed to be Designated Funds are:

Asset Allocation Models
Funds (continued)
90/10 Masters Model1, 2
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015
80/20 Masters Model2,3
Portfolio, Service Class 2
Build Your Own Portfolio
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020
Blended Model2
Portfolio, Service Class 2
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio,
Dollar-Cost Averaging Program Options
Service Class 2
6-Month DCA Guarantee Option
MFS® Total Return Portfolio, Service Class
12-Month DCA Guarantee Option
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, Advisor Class2
 
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Fund, Class B2
Funds
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio, Class B2
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund, Service Class2
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund, Class II2
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, Service Class2
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, Class III2
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund, Service Class2
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Service Class
Huntington VA Balanced Fund4
 
1 Not available for investment to Contracts purchased on or after February 17, 2009.
2 Not available for investment if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative between April 25, 2005 and April 20, 2007.
3 Not available for investment to Contracts purchased on or after August 17, 2009.
4 Only available for investment to Contracts purchased through a Huntington Bank representative.

One of the asset allocation models that qualifies as a Designated Fund is the portfolio model that applies to our “build your own portfolio” program. That portfolio model and the “build your own portfolio” program are described in “BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO” and in “APPENDIX R -- BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO.”

If you elected to participate in Income ON Demand II (“IOD II”), Income ON Demand II Escalator (“IOD II Escalator”), Income ON Demand II Plus (“IOD II Plus”), Retirement Income Escalator II (“RIE II”), Income ON Demand III Escalator (“IOD III Escalator”), or Sun Income Riser (“SIR”) and are invested in more than one Designated Fund, we will automatically transfer assets among your Designated Funds to maintain the percentage allocation you selected. We will make these transfers on a quarterly basis.

If you purchased Secured Returns, Secured Returns 2, Secured Returns for Life, Secured Returns for Life Plus, Income ON Demand (“IOD”), Retirement Income Escalator (“RIE”), or Retirement Asset Protector, and you are invested in more than one Designated Fund, we will not automatically transfer your assets among your Designated Funds to maintain the percentage allocation you selected, unless you have instructed us to do so.

We reserve the right to declare that a particular Fund no longer qualifies as a Designated Fund. Written notice will be provided to Contract Owners whenever a fund is no longer considered to be a Designated Fund. If you are invested in a Designated Fund at the time we declare the Fund to no longer be a Designated Fund, your Account Value can remain in that Fund without canceling your participation in a living benefit. However, any transfers or future Purchase Payments may only be allocated to a Fund that is declared by us to be a Designated Fund at the time of the transaction. If you are invested in a Fund that has been declared by us to no longer be a Designated Fund, you must first transfer your Account Value from that Fund into one or more of the current Designated Fund(s) if you want to make subsequent Purchase Payments or any additional transfers. (Note that this restriction does not apply to automatic portfolio rebalancing.) We also reserve the right to close Funds only to new Contracts. We will, however, revise the prospectus to give notice to prospective investors of the closing of any Fund. If a Designated Fund is closed only to new Contracts, any current Account Value may remain in that Fund and future transfers and Purchase Payments to that Fund are permissible, as long as the Fund is still declared by us to be a Designated Fund.

Note that, on IOD, IOD II, IOD II Plus, IOD II Escalator, RIE, RIE II, IOD III Escalator, and SIR, we have reserved the right to allow step-ups only if your Account Value is invested in a Fund that has been declared by us to be a Designated Fund. In such case, if you are invested in a Fund that has been declared by us to no longer be a Designated Fund, you may have to transfer into a current Designated Fund before a step-up can occur. If you decide not to transfer into a current Designated Fund and forgo step-up, then your living benefit will continue with all of the benefits except for step-up.

BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO

Among the choices of Designated Funds is a selection of funds (“portfolio model”) that you design yourself using certain broad guidelines that we provide. To “build your own portfolio,” you pick funds from the asset classes available at that time. Altogether you may not choose more than 18 funds for your portfolio model. The amount you may invest in each asset class is determined by a percentage range that we provide for each asset class. The sum of the percentages you invest in the asset classes altogether must total 100%. A chart showing the Funds available in each asset class and the percentage range assigned to each asset class is included in Appendix Q.

You may transfer funds within the asset classes as long as your allocations remain within the percentage ranges we have established, and you adhere to the transfer provisions of your Contract. (See “Transfer Privilege,” “Short-Term Trading,” and “Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies.”) Withdrawals out of your portfolio model will be taken pro-rata from each of your selected Funds. Any additional Purchase Payments will be allocated proportionally to your current Fund selection. At any time you can change your Fund selection by providing new allocation instructions. (Under the terms of the living benefits, however, there are certain limits on the times when you can make additional Purchase Payments.) Your new instructions will change your existing allocations accordingly. Your portfolio will be rebalanced quarterly to maintain your percentage allocations in line with the performance of the Funds over the prior quarter.

If at any time, a fund is closed to new business, no new payments or transfers into the fund will be permitted. However, portfolio rebalancing of the fund will continue. To make a payment into your portfolio model after a fund within the model has been closed, you must redesign your portfolio model without the closed fund. Your entire Account Value will then be reallocated to your new portfolio model.

DEATH BENEFIT

If the Covered Person dies during the Accumulation Phase, we may pay a death benefit to the designated Beneficiary(ies), using the payment method elected (a single cash payment or one of our Annuity Options). If the Beneficiary is not living on the date of death of the Covered Person, we will pay the death benefit to the surviving Participant, if any, or, if there is no Participant, in one sum to your estate. We do not pay a death benefit if the Covered Person dies during the Income Phase. However, the Beneficiary will receive any annuity payments provided under an Annuity Option that is in effect. If the Contract names more than one Covered Person, we will pay the death benefit upon the first death of such Covered Person.

Amount of Death Benefit

To calculate the amount of the death benefit, we use a “Death Benefit Date.” The Death Benefit Date is the date we receive Due Proof of Death of the Covered Person in an acceptable form, if you have elected a death benefit payment method before the death of the Covered Person and it remains in effect. Otherwise, the Death Benefit Date is the later of the date we receive Due Proof of Death or the date we receive the Beneficiary’s election of either payment method or, if the Beneficiary is your spouse, Contract continuation. If we do not receive the Beneficiary’s election within 60 days after we receive Due Proof of Death, we reserve the right to provide a lump sum to your Beneficiary.

The amount of the death benefit is determined as of the Death Benefit Date.

The Basic Death Benefit

In general, if you were 85 or younger on your Open Date, the death benefit will be the greatest of the following amounts:

(1)
your Account Value for the Valuation Period during which the Death Benefit Date occurs;
   
(2)
the amount we would pay if you had surrendered your entire Account on the Death Benefit Date; and
   
(3)
your total Adjusted Purchase Payments (Purchase Payments x (Account Value after withdrawal ÷ Account Value before withdrawal)) as of the Death Benefit Date. See “Calculating the Death Benefit.” Because of the way that Adjusted Purchase Payments are computed, when the Account Value is less than the Adjusted Purchase Payments, a withdrawal may cause the basic death benefit to decrease by more than the amount of the withdrawal.

If you were 86 or older on your Open Date, the death benefit is equal to amount (2) above. Because this amount will reflect any applicable withdrawal charges and Market Value Adjustment, it may be less than your Account Value.

Optional Death Benefit

You may enhance the “basic death benefit” by electing the following optional death benefit. You must make your election on or before the Issue Date. You will pay a charge for the optional death benefit . (For a description of this charge, see “Charges for Optional Benefits.”) The optional death benefit is available only if you are younger than age 75 on the Open Date. The optional death benefit election may not be changed after the Contract’s Issue Date. The optional death benefit will be adjusted for all partial withdrawals as described in this Prospectus under the heading “Calculating the Death Benefit.”

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, required minimum distributions under the Internal Revenue Code may affect the value of the optional benefit to you. Please refer to “Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” under “TAX PROVISIONS” for more information regarding tax issues that you should consider before electing these optional benefits.

Maximum Anniversary Account Value (“MAV”)

Under MAV, the death benefit will be the greater of:

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the amount payable under the basic death benefit above, or
   
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your highest Account Value on any Account Anniversary before the Covered Person’s 81st birthday, adjusted for any subsequent Purchase Payments and partial withdrawals made between that Account Anniversary and the Death Benefit Date.

In determining the highest Account Value, on the second and each subsequent Account Anniversary, the current Account Value is compared to the previous highest Account Value, adjusted for any Purchase Payments and partial withdrawals made during the Account Year ending on that Account Anniversary. If the current Account Value exceeds the adjusted highest Account Value, the current Account Value will become the new highest Anniversary Account Value.

Spousal Continuance

Under an individually-owned Contract, if you are the Covered Person and your spouse is the sole Beneficiary, upon your death, your spouse may elect to continue the Contract by becoming the new Participant and new Covered Person, rather than receive the death benefit amount. Under a co-owned Contract, if you and your spouse are the Covered Persons and sole Beneficiaries, upon the death of either you or your spouse, the surviving spouse may continue the Contract as the sole Participant and sole Covered Person. In either case, we will not pay a death benefit, but the Contract’s Account Value will be set to equal the death benefit amount. (See “The Basic Death Benefit” or, if applicable, the “Optional Death Benefit.”)

All Contract provisions, including, if elected, the optional death benefit (subject to the optional death benefit age restriction), will continue as if your surviving spouse had purchased the Contract on the Death Benefit Date with a deposit equal to the death benefit amount. For purposes of calculating death benefits and expenses from that date forward, your surviving spouse’s age on the original effective date of the Contract will be used. Upon surrender or annuitization, this increased amount will not be treated as premium, but will be treated as income. If you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

Calculating the Death Benefit

In calculating the death benefit amount payable under option (3) of “The Basic Death Benefit” or the optional death benefit, each partial withdrawal will reduce the death benefit amount to an amount equal to the death benefit amount immediately before the withdrawal multiplied by the ratio of the Account Value immediately after the withdrawal to the Account Value immediately before the withdrawal. (See “The Basic Death Benefit.”) A withdrawal may cause the basic death benefit to decrease by more than the amount of the withdrawal.

Rather than receiving the death benefit, the Beneficiary may elect to annuitize, to defer annuitization, or to continue the Contract. In such case, if the death benefit amount payable under the Contract is greater than your Account Value, we will increase the Account Value to equal the death benefit amount. Any such increase will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts in proportion to your Account Value in those Sub-Accounts on the Death Benefit Date. Also, any portion of this new Account Value attributed to the Fixed Account will be transferred to the Money Market Sub-Account (without the application of a Market Value Adjustment). If a surviving spouse, as the named Beneficiary, elects to continue the Contract after the Covered Person’s death, the surviving spouse may transfer any such Fixed Account portion back to the Fixed Account and begin a new Guarantee Period, if we are then currently offering Fixed Account options.

Method of Paying Death Benefit

The death benefit may be paid in a single cash payment or as an annuity (either fixed, variable or a combination), under one or more of our Annuity Options. We describe the Annuity Options in this Prospectus under “The Income Phase -- Annuity Provisions.”

During the Accumulation Phase, you may elect the method of payment for the death benefit. These elections are made by sending us at our mailing address an election form, which we will provide. If no such election is in effect on the date of your death, the Beneficiary may elect either a single cash payment or an annuity. If the Beneficiary is your surviving spouse, the Beneficiary may elect to continue the Contract. This election is made by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us. If we do not receive the Beneficiary’s election within 60 days after we receive Due Proof of Death, the Beneficiary shall be deemed to have elected to defer receipt of payment under any death benefit option until a written election is submitted to the Company or a distribution is required by law. We can defer payment of the death benefit to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (See “Payment of Death Benefit.”)

If we pay the death benefit in the form of an Annuity Option, the Beneficiary becomes the Annuitant/Payee under the terms of that Annuity Option.

Non-Qualified Contracts

If your Contract is a Non-Qualified Contract, special distribution rules apply to the payment of the death benefit. The amount of the death benefit must be distributed either (1) as a lump sum within five years after your death, or (2) if in the form of an annuity, over a period not greater than the life or expected life of the “designated beneficiary” within the meaning of Section 72(s) of the Internal Revenue Code, with payments beginning no later than one year after your death.

The person you have named as Beneficiary under your Contract, if any, will be the “designated beneficiary.” If the named Beneficiary is not living and no contingent beneficiary has been named, the surviving Participant, if any, or the estate of the deceased Participant automatically becomes the designated beneficiary.

If the designated beneficiary is your surviving spouse, your spouse may continue the Contract in his or her own name as Participant. To make this election, your spouse must give us written notification within 60 days after we receive Due Proof of Death. The special distribution rules will then apply on the death of your spouse. To understand what happens when your spouse continues the Contract, see “Spousal Continuance.” If you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

During the Income Phase, if the Annuitant dies, the remaining value of the Annuity Option in place must be distributed at least as rapidly as the method of distribution under that option.

If the Participant is not a natural person, these distribution rules apply upon the death or removal of any Annuitant.

Payments made in contravention of these special rules would adversely affect the treatment of the Contracts as annuity contracts under the Internal Revenue Code. Neither you nor the Beneficiary may exercise rights that would have that effect.

Selection and Change of Beneficiary

You select your Beneficiary in your Application. You may change your Beneficiary at any time by sending us written notice on our required form, unless you previously made an irrevocable Beneficiary designation. A new Beneficiary designation is not effective until we record the change.

Payment of Death Benefit

Payment of the death benefit in cash will be made within seven days of the Death Benefit Date, except if we are permitted to defer payment in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940. If an Annuity Option is elected, the Annuity Commencement Date will be the first day of the second calendar month following the Death Benefit Date, and your Account will remain in effect until the Annuity Commencement Date.

THE INCOME PHASE - ANNUITY PROVISIONS

During the Income Phase, we make regular monthly annuity payments to the Annuitant.

The Income Phase of your Contract begins with the Annuity Commencement Date. On that date, we apply your Account Value, adjusted as described under the Annuity Option you have selected, and we make the first annuity payment.

Once the Income Phase begins, no lump sum settlement option or cash withdrawals are permitted, except pursuant to Annuity Option D, Monthly Payments for a Specified Period Certain, as described under “Annuity Options,” and you cannot change the Annuity Option selected. (Also, a Beneficiary receiving payments after the Annuitant’s death under Option B, Life Annuity with 60, 120, 180 or 240 Monthly Payments Certain, may elect to receive the discounted value of the remaining payments in a single sum, as discussed under “Annuity Options.”) You may request a full withdrawal before the Annuity Commencement Date, which will be subject to all charges applicable on withdrawals. (See “Withdrawals, Withdrawal Charges and Market Value Adjustment.”)

Selection of Annuitant(s)

You select the Annuitant in your Application. The Annuitant is the person who receives annuity payments during the Income Phase and on whose life these payments are based. In your Contract, the Annuity Option(s) refer to the Annuitant as the “Payee.” If you name someone other than yourself as Annuitant and the Annuitant dies before the Income Phase, you become the Annuitant.

When an Annuity Option has been selected as the method of paying the death benefit, the Beneficiary is the Payee of the annuity payment.

Selection of the Annuity Commencement Date

You select the Annuity Commencement Date in your Application. The following restrictions apply to the date you may select:

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The earliest possible Annuity Commencement Date is the first Account Anniversary.
   
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The latest possible Annuity Commencement Date is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday (“Maximum Annuity Commencement Date”). If there is a Co-Annuitant, the Annuity Commencement Date applies to the younger of the Annuitant and Co-Annuitant.
   
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The Annuity Commencement Date must always be the first day of a calendar month.

You may change the Annuity Commencement Date by sending us written notice, in a form acceptable to us, with the following additional limitations:

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We must receive your notice, in good order, at least 30 days before the current Annuity Commencement Date.
   
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The new Annuity Commencement Date must be at least 30 days after we receive the notice.

There may be other restrictions on your selection of the Annuity Commencement Date imposed by your retirement plan or applicable law. In most situations, current law requires that for a Qualified Contract, certain minimum distributions must commence no later than April 1 following the year the Annuitant reaches age 70½ (or, for Qualified Contracts other than IRAs, no later than April 1 following the year the Annuitant retires, if later than the year the Annuitant reaches age 70½).

Annuity Options

We offer the following Annuity Options for payments during the Income Phase. Each Annuity Option may be selected for a Variable Annuity, a Fixed Annuity, or a combination of both. We may also agree to other settlement options, at our discretion.

Annuity Option A - Life Annuity

We provide monthly payments during the lifetime of the Annuitant. Annuity payments stop when the Annuitant dies. There is no provision for continuation of any payments to a Beneficiary. Note that if the Annuitant dies prior to the end of the first month after the Annuity Commencement Date, only one annuity payment will be made.

Annuity Option B - Life Annuity with 60, 120, 180 or 240 Monthly Payments Certain

We make monthly payments during the lifetime of the Annuitant. In addition, we guarantee that the Beneficiary will receive monthly payments for the remainder of the period certain, if the Annuitant dies during that period. The election of a longer period results in smaller monthly payments. If no Beneficiary is designated, we pay the discounted value of the remaining payments in one sum to the Annuitant’s estate. The Beneficiary may also elect to receive the discounted value of the remaining payments in one sum. The discount rate for a Variable Annuity will be the assumed interest rate of 3%; the discount rate for a Fixed Annuity will be based on the interest rate we used to determine the amount of each payment.

Annuity Option C - Joint and Survivor Annuity

We make monthly payments during the lifetime of the Annuitant and another person you designate and during the lifetime of the survivor of the two. We stop making payments when the survivor dies. There is no provision for continuance of any payments to a Beneficiary.

Annuity Option D - Monthly Payments for a Specified Period Certain

We make monthly payments for a specified period of time from 10 to 30 years, as you elect. The longer the period you elect, the smaller your monthly payments will be. If payments under this option are paid on a variable annuity basis, the Annuitant may elect to receive, in one sum, at any time, some or all of the discounted value of the remaining payments, less any applicable withdrawal charge; the discount rate for this purpose will be the assumed interest rate of 3%. If the Annuitant dies during the period selected, the remaining income payments are made as described above for the payments to a Beneficiary under Annuity Option B. The election of this Annuity Option may result in the imposition of a penalty tax.

Selection of Annuity Option

You select one or more of the Annuity Options, which you may change during the Accumulation Phase, as long as we receive your selection or change in writing at least 30 days before the Annuity Commencement Date. If we have not received your written selection on the 30th day before the Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive Annuity Option B, for a life annuity with 120 monthly payments certain.

You must specify the proportion of your Adjusted Account Value you wish to provide a Variable Annuity or a Fixed Annuity. Under a Variable Annuity, the dollar amount of payments will vary, while under a Fixed Annuity, the dollar amount of payments will remain the same. If you do not specify a Variable Annuity or a Fixed Annuity, your Adjusted Account Value will be divided between Variable Annuities and Fixed Annuities in the same proportions as your Account Value was divided between the Variable and Fixed Accounts on the Annuity Commencement Date. You may allocate your Adjusted Account Value applied to a Variable Annuity among the Sub-Accounts, or we will use your existing allocations.

There may be additional limitations on the options you may elect under your particular retirement plan or applicable law.

Remember that the Annuity Option may not be changed once annuity payments begin.

Amount of Annuity Payments

Adjusted Account Value

The Adjusted Account Value is the amount we apply to provide a Variable Annuity and/or a Fixed Annuity. We calculate Adjusted Account Value by taking your Account Value on the Business Day just before the Annuity Commencement Date and making the following adjustments:

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We deduct a proportional amount of the Account Fee, based on the fraction of the current Account Year that has elapsed.
   
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If applicable, we apply the Market Value Adjustment to your Account Value in the Fixed Account, which may result in a deduction, an addition, or no change.
   
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We deduct any applicable premium tax or similar tax if not previously deducted.

Variable Annuity Payments

On the Annuity Commencement Date, we will exchange your Account’s Variable Accumulation Units for Annuity Units upon which we will assess annual insurance charges of 1.70% of your average daily Annuity Unit values. Variable Annuity payments may vary each month. We determine the dollar amount of the first payment using the portion of your Adjusted Account Value applied to a Variable Annuity and the “annuity payment rates” in your Contract, which are based on an assumed interest rate of 3% per year, compounded annually. (See “Annuity Payment Rates.”)

To calculate the remaining payments, we convert the amount of the first payment into Annuity Units for each Sub-Account; we determine the number of those Annuity Units by dividing the portion of the first payment attributable to the Sub-Account by the Annuity Unit Value of that Sub-Account for the Valuation Period ending just before the Annuity Commencement Date. This number of Annuity Units for each Sub-Account will remain constant (unless the Annuitant requests a transfer among Sub-Accounts). However, the dollar amount of the next Variable Annuity payment, which is the sum of the number of Annuity Units for each Sub-Account times its Annuity Unit value for the Valuation Period ending just before the date of the payment, will increase, decrease, or remain the same, depending on the net investment return of the Sub-Accounts.

If the net investment return of the Sub-Accounts selected is the same as the assumed interest rate of 3%, compounded annually, the payments will remain level. If the net investment return exceeds the assumed interest rate, payments will increase and, conversely, if it is less than the assumed interest rate, payments will decrease.

Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for more information about calculating Variable Annuity Units and Variable Annuity payments, including examples of these calculations.

After you annuitize, we will deduct total insurance charges at an annual rate of 1.70% of your average daily Annuity Unit values. We will no longer deduct the mortality and expense risk charge or the charges for any optional living benefit or optional death benefit. The 1.70% charge, which includes an administrative expense charge and a distribution fee, compensates us for the risks and expenses associated with providing annuity payments during the Income Phase.

Fixed Annuity Payments

Fixed Annuity payments are the same each month. We determine the dollar amount of each Fixed Annuity payment using the fixed portion of your Adjusted Account Value and the applicable Annuity Payment Rates. These will be either (1) the rates in your Contract, or (2) new rates we have published and are using on the Annuity Commencement Date, if they are more favorable. (See “Annuity Payment Rates.”)


 
 

 

Minimum Payments

If your Adjusted Account Value is less than $2,000, or the first annuity payment for any Annuity Option is less than $20, we will pay the Adjusted Account Value to the Annuitant in one payment, except as otherwise provided under your applicable living benefit.

Transfer of Variable Annuity Units

During the Income Phase, the Annuitant may transfer Annuity Units in one Sub-Account for Annuity Units in another Sub-Account, up to 12 times each Account Year. Any such transfers may be subject to any restrictions or other policies that the Funds have adopted to protect the Funds from short-term trading or other practices that are potentially harmful to the Fund (the “Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies”). The applicability of the Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies is the same during the Income Phase as during the Accumulation Phase, and this is discussed in this Prospectus under “Funds’ Shareholder Trading Policies.” For the reasons discussed there, you should review and comply with each Fund’s Shareholder Trading Policies, which are disclosed in the Funds’ current prospectuses.

To make a transfer, the Annuitant sends us, at our mailing address, a written request stating the number of Annuity Units in the Sub-Account he or she wishes to transfer and the new Sub-Account for which Annuity Units are requested. The number of new Annuity Units will be calculated so the dollar amount of an annuity payment on the date of the transfer would not be affected. To calculate this number, we use Annuity Unit values for the Valuation Period during which we receive the transfer request.

Before transferring Annuity Units in one Sub-Account for those in another, the Annuitant should carefully review the relevant Fund prospectuses for the investment objectives and risk disclosure of the Funds in which the Sub-Accounts invest.

During the Income Phase, we permit only transfers among Sub-Accounts. No transfers to or from a Fixed Annuity are permitted.

Account Fee

During the Income Phase, we deduct the annual Account fee of $50 in equal amounts from each Variable Annuity payment. We do not deduct the annual Account fee from Fixed Annuity payments.

Annuity Payment Rates

Annuity payment rates are the rates we use to determine the dollar amount of an annuity payment under each Annuity Option. The Contract contains annuity payment rate schedules for each Annuity Option described in this Prospectus. These schedules show, for each $1,000 applied, the dollar amount of: (a) the first monthly Variable Annuity payment based on the assumed interest rate specified in the applicable Contract (3% per year, compounded annually); and (b) the monthly Fixed Annuity payment, when this payment is based on the minimum guaranteed interest rate specified in the Contract. We may change these rates under Group Contracts for Accounts established after the effective date of such change (see “Other Contract Provisions - Modification”).

The annuity payment rates may vary according to the Annuity Option elected and the adjusted age of the Annuitant. The Contracts also describe the method of determining the adjusted age of the Annuitant. The mortality table used in determining the annuity payment rates for Annuity Options A, B and C is the Annuity 2000 Table.

Annuity Options as Method of Payment for Death Benefit

You or your Beneficiary may also select one or more Annuity Options to be used in the event of the Covered Person’s death before the Income Phase, as described under the “Death Benefit” section of this Prospectus. In that case, your Beneficiary will be the Annuitant. The Annuity Commencement Date will be the first day of the second month beginning after the Death Benefit Date.

OTHER CONTRACT PROVISIONS

Exercise of Contract Rights

An Individual Contract belongs to the individual to whom the Contract is issued. A Group Contract belongs to the Owner. In the case of a Group Contract, the Owner may expressly reserve all Contract rights and privileges; otherwise, each Participant will be entitled to exercise such rights and privileges. In any case, such rights and privileges can be exercised without the consent of the Beneficiary (other than an irrevocably designated Beneficiary) or any other person. Such rights and privileges may be exercised only before the Annuity Commencement Date, except as the Contract otherwise provides.

The Annuitant becomes the Payee on and after the Annuity Commencement Date. The Beneficiary becomes the Payee on the death of the Covered Person prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, or on the death of the Annuitant after the Annuity Commencement Date. Such Payee may thereafter exercise such rights and privileges, if any, of ownership which continue.

Change of Ownership

Ownership of a Qualified Contract may not be transferred except to: (1) the Annuitant; (2) a trustee or successor trustee of a pension or profit sharing trust which is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code; (3) the employer of the Annuitant, provided that the Qualified Contract after transfer is maintained under the terms of a retirement plan qualified under Section 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for the benefit of the Annuitant; (4) the trustee or custodian of an individual retirement account plan qualified under Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code for the benefit of the Participants under a Group Contract; or (5) as otherwise permitted from time to time by laws and regulations governing the retirement or deferred compensation plans for which a Qualified Contract may be issued. Subject to the foregoing, a Qualified Contract may not be sold, assigned, transferred, discounted or pledged as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose to any person other than the Company.

The Owner of a Non-Qualified Contract may change the ownership of the Contract prior to the Annuity Commencement Date; and each Participant, in like manner, may change the ownership interest in a Contract. A change of ownership will not be binding on us until we receive written notification, in good order. When we receive such notification, the change will be effective as of the date on which the request for change was signed by the Owner or Participant, as appropriate, but the change will be without prejudice to us on account of any payment we make or any action we take before receiving the change. If you change the Owner of a Non-Qualified Contract, you will become immediately liable for the payment of taxes on any gain realized under the Contract prior to the change of ownership, including possible liability for a 10% federal excise tax.

Change of ownership will not change the Covered Person named when the Contract is issued. This means that all death benefits and surrender charge waivers will continue to be based on the Covered Person and not the Participant. The amount payable on the death of the new Participant will be the Surrender Value.

Voting of Fund Shares

To the extent required by law, we will vote all shares held in the Variable Account in accordance with instructions we receive from persons with voting interests in the Funds. During the Accumulation Phase, you will have the right to give voting instructions, except in the case of a Group Contract in which the Owner has reserved this right. During the Income Phase, the Payee (that is, the Annuitant or Beneficiary entitled to receive benefits) is the person having the right to give voting instructions.

Before a vote of the shareholders of a Fund occurs, each person with voting interests in the Fund will receive voting materials from us. We will ask those persons to instruct us on how to vote and to return their respective voting instructions to us in a timely manner. Each such person is permitted to cast votes based on the dollar value of the shares of each Fund that we hold for your Contract in the corresponding Sub-Account. We calculate this value based on the number of Variable Accumulation Units or Variable Annuity Units allocated to your Contract as of the date set by the Fund and the value of each Variable Accumulation Unit or Variable Annuity Unit on that date. We count fractional votes.

We will vote any shares attributable to us and Fund shares for which no timely voting instructions are received in the same proportion as the shares for which we receive instructions from person(s) with voting interests in the Fund. Because of this method of proportional voting, a small number of persons with voting interests in the Fund may determine the outcome of a shareholder vote. If, however, we determine that we are permitted to vote the Fund shares in our own right, then we may do so.

Note: Owners of Qualified Contracts issued on a group basis may be subject to other voting provisions of the particular retirement plan and under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Employees who contribute to retirement plans that are funded by the Contracts may be entitled to instruct the Owners as to how to instruct us to vote the Fund shares attributable to their contributions. Such retirement plans may also provide the additional extent, if any, to which an Owner shall follow voting instructions of persons with rights under those plans. If no voting instructions are received from any such person with respect to a particular Contract, the Owner may instruct us as to how to vote the number of Fund shares for which instructions may be given.

Reports to Owners

We will send you, by regular U.S. mail, confirmation of all Purchase Payments (including any interest credited), withdrawals, (including any withdrawal charges, negative market value adjustments, and federal taxes on withdrawals), minimum distributions, death benefit payments, transfers (excluding dollar-cost averaging transfers) and living benefit credits or refunds. Such confirmations will be sent within two business days after the transaction occurs.

In addition, within five business days after each calendar quarter, we will send you, by regular U.S. mail, a statement showing your current Account Value, death benefit value, and investment allocation by asset class. Each quarterly statement will detail transactions that occurred during the last calendar quarter including Purchase Payments, annuity payments, transfers (including dollar-cost averaging transfers), partial withdrawals, systematic withdrawals, minimum distributions, portfolio rebalancing, asset reallocations, interest credited on fixed accounts, step-ups credited on living benefits, and annual contract fees assessed.

We will also send you annual and semi-annual reports of the Funds in which you are invested, including a list of investments held by each portfolio as of the current date of the report.

If you have enrolled in the electronic delivery service and consented to receive documents electronically, we will send you an email at the address you provided notifying you when we have posted your confirmations, statements, and reports on our website.

It is your obligation to review each such statement carefully and to report to us, at the address or telephone number provided on the statement, any errors or discrepancies in the information presented therein within 60 days of the date of such statement. Unless we receive notice of any such error or discrepancy from you within such period, we may not be responsible for correcting the error or discrepancy.

Substitution of Securities

Shares of any or all Funds may not always be available for investment under the Contract. We may add or delete Funds or other investment companies as variable investment options under the Contract. We may also substitute for the shares held in any Sub-Account shares of another Fund or shares of another registered open-end investment company or unit investment trust, provided that the substitution has been approved, if required, by the SEC. You will receive notice of any such Fund changes that affect your Contract by a supplement to this Prospectus.

Change in Operation of Variable Account

At our election and subject to any necessary vote by persons having the right to give instructions with respect to the voting of Fund shares held by the Sub-Accounts, the Variable Account may be operated as a management company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or it may be deregistered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the event registration is no longer required. Deregistration of the Variable Account requires an order by the SEC. In the event of any change in the operation of the Variable Account pursuant to this provision, we may supplement this Prospectus to reflect the change and take such other action as may be necessary and appropriate to effect the change.

Splitting Units

We reserve the right to split or combine the value of Variable Accumulation Units, Annuity Units or any of them. In effecting any such change of unit values, strict equity will be preserved and no change will have a material effect on the benefits or other provisions of the Contract. Any changes we make by splitting or combining Variable Accumulation Unit values must comply with federal securities laws and regulations.

Modification

Upon notice to the Participant, in the case of an Individual Contract, and the Owner and Participant(s), in the case of a Group Contract (or the Payee(s) during the Income Phase), we may modify the Contract if such modification is consistent with federal securities laws and regulations and: (1) is necessary to make the Contract or the Variable Account comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which the Company or the Variable Account is subject; (2) is necessary to assure continued qualification of the Contract under the Internal Revenue Code or other federal or state laws relating to retirement annuities or annuity contracts; (3) is necessary to reflect a change in the operation of the Variable Account or the Sub-Account(s) (see “Change in Operation of Variable Account”); (4) provides additional Variable Account and/or fixed accumulation options; or (5) as may otherwise be in the best interests of Owners, Participants, or Payees, as applicable. In the event of any such modification, we may supplement this Prosepctus to reflect such modification.

In addition, upon notice to the Owner, we may modify a Group Contract to change the withdrawal charges, Account Fee, mortality and expense risk charges, administrative expense charges, the tables used in determining the amount of the first monthly variable annuity and fixed annuity payments and the formula used to calculate the Market Value Adjustment, provided that such modification applies only to Participant Accounts established after the effective date of such modification. In order to exercise our modification rights in these particular instances, we must notify the Owner of such modification in writing. The notice shall specify the effective date of such modification which must be at least 60 days following the date we mail notice of modification. All of the charges and the annuity tables which are provided in the Group Contract prior to any such modification will remain in effect permanently, unless improved by the Company, with respect to Participant Accounts established prior to the effective date of such modification.

Discontinuance of New Participants

We may limit or discontinue the acceptance of new Applications and the issuance of new Certificates under a Group Contract by giving 30 days prior written notice to the Owner. This will not affect rights or benefits with respect to any Participant Accounts established under such Group Contract prior to the effective date of such limitation or discontinuance.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right, to the extent permitted by law, to: (1) combine any two or more variable accounts or Sub-Accounts; (2) add or delete Funds, sub-series thereof or other investment companies and corresponding Sub-Accounts; (3) add or remove Guarantee Periods available at any time for election by a Participant; and (4) restrict or eliminate any of the voting rights of Participants (or Owners) or other persons who have voting rights as to the Variable Account. Where required by law, we will obtain approval of changes from Participants or any appropriate regulatory authority. In the event of any change pursuant to this provision, we may supplement this Prospectus and make appropriate endorsement to the Contract as necessary to reflect the change.

Right to Return

If you are not satisfied with your Contract, you may return it by mailing or delivering it to us at our mailing address as shown on the cover of this Prospectus, within 10 days or longer if allowed by your state, after it was delivered to you. State law may also allow you to return the Contract to your sales representative. (Information about your right to return period can be found on the first page of your Contract or prominently displayed in an endorsement to your Contract. You can also obtain information about your right to return period by contacting your sales representative.) When we receive the returned Contract, it will be cancelled and we will refund to you your Account Value less the adjusted Purchase Payment Interest. The adjusted Purchase Payment Interest that may be deducted is equal to the lesser of:

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the portion of the Account Value that is attributable to any Purchase Payment Interest, and
   
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all Purchase Payment Interest.

This means you receive any gain on Purchase Payment Interest and we bear any loss. If applicable state law requires return of Purchase Payments, we will return the greater of (1) your Surrender Value or (2) the full amount of any Purchase Payment(s) we received.

If you are establishing an Individual Retirement Annuity (“IRA”), the Internal Revenue Code requires that we give you a disclosure statement containing certain information about the Contract and applicable legal requirements. We must give you this statement on or before the date the IRA is established. If we give you the disclosure statement before the seventh day preceding the date the IRA is established, you will not have any right of revocation under the Code. If we give you the disclosure statement at a later date, then you may give us a notice of revocation at any time within seven days after your Issue Date. Upon such revocation, we will refund your Purchase Payment(s). This right of revocation with respect to an IRA is in addition to the return privilege set forth in the preceding paragraph. We allow a Participant establishing an IRA a “ten day free-look,” notwithstanding the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

TAX PROVISIONS

This section provides general information on the federal income tax consequences of ownership of a Contract and is not intended as tax advice. Actual federal tax consequences will vary depending on, among other things, the type of retirement plan under which your Contract is issued. Also, legislation altering the current tax treatment of annuity contracts could be enacted in the future and could apply retroactively to Contracts that were purchased before the date of enactment. We make no attempt to consider any applicable state or other income tax laws, any state and local estate or inheritance tax, or other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of distributions under a Contract. We also make no guarantee regarding the federal, state, or local tax status of any Contract or any transaction involving any Contract. You should consult a qualified tax professional for advice before purchasing a Contract or executing any other transaction (such as a rollover, distribution, withdrawal or payment) involving a Contract.

When you invest in an annuity contract, you usually do not pay taxes on your investment gains until you withdraw the money – generally for retirement purposes. If you invest in a variable annuity as part of an individual retirement plan, pension plan or employer-sponsored retirement program, your Contract is called a “Qualified Contract.” If your annuity is independent of any formal retirement or pension plan, it is termed a “Non-Qualified Contract.” The tax rules applicable to Qualified Contracts vary according to the type of retirement plan and the terms and conditions of the plan.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Provisions

The following discussion applies only to those Contracts issued in the United States. For a discussion of tax provisions affecting Contracts issued in Puerto Rico, see “Puerto Rico Tax Provisions.”

Taxation of Non-Qualified Contracts

Deductibility of Purchase Payments. For federal income tax purposes, Purchase Payments made under Non-Qualified Contracts are not deductible. Under certain circumstances, Purchase Payments made under Qualified Contracts may be excludible or deductible from taxable income. Any such amounts will also be excluded from the “investment in the contract” for purposes of determining the taxable portion of any distributions from a Qualified Contract. As a general rule, regardless of whether you own a Qualified or a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount of your tax liability on earnings and distributions will depend upon the specific tax rules applicable to your Contract and your particular circumstances.

Pre-Distribution Taxation of Contracts. Generally, an increase in the value of a Contract will not give rise to a current income tax liability to the Owner of a Contract or to any payee under the Contract until a distribution is received from the Contract. However, certain assignments or pledges of a Contract or loans under a Contract will be treated as distributions to the Owner of the Contract and will accelerate the taxability of any increases in the value of a Contract.

Also, corporate (or other non-natural person) Owners of a Non-Qualified Contract will generally incur a current tax liability on Account Value increases. There are certain exceptions to this current taxation rule, including: (i) any Contract that is an “immediate annuity”, which the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) defines as a single premium contract with an annuity commencement date within one year of the date of purchase which provides for a series of substantially equal periodic payments (to be made not less frequently than annually) during the annuity period, and (ii) any Contract that the non-natural person holds as agent for a natural person (such as where a bank or other entity holds a Contract as trustee under a trust agreement).

You should note that a qualified retirement plan generally provides tax deferral regardless of whether the plan invests in an annuity contract. For that reason, no decision to purchase an annuity should be based on the assumption that the purchase of an annuity is necessary to obtain tax deferral under a qualified plan.

Distributions and Withdrawals from Non-Qualified Contracts. The Account Value of a Non-Qualified Contract will generally include both (i) an amount attributable to Purchase Payments, the return of which will not be taxable, and (ii) an amount attributable to investment earnings, the receipt of which will be taxable at ordinary income rates. The relative portions of any particular distribution that derive from nontaxable Purchase Payments and taxable investment earnings depend upon the nature and the timing of that distribution.

Any withdrawal of less than your entire Account Value under a Non-Qualified Contract before the Annuity Commencement Date must be treated as a receipt of investment earnings. You may not treat such withdrawals as a non-taxable return of Purchase Payments unless you have first withdrawn the entire amount of the Account Value that is attributable to investment earnings. For purposes of determining whether an Owner has withdrawn the entire amount of the investment earnings under a Non-Qualified Contract, the Code provides that all Non-Qualified deferred annuity contracts issued by the same company to the same Owner during any one calendar year must be treated as one annuity contract. If you withdraw your entire Account Value under a Non-Qualified Contract before the Annuity Commencement Date (a “full surrender”), the taxable portion will equal the amount you receive less the “investment in the contract” (i.e., the total Purchase Payments (excluding amounts that were deductible by, or excluded from the gross income of, the Owner of a Contract), less any Purchase Payments that were amounts previously received which were not includable in income).

Annuity Payments. A Payee who receives annuity payments under a Non-Qualified Contract after the Annuity Commencement Date, will generally be able to treat a portion of each payment as a nontaxable return of Purchase Payments and to treat only the remainder of each such payment as taxable investment earnings. Until the Purchase Payments have been fully recovered in this manner, the nontaxable portion of each payment will be determined by the ratio of (i) the total amount of the Purchase Payments made under the Contract, to (ii) the Payee’s expected return under the Contract. Once the Payee has received nontaxable payments in an amount equal to total Purchase Payments, no further exclusion is allowed and all future distributions will constitute fully taxable ordinary income. If payments are terminated upon the death of the Annuitant or other Payee before the Purchase Payments have been fully recovered, the unrecovered Purchase Payments may be deducted on the final return of the Annuitant or other Payee.

Penalty Tax on Certain Withdrawals. A penalty tax of 10% may also apply to taxable cash withdrawals, including lump-sum payments from Non-Qualified Contracts. This penalty will generally not apply to distributions made after age 59½, to distributions pursuant to the death or disability of the owner, to distributions that are a part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made not less frequently than annually for life or life expectancy, or to distributions under an immediate annuity (as defined above). Other exceptions may be applicable under certain circumstances and special rules may be applicable in connection with the exceptions enumerated above. Also, additional exceptions apply to distributions from a Qualified Contract. You should consult a qualified tax professional with regard to exceptions from the penalty tax.

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds. Death benefits paid upon the death of a Participant are not life insurance benefits and will generally be includable in the income of the recipient to the extent they represent investment earnings under the contract. For this purpose, the amount of the investment in the contract is not affected by the Participant’s or annuitant’s death, i.e., the investment in the contract must still be determined by reference to the Participant’s investment in the Contract. Special mandatory distribution rules also apply after the death of the Participant when the beneficiary is not the surviving spouse of the Participant.

If death benefits are distributed in a lump sum, the taxable amount of those benefits will be determined in the same manner as upon a full surrender of the contract. If death benefits are distributed under an annuity option, the taxable amount of those benefits will be determined in the same manner as annuity payments, as described above.

Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of a Contract. A transfer or assignment of ownership of a Contract, the designation of an Annuitant other than the Owner, the selection of certain maturity dates, or the exchange of a Contract may result in certain tax consequences to you that are not discussed herein. An Owner contemplating any such transfer, assignment or exchange should consult a qualified tax professional as to the tax consequences.

Withholding. Annuity distributions are generally subject to withholding for the recipient’s federal income tax liability.  Recipients can generally elect, however, not to have tax withheld from distributions.

Multiple Contracts. All non-qualified deferred annuity contracts that are issued by us (or our affiliates) to the same owner during any calendar year are treated as one annuity contract for purposes of determining the amount includible in such owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.

Partial Annuitization. Under a new tax provision enacted in 2010, if part of an annuity contract’s value is applied to an annuity option that provides payments for one or more lives or for a period of at least ten years, those payments may be taxed as annuity payments instead of withdrawals. None of the payment options under the Contract is intended to qualify for this “partial annuitization” treatment.

Taxation of Qualified Contracts

“Qualified Contracts” are Contracts used with plans that receive tax-deferral treatment pursuant to specific provisions of the Code. Annuity contracts also receive tax-deferral treatment. It is not necessary that you purchase an annuity contract to receive the tax- deferral treatment available through a Qualified Contract. If you purchase this annuity Contract as a Qualified Contract, you do not receive additional tax-deferral. Therefore, if you purchase this annuity Contract as a Qualified Contract, you should do so for reasons other than obtaining tax deferral.

You may use Qualified Contracts with several types of qualified retirement plans. Because tax consequences will vary with the type of qualified retirement plan and the plan’s specific terms and conditions, we provide below only brief, general descriptions of the consequences that follow from using Qualified Contracts in connection with various types of qualified retirement plans. We stress that the rights of any person to any benefits under these plans may be subject to the terms and conditions of the plans themselves, regardless of the terms of the Qualified Contracts that you are using. These terms and conditions may include restrictions on, among other things, ownership, transferability, assignability, contributions and distributions. Adverse tax consequences may result if you do not ensure that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the Contract comply with the law.

Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 403(a) of the Code permit business employers and certain associations to establish various types of retirement plans for employees. The Code requirements are similar for qualified retirement plans of corporations and those of self- employed individuals. Self-employed persons, as a general rule, may therefore use Qualified Contracts as a funding vehicle for their retirement plans. Adverse tax consequences to the retirement plan, the participant or both may result if the Contract is transferred to any individual as a means to provide benefit payments, unless the plan complies with all the requirements applicable to such benefits prior to transferring the Contract.

Tax-Sheltered Annuities. Section 403(b) of the Code permits public school employees and employees of certain types of charitable, educational and scientific organizations specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code to purchase annuity contracts and, subject to certain limitations, exclude the amount of purchase payments from gross income for tax purposes. The Code imposes restrictions on cash withdrawals from Section 403(b) annuities (“TSA”).

Effective October 1, 2008, we stopped issuing any new TSAs, including Texas Optional Retirement Program annuities. We no longer accept any additional Purchase Payments to any previously issued TSAs.

The Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) comprehensive TSA regulations are generally effective January 1, 2009, and these regulations, subsequent IRS guidance, and/or the terms of an employer’s TSA plan impose new restrictions on TSAs, including restrictions on (1) the availability of hardship distributions and loans, (2) TSA exchanges within the same employer’s TSA plan, and (3) TSA transfers to another employer’s TSA plan. You should consult with a qualified tax professional about how the regulations affect you and your TSA.

If TSAs are to receive tax-deferred treatment, cash withdrawals of amounts attributable to salary reduction contributions (other than withdrawals of accumulation account value as of December 31, 1988) may be made only when you attain age 59½, have a severance from employment with the employer, die or become disabled (within the meaning of Section 72(m)(7) of the Code). These restrictions apply to (i) any post-1988 salary reduction contributions, (ii) any growth or interest on post-1988 salary reduction contributions, (iii) any growth or interest on pre-1989 salary reduction contributions that occurs on or after January 1, 1989, and (iv) any pre-1989 salary reduction contributions since we do not maintain records that separately account for such contributions. It is permissible, however, to withdraw post-1988 salary reduction contributions (but not the earnings attributable to such contributions) in cases of financial hardship. Financial hardship withdrawals (as well as certain other premature withdrawals) are fully taxable and will be subject to a 10% federal income tax penalty, in addition to any applicable Contract withdrawal charge. Under certain circumstances the 10% federal income tax penalty will not apply if the withdrawal is for medical expenses. A financial hardship withdrawal may not be repaid once it is taken.

The IRS’s TSA regulations provide that TSA financial hardship withdrawals will be subject to the IRS rules applicable to hardship distributions from 401(k) plans. Specifically, if you have not terminated your employment or reached age 59½, you may be able to withdraw a limited amount of monies if you have an immediate and heavy financial need and the withdrawal amount is necessary to satisfy such financial need. An immediate and heavy financial need may arise only from:

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deductible medical expenses incurred by you, your spouse, or your dependents;
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payments of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for you, your spouse, or your dependents;
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costs related to the purchase of your principal residence (not including mortgage payments);
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payment necessary to prevent eviction from your principal residence or foreclosure of the mortgage on your principal residence;
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payments for burial or funeral expenses for your parent, spouse, children, or dependents; or
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expenses for the repair of damage to your principal residence that would qualify for the federal income tax casualty deduction.

You will be required to represent in writing to us (1) that your specified immediate and heavy financial need cannot reasonably be relieved through insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of your assets, by ending any contributions you are making under your TSA plan, by other distributions and nontaxable loans under any of your qualified plans, or by borrowing from commercial sources and (2) that your requested withdrawal amount complies with applicable law, including the federal tax law limit. And, unless your TSA was issued prior to September 25, 2007 and the only payments you made to such TSA were TSA funds you transferred directly to us from another TSA carrier (a “90-24 Transfer TSA”), your TSA employer also may need to agree in writing to your hardship request.

If your TSA contains a provision that permits loans, you may request a loan but you will be required to represent in writing to us that your requested loan amount complies with applicable law, including the federal tax law limit. And, unless your TSA is a 90-24 Transfer TSA, your TSA employer also may need to agree in writing to your loan request.

TSAs, like IRAs, are subject to required minimum distributions under the Code. TSAs are unique, however, in that any account balance accruing before January 1, 1987 (the “pre-1987 balance”) needs to comply with only the minimum distribution incidental benefit (MDIB) rule and not also with the minimum distribution rules set forth in Section 401(a)(9) of the Code. This special treatment for any pre-1987 balance is, however, conditioned upon the issuer identifying the pre-1987 balance and maintaining accurate records of changes to the balance. Since we do not maintain such records, your pre-1987 balance, if any, will not be eligible for special distribution treatment.

Under the terms of a particular TSA plan, you may be entitled to transfer or exchange all or a portion of your TSA to one or more alternative funding options within the same or different TSA plan. You should consult the documents governing your TSA plan and your plan administrator for information as to such investment alternatives. If you wish to transfer/exchange your TSA, you will be able to do so only if the issuer of the new TSA certifies to us that the transfer/exchange is permissible under the TSA regulations and the applicable TSA plan. Your TSA employer also may need to agree in writing to your transfer/exchange request.

Individual Retirement Accounts and Annuities. Individual Retirement Accounts and Annuities (“IRAs”), as defined in Section 408 of the Code, permit eligible individuals to make annual contributions of up to the lesser of a specified dollar amount for the year or the amount of compensation includible in the individual’s gross income for the year. The contributions may be deductible in whole or in part, depending on the individual’s income. In addition, certain distributions from some other types of retirement plans may be “rolled over” into an IRA on a tax-deferred basis without regard to these limits. Amounts in the IRA (other than nondeductible contributions) are taxed when distributed from the IRA. A 10% penalty tax generally applies to distributions made before age 59½, unless an exception applies. The Internal Revenue Service imposes special information requirements with respect to IRAs and we will provide purchasers of the Contracts as Individual Retirement Annuities with any necessary information. You will have the right to revoke a Contract issued as an Individual Retirement Annuity under certain circumstances, as described in the section of this Prospectus entitled “Right to Return.” If your Contract is issued in connection with an Individual Retirement Account, we have no information about the Account and you should contact the Account’s trustee or custodian.

Roth Individual Retirement Arrangements. Section 408A of the Code permits certain eligible individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program called a Roth IRA. Unlike contributions to a traditional IRA under Section 408 of the Code, contributions to a Roth IRA are not tax-deductible. Provided certain conditions are satisfied, distributions are generally tax-free. Like traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs are subject to limitations on contribution amounts and the timing of distributions. If you roll over from or convert a traditional IRA Contract into a Roth IRA Contract or your Individual Retirement Account that holds a Contract is converted to a Roth Individual Retirement Account, the fair market value of the Contract is included in taxable income. Under IRS regulations and Revenue Procedure 2006-13, fair market value may exceed the Contract’s account balance. Thus, you should consult with a qualified tax professional prior to any conversion.  Distributions from a Roth IRA are generally not taxed, except that once aggregate distributions exceed contributions to the Roth IRA, income tax and a 10% penalty tax may apply to distributions made (1) before age 59½ (subject to certain exceptions) or (2) during the five taxable years starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA.  A 10% penalty tax may apply to amounts attributable to a conversion from an IRA if they are distributed during the five taxable years beginning with the year in which the conversion was made.

The Internal Revenue Service imposes special information requirements with respect to Roth IRAs and we will provide the necessary information for Contracts issued as Roth Individual Retirement Annuities. If your Contract is issued in connection with a Roth Individual Retirement Account, we have no information about the Account and you should contact the Account’s trustee or custodian.

Distributions and Withdrawals from Qualified Contracts. In most cases, all of the distributions you receive from a Qualified Contract will constitute fully taxable ordinary income. Also, a 10% penalty tax will apply to distributions prior to age 59½, except in certain circumstances.

If you receive a distribution from a Qualified Contract used in connection with a qualified pension plan, from a tax-sheltered annuity, a governmental Code Section 457 plan or an IRA and roll over some or all of that distribution to another eligible plan, following the rules set out in the Code and IRS regulations, the portion of such distribution that is rolled over will not be includible in your income. An eligible rollover distribution from a qualified plan, tax-sheltered annuity or governmental Section 457 plan will be subject to 20% mandatory withholding as described below. Because the amount of the cash paid to you as an eligible rollover distribution will be reduced by this withholding, you will not be able to roll over the entire account balance under your Contract, unless you use other funds equal to the tax withholding to complete the rollover. Rollovers of IRA distributions are not subject to the 20% mandatory withholding requirement.

An eligible rollover distribution from a qualified plan, governmental Section 457 plan or tax-sheltered annuity is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of an employee, except that the term does not include:

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a distribution which is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made annually under a lifetime annuity or for a specified period of ten years or more;
   
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any required minimum distribution; or
   
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any hardship distribution.

Only you or your surviving spouse Beneficiary may elect to roll over a distribution to an eligible retirement plan. However, a non-surviving-spouse Beneficiary may be able to directly transfer a distribution to a so-called inherited IRA that will be subject to the IRS distribution rules applicable to beneficiaries.

Withholding. In the case of an eligible rollover distribution (as defined above) from a Qualified Contract (other than from an IRA), we (or the plan administrator) must withhold and remit to the U.S. Government 20% of the distribution, unless the Participant or Payee elects to make a direct rollover of the distribution to another qualified retirement plan that is eligible to receive the rollover; however, a non-surviving-spouse Beneficiary may elect a direct rollover only to a so-called inherited IRA. In the case of a distribution from (i) a Non-Qualified Contract, (ii) an IRA, or (iii) a Qualified Contract where the distribution is not an eligible rollover distribution, we will withhold and remit to the U.S. Government a part of the taxable portion of each distribution unless, prior to the distribution, the Participant or Payee provides us his or her taxpayer identification number and instructs us (in the manner prescribed) not to withhold. The Participant or Payee may credit against his or her federal income tax liability for the year of distribution any amounts that we (or the plan administrator) withhold.

Investment Diversification and Control

The Treasury Department has issued regulations that prescribe investment diversification requirements for the mutual fund series underlying non-qualified variable contracts. All Non-Qualified Contracts must comply with these regulations to qualify as annuities for federal income tax purposes. The owner of a Non-Qualified Contract that does not meet these guidelines will be subject to current taxation on annual increases in value of the Contract. We believe that each Fund available as an investment option under the Contract complies with these regulations.

In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts have been considered for Federal income tax purposes to be the owners of the assets of the separate account supporting their contracts 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 limited guidance in this area, and some features of our Contracts, such as the flexibility of an owner to allocate premium payments and transfer amounts among the investment divisions of the separate account, have not been explicitly addressed in published rulings. While we believe that the Contracts do not give Owners investment control over separate account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Contracts as necessary to prevent an Owner from being treated as the Owner of the separate account assets supporting the Contract. Nevertheless, you should consult with a qualified tax professional on the potential impact of the investor control rules of the IRS as they relate to the investment decisions and activities you may undertake with respect to the Contract. In addition, the IRS and/or the Treasury Department may issue new rulings, interpretations or regulations on this subject in the future. Accordingly, we therefore reserve the right to modify the Contracts as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered the owner, for tax purposes, of the underlying assets. We also reserve the right to notify you if we determine that it is no longer practicable to maintain the Contract in a manner that was designed to prevent you from being considered the owner of the assets of the Separate Account. You bear the risk that you may be treated as the owner of Separate Account assets and taxed accordingly.

Tax Treatment of the Company and the Variable Account

As a life insurance company under the Code, we will record and report operations of the Variable Account separately from other operations. The Variable Account will not, however, constitute a regulated investment company or any other type of taxable entity distinct from our other operations. Under present law, we will not incur tax on the income of the Variable Account (consisting primarily of interest, dividends, and net capital gains) if we use this income to increase reserves under Contracts participating in the Variable Account.

Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits

For a further discussion, please refer to “Tax Issues Under SIR.”

Qualified Contracts. If your Contract is a Qualified Contract other than a Roth IRA, it is subject to certain required minimum distribution (RMD) requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Code and IRS regulations. Under the RMD rules, distributions must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which you attain age 70½ or, for non-IRAs, the date of retirement instead of age 70½ if it is later. The RMD amount for a distribution calendar year is generally calculated by dividing the Contract’s value as of 12/31 of the prior calendar year by the applicable distribution factor set forth in a Uniform Lifetime Table in the IRS regulations.

The IRS’s RMD regulations provide that the annual RMD amount is to be calculated based on the Contract’s Account Value as of 12/31 plus “the actuarial present value of any additional benefits” that are provided under your Contract (such as optional death and living benefits) which is also calculated as of 12/31. When we notify you yearly of the RMD amount, we will inform you if the calculation included the actuarial present value of any additional benefits since such inclusion would have increased your RMD amount. Because of the above actuarial present value requirements, your election of a Contract’s optional benefit could cause your RMD amount to be higher than it would be without such an election. Additionally, if your RMD amount exceeds your guaranteed withdrawal amount under an optional living benefit, you will have to withdraw more than the guaranteed withdrawal amount to avoid the imposition of a 50% excise tax, causing a reset of your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. Prior to electing to participate in any optional benefit, you should consult with a qualified tax professional as to the possible effect of that benefit on your yearly RMD amounts.

You may take an RMD amount calculated for a particular Individual Retirement Annuity from that Annuity or from another IRA of yours. Similarly, you may take an RMD amount calculated for a particular TSA annuity from that annuity or from another TSA account or TSA annuity of yours. If your Qualified Contract is an asset of a qualified retirement plan, the qualified plan is subject to the RMD requirements and the Contract, as an asset of the qualified plan, may need to be used as a source of funds for the RMDs.

If you are subject to the RMD requirements while you are enrolled in the AB Plan under any optional living benefit, any RMD amount that you take from the Contract will reduce the amount of the benefit under the AB Plan. This reduction could significantly reduce the value of the optional living benefit to you.

If you are subject to the RMD requirements while you are enrolled in the WB Plan under any optional living benefit, and any RMD amount that you take from the Contract ever exceeds the maximum amount that you may withdraw under the terms of the WB Plan, the additional withdrawal amount will reduce the amount of the benefit available under the WB Plan. This reduction could significantly reduce the value of the optional living benefit to you.

Participants in 403(b) plans who are under age 59½, are subject to withdrawal restrictions under the Internal Revenue Code that may prevent them from being able to make any withdrawals under the WB Plan while they remain under age 59½.

Prior to electing to participate in (or, if applicable, prior to renewing your participation in) any optional living benefit, you should consult with a qualified tax professional as to the possible effect of RMD distributions on the benefits that might otherwise be available under any optional living benefit.

If your Contract is a traditional Individual Retirement Annuity or is held by your traditional Individual Retirement Account and you convert such a traditional Annuity or Account to a Roth IRA (see “Roth Individual Retirement Arrangements”), the IRS’s rules for determining the amount of your taxable income at the time of conversion include an amount based on the RMD actuarial present value requirements discussed above. Thus, your initial or renewal election of an optional benefit could cause your taxable income upon conversion to be higher than it would be without such an election. Prior to electing to participate in (or, if applicable, prior to renewing your participation in) any optional living benefit or death benefit, you should consult with a qualified tax professional as to the possible effect of that benefit on conversion taxable income.

For Qualified Contracts issued other than as Individual Retirement Annuities, (1) we do not calculate your annual RMD amount nor do we notify you of such amount and (2) you should contact the Account’s trustee or custodian about RMD requirements since we only provide the trustee or custodian with the Contract’s value (including any actuarial present value of additional benefits discussed below) so that it can be used by the trustee or custodian in the Account’s RMD calculations.

Non-Qualified Contracts. We are required to make a determination as to the taxability of any withdrawal you make in order to be able to annually report to the IRS and your information about your withdrawal. Under the Internal Revenue Code, any withdrawal from a Non-Qualified Contract is taxable to the extent the annuity’s cash value (determined without regard to surrender charges) exceeds the investment in the contract. There is no definition of “cash value” in the Code and, for tax reporting purposes, we are currently treating it as the Account Value of the Contract. However, there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree that this is the correct cash value. The IRS could, for example, determine that the cash value is the Account Value plus an additional amount representing the value of an optional benefit. If this were to occur, election of an optional benefit could cause any withdrawal, including a withdrawal under the withdrawal benefit of any optional living benefit, to have a higher proportion of the withdrawal derived from taxable investment earnings. Prior to electing to participate in an optional benefit (or, if applicable, prior to renewing your participation in any optional living benefit), you should consult with a qualified tax professional as to the meaning of “cash value.”

Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages

The Contract provides that upon your death a surviving spouse may have certain continuation rights that he or she may elect to exercise for the Contract’s death benefit and any joint-life coverage under an optional living benefit. Because of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, all such Contract continuation rights are available only to a person who is defined as a “spouse” under such Act and that definition does not include a same-sex spouse. Thus, under current Federal law, if you are in a same-sex marriage, your spouse would not be able to exercise any of the Contract’s spousal continuation rights. You should consult a qualified tax professional for advice before purchasing a Contract and/or joint-life coverage under an optional living benefit.

Federal Estate Taxes

While no attempt is being made to discuss the Federal estate tax implications of the Contract, a purchaser should keep in mind that the value of an annuity contract owned by a decedent and payable to a beneficiary by virtue of an annuity contract owned by a decedent and payable to a beneficiary by virtue of surviving the decedent is included in the decedent’s gross estate. Depending on the terms of the annuity contract, the value of the annuity included in the gross estate may be the value of the lump sum payment payable to the designated beneficiary or the actuarial value of the payments to be received by the beneficiary. Consult an estate planning advisor for more information.


 
 

 

Generation-skipping Transfer Tax

Under certain circumstances, the Code may impose a “generation-skipping transfer tax” when all or part of an annuity contract is transferred to, or a death benefit is paid to, an individual two or more generations younger than the Owner. Regulations issued under the Code may require us to deduct the tax from your Contract, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS.

Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “2010 Act”) increases the federal estate tax exemption to $5,000,000 and reduces the federal estate tax rate to 35%; increases the Federal gift tax exemption to $5,000,000 and retains the federal gift tax rate at 35%; and increases the generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption to $5,000,000 and reduces the GST tax rate to 35%. Commencing in 2012, these exemption amounts will be indexed for inflation.

The estate, gift, and GST provisions of the 2010 Act are only effective until December 31, 2012, after which the provisions will sunset, and the federal estate, gift and GST taxes will return to their pre-2001 levels, resulting in significantly lower exemptions and significantly higher tax rates.  Between now and the end of 2012, Congress may make these provisions of the 2010 Act permanent, or they may do nothing and allow these 2010 Act provisions to sunset, or they may alter the exemptions and/or applicable tax rates.

The uncertainty as to how the current law might be modified in coming years underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified professional to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and that of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.

Medicare Tax

Beginning in 2013, distributions from non-qualified annuity policies will be considered “investment income” for purposes of the newly enacted Medicare tax on investment income. Thus, in certain circumstances, a 3.8% tax may be applied to some or all of the taxable portion of distributions (e.g. earnings) to individuals whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts ($200,000 for filing single, $250,000 for married filing jointly and $125,000 for married filing separately.) Please consult a tax advisor for more information.

Annuity Purchases by Residents of Puerto Rico

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that income received by residents of Puerto Rico under life insurance or annuity contracts issued by a Puerto Rico branch of a United States life insurance company is U.S.-source income that is generally subject to United States federal income tax.

Annuity Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to annuity purchasers that are U.S. citizens or residents. Purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from annuity contracts at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, purchasers may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the purchaser’s country of citizenship or residence. Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax professional regarding U.S. state, and foreign taxation with respect to an annuity contract purchase.

Possible Tax Law Changes

Although the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the Contract could change by legislation or otherwise. Consult a qualified tax professional with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Contract.

We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity contract owners currently receive. We make no guarantee regarding the tax status of any contact and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.

Puerto Rico Tax Provisions

The Contract offered by this Prospectus is considered a non-qualified annuity contract under Section 1022 of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended and Section 1031.01 of the 2011 Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico, as amended (collectively the “Puerto Rico Code”). Under the current provisions of the Puerto Rico Code, no income tax is payable on increases in value of accumulation shares of annuity units credited to a variable annuity contract until payments are made to the annuitant or other payee under such contract.

When payments are made from your Contract in the form of an annuity, the annuitant or other payee will be required to include as gross income the lesser of the amount received during the taxable year or the portion of the amount received equal to 3% of the aggregate premiums or other consideration paid for the annuity. The amount, if any, in excess of the included amount is excluded from gross income as a return of premium. After an amount equal to the aggregate premiums or other consideration paid for the annuity has been excluded from gross income, all of the subsequent annuity payments are considered to be taxable income.

When a payment under a Contract is made in a lump sum, the amount of the payment would be included in the gross income of the Annuitant or other Payee to the extent it exceeds the Annuitant’s aggregate premiums or other consideration paid.

The provisions of the Puerto Rico Code with respect to qualified retirement plans described in this Prospectus vary significantly from those under the Internal Revenue Code. We currently offer the Contract in Puerto Rico in connection with Individual Retirement Arrangements that qualify under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code but do not qualify under the Puerto Rico Code. See the applicable text of this Prospectus under the heading “Federal Tax Status” dealing with such Arrangements and their RMD requirements. We may make Contracts available for use with other retirement plans that similarly qualify under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code but do not qualify under the Puerto Rico Code.

As a result of IRS Revenue Ruling 2004-75, as amplified by Revenue Ruling 2004-97, we will treat Contract distributions and withdrawals occurring on or after January 1, 2005 as U.S.-source income that is subject to U.S. income tax withholding and reporting. Under “TAX PROVISIONS,” see “Pre-Distribution Taxation of Contracts,” “Distributions and Withdrawals from Non-Qualified Contracts,” “Withholding” and “Non-Qualified Contracts.” You should consult a qualified tax professional for advice regarding the effect of Revenue Ruling 2004-75 on your U.S. and Puerto Rico income tax situation.

For information regarding the income tax consequences of owning a Contract, you should consult a qualified tax professional.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACT

We perform certain administrative functions relating to the Contract, Participant Accounts, and the Variable Account. These functions include, but are not limited to, maintaining the books and records of the Variable Account and the Sub-Accounts; maintaining records of the name, address, taxpayer identification number, Contract number, Participant Account number and type, the status of each Participant Account and other pertinent information necessary to the administration and operation of the Contract; processing Applications, Purchase Payments, transfers and full and partial withdrawals; issuing Contracts and Certificates; administering annuity payments; furnishing accounting and valuation services; reconciling and depositing cash receipts; providing confirmations; providing toll-free customer service lines; and furnishing telephonic transfer services.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT

Contracts are sold by licensed insurance agents (“the Selling Agents”) in those states where the Contract may be lawfully sold. Such Selling Agents will be registered representatives of affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealer firms (“the Selling Broker-Dealers”) registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and who have entered into selling agreements with the Company and the general distributor, Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Clarendon”), One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481. Clarendon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a broker-dealer and is a member of FINRA.

The Company (or its affiliates, for purposes of this section only, collectively, “the Company”), pays the Selling Broker-Dealers compensation for the promotion and sale of the Contract. The Selling Agents who solicit sales of the Contract typically receive a portion of the compensation paid by the Company to the Selling Broker-Dealers in the form of commissions or other compensation, depending on the agreement between the Selling Broker-Dealer and their Selling Agent. This compensation is not paid directly by the Participant or the separate account. The Company intends to recoup this compensation through fees and charges imposed under the Contract, and from profits on payments received by the Company for providing administrative, marketing, and other support and services to the Funds.

The amount and timing of commissions the Company may pay to Selling Broker-Dealers may vary depending on the selling agreement but is not expected to be more than 7.00% of Purchase Payments, and 1.25% annually of the Participant’s Account Value. The Company may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or other compensation to the extent permitted by FINRA rules and other applicable laws and regulations, and this compensation may be significant in amount.

The Company also pays compensation to wholesaling broker-dealers or other firms or intermediaries, including payments to affiliates of the Company, in return for wholesaling services such as providing marketing and sales support, product training and administrative services to the Selling Agents of the Selling Broker-Dealers. This compensation may be significant in amount and may be based on a percentage of Purchase Payments and/or a percentage of Contract Value and/or may be a fixed dollar amount.

In addition to the compensation described above, the Company may make additional cash payments, in certain circumstances referred to as “override” compensations, or reimbursements to Selling Broker-Dealers in recognition of their marketing and distribution, transaction processing and/or administrative services support. These payments are not offered to all Selling Broker-Dealers, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among Selling Broker-Dealers depending on, among other things, the level and type of marketing and distribution support provided. Marketing and distribution support services may include, among other services, placement of the Company’s products on the Selling Broker-Dealers’ preferred or recommended list, access to the Selling Broker-Dealers’ registered representatives for purposes of promoting sales of the Company’s products, assistance in training and education of the Selling Agents, and opportunities for the Company to participate in sales conferences and educational seminars. The payments or reimbursements may be calculated as a percentage of the particular Selling Broker-Dealer’s actual or expected aggregate sales of our variable contracts (including the Contract) or assets held within those contracts and/or may be a fixed dollar amount. Broker-dealers receiving these additional payments may pass on some or all of the payments to the Selling Agent. The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of additional compensation as described above may provide Selling Broker-Dealers with an incentive to favor sales of the Contracts over other variable annuity contracts (or other investments) with respect to which the Selling Broker-Dealer does not receive additional compensation, or lower levels of additional compensation. You should take such payment arrangements into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the Contracts.

In addition to selling our variable contracts (including the Contract), some Selling Broker-Dealers or their affiliates may have other business relationships with the Company. Those other business relationships may include, for example, reinsurance agreements pursuant to which an affiliate of the Selling Broker-Dealer provides reinsurance to the Company relative to some or all of the Contracts or other variable policies issued by the Company or its affiliates. The potential profits for a Selling Broker-Dealer or its affiliates (including its registered representatives) associated with such reinsurance arrangements could be significant in amount and could indirectly provide incentives to the Selling Broker-Dealer and its Selling Agents to recommend products for which they provide reinsurance over similar products which do not result in potential reinsurance profits to the Selling Broker-Dealer or its affiliate. The operation of an individual contract is not impacted by whether the policy is subject to a reinsurance arrangement between the Company and an affiliate of the Selling Broker-Dealer.

As discussed in the preceding paragraphs, the Selling Broker-Dealer may receive numerous forms of payments that, directly or indirectly, provide incentives to, and otherwise facilitate and encourage the offer and sale of the Contracts by Selling Broker-Dealers and their registered representatives. Such payments may be greater or less in connection with the Contracts than in connection with other products offered and sold by the Company or by others. Accordingly, the payments described above may create a potential conflict of interest, as they may influence your Selling Broker-Dealer or registered representative to present a Contract to you instead of (or more favorably than) another product or products that might be preferable to you.

You should ask your Selling Agent for further information about what commissions or other compensation he or she, or the Selling Broker-Dealer for which he or she works, may receive in connection with your purchase of a Contract.

Commissions may be waived or reduced in connection with certain transactions described in this Prospectus under the heading “Waivers; Reduced Charges; Credits; Special Guaranteed Interest Rates.” During 2008, 2009, and 2010, approximately $3,516,538, $5,058,994, and $3,143,205, respectively, in commissions were paid to but not retained by Clarendon in connection with the distribution of the Contracts described in this Prospectus.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

The Company and the Variable Account have filed with the SEC registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the Contracts. For further information regarding the Variable Account, the Company and the Contracts, please refer to the registration statements and their exhibits. In addition, the Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We file reports and other information with the SEC to meet these requirements.

You can inspect and copy this information and our registration statements at the SEC’s public reference facilities at the following location: 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-0102, telephone (202) 551-8090. The SEC’s public reference room will also provide copies by mail for a fee. You may also find these materials on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is incorporated herein by reference. All documents or reports we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into the prospectus.

The Company will furnish, without charge, to each person to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy of the documents referred to above which have been incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in this Prospectus). Requests for such documents should be directed to the Secretary, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481, telephone (800) 225-3950.

STATE REGULATION

The Company is subject to the laws of the State of Delaware governing life insurance companies and to regulation by the Commissioner of Insurance of Delaware. An annual statement is filed with the Commissioner of Insurance on or before March lst in each year relating to the operations of the Company for the preceding year and its financial condition on December 31st of such year. Its books and records are subject to review or examination by the Commissioner or his agents at any time and a full examination of its operations is conducted at periodic intervals.

The Company is also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of the other states and jurisdictions in which it is licensed to operate. The laws of the various jurisdictions establish supervisory agencies with broad administrative powers with respect to licensing to transact business, overseeing trade practices, licensing agents, approving policy forms, establishing reserve requirements, fixing maximum interest rates on life insurance policy loans and minimum rates for accumulation of surrender values, prescribing the form and content of required financial statements and regulating the type and amounts of investments permitted. Each insurance company is required to file detailed annual reports with supervisory agencies in each of the jurisdictions in which it does business and its operations and accounts are subject to examination by such agencies at regular intervals.

In addition, many states regulate affiliated groups of insurers, such as the Company, Sun Life (Canada) and its affiliates, under insurance holding company legislation. Under such laws, inter-company transfers of assets and dividend payments from insurance subsidiaries may be subject to prior notice or approval, depending on the size of such transfers and payments in relation to the financial positions of the companies involved. Such insurance holding company legislation protects the Company’s ability to pay all guaranteed contract benefits, including any optional living benefits and death benefits. Under insurance guaranty fund laws in most states, insurers doing business therein can be assessed (up to prescribed limits) for policyholder losses incurred by insolvent companies. The amount of any future assessments of the Company under these laws cannot be reasonably estimated. However, most of these laws do provide that an assessment may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an insurer’s own financial strength and many permit the deduction of all or a portion of any such assessment from any future premium or similar taxes payable. A state’s assessment on insurers in connection with the state guaranty fund would not affect Sun Life’s obligation to pay guaranteed contract benefits, including any optional living benefits and death benefits. If an assessment were so large as to affect Sun Life’s own ability to meet its obligations, then the provisions to excuse, defer, or offset such assessment would allow Sun Life to pay guaranteed contract benefits.

Although the federal government generally does not directly regulate the business of insurance, federal initiatives often have an impact on the business in a variety of ways. Current and proposed federal measures which may significantly affect the insurance business include employee benefit regulation, removal of barriers preventing banks from engaging in the insurance business, tax law changes affecting the taxation of insurance companies, the tax treatment of insurance products and its impact on the relative desirability of various personal investment vehicles.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Sun Life (U.S.), like other insurance companies, is involved in lawsuits, including class action lawsuits. Although the outcome of any litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, Sun Life (U.S.) believes that, at the present time, there are no pending or threatened lawsuits that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on the Variable Account, on the ability of Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. to perform under its principal underwriting agreement, or on our ability to meet our obligations under the Contract.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the Company which are included in the SAI should be considered only as bearing on the ability of the Company to meet its obligations with respect to amounts allocated to the Fixed Account and with respect to the death benefit and the Company’s assumption of the mortality and expense risks. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the Fund shares held in the Sub-Accounts of the Variable Account.

The financial statements of the Variable Account for the year ended December 31, 2010 are also included in the SAI.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Advertising and Sales Literature
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Tax-Deferred Accumulation
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Calculations
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Example of Variable Accumulation Unit Value Calculation
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Example of Variable Annuity Unit Calculation
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Example of Variable Annuity Payment Calculation
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Distribution of the Contracts
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Custodian
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Financial Statements
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APPENDIX A -
GLOSSARY

The following terms as used in this Prospectus have the indicated meanings:

ACCOUNT or PARTICIPANT ACCOUNT: An account established for each Participant to which Net Purchase Payments are credited.

ACCOUNT QUARTER: A three-month period, with the first Account Quarter beginning on your Issue Date.

ACCOUNT VALUE: The Variable Account Value, if any, plus the Fixed Account Value, if any, of your Account for any Valuation Period.

ACCOUNT YEAR and ACCOUNT ANNIVERSARY: Your first Account Year is the period 365 days (366, if a leap year) from the date on which we issued your Contract. Your Account Anniversary is the last day of an Account Year. Each Account Year after the first is the 365-day period that begins on your Account Anniversary. For example, if the Issue Date is on March 12, the first Account Year is determined from the Issue Date and ends on March 12 of the following year. Your Account Anniversary is March 12 and all Account Years after the first are measured from March 12. (If the Anniversary Date falls on a non-Business Day, the previous Business Day will be used.)

ACCUMULATION PHASE: The period before the Annuity Commencement Date and during the lifetime of the Annuitant (and while the Covered Person and all Owners are still alive) during which you make Purchase Payments under the Contract. This is called the “Accumulation Period” in the Contract.

ADJUSTED PURCHASE PAYMENTS: Purchase Payments adjusted for partial withdrawals as described in “Calculating the Death Benefit.”

*ANNUITANT: The person or persons to whom the first annuity payment is made. If either Annuitant dies prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, the surviving Annuitant will become the sole Annuitant. The Annuitant becomes the Payee on the Annuity Commencement Date.

ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: The date on which the first annuity payment under each Contract is to be made.

ANNUITY OPTION: The method you choose for making annuity payments.

ANNUITY UNIT: A unit of measure used in the calculation of the amount of the second and each subsequent Variable Annuity payment from the Variable Account.

APPLICATION: The document signed by you or other evidence acceptable to us that serves as your application for participation under a Group Contract or purchase of an Individual Contract.

*BENEFICIARY: The person or entity having the right to receive the death benefit and, for a Certificate issued under a Non-Qualified Contract, who is the “designated beneficiary” for purposes of Section 72(s) of the Code in the event of the Participant’s death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is more than one Participant of a Non-Qualified Contract, the surviving Participant will be deemed the beneficiary under the preceding sentence and any other designated beneficiary will be treated as a contingent beneficiary. The Beneficiary becomes the Payee on the death of the Covered Person prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, or on the death of the Annuitant on or after the Annuity Commencement Date.

BUSINESS DAY: Any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Also, any day on which we make a determination of the value of a Variable Accumulation Unit.

CERTIFICATE: The document for each Participant which evidences the coverage of the Participant under a Group Contract.

COMPANY (“WE,” “US,” “SUN LIFE (U.S.)”): Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.).

CONTRACT: Any Individual Contract, Group Contract, or Certificate issued under a Group Contract.

COVERED PERSON: The person(s) identified as such in the Contract whose death will trigger the death benefit provisions of the Contract and whose medically necessary stay in a hospital or nursing facility may allow the Participant to be eligible for a waiver of the withdrawal charge. The Participant/Owner is the Covered Person unless there is a non-natural Owner, such as a trust, in which case the Annuitant is the Covered Person.

DEATH BENEFIT DATE: If you have elected a death benefit payment option before the Covered Person’s death that remains in effect, the date on which we receive Due Proof of Death. If your Beneficiary elects the death benefit payment option, the later of (a) the date on which we receive the Beneficiary’s election and (b) the date on which we receive Due Proof of Death. If we do not receive the Beneficiary’s election within 60 days after we receive Due Proof of Death, the Beneficiary shall be deemed to have elected to defer receipt of payment under any death benefit option until such time as a written election is received by the Company or a distribution is required by law.

DESIGNATED FUNDS: The limited investment options you can choose if you are participating in a living benefit.

DUE PROOF OF DEATH: Receipt by the Company of (1) an original certified copy of an official death certificate or an original certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, and (2) any other information or documentation required by the Company that is necessary to make payment (e.g., taxpayer identification numbers, beneficiary names and addresses, state inheritance tax waivers, etc.).

FIFTH-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: The fifth Account Anniversary and each succeeding Account Anniversary occurring at any five year interval thereafter; for example, the 10th, 15th, and 20th Account Anniversaries.

FIXED ACCOUNT: The general account of the Company, consisting of all assets of the Company other than those allocated to a separate account of the Company.

FIXED ACCOUNT VALUE: The value of that portion of your Account allocated to the Fixed Account.

FIXED ANNUITY: An annuity with payments which do not vary as to dollar amount.

FUND: A registered management investment company, or series thereof, in which assets of a Sub-Account may be invested.

GROUP CONTRACT: A Contract issued by the Company on a group basis.

GUARANTEE AMOUNT: Each separate allocation of Account Value to a particular Guarantee Period (including interest earned thereon).

GUARANTEE PERIOD: The period for which a Guaranteed Interest Rate is credited.

GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE: The rate of interest we credit on a compound annual basis during any Guarantee Period.

INCOME PHASE: The period on and after the Annuity Commencement Date and during the lifetime of the Annuitant during which we make annuity payments under the Contract.

INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT: A Contract issued by the Company on an individual basis.

ISSUE DATE: The date the Contract becomes effective which is the date we apply your initial Net Purchase Payment to your Account and issue your Contract. This is called the “Date of Coverage” in the Contract.

MAXIMUM ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: The first day of the month following the youngest Annuitant’s 95th birthday.

NET INVESTMENT FACTOR: An index applied to measure the investment performance of a Sub-Account from one Valuation Period to the next. The Net Investment Factor may be greater than, less than, or equal to one.

NET PURCHASE PAYMENT: The portion of a Purchase Payment which remains after the deduction of any applicable premium tax or similar tax.

NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACT: A Contract used in connection with a retirement plan that does not receive favorable federal income tax treatment under Sections 401, 403, 408, or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Participant’s interest in the Contract must be owned by a natural person or agent for a natural person for the Contract to receive income tax treatment as an annuity.

OPEN DATE: The Business Day your Application is received by the Company at its mailing address. The agesof all Owners and Annuitants on the Open Date determines your eligibility for purchasing a Contract and for electing the optional death benefit and the optional living benefit.

*OWNER: The person, persons or entity entitled to the ownership rights stated in a Group Contract and in whose name or names the Group Contract is issued. The Owner may designate a trustee or custodian of a retirement plan which meets the requirements of Section 401, Section 408(c), Section 408(k), Section 408(p) or Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code to serve as legal owner of assets of a retirement plan, but the term “Owner,” as used herein, shall refer to the organization entering into the Group Contract.

*PARTICIPANT: In the case of an Individual Contract, the owner of the Contract. In the case of a Group Contract, the person named in the Contract who is entitled to exercise all rights and privileges of ownership under the Contract, except as reserved by the Owner. If there are two Participants, the death benefit is paid upon the death of either Participant.

PAYEE: A recipient of payments under a Contract. The term includes (1) an Annuitant or (2) a Beneficiary who becomes entitled to benefits upon the death of the Participant, or upon the death of the Annuitant on or after the Annuity Commencement Date.

PURCHASE PAYMENT (PAYMENT): An amount paid to the Company as consideration for the benefits provided by a Contract.

PURCHASE PAYMENT INTEREST: The amount of extra interest the Company credits to a Contract for each Purchase Payment made. The rate of interest varies between 2% and 6% of the Purchase Payment or Account Value based upon the interest rate option chosen at the time of application, as described under “Purchase Payment Interest” in this Prospectus.

QUALIFIED CONTRACT: A Contract used in connection with a retirement plan which may receive favorable federal income tax treatment under Sections 401, 403, 408 or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

RENEWAL DATE: The last day of a Guarantee Period.

SUB-ACCOUNT: That portion of the Variable Account which invests in shares of a specific Fund.

SURRENDER VALUE: The amount payable on full withdrawal (or surrender) of your Contract.

VALUATION PERIOD: The period of time from one determination of Variable Accumulation Unit or Annuity Unit values to the next subsequent determination of these values. Value determinations are made as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on each day that the Exchange is open for trading.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT: Variable Account F of the Company, which is a separate account of the Company consisting of assets set aside by the Company, the investment performance of which is kept separate from that of the general assets of the Company.

VARIABLE ACCUMULATION UNIT: A unit of measure used in the calculation of Variable Account Value.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT VALUE: The value of that portion of your Account allocated to the Variable Account.

VARIABLE ANNUITY: An annuity with payments which vary as to dollar amount in relation to the investment performance of the Variable Account.

YOU and YOUR: The terms “you” and “your” refer to “Owner,” “Participant,” and/or “Covered Person” as those terms are identified in the Contract.

*You specify these items on the Application, and may change them, as we describe in this Prospectus.


 
 

 

APPENDIX B -
WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGES, & MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Part 1: Variable Account (the Market Value Adjustment does not apply to the Variable Account)

Withdrawal Charge Calculation:

Full Withdrawal:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made on the Issue Date, no additional Purchase Payments are made and there are no partial withdrawals. The table below presents three examples of the withdrawal charge resulting from a full withdrawal of your Account, based on hypothetical Account Values.

 
Hypothetical
 
Cumulative
Free
Purchase Payment
Withdrawal
Withdrawal
Account
Account
Annual
Annual
Withdrawal
Amount Subject to
Charge
Charge
Year
Value
Earnings
Earnings
Amount
Withdrawal Charge
Percentage
Amount
               
(a)
1
$41,000
$1,000
$ 1,000
$ 4,000
$37,000
8.00%
$2,960
 
2
$45,100
$4,100
$ 5,100
$ 4,000
$40,000
8.00%
$3,200
 
3
$49,600
$4,500
$ 9,600
$ 4,100
$40,000
7.00%
$2,800
(b)
4
$52,100
$2,500
$12,100
$ 4,500
$40,000
6.00%
$2,400
 
5
$57,300
$5,200
$17,300
$ 4,000
$40,000
5.00%
$2,000
 
6
$63,000
$5,700
$23,000
$ 5,200
$40,000
4.00%
$1,600
 
7
$66,200
$3,200
$26,200
$ 5,700
$40,000
3.00%
$1,200
(c)
8
$72,800
$6,600
$32,800
$40,000
$         0
0.00%
$       0

(a)
The free withdrawal amount in any year is equal to the amount of any Purchase Payments made prior to the last seven Account Years (“Old Payments”) that were not previously withdrawn plus the greater of (1) the Contract’s earnings during the prior Account Year, and (2) 10% of any Purchase Payments made in the last seven Account Years (“New Payments”). In Account Year 1, the free withdrawal amount is $4,000, which equals 10% of the Purchase Payment of $40,000. On a full withdrawal of $41,000, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $37,000, which equals the Account Value of $41,000 minus the free withdrawal amount of $4,000.
   
(b)
In Account Year 4, the free withdrawal amount is $4,500, which equals prior Account Year’s earnings. On a full withdrawal of $52,100, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $40,000. The first $4,500 withdrawn is the free amount, then Purchase Payments are withdrawn and subject to a withdrawal charge. The remaining $7,600 of this withdrawal is considered earnings and is not subject to a withdrawal charge.
   
(c)
In Account Year 8, the free withdrawal amount is $40,000, which equals 100% of the Purchase Payment of $40,000. On a full withdrawal of $72,800, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $0, since the Purchase Payment amount subject to withdrawal charge equals $0.

Partial Withdrawal

Assume a single Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made on the Issue Date, no additional Purchase Payments are made, no partial withdrawals have been taken prior to the fourth Account Year, and there are a series of four partial withdrawals made during the fourth Account Year of $4,100, $9,000, $12,000, and $20,000.

           
Amount of
   
 
Hypothetical
     
Remaining Free
Withdrawal
   
 
Account
     
Withdrawal
Subject to
Withdrawal
Withdrawal
Account
Value Before
 
Cumulative
Amount of
Amount Payment
Withdrawal
Charge
Charge
Year
Withdrawal
Earnings
Earnings
Withdrawal
Before Withdrawal
Charge
Percentage
Amount
1
$41,000
$1,000
$ 1,000
$         0
$4,000
$         0
8.00%
$    0
2
$45,100
$4,100
$ 5,100
$         0
$4,000
$         0
8.00%
$    0
3
$49,600
$4,500
$ 9,600
$         0
$4,100
$         0
7.00%
$    0
(a)    4
$50,100
$  500
$10,100
$   4,100
$4,500
$         0
6.00%
$    0
(b)    4
$46,800
$  800
$10,900
$   9,000
$   400
$  8,600
6.00%
$516
(c)    4
$38,400
$  600
$11,500
$ 12,000
$       0
$12,000
6.00%
$720
(d)    4
$26,800
$  400
$11,900
$ 20,000
$       0
$19,400
6.00%
$1,164

(a)
In Account Year 4, the free withdrawal amount is $4,500, which equals the prior Account Year’s earnings. The partial withdrawal amount of $4,100 is less than the free withdrawal amount, so there is no withdrawal charge.
   
(b)
Since a partial withdrawal of $4,100 was taken, the remaining free withdrawal amount in Account Year 4 is $4,500 - $4,100 = $400. Therefore, $400 of the $9,000 withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge, and $8,600 is subject to a withdrawal charge.
   
(c)
Since the total of the two prior Account Year 4 partial withdrawals ($13,100) is greater than the free withdrawal amount of $4,500, there is no remaining free withdrawal amount. The entire withdrawal amount of $12,000 is subject to a withdrawal charge.
   
(d)
Since the total of the three prior Account Year 4 partial withdrawals ($25,100) is greater than the free withdrawal amount of $4,500, there is no remaining free withdrawal amount. Since the total amount of Purchase Payments was $40,000 and $20,600 of the Purchase Payments has already been surrendered, only $19,400 of this $20,000 withdrawal comes from withdrawing Purchase Payments. The remaining $600 of this withdrawal is considered earnings and is not subject to a withdrawal charge.

Note that since all of the Purchase Payments were liquidated by the final withdrawal of $20,000, the total withdrawal charge for the four Account Year 4 withdrawals is $2,400, which is the same amount that was assessed for a full liquidation in Account Year 4 in the example on the previous page. Any additional Account Year 4 withdrawals in the example shown on this page would come from the liquidating of earnings and would not be subject to a withdrawal charge.

Part 2 -- Fixed Account -- Examples of the Market Value Adjustment (“MVA”)

The MVA Factor is:

(
1 + I
)
N/12
-  1
1 + J + b
 

These examples assume the following:

1)
The Guarantee Amount was allocated to a 5-year Guarantee Period with a Guaranteed Interest Rate of 6% or .06.
2)
The date of surrender is 2 years from the Expiration Date (N = 24).
3)
The value of the Guarantee Amount on the date of surrender is $11,910.16.
4)
The interest earned in the current Account Year is $674.16.
5)
No transfers or partial withdrawals affecting this Guarantee Amount have been made.
6)
Withdrawal charges, if any, are calculated in the same manner as shown in the examples in Part 1.

Example of a Negative MVA:

Assume that on the date of surrender, the current rate (J) is 8% or .08 and the b factor is zero.

The MVA factor =
(
1 + I
)
N/12
-  1
1 + J + b
           
 =
(
1 + .06
)
24/12
-  1
1 + .08
           
=
(
.981
)
2
-  1
           
=
 
.963 - 1
     
           
=
 
-.037
     

The value of the Guarantee Amount less interest credited to the Guarantee Amount in the current Account Year is multiplied by the MVA factor to determine the MVA:

($11,910.16 - $674.16) x (-.037) = -$415.73

-$415.73 represents the MVA that will be deducted from the value of the Guarantee Amount before the deduction of any withdrawal charge. For a partial withdrawal of $2,000 from this Guarantee Amount, the MVA would be ($2,000.00 - $674.16) x (-.037) = -$49.06. -$49.06 represents the MVA that will be deducted from the partial withdrawal amount before the deduction of any withdrawal charge.

Example of a Positive MVA:

Assume that on the date of surrender, the current rate (J) is 5% or .05 and the b factor is zero.

The MVA factor =
(
1 + I
)
N/12
-  1
1 + J + b
           
 =
(
1 + .06
)
24/12
-  1
1 + .05
           
=
(
1.010
)
2
-  1
           
=
 
1.019 - 1
     
           
=
 
.019
     

The value of the Guarantee Amount less interested credit to the Guarantee Amount in the current Account Year is multiplied by the MVA factor to determine the MVA:

($11,910.16 - $674.16) x .019 = $213.48

$213.48 represents the MVA that would be added to the value of the Guarantee Amount before the deduction of any withdrawal charge. For a partial withdrawal of $2,000 from this Guarantee Amount, the MVA would be ($2,000.00 - $674.16) x .019 = $25.19.$25.19 represents the MVA that would be added to the value of the partial withdrawal amount before the deduction of any withdrawal charge.

 
 

 

APPENDIX C -
PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFITS AND EXAMPLES

5% PREMIUM ROLL-UP (“5% ROLL-UP”) DEATH BENEFIT

Under the 5% Roll-Up, the death benefit will be the greater of:

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the amount payable under the basic death benefit, or
   
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the sum of your total Purchase Payments plus interest accruals, adjusted for partial withdrawals.

Under this death benefit, interest accrues at a rate of 5% per year on Purchase Payments and transfers to the Variable Account while they remain in the Variable Account. The 5% interest accruals will continue until the earlier of:

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the first day of the month following your 80th birthday, or
   
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the day the death benefit amount under this death benefit equals twice the sum of your Adjusted Purchase Payments.

Example 1:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested in the Sub-Accounts. No withdrawals are made. The Owner dies in the ninth Account Year. The Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $135,000, and the value of the Purchase Payments accumulated at 5% until the Death Benefit Date is $145,000. The calculation of the death benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$135,000
Cash Surrender Value
=
$135,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
5% Premium Roll-Up Value *
=
$145,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$145,000

* The 5% Premium Roll-Up Value is capped at 2 times the Adjusted Purchase Payments. Therefore, the cap = 2 x $100,000 = $200,000.

Example 2:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested in the Sub-Accounts and that the Account Value is $150,000 just prior to a $30,000 withdrawal. The Owner dies in the ninth Account Year. The Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $90,000. The calculation of the death benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$  90,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$  89,950
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments**
=
$  80,000
5% Premium Roll-Up Value***
=
$116,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$116,000

*Cash Surrender Value is the amount we would pay you if you surrendered your entire Account Value. For a description of how Cash Surrender Value is calculated, see “Full Withdrawals” under the subheading “Cash Withdrawals.”

**Adjusted Purchase Payments can be calculated as follows: Purchase Payments x (Account Value after withdrawal ÷ Account Value before withdrawal) = $100,000 x ($120,000 ÷ $150,000) = $80,000.

***The 5% Premium Roll-Up Value is capped at 2 times the Adjusted Purchase Payments. Therefore, the cap = 2 x $80,000 = $160,000.

EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT BENEFIT PREMIER (“EEB PREMIER”) DEATH BENEFIT

If you elected EEB Premier, your death benefit will be the amount payable under the basic death benefit, PLUS the “EEB Premier amount.” Calculated as of the Death Benefit Date, the “EEB Premier amount” is determined as follows:

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If you are 69 or younger on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 45% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 100% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made within the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year.
   
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If you are between the ages of 70 and 79 on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 25% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 40% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year. In addition, on the Account Anniversary following your 85th birthday, the “EEB Premier amount” will be locked in. Partial withdrawals, whether before or after your 85th birthday, will proportionally reduce the “EEB Premier amount.”

Example 1:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested into the Sub-Accounts, no withdrawals are made and the Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $135,000. In addition, this Contract was issued prior to the owner’s 70th birthday. Assume death occurs in Account Year 9. The calculation of the Death Benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$135,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$135,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$135,000

-- PLUS --

The EEB amount, calculated as follows:
   
Account Value minus Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$  35,000
45% of the above amount
=
$  15,750
Cap of 100% of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
The lesser of the above two amounts = the EEB Premier amount
=
$  15,750

The total Death Benefit would be the amount paid on the basic death benefit plus the EEB Premier amount = $135,000 + $15,750 = $150,750.

Example 2:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested into the Sub-Accounts and that the Account Value is $135,000 just prior to a $20,000 withdrawal. The Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $115,000. In addition, this Contract was issued prior to the owner’s 70th birthday and death occurs in year 9.

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$115,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$115,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments**
=
$  85,185
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$115,000

-- PLUS --

The EEB amount, calculated as follows:
   
Account Value minus Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$29,815
45% of the above amount
=
$13,417
Cap of 100% of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$85,185
The lesser of the above two amounts = the EEB Premier amount
=
$13,417

The total Death Benefit would be the amount paid on the basic death benefit plus the EEB Premier amount = $115,000 + $13,417 = $128,417.

*Cash Surrender Value is the amount we would pay you if you surrendered your entire Account Value. For a description of how Cash Surrender Value is calculated, see “Full Withdrawals” under the subheading “Cash Withdrawals.”

**Adjusted Purchase Payments can be calculated as follows: Payments x (Account Value after withdrawal ÷ Account Value before withdrawal) = $100,000 x ($115,000 ÷ $135,000) = $85,185.

EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT BENEFIT PREMIER PLUS (“EEB PREMIER PLUS”) DEATH BENEFIT

If you elected EEB Premier Plus, your death benefit will be the amount payable under the basic death benefit, PLUS the “EEB Premier Plus amount.” Calculated as of the Death Benefit Date, the “EEB Premier Plus amount” is determined as follows:

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If you are 69 or younger on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier Plus amount” will be 75% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 150% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made within the 12 months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year.
   
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If you are between the ages of 70 and 79 on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier Plus amount” will be 35% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 60% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year. In addition, on the Account Anniversary following your 85th birthday, the “EEB Premier Plus amount” will be locked in. Partial withdrawals, whether before or after your 85th birthday, will proportionally reduce the “EEB Premier Plus amount.”

Example:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested into the Sub-Accounts, no withdrawals are made and the Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $135,000. In addition, this Contract was issued prior to the owner’s 70th birthday. Assume death occurs in Account Year 9. The calculation of the Death Benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$135,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$135,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$135,000

--PLUS --

The EEB Premier Plus amount, calculated as follows:
   
Account Value minus Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$  35,000
75% of the above amount
=
$  26,250
Cap of 150% of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$150,000
The lesser of the above two amounts = the EEB Premier Plus amount
=
$  26,250

The total Death Benefit would be the amount paid on the basic death benefit plus the EEB Premier Plus amount = $135,000 + $26,250 = $161,250.

*Cash Surrender Value is the amount we would pay you if you surrendered your entire Account Value. For a description of how Cash Surrender Value is calculated, see “Full Withdrawals” under the subheading “Cash Withdrawals.”

EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT BENEFIT PREMIER WITH MAV (“EEB PREMIER WITH MAV”) DEATH BENEFIT

If you elected EEB Premier with MAV, your death benefit will be the amount payable under the MAV death benefit PLUS the “EEB Premier amount.” Calculated as of your Death Benefit Date, the “EEB Premier amount” is as follows:

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If you are 69 or younger on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 45% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 100% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year.
   
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If you are between the ages of 70 and 79 on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 25% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 40% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year. In addition, on the Account Anniversary following your 85th birthday, the “EEB Premier amount” will be locked in. Partial withdrawals, whether before or after your 85th birthday, will proportionally reduce the “EEB Premier amount.”

Example:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested into the Sub-Accounts, no withdrawals are made and the Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $135,000. The Maximum Anniversary Value on the Death Benefit Date is $145,000. Assume death occurs in Account Year 9. In addition, this Contract was issued prior to the owner’s 70th birthday. The calculation of the Death Benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$135,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$135,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
Maximum Anniversary Value
=
$145,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$145,000

--PLUS--

The EEB Premier with MAV amount, calculated as follows:
   
Account Value before EEB minus Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$  35,000
45% of the above amount
=
$  15,750
Cap of 100% of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
The lesser of the above two amounts = the EEB Premier with MAV amount
=
$  15,750

The total Death Benefit would be the amount paid on the MAV death benefit plus the EEB Premier with MAV amount = $145,000 + $15,750 = $160,750.

*Cash Surrender Value is the amount we would pay you if you surrendered your entire Account Value. For a description of how Cash Surrender Value is calculated, see “Full Withdrawals” under the subheading “Cash Withdrawals.”

EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT BENEFIT PREMIER WITH 5% ROLL-UP (“EEB PREMIER WITH 5% ROLL-UP”) DEATH BENEFIT

If you elected EEB Premier with 5% Roll-Up, your death benefit will be the amount payable under the 5% Roll-Up death benefit PLUS the “EEB Premier amount.” Calculated as of your Death Benefit Date, the “EEB Premier amount” is determined as follows:

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If you are 69 or younger on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 45% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 100% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year.
   
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If you are between the ages of 70 and 79 on your Open Date, the “EEB Premier amount” will be 25% of the difference between your Account Value and your Adjusted Purchase Payments, up to a cap. The cap is 40% of (a) the Adjusted Purchase Payments made prior to your death minus (b) any Purchase Payments made in the twelve months prior to your death but not within your first Account Year. In addition, on the Account Anniversary following your 85th birthday, the “EEB Premier amount” will be locked in. Partial withdrawals, whether before or after your 85th birthday, will proportionally reduce the “EEB Premier amount.”

Example:

Assume a Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made on the Issue Date, and an additional Purchase Payment of $40,000 is made one year later. Assume that all of the money is invested into the Sub-Accounts, no withdrawals are made and the Account Value on the Death Benefit Date is $135,000. The value of the Purchase Payments accumulated at 5% until the Death Benefit Date is $145,000. In addition, this Contract was issued prior to the owner’s 70th birthday. Assume death occurs in Account Year 9. The calculation of the Death Benefit to be paid is as follows:

The Death Benefit Amount will be the greatest of:
   
Account Value
=
$135,000
Cash Surrender Value*
=
$135,000
Total of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
5% Premium Roll-up Value
=
$145,000
The Death Benefit Amount would therefore
=
$145,000

--PLUS--

The EEB Premier amount, calculated as follows:
   
Account Value before EEB minus
   
Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$  35,000
45% of the above amount
=
$  15,750
Cap of 100% of Adjusted Purchase Payments
=
$100,000
The lesser of the above two amounts = the EEB Premier amount
=
$  15,750

The total Death Benefit would be the amount paid on the 5% Roll-Up death benefit plus the EEB Premier amount = $145,000 + $15,750 = $160,750.

*Cash Surrender Value is the amount we would pay you if you surrendered your entire Account Value. For a description of how Cash Surrender Value is calculated, see “Full Withdrawals” under the subheading “Cash Withdrawals.”

 
 

 

APPENDIX D -
CALCULATION FOR PURCHASE PAYMENT INTEREST

Example 1:

If you select Option A, the 2% Bonus Option, we will credit Purchase Payment Interest on all Purchase Payments made during the first Account Year. On each fifth Account Anniversary, we will credit additional Purchase Payment Interest of 2% based on your Account Value, illustrated below:

Initial Purchase Payment of $50,000.00 receives 2% Purchase Payment Interest of $1,000.00.

Subsequent Purchase Payment in the first Account Year of $20,000.00 receives 2% Purchase Payment Interest of $400.00.

Suppose the Account had not gained any earnings or interest during the first 5 Account Years and the Account Value is $71,400.00 (sum of all Purchase Payments and Purchase Payment Interest). On the Fifth Account Anniversary, we will credit your Account with an additional 2% ($1,428.00).

Using the same Purchase Payments as above, suppose your Account Value on the tenth Account Anniversary is $74,970.00. We will credit your Account with an additional 2% of Purchase Payment Interest (equal to $1,499.40).

This 2% Purchase Payment Interest will occur on every fifth Account Anniversary (i.e., 5th, 10th, 15th, etc.).

Example 2: Option B with no Withdrawals

If you select Option B, the 5% Interest Option, we will credit Purchase Payment Interest, on all Purchase Payments, at a rate of 5% of your Purchase Payment amount as illustrated below:

Initial Purchase Payment of $50,000.00 receives 5% Purchase Payment Interest of $2,500.

Subsequent Purchase Payments in the first Account Year of $20,000 receives Purchase Payment Interest of $1,000.

Suppose an additional Purchase Payment of $60,000 is made in the third Account Year. This Purchase Payment will receive 5% Purchase Payment Interest of $3,000.

Note that if you purchased your Contract between August 24, 2008, and August 17, 2009, Option B credited interest at a rate of 6% of each Purchase Payment.

Note that if you purchased your Contract between July 24, 2006, and August 23, 2008, Option B credited interest at a rate of 5% of each Purchase Payment.

Prior to July 24, 2006, Option B credited interest at various rates, depending upon the size of your Net Purchase Payments, as shown in the following scale:

Net Purchase Payments less than $100,000.00 received
3%
Net Purchase Payments between $100,000.00 through $499,999.99 received
4%
Net Purchase Payments greater than or equal to $500,000.00 received
5%

Prior to July 24, 2006, if you chose Option B, an additional credit may have been paid at the end of your first Account Anniversary. If your Net Purchase Payments at the end of your first Account Year are greater than or equal to $100,000, but less than $500,000, and some of your Net Purchase Payment(s) received a credit of 3% (rather than 4%), then an additional 1% will be paid on the amount of Net Purchase Payments that received the 3% credit. Similarly, if your Net Purchase Payments at the end of your first Account Year are greater than or equal to $500,000 and some of your Purchase Payment(s) received a credit of either 3% or 4% (rather than 5%), then an additional 2% or 1% will be paid on the amount of Net Purchase Payments that received a 3% credit or a 4% credit, respectively.

Option A will generally result in higher Purchase Payment Interest if you plan to hold your Contract for a longer period of time (e.g., 10 years or more). Option B will generally result in higher Purchase Payment Interest if you only plan to hold your Contract for a shorter period of time (e.g., during the period of time when withdrawal charges are being assessed on the Contract).


 
 

 

APPENDIX E -
PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS

The current available variable investment options are those listed on page 1 of the prospectus.

If you purchased your Contract before February 2, 2004, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment options that were available for investment prior to that date:

International/Global Equity Fund
Real Estate Equity Fund
MFS® Global Growth Portfolio, Service Class
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund, Initial Class
Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Multi- Sector Bond Fund
MFS® Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, Service Class
MFS® Strategic Income Portfolio, Service Class

Massachusetts Financial Services Company advises the MFS® Funds. Sun Capital Advisers, LLC advises Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund (sub-advised by Massachusetts Financial Services Company).

If you purchased your Contract before March 5, 2007, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment options that were available for investment prior to that date:

Large-Cap Equity Funds
Large-Cap Equity Funds (continued)
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund
MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Portfolio,
Class 11,2
Service Class
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund,
International/Global Equity Fund
Class 11,3
MFS® Global Research Portfolio, Service Class
MFS® Growth Portfolio, Service Class
Small-Cap Equity Funds
MFS® Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock
MFS® New Discovery Portfolio, Service Class
Portfolio, Service Class
Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA,
 
Service Shares4

1 Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative.
2 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series, Class A.
3 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series, Class A.
4 Formerly Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®/VA, Service Shares.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, advises the Columbia Variable Portfolios (sub-advised by Marsico Capital Management, LLC). Massachusetts Financial Services Company advises the MFS® Funds. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA.

If you purchased your Contract from a Bank of America representative before April 22, 2007, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment options that were available for investment prior to that date:
 
 
Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Small-Cap Equity Fund
Wanger Select5
Wanger USA5
Emerging Markets Equity Fund
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund,
 
Class 26
 

5 These funds do not have different share classes.
6 Name change effective May 2, 2011. Formerly Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Variable Series, Class B.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC advises Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund. Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LP advises Wanger USA and Wanger Select.

If you purchased your Contract before March 10, 2008, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment options that were available for investment prior to that date:

Large-Cap Equity Funds
Mid-Cap Equity Funds
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth and Income Fund, Initial Class
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class
Asset Allocation Fund
Short-Term Bond Funds
PIMCO All Asset Portfolio, Administrative Class
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund, Initial Class
International/Global Equity Fund
High Yield Bond Fund
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund, Class 2
MFS® High Yield Portfolio, Service Class
Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Money Market Fund
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund, Class 2
MFS® Money Market Portfolio, Service Class

Massachusetts Financial Services Company, our affiliate, advises the MFS® Funds. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC advises PIMCO All Asset Portfolio. Sun Capital Advisers, LLC advises the Sun Capital Funds: SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund and SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration (sub-advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.) and SCSM Lord Abbett Growth and Income Fund (sub-advised by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC). Templeton Asset Management Ltd. advises Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund. Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC advises Templeton Foreign Securities Fund.

If you purchased your Contract before October 20, 2008, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment options that were available for investment prior to that date:

Large-Cap Equity Fund
Target Date Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA, Service Shares
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom
International/Global Equity Fund
2010 Portfolio, Service Class 2*
AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio,
Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Class B**
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio, Administrative Class
 
Inflation-Protected Bond Fund
 
PIMCO Real Return Portfolio, Administrative Class

* This is a Fund of Funds option and expenses of the Fund include the Fund level expenses of the underlying Funds as well. The Fund may be more expensive than Funds that do not invest in other Funds.
** Not available for investment if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative between April 25, 2005 and April 20, 2007.

AllianceBernstein L.P. advises AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC advises the PIMCO Portfolios. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA. Strategic Advisers, Inc. advises Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2010 Portfolio.

If you purchased your Contract before February 17, 2009, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment option that was available for investment prior to that date:

Asset Allocation Fund
 
Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation
 
Fund, Class 2***
 

*** This is a Fund of Funds option and expenses of the Fund include the Fund level expenses of the underlying Funds as well. The Fund may be more expensive than Funds that do not invest in other Funds. Not available for investment if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative between April 25, 2005 and April 20, 2007.

Franklin Templeton Services, LLC administers  Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation Fund (with the following advising the underlying portfolios of the fund: Franklin Advisers, Inc. advising Franklin Income Securities Fund, Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC advising Mutual Shares Securities Fund and Templeton Global Advisers Limited advising Templeton Growth Securities Fund).

If you purchased your Contract before August 17, 2009, you may make subsequent Purchase Payments and transfers into the following investment option that was available for investment prior to that date:

Asset Allocation Fund
 
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA, Service Shares
 

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA.


 
 

 

APPENDIX F -
SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE

The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Secured Returns for Life (“Secured Returns for Life,” “Benefit,” or “the rider”) and did not replace it with Secured Returns for Life Plus, which was available for such replacements for a limited period of time beginning in April 2006. Secured Returns for Life is no longer available for sale on new Contracts. Since we are no longer offering Secured Returns for Life to new Owners, renewals are no longer available.

Secured Returns for Life guarantees a return of your initial Purchase Payment (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals) during the accumulation period, regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount guaranteed can be greater than or less than your Account Value. The guaranteed amount can be paid out under a Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan, which provides for a return of your guaranteed amount on the AB Plan Maturity Date, or a Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan, which provides for a return of your guaranteed amount through periodic withdrawals or, if you meet certain conditions, payments for life. Upon annuitization, Secured Returns for Life and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate. (You should note that the benefit does not, in all cases, guarantee payments “for Life.” Certain actions you take may reduce, and even terminate, your benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.)

We use the following definitions to describe how Secured Returns for Life works:

AB Plan Maturity Date:
The date when the AB Plan matures which is on the 10th Account Anniversary, or if you elect to “step-up” your guaranteed values under the rider, 10 years from the date of the most recent step-up.
   
Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount
(the “GLB amount”):
The minimum amount guaranteed under the Contract while you are participating in the AB Plan. The GLB amount is initially equal to your initial Purchase Payment, which is adjusted for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals. The GLB amount is also used to set the GLB Base, Lifetime Income Base, and RGLB amount on the date you elect the WB Plan.
   
Guaranteed Living Benefit Base
(the “GLB Base”):
A value equal to the RGLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan. The GLB Base is adjusted later for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals. The GLB Base is used to establish the Maximum WB Amount.
   
Lifetime Income Base:
A value equal to the RGLB amount on the later of the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan if you are age 60 or older and the first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday. The Lifetime Income Base is adjusted later for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals. The Lifetime Income Base is used to establish the Maximum WB for Life Amount.
   
Maximum WB Amount:
The maximum guaranteed amount available for annual withdrawal until your RGLB amount has been reduced to zero. The annual Maximum WB Amount is equal to 5% of the GLB Base.
   
Maximum WB For Life Amount:
The maximum guaranteed amount available for annual withdrawal during your lifetime. The Maximum WB for Life Amount is equal to 4% or 5% of the current Lifetime Income Base depending upon the age of the Participant on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan or most recent Step-Up Date. If your Contract is co-owned, the age of the oldest co-owner will be used to determine the Maximum WB for Life Amount. (You should be aware that the Maximum WB for Life Amount is not a guaranteed amount. Certain actions you take could reduce the value of your Maximum WB for Life Amount to zero.)
   
Remaining Guaranteed Living Benefit
(the “RGLB amount”):
If you elect the WB Plan, the minimum amount guaranteed under the Plan. The RGLB amount equals the GLB amount on the date you choose to participate in the WB Plan. This amount will be adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals.

To participate in Secured Returns for Life, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Funds at all times during the term of the GMAB Maturity Date. See “Designated Funds” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

When you elected to participate in Secured Returns for Life, you were automatically enrolled in the AB Plan. At any time, you may elect instead, to receive your benefit under the WB Plan, provided that you make the election prior to the earliest of the Contract’s Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, the date you annuitize, and the date your AB Plan matures. Once you elect to participate in the WB Plan, you may not change your election to the AB Plan. If you do not specifically elect the WB Plan, you will be deemed to have elected to remain in the AB Plan.

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan

Under its terms, the AB Plan matures on the AB Plan Maturity Date. On that date, we will credit your Account Value with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value after adjusting for any Contract charges or credits. Any such amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at that time.

Your GLB amount is equal to the sum of 100% of your initial Purchase Payment plus a specified percentage of any subsequent Purchase Payments, adjusted in amount for step-ups (described under “Step -Up”) and partial withdrawals. If you make one or more subsequent Purchase Payments during the 10-year period, the period will not restart. Rather, the percentage of guaranteed return for each subsequent Purchase Payment after the second Account Anniversary will be reduced depending upon the Account Year in which it was made, as follows:

Account Year in which
Purchase Payment was made
Percentage added to the
GLB amount
1-2
100%
3-5
85%
6-8
70%
9-10
60%

Note that the timing and amount of subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, the total Secured Returns for Life Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

If your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount on the AB Plan Maturity Date, we will credit your Account Value with an amount equal to the charges you paid for Secured Returns for Life. For examples of how we calculate benefits under the AB Plan, see Examples 1 through 3 in this Appendix.

If you die while participating in the AB Plan, all benefits and charges under Secured Returns for Life will automatically terminate when we receive Due Proof of Death, unless your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract. In that case, your surviving spouse has two options under the Contract.

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Your spouse can automatically continue in the AB Plan even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) The charges under Secured Returns for Life will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value. The GLB amount, however, will not be reset.
   
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Your surviving spouse can elect to switch to the WB Plan; however, such election must be made prior to the earliest of annuitization, the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, and the scheduled AB Plan Maturity Date. The same WB Plan benefits will apply, except the surviving spouse will not be entitled to receive lifetime withdrawal benefits under the original optional living benefit rider.

If the Contract is not continued by your surviving spouse following your death while participating in the AB Plan, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan

Under the terms of the WB Plan, you are guaranteed a return of your RGLB amount, even if your Account Value becomes zero. Each Account Year, during which the WB Plan is in effect, you can withdraw up to your Maximum WB Amount until your RGLB amount has been depleted. Once the RGLB amount is reduced to zero, your GLB Base is permanently set to zero as well. However, if you exceed your Maximum WB Amount in any one Account Year, your RGLB and future guaranteed withdrawals will be reduced in the manner described under “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life.”

The WB Plan also guarantees that, if you have chosen the WB Plan and if you are age 60 or older, you can withdraw up to your Maximum WB for Life Amount every Account Year that you are alive, even if your Account Value has been depleted. If you are younger than age 60, you may withdraw up to your Maximum WB for Life Amount every Account Year after your first Account Anniversary following your 59th birthday. If you exceed your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any one Account Year, the amount of your subsequent guaranteed lifetime withdrawals will be reduced in the manner discussed under “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life.”

Your Maximum WB Amount is a set dollar amount equal to 5% of your GLB Base. On the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we set your RGLB amount to equal your GLB amount as described under Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan. Your GLB Base also is set equal to the RGLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan. This value is used to determine your Maximum WB Amount as discussed further below.

To calculate your Maximum WB for Life Amount, we must first determine your Lifetime Income Base. The Lifetime Income Base is an amount equal to the RGLB amount on:

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the date you elected to participate in the WB Plan if you are age 60 or older on that date, or
   
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your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday, if you are 59 or younger on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan.

The Maximum WB for Life Amount will then be calculated, based upon your age on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan, as follows:

Your Age on Date of First
Withdrawal under WB Plan
 
Maximum WB for Life Amount
65 or older
 
5% of the Lifetime Income Base
64 or younger
 
4% of the Lifetime Income Base

You are not required to make any withdrawals after you have elected the WB Plan; however, each time you make a withdrawal, we determine whether the withdrawal has exceeded the Maximum WB Amount, the Maximum WB for Life Amount, or both. If you have exceeded the Maximum WB Amount or the Maximum WB for Life Amount, we determine the new maximum amount(s) for future withdrawals. In any one Account Year, withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount may reduce or eliminate your future guaranteed withdrawals, possibly reducing the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit to an amount less than the sum of your Purchase Payments. (See “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life.”)

Provided your RGLB amount and Account Value have not been reduced to zero, any Purchase Payment made after you have elected the WB Plan, and before your fourth Account Anniversary, will increase your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, and your Lifetime Income Base each by 100% of such Purchase Payment. Therefore, your Maximum WB Amount will equal 5% of your new GLB Base. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount will equal 4% or 5% of your new Lifetime Income Base, depending upon your age on the date of your first withdrawals under the WB Plan as shown in the above chart or your most recent “Step-Up Date,” described under “Step-Up.”

Under the WB Plan, after your fourth Account Anniversary, you may not make any additional Purchase Payments unless your benefit under the rider has been cancelled, terminated, or revoked. For examples of how we calculate benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 4, 5, and 6 in this Appendix.

If you die while participating in the WB Plan, your Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract or, alternatively, to receive the Maximum WB Amount on an annual basis until the RGLB amount has been reduced to zero. If your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your surviving spouse can automatically continue to participate in the WB Plan, but lifetime withdrawal benefits will not be available to your spouse. All other benefits under the WB Plan will continue, for your surviving spouse, even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) The charges under Secured Returns for Life will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value. The RGLB amount, however, will not be reset.

Cost of Secured Returns for Life

Unlike other Contract charges, the charge for Secured Returns for Life will not be calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets as described under “Variable Accumulation Unit Value.” Instead, the charge for the Benefit will be made as a specific deduction from the Account Value, taken on the last valuation day of the Account Quarter. The charge per year for Secured Returns for Life is currently equal to 0.50% of your Account Value. The quarterly charge will be determined by multiplying the Account Value at the end of the Account Quarter by 0.00125. (See Example 7 in this Appendix.) The specific amount of the quarterly charge will be reflected on your quarterly account statement.

We will continue to deduct this charge until:

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you annuitize; or
   
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under the provisions of Secured Returns for Life;
   
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your benefit matures;
   
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your benefit is revoked; or
   
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your RGLB amount and your Lifetime Income Base are both reduced to zero under the WB Plan.

Cancellation of the Benefit (caused by a transfer out of the Designated Fund, a Purchase Payment allocation to a non-Designated Fund, or an assignment) will not terminate the charge until the 7th Account Anniversary.

Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life

All withdrawals under Secured Returns for Life are subject to withdrawal charges if they are in excess of the annual free withdrawal amount. (See “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In addition, any withdrawals you take under Secured Returns for Life will reduce the value of your benefit under . Such withdrawals affect your benefit differently depending upon whether you are participating in the AB Plan or the WB Plan. In either case, however, a withdrawal may reduce the value of the Benefit by an amount greater than the amount withdrawn.

Assume you are participating in the AB Plan. Any withdrawals you make will reduce the dollar value of your benefits under this rider proportionally to the amount withdrawn. For example, after a partial withdrawal, the new GLB amount will equal

old GLB amount
X
Account Value immediately after partial withdrawal
Account Value immediately before partial withdrawal

Therefore, on your AB Maturity Date, instead of crediting your Account Value with the full amount of your benefit, we will reduce the amount we credit proportionally to the amount withdrawn.

Assume you are participating in the WB Plan and you want to receive the full amount of your guaranteed benefit over a period of years. To maximize your guaranteed benefit, you may withdraw no more than a specified amount each year. In other words, each year, you may withdraw no more than your Maximum WB Amount. Your guaranteed benefit amount (the RGLB amount) will be reduced dollar for dollar, but your Maximum WB Amount will remain unchanged. In other words, you will be able to take the same maximum amount each year until your guaranteed benefit amount is completely withdrawn.

If, however, in any one Account Year, you withdraw more than the current Maximum WB Amount, the dollar value of your guaranteed benefits will be reduced and the amount of each future annual guaranteed withdrawal will be less. Here is how we calculate the benefit reduction. Your new RGLB amount will be the lesser of:

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your previous RGLB amount, reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal, and
   
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your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new GLB Base will be the lesser of:

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your previous GLB Base reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the excess withdrawal, and
   
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your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new Maximum WB Amount will be 5% of your new reduced GLB Base. Going forward, this will be the maximum amount that you can withdraw annually without further reducing your benefit.

The Maximum WB Amount is not cumulative. If you withdraw less than the Maximum WB Amount in any one Account Year, you cannot add that unused portion to withdrawals made in future years to increase the Maximum WB Amount.

Assume you are participating in the WB Plan and, instead, you want to receive a guaranteed annual amount for the rest of your life. To maximize your guaranteed benefit, you may withdraw no more than a specified amount each year. Under this scenario, you may withdraw no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Your guaranteed benefit amount (the RGLB amount) will be reduced dollar for dollar, but your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain unchanged. In other words, you will be able to take the same maximum amount each year as long as you are alive, subject to the other terms and conditions described herein.

If, however, in any one Account Year, you withdraw more than the current Maximum WB for Life Amount, the dollar value of your guaranteed benefits will be reduced and the amount of each future annual guaranteed withdrawal will be less. Here is how we calculate the benefit reduction. Your new Lifetime Income Base will be the lesser of:

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your previous Lifetime Income Base reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the excess withdrawal, and
   
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the Account Value after the withdrawal.

A new Maximum WB for Life Amount will be determined based upon your age on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan (or your age on the most recent “Step-Up Date,” if later) as follows:

Your Age on the later of Date of First
Withdrawal under WB Plan
or Most Recent Step-Up Date
 
New Maximum WB for Life Amount
65 or older
 
5% of the new Lifetime Income Base
64 or younger
 
4% of the new Lifetime Income Base

The Maximum WB for Life Amount is not cumulative. That is to say, the unused portion in any Account Year cannot be applied in future years to increase the Maximum WB for Life Amount.

In general when participating in the WB Plan, you should keep the following in mind:

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A withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount or the Maximum WB for Life Amount might reduce and even terminate your Secured Returns for Life Benefits, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.
   
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If your Account Value drops to zero and, in the same year, you withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life will terminate and your Contract will terminate without value.
   
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If your Account Value drops to zero but you did not, in the same year, withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life will continue. However, no subsequent Purchase Payment will be accepted, no death benefit or annuity benefits will be payable, and all benefits under your Contract, except the right to continue annual withdrawals under this rider, will terminate. You will have two choices:
   
(1)
You could choose to receive the Maximum WB for Life Amount, if any, until an Owner dies. In that case, after the death of an Owner, your beneficiary receives the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero.
   
(2)
You (or your beneficiary if an Owner has died) could choose to receive the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero.
   
 
If you do not make a choice, we will default you to option 1.

For examples showing how withdrawals affect your benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 10, 11, and 12 in this Appendix.

Annuitization Under the WB Plan

Under the WB Plan, if your RGLB Amount and your Account Value are greater than zero on the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may annuitize your Contract rather than receiving periodic payments under the WB plan. If no prior election to annuitize is on file with the Company, on the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

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annuitize your Contract;
   
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surrender your Contract;
   
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receive the Maximum WB Amount each year until the RGLB amount is reduced to zero; or
   
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receive the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until an Owner dies and, thereafter, allow the beneficiary to receive the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero.

Regardless of whether you elect to annuitize, surrender or receive payments under the WB plan, all other Contract benefits, including the Death Benefit, will terminate on the Annuity Commencement Date. If you fail to make an election, we will automatically annuitize your Contract and provide a life annuity with 120 monthly payments certain.

Cancellation and Revocation of Secured Returns for Life

Transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege.” If, however, you transfer some or all of your Account Value out of the Designated Fund, Secured Returns for Life will be automatically cancelled. Likewise, if you allocate one or more subsequent Purchase Payments to an investment option other than one of the Designated Funds, Secured Returns for Life will be cancelled. An assignment of ownership of the Contract will also cancel Secured Returns for Life.

Once Secured Returns for Life has been cancelled, it cannot be reinstated. After cancellation, you will continue to pay the annual charge for Secured Returns for Life until your 7th Account Anniversary.

Anytime after your 7th Account Anniversary, you may revoke Secured Returns for Life. Once revoked, Secured Returns for Life may not be reinstated. After Secured Returns for Life has been revoked, all benefits and charges will end.

Step-Up

On or after your third Account Anniversary, you may elect to increase your guaranteed amount to your then current Account Value (“step-up”). Currently, this step-up election may be made on any day after your third Account Anniversary. (We reserve the right to require step-up elections to occur only within 30 days following the third or any subsequent Account Anniversary.)

If you are participating in the AB Plan, on the day we receive your step-up election notice in good order (the “Step-Up Date”), we will increase your GLB amount to an amount equal to your Account Value on the Step-Up Date. If you elect to step-up, at least 3 full years from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up if:

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your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB amount, and
   
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your Account Value is $5,000,000 or less on your Step-Up Date.

If you are participating in the WB Plan on the Step-Up Date, we will step up your GLB Base, your RGLB amount, and your Lifetime Income Base to an amount equal to your Account Value on that date. If you elect to step-up, at least 3 full years from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up if:

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your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB Base and the current Lifetime Income Base, and
   
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your Account Value is $5,000,000 or less on your Step-Up Date.

For purposes of determining the above $5,000,000 limits, we reserve the right to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other Sun Life variable annuity contracts you own.

If you are in the AB Plan, your Step-Up Date must be at least 10 years prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. If you have selected an Annuity Commencement Date that is prior to the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date but is less than 10 years after your Step-Up Date, we will automatically extend your Annuity Commencement Date to equal your AB Plan Maturity Date.

Without a step-up, your benefit under the AB Plan will “mature” on the 10th Account Anniversary (the date we credit your Account with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value or refund your Secured Returns for Life charge, i.e. the “AB Plan Maturity Date”). If you elect to step-up your GLB amount, the term of your benefit under the AB Plan will change. After you make a step-up election, your benefit under the AB Plan will mature 10 years from the Step-Up Date, unless you elect the WB Plan any time before the AB Plan matures. (See Examples 13, 14, and 15 in this Appendix.)

Following your step-up election, the rider fee will be changed to an amount that may be higher than your current fee as set forth above. The rider fee after the step-up will be set by us, based upon current market conditions, at the time of the step-up. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

If you have been receiving benefits under the WB Plan, a step-up will change your Maximum WB Amount and your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Your Step-Up Date must be a date prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. After the step-up, your Maximum WB Amount will be 5% of the new GLB Base, and your Maximum WB for Life Amount will be 4% or 5% of your new Lifetime Income Base depending upon your age. If you are 65 or older on the Step-Up Date and your Maximum WB for Life Amount has been equal to 4% of your GLB Base, your Maximum WB for Life Amount will be increased to 5% of your GLB Base. Note that, if you step-up in a particular Account Year, any withdrawals previously made in that Account Year are applied against your new Maximum WB Amount and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount. (See Example 14 in this Appendix.)

If your benefit is under the AB Plan, at the time of step-up, you can still change to the WB Plan at a later date, subject to the applicable age restrictions described under “Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan.” (See Examples 14 and 15 in this Appendix.)

Subsequent Purchase Payments After a Step-Up

Under the WB Plan, subsequent Purchase Payments after a step-up will increase, on a dollar for dollar basis, the RGLB amount, the GLB Base, and the Lifetime Income Base. After your fourth Account Anniversary, if you are participating in the WB Plan, subsequent Purchase Payments are not allowed.

Under the AB Plan, after your step-up election, any subsequent Purchase Payment will increase the GLB amount under your AB Plan by a specified percentage of the subsequent Purchase Payment. The percentage guaranteed depends upon the “Step-Up Year” in which the Payment was made. (A “Step-Up Year” is the 365-day period (366, if a leap year) commencing on your Step-Up Date.) The example below illustrates how we determine the percentage guaranteed after a subsequent Purchase Payment:

Assume you purchased a Contract on July 1, 2005, and elected to step-up your Contract on October 1, 2010. Under the AB Plan that you have elected, your benefit matures on October 1, 2020. For any subsequent Purchase Payments you make, your GLB amount would increase by the following percentages of such Purchase Payments:
 
Step-Up Year
Payments Made Between
Percentage Added to the
GLB amount
1
10/02/10 – 10/01/11
100%
2
10/02/11 – 10/01/12
100%
3
10/02/12 – 10/01/13
85%
4
10/02/13 – 10/01/14
85%
5
10/02/14 – 10/01/15
85%
6
10/02/15 – 10/01/16
70%
7
10/02/16 – 10/01/17
70%
8
10/02/17 – 10/01/18
70%
9
10/02/18 – 10/01/19
60%
10
10/02/19 – 10/01/20
60%

Thus, only 70% of a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 2, 2015, would be guaranteed whereas 85% of a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 1, 2015, would be guaranteed. It may be disadvantageous for you to make any such Purchase Payments that increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the payment.

Refund of Secured Returns for Life Charges Under the AB Plan

If your Contract remains in the AB Plan until the AB Plan Maturity Date, and the Account Value is greater than or equal to the GLB amount, then we will refund the charges you have paid for Secured Returns for Life (“Refund Amount”) by crediting the Refund Amount to your Account Value. The Refund Amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested on such AB Plan Maturity Date. No refund of the Secured Returns for Life rider charges will be made if you change from the AB Plan to the WB Plan.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Secured Returns for Life. When you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under the WB Plan, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions under Secured Returns for Life as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the WB Plan, we reduce your Account Value and your RGLB amount, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than either your Maximum WB Amount, or your Maximum WB for Life Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your GLB Base or Lifetime Income Base if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), then we reserve the right to reduce the GLB Base, Lifetime Income Base, or all of these amounts, per the terms of the rider regarding excess withdrawals, when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the AB Plan, we reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal and your GLB amount proportionally (see “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life”).

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ARE BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU PURCHASED A CONTRACT ON JANUARY 1, 2006 WITH AN INITIAL PURCHASE PAYMENT OF $100,000 AND YOU ELECTED SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE. YOUR INITIAL GLB AMOUNT EQUALS YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENT AMOUNT OF $100,000.

EXAMPLE 1: Calculation of Benefits under AB Plan.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.
 
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Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $85,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,625.
 
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Because your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $15,000 [$100,000 - $85,000], an amount equal to $15,000 will be deposited into your Contract.

EXAMPLE 2: Calculation of Benefits under AB Plan with Subsequent Purchase Payments.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.
 
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On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
 
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Because the subsequent Purchase Payment was made in the fifth Account Year, we guarantee the return of 85% of that Purchase Payment, or $68,000. On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].
 
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Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $150,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $6,725.
 
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Because your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $18,000 [$168,000 - $150,000], an amount equal to $18,000 will be deposited into your Contract.

EXAMPLE 3: Calculation of Benefits under AB Plan with Subsequent Purchase Payment; Refund Applies.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.
 
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On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
 
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Because the subsequent Purchase Payment was made in the fifth Account Year, we guarantee the return of 85% of that Purchase Payment, or $68,000. On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].
 
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Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $200,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $7,500.
 
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Because your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount by $32,000 [$200,000 - $168,000], your Contract will be credited with an amount equal to the rider charges you have paid [$7,500], increasing your Account Value to $207,500.

EXAMPLE 4: Calculation of Benefits under WB Plan; Lifetime Withdrawals.

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Assume you are age 60 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB for Life Amount annually.
 
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On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
 
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Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
 
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Assume you take only annual systematic withdrawals of $4,000 for a total of 20 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments. Assume that, because of poor investment performance of your Designated Fund, your Account Value equals zero. On December 31, 2025:
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $20,000 [$100,000-($4,000 x 20)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
 
 
Even though your rights under the annuity Contract terminated when the Account Value became zero, we will continue to make payments to you. At this point, however, you must choose between:
   
 
(1)  withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until an Owner dies or
 
(2)  withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your GLB amount is reduced to zero.
   
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Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount. On December 31, 2030, when your GLB amount is reduced to zero:
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
 
 
You will continue to receive $4,000 per year as long as you are alive.

EXAMPLE 5: Calculation of Benefits under WB Plan; Early Withdrawals.

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Assume you are age 56 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually.
 
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On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is zero [4% of your Lifetime Income Base].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Maximum WB Amount:
 
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Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$5,000].
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
 
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Assume you take only systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 3 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments. On December 1, 2008, you celebrate your 59th birthday. On January 1, 2009:
 
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Your Account Value has been reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals [$15,000].
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $85,000 [$100,000-($5,000 x 3)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is set at $85,000 [an amount equal to the GLB amount on your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,400 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are less than 65 years old].
 
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Assume you elect to take only annual systematic withdraws of no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount [$3,400] for an additional 20 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, and that your Account Value reduces to zero. On December 31, 2028:
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals, is $17,000 [85,000 – ($3,400 x 20)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $85,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
   
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Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount until your GLB amount is reduced to zero in 2033.
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $85,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
 
 
You will continue to receive $3,400 per year as long as you are alive.

EXAMPLE 6: Calculation of Benefits under WB Plan with Subsequent Purchase Payments; Lifetime Withdrawals.

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Assume you are age 60 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB for Life Amount annually.
 
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On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
 
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Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
 
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Assume you take only annual systematic withdrawals of $4,000 for a total of 4 years. Assume you make a subsequent Purchase Payment of $50,000, in your 4th Account Year. Assume also that, immediately before the subsequent Purchase Payment, your Account Value was $80,000. On December 31, 2009:
 
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Your Account Value equals $130,000 [$80,000 + $50,000].
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals and increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $134,000 [$100,000 - ($4,000 x 4) + $50,000].
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Your GLB Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $7,500 [5% of your new GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $6,000 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
   
 
You may increase your annual systematic withdrawals to $6,000 without any effect on your future lifetime benefits.
   
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Assume you elect to take only annual systematic withdraws of no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount [$6,000] for an additional 20 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, and that your Account Value reduces to zero. On December 31, 2029:
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals is $14,000 [$134,000 – ($6,000 x 20)].
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Your GLB Base is still $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
 
 
Even though your rights under the annuity Contract terminated when the Account Value became zero, we will continue to make payments to you. At this point, however, you must choose between:
   
 
(1)  withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until an Owner dies or
 
(2)  withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your GLB amount is reduced to zero.
   
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Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,000 until your GLB amount is reduced to zero in 2032.
 
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
 
 
You will continue to receive $6,000 per year as long as you are alive.

EXAMPLE 7: Calculation of Explicit Rider Charges.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time. Assume that your Account Value increases at an annual rate of 5% per year throughout the next ten years. Also assume that you do not elect to step-up at any time.
 
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On March 31, 2006, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life is taken is $101,196.79. The charge deducted on March 31, 2006 is $126.50 ($101,196.79 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on March 31, 2006 is $101,070.29 ($101,196.79 - $126.50).
 
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On June 30, 2006, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life is taken is $102,307.23. The fee deducted on June 30, 2006 is $127.88 ($102,307.23 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on June 30, 2006 is $102,179.35 ($102,307.23 - $127.88).
 
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On September 30, 2006, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life is taken is $103,443.69. The fee deducted on September 30, 2006 is $129.30 ($103,443.69 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on September 30, 2006 is $103,314.39 ($103,443.69 - $129.30).
 
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This pattern continues until the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2016. On that date, your Account will be credited with a payment. If your current Account Value is less than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the difference between these two amounts. If your current Account Value is greater than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the sum of all of Secured Returns for Life charges that have been made. Note that if Secured Returns for Life was revoked or
 
cancelled before the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2016, then no Secured Returns for Life credit will be made to your Account.

EXAMPLE 8: Withdrawals under the AB Plan; low investment performance.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time.
 
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Assume that on January 1, 2007, you withdraw 10% of your Account Value of $110,000 (or $11,000). Your Account Value is now $99,000.
 
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On January 1, 2007, your GLB amount will be reset to $90,000. This equals the previous GLB amount reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn, or $100,000 x [$99,000 ÷ $110,000].
 
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Assume you make no more withdrawals or Purchase Payments and that your Account Value on January 1, 2016 is $87,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,710.
 
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Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $3,000, an amount equal to $3,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($90,000 - $87,000).

EXAMPLE 9: Withdrawals with Subsequent Purchase Payments under the AB Plan; low investment performance.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time.
 
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On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
 
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On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].
 
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Assume that, on June 1, 2012, you withdraw $40,000 and that your Account Value is $240,000 at this time. After the withdrawal, your Account Value is $200,000.
 
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On June 1, 2012, your GLB amount is reset to $140,000. This equals the previous GLB amount reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn, or $168,000 x [$200,000 ÷ $240,000].
 
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Assume you make no more withdrawals or Purchase Payments and that your Account Value on January 1, 2016, is $125,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $7,200.
 
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Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $15,000, an amount equal to $15,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($140,000 - $125,000).

EXAMPLE 10: Withdrawals under WB Plan Exceeding Maximum WB for Life Amount; Poor Investment Performance.

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Assume you are age 63 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually. Assume that your Designated Fund had poor investment performance, losing 2% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $93,000:
 
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is reduced to $93,000 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($5,000 - $4,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$93,000]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,720 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
 
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take annual systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 16 years. Because of poor investment performance of your Designated Fund, your Account Value decreases to $3,330. In addition, because you have taken withdrawals in excess of the Maximum WB for Life Amount, your Lifetime Income Base is now $3,330. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is now 4% of $3,330 or $133.
 
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Assume your Designated Fund earns -2% in Account Year 17, and that you take another $5,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2022:
 
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Your Account Value is zero.
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Your GLB amount is $15,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 17)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than the Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is zero [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$3,330 - ($5,000 - $133)] and (2) your new Account Value [$0]].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is still $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals zero [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
 
 
Even though your Contract has terminated because your Account Value has reduced to zero, we will pay you the Maximum WB Amount of $5,000 per year for three more years, until your GLB amount is reduced to zero.

EXAMPLE 11: Withdrawals under WB Plan Exceeding Maximum WB for Life Amount; Positive Investment Performance.

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Assume you are age 63 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually. Assume that your Designated Fund had positive investment performance, gaining 2% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $97,000:
 
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is reduced to $97,000 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($5,000 - $4,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$97,000]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,880 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
 
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take annual systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 19 years. Your GLB amount has been reduced to $5,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 19)]. Because of good investment performance of your Designated Funds, your Account Value is now $31,478. In addition, because you have taken withdrawals in excess of the Maximum WB for Life Amount, your Lifetime Income Base is also now $31,478. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is now 4% of $31,478, or $1,259.
 
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Assume your Designated Fund earns 2% in Account Year 20, and that you take another $5,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2025:
 
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Your Account Value is $27,108.
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Your GLB amount is zero [$5,000 remaining - $5,000 withdrawal].
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Your GLB Base is zero because your GLB amount is equal to zero.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $27,108 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$31,478 - ($5,000 - $1,259)] and (2) your new Account Value [$27,108]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals $1,084 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base of $27,108].
 
 
Because your Lifetime Income Base is greater than zero, you may take annual withdrawals up to the Maximum WB for Life Amount until you die or annuitize. If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that does not exceed you Maximum WB for Life Amount, we will continue to pay your then current Maximum WB for Life Amount each year as long as you are alive. If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that exceeds your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your Lifetime Income Base will be reduced to zero, your Maximum WB for Life Amount will become zero, and no more benefits will be paid.

EXAMPLE 12: Withdrawals under WB Plan Exceeding Maximum WB Amount.

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Assume you are age 63 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006. Assume that your Designated Fund had poor investment performance, losing 2% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
 
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On December 31, 2006, after you take a withdrawal of $6,000, your Account Value is $92,000:
 
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Your GLB amount is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB amount minus the withdrawal [$100,000-$6,000] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your GLB Base is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 – ($6,000 - $5,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is now $4,600 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($6,000 - $4,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,680 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base of $92,000].
 
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take annual systematic withdrawals of $6,000 for a total of 13 years. Due to the of poor investment performance of your Designated Funds, your Account Value is now $7,609. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount, your GLB amount is also now $7,609. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount, your GLB Base is also now $7,609. Your Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $7,609, or $380. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your Lifetime Income Base is also now $7,609. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is 4% of $7,609, or $304.
 
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Assume your Designated Fund earns -2% in Account Year 14, and that you take another $6,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2022:
 
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Your Account Value is $1, 457 [$7,609 x (1 - 0.02) - $6,000].
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Your GLB amount is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB amount minus the withdrawal amount ($7,609 - $6,000) and (2) your new Account Value ($1,457)].
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Your GLB Base is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB Base minus the excess withdrawal [$7,609 - ($6,000 - $380)] and (2) your new Account Value ($1,457)].
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Your Maximum WB Amount equals $73 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$7,609 - ($6,000 - $304)] and (2) your new Account Value [$1,457]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals $58 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base of $1,457].
 
 
Because your GLB Base is greater than zero, you may take annual withdrawals up to the Maximum WB Amount until your GLB amount becomes zero. Because your Lifetime Income Base is greater than zero, you may take annual withdrawals up to the Maximum WB for Life Amount until you die or annuitize. Any withdrawal you take that is greater than your Maximum WB Amount will reduce your GLB Base (and hence, give you a new, reduced Maximum WB Amount). Any withdrawal you take that is greater than your Maximum WB for Life Amount will reduce your Lifetime Income Base (and hence, give you a new, reduced Maximum WB for Life Amount).
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that does not exceed your Maximum WB for Life Amount, you must choose between:
 
(1)
withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until you die, or
 
(2)
withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your GLB amount is reduced to zero.
 
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that exceeds your Maximum WB for Life Amount but does not exceed your Maximum WB Amount, your Lifetime Income Base will become zero, but we will continue to pay your then current Maximum WB Amount each year until your GLB is reduced to zero.
 
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that exceeds both your Maximum WB for Life Amount and your Maximum WB Amount, your Lifetime Income Base, your GLB amount, and your GLB Base will all be reduced to zero, your Maximum WB for Life Amount and your Maximum WB Amount will both become zero, and no more benefits will be paid.

EXAMPLE 13: Step-up elected under AB Plan.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time. Assume that your Account Value was $150,000 on January 1, 2009. Since this amount is greater than your GLB amount, you may step-up to a new 10-year period, with a new GLB amount of $150,000. Assume that you elect to step-up.
 
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Your Maturity Date is reset to January 1, 2019 (ten years after the date of the step-up). Assume that on January 1, 2019, your Account Value is $130,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $8,875.
 
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Since your Account Value is lower than your stepped-up GLB by $20,000, an amount equal to $20,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($150,000 - $130,000).

EXAMPLE 14: Step-up elected under WB Plan.

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Assume you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2006, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually. Assume that your Designated Fund had good investment performance, gaining 6% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2006:
 
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 65].
 

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On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $101,000:
 
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Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
 
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 3 years. On December 31, 2008:
 
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Your Account Value is $103,184.
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Your GLB amount is $85,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 3)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
 
 
Because your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount, your GLB Base, and your Lifetime Income Base, you may step-up your GLB amount, your GLB Base, and your Lifetime Income Base each to an amount equal to your current Account Value. Assume you elect to step-up. On January 1, 2009*:
 
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Your Account Value is $103,184.
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Your GLB amount is $103,184.
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Your GLB Base is $103,184.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $103,184.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
 
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Note: Assume instead that you elected to step-up sometime in 2009 after your withdrawal of $5,000 was taken and that your Account Value at the time of the step-up was $103,184. Your new Maximum WB Amount and new Maximum WB for Life amount would apply so that you could withdraw an additional $159 without exceeding your maximum amounts.

EXAMPLE 15: Subsequent Purchase Payments after Step-up under the AB Plan; Refund Applies.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time. Assume that your Account Value was $150,000 on January 1, 2009. Since this amount is greater than your GLB amount, you may step-up to a new 10-year period, with a new GLB amount of $150,000. Assume that you elect to step-up. Your Maturity Date is reset to January 1, 2019 (ten years after the date of the step-up).
 
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On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
 
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On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $230,000 [$150,000 + ($80,000 x 100%)]. Since it has been less than two years since the step-up was elected, the GLB amount is increased by 100% of the new Purchase Payment amount.
 
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Assume that on January 1, 2019 (your Maturity Date), your Account Value is $280,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $13,850.
 
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Because your Account Value is greater than the GLB amount of $230,000, your account will be credited with the amount of your rider charges, increasing your Account Value to $293,850.


 
 

 

APPENDIX G -
SECURED RETURNS

The optional living benefit Secured Returns (“Benefit” or “the rider”) was available for all Contracts purchased prior to September 7, 2004 and certain contracts purchased on or after that date. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Secured Returns and did not replace it with Secured Returns 2, which was available for such replacements for a limited period of time. Secured Returns is no longer available for sale on new Contracts. Since we are no longer offering Secured Returns to new Owners, renewals are no longer available.

Secured Returns guarantees a return of your Purchase Payments (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals), regardless of the investment performance of the underlying funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount guaranteed can be greater than or less than your Account Value. Upon annuitization, the Benefit and any optional death benefit automatically terminate.

To participate in Secured Returns, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of the plan: a 10-year period under the AB Plan or, if you elected the WB Plan, until your guaranteed amount is reduced to zero. See “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

If you elected to participate in Secured Returns with the basic death benefit, we assess your Contract an annual charge of 0.40% of your average daily net assets. If you elected Secured Returns with the EEB Premier rider, we assess your Contract an annual charge of 0.65% of your average daily net assets. We will continue to deduct this annual charge until you annuitize or your Secured Returns expires or is revoked.Cancellation of the Benefit (caused by a transfer out of the Designated Fund or a Purchase Payment allocation to a non-Designated Fund) may not terminate the annual charge.

Anytime after your 7th Account Anniversary, you may revoke Secured Returns. Once revoked, the Benefit may not be reinstated. After the Benefit has been revoked, your insurance charges will be reduced by 0.40% of your average daily Account Value. If you elected the Benefit in combination with the EEB Premier rider, that optional death benefit rider will not be revoked and the charge of the rider (0.25% of your average daily Account Value) will continue.

Transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege.” If however you transfer some or all of your Account Value out of the Designated Fund into another investment option offered under your Contract, Secured Returns will be automatically cancelled. Likewise, if you allocate one or more subsequent Purchase Payments to an investment option other than one of the Designated Funds, Secured Returns will be cancelled.

Once the Benefit has been cancelled, it cannot be reinstated. After the cancellation of the Benefit, you will continue to pay the annual charge for the Benefit until your 7th Account Anniversary. After your 7th Account Anniversary, your insurance charges will be reduced by 0.40% of your average daily Account Value. If you elected the Benefit in combination with the EEB Premier rider, that optional death benefit rider will not be cancelled and the cost of such rider (0.25% of your average daily Account Value) will remain.

If you elected Secured Returns, you may choose to receive your Benefit under one of two plans: the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan or the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan. You are automatically enrolled in the AB Plan at the time you elect Secured Returns. Any time prior to your 81st birthday, you may elect instead to receive your Benefit under the WB Plan. There is no waiting period for participation in the WB Plan, but you must make your election prior to your 10th Account Anniversary or annuitization, whichever is earlier. Once you elect to participate in the WB Plan, you may not change your election to the AB Plan. If you do not specifically elect the WB Plan, you will be deemed to have elected to remain in the AB Plan.

All withdrawals under Secured Returns are subject to withdrawal charges if they are in excess of the annual free withdrawal amount. (See “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In addition, if you have elected Secured Returns, but have not yet elected to participate in the WB Plan, any withdrawals you make will reduce your GLB amount proportionally to the amount of Account Value withdrawn. For examples showing how withdrawals affect your benefits under Secured Returns, see Examples 5 through 8 in this Appendix.

Under the terms of the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan, on your 10th Account Anniversary, we will credit your Account Value with any excess of your Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount (“GLB amount”) over your Account Value after the application of any other Contract transactions. Any such amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at that time. Your GLB amount is equal to the sum of 100% of your initial Purchase Payment plus a specified percentage of any subsequent Purchase Payments, adjusted in amount for partial withdrawals. One or more subsequent Purchase Payments during the 10-year period will not restart the 10-year period.  For each subsequent Purchase Payment after the second Account Anniversary, we will increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the Purchase Payment depending upon the Account Year in which it was made, as follows:

Account Year in which
Purchase Payment was made
Percentage
Guaranteed
1-2
100%
3-5
85%
6-8
70%
9-10
60%

For examples of how we calculate benefits under the AB Plan, see Examples 1 and 2 in this Appendix. Note that the timing and amount of subsequent Purchase Payments may affect the total Benefit. In particular, it may be disadvantageous for you to make Purchase Payments that increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the payment.

To calculate the GLB amount after a partial withdrawal under the AB Plan, we multiply the GLB amount immediately before the withdrawal by the ratio of the Account Value immediately after the withdrawal to the Account Value immediately before the withdrawal. (See Examples 5 and 7 in this Appendix.)

If you die while the AB Plan is still in force, all benefits and charges under Secured Returns will automatically terminate when we receive Due Proof of Death, unless your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary. In that case, your surviving spouse may elect to continue the Contract. If such election is made, the same Benefit will apply. Your surviving spouse can elect the WB Plan at any time prior to the earliest of annuitization, the surviving spouse’s 81st birthday, and your 10th Account Anniversary.  If your surviving spouse does not elect the WB Plan, the AB Plan will continue. In such case, the benefits under AB Plan will be determined according to the original 10-year period. In all cases, the GLB amount will not reset upon your death.

If the Contract is not continued by your surviving spouse following your death while participating in the AB Plan, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Under the terms of the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan, you may withdraw up to a set dollar amount from your Account Value each year during which the WB Plan is in effect, until your remaining GLB amount equals zero. This set dollar amount, or “maximum WB amount,” is equal to 7% of the GLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan. You are not required to make any withdrawals after you have elected the WB Plan; however, if you withdraw more than the maximum WB amount in any Account Year, your remaining GLB amount and future guaranteed withdrawals will be reduced in the manner discussed further below. You should be aware that a withdrawal in excess of the maximum WB amount might significantly reduce your Secured Returns Benefits if your Account Value is less than the remaining GLB amount. In addition, the value you will receive upon a full withdrawal, or “surrender” of your Contract, will be your Contract’s Surrender Value and not the remaining GLB amount. Any subsequent Purchase Payment made after you have elected the WB Plan, and before your fourth Account Anniversary, will increase your remaining GLB amount by 100% of such subsequent Purchase Payment. Your maximum WB amount will increase by 7% of such subsequent Purchase Payment. After your fourth Account Anniversary, you may not make any additional Purchase Payments if you have elected the WB Plan. For examples of how we calculate benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 3 and 4 in this Appendix.

Once you have elected to participate in the WB Plan, withdrawals of no more than the maximum WB amount will reduce your remaining GLB amount dollar for dollar. If you are participating in the WB Plan and you withdraw, in any one Account Year, more than the current maximum WB amount, your remaining GLB amount will be reduced to equal the lesser of:

(a)
your previous remaining GLB amount reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal, or
   
(b)
your Account Value.

If (b), above, is less than (a), then your maximum WB amount will be reduced so that the new remaining GLB amount will expire on the same date it would have had the maximum WB amount been withdrawn every year thereafter. (See Example 6 in this Appendix.)

The maximum WB amount is not cumulative. That is to say, if you withdraw less than the maximum WB amount in any one Account Year, you cannot add that unused portion to withdrawals made in future years to exceed the maximum WB amount.

Under the WB Plan, your Secured Returns benefits will continue until your remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero, even if your Account Value drops to zero. If your Account Value drops to zero, no subsequent Purchase Payment will be accepted and no death benefit will be payable. We will however, continue to pay the maximum WB amount each Account Year while you are alive until your remaining GLB amount has been reduced to zero.

If you die while the WB Plan is in force and your surviving spouse, as the sole Beneficiary, elects to continue the Contract, Secured Returns will continue on the same terms, for your surviving spouse, even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In all other situations, the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract, or in the alternative, to receive the maximum WB amount on an annual basis until the remaining GLB amount has been reduced to zero.

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Secured Returns. When you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under the WB Plan, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions under Secured Returns as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the WB Plan, we reduce your Account Value and your remaining GLB amount, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than either your Maximum WB Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your remaining GLB amount if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), then we reserve the right to reduce the remaining GLB amount per the terms of the rider regarding excess withdrawals, when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds your Maximum WB Amount. Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the AB Plan, we reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal and your GLB amount proportionally.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ARE BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION YOU SELECTED SECURED RETURNS ON OR BEFORE YOUR ISSUE DATE.

Examples 1 through 4 demonstrate how we calculate your Secured Returns Benefit assuming you make no subsequent Purchase Payments and you make no withdrawals other than those satisfying the maximum WB amount under the WB Plan. Examples 1 and 2 show your benefit under the AB Plan, and Examples 3 and 4 show your benefit under the WB Plan. Examples 5 through 8 demonstrate how withdrawals and subsequent Purchase Payments affect your Secured Returns Benefit. Examples 5 and 7 show how withdrawals affect your benefits under the AB Plan. Example 6 shows the effect of withdrawing more than the maximum WB amount under the WB Plan in any one Account Year. Examples 7 and 8 show the effects of making subsequent Purchase Payments.

EXAMPLE 1: Low investment performance; no WB election.

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2013, your Account Value is $85,000. On that date, your Account Value will be increased by $15,000 ($100,000 - $85,000).

EXAMPLE 2: High investment performance; no WB election

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had high investment performance.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2013, your Account Value is $200,000. Because your Account Value is greater that the GLB amount of $100,000, your Account Value will not be increased.

EXAMPLE 3: Low investment performance; WB election

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you elected the WB plan at issue and choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 or $7,000).
   
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On December 31, 2003, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000 ($100,000 - $7,000). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $91,000.
   
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On December 31, 2004, your remaining GLB amount will be $86,000 ($93,000 - $7,000). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $80,000. These withdrawals continue for seven more years.
   
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On December 31, 2011, your remaining GLB amount will be $37,000 ($86,000 - ($7,000 x 7 years)). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $0. These withdrawals of $7,000 continue until the remaining GLB amount runs out in year 15, after the final withdrawal of $2,000 has been taken. At that time, the Benefit terminates.

EXAMPLE 4: High investment performance; WB election

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Assume that you elected the WB plan at issue and choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 or $7,000).
   
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On December 31, 2003, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000 ($100,000 - $7,000). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $91,000.
   
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On December 31, 2004, your remaining GLB amount will be $86,000 ($93,000 - $7,000). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $90,000. These withdrawals continue for seven more years.
   
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On December 31, 2011, your remaining GLB amount will be $37,000 ($86,000 - ($7,000 x 7 years)). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $50,000. These withdrawals continue for 5 more years.
   
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On December 31, 2016, the remaining GLB amount equals $2,000 ($37,000 - ($7,000 x 5 years)). Assume the Account Value equals $30,000.
   
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Assume that, on December 31, 2017, you withdraw the remaining $2,000 to exhaust the remaining GLB amount. Secured Returns thus terminates and the annual fee stops. However, because there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 5: Withdrawals under the AB Plan

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Your GLB amount is $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2004, your Account Value is $110,000 and you withdraw 10% of your Account Value (or $11,000). Your GLB amount will be reset to $90,000, i.e., the previous GLB amount ($100,000) reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn (10%), or $100,000 - (10% of $100,000).
   
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Assume you make no more withdrawals or Purchase Payments and that your Account Value, on January 1, 2013, is $85,000. Your Account Value will be increased by $5,000 ($90,000 - $85,000).

EXAMPLE 6: Withdrawals under the WB Plan

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you elected the WB Plan at issue. Your maximum WB amount would be $7,000 (i.e., 7% of the $100,000).
   
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Assume that, on January 1, 2004, your Account Value is $95,000. Assume that no withdrawals have been made. Your remaining GLB amount is still $100,000 and your maximum WB amount is still $7,000.
   
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Assume that, on September 3, 2004, your Account Value is $93,000 and you withdraw $5,000. Your Account Value is thus reduced to $88,000, and your remaining GLB amount is reduced to $95,000. Your maximum WB amount is still $7,000; however, you can only withdraw $2,000 more this Account Year without exceeding your maximum WB amount for the Account Year.
   
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Assume that, on January 4, 2005, your Account Value is $85,000 and you withdraw another $5,000. Your Account Value is thus reduced to $80,000. This is now a new Account Year, so the maximum WB amount has not yet been exceeded. Your remaining GLB amount is reduced to $90,000. Your maximum WB amount is still $7,000; however, you can only withdraw $2,000 more this Account Year without exceeding your maximum WB amount for the Account Year.
   
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Assume that, on November 4, 2005, your Account Value is $79,000 and you withdraw another $5,000. Your Account Value is thus reduced to $74,000. Your total withdrawals for the current Account Year equal $10,000 ($5,000 + $5,000), a total of $3,000 in excess of your maximum WB amount. Your remaining GLB amount is thus reduced to $74,000; i.e., the lesser of your Account Value ($74,000) and your previous remaining GLB amount reduced dollar for dollar by the withdrawal ($90,000 - $5,000). Your maximum WB amount is reduced so that the date on which the remaining GLB amount expires will be the same date it would have expired had the maximum WB been withdrawn every year, i.e., ($90,000 - $2,000) ÷ $7000 = 12.57 years. Thus the maximum WB amount will become $5,887 ($74,000 ÷ 12.57).

EXAMPLE 7: Withdrawals with subsequent Purchase Payments under the AB Plan

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time.
   
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On June 1, 2007, you make a subsequent Purchase Payment of $100,000. Your GLB amount is now $185,000, i.e., ($100,000 x 100%) + ($100,000 x 85%).
   
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Assume that, on June 1, 2009, your Account Value is $240,000 and you withdraw $40,000. Your Account Value is reduced to $200,000. Your GLB amount is reset to $154,167, i.e., the previous GLB amount reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn, or $185,000 x ($200,000 ÷ $240,000). Assume you make no more withdrawals or subsequent Purchase Payments.
   
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Assume that, on January 1, 2013, your Account Value is $125,000. On that date, your Account Value will be increased by $29,167 ($154,167 - $125,000).


 
 

 

EXAMPLE 8: Withdrawals with subsequent Purchase Payments under the WB Plan

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Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume that you elected the WB plan at issue and choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 or $7,000).
   
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On January 1, 2004, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000 ($100,000 - $7,000). Assume that, on that date, your Account Value is $91,000.
   
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Assume that, on January 6, 2004, you make an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000. Your remaining GLB amount is reset to $143,000 ($93,000 + $50,000). Your maximum WB amount is reset to $10,500 ($7,000 + (7% x $50,000)). Assume you increase your annual withdrawals to equal the maximum WB amount of $10,500.
   
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Assume that, on January 1, 2005, you withdraw the maximum WB amount of $10,500 and your remaining GLB amount is $132,500 ($143,000 - $10,500). Assume that no additional subsequent Purchase Payments are made and the maximum WB amount is withdrawn annually.
   
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Assume that, on January 1, 2013, your Account Value equals $0. Your remaining GLB amount will be $48,500, i.e., ($132,500 - ($10,500 x 8 years). Withdrawals will continue until the remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero.


 
 

 

APPENDIX H -
SECURED RETURNS 2

The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Secured Returns 2 (“Benefit,” “Secured Returns 2,” or “the rider”) and did not replace it with Secured Returns for Life, which was available for such replacements for a limited period of time beginning in November 2005. Secured Returns 2 is no longer available for sale on new Contracts. Since we are no longer offering Secured Returns 2 to new Owners, renewals are no longer available.

Secured Returns 2 guarantees a return of your Purchase Payments (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals), regardless of the investment performance of the underlying funds, provided that you comply with certain Benefit requirements. The amount guaranteed can be greater than or less than your Account Value. All Benefits and charges under Secured Returns 2 terminate upon annuitization.

Secured Returns 2 is available only if you are age 84 or younger on the Open Date. If you choose to participate in the Benefit, you must make your election no later than your Issue Date. You may combine the Benefit with any optional death benefit other than the EEB Premier Plus. Upon annuitization, Secured Returns 2 and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

To participate in Secured Returns 2, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of the plan: a 10-year period under the AB Plan or, if you elected the WB Plan, until the guaranteed amount is reduced to zero. See “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Unlike other Contract charges, the charge for Secured Returns 2 will not be calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets as described under “Variable Accumulation Unit Value.” Instead, the charge for the Benefit will be made as a specific deduction from the Account Value, taken on the last valuation day of the Account Quarter. The charge per year is equal to 0.50% of your Account Value. The quarterly charge will be determined by multiplying the Account Value at the end of the Account Quarter by 0.00125. (See Example 12 in this Appendix.) The specific amount of the quarterly charge will be reflected on your quarterly account statement. We will continue to deduct this charge until you annuitize or your Secured Returns 2 Benefit expires or is revoked. Cancellation of the Benefit (caused by a transfer out of a Designated Fund or a Purchase Payment allocation to a non-Designated Fund) will not terminate the charge, until the 7th Account Anniversary. Anytime after your 7th Account Anniversary, you may revoke Secured Returns 2. Once revoked, Secured Returns 2 may not be reinstated. After Secured Returns 2 has been revoked, all benefits and charges will end.

Transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached. If however you transfer some or all of your Account Value out of the Designated Fund into another investment option offered under your Contract, Secured Returns 2 will be automatically cancelled. Likewise, if you allocate one or more subsequent Purchase Payments to an investment option other than one of the Designated Funds, Secured Returns 2 will be cancelled. Once the Benefit has been cancelled, it cannot be reinstated. After the cancellation of the Benefit, you will continue to pay the annual charge for the Benefit until your 7th Account Anniversary.

If you elect Secured Returns 2, you may choose to receive your Benefit under one of two plans: the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan or the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan.

If you elect Secured Returns 2, you are automatically enrolled in the AB Plan. After your first Account Anniversary, you may elect instead to receive your Benefit under the WB Plan, provided that you make the election prior to the earliest of your 81st birthday, the date you annuitize, and the date your AB Plan matures. Once you elect to participate in the WB Plan, you may not change your election to the AB Plan. If you do not specifically elect the WB Plan, you will be deemed to have elected to remain in the AB Plan.

All withdrawals under Secured Returns 2 are subject to withdrawal charges if they are in excess of the annual free withdrawal amount. (See “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In addition, if you have elected Secured Returns 2, but have not yet elected to participate in the WB Plan, any withdrawals you make will reduce your Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount (“GLB amount”) proportionally to the amount of Account Value withdrawn. For examples showing how withdrawals affect your benefits under Secured Returns 2, see Examples 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 in this Appendix.

Under the terms of the Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan, on your 10th Account Anniversary, we will credit your Account Value with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value after the application of any other Contract transactions. Any such amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at that time. Your GLB amount is equal to the sum of 100% of your initial Purchase Payment plus a specified percentage of any subsequent Purchase Payments, adjusted in amount for partial withdrawals. One or more subsequent Purchase Payments during the 10-year period will not restart the 10-year period. For each subsequent Purchase Payment after the second Account Anniversary, we will increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the Purchase Payment depending upon the Account Year in which it was made, as follows:

Account Year in which
Purchase Payment was made
Percentage guaranteed
1-2
100%
3-5
85%
6-8
70%
9-10
60%

For examples of how we calculate benefits under the AB Plan, see Examples 1, 2, and 3 in this Appendix. Note that the timing and amount of subsequent Purchase Payments may affect the total Secured Returns 2 Benefit. In particular, it may be disadvantageous for you to make Purchase Payments that increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the payment.

If your Contract remains in the AB Plan until it “matures” on the later of your 10th Account Anniversary or 10 years from your most recent Step-Up Date, and the Account Value is greater than or equal to the GLB amount on the “maturity date,” then we will refund the charges you have paid for Secured Returns 2 (“Refund Amount”) by crediting the Refund Amount to your Account Value. The Refund Amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested on such “maturity date.” No refund of Secured Returns 2 charges will be made if you change from the AB Plan to the WB Plan.

To calculate the GLB amount after a partial withdrawal under the AB Plan, we multiply the GLB amount immediately before the withdrawal by the ratio of the Account Value immediately after the withdrawal to the Account Value immediately before the withdrawal. (See Examples 6 and 9 in this Appendix.)

If you die while participating in the AB Plan, all benefits and charges under Secured Returns 2 will automatically terminate when we receive Due Proof of Death, unless your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary. In that case, your surviving spouse may elect to continue the Contract. If such election is made, the same Secured Returns 2 Benefit will apply. Your surviving spouse can elect the WB Plan at any time prior to the earliest of annuitization, the surviving spouse’s 81st birthday, and the date the AB Plan is scheduled to “mature”. If your surviving spouse does not elect the WB Plan, the AB Plan will continue on the same terms, for your surviving spouse, even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In all cases, the GLB amount will not reset upon your death, but the charges under Secured Returns 2 will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value.

If the Contract is not continued by your surviving spouse following your death while participating in the AB Plan, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Under the terms of the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan, you may withdraw up to a set dollar amount from your Account Value each year during which the WB Plan is in effect, until your remaining GLB amount equals zero. Once the remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero, the Secured Returns 2 Benefit will expire and no new Purchase Payments will be accepted into the WB Plan. This set dollar amount, or “maximum WB amount,” is equal to 7% of the remaining GLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan. You are not required to make any withdrawals after you have elected the WB Plan; however, if you withdraw more than the maximum WB amount in any Account Year, your remaining GLB amount and future guaranteed withdrawals will be reduced in the manner discussed further below. You should be aware that a withdrawal in excess of the maximum WB amount might significantly reduce your Secured Returns 2 Benefits if your Account Value is less than your remaining GLB amount. In all cases, the value you will receive upon a full withdrawal, or “surrender” of your Contract, will be your Contract’s Surrender Value and not the remaining GLB amount. Provided any remaining GLB amount is not reduced to zero, any subsequent Purchase Payment made after you have elected the WB Plan, and before your fourth Account Anniversary, will increase your remaining GLB amount by 100% of such subsequent Purchase Payment. Your maximum WB amount will increase by 7% of such subsequent Purchase Payment. After your fourth Account Anniversary, you may not make any additional Purchase Payments unless your WB Plan has expired.

Once you have elected to participate in the WB Plan, withdrawals of no more than the maximum WB amount will reduce the remaining GLB amount dollar for dollar. If you are participating in the WB Plan and you withdraw, in any one Account Year, more than the current maximum WB amount, the remaining GLB amount will be reduced to equal the lesser of:

(a)
your previous remaining GLB amount reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal, or
   
(b)
your Account Value.

If (b), above, is less than (a), then your maximum WB amount will be reduced so that the new remaining GLB amount will expire on the same date it would have had the maximum WB amount been withdrawn every year thereafter. (See Example 7 in this Appendix.)

The maximum WB amount is not cumulative. That is to say, if you withdraw less than the maximum WB amount in any one Account Year, you cannot add that unused portion to withdrawals made in future years to exceed the maximum WB amount.

Under the WB Plan, your Secured Returns 2 benefits will continue until your remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero, even if your Account Value drops to zero. If your Account Value drops to zero, no subsequent Purchase Payment will be accepted and no death benefit will be payable. We will however, continue to pay the maximum WB amount each Account Year while you are alive until your remaining GLB amount has been reduced to zero.

For examples of how we calculate benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 4 and 5 in this Appendix.

If you die while participating in the WB Plan and your surviving spouse, as the sole Beneficiary, elects to continue the Contract, Secured Returns 2 will continue on the same terms, for your surviving spouse, even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) In such case, the remaining GLB amount will not reset upon your death, but the charges under Secured Returns 2 will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value. In all other situations, the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract, or in the alternative, to receive the maximum WB amount on an annual basis until the remaining GLB amount has been reduced to zero.

After your fifth Account Anniversary, you may elect to increase (“step-up”) your GLB amount or remaining GLB amount to your then current Account Value. Currently, this step-up election may be made on any day after your fifth Account Anniversary. (We reserve the right to require step-up elections to occur only within 30 days following the fifth or any subsequent Account Anniversary.) On the day we receive your step-up election notice in good order (the “Step-Up Date”), we will increase your GLB or remaining GLB amount to an amount equal to your Account Value on the Step-Up Date. If you elect to step-up your GLB or remaining GLB amount, at least 5 full years from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up the GLB or remaining GLB amount if the current Account Value is greater than the current GLB or remaining GLB amount. If you are in the AB Plan, you must be less than age 85 on the Step-Up Date. If you are in the WB Plan, you must be less than age 81 on the Step-Up Date.

Following your step-up election, the rider fee may be changed to an amount that may be higher than your current Secured Returns 2 fee as discussed above. The rider fee after the step-up will be set by us, based upon current market conditions at the time of the step-up. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

If you are participating in the AB Plan and you elect to step-up your GLB amount, the term of your benefit under the AB Plan will change. Without a step-up, your benefit under the AB Plan will “mature” on the 10th Account Anniversary (the date we credit your Account with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value or refund your Secured Returns 2 rider charges). After you make a step-up election, your benefit under the AB Plan will mature 10 years from the Step-Up Date. (See Example 2 in this Appendix.)

If you have been receiving benefits under the WB Plan, a step-up may change your “maximum WB amount.” After the step up, your “maximum WB amount” will become the greater of the current “maximum WB amount” and 7% of your new remaining GLB amount. Note that, if you step-up in a particular Account Year, any withdrawals previously made in that Account Year are applied against your new “maximum WB amount.” (See Example 8 in this Appendix.)

At the time of a step-up, if your benefit is under the AB Plan, you can still change to the WB Plan at a later date, subject to the applicable age restrictions described above.

Because Purchase Payments, under the WB Plan, are not allowed after your fourth Account Anniversary, you must be participating in the AB Plan to make any subsequent Purchase Payments after a Step-Up. After your step-up election, any subsequent Purchase Payment will increase the GLB amount under your AB Plan by a specified percentage of the subsequent Purchase Payment. The percentage guaranteed depends upon “Step-Up Year” in which the Payment was made. (A “Step-Up Year” is the 365-day period (366, if a leap year) commencing on your Step-Up Date.) The example below illustrates how we determine the percentage guaranteed after a subsequent Purchase Payment:

 
Assume you purchased a Contract on July 1, 2005, and elected to step-up your Contract on October 1, 2010. Under the AB Plan that you have elected, your benefit matures on October 1, 2020. For any subsequent Purchase Payments you make, your GLB amount will increase by the following percentages:
   
Step-Up Year
Payments Made Between
Percentage Guaranteed
 
1
10/02/10 – 10/01/11
100%
 
2
10/02/11 – 10/01/12
100%
 
3
10/02/12 – 10/01/13
85%
 
4
10/02/13 – 10/01/14
85%
 
5
10/02/14 – 10/01/15
85%
 
6
10/02/15 – 10/01/16
70%
 
7
10/02/16 – 10/01/17
70%
 
8
10/02/17 – 10/01/18
70%
 
9
10/02/18 – 10/01/19
60%
 
10
10/02/19 – 10/01/20
60%
 

Thus, a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 2, 2015, will provide only a 70% guarantee whereas a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 1, 2015, will provide an 85% guarantee. (See Example 10 in this Appendix.) It may be disadvantageous for you to make any such Purchase Payments that increase the GLB amount by less than 100% of the payment.

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Secured Returns 2. When you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under the WB Plan, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions under Secured Returns 2 as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the WB Plan, we reduce your Account Value and your remaining GLB amount, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than either your Maximum WB Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your remaining GLB amount if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), then we reserve the right to reduce the remaining GLB amount per the terms of the rider regarding excess withdrawals, when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds your Maximum WB Amount. Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the AB Plan, we reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal and your GLB amount proportionally.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ARE BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION YOU ELECTED SECURED RETURNS 2 ON JANUARY 1, 2005 WITH AN INITIAL PURCHASE PAYMENT OF $100,000. YOUR INITIAL GLB AMOUNT EQUALS YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENT AMOUNT OF $100,000.

EXAMPLE 1: Low investment performance; no WB election.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance. Since your Account Value was below the GLB amount of $100,000 from January 1, 2010 through January 1, 2015, the step-up feature is not available.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2015, your Account Value is $85,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,625.
   
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Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $15,000, an amount equal to $15,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($100,000 - $85,000).

EXAMPLE 2: Low investment performance; no WB election; step-up elected.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance. However, assume that your Account Value was $150,000 on January 1, 2010. Since this amount is greater than your GLB amount, you may step-up to a new 10 year period, with a new GLB amount of $150,000. Assume that you do elect to step-up.
   
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Your new GMAB rider maturity date is now January 1, 2020 (ten years after the date of the step-up). Assume that on January 1, 2020, your Account Value is $130,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $10,125.
   
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Since your Account Value is lower than your stepped-up GLB by $20,000, an amount equal to $20,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($150,000 - $130,000).

EXAMPLE 3: High investment performance; no WB election; refund applies.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had high investment performance. Assume that your Account Value was $150,000 on January 1, 2010. Since this amount is greater than your GLB amount, you may step-up to a new 10-year period, with a new GLB amount of $150,000. Assume that you do not elect to step-up.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2015, your Account Value is $200,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $7,500.
   
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Because your Account Value is greater than the GLB amount of $100,000, your account will be credited with the amount of your rider charges, increasing your Account Value to $207,500.

EXAMPLE 4: Low investment performance; WB election.

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Assume that you elect the WB plan at the beginning of the second Account Year and then choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 remaining GLB amount, or $7,000).
   
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On December 31, 2006, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $91,000.
   
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On December 31, 2007, your remaining GLB amount will be $86,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $80,000. The $7,000 withdrawals continue for seven more years. Assume that from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014, your Account Value is less than your remaining GLB amount. Therefore, the step-up feature is not available.
   
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On December 31, 2014, your remaining GLB amount will be $37,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $0.
   
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These withdrawals of $7,000 continue until the remaining GLB amount runs out in year 2020. At that time, Secured Returns 2 terminates.

EXAMPLE 5: High investment performance; WB election; step-up elected.

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Assume that you elect the WB plan at the beginning of the second Account Year and then choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 remaining GLB amount, or $7,000).
   
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On December 31, 2006, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $95,000.
   
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On December 31, 2007, your remaining GLB amount will be $86,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $90,000. The $7,000 withdrawals continue for two more years. Assume that on January 1, 2010, your Account Value is $80,000 and your remaining GLB amount is $72,000. Since your Account Value is greater than your remaining GLB amount, you may step-up your remaining GLB amount to $80,000. Assume you elect to step-up. Your maximum WB amount is calculated as 7% of $80,000 = $5,600. However, since this is less than your current maximum WB amount of $7,000, your maximum WB amount will remain at $7,000.
   
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Assume you continue to withdraw $7,000 per year for four more years. On December 31, 2013, your remaining GLB amount will be $52,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $56,000.
   
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These $7,000 withdrawals continue. On December 31, 2020, the remaining GLB amount equals $3,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value equals $20,000.
   
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Assume that you withdraw $3,000 on February 12, 2021. At this time, the remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero and Secured Returns 2 terminates and the annual fee stops. However, because there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 6: Withdrawals under the AB Plan; low investment performance.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2006, you withdraw 10% of your Account Value of $110,000 (or $11,000). Your Account Value is now $99,000.
   
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On January 1, 2006, your GLB amount will be reset to $90,000 (the previous GLB amount reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn).
   
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Assume you make no more withdrawals or Purchase Payments and that your Account Value on January 1, 2015 is $87,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,710.
   
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Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $3,000, an amount equal to $3,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($90,000 - $87,000).

EXAMPLE 7: Withdrawals under the WB Plan; low investment performance.

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Assume that you elect the WB plan at the beginning of your second Account Year. The maximum WB amount would be $7,000 (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 remaining GLB amount). However, assume no withdrawals are made. On July 1, 2006, assume that your Account Value is $95,000. The remaining GLB amount is still $100,000, and the maximum WB amount is still $7,000.
   
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Assume that you make a withdrawal of $5,000 on September 3, 2006. Your remaining GLB amount is now $95,000. Assume that your Account Value is now $88,000.
   
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Assume that you make another withdrawal of $5,000 on April 5, 2007. This is now a new Account Year, so the maximum WB amount has not been exceeded yet. Your remaining GLB amount is now $90,000. Assume that your Account Value is now $80,000.
   
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Assume that you make another withdrawal of $5,000 on September 18, 2007. Your total withdrawals in the current Account Year are now $10,000 and exceed the WB maximum of $7,000. Assume that your Account Value is $79,000 just before the withdrawal, and $74,000 just after the withdrawal.
   
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Because your withdrawals exceeded the maximum WB amount, your remaining GLB amount is reduced to the lesser of your previous remaining GLB amount reduced dollar for dollar for the withdrawal ($90,000 - $5,000), and your current Account Value ($74,000). Therefore, your new remaining GLB amount is $74,000. Your maximum WB amount is reduced so that the date on which the remaining GLB expires will be the same date it would have expired had the maximum WB been withdrawn every year (i.e., ($90,000 - $2,000) ÷ $7,000 = 12.57 years). Thus the new maximum WB amount becomes $5,887 ($74,000 ÷ 12.57).

EXAMPLE 8: Withdrawals under the WB Plan; high investment performance; step-up elected.

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Assume that you elect the WB plan at the beginning of your second Account Year. The maximum WB amount would be $7,000 (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 remaining GLB amount). However, assume you make no withdrawals. On February 1, 2010, assume that your Account Value is $124,000. Since your Account Value is greater than your remaining GLB amount, you may step-up your remaining GLB amount to $124,000. Assume that you do not step-up. Your remaining GLB amount is still $100,000, and the maximum WB amount is still $7,000.
   
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Assume that on March 3, 2010, your Account Value is now $125,000. You now make a withdrawal of $5,000. Your remaining GLB amount is now $95,000. Your Account Value is now $120,000. Since your Account Value is greater than your remaining GLB amount, you may step-up your remaining GLB amount to $120,000. Assume that you do step-up. Your maximum WB amount is calculated as 7% of $120,000 = $8,400. Since this is greater than your current maximum WB amount of $7,000, your maximum WB amount increases to $8,400.
   
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Assume that you wish to make another withdrawal on October 5, 2010. Because you have already withdrawn $5,000 in the current Account Year, you can withdraw $3,400 ($8,400 - $5,000) without exceeding your WB maximum. Assume that you withdraw this $3,400. Your remaining GLB amount is now $116,600 ($120,000 - $3,400). Assume that your Account Value is now $118,000.
   
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On January 2, 2011 you begin a new Account Year. Therefore, you can withdraw $8,400 in this new Account Year without exceeding your WB maximum. Assume that you do withdraw $8,400 in this Account Year. On December 31, 2011, the remaining GLB amount equals $108,200. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value equals $110,000.
   
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Assume that you continue to withdraw $8,400 each Account Year. On December 31, 2023, the remaining GLB amount equals $7,400. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value equals $30,000.
   
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Assume that you withdraw $7,400 on March 12, 2024. At that time, the remaining GLB amount is reduced to zero and Secured Returns 2 terminates and the annual fee stops. However, because there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 9: Withdrawals with Subsequent Purchase Payments under the AB Plan; low investment performance.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time.
   
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On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
   
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On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].
   
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Assume that, on June 1, 2011, you withdraw $40,000 and that your Account Value is $240,000 at this time. After the withdrawal, your Account Value is $200,000.
   
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On June 1, 2011, your GLB amount is reset to $140,000. This equals the previous remaining GLB amount reduced proportional to the amount of Account Value withdrawn, or $168,000 x [1 – (40,000 ÷ 240,000)].
   
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Assume you make no more withdrawals or Purchase Payments and that your Account Value on January 1, 2015, is $125,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $6,670.
   
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Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $15,000, an amount equal to $15,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($140,000 - $125,000).

EXAMPLE 10: Step-up and Subsequent Purchase Payments under the AB Plan; high investment performance; step-up elected; refund applies.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had high investment performance. Assume that your Account Value is $150,000 on January 1, 2010. Since this amount is greater than your GLB amount, you may step-up to a new 10-year period, with a new GLB amount of $150,000. Assume that you do elect to step-up.
   
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On June 1, 2011, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.
   
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On June 1, 2011, your GLB amount is $230,000 [$150,000 + ($80,000 x 100%)]. Since it has only been one year since the step-up was elected, the GLB amount is increased by 100% of the new Purchase Payment amount.
   
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Your new AB Plan maturity date is now January 1, 2020 (ten years after the date of the step-up). Assume that on January 1, 2020 your Account Value is $280,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $15,130.
   
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Because your Account Value is greater than the GLB amount of $230,000, your account will be credited with the amount of your rider charges, increasing your Account Value to $295,130.

EXAMPLE 11: Withdrawals with Subsequent Purchase Payments under the WB Plan.

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Assume that you elect the WB plan at the beginning of the second Account Year and then choose to systematically withdraw the maximum WB amount (i.e., 7% of the $100,000 remaining GLB amount or $7,000).
   
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On January 1, 2007, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $91,000.
   
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On January 6, 2007, you make an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000.
   
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Your remaining GLB amount is reset to $143,000 ($93,000 + $50,000).
   
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Your maximum WB amount is reset to $10,500 [$7,000 + (7% x $50,000)].
   
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Assume you increase your annual withdrawals to equal the maximum WB amount of $10,500.
   
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On January 1, 2008, your remaining GLB amount is $132,500 ($143,000 - $10,500). Assume that you make no additional Purchase Payments and the maximum WB amount is withdrawn annually.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $0. Your remaining GLB amount will be $48,500 [$132,500 – ($10,500 x 8 years)]. Withdrawals of $10,500 will continue until the remaining GLB amount runs out in year 2020. At that time, the Secured Returns 2 terminates.

EXAMPLE 12: Calculation of explicit rider charges.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time. Assume that your Account Value increases at an annual rate of 5% per year throughout the first ten years. Also assume that you do not elect to step-up at any time.
   
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On March 31, 2005, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns 2 is taken is $101,196.79. The charge deducted on March 31, 2005 is $126.50 ($101,196.79 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on March 31, 2005 is $101,070.29 ($101,196.79 - $126.50).
   
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On June 30, 2005, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns 2 is taken is $102,307.23. The fee deducted on June 30, 2005 is $127.88 ($102,307.23 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on June 30, 2005 is $102,179.35 ($102,307.23 - $127.88).
   
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On September 30, 2005, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns 2 is taken is $103,443.69. The fee deducted on September 30, 2005 is $129.30 ($103,443.69 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on September 30, 2005 is $103,314.39 ($103,443.69 - $129.30).
   
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This pattern continues until the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2015. On that date, your Account will be credited with a payment. If your current Account Value is less than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the difference between these two amounts. If your current Account Value is greater than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the sum of all of Secured Returns 2 charges that have been made. Note that if Secured Returns 2 was revoked or cancelled before the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2015, then no Secured Returns 2 credit will be made to your Account.


 
 

 

APPENDIX I -
SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE PLUS SM

The optional living benefit known as Secured Returns for Life Plus (“Secured Returns for Life Plus,” “Benefit,” or “the rider”) was available for Contracts purchased on or after April 11, 2006, and prior to February 17, 2009. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Secured Returns for Life Plus. Secured Returns for Life Plus is no longer available for sale on new Contracts. Since we are no longer offering Secured Returns for Life Plus to new Owners, renewals are no longer available.

Secured Returns for Life Plus provides a guarantee of a return of your initial Purchase Payment (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals), during the accumulation period regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount guaranteed can be greater than or less than your Account Value. The guaranteed amount can be paid out under a Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan, which provides for a return of your guaranteed amount on the AB Plan Maturity Date, or a Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan, which provides for a return of your guaranteed amount through periodic withdrawals or, if you meet certain conditions, payments for life.(You should note that the Benefit does not, in all cases, guarantee payments “for Life.” Certain actions you take may reduce, and even terminate, your Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.)

In addition, Secured Returns for Life Plus includes a bonus feature (called the “Plus 5 Program”) that may increase the guaranteed amount under the WB Plan provided no withdrawals are taken during an Account Year. These bonuses will not increase your guaranteed amount under the AB Plan. We will, however, keep track of any bonuses while you are in the AB Plan and apply them to the WB Plan, if and when you transfer into the WB Plan. The bonuses under the Plus 5 Program are discussed further in this Appendix under “Plus 5 Program.”

We use the following definitions to describe how Secured Returns for Life Plus works:

AB Plan Maturity Date:
The date when the AB Plan matures. If you are younger than 85 on the Issue Date, your AB Plan Maturity Date is the later of your 10th Account Anniversary or 10 years from the date of your last step-up. (See “Step-Up.”) If you are 85 on the Issue Date, your AB Plan Maturity Date is your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date.
   
Plus 5 Period:
The period of time equal in length to the first 10 Account Years; or, if less than 10 years, the period of time up to the Account Year in which the oldest Participant attains age 80.
   
Bonus Base:
An amount that is equal to the initial Purchase Payment on the date the Contract is issued, and later is adjusted for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals made during the Plus 5 Period.
   
Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount
(the “GLB amount”):
The minimum amount guaranteed under the Contract while you are participating in the AB Plan. The GLB amount is initially equal to your initial Purchase Payment, which is adjusted for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals. The GLB amount is also used to set the RGLB amount on the date you elect the WB Plan.
   
Remaining Guaranteed Living Benefit
Amount (the “RGLB amount”):
The minimum amount guaranteed if you elected the WB Plan. The RGLB amount equals the GLB amount plus any accrued bonus amount on the date you choose to participate in the WB Plan. This amount will be adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, bonus amounts, and partial withdrawals.
   
Guaranteed Living Benefit Base
(the “GLB Base”):
A value equal to the RGLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan. The GLB Base is adjusted later for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, bonus amounts, and partial withdrawals. The GLB Base is used to establish the Maximum WB Amount.
   
Lifetime Income Base:
A value equal to the RGLB amount on the WB Plan election date, if you are age 60 or older on said date. A value equal to the RGLB amount on the Account Anniversary on or immediately following your 59th birthday, if you are less than age 60 on the WB Plan election date. The Lifetime Income Base is adjusted later for any subsequent Purchase Payments, step-ups, bonus amounts, and partial withdrawals. The Lifetime Income Base is used to establish the Maximum WB for Life Amount.
   
Maximum WB Amount:
The maximum guaranteed amount available for annual withdrawal until your RGLB amount has been reduced to zero. The annual Maximum WB Amount is equal to 5% of the GLB Base.
   
Maximum WB For Life Amount:
The maximum guaranteed amount available for annual withdrawal during your lifetime. The Maximum WB for Life Amount is equal to 4% or 5% of the current Lifetime Income Base depending upon the age of the Participant on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan or most recent Step-Up Date. If your Contract is co-owned, the age of the oldest Participant will be used to determine the Maximum WB for Life Amount. (You should be aware that the Maximum WB for Life Amount is not a guaranteed amount. Certain actions you take could reduce the value of your Maximum WB for Life Amount to zero.)
   
You and Your:
Under this optional living benefit, the terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant as described under “Death of Participant Under the AB Plan” and “Death of Participant Under the WB Plan.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest annuitant.

We also use the following acronyms when discussing the features of Secured Returns for Life Plus:

WB Plan
Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit Plan
   
AB Plan
Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit Plan
   
GLB Amount
Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount
   
RGLB Amount
Remaining Guaranteed Living Benefit Amount
   
Maximum WB Amount
Maximum Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit Amount
   
Maximum WB for Life Amount
Maximum Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit for Life Amount

To participate in Secured Returns for Life Plus, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of the plan: a 10-year period under the AB Plan or, if you elected the WB Plan, until the RGLB amount is reduced to zero and the Lifetime Income Base is zero. The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

When you elected to participate in Secured Returns for Life Plus, you are automatically enrolled in the AB Plan. At any time, you may elect instead to receive your benefits under the WB Plan, provided that you make the election prior to the earliest of the date your AB Plan matures, the Contract’s Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, and the date you annuitize. Once you elect to participate in the WB Plan, you may not change your election to the AB Plan. If you do not specifically elect the WB Plan, you will be deemed to have elected to remain in the AB Plan.

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan

Under its terms, the AB Plan matures on the AB Plan Maturity Date. On that date, we will credit your Account Value with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value after adjusting for any Contract charges or credits. Any such amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at that time.

Your GLB amount and your Bonus Base are equal to the sum of 100% of your initial Purchase Payment plus a specified percentage of any subsequent Purchase Payments, adjusted in amount for step-ups (described in this Appendix under “Step -Up”) and partial withdrawals. If you make one or more subsequent Purchase Payments during the 10-year period, the period will not restart. Rather, the percentage of guaranteed return for each subsequent Purchase Payment after the second Account Anniversary will be reduced depending upon the Account Year in which it was made, as follows:

Account Year in which
Purchase Payment was made
Percentage added to the GLB amount
and to the Bonus Base
1-2
100%
3-5
85%
6-8
70%
9-10
60%

Note that the timing and amount of subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals may significantly affect the total Secured Returns for Life Plus Benefit. In particular, Purchase Payments made after the second Account Year may significantly reduce the value of this Benefit to you.

If your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount on the AB Plan Maturity Date, we will credit your Account Value with an amount equal to the charges you paid for Secured Returns for Life Plus. (See “Refund of Secured Returns for Life Plus Charges Under the AB Plan” in this Appendix.) For examples of how we calculate benefits under the AB Plan, see Examples 1 and 2 in this Appendix.

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“WB”) Plan

Under the terms of the WB Plan, you are guaranteed a return of your RGLB amount even if your Account Value becomes zero. Each Account Year during which the WB Plan is in effect, you can withdraw up to your Maximum WB Amount until your RGLB amount has been depleted. Once the RGLB amount is reduced to zero, your GLB Base is permanently set to zero as well. However, if you exceed your Maximum WB Amount in any one Account Year, your RGLB and future guaranteed withdrawals will be reduced in the manner described in this Appendix under “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life Plus.”

The WB Plan also guarantees that, if you have chosen the WB Plan and if you are age 60 or older, you can withdraw up to your Maximum WB for Life Amount every Account Year that you are alive, even if your Account Value has been depleted. If you are younger than age 60, you may withdraw up to your Maximum WB for Life Amount every Account Year after your first Account Anniversary following your 59th birthday. If you exceed your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any one Account Year, the amount of your subsequent guaranteed lifetime withdrawals will be reduced in the manner discussed in this Appendix under “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life Plus.”

Your Guaranteed Living Benefit Base is also set equal to the RGLB amount on the date you elect to participate in the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit Plan. Your Maximum WB Amount is a set dollar amount equal to 5% of your GLB Base. On the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we set your RGLB amount to equal your GLB amount as described above under “Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“AB”) Plan” plus any accrued bonuses. This value is used to determine your Maximum WB for Life Amount as discussed further below.

To calculate your Maximum WB for Life Amount, we must first determine your Lifetime Income Base. The Lifetime Income Base is an amount equal to the RGLB amount on:

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the date you elected to participate in the WB Plan if you are age 60 or older on that date, or
   
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your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday, if you are 59 or younger on the date you elect to participate in the WB Plan.

The Maximum WB for Life Amount will then be calculated, based upon your age on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan, as follows:

Your Age on Date of First
Withdrawal under WB Plan
 
Maximum WB for Life Amount
65 or older
 
5% of the Lifetime Income Base
64 or younger
 
4% of the Lifetime Income Base

You are not required to make any withdrawals after you have elected the WB Plan; however, each time you make a withdrawal, we determine whether the withdrawal has exceeded the Maximum WB Amount, the Maximum WB for Life Amount, or both. If you have exceeded the Maximum WB Amount or the Maximum WB for Life Amount, we determine the new maximum amount(s) for future withdrawals. In any one Account Year, withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount may reduce or eliminate your future guaranteed withdrawals, possibly reducing the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit to an amount less than the sum of your Purchase Payments. (See “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life Plus” in this Appendix.)

Provided your RGLB amount and Account Value have not been reduced to zero, any Purchase Payment made after you have elected the WB Plan, and before your fourth Account Anniversary, will increase your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Bonus Base, and your Lifetime Income Base each by 100% of such Purchase Payment. Therefore, your Maximum WB Amount will equal 5% of your new GLB Base. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount will equal 4% or 5% of your new Lifetime Income Base, depending upon your age on the date of your first withdrawal under the WB Plan as shown in the above chart or your most recent “Step-Up Date,” described in this Appendix under “Step-Up.” Under the WB Plan, after your fourth Account Anniversary, you may not make any additional Purchase Payments unless your Benefit under the rider has been cancelled, terminated, or revoked. After the fourth Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit while participating in the WB Plan will be returned to you.

For examples of how we calculate benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 5 and 6 in this Appendix.

Plus 5 Program

The Plus 5 Program gives you the opportunity to increase your Secured Returns for Life Plus Benefit if you defer taking withdrawals. That is to say, if you have selected the Benefit and you do not take any withdrawals in the early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in the later Account Years. Under Secured Returns for Life Plus, the Plus 5 Program is automatically available to you during your first 10 Account Years (the “Plus 5 Period”). However, if you are 70 or older on the Issue Date, the Plus 5 Period ends on your 80th birthday. Under the Plus 5 Program, if you do not take any withdrawals during any one or more Account Years, we will automatically calculate a bonus based upon your initial Purchase Payment (the “Bonus Base”) and adjusted for additional Purchase Payments, step-ups, and partial withdrawals. Although we calculate the amount of your bonus each year regardless of whether you are participating in the AB Plan or the WB Plan, you can benefit from any bonus amount only if you choose to participate in the WB Plan, as follows:

 
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Assume you are participating in the AB Plan. Under this Plan, you only have the potential for increasing the amount of your withdrawals in later Account Years. For each year you do not take a withdrawal during the Plus 5 Period, we will calculate a bonus equal to 5% of your Bonus Base and add it to an existing accrued bonus amount. The bonuses you earn will accumulate but will not increase your Account Value, your GLB amount, or any guarantee payments you receive under the AB Plan. If you choose to switch to the WB Plan, that potential for larger withdrawals will be realized. When you switch to the WB Plan, we will set your RGLB amount to equal your GLB amount plus any bonuses accumulated under your Contract while you were participating in the AB Plan.
     
 
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Assume you are participating in the WB Plan. Under this Plan, the potential for larger withdrawals will be realized. Each year you do not take a withdrawal during the Plus 5 Period, we will not only calculate a bonus equal to 5% of your Bonus Base, but we will add that bonus to your RGLB amount on your Account Anniversary (prior to calculating your new GLB Base or Lifetime Income Base). In this way, your withdrawals under the WB Plan will be larger in the later years than they would have been without the Plus 5 Program. Each time we add a bonus to the RGLB amount, we will also recalculate your GLB Base and Lifetime Income Base as described below.
     
   
After the addition of any bonus, your new GLB Base will be the greater of:
   
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your GLB Base prior to the addition of the amount of any bonus, and
   
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your RGLB amount after the addition of any applicable bonus.
   
 
If your age is within our age limitations, we will calculate a new Lifetime Income Base. Your new Lifetime Income Base will be equal to the greater of:
   
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your Lifetime Income Base prior to the addition of the bonus amount, and
   
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the lesser of:
   
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your RGLB amount after the addition of the bonus amount, and
   
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your previous Lifetime Income Base plus the addition of any bonus amount.

While you are participating in the AB Plan during the Plus 5 Period, any bonuses that apply to your Contract will only accumulate and will not increase your GLB amount or any guarantee payments you receive under the AB Plan. However, for each Account Year that you do not take a withdrawal during the Plus 5 Period, the bonus will be calculated and added to the existing accrued bonus amount. Before taking a withdrawal during the Plus 5 Period, you should carefully consider the negative effect this will have on your Plus 5 bonuses.

When and if you elect to participate in the WB Plan, your RGLB amount is set equal to your GLB amount plus any bonuses accumulated under your Contract while you were participating in the AB Plan. Your accrued bonus amount will then be set at zero. Any future bonus amounts, if applicable, while you are participating in the WB Plan, will be added each year, as described above.

Bonuses under the Plus 5 Program do not increase your Account Value; you can benefit from any such bonus only if you choose the WB Plan.

Cost of Secured Returns for Life Plus

Unlike other Contract charges, the charge for Secured Returns for Life Plus will not be calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets as described under “Variable Accumulation Unit Value” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached. Instead, the charge for the Benefit will be made as a specific deduction from the Account Value, taken on the last valuation day of the Account Quarter. The charge per year for Secured Returns for Life Plus is currently equal to 0.50% of your Account Value. The quarterly charge will be determined by multiplying the Account Value at the end of the Account Quarter by 0.125%. (See Example 18 in this Appendix.) The specific amount of the quarterly charge will be reflected on your quarterly account statement. The maximum charge you can pay for Secured Returns for Life Plus in any one Account Year is equal to 0.50% of the highest Account Value at any point in that Account Year.

We will continue to deduct this charge until:

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you annuitize or
   
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under the provisions of Secured Returns for Life Plus:
   
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your Benefit matures;
   
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your Benefit is revoked (see “Revocation of Secured Returns for Life Plus” in this Appendix); or
   
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your RGLB amount and your Lifetime Income Base are both reduced to zero under the WB Plan.

Cancellation of the Benefit (caused by a transfer out of the Designated Fund, a Purchase Payment allocation to a non-Designated Fund, or an assignment) will not terminate the charge, until the 7th Account Anniversary. (See “Cancellation of Secured Returns for Life Plus” in this Appendix.)

Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life Plus

All withdrawals under Secured Returns for Life Plus are subject to withdrawal charges if they are in excess of your annual free withdrawal amount. (See “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached) In addition, any withdrawals you take under Secured Returns for Life Plus may reduce the value of your Benefit under the rider. Such withdrawals affect your Benefit differently depending upon whether you are participating in the AB Plan or the WB Plan. In either case, however, a withdrawal may reduce the value of the Benefit by an amount greater than the amount of the withdrawal.

Assume you are participating in the AB Plan. Any withdrawals you make will reduce the dollar value of your Benefit under this rider proportionally to the amount withdrawn. For example, after a partial withdrawal, the new GLB amount will equal

old GLB amount
X
Account Value immediately after partial withdrawal
Account Value immediately before partial withdrawal

Therefore, on your AB Maturity Date, instead of crediting your Account Value with the full amount of your Benefit, we will reduce the amount we credit proportionally to the amount withdrawn.

You should be aware that, if your Account Value is less than the amount of your Benefit at the time a withdrawal is taken, your GLB amount will be reduced by an amount equal to or more than the amount withdrawn. Thus, withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life Plus, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

We will also proportionally reduce your Bonus Base and any accrued bonuses using a similar calculation. (See Example 3 in this Appendix.) However, as discussed in detail in this Appendix under “Plus 5 Program,” even though the Bonus Base and accrued bonuses are calculated while you are in the AB Plan, you can benefit from any bonus amount only if you choose to participate in the WB Plan.

Assume you are participating in the WB Plan and you want to receive the full amount of your guaranteed benefit over a period of years. To maximize your guaranteed benefit, you may withdraw no more than a specified amount each year. In other words, each year, you may withdraw no more than your Maximum WB Amount. Your guaranteed benefit amount (the RGLB amount) will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, but your Maximum WB Amount will remain unchanged. In other words, you will be able to take the same maximum amount each year until your guaranteed benefit amount is completely withdrawn.

If, however, in any one Account Year, you withdraw more than the current Maximum WB Amount, the dollar value of your guaranteed benefits will be reduced and the amount of each future annual guaranteed withdrawal will be less. You should be aware that, if you withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount at time when your Account Value is less than the amount of your Benefit, your RGLB amount will be reduced by an amount equal to or more than the excess amount withdrawn. Thus, withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life Plus, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Here is how we calculate the benefit reduction. Your new RGLB amount will be the lesser of:

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your previous RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, and
   
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your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new GLB Base will be the lesser of:

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your previous GLB Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount, and
   
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your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new Bonus Base will be the lesser of:

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your previous Bonus Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount, and
   
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your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new Maximum WB Amount will be 5% of your new reduced GLB Base. Going forward, this will be the maximum amount that you can withdraw annually without further reducing your Benefit.

The Maximum WB Amount is not cumulative. If you withdraw less than the Maximum WB Amount in any one Account Year, you cannot add that unused portion to withdrawals made in future years to increase the Maximum WB Amount.

Assume you are participating in the WB Plan and you want to receive a guaranteed annual amount for the rest of your life. To maximize your guaranteed benefit, you may withdraw no more than a specified amount each year. Under this scenario, you may withdraw no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Your guaranteed benefit amount (the RGLB amount) will be reduced by the amount of such withdrawals, but your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain unchanged. In other words, you will be able to take the same maximum amount each year as long as you are alive, subject to the other terms and conditions described herein.

If, however, in any one Account Year, you withdraw more than the current Maximum WB for Life Amount, the dollar value of your guaranteed benefits will be reduced and the amount of each future annual guaranteed withdrawal will be less. Here is how we calculate the benefit reduction. Your new Lifetime Income Base will be the lesser of:

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the Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new Maximum WB for Life Amount will be determined based upon your age on the date of the first withdrawal under the WB Plan (or your age on the most recent “Step-Up Date,” if later) as follows:

Your Age on the later of Date of First
Withdrawal under WB Plan
or Most Recent Step-Up Date
 
New Maximum WB for Life Amount
65 or older
 
5% of the new Lifetime Income Base
64 or younger
 
4% of the new Lifetime Income Base

The Maximum WB for Life Amount is not cumulative. That is to say, the unused portion in any Account Year cannot be applied in future years to increase the Maximum WB for Life Amount.

In general when participating in the WB Plan, you should keep the following in mind:

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A withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount or the Maximum WB for Life Amount might reduce and even terminate your Secured Returns for Life Plus Benefits, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.
   
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If your Account Value drops to zero and, in the same year, you withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life Plus will terminate and your Contract will terminate without value.
   
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If your Account Value drops to zero but you did not, in the same year, withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your benefits under Secured Returns for Life Plus will continue. However, no subsequent Purchase Payment will be accepted, no death benefit or annuity benefits will be payable, and all benefits under your Contract, except the right to continue annual withdrawals under this rider, will terminate. You will have two choices:
   
(1)
You could choose to receive the Maximum WB for Life Amount, if any, until you die. In that case, after your death, your beneficiary receives the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero; or
   
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You (or your beneficiary if you have died) could choose to receive the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero.
   
 
If you do not make a choice, we will default you to option 1.

For examples showing how withdrawals affect your benefits under the WB Plan, see Examples 5 through 7 and Examples 11 and 12 in this Appendix.

Annuitization Under the WB Plan

Under the WB Plan, if your Account Value is greater than zero on the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may annuitize your Contract rather than receiving periodic payments under the WB plan. If no prior election to annuitize is on file with the Company, on the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date you may elect to:

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annuitize the Contract as described under “THE INCOME PHASE - ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached;
   
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surrender your Contract;
   
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receive the Maximum WB Amount each year until the RGLB amount is reduced to zero; or
   
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receive the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until a Participant dies and, thereafter, allow the beneficiary to receive the Maximum WB Amount until the RGLB amount, if any, is reduced to zero.

Regardless of whether you elect to annuitize, surrender or receive payments under the WB plan, all other Contract benefits, including the death benefit, will terminate on the Annuity Commencement Date. If you fail to make an election, we may automatically annuitize your Contract and provide a life annuity with 120 monthly payments certain. Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Cancellation of Secured Returns for Life Plus

Transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached under “Transfer Privilege.” If, however, you transfer some or all of your Account Value out of the Designated Funds, the Secured Returns for Life Plus benefits will be automatically cancelled. Likewise, if you allocate one or more subsequent Purchase Payments to an investment option other than one of the Designated Funds, the Secured Returns for Life Plus benefits will be cancelled. A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel Secured Returns for Life Plus.

Once Secured Returns for Life Plus has been cancelled, it cannot be reinstated. After cancellation of the benefits, you will continue to pay the annual charge for Secured Returns for Life Plus until your 7th Account Anniversary.

Revocation of Secured Returns for Life Plus

Anytime after your 7th Account Anniversary, you may revoke Secured Returns for Life Plus. Once revoked, Secured Returns for Life Plus may not be reinstated. After Secured Returns for Life Plus has been revoked, all benefits and charges will end.

Step-Up

On or after your first Account Anniversary, you may elect to increase your guaranteed amount to your then current Account Value. Currently, this step-up election may be made on any day after your first Account Anniversary. (We reserve the right to require step-up elections to occur only within 30 days following the first or any subsequent Account Anniversary.)

If you are participating in the AB Plan, on the day we receive your step-up election notice in good order (the “Step-Up Date”), we will increase your GLB amount and Bonus Base to an amount equal to your Account Value on the Step-Up Date, if eligible. If you elect to step-up, at least one full year from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up if:

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your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB amount, and
   
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your Account Value is $5,000,000 or less on your Step-Up Date.

If you are participating in the WB Plan on the Step-Up Date, we will step up your GLB Base, your Bonus Base, your RGLB amount, and your Lifetime Income Base to an amount equal to your Account Value on the Step-Up Date, if eligible. If you elect to step-up, at least one full year from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up if:

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your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB Base and greater than the current Lifetime Income Base, and
   
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your Account Value is $5,000,000 or less on your Step-Up Date.

For purposes of determining the above $5,000,000 limits, we reserve the right to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other Sun Life variable annuity contracts you own.

If you are in the AB Plan, your Step-Up Date must be at least 10 years prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. If you have selected an Annuity Commencement Date that is prior to the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date but is less than 10 years after your Step-Up Date, we will automatically extend your Annuity Commencement Date to equal your AB Plan Maturity Date.

Without a step-up, your benefits under the AB Plan will “mature” on the 10th Account Anniversary (the date we credit your Account with any excess of your GLB amount over your Account Value or refund your Secured Returns for Life Plus charge, i.e. the “AB Plan Maturity Date”). If you elect to step-up your GLB amount, the term of your benefits under the AB Plan will change. After you make a step-up election, your benefits under the AB Plan will mature 10 years from the Step-Up Date, unless you elect the WB Plan any time before the AB Plan matures. (See Example 4 in this Appendix.) Accrued bonus amounts after step-up under the AB Plan will be equal to the greater of:

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the accrued bonus amount before step-up less the difference between the GLB amount after and before step-up, and
   
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zero.

Thus, a step-up while the AB Plan is in effect will cause a reduction in the amount of any accrued bonuses.

Following your step-up election, the rider fee will be changed to an amount equal to the Secured Returns for Life Plus fee charged on newly issued Contracts at that time. This fee may be higher than your current fee as set forth in this Appendix under “Cost of Secured Returns for Life Plus.” If we are no longer issuing new Contracts with the Secured Returns for Life Plus Rider, then the rider fee after the step-up will be set by us, based upon current market conditions at the time of the step-up. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

If you have been receiving benefits under the WB Plan, a step-up will change your Maximum WB Amount and your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Your Step-Up Date must be a date prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. After the step-up, your Maximum WB Amount will be 5% of the new GLB Base, and your Maximum WB for Life Amount will be 4% or 5% of your new Lifetime Income Base depending upon your age. If you are 65 or older on the Step-Up Date and your Maximum WB for Life Amount has been equal to 4% of your GLB Base, your Maximum WB for Life Amount will be increased to 5% of your GLB Base. Note that, if you step-up in a particular Account Year, any withdrawals previously made in that Account Year are applied against your new Maximum WB Amount and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount. (See Example 8 in this Appendix.)

If your Benefit is under the AB Plan, at the time of step-up, you can still change to the WB Plan at a later date, subject to the applicable age restrictions described in this Appendix under “Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (‘WB’) Plan”. (See Example 16 in this Appendix.)

Subsequent Purchase Payments After a Step-Up

Under the WB Plan, any subsequent Purchase Payment will increase, by the full amount of the payment, the RGLB amount, the GLB Base, the Bonus Base, and the Lifetime Income Base, if applicable. After your fourth Account Anniversary, if you are participating in the WB Plan, subsequent Purchase Payments are not allowed.

Under the AB Plan, after your step-up election, any subsequent Purchase Payment will increase the GLB amount and the Bonus Base under your AB Plan by a specified percentage of the subsequent Purchase Payment. The percentage guaranteed depends upon the “Step-Up Year” in which the Payment was made. (A “Step-Up Year” is the 365-day period (366, if a leap year) commencing on your Step-Up Date.) The example below illustrates how we determine the percentage guaranteed after a subsequent Purchase Payment:

 
Assume you purchased a Contract on July 1, 2010, and elected to step-up your Contract on October 1, 2015. Under the AB Plan that you have elected, your Benefit matures on October 1, 2025. For any subsequent Purchase Payments you make into this Contract, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base would increase by the following percentages of such Purchase Payments:
   
Step-Up Year
Payments Made Between
Percentage Added to the
GLB amount and the Bonus Base
 
1
10/02/15 – 10/01/16
100%
 
2
10/02/16 – 10/01/17
100%
 
3
10/02/17 – 10/01/18
85%
 
4
10/02/18 – 10/01/19
85%
 
5
10/02/19 – 10/01/20
85%
 
6
10/02/20 – 10/01/21
70%
 
7
10/02/21 – 10/01/22
70%
 
8
10/02/22 – 10/01/23
70%
 
9
10/02/23 – 10/01/24
60%
 
10
10/02/24 – 10/01/25
60%
 

Thus, only 70% of a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 2, 2020 would be guaranteed, whereas 85% of a subsequent Purchase Payment made on October 1, 2020 would be guaranteed. It may be to your disadvantage to make any such Purchase Payments that increase the GLB amount by less that 100% of the payment.

Refund of Secured Returns for Life Plus Charges Under the AB Plan

If your Contract remains in the AB Plan until the AB Plan Maturity Date, and the Account Value is greater than or equal to the GLB amount, then we will refund the charges you have paid for Secured Returns for Life Plus (“Refund Amount”) by crediting the Refund Amount to your Account Value. The Refund Amount will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested on such AB Plan Maturity Date. No refund of the Secured Returns for Life Plus charges will be made if you change from the AB Plan to the WB Plan.

Death of Participant Under the AB Plan

If any Participant dies while participating in the AB Plan, all benefits and charges under Secured Returns for Life Plus will automatically terminate when we receive Due Proof of Death, unless the surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract. In that case, the surviving spouse has three options under the Contract.

(1)
The spouse can automatically continue in the AB Plan even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) The charges under Secured Returns for Life Plus will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value. The GLB amount, however, will not be reset.
   
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The surviving spouse can elect to switch to the WB Plan; however, such election must be made prior to the earliest of annuitization, the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, and the scheduled AB Plan Maturity Date. The same WB Plan benefits will apply, except the surviving spouse will not be entitled to receive lifetime withdrawal benefits under the original optional living benefit rider.
   
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The surviving spouse can elect to participate in a new Secured Returns for Life Plus rider on the original Contract (assuming that the rider is available to new Participants at the time of election and the surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements) and, thus, be eligible to receive lifetime withdrawal benefits. If the surviving spouse makes such election: (a) the rider charge will be equal to the rider charge on newly issued Contracts; (b) the GLB amount and the Bonus Base will be equal to the Account Value after the death benefit has been credited; and (c) the spouse will be enrolled in the AB Plan. If the spouse elects to switch to the WB Plan, the GLB Base and the RGLB amount will be the GLB amount on the date the spouse elected to participate in the WB Plan. The Lifetime Income Base will be the RGLB amount on:
   
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the date the surviving spouse elected to participate in the WB Plan, if the spouse is age 60 or older on that date, or
   
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the Account Anniversary after the surviving spouse reaches age 59, if the spouse is 59 or younger on the date of the WB Plan election.

If the Contract is not continued by the surviving spouse following a Participant’s death while participating in the AB Plan, the Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Death of Participant Under the WB Plan

If any Participant dies while participating in the WB Plan, the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract or, alternatively, to receive the Maximum WB Amount on an annual basis until the RGLB amount has been reduced to zero. If the surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, the spouse has two additional options under the Contract:

(1)
The surviving spouse can automatically continue to participate in the WB Plan, but lifetime withdrawal benefits will not be available to the spouse. All other benefits under the WB Plan will continue, for the surviving spouse, even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached) The charges under Secured Returns for Life Plus will be assessed against the enhanced Account Value. The RGLB amount, however, will not be reset.
   
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The surviving spouse can elect to participate in a new Secured Returns for Life Plus benefit on the original contract (subject to the terms and conditions described above under “Death of Participant Under the AB Plan”) and, thus, be eligible to receive lifetime withdrawal benefits.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Secured Returns for Life Plus. When you elect to participate in the WB Plan, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under the WB Plan, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions under Secured Returns for Life Plus as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the WB Plan, we reduce your Account Value and your RGLB amount, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than either your Maximum WB Amount, or your Maximum WB for Life Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your GLB Base, Lifetime Income Base, or Bonus Base, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), then we reserve the right to reduce the GLB Base, Lifetime Income Base, Bonus Base, or all of these amounts, per the terms of the rider regarding Excess Withdrawals, when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds either your Maximum WB Amount or your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the AB Plan, we reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal and your GLB amount, Bonus Base and any accrued bonus amounts proportionally (see “Withdrawals Under Secured Returns for Life Plus” in this Appendix).

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ARE BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU ELECTED SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE PLUS ON JANUARY 1, 2007 WITH AN INITIAL PURCHASE PAYMENT OF $100,000. YOUR INITIAL GLB AMOUNT EQUALS YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENT AMOUNT OF $100,000.

EXAMPLE 1: Calculation of Benefits under AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $15,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you remain in the AB plan until it “matures” on January 1, 2017. Assume that you have taken no withdrawals since your contract was issued. Your accrued bonus amount is $50,000 ($5,000 per year for ten years). Since your rider has “matured” in the AB plan, the accrued bonus amount becomes $0. Assume that your Account Value on January 1, 2017 is $88,000. Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $12,000, an amount equal to $12,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($100,000 - $88,000).

EXAMPLE 2: Calculation of Benefits under AB Plan with Subsequent Purchase Payments; Refund Applies.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on May 20, 2009, you make a Purchase Payment of $80,000. Since you are in your third Account Year, your GLB amount is increased by 85% of this Purchase Payment. Therefore, your new GLB amount is $168,000 (old GLB amount of $100,000 plus 85% of $80,000). Your new Bonus Base is also $168,000 (old Bonus Base of $100,000 plus 85% of $80,000). Your accrued bonus amount remains at $10,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $18,400, which equals $8,400 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $168,000.
   
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Assume that you remain in the AB Plan until it “matures” on January 1, 2017. Assume that you have taken no withdrawals since your contract was issued. Your accrued bonus amount is $77,200 ($5,000 per year for two years plus $8,400 per year for eight years). Since your rider “matured” in the AB Plan, the accrued bonus amount becomes $0. Assume that your Account Value on January 1, 2017 is $200,000. Assume that the total rider charges you paid were $8,375.
   
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Because your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount ($200,000 vs. $168,000), your Contract will be credited with an amount equal to the rider charges you have paid ($8,375), increasing your Account Value to $208,375.

EXAMPLE 3: Withdrawals under AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on March 10, 2009 (in your third Account Year), your Account Value is $80,000. Also assume that you take a withdrawal of $10,000 on this date. Therefore, your ending Account Value on March 10, 2009 is $70,000. Your GLB amount, Bonus Base, and accrued bonus amount are reduced proportionally to the amount withdrawn. Therefore, your new GLB amount is $100,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $87,500. Your new Bonus Base is $100,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $87,500. Your new accrued bonus amount is $10,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $8,750.
   
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Assume that you take no more withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your GLB amount remains at $87,500, and your Bonus Base also remains at $87,500. Since you made a withdrawal in your third Account Year, you do not accrue a bonus amount in that Account Year. Therefore, your accrued bonus amount remains at $8,750.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, your accrued bonus amount is $13,125, which equals $4,375 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $8,750. Since no withdrawals were been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $87,500.
   
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Assume that you remain in the AB plan until it “matures” on January 1, 2017. Assume that you take no more withdrawals from your contract. Your accrued bonus amount is $39,375 ($8,750 total for the first two years plus $4,375 per year for seven years). Since your rider has “matured” in the AB plan, the accrued bonus amount becomes $0. Assume that your Account Value on January 1, 2017 is $80,000. Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $7,500, an amount equal to $7,500 will be deposited into your Contract ($87,500 - $80,000).

EXAMPLE 4: Step-up elected under AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $15,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2010 your Account Value is $118,000. Since you have passed your first Account Anniversary and have not stepped-up with the past year, and since your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount, you may elect to step up to a new ten year period, with a new GLB amount of $118,000. Assume that you do elect to step up. Your GLB amount is now equal to $118,000. Also, your Bonus Base is now equal to $118,000. Your AB plan “maturity date” is now January 1, 2020. Since your new GLB amount of $118,000 is greater than the sum of your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your old accrued bonus amount of $15,000, your new accrued bonus amount is set equal to $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, your accrued bonus amount is $5,900, which equals $5,900 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $0. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $118,000.
   
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Assume that you remain in the AB plan until it “matures” on January 1, 2020. Assume that you have taken no withdrawals since your contract was issued. Your accrued bonus amount is $41,300 ($5,900 per year for seven years). Since your rider has “matured” in the AB plan, the accrued bonus amount becomes $0. Assume that your Account Value on January 1, 2020 is $112,000. Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $6,000, an amount equal to $6,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($118,000 - $112,000).

EXAMPLE 5: Calculation of Benefits under WB Plan; Early Withdrawals.

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Assume you are age 56 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2007, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually.
   
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On January 1, 2007:
   
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is zero [4% of your Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Bonus Base is $100,000 [the amount of your initial Purchase Payment]. Since you are taking withdrawals each Account Year, you do not receive any bonus credits.
   
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On December 31, 2007, after your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Maximum WB Amount:
   
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Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$5,000].
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
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Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
   
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Assume you take only systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 3 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments. On December 1, 2009, you celebrate your 59th birthday. On January 1, 2010:
   
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Your Account Value has been reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals [$15,000].
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $85,000 [$100,000-($5,000 x 3)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is set at $85,000 [an amount equal to the RGLB amount on your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,400 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are less than 65 years old].
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Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
   
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Assume you elect to take only annual systematic withdraws of no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount [$3,400] for an additional 20 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, and that your Account Value reduces to zero. On December 31, 2029:
   
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals, is $17,000 [85,000 – ($3,400 x 20)]
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $85,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years.
   
 
Even though your rights under the annuity Contract terminated when the Account Value became zero, we will continue to make payments to you. At this point, however, you must choose between:
   
(1)
withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until you die or
(2)
withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your RGLB amount is reduced to zero.
   
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Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount. Therefore you will continue to receive $3,400 per year as long as you are alive. If you die before your RGLB amount is reduced to $0, your beneficiary will receive $5,000 per year (your Maximum WB Amount) until your RGLB amount is reduced to zero.

EXAMPLE 6: Calculation of Benefits under WB Plan with Subsequent Purchase Payments; Lifetime Withdrawals.

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Assume you are age 60 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2007, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB for Life Amount annually.
   
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On January 1, 2007:
   
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
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Your Bonus Base is $100,000 [the amount of your initial Purchase Payment]. Since you are taking withdrawals each Account Year, you do not receive any bonus credits.
   
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On December 31, 2007, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
   
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Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
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Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
   
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Assume you take only annual systematic withdrawals of $4,000 for a total of 4 years. Assume you make a subsequent Purchase Payment of $50,000, in your 4th Account Year. Assume also that, immediately before the subsequent Purchase Payment, your Account Value was $80,000. On December 31, 2010:
   
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals and increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $134,000 [$100,000 - ($4,000 x 4) + $50,000].
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Your GLB Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $7,500 [5% of your new GLB Base]
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Your Lifetime Income Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $6,000 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base]
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Your Bonus Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
   
 
You may increase your annual systematic withdrawals to $6,000 without any effect on your future lifetime benefits.
   
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Assume you elect to take only annual systematic withdraws of no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount [$6,000] for an additional 20 years. Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, and that your Account Value reduces to zero. On December 31, 2030:
   
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Your Account Value equals zero.
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals is $14,000 [$134,000 – ($6,000 x 20)].
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Your GLB Base is still $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
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Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years.
   
 
Even though your rights under the annuity Contract terminated when the Account Value became zero, we will continue to make payments to you. At this point, however, you must choose between:
   
(1)
withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until you die or
(2)
withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your RGLB amount is reduced to zero.
   
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Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,000. Therefore, you will continue to receive $6,000 per year as long as you are alive. If you die before your RGLB amount is reduced to $0, your beneficiary will receive $7,500 per year (your Maximum WB Amount) until your RGLB amount is reduced to zero.

EXAMPLE 7: Withdrawals under WB Plan Exceeding Maximum WB Amount.

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Assume you are age 63 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2007. Assume that your Designated Fund had poor investment performance, losing 2% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2007:
   
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
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Your Bonus Base is $100,000 [the amount of your initial Purchase Payment]. Since you are taking withdrawals each Account Year, you do not receive any bonus credits.
   
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On December 31, 2007, after you take a withdrawal of $6,000, your Account Value is $92,000:
   
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Your RGLB amount is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current RGLB amount minus the withdrawal [$100,000-$6,000] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your GLB Base is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($6,000 - $5,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is now $4,600 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($6,000 - $4,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,680 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Bonus Base is reduced to $92,000 [the lesser of (1) your current Bonus Base minus the excess withdrawal [$100,000 - ($6,000 - $5,000)] and (2) your new Account Value [$92,000]].
   
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take annual systematic withdrawals of $6,000 for a total of 13 years. Due to the of poor investment performance of your Designated Fund, your Account Value is now $7,609. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount, your RGLB amount is also now $7,609. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB Amount, your GLB Base is also now $7,609. Your Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $7,609, or $380. Because you have taken withdrawals in excess of your Maximum WB for Life Amount, your Lifetime Income Base is also now $7,609. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is 4% of $7,609, or $304. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years.
   
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Assume your fund earns -2% in Account Year 14, and that you take another $6,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2020:
   
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Your Account Value is $1,457.
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Your RGLB amount is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current RGLB amount minus the withdrawal amount ($7,609 - $6,000) and (2) your new Account Value ($1,457)].
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Your GLB Base is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current GLB Base minus the excess withdrawal [$7,609 – ($6,000 - $380)] and (2) your new Account Value [$1,457]].
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Your Maximum WB Amount equals $73 [5% of your new GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $1,457 [the lesser of (1) your current Lifetime Income Base minus the excess withdrawal [$7,609 - ($6,000 - $304)] and (2) your new Account Value [$1,457]].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals $58 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
   
 
Because your GLB Base is greater than zero, you may take annual withdrawals up to the Maximum WB Amount until your RGLB amount becomes zero. Because your Lifetime Income Base is greater than zero, you may take annual withdrawals up to the Maximum WB for Life Amount until you die or annuitize. Any withdrawal you take that is greater than your Maximum WB Amount will reduce your GLB Base (and hence, give you a new, reduced Maximum WB Amount). Any withdrawal you take that is greater than your Maximum WB for Life Amount will reduce your Lifetime Income Base (and hence, give you a new, reduced Maximum WB for Life Amount).
   
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that does not exceed your Maximum WB for Life Amount, you must choose between:
   
(1)
withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until you die or
(2)
withdrawing your Maximum WB Amount each year until your RGLB amount is reduced to zero.
   
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that exceeds your Maximum WB for Life Amount but does not exceed your Maximum WB Amount, your Lifetime Income Base will become zero, but we will continue to pay your then current Maximum WB Amount each year until your RGLB is reduced to zero.
   
 
If your Account Value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal that exceeds both your Maximum WB for Life Amount and your Maximum WB Amount, your Lifetime Income Base, your RGLB amount, and your GLB Base will all be reduced to zero, your Maximum WB for Life Amount and your Maximum WB Amount will both become zero, and no more benefits will be paid.

EXAMPLE 8: Step-up elected under WB Plan.

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Assume you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan on January 1, 2007, and that you choose to systematically withdraw the Maximum WB Amount annually. Assume that your Designated Fund had good investment performance, gaining 6% a year over the course of the Contract. On January 1, 2007:
   
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Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 65].
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Your Bonus Base is $100,000 [the amount of your initial Purchase Payment]. Since you are taking withdrawals each Account Year, you do not receive any bonus credits.
   
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On December 31, 2007, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $101,000:
   
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Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
   
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Assume you make no subsequent Purchase Payments, but you take systematic withdrawals of $5,000 for a total of 3 years. On December 31, 2009:
   
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Your Account Value is $103,184.
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Your RGLB amount is $85,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 3)].
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Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
   
 
Because your Account Value is greater than your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, and your Lifetime Income Base, you may step-up your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Bonus Base, and your Lifetime Income Base each to an amount equal to your current Account Value. Assume you elect to step-up. On January 1, 2010*:
   
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Your Account Value is $103,184.
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Your RGLB amount is $103,184.
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Your GLB Base is $103,184.
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Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new GLB Base].
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Your Lifetime Income Base is $103,184.
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Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
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Your Bonus Base is $103,184.
   
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Note: Assume instead that you elected to step-up sometime in 2010 after your withdrawal of $5,000 was taken and that your Account Value at the time of the step-up was $103,184. Your new Maximum WB Amount and new Maximum WB for Life amount of $5,159 would apply so that you could withdraw an additional $159 during the remainder of 2010 without exceeding your maximum amounts.

EXAMPLE 9: WB election at issue; Withdrawals not taken immediately.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan at issue. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Lifetime Income Base (LIB), and your Bonus Base all equal $100,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,000. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your Lifetime Income Base, or $5,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $105,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $100,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $100,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $100,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $110,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $105,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $110,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $110,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $110,000, or $5,500.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $105,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $110,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $105,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $110,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $110,000, or $5,500. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $5,500 in your third Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $110,000 - $5,500, or $104,500. Your GLB Base will remain at $110,000, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $110,000, or $5,500. Your LIB will also remain at $110,000, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $110,000, or $5,500.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $5,500 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2028. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your LIB is still $110,000. Therefore, you can continue to receive $5,500 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 10: WB election at issue; subsequent Purchase Payments made; withdrawals not taken immediately.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan at issue. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Lifetime Income Base (LIB), and your Bonus Base all equal $100,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,000. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your Lifetime Income Base, or $5,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $105,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $100,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $100,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $100,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you make a Purchase Payment of $60,000 in your second Account Year. Your RGLB amount, GLB Base, LIB, and Bonus Base are all increased by the amount of the Purchase Payment. Therefore, your RGLB amount, GLB Base, and LIB are all now equal to $105,000 plus $60,000 = $165,000. Your Bonus Base is now equal to $100,000 plus $60,000 = $160,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, the RGLB amount will be increased by $8,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $173,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $165,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $173,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $173,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $173,000, or $8,650.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $165,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $173,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $165,000 plus the bonus amount of $8,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $173,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $173,000, or $8,650. Your Bonus Base remains at $160,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $8,650 in your third Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $173,000 - $8,650, or $164,350. Your GLB Base will remain at $173,000, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $173,000, or $8,650. Your LIB will also remain at $173,000, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $173,000, or $8,650. Your Bonus Base will remain at $160,000.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $8,650 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2028. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $173,000. Therefore, you can continue to receive $8,650 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 11: WB election at issue; withdrawals taken.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan at issue. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Lifetime Income Base (LIB), and your Bonus Base all equal $100,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,000. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your Lifetime Income Base, or $5,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $105,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $100,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $100,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $100,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $5,250 in your second Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $105,000 - $5,250, or $99,750. Your GLB Base will remain at $105,000, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your LIB will also remain at $105,000, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Since your withdrawal did not exceed your Maximum WB Amount, your Bonus Base will remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $104,750. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $105,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $104,750.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base remains at $105,000, and your Maximum WB Amount remains at 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $105,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $104,750, and
(b)
your old LIB of $105,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB remains at $105,000, and your Maximum WB for Life Amount remains at 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $109,750. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $105,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $109,750.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $109,750, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $109,750, or $5,487.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $105,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $109,750, and
(b)
your old LIB of $105,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $109,750, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $109,750, or $5,487. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $5,487 in 2011. Also assume that you remain alive and continue to take annual withdrawals of $5,487 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2030. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $109,750. Therefore, you can continue to receive $5,487 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 12: WB election at issue; Excess Withdrawal taken.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan at issue. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Lifetime Income Base (LIB), and your Bonus Base all equal $100,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,000. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your Lifetime Income Base, or $5,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $105,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $100,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $100,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $100,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal of $6,000 in your second Account Year. This withdrawal exceeds both your Maximum WB Amount and your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $5,250. Assume that your Account Value equals $90,000 after you make this withdrawal. Your RGLB amount will be reduced to the lesser of:
(i)
your old RGLB amount of $105,000 minus the $6,000 withdrawal, and
(ii)
your Account Value of $90,000.
 
Therefore, your new RGLB amount is $90,000.
 
Your GLB Base will be reduced to the lesser of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $105,000 minus the $750 excess withdrawal, and
(ii)
your Account Value of $90,000.
 
Therefore, your new GLB Base is $90,000. Your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $90,000, or $4,500.
 
Your Bonus Base will be reduced to the lesser of:
(i)
your old Bonus Base of $100,000 minus the $750 excess withdrawal, and
(ii)
your Account Value of $90,000.
 
Therefore, your new Bonus Base is $90,000.
 
Your LIB will be reduced to the lesser of:
(i)
your old LIB of $105,000 minus the $750 excess withdrawal, and
(ii)
your Account Value of $90,000.
 
Therefore, your new LIB is $90,000. Your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $90,000, or $4,500.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, the RGLB amount will be increased by $4,500, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $94,500. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $90,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $94,500.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $94,500, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $94,500, or $4,725.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $90,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $94,500, and
(b)
your old LIB of $90,000 plus the bonus amount of $4,500.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $94,500, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $94,500, or $4,725. Your Bonus Base remains at $90,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, the RGLB amount will be increased by $4,500, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $99,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $94,500, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $99,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $99,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $99,000, or $4,950.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $94,500, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $99,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $94,500 plus the bonus amount of $4,500.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $99,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $99,000, or $4,950. Your Bonus Base remains at $90,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $4,950 in 2011. Also assume that you remain alive and continue to take annual withdrawals of $4,950 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2030. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $99,000. Therefore, you can continue to receive $4,950 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 13: WB election at issue; withdrawals not taken immediately; Step-up elected.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Also assume that you elect the WB plan at issue. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your Lifetime Income Base (LIB), and your Bonus Base all equal $100,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,000. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your Lifetime Income Base, or $5,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $105,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $100,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $100,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $105,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $100,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $105,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $105,000, or $5,250. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $110,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $105,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $110,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $110,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $110,000, or $5,500.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $105,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $110,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $105,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $110,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $110,000, or $5,500. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $115,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $110,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $115,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $115,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $115,000, or $5,750.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $115,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $115,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $110,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $115,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $115,000, or $5,750. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 2, 2010 your Account Value is $118,000. Since you have passed your first Account Anniversary and have not stepped-up within the past year, and since your Account Value is greater than both the GLB Base and the LIB, you may step up your WB plan guarantees. Assume that you do elect to step up. Your RGLB amount, your GLB Base, your LIB and your Bonus Base are all now equal to $118,000. Your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $118,000, or $5,900. Your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $118,000, or $5,900.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,900, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $123,900. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $118,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $123,900.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $123,900, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $123,900, or $6,195.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $118,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $123,900, and
(b)
your old LIB of $118,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,900.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $123,900, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $123,900, or $6,195. Your Bonus Base remains at $118,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,195 in your fifth Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $123,900 - $6,195, or $117,705. Your GLB Base will remain at $123,900, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $123,900, or $6,195. Your LIB will also remain at $123,900, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $123,900, or $6,195. Your Bonus Base remains at $118,000.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $6,195 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2030. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $123,900. Therefore, you can continue to receive $6,195 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 14: Switch from AB to WB; No withdrawals under the AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $15,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that while you are in your fourth Account Year, you switch to the WB plan. Assume that you have not taken any withdrawals yet. Your RGLB amount is now equal to your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your accrued bonus amount of $15,000, for a total of $115,000. Your GLB Base and your LIB are both set equal to the RGLB amount at the time of conversion to the WB plan. Therefore, both the GLB Base and the LIB are equal to $115,000. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $5,750. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your LIB, or $5,750. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000. Since you have switched to the WB plan, your accrued bonus amount becomes $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $120,000. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $115,000, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $120,000.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $120,000, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $120,000, or $6,000.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $115,000, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $120,000, and
(b)
your old LIB of $115,000 plus the bonus amount of $5,000.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $120,000, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $120,000, or $6,000. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,000 in your fifth Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $120,000 - $6,000, or $114,000. Your GLB Base will remain at $120,000, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $120,000, or $6,000. Your LIB will also remain at $120,000, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $120,000, or $6,000. Your Bonus Base remains at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $6,000 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2030. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $120,000. Therefore, you can continue to receive $6,000 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 15: Switch from AB to WB; Withdrawals under the AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on March 10, 2009 (in your third Account Year), your Account Value is $80,000. Also assume that you take a withdrawal of $10,000 on this date. Therefore, your ending Account Value on March 10, 2009 is $70,000. Your GLB amount, Bonus Base, and accrued bonus amount are reduced proportionally to the amount withdrawn. Therefore, your new GLB amount is $100,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $87,500. Your new Bonus Base is $100,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $87,500. Your new accrued bonus amount is $10,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000) = $8,750
   
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Assume that while you are in your fourth Account Year, you switch to the WB plan. Your RGLB amount is now equal to your old GLB amount of $87,500 plus your accrued bonus amount of $8,750, for a total of $96,250. Your GLB Base and your LIB are both set equal to the RGLB amount at the time of conversion to the WB plan. Therefore, both the GLB Base and the LIB are equal to $96,250. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $4,812. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your LIB, or $4,812. Your Bonus Base remains at $87,500. Since you have switched to the WB plan, your accrued bonus amount becomes $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, the RGLB amount will be increased by $4,375, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $100,625. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $96,250, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $100,625.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $100,625, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $100,625, or $5,031.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $96,250, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $100,625, and
(b)
your old LIB of $96,250 plus the bonus amount of $4,375.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $100,625, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $100,625, or $5,031. Your Bonus Base remains at $87,500.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $5,031 in your fifth Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $100,625 - $5,031, or $95,594. Your GLB Base will remain at $100,625, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $100,625, or $5,031. Your LIB will also remain at $100,625, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $100,625, or $5,031. Your Bonus Base remains at $87,500.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $5,031 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2030. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $100,625. Therefore, you can continue to receive $5,031 per year as long as you are alive. Also, if there is a remaining Account Value, the Contract continues.

EXAMPLE 16: Switch from AB to WB; Step-up while in AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $15,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 2, 2010 your Account Value is $118,000. Since you have passed your first Account Anniversary and have not stepped-up within the past year, and since your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount, you may elect to step up to a new ten year period, with a new GLB amount of $118,000. Assume that you do elect to step up. Your GLB amount is now equal to $118,000. Also, your Bonus Base is now equal to $118,000. Your AB plan “maturity date” is now January 2, 2020. Since your new GLB amount of $118,000 is greater than the sum of your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your old accrued bonus amount of $15,000, your new accrued bonus amount is set equal to $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, your accrued bonus amount is $5,900, which equals $5,900 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $0. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $118,000.
   
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Assume that while you are in your fifth Account Year, you switch to the WB plan. Assume that you have not taken any withdrawals yet. Your RGLB amount is now equal to your old GLB amount of $118,000 plus your accrued bonus amount of $5,900, for a total of $123,900. Your GLB Base and your LIB are both set equal to the RGLB amount at the time of conversion to the WB plan. Therefore, both the GLB Base and the LIB are equal to $123,900. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $6,195. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your LIB, or $6,195. Your Bonus Base remains at $118,000. Since you have switched to the WB plan, your accrued bonus amount becomes $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fifth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2012, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,900, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $129,800. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $123,900, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $129,800.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $129,800, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $129,800, or $6,490.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $123,900, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $129,800, and
(b)
your old LIB of $123,900 plus the bonus amount of $5,900.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $129,800, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $129,800, or $6,490. Your Bonus Base remains at $118,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,490 in your sixth Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $129,800 - $6,490, or $123,310. Your GLB Base will remain at $129,800, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $129,800, or $6,490. Your LIB will also remain at $129,800, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $129,800, or $6,490. Your Bonus Base remains at $118,000.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $6,490 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2031. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $129,800. Therefore, you can continue to receive $6,490 per year as long as you are alive. We will continue to charge the rider fee for as long as you are eligible to receive benefits under the WB Plan. The Owner can annuitize as long as there is a remaining Account Value, but if Account Value drops to zero, the Contract terminates.

EXAMPLE 17: Switch from AB to WB; Step-up while in AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your GLB amount at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your second Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2009, your accrued bonus amount is $10,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $5,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your third Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, your accrued bonus amount is $15,000, which equals $5,000 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $10,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 2, 2010 your Account Value is $112,000. Since you have passed your first Account Anniversary and have not stepped-up within the past year, and since your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount, you may elect to step up to a new ten year period, with a new GLB amount of $112,000. Assume that you do elect to step up. Your GLB amount is now equal to $112,000. Also, your Bonus Base is now equal to $112,000. Your AB plan “maturity date” is now January 2, 2020. Since your new GLB amount of $112,000 is less than the sum of your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your old accrued bonus amount of $15,000, your new accrued bonus amount is set equal to the sum of your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your old accrued bonus amount of $15,000, less your new GLB amount of $112,000. Therefore, your new accrued bonus amount is $3,000.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fourth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2011, your accrued bonus amount is $8,600, which equals $5,600 (5% of the Bonus Base) plus your previous accrued bonus amount of $3,000. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $112,000.
   
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Assume that while you are in your fifth Account Year, you switch to the WB plan. Assume that you have not taken any withdrawals yet. Your RGLB amount is now equal to your old GLB amount of $112,000 plus your accrued bonus amount of $8,600, for a total of $120,600. Your GLB Base and your LIB are both set equal to the RGLB amount at the time of conversion to the WB plan. Therefore, both the GLB Base and the LIB are equal to $120,600. Your Maximum WB Amount equals 5% of your GLB Base, or $6,030. Your Maximum WB for Life Amount equals 5% of your LIB, or $6,030. Your Bonus Base remains at $112,000. Since you have switched to the WB plan, your accrued bonus amount becomes $0.
   
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Assume that you take no withdrawals in your fifth Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2012, the RGLB amount will be increased by $5,600, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Your new RGLB amount is now $126,200. Your GLB Base will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old GLB Base of $120,600, and
(ii)
your new RGLB amount of $126,200.
 
Therefore, your GLB Base is now $126,200, and your new Maximum WB Amount is 5% of $126,200, or $6,310.
 
Your LIB will now become the greater of:
(i)
your old LIB of $120,600, and
(ii)
the lesser of:
(a)
your new RGLB amount of $126,200, and
(b)
your old LIB of $120,600 plus the bonus amount of $5,600.
 
Therefore, your LIB is now $126,200, and your new Maximum WB for Life Amount is 5% of $126,200, or $6,310. Your Bonus Base remains at $112,000.
   
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Assume that you take a withdrawal equal to your Maximum WB for Life Amount of $6,310 in your sixth Account Year. Your RGLB amount will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, so that it will equal $126,200 - $6,310, or $119,890. Your GLB Base will remain at $126,200, so your Maximum WB Amount will remain at 5% of $126,200, or $6,310. Your LIB will also remain at $126,200, so your Maximum WB for Life Amount will remain at 5% of $126,200, or $6,310. Your Bonus Base remains at $112,000.
   
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Assume that you remain alive and that you continue to make withdrawals of $6,310 until the RGLB amount runs out in year 2031. Because the RGLB amount is now $0, the GLB Base also becomes $0. Your Bonus Base is $0 because bonus credits may only be given in the first ten Account Years. Your LIB is still $126,200. Therefore, you can continue to receive $6,310 per year as long as you are alive. We will continue to charge the rider fee for as long as you are eligible to receive benefits under the WB Plan. The Owner can annuitize as long as there is a remaining Account Value, but if the Account Value drops to zero, the Contract terminates.

EXAMPLE 18: Calculation of Explicit Rider Charges.

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Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time. Assume that your Account Value increases at an annual rate of 5% per year throughout the next ten years. Also assume that you do not elect to step-up at any time.
   
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On March 31, 2007, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life Plus is taken is $101,196.79. The charge deducted on March 31, 2007 is $126.50 ($101,196.79 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on March 31, 2007 is $101,070.29 ($101,196.79 - $126.50).
   
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On June 30, 2007, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life Plus is taken is $102,307.23. The fee deducted on June 30, 2007 is $127.88 ($102,307.23 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on June 30, 2007 is $102,179.35 ($102,307.23 - $127.88).
   
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On September 30, 2007, your Account Value before the charge for Secured Returns for Life Plus is taken is $103,443.69. The fee deducted on September 30, 2007 is $129.30 ($103,443.69 x .00125). Therefore, your ending Account Value on September 30, 2007 is $103,314.39 ($103,443.69 - $129.30).
   
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This pattern continues until the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2017. On that date, your Account will be credited with a payment. If your current Account Value is less than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the difference between these two amounts. If your current Account Value is greater than your current GLB amount, then your Account will be credited with the sum of all of Secured Returns for Life Plus charges that have been made. Note that if Secured Returns for Life Plus was revoked or cancelled before the maturity date for your Benefit of January 1, 2017, then no Secured Returns for Life Plus credit will be made to your Account.

EXAMPLE 19: One Year Step-up elected under AB Plan.

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Assume that you are age 65 at issue. Assume that you elect the AB plan. Your Guaranteed Living Benefit amount (“GLB amount”) at issue and your Bonus Base at issue are both equal to $100,000 (your Purchase Payment amount). Assume that you take no withdrawals in your first Account Year. Therefore, on January 1, 2008, your accrued bonus amount is $5,000, which equals 5% of the Bonus Base. Since no withdrawals have been taken, your GLB amount and your Bonus Base both remain at $100,000.
   
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Assume that on January 1, 2008 your Account Value is $118,000. Since your Account Value is greater than your GLB amount, you may elect to step up to a new ten year period, with a new GLB amount of $118,000. Assume that you do elect to step up. Your GLB amount is now equal to $118,000. Also, your Bonus Base is now equal to $118,000. Your AB plan Maturity Date is now January 1, 2018. Since your new GLB amount of $118,000 is greater than the sum of your old GLB amount of $100,000 plus your old accrued bonus amount of $5,000, your new accrued bonus amount is set equal to $0.
   
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Assume that you remain in the AB plan until it “matures” on January 1, 2018. Assume that you have taken no withdrawals since your Contract was issued. Your accrued bonus amount is $53,100 ($5,900 per year for nine years). Since your rider has “matured” in the AB plan, the accrued bonus amount becomes $0. Assume that your Account Value on January 1, 2018 is $112,000. Since your Account Value is less than your GLB amount by $6,000, an amount equal to $6,000 will be deposited into your Contract ($118,000 - $112,000).


 
 

 

APPENDIX J -
RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM

The optional living benefit known as Retirement Income Escalator (“RIE” or “the rider") was available for all Contracts purchased on or after May 5, 2008 and prior to October 20, 2008 and certain contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in RIE. RIE is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

RIE provides an annual income guarantee for life. You can withdraw up to a guaranteed amount each year and, provided you meet certain requirements, we will continue to send you the guaranteed amount even if your Account Value should go to zero. Your income amount will not decrease, provided that your withdrawals do not exceed the guaranteed amount in any year. In general, the longer you wait for your first withdrawal under RIE, the larger the guaranteed annual income amount. To describe how RIE works, we use the following definitions:

RIE Coverage Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59½ at issue; otherwise, the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59½.
   
Annual Withdrawal Amount:
The total guaranteed amount available for withdrawal each Account Year during your life, provided that you comply with certain conditions. The Annual Withdrawal Amount is equal to your current Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. (You should be aware that certain actions you take could significantly reduce the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount.)
   
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage:
The percentage used to calculate your Annual Withdrawal Amount. The percentage will be 5%, 6%, or 7% depending upon your age on your first withdrawal under the Contract after your RIE Coverage Date. Once determined, the percentage is set for the life of your RIE.
   
Withdrawal Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate (1) your Annual Withdrawal Amount and (2) your “RIE Fee” (see “Cost of RIE”).
   
RIE Bonus Period:
A ten-year period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on your tenth Account Anniversary. If you “step up” your RIE (described below) during the RIE Bonus Period, the RIE Bonus Period is extended to ten years from the date of the step-up.
   
Bonus Base:
The amount on which bonuses are calculated. The Bonus Base is equal to the sum of your Purchase Payments, increased by any “step-ups” (described below) and reduced proportionately by any withdrawal taken prior to your RIE Coverage Date or any excess withdrawals (see “Excess Withdrawals” under “Withdrawals Under RIE”).
 
 
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under “Death of Participant Under RIE with Single-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest annuitant.

Upon annuitization, RIE and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

RIE allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount of money each year, beginning on your RIE Coverage Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected). Your right to take withdrawals under RIE continues regardless of the investment performance of a Designated Fund, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount you can withdraw, in any one year, is 5%, 6% or 7% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, depending upon your age on the date of your first withdrawal after your RIE Coverage Date.

In addition, if you make no withdrawals in an Account Year during your RIE Bonus Period, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of your Bonus Base. The RIE Bonus Period is a 10-year period commencing on your Issue Date. The period will be extended for an additional 10 years commencing on each step-up of the Withdrawal Benefit Base (see “Step-Up Under RIE” in this Appendix), provided that the step up occurs prior to the conclusion of the current 10-year period.

If you are participating in RIE, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in RIE, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of RIE. (The “term” of RIE is for life, unless your Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero or your RIE is terminated or cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of RIE,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under RIE.”) See “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Under RIE, you have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail under “Joint-Life Coverage,” “Death of Participant Under RIE with Single-Life Coverage,” and “Death of Participant Under RIE with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.


 
 

 

Determining Your Withdrawal Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Withdrawal Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Withdrawal Benefit Base is:

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decreased following any withdrawals you take prior to your RIE Coverage Date;
   
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decreased following any withdrawals you take after your RIE Coverage Date, if such withdrawal is in excess of the Annual Withdrawal Amount at the time of the withdrawal;
   
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increased by any applicable bonuses;
   
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increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under RIE”; and
   
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increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date.

Determining Your Annual Withdrawal Amount

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is calculated when you make your first withdrawal after your RIE Coverage Date. It is a set percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. This percentage, known as the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage, is determined based upon your age at that time, as follows:

Your Age on the Date of the
First Withdrawal After
Your RIE Coverage Date*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59½ - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Once set, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will remain the same for the life of your RIE. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. Therefore, if your Withdrawal Benefit Base changes after your Annual Withdrawal Amount is determined, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will also change. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be effective on the next Account Anniversary and, at that time, will reflect any increases caused by a step-up or a bonus that took place during the prior Account Year and any decreases caused by excess withdrawals (described below) that were taken during the prior Account Year. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be in effect for all subsequent Account Years, unless and until there is a further change in your Withdrawal Benefit Base.

How RIE Works

Each Account Year, beginning on your RIE Coverage Date, you can take withdrawals totaling up to the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. Even if your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an “early withdrawal” or an “excess withdrawal”), as long as your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount every year until you die.

If you defer taking any withdrawals in an Account Year during the RIE Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased by an amount equal to 7% of your Bonus Base, thereby increasing your Annual Withdrawal Amount. In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not, however, cumulative: any unused portion of your Annual Withdrawal Amount in any Account Year cannot be applied to a future year.

Note that the timing and amount of your withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your total RIE Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further in this Appendix under “Withdrawals Under RIE.” Note also that investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel RIE, as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of RIE.”

Here is an example of how RIE works:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in RIE with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Because you reached age 59½ prior to your Issue Date, your RIE Coverage Date is your Issue Date. You can begin at any time to withdraw up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. During the RIE Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal. By deferring your withdrawals during a RIE Bonus Period you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount. After the RIE Bonus Period, you will still be eligible to take your Annual Withdrawal Amount each year and to step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base. However, you will no longer be eligible for the 7% bonus each year. (For convenience, assume that the investment performance on your underlying investments remains neutral throughout the life of your Contract, except for Account Year 2.)
 
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 by the beginning of Account Year 3. Your Contract is, therefore, eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the RIE Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,250. Going forward, your new Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an excess withdrawal, and your RIE Bonus Period will now end on your 12th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the step-up). All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$5,350
0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$6,250
0
 
Assume you take your first withdrawal when you are age 66 in Account Year 7. Using the above chart, we set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 5%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. You can begin withdrawing up to $8,000 each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base, as shown in the following table:
 
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$6,688
0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$7,125
0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$7,563
0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
8
$117,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
 
Assume in Account Year 9, you decide to defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your Bonus Base. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, as shown below:
 
9
$109,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$0
10
$109,000
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
 
Assume that in Account Year 14, you again decide to defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be increased because you are no longer in the Bonus Period, as your RIE Bonus Period ends 10 years after the previous step-up.
 
11
$100,563
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
12
$92,125
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
13
$83,688
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
14
$75,250
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$0
15
$75,250
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438

There is no way to know for certain whether forgoing income in one or more years will increase or decrease the total income paid to the Participant over the life of the annuity. Generally speaking, not taking income in a year will increase the Annual Withdrawal Amount due to the bonus and the potential for step-ups. Therefore, not taking income in one or more years will mean that the Participant will take income in fewer years, but will be entitled to more income in those years.

The total lifetime payments to the Participant could be more or less depending upon investment performance over the life of the Contract and the age to which the Participant lives. Better investment performance and a longer life span generally make it advantageous to forgo the Annual Withdrawal Amount in a limited number of years.

In general the Company’s risk is greater when the Participant takes the Annual Withdrawal Amount each year beginning on the RIE Coverage Date.

Withdrawals Under RIE

Withdrawals After the RIE Coverage Date

Starting on your RIE Coverage Date, you may take withdrawals totaling up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals will reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract (discussed under “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached);
   
your yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Certain Tax Provisions” in this Appendix); and
   
your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

Above is an example of withdrawals taken after your RIE Coverage Date. Because they do not exceed your Annual Withdrawal Amount, the withdrawals do not reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base or your Annual Withdrawal Amount. Because the withdrawals in the example do not exceed your free withdrawal amount permitted under this Contract, your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, or your Annual Withdrawal Amount, they are not subject to any withdrawal charges. If a withdrawal exceeds the greatest of these amounts, then the withdrawal would be subject to withdrawal charges.

Excess Withdrawals

If you take a withdrawal that exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if higher), your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base will be reduced proportionately by the excess amount of the withdrawal. In other words, after an “excess withdrawal,” your Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formulae:

 
Your new Bonus Base =
A x
(
C
)
D - E

 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base =
B x
(
C
)
D - E

Where:
   
 
A  =
Your Bonus Base immediately prior to the excess withdrawal.
     
 
B  =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the excess withdrawal.
     
 
C  =
Your Account Value immediately after the excess withdrawal.
     
 
D  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the excess withdrawal.
     
 
E  =
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount minus any prior partial withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.

Using the facts of the above example, assume that in Account Year 7, you take two withdrawals: a $4,000 withdrawal followed by a $6,000 withdrawal. Your first withdrawal reduces your Account Value to $121,000 but does not affect your Bonus Base or Withdrawal Benefit Base because it is not in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount. Your second withdrawal (when combined with the first) is in excess of your $8,000 Annual Withdrawal Amount. After your second withdrawal, your Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced as follows:
           
 
Your new Bonus Base
=
125,000
x
121,000 – 6,000                   
         
121,000 – (8,000 – 4,000)
           
   
=
125,000
x
115,000
         
117,000
           
   
=
125,000
x
0.98291
           
   
=
122,863
   
           
 
Your new Withdrawal
       
 
Benefit Base
=
160,000
x
121,000 – 6,000                   
         
121,000 – (8,000 – 4,000)
           
   
=
160,000
x
115,000
         
117,000
           
   
=
160,000
x
0.98291
           
   
=
157,265
   
           
Going forward, your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be reduced to 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base or $7,863.

You should be aware that, if your Account Value is less than the Withdrawal Benefit Base at the time an excess withdrawal is taken (as in the above example), then your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Benefit Base will be reduced by an amount equal to or more than the excess amount withdrawn. Thus, excess withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your RIE Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Withdrawals Prior to the RIE Coverage Date (Early Withdrawals)

Withdrawals taken prior to your RIE Coverage Date are subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. In addition, all withdrawals taken prior to your RIE Coverage Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts,” will be treated as “early withdrawals” and your Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced proportionately to the amount of the withdrawal. In other words, your Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced by the following formulae:

 
Your new Bonus Base =
W x
(
Y
)
 
Z

 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base =
X x
(
Y
)
 
Z

Where:
   
 
W  =
Your Bonus Base immediately prior to the early withdrawal.
     
 
X  =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the early withdrawal.
     
 
Y  =
Your Account Value immediately after the early withdrawal.
     
 
Z  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the early withdrawal.

Assume that you are age 45 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in RIE with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the number shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your Bonus Base each year in which you do not take a withdrawal. Your RIE Coverage Date will not occur until your 15th Account Anniversary (the first Account Anniversary after you reach age 59½). Any withdrawals, including any “free withdrawal amount,” you take prior to that time will be “early withdrawals.”
 
Assume that because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 by the beginning of Account Year 3. Your Contract is therefore eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the RIE Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000.
 
Assume that, in your Account Year 7, you withdraw $10,000. Because you are age 51 (and younger than age 59½), this is an early withdrawal. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$0
0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$0
0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$0
0
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$0
0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$0
0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$0
0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$0
$10,000
 
At this point, your Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be recalculated as follows:
 
 
Your new Bonus Base
=
125,000
x
125,000 – 10,000
         
125,000
           
   
=
125,000
x
115,000
         
125,000
           
   
=
125,000
x
0.92000
           
   
=
115,000
   
           
 
Your new Withdrawal
       
 
Benefit Base
=
160,000
x
125,000 –10,000
         
125,000
           
   
=
160,000
x
115,000
         
125,000
           
   
=
160,000
x
0.92000
           
   
=
147,200
   
           
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will still be $0 because your have not reached your RIE Coverage Date.

You should be aware that early withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your RIE Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your RIE, any withdrawal before you reach age 59½ could have adverse state and federal tax liabilities. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an “excess withdrawal” or an “early withdrawal” (as described above), then your Withdrawal Benefit Base will also be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with RIE, will end.

If, on the other hand, your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than excess or early withdrawals, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will therefore end, but your RIE will continue. That is to say, regardless of your age on the day the Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be entitled to receive your Annual Withdrawal Amount each year for as long as you live.

Cost of RIE

If you elected RIE, we deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“RIE Fee”). The RIE Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The RIE Fee will be a percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. This percentage will equal 0.1875% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter, if you elected single-life coverage (0.2375% for joint-life coverage). The maximum RIE Fee you can pay in any one Account Year is equal to 0.75% of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base at any point in that Account Year, if you elected single-life coverage (0.95% for joint-life coverage).

Your RIE Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

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If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your RIE Fee.
   
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If you make a withdrawal before your RIE Coverage Date or a withdrawal in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, you will decrease your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your RIE Fee.

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your RIE Fee during an Account Year. However, as explained in this Appendix under “Step-Up Under RIE,” favorable investment performance may cause the Withdrawal Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary. That would also increase your RIE Fee.

We will continue to deduct the RIE Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your RIE is terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of RIE” in this Appendix.

We reserve the right to make special offers from time to time. Specifically, we reserve the right to waive the RIE Fee for a limited period on newly issued Contracts. The same waiver would apply to all Contracts issued while we are making the special offer.

Step-Up Under RIE

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base each to equal your Account Value, provided that certain requirements are satisfied. First, you must meet certain eligibility requirements:

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Your Account Value must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
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Your Account Value must be greater than your current Withdrawal Benefit Base, adjusted for any 7% bonus increases.

Note that we have reserved the right to add another requirement for eligibility. We have reserved the right to only allow step-ups if your money is invested in a Fund that is a Designated Fund for newly issued contracts. (See “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached)

If you satisfy the eligibility requirements, then we consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage used to calculate the RIE Fee on newly issued Contracts. If we are no longer issuing Contracts with the RIE rider then the percentage we use to calculate your RIE Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

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If we have not had to increase the percentage as described above, the percentage we use to calculate your RIE fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base.
   
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If we have had to increase the percentage as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage. In this case, your prior written consent is required to accept the higher percentage used to calculate your RIE Fee and step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups under your RIE will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, to consent to the higher percentage and reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

After a step-up, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to your new Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. Here is an example of how we calculate a step-up under RIE:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in RIE with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 by the beginning of Account Year 3. Your Contract is, therefore, eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the RIE Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,250. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$5,350
0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$6,250
0
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$6,688
0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$7,125
0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$7,563
0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
0
 
Going forward, your new Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an excess withdrawal, and your RIE Bonus Period will now end on your 12th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the step-up).

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you had the option of electing RIE with single-life coverage or, for a higher RIE Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole beneficiary while RIE is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while RIE is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under RIE only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under RIE for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. (Note, however, upon the death of a spouse, the Contract, (including RIE) ends. To take annual withdrawals under RIE’s joint-life feature after the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse must first elect to continue the Contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision.) See also “Death of Participant Under RIE with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you elected joint-life coverage, the RIE Coverage Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59½ on the Issue Date, and will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59½ if the younger spouse is less than age 59½ on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) Thus, “early withdrawals” will be determined based upon this definition of your RIE Coverage Date. Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be determined based on the age that the younger spouse is (or would have been) on the date of the first withdrawal under the Contract after the RIE Coverage Date, as follows:

Age of Younger Spouse on
Date of the First Withdrawal After
Your RIE Coverage Date
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59½ - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 - or older
7%

Once set, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will remain the same for the life of your RIE. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, RIE benefits continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. That fee will not change as long as RIE is in effect, regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibility of a longer waiting period before withdrawals under RIE can be made and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.

Cancellation of RIE

Should you decide that RIE is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel RIE at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under RIE shall cease. Once cancelled, RIE cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege,” RIE will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel your benefits under RIE.

Death of Participant Under RIE with Single-Life Coverage

If you selected single-life coverage, RIE terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. If your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new RIE rider on the original Contract (assuming that at the time of election RIE is available to new Participants and your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If the surviving spouse makes such election:

the new Account Value and the new Withdrawal Benefit Base will both be set equal to the Death Benefit amount; and
   
the new RIE Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current RIE Fee.

Death of Participant Under RIE with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in RIE, the provisions of the section in this Appendix titled “Death of Participant Under RIE with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, RIE will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the RIE Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant;
   
the Withdrawal Benefit Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in Account Value (see “Step-Up Under RIE” in this Appendix);
   
if withdrawals under RIE have not yet begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be based on the age the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) on the date of the first withdrawal after the RIE Coverage Date;
   
if withdrawals under RIE have already begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage that applied to the Contract prior to the death of the Participant; and
   
the RIE Bonus Period will continue unchanged from the original contract.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including RIE, will terminate.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under RIE

Under the terms of RIE, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value,
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the then currently available Annuity Options, or
   
(3)
annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and is still eligible) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than your then current Annual Withdrawal Amount.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an “early withdrawal” or an “excess withdrawal”), and your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as RIE. When you elect to participate in the Retirement Income Escalator Benefit, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under the RIE Benefit, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in the RIE Benefit, we reduce your Account Value dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal. In addition, for that year only, your Annual Withdrawal Amount under the RIE Benefit will be reduced, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Annual Withdrawal Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your Annual Withdrawal Amount for future years (or your Withdrawal Benefit Base or Bonus Base), if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), then we reserve the right to reduce the Annual Withdrawal Amount, Withdrawal Benefit Base or Bonus Base per the terms of the rider regarding excess withdrawals, when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount. (See “Withdrawals under RIE” in this Appendix) Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

For further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.


 
 

 

APPENDIX K -
Income ON Demand®

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand (“Income ON Demand,” “Benefit,” or “the rider”) was available for all Contracts purchased on or after March 5, 2007 and prior to October 20, 2008 and certain contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Income ON Demand. Income ON Demand is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

To describe how Income ON Demand works, we use the following definitions:

Income ON Demand Coverage Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 55 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary following your 55th birthday.
   
Annual Income Amount:
The amount added to your Stored Income Balance on each Account Anniversary beginning on the Income ON Demand Coverage Date; it is equal to 5% of your Income Benefit Base on the date of crediting.
   
Stored Income Balance:
The amount you may withdraw at any time after age 59½ without reducing the Benefit.
   
Income Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate your Annual Income Amount and your “Income ON Demand Fee” (see “Cost of Income ON Demand”).
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest annuitant.

Upon annuitization, Income ON Demand and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

Income ON Demand allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount each year, beginning at age 59½, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected), regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount you can withdraw, in any one year, is based on 5% of your Income Benefit Base. Any amount that you do not withdraw in a given year will be stored in the Stored Income Balance and can be withdrawn at any time in the future. The amount you can withdraw each year can be increased or decreased as described below under “Determining Your Stored Income Balance.”

In addition, if you make no withdrawals during the first 10 Account Years, regardless of your age on the Issue Date, we will credit to your Account Value an amount equal to the excess, if any, of your total Purchase Payments over your then Account Value. If you are participating in Income ON Demand, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

You also have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail in this Appendix under “Joint-Life Coverage” and the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Joint-Life Coverage.”

To participate in Income ON Demand, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of Income ON Demand. (The term of Income ON Demand is for life, unless your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero or Income ON Demand is terminated or cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of Income ON Demand,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under Income ON Demand.”) See “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Determining Your Income Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Income Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Income Benefit Base is:

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decreased following any withdrawals you take prior to becoming age 59½;
   
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decreased following any withdrawals you take after becoming age 59½, if such withdrawal is in excess of the Stored Income Balance at the time of the withdrawal;
   
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increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under Income ON Demand” in this Appendix;
   
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increased to the extent you exercise your one-time option to use any amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base, as described in this Appendix under “How Income ON Demand Works;” and
   
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increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date.

Determining Your Stored Income Balance

On the Income ON Demand Coverage Date, your Stored Income Balance will equal your Annual Income Amount (i.e., 5% of your Income Benefit Base on that Date). After the initial Stored Income Balance has been set, your Stored Income Balance:

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increases by 5% of any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date,
   
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increases on each Account Anniversary by the amount of your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary,
   
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decreases by the amount of any withdrawals you take, and
   
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decreases by the amount you use in exercising your “one-time” option to increase your Income Benefit Base (described below under “How Income ON Demand Works”).

How Income ON Demand Works

Under the terms of Income ON Demand, you can take withdrawals up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance at any time, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. If your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an “early withdrawal” or an “excess withdrawal”), as long as your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die. Although your Stored Income Balance will begin accumulating on the Income ON Demand Coverage Date, you may not begin withdrawing your Stored Income Balance until you are (or, for joint-life coverage, the younger spouse is) at least age 59½ without reducing your Income Benefit Base. You can continue to withdraw your Stored Income Balance until your Annuity Commencement Date.

Note that the timing and amount of your withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your total Income ON Demand Benefit, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further in this Appendix under “Withdrawals Under Income ON Demand “ and “Tenth-Year Credit.” Note also that investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel Income ON Demand as described under “Cancellation of Income ON Demand” in this Appendix.

Your Stored Income Balance can be used in two ways. You can withdraw all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance through partial withdrawals, or you can use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to effect a “one-time” increase of your Income Benefit Base.

Withdrawals from your Stored Income Balance can be taken at any time after age 59½ without affecting your Income Benefit Base. If, at any time after age 59½ and prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, you make a withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount withdrawn, and
   
the withdrawal will not be subject to surrender charges.

You also have the option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base. This option allows you to increase your future Annual Income Amount. This option may be exercised only once and must occur prior to your Annuity Commencement Date and prior to the later of your tenth Account Anniversary and the Account Anniversary following your 65th birthday. If you choose to use any portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount used;
   
the amount of Stored Income Balance used will be added to your Income Benefit Base; and
   
your Annual Income Amount will be reset on your next Account Anniversary to equal 5% of the then Income Benefit Base.

After you exercise this “one-time” option, your new Annual Income Amount will be added to your Stored Income Balance on each Account Anniversary, unless and until there is another occurrence (as noted in this section) that changes your Annual Income Amount.

Here is an example of how Income ON Demand works.

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in Income ON Demand. Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore, $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Withdrawals Taken)
1
$5,000
®
$5,000
2
$5,000
®
$10,000
3
$5,000
®
$15,000
4
$5,000
®
$20,000
5
$5,000
®
$25,000
6
$5,000
®
$30,000
7
$5,000
®
$35,000
8
$5,000
®
$40,000
9
$5,000
®
$45,000
10
$5,000
®
$50,000


 
 

 


Assume that, immediately prior to your tenth Account Anniversary, you decide to use the full amount of your Stored Income Balance ($50,000) to increase your Income Benefit Base. Your Income Benefit Base will be increased to $150,000. Your Annual Income Amount will be $7,500 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $7,500 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Withdrawals Taken)
11
$7,500
®
$7,500
12
$7,500
®
$15,000
13
$7,500
®
$22,500
14
$7,500
®
$30,000
15
$7,500
®
$37,500

Assume instead that you decide to take a lump sum withdrawal of $50,000, thus depleting your Stored Income Balance. Your Income Benefit Base will remain at $100,000. Your Annual Income Amount remains at $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Additional Withdrawals)
11
$5,000
®
$5,000
12
$5,000
®
$10,000
13
$5,000
®
$15,000
14
$5,000
®
$20,000
15
$5,000
®
$25,000

Withdrawals Under Income ON Demand

Withdrawals After Age 59½

Starting at age 59½, you may take annual withdrawals up to your Stored Income Balance without reducing your future Annual Income Amount. These withdrawals will reduce your Stored Income Balance by the full amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Income Benefit Base. Withdrawals taken after you reach age 59½ are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract,
   
your Stored Income Balance, or
   
your yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed in this Appendix under “Certain Tax Provisions”).

Here is an example of a partial withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance.

Using the facts of the first example, assume that, immediately prior to your tenth Account Anniversary, you decide to take a lump sum withdrawal of $30,000 from the $50,000 in your Stored Income Balance, thus reducing your Stored Income Balance to $20,000. Your Income Benefit Base will remain at $100,000. Your Annual Income Amount will remain at $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Additional Withdrawals)
11
$5,000
®
$25,000
12
$5,000
®
$30,000
13
$5,000
®
$35,000
14
$5,000
®
$40,000
15
$5,000
®
$45,000

Excess Withdrawals

If you take a withdrawal that exceeds your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if higher), your Income Benefit Base will be reset to equal the lesser of:

the Income Benefit Base prior to the withdrawal reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Stored Income Balance (or your yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if higher), and
   
the Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of a withdrawal that exceeds your Stored Income Balance, thus reducing future Annual Income Amounts even if the market has performed well.

 
 

 


Using the facts of the first example, assume that, immediately prior to your tenth Account Anniversary, you decide to take a lump sum payment of $60,000 thus exceeding your Stored Income Balance of $50,000. Assume also that your Account Value immediately prior to the withdrawal is $120,000. Your Income Benefit Base will be reset to the lesser of (a) your old Income Benefit Base reduced by the excess of your withdrawal over the Stored Income Balance [$100,000 – ($60,000 - $50,000) = $90,000)] or (b) your new Account Value after the withdrawal ($120,000 - $60,000 = $60,000) or $60,000. Your new Annual Income Amount will be $3,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $3,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Additional Withdrawals)
11
$3,000
®
$3,000
12
$3,000
®
$6,000
13
$3,000
®
$9,000
14
$3,000
®
$12,000
15
$3,000
®
$15,000

Excess withdrawals taken in a down market could even more severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under Income ON Demand, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value. Here is an example of an excess withdrawal taken after the investment performance of the Designated Funds has reduced your Account Value:

Using the facts of the preceding example, assume that your Account Value immediately prior to the withdrawal is $80,000. Your Income Benefit Base will be reset to equal the lesser of (a) your previous Income Benefit Base reduced by the excess of your withdrawal over the Stored Income Balance [$100,000 – ($60,000 - $50,000) = $90,000)] and (b) your Account Value immediately after the withdrawal ($80,000 - $60,000 = $20,000) or $20,000. Your new Annual Income Amount will be $1,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore, only $1,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(Amount Added to Stored Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No Additional Withdrawals)
11
$1,000
®
$1,000
12
$1,000
®
$2,000
13
$1,000
®
$3,000
14
$1,000
®
$4,000
15
$1,000
®
$5,000

Withdrawals Prior to Age 59½ (Early Withdrawals)

All withdrawals taken before age 59½, including any “free withdrawal amounts,” will be considered “early withdrawals” and the Income Benefit Base will be reset to equal the lesser of:

the Income Benefit Base prior to the withdrawal reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Stored Income Balance (or your yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if higher), and
   
the Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base.

In addition, withdrawals prior to age 59½ will also be subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. Early withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under Income ON Demand, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value. Here is an example of an early withdrawal taken after the investment performance of the Designated Funds has reduced your Account Value.

Assume that you are age 50 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in Income ON Demand. Your Income Benefit Base is set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date ($100,000), but benefits under Income ON Demand do not begin to accrue until the first Account Anniversary after your 55th birthday (your Income ON Demand Coverage Date). Assume also that poor investment performance of your underlying funds has reduced your Account Value to $85,000 by the end of your second Account Year. At that time, you decide to withdraw $5,000, further reducing your Account Value to $80,000. Your Income Benefit Base will be reset to $80,000 which is the lesser of (1) your previous Income Benefit Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Stored Income Balance ($100,000 - $5,000 = $95,000) and (2) your Account Value immediately after the withdrawal ($85,000 - $5,000 = $80,000). Assuming you take no additional withdrawals prior to your Income ON Demand Coverage Date, your Annual Income Amount will be $4,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base.)
         
Year
Income Benefit Base
Annual Income Amount
 
Stored Income Balance
 
(beginning of Account
Year)
(Amount Added to Stored
Income Balance)
 
(Cumulative Balance if No
Withdrawals Taken)
1
$100,000
$0
®
$0
2
$100,000
$0
®
$0
3
$80,000
$0
®
$0
4
$80,000
$0
®
$0
5
$80,000
$0
®
$0
6
$80,000
$4,000
®
$4,000
7
$80,000
$4,000
®
$8,000
8
$80,000
$4,000
®
$12,000
9
$80,000
$4,000
®
$16,000
10
$80,000
$4,000
®
$20,000

In addition to reducing your benefits under Income ON Demand, any withdrawal before age 59½ could have adverse state and federal tax liabilities. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an “excess withdrawal” or an “early withdrawal” (as described above), then your Stored Income Balance and your Income Benefit Base will both be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with Income ON Demand, will end.

If, on the other hand, your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than excess or early withdrawals, your Income Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will therefore end, but Income ON Demand will continue. That is to say, regardless of your age on the day the Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be entitled to receive annual payments. These payments will be equal to 5% of the amount of your Income Benefit Base, as determined on that day and increased (if you choose) by any remaining Stored Income Balance as described below. These payments will begin on the first Account Anniversary after your Account Value goes to zero and continue for as long as you live. If you elected joint-life coverage, the payments will continue until the death of both you and your spouse as described in this Appendix under “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Joint-Life Coverage.” If you have any remaining Stored Income Balance on the day your Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be notified that, before you begin to receive your “annual lifetime payments,” you must deplete your Stored Income Balance by:

(a)
taking a lump sum withdrawal of your remaining Stored Income Balance,
   
(b)
using the remaining amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base (and thus the amount of your “annual lifetime payments”), if you have not already exercised this one-time option as described in this Appendix under “How Income ON Demand Works,” or
   
(c)
using a combination of (a) and (b).

Because the Contract has ended, a lump sum withdrawal will not be subject to any withdrawal charges. You should be aware, however, that a lump sum withdrawal could be subject to state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Cost of Income ON Demand

If you elected Income ON Demand, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“Income ON Demand Fee”). The Income ON Demand Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The Fee will be a percentage of your Income Benefit Base. This percentage rate will equal 0.1625% of your Income Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter, if you elected single-life coverage (0.2125% for joint-life coverage). The maximum Income ON Demand Fee you can pay in any one Account Year is equal to 0.65% of the highest Income Benefit Base at any point in that Account Year, if you elected single-life coverage (0.85% for joint-life coverage).

Your Income ON Demand Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

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If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Income Benefit Base and thus your Income ON Demand Fee.
   
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If you take advantage of the one-time option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base and thus your Income ON Demand Fee.
   
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If you make a withdrawal prior to age 59½ or a withdrawal in excess of your Stored Income Balance, you will decrease your Income Benefit Base and thus your Income ON Demand Fee.

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your Income ON Demand Fee during an Account Year. However, as stated in this Appendix under “Step-Up Under Income ON Demand,” favorable investment performance may cause the Income Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary. That would also increase your Income ON Demand Fee.

We will continue to deduct the Income ON Demand Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your Income ON Demand Benefit is cancelled as described under “Cancellation of Income ON Demand” in this Appendix.

Tenth-Year Credit

If you make no withdrawals during your first ten Account Years, on your tenth Account Anniversary, we will credit your Account Value with an amount equal to the excess, if any, of your total Purchase Payments over your then Account Value. Your Income Benefit Base will not change. This tenth-year credit will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at the time.

Step-Up Under Income ON Demand

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

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Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
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Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base. (If you have not yet reached your Income ON Demand Coverage Date and therefore do not yet have a Stored Income Balance, your Account Value must only be greater than your current Income Benefit Base.)

If you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the Income ON Demand Fee on newly issued Contracts. If we are no longer issuing Contracts with the Income ON Demand rider then the percentage rate we use to calculate your Income ON Demand Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

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If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your Income ON Demand Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base.
   
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If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your Income ON Demand Fee and step-up Income ON Demand. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups under Income ON Demand will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, the step-up will increase your Income Benefit Base to an amount equal to your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance. After the step-up, your Annual Income Amount will be 5% of your new Income Benefit Base.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you had the option of electing Income ON Demand with single-life coverage or, for a higher Income ON Demand Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole beneficiary while Income ON Demand is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while Income ON Demand is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. Note that, for joint-life coverage to continue after the death of any Participant, the surviving spouse must elect to continue the contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision. See also “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the Income On Demand Coverage Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 55 on the Issue Date, and will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 55 if the younger spouse is less than age 55 on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) On the Income On Demand Coverage Date, your Annual Income Amount will be calculated and begin accumulating. If withdrawals of the Stored Income Balance are taken before the date the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59½, the withdrawal will be considered an “early withdrawal,” and the Income Benefit Base will be reduced.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, the Income ON Demand benefits continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. That fee will not change as long as Income ON Demand is in effect, regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibly long waiting period before the benefit begins to store income and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.

Cancellation of Income ON Demand

Should you decide that Income ON Demand is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel it at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under Income ON Demand shall cease. Once cancelled, the Rider cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege,” Income ON Demand will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel Income ON Demand.

Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Single-Life Coverage

If you selected single-life coverage, Income ON Demand terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. Alternately, the Beneficiary may elect to receive the Stored Income Balance. If your surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new Income ON Demand Rider on the original Contract (assuming that at the time of such election, Income ON Demand is available to new Participants and your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If the surviving spouse makes such election:

the new Account Value will be the greater of the Stored Income Balance on the original Contract or the Death Benefit;
   
the new Income ON Demand Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current Income ON Demand Fee;
   
the new Income Benefit Base will be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited; and
   
the new Stored Income Balance will be reset to zero.

Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in Income ON Demand, the provisions of the section in this Appendix titled “Death of Participant Under Income ON Demand with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, Income ON Demand will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the Stored Income Balance will remain unchanged;
   
the Income Benefit Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in Account Value (see “Step-Up Under Income ON Demand” in this Appendix);
   
on each Account Anniversary, the Annual Income Amount will be equal to the Income Benefit Base multiplied by 5%; and
   
the Income ON Demand fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including Income ON Demand, terminates.

If you purchased joint life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under Income ON Demand

Under the terms of Income ON Demand, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value (or your Stored Income Balance, if greater),
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the then currently available Annuity Options, or
   
(3)
(a) receive any remaining Stored Income Balance in a single sum and (b) annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and you are still eligible to receive it) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than 5% of your then current Income Benefit Base.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an “early withdrawal” or an “excess withdrawal”), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount each year until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Income ON Demand. When you elect to participate in Income ON Demand, you may withdraw annual amounts up to the Yearly RMD Amount without affecting your benefits under Income ON Demand, subject to the conditions stated below. In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than your Stored Income Balance, we are currently waiving the withdrawal provisions under Income ON Demand as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in Income ON Demand, we reduce your Account Value and your Stored Income Balance, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal to a value not less than zero. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Stored Income Balance. In other words, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Stored Income Balance, we will reduce your Stored Income Balance, but we will not reduce your Income Benefit Base, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

If there is any change to the current Code or IRS rules governing the timing or determination of RMD Amounts (including, but not limited to, amendments to the current IRS regulations or the issuance of IRS guidance), we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to reduce your Stored Income Balance and your Income Benefit Base, or both of these amounts, per the terms of the Income ON Demand Rider regarding excess withdrawals (see “Withdrawals Under Income ON Demand”), when a Yearly RMD Amount withdrawn from your Contract exceeds your Stored Income Balance. Notice will be given to Contract Owners before we exercise this right.

For further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the Prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.


 
 

 

APPENDIX L -
Income ON Demand® II

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand II (“IOD II” or “the rider”) was available for Contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008 and prior to February 17, 2009. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in IOD II. IOD II is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

To describe how IOD II works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Income Amount:
The amount added to your Stored Income Balance on each Account Anniversary during your Stored Income Period. It is equal to 5% of your Income Benefit Base on the date of crediting.
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your First Withdrawal Date.
   
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your First Withdrawal Date that exceeds your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
   
Fee Base:
The amount used to calculate your “IOD II Fee” (see “Cost of IOD II”).
   
First Withdrawal Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Income Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate your Annual Income Amount for IOD II.
   
Stored Income Balance:
The amount you may withdraw at any time after your First Withdrawal Date without reducing your benefits under IOD II.
   
Stored Income Period:
A period beginning on your Issue Date if you are at least age 50 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary following your 50th birthday, ending on your Annuity Commencement Date.
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Upon annuitization, IOD II and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

IOD II allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount each year, beginning after your First Withdrawal Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected), regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount you can withdraw, in any one year, is based on 5% of your Income Benefit Base. Any amount that you do not withdraw in a given Account Year will remain in the Stored Income Balance and can be withdrawn at any time in the future.

If you are participating in IOD II, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in IOD II, all of your Account Value must be invested only in Designated Funds at all times during the term of IOD II. (The term of IOD II is for life, unless your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero or your benefits under IOD II are terminated or cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of IOD II,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under IOD II.”) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are shown in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

You also have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail in this Appendix under “Joint-Life Coverage” and the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Joint-Life Coverage.”

Determining Your Income Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Income Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Income Benefit Base is:

l
increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II” in this Appendix;
   
l
increased to the extent that you exercise your one-time option to use any amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base, as described under “How IOD II Works” in this Appendix;
   
l
increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
l
decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take, as described under “Early Withdrawals” in this Appendix; and
   
l
decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take, as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Stored Income Balance

At the beginning of the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance will equal your Annual Income Amount (i.e., 5% of your Income Benefit Base on that Date). Thereafter, your Stored Income Balance is:

l
increased by 5% of any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
l
increased on each Account Anniversary by your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary;
   
l
decreased by the amount of any withdrawals you take, on or after your First Withdrawal Date, up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance;
   
l
decreased to $0 if you take an Excess Withdrawal;
   
l
decreased in proportion to the change in your Account Value if you take an Early Withdrawal; and
   
l
decreased by the amount you use in exercising your one-time option to increase your Income Benefit Base (described under “How IOD II Works”).

How IOD II Works

Under the terms of IOD II, you can take withdrawals up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. You can use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to effect a one-time increase of your Income Benefit Base prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die.

Withdrawals from your Stored Income Balance can be taken at any time beginning on your First Withdrawal Date and prior to your Annuity Commencement Date without affecting your Income Benefit Base. If, beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, you make a withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount withdrawn; and
   
the withdrawal will not be subject to withdrawal charges.

You also have the option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base. This option allows you to increase your future Annual Income Amount. While your Contract is in force, you may exercise this option only once and you must do so prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If you choose to use any portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount used;
   
the amount of your Stored Income Balance used will be added to your Income Benefit Base; and
   
your new Annual Income Amount on your next Account Anniversary will equal 5% of your new Income Benefit Base.

Here is an example of how IOD II works:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elect to participate in IOD II with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore, $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
1
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
2
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
3
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
4
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$20,000

During your fifth Account Year, you use the full amount of your Stored Income Balance ($25,000) to increase your Income Benefit Base. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will be increased to $125,000 and your Annual Income Amount will be $6,250 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $6,250 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$25,000
6
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$6,250
7
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$12,500
8
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$18,750
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Assume instead that, during your fifth Account Year, you take a withdrawal of $25,000, thereby reducing your Stored Income Balance to $0. On your next Account Anniversary your Income Benefit Base will remain at $100,000 and your Annual Income Amount remains at $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
6
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
7
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
8
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Early Withdrawals and Excess Withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further in this Appendix under “Withdrawals Under IOD II.” Even if your Stored Income Period has begun, withdrawals prior to your First Withdrawal Date are considered Early Withdrawals. Investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel IOD II as described under “Cancellation of IOD II” in this Appendix.

Withdrawals Under IOD II

Withdrawals After Your First Withdrawal Date

Starting on your First Withdrawal Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date you may take annual withdrawals up to your Stored Income Balance without reducing your future Annual Income Amount. These withdrawals will reduce your Stored Income Balance by the full amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Income Benefit Base. This is shown in the example above.

Withdrawals taken after your First Withdrawal Date and during the withdrawal charge period permitted under your Contract are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract;
   
your Stored Income Balance; or
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed in this Appendix under “Certain Tax Provisions”).

Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal, your Income Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formula:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – SB

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of an Excess Withdrawal.

Using the same facts as the previous example, assume that in your fifth Account Year you take a withdrawal of $50,000, exceeding your Stored Income Balance. Assume that, due to poor investment performance during the fifth Account Year, your Account Value was $90,000 immediately prior to the withdrawal. Your Income Benefit Base will be reduced to $61,538 as shown below.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$50,000
$0
6
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$3,077
7
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$6,154
8
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$9,231
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.


 
 

 


Your new Income Benefit Base
=
$100,000 x
(
$90,000 – $50,000
)
= $61,538
$90,000 – $25,000

Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

All withdrawals taken before your First Withdrawal Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts” permitted under your Contract, will be considered Early Withdrawals and the Income Benefit Base and the Stored Income Balance will be reduced using the following formulae:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Your new Stored Income Balance =
SB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Your future Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base.

In addition, Early Withdrawals will also be subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent that such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value. 

In addition to reducing your benefits under IOD II, any withdrawal before age 59½ could have adverse state and federal tax liabilities. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal (as described above), then your Stored Income Balance and your Income Benefit Base will both be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with IOD II will end.

If your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Income Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end. You will be entitled to receive annual payments equal to 5% of the amount of your Income Benefit Base. Prior to determining your annual payments, you may increase your Income Benefit Base by any remaining Stored Income Balance as described below. These payments will continue for as long as you live. If you elected joint-life coverage, the payments will continue as long as either you or your spouse are alive as described in this Appendix under “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Joint-Life Coverage.” If you have any remaining Stored Income Balance on the day your Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be notified that, before you begin to receive your “annual lifetime payments,” you must deplete your Stored Income Balance by:

(a)
withdrawing your remaining Stored Income Balance;
   
(b)
applying the remaining amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base (and thus the amount of your “annual lifetime payments”); or
   
(c)
using a combination of (a) and (b).

Because the Contract has ended, the amount of these annual lifetime payments will not change and they will not be subject to any withdrawal charges. You should be aware, however, that they could be subject to state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Cost of IOD II

If you elected IOD II, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“IOD II Fee”). The IOD II Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter and will equal 0.1625 % of your Fee Base on that day, if you elected single-life coverage (0.2125% for joint-life coverage). On an annual basis, the IOD II Fee is equal to 0.65% of your Fee Base if you elected single-life coverage (0.85% for joint-life coverage). We reserve the right to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Fee on newly issued Contracts.

During the first Account Year, your Fee Base is equal to your Income Benefit Base. On each Account Anniversary, the Fee Base is recalculated. Your new Fee Base will be reset to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance (if any) less your Annual Income Amount for that year if this recalculated amount is higher than your current Fee Base. In the event that the recalculated amount is not greater than your current Fee Base, we will continue to calculate your IOD II Fee based upon your current Fee Base until, at least, your next Account Anniversary. Note that, although your IOD II Fee may increase, it will never decrease.
 
 
For the most part, we calculate your Fee Base only on your Account Anniversary. However, we will recalculate your Fee Base between Account Anniversaries, if you take an Early Withdrawal or Excess Withdrawal or make additional Purchase Payments during your first Account Year.

If you take an Excess Withdrawal during your Stored Income Period, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - SB

If you take an Early Withdrawal, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
Fee Base =
Your Fee Base immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB =
Your Stored Income Balance (if any) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.

Any additional Purchase Payment you make during your first Account Year will increase your Income Benefit Base as described in this Appendix under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base.” Therefore, your Fee Base will increase by any additional Purchase Payments made.

Here is an example of how we calculate your Fee Base:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD II with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. At issue, your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). All values are shown as of the beginning of the Account Year unless otherwise stated.
 
During the Stored Income Period, the Fee Base is reset at the beginning of the Contract Year to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance less your Annual Income Amount, if that amount is greater than the previous Fee Base. For example, in Contract Year 4, the Fee Base is set equal to the Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus the Stored Income Balance ($20,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) if that amount ($115,000) is greater than the previous Fee Base ($110,000).
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
1
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$100,000
2
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$105,000
3
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$110,000
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
 
Assume, instead, that in your fourth Account Year you take a $20,000 withdrawal. At the beginning of your fifth Account Year, your Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus your Stored Income Balance ($5,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) is less than the current Fee Base ($115,000), so there is no change to the Fee Base, as shown below.
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$20,000
$0
$115,000
5
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$115,000
6
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$115,000
7
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$115,000
8
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
9
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
$25,000
$120,000
 
On each Account Anniversary thereafter, your Fee Base is recalculated and reset if necessary.

Your IOD II Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

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If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Fee.
   
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If you make an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal, you will decrease your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Fee.

In addition, on your Account Anniversary, the IOD II Fee may also change if we increase the percentage used to calculate the IOD II Fee as described below under “Step-Up Under IOD II.”

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your IOD II Fee during an Account Year. However, as stated below under “Step-Up Under IOD II,” favorable investment performance may cause the Income Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary, and thus increase your IOD II Fee.

We will continue to deduct the IOD II Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your benefits under IOD II are cancelled as described under “Cancellation of IOD II” in this Appendix.

Step-Up Under IOD II

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

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Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
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Your highest quarter-end Account Value (adjusted for subsequent purchase payments and withdrawals) during the most recent Account Year (“Highest Quarterly Value”) minus your Stored Income Balance must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base. (If you have not yet reached your Stored Income Period and therefore do not yet have a Stored Income Balance, your highest quarter-end Account Value must only be greater than your current Income Benefit Base.)

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Fee on newly issued Contracts. If we are no longer issuing Contracts with IOD II, then the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD II Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

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If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD II Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base.
   
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If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your IOD II Fee and step-up your Income Benefit Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Income Benefit Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, we will increase your Income Benefit Base to an amount equal to the highest adjusted quarterly Account Value less your Stored Income Balance, if such amount exceeds your current Income Benefit Base. After the step-up, your Annual Income Amount will be 5% of your new Income Benefit Base.

Here are examples of how step-up works under a few different circumstances:

Assume that you are 60 years old when you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elect to participate in IOD II with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Your initial Stored Income Balance is $5,000.
 
In each of the four examples, Account Values shown are as of the last day of each Account Quarter. Adjustments are made on the day a Purchase Payment or withdrawal is made.
 
The Account Values on each of your four Account Quarters are $113,000, $108,000, $90,000, and $103,000, respectively. No additional Purchase Payments are made and no withdrawals are taken, so no adjustments to these values are necessary. Your Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter is $5,000. The highest adjusted quarterly value is $113,000. Your new Income Benefit Base is set to equal $108,000 ($113,000 - $5,000) since that amount exceeds your previous Income Benefit Base.
 
Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
n/a
$113,000
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$108,000
n/a
$108,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$90,000
n/a
$90,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$103,000
n/a
$103,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
 
$113,000
 
       
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$5,000
   
Step-up comparison
Is ($113,000 - $5,000) greater than $100,000? Yes, so step-up.
           
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up):
       
New Income Benefit Base =
$108,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,400
$108,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$10,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: The end of the fourth Account Quarter and the Account Anniversary are the same day. We only make the distinction to separate values before and after step-up.

If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, your Account Value and your Income Benefit Base are each immediately increased by the amount of the additional Purchase Payment. Your Stored Income Balance is increased by 5% of the additional Purchase Payment.

Here is an example of how an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000 made in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$50,000
$163,000
$100,000
$50,000 Purchase Payment
$163,000
n/a
n/a
$150,000
End of Second Quarter
$158,000
n/a
$158,000
$150,000
End of Third Quarter
$140,000
n/a
$140,000
$150,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$153,000
n/a
$153,000
$150,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$163,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$7,500 (initial $5,000 plus 5% x $50,000)
Step-up comparison
Is ($163,000 - $7,500) greater than $150,000? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up):
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$155,500
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$7,775
$155,500 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$15,275
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: Since the additional Purchase Payment occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Here is an example of how a $4,000 withdrawal taken in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $4,000
$109,000
$100,000
$4,000 withdrawal
$109,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$104,000
n/a
$104,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$86,000
n/a
$86,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$99,000
n/a
$99,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$109,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$1,000 (initial $5,000 less $4,000 withdrawal)
Step-up comparison
Is ($109,000 - $1,000) greater than $100,000? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up):
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$108,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,400
$108,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$6,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: Since the withdrawal occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Assume instead you take a $40,000 withdrawal in the second Account Quarter at a point when the Account Value equaled $99,000 immediately before the withdrawal. Since this withdrawal exceeds your Stored Income Balance, it is considered an Excess Withdrawal. The Excess Withdrawal reduces your Income Benefit Base as described in this Appendix under “Excess Withdrawals.” All previous quarter-end Account Values are first reduced by the amount of the Stored Income Balance and then adjusted in the same proportion that the Income Benefit Base was adjusted after the Excess Withdrawal. (See the two-step calculation shown in the box below the following example.)

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $45,213
$67,787
$100,000
$40,000 withdrawal
$59,000
n/a
n/a
$62,766
End of Second Quarter
$68,000
n/a
$68,000
$62,766
End of Third Quarter
$50,000
n/a
$50,000
$62,766
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$63,000
n/a
$63,000
$62,766
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$68,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$0
Step-up comparison
Is ($68,000 - $0) greater than $62,766? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$68,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$3,400
$68,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$3,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.

(1)
Reduce the end of First Quarter Account Value by the Stored Income Balance
=
$113,000
$5,000
 
= $108,000
               
(2)
Adjust Account Value for the first
Account Quarter
=
$108,000 x
(
$99,000 – $40,000
)
= $67,787
$99,000 – $5,000
               
 
The total adjustment
=
$113,000
$67,787
 
= $45,213

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing IOD II with single-life coverage or, for a higher IOD II Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary beneficiary while IOD II is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while IOD II is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. Note that, for joint-life coverage to continue after the death of any Participant, the surviving spouse must elect to continue the contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision. See also “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the Stored Income Period will begin on your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 50 on the Issue Date. Otherwise it will begin on the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) The First Withdrawal Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59 at issue. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, your benefits under IOD II continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. The percentage rate of the fee will not be reduced regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibly long waiting period before the benefit begins to store income and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.


 
 

 

Cancellation of IOD II

Should you decide that IOD II is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel IOD II at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under IOD II shall cease. Once cancelled, IOD II cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege,” IOD II will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

IOD II will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

A change in ownership may also cancel your benefits under IOD II.

Death of Participant Under IOD II with Single-Life Coverage

If you elected single-life coverage, IOD II terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. Alternately, the Beneficiary may elect to receive the Stored Income Balance. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new IOD II Rider on the original Contract (assuming your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If your surviving spouse makes such election, all of the following occur:

the new Account Value will be the greater of the Stored Income Balance on the original Contract or the Death Benefit;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Fee;
   
the new Income Benefit Base will be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited; and
   
the new Stored Income Balance will be reset to zero.

Death of Participant Under IOD II with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in IOD II, the provisions of the section titled “Death of Participant Under IOD II with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, IOD II will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the Stored Income Balance will remain unchanged;
   
the Income Benefit Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in the Account Value (see “Step-Up Under IOD II”);
   
on each Account Anniversary, the Annual Income Amount will be equal to the Income Benefit Base multiplied by 5%; and
   
the percentage rate of the IOD II Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including IOD II, terminates.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under IOD II

Under the terms of IOD II, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value (or your Stored Income Balance, if greater);
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the Annuity Options available on that date; or
   
(3)
(a) receive any remaining Stored Income Balance in a single sum and (b) annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and you are still eligible to receive it) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than 5% of your then current Income Benefit Base.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount each year until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as IOD II. When you elect to participate in IOD II, you may withdraw annual amounts up to the Yearly RMD Amount without affecting your benefit, subject to the conditions stated below. In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than your Stored Income Balance, we are currently waiving the withdrawal provisions under IOD II as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in IOD II, we reduce your Account Value and your Stored Income Balance, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal to a value not less than zero. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Stored Income Balance. In other words, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Stored Income Balance, we will reduce your Stored Income Balance, but we will not reduce your Income Benefit Base, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Income Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Income Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

 
 

 

APPENDIX M -
Income ON Demand® II Plus

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand II Plus (“IOD II Plus” or “the rider”) was available for Contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008 and prior to February 17, 2009. The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in IOD II Plus. IOD II Plus is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

Income ON Demand II Plus provides an annual income guarantee for life. In early years, you can increase your guarantee if you defer withdrawals. In later years, you can store the annual guarantee amounts not withdrawn. To describe how IOD II Plus works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Income Amount:
An amount equal to your current Income Benefit Base multiplied by 5%, calculated on each Account Anniversary.
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your First Withdrawal Date.
   
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your First Withdrawal Date that (a) when added to all prior withdrawals taken in that Account Year, exceeds the Annual Income Amount (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater) while in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period or (b) exceeds your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater) while in the Stored Income Period.
   
Fee Base:
The amount used to calculate your “IOD II Plus Fee” (see “Cost of IOD II Plus”).
   
First Withdrawal Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Income Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate your Annual Income Amount for IOD II Plus.
   
IOD II Plus Bonus Base:
The amount on which bonuses are calculated. The IOD II Plus Bonus Base is equal to the sum of your Purchase Payments, increased by any “step-ups” (described below) and reduced for any Early Withdrawals or any Excess Withdrawals.
   
IOD II Plus Bonus Period:
A ten-year period commencing on the Issue Date. If you “step-up” IOD II Plus,(described below) during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, the IOD II Plus Bonus Period is extended to ten years from the date of the step-up.
   
Stored Income Balance:
The amount you may withdraw at any time during your Stored Income Period and after your First Withdrawal Date without reducing your benefits under IOD II Plus.
   
Stored Income Period:
A period beginning on the latest of your first Account Anniversary, the end of your IOD II Plus Bonus Period, or the first Account Anniversary following your 50th birthday, and ending on your Annuity Commencement Date.
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Upon annuitization, IOD II Plus and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

IOD II Plus allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount each year, beginning after your First Withdrawal Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected), regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The amount you can withdraw, in any one year, is based on 5% of your Income Benefit Base. If you make no withdrawals (including Required Minimum Distribution Amounts) in an Account Year during your IOD II Plus Bonus Period, we will increase your Income Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of your IOD II Plus Bonus Base. 

You may choose to end the current Bonus Period at anytime as long as you are at least age 50. The Stored Income Period will begin on the first Account Anniversary following your election. You can elect to end the Bonus Period by notifying us by written request, mailed to our Annuity Mailing Address, which is set forth at the beginning of this Prospectus.

After your IOD II Plus Bonus Period ends and your Stored Income Period begins, we will not increase your Income Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of your IOD II Plus Bonus Base. Instead, your Annual Income Amount will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance.

If you are participating in IOD II Plus, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in IOD II Plus, all of your Account Value must be invested only in Designated Funds at all times during the term of IOD II Plus. (The term of IOD II Plus is for life, unless your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero or your benefits under IOD II Plus are terminated or cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of IOD II Plus,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under IOD II Plus.”) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are as shown in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

You also have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail in this Appendix under “Joint-Life Coverage” and the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Joint-Life Coverage.”

Determining Your Income Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Income Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Income Benefit Base is:

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increased on each Account Anniversary by any applicable bonus amount during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period;
   
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increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus” in this Appendix;
   
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increased to the extent that you exercise your one-time option to use any amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base, as described under “How IOD II Plus Works” in this Appendix;
   
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increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
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decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take, as described under “Early Withdrawals” in this Appendix; and
   
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decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take, as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Stored Income Balance

At the beginning of the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance will equal your Annual Income Amount (i.e., 5% of your Income Benefit Base on that Date). Thereafter, your Stored Income Balance is:

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increased on each Account Anniversary by your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary;
   
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decreased by the amount of any withdrawals you take, on or after your First Withdrawal Date, up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance;
   
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decreased to $0 if you take an Excess Withdrawal;
   
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decreased in proportion to the change in your Account Value if you take an Early Withdrawal; and
   
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decreased by the amount you use in exercising your one-time option to increase your Income Benefit Base (described below under “How IOD II Plus Works”).

How IOD II Plus Works

During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period

During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, in each year that you do not take a withdrawal, your Income Benefit Base will be increased by an amount equal to 7% of your IOD II Plus Bonus Base. However, if this amount is less than the amount you will receive under a step-up, the Income Benefit Base will instead be increased by the step-up amount, unless there is a fee increase as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus.” In the case of a fee increase, we will notify you in writing, in advance of your Contract Anniversary, and seek your written consent to the step-up and fee increase. If you do take a withdrawal, you are still eligible for step-up. (See “Step-Up under IOD II Plus” in this Appendix.) In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Income Amount, during this period, is not cumulative. Any unused portion of your Annual Income Amount in any Account Year, during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period cannot be applied to a future year.

During each Account Year, beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, you can take withdrawals totaling up to the amount of your Annual Income Amount, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. Even if your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), as long as your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die.

During the Stored Income Period

During the Stored Income Period on each Account Anniversary, your Annual Income Amount is added to your Stored Income Balance. You can take withdrawals up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. You can use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to effect a one-time increase of your Income Benefit Base prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die.

Withdrawals from your Stored Income Balance can be taken at any time beginning on your First Withdrawal Date and prior to your Annuity Commencement Date without affecting your Income Benefit Base. If, beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, you make a withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount withdrawn; and
   
the withdrawal will not be subject to withdrawal charges.

You also have the option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base. This option allows you to increase your future Annual Income Amount. While your Contract is in force, you may exercise this option only once and you must do so prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If you choose to use any portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount used;
   
the amount of your Stored Income Balance used will be added to your Income Benefit Base; and
   
your new Annual Income Amount on your next Account Anniversary will equal 5% of your new Income Benefit Base.

Here is an example of how IOD II Plus works:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elect to participate in IOD II Plus with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. You decide to remain in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period for two years. The IOD II Plus Bonus Base is $100,000 for year one and year two. The bonus amount is 7% of the IOD II Plus Bonus Base. You wait until your third Account Year before you begin your Stored Income Period. At issue, your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). All values are shown as of the beginning of the Account Year, except for the bonus which occurs at the end of the Account Year.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Bonus Amount
Stored Income
Balance
1
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$7,000
$0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$5,350
$7,000
$0
3
$100,000
$114,000
$5,700
n/a
$5,700
4
$100,000
$114,000
$5,700
n/a
$11,400

During your fifth Account Year, you use the full amount of your Stored Income Balance ($17,100) to increase your Income Benefit Base thereby reducing your Stored Income balance to $0. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base of $114,000 will be increased to $131,100 and your Annual Income Amount will be $6,555 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $6,555 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Bonus Amount
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$114,000
$5,700
n/a
$17,100
6
$100,000
$131,100
$6,555
n/a
$6,555
7
$100,000
$131,100
$6,555
n/a
$13,110
8
$100,000
$131,100
$6,555
n/a
$19,665
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Assume instead that, during your fifth Account Year, you take a withdrawal of $17,100, thereby reducing your Stored Income Balance to $0. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will remain at $114,000 and your Annual Income Amount remains at $5,700 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,700 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$114,000
$5,700
$17,100
$0
6
$82,900
$114,000
$5,700
$0
$5,700
7
$82,900
$114,000
$5,700
$0
$11,400
8
$82,900
$114,000
$5,700
$0
$17,100
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Early Withdrawals and Excess Withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Plus, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further under “Withdrawals Under IOD II Plus.” Even if your Stored Income Period has begun, withdrawals prior to your First Withdrawal Date are considered Early Withdrawals. Investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel IOD II Plus as described under “Cancellation of IOD II Plus” in this Appendix.

Withdrawals Under IOD II Plus

Withdrawals After Your First Withdrawal Date

Your First Withdrawal Date may occur during either your IOD II Plus Bonus Period or your Stored Income Period. If your First Withdrawal Date occurs during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, you may take withdrawals up to your Annual Income Amount each year without reducing your future Annual Income Amount. Each withdrawal will reduce your Annual Income Amount for that year by the full amount of that withdrawal. You will not be eligible for a 7% bonus during any Account Year in which you have taken a withdrawal. If your First Withdrawal Date occurs during your Stored Income Period, withdrawals, up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance, will reduce your Stored Income Balance by the full amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Income Benefit Base. This is shown in the example above.

Withdrawals taken after your First Withdrawal Date and during the withdrawal charge period permitted under your Contract are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract;
   
either your Annual Income Amount (during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period) or your Stored Income Balance (during the Stored Income Period); or
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed in this Appendix under “Certain Tax Provisions”).

Excess Withdrawals

An Excess Withdrawal can occur during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period or the Stored Income Period. During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, if you take an Excess Withdrawal, both your Income Benefit Base and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base will be reduced according to the following formulae:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – AIA

Your new IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
BB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – AIA

Where:
   
 
IBB  =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
BB  =
Your IOD II Plus Bonus Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AIA =
Your remaining Annual Income Amount immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal minus any prior partial withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.

During the Stored Income Period, if you take an Excess Withdrawal, your Stored Income Balance will be reduced to zero. In addition, your Income Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formula:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – SB

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated on your next Account Anniversary based on the reduced Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of an Excess Withdrawal.

Using the same facts as the previous example, assume that in your fifth Account Year you take a withdrawal of $50,000, exceeding your Stored Income Balance. Assume that due to poor investment performance during the fifth Account Year, your Account Value was $90,000 immediately prior to the withdrawal. Your Income Benefit Base will be reduced to $62,551 as shown below and your new Annual Income Amount will be 5% of your new Income Benefit base ($3,128). The Annual Withdrawal Amount of $3,128 will be added to your Stored Income Balance.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit Base
Annual Income Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income Balance
           
5
$100,000
$114,000
$5,700
$50,000
$0
6
$50,000
$62,551
$3,128
$0
$3,128
7
$50,000
$62,551
$3,128
$0
$6,2561
8
$50,000
$62,551
$3,128
$0
$9,384
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Your new Income Benefit Base
=
$114,000 x
(
$90,000 – $50,000
)
= $62,551
$90,000 – $17,100

Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Plus, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

An Early Withdrawal can occur during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period or the Stored Income Period. Any withdrawals, including any “free withdrawal amounts,” taken before the First Withdrawal Date are Early Withdrawals. If an Early Withdrawal occurs during your IOD II Plus Bonus Period, your Annual Income Amount will be reduced by the full amount of the withdrawal. In addition, your IOD II Plus Bonus Base will be reduced according to the following formula:

Your new IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
BB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

If the Early Withdrawal occurs during the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance will be reduced using the following formula:

Your new Stored Income Balance =
SB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

In either the IOD II Plus Bonus Period or Stored Income Period, your new Income Benefit Base will equal:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
IBB  =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
BB  =
Your IOD II Plus Bonus Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Your future Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base.

In addition, Early Withdrawals will also be subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent that such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Plus, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your benefits under IOD II Plus, any withdrawal before your First Withdrawal Date could have state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal (as described above), then your Stored Income Balance (if any), your IOD II Plus Bonus Base (if any), and your Income Benefit Base will all be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with IOD II Plus, will end.

If your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Income Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end, but you will be entitled to receive annual payments as follows.

If you were in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period on the day the Account Value was reduced to zero, regardless of your age, you will be entitled to receive annual amounts equal to 5% of your Income Benefit Base each year for as long as you live.

If you were in the Stored Income Period on the day the Account Value was reduced to zero, you will be entitled to receive annual amounts equal to 5% of your Income Benefit Base. Prior to determining your annual payments, you may increase your Income Benefit Base by any remaining Stored Income Balance as described below. These payments will continue for as long as you live. If you elected joint-life coverage, the payments will continue as long as either you or your spouse are alive as described in this Appendix under “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Joint-Life Coverage.” If you have any remaining Stored Income Balance on the day your Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be notified that, before you begin to receive your “annual lifetime payments,” you must deplete your Stored Income Balance by:

(a)
withdrawing your remaining Stored Income Balance;
   
(b)
applying the remaining amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base (and thus the amount of your “annual lifetime payments”); or
   
(c)
using a combination of (a) and (b).

Because the Contract has ended, the amount of these annual lifetime payments will not change and they will not be subject to any withdrawal charges. You should be aware, however, that they could be subject to state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Cost of IOD II Plus

If you elected IOD II Plus, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“IOD II Plus Fee”). The IOD II Plus Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter and will equal 0.2375 % of your Fee Base on that day, if you elected single-life coverage (0.2875% for joint-life coverage). On an annual basis, the IOD II Plus Fee is equal to 0.95% of your Fee Base if you elected single-life coverage (1.15% for joint-life coverage). We reserve the right to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Plus Fee on newly issued Contracts.

During the first Account Year, your Fee Base is equal to your Income Benefit Base. On each Account Anniversary, the Fee Base is recalculated. During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, your new Fee Base will be reset to equal your Income Benefit Base, if your Income Benefit Base is higher than your current Fee Base. During the Stored Income Period, your new Fee Base will be reset to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance (if any) less your Annual Income Amount for that year if this recalculated amount is higher than your current Fee Base. In the event that the recalculated amount is not greater than your current Fee Base, we will continue to calculate your IOD II Plus Fee based upon your current Fee Base until, at least, your next Account Anniversary. Note that, although your IOD II Plus Fee may increase, it will never decrease.
 
 
For the most part, we calculate your Fee Base only on your Account Anniversary. However, we will recalculate your Fee Base between Account Anniversaries, if you take an Early Withdrawal or Excess Withdrawal or make additional Purchase Payments during your first Account Year.

If you take an Excess Withdrawal during your IOD II Plus Bonus Period, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - AIA

If you take an Excess Withdrawal during your Stored Income Period, your IOD II Plus Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - SB

If you take an Early Withdrawal, your IOD II Plus Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
Fee Base =
Your IOD II Plus Fee Base immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB =
Your Stored Income Balance (if any) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AIA =
Your Annual Income Amount immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal minus any prior partial withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.

Any additional Purchase Payment you make during your first Account Year will increase your Income Benefit Base as described in this Appendix under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base.” Therefore, your Fee Base will increase by any additional Purchase Payments made.

Here is an example of how we calculate your Fee Base:

Assume that you are age 60 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD II Plus with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment ($100,000) on your Issue Date. Your IOD II Plus Bonus Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment ($100,000). At issue, your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). You wait until your third Account Year before you elect to begin your Stored Income Period. During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, in years that withdrawals are not taken, your Income Benefit Base increases by 7% of your IOD II Plus Bonus Base (assuming no step-up). At the beginning of your Stored Income Period, Year 3, your Annual Income Amount has increased to $5,700. All values are shown as of the beginning of the Account Year unless otherwise stated.
 
During the IOD II Plus Bonus Period (Account Years 1and 2), the Fee Base is set equal to your Income Benefit Base. During the Stored Income Period, the Fee Base is reset at the beginning of the Account Year to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance less your Annual Income Amount, if that amount is greater than the previous Fee Base. For example, in Account Year 4, the Fee Base is set equal to the Income Benefit Base ($114,000) plus the Stored Income Balance ($11,400) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,700) if that amount ($119,700) is greater than the previous Fee Base ($114,000).
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
1
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$0
$0
$100,000
2
$107,000
$5,350
$0
$0
$0
$107,000
3
$114,000
$5,700
$5,700
$0
$5,700
$114,000
4
$114,000
$5,700
$11,400
$0
$11,400
$119,700
 
Assume, instead, that in your fourth Account Year you take a $11,400 withdrawal. At the beginning of your fifth Account Year, your Income Benefit Base ($114,000) plus your Stored Income Balance ($0) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,700) is less than the current Fee Base ($119,700), so there is no change to the Fee Base as shown below. In Account Year 7, the Fee Base is reset. Your Income Benefit Base ($114,000) plus your Stored Income Balance ($17,100) less your Annual income Amount ($5,700), results in an amount of $125,400, an amount that is greater than the previous Fee Base ($119,700).
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
4
$114,000
$5,700
$11,400
$11,400
$0
$119,700
5
$114,000
$5,700
$5,700
$0
$5,700
$119,700
6
$114,000
$5,700
$11,400
$0
$11,400
$119,700
7
$114,000
$5,700
$17,100
$0
$17,100
$125,400
 
On each Account Anniversary thereafter, your Fee Base is recalculated and reset if necessary.

Your IOD II Plus Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

l
If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Plus Fee.
   
l
If you make an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal, you will decrease your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Plus Fee.

In addition, on your Account Anniversary, the IOD II Plus Fee may also change, if we increase the percentage used to calculate the IOD II Plus Fee as described below under “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus.”

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your IOD II Plus Fee during an Account Year. However, as stated below under “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus,” favorable investment performance may cause the Income Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary, and thus increase your IOD II Plus Fee.

We will continue to deduct the IOD II Plus Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your benefits under IOD II Plus are cancelled as described under “Cancellation of IOD II Plus” in this Appendix.

Step-Up Under IOD II Plus

You can step-up your Income Benefit Base and IOD II Plus Bonus Base each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

l
Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance (if any) must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
l
If your Contract is in the Stored Income Period, your highest quarter-end Account Value (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals) during the most recent Account Year (“Highest Quarterly Value”) minus your Stored Income Balance must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base.
   
l
If your Contract has not started the Stored Income Period, your Highest Quarterly Value during the most recent Account Year must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base (adjusted for any applicable bonus if the Contract is in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period).

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Plus Fee on newly issued Contracts. If we are no longer issuing Contracts with IOD II Plus, then the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD II Plus Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time. Significant changes in stock market prices, interest rate fluctuations, and competitive industry trends are among the market conditions we consider in whether to change the fee.

l
If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD II Plus Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base (if applicable).
   

l
If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your IOD II Plus Fee and step-up your Income Benefit Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Income Benefit Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up prior to the Stored Income Period, we will increase your Income Benefit Base and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base each to an amount equal to the highest adjusted quarterly Account Value, if such amount exceeds your current Income Benefit Base (adjusted for any applicable bonus if the Contract is in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period). If the step-up occurred during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period, your IOD II Plus Bonus Period will be renewed for another 10-year period.

At the time of step-up during the Stored Income Period, we will increase your Income Benefit Base to an amount equal to the highest adjusted quarterly Account Value less your Stored Income Balance, if such amount exceeds your current Income Benefit Base. After the step-up, your Annual Income Amount will be 5% of your new Income Benefit Base.

Below are examples of how step-up works under a few different circumstances.

Assume that you are 60 years old when you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elect to participate in IOD II Plus with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base are equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). The example assumes you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period.
 
In each of the five examples, Account Values shown are as of the last day of each Account Quarter. Adjustments are made on the day a Purchase Payment or withdrawal is made.
 
The Account Values on each of your four Account Quarters are $113,000, $108,000, $90,000, and $103,000, respectively. No additional Purchase Payments are made and no withdrawals are taken, so no adjustments to these values are necessary. The highest adjusted quarterly value is $113,000. Both your new Income Benefit Base and IOD II Plus Bonus Base are set to equal $113,000 since that amount exceeds your previous Income Benefit Base increased by 7% of your IOD II Plus Bonus Base ($100,000 + $7,000).
 
Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
n/a
$113,000
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$108,000
n/a
$108,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$90,000
n/a
$90,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$103,000
n/a
$103,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
 
$113,000
 
       
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
n/a (since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
Step-up comparison
Is $113,000 greater than $100,000 + $7,000? Yes, so step-up.
           
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
       
New Income Benefit Base =
$113,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,650
$113,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
n/a
(since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
New IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
$113,000
 
 
Please note: The end of the fourth Account Quarter and the Account Anniversary are the same day. We only make the distinction to separate values before and after step-up.

If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, your Account Value, your Income Benefit Base, and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base are each immediately increased by the amount of the additional Purchase Payment.

Here is an example of how an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000 made in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up and assumes that you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$50,000
$163,000
$100,000
$50,000 Purchase Payment
$163,000
n/a
n/a
$150,000
End of Second Quarter
$158,000
n/a
$158,000
$150,000
End of Third Quarter
$140,000
n/a
$140,000
$150,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$153,000
n/a
$153,000
$150,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$163,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
n/a (since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
Step-up comparison
Is $163,000 greater than $150,000 + $10,500? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$163,500
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments).
New Annual Income Amount =
$8,150
$163,500 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
n/a
(since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
New IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
$163,000
 
 
Please note: Since the additional Purchase Payment occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Here is an example of how a $4,000 withdrawal taken in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up and assumes you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$4,000
$109,000
$100,000
$4,000 withdrawal
$109,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$104,000
n/a
$104,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$86,000
n/a
$86,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$99,000
n/a
$99,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$109,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
 n/a (since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
Step-up comparison
Is $109,000 greater than $100,000 + $0 (no bonus since withdrawal taken?
Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$109,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,450
$109,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
n/a
(since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
New IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
$109,000
 
 
Please note: Since the withdrawal occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Assume instead you take a $40,000 withdrawal in the second Account Quarter at a point when the Account Value equaled $99,000 immediately before the withdrawal. Since this withdrawal exceeds your Annual Income Amount, it is considered an Excess Withdrawal. The Excess Withdrawal reduces your Income Benefit Base and your IOD II Plus Bonus Base as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix. All previous quarterly Account Values are first reduced by the amount of the Annual Income Amount less any prior withdrawals taken in that Account Year and then adjusted in the same proportion that the Income Benefit Base was adjusted after the Excess Withdrawal. (See the two-step calculation shown in the box below the following example.) The example assumes you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period.

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$45,213
$67,787
$100,000
$40,000 withdrawal
$59,000
n/a
n/a
$62,766
End of Second Quarter
$68,000
n/a
$68,000
$62,766
End of Third Quarter
$50,000
n/a
$50,000
$62,766
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$63,000
n/a
$63,000
$62,766
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$68,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
n/a (since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
Step-up comparison
Is $68,000 greater than $62,766 + $0 (no bonus since withdrawal taken)?
Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$68,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Income Amount =
$3,400
$68,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
n/a
(since you are in the IOD II Plus Bonus Period)
New IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
$68,000
 

(1)
Reduce the end of First Quarter Account
Value by the Annual Income Amount less
any prior withdrawals taken in that
Account Year
=
$113,000
$5,000
 
= $108,000
               
(2)
Adjust the Account Value for the first
Account Quarter
=
$108,000 x
(
$99,000 – $40,000
)
= $67,787
$99,000 – $5,000
               
 
The total adjustment
=
$113,000
$67,787
 
= $45,213

Using the facts of the above example where no withdrawals or additional premiums have taken place, assume that for Account Year 2 you have elected to begin the Stored Income Period. As stated in the above example the Income Benefit Base is $113,000 beginning of Account Year 2. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,650 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Because you have elected to begin the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance is initially equal to your Annual Income Amount ($5,650).
 
The Account Values on each of your four Account Quarters for Account Year 2 are $105,000, $111,000, $116,000, and $120,000, respectively. No additional Purchase Payments are made and no withdrawals are taken, so no adjustments to these values are necessary. The highest adjusted quarterly value is $120,000. Your new Income Benefit Base is set to equal $114,350 ($120,000 - $5,650) since that amount exceeds your previous Income Benefit Base.
 
Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
End of First Quarter
$105,000
n/a
$105,000
$113,000
End of Second Quarter
$111,000
n/a
$111,000
$113,000
End of Third Quarter
$116,000
n/a
$116,000
$113,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$120,000
n/a
$120,000
$113,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
 
$120,000
 
       
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$5,650
   
Step-up comparison
Is ($120,000 - $5,650) greater than $113,000? Yes, so step-up.
           
On the Contract Anniversary (after step-up)
       
New Income Benefit Base =
$114,350
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,718
$114,350 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$11,367
 
New IOD II Plus Bonus Base =
n/a
No longer applicable for the Stored Income Period
 
Please note: The end of the fourth Account Quarter and the Contract Anniversary are the same day. We only make the distinction to separate values before and after step-up.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing IOD II Plus with single-life coverage or, for a higher IOD II Plus Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary beneficiary while IOD II Plus is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while IOD II Plus is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. Note that, for joint-life coverage to continue after the death of any Participant, the surviving spouse must elect to continue the contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision. See also “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the IOD II Plus Bonus Period and the Stored Income Period are determined based on the age of the younger spouse if the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) On the first day of the Stored Income Period, your Annual Income Amount will be added to your Stored Income Balance. The First Withdrawal Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59 at issue. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, your benefits under IOD II Plus continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. The percentage rate of the fee will not be reduced regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibly long waiting period before the benefit begins to store income and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.


 
 

 

Cancellation of IOD II Plus

Should you decide that IOD II Plus is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel IOD II Plus at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under IOD II Plus shall cease. Once cancelled, IOD II Plus cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege,” IOD II Plus will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

IOD II Plus will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

A change in ownership may also cancel your benefits under IOD II Plus.

Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Single-Life Coverage

If you elected single-life coverage, IOD II Plus terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. Alternately, the Beneficiary may elect to receive the Stored Income Balance, if any. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new IOD II Plus Rider on the original Contract (assuming your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If your surviving spouse makes such election, all of the following occur:

the new Account Value will be the greater of the Stored Income Balance, if any, on the original Contract or the Death Benefit;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Plus Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Plus Fee;
   
the new Income Benefit Base and your new IOD II Plus Bonus Base will each be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited; and
   
the new IOD II Plus Bonus Period begins.

Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in IOD II Plus, the provisions of the section titled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Plus with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, IOD II Plus will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the Stored Income Balance, if any, will remain unchanged;
   
the Income Benefit Base and the IOD II Plus Bonus Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in the Account Value (see “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus” in this Appendix);
   
on each Account Anniversary, the Annual Income Amount will be equal to the Income Benefit Base multiplied by 5%; and
   
the percentage rate of the IOD II Plus Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including IOD II Plus, terminates.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.


 
 

 

Annuitization Under IOD II Plus

Under the terms of IOD II Plus, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive the greater of your Cash Surrender Value or your Stored Income Balance, if any;
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the Annuity Options available on that date; or
   
(3)
(a) receive the remaining Stored Income Balance, if any, in a single sum and (b) annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and you are still eligible to receive it) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than 5% of your then current Income Benefit Base.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount each year until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as IOD II Plus. When you elect to participate in IOD II Plus, you may withdraw annual amounts up to the Yearly RMD Amount without affecting your benefit, subject to the conditions stated below. In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than your Stored Income Balance, we are currently waiving the withdrawal provisions under IOD II Plus as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in IOD II Plus, we reduce your Account Value and your Stored Income Balance, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal to a value not less than zero. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Stored Income Balance. In other words, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Stored Income Balance, we will reduce your Stored Income Balance, but we will not reduce your Income Benefit Base, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Income Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Income Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.


 
 

 

APPENDIX N -
RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM II

The optional living benefit known as Retirement Income Escalator II (“RIE II”) was available on Contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008, and prior to August 17, 2009, and on certain limited Contracts purchased on or after August 17, 2009. If you elected to participate in RIE II, the following information applies to your Contract. RIE II is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, and elected to participate in RIE II, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage (defined below) is different from the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage available on Contracts purchased on or after that date. (See “Determining Your Annual Withdrawal Amount,” “Step-Up Under RIE II,” and “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.) In addition, unless you “step-up” as described under “Step-Up Under RIE II,” the fee charged for your RIE II is lower than the fee charged on Contracts purchased on or after February 17, 2009. (See “Cost of RIE II” in this Appendix.)

RIE II provides an annual income guarantee for life. You can withdraw up to a guaranteed amount each year and, provided you meet certain requirements, we will continue to send you the guaranteed amount even if your Account Value should go to zero. Your income amount will not decrease, provided that your withdrawals do not exceed the guaranteed amount in any year. In general, the longer you wait for your first withdrawal under RIE II, the larger the guaranteed Annual Withdrawal Amount. To describe how RIE II works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Withdrawal Amount:
The total guaranteed amount available for withdrawal each Account Year during your life, provided that you comply with certain conditions. The Annual Withdrawal Amount is equal to your current Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. (You should be aware that certain actions you take could significantly reduce the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount.)
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your RIE II Coverage Date.
 
 
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your RIE II Coverage Date that exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
   
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage:
The percentage used to calculate your Annual Withdrawal Amount.
   
RIE II Bonus Base:
The amount on which bonuses are calculated. The RIE II Bonus Base is equal to the sum of your Purchase Payments, increased by any “step-ups” (described below) and reduced proportionately by any withdrawal taken prior to your RIE II Coverage Date or any Excess Withdrawals (see “Excess Withdrawals” under “Withdrawals Under RIE II”).
   
RIE II Bonus Period:
A ten-year period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on your tenth Account Anniversary. If you “step up” RIE II (described below) during the RIE II Bonus Period, the RIE II Bonus Period is extended to ten years from the date of the step-up.
   
RIE II Coverage Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue; otherwise, the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Withdrawal Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate (1) your Annual Withdrawal Amount and (2) your “RIE II Fee” (see “Cost of RIE II”).
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Upon annuitization, RIE II and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

RIE II allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount of money each year, beginning on your RIE II Coverage Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected). Your right to take withdrawals under RIE II continues regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. After your RIE II Coverage Date, the amount you can withdraw, in any one year, can be 4%, 5%, 6%, or 7% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, depending upon your age (or the younger spouse’s age in case of joint-life coverage) on the date of your first withdrawal.

In addition, if you make no withdrawals in an Account Year during your RIE II Bonus Period, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base. The RIE II Bonus Period is a 10-year period commencing on your Issue Date. The period will be extended for an additional 10 years commencing on each step-up of the Withdrawal Benefit Base (see “Step-Up Under RIE II” in this Appendix), provided that the step-up occurs during the RIE II Bonus Period.

If you are participating in RIE II, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in RIE II, all of your Account Value must be invested in one or more of the Designated Funds at all times during the term of RIE II. (The “term” of RIE II is for life, unless your Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero or RIE II is terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of RIE II,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under RIE II” in this Appendix.) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Under RIE II, you have the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail under “Joint-Life Coverage,” “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Single-Life Coverage,” and “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Withdrawal Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Withdrawal Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Withdrawal Benefit Base is:

l
increased by any applicable bonuses;
   
l
increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under RIE II” in this Appendix;
   
l
increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date.
   
l
decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take as described under “Early Withdrawals” in this Appendix; and
   
l
decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Annual Withdrawal Amount

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is first determined when you make your first withdrawal after your RIE II Coverage Date and then on each subsequent Account Anniversary. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is equal to your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage depends upon your age at the time you make your first withdrawal after your RIE II Coverage Date as shown in the tables below. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, as follows:

Your Age on the Date of the
First Withdrawal After
Your RIE II Coverage Date*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, as follows:

Your Age on the Date of the
First Withdrawal After
Your RIE II Coverage Date*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will only increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the tables above. (See “Step-Up Under RIE II” in this Appendix.) An increase in the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. If your Withdrawal Benefit Base changes after your Annual Withdrawal Amount is determined, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will also change. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be effective on the next Account Anniversary and, at that time, will reflect any increases caused by a step-up or a bonus that took place during the prior Account Year and any decreases caused by Excess Withdrawals (described below) that were taken during the prior Account Year. The new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be in effect for all subsequent Account Years, unless and until there is a further change in your Withdrawal Benefit Base.

How RIE II Works

Each Account Year, beginning on your RIE II Coverage Date, you can take withdrawals totaling up to the amount of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. Even if your Account Value is reduced to zero  (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), as long as your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount every year until you die.

If you defer taking any withdrawals in an Account Year during the RIE II Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased by an amount equal to 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base. However, if this amount is less than the amount you will receive under a step-up, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will instead be increased by the step-up amount, unless there is a fee increase as described under “Step-Up Under RIE II.” In the case of a fee increase, we will notify you in writing, in advance of your Contract Anniversary, and seek your written consent to the step-up and fee increase. If you do take a withdrawal, you are still eligible for step-up. (See “Step-Up under RIE II” in this Appendix.) In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not, however, cumulative: any unused portion of your Annual Withdrawal Amount in any Account Year cannot be applied to a future year.

Note that the timing and amount of your withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your total benefits under RIE II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further under “Withdrawals Under RIE II” in this Appendix. Note also that investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel RIE II, as described under “Cancellation of RIE II” in this Appendix.

Here is an example of how RIE II works. This example assumes that your Contract was purchased on or after February 17, 2009.

Assume that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in RIE II with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Because you reached age 59 prior to your Issue Date, your RIE II Coverage Date is your Issue Date. You can begin at any time to withdraw up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. During the RIE II Bonus Period, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal. By deferring your withdrawals during a RIE II Bonus Period you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount. After the RIE II Bonus Period, you will still be eligible to take your Annual Withdrawal Amount each year and to step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base. However, you will no longer be eligible for the 7% bonus each year. (For convenience, assume that the investment performance on your underlying investments remains neutral throughout the life of your Contract, except for Account Year 2.)
 
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 on your second Account Anniversary. Your Contract is, therefore, eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and RIE II Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the RIE II Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base to $125,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,250. Going forward, your new RIE II Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an Excess Withdrawal, and your RIE II Bonus Period will now end on your 12th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the step-up). All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
RIE II
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$5,350
$0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
 
Assume you take your first withdrawal when you are age 71 in Account Year 7. Using the chart on the previous page, we set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 5%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. You can begin withdrawing up to $8,000 each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base, as shown in the following table:
 
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$6,688
$0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$7,125
$0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$7,563
$0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
8
$117,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$8,000
 
Assume in Account Year 9, you defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by $8,750 which is 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base ($125,000). Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to $8,438, which is 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base ($168,750), as shown below:
 
9
$109,000
$160,000
$125,000
$8,000
$0
10
$109,000
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
 
Assume that in Account Year 14, you again decide to defer taking a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be increased because you are no longer in the RIE II Bonus Period, as your RIE II Bonus Period ends 10 years after the previous step-up.
 
11
$100,563
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
12
$92,125
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
13
$83,688
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438
14
$75,250
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$0
15
$75,250
$168,750
$125,000
$8,438
$8,438

There is no way to know for certain whether forgoing income in one or more years will increase or decrease the total income paid to the Participant over the life of the annuity. Generally speaking, not taking income in a year will increase the Annual Withdrawal Amount during the RIE II Bonus Period due to the bonus and the potential for step-ups. In this way, if you defer taking withdrawals during your early Account Years, you will be able to take larger withdrawals in later Account Years. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not, however, cumulative: any unused portion of your Annual Withdrawal Amount in any Account Year cannot be applied to a future year.

The total lifetime payments to the Participant could be more or less depending upon investment performance over the life of the Contract and the age to which the Participant lives. Better investment performance and a longer life span generally make it advantageous to forgo the Annual Withdrawal Amount in a limited number of years.

Withdrawals Under RIE II

Withdrawals After the RIE II Coverage Date

Starting on your RIE II Coverage Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date, you may take withdrawals totaling up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals will reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Withdrawal Benefit Base. These withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract (discussed under “Free Withdrawal Amount” under “Withdrawal Charge” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached);
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Certain Tax Provisions” in this Appendix); and
   
your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

The previous example shows withdrawals taken after your RIE II Coverage Date. Because they do not exceed your Annual Withdrawal Amount (or your Required Minimum Distribution amount, if higher), the withdrawals do not reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base or your Annual Withdrawal Amount. The withdrawals in the above example are not subject to any withdrawal charges because they do not exceed any of the following:

your free withdrawal amount permitted under this Contract,
your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, or
your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

If a withdrawal exceeds the greatest of these amounts, then the withdrawal would be subject to withdrawal charges.

Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal, your RIE II Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formulae:

Your new RIE II Bonus Base =
BB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - AWA

Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base =
WBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - AWA

Where:
   
 
BB =
Your RIE II Bonus Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WBB =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AWA =
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount minus any prior partial withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.

Using the facts of the above example, assume that in Account Year 7, you take two withdrawals: a $4,000 withdrawal followed by a $6,000 withdrawal. Your first withdrawal reduces your Account Value to $121,000 but does not affect your RIE II Bonus Base or Withdrawal Benefit Base because it is not in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount. Your second withdrawal (when combined with the first) is in excess of your $8,000 Annual Withdrawal Amount. After your second withdrawal, your RIE II Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced as follows:
           
 
Your new RIE II Bonus Base
=
$125,000
x
$121,000 – $6,000                   
         
$121,000 – ($8,000 – $4,000)
           
   
=
$125,000
x
$115,000
         
$117,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
0.98291
           
   
=
$122,863
   
           

 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
$160,000
x
$121,000 – $6,000                   
         
$121,000 – ($8,000 – $4,000)
           
   
=
$160,000
x
$115,000
         
$117,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
0.98291
           
   
=
$157,265
   
           
Beginning on your Account Anniversary and going forward, your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be reduced to 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $7,863.

You should be aware that, if your Account Value is less than the Withdrawal Benefit Base at the time an Excess Withdrawal is taken (as in the above example), then your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base will be reduced by an amount equal to or more than the excess amount withdrawn. Thus, Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under RIE II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

All withdrawals taken before your RIE II Coverage Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts” permitted under your Contract, will be considered Early Withdrawals and your RIE II Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced using the following formulae:

Your new RIE II Bonus Base
=
BB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV

Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
WBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
BB  =
Your RIE II Bonus Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WBB  =
Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD  =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Assume that you are age 45 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate in RIE II with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base are each set equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base each year in which you do not take a withdrawal. Your RIE II Coverage Date will not occur until your 15th Account Anniversary (the first Account Anniversary after you reach age 59). Any withdrawals you take prior to that time will be Early Withdrawals.
 
Assume that because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 2, your Account Value has grown to $125,000 on your second Account Anniversary. Your Contract is therefore eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and RIE II Bonus Base. Assume that we have not increased the percentage used to calculate the RIE II Fee on newly issued Contracts; therefore we will step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base to $125,000.
 
Assume that, in your Account Year 7, you withdraw $10,000. Because you are age 51 (and younger than age 59), this is an Early Withdrawal. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Account Year
Account
Value
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
RIE II
Bonus Base
Annual Withdrawal
Amount
Withdrawals
1
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$0
$0
2
$100,000
$107,000
$100,000
$0
$0
3
$125,000
$125,000
$125,000
$0
$0
4
$125,000
$133,750
$125,000
$0
$0
5
$125,000
$142,500
$125,000
$0
$0
6
$125,000
$151,250
$125,000
$0
$0
7
$125,000
$160,000
$125,000
$0
$10,000
 
At this point, your RIE II Bonus Base and your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be recalculated as follows:
 
 
Your new RIE II Bonus Base
=
$125,000
x
$125,000 – $10,000
         
$125,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
$115,000
         
$125,000
           
   
=
$125,000
x
0.92000
           
   
=
$115,000
   
           
 
Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base
=
$160,000
x
$125,000 – $10,000
         
$125,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
$115,000
         
$125,000
           
   
=
$160,000
x
0.92000
           
   
=
$147,200
   
           
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will still be $0 because you have not reached your RIE II Coverage Date.

You should be aware that Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under RIE II, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your benefits under RIE II, any withdrawal before you reach age 59½ could have adverse state and federal tax liabilities. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Excess Withdrawal or an Early Withdrawal, then your Withdrawal Benefit Base and the RIE II Bonus Base will both be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with RIE II, will end.

If, on the other hand, your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end, but your right to receive an annual withdrawal amount will continue. That is to say, regardless of your age on the day the Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be entitled to receive your Annual Withdrawal Amount each year for as long as you live.

Cost of RIE II

If you elect RIE II, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“RIE II Fee”). The RIE II Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The RIE II Fee will be a percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. This percentage will equal 0.2375% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter if you elected single-life coverage (0.2875% for joint-life coverage). The maximum RIE II Fee you can pay in any one Account Year is equal to 0.95% of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base at any point in that Account Year if you elected single-life coverage (1.15% for joint-life coverage).

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your cost for RIE II was initially, on an annual basis, 0.80% of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base for single-life coverage (1.00% for joint-life coverage). Your cost for RIE II will not increase unless:

you decide to step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base, as described below under “Step-Up Under RIE II,” and
   
you consent in writing, at the time of step-up, to accept an increase in your RIE II Fee to 0.95% for single-life coverage (1.15% for joint-life coverage).

If you do not consent to the higher fee, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups will be suspended unless and until we receive your written consent to the higher fee.

Your RIE II Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

l
If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your RIE II Fee.
   
l
If you make a withdrawal before your RIE II Coverage Date or a withdrawal in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount, you will decrease your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your RIE II Fee.

However, on each Account Anniversary, we determine whether favorable investment performance of the Designated Funds may cause the Withdrawal Benefit Base to increase as described below under “Step-Up Under RIE II.” If your Withdrawal Benefit Base increases because of favorable investment performance, your RIE II fee will also increase because it is recalculated on each Account Anniversary based upon your highest Withdrawal Benefit Base during that Account Year.

We will continue to deduct the RIE II Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your RIE II is terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of RIE II” in this Appendix.

Step-Up Under RIE II

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

l
Your Account Value must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
l
Your highest quarter-end Account Value (adjusted for subsequent Purchase Payments and withdrawals) during the most recent Account Year (“Highest Quarterly Value”) must be greater than your current Withdrawal Benefit Base (adjusted for any applicable 7% bonus increases).

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the RIE II Fee.

l
If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your RIE II Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base
   
l
If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your RIE II Fee and step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and RIE II Bonus Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Withdrawal Benefit Base and RIE II Bonus Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and RIE II Bonus Base to an amount equal to the Highest Quarterly Value, if such amount exceeds your current Withdrawal Benefit Base (adjusted for any applicable 7% bonus increases). If the step-up occurs during the RIE II Bonus Period, your RIE II Bonus Period will renew for another 10-year period commencing at the time of step-up.

If your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage has already been determined and your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the applicable table below, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase. After the step-up, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage multiplied by your new Withdrawal Benefit Base. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, based upon your age at time of step-up, as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, based upon your age at time of step-up, as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Here are examples of how step-up works under a few different circumstances. In each of the four examples, Account Values shown are as of the last day of each Account Quarter. Adjustments are made on the day a Purchase Payment or withdrawal is made. All four examples assume that the Contract was purchased on or after February 17, 2009.

Assume that you are 65 years old when you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elect to participate in RIE II with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base are each equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base).
 
The Account Values on each of your four Account Quarters are $113,000, $108,000, $90,000, and $103,000, respectively. No additional Purchase Payments are made and no withdrawals are taken, so no adjustments to these values are necessary. The highest adjusted quarterly value is $113,000. Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base is set to equal to $113,000 since that amount exceeds your previous Withdrawal Benefit Base increased by 7% of your RIE II Bonus Base ($100,000 + $7,000).
 
Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
n/a
$113,000
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$108,000
n/a
$108,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$90,000
n/a
$90,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$103,000
n/a
$103,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
 
$113,000
 
       
Step-up comparison
Is $113,000 greater than $100,000 + $7,000? Yes, so step-up.
           
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
       
New Withdrawal Benefit Base =
$113,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Withdrawal Amount =
$5,650
$113,000 x 5%
New RIE II Bonus Base =
$113,000
 
 
Please note: The end of the fourth Account Quarter and the Account Anniversary are the same day. We only make the distinction to separate values before and after step-up.

If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, your Account Value, your Withdrawal Benefit Base, and your RIE II Bonus Base are each immediately increased by the amount of the additional Purchase Payment.

Here is an example of how an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000 made in the first Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$50,000
$163,000
$100,000
$50,000 Purchase Payment
$163,000
n/a
n/a
$150,000
End of Second Quarter
$158,000
n/a
$158,000
$150,000
End of Third Quarter
$140,000
n/a
$140,000
$150,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$153,000
n/a
$153,000
$150,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$163,000
 
         
Step-up comparison
Is $163,000 greater than $150,000 + $10,500? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Withdrawal Benefit Base =
$163,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Withdrawal Amount =
$8,150
$163,000 x 5%
New RIE II Bonus Base =
$163,000
 
 
Please note: Since the additional Purchase Payment occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Here is an example of how a $4,000 withdrawal taken in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $4,000
$109,000
$100,000
$4,000 withdrawal
$109,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$104,000
n/a
$104,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$86,000
n/a
$86,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$99,000
n/a
$99,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$109,000
 
         
Step-up comparison
Is $109,000 greater than $100,000 + $0 (no bonus since withdrawal taken)? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Withdrawal Benefit Base =
$109,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Withdrawal Amount =
$5,450
$109,000 x 5%
New RIE II Bonus Base =
$109,000
 
 
Please note: Since the withdrawal occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Assume instead you take a $40,000 withdrawal in the second Account Quarter at a point when the Account Value equaled $99,000 immediately before the withdrawal. Since this withdrawal exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount, it is considered an Excess Withdrawal. The Excess Withdrawal reduces your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your RIE II Bonus Base as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix. All previous quarter-end Account Values are first reduced by the Annual Withdrawal Amount less any prior withdrawals taken in that Account Year and then adjusted in the same proportion that the Withdrawal Benefit Base was adjusted after the Excess Withdrawal. (See the two-step calculation shown in the box below the following example.)

 
 

 


Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Withdrawal
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $45,213
$67,787
$100,000
$40,000 withdrawal
$59,000
n/a
n/a
$62,766
End of Second Quarter
$68,000
n/a
$68,000
$62,766
End of Third Quarter
$50,000
n/a
$50,000
$62,766
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$63,000
n/a
$63,000
$62,766
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$68,000
 
         
Step-up comparison
Is $68,000 greater than $62,766 + $0 (no bonus since withdrawal taken)?
Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Withdrawal Benefit Base =
$68,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
New Annual Withdrawal Amount =
$3,400
$68,000 x 5%
New RIE II Bonus Base =
$68,000
 

(1)
Reduce the end of First Quarter Account Value
by the Annual Withdrawal Amount less any
less any prior withdrawals taken in that Account
Year
=
$113,000
$5,000
 
= $108,000
               
(2)
Adjust the Account Value for the first
Account Quarter
=
$108,000 x
(
$99,000 – $40,000
)
= $67,787
$99,000 – $5,000
               
 
The total adjustment
=
$113,000
$67,787
 
= $45,213

All of the above examples assume that you are age 65 at issue, so your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is 5%. Assume instead you are age 74 at issue and have attained age 75 on your first Account Anniversary. Follow the first example where no withdrawals were taken and no additional Purchase Payments were made. When your Withdrawal Benefit Base steps-up to $113,000, your new Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is 6% since you had attained age 75 by your first Account Anniversary. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is now $6,780.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing RIE II with single-life coverage or, for a higher RIE II Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary beneficiary while RIE II is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while RIE II is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under RIE II only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides annual withdrawals under RIE II for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. (Note, however, upon the death of a spouse, the Contract, including RIE II, ends. To take annual withdrawals under RIE II’s joint-life feature after the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse must first elect to continue the Contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision.) See also “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the RIE II Coverage Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59 on the Issue Date, and will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59 if the younger spouse is less than age 59 on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) Thus, Early Withdrawals will be determined based upon this definition of your RIE II Coverage Date. Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be determined based on the age that the younger spouse is (or would have been) on the date of the first withdrawal under the Contract after the RIE II Coverage Date, as shown in the tables below. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, as follows:

Age of Younger Spouse on
Date of the First Withdrawal After
Your RIE II Coverage Date
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%


 
 

 

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined, as follows:

Age of Younger Spouse on
Date of First Withdrawal After
Your RIE II Coverage Date
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage
59 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount equals your Withdrawal Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage. Once your Annual Withdrawal Amount is calculated, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will not change except if a step-up occurs as described under “Step-Up Under RIE II” in this Appendix. The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will then be reset, if higher, to the percentage for then attained age of the younger spouse.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, RIE II benefits continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. That fee will not change as long as RIE II is in effect, regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibility of a longer waiting period before withdrawals under RIE II can be made and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.

Cancellation of RIE II

Should you decide that RIE II is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel RIE II at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under RIE II shall cease. Once cancelled, RIE II cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached, RIE II will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

RIE II will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel your benefits under RIE II.

Death of Participant Under RIE II with Single-Life Coverage

If you selected single-life coverage, RIE II terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new RIE II on the original Contract (assuming that your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If the surviving spouse makes such election:

the new Account Value and the new Withdrawal Benefit Base will both be set equal to the Death Benefit amount;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the RIE II Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the RIE II Fee;
   
the new Withdrawal Benefit Base and the new RIE II Bonus Base will each be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited;
   
the new Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be based on the age of the surviving spouse; and
   
a new RIE II Bonus Period begins.

Death of Participant Under RIE II with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in RIE II, the provisions of the section titled “Death of Participant Under RIE II with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, RIE II will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the RIE II Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant;
   
the Withdrawal Benefit Base and the RIE II Bonus Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in Account Value (see “Step-Up Under RIE II” in this Appendix);
   
if withdrawals under RIE II have not yet begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be based on the age the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) on the date of the first withdrawal after the RIE II Coverage Date;
   
if withdrawals under RIE II have already begun, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will be the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage that applied to the Contract prior to the death of the Participant; and
   
the RIE II Bonus Period will continue unchanged from the original contract.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including RIE II, will terminate.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under RIE II

Under the terms of RIE II, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value,
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the then currently available Annuity Options, or
   
(3)
annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and is still eligible) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than your then current Annual Withdrawal Amount.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as RIE II. If you elected to participate in RIE II, we will inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, each year, we will notify you in early January of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw annual amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount without reducing your guaranteed withdrawal benefit.

In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than the maximum withdrawal amount permitted each year under RIE II, we are currently waiving withdrawal provisions as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in RIE II, we reduce your Account Value dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal. In addition, for that year only, your Annual Withdrawal Amount under RIE II will be reduced, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Annual Withdrawal Amount. In other words, we will not reduce your Annual Withdrawal Amount for future years (or your Withdrawal Benefit Base or Bonus Base), if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Annual Withdrawal Amount, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Withdrawal Amount that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Withdrawal Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Withdrawal Amount as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Withdrawal Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

 
 

 

APPENDIX O -
Income ON Demand® II Escalator

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand II Escalator (“IOD II Escalator”) was available on Contracts purchased on or after October 20, 2008, and prior to August 17, 2009, and on certain limited Contracts purchased on or after August 17, 2009. If you elected to participate in IOD II Escalator, the following information applies to your Contract. IOD II Escalator is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, and elected to participate in IOD II Escalator, your Lifetime Income Percentage (defined below) is different from the Lifetime Income Percentage available on Contracts purchased on or after that date. (See “Determining Your Annual Income Amount,” “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator,” and “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.) In addition, unless you “step-up” as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator,” the fee charged for IOD II Escalator is lower than the fee charged on Contracts purchased on or after February 17, 2009. (See “Cost of IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix.)

To describe how IOD II Escalator works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Income Amount:
The amount added to your Stored Income Balance on each Account Anniversary during your Stored Income Period. It is equal to your Income Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Income Percentage.
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your First Withdrawal Date.
   
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your First Withdrawal Date that exceeds your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
   
Fee Base:
The amount used to calculate your “IOD II Escalator Fee” (see “Cost of IOD II Escalator”).
   
First Withdrawal Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Income Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate your Annual Income Amount for IOD II Escalator.
   
Lifetime Income Percentage:
The percentage used to calculate your Annual Income Amount.
   
Stored Income Balance:
The amount you may withdraw at any time after your First Withdrawal Date without reducing your benefits under IOD II Escalator.
   
Stored Income Period:
A period beginning on your Issue Date if you are at least age 50 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary following your 50th birthday, ending on your Annuity Commencement Date.
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described under the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Upon annuitization, IOD II Escalator and any elected optional death benefit automatically terminate.

IOD II Escalator allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount each year, beginning after your First Withdrawal Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected), regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The guaranteed annual amount you can withdraw, in any one year, can be 4%, 5%, 6%, or 7% of your Income Benefit Base depending upon your age. Any amount that you do not withdraw in a given year will remain in the Stored Income Balance and can be withdrawn at any time in the future. 

If you are participating in IOD II Escalator, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in IOD II Escalator, all of your Account Value must be invested only in Designated Funds at all times during the term of IOD II Escalator. (The term of IOD II Escalator is for life, unless your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero or your benefits under IOD II Escalator are terminated or cancelled as described under “Cancellation of IOD II Escalator,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix.) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

You also had the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail under “Joint-Life Coverage” and the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.


 
 

 

Determining Your Income Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Income Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Income Benefit Base is:

l
increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described in this Appendix under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator”;
   
l
increased to the extent that you exercise your one-time option to use any amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base, as described below under “How IOD II Escalator Works”;
   
l
increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
l
decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take, as described under “Early Withdrawals” in this Appendix; and
   
l
decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take, as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Annual Income Amount

Your Annual Income Amount is first determined at the beginning of your Stored Income Period and then on each subsequent Account Anniversary. Your Annual Income Amount is equal to your Income Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Income Percentage. The Lifetime Income Percentage depends upon your age at the beginning of your Stored Income Period as shown in the tables below. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, as follows:

Your Age at the Beginning of
Your Stored Income Period*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, as follows:

Your Age at the Beginning of
Your Stored Income Period*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Your Lifetime Income Percentage will only increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the tables above. (See “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix.) An increase in the Lifetime Income Percentage will increase your Annual Income Amount.

Your Annual Income Amount will also change with any change to your Income Benefit Base as described above under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base.”

Determining Your Stored Income Balance

At the beginning of the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance will equal your Annual Income Amount (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base on that Date). Thereafter, your Stored Income Balance is:

l
increased by your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
l
increased on each Account Anniversary by your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary;
   
l
decreased by the amount of any withdrawals you take, on or after your First Withdrawal Date, up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance;
   
l
decreased to $0 if you take an Excess Withdrawal;
   
l
decreased in proportion to the change in your Account Value if you take an Early Withdrawal; and
   
l
decreased by the amount you use in exercising your one-time option to increase your Income Benefit Base (described below under “How IOD II Escalator Works”).

How IOD II Escalator Works

Under the terms of IOD II Escalator, you can take withdrawals up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. You can use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to effect a one-time increase of your Income Benefit Base prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. IOD II Escalator also provides the opportunity to increase your Annual Income Amount if your Lifetime Income Percentage increases as you grow older. (Your Lifetime Income Percentage will only increase if you step-up after you reach certain specified ages.) If your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die.

Withdrawals from your Stored Income Balance can be taken at any time beginning on your First Withdrawal Date and prior to your Annuity Commencement Date without affecting your Income Benefit Base. If, beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, you make a withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount withdrawn; and
   
the withdrawal will not be subject to withdrawal charges.

You also have the option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base. This option allows you to increase your future Annual Income Amount. While your Contract is in force, you may exercise this option only once and you must do so prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If you choose to use any portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount used;
   
the amount of your Stored Income Balance used will be added to your Income Benefit Base; and
   
your new Annual Income Amount on your next Account Anniversary will equal your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your new Income Benefit Base.

Here is an example of how IOD II Escalator works. These examples assume that your Contract was purchased on or after February 17, 2009.

Assume that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD II Escalator with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Lifetime Income Percentage is 5%. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore, $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Year
 
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
1
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
2
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
3
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
4
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$20,000

During your fifth Account Year, you use the full amount of your Stored Income Balance ($25,000) to increase your Income Benefit Base. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will be increased to $125,000 and your Annual Income Amount will be $6,250 (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $6,250 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
 
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$25,000
6
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$6,250
7
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$12,500
8
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$18,750
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Assume instead that, during your fifth Account Year, you take a withdrawal of $25,000, thereby reducing your Stored Income Balance to $0. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will remain at $100,000 and your Annual Income Amount remains at $5,000 (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
6
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
7
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
8
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Early Withdrawals and Excess Withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further below under “Withdrawals Under IOD II Escalator.” Even if your Stored Income Period has begun, withdrawals prior to your First Withdrawal Date are considered Early Withdrawals. Investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel IOD II Escalator as described under “Cancellation of IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix.

Withdrawals Under IOD II Escalator

Withdrawals After Your First Withdrawal Date

Starting on your First Withdrawal Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date you may take annual withdrawals up to your Stored Income Balance without reducing your Annual Income Amount. These withdrawals will reduce your Stored Income Balance by the full amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Income Benefit Base. This is shown in the previous example.

Withdrawals taken after your First Withdrawal Date and during the withdrawal charge period permitted under your Contract are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract;
   
your Stored Income Balance; or
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Certain Tax Provisions” in this Appendix).

Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal, your Income Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formula:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – SB

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance (or your Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of an Excess Withdrawal:

Using the same facts as the previous example, assume that in your fifth Account Year you take a withdrawal of $50,000, exceeding your Stored Income Balance. Assume that due to poor investment performance during the fifth Account Year your Account Value was $90,000 immediately prior to the withdrawal. Your Income Benefit Base will be reduced to $61,538 as shown below.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$50,000
$0
6
$50,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$3,077
7
$50,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$6,154
8
$50,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$9,231
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Your new Income Benefit Base
=
$100,000 x
(
$90,000 – $50,000
)
= $61,538
$90,000 – $25,000

Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

All withdrawals taken before your First Withdrawal Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts” permitted under your Contract, will be considered Early Withdrawals and the Income Benefit Base and the Stored Income Balance will be reduced using the following formulae:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Your new Stored Income Balance =
SB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Your future Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base.

In addition, Early Withdrawals will also be subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent that such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD II Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your benefits under IOD II Escalator, any withdrawal before your First Withdrawal Date could have state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal (as described above), then your Stored Income Balance and your Income Benefit Base will both be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with IOD II Escalator, will end.

If your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Income Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end. You will be entitled to receive annual payments equal to your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base. Prior to determining your annual payments, you may increase your Income Benefit Base by any remaining Stored Income Balance as described below. These payments will continue for as long as you live. If you elected joint-life coverage, the payments will continue as long as either you or your spouse are alive as described in this Appendix under “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage.” If you have any remaining Stored Income Balance on the day your Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be notified that, before you begin to receive your “annual lifetime payments,” you must deplete your Stored Income Balance by:

(a)
withdrawing your remaining Stored Income Balance;
   
(b)
applying the remaining amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base (and thus the amount of your “annual lifetime payments”); or
   
(c)
using a combination of (a) and (b).

Because the Contract has ended, the amount of these annual lifetime payments will not change and they will not be subject to any withdrawal charges. You should be aware, however, that they could be subject to state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Cost of IOD II Escalator

If you elect IOD II Escalator, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“IOD II Escalator Fee”). The IOD II Escalator Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter and will equal 0.2375 % of your Fee Base on that day, if you elected single-life coverage (0.2875% for joint-life coverage). On an annual basis, the IOD II Escalator Fee is equal to 0.95% of your Fee Base if you elected single-life coverage (1.15% for joint-life coverage).

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your cost for IOD II Escalator was initially, on an annual basis, 0.80% of the highest Fee Base for single-life coverage (1.00% for joint-life coverage). Your cost for IOD II Escalator will not increase unless:

you decide to step-up your Income Benefit Base, as described in this Appendix under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator,” and
   
you consent in writing, at the time of step-up, to accept an increase in your IOD II Escalator Fee to 0.95% for single-life coverage (1.15% for joint-life coverage).

If you do not consent to the higher fee, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups will be suspended unless and until we receive your written consent to the higher fee.

During the first Account Year, your Fee Base is equal to your Income Benefit Base. On each Account Anniversary, the Fee Base is recalculated. Your new Fee Base will be reset to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance (if any) less your Annual Income Amount (if any) for that year if this recalculated amount is higher than your current Fee Base. In the event that the recalculated amount is not greater than your current Fee Base, we will continue to calculate your IOD II Escalator Fee based upon your current Fee Base until, at least, your next Account Anniversary. Note that, although your IOD II Escalator Fee may increase, it will never decrease.
 
 
For the most part, we calculate your Fee Base only on your Account Anniversary. However, we will recalculate your Fee Base between Account Anniversaries, if you take an Early Withdrawal or Excess Withdrawal or make additional Purchase Payments during your first Account Year.

If you take an Excess Withdrawal during your Stored Income Period, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - SB

If you take an Early Withdrawal, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
Fee Base =
Your Fee Base immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB =
Your Stored Income Balance (if any) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.

Any additional Purchase Payment you make during your first Account Year will increase your Income Benefit Base as described under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base” in this Appendix. Therefore, your Fee Base will increase by any additional Purchase Payments made.

Here is an example of how we calculate your Fee Base. The following examples assume that you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009.

Assume that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD II Escalator with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Lifetime Income Percentage is 5%. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). All values are shown as of the beginning of the Account Year unless otherwise shown.
 
During the Stored Income Period, the Fee Base is reset at the beginning of the Contract Year to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance less your Annual Income Amount, if that amount is greater than the previous Fee Base. For example, in Contract Year 4, the Fee Base is set equal to the Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus the Stored Income Balance ($20,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) if that amount ($115,000) is greater than the previous Fee Base ($110,000).
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
1
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$100,000
2
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$105,000
3
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$110,000
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
 
Assume, instead, that in your fourth Account Year you take a $20,000 withdrawal. At the beginning of your fifth Account Year, your Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus your Stored Income Balance ($5,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) is less than the current Fee Base ($115,000), so there is no change to the Fee Base, as shown below.
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$20,000
$0
$115,000
5
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$115,000
6
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$115,000
7
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$115,000
8
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
9
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
$25,000
$120,000
 
On each Account Anniversary thereafter, your Fee Base is recalculated and reset if necessary.


 
 

 

Your IOD II Escalator Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of two specific actions:

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If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Escalator Fee.
   
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If you make an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal, you will decrease your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Escalator Fee.

In addition, on your Account Anniversary, the IOD II Escalator Fee may also change, if we increase the percentage used to calculate the IOD II Escalator Fee as described below under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator.”

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your IOD II Escalator Fee during an Account Year. However, as stated below under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator,” favorable investment performance may cause the Income Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary, and thus increase your IOD II Escalator Fee.

We will continue to deduct the IOD II Escalator Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your benefits under IOD II Escalator are cancelled as described under “Cancellation of IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix.

Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

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Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
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Your highest quarter-end Account Value (adjusted for subsequent purchase payments and withdrawals) during the most recent Account Year (“Highest Quarterly Value”) minus your Stored Income Balance must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base. (If you have not yet reached your Stored Income Period and therefore do not yet have a Stored Income Balance, your highest quarter-end Account Value must only be greater than your current Income Benefit Base.)

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Escalator Fee.

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If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD II Escalator Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base.
   
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If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your IOD II Escalator Fee and step-up your Income Benefit Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Income Benefit Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, we will increase your Income Benefit Base to an amount equal to the highest adjusted quarterly Account Value less your Stored Income Balance, if any, provided that such amount exceeds your current Income Benefit Base.

Your Lifetime Income Percentage will increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown below. After the step-up, your Annual Income Amount will be your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your new Income Benefit Base. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, based upon your age at time of step-up, as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, based upon your age at time of step-up, as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described under “Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Here are examples of how step-up works under a few different circumstances. All four examples assume that the Contract was purchased on or after February 17, 2009.

Assume that you are 65 years old when you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elect to participate in IOD II Escalator with single-life coverage. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Your initial Stored Income Balance is $5,000.
 
In each of the four examples, Account Values shown are as of the last day of each Account Quarter. Adjustments are made on the day a Purchase Payment or withdrawal is made.
 
The Account Values on each of your four Account Quarters are $113,000, $108,000, $90,000, and $103,000, respectively. No additional Purchase Payments are made and no withdrawals are taken, so no adjustments to these values are necessary. Your Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter is $5,000. The highest adjusted quarterly value is $113,000. Your new Income Benefit Base is set to equal $108,000 ($113,000 - $5,000) since that amount exceeds your previous Income Benefit Base.
 
Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
n/a
$113,000
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$108,000
n/a
$108,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$90,000
n/a
$90,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$103,000
n/a
$103,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
 
$113,000
 
       
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$5,000
   
Step-up comparison
Is ($113,000 - $5,000) greater than $100,000? Yes, so step-up.
           
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
       
New Income Benefit Base =
$108,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,400
$108,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$10,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: The end of the fourth Account Quarter and the Account Anniversary are the same day. We only make the distinction to separate values before and after step-up.

If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, your Account Value and your Income Benefit Base are each immediately increased by the amount of the additional Purchase Payment. Your Stored Income Balance is increased by 5% of the additional Purchase Payment.

Here is an example of how an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000 made in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
$50,000
$163,000
$100,000
$50,000 Purchase Payment
$163,000
n/a
n/a
$150,000
End of Second Quarter
$158,000
n/a
$158,000
$150,000
End of Third Quarter
$140,000
n/a
$140,000
$150,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$153,000
n/a
$153,000
$150,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$163,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$7,500 (initial $5,000 plus 5% x $50,000)
Step-up comparison
Is ($163,000 - $7,500) greater than $150,000? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$155,500
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$7,775
$155,500 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$15,275
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: Since the additional Purchase Payment occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Here is an example of how a $4,000 withdrawal taken in the second Account Quarter would affect your step-up:

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $4,000
$109,000
$100,000
$4,000 withdrawal
$109,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of Second Quarter
$104,000
n/a
$104,000
$100,000
End of Third Quarter
$86,000
n/a
$86,000
$100,000
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$99,000
n/a
$99,000
$100,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$109,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$1,000 (initial $5,000 less $4,000 withdrawal)
Step-up comparison
Is ($109,000 - $1,000) greater than $100,000? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$108,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$5,400
$108,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$6,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.
 
Please note: Since the withdrawal occurred after the first Account Quarter, the first Account Quarter value was adjusted.

Assume instead you take a $40,000 withdrawal in the second Account Quarter at a point when the Account Value equaled $99,000 immediately before the withdrawal. Since this withdrawal exceeds your Stored Income Balance, it is considered an Excess Withdrawal. The Excess Withdrawal reduces your Income Benefit Base as described in this Appendix under “Excess Withdrawals.” All previous quarter-end Account Values are first reduced by the amount of the Stored Income Balance and then adjusted in the same proportion that the Income Benefit Base was adjusted after the Excess Withdrawal. (See the two-step calculation shown in the box below the following example.)

Time
Account
Value
Adjustment for
subsequent
Purchase Payments
and withdrawals
Account Value
(after subsequent
adjustments)
Income
Benefit Base
         
Issue
$100,000
n/a
n/a
$100,000
End of First Quarter
$113,000
-  $45,213
$67,787
$100,000
$40,000 withdrawal
$59,000
n/a
n/a
$62,766
End of Second Quarter
$68,000
n/a
$68,000
$62,766
End of Third Quarter
$50,000
n/a
$50,000
$62,766
End of Fourth Quarter (before step-up)
$63,000
n/a
$63,000
$62,766
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments)
$68,000
 
         
Stored Income Balance at end of fourth quarter
$0
Step-up comparison
Is ($68,000 - $0) greater than $62,766? Yes, so step-up.
         
On the Account Anniversary (after step-up)
     
New Income Benefit Base =
$68,000
Highest Quarterly Value (after adjustments) less the Stored Income Balance.
New Annual Income Amount =
$3,400
$68,000 x 5%
New Stored Income Balance =
$3,400
Stored Income Balance at the end of the fourth Account Quarter plus the new Annual Income Amount.

(1)
Reduce the end of First Quarter Account Value by the Stored Income Balance
=
$113,000
$5,000
 
= $108,000
               
(2)
Adjust Account Value for the first
Account Quarter
=
$108,000 x
(
$99,000 – $40,000
)
= $67,787
$99,000 – $5,000
               
 
The total adjustment
=
$113,000
$67,787
 
= $45,213

All of the above examples assume that you are age 65 at issue, so your Lifetime Income Percentage is set to 5%. Assume instead you are age 74 at issue and have attained age 75 on your first Account Anniversary. Follow the first example where no withdrawals were taken and no additional Purchase Payments were made. When your Income Benefit Base steps-up to $108,000, your new Lifetime Income Percentage is 6% since you are now age 75. Your Annual Income Amount is now $6,480, and your Stored Income Balance becomes $11,480.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing IOD II Escalator with single-life coverage or, for a higher IOD II Escalator Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary Beneficiary while IOD II Escalator is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while IOD II Escalator is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. Note that, for joint-life coverage to continue after the death of any Participant, the surviving spouse must elect to continue the contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision. See also “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the Stored Income Period will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 50. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50 if the younger spouse is less than age 50 on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) The First Withdrawal Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59. The Lifetime Income Percentage will be based on the age of the younger spouse, as shown in the tables below. If you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, as follows:

Age of Younger Spouse at Step-up
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 74
5%
75 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, as follows:

Age Younger Spouse at Step-up
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 69
5%
70 - 79
6%
80 or older
7%

The Lifetime Income Percentage may increase, in the future, if the age of the younger spouse at time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the applicable table above.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, your benefits under IOD II Escalator continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. The percentage rate of the fee will not be reduced regardless of any change in life events.

If one spouse is significantly younger than the other spouse, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possibly long waiting period before the benefit begins to accumulate income and in light of the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

Joint-life coverage may not be available on all Contracts.

Cancellation of IOD II Escalator

Should you decide that IOD II Escalator is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel IOD II Escalator at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under IOD II Escalator shall cease. Once cancelled, IOD II Escalator cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached, IOD II Escalator will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

IOD II Escalator will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

A change in ownership may also cancel your benefits under IOD II Escalator.

Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Single-Life Coverage

If you elected single-life coverage, IOD II Escalator terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. Alternately, the Beneficiary may elect to receive the Stored Income Balance. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new IOD II Escalator on the original Contract (assuming your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If your surviving spouse makes such election, all of the following occur:

the new Account Value will be the greater of the Stored Income Balance on the original Contract or the Death Benefit;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Escalator Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the IOD II Escalator Fee;
   
the new Income Benefit Base will be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited;
   
the new Lifetime Income Percentage will be based on the age of the surviving spouse; and
   
the new Stored Income Balance will be reset to zero.

Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in IOD II Escalator, the provisions of the section above titled “Death of Participant Under IOD II Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, IOD II Escalator will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the Stored Income Balance will remain unchanged;
   
the Income Benefit Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in the Account Value (see “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator” in this Appendix);
   
if the Stored Income Period has not yet begun, the Lifetime Income Percentage will be determined when the Stored Income Period begins (i.e., on the first Account Anniversary following the date the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50);
   
if the Stored Income Period has already begun, the Lifetime Income Percentage will be the Lifetime Income Percentage that applied to the Contract prior to the death of the Participant;
   
on each Account Anniversary, the Annual Income Amount will be equal to the Income Benefit Base multiplied by the Lifetime Income Percentage; and
   
the percentage rate of the IOD II Escalator Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including IOD II Escalator, terminates.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under IOD II Escalator

Under the terms of IOD II Escalator, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value (or your Stored Income Balance, if greater);
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the Annuity Options available on that date; or
   
(3)
(a) receive any remaining Stored Income Balance in a single sum and (b) annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and you are still eligible to receive it) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than the Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your then current Income Benefit Base.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount each year until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as IOD II Escalator. If you elected to participate in IOD II Escalator, you may withdraw annual amounts up to the Yearly RMD Amount without affecting your benefit, subject to the conditions stated below. In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than your Stored Income Balance, we are currently waiving the withdrawal provisions under IOD II Escalator, as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in IOD II Escalator, we reduce your Account Value and your Stored Income Balance, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal to a value not less than zero. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Stored Income Balance. In other words, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Stored Income Balance, we will reduce your Stored Income Balance, but we will not reduce your Income Benefit Base, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Income Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Income Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.


 
 

 

APPENDIX P -
RETIREMENT ASSET PROTECTORSM

The optional living benefit known as Retirement Asset Protector was available on Contracts purchased on or after March 5, 2007 and prior to August 17, 2009. If you elected to participate in Retirement Asset Protector, the following information applies to your Contract. Retirement Asset Protector is no longer available for sale on new Contracts, and therefore, renewals of the benefit are no longer available.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, and elected to participate in Retirement Asset Protector, the fee charged for your living benefit is lower than the fee charged on Contracts purchased on or after that date. (See “Cost of Retirement Asset Protector.”) Your fee will not increase unless you elect to “step-up” as described under “Step-Up Under Retirement Asset Protector,” and you consent in writing to accept the higher fee.

To describe how Retirement Asset Protector works, we use the following definitions:

Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base:
An amount equal to the sum of all Purchase Payments made during the first year following your Issue Date, decreased by any partial withdrawals taken and increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under Retirement Asset Protector.”
   
GMAB Maturity Date:
The date when Retirement Asset Protector matures. If you are younger than 85 on the Issue Date, your GMAB Maturity Date is the later of your 10th Account Anniversary or 10 years from the date of your most recent step-up. (See “Step-Up Under Retirement Asset Protector.”) If you are 85 on the Issue Date, your GMAB Maturity Date is your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date.
   
You and Your:
Under Retirement Asset Protector, the terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant as described under “Death of Participant Under Retirement Asset Protector.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest annuitant.

Retirement Asset Protector guarantees a return of the greater of:

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the excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value or
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your total fees paid for Retirement Asset Protector (“Retirement Asset Protector Fees”),

regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you have reached the GMAB Maturity Date.

If you are participating in Retirement Asset Protector, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

To participate in Retirement Asset Protector, all of your Account Value must be invested in a Designated Fund at all times during the term of the GMAB Maturity Date. The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Cost of Retirement Asset Protector

If you elected Retirement Asset Protector, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“Retirement Asset Protector Fee” or “rider fee”). The Retirement Asset Protector Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The Fee will be a percentage of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base. This percentage rate will equal 0.1875% of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter. The maximum Retirement Asset Protector Fee you can pay in any one Account Year is equal to 0.75% of the highest Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base at any point in that Account Year.

If you purchased your Contract prior to February 17, 2009, your cost for Retirement Asset Protector was initially, on an annual basis, 0.35% of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base. The cost of your benefit will not increase unless, at time of step-up, you consent in writing to accept this higher fee of 0.75%. If you do not consent to the higher fee, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups will be suspended unless and until we receive your written consent to the higher fee.

Your Retirement Asset Protector Fee will not change, unless you take one of these specific actions:

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If you made an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base and thus your Retirement Asset Protector Fee.
   
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If you make a partial withdrawal, you will decrease your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base and thus your Retirement Asset Protector Fee.
   
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If you elect to “step-up” your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, your Retirement Asset Protector Fee will increase.

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your Retirement Asset Protector Fee unless you elect a step-up of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base.

We will continue to deduct the Retirement Asset Protector Fee until:

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you annuitize your Contract;
   
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Retirement Asset Protector matures on the GMAB Maturity Date;
   
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your Retirement Asset Protector benefit is cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of Retirement Asset Protector;” or
   
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your Account Value is reduced to zero.

How Retirement Asset Protector Works

On the GMAB Maturity Date, we will credit your Account Value with an amount equal to the greater of:

(a)
any excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value after adjusting for any Contract charges; and
   
(b)
the total amount of Retirement Asset Protector Fees paid between the Issue Date and the GMAB Maturity Date.

We determine the value of (b) in two steps.

(1)
As described above under “Cost of Retirement Asset Protector,” each quarter between the Issue Date and the GMAB Maturity Date we calculate the Retirement Asset Protector Fee by multiplying your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base on the last valuation day of that quarter by the applicable percentage rate.
   
(2)
We then sum each quarterly amount calculated in (1) to determine the total amount of Retirement Asset Protector Fees paid.

In the situation where you purchased your Contract on or after February 17, 2009, and do not make additional Purchase Payments or partial withdrawals and you do not “step-up,” you can expect the total fees paid to equal 7.50% of your initial Purchase Payment. In other words, because Retirement Asset Protector matures in 10 years, we multiply 0.1875% times 40 quarters (four quarters per year for 10 years) to obtain the percentage (7.50%) needed to determine the total amount of the fees to be paid. If you make additional Purchase Payments, you “step-up,” or the percentage rate used to calculate the Retirement Asset Protector Fee is changed at the time of “step-up,” the total amount of fees will be higher.

The greater of the two amounts will be allocated to the Designated Fund in which you are invested at that time. Here is an example of how we calculate benefits under Retirement Asset Protector:

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Assume that you purchased a Contract on March 7, 2007 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and you selected Retirement Asset Protector. Your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base equals your Purchase Payment amount of $100,000.
   
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Assume you make an additional Purchase Payment of $50,000 on April 7, 2007, thus increasing your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base to $150,000.
   
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Assume you make no withdrawals or additional Purchase Payments and you do not step-up prior to the GMAB Maturity Date on March 7, 2017.
   
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Assume that, because of poor investment performance, your Account Value on March 7, 2017 is $135,000. The excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value is $15,000 ($150,000 - $135,000). The total amount of Retirement Asset Protector Fees paid is equal to the sum of the value of the Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Bases on the last day of each Account Quarter since the Inception Date ($150,000 x 40) times one quarter of the annual Retirement Asset Protector Fee (0.35% ÷ 4). In this case, the total amount of rider fees paid is $5,250. Therefore, we will credit $15,000 to your Account Value.
   
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Assume instead that, because of better investment performance, your Account Value on March 7, 2017, is $155,000. Because your Account Value is greater than your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, your Account Value will be credited with the total amount of Retirement Asset Protector Fees paid. In this case, the amount will be $5,250.

Withdrawals Under Retirement Asset Protector

All withdrawals you take, including any free withdrawal amounts or Required Minimum Distribution Amounts, will reduce the dollar value of the Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base proportionally to the amount withdrawn. For example, after a partial withdrawal, the new Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base will equal:

Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base
immediately before partial withdrawal
X
Account Value immediately after partial withdrawal
Account Value immediately before partial withdrawal

You should be aware that, if you take a withdrawal when your Account Value is less than your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, the withdrawal may reduce the value of your Benefit Base by an amount greater than the amount of the withdrawal. Thus, withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under Retirement Asset Protector, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value. Here is an example of how we handle withdrawals under Retirement Asset Protector:

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Assume that you purchased a Contract on March 7, 2007 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and you selected Retirement Asset Protector. Your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base equals your Purchase Payment amount of $100,000.
   
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Assume that, on March 10, 2009, your Account Value is $80,000. Assume further that you take a withdrawal of $10,000 on that date, thus reducing your Account Value to $70,000. Your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base is reduced proportionally to the amount withdrawn. Therefore your new Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base is $100,000 x ($70,000 ÷ $80,000), or $87,500.
   
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Assume you make no additional withdrawals and you do not step-up prior to the GMAB Maturity Date on March 7, 2017.
   
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Assume that, because of investment performance, your Account Value on March 7, 2017 is $80,000. The excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value is $7,500 ($87,500 - $80,000). The total amount of Retirement Asset Protector Fees paid is equal to the sum of the value of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Bases on the last day of each Account Quarter since the Issue Date [($100,000 x 8) + ($87,500 x 32)] times one quarter of your annual Retirement Asset Protector Fee (0.35% ÷ 4). In this case, the total amount of rider fees paid is $3,150. Therefore, we will credit $7,500 to your Account Value.
 
 
Step-Up Under Retirement Asset Protector

On or after your first Account Anniversary, you may elect to increase your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base to your then current Account Value. The step-up election may be made on any day on or after your first Account Anniversary. (We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to require step-up elections to occur only on Account Anniversaries.)

If you are participating in Retirement Asset Protector, on the day we receive your step-up election notice in good order (the “Step-Up Date”), we will increase your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base to an amount equal to your Account Value if eligible. If you elect to step-up, at least one full year from the Step-Up Date must pass before you can elect another step-up. You can only elect to step-up if:

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your current Account Value is greater than the current Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, and
   
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your Account Value is $5,000,000 or less on your Step-Up Date.

For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own that have been issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.

Under Retirement Asset Protector, your Step-Up Date must be at least 10 years prior to your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date. If you have selected an Annuity Commencement Date that is prior to the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date but is less than 10 years after your Step-Up Date, then we will automatically extend your Annuity Commencement Date to equal your GMAB Maturity Date.

Without a step-up, your benefit under Retirement Asset Protector will “mature” on your 10th Account Anniversary. If you elect to step-up your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, your benefit under Retirement Asset Protector will mature 10 years from the most recent Step-Up Date. In either case, on the day your Retirement Asset Protector benefit matures (the “GMAB Maturity Date”), we will credit the greater of:

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any excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value, or
   
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the total amount of fees you paid for Retirement Asset Protector.

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Assume that you purchased a Contract on March 7, 2008 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and you selected Retirement Asset Protector. Your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base equals your Purchase Payment amount of $100,000.
   
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Assume that, on March 7, 2009, your Account Value is $118,000. Because your Account Value is greater than your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, you elect to step-up to a new ten-year period with a new Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base of $118,000. Your new GMAB Maturity Date will be March 7, 2019.
   
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Assume you make no withdrawals prior to the GMAB Maturity Date on March 7, 2019.
   
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Assume that your Account Value on March 7, 2019 is $108,000. The excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value is $10,000 ($118,000 - $108,000). Your total Retirement Asset Protector Fee is equal to the sum of all fees applied prior to the step-up plus the sum of all fees applied after the step-up.
   
 
The sum of all fees applied prior to the step-up are equal to the sum of the value of the Benefit Bases prior to the step-up multiplied by the quarterly fee percentage applicable prior to the step-up [($100,000 x 4) x (0.35% ÷ 4)].  Similarly, the sum of all fees applied after the step-up are equal to the sum of the value of the Benefit Bases after the step-up multiplied by the quarterly fee percentage applicable after the step-up [($118,000 x 40) x (0.75% ÷ 4)].
   
 
In this case, the total amount of rider fees paid is $9,200. Therefore, we will credit $10,000 to your Account Value.

We reserve the right to discontinue offering the step-up provision of Retirement Asset Protector if we determine that, based upon market conditions at the time of the step-up, we can no longer offer Retirement Asset Protector to new Contracts at the current percentage rate used to calculate the Retirement Asset Protector Fee as set forth in this Appendix under “Cost of Retirement Asset Protector.” In that case, we will send notification that the step-up provision under your Contract has been discontinued unless you elect to begin a new step-up provision at the higher percentage rate. Your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate and continue to step-up.

Cancellation of Retirement Asset Protector

You may cancel Retirement Asset Protector at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under the benefit shall cease. Once cancelled, Retirement Asset Protector cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached, Retirement Asset Protector will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into any investment option other than a Designated Fund.

A change of ownership of the Contract may also cancel the Benefit.

Death of Participant Under Retirement Asset Protector

If the Participant dies while participating in Retirement Asset Protector, all benefits and charges under the benefit will automatically terminate when we receive Due Proof of Death, unless the surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract. The surviving spouse can automatically continue Retirement Asset Protector even though the Account Value may have been enhanced under the provisions of the death benefit. (See “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.) The GMAB Maturity Date does not change.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as Retirement Asset Protector. If you withdraw all or a portion of your retirement plan’s Yearly RMD Amount from the your Qualified Contract while participating in Retirement Asset Protector, we reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal and your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base proportionally (see “Withdrawals Under Retirement Asset Protector” in this Appendix).

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.


 
 

 

APPENDIX Q -
Income ON Demand® III Escalator

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand III Escalator (“IOD III Escalator”) was available on Contracts purchased on or after August 17, 2009 and prior to February 8, 2010. If you elected to participate in IOD III Escalator, the following information applies to your Contract. IOD III Escalator is no longer available for sale on new Contracts. To describe how IOD III Escalator works, we use the following definitions:

Annual Income Amount:
The amount added to your Stored Income Balance on each Account Anniversary during your Stored Income Period. It is equal to your Income Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Income Percentage.
   
Early Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken prior to your First Withdrawal Date.
   
Excess Withdrawal:
Any withdrawal taken after your First Withdrawal Date that exceeds your Stored Income Balance (or your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater).
   
Fee Base:
The amount used to calculate your “IOD III Escalator Fee” (see “Cost of IOD III Escalator” in this Appendix).
   
First Withdrawal Date:
Your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.
   
Income Benefit Base:
The amount used to calculate your Annual Income Amount for IOD III Escalator.
   
Lifetime Income Percentage:
The percentage used to calculate your Annual Income Amount.
   
Stored Income Balance:
The amount you may withdraw at any time after your First Withdrawal Date without reducing your benefits under IOD III Escalator.
   
Stored Income Period:
A period beginning on your Issue Date if you are at least age 50 at issue, otherwise the first Account Anniversary following your 50th birthday, ending on your Annuity Commencement Date.
   
You and Your:
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant or the surviving spouse of the oldest Participant, as described in this Appendix under the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage.” In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Upon annuitization, IOD III Escalator and the MAV optional death benefit, if elected, automatically terminate.

IOD III Escalator allows you to withdraw a guaranteed amount each year, beginning after your First Withdrawal Date, until the death of any Participant if single-life coverage is elected (or until the death of both the Participant and the Participant’s spouse if joint-life coverage is elected), regardless of the investment performance of the Designated Funds, provided that you comply with certain requirements. The guaranteed annual amount you can withdraw, in any one year, can be 4%, 5%, or 6% of your Income Benefit Base depending upon your age. Under IOD III Escalator, if you forgo withdrawing all or any part of your Annual Income Amount in any one year, that amount will be stored or banked in the Stored Income Balance for use in later years. In any future year, you may take more than your Annual Income Amount by drawing from that amount which you have stored or banked. Thus, in future years, you can take your full Annual Income Amount plus all or a portion of that amount which you have stored or banked.

If you are participating in IOD III Escalator, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. After the first Account Anniversary, any Purchase Payments you submit will be returned to you.

If you are participating in IOD III Escalator, all of your Account Value must be invested only in Designated Funds at all times during the term of IOD III Escalator. (The term of IOD III Escalator is for life, unless your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero or your benefits under IOD III Escalator are terminated or cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of IOD III Escalator,” “Depleting Your Account Value,” and “Annuitization Under IOD III Escalator.”) The only Funds, dollar-cost averaging program options, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are listed in the section entitled “Designated Funds” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

You had the option of choosing between single-life coverage and joint-life coverage. These options are described in greater detail under “Joint-Life Coverage” and the sections entitled “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” and “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Income Benefit Base

On the Issue Date, we set your Income Benefit Base equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Thereafter, your Income Benefit Base is:

increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator” in this Appendix;
   
increased to the extent that you exercise your one-time option to use any amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base, as described under “How IOD III Escalator Works” in this Appendix;
   
increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
decreased following any Early Withdrawals you take, as described under “Early Withdrawals” in this Appendix; and
   
decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take, as described under “Excess Withdrawals” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Annual Income Amount

Your Annual Income Amount is first determined at the beginning of your Stored Income Period and then on each subsequent Account Anniversary. Your Annual Income Amount is equal to your Income Benefit Base multiplied by your Lifetime Income Percentage. The Lifetime Income Percentage depends upon your age at the beginning of your Stored Income Period as shown in the table below.

Your Age at the Beginning of
Your Stored Income Period*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described in this Appendix under “Joint-Life Coverage.”

Your Lifetime Income Percentage will only increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the table above. (See “Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator” in this Appendix) An increase in the Lifetime Income Percentage will increase your Annual Income Amount.

Your Annual Income Amount will also change with any change to your Income Benefit Base as described under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base” in this Appendix.

Determining Your Stored Income Balance

At the beginning of the Stored Income Period, your Stored Income Balance will equal your Annual Income Amount (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base on that Date). Thereafter, your Stored Income Balance is:

increased by your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date;
   
increased on each Account Anniversary by your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary;
   
decreased by the amount of any withdrawals you take, on or after your First Withdrawal Date, up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance;
   
decreased to $0 if you take an Excess Withdrawal;
   
decreased in proportion to the change in your Account Value if you take an Early Withdrawal; and
   
decreased by the amount you use in exercising your one-time option to increase your Income Benefit Base (described below under “How IOD III Escalator Works”).

How IOD III Escalator Works

Under the terms of IOD III Escalator, you can take withdrawals up to the amount of your Stored Income Balance beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, subject to the terms and conditions discussed below. You can use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to effect a one-time increase of your Income Benefit Base prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. IOD III Escalator also provides the opportunity to increase your Annual Income Amount if your Lifetime Income Percentage increases as you grow older. (Your Lifetime Income Percentage will only increase if you step-up after you reach certain specified ages.) If your Account Value is reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount every year until you die.

Withdrawals from your Stored Income Balance can be taken at any time beginning on your First Withdrawal Date and prior to your Annuity Commencement Date without affecting your Income Benefit Base. If, beginning on your First Withdrawal Date, you make a withdrawal that does not exceed your Stored Income Balance:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount withdrawn; and
   
the withdrawal will not be subject to withdrawal charges.

You also have the option to use all or a portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base. This option allows you to increase your future Annual Income Amount. While your Contract is in force, you may exercise this option only once and you must do so prior to your Annuity Commencement Date. If you choose to use any portion of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base:

your Stored Income Balance will be decreased by the amount used;
   
the amount of your Stored Income Balance used will be added to your Income Benefit Base; and
   
your new Annual Income Amount on your next Account Anniversary will equal your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your new Income Benefit Base.

Here is an example of how IOD III Escalator works.

Assume that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD III Escalator with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Lifetime Income Percentage is 5%. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Therefore, $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance. All values shown are as of the beginning of the Account Year.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
1
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
2
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
3
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
4
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$20,000

During your fifth Account Year, you use the full amount of your Stored Income Balance ($25,000) to increase your Income Benefit Base. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will be increased to $125,000 and your Annual Income Amount will be $6,250 (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $6,250 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$25,000
6
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$6,250
7
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$12,500
8
$100,000
$125,000
$6,250
$0
$18,750
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Assume instead that, during your fifth Account Year, you take a withdrawal of $25,000, thereby reducing your Stored Income Balance to $0. On your next Account Anniversary, your Income Benefit Base will remain at $100,000 and your Annual Income Amount remains at $5,000 (your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base). Therefore $5,000 will be added each year to your Stored Income Balance unless your Annual Income Amount changes.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
6
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
7
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$10,000
8
$75,000
$100,000
$5,000
$0
$15,000
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Early Withdrawals and Excess Withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD III Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further below under “Withdrawals Under IOD III Escalator”. Even if your Stored Income Period has begun, withdrawals prior to your First Withdrawal Date are considered Early Withdrawals. Investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund will cancel IOD III Escalator as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of IOD III Escalator.”

Withdrawals Under IOD III Escalator

Withdrawals After Your First Withdrawal Date

Starting on your First Withdrawal Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date you may take annual withdrawals up to your Stored Income Balance without reducing your future Annual Income Amount. These withdrawals will reduce your Stored Income Balance by the full amount of the withdrawal, but will not change your Income Benefit Base. This is shown in the previous example.

Withdrawals taken after your First Withdrawal Date and during the withdrawal charge period permitted under your Contract are subject to withdrawal charges only to the extent they are in excess of the greatest of:

the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract;
   
your Stored Income Balance; or
   
your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Certain Tax Provisions” in this Appendix).

Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal, your Income Benefit Base will be reduced according to the following formula:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV – WD
)
AV – SB

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance (or your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount, if greater) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.

Your Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of an Excess Withdrawal:

Using the same facts as the previous example, assume that in your fifth Account Year you take a withdrawal of $50,000, exceeding your Stored Income Balance. Assume that due to poor investment performance during the fifth Account Year your Account Value was $90,000 immediately prior to the withdrawal. Your Income Benefit Base will be reduced to $61,538 as shown below.
 
Year
Account Value
Income Benefit
Base
Annual Income
Amount
Withdrawal
Stored Income
Balance
5
$100,000
$100,000
$5,000
$50,000
$0
6
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$3,077
7
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$6,154
8
$40,000
$61,538
$3,077
$0
$9,231
 
Each year thereafter, the Annual Income Amount will be added to the Stored Income Balance in the same manner.

Your new Income Benefit Base
=
$100,000 x
(
$90,000 – $50,000
)
= $61,538
$90,000 – $25,000

Excess Withdrawals taken in a down market could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD III Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

Early Withdrawals

All withdrawals taken before your First Withdrawal Date, including any “free withdrawal amounts” permitted under your Contract, will be considered Early Withdrawals and the Income Benefit Base and the Stored Income Balance will be reduced using the following formulae:

Your new Income Benefit Base =
IBB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Your new Stored Income Balance =
SB x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
IBB =
Your Income Benefit Base immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
SB  =
Your Stored Income Balance immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early Withdrawal.
     
 
AV  =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early Withdrawal.

Your future Annual Income Amount will be recalculated based on the reduced Income Benefit Base.

In addition, Early Withdrawals will also be subject to withdrawal charges, to the extent that such withdrawals are in excess of the “free withdrawal amount” permitted under your Contract. Early Withdrawals could severely reduce, and even terminate, your benefits under IOD III Escalator, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.

In addition to reducing your benefits under IOD III Escalator, any withdrawal before your First Withdrawal Date could have state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Depleting Your Account Value

If your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal (as described above), then your Stored Income Balance and your Income Benefit Base will both be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value. Therefore, your Contract, as well as any benefits available with IOD III Escalator, will end.

If your Account Value is reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals other than Excess Withdrawals or Early Withdrawals, your Income Benefit Base will not be reduced. Your Contract will end. You will be entitled to receive annual payments equal to your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your Income Benefit Base. Prior to determining your annual payments, you may increase your Income Benefit Base by any remaining Stored Income Balance as described below. These payments will continue for as long as you live. If you elected joint-life coverage, the payments will continue as long as either you or your spouse are alive as described in this Appendix under “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage.” If you have any remaining Stored Income Balance on the day your Account Value is reduced to zero, you will be notified that, before you begin to receive your “annual lifetime payments,” you must deplete your Stored Income Balance by:

(a)
withdrawing your remaining Stored Income Balance;
   
(b)
applying the remaining amount of your Stored Income Balance to increase your Income Benefit Base (and thus the amount of your “annual lifetime payments”); or
   
(c)
using a combination of (a) and (b).

Because the Contract has ended, the amount of these annual lifetime payments will not change and they will not be subject to any withdrawal charges. You should be aware, however, that they could be subject to certain state and federal income tax liability. You should consult a qualified tax professional for more information.

Cost of IOD III Escalator

If you elected IOD III Escalator, we will deduct a quarterly fee from your Account Value (“IOD III Escalator Fee”). The IOD III Escalator Fee will be taken as a specific deduction from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter and will equal 0.2750 % of your Fee Base on that day, if you elected single-life coverage (0.3250% for joint-life coverage). On an annual basis, the IOD III Escalator Fee is equal to 1.10% of your Fee Base if you elected single-life coverage (1.30% for joint-life coverage). We reserve the right to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD III Escalator Fee on newly issued Contracts.

During the first Account Year, your Fee Base is equal to your Income Benefit Base. On each Account Anniversary, the Fee Base is recalculated. Your new Fee Base will be reset to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance (if any) less your Annual Income Amount (if any) for that year if this recalculated amount is higher than your current Fee Base. In the event that the recalculated amount is not greater than your current Fee Base, we will continue to calculate your IOD III Escalator Fee based upon your current Fee Base until, at least, your next Account Anniversary. Note that, although your IOD III Escalator Fee may increase, it will never decrease.
 
 
For the most part, we calculate your Fee Base only on your Account Anniversary. However, we will recalculate your Fee Base between Account Anniversaries, if you take an Early Withdrawal or Excess Withdrawal or make additional Purchase Payments during your first Account Year.

If you take an Excess Withdrawal during your Stored Income Period, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV - SB

If you take an Early Withdrawal, your Fee Base will be decreased by the following formula:

Your new Fee Base =
Fee Base  x
(
AV - WD
)
AV

Where:
   
 
Fee Base =
Your Fee Base immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
WD =
The amount of the Early/Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
SB =
Your Stored Income Balance (if any) immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal.
     
 
AV =
Your Account Value immediately prior to the Early/Excess Withdrawal.

Any additional Purchase Payment you make during your first Account Year will increase your Income Benefit Base as described in this Appendix under “Determining Your Income Benefit Base.” Therefore, your Fee Base will increase by any additional Purchase Payments made.

Here is an example of how we calculate your Fee Base.

Assume that you are age 65 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Assume you elected to participate in IOD III Escalator with single-life coverage and investment performance of the Designated Funds is neutral over the years. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Lifetime Income Percentage is 5%. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). All values are shown as of the beginning of the Account Year except as otherwise stated.
 
During the Stored Income Period, the Fee Base is reset at the beginning of the Contract Year to equal your Income Benefit Base plus your Stored Income Balance less your Annual Income Amount, if that amount is greater than the previous Fee Base. For example, in Contract Year 4, the Fee Base is set equal to the Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus the Stored Income Balance ($20,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) if that amount ($115,000) is greater than the previous Fee Base ($110,000).
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
1
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$100,000
2
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$105,000
3
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$110,000
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
 
Assume, instead, that in your fourth Account Year you take a $20,000 withdrawal. At the beginning of your fifth Account Year, your Income Benefit Base ($100,000) plus your Stored Income Balance ($5,000) less your Annual Income Amount ($5,000) is less than the current Fee Base ($115,000), so there is no change to the Fee Base, as shown below.
 
Year
Income Benefit
      Base      
Annual Income
     Amount     
Stored
                     Income Balance                 
Fee Base
     
Beginning
of year
Withdrawal
  Amount   
End
of year
 
4
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$20,000
$0
$115,000
5
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$115,000
6
$100,000
$5,000
$10,000
$0
$10,000
$115,000
7
$100,000
$5,000
$15,000
$0
$15,000
$115,000
8
$100,000
$5,000
$20,000
$0
$20,000
$115,000
9
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$0
$25,000
$120,000
 
On each Account Anniversary thereafter, your Fee Base is recalculated and reset if necessary.

Your IOD III Escalator Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of the following specific actions:

If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Fee Base and thus your IOD III Escalator Fee.
   
If you make an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal, you will decrease your Fee Base and thus your IOD III Escalator Fee.

In addition, on your Account Anniversary, the IOD III Escalator Fee may also change, if we increase the percentage used to calculate the IOD III Escalator Fee as described below under “Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator.”

The investment performance of the Designated Funds will not affect your IOD III Escalator Fee during an Account Year. However, as stated below under “Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator,” favorable investment performance may cause the Income Benefit Base to increase on an Account Anniversary, and thus increase your IOD III Escalator Fee.

We will continue to deduct the IOD III Escalator Fee until you annuitize your Contract, your Account Value reduces to zero, or your benefits under IOD III Escalator are cancelled as described under “Cancellation of IOD III Escalator” in this Appendix.

Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator

Regardless of your age on the Issue Date, on each Account Anniversary prior to your Annuity Commencement Date, we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base, provided that you satisfy certain requirements. First, you must meet eligibility requirements:

Your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance must equal no more than $5,000,000. (For purposes of determining the $5,000,000 limit, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate your Account Value with the account values of all other variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or its affiliates.)
   
Your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance must be greater than your current Income Benefit Base. (If you have not yet reached your Stored Income Period and therefore do not yet have a Stored Income Balance, your Account Value must only be greater than your current Income Benefit Base.)

Second, if you satisfy the eligibility requirements, we then consider whether market conditions have caused us to increase the percentage rate used to calculate the IOD III Escalator Fee on newly issued Contracts. Since we are no longer issuing Contracts with IOD III Escalator, the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD III Escalator Fee will be set based upon current market conditions at that time.

If we have not had to increase the percentage rate as described above, the percentage rate we use to calculate your IOD III Escalator Fee will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Income Benefit Base.
   
If we have had to increase the percentage rate as described above, we offer you the opportunity to step-up at the higher percentage rate. In this case, your written consent is required to accept the higher percentage rate used to calculate your IOD III Escalator Fee and step-up your Income Benefit Base. If you do not consent to the step-up and higher percentage, the step-up will not be implemented and all subsequent step-ups of your Income Benefit Base will also be suspended. You may thereafter submit an election form to us, however, in order to consent to the then-applicable percentage rate and thus reactivate subsequent automatic step-ups.

At the time of step-up, we will increase your Income Benefit Base to an amount equal to your Account Value less your Stored Income Balance, if any, provided that such amount exceeds your current Income Benefit Base. Here is an example of how step-up works under IOD III Escalator:

Assume that you are 65 years old when you purchase a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elect to participate in IOD III Escalator with single-life coverage and do not take any withdrawals. (If you selected joint-life coverage, the numbers shown in the example could be different.) Your Income Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment. Your Annual Income Amount is $5,000 (5% of your Income Benefit Base). Your initial Stored Income Balance is $5,000.
 
Assume that your Account Value grows to $103,000 by the end of Account Year 1. Because your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance ($103,000 - $5,000) is less than your current Income Benefit Base, you will not step-up.
 
Assume further that your Account Value grows to $113,000 by the end of Account Year 2. Because your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance ($113,000 - $10,000) is greater than your current Income Benefit Base ($100,000), you will step-up. Your new Income Benefit Base will equal your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance ($103,000). Your new Annual Income Amount will be $5,150 (5% of your new Income Benefit Base).
 
Assume further that your Account Value grows to $125,150 by the end of Account Year 3. Because your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance ($125,150 - $15,150) is greater than your current Income Benefit Base ($103,000), you will step-up again. Your new Income Benefit Base will equal your Account Value minus your Stored Income Balance ($110,000). Your new Annual Income Amount will be $5,500 (5% of your new Income Benefit Base).
 
Account Year
Account Value
End of Year
Stored Income
Balance Beginning
of Year
Income
Benefit Base
End of Year
Annual Income
Amount End of
Year
Withdrawals
1
$103,000
$5,000
$100,000
$5,000
0
2
$113,000
$10,000
$103,000
$5,150
0
3
$125,150
$15,150
$110,000
$5,500
0

Your Lifetime Income Percentage will increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown below. After the step-up, your Annual Income Amount will be your Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your new Income Benefit Base. Your Lifetime Income Percentage is determined, based upon your age at time of step-up, as follows:

Your Age at Step-up*
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%
*If you elected joint-life coverage, the age ranges are based upon the age of the younger spouse
  as described below under “Joint-Life Coverage.”

The above example assumes that you are age 65 at issue, so your Lifetime Income Percentage is set to 5%. Assume instead you are age 77 at issue and have attained age 80 by the end of Account Year 3. When your Income Benefit Base steps-up to $110,000 your new Lifetime Income Percentage is 6% since you are now age 80. Your Annual Income Amount is now $6,600 and your Stored Income Balance becomes $21,750 at the beginning of Account Year 4.

Joint-Life Coverage

On the Issue Date, you have the option of electing IOD III Escalator with single-life coverage or, for a higher IOD III Escalator Fee, with joint-life coverage. Once you make the election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage, regardless of any change in life events. Joint-life coverage is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date.

Joint-life coverage can be elected on an individually-owned Contract or on a co-owned Contract. On an individually-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if your spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary on the Issue Date and remains the sole primary Beneficiary while IOD III Escalator is in effect. On a co-owned Contract, joint-life coverage is available only if you and your spouse are the only co-owners on the Issue Date and remain so while IOD III Escalator is in effect. Whereas single-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount only until any Participant dies, joint-life coverage provides an Annual Income Amount for as long as either you or your spouse is alive. Note that, for joint-life coverage to continue after the death of any Participant, the surviving spouse must elect to continue the contract through the “Spousal Continuance” provision. See also “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage” in this Appendix.

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the Stored Income Period will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 50. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50 if the younger spouse is less than age 50 on the Issue Date. (For purposes of joint-life coverage, the younger spouse refers to the person who was the younger spouse on the Issue Date, even if that person has died or is no longer married to the person who was his or her spouse on the Issue Date.) The First Withdrawal Date will be your Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59. Otherwise it will be the first Account Anniversary after the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 59. The Lifetime Income Percentage will be based on the age of the younger spouse, as shown in the table below.

Age of Younger Spouse at Step-up
Lifetime Income Percentage
50 - 64
4%
65 - 79
5%
80 or older
6%

The Lifetime Income Percentage may increase, in the future, if the age of the younger spouse at time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage as shown in the above table.

The two spouses on the Issue Date are the only two people covered under the joint-life feature. If a Participant remarries, the new spouse is not covered under the joint-life feature. Therefore, if the spouse on the Issue Date is no longer your spouse, your benefits under IOD III Escalator continue for your life and, when you die, annual withdrawals are no longer available. Note that, when you elect joint-life coverage, you also elect the higher joint-life fee. The percentage rate of the fee will not be reduced regardless of any change in life events.

Cancellation of IOD III Escalator

Should you decide that IOD III Escalator is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel IOD III Escalator at any time. Upon cancellation, all benefits and charges under IOD III Escalator shall cease. Once cancelled, IOD III Escalator cannot be reinstated.

Although transfers among the Designated Funds are permitted as described under “Transfer Privilege” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached, IOD III Escalator will be cancelled automatically:

if any Purchase Payment is allocated to an investment option other than a Designated Fund; or
   
if any portion of Account Value maintained in a Designated Fund is transferred into an investment option other than a Designated Fund.

IOD III Escalator will also be cancelled for any of the following:

upon a termination of the Contract;
upon annuitization*; or
your Income Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals.

*Note that the Maximum Annuity Commencement Date permitted under this Contract is the first day of the month following the Annuitant’s 95th birthday. See “Selection of Annuity Commencement Date” under “THE INCOME PHASE – ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

A change in ownership may also cancel your benefits under IOD III Escalator.

Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Single-Life Coverage

If you elected single-life coverage, IOD III Escalator terminates on the death of any Participant and the Beneficiary may elect to exercise any of the available options under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract. Alternately, the Beneficiary may elect to receive the Stored Income Balance. If your surviving spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary and elects to continue the Contract, your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in a new IOD III Escalator benefit on the original Contract (assuming your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If your surviving spouse makes such election, all of the following occur:

the new Account Value will be the greater of the Stored Income Balance on the original Contract or the Death Benefit;
   
the new percentage rate used to calculate the IOD III Escalator Fee will be set by us based on market conditions at the time and may be higher than the current percentage rate used to calculate the IOD III Escalator Fee;
   
the new Income Benefit Base will be equal to the Account Value after any Death Benefit has been credited;
   
the new Lifetime Income Percentage will be based on the age of the surviving spouse; and
   
the new Stored Income Balance will be reset to zero.

Note that single-life coverage may be inappropriate on a co-owned Contract, because all living benefits will end on the death of any Participant. Note also that Beneficiaries who are not spouses cannot continue the Contract (see “Spousal Continuance” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached) or any living benefits under the Contract.

Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Joint-Life Coverage

If the surviving spouse on the Death Benefit Date was not the spouse of a Participant on the original Contract’s Issue Date, then this section does not apply, even if joint-life coverage was elected. In such case, if a Participant dies while participating in IOD III Escalator, the provisions of the section above titled “Death of Participant Under IOD III Escalator with Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, IOD III Escalator will continue, provided that the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, continues the Contract. In such case:

the new Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit;
   
the Stored Income Balance will remain unchanged;
   
the Income Benefit Base will remain unchanged until the next Account Anniversary when a step-up could apply due to an increase in the Account Value (see “Step-Up Under IOD III Escalator” in this Appendix);
   
if the Stored Income Period has not yet begun, the Lifetime Income Percentage will be determined when the Stored Income Period begins (i.e., on the first Account Anniversary following the date the younger spouse attains (or would have attained) age 50);
   
if the Stored Income Period has already begun, the Lifetime Income Percentage will be the Lifetime Income Percentage that applied to the Contract prior to the death of the Participant;
   
on each Account Anniversary, the Annual Income Amount will be equal to the Income Benefit Base multiplied by the Lifetime Income Percentage; and
   
the percentage rate of the IOD III Escalator Fee for the joint-life coverage option will continue for the surviving spouse as it was immediately prior to the death of the Participant.

At the death of the surviving spouse, the Contract, including IOD III Escalator, terminates.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and the deceased Participant’s surviving spouse does not continue the Contract, your Beneficiary may elect any available option under the Death Benefit provisions of the Contract.

Annuitization Under IOD III Escalator

Under the terms of IOD III Escalator, if your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you may elect to:

(1)
surrender your Contract and receive your Cash Surrender Value (or your Stored Income Balance, if greater);
   
(2)
annuitize your Account Value under one of the Annuity Options available on that date; or
   
(3)
(a) receive any remaining Stored Income Balance in a single sum and (b) annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected at issue and you are still eligible to receive it) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than the Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by your then current Income Benefit Base.

If you make no election, we will default your choice to option 3.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero (other than as a result of an Early Withdrawal or an Excess Withdrawal), and your Income Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, you will receive your full Annual Income Amount each year until you die. For a more complete discussion of this, see “Depleting Your Account Value” in this Appendix.

Certain Tax Provisions

Certain state and federal income tax provisions may be important to you in connection with a living benefit, such as IOD III Escalator. If you elected to participate in IOD III Escalator, you may withdraw annual amounts up to the Yearly RMD Amount without affecting your benefit, subject to the conditions stated below. In the event that your Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract is greater than your Stored Income Balance, we are currently waiving the withdrawal provisions under IOD III Escalator as follows. If you withdraw all or a portion of your Qualified Contract’s Yearly RMD Amount from the Contract while participating in IOD III Escalator, we reduce your Account Value and your Stored Income Balance, dollar for dollar, by the amount of the withdrawal to a value not less than zero. We will not, however, penalize you if the current Federal Tax Laws require you to withdraw from your Contract an amount greater than your Stored Income Balance. In other words, if a Yearly RMD Amount exceeds your Stored Income Balance, we will reduce your Stored Income Balance, but we will not reduce your Income Benefit Base, provided that:

you withdraw your Qualified Contract’s first Yearly RMD Amount in the calendar year you attain age 70½ rather than postponing the withdrawal of that Amount until the first quarter of the next calendar year, and
   
you do not make any withdrawal from your Qualified Contract that would result in you receiving, in any Account Year, more than one calendar year’s Yearly RMD Amount.

Currently, any withdrawal in excess of the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance that is taken to satisfy the Yearly RMD Amounts will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal, and will not reduce the Income Benefit Base. However, if there is any material change to the current Code or IRS Rules governing the timing or determination of required minimum distribution amounts, then the Company reserves the right to treat any withdrawal greater than the Annual Income Amount or Stored Income Balance as an Excess Withdrawal which may significantly reduce the Income Benefit Base.

For a further discussion of some of these provisions, please refer to “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.



 
 

 

APPENDIX R -
BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO

This Appendix sets forth the Funds and percentage limits that constitute the “build your own portfolio” program. This program is more fully described under “BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO” in the Prospectus. Briefly, if you comply with this program, the portfolio you build will satisfy the Designated Funds requirement under certain optional living benefits. If you do not comply with the allocation percentage limits in effect under your Contract, your selection of the Build Your Own Portfolio model will not qualify as a Designated Fund and your participation in the living benefit will be cancelled. For Contracts with the Sun Income Riser with 7% bonus, the following is the Build Your Own Portfolio model that applies to your Contract.

Fixed Income Funds
Core Retirement Strategies Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
30% to 50%
40% to 60%
10% to 30%
0% to 20%
0% to 20%
0% to 10%
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio
MFS® Value Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
MFS® Bond Portfolio
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund
Franklin Income Securities Fund
InvescoVan Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund1
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund
MFS® Total Return Portfolio
Mutual Shares Securities Fund
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund
MFS® Utilities Portfolio
MFS® International Value Portfolio
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015 Portfolio
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio
MFS® Research International Portfolio
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020 Portfolio
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund
 
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund1
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund1
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund
 
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund1
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund1
   
Huntington VA Balanced Fund1
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico International Opportunities Fund
 
     
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio
 
     
SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund
MFS® International Growth Portfolio
 
       
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
 
       
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund
 
       
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund
 
       
Huntington VA Growth Fund1
 
       
Huntington VA Marco 100 Fund1
 
       
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund1
 
       
Huntington VA New Economy Fund1
 
       
Huntington VA International Equity Fund1
 
       
Huntington VA Situs Fund1
 
       
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund
 
       
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
 

 
 

 


Fixed Income Funds
Core Retirement Strategies Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
30% to 50%
40% to 60%
10% to 30%
0% to 20%
0% to 20%
0% to 10%
       
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund
 
       
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio
 
       
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund® Portfolio
 
       
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
 
       
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
 
       
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
 
       
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund
 

1 Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative.


 
 

 

For all Contracts purchased on or after August 17, 2009 and before February 8, 2010, including Contracts with SIR with a 6% bonus, the following is the Build Your Own Portfolio model that applies to your Contract. If you do not comply with the allocation percentage limits in effect under your Contract, your selection of the Build Your Own Portfolio model will not qualify as a Designated Fund and your participation in the living benefit will be cancelled.

Fixed Income Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
30% to 80%
20% to 70%
0% to 50%
0% to 30%
0% to 10%
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio
MFS® Value Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
MFS® Bond Portfolio
Franklin Income Securities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund1
MFS® Total Return Portfolio
Mutual Shares Securities Fund
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund
MFS® Utilities Portfolio
MFS® International Value Portfolio
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015 Portfolio
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio
MFS® Research International Portfolio
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020 Portfolio
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund1
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund1
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund1
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund1
 
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico International Opportunities Fund
 
 
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
Huntington VA Balanced Fund1
SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund
MFS® International Growth Portfolio
 
 
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio
 
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
 
 
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund
 
 
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund
 
     
Huntington VA Growth Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Marco 100 Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA New Economy Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA International Equity Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Situs Fund1
 
     
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund
 
     
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
 
     
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund
 
     
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio
 
     
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund® Portfolio
 
     
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
 
     
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
 
     
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
 
     
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund
 
1 Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative.

 
 

 

For Contracts purchased after February 16, 2009, and prior to August 17, 2009, the following is the Build Your Own Portfolio model that applies to your Contract. If you do not comply with the allocation percentage limits in effect under your Contract, your selection of the Build Your Own Portfolio model will not qualify as a Designated Fund and your participation in the living benefit will be cancelled.

Fixed Income Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
30% to 80%
0% to 70%
0% to 70%
0% to 30%
0% to 10%
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio
MFS® Value Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
MFS® Bond Portfolio
Franklin Income Securities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund1
MFS® Total Return Portfolio
Mutual Shares Securities Fund
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA
MFS® Utilities Portfolio
MFS® International Value Portfolio
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio
MFS® Research International Portfolio
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015 Portfolio
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020 Portfolio
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund1
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund1
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund
SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund1
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund1
 
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico International Opportunities Fund
 
 
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
 SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund
MFS® International Growth Portfolio
 
 
Huntington VA Balanced Fund1
 
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
 
 
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund
 
 
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund
 
 
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio
 
Huntington VA Growth Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Marco 100 Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA New Economy Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA International Equity Fund1
 
     
Huntington VA Situs Fund1
 
     
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund
 
     
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
 
     
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund
 
     
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio
 
     
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund® Portfolio
 
     
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
 
     
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
 
     
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
 
     
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund
 
1 Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative.

 
 

 

For Contracts purchased prior to February 17, 2009, the following is the Build Your Own Portfolio model that applies to your Contract. If you do not comply with the allocation percentage limits in effect under your Contract, your selection of the Build Your Own Portfolio model will not qualify as a Designated Fund and your participation in the living benefit will be cancelled.

Fixed Income Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
25% to 80%
0% to 75%
0% to 75%
0% to 30%
0% to 10%
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio7
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio8
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Balanced Portfolio
MFS® Value Portfolio
SCSM BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
MFS® High Yield Portfolio6
MFS® Government Securities Portfolio
Franklin Income Securities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund
MFS® Growth Portfolio2
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
MFS® Bond Portfolio
Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation Fund8,
Mutual Shares Securities Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund
PIMCO Real Return Portfolio7
MFS® Total Return Portfolio
MFS® Utilities Portfolio
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Growth Opportunities Portfolio
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund5
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA
MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Portfolio2
Oppenheimer Main Street Small - & Mid-Cap Fund/VA2
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund6
MFS® Money Market Portfolio6,8
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund8
MFS® Global Research Portfolio2
MFS® New Discovery Portfolio2
MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2010 Portfolio7
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio
MFS® Mass Investors Growth Stock Portfolio2
MFS® Strategic Income Portfolio1
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund8
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2015 Portfolio
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund
MFS® International Value Portfolio
SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund8
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund8
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund IV - Freedom 2020 Portfolio
Oppenheimer Main St. Fund®/VA7
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund6
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio8
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund8
SCSM Ibbotson Conservative Fund8
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund5
MFS® Research International Portfolio
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund5
Wells Fargo Variable Trust - VT Total Return Bond Fund8
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund8
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund5
Templeton Growth Securities Fund
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund5
 
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund8
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund8
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
PIMCO All Asset Portfolio6
 
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund8
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund8
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
 
 
Huntington VA Balanced Fund5
SCSM BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico International Opportunities Fund
 
 
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio8
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products III - Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio8
 
Wanger USA3
 
 
AllianceBernstein Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio8
 
Wanger Select3
 
     
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Small Cap Value Fund3
 
     
MFS® International Growth Portfolio
 
     
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund8
 
     
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico Growth Fund4
 
     
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Marsico 21st Century Fund4
 
     
MFS® Mid Cap Growth Portfolio1
 
     
MFS® Global Growth Portfolio1
 
     
Huntington VA Growth Fund5
 
     
Huntington VA Marco 100 Fund5
 

 
 

 


Fixed Income Funds
Asset Allocation Funds
Core Equity Funds
Growth Equity Funds
Specialty Funds
25% to 80%
0% to 75%
0% to 75%
0% to 30%
0% to 10%
     
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund5
 
     
Huntington VA New Economy Fund5
 
     
Huntington VA International Equity Fund5
 
     
Huntington VA Situs Fund5
 
     
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund8
 
     
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio8
 
     
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund8
 
     
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio8
 
     
AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio7, 8
 
     
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund II - Contrafund® Portfolio8
 
     
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund8
 
     
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund8
 
     
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund8
 
     
SCSM BlackRock International Index Fund8
 

1   Only available if you purchased your Contract before February 2, 2004.
2   Only available if you purchased your Contract before March 5, 2007.
3   Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative before April 22, 2007.
4
Only B Class shares available if you purchased your Contract on or after March 5, 2007. Only A Class shares available if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative before March 5, 2007.
5   Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative.
6   Only available if you purchased your Contract before March 10, 2008.
7   Only available if you purchased your Contract before October 20, 2008.
8   Not available for investment if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative between April 25, 2005 and April 20, 2007.


 
 

 

APPENDIX S -
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following information for SUN LIFE FINANCIAL MASTERS EXTRA should be read in conjunction with the Variable Account’s financial statements appearing in the Statement of Additional Information. The $10 beginning value for each accumulation unit is as of the date the unit commenced, which was generally later than the first day of the year shown.

Fund
Price
Level
Year
Accumulation
Unit Value
Beginning of
Year
Accumulation
Unit Value
End of Year
Number of
Accumulation
Units End of
Year
           
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio, ClassB
01
2010
7.7645
8.5950
85,051
 
01
2009
5.6728
7.7645
57,062
 
01
2008
10.0000
5.6728
19,245
           
 
02
2010
7.7358
8.5459
102,790
 
02
2009
5.6634
7.7358
117,936
 
02
2008
10.0000
5.6634
39,580
           
 
03
2010
7.7287
8.5337
0
 
03
2009
5.6611
7.7287
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
5.6611
0
           
 
04
2010
7.7072
8.4969
50,508
 
04
2009
5.6540
7.7072
30,202
 
04
2008
10.0000
5.6540
4,196
           
 
05
2010
7.7001
8.4848
2,268
 
05
2009
5.6517
7.7001
2,269
 
05
2008
10.0000
5.6517
2,270
           
 
06
2010
7.6787
8.4482
0
 
06
2009
5.6446
7.6787
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
5.6446
0
           
 
07
2010
7.6715
8.4361
0
 
07
2009
5.6423
7.6715
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
5.6423
0
           
 
08
2010
7.6431
8.3875
0
 
08
2009
5.6329
7.6431
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
5.6329
0
           
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio, Class B
01
2010
9.3185
10.1034
665,955
 
01
2009
7.6171
9.3185
633,874
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.6171
397,531
           
 
02
2010
9.2841
10.0457
183,798
 
02
2009
7.6045
9.2841
182,762
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.6045
9,662
           
 
03
2010
9.2755
10.0312
854
 
03
2009
7.6014
9.2755
170
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.6014
0
           
 
04
2010
9.2498
9.9881
176,218
 
04
2009
7.5919
9.2498
41,274
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.5919
0
           
 
05
2010
9.2413
9.9739
0
 
05
2009
7.5888
9.2413
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.5888
0
           
 
06
2010
9.2156
9.9309
0
 
06
2009
7.5793
9.2156
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
7.5793
0
           
 
07
2010
9.2071
9.9166
5,947
 
07
2009
7.5761
9.2071
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
7.5761
0
           
 
08
2010
9.1729
9.8596
0
 
08
2009
7.5635
9.1729
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
7.5635
0
           
AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio, Class B
01
2010
7.0907
7.2700
1,363,080
 
01
2009
5.3687
7.0907
1,418,212
 
01
2008
10.0000
5.3687
1,447,485
           
 
02
2010
7.0646
7.2284
895,749
 
02
2009
5.3598
7.0646
918,808
 
02
2008
10.0000
5.3598
1,065,671
           
 
03
2010
7.0580
7.2181
14,878
 
03
2009
5.3576
7.0580
18,529
 
03
2008
10.0000
5.3576
25,656
           
 
04
2010
7.0384
7.1870
119,154
 
04
2009
5.3509
7.0384
126,055
 
04
2008
10.0000
5.3509
266,337
           
 
05
2010
7.0319
7.1767
1,598
 
05
2009
5.3487
7.0319
1,548
 
05
2008
10.0000
5.3487
1,792
           
 
06
2010
7.0124
7.1458
11,730
 
06
2009
5.3420
7.0124
11,880
 
06
2008
10.0000
5.3420
16,976
           
 
07
2010
7.0059
7.1355
15,167
 
07
2009
5.3398
7.0059
14,736
 
07
2008
10.0000
5.3398
27,983
           
 
08
2010
6.9798
7.0944
0
 
08
2009
5.3309
6.9798
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
5.3309
2,335
           
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, Class III
01
2010
11.9706
12.9158
5,477,405
 
01
2009
10.0710
11.9706
4,465,987
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.0710
237,777
           
 
02
2010
11.9414
12.8581
1,547,821
 
02
2009
10.0669
11.9414
1,436,223
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.0669
34,315
           
 
03
2010
11.9341
12.8437
40,471
 
03
2009
10.0659
11.9341
26,645
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.0659
0
           
 
04
2010
11.9122
12.8005
1,023,245
 
04
2009
10.0629
11.9122
947,443
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.0629
15,273
           
 
05
2010
11.9050
12.7863
0
 
05
2009
10.0619
11.9050
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.0619
0
           
 
06
2010
11.8831
12.7432
12,616
 
06
2009
10.0588
11.8831
20,141
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.0588
0
           
 
07
2010
11.8759
12.7289
0
 
07
2009
10.0578
11.8759
27,197
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.0578
0
           
 
08
2010
11.8467
12.6717
0
 
08
2009
10.0537
11.8467
2,591
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.0537
0
           
Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Class B
01
2010
8.3662
9.6323
1,642,968
 
01
2009
6.7121
8.3662
1,863,294
 
01
2008
12.1432
6.7121
1,778,668
 
01
2007
10.0000
12.1432
698,902
           
 
02
2010
8.3181
9.5575
1,056,830
 
02
2009
6.6871
8.3181
1,238,184
 
02
2008
12.1228
6.6871
1,360,048
 
02
2007
10.0000
12.1228
526,384
           
 
03
2010
8.3061
9.5388
34,925
 
03
2009
6.6809
8.3061
33,180
 
03
2008
12.1177
6.6809
40,244
 
03
2007
10.0000
12.1177
4,306
           
 
04
2010
8.2701
9.4829
184,653
 
04
2009
6.6621
8.2701
210,446
 
04
2008
12.1024
6.6621
315,205
 
04
2007
10.0000
12.1024
109,925
           
 
05
2010
8.2582
9.4645
0
 
05
2009
6.6559
8.2582
0
 
05
2008
12.0974
6.6559
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
12.0974
0
           
 
06
2010
8.2224
9.4090
5,534
 
06
2009
6.6372
8.2224
4,460
 
06
2008
12.0821
6.6372
10,088
 
06
2007
10.0000
12.0821
9,727
           
 
07
2010
8.2105
9.3906
9,729
 
07
2009
6.6310
8.2105
10,333
 
07
2008
12.0770
6.6310
21,342
 
07
2007
10.0000
12.0770
0
           
 
08
2010
8.1629
9.3171
0
 
08
2009
6.6062
8.1629
0
 
08
2008
12.0566
6.6062
1,792
 
08
2007
10.0000
12.0566
0
           
Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Class A
01
2010
10.7811
12.4433
0
 
01
2009
8.6313
10.7811
0
 
01
2008
15.5606
8.6313
0
 
01
2007
13.2715
15.5606
0
 
01
2006
11.2743
13.2715
0
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.2743
0
           
 
02
2010
10.6765
12.2975
0
 
02
2009
8.5650
10.6765
0
 
02
2008
15.4727
8.5650
0
 
02
2007
13.2236
15.4727
0
 
02
2006
11.2565
13.2236
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.2565
0
           
 
03
2010
10.6504
12.2612
0
 
03
2009
8.5485
10.6504
0
 
03
2008
15.4508
8.5485
0
 
03
2007
13.2116
15.4508
0
 
03
2006
11.2520
13.2116
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.2520
0
           
 
04
2010
10.5725
12.1530
0
 
04
2009
8.4990
10.5725
0
 
04
2008
15.3851
8.4990
0
 
04
2007
13.1757
15.3851
0
 
04
2006
11.2386
13.1757
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.2386
0
           
 
05
2010
10.5469
12.1173
0
 
05
2009
8.4827
10.5469
0
 
05
2008
15.3634
8.4827
0
 
05
2007
13.1639
15.3634
0
 
05
2006
11.2342
13.1639
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.2342
0
           
 
06
2010
10.4696
12.0101
0
 
06
2009
8.4335
10.4696
0
 
06
2008
15.2979
8.4335
0
 
06
2007
13.1280
15.2979
0
 
06
2006
11.2208
13.1280
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.2208
0
           
 
07
2010
10.4440
11.9746
0
 
07
2009
8.4172
10.4440
0
 
07
2008
15.2762
8.4172
0
 
07
2007
13.1161
15.2762
0
 
07
2006
11.2163
13.1161
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.2163
0
           
 
08
2010
10.3419
11.8333
0
 
08
2009
8.3520
10.3419
0
 
08
2008
15.1893
8.3520
0
 
08
2007
13.0685
15.1893
0
 
08
2006
11.1984
13.0685
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
11.1984
0
           
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Class B
01
2010
8.6876
10.3560
276,227
 
01
2009
6.9962
8.6876
282,589
 
01
2008
11.7829
6.9962
240,163
 
01
2007
10.0000
11.7829
143,107
           
 
02
2010
8.6377
10.2756
173,129
 
02
2009
6.9702
8.6377
189,385
 
02
2008
11.7631
6.9702
89,652
 
02
2007
10.0000
11.7631
26,603
           
 
03
2010
8.6252
10.2555
0
 
03
2009
6.9637
8.6252
8,092
 
03
2008
11.7582
6.9637
9,062
 
03
2007
10.0000
11.7582
0
           
 
04
2010
8.5879
10.1955
24,825
 
04
2009
6.9442
8.5879
33,184
 
04
2008
11.7433
6.9442
25,547
 
04
2007
10.0000
11.7433
15,710
           
 
05
2010
8.5756
10.1757
2,083
 
05
2009
6.9377
8.5756
2,303
 
05
2008
11.7384
6.9377
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
11.7384
0
           
 
06
2010
8.5384
10.1160
0
 
06
2009
6.9182
8.5384
1,564
 
06
2008
11.7235
6.9182
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
11.7235
0
           
 
07
2010
8.5260
10.0963
0
 
07
2009
6.9118
8.5260
7,788
 
07
2008
11.7186
6.9118
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
11.7186
0
           
 
08
2010
8.4767
10.0173
0
 
08
2009
6.8859
8.4767
0
 
08
2008
11.6988
6.8859
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
11.6988
0
           
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Class A
01
2010
9.7733
11.6775
0
 
01
2009
7.8494
9.7733
0
 
01
2008
13.1881
7.8494
0
 
01
2007
11.4213
13.1881
0
 
01
2006
10.9510
11.4213
0
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.9510
0
           
 
02
2010
9.6785
11.5408
0
 
02
2009
7.7891
9.6785
0
 
02
2008
13.1136
7.7891
0
 
02
2007
11.3800
13.1136
0
 
02
2006
10.9337
11.3800
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.9337
0
           
 
03
2010
9.6549
11.5067
0
 
03
2009
7.7741
9.6549
0
 
03
2008
13.0950
7.7741
0
 
03
2007
11.3697
13.0950
0
 
03
2006
10.9293
11.3697
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.9293
0
           
 
04
2010
9.5843
11.4051
0
 
04
2009
7.7291
9.5843
0
 
04
2008
13.0393
7.7291
0
 
04
2007
11.3388
13.0393
0
 
04
2006
10.9163
11.3388
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.9163
0
           
 
05
2010
9.5610
11.3717
0
 
05
2009
7.7143
9.5610
0
 
05
2008
13.0210
7.7143
0
 
05
2007
11.3286
13.0210
0
 
05
2006
10.9120
11.3286
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.9120
0
           
 
06
2010
9.4910
11.2710
0
 
06
2009
7.6695
9.4910
0
 
06
2008
12.9655
7.6695
0
 
06
2007
11.2978
12.9655
0
 
06
2006
10.8990
11.2978
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.8990
0
           
 
07
2010
9.4678
11.2378
0
 
07
2009
7.6547
9.4678
0
 
07
2008
12.9471
7.6547
0
 
07
2007
11.2875
12.9471
0
 
07
2006
10.8946
11.2875
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.8946
0
           
 
08
2010
9.3753
11.1052
0
 
08
2009
7.5955
9.3753
0
 
08
2008
12.8734
7.5955
0
 
08
2007
11.2465
12.8734
0
 
08
2006
10.8773
11.2465
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.8773
0
           
Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Class B
01
2010
11.6795
13.0576
70,613
 
01
2009
8.6131
11.6795
62,697
 
01
2008
17.0108
8.6131
57,443
 
01
2007
14.4611
17.0108
38,622
 
01
2006
11.9382
14.4611
0
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.9382
0
           
 
02
2010
11.5662
12.9047
65,702
 
02
2009
8.5469
11.5662
80,995
 
02
2008
16.9148
8.5469
108,652
 
02
2007
14.4089
16.9148
27,367
 
02
2006
11.9193
14.4089
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.9193
0
           
 
03
2010
11.5380
12.8666
6,797
 
03
2009
8.5304
11.5380
6,772
 
03
2008
16.8907
8.5304
7,170
 
03
2007
14.3959
16.8907
347
 
03
2006
11.9146
14.3959
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.9146
0
           
 
04
2010
11.4536
12.7530
67,539
 
04
2009
8.4811
11.4536
28,996
 
04
2008
16.8189
8.4811
25,001
 
04
2007
14.3568
16.8189
21,469
 
04
2006
11.9004
14.3568
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.9004
0
           
 
05
2010
11.4258
12.7157
0
 
05
2009
8.4648
11.4258
0
 
05
2008
16.7952
8.4648
0
 
05
2007
14.3439
16.7952
0
 
05
2006
11.8957
14.3439
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.8957
0
           
 
06
2010
11.3421
12.6031
0
 
06
2009
8.4157
11.3421
0
 
06
2008
16.7236
8.4157
0
 
06
2007
14.3048
16.7236
0
 
06
2006
11.8815
14.3048
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.8815
0
           
 
07
2010
11.3144
12.5659
0
 
07
2009
8.3994
11.3144
842
 
07
2008
16.6999
8.3994
0
 
07
2007
14.2918
16.6999
0
 
07
2006
11.8768
14.2918
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.8768
0
           
 
08
2010
11.2039
12.4177
0
 
08
2009
8.3345
11.2039
0
 
08
2008
16.6049
8.3345
0
 
08
2007
14.2399
16.6049
0
 
08
2006
11.8579
14.2399
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
11.8579
0
           
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Class B
01
2010
10.3669
12.8878
0
 
01
2009
8.4373
10.3669
0
 
01
2008
11.9477
8.4373
0
 
01
2007
12.4771
11.9477
0
 
01
2006
10.6333
12.4771
0
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.6333
0
           
 
02
2010
10.2663
12.7368
0
 
02
2009
8.3725
10.2663
0
 
02
2008
11.8802
8.3725
0
 
02
2007
12.4321
11.8802
0
 
02
2006
10.6165
12.4321
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.6165
0
           
 
03
2010
10.2413
12.6992
0
 
03
2009
8.3563
10.2413
0
 
03
2008
11.8633
8.3563
0
 
03
2007
12.4208
11.8633
0
 
03
2006
10.6123
12.4208
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.6123
0
           
 
04
2010
10.1664
12.5871
0
 
04
2009
8.3079
10.1664
0
 
04
2008
11.8129
8.3079
0
 
04
2007
12.3871
11.8129
0
 
04
2006
10.5996
12.3871
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.5996
0
           
 
05
2010
10.1418
12.5502
0
 
05
2009
8.2920
10.1418
0
 
05
2008
11.7962
8.2920
0
 
05
2007
12.3759
11.7962
0
 
05
2006
10.5955
12.3759
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.5955
0
           
 
06
2010
10.0674
12.4391
0
 
06
2009
8.2439
10.0674
0
 
06
2008
11.7459
8.2439
0
 
06
2007
12.3422
11.7459
0
 
06
2006
10.5828
12.3422
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.5828
0
           
 
07
2010
10.0428
12.4024
0
 
07
2009
8.2279
10.0428
0
 
07
2008
11.7293
8.2279
0
 
07
2007
12.3310
11.7293
0
 
07
2006
10.5786
12.3310
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.5786
0
           
 
08
2010
9.9447
12.2561
0
 
08
2009
8.1643
9.9447
0
 
08
2008
11.6625
8.1643
0
 
08
2007
12.2862
11.6625
0
 
08
2006
10.5618
12.2862
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.5618
0
           
Fidelity VIP Balanced Portfolio, Service Class 2
01
2010
9.4427
10.9305
551,999
 
01
2009
6.9446
9.4427
532,193
 
01
2008
10.7289
6.9446
325,443
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.7289
325,035
           
 
02
2010
9.3884
10.8455
240,870
 
02
2009
6.9187
9.3884
222,005
 
02
2008
10.7109
6.9187
123,768
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.7109
59,950
           
 
03
2010
9.3748
10.8244
8,941
 
03
2009
6.9123
9.3748
9,061
 
03
2008
10.7064
6.9123
3,655
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.7064
0
           
 
04
2010
9.3343
10.7610
145,013
 
04
2009
6.8929
9.3343
84,775
 
04
2008
10.6929
6.8929
25,042
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.6929
189
           
 
05
2010
9.3209
10.7401
0
 
05
2009
6.8865
9.3209
0
 
05
2008
10.6884
6.8865
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.6884
0
           
 
06
2010
9.2804
10.6771
0
 
06
2009
6.8672
9.2804
0
 
06
2008
10.6748
6.8672
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.6748
0
           
 
07
2010
9.2670
10.6563
0
 
07
2009
6.8608
9.2670
0
 
07
2008
10.6704
6.8608
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.6704
0
           
 
08
2010
9.2134
10.5729
0
 
08
2009
6.8351
9.2134
0
 
08
2008
10.6523
6.8351
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.6523
0
           
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio, Service Class 2
01
2010
8.8642
10.1886
2,313,159
 
01
2009
6.6565
8.8642
2,293,969
 
01
2008
10.0000
6.6565
704,815
           
 
02
2010
8.8315
10.1303
1,084,048
 
02
2009
6.6455
8.8315
1,083,682
 
02
2008
10.0000
6.6455
328,060
           
 
03
2010
8.8233
10.1158
32,369
 
03
2009
6.6427
8.8233
30,980
 
03
2008
10.0000
6.6427
24,815
           
 
04
2010
8.7988
10.0723
224,740
 
04
2009
6.6344
8.7988
186,838
 
04
2008
10.0000
6.6344
77,504
           
 
05
2010
8.7907
10.0579
2,406
 
05
2009
6.6317
8.7907
2,407
 
05
2008
10.0000
6.6317
2,408
           
 
06
2010
8.7662
10.0145
2,133
 
06
2009
6.6234
8.7662
2,346
 
06
2008
10.0000
6.6234
0
           
 
07
2010
8.7581
10.0002
0
 
07
2009
6.6207
8.7581
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
6.6207
0
           
 
08
2010
8.7256
9.9426
0
 
08
2009
6.6096
8.7256
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.6096
0
           
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio, Service Class 2
01
2010
10.6104
11.7387
64,377
 
01
2009
8.7079
10.6104
66,108
 
01
2008
11.8386
8.7079
83,190
 
01
2007
11.1088
11.8386
48,878
 
01
2006
10.3124
11.1088
9,386
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.3124
0
           
 
02
2010
10.5207
11.6157
40,776
 
02
2009
8.6518
10.5207
70,591
 
02
2008
11.7865
8.6518
131,021
 
02
2007
11.0826
11.7865
26,686
 
02
2006
10.3090
11.0826
16,930
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.3090
0
           
 
03
2010
10.4982
11.5851
0
 
03
2009
8.6378
10.4982
347
 
03
2008
11.7734
8.6378
349
 
03
2007
11.0760
11.7734
349
 
03
2006
10.3081
11.0760
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.3081
0
           
 
04
2010
10.4313
11.4936
13,963
 
04
2009
8.5959
10.4313
62,729
 
04
2008
11.7344
8.5959
98,277
 
04
2007
11.0563
11.7344
27,293
 
04
2006
10.3055
11.0563
26,249
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.3055
0
           
 
05
2010
10.4093
11.4635
0
 
05
2009
8.5821
10.4093
0
 
05
2008
11.7216
8.5821
0
 
05
2007
11.0498
11.7216
0
 
05
2006
10.3046
11.0498
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.3046
0
           
 
06
2010
10.3428
11.3728
0
 
06
2009
8.5404
10.3428
0
 
06
2008
11.6825
8.5404
0
 
06
2007
11.0300
11.6825
0
 
06
2006
10.3020
11.0300
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.3020
0
           
 
07
2010
10.3208
11.3428
0
 
07
2009
8.5266
10.3208
0
 
07
2008
11.6696
8.5266
0
 
07
2007
11.0235
11.6696
0
 
07
2006
10.3012
11.0235
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.3012
0
           
 
08
2010
10.2328
11.2231
0
 
08
2009
8.4713
10.2328
0
 
08
2008
11.6178
8.4713
0
 
08
2007
10.9973
11.6178
0
 
08
2006
10.2977
10.9973
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.2977
0
           
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio Service, Class 2
01
2010
10.6571
11.8156
223,049
 
01
2009
8.6716
10.6571
241,424
 
01
2008
12.1343
8.6716
177,513
 
01
2007
11.3182
12.1343
88,139
 
01
2006
10.3876
11.3182
33,619
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.3876
0
           
 
02
2010
10.5670
11.6919
134,718
 
02
2009
8.6158
10.5670
123,646
 
02
2008
12.0809
8.6158
205,465
 
02
2007
11.2915
12.0809
134,960
 
02
2006
10.3841
11.2915
54,920
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.3841
0
           
 
03
2010
10.5445
11.6610
4,532
 
03
2009
8.6018
10.5445
4,899
 
03
2008
12.0675
8.6018
4,928
 
03
2007
11.2848
12.0675
4,957
 
03
2006
10.3832
11.2848
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.3832
0
           
 
04
2010
10.4772
11.5689
44,274
 
04
2009
8.5601
10.4772
46,092
 
04
2008
12.0275
8.5601
73,989
 
04
2007
11.2647
12.0275
32,008
 
04
2006
10.3806
11.2647
7,962
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.3806
0
           
 
05
2010
10.4551
11.5386
0
 
05
2009
8.5463
10.4551
0
 
05
2008
12.0143
8.5463
0
 
05
2007
11.2581
12.0143
0
 
05
2006
10.3798
11.2581
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.3798
0
           
 
06
2010
10.3883
11.4473
0
 
06
2009
8.5048
10.3883
0
 
06
2008
11.9744
8.5048
0
 
06
2007
11.2380
11.9744
0
 
06
2006
10.3771
11.2380
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.3771
0
           
 
07
2010
10.3662
11.4171
0
 
07
2009
8.4910
10.3662
0
 
07
2008
11.9611
8.4910
0
 
07
2007
11.2313
11.9611
0
 
07
2006
10.3763
11.2313
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.3763
0
           
 
08
2010
10.2778
11.2966
0
 
08
2009
8.4359
10.2778
0
 
08
2008
11.9081
8.4359
0
 
08
2007
11.2046
11.9081
0
 
08
2006
10.3728
11.2046
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.3728
0
           
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio, Service Class 2
01
2010
10.3314
11.6111
449,539
 
01
2009
8.1759
10.3314
552,714
 
01
2008
12.3779
8.1759
373,927
 
01
2007
11.4517
12.3779
169,054
 
01
2006
10.4285
11.4517
86,470
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.4285
0
           
 
02
2010
10.2439
11.4894
196,439
 
02
2009
8.1233
10.2439
230,512
 
02
2008
12.3234
8.1233
239,991
 
02
2007
11.4246
12.3234
213,737
 
02
2006
10.4250
11.4246
123,216
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.4250
0
           
 
03
2010
10.2222
11.4591
14,213
 
03
2009
8.1101
10.2222
15,416
 
03
2008
12.3098
8.1101
14,633
 
03
2007
11.4178
12.3098
335
 
03
2006
10.4241
11.4178
2,355
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.4241
0
           
 
04
2010
10.1570
11.3687
59,692
 
04
2009
8.0708
10.1570
259,171
 
04
2008
12.2690
8.0708
96,222
 
04
2007
11.3975
12.2690
151,913
 
04
2006
10.4215
11.3975
39,985
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.4215
0
           
 
05
2010
10.1355
11.3388
8,548
 
05
2009
8.0578
10.1355
8,595
 
05
2008
12.2555
8.0578
8,643
 
05
2007
11.3908
12.2555
8,693
 
05
2006
10.4206
11.3908
8,736
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.4206
0
           
 
06
2010
10.0707
11.2491
6,338
 
06
2009
8.0186
10.0707
12,239
 
06
2008
12.2147
8.0186
6,347
 
06
2007
11.3705
12.2147
10,062
 
06
2006
10.4180
11.3705
12,640
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.4180
0
           
 
07
2010
10.0493
11.2194
0
 
07
2009
8.0056
10.0493
12,760
 
07
2008
12.2012
8.0056
0
 
07
2007
11.3638
12.2012
0
 
07
2006
10.4171
11.3638
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.4171
0
           
 
08
2010
9.9637
11.1011
0
 
08
2009
7.9537
9.9637
2,044
 
08
2008
12.1471
7.9537
0
 
08
2007
11.3367
12.1471
0
 
08
2006
10.4136
11.3367
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.4136
0
           
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio, Service Class 2
01
2010
9.5232
12.0362
1,552,781
 
01
2009
6.9321
9.5232
1,561,522
 
01
2008
11.6777
6.9321
1,604,909
 
01
2007
10.0000
11.6777
1,230,166
           
 
02
2010
9.4685
11.9427
941,639
 
02
2009
6.9064
9.4685
1,026,548
 
02
2008
11.6582
6.9064
1,205,079
 
02
2007
10.0000
11.6582
963,511
           
 
03
2010
9.4548
11.9193
17,865
 
03
2009
6.8999
9.4548
21,541
 
03
2008
11.6532
6.8999
35,127
 
03
2007
10.0000
11.6532
15,582
           
 
04
2010
9.4139
11.8496
329,631
 
04
2009
6.8806
9.4139
246,068
 
04
2008
11.6385
6.8806
283,366
 
04
2007
10.0000
11.6385
190,000
           
 
05
2010
9.4003
11.8266
1,767
 
05
2009
6.8742
9.4003
2,101
 
05
2008
11.6337
6.8742
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
11.6337
0
           
 
06
2010
9.3596
11.7572
0
 
06
2009
6.8549
9.3596
0
 
06
2008
11.6189
6.8549
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
11.6189
3,396
           
 
07
2010
9.3460
11.7343
6,223
 
07
2009
6.8485
9.3460
3,059
 
07
2008
11.6140
6.8485
1,822
 
07
2007
10.0000
11.6140
914
           
 
08
2010
9.2920
11.6425
0
 
08
2009
6.8228
9.2920
0
 
08
2008
11.5944
6.8228
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
11.5944
0
           
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund
01
2010
10.0440
11.7661
4,141,915
 
01
2009
8.4967
10.0440
3,929,320
 
01
2008
10.6485
8.4967
2,091,252
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.6485
1,183,563
           
 
02
2010
9.9864
11.6748
2,164,896
 
02
2009
8.4652
9.9864
2,152,636
 
02
2008
10.6307
8.4652
1,266,500
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.6307
559,524
           
 
03
2010
9.9719
11.6520
72,805
 
03
2009
8.4573
9.9719
55,880
 
03
2008
10.6262
8.4573
36,278
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.6262
38,312
           
 
04
2010
9.9288
11.5838
483,961
 
04
2009
8.4336
9.9288
359,954
 
04
2008
10.6128
8.4336
202,133
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.6128
106,182
           
 
05
2010
9.9145
11.5613
0
 
05
2009
8.4258
9.9145
0
 
05
2008
10.6083
8.4258
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.6083
0
           
 
06
2010
9.8716
11.4935
4,742
 
06
2009
8.4021
9.8716
1,379
 
06
2008
10.5949
8.4021
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.5949
0
           
 
07
2010
9.8573
11.4711
0
 
07
2009
8.3943
9.8573
2,373
 
07
2008
10.5904
8.3943
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.5904
0
           
 
08
2010
9.8003
11.3814
0
 
08
2009
8.3629
9.8003
0
 
08
2008
10.5725
8.3629
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.5725
0
           
Franklin Income Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
9.3796
10.3887
1,282,679
 
01
2009
7.0369
9.3796
1,063,552
 
01
2008
10.1772
7.0369
831,198
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.1772
575,047
           
 
02
2010
9.3257
10.3080
341,100
 
02
2009
7.0107
9.3257
317,565
 
02
2008
10.1602
7.0107
280,914
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.1602
168,438
           
 
03
2010
9.3123
10.2879
28,202
 
03
2009
7.0042
9.3123
25,602
 
03
2008
10.1559
7.0042
26,122
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.1559
0
           
 
04
2010
9.2719
10.2277
160,393
 
04
2009
6.9846
9.2719
153,893
 
04
2008
10.1430
6.9846
121,947
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.1430
83,062
           
 
05
2010
9.2587
10.2079
0
 
05
2009
6.9781
9.2587
0
 
05
2008
10.1388
6.9781
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.1388
0
           
 
06
2010
9.2185
10.1480
0
 
06
2009
6.9585
9.2185
0
 
06
2008
10.1260
6.9585
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.1260
0
           
 
07
2010
9.2052
10.1282
0
 
07
2009
6.9520
9.2052
0
 
07
2008
10.1217
6.9520
98
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.1217
0
           
 
08
2010
9.1520
10.0490
0
 
08
2009
6.9260
9.1520
0
 
08
2008
10.1046
6.9260
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.1046
0
           
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
16.1156
20.3129
180,678
 
01
2009
12.6934
16.1156
195,562
 
01
2008
19.2794
12.6934
121,923
 
01
2007
20.0929
19.2794
145,969
 
01
2006
17.4724
20.0929
76,212
 
01
2005
16.3410
17.4724
39,130
 
01
2004
10.0000
16.3410
24,424
           
 
02
2010
15.8810
19.9765
145,194
 
02
2009
12.5341
15.8810
157,091
 
02
2008
19.0765
12.5341
168,929
 
02
2007
19.9222
19.0765
195,874
 
02
2006
17.3592
19.9222
135,184
 
02
2005
16.2681
17.3592
95,074
 
02
2004
10.0000
16.2681
89,198
           
 
03
2010
15.8227
19.8930
3,960
 
03
2009
12.4945
15.8227
2,622
 
03
2008
19.0260
12.4945
1,421
 
03
2007
19.8796
19.0260
0
 
03
2006
17.3309
19.8796
0
 
03
2005
16.2499
17.3309
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
16.2499
0
           
 
04
2010
15.6489
19.6444
69,603
 
04
2009
12.3763
15.6489
60,835
 
04
2008
18.8750
12.3763
63,046
 
04
2007
19.7524
18.8750
71,652
 
04
2006
17.2463
19.7524
46,997
 
04
2005
16.1953
17.2463
35,428
 
04
2004
10.0000
16.1953
85,275
           
 
05
2010
15.5919
19.5629
0
 
05
2009
12.3374
15.5919
0
 
05
2008
18.8254
12.3374
0
 
05
2007
19.7104
18.8254
0
 
05
2006
17.2184
19.7104
405
 
05
2005
16.1772
17.2184
405
 
05
2004
10.0000
16.1772
406
           
 
06
2010
15.4202
19.3179
864
 
06
2009
12.2204
15.4202
864
 
06
2008
18.6756
12.2204
865
 
06
2007
19.5839
18.6756
2,311
 
06
2006
17.1341
19.5839
2,306
 
06
2005
16.1227
17.1341
849
 
06
2004
10.0000
16.1227
850
           
 
07
2010
14.4885
18.1414
755
 
07
2009
11.4879
14.4885
872
 
07
2008
17.5652
11.4879
4,425
 
07
2007
18.4289
17.5652
3,954
 
07
2006
16.1318
18.4289
3,645
 
07
2005
15.1873
16.1318
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
15.1873
0
           
 
08
2010
14.2923
17.8591
0
 
08
2009
11.3556
14.2923
0
 
08
2008
17.3988
11.3556
0
 
08
2007
18.2921
17.3988
0
 
08
2006
16.0448
18.2921
0
 
08
2005
15.1364
16.0448
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
15.1364
0
           
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
11.1471
12.1537
238,113
 
01
2009
9.0178
11.1471
184,314
 
01
2008
10.3355
9.0178
67,650
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.3355
54,255
           
 
02
2010
11.0831
12.0593
155,165
 
02
2009
8.9843
11.0831
150,350
 
02
2008
10.3182
8.9843
45,853
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.3182
28,686
           
 
03
2010
11.0671
12.0358
3,124
 
03
2009
8.9759
11.0671
3,072
 
03
2008
10.3139
8.9759
1,026
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.3139
0
           
 
04
2010
11.0193
11.9654
61,630
 
04
2009
8.9508
11.0193
66,507
 
04
2008
10.3008
8.9508
49,232
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.3008
35,283
           
 
05
2010
11.0035
11.9422
1,766
 
05
2009
8.9425
11.0035
1,768
 
05
2008
10.2965
8.9425
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2965
0
           
 
06
2010
10.9558
11.8722
0
 
06
2009
8.9174
10.9558
0
 
06
2008
10.2835
8.9174
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2835
0
           
 
07
2010
10.9399
11.8490
0
 
07
2009
8.9091
10.9399
0
 
07
2008
10.2792
8.9091
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2792
0
           
 
08
2010
10.8767
11.7563
0
 
08
2009
8.8757
10.8767
0
 
08
2008
10.2618
8.8757
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2618
0
           
Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund, Class 2
01
2010
9.0069
9.7617
747,283
 
01
2009
7.0345
9.0069
797,248
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.0345
635,579
           
 
02
2010
8.9737
9.7060
378,677
 
02
2009
7.0229
8.9737
594,268
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.0229
549,759
           
 
03
2010
8.9654
9.6921
0
 
03
2009
7.0200
8.9654
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.0200
0
           
 
04
2010
8.9405
9.6504
86,054
 
04
2009
7.0112
8.9405
93,577
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.0112
77,984
           
 
05
2010
8.9323
9.6367
0
 
05
2009
7.0084
8.9323
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.0084
0
           
 
06
2010
8.9075
9.5951
0
 
06
2009
6.9996
8.9075
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
6.9996
0
           
 
07
2010
8.8992
9.5813
0
 
07
2009
6.9967
8.8992
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
6.9967
0
           
 
08
2010
8.8662
9.5262
0
 
08
2009
6.9851
8.8662
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.9851
0
           
Huntington VA Balanced Fund
01
2010
11.3721
12.3454
123,800
 
01
2009
10.0000
11.3721
71,449
           
 
02
2010
11.3568
12.3038
1,013
 
02
2009
10.0000
11.3568
1,032
           
 
03
2010
11.3530
12.2934
0
 
03
2009
10.0000
11.3530
0
           
 
04
2010
11.3415
12.2621
15,383
 
04
2009
10.0000
11.3415
6,164
           
 
05
2010
11.3377
12.2518
0
 
05
2009
10.0000
11.3377
0
           
 
06
2010
11.3262
12.2206
0
 
06
2009
10.0000
11.3262
0
           
 
07
2010
11.3224
12.2103
0
 
07
2009
10.0000
11.3224
0
           
 
08
2010
11.3071
12.1688
0
 
08
2009
10.0000
11.3071
0
           
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund
01
2010
8.6875
9.8314
89,049
 
01
2009
7.0643
8.6875
74,299
 
01
2008
9.9934
7.0643
28,645
 
01
2007
10.0000
9.9934
0
           
 
02
2010
8.6514
9.7707
11,533
 
02
2009
7.0493
8.6514
16,942
 
02
2008
9.9926
7.0493
6,093
 
02
2007
10.0000
9.9926
0
           
 
03
2010
8.6424
9.7555
0
 
03
2009
7.0455
8.6424
0
 
03
2008
9.9924
7.0455
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
9.9924
0
           
 
04
2010
8.6153
9.7100
3,379
 
04
2009
7.0342
8.6153
1,702
 
04
2008
9.9918
7.0342
0
 
04
2007
10.0000
9.9918
0
           
 
05
2010
8.6064
9.6951
0
 
05
2009
7.0305
8.6064
0
 
05
2008
9.9916
7.0305
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
9.9916
0
           
 
06
2010
8.5794
9.6498
0
 
06
2009
7.0192
8.5794
0
 
06
2008
9.9910
7.0192
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
9.9910
0
           
 
07
2010
8.5704
9.6348
0
 
07
2009
7.0155
8.5704
0
 
07
2008
9.9908
7.0155
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
9.9908
0
           
 
08
2010
8.5346
9.5749
0
 
08
2009
7.0005
8.5346
0
 
08
2008
9.9901
7.0005
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
9.9901
0
           
Huntington VA Growth Fund
01
2010
7.1299
7.7001
19,509
 
01
2009
6.2548
7.1299
14,658
 
01
2008
10.2482
6.2548
10,132
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2482
0
           
 
02
2010
7.1002
7.6526
713
 
02
2009
6.2415
7.1002
710
 
02
2008
10.2474
6.2415
674
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2474
0
           
 
03
2010
7.0928
7.6407
0
 
03
2009
6.2382
7.0928
0
 
03
2008
10.2472
6.2382
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2472
0
           
 
04
2010
7.0706
7.6051
0
 
04
2009
6.2282
7.0706
0
 
04
2008
10.2466
6.2282
0
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2466
0
           
 
05
2010
7.0633
7.5934
0
 
05
2009
6.2249
7.0633
0
 
05
2008
10.2464
6.2249
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2464
0
           
 
06
2010
7.0412
7.5579
0
 
06
2009
6.2150
7.0412
0
 
06
2008
10.2458
6.2150
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2458
0
           
 
07
2010
7.0338
7.5462
0
 
07
2009
6.2117
7.0338
0
 
07
2008
10.2456
6.2117
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2456
0
           
 
08
2010
7.0044
7.4993
0
 
08
2009
6.1984
7.0044
0
 
08
2008
10.2448
6.1984
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2448
0
           
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund
01
2010
7.4037
8.1362
30,003
 
01
2009
6.1931
7.4037
29,228
 
01
2008
10.1357
6.1931
17,280
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.1357
0
           
 
02
2010
7.3729
8.0859
3,413
 
02
2009
6.1800
7.3729
3,455
 
02
2008
10.1349
6.1800
2,349
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.1349
0
           
 
03
2010
7.3652
8.0733
0
 
03
2009
6.1767
7.3652
0
 
03
2008
10.1347
6.1767
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.1347
0
           
 
04
2010
7.3422
8.0357
964
 
04
2009
6.1668
7.3422
1,024
 
04
2008
10.1341
6.1668
1,059
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.1341
0
           
 
05
2010
7.3346
8.0233
0
 
05
2009
6.1635
7.3346
0
 
05
2008
10.1339
6.1635
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.1339
0
           
 
06
2010
7.3116
7.9859
0
 
06
2009
6.1537
7.3116
0
 
06
2008
10.1333
6.1537
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.1333
0
           
 
07
2010
7.3039
7.9735
0
 
07
2009
6.1504
7.3039
0
 
07
2008
10.1331
6.1504
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.1331
0
           
 
08
2010
7.2734
7.9239
0
 
08
2009
6.1372
7.2734
0
 
08
2008
10.1323
6.1372
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.1323
0
           
Huntington VA International Equity Fund
01
2010
7.8856
8.4635
163,387
 
01
2009
6.0104
7.8856
95,122
 
01
2008
10.2870
6.0104
46,510
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2870
0
           
 
02
2010
7.8529
8.4112
10,269
 
02
2009
5.9977
7.8529
15,540
 
02
2008
10.2862
5.9977
5,638
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2862
0
           
 
03
2010
7.8446
8.3981
0
 
03
2009
5.9945
7.8446
0
 
03
2008
10.2860
5.9945
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2860
0
           
 
04
2010
7.8201
8.3590
8,241
 
04
2009
5.9849
7.8201
3,797
 
04
2008
10.2854
5.9849
1,094
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2854
0
           
 
05
2010
7.8120
8.3461
0
 
05
2009
5.9817
7.8120
0
 
05
2008
10.2852
5.9817
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2852
0
           
 
06
2010
7.7875
8.3072
0
 
06
2009
5.9722
7.7875
0
 
06
2008
10.2846
5.9722
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2846
0
           
 
07
2010
7.7794
8.2943
0
 
07
2009
5.9690
7.7794
0
 
07
2008
10.2844
5.9690
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2844
0
           
 
08
2010
7.7468
8.2427
0
 
08
2009
5.9562
7.7468
0
 
08
2008
10.2836
5.9562
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2836
0
           
Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund
01
2010
7.9180
8.8823
3,357
 
01
2009
6.6097
7.9180
3,188
 
01
2008
10.1747
6.6097
0
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.1747
0
           
 
02
2010
7.8851
8.8274
617
 
02
2009
6.5956
7.8851
643
 
02
2008
10.1739
6.5956
775
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.1739
0
           
 
03
2010
7.8769
8.8137
0
 
03
2009
6.5921
7.8769
0
 
03
2008
10.1737
6.5921
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.1737
0
           
 
04
2010
7.8522
8.7726
0
 
04
2009
6.5816
7.8522
0
 
04
2008
10.1731
6.5816
0
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.1731
0
           
 
05
2010
7.8441
8.7591
0
 
05
2009
6.5781
7.8441
0
 
05
2008
10.1729
6.5781
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.1729
0
           
 
06
2010
7.8195
8.7183
0
 
06
2009
6.5676
7.8195
0
 
06
2008
10.1723
6.5676
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.1723
0
           
 
07
2010
7.8114
8.7047
0
 
07
2009
6.5641
7.8114
0
 
07
2008
10.1721
6.5641
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.1721
0
           
 
08
2010
7.7787
8.6505
0
 
08
2009
6.5500
7.7787
0
 
08
2008
10.1713
6.5500
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.1713
0
           
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund
01
2010
8.1153
9.7965
33,183
 
01
2009
6.1503
8.1153
34,263
 
01
2008
10.2298
6.1503
14,030
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2298
0
           
 
02
2010
8.0816
9.7359
2,200
 
02
2009
6.1373
8.0816
2,696
 
02
2008
10.2290
6.1373
801
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2290
0
           
 
03
2010
8.0731
9.7208
0
 
03
2009
6.1340
8.0731
0
 
03
2008
10.2288
6.1340
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2288
0
           
 
04
2010
8.0479
9.6756
5,454
 
04
2009
6.1242
8.0479
3,352
 
04
2008
10.2282
6.1242
1,072
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2282
0
           
 
05
2010
8.0395
9.6607
0
 
05
2009
6.1209
8.0395
0
 
05
2008
10.2280
6.1209
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2280
0
           
 
06
2010
8.0143
9.6156
0
 
06
2009
6.1111
8.0143
0
 
06
2008
10.2274
6.1111
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2274
0
           
 
07
2010
8.0059
9.6006
0
 
07
2009
6.1079
8.0059
0
 
07
2008
10.2272
6.1079
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2272
0
           
 
08
2010
7.9724
9.5409
0
 
08
2009
6.0948
7.9724
0
 
08
2008
10.2264
6.0948
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2264
0
           
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund
01
2010
10.4950
10.8207
93,121
 
01
2009
10.1235
10.4950
12,374
 
01
2008
10.0825
10.1235
974
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.0825
0
           
 
02
2010
10.4514
10.7539
1,790
 
02
2009
10.1021
10.4514
1,617
 
02
2008
10.0817
10.1021
0
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.0817
0
           
 
03
2010
10.4405
10.7372
0
 
03
2009
10.0967
10.4405
0
 
03
2008
10.0815
10.0967
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.0815
0
           
 
04
2010
10.4079
10.6873
8,317
 
04
2009
10.0806
10.4079
1,383
 
04
2008
10.0809
10.0806
0
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.0809
0
           
 
05
2010
10.3972
10.6708
0
 
05
2009
10.0753
10.3972
0
 
05
2008
10.0807
10.0753
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.0807
0
           
 
06
2010
10.3646
10.6210
0
 
06
2009
10.0592
10.3646
0
 
06
2008
10.0801
10.0592
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.0801
0
           
 
07
2010
10.3538
10.6046
0
 
07
2009
10.0538
10.3538
0
 
07
2008
10.0799
10.0538
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.0799
0
           
 
08
2010
10.3105
10.5386
0
 
08
2009
10.0324
10.3105
0
 
08
2008
10.0791
10.0324
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.0791
0
           
Huntington VA New Economy Fund
01
2010
6.3481
7.2365
9,821
 
01
2009
4.7961
6.3481
8,413
 
01
2008
10.3060
4.7961
6,702
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.3060
0
           
 
02
2010
6.3217
7.1919
3,322
 
02
2009
4.7859
6.3217
3,551
 
02
2008
10.3052
4.7859
2,623
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.3052
0
           
 
03
2010
6.3151
7.1807
0
 
03
2009
4.7833
6.3151
0
 
03
2008
10.3050
4.7833
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.3050
0
           
 
04
2010
6.2953
7.1472
2,158
 
04
2009
4.7757
6.2953
1,209
 
04
2008
10.3044
4.7757
1,345
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.3044
0
           
 
05
2010
6.2888
7.1362
0
 
05
2009
4.7731
6.2888
0
 
05
2008
10.3042
4.7731
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.3042
0
           
 
06
2010
6.2691
7.1029
0
 
06
2009
4.7655
6.2691
0
 
06
2008
10.3036
4.7655
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.3036
0
           
 
07
2010
6.2625
7.0918
0
 
07
2009
4.7629
6.2625
0
 
07
2008
10.3034
4.7629
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.3034
0
           
 
08
2010
6.2363
7.0477
0
 
08
2009
4.7527
6.2363
0
 
08
2008
10.3026
4.7527
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.3026
0
           
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund
01
2010
6.3898
7.6726
55,424
 
01
2009
4.8242
6.3898
17,740
 
01
2008
10.0000
4.8242
5,589
           
 
02
2010
6.3682
7.6311
10,474
 
02
2009
4.8177
6.3682
10,674
 
02
2008
10.0000
4.8177
6,153
           
 
03
2010
6.3628
7.6208
0
 
03
2009
4.8161
6.3628
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
4.8161
0
           
 
04
2010
6.3466
7.5897
8,836
 
04
2009
4.8112
6.3466
5,649
 
04
2008
10.0000
4.8112
2,746
           
 
05
2010
6.3412
7.5795
0
 
05
2009
4.8096
6.3412
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
4.8096
0
           
 
06
2010
6.3250
7.5486
0
 
06
2009
4.8047
6.3250
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
4.8047
0
           
 
07
2010
6.3197
7.5383
0
 
07
2009
4.8031
6.3197
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
4.8031
0
           
 
08
2010
6.2981
7.4973
0
 
08
2009
4.7965
6.2981
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
4.7965
0
           
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund
01
2010
7.6543
8.0767
38,144
 
01
2009
5.8381
7.6543
25,955
 
01
2008
10.2523
5.8381
4,989
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2523
0
           
 
02
2010
7.6226
8.0268
2,730
 
02
2009
5.8257
7.6226
2,928
 
02
2008
10.2515
5.8257
1,057
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2515
0
           
 
03
2010
7.6146
8.0143
0
 
03
2009
5.8226
7.6146
0
 
03
2008
10.2513
5.8226
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2513
0
           
 
04
2010
7.5908
7.9770
6,616
 
04
2009
5.8133
7.5908
176
 
04
2008
10.2507
5.8133
0
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2507
0
           
 
05
2010
7.5829
7.9647
0
 
05
2009
5.8102
7.5829
0
 
05
2008
10.2505
5.8102
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2505
0
           
 
06
2010
7.5591
7.9276
0
 
06
2009
5.8009
7.5591
0
 
06
2008
10.2499
5.8009
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2499
0
           
 
07
2010
7.5512
7.9152
0
 
07
2009
5.7978
7.5512
0
 
07
2008
10.2497
5.7978
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2497
0
           
 
08
2010
7.5196
7.8660
0
 
08
2009
5.7854
7.5196
0
 
08
2008
10.2488
5.7854
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2488
0
           
Huntington VA Situs Fund
01
2010
7.7319
9.8511
95,341
 
01
2009
5.9161
7.7319
63,914
 
01
2008
10.2412
5.9161
17,852
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2412
0
           
 
02
2010
7.6997
9.7903
9,152
 
02
2009
5.9036
7.6997
15,997
 
02
2008
10.2404
5.9036
7,052
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2404
0
           
 
03
2010
7.6917
9.7751
0
 
03
2009
5.9004
7.6917
0
 
03
2008
10.2402
5.9004
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2402
0
           
 
04
2010
7.6677
9.7296
3,853
 
04
2009
5.8910
7.6677
1,772
 
04
2008
10.2396
5.8910
1,114
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2396
0
           
 
05
2010
7.6597
9.7146
0
 
05
2009
5.8879
7.6597
0
 
05
2008
10.2394
5.8879
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2394
0
           
 
06
2010
7.6357
9.6693
0
 
06
2009
5.8784
7.6357
0
 
06
2008
10.2388
5.8784
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2388
0
           
 
07
2010
7.6277
9.6542
0
 
07
2009
5.8753
7.6277
0
 
07
2008
10.2386
5.8753
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2386
0
           
 
08
2010
7.5958
9.5942
0
 
08
2009
5.8627
7.5958
0
 
08
2008
10.2378
5.8627
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2378
0
           
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund (Series II)
01
2010
7.8629
8.9425
219,114
 
01
2009
6.2293
7.8629
225,632
 
01
2008
9.8718
6.2293
147,925
 
01
2007
10.0000
9.8718
101,652
           
 
02
2010
7.8177
8.8731
172,302
 
02
2009
6.2061
7.8177
160,377
 
02
2008
9.8552
6.2061
139,445
 
02
2007
10.0000
9.8552
105,927
           
 
03
2010
7.8064
8.8557
0
 
03
2009
6.2003
7.8064
0
 
03
2008
9.8511
6.2003
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
9.8511
0
           
 
04
2010
7.7726
8.8039
53,318
 
04
2009
6.1829
7.7726
62,832
 
04
2008
9.8386
6.1829
54,322
 
04
2007
10.0000
9.8386
27,588
           
 
05
2010
7.7615
8.7868
0
 
05
2009
6.1772
7.7615
0
 
05
2008
9.8345
6.1772
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
9.8345
0
           
 
06
2010
7.7278
8.7352
0
 
06
2009
6.1598
7.7278
0
 
06
2008
9.8220
6.1598
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
9.8220
0
           
 
07
2010
7.7166
8.7182
0
 
07
2009
6.1541
7.7166
0
 
07
2008
9.8179
6.1541
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
9.8179
0
           
 
08
2010
7.6719
8.6499
0
 
08
2009
6.1310
7.6719
0
 
08
2008
9.8013
6.1310
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
9.8013
0
           
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund (Series II)
01
2010
10.0392
11.0560
301,342
 
01
2009
8.3378
10.0392
257,026
 
01
2008
10.0000
8.3378
98,753
           
 
02
2010
10.0023
10.9929
68,714
 
02
2009
8.3240
10.0023
70,177
 
02
2008
10.0000
8.3240
17,218
           
 
03
2010
9.9930
10.9771
350
 
03
2009
8.3206
9.9930
209
 
03
2008
10.0000
8.3206
0
           
 
04
2010
9.9653
10.9299
21,030
 
04
2009
8.3102
9.9653
5,934
 
04
2008
10.0000
8.3102
1,639
           
 
05
2010
9.9561
10.9143
0
 
05
2009
8.3068
9.9561
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
8.3068
0
           
 
06
2010
9.9284
10.8673
0
 
06
2009
8.2964
9.9284
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
8.2964
0
           
 
07
2010
9.9193
10.8517
0
 
07
2009
8.2930
9.9193
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
8.2930
0
           
 
08
2010
9.8824
10.7893
0
 
08
2009
8.2792
9.8824
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
8.2792
0
           
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value Fund (Series II)
01
2010
8.9402
10.7377
34,201
 
01
2009
6.5354
8.9402
17,879
 
01
2008
10.0000
6.5354
1,551
           
 
02
2010
8.9072
10.6764
5,443
 
02
2009
6.5246
8.9072
5,230
 
02
2008
10.0000
6.5246
1,414
           
 
03
2010
8.8989
10.6610
0
 
03
2009
6.5219
8.8989
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
6.5219
0
           
 
04
2010
8.8742
10.6152
17,188
 
04
2009
6.5138
8.8742
2,459
 
04
2008
10.0000
6.5138
2,438
           
 
05
2010
8.8661
10.6000
0
 
05
2009
6.5111
8.8661
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
6.5111
0
           
 
06
2010
8.8414
10.5543
0
 
06
2009
6.5029
8.8414
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
6.5029
0
           
 
07
2010
8.8332
10.5391
0
 
07
2009
6.5002
8.8332
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
6.5002
0
           
 
08
2010
8.8004
10.4785
0
 
08
2009
6.4894
8.8004
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.4894
0
           
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, Service Class
01
2010
9.1843
11.0775
473,487
 
01
2009
5.5008
9.1843
404,866
 
01
2008
10.0000
5.5008
267,806
           
 
02
2010
9.1505
11.0142
251,247
 
02
2009
5.4917
9.1505
230,389
 
02
2008
10.0000
5.4917
188,150
           
 
03
2010
9.1420
10.9984
3,904
 
03
2009
5.4894
9.1420
5,100
 
03
2008
10.0000
5.4894
6,034
           
 
04
2010
9.1166
10.9511
88,051
 
04
2009
5.4826
9.1166
51,704
 
04
2008
10.0000
5.4826
54,530
           
 
05
2010
9.1082
10.9355
0
 
05
2009
5.4803
9.1082
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
5.4803
0
           
 
06
2010
9.0829
10.8884
793
 
06
2009
5.4735
9.0829
944
 
06
2008
10.0000
5.4735
2,169
           
 
07
2010
9.0744
10.8727
1,582
 
07
2009
5.4712
9.0744
4,903
 
07
2008
10.0000
5.4712
5,004
           
 
08
2010
9.0408
10.8102
0
 
08
2009
5.4621
9.0408
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
5.4621
423
           
Lord Abbett Series Fund - Fundamental Equity Portfolio, Class VC
01
2010
12.7523
14.9208
266,880
 
01
2009
10.2979
12.7523
260,058
 
01
2008
14.6878
10.2979
195,772
 
01
2007
14.0019
14.6878
165,526
 
01
2006
12.4243
14.0019
47,120
 
01
2005
11.8171
12.4243
11,226
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.8171
13,641
           
 
02
2010
12.5956
14.7075
293,053
 
02
2009
10.1921
12.5956
424,073
 
02
2008
14.5667
10.1921
343,729
 
02
2007
13.9149
14.5667
218,595
 
02
2006
12.3722
13.9149
174,714
 
02
2005
11.7915
12.3722
16,623
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.7915
12,283
           
 
03
2010
12.5566
14.6545
19,302
 
03
2009
10.1658
12.5566
31,776
 
03
2008
14.5365
10.1658
32,891
 
03
2007
13.8932
14.5365
1,983
 
03
2006
12.3592
13.8932
2,163
 
03
2005
11.7851
12.3592
2,194
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.7851
1,148
           
 
04
2010
12.4403
14.4965
83,944
 
04
2009
10.0871
12.4403
55,883
 
04
2008
14.4461
10.0871
57,835
 
04
2007
13.8282
14.4461
47,887
 
04
2006
12.3202
13.8282
48,303
 
04
2005
11.7658
12.3202
29,067
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.7658
19,111
           
 
05
2010
12.4020
14.4447
0
 
05
2009
10.0612
12.4020
0
 
05
2008
14.4164
10.0612
0
 
05
2007
13.8068
14.4164
0
 
05
2006
12.3073
13.8068
0
 
05
2005
11.7595
12.3073
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.7595
0
           
 
06
2010
12.2869
14.2886
2,462
 
06
2009
9.9831
12.2869
2,501
 
06
2008
14.3266
9.9831
2,493
 
06
2007
13.7420
14.3266
2,439
 
06
2006
12.2684
13.7420
19,533
 
06
2005
11.7402
12.2684
4,604
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.7402
1,502
           
 
07
2010
12.2488
14.2370
0
 
07
2009
9.9572
12.2488
0
 
07
2008
14.2969
9.9572
66
 
07
2007
13.7205
14.2969
0
 
07
2006
12.2555
13.7205
0
 
07
2005
11.7338
12.2555
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.7338
0
           
 
08
2010
12.0973
14.0321
0
 
08
2009
9.8542
12.0973
0
 
08
2008
14.1782
9.8542
0
 
08
2007
13.6347
14.1782
0
 
08
2006
12.2037
13.6347
0
 
08
2005
11.7082
12.2037
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.7082
0
           
Lord Abbett Series Fund Growth Opportunities Portfolio, Class VC
01
2010
12.6092
15.2366
238,461
 
01
2009
8.8131
12.6092
281,084
 
01
2008
14.5187
8.8131
350,920
 
01
2007
12.1791
14.5187
373,212
 
01
2006
11.4827
12.1791
303,244
 
01
2005
11.1645
11.4827
166,459
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.1645
66,261
           
 
02
2010
12.4543
15.0188
207,392
 
02
2009
8.7225
12.4543
260,657
 
02
2008
14.3990
8.7225
335,324
 
02
2007
12.1035
14.3990
378,567
 
02
2006
11.4346
12.1035
342,442
 
02
2005
11.1403
11.4346
144,987
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.1403
44,060
           
 
03
2010
12.4157
14.9646
12,230
 
03
2009
8.7000
12.4157
15,593
 
03
2008
14.3691
8.7000
19,503
 
03
2007
12.0845
14.3691
25,576
 
03
2006
11.4225
12.0845
27,827
 
03
2005
11.1342
11.4225
17,036
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.1342
7,195
           
 
04
2010
12.3007
14.8033
187,508
 
04
2009
8.6326
12.3007
217,180
 
04
2008
14.2798
8.6326
165,393
 
04
2007
12.0280
14.2798
244,128
 
04
2006
11.3864
12.0280
208,402
 
04
2005
11.1160
11.3864
144,959
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.1160
107,277
           
 
05
2010
12.2629
14.7503
1,446
 
05
2009
8.6104
12.2629
1,677
 
05
2008
14.2504
8.6104
3,325
 
05
2007
12.0093
14.2504
2,116
 
05
2006
11.3745
12.0093
1,878
 
05
2005
11.1100
11.3745
1,073
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.1100
287
           
 
06
2010
12.1490
14.5910
6,899
 
06
2009
8.5436
12.1490
8,769
 
06
2008
14.1616
8.5436
12,085
 
06
2007
11.9530
14.1616
14,348
 
06
2006
11.3385
11.9530
16,585
 
06
2005
11.0918
11.3385
14,240
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.0918
9,430
           
 
07
2010
12.1114
14.5383
8,913
 
07
2009
8.5215
12.1114
13,500
 
07
2008
14.1322
8.5215
16,127
 
07
2007
11.9343
14.1322
18,526
 
07
2006
11.3266
11.9343
24,350
 
07
2005
11.0858
11.3266
19,849
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.0858
20,860
           
 
08
2010
11.9615
14.3291
1,443
 
08
2009
8.4333
11.9615
1,627
 
08
2008
14.0149
8.4333
1,816
 
08
2007
11.8596
14.0149
1,722
 
08
2006
11.2787
11.8596
1,945
 
08
2005
11.0616
11.2787
1,477
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.0616
1,559
           
MFS Blended Research Core Equity Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
12.1284
13.8438
775,554
 
01
2009
9.8707
12.1284
904,027
 
01
2008
15.4788
9.8707
1,041,043
 
01
2007
14.9001
15.4788
1,132,556
 
01
2006
13.4085
14.9001
1,046,821
 
01
2005
12.6977
13.4085
609,362
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.6977
43,624
           
 
02
2010
11.9518
13.6146
830,988
 
02
2009
9.7469
11.9518
967,937
 
02
2008
15.3158
9.7469
1,134,747
 
02
2007
14.7735
15.3158
1,303,208
 
02
2006
13.3216
14.7735
1,140,712
 
02
2005
12.6410
13.3216
596,483
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.6410
32,646
           
 
03
2010
11.9079
13.5576
56,802
 
03
2009
9.7160
11.9079
68,539
 
03
2008
15.2752
9.7160
73,049
 
03
2007
14.7418
15.2752
85,431
 
03
2006
13.2999
14.7418
82,100
 
03
2005
12.6268
13.2999
70,514
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.6268
4,702
           
 
04
2010
11.7772
13.3883
441,208
 
04
2009
9.6241
11.7772
517,131
 
04
2008
15.1540
9.6241
590,922
 
04
2007
14.6475
15.1540
690,531
 
04
2006
13.2349
14.6475
687,254
 
04
2005
12.5844
13.2349
516,741
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.5844
53,553
           
 
05
2010
11.7342
13.3327
7,004
 
05
2009
9.5939
11.7342
7,415
 
05
2008
15.1141
9.5939
12,847
 
05
2007
14.6164
15.1141
9,511
 
05
2006
13.2135
14.6164
6,373
 
05
2005
12.5704
13.2135
3,481
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.5704
0
           
 
06
2010
11.6051
13.1657
38,399
 
06
2009
9.5029
11.6051
47,237
 
06
2008
14.9939
9.5029
64,074
 
06
2007
14.5225
14.9939
72,880
 
06
2006
13.1488
14.5225
76,588
 
06
2005
12.5280
13.1488
81,548
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.5280
0
           
 
07
2010
11.4490
12.9821
52,102
 
07
2009
9.3799
11.4490
70,480
 
07
2008
14.8074
9.3799
75,652
 
07
2007
14.3493
14.8074
85,329
 
07
2006
12.9986
14.3493
99,750
 
07
2005
12.3912
12.9986
89,931
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.3912
0
           
 
08
2010
11.2940
12.7801
9,880
 
08
2009
9.2719
11.2940
10,873
 
08
2008
14.6672
9.2719
11,437
 
08
2007
14.2427
14.6672
10,987
 
08
2006
12.9285
14.2427
11,377
 
08
2005
12.3496
12.9285
11,462
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.3496
0
           
MFS Bond Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
13.6997
14.9038
787,620
 
01
2009
10.9167
13.6997
404,610
 
01
2008
12.4459
10.9167
119,597
 
01
2007
12.2599
12.4459
68,564
 
01
2006
11.8921
12.2599
15,915
 
01
2005
11.9075
11.8921
18,322
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.9075
15,429
           
 
02
2010
13.5002
14.6570
185,861
 
02
2009
10.7797
13.5002
220,980
 
02
2008
12.3148
10.7797
60,045
 
02
2007
12.1557
12.3148
64,347
 
02
2006
11.8150
12.1557
23,420
 
02
2005
11.8543
11.8150
27,086
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.8543
26,411
           
 
03
2010
13.4506
14.5957
914
 
03
2009
10.7456
13.4506
5,978
 
03
2008
12.2822
10.7456
5,748
 
03
2007
12.1296
12.2822
13,898
 
03
2006
11.7957
12.1296
38,759
 
03
2005
11.8410
11.7957
34,785
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.8410
27,576
           
 
04
2010
13.3030
14.4134
167,798
 
04
2009
10.6439
13.3030
105,217
 
04
2008
12.1847
10.6439
59,878
 
04
2007
12.0520
12.1847
76,304
 
04
2006
11.7381
12.0520
77,281
 
04
2005
11.8012
11.7381
94,414
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.8012
94,238
           
 
05
2010
13.2546
14.3536
0
 
05
2009
10.6105
13.2546
0
 
05
2008
12.1526
10.6105
0
 
05
2007
12.0264
12.1526
0
 
05
2006
11.7191
12.0264
0
 
05
2005
11.7881
11.7191
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.7881
0
           
 
06
2010
13.1087
14.1739
27,787
 
06
2009
10.5099
13.1087
26,357
 
06
2008
12.0560
10.5099
0
 
06
2007
11.9491
12.0560
0
 
06
2006
11.6617
11.9491
3,125
 
06
2005
11.7483
11.6617
6,094
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.7483
5,694
           
 
07
2010
11.6575
12.5983
1,808
 
07
2009
9.3512
11.6575
14,142
 
07
2008
10.7323
9.3512
16,728
 
07
2007
10.6426
10.7323
58,980
 
07
2006
10.3919
10.6426
72,635
 
07
2005
10.4744
10.3919
68,105
 
07
2004
10.0000
10.4744
63,719
           
 
08
2010
11.4997
12.4023
0
 
08
2009
9.2435
11.4997
0
 
08
2008
10.6306
9.2435
0
 
08
2007
10.5635
10.6306
2,556
 
08
2006
10.3358
10.5635
2,564
 
08
2005
10.4392
10.3358
2,543
 
08
2004
10.0000
10.4392
2,478
           
MFS Core Equity Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
8.5111
9.7844
263,255
 
01
2009
6.5376
8.5111
253,552
 
01
2008
10.8668
6.5376
116,549
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.8668
59,558
           
 
02
2010
8.4622
9.7083
133,445
 
02
2009
6.5133
8.4622
144,895
 
02
2008
10.8485
6.5133
90,467
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.8485
77,580
           
 
03
2010
8.4499
9.6894
1,991
 
03
2009
6.5072
8.4499
4,025
 
03
2008
10.8440
6.5072
2,029
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.8440
2,029
           
 
04
2010
8.4133
9.6327
71,245
 
04
2009
6.4890
8.4133
67,221
 
04
2008
10.8303
6.4890
53,748
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.8303
47,799
           
 
05
2010
8.4013
9.6139
0
 
05
2009
6.4830
8.4013
0
 
05
2008
10.8257
6.4830
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.8257
0
           
 
06
2010
8.3648
9.5576
0
 
06
2009
6.4648
8.3648
0
 
06
2008
10.8120
6.4648
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.8120
0
           
 
07
2010
8.3527
9.5389
0
 
07
2009
6.4587
8.3527
0
 
07
2008
10.8075
6.4587
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.8075
0
           
 
08
2010
8.3043
9.4642
0
 
08
2009
6.4345
8.3043
0
 
08
2008
10.7892
6.4345
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.7892
0
           
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
13.9058
16.8777
173,282
 
01
2009
8.4140
13.9058
182,245
 
01
2008
19.1053
8.4140
74,216
 
01
2007
14.3683
19.1053
68,124
 
01
2006
11.2521
14.3683
68,717
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.2521
2,071
           
 
02
2010
13.7882
16.7009
145,390
 
02
2009
8.3598
13.7882
134,348
 
02
2008
19.0212
8.3598
80,989
 
02
2007
14.3344
19.0212
67,034
 
02
2006
11.2483
14.3344
35,196
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.2483
0
           
 
03
2010
13.7588
16.6568
98
 
03
2009
8.3463
13.7588
33
 
03
2008
19.0001
8.3463
0
 
03
2007
14.3259
19.0001
0
 
03
2006
11.2474
14.3259
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.2474
0
           
 
04
2010
13.6711
16.5253
69,937
 
04
2009
8.3058
13.6711
40,788
 
04
2008
18.9372
8.3058
26,139
 
04
2007
14.3004
18.9372
28,599
 
04
2006
11.2445
14.3004
22,993
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.2445
0
           
 
05
2010
13.6421
16.4820
0
 
05
2009
8.2924
13.6421
0
 
05
2008
18.9164
8.2924
0
 
05
2007
14.2920
18.9164
473
 
05
2006
11.2436
14.2920
607
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.2436
0
           
 
06
2010
13.5550
16.3516
1,745
 
06
2009
8.2521
13.5550
1,747
 
06
2008
18.8535
8.2521
1,749
 
06
2007
14.2665
18.8535
1,750
 
06
2006
11.2407
14.2665
1,829
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.2407
0
           
 
07
2010
13.5261
16.3085
614
 
07
2009
8.2387
13.5261
0
 
07
2008
18.8327
8.2387
0
 
07
2007
14.2581
18.8327
287
 
07
2006
11.2398
14.2581
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.2398
0
           
 
08
2010
13.4108
16.1364
0
 
08
2009
8.1853
13.4108
0
 
08
2008
18.7492
8.1853
0
 
08
2007
14.2241
18.7492
0
 
08
2006
11.2360
14.2241
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
11.2360
0
           
MFS Global Growth Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
16.8050
18.4251
4,846
 
01
2009
12.2608
16.8050
6,224
 
01
2008
20.4716
12.2608
6,460
 
01
2007
18.4252
20.4716
6,376
 
01
2006
16.0191
18.4252
5,532
 
01
2005
14.8497
16.0191
4,027
 
01
2004
10.0000
14.8497
5,494
           
 
02
2010
16.5604
18.1200
3,696
 
02
2009
12.1069
16.5604
5,425
 
02
2008
20.2562
12.1069
5,500
 
02
2007
18.2687
20.2562
5,615
 
02
2006
15.9153
18.2687
5,832
 
02
2005
14.7835
15.9153
4,238
 
02
2004
10.0000
14.7835
4,022
           
 
03
2010
16.4995
18.0442
0
 
03
2009
12.0686
16.4995
0
 
03
2008
20.2025
12.0686
0
 
03
2007
18.2296
20.2025
0
 
03
2006
15.8893
18.2296
285
 
03
2005
14.7669
15.8893
3,914
 
03
2004
10.0000
14.7669
4,217
           
 
04
2010
16.3184
17.8188
14,501
 
04
2009
11.9544
16.3184
14,468
 
04
2008
20.0422
11.9544
18,366
 
04
2007
18.1129
20.0422
17,606
 
04
2006
15.8117
18.1129
21,346
 
04
2005
14.7173
15.8117
23,325
 
04
2004
10.0000
14.7173
27,086
           
 
05
2010
16.2589
17.7449
0
 
05
2009
11.9169
16.2589
0
 
05
2008
19.9895
11.9169
0
 
05
2007
18.0744
19.9895
0
 
05
2006
15.7862
18.0744
0
 
05
2005
14.7009
15.7862
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
14.7009
0
           
 
06
2010
16.0800
17.5227
0
 
06
2009
11.8039
16.0800
0
 
06
2008
19.8305
11.8039
0
 
06
2007
17.9584
19.8305
0
 
06
2006
15.7089
17.9584
0
 
06
2005
14.6514
15.7089
0
 
06
2004
10.0000
14.6514
0
           
 
07
2010
15.2819
16.6445
0
 
07
2009
11.2238
15.2819
0
 
07
2008
18.8656
11.2238
0
 
07
2007
17.0934
18.8656
0
 
07
2006
14.9599
17.0934
0
 
07
2005
13.9599
14.9599
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
13.9599
0
           
 
08
2010
15.0750
16.3856
0
 
08
2009
11.0946
15.0750
0
 
08
2008
18.6870
11.0946
0
 
08
2007
16.9665
18.6870
0
 
08
2006
14.8792
16.9665
0
 
08
2005
13.9130
14.8792
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
13.9130
0
           
MFS Global Research Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
13.8760
15.3344
14,195
 
01
2009
10.6917
13.8760
14,842
 
01
2008
17.1481
10.6917
17,037
 
01
2007
15.4435
17.1481
16,852
 
01
2006
14.2403
15.4435
14,873
 
01
2005
13.4490
14.2403
7,813
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.4490
5,069
           
 
02
2010
13.6740
15.0804
9,987
 
02
2009
10.5576
13.6740
12,792
 
02
2008
16.9676
10.5576
15,087
 
02
2007
15.3123
16.9676
14,831
 
02
2006
14.1480
15.3123
16,656
 
02
2005
13.3890
14.1480
10,801
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.3890
6,628
           
 
03
2010
13.6237
15.0173
0
 
03
2009
10.5242
13.6237
0
 
03
2008
16.9226
10.5242
0
 
03
2007
15.2795
16.9226
0
 
03
2006
14.1249
15.2795
0
 
03
2005
13.3740
14.1249
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.3740
0
           
 
04
2010
13.4741
14.8298
4,857
 
04
2009
10.4246
13.4741
15,698
 
04
2008
16.7883
10.4246
55,308
 
04
2007
15.1817
16.7883
16,249
 
04
2006
14.0559
15.1817
15,687
 
04
2005
13.3291
14.0559
9,175
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.3291
9,849
           
 
05
2010
13.4250
14.7682
0
 
05
2009
10.3918
13.4250
0
 
05
2008
16.7441
10.3918
0
 
05
2007
15.1494
16.7441
0
 
05
2006
14.0332
15.1494
0
 
05
2005
13.3142
14.0332
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.3142
0
           
 
06
2010
13.2772
14.5832
0
 
06
2009
10.2933
13.2772
0
 
06
2008
16.6110
10.2933
0
 
06
2007
15.0522
16.6110
0
 
06
2006
13.9645
15.0522
0
 
06
2005
13.2693
13.9645
0
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.2693
0
           
 
07
2010
12.9526
14.2194
0
 
07
2009
10.0467
12.9526
0
 
07
2008
16.2214
10.0467
0
 
07
2007
14.7067
16.2214
0
 
07
2006
13.6510
14.7067
0
 
07
2005
12.9781
13.6510
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.9781
0
           
 
08
2010
12.7772
13.9981
0
 
08
2009
9.9311
12.7772
0
 
08
2008
16.0678
9.9311
0
 
08
2007
14.5975
16.0678
0
 
08
2006
13.5773
14.5975
0
 
08
2005
12.9345
13.5773
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.9345
0
           
MFS Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
9.9878
10.3392
2,426,745
 
01
2009
10.0000
9.9878
0
           
 
02
2010
9.9873
10.3176
4,367
 
02
2009
10.0000
9.9873
0
           
 
03
2010
9.9871
10.3122
0
 
03
2009
10.0000
9.9871
0
           
 
04
2010
9.9867
10.2960
621,865
 
04
2009
10.0000
9.9867
0
           
 
05
2010
9.9866
10.2906
0
 
05
2009
10.0000
9.9866
0
           
 
06
2010
9.9862
10.2744
0
 
06
2009
10.0000
9.9862
0
           
 
07
2010
9.9860
10.2690
0
 
07
2009
10.0000
9.9860
0
           
 
08
2010
9.9855
10.2474
0
 
08
2009
10.0000
9.9855
0
           
MFS Government Securities Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
12.1847
12.5158
3,350,963
 
01
2009
11.8920
12.1847
3,259,160
 
01
2008
11.1715
11.8920
1,353,897
 
01
2007
10.6314
11.1715
1,258,195
 
01
2006
10.4517
10.6314
1,167,741
 
01
2005
10.4228
10.4517
682,503
 
01
2004
10.0000
10.4228
377,610
           
 
02
2010
12.0073
12.3086
1,642,487
 
02
2009
11.7428
12.0073
1,740,799
 
02
2008
11.0539
11.7428
1,158,216
 
02
2007
10.5410
11.0539
1,337,245
 
02
2006
10.3839
10.5410
1,192,049
 
02
2005
10.3763
10.3839
621,129
 
02
2004
10.0000
10.3763
298,286
           
 
03
2010
11.9632
12.2571
71,393
 
03
2009
11.7057
11.9632
84,498
 
03
2008
11.0246
11.7057
77,213
 
03
2007
10.5184
11.0246
106,844
 
03
2006
10.3670
10.5184
103,226
 
03
2005
10.3646
10.3670
83,551
 
03
2004
10.0000
10.3646
47,417
           
 
04
2010
11.8319
12.1040
790,789
 
04
2009
11.5949
11.8319
860,656
 
04
2008
10.9371
11.5949
626,427
 
04
2007
10.4510
10.9371
818,982
 
04
2006
10.3163
10.4510
845,418
 
04
2005
10.3298
10.3163
598,142
 
04
2004
10.0000
10.3298
431,650
           
 
05
2010
11.7888
12.0538
8,208
 
05
2009
11.5585
11.7888
7,797
 
05
2008
10.9083
11.5585
9,794
 
05
2007
10.4289
10.9083
11,868
 
05
2006
10.2996
10.4289
7,264
 
05
2005
10.3183
10.2996
2,187
 
05
2004
10.0000
10.3183
403
           
 
06
2010
11.6591
11.9028
64,437
 
06
2009
11.4489
11.6591
81,637
 
06
2008
10.8215
11.4489
85,197
 
06
2007
10.3619
10.8215
134,156
 
06
2006
10.2492
10.3619
145,087
 
06
2005
10.2835
10.2492
161,854
 
06
2004
10.0000
10.2835
148,241
           
 
07
2010
11.2619
11.4915
101,913
 
07
2009
11.0646
11.2619
115,552
 
07
2008
10.4636
11.0646
102,018
 
07
2007
10.0244
10.4636
190,585
 
07
2006
9.9204
10.0244
210,515
 
07
2005
9.9586
9.9204
197,901
 
07
2004
10.0000
9.9586
185,283
           
 
08
2010
11.1095
11.3128
9,234
 
08
2009
10.9373
11.1095
9,388
 
08
2008
10.3645
10.9373
8,524
 
08
2007
9.9499
10.3645
14,818
 
08
2006
9.8668
9.9499
16,406
 
08
2005
9.9252
9.8668
16,775
 
08
2004
10.0000
9.9252
16,501
           
MFS Growth Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
15.2836
17.3532
26,597
 
01
2009
11.3112
15.2836
28,631
 
01
2008
18.4210
11.3112
30,806
 
01
2007
15.4885
18.4210
31,451
 
01
2006
14.6296
15.4885
21,343
 
01
2005
13.6659
14.6296
14,875
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.6659
18,594
           
 
02
2010
15.0611
17.0658
48,588
 
02
2009
11.1693
15.0611
52,835
 
02
2008
18.2271
11.1693
51,327
 
02
2007
15.3569
18.2271
53,008
 
02
2006
14.5348
15.3569
57,733
 
02
2005
13.6049
14.5348
52,198
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.6049
47,202
           
 
03
2010
15.0058
16.9944
7,635
 
03
2009
11.1339
15.0058
7,677
 
03
2008
18.1788
11.1339
0
 
03
2007
15.3240
18.1788
0
 
03
2006
14.5111
15.3240
0
 
03
2005
13.5896
14.5111
561
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.5896
596
           
 
04
2010
14.8410
16.7821
11,626
 
04
2009
11.0286
14.8410
15,104
 
04
2008
18.0346
11.0286
14,368
 
04
2007
15.2259
18.0346
60,997
 
04
2006
14.4402
15.2259
15,150
 
04
2005
13.5439
14.4402
16,188
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.5439
21,562
           
 
05
2010
14.7869
16.7125
0
 
05
2009
10.9939
14.7869
0
 
05
2008
17.9871
10.9939
0
 
05
2007
15.1935
17.9871
0
 
05
2006
14.4169
15.1935
0
 
05
2005
13.5289
14.4169
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.5289
0
           
 
06
2010
14.6242
16.5032
0
 
06
2009
10.8897
14.6242
0
 
06
2008
17.8440
10.8897
0
 
06
2007
15.0960
17.8440
1,903
 
06
2006
14.3463
15.0960
1,896
 
06
2005
13.4833
14.3463
0
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.4833
0
           
 
07
2010
13.7341
15.4908
0
 
07
2009
10.2321
13.7341
0
 
07
2008
16.7752
10.2321
0
 
07
2007
14.1990
16.7752
0
 
07
2006
13.5008
14.1990
0
 
07
2005
12.6951
13.5008
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.6951
0
           
 
08
2010
13.5481
15.2498
0
 
08
2009
10.1143
13.5481
0
 
08
2008
16.6162
10.1143
0
 
08
2007
14.0936
16.6162
0
 
08
2006
13.4279
14.0936
0
 
08
2005
12.6524
13.4279
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.6524
0
           
MFS High Yield Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
14.9777
16.9872
322,383
 
01
2009
10.1774
14.9777
375,315
 
01
2008
14.7167
10.1774
532,751
 
01
2007
14.7422
14.7167
494,003
 
01
2006
13.6277
14.7422
297,073
 
01
2005
13.5996
13.6277
213,926
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.5996
143,294
           
 
02
2010
14.7597
16.7059
300,946
 
02
2009
10.0497
14.7597
340,036
 
02
2008
14.5617
10.0497
484,584
 
02
2007
14.6169
14.5617
489,018
 
02
2006
13.5394
14.6169
316,622
 
02
2005
13.5389
13.5394
194,124
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.5389
132,593
           
 
03
2010
14.7055
16.6360
13,948
 
03
2009
10.0179
14.7055
18,483
 
03
2008
14.5231
10.0179
28,286
 
03
2007
14.5856
14.5231
26,051
 
03
2006
13.5173
14.5856
18,478
 
03
2005
13.5237
13.5173
17,756
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.5237
11,883
           
 
04
2010
14.5442
16.4283
141,119
 
04
2009
9.9232
14.5442
167,934
 
04
2008
14.4079
9.9232
224,894
 
04
2007
14.4923
14.4079
224,278
 
04
2006
13.4513
14.4923
182,359
 
04
2005
13.4783
13.4513
154,872
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.4783
115,695
           
 
05
2010
14.4911
16.3601
2,128
 
05
2009
9.8920
14.4911
2,251
 
05
2008
14.3700
9.8920
4,853
 
05
2007
14.4615
14.3700
3,748
 
05
2006
13.4295
14.4615
1,522
 
05
2005
13.4632
13.4295
203
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.4632
0
           
 
06
2010
14.3317
16.1553
12,745
 
06
2009
9.7982
14.3317
18,339
 
06
2008
14.2557
9.7982
27,917
 
06
2007
14.3687
14.2557
31,822
 
06
2006
13.3638
14.3687
32,773
 
06
2005
13.4179
13.3638
32,874
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.4179
30,370
           
 
07
2010
12.4075
13.9791
20,114
 
07
2009
8.4870
12.4075
25,112
 
07
2008
12.3543
8.4870
35,023
 
07
2007
12.4586
12.3543
37,289
 
07
2006
11.5932
12.4586
41,021
 
07
2005
11.6461
11.5932
42,942
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.6461
41,027
           
 
08
2010
12.2395
13.7616
1,567
 
08
2009
8.3893
12.2395
1,888
 
08
2008
12.2373
8.3893
2,726
 
08
2007
12.3660
12.2373
2,807
 
08
2006
11.5306
12.3660
3,063
 
08
2005
11.6069
11.5306
4,463
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.6069
4,508
           
MFS International Growth Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
9.4205
10.6372
159,754
 
01
2009
6.9601
9.4205
141,670
 
01
2008
11.7937
6.9601
103,690
 
01
2007
10.0000
11.7937
42,942
           
 
02
2010
9.3664
10.5545
59,698
 
02
2009
6.9342
9.3664
63,131
 
02
2008
11.7739
6.9342
32,726
 
02
2007
10.0000
11.7739
20,931
           
 
03
2010
9.3528
10.5339
1,599
 
03
2009
6.9277
9.3528
1,638
 
03
2008
11.7689
6.9277
0
 
03
2007
10.0000
11.7689
0
           
 
04
2010
9.3123
10.4723
30,954
 
04
2009
6.9083
9.3123
43,332
 
04
2008
11.7541
6.9083
41,661
 
04
2007
10.0000
11.7541
37,484
           
 
05
2010
9.2990
10.4520
0
 
05
2009
6.9019
9.2990
0
 
05
2008
11.7492
6.9019
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
11.7492
0
           
 
06
2010
9.2586
10.3906
970
 
06
2009
6.8825
9.2586
1,067
 
06
2008
11.7343
6.8825
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
11.7343
1,742
           
 
07
2010
9.2453
10.3704
0
 
07
2009
6.8761
9.2453
0
 
07
2008
11.7293
6.8761
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
11.7293
0
           
 
08
2010
9.1918
10.2892
0
 
08
2009
6.8503
9.1918
0
 
08
2008
11.7095
6.8503
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
11.7095
0
           
MFS International Value Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
9.0051
9.6293
1,900,158
 
01
2009
7.3221
9.0051
1,942,547
 
01
2008
10.8868
7.3221
2,169,328
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.8868
1,843,705
           
 
02
2010
8.9533
9.5545
1,431,805
 
02
2009
7.2948
8.9533
1,454,428
 
02
2008
10.8685
7.2948
1,674,663
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.8685
1,489,635
           
 
03
2010
8.9404
9.5358
18,901
 
03
2009
7.2880
8.9404
25,842
 
03
2008
10.8639
7.2880
31,615
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.8639
25,124
           
 
04
2010
8.9017
9.4800
269,604
 
04
2009
7.2676
8.9017
321,392
 
04
2008
10.8502
7.2676
471,184
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.8502
283,182
           
 
05
2010
8.8889
9.4616
2,253
 
05
2009
7.2609
8.8889
2,199
 
05
2008
10.8457
7.2609
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.8457
0
           
 
06
2010
8.8503
9.4061
0
 
06
2009
7.2405
8.8503
0
 
06
2008
10.8319
7.2405
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.8319
0
           
 
07
2010
8.8375
9.3877
2,516
 
07
2009
7.2337
8.8375
2,459
 
07
2008
10.8274
7.2337
2,623
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.8274
1,616
           
 
08
2010
8.7864
9.3143
0
 
08
2009
7.2066
8.7864
0
 
08
2008
10.8091
7.2066
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.8091
0
           
MFS Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
12.1084
13.4294
54,300
 
01
2009
8.8122
12.1084
80,996
 
01
2008
14.3104
8.8122
105,035
 
01
2007
13.0852
14.3104
131,405
 
01
2006
12.3920
13.0852
62,627
 
01
2005
12.1028
12.3920
59,928
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.1028
50,471
           
 
02
2010
11.9321
13.2070
195,990
 
02
2009
8.7015
11.9321
202,869
 
02
2008
14.1597
8.7015
226,945
 
02
2007
12.9739
14.1597
289,710
 
02
2006
12.3116
12.9739
185,323
 
02
2005
12.0487
12.3116
177,706
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.0487
206,468
           
 
03
2010
11.8882
13.1517
3,435
 
03
2009
8.6740
11.8882
4,798
 
03
2008
14.1222
8.6740
6,993
 
03
2007
12.9462
14.1222
24,246
 
03
2006
12.2915
12.9462
38,293
 
03
2005
12.0352
12.2915
30,841
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.0352
25,143
           
 
04
2010
11.7577
12.9874
83,035
 
04
2009
8.5919
11.7577
102,337
 
04
2008
14.0101
8.5919
113,887
 
04
2007
12.8633
14.0101
161,541
 
04
2006
12.2315
12.8633
148,922
 
04
2005
11.9948
12.2315
145,584
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.9948
147,651
           
 
05
2010
11.7148
12.9335
0
 
05
2009
8.5649
11.7148
0
 
05
2008
13.9732
8.5649
0
 
05
2007
12.8360
13.9732
0
 
05
2006
12.2117
12.8360
0
 
05
2005
11.9814
12.2117
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.9814
0
           
 
06
2010
11.5859
12.7715
11,997
 
06
2009
8.4837
11.5859
24,829
 
06
2008
13.8621
8.4837
26,098
 
06
2007
12.7536
13.8621
23,153
 
06
2006
12.1519
12.7536
13,781
 
06
2005
11.9410
12.1519
15,686
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.9410
13,013
           
 
07
2010
11.4508
12.6162
18,039
 
07
2009
8.3891
11.4508
32,044
 
07
2008
13.7145
8.3891
39,143
 
07
2007
12.6243
13.7145
72,634
 
07
2006
12.0349
12.6243
61,102
 
07
2005
11.8320
12.0349
61,359
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.8320
62,201
           
 
08
2010
11.2958
12.4199
56
 
08
2009
8.2925
11.2958
63
 
08
2008
13.5846
8.2925
79
 
08
2007
12.5305
13.5846
2,400
 
08
2006
11.9700
12.5305
2,157
 
08
2005
11.7923
11.9700
2,291
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.7923
2,420
           
MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
10.9461
13.8683
9,271
 
01
2009
7.8459
10.9461
24,734
 
01
2008
16.4360
7.8459
31,811
 
01
2007
15.2589
16.4360
27,028
 
01
2006
15.1886
15.2589
28,298
 
01
2005
15.0329
15.1886
31,564
 
01
2004
10.0000
15.0329
36,129
           
 
02
2010
10.7867
13.6386
10,908
 
02
2009
7.7474
10.7867
10,299
 
02
2008
16.2630
7.7474
13,393
 
02
2007
15.1292
16.2630
28,538
 
02
2006
15.0902
15.1292
33,860
 
02
2005
14.9658
15.0902
20,530
 
02
2004
10.0000
14.9658
23,324
           
 
03
2010
10.7471
13.5815
972
 
03
2009
7.7229
10.7471
2,593
 
03
2008
16.2198
7.7229
3,801
 
03
2007
15.0969
16.2198
5,551
 
03
2006
15.0656
15.0969
6,486
 
03
2005
14.9491
15.0656
7,773
 
03
2004
10.0000
14.9491
7,816
           
 
04
2010
10.6291
13.4119
23,084
 
04
2009
7.6498
10.6291
20,971
 
04
2008
16.0912
7.6498
22,938
 
04
2007
15.0002
16.0912
24,413
 
04
2006
14.9920
15.0002
30,320
 
04
2005
14.8988
14.9920
36,851
 
04
2004
10.0000
14.8988
44,325
           
 
05
2010
10.5903
13.3562
0
 
05
2009
7.6258
10.5903
0
 
05
2008
16.0488
7.6258
0
 
05
2007
14.9683
16.0488
0
 
05
2006
14.9677
14.9683
0
 
05
2005
14.8822
14.9677
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
14.8822
0
           
 
06
2010
10.4737
13.1889
1,800
 
06
2009
7.5534
10.4737
7,394
 
06
2008
15.9211
7.5534
7,722
 
06
2007
14.8722
15.9211
5,117
 
06
2006
14.8945
14.8722
5,326
 
06
2005
14.8321
14.8945
6,251
 
06
2004
10.0000
14.8321
7,714
           
 
07
2010
9.5634
12.0364
7,272
 
07
2009
6.9004
9.5634
9,712
 
07
2008
14.5523
6.9004
11,684
 
07
2007
13.6005
14.5523
11,102
 
07
2006
13.6278
13.6005
12,131
 
07
2005
13.5776
13.6278
14,491
 
07
2004
10.0000
13.5776
15,836
           
 
08
2010
9.4339
11.8491
0
 
08
2009
6.8209
9.4339
0
 
08
2008
14.4144
6.8209
0
 
08
2007
13.4994
14.4144
166
 
08
2006
13.5543
13.4994
337
 
08
2005
13.5320
13.5543
336
 
08
2004
10.0000
13.5320
351
           
MFS Money Market Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
10.1718
9.9989
1,289,655
 
01
2009
10.3477
10.1718
1,234,622
 
01
2008
10.3410
10.3477
1,609,682
 
01
2007
10.0592
10.3410
1,518,240
 
01
2006
9.8077
10.0592
841,089
 
01
2005
9.7370
9.8077
555,637
 
01
2004
10.0000
9.7370
308,562
           
 
02
2010
10.0237
9.8333
1,204,722
 
02
2009
10.2178
10.0237
1,267,437
 
02
2008
10.2321
10.2178
1,237,811
 
02
2007
9.9737
10.2321
1,210,048
 
02
2006
9.7441
9.9737
1,051,929
 
02
2005
9.6935
9.7441
556,107
 
02
2004
10.0000
9.6935
397,959
           
 
03
2010
9.9869
9.7922
92,451
 
03
2009
10.1855
9.9869
97,581
 
03
2008
10.2049
10.1855
95,453
 
03
2007
9.9524
10.2049
162,803
 
03
2006
9.7282
9.9524
70,320
 
03
2005
9.6826
9.7282
58,953
 
03
2004
10.0000
9.6826
34,319
           
 
04
2010
9.8773
9.6698
774,792
 
04
2009
10.0892
9.8773
944,949
 
04
2008
10.1239
10.0892
1,009,946
 
04
2007
9.8886
10.1239
840,944
 
04
2006
9.6807
9.8886
653,786
 
04
2005
9.6501
9.6807
523,625
 
04
2004
10.0000
9.6501
318,642
           
 
05
2010
9.8413
9.6297
3,585
 
05
2009
10.0575
9.8413
3,274
 
05
2008
10.0973
10.0575
4,365
 
05
2007
9.8676
10.0973
6,966
 
05
2006
9.6650
9.8676
2,428
 
05
2005
9.6393
9.6650
465
 
05
2004
10.0000
9.6393
0
           
 
06
2010
9.7330
9.5091
87,241
 
06
2009
9.9621
9.7330
68,510
 
06
2008
10.0170
9.9621
79,369
 
06
2007
9.8043
10.0170
116,786
 
06
2006
9.6177
9.8043
113,531
 
06
2005
9.6068
9.6177
302,433
 
06
2004
10.0000
9.6068
148,739
           
 
07
2010
9.7944
9.5642
69,280
 
07
2009
10.0301
9.7944
72,489
 
07
2008
10.0905
10.0301
63,223
 
07
2007
9.8813
10.0905
102,173
 
07
2006
9.6982
9.8813
113,441
 
07
2005
9.6922
9.6982
110,688
 
07
2004
10.0000
9.6922
100,698
           
 
08
2010
9.6618
9.4154
10,642
 
08
2009
9.9146
9.6618
11,063
 
08
2008
9.9949
9.9146
9,878
 
08
2007
9.8079
9.9949
15,306
 
08
2006
9.6458
9.8079
16,400
 
08
2005
9.6596
9.6458
18,776
 
08
2004
10.0000
9.6596
19,029
           
MFS New Discovery Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
14.7544
19.7565
246,778
 
01
2009
9.2245
14.7544
342,859
 
01
2008
15.5803
9.2245
494,987
 
01
2007
15.4983
15.5803
514,618
 
01
2006
13.9648
15.4983
444,408
 
01
2005
13.5347
13.9648
265,109
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.5347
132,879
           
 
02
2010
14.5396
19.4292
266,073
 
02
2009
9.1087
14.5396
362,034
 
02
2008
15.4163
9.1087
539,243
 
02
2007
15.3666
15.4163
566,711
 
02
2006
13.8742
15.3666
468,443
 
02
2005
13.4743
13.8742
240,382
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.4743
83,780
           
 
03
2010
14.4862
19.3480
17,840
 
03
2009
9.0799
14.4862
26,065
 
03
2008
15.3754
9.0799
36,061
 
03
2007
15.3338
15.3754
40,758
 
03
2006
13.8516
15.3338
37,567
 
03
2005
13.4592
13.8516
33,909
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.4592
17,051
           
 
04
2010
14.3272
19.1063
156,448
 
04
2009
8.9940
14.3272
252,377
 
04
2008
15.2535
8.9940
320,951
 
04
2007
15.2356
15.2535
306,025
 
04
2006
13.7840
15.2356
298,898
 
04
2005
13.4140
13.7840
238,829
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.4140
181,739
           
 
05
2010
14.2749
19.0270
2,205
 
05
2009
8.9657
14.2749
2,791
 
05
2008
15.2133
8.9657
6,206
 
05
2007
15.2032
15.2133
4,232
 
05
2006
13.7617
15.2032
2,715
 
05
2005
13.3990
13.7617
1,552
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.3990
395
           
 
06
2010
14.1177
18.7887
12,616
 
06
2009
8.8806
14.1177
18,003
 
06
2008
15.0922
8.8806
30,646
 
06
2007
15.1056
15.0922
31,865
 
06
2006
13.6943
15.1056
31,837
 
06
2005
13.3539
13.6943
33,502
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.3539
24,103
           
 
07
2010
13.5892
18.0761
16,005
 
07
2009
8.5525
13.5892
26,128
 
07
2008
14.5422
8.5525
35,776
 
07
2007
14.5625
14.5422
38,300
 
07
2006
13.2087
14.5625
42,198
 
07
2005
12.8869
13.2087
39,224
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.8869
38,052
           
 
08
2010
13.4052
17.7948
3,161
 
08
2009
8.4540
13.4052
4,148
 
08
2008
14.4044
8.4540
5,584
 
08
2007
14.4543
14.4044
4,949
 
08
2006
13.1374
14.4543
4,849
 
08
2005
12.8436
13.1374
5,016
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.8436
4,491
           
MFS Research International Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
17.8605
19.3722
402,143
 
01
2009
13.9229
17.8605
420,845
 
01
2008
24.6766
13.9229
459,811
 
01
2007
22.2551
24.6766
450,164
 
01
2006
17.7903
22.2551
307,532
 
01
2005
15.5751
17.7903
155,794
 
01
2004
10.0000
15.5751
100,047
           
 
02
2010
17.6005
19.0514
381,567
 
02
2009
13.7481
17.6005
403,732
 
02
2008
24.4169
13.7481
458,856
 
02
2007
22.0660
24.4169
459,307
 
02
2006
17.6750
22.0660
305,872
 
02
2005
15.5056
17.6750
154,306
 
02
2004
10.0000
15.5056
79,844
           
 
03
2010
17.5359
18.9717
25,923
 
03
2009
13.7046
17.5359
28,073
 
03
2008
24.3521
13.7046
29,942
 
03
2007
22.0189
24.3521
29,931
 
03
2006
17.6462
22.0189
48,264
 
03
2005
15.4882
17.6462
43,321
 
03
2004
10.0000
15.4882
32,263
           
 
04
2010
17.3434
18.7348
194,688
 
04
2009
13.5750
17.3434
217,797
 
04
2008
24.1590
13.5750
263,549
 
04
2007
21.8779
24.1590
280,914
 
04
2006
17.5601
21.8779
322,551
 
04
2005
15.4362
17.5601
238,933
 
04
2004
10.0000
15.4362
199,718
           
 
05
2010
17.2801
18.6570
440
 
05
2009
13.5324
17.2801
424
 
05
2008
24.0954
13.5324
816
 
05
2007
21.8315
24.0954
1,441
 
05
2006
17.5316
21.8315
1,848
 
05
2005
15.4190
17.5316
1,190
 
05
2004
10.0000
15.4190
486
           
 
06
2010
17.0900
18.4234
7,286
 
06
2009
13.4041
17.0900
9,500
 
06
2008
23.9038
13.4041
11,270
 
06
2007
21.6914
23.9038
19,580
 
06
2006
17.4459
21.6914
26,116
 
06
2005
15.3671
17.4459
16,263
 
06
2004
10.0000
15.3671
11,964
           
 
07
2010
16.4931
17.7709
7,645
 
07
2009
12.9426
16.4931
18,009
 
07
2008
23.0927
12.9426
20,320
 
07
2007
20.9661
23.0927
39,025
 
07
2006
16.8711
20.9661
53,259
 
07
2005
14.8684
16.8711
54,904
 
07
2004
10.0000
14.8684
64,870
           
 
08
2010
16.2699
17.4945
2,403
 
08
2009
12.7936
16.2699
2,307
 
08
2008
22.8740
12.7936
2,377
 
08
2007
20.8104
22.8740
3,286
 
08
2006
16.7801
20.8104
3,625
 
08
2005
14.8185
16.7801
2,513
 
08
2004
10.0000
14.8185
3,117
           
MFS Strategic Income Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
13.8238
14.9541
81
 
01
2009
11.0520
13.8238
86
 
01
2008
12.9554
11.0520
369
 
01
2007
12.7675
12.9554
6,295
 
01
2006
12.2007
12.7675
6,290
 
01
2005
12.2147
12.2007
7,757
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.2147
10,554
           
 
02
2010
13.6226
14.7064
9,124
 
02
2009
10.9133
13.6226
9,374
 
02
2008
12.8190
10.9133
14,965
 
02
2007
12.6590
12.8190
16,780
 
02
2006
12.1216
12.6590
17,107
 
02
2005
12.1601
12.1216
16,667
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.1601
19,755
           
 
03
2010
13.5726
14.6450
0
 
03
2009
10.8788
13.5726
0
 
03
2008
12.7850
10.8788
0
 
03
2007
12.6319
12.7850
0
 
03
2006
12.1018
12.6319
0
 
03
2005
12.1465
12.1018
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.1465
0
           
 
04
2010
13.4236
14.4620
2,704
 
04
2009
10.7759
13.4236
4,187
 
04
2008
12.6836
10.7759
3,308
 
04
2007
12.5510
12.6836
7,231
 
04
2006
12.0427
12.5510
9,392
 
04
2005
12.1057
12.0427
9,885
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.1057
10,850
           
 
05
2010
13.3747
14.4020
0
 
05
2009
10.7420
13.3747
0
 
05
2008
12.6502
10.7420
0
 
05
2007
12.5244
12.6502
0
 
05
2006
12.0232
12.5244
0
 
05
2005
12.0922
12.0232
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.0922
0
           
 
06
2010
13.2275
14.2217
0
 
06
2009
10.6402
13.2275
0
 
06
2008
12.5495
10.6402
0
 
06
2007
12.4440
12.5495
0
 
06
2006
11.9643
12.4440
0
 
06
2005
12.0514
11.9643
0
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.0514
0
           
 
07
2010
11.9929
12.8877
0
 
07
2009
9.6520
11.9929
0
 
07
2008
11.3899
9.6520
0
 
07
2007
11.2999
11.3899
0
 
07
2006
10.8699
11.2999
0
 
07
2005
10.9546
10.8699
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
10.9546
0
           
 
08
2010
11.8306
12.6872
0
 
08
2009
9.5409
11.8306
0
 
08
2008
11.2820
9.5409
0
 
08
2007
11.2159
11.2820
0
 
08
2006
10.8112
11.2159
0
 
08
2005
10.9178
10.8112
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
10.9178
0
           
MFS Total Return Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
12.9149
13.9257
5,875,162
 
01
2009
11.1524
12.9149
5,868,007
 
01
2008
14.4978
11.1524
5,183,640
 
01
2007
14.1724
14.4978
5,165,051
 
01
2006
12.8827
14.1724
3,628,756
 
01
2005
12.7464
12.8827
2,904,025
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.7464
1,181,186
           
 
02
2010
12.7269
13.6951
2,511,979
 
02
2009
11.0125
12.7269
2,998,329
 
02
2008
14.3452
11.0125
2,954,835
 
02
2007
14.0520
14.3452
2,861,747
 
02
2006
12.7992
14.0520
2,413,585
 
02
2005
12.6895
12.7992
1,842,582
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.6895
999,969
           
 
03
2010
12.6802
13.6378
585,390
 
03
2009
10.9776
12.6802
761,850
 
03
2008
14.3071
10.9776
804,141
 
03
2007
14.0219
14.3071
919,024
 
03
2006
12.7783
14.0219
677,584
 
03
2005
12.6753
12.7783
488,960
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.6753
189,440
           
 
04
2010
12.5410
13.4675
1,676,334
 
04
2009
10.8738
12.5410
1,818,163
 
04
2008
14.1936
10.8738
1,980,241
 
04
2007
13.9322
14.1936
2,048,795
 
04
2006
12.7159
13.9322
2,060,436
 
04
2005
12.6327
12.7159
1,939,367
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.6327
1,638,197
           
 
05
2010
12.4953
13.4116
38,975
 
05
2009
10.8397
12.4953
46,363
 
05
2008
14.1563
10.8397
48,948
 
05
2007
13.9026
14.1563
70,227
 
05
2006
12.6953
13.9026
59,104
 
05
2005
12.6186
12.6953
38,689
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.6186
0
           
 
06
2010
12.3578
13.2436
162,629
 
06
2009
10.7369
12.3578
176,539
 
06
2008
14.0437
10.7369
209,049
 
06
2007
13.8133
14.0437
244,500
 
06
2006
12.6332
13.8133
261,391
 
06
2005
12.5761
12.6332
232,350
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.5761
325,272
           
 
07
2010
11.6829
12.5139
284,822
 
07
2009
10.1557
11.6829
356,112
 
07
2008
13.2903
10.1557
405,419
 
07
2007
13.0790
13.2903
434,650
 
07
2006
11.9677
13.0790
471,186
 
07
2005
11.9197
11.9677
663,209
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.9197
823,450
           
 
08
2010
11.5247
12.3192
8,270
 
08
2009
10.0387
11.5247
9,025
 
08
2008
13.1644
10.0387
9,873
 
08
2007
12.9818
13.1644
2,967
 
08
2006
11.9031
12.9818
9,066
 
08
2005
11.8797
11.9031
9,882
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.8797
58,126
           
MFS Utilities Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
28.3346
31.6424
288,485
 
01
2009
21.6568
28.3346
275,148
 
01
2008
35.1151
21.6568
246,143
 
01
2007
27.8488
35.1151
251,852
 
01
2006
21.4676
27.8488
150,354
 
01
2005
18.6690
21.4676
99,931
 
01
2004
10.0000
18.6690
8,850
           
 
02
2010
27.9223
31.1186
137,764
 
02
2009
21.3852
27.9223
150,034
 
02
2008
34.7457
21.3852
136,454
 
02
2007
27.6123
34.7457
106,799
 
02
2006
21.3285
27.6123
57,017
 
02
2005
18.5858
21.3285
27,343
 
02
2004
10.0000
18.5858
16,186
           
 
03
2010
27.8198
30.9886
17,338
 
03
2009
21.3176
27.8198
18,070
 
03
2008
34.6536
21.3176
18,765
 
03
2007
27.5533
34.6536
1,308
 
03
2006
21.2937
27.5533
1,327
 
03
2005
18.5650
21.2937
559
 
03
2004
10.0000
18.5650
0
           
 
04
2010
27.5146
30.6017
66,365
 
04
2009
21.1160
27.5146
88,887
 
04
2008
34.3789
21.1160
132,788
 
04
2007
27.3769
34.3789
171,058
 
04
2006
21.1898
27.3769
140,809
 
04
2005
18.5026
21.1898
110,171
 
04
2004
10.0000
18.5026
81,925
           
 
05
2010
27.4142
30.4746
0
 
05
2009
21.0497
27.4142
0
 
05
2008
34.2884
21.0497
0
 
05
2007
27.3188
34.2884
0
 
05
2006
21.1555
27.3188
0
 
05
2005
18.4820
21.1555
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
18.4820
0
           
 
06
2010
27.1127
30.0933
9,241
 
06
2009
20.8502
27.1127
9,242
 
06
2008
34.0159
20.8502
11,794
 
06
2007
27.1436
34.0159
16,399
 
06
2006
21.0520
27.1436
9,641
 
06
2005
18.4198
21.0520
3,582
 
06
2004
10.0000
18.4198
0
           
 
07
2010
22.3160
24.7565
391
 
07
2009
17.1701
22.3160
397
 
07
2008
28.0265
17.1701
2,852
 
07
2007
22.3757
28.0265
2,378
 
07
2006
17.3630
22.3757
2,809
 
07
2005
15.1998
17.3630
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
15.1998
0
           
 
08
2010
22.0139
24.3715
0
 
08
2009
16.9725
22.0139
0
 
08
2008
27.7612
16.9725
0
 
08
2007
22.2096
27.7612
0
 
08
2006
17.2694
22.2096
0
 
08
2005
15.1487
17.2694
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
15.1487
0
           
MFS Value Portfolio, S Class
01
2010
14.0298
15.3394
1,249,473
 
01
2009
11.8641
14.0298
1,174,025
 
01
2008
17.9799
11.8641
967,214
 
01
2007
16.9890
17.9799
167,136
 
01
2006
14.3229
16.9890
88,397
 
01
2005
13.7009
14.3229
87,005
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.7009
61,526
           
 
02
2010
13.8255
15.0854
685,282
 
02
2009
11.7152
13.8255
744,391
 
02
2008
17.7907
11.7152
702,915
 
02
2007
16.8447
17.7907
143,127
 
02
2006
14.2300
16.8447
104,822
 
02
2005
13.6398
14.2300
115,400
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.6398
121,286
           
 
03
2010
13.7747
15.0223
22,242
 
03
2009
11.6782
13.7747
25,985
 
03
2008
17.7435
11.6782
29,359
 
03
2007
16.8086
17.7435
11,254
 
03
2006
14.2068
16.8086
29,994
 
03
2005
13.6245
14.2068
31,044
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.6245
26,503
           
 
04
2010
13.6235
14.8346
217,417
 
04
2009
11.5677
13.6235
231,640
 
04
2008
17.6027
11.5677
256,174
 
04
2007
16.7010
17.6027
121,337
 
04
2006
14.1375
16.7010
124,472
 
04
2005
13.5787
14.1375
128,308
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.5787
121,860
           
 
05
2010
13.5738
14.7731
2,513
 
05
2009
11.5313
13.5738
2,576
 
05
2008
17.5564
11.5313
1,195
 
05
2007
16.6655
17.5564
0
 
05
2006
14.1146
16.6655
0
 
05
2005
13.5635
14.1146
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.5635
0
           
 
06
2010
13.4245
14.5881
21,879
 
06
2009
11.4220
13.4245
27,303
 
06
2008
17.4168
11.4220
24,004
 
06
2007
16.5586
17.4168
19,470
 
06
2006
14.0455
16.5586
15,438
 
06
2005
13.5179
14.0455
9,700
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.5179
9,753
           
 
07
2010
13.2614
14.4036
18,226
 
07
2009
11.2891
13.2614
34,000
 
07
2008
17.2229
11.2891
28,157
 
07
2007
16.3827
17.2229
36,427
 
07
2006
13.9034
16.3827
47,596
 
07
2005
13.3879
13.9034
52,981
 
07
2004
10.0000
13.3879
54,470
           
 
08
2010
13.0819
14.1795
0
 
08
2009
11.1591
13.0819
0
 
08
2008
17.0598
11.1591
1,280
 
08
2007
16.2610
17.0598
1,581
 
08
2006
13.8284
16.2610
1,680
 
08
2005
13.3429
13.8284
1,978
 
08
2004
10.0000
13.3429
2,119
           
Universal Institutional Fund - Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (Class II)
01
2010
9.6984
12.6103
81,316
 
01
2009
6.2695
9.6984
164,274
 
01
2008
10.0000
6.2695
11,531
           
 
02
2010
9.6627
12.5383
24,623
 
02
2009
6.2591
9.6627
16,918
 
02
2008
10.0000
6.2591
233
           
 
03
2010
9.6537
12.5203
10,115
 
03
2009
6.2565
9.6537
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
6.2565
0
           
 
04
2010
9.6269
12.4664
20,481
 
04
2009
6.2487
9.6269
7,848
 
04
2008
10.0000
6.2487
1,322
           
 
05
2010
9.6181
12.4486
0
 
05
2009
6.2461
9.6181
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
6.2461
0
           
 
06
2010
9.5913
12.3950
0
 
06
2009
6.2383
9.5913
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
6.2383
0
           
 
07
2010
9.5824
12.3772
0
 
07
2009
6.2357
9.5824
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
6.2357
0
           
 
08
2010
9.5469
12.3060
0
 
08
2009
6.2253
9.5469
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.2253
0
           
Mutual Shares Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
13.4765
14.7306
1,781,553
 
01
2009
10.8764
13.4765
1,793,205
 
01
2008
17.5943
10.8764
937,383
 
01
2007
17.2983
17.5943
539,111
 
01
2006
14.8644
17.2983
132,946
 
01
2005
13.6771
14.8644
56,014
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.6771
31,400
           
 
02
2010
13.2803
14.4866
861,954
 
02
2009
10.7399
13.2803
903,255
 
02
2008
17.4091
10.7399
541,921
 
02
2007
17.1513
17.4091
411,665
 
02
2006
14.7681
17.1513
211,769
 
02
2005
13.6161
14.7681
76,742
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.6161
42,276
           
 
03
2010
13.2315
14.4260
57,439
 
03
2009
10.7059
13.2315
52,623
 
03
2008
17.3630
10.7059
47,545
 
03
2007
17.1146
17.3630
7,221
 
03
2006
14.7440
17.1146
7,377
 
03
2005
13.6008
14.7440
2,552
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.6008
2,691
           
 
04
2010
13.0863
14.2459
204,766
 
04
2009
10.6046
13.0863
221,319
 
04
2008
17.2252
10.6046
158,743
 
04
2007
17.0051
17.2252
156,256
 
04
2006
14.6720
17.0051
124,667
 
04
2005
13.5551
14.6720
88,049
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.5551
21,461
           
 
05
2010
13.0385
14.1867
0
 
05
2009
10.5713
13.0385
0
 
05
2008
17.1799
10.5713
0
 
05
2007
16.9690
17.1799
1,548
 
05
2006
14.6482
16.9690
1,504
 
05
2005
13.5400
14.6482
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.5400
0
           
 
06
2010
12.8951
14.0091
10,119
 
06
2009
10.4710
12.8951
16,186
 
06
2008
17.0432
10.4710
16,217
 
06
2007
16.8600
17.0432
24,686
 
06
2006
14.5765
16.8600
24,734
 
06
2005
13.4944
14.5765
17,849
 
06
2004
10.0000
13.4944
7,920
           
 
07
2010
12.2680
13.3210
1,033
 
07
2009
9.9670
12.2680
1,037
 
07
2008
16.2311
9.9670
1,040
 
07
2007
16.0649
16.2311
911
 
07
2006
13.8961
16.0649
905
 
07
2005
12.8711
13.8961
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.8711
0
           
 
08
2010
12.1019
13.1138
0
 
08
2009
9.8522
12.1019
0
 
08
2008
16.0773
9.8522
0
 
08
2007
15.9456
16.0773
0
 
08
2006
13.8212
15.9456
0
 
08
2005
12.8278
13.8212
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.8278
0
           
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA, Service Shares
01
2010
6.8097
7.5427
165,361
 
01
2009
5.6970
6.8097
223,207
 
01
2008
10.2794
5.6970
58,304
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.2794
20,203
           
 
02
2010
6.7706
7.4841
79,847
 
02
2009
5.6758
6.7706
72,303
 
02
2008
10.2621
5.6758
24,381
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.2621
4,845
           
 
03
2010
6.7608
7.4694
6,687
 
03
2009
5.6705
6.7608
6,898
 
03
2008
10.2578
5.6705
6,717
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.2578
1,320
           
 
04
2010
6.7315
7.4257
10,775
 
04
2009
5.6546
6.7315
10,880
 
04
2008
10.2448
5.6546
3,962
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.2448
987
           
 
05
2010
6.7219
7.4113
0
 
05
2009
5.6493
6.7219
0
 
05
2008
10.2405
5.6493
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.2405
0
           
 
06
2010
6.6927
7.3678
0
 
06
2009
5.6335
6.6927
0
 
06
2008
10.2276
5.6335
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.2276
0
           
 
07
2010
6.6830
7.3534
0
 
07
2009
5.6282
6.6830
0
 
07
2008
10.2233
5.6282
0
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.2233
0
           
 
08
2010
6.6443
7.2959
0
 
08
2009
5.6071
6.6443
0
 
08
2008
10.2060
5.6071
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.2060
0
           
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA, Service Shares
01
2010
12.1592
13.0455
138,982
 
01
2009
8.5808
12.1592
153,371
 
01
2008
16.0659
8.5808
125,175
 
01
2007
14.3557
16.0659
117,674
 
01
2006
13.5615
14.3557
99,220
 
01
2005
13.1556
13.5615
80,208
 
01
2004
10.0000
13.1556
73,786
           
 
02
2010
11.9821
12.8294
103,856
 
02
2009
8.4731
11.9821
136,831
 
02
2008
15.8968
8.4731
138,209
 
02
2007
14.2337
15.8968
175,769
 
02
2006
13.4736
14.2337
177,229
 
02
2005
13.0969
13.4736
109,190
 
02
2004
10.0000
13.0969
80,515
           
 
03
2010
11.9381
12.7757
8,156
 
03
2009
8.4462
11.9381
8,245
 
03
2008
15.8546
8.4462
9,343
 
03
2007
14.2032
15.8546
11,518
 
03
2006
13.4516
14.2032
18,024
 
03
2005
13.0822
13.4516
11,640
 
03
2004
10.0000
13.0822
11,497
           
 
04
2010
11.8070
12.6161
44,423
 
04
2009
8.3663
11.8070
58,325
 
04
2008
15.7288
8.3663
109,835
 
04
2007
14.1123
15.7288
162,200
 
04
2006
13.3859
14.1123
106,518
 
04
2005
13.0383
13.3859
92,001
 
04
2004
10.0000
13.0383
77,643
           
 
05
2010
11.7640
12.5638
0
 
05
2009
8.3400
11.7640
0
 
05
2008
15.6874
8.3400
0
 
05
2007
14.0823
15.6874
1,683
 
05
2006
13.3643
14.0823
1,783
 
05
2005
13.0237
13.3643
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
13.0237
0
           
 
06
2010
11.6345
12.4064
5,872
 
06
2009
8.2609
11.6345
15,770
 
06
2008
15.5627
8.2609
16,845
 
06
2007
13.9919
15.5627
15,651
 
06
2006
13.2989
13.9919
33,565
 
06
2005
12.9799
13.2989
21,606
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.9799
22,625
           
 
07
2010
11.0297
11.7555
19,808
 
07
2009
7.8355
11.0297
22,115
 
07
2008
14.7689
7.8355
31,916
 
07
2007
13.2850
14.7689
30,831
 
07
2006
12.6334
13.2850
34,655
 
07
2005
12.3367
12.6334
37,274
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.3367
39,271
           
 
08
2010
10.8804
11.5726
121
 
08
2009
7.7453
10.8804
134
 
08
2008
14.6290
7.7453
171
 
08
2007
13.1864
14.6290
439
 
08
2006
12.5653
13.1864
820
 
08
2005
12.2953
12.5653
861
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.2953
891
           
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Service Shares
01
2010
13.2832
15.1080
180,189
 
01
2009
9.6968
13.2832
178,272
 
01
2008
16.5332
9.6968
179,324
 
01
2007
15.8564
16.5332
172,946
 
01
2006
13.7435
15.8564
117,545
 
01
2005
12.2570
13.7435
40,273
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.2570
12,026
           
 
02
2010
13.1199
14.8920
108,835
 
02
2009
9.5971
13.1199
141,598
 
02
2008
16.3969
9.5971
176,219
 
02
2007
15.7579
16.3969
255,807
 
02
2006
13.6859
15.7579
243,025
 
02
2005
12.2305
13.6859
153,695
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.2305
62,946
           
 
03
2010
13.0793
14.8384
14,186
 
03
2009
9.5723
13.0793
14,623
 
03
2008
16.3629
9.5723
15,624
 
03
2007
15.7333
16.3629
3,472
 
03
2006
13.6715
15.7333
3,472
 
03
2005
12.2238
13.6715
888
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.2238
0
           
 
04
2010
12.9582
14.6784
83,693
 
04
2009
9.4982
12.9582
86,098
 
04
2008
16.2613
9.4982
90,194
 
04
2007
15.6597
16.2613
90,923
 
04
2006
13.6283
15.6597
72,500
 
04
2005
12.2039
13.6283
62,865
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.2039
17,836
           
 
05
2010
12.9183
14.6259
0
 
05
2009
9.4738
12.9183
0
 
05
2008
16.2278
9.4738
0
 
05
2007
15.6355
16.2278
0
 
05
2006
13.6141
15.6355
0
 
05
2005
12.1973
13.6141
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.1973
0
           
 
06
2010
12.7984
14.4678
2,913
 
06
2009
9.4003
12.7984
2,934
 
06
2008
16.1267
9.4003
4,762
 
06
2007
15.5621
16.1267
4,304
 
06
2006
13.5710
15.5621
6,146
 
06
2005
12.1773
13.5710
5,935
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.1773
1,973
           
 
07
2010
12.7588
14.4157
0
 
07
2009
9.3760
12.7588
0
 
07
2008
16.0933
9.3760
0
 
07
2007
15.5378
16.0933
0
 
07
2006
13.5567
15.5378
0
 
07
2005
12.1707
13.5567
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.1707
0
           
 
08
2010
12.6009
14.2082
0
 
08
2009
9.2790
12.6009
0
 
08
2008
15.9597
9.2790
0
 
08
2007
15.4406
15.9597
0
 
08
2006
13.4995
15.4406
0
 
08
2005
12.1442
13.4995
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.1442
0
           
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Service Shares
01
2010
11.6222
13.2329
2,968,267
 
01
2009
9.2373
11.6222
3,453,767
 
01
2008
15.3123
9.2373
3,953,427
 
01
2007
14.9575
15.3123
3,496,938
 
01
2006
13.2587
14.9575
2,110,998
 
01
2005
12.7550
13.2587
1,243,319
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.7550
535,545
           
 
02
2010
11.4530
13.0137
2,736,749
 
02
2009
9.1214
11.4530
3,138,786
 
02
2008
15.1511
9.1214
3,775,211
 
02
2007
14.8305
15.1511
3,518,644
 
02
2006
13.1728
14.8305
2,223,517
 
02
2005
12.6981
13.1728
1,091,948
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.6981
404,646
           
 
03
2010
11.4109
12.9593
129,358
 
03
2009
9.0925
11.4109
160,396
 
03
2008
15.1109
9.0925
182,498
 
03
2007
14.7987
15.1109
192,297
 
03
2006
13.1513
14.7987
167,632
 
03
2005
12.6839
13.1513
133,140
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.6839
54,435
           
 
04
2010
11.2857
12.7974
1,316,320
 
04
2009
9.0065
11.2857
1,678,733
 
04
2008
14.9911
9.0065
1,874,668
 
04
2007
14.7040
14.9911
1,609,535
 
04
2006
13.0871
14.7040
1,391,769
 
04
2005
12.6413
13.0871
1,004,271
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.6413
695,669
           
 
05
2010
11.2445
12.7442
17,023
 
05
2009
8.9782
11.2445
17,908
 
05
2008
14.9516
8.9782
31,032
 
05
2007
14.6727
14.9516
20,499
 
05
2006
13.0659
14.6727
13,809
 
05
2005
12.6272
13.0659
7,393
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.6272
2,227
           
 
06
2010
11.1207
12.5847
83,835
 
06
2009
8.8930
11.1207
102,294
 
06
2008
14.8327
8.8930
145,531
 
06
2007
14.5786
14.8327
158,786
 
06
2006
13.0019
14.5786
165,494
 
06
2005
12.5846
13.0019
169,762
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.5846
140,727
           
 
07
2010
10.9628
12.3995
113,588
 
07
2009
8.7712
10.9628
151,831
 
07
2008
14.6370
8.7712
165,942
 
07
2007
14.3936
14.6370
177,584
 
07
2006
12.8435
14.3936
203,327
 
07
2005
12.4376
12.8435
188,077
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.4376
187,221
           
 
08
2010
10.8143
12.2065
20,117
 
08
2009
8.6702
10.8143
21,972
 
08
2008
14.4983
8.6702
23,754
 
08
2007
14.2866
14.4983
21,607
 
08
2006
12.7741
14.2866
22,236
 
08
2005
12.3958
12.7741
23,635
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.3958
25,120
           
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA, Service Shares
01
2010
15.7239
19.0206
74,213
 
01
2009
11.6858
15.7239
76,329
 
01
2008
19.1768
11.6858
83,200
 
01
2007
19.7857
19.1768
53,740
 
01
2006
17.5538
19.7857
46,140
 
01
2005
16.2753
17.5538
26,762
 
01
2004
10.0000
16.2753
20,434
           
 
02
2010
15.4950
18.7056
47,845
 
02
2009
11.5392
15.4950
48,979
 
02
2008
18.9750
11.5392
56,615
 
02
2007
19.6176
18.9750
65,847
 
02
2006
17.4401
19.6176
59,913
 
02
2005
16.2027
17.4401
31,412
 
02
2004
10.0000
16.2027
25,584
           
 
03
2010
15.4381
18.6274
1,564
 
03
2009
11.5027
15.4381
1,666
 
03
2008
18.9247
11.5027
1,729
 
03
2007
19.5757
18.9247
1,810
 
03
2006
17.4117
19.5757
1,940
 
03
2005
16.1845
17.4117
1,529
 
03
2004
10.0000
16.1845
1,481
           
 
04
2010
15.2686
18.3947
66,090
 
04
2009
11.3938
15.2686
55,943
 
04
2008
18.7745
11.3938
51,839
 
04
2007
19.4503
18.7745
67,120
 
04
2006
17.3267
19.4503
63,735
 
04
2005
16.1302
17.3267
44,675
 
04
2004
10.0000
16.1302
26,131
           
 
05
2010
15.2129
18.3184
0
 
05
2009
11.3581
15.2129
0
 
05
2008
18.7252
11.3581
0
 
05
2007
19.4091
18.7252
931
 
05
2006
17.2987
19.4091
870
 
05
2005
16.1122
17.2987
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
16.1122
0
           
 
06
2010
15.0455
18.0890
1,237
 
06
2009
11.2503
15.0455
1,237
 
06
2008
18.5763
11.2503
1,238
 
06
2007
19.2845
18.5763
5,761
 
06
2006
17.2140
19.2845
8,008
 
06
2005
16.0580
17.2140
3,889
 
06
2004
10.0000
16.0580
1,237
           
 
07
2010
14.2263
17.0953
0
 
07
2009
10.6432
14.2263
0
 
07
2008
17.5828
10.6432
0
 
07
2007
18.2626
17.5828
0
 
07
2006
16.3101
18.2626
0
 
07
2005
15.2225
16.3101
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
15.2225
0
           
 
08
2010
14.0337
16.8294
0
 
08
2009
10.5207
14.0337
0
 
08
2008
17.4164
10.5207
0
 
08
2007
18.1270
17.4164
0
 
08
2006
16.2222
18.1270
0
 
08
2005
15.1715
16.2222
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
15.1715
0
           
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio, Administrative Class
01
2010
20.9628
23.1143
103,793
 
01
2009
16.3300
20.9628
63,530
 
01
2008
19.4524
16.3300
40,955
 
01
2007
18.7018
19.4524
27,853
 
01
2006
17.4093
18.7018
12,915
 
01
2005
15.9857
17.4093
10,469
 
01
2004
10.0000
15.9857
7,608
           
 
02
2010
20.6577
22.7315
58,179
 
02
2009
16.1251
20.6577
60,132
 
02
2008
19.2476
16.1251
47,177
 
02
2007
18.5428
19.2476
49,093
 
02
2006
17.2965
18.5428
32,027
 
02
2005
15.9143
17.2965
14,807
 
02
2004
10.0000
15.9143
8,183
           
 
03
2010
20.5818
22.6365
0
 
03
2009
16.0742
20.5818
0
 
03
2008
19.1966
16.0742
0
 
03
2007
18.5032
19.1966
0
 
03
2006
17.2683
18.5032
0
 
03
2005
15.8965
17.2683
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
15.8965
0
           
 
04
2010
20.3560
22.3539
33,078
 
04
2009
15.9221
20.3560
29,528
 
04
2008
19.0443
15.9221
39,584
 
04
2007
18.3847
19.0443
39,224
 
04
2006
17.1840
18.3847
38,046
 
04
2005
15.8431
17.1840
21,393
 
04
2004
10.0000
15.8431
11,548
           
 
05
2010
20.2818
22.2611
429
 
05
2009
15.8721
20.2818
429
 
05
2008
18.9942
15.8721
429
 
05
2007
18.3456
18.9942
0
 
05
2006
17.1561
18.3456
0
 
05
2005
15.8254
17.1561
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
15.8254
0
           
 
06
2010
20.0587
21.9824
0
 
06
2009
15.7217
20.0587
0
 
06
2008
18.8431
15.7217
0
 
06
2007
18.2279
18.8431
0
 
06
2006
17.0722
18.2279
0
 
06
2005
15.7721
17.0722
0
 
06
2004
10.0000
15.7721
0
           
 
07
2010
14.7481
16.1542
0
 
07
2009
11.5652
14.7481
0
 
07
2008
13.8685
11.5652
0
 
07
2007
13.4226
13.8685
0
 
07
2006
12.5780
13.4226
0
 
07
2005
11.6261
12.5780
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.6261
0
           
 
08
2010
14.5485
15.9030
0
 
08
2009
11.4321
14.5485
0
 
08
2008
13.7371
11.4321
0
 
08
2007
13.3229
13.7371
0
 
08
2006
12.5101
13.3229
0
 
08
2005
11.5870
12.5101
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.5870
0
           
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, Advisor Class
01
2010
10.6721
11.6805
3,187,545
 
01
2009
10.0000
10.6721
126,552
           
 
02
2010
10.6640
11.6479
454,746
 
02
2009
10.0000
10.6640
124,090
           
 
03
2010
10.6620
11.6397
301
 
03
2009
10.0000
10.6620
317
           
 
04
2010
10.6559
11.6153
1,101,125
 
04
2009
10.0000
10.6559
67,323
           
 
05
2010
10.6539
11.6072
0
 
05
2009
10.0000
10.6539
0
           
 
06
2010
10.6478
11.5828
0
 
06
2009
10.0000
10.6478
0
           
 
07
2010
10.6458
11.5747
0
 
07
2009
10.0000
10.6458
0
           
 
08
2010
10.6377
11.5421
0
 
08
2009
10.0000
10.6377
0
           
PIMCO Real Return Portfolio, Administrative Class
01
2010
13.7669
14.6305
843,854
 
01
2009
11.8289
13.7669
865,671
 
01
2008
12.9474
11.8289
901,132
 
01
2007
11.9027
12.9474
290,056
 
01
2006
12.0220
11.9027
132,639
 
01
2005
11.9780
12.0220
118,235
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.9780
76,432
           
 
02
2010
13.5664
14.3882
640,194
 
02
2009
11.6805
13.5664
734,654
 
02
2008
12.8111
11.6805
787,633
 
02
2007
11.8015
12.8111
259,677
 
02
2006
11.9440
11.8015
190,433
 
02
2005
11.9245
11.9440
120,425
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.9245
90,561
           
 
03
2010
13.5166
14.3281
35,456
 
03
2009
11.6435
13.5166
35,285
 
03
2008
12.7771
11.6435
32,814
 
03
2007
11.7762
12.7771
2,787
 
03
2006
11.9245
11.7762
2,989
 
03
2005
11.9111
11.9245
3,286
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.9111
3,204
           
 
04
2010
13.3682
14.1491
285,779
 
04
2009
11.5334
13.3682
301,677
 
04
2008
12.6757
11.5334
341,018
 
04
2007
11.7007
12.6757
140,564
 
04
2006
11.8662
11.7007
104,579
 
04
2005
11.8711
11.8662
83,259
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.8711
32,154
           
 
05
2010
13.3195
14.0903
2,710
 
05
2009
11.4972
13.3195
2,723
 
05
2008
12.6423
11.4972
2,796
 
05
2007
11.6759
12.6423
1,419
 
05
2006
11.8470
11.6759
1,440
 
05
2005
11.8578
11.8470
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.8578
0
           
 
06
2010
13.1730
13.9139
29,496
 
06
2009
11.3881
13.1730
30,447
 
06
2008
12.5418
11.3881
24,627
 
06
2007
11.6009
12.5418
14,461
 
06
2006
11.7890
11.6009
23,357
 
06
2005
11.8179
11.7890
24,582
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.8179
9,331
           
 
07
2010
12.0182
12.6877
4,978
 
07
2009
10.3951
12.0182
5,648
 
07
2008
11.4540
10.3951
5,283
 
07
2007
10.6003
11.4540
1,045
 
07
2006
10.7776
10.6003
1,084
 
07
2005
10.8095
10.7776
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
10.8095
0
           
 
08
2010
11.8555
12.4904
0
 
08
2009
10.2755
11.8555
0
 
08
2008
11.3455
10.2755
378
 
08
2007
10.5215
11.3455
0
 
08
2006
10.7194
10.5215
0
 
08
2005
10.7732
10.7194
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
10.7732
0
           
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio, Administrative Class
01
2010
14.0854
14.9699
2,749,837
 
01
2009
12.5613
14.0854
2,839,933
 
01
2008
12.1936
12.5613
2,600,790
 
01
2007
11.4062
12.1936
1,743,208
 
01
2006
11.1725
11.4062
214,778
 
01
2005
11.0930
11.1725
144,721
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.0930
141,197
           
 
02
2010
13.8804
14.7220
1,926,004
 
02
2009
12.4036
13.8804
2,035,740
 
02
2008
12.0652
12.4036
2,073,218
 
02
2007
11.3092
12.0652
1,568,764
 
02
2006
11.1001
11.3092
371,233
 
02
2005
11.0435
11.1001
269,248
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.0435
215,310
           
 
03
2010
13.8294
14.6604
73,776
 
03
2009
12.3644
13.8294
79,416
 
03
2008
12.0332
12.3644
80,514
 
03
2007
11.2850
12.0332
54,668
 
03
2006
11.0820
11.2850
31,650
 
03
2005
11.0311
11.0820
21,853
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.0311
21,761
           
 
04
2010
13.6777
14.4774
711,675
 
04
2009
12.2475
13.6777
649,694
 
04
2008
11.9377
12.2475
716,863
 
04
2007
11.2127
11.9377
465,536
 
04
2006
11.0278
11.2127
236,867
 
04
2005
10.9940
11.0278
170,230
 
04
2004
10.0000
10.9940
135,297
           
 
05
2010
13.6278
14.4172
2,673
 
05
2009
12.2090
13.6278
2,687
 
05
2008
11.9062
12.2090
2,664
 
05
2007
11.1889
11.9062
53,009
 
05
2006
11.0100
11.1889
58,985
 
05
2005
10.9818
11.0100
66,235
 
05
2004
10.0000
10.9818
73,578
           
 
06
2010
13.4778
14.2367
47,261
 
06
2009
12.0932
13.4778
47,839
 
06
2008
11.8115
12.0932
41,597
 
06
2007
11.1170
11.8115
50,648
 
06
2006
10.9560
11.1170
41,302
 
06
2005
10.9447
10.9560
32,980
 
06
2004
10.0000
10.9447
25,276
           
 
07
2010
12.5378
13.2370
40,042
 
07
2009
11.2555
12.5378
33,952
 
07
2008
10.9989
11.2555
30,780
 
07
2007
10.3575
10.9989
38,605
 
07
2006
10.2128
10.3575
39,473
 
07
2005
10.2074
10.2128
43,653
 
07
2004
10.0000
10.2074
44,020
           
 
08
2010
12.3681
13.0311
107
 
08
2009
11.1259
12.3681
114
 
08
2008
10.8947
11.1259
965
 
08
2007
10.2806
10.8947
597
 
08
2006
10.1576
10.2806
1,055
 
08
2005
10.1731
10.1576
1,006
 
08
2004
10.0000
10.1731
996
           
PIMCO All Asset Portfolio, Administrative Class
01
2010
11.0655
12.3015
58,604
 
01
2009
9.2592
11.0655
50,955
 
01
2008
11.1932
9.2592
36,073
 
01
2007
10.5123
11.1932
26,201
 
01
2006
10.2176
10.5123
6,457
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.2176
1,500
           
 
02
2010
10.9719
12.1726
30,209
 
02
2009
9.1996
10.9719
28,981
 
02
2008
11.1439
9.1996
22,173
 
02
2007
10.4875
11.1439
16,284
 
02
2006
10.2141
10.4875
9,630
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.2141
1,162
           
 
03
2010
10.9486
12.1405
0
 
03
2009
9.1847
10.9486
0
 
03
2008
11.1315
9.1847
0
 
03
2007
10.4813
11.1315
0
 
03
2006
10.2133
10.4813
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.2133
0
           
 
04
2010
10.8788
12.0447
42,360
 
04
2009
9.1402
10.8788
37,452
 
04
2008
11.0946
9.1402
1,130
 
04
2007
10.4626
11.0946
5,993
 
04
2006
10.2107
10.4626
754
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.2107
0
           
 
05
2010
10.8558
12.0131
0
 
05
2009
9.1255
10.8558
0
 
05
2008
11.0824
9.1255
0
 
05
2007
10.4564
11.0824
0
 
05
2006
10.2099
10.4564
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.2099
0
           
 
06
2010
10.7864
11.9181
0
 
06
2009
9.0811
10.7864
0
 
06
2008
11.0456
9.0811
0
 
06
2007
10.4378
11.0456
0
 
06
2006
10.2073
10.4378
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.2073
0
           
 
07
2010
10.7635
11.8866
0
 
07
2009
9.0664
10.7635
0
 
07
2008
11.0334
9.0664
0
 
07
2007
10.4316
11.0334
0
 
07
2006
10.2064
10.4316
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.2064
0
           
 
08
2010
10.6718
11.7613
0
 
08
2009
9.0077
10.6718
0
 
08
2008
10.9844
9.0077
0
 
08
2007
10.4068
10.9844
0
 
08
2006
10.2030
10.4068
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.2030
0
           
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio, Administrative Class
01
2010
9.1319
11.1784
649,714
 
01
2009
6.5638
9.1319
691,837
 
01
2008
11.8804
6.5638
598,392
 
01
2007
9.8077
11.8804
56,150
 
01
2006
10.2959
9.8077
11,950
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.2959
2,353
           
 
02
2010
9.0546
11.0612
378,659
 
02
2009
6.5215
9.0546
433,886
 
02
2008
11.8281
6.5215
511,547
 
02
2007
9.7845
11.8281
91,163
 
02
2006
10.2924
9.7845
36,714
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.2924
2,590
           
 
03
2010
9.0353
11.0320
18,862
 
03
2009
6.5110
9.0353
24,008
 
03
2008
11.8150
6.5110
25,366
 
03
2007
9.7787
11.8150
2,669
 
03
2006
10.2916
9.7787
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.2916
0
           
 
04
2010
8.9777
10.9449
123,323
 
04
2009
6.4794
8.9777
135,018
 
04
2008
11.7758
6.4794
124,618
 
04
2007
9.7612
11.7758
25,670
 
04
2006
10.2890
9.7612
8,247
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.2890
8,555
           
 
05
2010
8.9587
10.9162
660
 
05
2009
6.4690
8.9587
755
 
05
2008
11.7628
6.4690
929
 
05
2007
9.7555
11.7628
0
 
05
2006
10.2881
9.7555
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.2881
0
           
 
06
2010
8.9015
10.8298
3,783
 
06
2009
6.4375
8.9015
4,475
 
06
2008
11.7237
6.4375
6,194
 
06
2007
9.7381
11.7237
0
 
06
2006
10.2855
9.7381
2,476
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.2855
2,212
           
 
07
2010
8.8825
10.8012
3,428
 
07
2009
6.4270
8.8825
6,194
 
07
2008
11.7107
6.4270
9,130
 
07
2007
9.7323
11.7107
1,470
 
07
2006
10.2847
9.7323
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.2847
0
           
 
08
2010
8.8068
10.6873
0
 
08
2009
6.3854
8.8068
0
 
08
2008
11.6588
6.3854
601
 
08
2007
9.7091
11.6588
0
 
08
2006
10.2812
9.7091
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.2812
0
           
SC AllianceBernstein International Value Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.7054
12.0269
21,495
 
01
2009
9.2125
11.7054
16,330
 
01
2008
10.0000
9.2125
2,017
           
 
02
2010
11.6768
11.9732
19,988
 
02
2009
9.2087
11.6768
0
 
02
2008
10.0000
9.2087
0
           
 
03
2010
11.6697
11.9598
0
 
03
2009
9.2078
11.6697
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
9.2078
0
           
 
04
2010
11.6483
11.9195
1,964
 
04
2009
9.2050
11.6483
1,017
 
04
2008
10.0000
9.2050
37
           
 
05
2010
11.6412
11.9063
0
 
05
2009
9.2041
11.6412
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
9.2041
0
           
 
06
2010
11.6198
11.8661
0
 
06
2009
9.2013
11.6198
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
9.2013
0
           
 
07
2010
11.6127
11.8528
0
 
07
2009
9.2004
11.6127
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
9.2004
0
           
 
08
2010
11.5842
11.7995
0
 
08
2009
9.1966
11.5842
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
9.1966
0
           
SC BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.9162
11.2576
1,356,947
 
01
2009
10.2485
10.9162
906,444
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.2485
41,540
           
 
02
2010
10.8896
11.2073
547,701
 
02
2009
10.2444
10.8896
612,021
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.2444
6,711
           
 
03
2010
10.8830
11.1948
3,124
 
03
2009
10.2434
10.8830
2,526
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.2434
0
           
 
04
2010
10.8630
11.1571
380,903
 
04
2009
10.2403
10.8630
142,381
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.2403
1,425
           
 
05
2010
10.8564
11.1447
9,386
 
05
2009
10.2392
10.8564
8,882
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.2392
0
           
 
06
2010
10.8365
11.1071
0
 
06
2009
10.2361
10.8365
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.2361
0
           
 
07
2010
10.8298
11.0947
2,619
 
07
2009
10.2351
10.8298
2,137
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.2351
0
           
 
08
2010
10.8033
11.0448
0
 
08
2009
10.2310
10.8033
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.2310
0
           
SC BlackRock International Index Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.0000
10.0302
0
           
 
02
2010
10.0000
10.0292
0
           
 
03
2010
10.0000
10.0289
0
           
 
04
2010
10.0000
10.0282
0
           
 
05
2010
10.0000
10.0279
0
           
 
06
2010
10.0000
10.0272
0
           
 
07
2010
10.0000
10.0269
0
           
 
08
2010
10.0000
10.0259
0
           
SC  BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund, Service Class
01
2010
8.6478
9.8997
137,094
 
01
2009
7.2795
8.6478
101,567
 
01
2008
11.7834
7.2795
39,880
 
01
2007
12.7629
11.7834
33,024
 
01
2006
10.8394
12.7629
29,030
 
01
2005
11.1350
10.8394
3,190
 
01
2004
10.0000
11.1350
2,542
           
 
02
2010
8.5441
9.7612
131,040
 
02
2009
7.2070
8.5441
104,291
 
02
2008
11.6899
7.2070
45,377
 
02
2007
12.6875
11.6899
68,493
 
02
2006
10.7973
12.6875
47,318
 
02
2005
11.1143
10.7973
16,739
 
02
2004
10.0000
11.1143
20,700
           
 
03
2010
8.5183
9.7268
153
 
03
2009
7.1889
8.5183
131
 
03
2008
11.6665
7.1889
363
 
03
2007
12.6687
11.6665
363
 
03
2006
10.7868
12.6687
0
 
03
2005
11.1091
10.7868
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
11.1091
0
           
 
04
2010
8.4414
9.6242
20,542
 
04
2009
7.1349
8.4414
16,805
 
04
2008
11.5968
7.1349
44,220
 
04
2007
12.6124
11.5968
64,949
 
04
2006
10.7552
12.6124
6,481
 
04
2005
11.0936
10.7552
4,917
 
04
2004
10.0000
11.0936
3,880
           
 
05
2010
8.4161
9.5905
0
 
05
2009
7.1171
8.4161
0
 
05
2008
11.5738
7.1171
0
 
05
2007
12.5938
11.5738
0
 
05
2006
10.7448
12.5938
0
 
05
2005
11.0885
10.7448
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
11.0885
0
           
 
06
2010
8.3399
9.4891
7,801
 
06
2009
7.0635
8.3399
7,933
 
06
2008
11.5044
7.0635
1,961
 
06
2007
12.5377
11.5044
1,709
 
06
2006
10.7133
12.5377
11,742
 
06
2005
11.0729
10.7133
1,697
 
06
2004
10.0000
11.0729
1,571
           
 
07
2010
8.3147
9.4556
0
 
07
2009
7.0458
8.3147
0
 
07
2008
11.4814
7.0458
0
 
07
2007
12.5191
11.4814
0
 
07
2006
10.7029
12.5191
0
 
07
2005
11.0678
10.7029
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
11.0678
0
           
 
08
2010
8.2144
9.3224
0
 
08
2009
6.9751
8.2144
0
 
08
2008
11.3896
6.9751
0
 
08
2007
12.4446
11.3896
0
 
08
2006
10.6610
12.4446
0
 
08
2005
11.0471
10.6610
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
11.0471
0
           
SC BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, Service Class
01
2010
8.0019
9.7596
1,407,197
 
01
2009
5.9638
8.0019
1,745,397
 
01
2008
9.8081
5.9638
1,907,001
 
01
2007
10.0000
9.8081
1,035,471
           
 
02
2010
7.9559
9.6838
944,705
 
02
2009
5.9416
7.9559
1,169,294
 
02
2008
9.7917
5.9416
1,423,499
 
02
2007
10.0000
9.7917
832,213
           
 
03
2010
7.9444
9.6649
10,390
 
03
2009
5.9360
7.9444
15,475
 
03
2008
9.7875
5.9360
24,346
 
03
2007
10.0000
9.7875
10,653
           
 
04
2010
7.9100
9.6083
171,550
 
04
2009
5.9194
7.9100
232,951
 
04
2008
9.7752
5.9194
317,297
 
04
2007
10.0000
9.7752
155,628
           
 
05
2010
7.8987
9.5896
3,335
 
05
2009
5.9139
7.8987
3,651
 
05
2008
9.7711
5.9139
1,141
 
05
2007
10.0000
9.7711
0
           
 
06
2010
7.8644
9.5334
1,801
 
06
2009
5.8973
7.8644
2,126
 
06
2008
9.7587
5.8973
3,755
 
06
2007
10.0000
9.7587
0
           
 
07
2010
7.8530
9.5147
5,872
 
07
2009
5.8918
7.8530
6,813
 
07
2008
9.7546
5.8918
14,070
 
07
2007
10.0000
9.7546
541
           
 
08
2010
7.8075
9.4402
0
 
08
2009
5.8697
7.8075
0
 
08
2008
9.7381
5.8697
1,109
 
08
2007
10.0000
9.7381
0
           
SC Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.9491
14.2520
41,214
 
01
2009
9.3457
11.9491
39,098
 
01
2008
10.0000
9.3457
2,745
           
 
02
2010
11.9200
14.1883
12,461
 
02
2009
9.3419
11.9200
11,261
 
02
2008
10.0000
9.3419
0
           
 
03
2010
11.9127
14.1724
2,877
 
03
2009
9.3410
11.9127
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
9.3410
0
           
 
04
2010
11.8908
14.1248
35,094
 
04
2009
9.3381
11.8908
8,569
 
04
2008
10.0000
9.3381
0
           
 
05
2010
11.8836
14.1090
0
 
05
2009
9.3372
11.8836
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
9.3372
0
           
 
06
2010
11.8617
14.0615
0
 
06
2009
9.3343
11.8617
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
9.3343
0
           
 
07
2010
11.8545
14.0457
0
 
07
2009
9.3334
11.8545
1,198
 
07
2008
10.0000
9.3334
0
           
 
08
2010
11.8253
13.9825
0
 
08
2009
9.3296
11.8253
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
9.3296
0
           
SC Davis Venture Value Fund, Service Class
01
2010
8.1768
9.0569
2,597,035
 
01
2009
6.4472
8.1768
2,632,679
 
01
2008
10.5668
6.4472
1,253,382
 
01
2007
10.0000
10.5668
386,454
           
 
02
2010
8.1298
8.9866
1,324,614
 
02
2009
6.4232
8.1298
1,292,251
 
02
2008
10.5491
6.4232
616,707
 
02
2007
10.0000
10.5491
172,462
           
 
03
2010
8.1181
8.9690
46,564
 
03
2009
6.4172
8.1181
42,227
 
03
2008
10.5446
6.4172
33,949
 
03
2007
10.0000
10.5446
0
           
 
04
2010
8.0829
8.9165
281,820
 
04
2009
6.3992
8.0829
275,321
 
04
2008
10.5313
6.3992
158,875
 
04
2007
10.0000
10.5313
45,676
           
 
05
2010
8.0713
8.8992
0
 
05
2009
6.3932
8.0713
0
 
05
2008
10.5269
6.3932
0
 
05
2007
10.0000
10.5269
0
           
 
06
2010
8.0363
8.8470
935
 
06
2009
6.3753
8.0363
1,739
 
06
2008
10.5136
6.3753
0
 
06
2007
10.0000
10.5136
0
           
 
07
2010
8.0247
8.8296
0
 
07
2009
6.3693
8.0247
2,959
 
07
2008
10.5091
6.3693
102
 
07
2007
10.0000
10.5091
0
           
 
08
2010
7.9782
8.7606
0
 
08
2009
6.3454
7.9782
0
 
08
2008
10.4914
6.3454
0
 
08
2007
10.0000
10.4914
0
           
SC Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class
01
2010
8.7029
10.4482
473,231
 
01
2009
7.0442
8.7029
543,336
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.0442
22,822
           
 
02
2010
8.6708
10.3885
483,196
 
02
2009
7.0326
8.6708
563,903
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.0326
6,050
           
 
03
2010
8.6628
10.3736
17,510
 
03
2009
7.0296
8.6628
21,657
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.0296
0
           
 
04
2010
8.6387
10.3290
266,280
 
04
2009
7.0209
8.6387
306,177
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.0209
480
           
 
05
2010
8.6308
10.3142
1,074
 
05
2009
7.0180
8.6308
1,111
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.0180
0
           
 
06
2010
8.6068
10.2698
12,657
 
06
2009
7.0092
8.6068
13,667
 
06
2008
10.0000
7.0092
0
           
 
07
2010
8.5988
10.2550
6,107
 
07
2009
7.0063
8.5988
11,779
 
07
2008
10.0000
7.0063
0
           
 
08
2010
8.5668
10.1960
2,055
 
08
2009
6.9946
8.5668
2,227
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.9946
0
           
SC Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Service Class
01
2010
8.6648
10.3591
214,341
 
01
2009
7.0302
8.6648
211,853
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.0302
37,841
           
 
02
2010
8.6329
10.2999
115,137
 
02
2009
7.0186
8.6329
168,384
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.0186
31,265
           
 
03
2010
8.6249
10.2851
5,197
 
03
2009
7.0157
8.6249
549
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.0157
1,980
           
 
04
2010
8.6009
10.2408
32,809
 
04
2009
7.0069
8.6009
16,499
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.0069
2,157
           
 
05
2010
8.5930
10.2262
0
 
05
2009
7.0040
8.5930
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.0040
0
           
 
06
2010
8.5691
10.1821
0
 
06
2009
6.9953
8.5691
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
6.9953
0
           
 
07
2010
8.5612
10.1675
0
 
07
2009
6.9924
8.5612
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
6.9924
0
           
 
08
2010
8.5293
10.1090
0
 
08
2009
6.9807
8.5293
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
6.9807
0
           
SC Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund, Initial Class
01
2010
10.3730
10.4429
5,510,789
 
01
2009
10.1681
10.3730
5,679,683
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.1681
298,462
           
 
02
2010
10.3349
10.3833
4,817,331
 
02
2009
10.1513
10.3349
4,934,918
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.1513
465,968
           
 
03
2010
10.3253
10.3683
209,348
 
03
2009
10.1471
10.3253
243,854
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.1471
3,584
           
 
04
2010
10.2967
10.3238
1,590,325
 
04
2009
10.1345
10.2967
1,758,748
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.1345
139,793
           
 
05
2010
10.2872
10.3091
29,296
 
05
2009
10.1303
10.2872
27,364
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.1303
5,776
           
 
06
2010
10.2586
10.2646
177,498
 
06
2009
10.1177
10.2586
177,371
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.1177
26,335
           
 
07
2010
10.2492
10.2499
176,114
 
07
2009
10.1135
10.2492
204,354
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.1135
6,105
           
 
08
2010
10.2111
10.1910
29,638
 
08
2009
10.0967
10.2111
29,973
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.0967
489
           
SC Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.3263
10.3698
1,672,470
 
01
2009
10.1476
10.3263
1,306,657
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.1476
718,981
           
 
02
2010
10.2882
10.3106
643,539
 
02
2009
10.1308
10.2882
608,852
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.1308
400,655
           
 
03
2010
10.2787
10.2958
6,907
 
03
2009
10.1266
10.2787
9,305
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.1266
8,216
           
 
04
2010
10.2502
10.2516
128,197
 
04
2009
10.1140
10.2502
88,792
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.1140
50,111
           
 
05
2010
10.2408
10.2370
0
 
05
2009
10.1099
10.2408
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.1099
0
           
 
06
2010
10.2124
10.1928
0
 
06
2009
10.0973
10.2124
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.0973
0
           
 
07
2010
10.2029
10.1782
0
 
07
2009
10.0931
10.2029
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.0931
0
           
 
08
2010
10.1651
10.1197
0
 
08
2009
10.0763
10.1651
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.0763
0
           
SC Ibbotson Balanced Fund, Service Class
01
2010
12.2621
13.4790
7,192,277
 
01
2009
10.0886
12.2621
3,734,118
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.0886
649,082
           
 
02
2010
12.2323
13.4188
1,746,517
 
02
2009
10.0846
12.2323
1,452,168
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.0846
152,188
           
 
03
2010
12.2248
13.4038
2,139
 
03
2009
10.0836
12.2248
2,206
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.0836
0
           
 
04
2010
12.2024
13.3587
1,052,607
 
04
2009
10.0805
12.2024
122,825
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.0805
81,644
           
 
05
2010
12.1950
13.3438
0
 
05
2009
10.0795
12.1950
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.0795
0
           
 
06
2010
12.1726
13.2989
15,332
 
06
2009
10.0764
12.1726
15,332
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.0764
0
           
 
07
2010
12.1651
13.2839
0
 
07
2009
10.0754
12.1651
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.0754
0
           
 
08
2010
12.1353
13.2242
0
 
08
2009
10.0714
12.1353
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.0714
0
           
SC Ibbotson Conservative Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.5910
12.4928
6,112,341
 
01
2009
9.8907
11.5910
3,558,286
 
01
2008
10.0000
9.8907
253,785
           
 
02
2010
11.5627
12.4371
1,226,099
 
02
2009
9.8868
11.5627
1,045,869
 
02
2008
10.0000
9.8868
92,649
           
 
03
2010
11.5557
12.4231
684
 
03
2009
9.8858
11.5557
12,722
 
03
2008
10.0000
9.8858
0
           
 
04
2010
11.5345
12.3814
1,039,492
 
04
2009
9.8828
11.5345
298,977
 
04
2008
10.0000
9.8828
20,569
           
 
05
2010
11.5275
12.3676
0
 
05
2009
9.8818
11.5275
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
9.8818
0
           
 
06
2010
11.5063
12.3259
0
 
06
2009
9.8788
11.5063
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
9.8788
0
           
 
07
2010
11.4993
12.3121
14,892
 
07
2009
9.8778
11.4993
3,568
 
07
2008
10.0000
9.8778
0
           
 
08
2010
11.4711
12.2567
0
 
08
2009
9.8738
11.4711
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
9.8738
0
           
SC Ibbotson Growth Fund, Service Class
01
2010
12.7188
14.2050
3,865,002
 
01
2009
10.2078
12.7188
3,407,753
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.2078
378,364
           
 
02
2010
12.6878
14.1416
1,290,759
 
02
2009
10.2037
12.6878
1,115,847
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.2037
101,892
           
 
03
2010
12.6800
14.1257
11,668
 
03
2009
10.2027
12.6800
12,248
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.2027
0
           
 
04
2010
12.6568
14.0782
255,492
 
04
2009
10.1996
12.6568
219,628
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.1996
0
           
 
05
2010
12.6491
14.0625
0
 
05
2009
10.1985
12.6491
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.1985
0
           
 
06
2010
12.6258
14.0152
0
 
06
2009
10.1955
12.6258
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.1955
0
           
 
07
2010
12.6181
13.9994
0
 
07
2009
10.1944
12.6181
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.1944
0
           
 
08
2010
12.5871
13.9365
0
 
08
2009
10.1903
12.5871
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.1903
0
           
SC Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.6449
14.4075
66,907
 
01
2009
9.0163
11.6449
28,151
 
01
2008
10.0000
9.0163
2,393
           
 
02
2010
11.6165
14.3432
28,646
 
02
2009
9.0126
11.6165
12,778
 
02
2008
10.0000
9.0126
0
           
 
03
2010
11.6094
14.3271
0
 
03
2009
9.0117
11.6094
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
9.0117
0
           
 
04
2010
11.5881
14.2789
17,741
 
04
2009
9.0090
11.5881
6,089
 
04
2008
10.0000
9.0090
0
           
 
05
2010
11.5810
14.2630
0
 
05
2009
9.0081
11.5810
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
9.0081
0
           
 
06
2010
11.5598
14.2149
0
 
06
2009
9.0053
11.5598
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
9.0053
0
           
 
07
2010
11.5527
14.1989
0
 
07
2009
9.0044
11.5527
1,237
 
07
2008
10.0000
9.0044
0
           
 
08
2010
11.5243
14.1351
0
 
08
2009
9.0008
11.5243
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
9.0008
0
           
SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund, Initial Class
01
2010
8.3985
9.6748
3,357,273
 
01
2009
7.2499
8.3985
3,890,568
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.2499
2,972
           
 
02
2010
8.3675
9.6195
2,841,001
 
02
2009
7.2379
8.3675
3,247,588
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.2379
0
           
 
03
2010
8.3598
9.6057
109,971
 
03
2009
7.2349
8.3598
144,447
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.2349
0
           
 
04
2010
8.3366
9.5644
1,015,459
 
04
2009
7.2259
8.3366
1,253,481
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.2259
0
           
 
05
2010
8.3289
9.5507
13,317
 
05
2009
7.2229
8.3289
13,962
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.2229
0
           
 
06
2010
8.3057
9.5095
65,296
 
06
2009
7.2139
8.3057
101,006
 
06
2008
10.0000
7.2139
0
           
 
07
2010
8.2980
9.4959
115,980
 
07
2009
7.2109
8.2980
148,726
 
07
2008
10.0000
7.2109
0
           
 
08
2010
8.2672
9.4412
14,466
 
08
2009
7.1989
8.2672
16,164
 
08
2008
10.0000
7.1989
0
           
SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund, Service Class
01
2010
8.3507
9.5994
213,836
 
01
2009
7.2355
8.3507
142,602
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.2355
26,015
           
 
02
2010
8.3199
9.5445
74,438
 
02
2009
7.2235
8.3199
67,530
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.2235
19,776
           
 
03
2010
8.3122
9.5308
0
 
03
2009
7.2205
8.3122
0
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.2205
0
           
 
04
2010
8.2891
9.4898
21,523
 
04
2009
7.2115
8.2891
15,277
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.2115
459
           
 
05
2010
8.2815
9.4763
0
 
05
2009
7.2085
8.2815
0
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.2085
0
           
 
06
2010
8.2584
9.4354
0
 
06
2009
7.1995
8.2584
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
7.1995
0
           
 
07
2010
8.2508
9.4218
0
 
07
2009
7.1965
8.2508
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
7.1965
0
           
 
08
2010
8.2201
9.3676
0
 
08
2009
7.1845
8.2201
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
7.1845
0
           
SC PIMCO High Yield Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.9119
12.0592
342,504
 
01
2009
8.5105
10.9119
268,077
 
01
2008
10.0000
8.5105
115,248
           
 
02
2010
10.8717
11.9904
131,595
 
02
2009
8.4964
10.8717
162,751
 
02
2008
10.0000
8.4964
103,407
           
 
03
2010
10.8617
11.9732
20,719
 
03
2009
8.4929
10.8617
8,582
 
03
2008
10.0000
8.4929
8,592
           
 
04
2010
10.8316
11.9217
116,968
 
04
2009
8.4823
10.8316
53,242
 
04
2008
10.0000
8.4823
23,378
           
 
05
2010
10.8216
11.9047
2,033
 
05
2009
8.4788
10.8216
2,085
 
05
2008
10.0000
8.4788
2,246
           
 
06
2010
10.7916
11.8535
2,974
 
06
2009
8.4683
10.7916
3,305
 
06
2008
10.0000
8.4683
4,930
           
 
07
2010
10.7816
11.8364
1,591
 
07
2009
8.4648
10.7816
1,075
 
07
2008
10.0000
8.4648
95
           
 
08
2010
10.7416
11.7684
0
 
08
2009
8.4507
10.7416
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
8.4507
0
           
SC PIMCO Total Return Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.2917
11.9072
3,959,598
 
01
2009
10.5745
11.2917
2,620,242
 
01
2008
10.0000
10.5745
200,694
           
 
02
2010
11.2642
11.8541
782,105
 
02
2009
10.5703
11.2642
566,261
 
02
2008
10.0000
10.5703
80,064
           
 
03
2010
11.2573
11.8408
12,258
 
03
2009
10.5692
11.2573
7,774
 
03
2008
10.0000
10.5692
1,378
           
 
04
2010
11.2366
11.8010
677,751
 
04
2009
10.5660
11.2366
233,947
 
04
2008
10.0000
10.5660
8,286
           
 
05
2010
11.2298
11.7878
10,719
 
05
2009
10.5650
11.2298
10,276
 
05
2008
10.0000
10.5650
0
           
 
06
2010
11.2092
11.7481
0
 
06
2009
10.5618
11.2092
0
 
06
2008
10.0000
10.5618
0
           
 
07
2010
11.2023
11.7349
0
 
07
2009
10.5607
11.2023
0
 
07
2008
10.0000
10.5607
0
           
 
08
2010
11.1749
11.6822
0
 
08
2009
10.5565
11.1749
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
10.5565
0
           
SC WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund, Service Class
01
2010
9.5399
11.5146
395,159
 
01
2009
7.4677
9.5399
469,258
 
01
2008
10.0000
7.4677
459,833
           
 
02
2010
9.5047
11.4488
278,737
 
02
2009
7.4554
9.5047
343,776
 
02
2008
10.0000
7.4554
337,309
           
 
03
2010
9.4959
11.4323
3,883
 
03
2009
7.4523
9.4959
6,276
 
03
2008
10.0000
7.4523
9,046
           
 
04
2010
9.4695
11.3832
37,131
 
04
2009
7.4430
9.4695
38,444
 
04
2008
10.0000
7.4430
82,472
           
 
05
2010
9.4608
11.3670
441
 
05
2009
7.4399
9.4608
442
 
05
2008
10.0000
7.4399
443
           
 
06
2010
9.4345
11.3179
1,849
 
06
2009
7.4306
9.4345
2,143
 
06
2008
10.0000
7.4306
4,772
           
 
07
2010
9.4258
11.3017
3,492
 
07
2009
7.4275
9.4258
3,944
 
07
2008
10.0000
7.4275
8,803
           
 
08
2010
9.3908
11.2367
0
 
08
2009
7.4152
9.3908
0
 
08
2008
10.0000
7.4152
745
           
SC WMC Large Cap Growth Fund, Service Class
01
2010
7.6401
8.9520
104,425
 
01
2009
5.6698
7.6401
42,054
 
01
2008
10.3562
5.6698
16,978
 
01
2007
9.8671
10.3562
5,805
 
01
2006
10.0000
9.8671
1,147
           
 
02
2010
7.5831
8.8672
65,241
 
02
2009
5.6390
7.5831
70,916
 
02
2008
10.3210
5.6390
52,918
 
02
2007
9.8538
10.3210
38,329
 
02
2006
10.0000
9.8538
18,728
           
 
03
2010
7.5689
8.8461
0
 
03
2009
5.6313
7.5689
0
 
03
2008
10.3122
5.6313
0
 
03
2007
9.8504
10.3122
0
 
03
2006
10.0000
9.8504
0
           
 
04
2010
7.5264
8.7829
15,166
 
04
2009
5.6082
7.5264
11,431
 
04
2008
10.2859
5.6082
3,150
 
04
2007
9.8404
10.2859
3,114
 
04
2006
10.0000
9.8404
1,189
           
 
05
2010
7.5124
8.7621
0
 
05
2009
5.6006
7.5124
0
 
05
2008
10.2772
5.6006
0
 
05
2007
9.8371
10.2772
0
 
05
2006
10.0000
9.8371
0
           
 
06
2010
7.4701
8.6994
0
 
06
2009
5.5777
7.4701
0
 
06
2008
10.2509
5.5777
0
 
06
2007
9.8271
10.2509
0
 
06
2006
10.0000
9.8271
0
           
 
07
2010
7.4561
8.6787
0
 
07
2009
5.5700
7.4561
0
 
07
2008
10.2421
5.5700
0
 
07
2007
9.8237
10.2421
0
 
07
2006
10.0000
9.8237
0
           
 
08
2010
7.4001
8.5959
0
 
08
2009
5.5396
7.4001
0
 
08
2008
10.2071
5.5396
0
 
08
2007
9.8104
10.2071
0
 
08
2006
10.0000
9.8104
0
           
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.7138
12.1056
977,608
 
01
2009
8.3953
10.7138
1,059,752
 
01
2008
15.4994
8.3953
1,188,899
 
01
2007
18.1956
15.4994
807,686
 
01
2006
13.3501
18.1956
379,082
 
01
2005
12.4174
13.3501
253,023
 
01
2004
10.0000
12.4174
139,948
           
 
02
2010
10.5854
11.9363
822,365
 
02
2009
8.3116
10.5854
905,109
 
02
2008
15.3764
8.3116
1,086,735
 
02
2007
18.0883
15.3764
829,891
 
02
2006
13.2983
18.0883
408,556
 
02
2005
12.3943
13.2983
248,744
 
02
2004
10.0000
12.3943
115,602
           
 
03
2010
10.5535
11.8941
35,528
 
03
2009
8.2907
10.5535
42,113
 
03
2008
15.3457
8.2907
50,606
 
03
2007
18.0614
15.3457
41,294
 
03
2006
13.2853
18.0614
33,246
 
03
2005
12.3885
13.2853
30,738
 
03
2004
10.0000
12.3885
16,998
           
 
04
2010
10.4581
11.7687
276,371
 
04
2009
8.2284
10.4581
316,815
 
04
2008
15.2540
8.2284
372,647
 
04
2007
17.9812
15.2540
323,465
 
04
2006
13.2465
17.9812
236,296
 
04
2005
12.3712
13.2465
183,474
 
04
2004
10.0000
12.3712
137,282
           
 
05
2010
10.4267
11.7274
3,025
 
05
2009
8.2079
10.4267
3,105
 
05
2008
15.2238
8.2079
5,476
 
05
2007
17.9547
15.2238
3,581
 
05
2006
13.2337
17.9547
2,492
 
05
2005
12.3655
13.2337
1,537
 
05
2004
10.0000
12.3655
426
           
 
06
2010
10.3324
11.6034
14,139
 
06
2009
8.1461
10.3324
20,687
 
06
2008
15.1326
8.1461
25,907
 
06
2007
17.8748
15.1326
28,637
 
06
2006
13.1949
17.8748
24,956
 
06
2005
12.3482
13.1949
26,109
 
06
2004
10.0000
12.3482
22,053
           
 
07
2010
10.3011
11.5624
28,571
 
07
2009
8.1257
10.3011
35,451
 
07
2008
15.1023
8.1257
41,453
 
07
2007
17.8482
15.1023
36,940
 
07
2006
13.1821
17.8482
35,052
 
07
2005
12.3424
13.1821
40,851
 
07
2004
10.0000
12.3424
45,233
           
 
08
2010
10.1768
11.3995
3,160
 
08
2009
8.0441
10.1768
3,184
 
08
2008
14.9817
8.0441
3,675
 
08
2007
17.7422
14.9817
2,796
 
08
2006
13.1306
17.7422
2,435
 
08
2005
12.3194
13.1306
2,347
 
08
2004
10.0000
12.3194
2,557
           
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund, Service Class
01
2010
11.0623
11.6905
862,204
 
01
2009
9.3298
11.0623
593,851
 
01
2008
10.8715
9.3298
192,322
 
01
2007
10.6853
10.8715
170,344
 
01
2006
10.3379
10.6853
32,716
 
01
2005
10.3369
10.3379
10,519
 
01
2004
10.0000
10.3369
3,080
           
 
02
2010
10.9299
11.5270
398,955
 
02
2009
9.2368
10.9299
438,828
 
02
2008
10.7852
9.2368
161,968
 
02
2007
10.6222
10.7852
189,518
 
02
2006
10.2978
10.6222
41,107
 
02
2005
10.3177
10.2978
24,919
 
02
2004
10.0000
10.3177
580
           
 
03
2010
10.8969
11.4863
31,899
 
03
2009
9.2137
10.8969
25,056
 
03
2008
10.7637
9.2137
25,703
 
03
2007
10.6065
10.7637
8,406
 
03
2006
10.2877
10.6065
0
 
03
2005
10.3129
10.2877
0
 
03
2004
10.0000
10.3129
0
           
 
04
2010
10.7985
11.3652
232,560
 
04
2009
9.1445
10.7985
248,722
 
04
2008
10.6993
9.1445
78,630
 
04
2007
10.5593
10.6993
106,557
 
04
2006
10.2576
10.5593
28,100
 
04
2005
10.2985
10.2576
7,773
 
04
2004
10.0000
10.2985
0
           
 
05
2010
10.7662
11.3254
2,917
 
05
2009
9.1217
10.7662
2,918
 
05
2008
10.6781
9.1217
2,919
 
05
2007
10.5437
10.6781
1,679
 
05
2006
10.2477
10.5437
1,615
 
05
2005
10.2938
10.2477
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
10.2938
0
           
 
06
2010
10.6687
11.2057
8,654
 
06
2009
9.0531
10.6687
8,766
 
06
2008
10.6141
9.0531
2,889
 
06
2007
10.4967
10.6141
17,230
 
06
2006
10.2177
10.4967
8,222
 
06
2005
10.2793
10.2177
7,368
 
06
2004
10.0000
10.2793
317
           
 
07
2010
10.6366
11.1662
1,596
 
07
2009
9.0304
10.6366
1,580
 
07
2008
10.5929
9.0304
1,608
 
07
2007
10.4812
10.5929
832
 
07
2006
10.2077
10.4812
0
 
07
2005
10.2745
10.2077
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
10.2745
0
           
 
08
2010
10.5083
11.0089
0
 
08
2009
8.9398
10.5083
0
 
08
2008
10.5082
8.9398
0
 
08
2007
10.4189
10.5082
0
 
08
2006
10.1678
10.4189
0
 
08
2005
10.2553
10.1678
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
10.2553
0
           
Sun Capital Money Market Fund, Service Class
01
2010
10.4567
10.2789
1,210,348
 
01
2009
10.6359
10.4567
1,415,826
 
01
2008
10.6084
10.6359
692,343
 
01
2007
10.3168
10.6084
3,025
 
01
2006
10.0583
10.3168
2,982
 
01
2005
10.0000
10.0583
2,678
           
 
02
2010
10.3553
10.1586
905,139
 
02
2009
10.5543
10.3553
964,553
 
02
2008
10.5485
10.5543
172,973
 
02
2007
10.2795
10.5485
0
 
02
2006
10.0423
10.2795
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
10.0423
0
           
 
03
2010
10.3301
10.1286
6,161
 
03
2009
10.5339
10.3301
21,697
 
03
2008
10.5335
10.5339
17,553
 
03
2007
10.2702
10.5335
0
 
03
2006
10.0384
10.2702
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
10.0384
0
           
 
04
2010
10.2546
10.0392
352,876
 
04
2009
10.4730
10.2546
216,384
 
04
2008
10.4887
10.4730
155,629
 
04
2007
10.2423
10.4887
0
 
04
2006
10.0264
10.2423
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
10.0264
0
           
 
05
2010
10.2297
10.0098
0
 
05
2009
10.4529
10.2297
0
 
05
2008
10.4739
10.4529
0
 
05
2007
10.2331
10.4739
0
 
05
2006
10.0224
10.2331
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
10.0224
0
           
 
06
2010
10.1548
9.9212
0
 
06
2009
10.3923
10.1548
0
 
06
2008
10.4293
10.3923
7,725
 
06
2007
10.2052
10.4293
0
 
06
2006
10.0105
10.2052
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
10.0105
0
           
 
07
2010
10.1300
9.8919
0
 
07
2009
10.3722
10.1300
0
 
07
2008
10.4144
10.3722
0
 
07
2007
10.1960
10.4144
0
 
07
2006
10.0065
10.1960
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
10.0065
0
           
 
08
2010
10.0311
9.7753
0
 
08
2009
10.2920
10.0311
0
 
08
2008
10.3552
10.2920
0
 
08
2007
10.1589
10.3552
0
 
08
2006
9.9905
10.1589
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
9.9905
0
           
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
14.0866
16.2827
367,302
 
01
2009
8.3029
14.0866
420,960
 
01
2008
17.8610
8.3029
582,608
 
01
2007
14.1098
17.8610
453,540
 
01
2006
11.2055
14.1098
24,190
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.2055
0
           
 
02
2010
13.9675
16.1122
289,906
 
02
2009
8.2494
13.9675
316,651
 
02
2008
17.7824
8.2494
472,533
 
02
2007
14.0765
17.7824
400,090
 
02
2006
11.2018
14.0765
62,739
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.2018
0
           
 
03
2010
13.9377
16.0696
4,822
 
03
2009
8.2360
13.9377
5,780
 
03
2008
17.7627
8.2360
8,363
 
03
2007
14.0682
17.7627
5,054
 
03
2006
11.2009
14.0682
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.2009
0
           
 
04
2010
13.8489
15.9428
89,616
 
04
2009
8.1961
13.8489
118,788
 
04
2008
17.7038
8.1961
131,321
 
04
2007
14.0432
17.7038
167,477
 
04
2006
11.1980
14.0432
26,554
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.1980
18,943
           
 
05
2010
13.8196
15.9010
1,362
 
05
2009
8.1829
13.8196
1,460
 
05
2008
17.6843
8.1829
0
 
05
2007
14.0349
17.6843
0
 
05
2006
11.1971
14.0349
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.1971
0
           
 
06
2010
13.7313
15.7752
1,311
 
06
2009
8.1431
13.7313
1,311
 
06
2008
17.6256
8.1431
7,671
 
06
2007
14.0099
17.6256
10,392
 
06
2006
11.1943
14.0099
3,260
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.1943
4,905
           
 
07
2010
13.7021
15.7336
0
 
07
2009
8.1299
13.7021
0
 
07
2008
17.6061
8.1299
936
 
07
2007
14.0015
17.6061
942
 
07
2006
11.1933
14.0015
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.1933
0
           
 
08
2010
13.5853
15.5676
0
 
08
2009
8.0772
13.5853
0
 
08
2008
17.5280
8.0772
0
 
08
2007
13.9682
17.5280
0
 
08
2006
11.1896
13.9682
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
11.1896
0
           
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
17.5014
18.6504
1,058,410
 
01
2009
12.9916
17.5014
1,152,317
 
01
2008
22.1685
12.9916
1,431,626
 
01
2007
19.5344
22.1685
1,470,956
 
01
2006
16.3622
19.5344
1,424,043
 
01
2005
15.1080
16.3622
894,519
 
01
2004
10.0000
15.1080
428,447
           
 
02
2010
17.2466
18.3416
1,135,639
 
02
2009
12.8286
17.2466
1,242,253
 
02
2008
21.9352
12.8286
1,596,398
 
02
2007
19.3684
21.9352
1,680,974
 
02
2006
16.2562
19.3684
1,516,351
 
02
2005
15.0406
16.2562
800,823
 
02
2004
10.0000
15.0406
338,260
           
 
03
2010
17.1833
18.2649
75,780
 
03
2009
12.7880
17.1833
85,751
 
03
2008
21.8771
12.7880
103,214
 
03
2007
19.3270
21.8771
100,415
 
03
2006
16.2297
19.3270
104,289
 
03
2005
15.0238
16.2297
102,985
 
03
2004
10.0000
15.0238
50,307
           
 
04
2010
16.9947
18.0368
595,597
 
04
2009
12.6670
16.9947
673,162
 
04
2008
21.7035
12.6670
835,801
 
04
2007
19.2032
21.7035
940,046
 
04
2006
16.1504
19.2032
964,322
 
04
2005
14.9733
16.1504
773,660
 
04
2004
10.0000
14.9733
555,419
           
 
05
2010
16.9327
17.9619
9,720
 
05
2009
12.6273
16.9327
9,540
 
05
2008
21.6464
12.6273
17,959
 
05
2007
19.1625
21.6464
12,088
 
05
2006
16.1243
19.1625
9,249
 
05
2005
14.9566
16.1243
5,205
 
05
2004
10.0000
14.9566
1,648
           
 
06
2010
16.7464
17.7370
52,492
 
06
2009
12.5075
16.7464
68,521
 
06
2008
21.4743
12.5075
97,277
 
06
2007
19.0395
21.4743
101,565
 
06
2006
16.0454
19.0395
115,467
 
06
2005
14.9062
16.0454
127,902
 
06
2004
10.0000
14.9062
115,638
           
 
07
2010
16.4184
17.3807
78,863
 
07
2009
12.2688
16.4184
96,928
 
07
2008
21.0752
12.2688
113,440
 
07
2007
18.6953
21.0752
121,754
 
07
2006
15.7633
18.6953
153,932
 
07
2005
14.6516
15.7633
155,114
 
07
2004
10.0000
14.6516
167,768
           
 
08
2010
16.1962
17.1104
12,034
 
08
2009
12.1276
16.1962
12,250
 
08
2008
20.8756
12.1276
13,995
 
08
2007
18.5565
20.8756
12,772
 
08
2006
15.6783
18.5565
14,813
 
08
2005
14.6024
15.6783
16,281
 
08
2004
10.0000
14.6024
18,547
           
Templeton Growth Securities Fund, Class 2
01
2010
13.9713
14.7495
239,781
 
01
2009
10.8410
13.9713
228,346
 
01
2008
19.1228
10.8410
190,040
 
01
2007
19.0091
19.1228
165,158
 
01
2006
15.8748
19.0091
35,963
 
01
2005
14.8337
15.8748
14,184
 
01
2004
10.0000
14.8337
3,822
           
 
02
2010
13.7680
14.5053
111,662
 
02
2009
10.7050
13.7680
129,143
 
02
2008
18.9215
10.7050
127,227
 
02
2007
18.8476
18.9215
173,813
 
02
2006
15.7719
18.8476
127,664
 
02
2005
14.7675
15.7719
35,471
 
02
2004
10.0000
14.7675
30,718
           
 
03
2010
13.7174
14.4446
12,229
 
03
2009
10.6711
13.7174
12,267
 
03
2008
18.8713
10.6711
13,642
 
03
2007
18.8073
18.8713
3,219
 
03
2006
15.7462
18.8073
3,152
 
03
2005
14.7509
15.7462
971
 
03
2004
10.0000
14.7509
550
           
 
04
2010
13.5668
14.2642
75,640
 
04
2009
10.5702
13.5668
67,282
 
04
2008
18.7216
10.5702
71,724
 
04
2007
18.6869
18.7216
90,878
 
04
2006
15.6693
18.6869
59,354
 
04
2005
14.7014
15.6693
29,511
 
04
2004
10.0000
14.7014
18,481
           
 
05
2010
13.5173
14.2050
0
 
05
2009
10.5370
13.5173
0
 
05
2008
18.6724
10.5370
0
 
05
2007
18.6472
18.6724
0
 
05
2006
15.6439
18.6472
0
 
05
2005
14.6850
15.6439
0
 
05
2004
10.0000
14.6850
0
           
 
06
2010
13.3686
14.0271
1,588
 
06
2009
10.4371
13.3686
4,548
 
06
2008
18.5239
10.4371
4,707
 
06
2007
18.5275
18.5239
6,421
 
06
2006
15.5674
18.5275
4,004
 
06
2005
14.6356
15.5674
1,589
 
06
2004
10.0000
14.6356
1,589
           
 
07
2010
12.8942
13.5224
0
 
07
2009
10.0718
12.8942
0
 
07
2008
17.8849
10.0718
3,894
 
07
2007
17.8976
17.8849
3,143
 
07
2006
15.0457
17.8976
3,000
 
07
2005
14.1523
15.0457
0
 
07
2004
10.0000
14.1523
0
           
 
08
2010
12.7196
13.3120
0
 
08
2009
9.9559
12.7196
0
 
08
2008
17.7154
9.9559
0
 
08
2007
17.7647
17.7154
0
 
08
2006
14.9645
17.7647
0
 
08
2005
14.1048
14.9645
0
 
08
2004
10.0000
14.1048
0
           
Wanger Select
01
2010
11.9151
14.8243
1,258
 
01
2009
7.2936
11.9151
1,497
 
01
2008
14.5681
7.2936
1,978
 
01
2007
13.5487
14.5681
1,328
 
01
2006
11.5139
13.5487
1,381
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.5139
1,534
           
 
02
2010
11.7995
14.6507
0
 
02
2009
7.2376
11.7995
0
 
02
2008
14.4859
7.2376
0
 
02
2007
13.4999
14.4859
0
 
02
2006
11.4957
13.4999
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.4957
0
           
 
03
2010
11.7706
14.6074
0
 
03
2009
7.2236
11.7706
0
 
03
2008
14.4653
7.2236
0
 
03
2007
13.4876
14.4653
0
 
03
2006
11.4911
13.4876
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.4911
0
           
 
04
2010
11.6846
14.4784
0
 
04
2009
7.1818
11.6846
0
 
04
2008
14.4038
7.1818
0
 
04
2007
13.4510
14.4038
0
 
04
2006
11.4774
13.4510
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.4774
0
           
 
05
2010
11.6562
14.4359
0
 
05
2009
7.1680
11.6562
0
 
05
2008
14.3835
7.1680
0
 
05
2007
13.4389
14.3835
0
 
05
2006
11.4729
13.4389
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.4729
0
           
 
06
2010
11.5708
14.3082
0
 
06
2009
7.1264
11.5708
0
 
06
2008
14.3222
7.1264
0
 
06
2007
13.4023
14.3222
0
 
06
2006
11.4592
13.4023
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.4592
0
           
 
07
2010
11.5425
14.2660
0
 
07
2009
7.1126
11.5425
0
 
07
2008
14.3019
7.1126
0
 
07
2007
13.3902
14.3019
0
 
07
2006
11.4547
13.3902
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.4547
0
           
 
08
2010
11.4298
14.0977
0
 
08
2009
7.0576
11.4298
0
 
08
2008
14.2206
7.0576
0
 
08
2007
13.3415
14.2206
0
 
08
2006
11.4364
13.3415
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
11.4364
0
           
Wanger USA
01
2010
10.0756
12.2174
0
 
01
2009
7.2066
10.0756
0
 
01
2008
12.1560
7.2066
0
 
01
2007
11.7350
12.1560
0
 
01
2006
11.0662
11.7350
0
 
01
2005
10.0000
11.0662
0
           
 
02
2010
9.9778
12.0743
0
 
02
2009
7.1512
9.9778
0
 
02
2008
12.0874
7.1512
0
 
02
2007
11.6927
12.0874
0
 
02
2006
11.0486
11.6927
0
 
02
2005
10.0000
11.0486
0
           
 
03
2010
9.9535
12.0387
0
 
03
2009
7.1374
9.9535
0
 
03
2008
12.0702
7.1374
0
 
03
2007
11.6821
12.0702
0
 
03
2006
11.0443
11.6821
0
 
03
2005
10.0000
11.0443
0
           
 
04
2010
9.8807
11.9323
0
 
04
2009
7.0961
9.8807
0
 
04
2008
12.0189
7.0961
0
 
04
2007
11.6503
12.0189
0
 
04
2006
11.0311
11.6503
0
 
04
2005
10.0000
11.0311
0
           
 
05
2010
9.8567
11.8974
0
 
05
2009
7.0825
9.8567
0
 
05
2008
12.0019
7.0825
0
 
05
2007
11.6398
12.0019
0
 
05
2006
11.0268
11.6398
0
 
05
2005
10.0000
11.0268
0
           
 
06
2010
9.7845
11.7921
0
 
06
2009
7.0414
9.7845
0
 
06
2008
11.9507
7.0414
0
 
06
2007
11.6081
11.9507
0
 
06
2006
11.0136
11.6081
0
 
06
2005
10.0000
11.0136
0
           
 
07
2010
9.7606
11.7573
0
 
07
2009
7.0278
9.7606
0
 
07
2008
11.9338
7.0278
0
 
07
2007
11.5976
11.9338
0
 
07
2006
11.0092
11.5976
0
 
07
2005
10.0000
11.0092
0
           
 
08
2010
9.6652
11.6185
0
 
08
2009
6.9734
9.6652
0
 
08
2008
11.8659
6.9734
0
 
08
2007
11.5555
11.8659
0
 
08
2006
10.9917
11.5555
0
 
08
2005
10.0000
10.9917
0



 
 

 

This Prospectus sets forth information about the Contract and the Variable Account that a prospective purchaser should know before investing. Additional information about the Contract and the Variable Account has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Statement of Additional Information dated April 29, 2011 which is incorporated herein by reference. The Statement of Additional Information is available upon request and without charge from Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.). To receive a copy, return this request form to the address shown below or telephone (800) 752-7216.

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P.O. Box 9133
 
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
   
 
Please send me a Statement of Additional Information for
 
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Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F.


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