As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2010

REGISTRATION NO. 333-83516

811-05846

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post Effective Amendment No. 40

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 101

SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT F

(Exact Name of Registrant)

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

(Name of Depositor)

One Sun Life Executive Park

Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481

(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (781) 237-6030

Sandra M. DaDalt, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)

One Sun Life Executive Park, SC 1335

Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies of Communications to:

Thomas C. Lauerman, Esq.

Jorden Burt LLP

1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.

Suite 400 East

Washington, D.C. 20007-0805

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

£ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

£ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

£ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

R on August 27, 2010 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

£ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

No filing fee is due because an indefinite amount of securities is deemed to have been registered in reliance on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

This Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (the "Registration Statement") (File Nos. 333-83516, 811-05846) is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Amendment does not otherwise delete, amend, or supersede any prospectus, statement of additional information, exhibit, or other information contained in Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 38 and 39 to the Registration Statement.

PART A

, 2010

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL MASTERS® CHOICE 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.

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

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

Please refer to the appendix entitled “Previously Available Investment Options” for information about certain Funds that are no longer available in connection with new Contracts being issued, but that are still available under certain Contracts that are already outstanding.

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.

We have filed a Statement of Additional Information dated , 2010 (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 58 of this Prospectus. You may obtain a copy without charge by writing to us at the address shown below (which we sometimes refer to as our “Annuity Mailing Address”) or by telephoning (800) 752-7215. 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 maintains a website (http://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.

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]

EXAMPLE [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]

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 CHARGE 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]

Account Fee [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 BENEFITS  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Key Terms  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Availability of Optional Living Benefits  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Description of the Living Benefits  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Important Considerations  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Annual Withdrawal Amount  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Withdrawal Benefit Base  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Bonus and Bonus Base  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

200% Benefit Enhancement (SIM and SIM Plus only)  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Step-Up  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Plus Factor (SIM Plus only)  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Impact of Withdrawals  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Costs of Living Benefits  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Cancellation of the Benefit  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Death of Participant - Single-Life Coverage  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Death of Participant - Joint-Life Coverage  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Annuitization Under the Living Benefits  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Tax Issues Under Living Benefits  [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]

Exchange of Variable Annuity Units [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

Account Fee [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 - PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX E - SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX F - SECURED RETURNS [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX G - SECURED RETURNS 2 [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX H - SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE PLUSSM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX I - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX J - Income ON Demand®[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX K - Income ON Demand® II [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX L - Income ON Demand® II Plus [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX M - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATORSM II [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX N - Income ON Demand® II Escalator[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX O - RETIREMENT ASSET PROTECTORSM[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX P - Income ON Demand® III Escalator[INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX Q - SUN INCOME RISER® [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX R - OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT EXAMPLES  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX S - Build Your Own Portfolio  [INSERT PAGE NUMBER]

APPENDIX T - 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 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 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 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® Choice provides a number of important benefits for your retirement planning. During the Accumulation Phase, you make 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.

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. However, if you are participating in an optional living benefit, you may be limited in the amount and timing of Purchase Payments you may make. Currently, there is no minimum amount required for additional Purchase Payments. However, we reserve the right to limit additional Purchase Payments to 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.

Variable Account Options: The Funds

You can allocate your Purchase Payments among Sub-Accounts investing in a number of Fund 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. You can make transfers among the Funds and, if available, the Fixed Account Options.

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 1.05% 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 1.25% 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 an optional living benefit, we will assess a periodic charge at a rate that may differ among the optional living benefits that are currently available. The  annual amount of the charge will not exceed 1.75% for single-life coverage (1.95% for joint-life coverage) of the highest Withdrawal 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 one of the optional living benefits available under your Contract:

● Sun Income Riser® III (“SIR III”) 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 MaximizerSM (“SIM”) offers the same guaranteed withdrawal benefit as SIR III, includes a higher bonus than SIR III, and offers an enhancement equal to 200% of your first-year Purchase Payments.

● Sun Income MaximizerSM Plus (“SIM Plus”) offers the same guaranteed withdrawal benefit, bonus, and enhancement as SIM and offers an additional opportunity to increase the amount of your annual withdrawal over time regardless of market performance,

Each of the living benefit options provides lifetime income even if your Account Value declines to zero, provided that certain conditions are met. The living benefits also allow you to “step-up”, or increase, your guaranteed amount on an annual basis, if eligible. You will pay a fee for the optional living benefit that you select and your investment choices are limited to the Designated Funds.

These optional living benefits will be available only on Contracts purchased on or after the “Date of Availability.” For each of the optional living benefits, the “Date of Availability” is the later of ______________, 2010, or the date on which the optional living benefit is first available for sale through your sales representative and in your state.

These optional living benefits are available only if you are 85 or younger on the Open Date. For SIM or SIM Plus you must also be 21 or older on the Open Date. You may elect to participate in an optional living benefit only when you purchase your Contract.

Under SIR III, you may make Purchase Payments only during your first Account Year. Under SIM and SIM Plus, you may make Purchase Payments after the first Account Year up to $50,000 per Account Year without our prior approval. Purchase Payments allocated to investment options other than the Designated Funds will terminate your optional living benefit. Withdrawals taken in excess of allowable amounts, or withdrawals taken prior to certain dates, may severely decrease your Account Value or cause your Contract and your living benefit to terminate without value.

You may terminate an optional living benefit at any time. In addition, your optional living benefit will terminate 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 certain circumstances, a change of ownership may also terminate your living benefit. Upon termination, all benefits and fees associated with the optional living benefit will cease. Once terminated, a living benefit may not be reinstated.

The optional living benefits may vary for certain Contracts, may not be available for all Contracts, and may not be available in all states.

Different optional living benefits were available under the Contract. Although these optional living benefits are no longer being issued, they are still in force under Contracts issued before the Date of Availability. Each of these optional living benefits is described in a separate Appendix to this prospectus.

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

NOTE: Sun Income Riser (“SIR”), described in Appendix Q, will continue to be available only until the “Date of Availability.”

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 from either the Fixed Account or from the available Variable Account options. If you choose to have any part of your annuity payments come from the Variable Account, the dollar amount of the payments may fluctuate with the performance of the 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, the total insurance charges are deducted on a daily basis at an annual rate of 1.60% of your Account Value invested in the Variable Account.

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 available in your state. 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 cash 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 the date on which your Contract becomes effective. Your death benefit election may not be changed after your Contract is issued.

Withdrawals, Withdrawal Charge 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. For the first Account Year, this “free withdrawal amount” equals 15% of the amount of all Purchase Payments you have made. For all other Account Years, the “free withdrawal amount” is equal to the amount of all Purchase Payments made and not withdrawn prior to the last 7 Account Years plus the greater of (1) 15% of all Purchase Payments made within the past seven Account Years or (2) all earnings minus any free withdrawals taken during the life of the Contract. 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, depending upon the laws of your state, either the full amount of all of your Purchase Payments or your Account Value 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. Except when we return Surrender Value, we will not deduct a withdrawal charge or a Market Value Adjustment.

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) 752-7215

www.sunlife.com

FEES AND EXPENSES

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

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

Sales Load Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Purchase Payments):	0%
Maximum Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of Purchase Payments):	8%1

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%2

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 $ 503

Variable Account Annual Expenses

(as a percentage of net Variable Account assets)4

	Mortality and Expense Risks Charge:	1.05%5
	Administrative Expenses Charge:	0.15%
	Distribution Fee:	0.15%
Total Variable Account Annual Expenses (without optional benefits):		1.35%

Charges for Optional Death Benefits

Death Benefit Currently Available6	Fee as a % of Account Value
Maximum Anniversary Account Value (“MAV”)	0.40%

Death Benefits Previously Available7	Fee as a % of 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 Account Value): 0.40% 

Charges for Optional Living Benefits

Living Benefits Currently Available8	Maximum Annual Fee
Sun Income Riser III Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base9 during the Account Year):	1.95%
Sun Income Maximizer Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base9 during the Account Year):	1.95%
Sun Income Maximizer Plus Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base9 during the Account Year):	1.95%

Living Benefits Previously Available11	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%12
Retirement Income Escalator Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base9 during the Account Year):	0.95%12
Income ON Demand Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Income Benefit Base13 during the Account Year):	0.85%12
Income ON Demand II Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base10 during the Account Year):	0.85%12
Income ON Demand II Plus Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base10 during the Account Year):	1.15%12
Retirement Income Escalator II Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base9 during the Account Year):	1.15%12
Income ON Demand II Escalator Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base10 during the Account Year):	1.15%12
Retirement Asset Protector Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base14 during the Account Year):	0.75%12
Income ON Demand III Escalator Living Benefit     (as a percentage of the highest Fee Base10 during the Account Year):	1.30%12
Sun Income Riser Living Benefit (available before the Date of Availability)     (as a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base10 during the Account Year):	1.30%12

Maximum Annual Charge for an Optional Living Benefit     (as a percentage of highest applicable fee base during the Account Year): 1.95%  

Total Variable Account Annual Expenses (1.35%) plus Maximum Charges for an Optional Death
    Benefit (0.40%) and an Optional Living Benefit (1.95%): 3.70%15,16

The table below shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds for the year ended December 31, 2009 (before any fee waiver or expense reimbursement). Expenses and fees may be higher or lower in future years. More detail concerning each Fund's fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each Fund.

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses17		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)	0.72%	2.59%

The fund operating expenses used to prepare the table above 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	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 Charges.”)
2	The premium tax rate and base vary by your state of residence and the type of Contract you own. Currently, we may deduct premium taxes from Account Value upon full surrender (including surrender for the death benefit) or annuitization. (See “Premium Taxes.”)
3	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.”)
4	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.
5	For Contracts purchased prior to March 5, 2007, the rate of this charge is 1.25% 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 1.55%.
6	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.
7	The optional death benefits previously available under the Contract are described in “APPENDIX C- PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFITS AND EXAMPLES.”
8	The optional living benefits, and the fees for each of them, are described under “Optional Living Benefits.” Only one optional living benefit can be in effect under your Contract at any time. The fee for the optional living benefit is assessed and deducted quarterly based upon your Withdrawal Benefit Base on the last day of the Account Quarter; different fees may apply depending on whether you have elected single-life or joint-life coverage. On the Issue Date, your Withdrawal Benefit Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment and is, thereafter, subject to certain adjustments. The fees associated with optional living benefits may change over time, but will not exceed the guaranteed rates shown in the fee table. We reserve the right to change the percentage rate used to calculate the charge at any time and in no event will the fee ever be greater than 1.75% for single-life (1.95% for joint-life) coverage. Your actual fees may be less than the maximum stated above. See “Costs of the Living Benefits.”
9	The Withdrawal Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFITS - Key Terms,” “APPENDIX I - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATOR,” “APPENDIX M - RETIREMENT INCOME ESCALATOR II,” and “APPENDIX Q - SUN INCOME RISER.”
10	The Fee Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “APPENDIX K - Income ON Demand II,” “APPENDIX L - Income ON Demand II Plus,” “APPENDIX N- Income ON Demand II Escalator” and “APPENDIX P- Income ON Demand III Escalator.”
11	The previously available optional living benefits are described in Appendices E through Q. 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” sections in Appendices E, G through Q.) Under these outstanding Contracts, you were permitted to select only one optional living benefit.
12	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 E, G 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 M through O.
13	The Income Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “APPENDIX J – Income ON Demand.”
14	The Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base initially is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and it thereafter is subject to certain adjustments. See “APPENDIX O - RETIREMENT ASSET PROTECTOR.”
15	This amount assumes that the MAV (0.40%) was selected and that an Optional Living Benefit with joint-life coverage (1.95%) was also selected (in addition to the 1.05% 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.
16	This chart shows your Total Variable Account Expenses before you annuitize your Contract. As stated in “Amount of Annuity Payments,” after you annuitize your Contract, your insurance charges will be at an annual rate of 1.60% of average daily net Variable Account assets. This means that, after you annuitize, we will not deduct the Mortality and Expense Risks Charges; nor will we deduct the charges for any optional living or death benefits. Instead, the 1.60% insurance charge compensates us for ongoing administrative expenses. It includes the Administrative Expenses Charge and the Distribution Fee.
17	The expenses shown, which include any acquired fund fees and expenses, are those incurred for the year ended December 31, 2009. 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.

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, and are based on a sample Contract with the maximum possible fees.

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 an optional living benefit with joint-life coverage. The charge assumed for an optional living benefit is the maximum potential charge for a living benefit and may be higher than the charge at the time the Contract is purchased and the optional living benefit is elected. If an optional living benefit was not elected, or fewer options were elected, the expense figures shown below would be lower. 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. 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. 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.

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
$1,305	$2,496	$3,645	$6,678

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

1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
$636	$1,934	$3,263	$6,678

(3) If you do not surrender your Contract:

1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
$636	$1,934	$3,263	$6,678

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. 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 T.

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, during which you make Payments under the Contract and allocate them to one or more of the Variable Account options or, if available, the Fixed Account options, and an Income Phase, during which we make annuity payments based on the amount you have accumulated. Your Contract provides 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.

Your Contract also 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. Finally, if you so elect, during the Income Phase we will make annuity payments to you or someone else for life or for another period that you choose.

You choose these benefits on a variable or fixed basis or a combination of both. When you choose Variable Account investment options or a Variable Annuity option, your Account Value will change in response to changes in the return available from the different types of investments you select under your Contract. With these variable options, you assume all investment risk under your Contract. When you choose a Guarantee Period in our Fixed Account or a Fixed Annuity option, we assume the investment risk, except in the case of early withdrawals in the Accumulation Phase, where you bear the risk of unfavorable interest rate changes. You also bear the risk that the interest rates we will offer in the future and the rates we will use in determining your Fixed Annuity may not exceed our minimum guaranteed rate. Our minimum guaranteed interest rate will never be less than that required by law.

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.

Some broker/dealers may limit their clients from purchasing some optional benefits based upon the client's age. Your individual representative will describe any such limitations. 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

All materials sent to us, including Purchase Payments, must be sent to our Annuity Mailing Address as set forth at the beginning of this Prospectus. For all telephone communications, you must call (800) 752-7215. We may accept certain communications or transaction requests from your authorized registered representative of the broker-dealer of record over the Internet on our broker website, but only after the registered representative has consented to our online terms of use.

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 Annuity Mailing Address. 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. For information about whether we have this type of arrangement with your broker-dealer, you may call us at the above number.

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

You may elect to receive prospectuses, transaction confirmations, reports and other communications in electronic format, instead of receiving paper copies of these documents. You may enroll in this optional electronic delivery service by visiting www.sunlife.com, selecting "Individuals" from the "Access your account" dropdown, and consenting to electronic delivery. 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 Annuity Mailing Address or by telephone at (800) 752-7215.

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. Our Executive Office mailing address 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. Although 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, are general corporate obligations of the Company.

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.

Large-Cap Equity Funds	International/Global Small/Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series -	First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund4
B Class	Emerging Markets Equity Funds
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series - B Class	Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio,
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Contrafund®	Service Class1
Portfolio - Service Class 21, 7	MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio - S Class
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund3	Specialty Sector Equity Fund
Huntington VA Growth Fund3	MFS® Utilities Portfolio - S Class
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund3	Specialty Sector Commodity Funds
Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund3	Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund3
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Comstock Fund - Class II	PIMCO CommodityRealReturnTM Strategy
Lord Abbett Series Fund Fundamental Equity	Portfolio - Admin. Class6
Portfolio - Class VC	Real Estate Equity Fund
MFS® Core Equity Portfolio - S Class	Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund - S Class
MFS® Value Portfolio - S Class	Asset Allocation Funds
Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2	AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA -	Portfolio, Class B1, 5
Service Shares	BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund - Class III1
SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund - S Class	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Balanced
SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund - S Class1	Portfolio - Service Class 27
SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund - S Class1	Franklin Income Securities Fund - Class 2
SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund - S Class	Huntington VA Balanced Fund2,3
Mid-Cap Equity Funds	Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Mid Cap	Fund - Class II1
Portfolio - Service Class 27	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio - S Class
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund3	MFS® Total Return Portfolio - S Class
Huntington VA New Economy Fund3	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio - Advisor Class1,2,6
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap Value	SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund - S Class1,2
Fund - Class II1	SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund- S Class1,2
Lord Abbett Series Fund Growth Opportunities	SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund - S Class1,2
Portfolio - Class VC	Target Date Funds
SCSM WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund - S Class1	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Freedom
SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund - S Class1	2015 Portfolio - Service Class 22,7
Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. - Mid Cap Growth	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Freedom
Portfolio - Class II1,8,	2020 Portfolio - Service Class 22,7
Small-Cap Equity Funds	Money Market Fund
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund - Class 2	Sun Capital Money Market Fund® - S Class
Huntington VA Situs Fund3	Short-Term Bond Fund
SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund - S Class1	SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund - S Class1
SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund - S Class1	Intermediate-Term Bond Funds
SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund - S Class	Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund3
International/Global Equity Funds	MFS® Bond Portfolio - S Class
AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio, Class B1,5	MFS® Government Securities Portfolio - S Class
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund - S Class1	SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund - S Class1
Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund,	Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund® - S Class
Variable Series - B Class	Inflation Protected Bond Fund
Huntington VA International Equity Fund3	SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund - S Class1
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund3	Multi-Sector Bond Fund
MFS® International Growth Portfolio - S Class	Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund - Class 2
MFS® International Value Portfolio - S Class	High Yield Bond Fund
MFS® Research International Portfolio - S Class	SCSM PIMCO High Yield Fund - S Class1
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA - Service Shares	Emerging Markets Bond Fund
Templeton Growth Securities Fund - Class 2	PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio -
	Admin. Class6

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 AllianceBernstein funds may be referred to as follows: AllianceBernstein VPS Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio and AllianceBernstein VPS International Growth Portfolio.
6	In marketing materials and other documents, the PIMCO portfolios may be referred to as follows: PIMCO VIT CommodityRealReturnTM Strategy Portfolio, PIMCO VIT Global Multi-Asset Portfolio, and PIMCO VIT Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio.
7	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.
8	In marketing materials and other documents, the Universal Institutional Fund may be referred to Morgan Stanley UIF Mid Cap Growth Portfolio.

AllianceBernstein L.P. advises the portfolios of the AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, advises the Columbia Funds (with Marsico Capital Management, LLC, sub-advising the Columbia Marsico Funds). BlackRock Advisors, LLC advises BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund (with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock International Limited serving as sub-advisers). Fidelity Management & Research Company advises Fidelity® VIP Portfolios; Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio and Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (sub-advised by FMR Co. Inc., Fidelity Research & Analysis Company, Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity International Investment Advisors, Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited, and Fidelity Investments Japan Limited); and Fidelity® VIP Balanced Portfolio (sub-advised by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co. Inc., Fidelity Research & Analysis Company, Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity International Investment Advisors, Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited, and Fidelity Investments Japan Limited). First Eagle Investment Management, LLC advises the First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund. Franklin Advisers, Inc. advises Franklin Income Securities Fund and Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund. Franklin Advisory Services, LLC advises the Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund. Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC advises Mutual Shares Securities Fund. Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc., advises the Huntington VA Funds; Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund. Invesco Advisers, Inc. advisers the funds of the AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds). Lazard Asset Management LLC advises the Lazard Retirement Portfolio. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC advises the Lord Abbett Series Fund 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 Variable Insurance Trust 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 Funds; SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund (sub-advised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.); SCSM Davis Venture Value Fund (sub-advised by Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.); SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund and SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund (sub-advised by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); SCSM Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund (sub-advised by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC); 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 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); SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund (sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc.); SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund (sub-advised by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC); and the SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund (sub-advised by AllianceBernstein L.P.). Templeton Global Advisors Limited advises Templeton Growth Securities Fund (sub-advised by Templeton Asset Management Limited).

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 a Statement of Additional Information for each Fund, may be obtained without charge from the Company by calling (800) 752-7215 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, except for the administrative costs of the Lord Abbett Series Trust Portfolios, which are paid from Fund assets and reflected under “Fees and Expenses.”

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 other than those allocated to any separate account. Amounts you allocate to Guarantee Periods become part of the Fixed Account, and are available to fund the claims of all classes of our customers, including claims for benefits under the Contracts. Our obligations to you under any Guarantee Periods, or optional living benefits you select, likewise represent claims against our general assets.

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 4 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:

● initial or subsequent Purchase Payments you may make, except for Purchase Payments that you allocate to our dollar-cost averaging program;

● transfers of Account Value into a Guarantee Period from any other Guarantee Period or Sub-Account;

● renewals at the end of an existing Guarantee Period; and

● any other source.

Any of your Account Value held in a Guarantee Period on May 4, 2009 will not be affected by our closing the Guarantee Periods to new amounts. At the end of that Guarantee Period, we will 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 “Other Programs – Secured Future Program.”)

Guaranteed Interest Rates

We determine Guaranteed Interest Rates at our discretion. We do not have a specific formula for establishing the rates for different Guarantee Periods. Our determination will be influenced by the interest rates on fixed income investments in which we may invest amounts allocated to the Guarantee Periods. We will also consider other factors in determining these rates, including regulatory and tax requirements, sales commissions and administrative expenses borne by us, general economic trends and competitive factors. We cannot predict the level of future interest rates.

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 Charge and Market Value Adjustment.”

THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase of your Contract, you make 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

When we receive your Application, we “open” the Contract. We refer to this date as the “Open Date.” When we receive your initial Purchase Payment, we “issue” your Contract. We refer to this date as the “Issue Date.”

We will credit your initial Purchase Payment to your Account within 2 Business Days of receiving your completed Application. If your Application is not complete, we will notify you. If we do not have the necessary information to complete the Application within 5 Business Days, we will send your money back to you or ask your permission to retain your Purchase Payment until the Application is made complete. Then we will apply the Purchase Payment within 2 Business Days of when the Application is complete.

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, 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, unless we have approved the Payment in advance. We reserve the right to refuse Purchase Payments received more than 5 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 be limited in the amount and timing of Purchase Payments you can make. (See “Optional Living Benefits.”)

Allocation of Net Purchase Payments

You may allocate your Purchase Payments among the different Sub-Accounts and Guarantee Periods currently available, but we reserve the right to limit any allocation to a Guarantee Period to at least $1,000.

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 Payment we receive with or after we have received notice of the change, and for all future Purchase Payments, 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 2 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 2 components are calculated separately, as described under “Variable Account Value” and “Fixed Account Value.”

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 currently 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 charges and the administrative expense charge and distribution fee) plus the 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.

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:

● written notice from you electing a different Guarantee Period from among those we then offer, or

● 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 Charge 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:

● you may not make more than 12 transfers in any Account Year;

● the amount transferred from a Guarantee Period must be the entire Guarantee Amount, except for transfers of interest credited during the current Account Year;

● at least 30 days must elapse between transfers to and from Guarantee Periods;

● at least 6 days must elapse between transfers to and from the Sub-Accounts;

● transfers to or from Sub-Accounts are subject to terms and conditions that may be imposed by the Funds; and

● we impose additional restrictions on market timers, which are further described below.

These restrictions do not apply to transfers made under any optional program. (See “Other Programs”) At our discretion, we may waive some or all of these restrictions. 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 CHARGE AND MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT.” 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. Subject to availability and only after your authorized registered representative has consented to our online terms of use, we may also permit your authorized registered representative to request transfers electronically over the Internet on our broker website. 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 effective 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. 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 be limited due to circumstances beyond our control, such as during system outages or periods of high volume.

A transfer request will be effective as of 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 effective 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 below 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) 752-7215 before the end of the Business Day during which the transfer request was submitted. Subject to availability, we may 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 discourage frequent transfers of contract value. As described under “Transfer Privilege,” such policies include limiting the number and timing of certain transfers, subject to exceptions described in that section and exceptions designed to protect the interests of individual Participants. The Company also reserves the right to charge a fee for transfers.

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 “Transfer Privilege,” 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 Contract 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.

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:

● when a new broker of record is designated for the Contract;

● when the Participant changes;

● when control of the Contract passes to the designated beneficiary upon the death of the Participant or Annuitant;

● when necessary in our view to avoid hardship to a Participant; or

● when underlying Funds are dissolved or 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. Unless the short-term trading policy and the permitted waivers of that policy are applied uniformly, some Participants may experience a different application of the policy and therefore may experience some of these risks. 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, the mortality and expense risk charges, the administrative service fee, the distribution fee, or the annual Account Fee, credit additional amounts, grant special 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, sales of large Contracts, 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 Charge 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

Dollar-cost averaging allows you to invest gradually over time. 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.) 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. At regular time intervals, we will transfer the same amount automatically 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. 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. 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 Programs

You may select our Systematic Withdrawal Program or our 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 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 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 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 (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:

● Referral to an English-speaking doctor or hospital for medical consultation and evaluation

● Hospital admission guarantee, assuming the covered person has applicable health coverage

● Emergency evacuation, if necessary

● Critical care monitoring of attending doctor/hospital

● Medically supervised repatriation, if the person covered requires assistance returning home after hospitalization

● Assistance in filling prescriptions, if required

● Receipt and transmission of necessary emergency messages

● Telephone counseling and referrals if the person covered experiences emotional trauma

● Transportation to join a covered person who was traveling alone and will be hospitalized more than seven days

● Transportation home for minor children left unattended by the covered person’s illness or injury

● Legal and interpreter referrals

● Return of mortal remains

The “person covered” is:

● The Owner as identified in the Contract, if the Contract is owned by one or more individuals; or

● The Annuitant as identified in the Contract, if the Contract is owned by a non-natural entity.

WITHDRAWALS, WITHDRAWAL CHARGE 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 Annuity 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”). 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.

Time of Payment

We will pay you the applicable amount of any full or partial withdrawal within 7 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:

● when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (except weekends and holidays) or when trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted;

● when it is not reasonably practical to dispose of securities held by a Fund or to determine the value of the net assets of a Fund, because an emergency exists; or

● when an SEC order permits us to defer payment for the protection of Participants.

We also may defer payment of amounts you withdraw from the Fixed Account for up to 6 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 convenience in discussing free withdrawal amounts, we refer to Purchase Payments made during the last 7 Account Years, including the current Account Year, as “New Payments,” and we refer to Purchase Payments made before the last 7 Account Years as “Old Payments.”

For the first Account Year, the free withdrawal amount is equal to 15% of the amount of all Purchase Payments you have made. For all other Account Years, the free withdrawal amount is equal to the greater of:

● your Contract's earnings (defined below), minus any free withdrawals taken during the life of your Contract, or

● 15% of the amount of all New Payments minus any free withdrawals taken during the current Account Year.

Your Contract's earnings are equal to:

● your Account Value as of the close of business on the previous business day, minus

● all Purchase Payments made, plus

● all partial withdrawals and charges taken.

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

Withdrawal Charge on Purchase Payments

If you withdraw more than the free withdrawal amount in any Account Year, we consider the excess amount to be withdrawn first from Payments that you have not previously withdrawn. We impose the withdrawal charge on the amount of New Payments withdrawn. Thus, the maximum amount on which we will impose the withdrawal charge in any Account Year will never be more than the total of all New Payments that you have not previously withdrawn.

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, including the Account Year in which you made the Payment, but not the Account Year in which you withdraw it. Each Payment begins a new 7-year period and moves down the declining surrender charge scale as shown below at each Account Anniversary. Payments received during the current Account Year will be charged 8%, if withdrawn. On your next scheduled Account Anniversary that Payment, along with any other 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 Payments will move into their third Account Year and will have a withdrawal charge of 7%, if withdrawn. 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%

The withdrawal charge will never be greater than 8% of the excess of your Account Value over the “free withdrawal amount,” as defined above.

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

If approved by your state, we will waive the withdrawal charge for a full withdrawal if:

● at least one year has passed since your Issue Date;

● 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

● 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.

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 the withdrawal charge when you annuitize your Contract. We also do not impose the withdrawal charge on  amounts we pay as a death benefit, except under the Cash Surrender method, or amounts you transfer among the Sub-Accounts, between the Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account, or within the Fixed Account.

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 to the balance of 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:

I	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:

● your Account Value has been allocated only to the Fixed Account during the applicable Account Year; or

● 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 at an annual effective rate equal to 0.15% of your average daily Variable Account Value during both the Accumulation Phase and the Income Phase. 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 at an effective annual rate equal to 0.15% of your average daily Variable Account Value during both the Accumulation Phase and the Income Phase. 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 1.05% of your average daily Variable Account Value. If your Purchase Payments or Account Value exceeds $1 million on your Account Anniversary, an amount equal to 0.15% of your Account Value will be credited to your Account on that date and on every subsequent Account Anniversary during the Accumulation Phase. (This credit is paid out of our general account and is the result of cost savings that we expect on larger-sized Contracts.) 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 1.25% (rather than 1.05%), if you were age 76 or older on the Contract's Open Date. Also, during the Income Phase of a Contract, the total insurance charges are at an annual rate of 1.60% of the average daily net value of the Contract invested in the Variable Account, regardless of your age on the Open Date.

Charges for Optional Benefits

You may only elect one of the currently available optional living benefits. If you elect an optional living benefit, we will deduct a fee from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter during the Accumulation Phase. The fee will be a percentage of the highest Withdrawal Benefit Base during the Account Year. (The Withdrawal Benefit Base is initially equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and thereafter is subject to certain adjustments.) The percentage rates that we use to determine these fees may change over time, but will not exceed the Maximum Annual Rates shown in the following chart. The chart also shows the Current Annual Rates for each Optional Living Benefit. (For more information about this fee, please see “FEES AND EXPENSES.”)

	Single-Life Coverage		Joint-Life Coverage
	Current Annual Rate	Maximum Annual Rate	Current Annual Rate	Maximum Annual Rate
SIR III	1.10%	1.75%	1.30%	1.95%
SIM	1.10%	1.75%	1.30%	1.95%
SIM Plus	1.25%	1.75%	1.45%	1.95%

If you elect the MAV optional death benefit, we will deduct, during the Accumulation Phase, a charge equal to 0.40% of your average daily Variable Account Value. (For more information about this charge, please see “FEES AND EXPENSES.”)

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 your state imposes 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 charges 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 BENEFITS

We offer a suite of optional living benefits that help protect your future income against market risk (that is, the risk that your investments may decline in value or underperform your expectations).  Each living benefit provides lifetime income even if the Account Value declines to zero, provided that certain requirements are met.

You may elect to participate in any one of these living benefits provided that it is available for sale through your sales representative in the state of issue and in the state where you reside. The following optional living benefits (each, a “Living Benefit”) are available only on Contracts purchased on or after the “Date of Availability” (See “Availability of Optional Living Benefits.”):

● Sun Income Riser® III (“SIR III”)

● Sun Income MaximizerSM (“SIM”)

● Sun Income MaximizerSM Plus (“SIM Plus”)

You can only elect an optional living benefit at Contract issue, and only one such living benefit can be in effect under your Contract at any given time. You will pay a fee for the optional living benefit that you elect. You may terminate an optional living benefit at any time; once terminated, it cannot be reinstated.

Important information about cost, restrictions and availability of each optional living benefit is described more fully below. You should consult with tax and financial professionals to determine which of the optional living benefits is appropriate for you.

Key Terms

It is important to understand several key terms that are fundamental to the Living Benefits. These key terms are described in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus.

Annual Withdrawal Amount: an annual dollar amount calculated as a percentage of the Withdrawal Benefit Base beginning on the Coverage Date.

Bonus: an amount equal to 7% (for SIR III), and 8% (for SIM and SIM Plus), of the Bonus Base credited to the Withdrawal Benefit Base in Account Years during the Bonus Period when no withdrawals are taken.

Bonus Base: the amount used to calculate the Bonus during the Bonus Period.

Bonus Period: the period of time during which you are eligible for a Bonus.

Coverage Date: is your Issue Date if you are at least age 59 at Contract issue; otherwise, it is the first Account Anniversary after you attain age 59.

Early Withdrawal: a withdrawal taken before the Coverage Date.

Excess Withdrawal: a withdrawal taken after the Coverage Date which, alone or when combined with any other withdrawals taken in the same Account Year, exceeds the Annual Withdrawal Amount (or, if greater, any required minimum distribution amount as defined under the Internal Revenue Code).

Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage: the percentage used to calculate the Annual Withdrawal Amount.

One-Time Access Withdrawal (SIM and SIM Plus only): a withdrawal that will reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base, your Bonus Base, and your 200% Benefit Enhancement but will not set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage or end your Bonus Period.

Plus Factor (SIM Plus only): an annual increase to the Withdrawal Benefit Base on each Account Anniversary once withdrawals under the living benefit have begun after the Coverage Date.

200% Benefit Enhancement (SIM and SIM Plus only): an increase to your Withdrawal Benefit Base equal to at least 200% of the total adjusted Purchase Payments in the first Account Year, provided that no withdrawals have been taken.

Withdrawal Benefit Base: the amount used to calculate (i) your Annual Withdrawal Amount and (ii) the cost of your living benefit described below.

When discussing the Living Benefits, the terms “you” and “your” refer to the oldest living Participant under single-life coverage or the younger spouse under joint-life coverage. In the case of a non-natural Participant, these terms refer to the oldest living annuitant.

Availability of Optional Living Benefits

With respect to each of the Living Benefits, the Date of Availability is the later of _______, 2010, and the date on which the Living Benefit is first available for sale through your sales representative in the state of issue and in the state where you reside. (In no event will the Living Benefits be available to Contracts purchased before the effective date of this prospectus.)

Please note: The Sun Income Riser (“SIR”) living benefit available under Contracts purchased before the Date of Availability will no longer be available on or after the Date of Availability.

Each of the Living Benefits may vary for certain Contracts, may not be available for all Contracts, and may not be available in all states. To determine whether the Living Benefits are available for sale to you, contact your sales representative or call (800) 752-7215. This disclosure explains the material features of the Living Benefits available under Contracts purchased on or after the Date of Availability. The application and operation of each of those optional living benefits are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider that describes the optional living benefit.

If you purchased SIR on or after the effective date of this prospectus and before the Date of Availability, you may have the opportunity to convert from SIR to SIM or SIM Plus, provided that:

● You have taken no withdrawals from your Contract. Therefore, if you wish to take advantage of the opportunity to convert your Living Benefit, you should avoid any withdrawals until after the conversion occurs.

● At the time of the conversion, all of your Account Value is allocated only to one or more of the following Designated Funds:

o MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio - S Class, or

o SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund - S Class

After you convert to SIM or SIM Plus, your Account Value, at all times, must be allocated only to the Build Your Own Portfolio model or other Designated Funds that we make available to SIM or SIM Plus. (See “DESIGNATED FUNDS” and “BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO”.)

Converting from SIR to SIM or SIM Plus may be appropriate for an investor who:

·   is not planning on taking withdrawals right away,

·   would like an additional opportunity to increase their Annual Withdrawal Amount over time (for SIM Plus only),

·   would like the opportunity to make subsequent Purchase Payments after the first Account Year, and

·   would like a more conservative selection of investment options.

Remaining in SIR may be appropriate for an investor who:

·   is interested in a larger more diverse selection of investment options, or

·   would like the opportunity to extend the Bonus Period through step-ups (see “Bonus” and “Bonus Period”).

SIM and SIM Plus are described in more detail below.

Please contact your financial advisor for additional information, including information about how to elect a conversion. We must receive any such written election in good order no later than 60 days after the Date of Availability.Please note: If you purchase a Contract before the Date of Availability, then there is no assurance that the Living Benefits will become available through your sales representative in your state and, therefore, you may never be able to convert from SIR to SIM or SIM Plus.

There is no additional fee associated with the conversion. After you convert from SIR to SIM or SIM Plus, the following terms and conditions will apply:

·   Under SIM, you will have the same Annual Withdrawal Amount, Withdrawal Benefit Base, and Lifetime Withdrawal percentages as you had under SIR.

·   Under SIM and SIM Plus, the 200% Benefit Enhancement and One-Time Access Withdrawal will apply if certain conditions are met.

·   Under SIM Plus, the Plus Factor may apply if certain conditions are met.

·   The maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base on SIM and SIM Plus will be $10 million.

·   All benefits provided under SIM and SIM Plus will be based on the Issue Date.

·   Fees for the Living Benefit may be higher, will be assessed at the end of the Account Quarter in which the change occurs, and will apply as if you held SIM or SIM Plus for the entire quarter.

·   Your coverage, whether single-life or joint-life, will remain the same as it was for SIR. All coverage requirements, including ages and marital status, will be based on the Issue Date of the Contract.

·   The Bonus Period will not be extended upon Step-Up. The Bonus Period will only be a ten-year period commencing on your Issue Date.

Before you make a decision to convert from SIR to SIM or SIM Plus, you should carefully read the more detailed information about the Living Benefits provided below and in the related appendices.

Description of the Living Benefits

Each Living Benefit provides you with (i) a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit and (ii) an opportunity to increase the amount of that benefit each year, if you meet certain requirements. First, you must allocate 100% of your Account Value in designated investment choices that are designed to help manage our risk and to support the guarantees under the living benefit. Second, after your Coverage Date, you must  limit your total withdrawals in each year to an amount no greater than the Annual Withdrawal Amount. Your living benefit is in effect beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the earlier of the Annuity Commencement Date or the termination of the living benefit. Of course, you can always withdraw an amount up to your Surrender Value pursuant to your rights under the Contract.

Each of the Living Benefits allows you to defer withdrawals during your early Account Years to increase your benefit in later years. SIM and SIM Plus also offer the ability to increase the Withdrawal Benefit Base (i) by making additional Purchase Payments after your first Account Anniversary and (ii) through the 200% Benefit Enhancement. In addition, SIM Plus offers the Plus Factor that provides an additional means to increase the Withdrawal Benefit Base. SIM and SIM Plus also permit a One-Time Access Withdrawal that can be taken before you begin taking your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

You may elect single-life coverage or, for a higher fee, joint-life coverage. Under the Living Benefits, once you make an election, you cannot switch between joint-life and single-life coverage. Joint-life coverage (i) must be elected on the Issue Date and cannot be added later; (ii) is available on an individually-owned Contract only if the spouse is the sole primary beneficiary under the Contract while the Living Benefit is in effect; (iii) is available on a co-owned Contract only if the spouses are the only co-owners while the Living Benefit is in effect; and (iv) is not available if you are unmarried on the Issue Date. If you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

If you have elected joint-life coverage, the Coverage Date will be the Issue Date if the younger spouse is at least age 59 on the Issue Date, or it 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/her spouse on the Issue Date.) If you elect joint-life coverage, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is based on the age the younger spouse is (or would have been) on the date of the first withdrawal under the Contract after the Coverage Date. The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage may be reset to a higher percentage in the event of a step-up.

Please note: Whereas withdrawals of the Annual Withdrawal Amount under single-life coverage end when any Participant dies, withdrawals of the Annual Withdrawal Amount under joint-life coverage continue as long as either you or your spouse is alive. To take the Annual Withdrawal Amount after the death of a spouse under joint-life coverage, however, the surviving spouse must first elect to continue the Contract through spousal continuation. See “Death of Participant - Joint-Life Coverage” below.

The following chart summarizes the important information about the current terms and conditions of each Living Benefit that is presented in more detail below and in the related appendices.

Purchase Payments and Maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Purchase Payments allowed after the first Account Anniversary	Not permitted	Limited to $50,000 per Account Year without our approval	Same as SIM
Maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base	$5 million	$10 million	Same as SIM

Lifetime Income
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage	Age          Percentage 59 – 64             4%        65 – 79             5%         80+                6%	Same as SIR III	Age          Percentage 59 – 64             3%        65 – 79             4%         80+                5%
Plus Factor	N/A	N/A	3.0% of the Withdrawal Benefit Base

Bonuses and Enhancements
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Bonus	7% of Bonus Base	8% of Bonus Base	Same as SIM
Bonus Period	10 years from Issue or last step-up	·10 years from Issue Date ·Does not renew at step-up ·Ends with any withdrawal (other than One-Time Access Withdrawal)	Same as SIM
200% Benefit Enhancement	N/A	Withdrawal Benefit Base increased to 200% of total 1st year Purchase Payments.	Same as SIM

Step-Up
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Annual Step-Up	·During the Bonus Period, step-up occurs if Account Value is greater than Withdrawal Benefit Base increased by any Bonuses ·Future Bonuses based on stepped-up Bonus Base ·After the Bonus Period, step-up occurs if Account Value is greater than Withdrawal Benefit Base ·Step-through to a higher Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage occurs at step-up, if you have attained age for higher tier	Same as SIR III except: ·Bonus Period does not renew at step-up	Same as SIM, and also: ·After the Bonus Period when taking income, step-up occurs if Account Value is greater than Withdrawal Benefit Base increased by the Plus Factor

Impact of Withdrawals
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Annual Withdrawal Amounts	·Reduce Account Value ·Do not reduce Withdrawal Benefit Base or Bonus Base	Same as SIR III except: ·Ends Bonus Period and 200% Benefit Enhancement	Same as SIM, and also: ·Plus Factor added on each Account Anniversary
Early Withdrawals	·Reduce Account Value dollar-for-dollar ·Reduce Bonus Base and Withdrawal Benefit Base each in the same proportion as the amount withdrawn reduces the Account Value ·Subject to withdrawal charge on amount of withdrawal in excess of free withdrawal amount ·May be subject to 10% federal tax penalty if taken before age 59½ ·Contract and living benefit cancelled if Account Value reduced to zero as a result of an Early Withdrawal	Same as SIR III, and also: ·Ends Bonus Period and 200% Benefit Enhancement	Same as SIM
Excess Withdrawals	·Reduce Bonus Base and Withdrawal Benefit Base in the same proportion  as the Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal that exceeds the Annual Withdrawal Amount ·Subject to withdrawal charge on amount of withdrawal in excess of free withdrawal amount ·Contract and living benefit cancelled if Account Value reduced to zero as a result of an Excess Withdrawal	Same as SIR III, and also: ·Ends Bonus Period and 200% Benefit Enhancement	Same as SIM, and also: ·No Plus Factor permitted in any year during which an Excess Withdrawal is taken
One-Time Access Withdrawal	N/A	·Reduces Withdrawal Benefit Base, Bonus Base, and 200% Benefit Enhancement each in the same proportion as the amount withdrawn reduces the Account Value ·If 1st withdrawal is an Early Withdrawal, then it will be treated as a One-Time Access Withdrawal ·If 1st withdrawal is taken after the Coverage Date, then you must decide whether to elect to use withdrawal as One-Time Access Withdrawal ·Will not lock in the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage ·Not available if any systematic withdrawal program has been selected	Same as SIM, and also: ·Does not trigger initiation of Plus Factor

Investment Options
	SIR III	SIM	SIM Plus
Designated Funds	100% must be allocated among specified Funds	Same as SIR III	Same as SIR III
Portfolio Model (Build Your Own Portfolio)	Allocation Ranges: ·30%-50% Fixed Income Funds ·40%-60% Core Retirement Strategies Funds ·10%-30% Asset Allocation Funds ·0%-20% Core Equity Funds ·0%-20% Growth Equity Funds ·0%-10% Specialty Funds	Allocation Ranges: ·0%-60% Balanced Funds ·40%-100% Fixed Income Funds	Same as SIM

Important Considerations

Optional living benefits may not be appropriate for all investors. Before purchasing a Living Benefit, you should carefully consider the following:

1. The frequency and amount of withdrawals you anticipate.

·   You should not purchase a Living Benefit if you plan to take Early or Excess Withdrawals, because such withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the Living Benefit.

·   Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under each Living Benefit is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the Annual Withdrawal Amount, such an optional living benefit may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for frequent withdrawals and your primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the Contract.

·   The timing and amount of your withdrawals may significantly decrease, and even terminate, your benefits under a Living Benefit. For example, if your Account Value is reduced to zero immediately following an Early Withdrawal, Excess Withdrawal, or the One-Time Access Withdrawal, then your Withdrawal Benefit Base will also be reduced to zero and your Contract will terminate without value and, thereafter, no Annual Withdrawal Amount will be paid.

·   Early and Excess Withdrawals may affect the Withdrawal Benefit Base, the Bonus Base, and the 200% Benefit Enhancement by more than a dollar-for-dollar basis.

·   You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals, because you may not start at the most financially beneficial time for you. For example, by waiting to take withdrawals, you will have a greater opportunity to increase your Annual Withdrawal Amount, but you will have less time to take withdrawals.

·   Withdrawals taken in connection with a Living Benefit also:

o   reduce your Account Value;

o   reduce your death benefit under the Contract;

o   may be subject to surrender charges;

o   may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties (e.g., if taken before age 59½); and

o   may be limited or restricted under certain Qualified Contracts.

2. Your investment objectives.

·   Your entire Account Value must be allocated to a limited number of specified Funds.

·   Any investment in or transfer to a Fund that is not a Designated Fund, or that falls outside the allocation ranges for the Build Your Own Portfolio model, will terminate your living benefit.

You should consult your financial advisor to assist you in determining which investment options may be best suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

3. The cost of the Living Benefit.

·   You will begin paying the fee for the Living Benefit as of the Issue Date, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever.

·   The fee may change over time, but will not exceed the Maximum Annual Rate shown in the fee table. (See “Costs of the Living Benefits.”)

·   We will not refund the fees that you have paid for the Living Benefit.

4. The impact of tax regulations.

·   The tax rules for Qualified Contracts may limit the value of a Living Benefit. You should consult a qualified tax professional before electing a Living Benefit for a Qualified Policy.

·   You may not elect a Living Benefit with an Inherited Non-Qualified or Beneficiary IRA Contract.

·   You may only withdraw your annual required minimum distribution (“RMD”) allowed under the Internal Revenue Code once during any given Account Year.

5. Whether joint-life coverage or single-life coverage is appropriate for you.

·   With joint-life coverage, all benefits are based on the age of the younger spouse.

·   If your spouse is significantly younger or older than you, you should carefully consider whether joint-life coverage is an appropriate choice in light of the possible long waiting period to begin annual withdrawals and to become eligible for the 200% Benefit Enhancement (for SIM or SIM Plus only) as well as the higher fee for joint-life coverage.

·   Single-life coverage may not be an appropriate choice on a co-owned Contract because the living benefit will end on the death of any Participant.

·   Once you elect joint-life coverage, you or your spouse will always pay the higher joint-life fee.

·   If your spouse (as of the Issue Date) is no longer your spouse or no longer the sole primary beneficiary under the Contract, then joint-life coverage will automatically convert to single-life coverage, but the joint-life fee will continue.

·   If you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

6. The amount and frequency of Purchase Payments.

·   After your Issue Date, we may limit the amount and timing of Purchase Payments that you can make.

·   For SIR III you cannot make Purchase Payments after your first Account Anniversary and, as such, may not be appropriate if you are actively invested in a contributory plan.

·   For SIM and SIM Plus, after the first Account Anniversary you are eligible to make subsequent Purchase Payments up to $50,000 during any Account Year, without our approval.

·    For SIM and SIM Plus, only Purchase Payments made during the first Account Year will be increased by 200% under the 200% Benefit Enhancement.

·   Purchase Payments made after the first Account Anniversary for SIM and SIM Plus will increase by 100% under the 200% Benefit Enhancement and will not be eligible for the full ten-year Bonus Period.

7. What happens if your Account Value is reduced to zero.

·   Before the Coverage Date, if the Account Value is reduced to zero, then no Annual Withdrawal Amount will be available, and the Contract and all benefits, including the living benefit, will end.

·   After your Coverage Date, if your Account Value is reduced to zero for any reason other than an Excess Withdrawal, then all Contract features, benefits, and guarantees will terminate; however, payments of the Annual Withdrawal Amount, increased by the Plus Factor if applicable, will continue to be paid to the Participant for the rest of his/her life.

·   If your Account Value is reduced to zero because of Early Withdrawals, Excess Withdrawals, or the One-Time Access Withdrawal, then all Contract benefits and guarantees, including your living benefits, will terminate, and no future Annual Withdrawal Amounts will be available.

See “Appendix R - Optional Living Benefit Examples” for examples showing how the features of these optional living benefits work.

Annual Withdrawal Amount

Beginning on the Coverage Date, you can withdraw up to the Annual Withdrawal Amount from your Contract in any Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. The Annual Withdrawal Amount is determined by multiplying the Withdrawal Benefit Base by the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage (shown in the chart below), based on your age at the time of first withdrawal after the Coverage Date.

Your Withdrawal Benefit Base may change after your Annual Withdrawal Amount has been determined; and if so, your Annual Withdrawal Amount will also change.  If you make any subsequent Purchase Payments, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased immediately and your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be recalculated at the time of your Purchase Payment. All other increases or decreases to the Withdrawal Benefit Base will result in a new Annual Withdrawal Amount on your next Account Anniversary.

Your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase if your age at the time of step-up coincides with a higher percentage (shown in the chart below).

For further information regarding the impacts of taking your Annual Withdrawal Amount please see “Tax Issues Under Living Benefits” and “TAX PROVISIONS.”

Please note:

·   If the Living Benefit is elected before your Coverage Date, then you will still be assessed a fee for the Living Benefit, even though the Annual Withdrawal Amount will be zero until the Coverage Date.

·   Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is not cumulative. This means that if you do not take the entire Annual Withdrawal Amount during an Account Year, then you cannot take more than the Annual Withdrawal Amount in the next Account Year and maintain the Living Benefit's guarantees.

Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage

We use the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage to calculate the Annual Withdrawal Amount. The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is determined based on:

·   your age at the time of the first withdrawal taken after the Coverage Date; or

·   if joint-life coverage is selected, the age of the younger spouse at the time of the first withdrawal taken after the Coverage Date.

Age at time of first withdrawal	Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage - Single-Life and Joint-Life Coverage
	SIR III and SIM	SIM Plus
< 59	0%	0%
59-64	4%	3%
65-79	5%	4%
80+	6%	5%

Please note: Once established, the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will not increase even though your age increases, except in certain circumstances involving step-ups (described below).

Withdrawal Benefit Base

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

·   increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments;

·   increased by any applicable Bonuses;

·   increased by any step-ups;

·   increased by the 200% Benefit Enhancement (SIM and SIM Plus only);

·   increased by the Plus Factor (SIM Plus only);

·   decreased by any Early and Excess Withdrawals; and

·   decreased by the One-Time Access Withdrawal (SIM and SIM Plus only).

The maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base permitted upon any step-up is $5 million for SIR III. After including any step-ups, Bonuses, 200% Benefit Enhancement, and the Plus Factor, the maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base permitted is $10 million for SIM and SIM Plus. (For the purposes of determining these maximum limits, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to aggregate the values of all variable annuity contracts you own issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) or it affiliates.)

Please note:

·   We use the Withdrawal Benefit Base to calculate the Annual Withdrawal Amount as well as the fee for your Living Benefit.

·   Your Withdrawal Benefit Base is not a cash value, a surrender value, or a death benefit. It is not available for withdrawal, it is not a minimum return for any Sub-Account, and it is not a guarantee of Account Value.

Bonus and Bonus Base

If you make no withdrawals in an Account Year during the Bonus Period, then, on each Account Anniversary during the Bonus Period, we will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base by an amount equal to 7% of the Bonus Base (under SIR III), and 8% of the Bonus Base (under SIM and SIM Plus). The Bonus Period is the first 10 Account Years after the Issue Date. Under SIR III, if a step-up occurs during the Bonus Period, then the Bonus Period will renew for another 10 years at the time of the step-up. Under SIM and SIM Plus the Bonus Period will not renew at step-up.

We use the Bonus Base to calculate the Bonus. We set the initial Bonus Base to equal the initial Purchase Payment at issue. The Bonus Base will be increased by any subsequent Purchase Payments and any step-ups. The Bonus Base will be decreased by any Early Withdrawals, Excess Withdrawals, or the One-Time Access Withdrawal.

Please note:

·   Under SIR III:

o   A Bonus will not be applied during any Account Year in which a withdrawal has been taken during the Bonus Period.

o   Early and Excess Withdrawals will reduce the Bonus Base.

·   Under SIM and SIM Plus, any withdrawal (other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal) will end your Bonus Period and eliminate your Bonus Base.

200% Benefit Enhancement (SIM and SIM Plus only)

If no withdrawals, other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal, are taken from the Contract, then you will be eligible for a 200% Benefit Enhancement on the latest of:

·   the 10th Account Anniversary,

·   the Account Anniversary following your 70th birthday, or

·   the Account Anniversary following the 70th birthday of the younger spouse, if joint-life is elected.

On this date, we will set your Withdrawal Benefit Base to equal the greater of:

·   the current Withdrawal Benefit Base, or

·   the 200% Benefit Enhancement.

The 200% Benefit Enhancement equals the sum of (1), (2), and (3), below:

(1)             200% of the initial Purchase Payment

(2)             200% of any additional Purchase Payments made before and including the first Account Anniversary

(3)             100% of additional Purchase Payments made after the first Account Anniversary

If the One-Time Access Withdrawal is taken, the amount of the 200% Benefit Enhancement will be reduced in the same proportion as the amount withdrawn reduces the Account Value.

Please note: The maximum Withdrawal Benefit Base permitted for SIM and SIM Plus is $10 million.

Step-Up

On each Account Anniversary during the Bonus Period, if your Account Value exceeds your current Withdrawal Benefit Base, adjusted for any applicable Bonus, we will automatically increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base to an amount equal to your Account Value.

On each Account Anniversary after the Bonus Period and before your Annuity Commencement Date, if your Account Value exceeds your current Withdrawal Benefit Base, increased by the Plus Factor, if any, we will automatically increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base to an amount equal to your Account Value.

Please note: The Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase if you have crossed into another age tier at the time of the step-up (we refer to this as “step-through”). For example, if you are age 79 (in the 65-79 age tier) when you make your first withdrawal, and you are age 80 at the time of the automatic step-up of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, then your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage will increase to the level for the 80+ age tier. (See the chart under “Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage.”)

Plus Factor (SIM Plus only)

After the Coverage Date and if you have taken a withdrawal (other than a One-Time Access Withdrawal), the Plus Factor will be initiated. On each Account Anniversary thereafter, we will automatically increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base by 3%, unless a step-up would result in a greater Withdrawal Benefit Base.

Please note:

·   If you take an Excess Withdrawal in any Account Year, you will forfeit the Plus Factor for that Account Year.

·   If your Account Value is reduced to zero as a result of an Excess Withdrawal, then we will discontinue the Plus Factor, your living benefit will end, and your Contract will terminate without value.

Impact of Withdrawals

Starting on your Coverage Date and continuing to your Annuity Commencement Date, you may take partial withdrawals up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base or Bonus Base. These withdrawals will, however, reduce your Account Value by the amount of the withdrawal (and, consequently, the amount of your death benefit). In addition, these withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges to the extent that they exceed the greatest of: (i) the free withdrawal amount permitted under your Contract (see “Free Withdrawal Amount”); (ii) your “yearly RMD amount” (subject to conditions discussed in “Tax Issues Under Living Benefits,”); and (iii) your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

Early Withdrawals

Withdrawals taken before your Coverage Date, referred to as “Early Withdrawals,” will reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base and any Bonus Base according to the following formulae.

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

●	Your New Bonus Base	=	BB x	(AV – WD)
				AV

●	Where:
	●	WBB	=	your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately before the Early Withdrawal.
	●	BB	=	your Bonus Base immediately before the Early Withdrawal.
	●	WD	=	the amount of the Early Withdrawal.
	●	AV	=	your Account Value immediately before the Early Withdrawal.

Under SIM and SIM Plus, your first withdrawal, if taken before the Coverage Date, will be deemed the One-Time Access Withdrawal. (See “One-Time Access Withdrawal.”)

Excess Withdrawals

After the Coverage Date, any partial withdrawal that, when taken alone or in combination with all other withdrawals taken in the same Account Year, exceeds the Annual Withdrawal Amount is referred to as an “Excess Withdrawal.” An Excess Withdrawal will reduce your Withdrawal Benefit Base and any Bonus Base according to the following formulae.

●	Your New Withdrawal Benefit Base	=	WBB x	(AV – WD)
				(AV – AWA)

●	Your New Bonus Base	=	BB x	(AV – WD)
				(AV – AWA)

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

One-Time Access Withdrawal (SIM and SIM Plus only)

You may take your first withdrawal as the One-Time Access Withdrawal. Before the Coverage Date, your first withdrawal will automatically be your One-Time Access Withdrawal. After your Coverage Date, you must elect to use the One-Time Access Withdrawal. If you do not elect the One-Time Access Withdrawal then:

·   we will lock in the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage,

·   you may begin to take your Annual Withdrawal Amount,

·   you will be eligible to receive any applicable Plus Factors under SIM Plus,

·   the One-Time Access Withdrawal will no longer be available,

·   the Bonus Period ends, and

·   the 200% Benefit Enhancements will no longer be available.

The One-Time Access Withdrawal differs from other withdrawals in that:

·   It will not end the 200% Benefit Enhancement, but will reduce it based on the following formula:.

™	Your new 200% Benefit Enhancement	=	BE x	(AV – WD)
				AV

™	Where:
	●	BE	=	the 200% Benefit Enhancement immediately before the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	●	WD	=	the total amount of the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	●	AV	=	the Account Value immediately before the One-Time Access Withdrawal.

·   It will reduce the Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base in the same manner as an Early Withdrawal. (See “Early Withdrawals.”)

·   If taken during the Bonus Period, then it will cause the Bonus for that Account Year to be forfeited, but will not end the Bonus Period.

·   If taken after the Coverage Date, then it will not lock in the Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage used to calculate the Annual Withdrawal Amount or initiate the Plus Factor for SIM Plus.

Please Note: In regards to Early and Excess Withdrawals and the One-Time Access Withdrawal:

·   Subsequent withdrawals taken after the One-Time Access Withdrawal will be treated as described in “Annual Withdrawal Amount,” “Early Withdrawals,” and “Excess Withdrawals.”

·   A withdrawal that does not exceed the Annual Withdrawal Amount may nevertheless affect the Bonus Period and step-ups. If you elect SIM or SIM Plus, then any withdrawal, except the One-Time Access Withdrawal, will result in the forfeiture of the 200% Benefit Enhancement and end the Bonus Period. Under SIM Plus, your will forfeit the Plus Factor for that Account Year if you take an Excess Withdrawal.

·   All withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount under the Contract.

·   Early Withdrawals, Excess Withdrawals, and the One-Time Access Withdrawal could severely reduce, and even terminate, your Living Benefit, and could reduce your Account Value to zero, thereby terminating your Contract without value.

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

·   We do not monitor for Excess Withdrawals. Accordingly, if you take regular or scheduled withdrawals, you should carefully monitor your withdrawals to be certain they are not in excess of your Annual Withdrawal Amount.

·   The One-Time Access Withdrawal is only available at the time of your first partial withdrawal request and cannot be used in connection with any systematic withdrawal program available under your Contract.

·   The One-Time Access Withdrawal is not available for a withdrawal made as part of an exchange under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) or as part of a transfer or rollover to an eligible retirement plan as defined by the Code.

Costs of Living Benefits

If you select a Living Benefit, then we will deduct a fee from your Account Value on the last valuation day of each Account Quarter. The fee is a percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base and differs for single-life and joint-life coverage. The percentage rate may change over time, but will not exceed the Maximum Annual Rates shown in the table below. In the event that we change the rate, you may elect to cancel your living benefit and no longer pay the fee.

	Single-Life				Joint-Life
	Current Quarterly Rate	Current Annual Rate	Maximum Quarterly Rate	Maximum Annual Rate	Current Quarterly Rate	Current Annual Rate	Maximum Quarterly Rate	Maximum Annual Rate
SIR III	0.2750%	1.10%	0.4375%	1.75%	0.3250%	1.30%	0.4875%	1.95%
SIM	0.2750%	1.10%	0.4375%	1.75%	0.3250%	1.30%	0.4875%	1.95%
SIM Plus	0.3125%	1.25%	0.4375%	1.75%	0.3625%	1.45%	0.4875%	1.95%

Please note: Because the fee for the benefit is a percentage of your Withdrawal Benefit Base:

·   your fee could be a much higher percentage of your Account Value, particularly in the event that your Account Value decreases significantly.

·   your fee will increase as your Withdrawal Benefit Base increases (although the rate used to calculate the fee may remain the same).

Cancellation of the Benefit

Should you decide that the Living Benefit is no longer appropriate for you, you may cancel it at any time.

We will terminate a Living Benefit upon the earliest of the following:

·   receipt, in good order at our overnight mailing address or our annuity mailing address, of your written request to cancel the Living Benefit;

·   change of ownership of a Contract, in certain circumstances;

·   death of a Participant (with single-life coverage);

·   annuitization;

·   termination/full surrender of the Contract;

·   the Withdrawal Benefit Base is reduced to zero as a result of Early or Excess Withdrawals;

·   any investment in or transfer to a Fund that is not a Designated Fund; or

·   any investment in or transfer that is outside the allocation ranges for the Build Your Portfolio model.

Upon termination, all benefits and fees associated with a Living Benefit will cease. Once terminated, your optional living benefit cannot be reinstated.

Death of Participant - Single-Life Coverage

If you selected single-life coverage, then the Living Benefit ends 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, then your spouse has the additional option of electing to participate in any optional living benefit that we make available for this purpose (assuming that your surviving spouse meets certain eligibility requirements). If the surviving spouse makes such election, then the Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit and the spouse will be subject to the terms and conditions of that living benefit.

Please note:

·   Single-life coverage may be inappropriate on a co-owned Contract because the living benefit will end on the death of any Participant.

·   Beneficiaries who are not spouses cannot continue the Contract (see “Spousal Continuance” under “DEATH BENEFIT”) 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. Also, if you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

Death of Participant - 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 a Living Benefit, the provisions of the section titled “Death of Participant - Single-Life Coverage” will apply.

If you purchased joint-life coverage and one of the Participants dies, then the surviving spouse, as the sole primary beneficiary, can elect to continue the Contract and all currently-held benefits will continue to the surviving spouse. In such case, the Account Value will be equal to the Death Benefit. If you are in a same-sex marriage, see “Federal Defense of Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriages” under “TAX PROVISIONS.”

Alternatively, the surviving spouse may elect any available option under the death benefit provisions of the Contract. In such case, the Contract, including any applicable living benefit, will terminate.

Annuitization Under the Living Benefits

If your Account Value is greater than zero on your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, then you must elect to:

● surrender your Contract and receive your Surrender Value,

● annuitize your Account Value under one of the then currently available Annuity Options, or

● annuitize your remaining Account Value as a single-life annuity (or a joint-life annuity, if joint-life coverage was elected on the Issue Date and is still eligible) with an annualized annuity payment of not less than your then current Annual Withdrawal Amount increased by the Plus Factor, if applicable. If you make no election, we will default your choice to this option.

If your Account Value has been reduced to zero through any combination of poor investment performance of the Designated Funds, Contract charges, and withdrawals apart from Early or Excess Withdrawals, and your Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than zero on or before your Maximum Annuity Commencement Date, then you will continue to receive your full Annual Withdrawal Amount until you die.

If you elect to annuitize prior to your maximum Annuity Commencement Date, then your Contract and any optional living benefit will end.

Tax Issues Under Living Benefits

Certain state and federal 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 optional living benefits, such as the Living Benefits, might increase the taxable portion of any withdrawal you make from the Contract.

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, then 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 Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regulations (collectively, the “Federal Tax Laws”). These RMD provisions require that an amount be distributed from the retirement plan each year, 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 have assumed for all plans that the Qualified Contract (i.e., your Contract) is the only asset, and we determine a yearly RMD amount taking into account only your Contract (“Yearly RMD Amount”).

When you elect to participate in a Living Benefit, we will inform you that you may withdraw amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount each year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. To assist you in complying with the RMD requirements, in January of each year, we will notify you of your calculated Yearly RMD Amount and inform you that you may withdraw amounts up to your Yearly RMD Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base.

To the extent that the Yearly RMD Amount attributable to your Contract exceeds the Annual Withdrawal Amount permitted each year under your Living Benefit, we currently are 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 a Living Benefit, then we will 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 Living 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 your 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. 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.”

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 SIM or SIM Plus, the only Funds, dollar-cost averaging programs, and asset allocation models that currently qualify as Designated Funds are as follows:

Asset Allocation Models	Funds
Build Your Own Portfolio	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio - S Class
	SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund - S Class
Dollar-Cost Averaging Program Options
6-Month DCA Guarantee Option
12-Month DCA Guarantee Option

For Contracts participating in SIR III and  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	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio - S Class
	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio - Advisor Class
Dollar-Cost Averaging Program Options	SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund - S Class
6-Month DCA Guarantee Option	SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund - S 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 Freedom 2015 Portfolio -
80/20 Masters Model2,3	Service Class 2
Build Your Own Portfolio	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Freedom 2020 Portfolio -
	Service Class 2
Dollar-Cost Averaging Program Options	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Balanced Portfolio -
6-Month DCA Guarantee Option	Service Class 2
12-Month DCA Guarantee Option	MFS® Total Return Portfolio - S Class
	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio - Advisor Class2
Funds	AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Fund - Class B2
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund - S Class2	Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund - S Class2	Fund - Class II2
SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund - S Class2	BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund - Class III2
Huntington VA Balanced Fund4	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio - S Class

1 Not available 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 S -- 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”), Sun Income Riser (“SIR”), Sun Income Riser III (“SIR III”), Sun Income Maximizer (“SIM”), or Sun Income Maximizer Plus (“SIM Plus”) 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, SIR, SIR III, SIM, and SIM Plus, 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, youmay 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, thenyour living benefit will continue with all of the benefits except forstep-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 S.

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 may 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 Persons.

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

Subject to availability in your state, 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 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 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:

● the amount payable under the basic death benefit above, or

● 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 equal to your Contract's 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 step-up to the surviving spouse 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, any partial withdrawals 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. Because of the way these adjustments are computed, 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 Annuity 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 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.

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 5 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 Charge 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:

● The earliest possible Annuity Commencement Date is the first day of the second month following your Issue Date.

● 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.

● 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:

● We must receive your notice, in good order, at least 30 days before the current Annuity Commencement Date.

● 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 in effect; 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 5 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 in effect. 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. The 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9-year period certain options are not available if your Contract has been issued within the past 7 years unless (a) you or your Beneficiary are selecting this Annuity Option to be used as the method of payment for the death benefit and (b) your Beneficiary's life expectancy on the date of the first payment exceeds the selected period.

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, except as otherwise provided under your applicable living benefit.

You may 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:

● We deduct a proportional amount of the Account Fee, based on the fraction of the current Account Year that has elapsed.

● 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.

● 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 Annuity Units for annuitization units which have annual insurance charges of 1.60% of your average daily net assets, regardless of your age on the Issue Date. 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 an exchange of Annuity Units). 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.

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.

Exchange of Variable Annuity Units

During the Income Phase, the Annuitant may exchange Annuity Units in one Sub-Account for Annuity Units in another Sub-Account, up to 12 times each Account Year. Any such exchanges 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 an exchange, the Annuitant sends us, at our Annuity Mailing Address, a written request stating the number of Annuity Units in the Sub-Account he or she wishes to exchange 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 exchange would not be affected. To calculate this number, we use Annuity Unit values for the Valuation Period during which we receive the exchange request.

Before exchanging 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 exchanges among Sub-Accounts. No exchanges 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

The Contracts contain Annuity Payment Rates for each Annuity Option described in this Prospectus. The rates 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

We will vote Fund shares held by the Sub-Accounts at meetings of shareholders of the Funds or in connection with similar solicitations, according to the voting instructions received from persons having the right to give voting instructions. During the Accumulation Phase, you will have the right to give voting instructions, except in the case of a Group Contract where 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 such voting rights. 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 Owners, Participants and Payees, as applicable. Because of this method of proportional voting, a small number of Contract Owners may determine the outcome of a shareholder vote.

Owners of Qualified Contracts issued on a group basis may be subject to other voting provisions of the particular plan and under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Employees who contribute to 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 plans may also provide the additional extent, if any, to which the Owners shall follow voting instructions of persons with rights under the plans. If no voting instructions are received from any such person with respect to a particular Participant Account, the Owner may instruct the Company as to how to vote the number of Fund shares for which instructions may be given.

Neither the Variable Account nor the Company is under any duty to provide information concerning the voting instruction rights to persons who may have such rights under plans, other than rights afforded under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any duty to inquire as to the instructions received by Owners, Participants or others, or the authority of any such persons to instruct the voting of Fund shares. Except as the Variable Account or the Company has actual knowledge to the contrary, the instructions given by Owners under Group Contracts and Payees will be valid as they affect the Variable Account, the Company and any others having voting instruction rights with respect to the Variable Account.

All Fund proxy material, together with an appropriate form to be used to give voting instructions, will be provided to each person having the right to give voting instructions at least 10 days prior to each meeting of the shareholders of the Fund. We will determine the number of Fund shares as to which each such person is entitled to give instructions as of the record date set by the Fund for such meeting, which is expected to be not more than 90 days prior to each such meeting. Prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, the number of Fund shares as to which voting instructions may be given to the Company is determined by dividing the value of all of the Variable Accumulation Units of the particular Sub-Account credited to the Participant Account by the net asset value of one Fund share as of the same date. On or after the Annuity Commencement Date, the number of Fund shares as to which such instructions may be given by a Payee is determined by dividing the reserve held by the Company in the Sub-Account with respect to the particular Payee by the net asset value of a Fund share as of the same date. After the Annuity Commencement Date, the number of Fund shares as to which a Payee is entitled to give voting instructions will generally decrease due to the decrease in the reserve.

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. In the event of any substitution pursuant to this provision, we may make appropriate endorsement to the Contract to reflect the substitution.

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 make appropriate endorsement to the Contract 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.

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: (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 make appropriate endorsement in the Contract 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 2 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 make appropriate endorsement to the Contract 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 Annuity 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. 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 7 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 based upon our understanding of current federal tax laws. 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 federal estate, federal gift, state, or other tax laws. 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.

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.”

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).

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.

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).

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.

Any amounts held under a Non-Qualified Contract that are assigned or pledged as collateral for a loan will also be treated as if withdrawn from the Contract. In addition, upon the transfer of a Non-Qualified Contract by gift (other than to the Participant's spouse), the Participant must treat an amount equal to the Account Value minus the total amount paid for the Contract as income.

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 individual retirement annuity “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:

● 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;

● any required minimum distribution; or

● 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.

The IRS has stated that satisfaction of the diversification requirements described above by itself does not prevent a Participant from being treated as the owner of separate account assets under an “owner control” test. If a Participant is treated as the owner of separate account assets for tax purposes, the Participant would be subject to taxation on the income and gains from the separate account assets. In published revenue rulings through 1982 and then again in 2003, the IRS has stated that a variable contract Participant will be considered the owner of separate account assets if the owner possesses incidents of ownership in those assets, such as the ability to exercise control over the investment of the assets. In Revenue Ruling 2003-91, the IRS considered certain variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and concluded that the owners of the variable contracts would not be considered the owners of the contracts' underlying assets for federal income tax purposes.

Revenue Ruling 2003-91 states that the determination of whether the owner of a variable contract possesses sufficient incidents of ownership over the assets underlying the variable contract so as to be deemed the owner of those assets for federal income tax purposes will depend on all the facts and circumstances. We do not believe that the differences between the Contract and the contracts described in Revenue Ruling 2003-91 should prevent the holding in Revenue Ruling 2003-91 from applying. 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.

Qualified Retirement Plans

“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.

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.

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. After December 31, 2008, we no longer accepted any additional Purchase Payments to any previously issued TSAs.

The Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) comprehensive TSA regulations became 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:

● deductible medical expenses incurred by you, your spouse, or your dependents;

● payments of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for you, your spouse, or your dependents;

● costs related to the purchase of your principal residence (not including mortgage payments);

● payment necessary to prevent eviction from your principal residence or foreclosure of the mortgage on your principal residence;

● payments for burial or funeral expenses for your parent, spouse, children, or dependents; or

● 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 Arrangements

Sections 219 and 408 of the Code permit eligible individuals to contribute to a so-called “traditional” individual retirement program, including Individual Retirement Accounts and Annuities, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, and SIMPLE Retirement Accounts. Such IRAs are subject to limitations on contribution levels, the persons who may be eligible, and on the time when distributions may commence. In addition, certain distributions from some other types of retirement plans may be placed in an IRA on a tax-deferred basis. 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 an individual 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 convert a traditional Individual Retirement Annuity 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 (for conversions in 2010, you will include the taxable income amount equally in 2011 and 2012 but you can choose on your federal tax return for 2010 to include the total amount as 2010 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.

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.

Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits

Qualified Contracts. If your Contract is a traditional IRA annuity or a 403(b) TSA annuity, 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. For Contracts issued in connection with traditional Individual Retirement Accounts, 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 in the Account's RMD calculations.

Effective with the 2006 distribution calendar year, the actuarial present value as of 12/31 of any additional benefits that are provided under your Contract (such as optional death and living benefits) will be added to the Contract's Account Value as of 12/31 in order to calculate the RMD amount. There are two exceptions to the requirement that the actuarial present value of an additional benefit must be added to the Account Value for RMD calculation purposes. First, if the only additional benefit provided under a Contract is a return of premium death benefit (i.e., a benefit under which the final payment does not exceed the amount of purchase payments made less prior distributions), then the additional benefit is disregarded and the RMD calculation uses only the 12/31 Account Value. Second, if (1) the Contract provides only for additional benefits that are each reduced on a proportional basis in the event of distributions, with or without a return of premium death benefit that is not reduced in amount proportionately in the event of distributions and (2) the actuarial present value of all the Contract's additional benefits is no more than 20% of the 12/31 Account Value, then the additional benefits are disregarded and the RMD calculation uses only the 12/31 Account Value. When we notify you of the RMD amount for a distribution calendar year, we will inform you if the calculation included the actuarial present value of additional benefits. Because of the above requirements, your initial or renewal election of an optional benefit could cause your RMD amount 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 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 IRA annuity from that annuity or from another IRA account or IRA annuity 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 might convert in the future to a Roth IRA (see “Roth Individual Retirement Arrangements”), then 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.

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 you 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.

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 (the “1994 Code”). Under the current provisions of the 1994 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 1994 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 1994 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 1994 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 affiliate, 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 7.50% 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” compensation, 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 Policies 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 2007, 2008, and 2009, approximately $6,307,971, $5,062,079, and $10,786,683, respectively, in commissions were paid to but not retained by Clarendon in connection with the distribution of the Contracts.

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. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statements and their exhibits. 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: Washington, D.C. -- 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 (http://www.sec.gov).

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 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. 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.

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

There are no pending legal proceedings affecting the Variable Account. We and our subsidiaries are engaged in various kinds of routine litigation which, in management's judgment, is not of material importance to our respective total assets or material with respect to the Variable Account.

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, 2009 are also included in the SAI.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)

Advertising and Sales Literature

Tax-Deferred Accumulation

Calculations

Example of Variable Accumulation Unit Value Calculation

Example of Variable Annuity Unit Calculation

Example of Variable Annuity Payment Calculation

Distribution of the Contracts

Designation and Change of Beneficiary

Custodian

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Financial Statements

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 Accumulation Value, if any, plus the Fixed Accumulation 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.

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.

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.).

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 or 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 date your Application is received by the Company.

*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 an Annuitant or a Beneficiary who becomes entitled to benefits upon the death of the Participant, or on the Annuity Commencement Date.

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

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. The amount equals: (i) your Account Value at the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive your surrender request; minus (ii) any Account Fee applicable for the Account Year in which the surrender is made and minus any applicable withdrawal charge.

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.

						Payment
		Hypothetical		Cumulative	Free	Subject to	Withdrawal	Withdrawal
	Account	Account	Annual	Annual	Withdrawal	Withdrawal	Charge	Charge
	Year	Value	Earnings	Earnings	Amount	Charge	Percentage	Amount
(a)	1	$41,000	$1,000	$ 1,000	$ 6,000	$35,000	8.00%	$2,800
	2	$45,100	$4,100	$ 5,100	$ 6,000	$39,100	8.00%	$3,128
	3	$49,600	$4,500	$ 9,600	$ 9,600	$40,000	7.00%	$2,800
(b)	4	$52,100	$2,500	$12,100	$12,100	$40,000	6.00%	$2,400
	5	$57,300	$5,200	$17,300	$17,300	$40,000	5.00%	$2,000
	6	$63,000	$5,700	$23,000	$23,000	$40,000	4.00%	$1,600
	7	$66,200	$3,200	$26,200	$26,200	$40,000	3.00%	$1,200
(c)	8	$72,800	$6,600	$32,800	$32,800	$         0	0.00%	$       0

(a)	The free withdrawal amount in any year is equal to the greater of (1) the Contract's earnings that were not previously withdrawn, and (2) 15% of any Purchase Payments made in the last 7 Account Years (“New Payments”). In Account Year 1, the free withdrawal amount is $6,000, which equals 15% of the Purchase Payment of $40,000. On a full withdrawal of $41,000, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $35,000, which equals the Account Value of $41,000 minus the free withdrawal amount of $6,000.
(b)	In Account Year 4, the free withdrawal amount is $12,100, which equals the prior Contract's cumulative earnings to date. On a full withdrawal of $52,100, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $40,000.
(c)	In Account Year 8, the free withdrawal amount is $32,800, which equals the Contract's cumulative earnings to date. On a full withdrawal of $72,800, the amount subject to a withdrawal charge is $0, since the New Payments equal $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 4 partial withdrawals made during the fourth Account Year of $4,000, $9,000, $12,000, and $20,000.

					Remaining
	Hypothetical				Free	Amount of			Hypothetical
	Account				Withdrawal	Withdrawal			Account
	Value				Amount	Subject to	Withdrawal	Withdrawal	Value
Account	Before		Cumulative	Amount of	After	Withdrawal	Charge	Charge	After
Year	Withdrawal	Earnings	Earnings	Withdrawal	Withdrawal	Charge	Percentage	Amount	Withdrawal
1	$41,000	$1,000	$  1,000	$         0	$6,000	$         0	8.00%	$       0	$41,000
2	$45,100	$4,100	$  5,100	$         0	$6,000	$         0	8.00%	$       0	$45,100
3	$49,600	$4,500	$  9,600	$         0	$9,600	$         0	7.00%	$       0	$49,600
(a)  4	$50,100	$   500	$10,100	$  4,000	$6,100	$         0	6.00%	$       0	$46,100
(b)  4	$46,900	$   800	$10,900	$  9,000	$        0	$ 2,100	6.00%	$   126	$37,900
(c)  4	$38,500	$   600	$11,500	$12,000	$        0	$11,400	6.00%	$   684	$26,500
(d)  4	$26,900	$   400	$11,900	$20,000	$        0	$19,600	6.00%	$1,176	$6,900

(a)	In Account Year 4, the free withdrawal amount is $10,100, which equals the Contract's cumulative earnings to date. The partial withdrawal amount of $4,000 is less than the free withdrawal amount, so there is no withdrawal charge.
(b)	Since a partial withdrawal of $4,000 was taken, the remaining free withdrawal amount in Account Year 4 is $10,900 - $4,000 = $6,900. Therefore, $6,900 of the $9,000 withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge, and $2,100 is subject to a withdrawal charge. Of the $13,000 withdrawn to date, $10,900 has been from the free withdrawal amount and $2,100 has been from deposits.
(c)	Since $10,900 of the 2 prior Account Year 4 partial withdrawals was taken from the free withdrawal amount, the remaining free withdrawal amount in Account year 4 is $11,500 - $10,900 = $600. Therefore, $600 of the $12,000 withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge, and $11,400 is subject to a withdrawal charge. Of the $25,000 withdrawn to date, $11,500 has been from the free withdrawal amount and $13,500 has been from deposits.
(d)	Since $11,500 of the 3 prior Account Year 4 partial withdrawals was taken from the free withdrawal amount, the remaining free withdrawal amount in Account Year 4 is $11,900 - $11,500 = $400. Therefore, $400 of the $20,000 withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge, and $19,600 is subject to a withdrawal charge. Of the $45,000 withdrawn to date, $11,900 has been from the free withdrawal amount and $33,100 has been from deposits. Note that if the $6,900 hypothetical Account Value after withdrawal was withdrawn, it would all be from deposits and subject to a withdrawal charge. The withdrawal charge would be 6% of $6,900, which equals $414. The total Account Year 4 withdrawal charges would then be $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.

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:

● the amount payable under the basic death benefit, or

● 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:

● the first day of the month following your 80th birthday, or

● 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:

● 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.

● 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:

● 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.

● 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:

● 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.

● 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 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 MAV 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.”

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:

● 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.

● 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 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 -

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

Massachusetts Financial Services Company advises the MFS® Funds. Sun Capital Advisers, LLC advises the Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund.

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 Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series,	MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Portfolio - S Class
A Class**	MFS® Global Research Portfolio - S Class
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series,	Small-Cap Equity Funds
A Class**	MFS® New Discovery Portfolio - S Class
MFS® Growth Portfolio - S Class	Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®/VA
MFS® Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock	- Service Shares
Portfolio - S Class

** Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Bank of America representative.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, advises the Columbia Funds (with Marsico Capital Management, LLC, sub-advising the Columbia Marsico Funds). Massachusetts Financial Services Company advises the MFS® Funds. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises the Oppenheimer Main Street Small 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 Select***	Wanger USA***
Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund, Variable Series -
Class B

*** These Funds do not have different share classes.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, advises the Columbia Small Cap Value Fund. Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P. 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:

Asset Allocation Fund	High Yield Bond Fund
PIMCO All Asset Portfolio - Admin. Class	MFS® High Yield Portfolio - S Class
International/Global Equity Fund	Money Market Fund
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2	MFS® Money Market Portfolio - S Class
Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund - Class 2

Massachusetts Financial Services Company, our affiliate,advises the MFS® Funds. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC advises the PIMCO All Asset Portfolio. Templeton Asset Management Ltd. advises the 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 Freedom
International/Global Equity Fund	2010 Portfolio - Service Class 2*
AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio,	Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Class B**	PIMCO Total Return Portfolio - Admin. Class
	Inflation-Protected Bond Fund
	PIMCO Real Return Portfolio - Admin. 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 the AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC advises the portfolios of the PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. advises the Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA. Strategic Advisers, Inc. advises the Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund Freedom 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 the Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation Fund (with the following advising the underlying portfolios of the fund: Franklin Advisers, Inc. advising the 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 the Oppenheimer Balanced Fund./VA

APPENDIX E -

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 Fund 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.

● 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.

● 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. YourGLB 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:

● the date you elected to participate in the WB Plan if you are age 60 or older on that date, or

● 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:

● you annuitize; or

● under the provisions of Secured Returns for Life;

● your benefit matures;

● your benefit is revoked; or

● 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 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 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:

● your previous RGLB amount, reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the withdrawal, and

● your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Yournew GLB Base will be the lesser of:

● your previous GLB Base reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the excess withdrawal, and

● 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:

● your previous Lifetime Income Base reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of the excess withdrawal, and

● 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:

●	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.
●	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.
●	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:

● annuitize your Contract;

● surrender your Contract;

● receive the Maximum WB Amount each year until the RGLB amount is reduced to zero; or

● 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:

● your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB amount, and

● 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:

● your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB Base and the current Lifetime Income Base, and

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.  

● Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $85,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,625.  

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.  

● On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.  

● 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%)].  

● Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $150,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $6,725.  

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time and that your Designated Fund had low investment performance.  

● On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.  

● 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%)].  

● Assume that on January 1, 2016, your Account Value is $200,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $7,500.  

● 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.

●	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.
●	On January 1, 2006:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
●	On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
●		Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $20,000 [$100,000-($4,000 x 20)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
●		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.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount equals zero.
●		Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
●		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.

●	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.
●	On January 1, 2006:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is zero [4% of your Lifetime Income Base].
●	On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Maximum WB Amount:
●		Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$5,000].
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value has been reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals [$15,000].
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $85,000 [$100,000-($5,000 x 3)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
●		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].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,400 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are less than 65 years old].
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals, is $17,000 [85,000 – ($3,400 x 20)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
●		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.
●	Assume you elect to take annual payments of your Maximum WB for Life Amount until your GLB amount is reduced to zero in 2033.
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount equals zero.
●		Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
●		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.

●	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.
●	On January 1, 2006:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
●	On December 31, 2006, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
●		Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals $130,000 [$80,000 + $50,000].
●		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].
●		Your GLB Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $7,500 [5% of your new GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
●		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.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals is $14,000 [$134,000 – ($6,000 x 20)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		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.
●	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.
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your GLB amount equals zero.
●		Your GLB Base equals zero because your GLB amount equals zero.
●		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.

● 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.  

● 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).  

● 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).  

● 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).  

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time.  

● 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.  

● 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].  

● 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.  

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time.  

● On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.  

● On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].  

● 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.  

● 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].  

● 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.  

● 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.

●	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:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
●	On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $93,000:
●		Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		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]].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,720 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
●	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.
●	Assume your Designated Fund earns -2% in Account Year 17, and that you take another $5,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2022:
●		Your Account Value is zero.
●		Your GLB amount is $15,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 17)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than the Maximum WB Amount.
●		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]].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is still $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		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.

● 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:  

● Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].  

● On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $97,000:  

● Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].

● Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.

● 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]].

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,880 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].  

● 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 Fund, 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.  

● Assume your Designated Fund earns 2% in Account Year 20, and that you take another $5,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2025:  

● Your Account Value is $27,108.

● Your GLB amount is zero [$5,000 remaining - $5,000 withdrawal].

● Your GLB Base is zero because your GLB amount is equal to zero.

● 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]].

● 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.

● 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:  

● Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].  

● On December 31, 2006, after you take a withdrawal of $6,000, your Account Value is $92,000:  

● 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]].

● 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]].

● Your Maximum WB Amount is now $4,600 [5% of your GLB Base].

● 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]].

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,680 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base of $92,000].  

● 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 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.  

● Assume your Designated Fund earns -2% in Account Year 14, and that you take another $6,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2022:  

● Your Account Value is $1, 457 [$7,609 x (1 - 0.02) - $6,000].

● 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)].

● 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)].

● Your Maximum WB Amount equals $73 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].

● 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]].

● 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:  

● withdrawing the Maximum WB for Life Amount each year until you die, or  

● 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.

● 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). Assume that on January 1, 2019, your Account Value is $130,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $8,875.  

● 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.

● 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:  

● Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your GLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 65].  

● On December 31, 2006, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $101,000:  

● Your GLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].

● Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].  

● 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:  

● Your Account Value is $103,184.

● Your GLB amount is $85,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 3)].

● Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.

● 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*:  

● Your Account Value is $103,184.

● Your GLB amount is $103,184.

● Your GLB Base is $103,184.

● Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new GLB Base].

● Your Lifetime Income Base is $103,184.

● Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].  

● 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.

● 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).  

● On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.  

● 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.  

● 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.  

● 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 F -

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.

● 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.

● 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

● 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.

● 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

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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

● Assume that on January 1, 2003, you purchased a Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. Your GLB amount is $100,000.

● 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).

● 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

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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

● 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.

● 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%).

● 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.

● 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

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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 G -

SECURED RETURNS 2

The following information applies to your Contract if you elected to participate in Secured Returns 2 (“Benefit” or “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.

● 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.

● Assume that on January 1, 2015, your Account Value is $85,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $4,625.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● Assume that on January 1, 2015, your Account Value is $200,000. Assume that your total rider charges to date are $7,500.

● 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.

● 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).

● On December 31, 2006, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $91,000.

● 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.

● On December 31, 2014, your remaining GLB amount will be $37,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $0.

● 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.

● 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).

● On December 31, 2006, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $95,000.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB plan at any time.

● 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.

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● Assume that you did not elect the WB Plan at any time.

● On June 1, 2010, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.

● On June 1, 2010, your GLB amount is $168,000 [$100,000 + ($80,000 x 85%)].

● 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.

● 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)].

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● On June 1, 2011, you make an additional $80,000 Purchase Payment.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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).

● On January 1, 2007, your remaining GLB amount will be $93,000. Assume that, on this date, your Account Value is $91,000.

● On January 6, 2007, 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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).

● 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).

● 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).

● 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 H -

SECURED RETURNS FOR LIFE PLUSSM

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:

● the date you elected to participate in the WB Plan if you are age 60 or older on that date, or

● 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:

	●	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.
	●	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:
●			your GLB Base prior to the addition of the amount of any bonus, and
●			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:
●			your Lifetime Income Base prior to the addition of the bonus amount, and
●			the lesser of:
●				your RGLB amount after the addition of the bonus amount, and
●				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:

● you annuitize or

● under the provisions of Secured Returns for Life Plus:

● your Benefit matures;

● your Benefit is revoked (see “Revocation of Secured Returns for Life Plus” in this Appendix); or

● 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:

● your previous RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, and

● your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Yournew GLB Base will be the lesser of:

● your previous GLB Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount, and

● your Account Value after the withdrawal.

Your new Bonus Base will be the lesser of:

● your previous Bonus Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount, and

● 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:

● your previous Lifetime Income Base reduced by the amount of the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB for Life Amount, and

● 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:

●		A withdrawal in excess of the Maximum WB Amount or the Maximum WB for Life Amount might reduce or even terminate your Secured Returns for Life Plus Benefits, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value.
●		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.
●		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
(2)			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:

● annuitize the Contract as described under “THE INCOME PHASE - ANNUITY PROVISIONS” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached;

● surrender your Contract;

● receive the Maximum WB Amount each year until the RGLB amount is reduced to zero; or

● 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:

● your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB amount, and

● 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:

● your current Account Value is greater than the current GLB Base and greater than the current Lifetime Income Base, and

● 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:

● the accrued bonus amount before step-up less the difference between the GLB amount after and before step-up, and

● 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.
(2)	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.
(3)	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:
●		the date the surviving spouse elected to participate in the WB Plan, if the spouse is age 60 or older on that date, or
●		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.

(2)

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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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 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 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.

● 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.

● 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.

●	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.
●	On January 1, 2007:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is zero [4% of your Lifetime Income Base].
●		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.
●	On December 31, 2007, after your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Maximum WB Amount:
●		Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$5,000].
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is zero because you have not passed your first Account Anniversary after your 59th birthday.
●		Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value has been reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals [$15,000].
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawal, is $85,000 [$100,000-($5,000 x 3)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
●		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].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,400 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are less than 65 years old].
●		Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals, is $17,000 [85,000 – ($3,400 x 20)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than the Maximum WB Amount in any Account Year.
●		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.
●		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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	On January 1, 2007:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 60].
●		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.
●	On December 31, 2007, after your first systematic withdrawal of $4,000:
●		Your Account Value is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal [$4,000].
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $96,000 [$100,000-$4,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
●		Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●	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:
●		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].
●		Your GLB Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $7,500 [5% of your new GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base, increased by the subsequent Purchase Payment, is $150,000.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $6,000 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
●		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.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value equals zero.
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the total withdrawals is $14,000 [$134,000 – ($6,000 x 20)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $150,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount in any Account Year.
●		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.
●	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.

●	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:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $4,000 [4% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 63].
●		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.
●	On December 31, 2007, after you take a withdrawal of $6,000, your Account Value is $92,000:
●		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]].
●		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]].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is now $4,600 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		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]].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $3,680 [4% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
●		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]].
●	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.
●	Assume your fund earns -2% in Account Year 14, and that you take another $6,000 withdrawal. On December 31, 2020:
●		Your Account Value is $1,457.
●		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)].
●		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]].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount equals $73 [5% of your new GLB Base].
●		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]].
●		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.

●	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:
●		Your GLB Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 [the value of your RGLB amount on the day you elect to participate in the WB Plan].
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base because you are age 65].
●		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.
●	On December 31, 2007, after you take your first systematic withdrawal of $5,000, your Account Value is $101,000:
●		Your RGLB amount, reduced by the amount of the withdrawal, is $95,000 [$100,000-$5,000].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
●		Your Bonus Base is still $100,000 because you did not withdraw more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●	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:
●		Your Account Value is $103,184.
●		Your RGLB amount is $85,000 [$100,000 - ($5,000 x 3)].
●		Your GLB Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB Amount.
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,000 [5% of your GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is still $100,000 because you withdrew no more than your Maximum WB for Life Amount.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,000 [5% of your Lifetime Income Base].
●		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*:
●		Your Account Value is $103,184.
●		Your RGLB amount is $103,184.
●		Your GLB Base is $103,184.
●		Your Maximum WB Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new GLB Base].
●		Your Lifetime Income Base is $103,184.
●		Your Maximum WB for Life Amount is $5,159 [5% of your new Lifetime Income Base].
●		Your Bonus Base is $103,184.
*	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.
●	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.

● 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.

● 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).

● 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).

● 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).

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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 I -

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:

● decreased following any withdrawals you take prior to your RIE Coverage Date;

● 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;

● increased by any applicable bonuses;

● increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under RIE”; and

● 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 Charges” 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:

● If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your RIE Fee.

● 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:

● 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.)

● 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 toonly 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.

● If we have not had to increase the percentage as described above, the percentage we use to calculate your RIE will remain unchanged and we will automatically step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base.

● 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 youngerspouse 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 J -

Income ON Demand®

The optional living benefit known as Income ON Demand (“Income ON Demand” or “Benefit” or “the rider”) was available for all Contracts purchased on or after March 5, 2007 and prior to October 20, 2008 and for 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:

● decreased following any withdrawals you take prior to becoming age 59½;

● 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;

● increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under Income ON Demand” in this Appendix;

● 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

● 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:

● increases by 5% of any subsequent Purchase Payments you make during the first year following the Issue Date,

● increases on each Account Anniversary by the amount of your Annual Income Amount determined on that Anniversary,

● decreases by the amount of any withdrawals you take, and

● 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 certain 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:

● 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.

● 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.

● 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:

● 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 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.

● 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.

● 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 K -

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 Appedix 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:

● increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II” 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 II 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 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:

● increased by 5% of 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 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 certain 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.
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:

● If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Fee Base and thus your IOD II Fee.

● 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:

● 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 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.

● 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.

● 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 L -

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 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:

● increased on each Account Anniversary by any applicable bonus amount during the IOD II Plus Bonus Period;

● increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under IOD II Plus” 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 II Plus 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 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:

● 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 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 you 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 adverse 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 anEarly 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 certain 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:

● 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.

● 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:

● 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.)

● 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.

● 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.

● 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).

● 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 M -

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:

● increased by any applicable bonuses;

● increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under RIE II” 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 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 Charges” 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:

● 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.

● 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:

● 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.)

● 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.

● 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

● 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 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 youngerspouse 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 N -

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:

● increased on each Account Anniversary by any step-ups as described in this Appendix under “Step-Up Under IOD II Escalator”;

● 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”;

● 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 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:

● 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 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 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 Escalator Fee will not change during an Account Year, unless you take one of two specific actions:

● 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.

● 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:

● 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 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.

● 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.

● 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 O -

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:

● the excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value or

● 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:

● 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.

● If you make a partial withdrawal, you will decrease your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base and thus your Retirement Asset Protector Fee.

● 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:

● you annuitize your Contract;

● Retirement Asset Protector matures on the GMAB Maturity Date;

● your Retirement Asset Protector benefit is cancelled as described in this Appendix under “Cancellation of Retirement Asset Protector;” or

● 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:

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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.

● 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:

● 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.

● 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.

● Assume you make no additional withdrawals and you do not step-up prior to the GMAB Maturity Date on March 7, 2017.

● 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 electto increase your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base to your then current Account Value. The step-up election may be made on anyday 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:

● your current Account Value is greater than the current Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base, and

● 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:

● any excess of your Retirement Asset Protector Benefit Base over your Account Value, or

● the total amount of fees you paid for Retirement Asset Protector.

●	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.
●	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.
●	Assume you make no withdrawals prior to the GMAB Maturity Date on March 7, 2019.
●	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 P -

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 Q -

SUN INCOME RISER®

The optional living benefit known as Sun Income Riser (“SIR”) was available on Contracts purchased on or after ____________________ and prior to _________________. If you elected to participate in SIR, the following information applies to your Contract. SIR is no longer available for sale on new Contracts.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” in this Appendix).
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” in this Appendix).
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 “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.

Upon annuitization, SIR and the MAV optional death benefit, if elected, automatically terminate.

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” in this Appendix), 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 in this Appendix 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” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

Under SIR, you 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,” “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:

● increased by any applicable bonuses;

● increased by any step-ups as described under “Step-Up Under SIR”;

● 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 in this Appendix under “Early Withdrawals”; and

● decreased following any Excess Withdrawals you take as described in this Appendix 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” 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 table above. (See “Step-Up Under SIR” 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 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 in this Appendix 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 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 SIR, including reducing your Account Value to zero and thereby terminating your Contract without value, as described further under “Withdrawals Under SIR” in this Appendix. Note also that investing in any Fund, other than a Designated Fund, will cancel SIR, as described in this Appendix 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 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 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 Charges” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached);

● your Yearly Required Minimum Distribution Amount (subject to conditions discussed under “Tax Issues Under SIR” in this Appendix); 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:

● If you make an additional Purchase Payment during your first Account Year, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base and thus your SIR Fee.

● 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 in this Appendix 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” in this Appendix.

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:

● 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.)

● 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.

● 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.

● 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” in this Appendix.

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” in this Appendix.

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 youngerspouse 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 in this Appendix 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, the 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 in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached 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” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

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” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached) 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 above 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” in this Appendix);

● 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” in this Appendix.

Tax Issues Under SIR

Certain state and federal 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.

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 “TAX PROVISIONS - Impact of Optional Death Benefits and Optional Living Benefits” in the prospectus to which this Appendix is attached.

APPENDIX R -

OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT EXAMPLES

Example: How the living benefits work

Assume for the examples below that you are age 63 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 and that you elected to participate 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 59 prior to your Issue Date, your Coverage Date is your Issue Date. At any time, you can begin to withdraw up to your Annual Withdrawal Amount each Account Year without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. (For convenience, assume that the investment performance on your underlying investments remains neutral throughout the life of your Contract, except for Account Years 2 and 5.)

A. How SIR III works.

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is set equal to 4% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $4,000. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 7% of your Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal during the Bonus Period. By deferring withdrawals during the Bonus Period you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount.
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. Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. At this time we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000. Additionally, because you have crossed into another age tier (from age 63 to age 65), 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 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	$4,000	$0
2	$100,000	$107,000	$100,000	$4,280	$0
3	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	$6,250	$0
Assume you take your first withdrawal in Account Year 4.  We set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 5%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. You can withdraw up to $6,688 in Account Year 4 without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
4	$125,000	$133,750	$125,000	$6,688	$6,688
5	$118,312	$133,750	$125,000	$6,688	$6,688
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 5, your Account Value has grown to $170,000 on your fifth Account Anniversary. Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base. We will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base to $170,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $8,500. Going forward, your new Bonus Base will be $170,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by an Excess Withdrawal, and your Bonus Period will now end on your 15th Account Anniversary
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
6	$170,000	$170,000	$170,000	$8,500	$8,500
7	$161,500	$170,000	$170,000	$8,500	$8,500
8	$153,000	$170,000	$170,000	$8,500	$8,500
Assume in Account Year 11, you don’t take a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by $11,900, which is 7% of your Bonus Base ($170,000). Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to $9,095, which is 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base ($181,900), as shown below:
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
9	$144,500	$170,000	$170,000	$8,500	$0
10	$144,500	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095
11	$135,405	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095
12	$126,310	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095
13	$117,215	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095
14	$108,120	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095
15	$  99,025	$181,900	$170,000	$9,095	$9,095

B. How SIM works.

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is set equal to 4% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $4,000. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 8% of your Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal during the Bonus Period. By deferring withdrawals during the Bonus Period, you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount.
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. Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. At this time we will step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000. Additionally, because you have crossed into another age tier (from age 63 to age 65), 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 a One Time Access Withdrawal. Your Bonus Period will end on your 10th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the issue date) or the first withdrawal that is not a One-Time Access 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	$4,000	$0
2	$100,000	$108,000	$100,000	$4,320	$0
3	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	$6,250	$0
Assume you take your first withdrawal in Account Year 4. We set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 5%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 5% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. In Account Year 4, your Withdrawal Benefit Base (including the Bonus) equals $135,000, and you can withdraw up to $6,750 (5% of $135,000) in Account Year 4 without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. Because your first withdrawal was not a One-Time Access Withdrawal, your Bonus Period ends.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
4	$125,000	$135,000	N/A	$6,750	$6,750
5	$118,250	$135,000	N/A	$6,750	$6,750
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 5, your Account Value has grown to $170,000 on your fifth Account Anniversary.  Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base.  We will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base to $170,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 5% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $8,500.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
6	$170,000	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
7	$161,500	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
8	$153,000	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
Assume in Account Year 9, you don’t take a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not increase by a Bonus because the Bonus Period ended when the first withdrawal (other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal) was taken.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
9	$144,500	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$0
10	$144,500	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
11	$136,000	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
12	$127,500	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
13	$119,000	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
14	$110,500	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500
15	$102,000	$170,000	N/A	$8,500	$8,500

C. How SIM Plus works.

Your Annual Withdrawal Amount is set equal to 3% of you Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $3,000. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 8% of your Bonus Base each Account Year in which you do not take a withdrawal during the Bonus Period. By deferring your withdrawals during the Bonus Period you will increase your Withdrawal Benefit Base, which in turn may maximize your Annual Withdrawal Amount.
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. Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. At this time we will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000. Additionally, because you have crossed into another age tier (from age 63 to age 65), your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 4% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $5,000. Going forward, your new Bonus Base will be $125,000, unless increased by another step-up or reduced by a One Time Access Withdrawal. Your Bonus Period will end on your 10th Account Anniversary (i.e., ten years after the Issue Date) or the first withdrawal that is not a One-Time Access 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	$3,000	$0
2	$100,000	$108,000	$100,000	$3,240	$0
3	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	$5,000	$0
Assume you take your first withdrawal in Account Year 4. We set your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage at 4%. Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will be equal to 4% of your Withdrawal Benefit Base. In Account Year 4, your Withdrawal Benefit Base (including the Bonus) equals $135,000, and you can withdraw up to $5,400 (5% of $135,000) in Account Year 4 without reducing your Withdrawal Benefit Base. The Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase each year following the initial withdrawal by the 3% Plus Factor, as long as no Excess Withdrawals are taken during the Account Year. Because your first withdrawal was not a One-Time Access Withdrawal, your Bonus Period ends.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
4	$125,000	$135,000	N/A	$5,400	$5,400
5	$119,600	$139,050	N/A	$5,562	$5,562
Assume that, because of good investment performance of the Designated Funds during Account Year 5, your Account Value has grown to $170,000 on your fifth Account Anniversary.  Therefore your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base. We will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base to $170,000. Your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be 4% of your new Withdrawal Benefit Base, or $6,800.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
6	$170,000	$170,000	N/A	$6,800	$6,800
7	$163,200	$175,100	N/A	$7,004	$7,004
8	$156,196	$180,353	N/A	$7,214	$7,214
Assume in Account Year 9, you don’t take a withdrawal. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will not increase by a Bonus because the Bonus Period ended when the first withdrawal (other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal) was taken.  However, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by 3% as a result of the Plus Factor.
Account Year	Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base	Bonus Base	Annual Withdrawal Amount	Withdrawals
9	$148,982	$185,764	N/A	$7,431	$0
10	$148,982	$191,337	N/A	$7,653	$7,653
11	$141,329	$197,077	N/A	$7,883	$7,883
12	$133,446	$202,989	N/A	$8,120	$8,120
13	$125,326	$209,079	N/A	$8,363	$8,363
14	$116,963	$215,351	N/A	$8,614	$8,614
15	$108,349	$221,812	N/A	$8,872	$8,872

Example: 200% Benefit Enhancement (SIM & SIM Plus only)

Assume a client, age 62, purchased a contract on January 1, 2010 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. On January 1, 2020 (the later of the 10th Account Anniversary or the Account Anniversary following age 70), if no withdrawals have been taken and the then current Withdrawal Benefit Base equals $180,000, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased to $200,000 (200% of the initial Purchase Payment). If on January 1, 2020, your current Withdrawal Benefit Base is greater than $200,000 due to a prior step-up, then the 200% Benefit Enhancement would not be applied.

Assume a client, age 55, purchased a contract on January 1, 2010 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. On January 1, 2025 (the later of the 10th Account Anniversary or the Account Anniversary following age 70), if no withdrawals have been taken and the then current Withdrawal Benefit Base equals $180,000, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased to $200,000.

Assume a client, age 62, purchased a contract on January 1, 2010 with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. A subsequent purchase payment of $50,000 is made on June 1, 2018. On January 1, 2020 (the later of the 10th Account Anniversary or the Account Anniversary following age 70), if no withdrawals have been taken and the then current Withdrawal Benefit Base equals $238,000, the Withdrawal Benefit Base will be increased to $250,000 (200% of the initial Purchase Payment, plus 100% of additional Purchase Payments made after the first Account Anniversary.

Example: One-Time Access Withdrawal (SIM and SIM Plus only)

You may take the One-Time Access Withdrawal before you begin receiving your Annual Withdrawal Amount. The One-Time Access Withdrawal will not end the 200% Benefit Enhancement or the Bonus Period. However, the One-Time Access Withdrawal will cause the Bonus for that Account Year to be forfeited. As a result of the One-Time Access Withdrawal, your Withdrawal Benefit Base, Bonus Base and your 200% Benefit Enhancement will be reduced using the following formulae:

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

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

Your new 200% Benefit Enhancement	=	BE x	(	AV –  WD	)
				AV

Where:
	BB  =	Your Bonus Base immediately prior to the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	WBB  =	Your Withdrawal Benefit Base immediately prior to the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	BE  =	Your 200% Benefit Enhancement immediately prior to the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	WD  =	The amount of the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
	AV  =	Your Account Value immediately prior to the One-Time Access Withdrawal.

Assume your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elected to participate with single-life coverage. 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 8% of your Bonus Base each year in which you do not take a withdrawal during the Bonus Period.  Assume your Coverage Date will start in your 5th Account Anniversary (the first Account Anniversary after you reach age 59). If you notify us, the first withdrawal you take after the Coverage Date may be considered the One-Time Access Withdrawal.
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. Therefore your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of its Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. We will step-up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base to $125,000.
Assume that, in your Account Year 7, you need to take $10,000 and you notify us of your intention to make this withdrawal your One-Time Access Withdrawal.
Account Year		Account Value	Withdrawal Benefit Base			Bonus Base			Withdrawals
1		$100,000	$100,000			$100,000			$0
2		$100,000	$108,000			$100,000			$0
3		$125,000	$125,000			$125,000			$0
4		$125,000	$135,000			$125,000			$0
5		$125,000	$145,000			$125,000			$0
6		$125,000	$155,000			$125,000			$0
7		$125,000	$165,000			$125,000			$10,000
At this point, your Bonus Base, your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your 200% Benefit Enhancement will be recalculated as follows:
	Your new Bonus Base			=	$125,000		x	$125,000 – $10,000
								$125,000
				=	$115,000
	Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base			=	$165,000		x	$125,000 – $10,000
								$125,000
				=	$151,800
	Your new 200% Benefit Enhancement			=	$200,000		x	$125,000 – $10,000
								$125,000
				=	$184,000

Example: Early Withdrawals

Any withdrawal (other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal applicable to SIM and SIM Plus) taken before your Coverage Date will be considered an Early Withdrawal. Your Bonus Base (applicable to SIR III only) and Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced using the following formulae:

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

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

Where:
	BB  =	Your 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 50 when your Contract is issued with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, and that you elected to participate with single-life coverage. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and your Bonus Base are each set to equal your initial Purchase Payment on your Issue Date. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base will increase by a percentage of your Bonus Base each year in which you do not take a withdrawal. Your Coverage Date will be the first Account Anniversary after you attain the age of 59. (Please note that with SIM and SIM Plus, the first Early Withdrawal taken will be considered the One-Time Access Withdrawal. Also note that the Bonus Period will end on SIM and SIM Plus if a second Early Withdrawal is taken.)
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. Therefore, your Contract is eligible for an automatic step-up of the Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base. We will step up your Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base to $125,000. Assume that, in your Account Year 3, you withdraw $10,000. Because you are age 53 (and younger than age 59), this is an Early Withdrawal.
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
	(SIR III only)				$125,000
		=	115,000
	Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base	=	$125,000	x	$125,000 – $10,000
					$125,000
		=	115,000
Your Annual Withdrawal Amount will still be $0 because you have not reached your Coverage Date. For SIM and SIM Plus, any withdrawal other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal will end the Bonus Period and forfeit the 200% Benefit Enhancement have ended.

Example: Excess Withdrawals

If you take an Excess Withdrawal that is not your One-Time Access Withdrawal,(applicable to SIM and SIM Plus only) your Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base (applicable to SIR III only) will be reduced according to the following formulae:

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

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

Where:
	BB =	Your Bonus Base immediately prior to the Early 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.

Assume that you invested $65,000 and, due to recent positive market performance, your Account Value in Account Year 5 is $100,000. Your Withdrawal Benefit Base and Bonus Base have stepped up to 100,000, your Lifetime Withdrawal Percentage is 5%, and thus your Annual Withdrawal Amount is $5,000. During this Account Year you make two withdrawals: a $4,000 withdrawal followed by a $6,000 withdrawal. Your first withdrawal reduces your Account Value to $96,000 but does not affect your 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 $5,000 Annual Withdrawal Amount. After your second withdrawal, your Withdrawal Benefit Base will be reduced as follows:
	Your new Bonus Base	=	$100,000	x	$96,000 – $6,000
					$96,000 – ($5,000 – $4,000)
		=	$94,737
	Your new Withdrawal Benefit Base	=	$100,000	x	$96,000 – $6,000
					$96,000 – ($5,000 – $4,000)
		=	$94,737
Beginning on your Account Anniversary and going forward, your new Annual Withdrawal Amount will be $4,737 (5% of $94,737). For SIM and SIM Plus , any withdrawal other than the One-Time Access Withdrawal will end the Bonus Period and forfeit the 200% Benefit Enhancement have ended.

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 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 your benefit.

APPENDIX S -

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 benefit riders. 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 purchased on or after _______, 2010, with Sun Income Maximizer or Sun Income Maximizer Plus, the Funds available in each asset class and the percentage range assigned to each asset class under the Build Your Own Portfolio investment option are as follows:

Balanced Funds	Fixed Income Funds
0% to 60%	40% to 100%
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio	Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund1
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund	MFS® Government Securities Portfolio
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Balanced Portfolio	SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund
Huntington VA Balanced Fund1	SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income Fund	SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund
MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio	Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund®
MFS® Total Return Portfolio	Sun Capital Money Market Fund®
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund
SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund

1 Only available if you purchased your Contract through a Huntington Bank representative .

For Contracts purchased with either Sun Income Riser III or with Sun Income Riser with 7% 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, then 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	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 Balanced Portfolio	MFS® Value Portfolio	SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund	PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
MFS® Bond Portfolio	SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund	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	SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund	MFS® Total Return Portfolio	Mutual Shares Securities Fund	Lord Abbett Series Fund Growth Opportunities Portfolio	PIMCO CommodityRealReturnTM Strategy Portfolio
Sun Capital Money Market Fund®		Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity and Income F und	MFS® Utilities Portfolio	MFS® International Value Portfolio	MFS® Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
SCSM Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund		Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund 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 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
		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 Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series
			SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Mid Cap Portfolio
			SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund	MFS® International Growth Portfolio
				SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
				Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series
				Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series
				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

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%
				AllianceBernstein International Growth Portfolio
				Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Contrafund® Portfolio
				SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
				SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
				SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund

1Only 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 Balanced Portfolio	MFS® Value Portfolio	SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap 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 CommodityRealReturnTM 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 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 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 Moderate Fund	Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund1	First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund	Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund1
	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 Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series
	BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund	SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Mid Cap Portfolio
	Huntington VA Balanced Fund1	SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund	MFS® International Growth Portfolio
	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio		SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio		Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series
			Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series
			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 Contrafund® Portfolio
			SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
			SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
			SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth 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 Balanced Portfolio	MFS® Value Portfolio	SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap 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 CommodityRealReturnTM 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 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 Freedom 2020 Portfolio	Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund1	First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund	Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund1
	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 Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series
	SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund	SCSM Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund	Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Mid Cap Portfolio
	BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund	SCSM Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund	MFS® International Growth Portfolio
	Huntington VA Balanced Fund1		SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund
	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio		Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series
	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio		Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series
			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 Contrafund® Portfolio
			SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund
			SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
			SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth 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 Balanced Portfolio	MFS® Value Portfolio	SCSM Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap 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 CommodityRealReturnTM Strategy Portfolio
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund5	Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA	MFS® Blended Research® Core Equity Portfolio2	Oppenheimer Main St. Small 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 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 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 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 Moderate Fund8	Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund5	MFS® Research International Portfolio	Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund5
	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 Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund	Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund, Variable Series
	PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio8		Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund Mid Cap Portfolio
	MFS® Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio		Wanger USA3
			Wanger Select3
			Columbia Small Cap Value, Variable Series3
			MFS® International Growth Portfolio
			SCSM WMC Large Cap Growth Fund7
			Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Variable Series4
			Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Variable Series4
			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 Contrafund® Portfolio8
			SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund8
			SCSM Columbia Small Cap Value Fund8
			SCSM Invesco Small Cap Growth 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 T -

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following information for SUN LIFE FINANCIAL MASTERS CHOICE 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 Class B	01	2009	5.6893	7.8146	156,637
	01	2008	10.0000	5.6893	24,471
	02	2009	5.6799	7.7859	25,040
	02	2008	10.0000	5.6799	2,676
	03	2009	5.6775	7.7788	424
	03	2008	10.0000	5.6775	1,599
	04	2009	5.6705	7.7573	90,642
	04	2008	10.0000	5.6705	1,244
	05	2009	5.6681	7.7501	0
	05	2008	10.0000	5.6681	0
	06	2009	5.6611	7.7287	0
	06	2008	10.0000	5.6611	0
	07	2009	5.6587	7.7215	0
	07	2008	10.0000	5.6587	0
	08	2009	5.6493	7.6929	0
	08	2008	10.0000	5.6493	0
AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio Class B	01	2009	7.6391	9.3786	925,513
	01	2008	10.0000	7.6391	169,387
	02	2009	7.6265	9.3442	142,588
	02	2008	10.0000	7.6265	48,692
	03	2009	7.6234	9.3356	1,805
	03	2008	10.0000	7.6234	1,432
	04	2009	7.6139	9.3099	65,985
	04	2008	10.0000	7.6139	23,975
	05	2009	7.6108	9.3013	0
	05	2008	10.0000	7.6108	0
	06	2009	7.6014	9.2755	636
	06	2008	10.0000	7.6014	637
	07	2009	7.5982	9.2670	0
	07	2008	10.0000	7.5982	0
	08	2009	7.5856	9.2327	0
	08	2008	10.0000	7.5856	0
AllianceBernstein International Value Portfolio Class B	01	2009	5.3843	7.1366	2,081,473
	01	2008	10.0000	5.3843	2,162,561
	02	2009	5.3754	7.1104	621,909
	02	2008	10.0000	5.3754	622,099
	03	2009	5.3732	7.1038	25,859
	03	2008	10.0000	5.3732	24,890
	04	2009	5.3665	7.0842	190,329
	04	2008	10.0000	5.3665	182,423
	05	2009	5.3643	7.0776	0
	05	2008	10.0000	5.3643	223
	06	2009	5.3576	7.0580	11,588
	06	2008	10.0000	5.3576	0
	07	2009	5.3554	7.0515	3,466
	07	2008	10.0000	5.3554	1,344
	08	2009	5.3465	7.0254	0
	08	2008	10.0000	5.3465	0
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund Class III	01	2009	10.0780	12.0216	5,773,377
	01	2008	10.0000	10.0780	219,754
	02	2009	10.0740	11.9924	1,353,560
	02	2008	10.0000	10.0740	79,394
	03	2009	10.0730	11.9851	22,461
	03	2008	10.0000	10.0730	4,383
	04	2009	10.0700	11.9633	440,378
	04	2008	10.0000	10.0700	26,597
	05	2009	10.0690	11.9560	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.0690	0
	06	2009	10.0659	11.9341	0
	06	2008	10.0000	10.0659	0
	07	2009	10.0649	11.9268	776
	07	2008	10.0000	10.0649	0
	08	2009	10.0608	11.8977	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.0608	0
Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund Class B	01	2009	6.7559	8.4507	2,575,841
	01	2008	12.1788	6.7559	2,610,336
	01	2007	10.0000	12.1788	743,740
	02	2009	6.7308	8.4023	759,663
	02	2008	12.1584	6.7308	774,593
	02	2007	10.0000	12.1584	271,772
	03	2009	6.7246	8.3902	48,077
	03	2008	12.1534	6.7246	51,839
	03	2007	10.0000	12.1534	22,309
	04	2009	6.7058	8.3541	363,803
	04	2008	12.1381	6.7058	347,563
	04	2007	10.0000	12.1381	207,834
	05	2009	6.6996	8.3421	0
	05	2008	12.1330	6.6996	0
	05	2007	10.0000	12.1330	0
	06	2009	6.6809	8.3061	464
	06	2008	12.1177	6.6809	621
	06	2007	10.0000	12.1177	750
	07	2009	6.6746	8.2940	2,363
	07	2008	12.1126	6.6746	4,446
	07	2007	10.0000	12.1126	1,738
	08	2009	6.6497	8.2462	0
	08	2008	12.0922	6.6497	0
	08	2007	10.0000	12.0922	0
Columbia Marsico 21st Century Fund, Class A	01	2009	8.7482	10.9659	0
	01	2008	15.7150	8.7482	4,233
	01	2007	13.3554	15.7150	4,326
	01	2006	11.3055	13.3554	3,985
	01	2005	10.0000	11.3055	0
	02	2009	8.6812	10.8599	0
	02	2008	15.6266	8.6812	0
	02	2007	13.3074	15.6266	0
	02	2006	11.2877	13.3074	0
	02	2005	10.0000	11.2877	0
	03	2009	8.6646	10.8336	0
	03	2008	15.6046	8.6646	0
	03	2007	13.2954	15.6046	0
	03	2006	11.2832	13.2954	0
	03	2005	10.0000	11.2832	0
	04	2009	8.6147	10.7547	0
	04	2008	15.5385	8.6147	0
	04	2007	13.2595	15.5385	0
	04	2006	11.2698	13.2595	0
	04	2005	10.0000	11.2698	0
	05	2009	8.5981	10.7286	0
	05	2008	15.5166	8.5981	0
	05	2007	13.2475	15.5166	0
	05	2006	11.2654	13.2475	0
	05	2005	10.0000	11.2654	0
	06	2009	8.5485	10.6504	0
	06	2008	15.4508	8.5485	0
	06	2007	13.2116	15.4508	0
	06	2006	11.2520	13.2116	0
	06	2005	10.0000	11.2520	0
	07	2009	8.5319	10.6244	0
	07	2008	15.4288	8.5319	0
	07	2007	13.1996	15.4288	0
	07	2006	11.2475	13.1996	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.2475	0
	08	2009	8.4662	10.5209	0
	08	2008	15.3414	8.4662	0
	08	2007	13.1519	15.3414	0
	08	2006	11.2297	13.1519	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.2297	0
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund Class B	01	2009	7.0418	8.7754	322,801
	01	2008	11.8174	7.0418	111,293
	01	2007	10.0000	11.8174	46,928
	02	2009	7.0157	8.7251	98,828
	02	2008	11.7977	7.0157	100,363
	02	2007	10.0000	11.7977	23,053
	03	2009	7.0092	8.7126	2,348
	03	2008	11.7927	7.0092	1,644
	03	2007	10.0000	11.7927	1,188
	04	2009	6.9897	8.6751	49,231
	04	2008	11.7779	6.9897	29,136
	04	2007	10.0000	11.7779	12,583
	05	2009	6.9832	8.6627	0
	05	2008	11.7730	6.9832	0
	05	2007	10.0000	11.7730	0
	06	2009	6.9637	8.6252	0
	06	2008	11.7582	6.9637	0
	06	2007	10.0000	11.7582	0
	07	2009	6.9571	8.6128	0
	07	2008	11.7532	6.9571	0
	07	2007	10.0000	11.7532	0
	08	2009	6.9312	8.5631	0
	08	2008	11.7334	6.9312	0
	08	2007	10.0000	11.7334	0
Columbia Marsico Growth Fund Class A	01	2009	7.9557	9.9408	0
	01	2008	13.3190	7.9557	0
	01	2007	11.4935	13.3190	0
	01	2006	10.9813	11.4935	4,522
	01	2005	10.0000	10.9813	0
	02	2009	7.8948	9.8447	0
	02	2008	13.2440	7.8948	0
	02	2007	11.4522	13.2440	0
	02	2006	10.9640	11.4522	0
	02	2005	10.0000	10.9640	0
	03	2009	7.8796	9.8209	0
	03	2008	13.2254	7.8796	0
	03	2007	11.4418	13.2254	0
	03	2006	10.9596	11.4418	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.9596	0
	04	2009	7.8342	9.7494	1,742
	04	2008	13.1694	7.8342	6,344
	04	2007	11.4109	13.1694	6,420
	04	2006	10.9467	11.4109	6,472
	04	2005	10.0000	10.9467	4,598
	05	2009	7.8192	9.7258	0
	05	2008	13.1508	7.8192	0
	05	2007	11.4006	13.1508	0
	05	2006	10.9423	11.4006	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.9423	0
	06	2009	7.7741	9.6549	0
	06	2008	13.0950	7.7741	0
	06	2007	11.3697	13.0950	0
	06	2006	10.9293	11.3697	0
	06	2005	10.0000	10.9293	0
	07	2009	7.7591	9.6313	0
	07	2008	13.0765	7.7591	0
	07	2007	11.3594	13.0765	0
	07	2006	10.9250	11.3594	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.9250	0
	08	2009	7.6992	9.5375	0
	08	2008	13.0023	7.6992	0
	08	2007	11.3183	13.0023	0
	08	2006	10.9076	11.3183	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.9076	0
Columbia Marsico International Opportunities Fund Class B	01	2009	8.7297	11.8797	122,598
	01	2008	17.1795	8.7297	111,231
	01	2007	14.5525	17.1795	51,832
	01	2006	11.9712	14.5525	7,332
	01	2005	10.0000	11.9712	0
	02	2009	8.6629	11.7648	82,032
	02	2008	17.0829	8.6629	39,285
	02	2007	14.5002	17.0829	16,138
	02	2006	11.9523	14.5002	570
	02	2005	10.0000	11.9523	570
	03	2009	8.6462	11.7363	12,908
	03	2008	17.0588	8.6462	13,744
	03	2007	14.4872	17.0588	4,916
	03	2006	11.9476	14.4872	0
	03	2005	10.0000	11.9476	0
	04	2009	8.5964	11.6510	151,816
	04	2008	16.9866	8.5964	63,512
	04	2007	14.4480	16.9866	43,700
	04	2006	11.9335	14.4480	0
	04	2005	10.0000	11.9335	0
	05	2009	8.5799	11.6227	0
	05	2008	16.9627	8.5799	0
	05	2007	14.4350	16.9627	0
	05	2006	11.9287	14.4350	0
	05	2005	10.0000	11.9287	0
	06	2009	8.5304	11.5380	340
	06	2008	16.8907	8.5304	456
	06	2007	14.3959	16.8907	551
	06	2006	11.9146	14.3959	0
	06	2005	10.0000	11.9146	0
	07	2009	8.5139	11.5098	3,298
	07	2008	16.8668	8.5139	2,875
	07	2007	14.3828	16.8668	0
	07	2006	11.9099	14.3828	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.9099	0
	08	2009	8.4483	11.3977	0
	08	2008	16.7712	8.4483	0
	08	2007	14.3308	16.7712	0
	08	2006	11.8909	14.3308	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.8909	0
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund Class B	01	2009	8.5515	10.5447	0
	01	2008	12.0662	8.5515	0
	01	2007	12.5560	12.0662	0
	01	2006	10.6627	12.5560	0
	01	2005	10.0000	10.6627	0
	02	2009	8.4860	10.4427	0
	02	2008	11.9984	8.4860	0
	02	2007	12.5109	11.9984	546
	02	2006	10.6459	12.5109	546
	02	2005	10.0000	10.6459	546
	03	2009	8.4697	10.4174	0
	03	2008	11.9814	8.4697	0
	03	2007	12.4996	11.9814	0
	03	2006	10.6417	12.4996	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.6417	0
	04	2009	8.4209	10.3416	0
	04	2008	11.9307	8.4209	0
	04	2007	12.4658	11.9307	0
	04	2006	10.6291	12.4658	0
	04	2005	10.0000	10.6291	0
	05	2009	8.4048	10.3165	0
	05	2008	11.9139	8.4048	0
	05	2007	12.4546	11.9139	0
	05	2006	10.6249	12.4546	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.6249	0
	06	2009	8.3563	10.2413	0
	06	2008	11.8633	8.3563	0
	06	2007	12.4208	11.8633	0
	06	2006	10.6123	12.4208	0
	06	2005	10.0000	10.6123	0
	07	2009	8.3401	10.2163	0
	07	2008	11.8465	8.3401	0
	07	2007	12.4096	11.8465	0
	07	2006	10.6081	12.4096	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.6081	0
	08	2009	8.2758	10.1168	0
	08	2008	11.7794	8.2758	0
	08	2007	12.3646	11.7794	0
	08	2006	10.5912	12.3646	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.5912	0
Fidelity VIP Balanced Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	6.9898	9.5380	905,140
	01	2008	10.7604	6.9898	373,653
	01	2007	10.0000	10.7604	108,415
	02	2009	6.9639	9.4834	155,439
	02	2008	10.7424	6.9639	52,377
	02	2007	10.0000	10.7424	28,515
	03	2009	6.9575	9.4698	1,961
	03	2008	10.7379	6.9575	1,677
	03	2007	10.0000	10.7379	1,314
	04	2009	6.9381	9.4290	173,317
	04	2008	10.7244	6.9381	18,261
	04	2007	10.0000	10.7244	687
	05	2009	6.9316	9.4155	0
	05	2008	10.7199	6.9316	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.7199	0
	06	2009	6.9123	9.3748	0
	06	2008	10.7064	6.9123	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.7064	0
	07	2009	6.9058	9.3613	0
	07	2008	10.7019	6.9058	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.7019	0
	08	2009	6.8800	9.3073	0
	08	2008	10.6838	6.8800	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.6838	0
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	6.6758	8.9214	3,880,415
	01	2008	10.0000	6.6758	1,027,144
	02	2009	6.6647	8.8887	921,751
	02	2008	10.0000	6.6647	322,866
	03	2009	6.6620	8.8805	42,699
	03	2008	10.0000	6.6620	12,712
	04	2009	6.6537	8.8560	251,710
	04	2008	10.0000	6.6537	56,754
	05	2009	6.6510	8.8478	0
	05	2008	10.0000	6.6510	0
	06	2009	6.6427	8.8233	0
	06	2008	10.0000	6.6427	0
	07	2009	6.6399	8.8151	4,146
	07	2008	10.0000	6.6399	0
	08	2009	6.6289	8.7825	0
	08	2008	10.0000	6.6289	0
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	8.8065	10.7687	102,816
	01	2008	11.9301	8.8065	163,253
	01	2007	11.1547	11.9301	92,175
	01	2006	10.3184	11.1547	20,798
	01	2005	10.0000	10.3184	23,604
	02	2009	8.7500	10.6780	61,215
	02	2008	11.8777	8.7500	69,902
	02	2007	11.1285	11.8777	9,761
	02	2006	10.3150	11.1285	1,017
	02	2005	10.0000	10.3150	0
	03	2009	8.7359	10.6554	0
	03	2008	11.8646	8.7359	0
	03	2007	11.1219	11.8646	0
	03	2006	10.3141	11.1219	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.3141	0
	04	2009	8.6938	10.5878	3,375
	04	2008	11.8255	8.6938	258
	04	2007	11.1022	11.8255	0
	04	2006	10.3115	11.1022	0
	04	2005	10.0000	10.3115	0
	05	2009	8.6798	10.5654	0
	05	2008	11.8125	8.6798	0
	05	2007	11.0957	11.8125	0
	05	2006	10.3107	11.0957	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.3107	0
	06	2009	8.6378	10.4982	0
	06	2008	11.7734	8.6378	0
	06	2007	11.0760	11.7734	0
	06	2006	10.3081	11.0760	0
	06	2005	10.0000	10.3081	0
	07	2009	8.6238	10.4759	0
	07	2008	11.7604	8.6238	0
	07	2007	11.0694	11.7604	0
	07	2006	10.3072	11.0694	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.3072	0
	08	2009	8.5681	10.3870	0
	08	2008	11.7084	8.5681	0
	08	2007	11.0432	11.7084	0
	08	2006	10.3038	11.0432	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.3038	0
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	8.7698	10.8162	427,432
	01	2008	12.2281	8.7698	245,559
	01	2007	11.3650	12.2281	93,010
	01	2006	10.3936	11.3650	25,678
	01	2005	10.0000	10.3936	486
	02	2009	8.7136	10.7250	171,071
	02	2008	12.1744	8.7136	98,883
	02	2007	11.3382	12.1744	150,937
	02	2006	10.3902	11.3382	40,737
	02	2005	10.0000	10.3902	0
	03	2009	8.6995	10.7023	125
	03	2008	12.1611	8.6995	0
	03	2007	11.3316	12.1611	0
	03	2006	10.3893	11.3316	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.3893	0
	04	2009	8.6576	10.6344	35,519
	04	2008	12.1209	8.6576	24,058
	04	2007	11.3115	12.1209	14,562
	04	2006	10.3867	11.3115	639
	04	2005	10.0000	10.3867	0
	05	2009	8.6436	10.6119	0
	05	2008	12.1076	8.6436	0
	05	2007	11.3048	12.1076	0
	05	2006	10.3858	11.3048	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.3858	0
	06	2009	8.6018	10.5445	0
	06	2008	12.0675	8.6018	0
	06	2007	11.2848	12.0675	0
	06	2006	10.3832	11.2848	0
	06	2005	10.0000	10.3832	0
	07	2009	8.5879	10.5220	0
	07	2008	12.0542	8.5879	0
	07	2007	11.2781	12.0542	0
	07	2006	10.3824	11.2781	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.3824	0
	08	2009	8.5324	10.4327	0
	08	2008	12.0009	8.5324	0
	08	2007	11.2513	12.0009	0
	08	2006	10.3789	11.2513	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.3789	0
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	8.2685	10.4856	827,577
	01	2008	12.4735	8.2685	679,903
	01	2007	11.4990	12.4735	505,529
	01	2006	10.4346	11.4990	166,242
	01	2005	10.0000	10.4346	1,426
	02	2009	8.2155	10.3972	113,298
	02	2008	12.4188	8.2155	85,098
	02	2007	11.4719	12.4188	160,624
	02	2006	10.4311	11.4719	36,453
	02	2005	10.0000	10.4311	0
	03	2009	8.2023	10.3752	5,162
	03	2008	12.4052	8.2023	4,803
	03	2007	11.4652	12.4052	1,982
	03	2006	10.4302	11.4652	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.4302	0
	04	2009	8.1627	10.3093	59,079
	04	2008	12.3642	8.1627	39,464
	04	2007	11.4449	12.3642	2,554
	04	2006	10.4276	11.4449	2,571
	04	2005	10.0000	10.4276	0
	05	2009	8.1495	10.2875	0
	05	2008	12.3506	8.1495	0
	05	2007	11.4381	12.3506	0
	05	2006	10.4267	11.4381	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.4267	0
	06	2009	8.1101	10.2222	5,046
	06	2008	12.3098	8.1101	4,938
	06	2007	11.4178	12.3098	4,992
	06	2006	10.4241	11.4178	4,917
	06	2005	10.0000	10.4241	0
	07	2009	8.0970	10.2004	0
	07	2008	12.2961	8.0970	0
	07	2007	11.4111	12.2961	0
	07	2006	10.4232	11.4111	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.4232	0
	08	2009	8.0446	10.1137	0
	08	2008	12.2418	8.0446	0
	08	2007	11.3840	12.2418	0
	08	2006	10.4197	11.3840	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.4197	0
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio Service Class 2	01	2009	6.9773	9.6193	2,326,167
	01	2008	11.7120	6.9773	2,205,875
	01	2007	10.0000	11.7120	1,525,439
	02	2009	6.9515	9.5643	766,815
	02	2008	11.6924	6.9515	798,402
	02	2007	10.0000	11.6924	571,915
	03	2009	6.9450	9.5506	59,345
	03	2008	11.6875	6.9450	60,991
	03	2007	10.0000	11.6875	41,093
	04	2009	6.9257	9.5094	441,757
	04	2008	11.6728	6.9257	333,002
	04	2007	10.0000	11.6728	331,387
	05	2009	6.9192	9.4958	0
	05	2008	11.6679	6.9192	0
	05	2007	10.0000	11.6679	0
	06	2009	6.8999	9.4548	0
	06	2008	11.6532	6.8999	0
	06	2007	10.0000	11.6532	747
	07	2009	6.8935	9.4411	6,404
	07	2008	11.6483	6.8935	2,858
	07	2007	10.0000	11.6483	1,686
	08	2009	6.8677	9.3867	216
	08	2008	11.6287	6.8677	182
	08	2007	10.0000	11.6287	155
First Eagle Overseas Variable Fund	01	2009	8.5521	10.1454	5,845,209
	01	2008	10.6798	8.5521	2,578,798
	01	2007	10.0000	10.6798	927,016
	02	2009	8.5204	10.0874	1,393,974
	02	2008	10.6619	8.5204	744,289
	02	2007	10.0000	10.6619	292,646
	03	2009	8.5125	10.0729	49,166
	03	2008	10.6574	8.5125	33,438
	03	2007	10.0000	10.6574	8,077
	04	2009	8.4888	10.0295	431,880
	04	2008	10.6440	8.4888	255,265
	04	2007	10.0000	10.6440	122,744
	05	2009	8.4809	10.0152	0
	05	2008	10.6396	8.4809	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.6396	0
	06	2009	8.4573	9.9719	0
	06	2008	10.6262	8.4573	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.6262	0
	07	2009	8.4493	9.9575	550
	07	2008	10.6217	8.4493	2,116
	07	2007	10.0000	10.6217	645
	08	2009	8.4178	9.9001	0
	08	2008	10.6038	8.4178	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.6038	0
Franklin Income Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	7.0827	9.4743	1,472,403
	01	2008	10.2071	7.0827	1,022,516
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2071	533,516
	02	2009	7.0565	9.4201	297,094
	02	2008	10.1900	7.0565	264,620
	02	2007	10.0000	10.1900	132,798
	03	2009	7.0500	9.4065	19,204
	03	2008	10.1857	7.0500	21,694
	03	2007	10.0000	10.1857	18,476
	04	2009	7.0303	9.3661	178,799
	04	2008	10.1729	7.0303	69,458
	04	2007	10.0000	10.1729	43,451
	05	2009	7.0238	9.3526	0
	05	2008	10.1687	7.0238	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.1687	0
	06	2009	7.0042	9.3123	0
	06	2008	10.1559	7.0042	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.1559	0
	07	2009	6.9976	9.2988	1,069
	07	2008	10.1516	6.9976	1,210
	07	2007	10.0000	10.1516	0
	08	2009	6.9715	9.2452	0
	08	2008	10.1345	6.9715	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.1345	0
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	13.1231	16.7204	322,026
	01	2008	19.8610	13.1231	187,308
	01	2007	20.6252	19.8610	191,144
	01	2006	17.8718	20.6252	139,585
	01	2005	16.6555	17.8718	61,977
	01	2004	10.0000	16.6555	48,744
	02	2009	12.9534	16.4708	162,496
	02	2008	19.6442	12.9534	162,013
	02	2007	20.4418	19.6442	164,516
	02	2006	17.7488	20.4418	154,763
	02	2005	16.5743	17.7488	128,824
	02	2004	10.0000	16.5743	82,077
	03	2009	12.9113	16.4090	5,768
	03	2008	19.5904	12.9113	8,635
	03	2007	20.3962	19.5904	7,528
	03	2006	17.7182	20.3962	5,970
	03	2005	16.5541	17.7182	3,530
	03	2004	10.0000	16.5541	1,206
	04	2009	12.7857	16.2245	93,009
	04	2008	19.4295	12.7857	90,387
	04	2007	20.2597	19.4295	104,546
	04	2006	17.6264	20.2597	95,329
	04	2005	16.4935	17.6264	76,643
	04	2004	10.0000	16.4935	56,641
	05	2009	12.7441	16.1635	2,091
	05	2008	19.3763	12.7441	2,252
	05	2007	20.2146	19.3763	3,358
	05	2006	17.5960	20.2146	2,508
	05	2005	16.4733	17.5960	2,389
	05	2004	10.0000	16.4733	297
	06	2009	12.6198	15.9813	12,453
	06	2008	19.2167	12.6198	12,424
	06	2007	20.0790	19.2167	27,646
	06	2006	17.5047	20.0790	26,342
	06	2005	16.4128	17.5047	25,405
	06	2004	10.0000	16.4128	7,978
	07	2009	11.7222	14.8370	428
	07	2008	17.8591	11.7222	450
	07	2007	18.6700	17.8591	419
	07	2006	16.2846	18.6700	397
	07	2005	15.2767	16.2846	0
	07	2004	10.0000	15.2767	0
	08	2009	11.5877	14.6369	0
	08	2008	17.6905	11.5877	0
	08	2007	18.5319	17.6905	0
	08	2006	16.1971	18.5319	0
	08	2005	15.2256	16.1971	0
	08	2004	10.0000	15.2256	0
Franklin Strategic Income Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	9.0765	11.2596	338,179
	01	2008	10.3658	9.0765	145,875
	01	2007	10.0000	10.3658	71,204
	02	2009	9.0429	11.1952	97,483
	02	2008	10.3485	9.0429	67,301
	02	2007	10.0000	10.3485	18,159
	03	2009	9.0345	11.1791	1,496
	03	2008	10.3442	9.0345	931
	03	2007	10.0000	10.3442	0
	04	2009	9.0094	11.1310	56,829
	04	2008	10.3312	9.0094	14,683
	04	2007	10.0000	10.3312	15,046
	05	2009	9.0010	11.1151	0
	05	2008	10.3269	9.0010	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.3269	0
	06	2009	8.9759	11.0671	1,632
	06	2008	10.3139	8.9759	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.3139	0
	07	2009	8.9675	11.0511	3,783
	07	2008	10.3095	8.9675	1,087
	07	2007	10.0000	10.3095	1,088
	08	2009	8.9341	10.9875	0
	08	2008	10.2922	8.9341	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2922	0
Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation Fund Class 2	01	2009	7.0549	9.0650	1,505,045
	01	2008	10.0000	7.0549	985,098
	02	2009	7.0432	9.0318	253,445
	02	2008	10.0000	7.0432	209,814
	03	2009	7.0403	9.0235	21,431
	03	2008	10.0000	7.0403	6,062
	04	2009	7.0316	8.9985	110,920
	04	2008	10.0000	7.0316	69,173
	05	2009	7.0287	8.9903	0
	05	2008	10.0000	7.0287	0
	06	2009	7.0200	8.9654	0
	06	2008	10.0000	7.0200	0
	07	2009	7.0171	8.9571	0
	07	2008	10.0000	7.0171	0
	08	2009	7.0054	8.9240	0
	08	2008	10.0000	7.0054	0
Huntington VA Balanced Fund	01	2009	10.0000	11.3987	112,583
	02	2009	10.0000	11.3835	6,521
	03	2009	10.0000	11.3797	0
	04	2009	10.0000	11.3682	9,754
	05	2009	10.0000	11.3644	0
	06	2009	10.0000	11.3530	0
	07	2009	10.0000	11.3492	0
	08	2009	10.0000	11.3339	0
Huntington VA Dividend Capture Fund	01	2009	7.0905	8.7508	90,148
	01	2008	9.9947	7.0905	43,117
	01	2007	10.0000	9.9947	0
	02	2009	7.0755	8.7146	16,010
	02	2008	9.9940	7.0755	10,315
	02	2007	10.0000	9.9940	0
	03	2009	7.0718	8.7056	0
	03	2008	9.9938	7.0718	0
	03	2007	10.0000	9.9938	0
	04	2009	7.0605	8.6785	15,267
	04	2008	9.9932	7.0605	5,681
	04	2007	10.0000	9.9932	0
	05	2009	7.0568	8.6695	0
	05	2008	9.9930	7.0568	0
	05	2007	10.0000	9.9930	0
	06	2009	7.0455	8.6424	0
	06	2008	9.9924	7.0455	0
	06	2007	10.0000	9.9924	0
	07	2009	7.0418	8.6334	0
	07	2008	9.9922	7.0418	0
	07	2007	10.0000	9.9922	0
	08	2009	7.0267	8.5974	0
	08	2008	9.9914	7.0267	0
	08	2007	10.0000	9.9914	0
Huntington VA Growth Fund	01	2009	6.2781	7.1818	30,851
	01	2008	10.2496	6.2781	16,597
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2496	0
	02	2009	6.2648	7.1521	708
	02	2008	10.2488	6.2648	4,540
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2488	0
	03	2009	6.2615	7.1446	0
	03	2008	10.2486	6.2615	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2486	0
	04	2009	6.2515	7.1224	1,418
	04	2008	10.2480	6.2515	1,313
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2480	0
	05	2009	6.2482	7.1150	0
	05	2008	10.2478	6.2482	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2478	0
	06	2009	6.2382	7.0928	0
	06	2008	10.2472	6.2382	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2472	0
	07	2009	6.2349	7.0854	0
	07	2008	10.2470	6.2349	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2470	0
	08	2009	6.2216	7.0559	0
	08	2008	10.2462	6.2216	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2462	0
Huntington VA Income Equity Fund	01	2009	6.2162	7.4576	45,736
	01	2008	10.1371	6.2162	24,975
	01	2007	10.0000	10.1371	0
	02	2009	6.2030	7.4267	3,703
	02	2008	10.1363	6.2030	2,535
	02	2007	10.0000	10.1363	0
	03	2009	6.1997	7.4190	0
	03	2008	10.1361	6.1997	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.1361	0
	04	2009	6.1898	7.3959	9,046
	04	2008	10.1355	6.1898	3,992
	04	2007	10.0000	10.1355	0
	05	2009	6.1866	7.3883	0
	05	2008	10.1353	6.1866	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.1353	0
	06	2009	6.1767	7.3652	0
	06	2008	10.1347	6.1767	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.1347	0
	07	2009	6.1734	7.3575	0
	07	2008	10.1345	6.1734	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.1345	0
	08	2009	6.1602	7.3269	0
	08	2008	10.1337	6.1602	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.1337	0
Huntington VA International Equity Fund	01	2009	6.0328	7.9431	94,572
	01	2008	10.2884	6.0328	39,233
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2884	0
	02	2009	6.0200	7.9102	21,008
	02	2008	10.2876	6.0200	14,476
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2876	0
	03	2009	6.0168	7.9020	0
	03	2008	10.2874	6.0168	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2874	0
	04	2009	6.0072	7.8774	15,198
	04	2008	10.2868	6.0072	5,517
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2868	0
	05	2009	6.0041	7.8692	0
	05	2008	10.2866	6.0041	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2866	0
	06	2009	5.9945	7.8446	0
	06	2008	10.2860	5.9945	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2860	0
	07	2009	5.9913	7.8365	0
	07	2008	10.2858	5.9913	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2858	0
	08	2009	5.9785	7.8038	0
	08	2008	10.2850	5.9785	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2850	0
Huntington VA Macro 100 Fund	01	2009	6.6342	7.9757	333
	01	2008	10.1761	6.6342	164
	01	2007	10.0000	10.1761	0
	02	2009	6.6202	7.9427	0
	02	2008	10.1753	6.6202	0
	02	2007	10.0000	10.1753	0
	03	2009	6.6167	7.9345	0
	03	2008	10.1751	6.6167	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.1751	0
	04	2009	6.6062	7.9097	591
	04	2008	10.1745	6.6062	580
	04	2007	10.0000	10.1745	0
	05	2009	6.6027	7.9015	0
	05	2008	10.1743	6.6027	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.1743	0
	06	2009	6.5921	7.8769	0
	06	2008	10.1737	6.5921	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.1737	0
	07	2009	6.5886	7.8687	0
	07	2008	10.1735	6.5886	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.1735	0
	08	2009	6.5746	7.8359	0
	08	2008	10.1727	6.5746	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.1727	0
Huntington VA Mid Corp America Fund	01	2009	6.1732	8.1744	23,946
	01	2008	10.2312	6.1732	13,013
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2312	0
	02	2009	6.1601	8.1405	8,129
	02	2008	10.2304	6.1601	6,022
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2304	0
	03	2009	6.1568	8.1321	0
	03	2008	10.2302	6.1568	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2302	0
	04	2009	6.1470	8.1068	943
	04	2008	10.2296	6.1470	0
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2296	0
	05	2009	6.1438	8.0984	0
	05	2008	10.2294	6.1438	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2294	0
	06	2009	6.1340	8.0731	0
	06	2008	10.2288	6.1340	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2288	0
	07	2009	6.1307	8.0647	0
	07	2008	10.2286	6.1307	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2286	0
	08	2009	6.1176	8.0311	0
	08	2008	10.2278	6.1176	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2278	0
Huntington VA Mortgage Securities Fund	01	2009	10.1610	10.5713	41,230
	01	2008	10.0838	10.1610	6,665
	01	2007	10.0000	10.0838	0
	02	2009	10.1396	10.5276	7,998
	02	2008	10.0830	10.1396	983
	02	2007	10.0000	10.0830	0
	03	2009	10.1342	10.5167	0
	03	2008	10.0828	10.1342	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.0828	0
	04	2009	10.1181	10.4840	8,111
	04	2008	10.0823	10.1181	1,123
	04	2007	10.0000	10.0823	0
	05	2009	10.1128	10.4732	0
	05	2008	10.0821	10.1128	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.0821	0
	06	2009	10.0967	10.4405	0
	06	2008	10.0815	10.0967	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.0815	0
	07	2009	10.0913	10.4296	0
	07	2008	10.0813	10.0913	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.0813	0
	08	2009	10.0699	10.3862	0
	08	2008	10.0805	10.0699	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.0805	0
Huntington VA New Economy Fund	01	2009	4.8139	6.3944	15,865
	01	2008	10.3074	4.8139	9,948
	01	2007	10.0000	10.3074	0
	02	2009	4.8037	6.3679	0
	02	2008	10.3066	4.8037	0
	02	2007	10.0000	10.3066	0
	03	2009	4.8012	6.3613	0
	03	2008	10.3064	4.8012	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.3064	0
	04	2009	4.7935	6.3415	3,085
	04	2008	10.3058	4.7935	3,274
	04	2007	10.0000	10.3058	0
	05	2009	4.7910	6.3349	0
	05	2008	10.3056	4.7910	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.3056	0
	06	2009	4.7833	6.3151	0
	06	2008	10.3050	4.7833	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.3050	0
	07	2009	4.7808	6.3085	0
	07	2008	10.3048	4.7808	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.3048	0
	08	2009	4.7706	6.2822	0
	08	2008	10.3040	4.7706	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.3040	0
Huntington VA Real Strategies Fund	01	2009	4.8355	6.4276	39,552
	01	2008	10.0000	4.8355	4,797
	02	2009	4.8291	6.4060	12,369
	02	2008	10.0000	4.8291	2,281
	03	2009	4.8274	6.4006	0
	03	2008	10.0000	4.8274	0
	04	2009	4.8226	6.3843	11,855
	04	2008	10.0000	4.8226	2,536
	05	2009	4.8209	6.3790	0
	05	2008	10.0000	4.8209	0
	06	2009	4.8161	6.3628	0
	06	2008	10.0000	4.8161	0
	07	2009	4.8144	6.3574	0
	07	2008	10.0000	4.8144	0
	08	2009	4.8079	6.3358	0
	08	2008	10.0000	4.8079	0
Huntington VA Rotating Markets Fund	01	2009	5.8598	7.7101	24,530
	01	2008	10.2537	5.8598	8,171
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2537	0
	02	2009	5.8474	7.6782	2,896
	02	2008	10.2529	5.8474	1,333
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2529	0
	03	2009	5.8443	7.6702	0
	03	2008	10.2527	5.8443	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2527	0
	04	2009	5.8350	7.6464	2,991
	04	2008	10.2521	5.8350	1,411
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2521	0
	05	2009	5.8319	7.6384	0
	05	2008	10.2519	5.8319	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2519	0
	06	2009	5.8226	7.6146	0
	06	2008	10.2513	5.8226	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2513	0
	07	2009	5.8195	7.6067	0
	07	2008	10.2511	5.8195	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2511	0
	08	2009	5.8071	7.5750	0
	08	2008	10.2503	5.8071	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2503	0
Huntington VA Situs Fund	01	2009	5.9381	7.7882	99,981
	01	2008	10.2426	5.9381	36,927
	01	2007	10.0000	10.2426	0
	02	2009	5.9255	7.7560	16,719
	02	2008	10.2418	5.9255	12,241
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2418	0
	03	2009	5.9224	7.7479	0
	03	2008	10.2416	5.9224	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2416	0
	04	2009	5.9130	7.7238	13,810
	04	2008	10.2410	5.9130	3,173
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2410	0
	05	2009	5.9098	7.7158	0
	05	2008	10.2408	5.9098	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2408	0
	06	2009	5.9004	7.6917	0
	06	2008	10.2402	5.9004	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2402	0
	07	2009	5.8973	7.6837	0
	07	2008	10.2400	5.8973	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2400	0
	08	2009	5.8847	7.6516	0
	08	2008	10.2392	5.8847	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2392	0
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio Service Class	01	2009	5.5167	9.2437	708,596
	01	2008	10.0000	5.5167	426,082
	02	2009	5.5076	9.2097	245,100
	02	2008	10.0000	5.5076	107,188
	03	2009	5.5054	9.2012	20,412
	03	2008	10.0000	5.5054	8,529
	04	2009	5.4985	9.1758	157,210
	04	2008	10.0000	5.4985	35,586
	05	2009	5.4963	9.1674	0
	05	2008	10.0000	5.4963	0
	06	2009	5.4894	9.1420	0
	06	2008	10.0000	5.4894	0
	07	2009	5.4871	9.1335	105
	07	2008	10.0000	5.4871	0
	08	2009	5.4780	9.0997	0
	08	2008	10.0000	5.4780	0
Lord Abbett Series Fund All Value Portfolio Class VC	01	2009	10.4850	13.0301	379,596
	01	2008	14.9013	10.4850	191,218
	01	2007	14.1549	14.9013	156,171
	01	2006	12.5156	14.1549	85,890
	01	2005	11.8619	12.5156	35,436
	01	2004	10.0000	11.8619	21,821
	02	2009	10.3777	12.8706	180,614
	02	2008	14.7789	10.3777	159,742
	02	2007	14.0673	14.7789	135,115
	02	2006	12.4634	14.0673	119,137
	02	2005	11.8363	12.4634	37,607
	02	2004	10.0000	11.8363	20,910
	03	2009	10.3510	12.8310	14,151
	03	2008	14.7485	10.3510	19,873
	03	2007	14.0454	14.7485	16,019
	03	2006	12.4503	14.0454	12,865
	03	2005	11.8299	12.4503	0
	03	2004	10.0000	11.8299	0
	04	2009	10.2713	12.7128	80,164
	04	2008	14.6573	10.2713	81,275
	04	2007	13.9800	14.6573	89,620
	04	2006	12.4112	13.9800	61,112
	04	2005	11.8106	12.4112	35,460
	04	2004	10.0000	11.8106	26,253
	05	2009	10.2449	12.6737	1,573
	05	2008	14.6271	10.2449	1,710
	05	2007	13.9583	14.6271	1,843
	05	2006	12.3983	13.9583	1,878
	05	2005	11.8043	12.3983	1,532
	05	2004	10.0000	11.8043	0
	06	2009	10.1658	12.5566	11,345
	06	2008	14.5365	10.1658	21,501
	06	2007	13.8932	14.5365	30,372
	06	2006	12.3592	13.8932	32,549
	06	2005	11.7851	12.3592	29,300
	06	2004	10.0000	11.7851	0
	07	2009	10.1395	12.5177	0
	07	2008	14.5063	10.1395	0
	07	2007	13.8715	14.5063	0
	07	2006	12.3462	13.8715	0
	07	2005	11.7786	12.3462	0
	07	2004	10.0000	11.7786	0
	08	2009	10.0350	12.3634	0
	08	2008	14.3863	10.0350	0
	08	2007	13.7850	14.3863	0
	08	2006	12.2943	13.7850	0
	08	2005	11.7530	12.2943	0
	08	2004	10.0000	11.7530	0
Lord Abbett Series Fund Growth Opportunities Portfolio Class VC	01	2009	8.9732	12.8840	506,048
	01	2008	14.7298	8.9732	562,869
	01	2007	12.3122	14.7298	589,641
	01	2006	11.5671	12.3122	577,514
	01	2005	11.2068	11.5671	297,665
	01	2004	10.0000	11.2068	114,490
	02	2009	8.8814	12.7263	277,203
	02	2008	14.6088	8.8814	271,177
	02	2007	12.2360	14.6088	286,666
	02	2006	11.5188	12.2360	303,247
	02	2005	11.1826	11.5188	148,978
	02	2004	10.0000	11.1826	46,846
	03	2009	8.8586	12.6871	24,315
	03	2008	14.5787	8.8586	28,681
	03	2007	12.2170	14.5787	28,395
	03	2006	11.5067	12.2170	31,526
	03	2005	11.1766	11.5067	24,137
	03	2004	10.0000	11.1766	13,217
	04	2009	8.7903	12.5702	194,600
	04	2008	14.4885	8.7903	195,683
	04	2007	12.1601	14.4885	216,996
	04	2006	11.4706	12.1601	237,915
	04	2005	11.1584	11.4706	179,993
	04	2004	10.0000	11.1584	131,123
	05	2009	8.7677	12.5315	6,773
	05	2008	14.4587	8.7677	7,778
	05	2007	12.1412	14.4587	7,104
	05	2006	11.4586	12.1412	9,125
	05	2005	11.1524	11.4586	3,905
	05	2004	10.0000	11.1524	756
	06	2009	8.7000	12.4157	19,371
	06	2008	14.3691	8.7000	34,380
	06	2007	12.0845	14.3691	33,460
	06	2006	11.4225	12.0845	34,310
	06	2005	11.1342	11.4225	26,736
	06	2004	10.0000	11.1342	11,897
	07	2009	8.6775	12.3773	14,432
	07	2008	14.3393	8.6775	16,074
	07	2007	12.0657	14.3393	16,181
	07	2006	11.4105	12.0657	19,388
	07	2005	11.1282	11.4105	19,999
	07	2004	10.0000	11.1282	23,374
	08	2009	8.5880	12.2246	501
	08	2008	14.2206	8.5880	775
	08	2007	11.9904	14.2206	665
	08	2006	11.3624	11.9904	676
	08	2005	11.1039	11.3624	682
	08	2004	10.0000	11.1039	721
MFS Blended Research Core Equity Portfolio S Class	01	2009	10.9759	13.5343	1,566,866
	01	2008	17.1504	10.9759	1,779,070
	01	2007	16.4504	17.1504	1,924,616
	01	2006	14.7513	16.4504	1,790,221
	01	2005	13.9199	14.7513	973,782
	01	2004	10.0000	13.9199	103,072
	02	2009	10.8340	13.3322	729,668
	02	2008	16.9633	10.8340	873,820
	02	2007	16.3041	16.9633	980,913
	02	2006	14.6498	16.3041	976,069
	02	2005	13.8521	14.6498	533,794
	02	2004	10.0000	13.8521	60,367
	03	2009	10.7988	13.2822	86,290
	03	2008	16.9168	10.7988	92,881
	03	2007	16.2677	16.9168	96,226
	03	2006	14.6245	16.2677	87,434
	03	2005	13.8352	14.6245	73,486
	03	2004	10.0000	13.8352	1,442
	04	2009	10.6937	13.1328	543,525
	04	2008	16.7778	10.6937	639,062
	04	2007	16.1589	16.7778	676,469
	04	2006	14.5487	16.1589	714,102
	04	2005	13.7844	14.5487	564,936
	04	2004	10.0000	13.7844	44,842
	05	2009	10.6589	13.0835	22,532
	05	2008	16.7318	10.6589	24,251
	05	2007	16.1228	16.7318	24,727
	05	2006	14.5236	16.1228	26,875
	05	2005	13.7676	14.5236	10,439
	05	2004	10.0000	13.7676	936
	06	2009	10.5549	12.9360	60,023
	06	2008	16.5941	10.5549	64,463
	06	2007	16.0146	16.5941	61,841
	06	2006	14.4482	16.0146	58,835
	06	2005	13.7170	14.4482	49,804
	06	2004	10.0000	13.7170	6,523
	07	2009	9.5712	11.7244	64,446
	07	2008	15.0552	9.5712	70,958
	07	2007	14.5370	15.0552	71,961
	07	2006	13.1218	14.5370	77,190
	07	2005	12.4641	13.1218	81,074
	07	2004	10.0000	12.4641	0
	08	2009	9.4614	11.5662	2,254
	08	2008	14.9131	9.4614	3,073
	08	2007	14.4294	14.9131	2,978
	08	2006	13.0512	14.4294	3,104
	08	2005	12.4224	13.0512	3,291
	08	2004	10.0000	12.4224	0
MFS Bond Portfolio S Class	01	2009	11.1077	13.9889	675,647
	01	2008	12.6186	11.1077	182,922
	01	2007	12.3857	12.6186	123,419
	01	2006	11.9717	12.3857	50,653
	01	2005	11.9448	11.9717	46,403
	01	2004	10.0000	11.9448	47,705
	02	2009	10.9641	13.7801	270,794
	02	2008	12.4809	10.9641	59,523
	02	2007	12.2756	12.4809	57,277
	02	2006	11.8892	12.2756	41,416
	02	2005	11.8866	11.8892	45,587
	02	2004	10.0000	11.8866	48,572
	03	2009	10.9285	13.7284	5,345
	03	2008	12.4467	10.9285	3,468
	03	2007	12.2482	12.4467	0
	03	2006	11.8687	12.2482	0
	03	2005	11.8721	11.8687	0
	03	2004	10.0000	11.8721	0
	04	2009	10.8221	13.5741	219,046
	04	2008	12.3444	10.8221	123,391
	04	2007	12.1662	12.3444	164,274
	04	2006	11.8072	12.1662	179,756
	04	2005	11.8285	11.8072	180,737
	04	2004	10.0000	11.8285	181,358
	05	2009	10.7870	13.5231	0
	05	2008	12.3106	10.7870	0
	05	2007	12.1390	12.3106	0
	05	2006	11.7868	12.1390	905
	05	2005	11.8141	11.7868	872
	05	2004	10.0000	11.8141	820
	06	2009	10.6818	13.3708	6,211
	06	2008	12.2092	10.6818	6,211
	06	2007	12.0576	12.2092	9,180
	06	2006	11.7256	12.0576	10,611
	06	2005	11.7707	11.7256	10,218
	06	2004	10.0000	11.7707	9,976
	07	2009	9.5418	11.9378	14,572
	07	2008	10.9119	9.5418	11,846
	07	2007	10.7819	10.9119	19,924
	07	2006	10.4904	10.7819	23,699
	07	2005	10.5361	10.4904	25,312
	07	2004	10.0000	10.5361	25,203
	08	2009	9.4324	11.7768	12,260
	08	2008	10.8089	9.4324	11,949
	08	2007	10.7021	10.8089	15,700
	08	2006	10.4340	10.7021	14,745
	08	2005	10.5008	10.4340	13,069
	08	2004	10.0000	10.5008	11,931
MFS Core Equity Portfolio S Class	01	2009	6.5803	8.5971	351,204
	01	2008	10.8986	6.5803	129,137
	01	2007	10.0000	10.8986	96,058
	02	2009	6.5559	8.5478	169,225
	02	2008	10.8804	6.5559	92,147
	02	2007	10.0000	10.8804	83,890
	03	2009	6.5498	8.5356	641
	03	2008	10.8758	6.5498	0
	03	2007	10.0000	10.8758	0
	04	2009	6.5315	8.4988	116,016
	04	2008	10.8622	6.5315	83,618
	04	2007	10.0000	10.8622	76,753
	05	2009	6.5255	8.4866	1,069
	05	2008	10.8576	6.5255	1,070
	05	2007	10.0000	10.8576	1,071
	06	2009	6.5072	8.4499	0
	06	2008	10.8440	6.5072	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.8440	0
	07	2009	6.5011	8.4377	0
	07	2008	10.8394	6.5011	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.8394	0
	08	2009	6.4769	8.3890	0
	08	2008	10.8211	6.4769	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.8211	0
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio S Class	01	2009	8.5094	14.1134	183,175
	01	2008	19.2528	8.5094	61,004
	01	2007	14.4277	19.2528	61,238
	01	2006	11.2586	14.4277	53,892
	01	2005	10.0000	11.2586	17,564
	02	2009	8.4548	13.9944	56,231
	02	2008	19.1684	8.4548	35,064
	02	2007	14.3938	19.1684	28,638
	02	2006	11.2549	14.3938	20,360
	02	2005	10.0000	11.2549	0
	03	2009	8.4412	13.9648	4,923
	03	2008	19.1473	8.4412	6,379
	03	2007	14.3853	19.1473	2,715
	03	2006	11.2539	14.3853	3,168
	03	2005	10.0000	11.2539	91
	04	2009	8.4004	13.8762	25,327
	04	2008	19.0841	8.4004	16,568
	04	2007	14.3598	19.0841	23,183
	04	2006	11.2511	14.3598	23,859
	04	2005	10.0000	11.2511	0
	05	2009	8.3869	13.8469	148
	05	2008	19.0632	8.3869	148
	05	2007	14.3514	19.0632	148
	05	2006	11.2502	14.3514	149
	05	2005	10.0000	11.2502	0
	06	2009	8.3463	13.7588	704
	06	2008	19.0001	8.3463	704
	06	2007	14.3259	19.0001	705
	06	2006	11.2474	14.3259	119
	06	2005	10.0000	11.2474	0
	07	2009	8.3328	13.7295	650
	07	2008	18.9791	8.3328	1,502
	07	2007	14.3174	18.9791	0
	07	2006	11.2464	14.3174	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.2464	0
	08	2009	8.2789	13.6129	0
	08	2008	18.8953	8.2789	0
	08	2007	14.2835	18.8953	0
	08	2006	11.2426	14.2835	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.2426	0
MFS Global Growth Portfolio S Class	01	2009	13.0704	17.9784	8,522
	01	2008	21.7456	13.0704	9,090
	01	2007	19.5021	21.7456	9,111
	01	2006	16.8954	19.5021	9,585
	01	2005	15.6067	16.8954	4,755
	01	2004	10.0000	15.6067	6,209
	02	2009	12.9014	17.7100	15,380
	02	2008	21.5083	12.9014	19,982
	02	2007	19.3287	21.5083	19,779
	02	2006	16.7791	19.3287	24,512
	02	2005	15.5307	16.7791	24,503
	02	2004	10.0000	15.5307	23,800
	03	2009	12.8595	17.6435	2,006
	03	2008	21.4494	12.8595	2,085
	03	2007	19.2855	21.4494	2,241
	03	2006	16.7501	19.2855	2,340
	03	2005	15.5117	16.7501	0
	03	2004	10.0000	15.5117	0
	04	2009	12.7343	17.4451	15,223
	04	2008	21.2732	12.7343	16,321
	04	2007	19.1565	21.2732	14,869
	04	2006	16.6633	19.1565	14,248
	04	2005	15.4548	16.6633	8,852
	04	2004	10.0000	15.4548	4,549
	05	2009	12.6930	17.3796	0
	05	2008	21.2149	12.6930	0
	05	2007	19.1138	21.2149	0
	05	2006	16.6346	19.1138	0
	05	2005	15.4360	16.6346	0
	05	2004	10.0000	15.4360	0
	06	2009	12.5691	17.1837	3,664
	06	2008	21.0402	12.5691	3,693
	06	2007	18.9856	21.0402	4,983
	06	2006	16.5482	18.9856	5,117
	06	2005	15.3793	16.5482	4,436
	06	2004	10.0000	15.3793	4,483
	07	2009	11.4527	15.6495	0
	07	2008	19.1813	11.4527	0
	07	2007	17.3170	19.1813	0
	07	2006	15.1016	17.3170	0
	07	2005	14.0420	15.1016	0
	07	2004	10.0000	14.0420	0
	08	2009	11.3213	15.4384	0
	08	2008	19.0003	11.3213	0
	08	2007	17.1889	19.0003	0
	08	2006	15.0205	17.1889	0
	08	2005	13.9950	15.0205	0
	08	2004	10.0000	13.9950	0
MFS Global Research Portfolio S Class	01	2009	11.8153	15.3887	15,938
	01	2008	18.8826	11.8153	24,110
	01	2007	16.9450	18.8826	16,301
	01	2006	15.5695	16.9450	17,808
	01	2005	14.6525	15.5695	13,837
	01	2004	10.0000	14.6525	9,544
	02	2009	11.6626	15.1590	32,523
	02	2008	18.6765	11.6626	37,966
	02	2007	16.7943	18.6765	38,443
	02	2006	15.4624	16.7943	37,950
	02	2005	14.5811	15.4624	33,905
	02	2004	10.0000	14.5811	33,722
	03	2009	11.6247	15.1021	1,245
	03	2008	18.6253	11.6247	1,320
	03	2007	16.7568	18.6253	1,152
	03	2006	15.4357	16.7568	1,813
	03	2005	14.5633	15.4357	0
	03	2004	10.0000	14.5633	0
	04	2009	11.5115	14.9322	11,436
	04	2008	18.4723	11.5115	16,149
	04	2007	16.6446	18.4723	20,596
	04	2006	15.3557	16.6446	18,124
	04	2005	14.5099	15.3557	17,778
	04	2004	10.0000	14.5099	15,553
	05	2009	11.4741	14.8762	1,368
	05	2008	18.4217	11.4741	1,369
	05	2007	16.6075	18.4217	1,370
	05	2006	15.3292	16.6075	1,370
	05	2005	14.4922	15.3292	1,370
	05	2004	10.0000	14.4922	1,370
	06	2009	11.3621	14.7085	2,773
	06	2008	18.2700	11.3621	11,019
	06	2007	16.4961	18.2700	11,007
	06	2006	15.2496	16.4961	10,994
	06	2005	14.4389	15.2496	14,033
	06	2004	10.0000	14.4389	5,823
	07	2009	10.2517	13.2642	0
	07	2008	16.4929	10.2517	0
	07	2007	14.8992	16.4929	1,524
	07	2006	13.7803	14.8992	1,652
	07	2005	13.0544	13.7803	0
	07	2004	10.0000	13.0544	0
	08	2009	10.1340	13.0852	0
	08	2008	16.3372	10.1340	0
	08	2007	14.7889	16.3372	0
	08	2006	13.7063	14.7889	0
	08	2005	13.0107	13.7063	0
	08	2004	10.0000	13.0107	0
MFS Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio S Class	01	2009	10.0000	9.9888	0
	02	2009	10.0000	9.9883	0
	03	2009	10.0000	9.9881	0
	04	2009	10.0000	9.9877	0
	05	2009	10.0000	9.9876	0
	06	2009	10.0000	9.9871	0
	07	2009	10.0000	9.9870	0
	08	2009	10.0000	9.9864	0
MFS Government Securities Portfolio S Class	01	2009	12.1763	12.5203	4,067,416
	01	2008	11.3979	12.1763	1,755,444
	01	2007	10.8081	11.3979	2,188,478
	01	2006	10.5879	10.8081	2,050,015
	01	2005	10.5213	10.5879	1,149,249
	01	2004	10.0000	10.5213	600,878
	02	2009	12.0189	12.3334	1,454,632
	02	2008	11.2734	12.0189	948,403
	02	2007	10.7120	11.2734	1,155,427
	02	2006	10.5150	10.7120	1,161,393
	02	2005	10.4700	10.5150	736,263
	02	2004	10.0000	10.4700	402,013
	03	2009	11.9799	12.2871	108,809
	03	2008	11.2426	11.9799	85,062
	03	2007	10.6881	11.2426	115,122
	03	2006	10.4968	10.6881	99,463
	03	2005	10.4572	10.4968	77,300
	03	2004	10.0000	10.4572	47,262
	04	2009	11.8632	12.1489	906,779
	04	2008	11.1502	11.8632	780,878
	04	2007	10.6165	11.1502	1,099,603
	04	2006	10.4424	10.6165	1,181,722
	04	2005	10.4189	10.4424	958,421
	04	2004	10.0000	10.4189	814,674
	05	2009	11.8247	12.1034	16,233
	05	2008	11.1196	11.8247	15,063
	05	2007	10.5928	11.1196	28,208
	05	2006	10.4244	10.5928	27,946
	05	2005	10.4061	10.4244	9,804
	05	2004	10.0000	10.4061	2,219
	06	2009	11.7093	11.9670	92,873
	06	2008	11.0280	11.7093	85,371
	06	2007	10.5217	11.0280	128,946
	06	2006	10.3702	10.5217	150,995
	06	2005	10.3679	10.3702	134,831
	06	2004	10.0000	10.3679	131,200
	07	2009	11.2903	11.5328	95,190
	07	2008	10.6388	11.2903	91,188
	07	2007	10.1556	10.6388	150,308
	07	2006	10.0145	10.1556	168,675
	07	2005	10.0173	10.0145	167,270
	07	2004	10.0000	10.0173	162,865
	08	2009	11.1608	11.3772	7,257
	08	2008	10.5383	11.1608	7,207
	08	2007	10.0804	10.5383	11,767
	08	2006	9.9606	10.0804	13,951
	08	2005	9.9837	9.9606	13,147
	08	2004	10.0000	9.9837	14,284
MFS Growth Portfolio S Class	01	2009	12.6783	17.1918	22,582
	01	2008	20.5738	12.6783	28,213
	01	2007	17.2370	20.5738	30,470
	01	2006	16.2236	17.2370	30,485
	01	2005	15.1012	16.2236	23,136
	01	2004	10.0000	15.1012	19,156
	02	2009	12.5144	16.9351	25,362
	02	2008	20.3493	12.5144	31,961
	02	2007	17.0837	20.3493	38,396
	02	2006	16.1119	17.0837	40,078
	02	2005	15.0277	16.1119	38,241
	02	2004	10.0000	15.0277	35,676
	03	2009	12.4738	16.8715	2,241
	03	2008	20.2936	12.4738	2,473
	03	2007	17.0456	20.2936	2,373
	03	2006	16.0841	17.0456	787
	03	2005	15.0093	16.0841	0
	03	2004	10.0000	15.0093	0
	04	2009	12.3523	16.6818	9,550
	04	2008	20.1269	12.3523	10,279
	04	2007	16.9315	20.1269	14,151
	04	2006	16.0007	16.9315	14,664
	04	2005	14.9543	16.0007	11,702
	04	2004	10.0000	14.9543	13,558
	05	2009	12.3122	16.6192	629
	05	2008	20.0717	12.3122	629
	05	2007	16.8937	20.0717	629
	05	2006	15.9731	16.8937	1,658
	05	2005	14.9360	15.9731	1,581
	05	2004	10.0000	14.9360	1,618
	06	2009	12.1920	16.4318	152
	06	2008	19.9064	12.1920	153
	06	2007	16.7803	19.9064	153
	06	2006	15.8902	16.7803	2,319
	06	2005	14.8811	15.8902	2,090
	06	2004	10.0000	14.8811	2,064
	07	2009	10.4408	14.0645	0
	07	2008	17.0559	10.4408	0
	07	2007	14.3848	17.0559	0
	07	2006	13.6287	14.3848	0
	07	2005	12.7698	13.6287	0
	07	2004	10.0000	12.7698	0
	08	2009	10.3210	13.8747	0
	08	2008	16.8949	10.3210	0
	08	2007	14.2784	16.8949	0
	08	2006	13.5554	14.2784	0
	08	2005	12.7270	13.5554	0
	08	2004	10.0000	12.7270	0
MFS High Yield Portfolio S Class	01	2009	10.3069	15.2222	570,315
	01	2008	14.8509	10.3069	781,224
	01	2007	14.8236	14.8509	715,895
	01	2006	13.6546	14.8236	485,034
	01	2005	13.5782	13.6546	312,136
	01	2004	10.0000	13.5782	210,411
	02	2009	10.1737	14.9951	323,733
	02	2008	14.6889	10.1737	438,245
	02	2007	14.6919	14.6889	422,811
	02	2006	13.5606	14.6919	324,672
	02	2005	13.5120	13.5606	229,349
	02	2004	10.0000	13.5120	170,684
	03	2009	10.1407	14.9388	17,920
	03	2008	14.6486	10.1407	28,902
	03	2007	14.6591	14.6486	33,252
	03	2006	13.5372	14.6591	22,092
	03	2005	13.4955	13.5372	18,269
	03	2004	10.0000	13.4955	9,860
	04	2009	10.0420	14.7709	249,329
	04	2008	14.5283	10.0420	325,966
	04	2007	14.5610	14.5283	325,483
	04	2006	13.4670	14.5610	288,822
	04	2005	13.4461	13.4670	249,703
	04	2004	10.0000	13.4461	230,500
	05	2009	10.0094	14.7155	6,443
	05	2008	14.4885	10.0094	8,847
	05	2007	14.5285	14.4885	10,164
	05	2006	13.4438	14.5285	8,889
	05	2005	13.4297	13.4438	3,803
	05	2004	10.0000	13.4297	717
	06	2009	9.9117	14.5496	36,584
	06	2008	14.3692	9.9117	39,930
	06	2007	14.4310	14.3692	47,665
	06	2006	13.3740	14.4310	48,629
	06	2005	13.3803	13.3740	78,578
	06	2004	10.0000	13.3803	46,424
	07	2009	8.6601	12.7058	23,275
	07	2008	12.5611	8.6601	32,888
	07	2007	12.6216	12.5611	34,635
	07	2006	11.7031	12.6216	36,561
	07	2005	11.7146	11.7031	39,139
	07	2004	10.0000	11.7146	38,257
	08	2009	8.5607	12.5344	1,253
	08	2008	12.4425	8.5607	2,037
	08	2007	12.5282	12.4425	2,201
	08	2006	11.6402	12.5282	2,467
	08	2005	11.6754	11.6402	2,488
	08	2004	10.0000	11.6754	2,810
MFS International Growth Portfolio S Class	01	2009	7.0055	9.5156	183,623
	01	2008	11.8282	7.0055	83,331
	01	2007	10.0000	11.8282	42,142
	02	2009	6.9795	9.4612	63,914
	02	2008	11.8085	6.9795	13,814
	02	2007	10.0000	11.8085	39,639
	03	2009	6.9730	9.4476	8,291
	03	2008	11.8035	6.9730	1,279
	03	2007	10.0000	11.8035	0
	04	2009	6.9536	9.4069	92,166
	04	2008	11.7887	6.9536	61,969
	04	2007	10.0000	11.7887	50,132
	05	2009	6.9471	9.3934	0
	05	2008	11.7838	6.9471	0
	05	2007	10.0000	11.7838	0
	06	2009	6.9277	9.3528	8,831
	06	2008	11.7689	6.9277	0
	06	2007	10.0000	11.7689	0
	07	2009	6.9213	9.3393	0
	07	2008	11.7640	6.9213	1,283
	07	2007	10.0000	11.7640	1,519
	08	2009	6.8954	9.2855	0
	08	2008	11.7442	6.8954	0
	08	2007	10.0000	11.7442	0
MFS International Value Portfolio S Class	01	2009	7.3698	9.0960	2,750,615
	01	2008	10.9187	7.3698	3,011,664
	01	2007	10.0000	10.9187	2,382,522
	02	2009	7.3425	9.0439	994,636
	02	2008	10.9004	7.3425	1,095,885
	02	2007	10.0000	10.9004	875,241
	03	2009	7.3357	9.0310	55,598
	03	2008	10.8959	7.3357	55,231
	03	2007	10.0000	10.8959	48,182
	04	2009	7.3152	8.9921	377,327
	04	2008	10.8822	7.3152	374,909
	04	2007	10.0000	10.8822	356,450
	05	2009	7.3084	8.9791	0
	05	2008	10.8776	7.3084	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.8776	0
	06	2009	7.2880	8.9404	0
	06	2008	10.8639	7.2880	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.8639	1,585
	07	2009	7.2812	8.9275	3,949
	07	2008	10.8593	7.2812	4,030
	07	2007	10.0000	10.8593	3,577
	08	2009	7.2540	8.8760	449
	08	2008	10.8411	7.2540	342
	08	2007	10.0000	10.8411	330
MFS Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Portfolio S Class	01	2009	9.9008	13.6526	167,761
	01	2008	16.0210	9.9008	199,595
	01	2007	14.5971	16.0210	217,246
	01	2006	13.7749	14.5971	140,397
	01	2005	13.4059	13.7749	142,563
	01	2004	10.0000	13.4059	140,340
	02	2009	9.7728	13.4488	184,740
	02	2008	15.8461	9.7728	185,447
	02	2007	14.4673	15.8461	237,114
	02	2006	13.6801	14.4673	137,933
	02	2005	13.3405	13.6801	108,240
	02	2004	10.0000	13.3405	102,531
	03	2009	9.7411	13.3983	6,878
	03	2008	15.8027	9.7411	7,426
	03	2007	14.4350	15.8027	6,914
	03	2006	13.6565	14.4350	0
	03	2005	13.3243	13.6565	0
	03	2004	10.0000	13.3243	0
	04	2009	9.6462	13.2476	257,777
	04	2008	15.6729	9.6462	302,775
	04	2007	14.3384	15.6729	327,613
	04	2006	13.5857	14.3384	201,237
	04	2005	13.2754	13.5857	220,578
	04	2004	10.0000	13.2754	227,164
	05	2009	9.6149	13.1979	1,596
	05	2008	15.6300	9.6149	954
	05	2007	14.3064	15.6300	924
	05	2006	13.5623	14.3064	0
	05	2005	13.2592	13.5623	0
	05	2004	10.0000	13.2592	0
	06	2009	9.5210	13.0491	32,393
	06	2008	15.5012	9.5210	38,024
	06	2007	14.2104	15.5012	38,951
	06	2006	13.4918	14.2104	14,785
	06	2005	13.2105	13.4918	15,002
	06	2004	10.0000	13.2105	15,246
	07	2009	8.5602	11.7263	23,720
	07	2008	13.9441	8.5602	34,914
	07	2007	12.7895	13.9441	38,218
	07	2006	12.1490	12.7895	18,140
	07	2005	11.9017	12.1490	22,808
	07	2004	10.0000	11.9017	24,608
	08	2009	8.4620	11.5681	14,316
	08	2008	13.8125	8.4620	15,440
	08	2007	12.6948	13.8125	14,349
	08	2006	12.0836	12.6948	12,405
	08	2005	11.8618	12.0836	11,776
	08	2004	10.0000	11.8618	11,649
MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio S Class	01	2009	8.6291	12.0816	39,414
	01	2008	18.0122	8.6291	43,822
	01	2007	16.6626	18.0122	41,510
	01	2006	16.5272	16.6626	43,914
	01	2005	16.2999	16.5272	47,774
	01	2004	10.0000	16.2999	47,910
	02	2009	8.5175	11.9012	55,877
	02	2008	17.8156	8.5175	66,238
	02	2007	16.5144	17.8156	64,702
	02	2006	16.4134	16.5144	69,576
	02	2005	16.2205	16.4134	73,643
	02	2004	10.0000	16.2205	84,132
	03	2009	8.4898	11.8565	2,668
	03	2008	17.7668	8.4898	2,953
	03	2007	16.4776	17.7668	2,127
	03	2006	16.3851	16.4776	2,214
	03	2005	16.2007	16.3851	2,202
	03	2004	10.0000	16.2007	2,254
	04	2009	8.4072	11.7231	66,371
	04	2008	17.6208	8.4072	79,826
	04	2007	16.3672	17.6208	77,333
	04	2006	16.3002	16.3672	92,352
	04	2005	16.1413	16.3002	104,525
	04	2004	10.0000	16.1413	116,668
	05	2009	8.3798	11.6791	1,292
	05	2008	17.5725	8.3798	1,327
	05	2007	16.3307	17.5725	1,141
	05	2006	16.2720	16.3307	1,140
	05	2005	16.1216	16.2720	1,107
	05	2004	10.0000	16.1216	1,101
	06	2009	8.2980	11.5474	6,074
	06	2008	17.4278	8.2980	8,916
	06	2007	16.2212	17.4278	6,349
	06	2006	16.1876	16.2212	7,220
	06	2005	16.0624	16.1876	10,816
	06	2004	10.0000	16.0624	13,304
	07	2009	7.0412	9.7935	13,690
	07	2008	14.7958	7.0412	11,900
	07	2007	13.7785	14.7958	9,980
	07	2006	13.7570	13.7785	12,652
	07	2005	13.6575	13.7570	13,856
	07	2004	10.0000	13.6575	14,194
	08	2009	6.9604	9.6613	709
	08	2008	14.6561	6.9604	991
	08	2007	13.6765	14.6561	845
	08	2006	13.6830	13.6765	1,189
	08	2005	13.6118	13.6830	1,197
	08	2004	10.0000	13.6118	1,537
MFS Money Market Portfolio S Class	01	2009	10.5704	10.4277	1,602,106
	01	2008	10.5260	10.5704	1,787,681
	01	2007	10.2027	10.5260	1,882,042
	01	2006	9.9125	10.2027	1,261,879
	01	2005	9.8062	9.9125	736,782
	01	2004	10.0000	9.8062	458,923
	02	2009	10.4338	10.2721	1,002,303
	02	2008	10.4111	10.4338	1,036,131
	02	2007	10.1120	10.4111	886,346
	02	2006	9.8442	10.1120	747,158
	02	2005	9.7584	9.8442	514,546
	02	2004	10.0000	9.7584	327,727
	03	2009	10.3999	10.2336	41,725
	03	2008	10.3826	10.3999	58,012
	03	2007	10.0894	10.3826	67,399
	03	2006	9.8272	10.0894	59,426
	03	2005	9.7465	9.8272	50,349
	03	2004	10.0000	9.7465	32,075
	04	2009	10.2987	10.1185	625,782
	04	2008	10.2973	10.2987	849,389
	04	2007	10.0219	10.2973	1,067,595
	04	2006	9.7763	10.0219	586,217
	04	2005	9.7107	9.7763	430,439
	04	2004	10.0000	9.7107	358,347
	05	2009	10.2652	10.0805	14,414
	05	2008	10.2691	10.2652	13,817
	05	2007	9.9995	10.2691	24,242
	05	2006	9.7594	9.9995	20,742
	05	2005	9.6989	9.7594	11,469
	05	2004	10.0000	9.6989	1,651
	06	2009	10.1651	9.9669	196,761
	06	2008	10.1845	10.1651	58,049
	06	2007	9.9324	10.1845	75,119
	06	2006	9.7087	9.9324	79,021
	06	2005	9.6632	9.7087	64,160
	06	2004	10.0000	9.6632	64,868
	07	2009	10.2346	10.0300	58,529
	07	2008	10.2594	10.2346	53,221
	07	2007	10.0106	10.2594	78,172
	07	2006	9.7901	10.0106	85,948
	07	2005	9.7493	9.7901	84,569
	07	2004	10.0000	9.7493	82,420
	08	2009	10.1172	9.8947	2,921
	08	2008	10.1625	10.1172	2,850
	08	2007	9.9365	10.1625	4,875
	08	2006	9.7375	9.9365	6,166
	08	2005	9.7166	9.7375	5,881
	08	2004	10.0000	9.7166	6,361
MFS New Discovery Portfolio S Class	01	2009	10.0284	16.0974	606,325
	01	2008	16.8778	10.0284	870,066
	01	2007	16.7291	16.8778	881,925
	01	2006	15.0204	16.7291	783,030
	01	2005	14.5064	15.0204	444,535
	01	2004	10.0000	14.5064	171,789
	02	2009	9.8987	15.8570	305,861
	02	2008	16.6936	9.8987	440,930
	02	2007	16.5803	16.6936	466,107
	02	2006	14.9170	16.5803	439,449
	02	2005	14.4357	14.9170	263,155
	02	2004	10.0000	14.4357	118,338
	03	2009	9.8666	15.7975	33,229
	03	2008	16.6478	9.8666	46,016
	03	2007	16.5433	16.6478	43,273
	03	2006	14.8912	16.5433	39,120
	03	2005	14.4181	14.8912	31,949
	03	2004	10.0000	14.4181	17,956
	04	2009	9.7705	15.6198	233,347
	04	2008	16.5111	9.7705	315,791
	04	2007	16.4326	16.5111	320,027
	04	2006	14.8141	16.4326	318,390
	04	2005	14.3652	14.8141	261,344
	04	2004	10.0000	14.3652	201,468
	05	2009	9.7387	15.5612	8,929
	05	2008	16.4658	9.7387	12,132
	05	2007	16.3959	16.4658	11,437
	05	2006	14.7885	16.3959	11,851
	05	2005	14.3477	14.7885	4,731
	05	2004	10.0000	14.3477	1,710
	06	2009	9.6437	15.3857	24,176
	06	2008	16.3302	9.6437	35,192
	06	2007	16.2860	16.3302	32,319
	06	2006	14.7118	16.2860	31,912
	06	2005	14.2950	14.7118	29,818
	06	2004	10.0000	14.2950	14,677
	07	2009	8.7270	13.9162	24,463
	07	2008	14.7856	8.7270	34,268
	07	2007	14.7531	14.7856	32,319
	07	2006	13.3339	14.7531	32,918
	07	2005	12.9627	13.3339	35,659
	07	2004	10.0000	12.9627	40,294
	08	2009	8.6269	13.7284	867
	08	2008	14.6460	8.6269	1,519
	08	2007	14.6439	14.6460	1,356
	08	2006	13.2622	14.6439	1,333
	08	2005	12.9193	13.2622	1,467
	08	2004	10.0000	12.9193	1,484
MFS Research International Portfolio S Class	01	2009	14.4167	18.5599	711,488
	01	2008	25.4608	14.4167	768,578
	01	2007	22.8806	25.4608	684,839
	01	2006	18.2257	22.8806	506,431
	01	2005	15.8998	18.2257	291,030
	01	2004	10.0000	15.8998	136,925
	02	2009	14.2303	18.2828	285,653
	02	2008	25.1830	14.2303	341,443
	02	2007	22.6771	25.1830	318,614
	02	2006	18.1002	22.6771	269,353
	02	2005	15.8223	18.1002	148,668
	02	2004	10.0000	15.8223	79,630
	03	2009	14.1841	18.2142	41,779
	03	2008	25.1140	14.1841	42,533
	03	2007	22.6265	25.1140	45,004
	03	2006	18.0689	22.6265	40,066
	03	2005	15.8030	18.0689	25,474
	03	2004	10.0000	15.8030	21,218
	04	2009	14.0461	18.0094	366,949
	04	2008	24.9077	14.0461	341,564
	04	2007	22.4751	24.9077	368,820
	04	2006	17.9754	22.4751	330,652
	04	2005	15.7451	17.9754	301,188
	04	2004	10.0000	15.7451	285,579
	05	2009	14.0004	17.9418	3,225
	05	2008	24.8395	14.0004	3,413
	05	2007	22.4250	24.8395	3,043
	05	2006	17.9443	22.4250	4,571
	05	2005	15.7259	17.9443	1,918
	05	2004	10.0000	15.7259	1,825
	06	2009	13.8638	17.7395	14,921
	06	2008	24.6350	13.8638	15,218
	06	2007	22.2746	24.6350	17,029
	06	2006	17.8512	22.2746	17,464
	06	2005	15.6681	17.8512	16,394
	06	2004	10.0000	15.6681	11,488
	07	2009	13.2065	16.8899	11,950
	07	2008	23.4791	13.2065	16,556
	07	2007	21.2404	23.4791	17,300
	07	2006	17.0310	21.2404	19,917
	07	2005	14.9558	17.0310	25,469
	07	2004	10.0000	14.9558	35,451
	08	2009	13.0551	16.6620	8,802
	08	2008	23.2575	13.0551	8,841
	08	2007	21.0832	23.2575	7,398
	08	2006	16.9395	21.0832	7,770
	08	2005	14.9058	16.9395	8,720
	08	2004	10.0000	14.9058	9,571
MFS Strategic Income Portfolio S Class	01	2009	11.3233	14.2135	15,189
	01	2008	13.2262	11.3233	13,749
	01	2007	12.9879	13.2262	23,394
	01	2006	12.3674	12.9879	24,206
	01	2005	12.3378	12.3674	24,619
	01	2004	10.0000	12.3378	29,387
	02	2009	11.1769	14.0013	9,471
	02	2008	13.0818	11.1769	10,586
	02	2007	12.8724	13.0818	14,300
	02	2006	12.2823	12.8724	14,856
	02	2005	12.2777	12.2823	17,406
	02	2004	10.0000	12.2777	26,132
	03	2009	11.1406	13.9488	1,242
	03	2008	13.0460	11.1406	1,291
	03	2007	12.8437	13.0460	1,387
	03	2006	12.2611	12.8437	1,449
	03	2005	12.2627	12.2611	1,511
	03	2004	10.0000	12.2627	1,576
	04	2009	11.0322	13.7920	12,710
	04	2008	12.9388	11.0322	11,908
	04	2007	12.7577	12.9388	14,052
	04	2006	12.1976	12.7577	14,304
	04	2005	12.2178	12.1976	22,074
	04	2004	10.0000	12.2178	21,852
	05	2009	10.9964	13.7403	0
	05	2008	12.9034	10.9964	0
	05	2007	12.7293	12.9034	0
	05	2006	12.1765	12.7293	433
	05	2005	12.2029	12.1765	421
	05	2004	10.0000	12.2029	397
	06	2009	10.8891	13.5854	0
	06	2008	12.7971	10.8891	0
	06	2007	12.6439	12.7971	0
	06	2006	12.1133	12.6439	0
	06	2005	12.1580	12.1133	4,864
	06	2004	10.0000	12.1580	4,470
	07	2009	9.8489	12.2814	0
	07	2008	11.5806	9.8489	0
	07	2007	11.4478	11.5806	0
	07	2006	10.9730	11.4478	0
	07	2005	11.0191	10.9730	0
	07	2004	10.0000	11.0191	0
	08	2009	9.7359	12.1157	0
	08	2008	11.4712	9.7359	0
	08	2007	11.3630	11.4712	0
	08	2006	10.9139	11.3630	0
	08	2005	10.9822	10.9139	0
	08	2004	10.0000	10.9822	0
MFS Total Return Portfolio S Class	01	2009	11.8085	13.7234	7,733,055
	01	2008	15.2961	11.8085	6,678,650
	01	2007	14.8995	15.2961	6,883,541
	01	2006	13.4957	14.8995	6,025,603
	01	2005	13.3058	13.4957	4,933,959
	01	2004	10.0000	13.3058	1,412,573
	02	2009	11.6559	13.5185	2,916,138
	02	2008	15.1291	11.6559	2,645,682
	02	2007	14.7670	15.1291	2,940,136
	02	2006	13.4028	14.7670	2,575,663
	02	2005	13.2409	13.4028	2,217,231
	02	2004	10.0000	13.2409	847,311
	03	2009	11.6180	13.4678	259,958
	03	2008	15.0877	11.6180	286,897
	03	2007	14.7340	15.0877	275,829
	03	2006	13.3797	14.7340	206,828
	03	2005	13.2247	13.3797	182,015
	03	2004	10.0000	13.2247	85,595
	04	2009	11.5050	13.3164	1,688,867
	04	2008	14.9637	11.5050	1,727,159
	04	2007	14.6355	14.9637	1,973,157
	04	2006	13.3104	14.6355	2,094,251
	04	2005	13.1763	13.3104	2,443,924
	04	2004	10.0000	13.1763	2,272,251
	05	2009	11.4676	13.2664	23,270
	05	2008	14.9227	11.4676	25,659
	05	2007	14.6028	14.9227	27,222
	05	2006	13.2874	14.6028	100,056
	05	2005	13.1602	13.2874	55,107
	05	2004	10.0000	13.1602	1,614
	06	2009	11.3557	13.1169	139,388
	06	2008	14.7999	11.3557	207,340
	06	2007	14.5048	14.7999	244,195
	06	2006	13.2184	14.5048	262,617
	06	2005	13.1118	13.2184	272,890
	06	2004	10.0000	13.1118	256,318
	07	2009	10.3628	11.9638	94,895
	07	2008	13.5127	10.3628	119,297
	07	2007	13.2501	13.5127	135,330
	07	2006	12.0811	13.2501	132,168
	07	2005	11.9898	12.0811	137,742
	07	2004	10.0000	11.9898	146,611
	08	2009	10.2439	11.8025	23,438
	08	2008	13.3851	10.2439	24,007
	08	2007	13.1521	13.3851	24,529
	08	2006	12.0162	13.1521	24,972
	08	2005	11.9497	12.0162	25,462
	08	2004	10.0000	11.9497	25,974
MFS Utilities Portfolio S Class	01	2009	22.4481	29.4744	525,479
	01	2008	36.2685	22.4481	320,641
	01	2007	28.6611	36.2685	209,721
	01	2006	22.0157	28.6611	96,891
	01	2005	19.0781	22.0157	42,022
	01	2004	10.0000	19.0781	16,802
	02	2009	22.1581	29.0346	166,358
	02	2008	35.8729	22.1581	141,898
	02	2007	28.4064	35.8729	136,179
	02	2006	21.8642	28.4064	123,446
	02	2005	18.9851	21.8642	42,643
	02	2004	10.0000	18.9851	26,174
	03	2009	22.0862	28.9257	16,259
	03	2008	35.7747	22.0862	20,633
	03	2007	28.3430	35.7747	20,485
	03	2006	21.8265	28.3430	22,078
	03	2005	18.9620	21.8265	1,854
	03	2004	10.0000	18.9620	278
	04	2009	21.8713	28.6006	277,257
	04	2008	35.4810	21.8713	274,935
	04	2007	28.1534	35.4810	283,659
	04	2006	21.7135	28.1534	199,476
	04	2005	18.8925	21.7135	157,514
	04	2004	10.0000	18.8925	100,484
	05	2009	21.8002	28.4932	766
	05	2008	35.3838	21.8002	845
	05	2007	28.0907	35.3838	923
	05	2006	21.6760	28.0907	943
	05	2005	18.8695	21.6760	942
	05	2004	10.0000	18.8695	0
	06	2009	21.5876	28.1722	861
	06	2008	35.0927	21.5876	6,432
	06	2007	27.9023	35.0927	11,674
	06	2006	21.5635	27.9023	13,625
	06	2005	18.8002	21.5635	15,927
	06	2004	10.0000	18.8002	0
	07	2009	17.5202	22.8525	5,395
	07	2008	28.4953	17.5202	8,306
	07	2007	22.6684	28.4953	3,146
	07	2006	17.5275	22.6684	5,993
	07	2005	15.2892	17.5275	0
	07	2004	10.0000	15.2892	0
	08	2009	17.3193	22.5444	0
	08	2008	28.2265	17.3193	0
	08	2007	22.5007	28.2265	0
	08	2006	17.4333	22.5007	0
	08	2005	15.2380	17.4333	0
	08	2004	10.0000	15.2380	0
MFS Value Portfolio S Class	01	2009	12.9036	15.3133	1,935,786
	01	2008	19.4855	12.9036	1,390,122
	01	2007	18.3461	19.4855	234,355
	01	2006	15.4123	18.3461	168,985
	01	2005	14.6909	15.4123	142,727
	01	2004	10.0000	14.6909	93,920
	02	2009	12.7368	15.0847	613,702
	02	2008	19.2729	12.7368	480,719
	02	2007	18.1829	19.2729	146,689
	02	2006	15.3062	18.1829	131,233
	02	2005	14.6193	15.3062	98,869
	02	2004	10.0000	14.6193	82,647
	03	2009	12.6954	15.0280	51,360
	03	2008	19.2201	12.6954	39,218
	03	2007	18.1424	19.2201	15,273
	03	2006	15.2798	18.1424	14,268
	03	2005	14.6015	15.2798	4,063
	03	2004	10.0000	14.6015	1,293
	04	2009	12.5719	14.8591	443,588
	04	2008	19.0623	12.5719	353,588
	04	2007	18.0210	19.0623	319,189
	04	2006	15.2006	18.0210	304,698
	04	2005	14.5480	15.2006	287,047
	04	2004	10.0000	14.5480	249,612
	05	2009	12.5310	14.8033	1,456
	05	2008	19.0100	12.5310	1,009
	05	2007	17.9808	19.0100	911
	05	2006	15.1744	17.9808	859
	05	2005	14.5302	15.1744	1,144
	05	2004	10.0000	14.5302	0
	06	2009	12.4087	14.6365	9,218
	06	2008	18.8535	12.4087	6,766
	06	2007	17.8602	18.8535	10,995
	06	2006	15.0956	17.8602	11,917
	06	2005	14.4768	15.0956	16,416
	06	2004	10.0000	14.4768	13,840
	07	2009	11.5193	13.5804	17,037
	07	2008	17.5111	11.5193	10,887
	07	2007	16.5970	17.5111	12,328
	07	2006	14.0351	16.5970	14,131
	07	2005	13.4666	14.0351	19,694
	07	2004	10.0000	13.4666	21,549
	08	2009	11.3872	13.3972	11,391
	08	2008	17.3458	11.3872	10,084
	08	2007	16.4742	17.3458	9,715
	08	2006	13.9597	16.4742	9,663
	08	2005	13.4216	13.9597	10,168
	08	2004	10.0000	13.4216	10,202
Mutual Shares Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	11.2278	13.9614	3,141,095
	01	2008	18.0981	11.2278	1,488,236
	01	2007	17.7302	18.0981	705,741
	01	2006	15.1817	17.7302	282,775
	01	2005	13.9197	15.1817	117,812
	01	2004	10.0000	13.9197	74,113
	02	2009	11.0827	13.7530	953,621
	02	2008	17.9006	11.0827	596,071
	02	2007	17.5726	17.9006	379,829
	02	2006	15.0772	17.5726	258,909
	02	2005	13.8519	15.0772	167,655
	02	2004	10.0000	13.8519	118,278
	03	2009	11.0467	13.7014	30,791
	03	2008	17.8516	11.0467	20,151
	03	2007	17.5334	17.8516	11,047
	03	2006	15.0512	17.5334	4,644
	03	2005	13.8350	15.0512	2,330
	03	2004	10.0000	13.8350	65
	04	2009	10.9391	13.5473	274,512
	04	2008	17.7050	10.9391	172,975
	04	2007	17.4161	17.7050	162,989
	04	2006	14.9732	17.4161	146,902
	04	2005	13.7843	14.9732	103,178
	04	2004	10.0000	13.7843	69,496
	05	2009	10.9036	13.4965	4,596
	05	2008	17.6564	10.9036	4,723
	05	2007	17.3772	17.6564	7,208
	05	2006	14.9474	17.3772	4,656
	05	2005	13.7674	14.9474	3,872
	05	2004	10.0000	13.7674	961
	06	2009	10.7972	13.3444	9,127
	06	2008	17.5111	10.7972	17,604
	06	2007	17.2607	17.5111	32,646
	06	2006	14.8698	17.2607	31,666
	06	2005	13.7168	14.8698	41,600
	06	2004	10.0000	13.7168	9,746
	07	2009	10.1703	12.5631	2,047
	07	2008	16.5027	10.1703	2,339
	07	2007	16.2751	16.5027	0
	07	2006	14.0279	16.2751	0
	07	2005	12.9468	14.0279	0
	07	2004	10.0000	12.9468	0
	08	2009	10.0536	12.3936	0
	08	2008	16.3469	10.0536	0
	08	2007	16.1546	16.3469	0
	08	2006	13.9524	16.1546	0
	08	2005	12.9035	13.9524	0
	08	2004	10.0000	12.9035	0
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA Service Shares	01	2009	5.7341	6.8785	403,158
	01	2008	10.3095	5.7341	96,807
	01	2007	10.0000	10.3095	12,754
	02	2009	5.7129	6.8391	65,298
	02	2008	10.2923	5.7129	35,663
	02	2007	10.0000	10.2923	10,564
	03	2009	5.7076	6.8293	22,790
	03	2008	10.2880	5.7076	5,947
	03	2007	10.0000	10.2880	0
	04	2009	5.6916	6.7999	21,286
	04	2008	10.2750	5.6916	5,350
	04	2007	10.0000	10.2750	0
	05	2009	5.6864	6.7901	0
	05	2008	10.2707	5.6864	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.2707	0
	06	2009	5.6705	6.7608	0
	06	2008	10.2578	5.6705	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.2578	0
	07	2009	5.6652	6.7510	0
	07	2008	10.2535	5.6652	0
	07	2007	10.0000	10.2535	0
	08	2009	5.6440	6.7121	0
	08	2008	10.2362	5.6440	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.2362	0
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Service Shares	01	2009	9.7242	13.8284	280,549
	01	2008	18.1418	9.7242	238,251
	01	2007	16.1528	18.1418	229,460
	01	2006	15.2052	16.1528	209,310
	01	2005	14.6981	15.2052	194,205
	01	2004	10.0000	14.6981	173,395
	02	2009	9.5985	13.6220	177,910
	02	2008	17.9438	9.5985	207,956
	02	2007	16.0092	17.9438	191,164
	02	2006	15.1006	16.0092	195,095
	02	2005	14.6265	15.1006	175,692
	02	2004	10.0000	14.6265	154,529
	03	2009	9.5673	13.5708	4,872
	03	2008	17.8947	9.5673	5,904
	03	2007	15.9734	17.8947	4,499
	03	2006	15.0745	15.9734	6,585
	03	2005	14.6086	15.0745	8,136
	03	2004	10.0000	14.6086	5,421
	04	2009	9.4741	13.4182	226,878
	04	2008	17.7477	9.4741	237,962
	04	2007	15.8665	17.7477	236,907
	04	2006	14.9964	15.8665	249,870
	04	2005	14.5550	14.9964	216,339
	04	2004	10.0000	14.5550	212,271
	05	2009	9.4433	13.3678	2,820
	05	2008	17.6990	9.4433	2,853
	05	2007	15.8311	17.6990	2,747
	05	2006	14.9705	15.8311	2,715
	05	2005	14.5373	14.9705	2,703
	05	2004	10.0000	14.5373	1,801
	06	2009	9.3512	13.2171	19,489
	06	2008	17.5533	9.3512	28,691
	06	2007	15.7249	17.5533	29,665
	06	2006	14.8928	15.7249	36,223
	06	2005	14.4838	14.8928	40,714
	06	2004	10.0000	14.4838	38,391
	07	2009	7.9954	11.2951	18,666
	07	2008	15.0160	7.9954	25,780
	07	2007	13.4589	15.0160	22,619
	07	2006	12.7532	13.4589	29,242
	07	2005	12.4093	12.7532	33,077
	07	2004	10.0000	12.4093	33,684
	08	2009	7.9036	11.1427	2,116
	08	2008	14.8743	7.9036	2,789
	08	2007	13.3592	14.8743	2,307
	08	2006	12.6846	13.3592	3,135
	08	2005	12.3678	12.6846	3,284
	08	2004	10.0000	12.3678	3,964
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA Service Shares	01	2009	9.8729	13.5726	359,486
	01	2008	16.7736	9.8729	335,429
	01	2007	16.0296	16.7736	303,118
	01	2006	13.8444	16.0296	174,355
	01	2005	12.3035	13.8444	56,351
	01	2004	10.0000	12.3035	33,914
	02	2009	9.7718	13.4064	150,706
	02	2008	16.6358	9.7718	160,662
	02	2007	15.9304	16.6358	140,343
	02	2006	13.7867	15.9304	109,917
	02	2005	12.2769	13.7867	36,013
	02	2004	10.0000	12.2769	16,550
	03	2009	9.7467	13.3652	3,285
	03	2008	16.6015	9.7467	6,777
	03	2007	15.9057	16.6015	8,603
	03	2006	13.7722	15.9057	7,574
	03	2005	12.2703	13.7722	73
	03	2004	10.0000	12.2703	0
	04	2009	9.6717	13.2420	130,930
	04	2008	16.4989	9.6717	180,085
	04	2007	15.8317	16.4989	188,483
	04	2006	13.7290	15.8317	123,234
	04	2005	12.2504	13.7290	70,656
	04	2004	10.0000	12.2504	53,593
	05	2009	9.6468	13.2013	622
	05	2008	16.4649	9.6468	623
	05	2007	15.8071	16.4649	624
	05	2006	13.7146	15.8071	625
	05	2005	12.2438	13.7146	642
	05	2004	10.0000	12.2438	0
	06	2009	9.5723	13.0793	14,667
	06	2008	16.3629	9.5723	23,584
	06	2007	15.7333	16.3629	45,442
	06	2006	13.6715	15.7333	40,241
	06	2005	12.2238	13.6715	32,459
	06	2004	10.0000	12.2238	6,196
	07	2009	9.5476	13.0388	947
	07	2008	16.3290	9.5476	1,014
	07	2007	15.7088	16.3290	333
	07	2006	13.6571	15.7088	0
	07	2005	12.2172	13.6571	0
	07	2004	10.0000	12.2172	0
	08	2009	9.4491	12.8781	0
	08	2008	16.1939	9.4491	0
	08	2007	15.6109	16.1939	0
	08	2006	13.5996	15.6109	0
	08	2005	12.1906	13.5996	0
	08	2004	10.0000	12.1906	0
Oppenheimer Main St. Fund/VA Service Shares	01	2009	10.0143	12.6446	5,219,022
	01	2008	16.5411	10.0143	6,027,690
	01	2007	16.1003	16.5411	5,376,652
	01	2006	14.2212	16.1003	3,696,473
	01	2005	13.6326	14.2212	1,956,570
	01	2004	10.0000	13.6326	725,813
	02	2009	9.8848	12.4559	2,318,745
	02	2008	16.3606	9.8848	2,757,704
	02	2007	15.9571	16.3606	2,547,024
	02	2006	14.1233	15.9571	1,983,596
	02	2005	13.5662	14.1233	1,119,136
	02	2004	10.0000	13.5662	462,516
	03	2009	9.8527	12.4091	215,502
	03	2008	16.3157	9.8527	251,861
	03	2007	15.9215	16.3157	237,683
	03	2006	14.0989	15.9215	194,143
	03	2005	13.5496	14.0989	157,532
	03	2004	10.0000	13.5496	91,789
	04	2009	9.7568	12.2695	1,415,870
	04	2008	16.1817	9.7568	1,663,591
	04	2007	15.8150	16.1817	1,628,424
	04	2006	14.0259	15.8150	1,526,522
	04	2005	13.5000	14.0259	1,219,978
	04	2004	10.0000	13.5000	898,322
	05	2009	9.7251	12.2235	50,424
	05	2008	16.1374	9.7251	55,864
	05	2007	15.7797	16.1374	53,749
	05	2006	14.0017	15.7797	58,224
	05	2005	13.4835	14.0017	22,063
	05	2004	10.0000	13.4835	5,268
	06	2009	9.6302	12.0857	136,315
	06	2008	16.0045	9.6302	148,534
	06	2007	15.6738	16.0045	137,614
	06	2006	13.9290	15.6738	127,303
	06	2005	13.4339	13.9290	128,133
	06	2004	10.0000	13.4339	78,360
	07	2009	8.9501	11.2264	140,005
	07	2008	14.8819	8.9501	156,697
	07	2007	14.5819	14.8819	150,601
	07	2006	12.9652	14.5819	158,946
	07	2005	12.5108	12.9652	172,396
	07	2004	10.0000	12.5108	192,804
	08	2009	8.8474	11.0750	5,422
	08	2008	14.7414	8.8474	7,426
	08	2007	14.4740	14.7414	6,766
	08	2006	12.8955	14.4740	6,713
	08	2005	12.4689	12.8955	7,148
	08	2004	10.0000	12.4689	7,645
Oppenheimer Main St. Small Cap Fund/VA Service Shares	01	2009	12.3428	16.6671	56,946
	01	2008	20.1827	12.3428	69,050
	01	2007	20.7493	20.1827	73,680
	01	2006	18.3436	20.7493	67,800
	01	2005	16.9475	18.3436	40,980
	01	2004	10.0000	16.9475	31,118
	02	2009	12.1832	16.4182	90,242
	02	2008	19.9625	12.1832	101,170
	02	2007	20.5648	19.9625	105,917
	02	2006	18.2174	20.5648	108,919
	02	2005	16.8649	18.2174	69,957
	02	2004	10.0000	16.8649	70,464
	03	2009	12.1437	16.3566	5,519
	03	2008	19.9078	12.1437	5,998
	03	2007	20.5189	19.9078	5,158
	03	2006	18.1860	20.5189	4,647
	03	2005	16.8444	18.1860	1,257
	03	2004	10.0000	16.8444	56
	04	2009	12.0254	16.1727	57,595
	04	2008	19.7443	12.0254	63,009
	04	2007	20.3817	19.7443	67,327
	04	2006	18.0918	20.3817	69,561
	04	2005	16.7826	18.0918	51,426
	04	2004	10.0000	16.7826	41,293
	05	2009	11.9864	16.1120	698
	05	2008	19.6902	11.9864	699
	05	2007	20.3362	19.6902	699
	05	2006	18.0606	20.3362	985
	05	2005	16.7622	18.0606	987
	05	2004	10.0000	16.7622	898
	06	2009	11.8694	15.9304	6,501
	06	2008	19.5281	11.8694	12,578
	06	2007	20.1998	19.5281	13,629
	06	2006	17.9669	20.1998	16,244
	06	2005	16.7006	17.9669	15,019
	06	2004	10.0000	16.7006	5,066
	07	2009	10.8603	14.5685	198
	07	2008	17.8770	10.8603	206
	07	2007	18.5015	17.8770	214
	07	2006	16.4646	18.5015	215
	07	2005	15.3121	16.4646	215
	07	2004	10.0000	15.3121	0
	08	2009	10.7357	14.3720	0
	08	2008	17.7083	10.7357	0
	08	2007	18.3646	17.7083	0
	08	2006	16.3762	18.3646	0
	08	2005	15.2608	16.3762	0
	08	2004	10.0000	15.2608	0
PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Admin. Class	01	2009	17.3158	22.3072	91,927
	01	2008	20.5533	17.3158	54,395
	01	2007	19.6898	20.5533	42,161
	01	2006	18.2643	19.6898	25,055
	01	2005	16.7114	18.2643	17,828
	01	2004	10.0000	16.7114	6,436
	02	2009	17.0973	21.9812	33,419
	02	2008	20.3354	17.0973	30,942
	02	2007	19.5208	20.3354	21,350
	02	2006	18.1442	19.5208	14,798
	02	2005	16.6352	18.1442	11,229
	02	2004	10.0000	16.6352	2,387
	03	2009	17.0432	21.9004	2,864
	03	2008	20.2813	17.0432	3,045
	03	2007	19.4787	20.2813	0
	03	2006	18.1143	19.4787	533
	03	2005	16.6162	18.1143	1,186
	03	2004	10.0000	16.6162	0
	04	2009	16.8813	21.6594	27,543
	04	2008	20.1194	16.8813	19,141
	04	2007	19.3529	20.1194	19,061
	04	2006	18.0247	19.3529	14,536
	04	2005	16.5592	18.0247	12,935
	04	2004	10.0000	16.5592	5,076
	05	2009	16.8278	21.5798	163
	05	2008	20.0658	16.8278	163
	05	2007	19.3113	20.0658	163
	05	2006	17.9950	19.3113	164
	05	2005	16.5403	17.9950	119
	05	2004	10.0000	16.5403	0
	06	2009	16.6675	21.3416	4,073
	06	2008	19.9053	16.6675	8,585
	06	2007	19.1862	19.9053	8,619
	06	2006	17.9058	19.1862	7,107
	06	2005	16.4833	17.9058	7,263
	06	2004	10.0000	16.4833	3,658
	07	2009	11.8011	15.1027	237
	07	2008	14.1007	11.8011	246
	07	2007	13.5983	14.1007	256
	07	2006	12.6972	13.5983	257
	07	2005	11.6945	12.6972	258
	07	2004	10.0000	11.6945	0
	08	2009	11.6657	14.8991	0
	08	2008	13.9676	11.6657	0
	08	2007	13.4976	13.9676	0
	08	2006	12.6289	13.4976	0
	08	2005	11.6554	12.6289	0
	08	2004	10.0000	11.6554	0
PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Portfolio Advisor Class	01	2009	10.0000	10.6862	402,823
	02	2009	10.0000	10.6782	26,462
	03	2009	10.0000	10.6761	0
	04	2009	10.0000	10.6701	73,881
	05	2009	10.0000	10.6681	0
	06	2009	10.0000	10.6620	0
	07	2009	10.0000	10.6600	0
	08	2009	10.0000	10.6519	0
PIMCO Real Return Portfolio Admin. Class	01	2009	12.1928	14.2407	1,192,533
	01	2008	13.2982	12.1928	1,154,191
	01	2007	12.1816	13.2982	380,551
	01	2006	12.2602	12.1816	227,779
	01	2005	12.1721	12.2602	138,070
	01	2004	10.0000	12.1721	81,890
	02	2009	12.0351	14.0281	514,562
	02	2008	13.1530	12.0351	549,495
	02	2007	12.0732	13.1530	264,363
	02	2006	12.1757	12.0732	211,966
	02	2005	12.1128	12.1757	183,010
	02	2004	10.0000	12.1128	152,598
	03	2009	11.9961	13.9755	34,353
	03	2008	13.1170	11.9961	42,701
	03	2007	12.0463	13.1170	15,264
	03	2006	12.1547	12.0463	9,753
	03	2005	12.0980	12.1547	4,245
	03	2004	10.0000	12.0980	70
	04	2009	11.8793	13.8184	222,768
	04	2008	13.0092	11.8793	423,756
	04	2007	11.9656	13.0092	164,269
	04	2006	12.0917	11.9656	136,156
	04	2005	12.0536	12.0917	131,411
	04	2004	10.0000	12.0536	102,967
	05	2009	11.8407	13.7665	2,896
	05	2008	12.9736	11.8407	2,902
	05	2007	11.9389	12.9736	3,469
	05	2006	12.0708	11.9389	5,380
	05	2005	12.0389	12.0708	3,718
	05	2004	10.0000	12.0389	1,612
	06	2009	11.7252	13.6114	4,128
	06	2008	12.8667	11.7252	4,074
	06	2007	11.8588	12.8667	946
	06	2006	12.0081	11.8588	6,588
	06	2005	11.9947	12.0081	6,286
	06	2004	10.0000	11.9947	7,731
	07	2009	10.6072	12.3072	5,978
	07	2008	11.6458	10.6072	17,750
	07	2007	10.7390	11.6458	13,896
	07	2006	10.8798	10.7390	1,466
	07	2005	10.8731	10.8798	82
	07	2004	10.0000	10.8731	0
	08	2009	10.4855	12.1413	0
	08	2008	11.5358	10.4855	0
	08	2007	10.6595	11.5358	0
	08	2006	10.8213	10.6595	0
	08	2005	10.8367	10.8213	0
	08	2004	10.0000	10.8367	0
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio Admin. Class	01	2009	12.8041	14.4088	3,910,396
	01	2008	12.3852	12.8041	3,580,153
	01	2007	11.5441	12.3852	2,317,748
	01	2006	11.2677	11.5441	462,724
	01	2005	11.1480	11.2677	340,572
	01	2004	10.0000	11.1480	293,934
	02	2009	12.6387	14.1938	1,546,082
	02	2008	12.2500	12.6387	1,504,471
	02	2007	11.4414	12.2500	1,168,698
	02	2006	11.1901	11.4414	496,998
	02	2005	11.0936	11.1901	400,256
	02	2004	10.0000	11.0936	345,067
	03	2009	12.5976	14.1405	89,028
	03	2008	12.2164	12.5976	89,322
	03	2007	11.4159	12.2164	64,697
	03	2006	11.1708	11.4159	18,422
	03	2005	11.0801	11.1708	12,933
	03	2004	10.0000	11.0801	12,530
	04	2009	12.4750	13.9816	699,454
	04	2008	12.1160	12.4750	690,546
	04	2007	11.3395	12.1160	676,605
	04	2006	11.1129	11.3395	470,487
	04	2005	11.0394	11.1129	419,983
	04	2004	10.0000	11.0394	375,047
	05	2009	12.4345	13.9291	6,153
	05	2008	12.0828	12.4345	6,232
	05	2007	11.3142	12.0828	14,462
	05	2006	11.0937	11.3142	6,163
	05	2005	11.0260	11.0937	3,862
	05	2004	10.0000	11.0260	660
	06	2009	12.3132	13.7721	50,121
	06	2008	11.9833	12.3132	50,474
	06	2007	11.2382	11.9833	69,809
	06	2006	11.0360	11.2382	78,046
	06	2005	10.9854	11.0360	114,056
	06	2004	10.0000	10.9854	84,624
	07	2009	11.4850	12.8393	29,508
	07	2008	11.1831	11.4850	26,074
	07	2007	10.4931	11.1831	33,804
	07	2006	10.3096	10.4931	37,611
	07	2005	10.2675	10.3096	38,619
	07	2004	10.0000	10.2675	37,692
	08	2009	11.3533	12.6661	2,063
	08	2008	11.0775	11.3533	2,101
	08	2007	10.4154	11.0775	3,421
	08	2006	10.2542	10.4154	4,032
	08	2005	10.2331	10.2542	3,835
	08	2004	10.0000	10.2331	4,432
PIMCO All Asset Portfolio Admin. Class	01	2009	9.3640	11.2306	9,098
	01	2008	11.2796	9.3640	6,063
	01	2007	10.5558	11.2796	6,695
	01	2006	10.2235	10.5558	4,189
	01	2005	10.0000	10.2235	246
	02	2009	9.3040	11.1359	17,581
	02	2008	11.2301	9.3040	17,025
	02	2007	10.5309	11.2301	2,432
	02	2006	10.2201	10.5309	2,221
	02	2005	10.0000	10.2201	0
	03	2009	9.2890	11.1124	0
	03	2008	11.2178	9.2890	0
	03	2007	10.5247	11.2178	0
	03	2006	10.2193	10.5247	0
	03	2005	10.0000	10.2193	0
	04	2009	9.2442	11.0419	8,984
	04	2008	11.1808	9.2442	8,555
	04	2007	10.5061	11.1808	8,778
	04	2006	10.2167	10.5061	8,702
	04	2005	10.0000	10.2167	7,735
	05	2009	9.2294	11.0186	0
	05	2008	11.1685	9.2294	0
	05	2007	10.4999	11.1685	0
	05	2006	10.2159	10.4999	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.2159	0
	06	2009	9.1847	10.9486	1,267
	06	2008	11.1315	9.1847	1,175
	06	2007	10.4813	11.1315	1,514
	06	2006	10.2133	10.4813	1,457
	06	2005	10.0000	10.2133	0
	07	2009	9.1698	10.9252	0
	07	2008	11.1192	9.1698	0
	07	2007	10.4750	11.1192	0
	07	2006	10.2124	10.4750	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.2124	0
	08	2009	9.1106	10.8325	0
	08	2008	11.0701	9.1106	0
	08	2007	10.4502	11.0701	0
	08	2006	10.2090	10.4502	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.2090	0
PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio Admin. Class	01	2009	6.6382	9.2683	1,035,243
	01	2008	11.9723	6.6382	788,235
	01	2007	9.8482	11.9723	88,124
	01	2006	10.3019	9.8482	42,107
	01	2005	10.0000	10.3019	5,314
	02	2009	6.5956	9.1901	298,431
	02	2008	11.9197	6.5956	271,422
	02	2007	9.8250	11.9197	34,689
	02	2006	10.2984	9.8250	28,084
	02	2005	10.0000	10.2984	824
	03	2009	6.5850	9.1707	8,936
	03	2008	11.9066	6.5850	8,118
	03	2007	9.8192	11.9066	260
	03	2006	10.2976	9.8192	291
	03	2005	10.0000	10.2976	0
	04	2009	6.5532	9.1125	189,322
	04	2008	11.8673	6.5532	129,193
	04	2007	9.8018	11.8673	20,859
	04	2006	10.2950	9.8018	26,568
	04	2005	10.0000	10.2950	4,281
	05	2009	6.5426	9.0932	0
	05	2008	11.8542	6.5426	57
	05	2007	9.7960	11.8542	0
	05	2006	10.2941	9.7960	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.2941	0
	06	2009	6.5110	9.0353	2,682
	06	2008	11.8150	6.5110	2,701
	06	2007	9.7787	11.8150	2,669
	06	2006	10.2916	9.7787	2,683
	06	2005	10.0000	10.2916	0
	07	2009	6.5004	9.0161	1,540
	07	2008	11.8019	6.5004	689
	07	2007	9.7728	11.8019	0
	07	2006	10.2907	9.7728	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.2907	0
	08	2009	6.4584	8.9395	0
	08	2008	11.7497	6.4584	0
	08	2007	9.7497	11.7497	0
	08	2006	10.2872	9.7497	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.2872	0
SC AIM Small Cap Growth Fund S Class	01	2009	9.0226	11.6946	85,227
	01	2008	10.0000	9.0226	1,884
	02	2009	9.0190	11.6662	28,288
	02	2008	10.0000	9.0190	13,493
	03	2009	9.0181	11.6591	879
	03	2008	10.0000	9.0181	0
	04	2009	9.0154	11.6378	27,957
	04	2008	10.0000	9.0154	1,654
	05	2009	9.0145	11.6307	0
	05	2008	10.0000	9.0145	0
	06	2009	9.0117	11.6094	0
	06	2008	10.0000	9.0117	0
	07	2009	9.0108	11.6023	0
	07	2008	10.0000	9.0108	0
	08	2009	9.0072	11.5739	0
	08	2008	10.0000	9.0072	0
SC AllianceBernstein International Value Fund S Class	01	2009	9.2189	11.7553	46,151
	01	2008	10.0000	9.2189	446
	02	2009	9.2152	11.7268	3,401
	02	2008	10.0000	9.2152	177
	03	2009	9.2143	11.7196	0
	03	2008	10.0000	9.2143	0
	04	2009	9.2115	11.6982	5,139
	04	2008	10.0000	9.2115	0
	05	2009	9.2106	11.6911	0
	05	2008	10.0000	9.2106	0
	06	2009	9.2078	11.6697	0
	06	2008	10.0000	9.2078	0
	07	2009	9.2069	11.6626	0
	07	2008	10.0000	9.2069	0
	08	2009	9.2031	11.6340	0
	08	2008	10.0000	9.2031	0
SC BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund S Class	01	2009	10.2557	10.9627	1,111,646
	01	2008	10.0000	10.2557	97,427
	02	2009	10.2516	10.9361	230,544
	02	2008	10.0000	10.2516	16,730
	03	2009	10.2505	10.9295	2,801
	03	2008	10.0000	10.2505	0
	04	2009	10.2475	10.9095	172,216
	04	2008	10.0000	10.2475	1,452
	05	2009	10.2464	10.9029	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.2464	0
	06	2009	10.2434	10.8830	2,467
	06	2008	10.0000	10.2434	0
	07	2009	10.2423	10.8763	0
	07	2008	10.0000	10.2423	0
	08	2009	10.2382	10.8497	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.2382	0
SC Davis Venture Value Fund S Class	01	2009	6.4892	8.2594	4,471,906
	01	2008	10.5978	6.4892	1,559,878
	01	2007	10.0000	10.5978	238,987
	02	2009	6.4651	8.2122	1,236,490
	02	2008	10.5801	6.4651	557,927
	02	2007	10.0000	10.5801	133,530
	03	2009	6.4591	8.2004	55,209
	03	2008	10.5756	6.4591	31,093
	03	2007	10.0000	10.5756	0
	04	2009	6.4411	8.1650	353,352
	04	2008	10.5623	6.4411	204,644
	04	2007	10.0000	10.5623	129,005
	05	2009	6.4351	8.1533	0
	05	2008	10.5579	6.4351	0
	05	2007	10.0000	10.5579	0
	06	2009	6.4172	8.1181	0
	06	2008	10.5446	6.4172	0
	06	2007	10.0000	10.5446	0
	07	2009	6.4112	8.1064	4,195
	07	2008	10.5402	6.4112	4,490
	07	2007	10.0000	10.5402	1,597
	08	2009	6.3872	8.0596	0
	08	2008	10.5224	6.3872	0
	08	2007	10.0000	10.5224	0
SC Dreman Small Cap Value Fund S Class	01	2009	9.3523	12.0001	78,698
	01	2008	10.0000	9.3523	62
	02	2009	9.3485	11.9709	10,130
	02	2008	10.0000	9.3485	0
	03	2009	9.3476	11.9637	0
	03	2008	10.0000	9.3476	0
	04	2009	9.3447	11.9418	11,842
	04	2008	10.0000	9.3447	0
	05	2009	9.3438	11.9345	0
	05	2008	10.0000	9.3438	0
	06	2009	9.3410	11.9127	0
	06	2008	10.0000	9.3410	0
	07	2009	9.3400	11.9054	0
	07	2008	10.0000	9.3400	0
	08	2009	9.3362	11.8763	0
	08	2008	10.0000	9.3362	0
SC Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund I Class	01	2009	7.0646	8.7592	914,954
	01	2008	10.0000	7.0646	8,445
	02	2009	7.0529	8.7270	471,792
	02	2008	10.0000	7.0529	12,515
	03	2009	7.0500	8.7189	43,184
	03	2008	10.0000	7.0500	0
	04	2009	7.0413	8.6949	277,165
	04	2008	10.0000	7.0413	10,638
	05	2009	7.0384	8.6869	4,839
	05	2008	10.0000	7.0384	0
	06	2009	7.0296	8.6628	38,591
	06	2008	10.0000	7.0296	0
	07	2009	7.0267	8.6548	9,402
	07	2008	10.0000	7.0267	0
	08	2009	7.0150	8.6227	114
	08	2008	10.0000	7.0150	0
SC Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund S Class	01	2009	7.0506	8.7208	361,878
	01	2008	10.0000	7.0506	52,903
	02	2009	7.0389	8.6888	108,824
	02	2008	10.0000	7.0389	63,467
	03	2009	7.0360	8.6808	0
	03	2008	10.0000	7.0360	0
	04	2009	7.0273	8.6568	29,601
	04	2008	10.0000	7.0273	1,565
	05	2009	7.0244	8.6488	0
	05	2008	10.0000	7.0244	0
	06	2009	7.0157	8.6249	0
	06	2008	10.0000	7.0157	0
	07	2009	7.0128	8.6169	0
	07	2008	10.0000	7.0128	0
	08	2009	7.0011	8.5850	0
	08	2008	10.0000	7.0011	0
SC Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund I Class	01	2009	10.1974	10.4400	8,550,169
	01	2008	10.0000	10.1974	511,043
	02	2009	10.1806	10.4017	3,641,026
	02	2008	10.0000	10.1806	199,579
	03	2009	10.1765	10.3921	255,447
	03	2008	10.0000	10.1765	7,442
	04	2009	10.1639	10.3635	1,962,988
	04	2008	10.0000	10.1639	65,813
	05	2009	10.1597	10.3539	52,898
	05	2008	10.0000	10.1597	243
	06	2009	10.1471	10.3253	166,473
	06	2008	10.0000	10.1471	0
	07	2009	10.1429	10.3158	173,225
	07	2008	10.0000	10.1429	4,318
	08	2009	10.1261	10.2776	5,770
	08	2008	10.0000	10.1261	0
SC Goldman Sachs Short Duration Fund S Class	01	2009	10.1768	10.3929	1,533,348
	01	2008	10.0000	10.1768	802,566
	02	2009	10.1601	10.3548	503,308
	02	2008	10.0000	10.1601	347,252
	03	2009	10.1559	10.3453	14,423
	03	2008	10.0000	10.1559	8,717
	04	2009	10.1433	10.3167	143,841
	04	2008	10.0000	10.1433	60,234
	05	2009	10.1392	10.3072	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.1392	0
	06	2009	10.1266	10.2787	0
	06	2008	10.0000	10.1266	0
	07	2009	10.1224	10.2692	0
	07	2008	10.0000	10.1224	0
	08	2009	10.1056	10.2313	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.1056	0
SC Ibbotson Balanced Fund S Class	01	2009	10.0957	12.3144	8,890,496
	01	2008	10.0000	10.0957	601,954
	02	2009	10.0917	12.2845	1,729,222
	02	2008	10.0000	10.0917	82,717
	03	2009	10.0907	12.2771	10,264
	03	2008	10.0000	10.0907	4,926
	04	2009	10.0876	12.2546	602,224
	04	2008	10.0000	10.0876	92,911
	05	2009	10.0866	12.2472	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.0866	0
	06	2009	10.0836	12.2248	0
	06	2008	10.0000	10.0836	0
	07	2009	10.0826	12.2173	0
	07	2008	10.0000	10.0826	0
	08	2009	10.0785	12.1875	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.0785	0
SC Ibbotson Growth Fund S Class	01	2009	10.2150	12.7730	6,648,385
	01	2008	10.0000	10.2150	386,329
	02	2009	10.2109	12.7420	1,499,235
	02	2008	10.0000	10.2109	95,713
	03	2009	10.2098	12.7342	29,062
	03	2008	10.0000	10.2098	0
	04	2009	10.2068	12.7110	602,196
	04	2008	10.0000	10.2068	45,054
	05	2009	10.2057	12.7032	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.2057	0
	06	2009	10.2027	12.6800	0
	06	2008	10.0000	10.2027	0
	07	2009	10.2016	12.6722	0
	07	2008	10.0000	10.2016	0
	08	2009	10.1975	12.6413	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.1975	0
SC Ibbotson Moderate Fund S Class	01	2009	9.8977	11.6404	5,118,489
	01	2008	10.0000	9.8977	576,610
	02	2009	9.8937	11.6121	1,187,261
	02	2008	10.0000	9.8937	117,290
	03	2009	9.8927	11.6051	33,601
	03	2008	10.0000	9.8927	0
	04	2009	9.8897	11.5839	517,901
	04	2008	10.0000	9.8897	52,883
	05	2009	9.8888	11.5769	13,190
	05	2008	10.0000	9.8888	0
	06	2009	9.8858	11.5557	0
	06	2008	10.0000	9.8858	0
	07	2009	9.8848	11.5486	0
	07	2008	10.0000	9.8848	0
	08	2009	9.8808	11.5204	0
	08	2008	10.0000	9.8808	0
SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund I Class	01	2009	7.2709	8.4528	5,937,974
	01	2008	10.0000	7.2709	4,072
	02	2009	7.2589	8.4218	2,567,455
	02	2008	10.0000	7.2589	4,958
	03	2009	7.2559	8.4140	195,905
	03	2008	10.0000	7.2559	0
	04	2009	7.2469	8.3907	1,551,769
	04	2008	10.0000	7.2469	0
	05	2009	7.2439	8.3830	39,527
	05	2008	10.0000	7.2439	0
	06	2009	7.2349	8.3598	128,774
	06	2008	10.0000	7.2349	0
	07	2009	7.2319	8.3520	135,640
	07	2008	10.0000	7.2319	0
	08	2009	7.2199	8.3211	8,042
	08	2008	10.0000	7.2199	0
SC Lord Abbett Growth & Income Fund S Class	01	2009	7.2564	8.4047	189,473
	01	2008	10.0000	7.2564	26,269
	02	2009	7.2445	8.3738	76,662
	02	2008	10.0000	7.2445	42,886
	03	2009	7.2415	8.3661	0
	03	2008	10.0000	7.2415	0
	04	2009	7.2325	8.3430	47,977
	04	2008	10.0000	7.2325	3,754
	05	2009	7.2295	8.3353	0
	05	2008	10.0000	7.2295	0
	06	2009	7.2205	8.3122	0
	06	2008	10.0000	7.2205	0
	07	2009	7.2175	8.3045	0
	07	2008	10.0000	7.2175	0
	08	2009	7.2055	8.2737	0
	08	2008	10.0000	7.2055	0
SC Oppenheimer Large Cap Core Fund S Class	01	2009	7.4078	8.8314	248,342
	01	2008	11.9483	7.4078	91,539
	01	2007	12.8953	11.9483	77,573
	01	2006	10.9131	12.8953	29,795
	01	2005	11.1711	10.9131	9,001
	01	2004	10.0000	11.1711	10,659
	02	2009	7.3342	8.7260	175,144
	02	2008	11.8538	7.3342	84,867
	02	2007	12.8194	11.8538	76,565
	02	2006	10.8709	12.8194	56,172
	02	2005	11.1505	10.8709	5,373
	02	2004	10.0000	11.1505	4,032
	03	2009	7.3160	8.6999	816
	03	2008	11.8303	7.3160	594
	03	2007	12.8006	11.8303	533
	03	2006	10.8604	12.8006	0
	03	2005	11.1453	10.8604	0
	03	2004	10.0000	11.1453	0
	04	2009	7.2613	8.6217	20,272
	04	2008	11.7599	7.2613	6,759
	04	2007	12.7439	11.7599	6,970
	04	2006	10.8288	12.7439	4,767
	04	2005	11.1298	10.8288	3,909
	04	2004	10.0000	11.1298	461
	05	2009	7.2432	8.5958	1,397
	05	2008	11.7365	7.2432	1,552
	05	2007	12.7251	11.7365	1,702
	05	2006	10.8183	12.7251	1,742
	05	2005	11.1247	10.8183	1,742
	05	2004	10.0000	11.1247	0
	06	2009	7.1889	8.5183	3,777
	06	2008	11.6665	7.1889	24,800
	06	2007	12.6687	11.6665	3,779
	06	2006	10.7868	12.6687	6,959
	06	2005	11.1091	10.7868	3,713
	06	2004	10.0000	11.1091	791
	07	2009	7.1708	8.4926	339
	07	2008	11.6432	7.1708	347
	07	2007	12.6499	11.6432	0
	07	2006	10.7762	12.6499	0
	07	2005	11.1040	10.7762	0
	07	2004	10.0000	11.1040	0
	08	2009	7.0991	8.3905	0
	08	2008	11.5505	7.0991	0
	08	2007	12.5750	11.5505	0
	08	2006	10.7343	12.5750	0
	08	2005	11.0833	10.7343	0
	08	2004	10.0000	11.0833	0
SC Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund S Class	01	2009	6.0027	8.0828	2,410,102
	01	2008	9.8369	6.0027	2,687,372
	01	2007	10.0000	9.8369	1,330,068
	02	2009	5.9805	8.0365	857,989
	02	2008	9.8205	5.9805	896,301
	02	2007	10.0000	9.8205	484,939
	03	2009	5.9749	8.0249	33,702
	03	2008	9.8163	5.9749	37,599
	03	2007	10.0000	9.8163	24,398
	04	2009	5.9582	7.9904	222,692
	04	2008	9.8040	5.9582	248,330
	04	2007	10.0000	9.8040	152,037
	05	2009	5.9527	7.9789	0
	05	2008	9.7999	5.9527	63
	05	2007	10.0000	9.7999	0
	06	2009	5.9360	7.9444	0
	06	2008	9.7875	5.9360	0
	06	2007	10.0000	9.7875	632
	07	2009	5.9305	7.9329	2,608
	07	2008	9.7834	5.9305	2,646
	07	2007	10.0000	9.7834	1,426
	08	2009	5.9083	7.8871	187
	08	2008	9.7669	5.9083	154
	08	2007	10.0000	9.7669	131
SC PIMCO High Yield Fund S Class	01	2009	8.5350	10.9823	245,293
	01	2008	10.0000	8.5350	136,190
	02	2009	8.5210	10.9420	72,862
	02	2008	10.0000	8.5210	64,798
	03	2009	8.5175	10.9319	963
	03	2008	10.0000	8.5175	1,250
	04	2009	8.5069	10.9018	81,080
	04	2008	10.0000	8.5069	19,392
	05	2009	8.5034	10.8918	0
	05	2008	10.0000	8.5034	45
	06	2009	8.4929	10.8617	0
	06	2008	10.0000	8.4929	0
	07	2009	8.4894	10.8516	1,504
	07	2008	10.0000	8.4894	718
	08	2009	8.4753	10.8115	0
	08	2008	10.0000	8.4753	0
SC PIMCO Total Return Fund S Class	01	2009	10.5819	11.3397	3,729,962
	01	2008	10.0000	10.5819	187,843
	02	2009	10.5777	11.3122	885,109
	02	2008	10.0000	10.5777	120,208
	03	2009	10.5767	11.3054	6,362
	03	2008	10.0000	10.5767	206
	04	2009	10.5735	11.2848	338,168
	04	2008	10.0000	10.5735	13,040
	05	2009	10.5724	11.2779	0
	05	2008	10.0000	10.5724	0
	06	2009	10.5692	11.2573	0
	06	2008	10.0000	10.5692	0
	07	2009	10.5682	11.2504	0
	07	2008	10.0000	10.5682	0
	08	2009	10.5639	11.2229	0
	08	2008	10.0000	10.5639	0
SC WMC Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund S Class	01	2009	7.4893	9.6015	748,694
	01	2008	10.0000	7.4893	706,228
	02	2009	7.4770	9.5662	222,521
	02	2008	10.0000	7.4770	203,709
	03	2009	7.4739	9.5574	9,214
	03	2008	10.0000	7.4739	8,392
	04	2009	7.4646	9.5310	72,743
	04	2008	10.0000	7.4646	59,003
	05	2009	7.4615	9.5223	0
	05	2008	10.0000	7.4615	66
	06	2009	7.4523	9.4959	0
	06	2008	10.0000	7.4523	0
	07	2009	7.4492	9.4871	231
	07	2008	10.0000	7.4492	0
	08	2009	7.4368	9.4520	0
	08	2008	10.0000	7.4368	0
SC WMC Large Cap Growth Fund S Class	01	2009	5.7239	7.7405	61,072
	01	2008	10.4178	5.7239	39,762
	01	2007	9.8904	10.4178	18,610
	01	2006	10.0000	9.8904	590
	02	2009	5.6929	7.6829	35,440
	02	2008	10.3825	5.6929	31,183
	02	2007	9.8771	10.3825	30,222
	02	2006	10.0000	9.8771	10,903
	03	2009	5.6852	7.6686	0
	03	2008	10.3737	5.6852	0
	03	2007	9.8737	10.3737	0
	03	2006	10.0000	9.8737	0
	04	2009	5.6620	7.6258	3,896
	04	2008	10.3474	5.6620	1,921
	04	2007	9.8637	10.3474	5,250
	04	2006	10.0000	9.8637	0
	05	2009	5.6544	7.6116	0
	05	2008	10.3386	5.6544	0
	05	2007	9.8604	10.3386	0
	05	2006	10.0000	9.8604	0
	06	2009	5.6313	7.5689	0
	06	2008	10.3122	5.6313	0
	06	2007	9.8504	10.3122	0
	06	2006	10.0000	9.8504	0
	07	2009	5.6236	7.5547	0
	07	2008	10.3034	5.6236	0
	07	2007	9.8471	10.3034	0
	07	2006	10.0000	9.8471	0
	08	2009	5.5929	7.4982	0
	08	2008	10.2683	5.5929	0
	08	2007	9.8337	10.2683	0
	08	2006	10.0000	9.8337	0
Sun Capital Global Real Estate Fund S Class	01	2009	8.5432	10.9414	1,757,373
	01	2008	15.7162	8.5432	1,956,847
	01	2007	18.3844	15.7162	1,338,228
	01	2006	13.4409	18.3844	688,019
	01	2005	12.4576	13.4409	452,081
	01	2004	10.0000	12.4576	201,646
	02	2009	8.4584	10.8108	677,089
	02	2008	15.5920	8.4584	783,718
	02	2007	18.2763	15.5920	613,851
	02	2006	13.3890	18.2763	391,010
	02	2005	12.4346	13.3890	262,857
	02	2004	10.0000	12.4346	124,644
	03	2009	8.4373	10.7784	68,467
	03	2008	15.5611	8.4373	71,082
	03	2007	18.2494	15.5611	56,328
	03	2006	13.3760	18.2494	42,367
	03	2005	12.4289	13.3760	33,873
	03	2004	10.0000	12.4289	21,585
	04	2009	8.3742	10.6815	417,482
	04	2008	15.4685	8.3742	497,771
	04	2007	18.1687	15.4685	438,289
	04	2006	13.3371	18.1687	383,147
	04	2005	12.4116	13.3371	362,128
	04	2004	10.0000	12.4116	306,408
	05	2009	8.3533	10.6494	11,019
	05	2008	15.4378	8.3533	12,092
	05	2007	18.1419	15.4378	9,723
	05	2006	13.3242	18.1419	10,294
	05	2005	12.4058	13.3242	5,618
	05	2004	10.0000	12.4058	1,866
	06	2009	8.2907	10.5535	35,995
	06	2008	15.3457	8.2907	42,737
	06	2007	18.0614	15.3457	50,557
	06	2006	13.2853	18.0614	45,726
	06	2005	12.3885	13.2853	63,035
	06	2004	10.0000	12.3885	36,955
	07	2009	8.2699	10.5216	30,031
	07	2008	15.3151	8.2699	35,586
	07	2007	18.0347	15.3151	30,766
	07	2006	13.2724	18.0347	31,213
	07	2005	12.3828	13.2724	37,850
	07	2004	10.0000	12.3828	43,882
	08	2009	8.1872	10.3951	1,702
	08	2008	15.1932	8.1872	2,257
	08	2007	17.9279	15.1932	1,744
	08	2006	13.2207	17.9279	1,546
	08	2005	12.3597	13.2207	2,062
	08	2004	10.0000	12.3597	2,507
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund S Class	01	2009	9.4941	11.2971	840,433
	01	2008	11.0236	9.4941	214,125
	01	2007	10.7962	11.0236	214,156
	01	2006	10.4082	10.7962	45,029
	01	2005	10.3705	10.4082	12,361
	01	2004	10.0000	10.3705	6,858
	02	2009	9.3999	11.1624	257,009
	02	2008	10.9364	9.3999	111,649
	02	2007	10.7327	10.9364	112,806
	02	2006	10.3680	10.7327	46,670
	02	2005	10.3513	10.3680	8,219
	02	2004	10.0000	10.3513	2,168
	03	2009	9.3764	11.1289	4,558
	03	2008	10.9147	9.3764	4,681
	03	2007	10.7169	10.9147	4,774
	03	2006	10.3579	10.7169	2,423
	03	2005	10.3465	10.3579	0
	03	2004	10.0000	10.3465	0
	04	2009	9.3064	11.0290	133,002
	04	2008	10.8498	9.3064	49,769
	04	2007	10.6695	10.8498	51,887
	04	2006	10.3278	10.6695	29,573
	04	2005	10.3321	10.3278	29,712
	04	2004	10.0000	10.3321	8,435
	05	2009	9.2832	10.9959	0
	05	2008	10.8283	9.2832	0
	05	2007	10.6537	10.8283	0
	05	2006	10.3178	10.6537	0
	05	2005	10.3273	10.3178	0
	05	2004	10.0000	10.3273	0
	06	2009	9.2137	10.8969	0
	06	2008	10.7637	9.2137	8,050
	06	2007	10.6065	10.7637	0
	06	2006	10.2877	10.6065	0
	06	2005	10.3129	10.2877	0
	06	2004	10.0000	10.3129	0
	07	2009	9.1906	10.8640	915
	07	2008	10.7422	9.1906	935
	07	2007	10.5907	10.7422	0
	07	2006	10.2777	10.5907	0
	07	2005	10.3081	10.2777	0
	07	2004	10.0000	10.3081	0
	08	2009	9.0987	10.7334	0
	08	2008	10.6566	9.0987	0
	08	2007	10.5280	10.6566	0
	08	2006	10.2376	10.5280	0
	08	2005	10.2889	10.2376	0
	08	2004	10.0000	10.2889	0
Sun Capital Money Market  Fund S Class	01	2009	10.7798	10.6358	1,220,274
	01	2008	10.7137	10.7798	385,063
	01	2007	10.3820	10.7137	9,988
	01	2006	10.0861	10.3820	7,240
	01	2005	10.0000	10.0861	6,096
	02	2009	10.6973	10.5331	402,572
	02	2008	10.6534	10.6973	144,090
	02	2007	10.3447	10.6534	1,535
	02	2006	10.0702	10.3447	960
	02	2005	10.0000	10.0702	0
	03	2009	10.6768	10.5076	12,224
	03	2008	10.6384	10.6768	1,910
	03	2007	10.3354	10.6384	2,761
	03	2006	10.0662	10.3354	2,722
	03	2005	10.0000	10.0662	1,030
	04	2009	10.6154	10.4312	132,927
	04	2008	10.5933	10.6154	96,174
	04	2007	10.3074	10.5933	1,763
	04	2006	10.0543	10.3074	1,783
	04	2005	10.0000	10.0543	0
	05	2009	10.5950	10.4059	0
	05	2008	10.5784	10.5950	0
	05	2007	10.2981	10.5784	0
	05	2006	10.0503	10.2981	0
	05	2005	10.0000	10.0503	0
	06	2009	10.5339	10.3301	4,665
	06	2008	10.5335	10.5339	2,925
	06	2007	10.2702	10.5335	0
	06	2006	10.0384	10.2702	0
	06	2005	10.0000	10.0384	0
	07	2009	10.5135	10.3048	0
	07	2008	10.5186	10.5135	0
	07	2007	10.2609	10.5186	0
	07	2006	10.0344	10.2609	0
	07	2005	10.0000	10.0344	0
	08	2009	10.4325	10.2045	0
	08	2008	10.4589	10.4325	0
	08	2007	10.2237	10.4589	0
	08	2006	10.0184	10.2237	0
	08	2005	10.0000	10.0184	0
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund, Class 2	01	2009	8.3969	14.2969	525,940
	01	2008	17.9989	8.3969	771,390
	01	2007	14.1681	17.9989	541,256
	01	2006	11.2121	14.1681	69,938
	01	2005	10.0000	11.2121	8,195
	02	2009	8.3431	14.1764	223,953
	02	2008	17.9199	8.3431	310,085
	02	2007	14.1348	17.9199	221,386
	02	2006	11.2083	14.1348	65,476
	02	2005	10.0000	11.2083	6,620
	03	2009	8.3296	14.1464	13,155
	03	2008	17.9003	8.3296	16,071
	03	2007	14.1265	17.9003	11,995
	03	2006	11.2074	14.1265	3,109
	03	2005	10.0000	11.2074	1,914
	04	2009	8.2894	14.0566	85,785
	04	2008	17.8412	8.2894	111,844
	04	2007	14.1015	17.8412	86,307
	04	2006	11.2046	14.1015	3,149
	04	2005	10.0000	11.2046	1,372
	05	2009	8.2761	14.0269	0
	05	2008	17.8216	8.2761	0
	05	2007	14.0932	17.8216	0
	05	2006	11.2037	14.0932	0
	05	2005	10.0000	11.2037	0
	06	2009	8.2360	13.9377	2,989
	06	2008	17.7627	8.2360	3,219
	06	2007	14.0682	17.7627	3,122
	06	2006	11.2009	14.0682	3,067
	06	2005	10.0000	11.2009	0
	07	2009	8.2227	13.9080	560
	07	2008	17.7430	8.2227	1,367
	07	2007	14.0598	17.7430	476
	07	2006	11.1999	14.0598	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.1999	0
	08	2009	8.1696	13.7900	63
	08	2008	17.6647	8.1696	62
	08	2007	14.0265	17.6647	44
	08	2006	11.1962	14.0265	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.1962	0
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	12.8071	17.3142	2,225,045
	01	2008	21.7758	12.8071	2,724,337
	01	2007	19.1200	21.7758	2,767,772
	01	2006	15.9585	19.1200	2,765,207
	01	2005	14.6832	15.9585	1,554,814
	01	2004	10.0000	14.6832	648,051
	02	2009	12.6415	17.0557	1,046,006
	02	2008	21.5382	12.6415	1,342,836
	02	2007	18.9499	21.5382	1,438,610
	02	2006	15.8486	18.9499	1,516,622
	02	2005	14.6116	15.8486	906,150
	02	2004	10.0000	14.6116	408,014
	03	2009	12.6005	16.9918	120,311
	03	2008	21.4792	12.6005	143,182
	03	2007	18.9077	21.4792	136,218
	03	2006	15.8213	18.9077	138,757
	03	2005	14.5938	15.8213	118,620
	03	2004	10.0000	14.5938	68,259
	04	2009	12.4778	16.8007	880,304
	04	2008	21.3027	12.4778	1,097,224
	04	2007	18.7812	21.3027	1,104,681
	04	2006	15.7393	18.7812	1,278,046
	04	2005	14.5403	15.7393	1,057,524
	04	2004	10.0000	14.5403	841,752
	05	2009	12.4373	16.7376	33,044
	05	2008	21.2444	12.4373	38,490
	05	2007	18.7393	21.2444	38,835
	05	2006	15.7122	18.7393	43,690
	05	2005	14.5225	15.7122	18,365
	05	2004	10.0000	14.5225	5,767
	06	2009	12.3159	16.5490	92,024
	06	2008	21.0695	12.3159	119,663
	06	2007	18.6135	21.0695	113,922
	06	2006	15.6306	18.6135	119,740
	06	2005	14.4692	15.6306	132,883
	06	2004	10.0000	14.4692	86,288
	07	2009	12.5190	16.8132	88,859
	07	2008	21.4278	12.5190	107,200
	07	2007	18.9399	21.4278	103,350
	07	2006	15.9127	18.9399	125,271
	07	2005	14.7378	15.9127	142,973
	07	2004	10.0000	14.7378	168,731
	08	2009	12.3754	16.5864	4,013
	08	2008	21.2256	12.3754	5,808
	08	2007	18.7997	21.2256	5,300
	08	2006	15.8272	18.7997	6,428
	08	2005	14.6885	15.8272	7,156
	08	2004	10.0000	14.6885	8,726
Templeton Growth Securities Fund Class 2	01	2009	11.7171	15.1541	341,406
	01	2008	20.5944	11.7171	276,195
	01	2007	20.3990	20.5944	230,762
	01	2006	16.9753	20.3990	93,422
	01	2005	15.8060	16.9753	39,074
	01	2004	10.0000	15.8060	12,323
	02	2009	11.5692	14.9325	132,084
	02	2008	20.3761	11.5692	124,522
	02	2007	20.2240	20.3761	114,387
	02	2006	16.8637	20.2240	77,167
	02	2005	15.7339	16.8637	33,705
	02	2004	10.0000	15.7339	19,339
	03	2009	11.5326	14.8777	5,115
	03	2008	20.3218	11.5326	5,438
	03	2007	20.1804	20.3218	5,773
	03	2006	16.8359	20.1804	495
	03	2005	15.7159	16.8359	0
	03	2004	10.0000	15.7159	0
	04	2009	11.4230	14.7138	63,729
	04	2008	20.1596	11.4230	73,020
	04	2007	20.0501	20.1596	69,462
	04	2006	16.7527	20.0501	60,588
	04	2005	15.6620	16.7527	32,024
	04	2004	10.0000	15.6620	10,688
	05	2009	11.3868	14.6598	3,138
	05	2008	20.1060	11.3868	3,246
	05	2007	20.0070	20.1060	2,689
	05	2006	16.7251	20.0070	2,669
	05	2005	15.6441	16.7251	2,424
	05	2004	10.0000	15.6441	0
	06	2009	11.2783	14.4979	3,567
	06	2008	19.9451	11.2783	6,350
	06	2007	19.8774	19.9451	38,225
	06	2006	16.6421	19.8774	39,385
	06	2005	15.5903	16.6421	36,249
	06	2004	10.0000	15.5903	934
	07	2009	10.2772	13.2043	0
	07	2008	18.1841	10.2772	0
	07	2007	18.1317	18.1841	0
	07	2006	15.1883	18.1317	0
	07	2005	14.2356	15.1883	0
	07	2004	10.0000	14.2356	0
	08	2009	10.1593	13.0262	0
	08	2008	18.0125	10.1593	0
	08	2007	17.9975	18.0125	0
	08	2006	15.1067	17.9975	0
	08	2005	14.1880	15.1067	0
	08	2004	10.0000	14.1880	0
Van Kampen LIT Comstock Portfolio Class II	01	2009	6.2699	7.9424	385,188
	01	2008	9.9007	6.2699	172,260
	01	2007	10.0000	9.9007	98,414
	02	2009	6.2467	7.8969	121,219
	02	2008	9.8842	6.2467	95,433
	02	2007	10.0000	9.8842	34,725
	03	2009	6.2409	7.8856	1,089
	03	2008	9.8800	6.2409	0
	03	2007	10.0000	9.8800	0
	04	2009	6.2235	7.8516	39,276
	04	2008	9.8676	6.2235	22,148
	04	2007	10.0000	9.8676	9,468
	05	2009	6.2177	7.8403	0
	05	2008	9.8635	6.2177	0
	05	2007	10.0000	9.8635	0
	06	2009	6.2003	7.8064	0
	06	2008	9.8511	6.2003	0
	06	2007	10.0000	9.8511	0
	07	2009	6.1945	7.7951	0
	07	2008	9.8469	6.1945	0
	07	2007	10.0000	9.8469	0
	08	2009	6.1714	7.7502	0
	08	2008	9.8303	6.1714	0
	08	2007	10.0000	9.8303	0
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. Equity & Income Portfolio Class II	01	2009	8.3619	10.1041	417,513
	01	2008	10.0000	8.3619	68,805
	02	2009	8.3481	10.0670	75,251
	02	2008	10.0000	8.3481	14,167
	03	2009	8.3447	10.0577	74
	03	2008	10.0000	8.3447	0
	04	2009	8.3343	10.0300	32,566
	04	2008	10.0000	8.3343	2,334
	05	2009	8.3309	10.0207	0
	05	2008	10.0000	8.3309	0
	06	2009	8.3206	9.9930	0
	06	2008	10.0000	8.3206	0
	07	2009	8.3171	9.9837	0
	07	2008	10.0000	8.3171	0
	08	2009	8.3033	9.9468	0
	08	2008	10.0000	8.3033	0
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Class II	01	2009	6.2876	9.7611	119,134
	01	2008	10.0000	6.2876	11,478
	02	2009	6.2773	9.7253	101,854
	02	2008	10.0000	6.2773	15,889
	03	2009	6.2747	9.7163	0
	03	2008	10.0000	6.2747	0
	04	2009	6.2669	9.6895	82,347
	04	2008	10.0000	6.2669	0
	05	2009	6.2643	9.6805	0
	05	2008	10.0000	6.2643	0
	06	2009	6.2565	9.6537	0
	06	2008	10.0000	6.2565	0
	07	2009	6.2539	9.6448	0
	07	2008	10.0000	6.2539	0
	08	2009	6.2435	9.6091	0
	08	2008	10.0000	6.2435	0
Universal Institutional Funds Inc. US Mid Cap Value Portfolio Class II	01	2009	6.5544	8.9979	51,006
	01	2008	10.0000	6.5544	3,204
	02	2009	6.5435	8.9649	54,009
	02	2008	10.0000	6.5435	22,317
	03	2009	6.5408	8.9566	0
	03	2008	10.0000	6.5408	0
	04	2009	6.5327	8.9319	13,555
	04	2008	10.0000	6.5327	0
	05	2009	6.5300	8.9236	0
	05	2008	10.0000	6.5300	0
	06	2009	6.5219	8.8989	0
	06	2008	10.0000	6.5219	0
	07	2009	6.5192	8.8907	0
	07	2008	10.0000	6.5192	0
	08	2009	6.5084	8.8578	0
	08	2008	10.0000	6.5084	0
Wanger Select	01	2009	7.3924	12.1193	6,498
	01	2008	14.7127	7.3924	10,439
	01	2007	13.6344	14.7127	9,194
	01	2006	11.5457	13.6344	4,670
	01	2005	10.0000	11.5457	3,495
	02	2009	7.3358	12.0022	602
	02	2008	14.6299	7.3358	1,387
	02	2007	13.5854	14.6299	1,650
	02	2006	11.5275	13.5854	1,345
	02	2005	10.0000	11.5275	143
	03	2009	7.3217	11.9730	1,367
	03	2008	14.6093	7.3217	1,806
	03	2007	13.5731	14.6093	1,213
	03	2006	11.5230	13.5731	1,261
	03	2005	10.0000	11.5230	570
	04	2009	7.2795	11.8859	598
	04	2008	14.5474	7.2795	716
	04	2007	13.5365	14.5474	2,234
	04	2006	11.5093	13.5365	2,359
	04	2005	10.0000	11.5093	427
	05	2009	7.2655	11.8571	0
	05	2008	14.5269	7.2655	0
	05	2007	13.5243	14.5269	0
	05	2006	11.5048	13.5243	0
	05	2005	10.0000	11.5048	0
	06	2009	7.2236	11.7706	0
	06	2008	14.4653	7.2236	0
	06	2007	13.4876	14.4653	0
	06	2006	11.4911	13.4876	0
	06	2005	10.0000	11.4911	0
	07	2009	7.2096	11.7418	0
	07	2008	14.4448	7.2096	0
	07	2007	13.4754	14.4448	0
	07	2006	11.4866	13.4754	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.4866	0
	08	2009	7.1540	11.6275	0
	08	2008	14.3629	7.1540	0
	08	2007	13.4266	14.3629	0
	08	2006	11.4683	13.4266	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.4683	0
Wanger USA	01	2009	7.3041	10.2483	0
	01	2008	12.2766	7.3041	0
	01	2007	11.8092	12.2766	0
	01	2006	11.0967	11.8092	0
	01	2005	10.0000	11.0967	0
	02	2009	7.2482	10.1493	0
	02	2008	12.2076	7.2482	0
	02	2007	11.7668	12.2076	0
	02	2006	11.0792	11.7668	0
	02	2005	10.0000	11.0792	0
	03	2009	7.2343	10.1247	0
	03	2008	12.1904	7.2343	0
	03	2007	11.7562	12.1904	0
	03	2006	11.0749	11.7562	0
	03	2005	10.0000	11.0749	0
	04	2009	7.1927	10.0510	0
	04	2008	12.1388	7.1927	0
	04	2007	11.7244	12.1388	0
	04	2006	11.0618	11.7244	0
	04	2005	10.0000	11.0618	0
	05	2009	7.1788	10.0266	0
	05	2008	12.1216	7.1788	0
	05	2007	11.7138	12.1216	0
	05	2006	11.0574	11.7138	0
	05	2005	10.0000	11.0574	0
	06	2009	7.1374	9.9535	0
	06	2008	12.0702	7.1374	0
	06	2007	11.6821	12.0702	0
	06	2006	11.0443	11.6821	0
	06	2005	10.0000	11.0443	0
	07	2009	7.1236	9.9292	0
	07	2008	12.0531	7.1236	0
	07	2007	11.6715	12.0531	0
	07	2006	11.0399	11.6715	0
	07	2005	10.0000	11.0399	0
	08	2009	7.0687	9.8325	0
	08	2008	11.9848	7.0687	0
	08	2007	11.6292	11.9848	0
	08	2006	11.0223	11.6292	0
	08	2005	10.0000	11.0223	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, 2010 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) 752-7215.

To:	Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
	P.O. Box 9133
	Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481

Please send me a Statement of Additional Information for

Sun Life Financial Masters Choice

Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F.

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PART B

, 2010

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL MASTERS® CHOICE

VARIABLE AND FIXED ANNUITY

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT F

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)

Advertising and Sales Literature

Tax Deferred Accumulation

Calculations

Example of Variable Accumulation Unit Value Calculation

Example of Variable Annuity Unit Calculation

Example of Variable Annuity Payment Calculation

Distribution of the Contract

Custodian

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Financial Statements

The Statement of Additional Information sets forth information which may be of interest to prospective purchasers of the Sun Life Financial Masters® Choice (the “Contract”) issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (the “Company” or “Sun Life (U.S.)”) in connection with Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F (the “Variable Account”) which is not included in the Prospectus dated , 2010.  This Statement of Additional Information should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained without charge from the Company by writing to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), c/o Annuity Division, P.O. Box 9133, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481, or by telephoning (888) 786-2435.

The terms used in this Statement of Additional Information have the same meanings as in the Prospectus.

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THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT A PROSPECTUS AND IS AUTHORIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ONLY IF PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY A CURRENT PROSPECTUS.

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

Sun Life Financial Inc. (“Sun Life Financial”), a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with common shares listed on the Toronto, New York and Philippine stock exchanges, is the ultimate corporate parent of Sun Life (U.S.). Sun Life Financial ultimately controls Sun Life (U.S.) through the following intervening companies: Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC, Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc., and Sun Life Global Investments Inc.

ADVERTISING AND SALES LITERATURE

As set forth in the Prospectus, the Company may refer to the following organizations (and others) in its marketing materials:

A.M. BEST'S RATING SYSTEM is designed to evaluate the various factors affecting the overall performance of an insurance company in order to provide an opinion as to an insurance company's relative financial strength and ability to meet its contractual obligations. The procedure includes both a quantitative and qualitative review of each company.

LIPPER VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SERVICE is a publisher of statistical data covering the investment company industry in the United States and overseas. Lipper is recognized as the leading source of data on open-end and closed-end funds. Lipper currently tracks the performance of over 5,000 investment companies and publishes numerous specialized reports, including reports on performance and portfolio analysis, fee and expense analysis.

STANDARD & POOR'S insurance claims-paying ability rating is an opinion of an operating insurance company's financial capacity to meet obligations of its insurance policies in accordance with their terms.

VARDS (Variable Annuity Research Data Service) provides a comprehensive guide to variable annuity contract features and historical fund performance. The service also provides a readily understandable analysis of the comparative characteristics and market performance of funds inclusive in variable contracts.

MOODY'S Investors Services, Inc.'s insurance claims-paying rating is a system of rating an insurance company's financial strength, market leadership, and ability to meet financial obligations. The purpose of Moody's ratings is to provide investors with a simple system of gradation by which the relative quality of insurance companies may be noted.

STANDARD & POOR'S INDEX - broad-based measurement of changes in stock-market conditions based on the average performance of 500 widely held common stocks; commonly known as the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500). The selection of stocks, their relative weightings to reflect differences in the number of outstanding shares, and publication of the index itself are services of Standard & Poor's Corporation, a financial advisory, securities rating, and publishing firm. The index tracks 400 industrial company stocks, 20 transportation stocks, 40 financial company stocks, and 40 public utilities.

NASDAQ-OTC Price Index - this index is based on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) and represents all domestic over-the-counter stocks except those traded on exchanges and those having only one market maker, a total of some 3,500 stocks. It is market value-weighted and was introduced with a base of 100.00 on February 5, 1971.

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE (DJIA) - price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks, primarily industrials, but including American Express Company and American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Prepared and Published by Dow Jones & Company, it is the oldest and most widely quoted of all the market indicators. The average is quoted in points, not dollars.

MORNINGSTAR, Inc. is an independent financial publisher offering comprehensive statistical and analytical coverage of open-end and closed-end funds and variable annuities. This coverage for mutual funds includes, among other information, performance analysis rankings, risk rankings (e.g. aggressive, moderate or conservative), and “style box” matrices. Style box matrices display, for equity funds, the investment philosophy and size of the companies in which the fund invests and, for fixed-income funds, interest rate sensitivity and credit quality of the investment instruments.

IBBOTSON ASSOCIATES, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides a variety of historical data, including total return, capital appreciation and income, on the stock market as well as other investment asset classes, and inflation. This information will be used primarily for comparative purposes and to illustrate general financial planning principles.

In its advertisements and other sales literature for the Variable Account and the Funds, the Company intends to illustrate the advantages of the Contracts in a number of ways:

DOLLAR-COST AVERAGING ILLUSTRATIONS. These illustrations will generally discuss the price-leveling effect of making regular investments in the same Sub-Accounts over a period of time, to take advantage of the trends in market prices of the portfolio securities purchased by those Sub-Accounts.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM. A service provided by the Company, through which a Participant may take any distribution allowed by Internal Revenue Code Section 401 (a) (9) in the case of Qualified Contracts, or permitted under Internal Revenue Code Section 72 in the case of Non-Qualified Contracts, by way of a series of partial withdrawals. Withdrawals under this program may be fully or partially includible in income and may be subject to a 10% penalty tax. Consult your tax advisor.

THE COMPANY'S AND THE FUNDS' CUSTOMERS. Sales literature for the Variable Account and the Funds may refer to the number of clients which they serve.

THE COMPANY'S  ASSETS, SIZE. The Company may discuss its general financial condition (see, for example, the references to Standard & Poor's, Fitch and A.M. Best Company above); it may refer to its assets; and it may discuss its relative size and/or ranking among companies in the industry or among any sub-classification of those companies, based upon recognized evaluation criteria.

COMPOUND INTEREST ILLUSTRATIONS. These will emphasize several advantages of the variable annuity contract. For example, but not by way of limitation, the literature may emphasize the potential savings through tax deferral; the potential advantage of the Variable Account over the Fixed Account; and the compounding effect when a participant makes regular deposits to his or her account.

The Company may use hypothetical illustrations of the benefits of tax deferral, including but not limited to the following chart:

The chart below assumes an initial investment of $10,000 which remains fully invested for the entire time period, an 8% annual return, and a 33% combined federal and state income tax rate. It compares how 3 different investments might fare over 10, 20, and 30 years. The first example illustrates an investment in a non-tax-deferred account and assumes that taxes are paid annually out of that account. The second example illustrates how the same investment would grow in a tax-deferred investment, such as an annuity. The third example illustrates the net value of the tax-deferred investment after paying taxes on the full account value.

	10 YEARS	20 YEARS	30 YEARS
Non-Tax-Deferred Account	$16,856	$28,413	$ 47,893
Tax-Deferred Account	$21,589	$46,610	$100,627
Tax-Deferred Account After Paying Taxes	$17,765	$34,528	$ 70,720

THIS ILLUSTRATION IS HYPOTHETICAL AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PROJECTED PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT OR ANY OF ITS INVESTMENT OPTIONS. THE ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT THE DEDUCTION OF ANY CHARGES OR FEES RELATED TO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, MORTALITY AND EXPENSE, OR ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION. TAXES ON EARNINGS WITHIN AN ANNUITY ARE DUE UPON WITHDRAWAL. WITHDRAWALS MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO SURRENDER CHARGES AND, IF MADE PRIOR TO AGE 59½, A 10% FEDERAL PENALTY TAX.

TAX-DEFERRED ACCUMULATION

In general, individuals who own annuity contracts are not taxed on increases in the value of their annuity contracts until some form of distribution is made under the contract. As a result, the annuity contract would benefit from tax deferral during the contract's accumulation phase; this would have the effect of permitting an investment in an annuity contract to grow more rapidly that a comparable investment under which increases in value are taxed on a current basis.

In reports or other communications to you or in advertising or sales materials, we may also describe the effects of tax-deferred compounding on the Variable Account's investment returns. We may illustrate these effects in charts or graphs and from time to time may include comparisons of returns under the Contract or in general on a tax-deferred basis, with the returns on a taxable basis. Different tax rates may be assumed. Any such illustrative chart or graph would show accumulations on an initial investment or Purchase Payment, assuming a given amount (including the applicable interest credit), hypothetical gross annual returns compounded annually, and a stated rate of return. The values shown for the taxable investment would not include any deduction for management fees or other expenses, but would assume the annual deduction of federal and state taxes from investment returns. The values shown for the Contract in a chart would reflect the deduction of Contract expenses, such as the mortality and expense risk charge, the 0.15% administrative charge, the 0.15% distribution fee, and the $50 annual Account Fee. In addition, the values shown would assume that the Participant has not surrendered his or her Contract or made any partial surrenders until the end of the period shown. The chart would assume a full surrender at the end of the period shown and the payment of federal and state taxes, at a rate of not more than 33%, on the amount in excess of the Purchase Payments.

In developing illustrative tax deferral charts, we will observe these general principles:

l	The assumed rate of earnings will be realistic.
l	The illustrative chart will accurately depict the effect of all fees and charges or provide a narrative that prominently discloses all fees and charges under the Contract.
l	Charts comparing accumulation values for tax-deferred and non-tax-deferred investments will depict the implications of any surrender.
l	A narrative accompanying the chart will prominently disclose that there may be a 10% tax penalty on a surrender by a Participant who has not reached age 59½ at the time of surrender.

The rates of return illustrated in any chart would be hypothetical and are not an estimate or guaranty of performance. Actual tax returns may vary among Participants.

CALCULATIONS

EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE CALCULATION

Suppose the net asset value of a Fund share at the end of the current valuation period is $18.38; at the end of the immediately preceding valuation period was $18.32; the Valuation Period is one day; and no dividends or distributions caused Fund shares to go “ex-dividend” during the current Valuation Period. $18.38 ÷ $18.32 = 1.00327511. Subtracting the one day risk factor for mortality and expense risks and the administrative expense charge of .00005395 (the daily equivalent of the current maximum charge of 1.95% on an annual basis) gives a net investment factor of 1.00322166.  If the value of the variable accumulation unit for the immediately preceding valuation period had been 14.5645672, the value for the current valuation period would be 14.6114820 (14.5645672 x 1.00322116).

EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY UNIT CALCULATION

Suppose the circumstances of the first example exist, and the value of an annuity unit for the immediately preceding valuation period had been 12.3456789.  If the first variable annuity payment is determined by using an annuity payment based on an assumed interest rate of 3% per year, the value of the annuity unit for the current valuation period would be 12.3845638 (12.3456789 x 1.00323092 (the Net Investment Factor based on the daily equivalent of maximum annuity phase charge of 1.60% on an annual basis) x 0.99991902). 0.99991902 is the factor, for a one day Valuation Period that neutralizes the assumed interest rate of 3% per year used to establish the Annuity Payment Rates found in certain Contracts.

EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENT CALCULATION

Suppose that a Participant Account is credited with 8,765.4321 variable accumulation units of a particular Sub-Account but is not credited with any fixed accumulation units; that the variable accumulation unit value and the annuity unit value for the particular Sub-Account for the valuation period which ends immediately preceding the annuity commencement date are 14.5645672 and 12.3456789 respectively; that the annuity payment rate for the age and option elected is $6.78 per $1,000; and that the annuity unit value on the day prior to the second variable annuity payment date is 12.3845638.  The first variable annuity payment would be $865.57 (8,765.4321 x 14.5645672 x 6.78 ÷ 1,000).  The number of annuity units credited would be 70.1112 ($865.57 ÷ 12.3456789) and the second variable annuity payment would be $868.30 (70.1112 x 12.3845638).

DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT

We offer the Contract on a continuous basis through the general distributor and principal underwriter of the Contracts, Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Clarendon”).  Clarendon also acts as the general distributor of certain other annuity contracts issued by the Company and its subsidiary, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, and variable life insurance contracts issued by the Company.

In addition to commissions, the Company may, from time to time, pay or allow additional promotional incentives, in the form of cash or other compensation. The Company reserves the right to offer these additional incentives only to certain broker-dealers that sell or are expected to sell during specified time periods certain minimum amounts of Contracts or Certificates or other contracts offered by the Company.  Promotional incentives may change at any time.

Commissions will not be paid to selling agents with respect to Participant Accounts established for the personal account of employees of the Company or any of its affiliates, or of persons engaged in the distribution of the Contract, or of immediate family members of such employees or persons. In addition, commissions may be waived or reduced in connection with certain transactions described in the Prospectus under the heading “Waivers; Reduced Charges; Credits; Special Guaranteed Interest Rates.”

CUSTODIAN

We are the Custodian of the assets of the Variable Account.  We will purchase Fund shares at net asset value in connection with amounts allocated to the Sub-Accounts in accordance with your instructions, and we will redeem Fund shares at net asset value for the purpose of meeting the contractual obligations of the Variable Account, paying charges relative to the Variable Account or making adjustments for annuity reserves held in the Variable Account.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The consolidated financial statements of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein (which report, dated March 26, 2010, accompanying such financial statements expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph, referring to the Company changing its method of accounting and reporting for other-than-temporary impairments in 2009, and changing its method of accounting and reporting for fair value measurement of certain assets and liabilities in 2008), and has been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.  Their office is located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

The financial statements of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F that are included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein (which report, dated April 23, 2010, accompanying the financial statements expresses an unqualified opinion) and has been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the Variable Account and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) are included herein. The consolidated financial statements of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) are provided as relevant to its ability to meet its financial obligations under the Certificates and should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.

Financial Statements

Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)

To be Filed by Amendment

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a)	The following Financial Statements are included in the Registration Statement:
	A.	Condensed Financial Information - Accumulation Unit Values (Part A)  (To be Filed by Amendment)
	B.	Financial Statements of the Depositor (Part B)  (To be Filed by Amendment)
		Audited:
		1	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;
		2.	Consolidated Statements of Income, Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007;
		3.	Consolidated Balance Sheets, December 31, 2008 and 2007
		4.	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
		5.	Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity, Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007;
		6.	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007; and
		7.	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
	C.	Financial Statements of the Registrant (Part B)  (To be Filed by Amendment)
		1.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;
		2.	Statement of Assets and Liabilities, December 31, 2009;
		3.	Statement of Operations, Year Ended December 31, 2009;
		4.	Statements of Changes in Net Assets, Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008; and
		5.	Notes to Financial Statements.

(b) The following Exhibits are incorporated in the Registration Statement by reference unless otherwise indicated:

(1)	Resolution of Board of Directors of the Depositor dated December 3, 1985 authorizing the establishment of the Registrant (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-37907, filed on October 14, 1997);
(2)	Not Applicable;
(3)(a)	Marketing Services Agreement between Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Distributors, Inc. and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-37907, filed on January 16, 1998);
(3)(b)(i)	Principal Underwriter’s Agreement by and between Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83364, filed on or about April 27, 2009);
(3)(b)(ii)	Amendment to Principal Underwriter’s Agreement by and between Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83364, filed on or about April 27, 2009);
(3)(c)(i)	Specimen Sales Operations and General Agent Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-37907, filed on January 16, 1998);
(3)(c)(ii)	Specimen Broker-Dealer Supervisory and Service Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-37907, filed on January 16, 1998);
(3)(c)(iii)	Specimen Registered Representatives Agent Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-37907, filed on January 16, 1998);
(4)(a)	Specimen Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Group Annuity Contract (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83256, filed on June 22, 2002);
(4)(b)	Specimen Certificate to be issued in connection with Contract filed as Exhibit 4(a) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83256, filed on June 22, 2002);
(4)(c)	Specimen Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83256, filed on June 22, 2002);
(4)(d)	Specimen Secured Returns 2 Rider to Certificate filed as Exhibit (4)(b) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-115525, filed May 14, 2004);
(4)(e)	Specimen Secured Returns 2 Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-115525, filed May 14, 2004);
(4)(f)	Specimen Secured Returns for Life Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on August 2, 2005);
(4)(g)	Specimen Secured Returns for Life Plus Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 3, 2006);
(4)(h)	Specimen Income ON Demand Benefit Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on September 22, 2006);
(4)(i)	Specimen Retirement Asset Protector Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on September 22, 2006);
(4)(j)	Specimen Retirement Income Escalator Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 12, 2008);
(4)(k)	Specimen Income ON Demand Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 12, 2008);
(4)(l)	Specimen Retirement Income Escalator II Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on July 3, 2008);
(4)(m)	Specimen Income ON Demand II Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on July 3, 2008);
(4)(n)	Specimen Income ON Demand II Escalator Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on July 3, 2008);
(4)(o)	Specimen Income ON Demand II Plus Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on July 3, 2008);
(4)(p)	Specimen Income ON Demand III Escalator Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83362, filed on June 10, 2009);
(4)(q)	Specimen Sun Income Riser Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83362, filed on June 10, 2009);
(4)(r)	Specimen Sun Income Riser III Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c);*
(4)(s)	Specimen Sun Income Maximizer Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c);*
(4)(t)	Specimen Sun Income Maximizer Plus Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c);*
(5)(a)	Specimen Application to be used with Contract filed as Exhibit 4(a) (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-74884, filed February 14, 2002);
(5)(b)	Specimen Application to be used with Certificate filed as Exhibit 4(b) and Contract filed as Exhibit 4(c) (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-74884, filed February 14, 2002);
(6)(a)	Certificate of Incorporation of the Depositor (Incorporated herein by reference to the Depositor's Form 10-K, File No. 333-82824, filed on March 29, 2004);
(6)(b)	By-Laws of the Depositor, as amended March 19, 2004 (Incorporated herein by reference to the Depositor's Form 10-K, File No. 333-82824, filed on March 29, 2004);
(7)	Not Applicable;
(8)(a)	Participation Agreement by and between The Alger American Fund, the Depositor, and Fred Alger and Company, Incorporated (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form S-6, File No. 333-68601, filed on April 27, 1999);
(8)(b)	Participation Agreement dated February 17, 1998 by and between Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, Goldman Sachs & Co. and the Depositor (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 33-41628, filed on April 26, 1999);
(8)(c)	Amended and Restated Participation Agreement by and among MFS/Sun Life Services Trust, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-107983, filed on May 28, 2004);
(8)(d)	Participation Agreement dated February 17, 1998 by and among the Depositor, AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., AIM Distributors, Inc., and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-82957, filed on February 3, 2000);
(8)(e)	Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated December 18, 2004, by and among Sun Capital Advisers Trust, Sun Capital Advisers, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York;*
(8)(f)	Participation Agreement dated April 30, 2001 by and among Rydex Variable Trust, Rydex Distributors, Inc., and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.). (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-82957, filed on July 27, 2001);
(8)(g)	Participation Agreement dated December 1, 1996 by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Variable Insurance Products Funds, and Fidelity Distributors Corporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 28, 2005);
(8)(h)	Participation Agreement dated May 1, 2001 by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), the Depositor, Alliance Capital Management L.P., and Alliance Fund Distributors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-82957, filed on July 27, 2001);
(8)(i)	Participation Agreement dated February 17, 1998 by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. and Lord, Abbett & Co. (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-112506, filed on February 5, 2004);
(8)(j)	Participation Agreement Among Liberty Variable Investment Trust, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc., and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-114126, filed on April 1, 2004);
(8)(k)	Participation Agreement Among SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc., and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-114126, filed on April 1, 2004);
(8)(l)	Participation Agreement Among Wanger Advisors Funds, Wanger Asset Management LP and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-114126, filed on April 1, 2004);
(8)(m)	Participation Agreement Among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-102278, filed on December 31, 2002);
(8)(n)	Participation AgreementAmong Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-112506, filed on February 5, 2004);
(8)(o)	Participation Agreement Among Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-112506, filed on February 5, 2004);
(8)(p)	Participation Agreement dated February 15, 2005 among Nations Separate Account Trust, BACAP Distributors, LLC, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 28, 2005);
(8)(q)	Participation Agreement by and among Wanger Advisors Trust, Columbia Funds Distributors, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 28, 2005);
(8)(r)	Participation Agreement by and among Liberty Variable Investment Trust, Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 28, 2005);
(8)(s)	Participation Agreement, dated December 3, 2007, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Lazard Asset Management Securities LLC, and Lazard Retirement Series, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 12, 2008);
(8)(t)	Participation Agreement, dated August 6, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (US), Van Kampen Life Investments Trust, Van Kampen Funds Inc., and Van Kampen Asset Management. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 of Sun Life of Canada (US) Variable Account I, File No. 333-100831, filed on April 29, 2005);
(8)(u)	Participation Agreement, dated May 1, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 of Sun Life of Canada (US) Variable Account G, File No. 333-111688, filed on April 27, 2007);
(8)(v)	Participation Agreement, dated December 3, 2007, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), The Huntington Funds, Edgewood Services, Inc., and Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 12, 2008);
(8)(w)	Participation Agreement, dated May 13, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc., Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and FAM Distributors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G on Form N-6, File No. 333-111688, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2005.)
(9)	Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered and Consent to its use (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on or about April 27, 2009);
(10)(a)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; (To be Filed by Amendment)
(11)	Financial Statement Schedules I and VI (Incorporated herein by reference to the Depositor's Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed on March 26, 2010);
(12)	Not Applicable;
(13)	Schedule for Computation of Performance Quotations (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 33-41628, filed on April 29, 1998);
(14)	Not Applicable;
(15)(a)	Powers of Attorney (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 27, 2010);
(15)(b)	Resolution of the Board of Directors of the depositor dated March 26, 2008, authorizing the use of powers of attorney for Officer signatures (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on February 27, 2009);
(16)	Organizational Chart (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 27, 2010).

Item 25. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPOSITOR

Name and Principal Business Address	Positions and Offices With Depositor
Jon A. Boscia Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Director
Scott M. Davis Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Director
Stephen L. Deschenes Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada  (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Senior Vice President and General Manager, Annuities and Director
Ronald H. Friesen Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA  02481	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Director
Terrence J. Mullen Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Director
Westley V. Thompson Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	President, SLF U.S., and Director and Chairman
Michael S. Bloom Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel and Secretary
Priscilla S. Brown Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Marketing
Larry R. Madge Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary
Stephen C. Peacher Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 150 King Street West Toronto, ON M5H 1J9	Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Sean N. Woodroffe Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Vice President, Human Resources
Janet Whitehouse Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Senior Vice President and General Manager, Individual Life Insurance
John R. Wright Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) One Sun Life Executive Park Wellesley Hills, MA 02481	Executive Vice President, Sun Life Financial U.S. Operations

Item 26. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR REGISTRANT

No person is directly or indirectly controlled by the Registrant. The Registrant is a separate account of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), which is ultimately controlled by Sun Life Financial.

The organization chart of Sun Life Financial is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 27, 2010.

None of the companies listed in such Exhibit 16 is a subsidiary of the Registrant; therefore, the only financial statements being filed are those of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.).

Item 27. NUMBER OF CONTRACT OWNERS

As of April 30, 2010 there were 16,450 qualified and 10,352 non-qualified contract owners.

Item 28. INDEMNIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware Corporation Law, Article 8 of the By-laws of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), as amended March 19, 2004 (a copy of which as filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Depositor’s Form 10-K, File No. 333-82824, filed on March 29, 2004), provides for the indemnification of directors, officers and employees of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.). Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) pursuant to the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or otherwise, Sun Life (U.S.) has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Sun Life (U.S.) of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, controlling person of Sun Life (U.S.) in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Sun Life (U.S.) will submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the Act, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 29. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

(a) Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), acts as general distributor for the Registrant, Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Accounts C, D, E, G, I, and K, Keyport Variable Account A, KMA Variable Account, Keyport Variable Account I, KBL Variable Account A, KBL Variable Annuity Account, Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Accounts A, B, C, D,  J, and N, and Money Market Variable Account, High Yield Variable Account, Capital Appreciation Variable Account, Government Securities Variable Account, World Governments Variable Account, and Total Return Variable Account.

(b)	Name and Principal	Position and Offices
	Business Address*	with Underwriter
	Terrance J. Mullen	President and Director
	Scott M. Davis	Director
	Ronald H. Friesen	Director
	Michael S. Bloom	Secretary
	Ann B. Teixeira	Assistant Vice President, Compliance
	Kathleen T. Baron	Chief Compliance Officer
	William T. Evers	Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
	Jane F. Jette	Financial/Operations Principal and Treasurer
	Michelle D'Albero	Counsel
	Matthew S. MacMillen	Tax Officer

*The principal business address of all directors and officers of the principal underwriter, is One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481

(c) Inapplicable.

Item 30. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

Accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Rules promulgated thereunder are maintained, in whole or in part, by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) at its offices at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481 or at the offices of Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

Item 31. MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Not Applicable.

Item 32. UNDERTAKINGS

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)	To file a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the Registration Statement are never more than 16 months old for so long as payments under the variable annuity Contracts may be accepted;
(b)	To include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a Contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an Applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that the Applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information;
(c)	To deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under SEC Form N-4 promptly upon written or oral request.
(d)	Representation with respect to Section 26(f)(2)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Contracts, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the insurance company.
	The Registrant is relying on the no-action letter issued by the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission to American Council of Life Insurance, Ref. No. IP-6-88, dated November 28, 1988, the requirements for which have been complied with by the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the Town of Wellesley Hills, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 25th day of June, 2010.

SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT F
(Registrant)
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Westley V. Thompson
	Westley V. Thompson
	President, SLF U.S.

Attest:	/s/ Sandra M. DaDalt
	Sandra M. DaDalt
	Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities with the Depositor, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/ Westley V. Thompson	President, SLF U.S. and Director	June 25, 2010
Westley V. Thompson	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Ronald H. Friesen	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	June 25, 2010
Ronald H. Friesen	and Treasurer and Director
	(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Douglas C. Miller	Vice President and Controller	June 25, 2010
Douglas C. Miller	(Principal Accounting Officer)
*By: /s/ Elizabeth B. Love	Attorney-in-Fact for:	June 25, 2010
Elizabeth B. Love	Jon A. Boscia, Director
	Scott M. Davis, Director
	Stephen L. Deschenes, Director
	Terrence J. Mullen, Director

*Elizabeth B. Love has signed this document on the indicated date on behalf of the above Directors for the Depositor pursuant to powers or attorney duly executed by such persons and a resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing use of powers of attorney for Officer signatures. Resolution of the Board of Directors is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on or about February 27, 2009. Powers of attorney incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed on April 27, 2010.

EXHIBIT INDEX

(4)(r)	Specimen Sun Income Riser III Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c)
(4)(s)	Specimen Sun Income Maximizer Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c)
(4)(t)	Specimen Sun Income Maximizer Plus Rider to Flexible Payment Combination Fixed/Variable Individual Annuity Contract filed as Exhibit (4)(c)