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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2010

 

Registration No. 33-56908

811-06032


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-4

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. __

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 35

 

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 78

 

Separate Account VA B

 

(Exact Name of Registrant)

 


 

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Name of Depositor)

 

4333 Edgewood Road, N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code

 

   

(319) 355-8330

Darin D. Smith, Esquire

   

 

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-4520

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

 

Frederick R. Bellamy, Esquire

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan L.L.P.

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2415


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Title of Securities Being Registered:

Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Policies

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

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

 

¨        on May 1, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

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

 

¨ on                          pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

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

 

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The information in this Prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This Prospectus is contained in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and we may not sell these securities until that registration statement is effective. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PROSPECTUS (Subject to Completion February 16, 2010)

 

TRANSAMERICA FREEDOM VARIABLE ANNUITY

Issued Through

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

By

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Prospectus

May 1, 2010

This flexible premium deferred annuity policy has many investment choices. There is a separate account that currently provides a means of investing in various underlying fund portfolios. There is also a fixed account, which offers interest at rates that are guaranteed by Transamerica Life Insurance Company. You can choose any combination of these investment choices. You bear the entire investment risk for all amounts you put in the separate account.

This prospectus and the underlying fund prospectuses give you important information about the policies and the underlying fund portfolios. Please read them carefully before you invest and keep them for future reference.

If you would like more information about the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity, you can obtain a free copy of the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated May 1, 2010. Please call us at (800) 525-6205 or write us at: Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001. A registration statement, including the SAI, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the SAI is incorporated herein by reference. More information about the variable annuity can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may obtain information about the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-732-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the prospectus, the SAI, material incorporated by reference, and other information. The table of contents of the SAI is included at the end of this prospectus.

Please note that the policies and the separate account investment choices:

 

   

are not bank deposits

 

   

are not federally insured

 

   

are not endorsed by any bank or government agency

 

   

are not guaranteed to achieve their goal

 

   

are subject to risks, including loss of premium

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities, or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


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PORTFOLIOS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBACCOUNTS

 

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

Managed by Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.

Managed by AllianceBernstein L.P.

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES TRUST

Managed by Capital Research and Management Company

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND

Managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

Managed by Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

Managed by Templeton Investment Counsel LLC

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

Fund Administrator: Franklin Templeton Services, LLC

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

GE INVESTMENTS FUNDS, INC.

Managed by GE Asset Management, Inc.

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

JANUS ASPEN SERIES

Managed by Janus Capital Management LLC

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTSM

Managed by MFS® Investment Management

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

 

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST

Portfolio Construction Manager: Morningstar Associates, LLC

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Subadvised by AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC.

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

Subadvised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

Subadvised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Foxhall Capital Management, Inc.

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Hanlon Investment Management, Inc.

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

Subadvised by ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, L.P.

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

Subadvised by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class

Subadvised by MFS® Investment Management

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

Advised by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.


 

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Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Diversified Equity VP – Service Class

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Van Kampen Asset Management

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class


 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

   6

SUMMARY

   8

ANNUITY POLICY FEE TABLE AND EXPENSE EXAMPLES

   15

1.

  

THE ANNUITY POLICY

   22

2.

  

PURCHASE

   22
  

Policy Issue Requirements

   22
  

Premium Payments

   22
  

Initial Premium Requirements

   23
  

Additional Premium Payments

   23
  

Maximum Total Premium Payments

   23
  

Allocation of Premium Payments

   23
  

Policy Value

   24

3.

  

INVESTMENT CHOICES

   24
  

The Separate Account

   24
  

Selection of Underlying Portfolios

   27
  

Addition, Deletion, or Substitution of Investments

   28
  

The Fixed Account

   29
  

Transfers

   30
  

Market Timing and Disruptive Trading

   31

4.

  

PERFORMANCE

   34

5.

  

EXPENSES

   34
  

Excess Interest Adjustment

   34
  

Mortality and Expense Risk Fees

   34
  

Premium Taxes

   35
  

Federal, State and Local Taxes

   35
  

Special Service Fees

   35
  

Transfer Fee

   35
  

Administrative Charges

   35
  

Initial Payment Guarantee

   35
  

Fund Facilitation Fee

   36
  

Additional Death Distribution

   36
  

Additional Death Distribution+

   36
  

Living Benefits Rider

   37
  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider and Additional Options Fees

   37
  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider and Additional Options Fees

   37
  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider and Additional Options Fees

   37
  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider and Additional Options Fees

   38
  

Income LinkSM Rider Fee

   38
  

Portfolio Fees and Expenses

   38
  

Revenue We Receive

   39

6.

  

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

   41
  

Surrenders

   41
  

Delay of Payment and Transfers

   41
  

Excess Interest Adjustment

   42
  

Signature Guarantee

   42

7.

  

ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

   43
  

Annuity Payment Options

   43

8.

  

DEATH BENEFIT

   45
  

When We Pay A Death Benefit

   46
  

When We Do Not Pay A Death Benefit

   46
  

Deaths After the Annuity Commencement Date

   46
  

Succession of Ownership

   46
  

Amount of Death Benefit

   47
  

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

   47
  

Adjusted Partial Surrender

   48

9.

  

TAXES

   48
  

Annuity Policies in General

   48
  

Qualified and Nonqualified Policies

   48
  

Surrenders-Qualified Policies Generally

   49
  

Surrenders-403(b) Policies

   50
  

Surrenders-Nonqualified Policies

   50
  

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds

   51
  

Annuity Payments

   51
  

Diversification and Distribution Requirements

   52
  

Federal Estate Taxes

   52
  

Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

   52
  

Annuity Purchases by Residents of Puerto Rico

   52
  

Annuity Contracts Purchased by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

   52
  

Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of Policies

   53
  

Possible Tax Law Changes

   53
  

Separate Account Charges

   53

 

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   Foreign Tax Credits    53
   Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits    53

10.

   ADDITIONAL FEATURES    53
   Systematic Payout Option    53
   Income Benefit Programs    54
   Initial Payment Guarantee    54
   Additional Death Distribution    55
   Additional Death Distribution+    56
  

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

   57
   Unemployment Waiver    57
   Telephone Transactions    58
   Dollar Cost Averaging Program    58
   Asset Rebalancing    60
   Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits    60
   Living Benefits Rider    60
   Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider    67
  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM With Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

   74
   Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider    82
   Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider    93
   Income LinkSM Rider    102

11.

   OTHER INFORMATION    109
   Ownership    109
   Right to Cancel Period    109
   Assignment    109
  

Sending Forms and Transaction Requests in Good Order

   109
   Mixed and Shared Funding    109
   Exchanges and Reinstatements    110
   Voting Rights    110
   IMSA    110
   Legal Proceedings    111
   Transamerica Life Insurance Company    111
   Financial Condition of the Company    111
   The Separate Account    112
   Distribution of the Policies    112
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION    115

APPENDIX

  
   CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION    116

APPENDIX

  
  

POLICY VARIATIONS

   129

APPENDIX

  
  

EXCESS INTEREST ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES

   134

APPENDIX

  
  

DEATH BENEFIT

   138

APPENDIX

  
  

ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION RIDER - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   141

APPENDIX

  
  

ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION+ RIDER - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   142

APPENDIX

  
  

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT COMPARISON TABLE

   143

APPENDIX

  
  

LIVING BENEFITS RIDER ADJUSTED PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS

   151

APPENDIX

  
  

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS -RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICE SM AND RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM WITH DOUBLE WITHDRAWAL BASE BENEFIT RIDERS

   158

APPENDIX

  
  

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS -RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM 1.2 RIDER, AND RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM 1.4 RIDER

   164

APPENDIX

  
  

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS - INCOME LINK SM RIDER

   170

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

Accumulation Unit — An accounting unit of measure used in calculating the policy value in the separate account before the annuity commencement date.

Adjusted Policy Value — The policy value increased or decreased by any excess interest adjustment.

Administrative and Service Office — Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001, (800) 525-6205.

Annuitant — The person on whose life any annuity payments involving life contingencies will be based.

Annuitize (Annuitization) — When you switch from the accumulation phase to the income phase and we begin to make annuity payments to you (or your designee).

Annuity Commencement Date — The date upon which annuity payments are to commence. This date may be any date after the policy date and may not be later than the last day of the policy month following the month after the annuitant attains age 95. The earliest annuity commencement date is at least thirty days after you purchase your policy. The annuity commencement date may have to be earlier for qualified policies and may be earlier if required by state law.

Annuity Payment Option — A method of receiving a stream of annuity payments selected by the owner.

Assumed Investment Return or AIR — The annual effective rate shown in the contract specifications section of the contract that is used in the calculation of each variable annuity payment.

Cash Value — The adjusted policy value less any rider fees (imposed upon surrender).

Excess Interest Adjustment — A positive or negative adjustment to amounts surrendered (both partial or full surrenders and transfers) or applied to annuity payment options from the fixed account guaranteed period options prior to the end of the guaranteed period. The adjustment reflects changes in the interest rates declared by the Company since the date any payment was received by, or an amount was transferred to, the guaranteed period option. The excess interest adjustment can either decrease or increase the amount to be received by the owner upon full surrender or commencement of annuity payments, depending upon whether there has been an increase or decrease in interest rates, respectively.

 

Fixed Account — One or more investment choices under the policy that are part of the Company’s general assets and are not in the separate account.

Free Amount — The amount that can be withdrawn each year without incurring any excess interest adjustment.

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — Any optional benefit under the policy that provides a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit, including the Retirement Income ChoiceSM, 1.2, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4, the Income LinkSM, the Living Benefits Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, or the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider.

Guaranteed Period Options — The various guaranteed interest rate periods of the fixed account which the Company may offer and into which premium payments may be paid or amounts transferred.

Owner (You, Your) — The person who may exercise all rights and privileges under the policy. The owner during the lifetime of the annuitant and before the annuity commencement date is the person designated as the owner in the information that we require to issue a policy.

Policy Date — The date shown on the policy data page attached to the policy and the date on which the policy becomes effective.

Policy Value — On or before the annuity commencement date, the policy value is equal to the owner’s:

 

   

premium payments; minus

 

   

gross partial surrenders (partial surrenders minus excess interest adjustments); plus

 

   

interest credited in the fixed account; plus

 

   

accumulated gains in the separate account; minus

 

   

accumulated losses in the separate account; minus

 

   

service charges, rider fees, premium taxes, transfer fees, and other charges, if any.

Policy Year — A policy year begins on the policy date and on each anniversary thereof.


 

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Separate Account — Separate Account VA B, a separate account established and registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), to which premium payments under the policies may be allocated.

Separate Account Value — The portion of the policy value that is invested in the separate account.

Subaccount — A subdivision within the separate account, the assets of which are invested in a specified underlying fund portfolio.

 

Valuation Period — The period of time from one determination of accumulation unit values and annuity unit values to the next subsequent determination of those values. Such determination shall be made on each business day.

Written Notice — Written notice, signed by the owner, that gives the Company the information it requires and is received in good order at the Administrative and Service Office. For some transactions, the Company may accept an electronic notice such as telephone instructions. Such electronic notice must meet the requirements for good order that the Company establishes for such notices.

You (Your) — the owner of the policy.


 

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SUMMARY

 

The sections in this summary correspond to sections in this prospectus, which discuss the topics in more detail.

1. THE ANNUITY POLICY

The flexible premium deferred variable annuity policy offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company, we, us, or our) provides a way for you to invest on a tax-deferred basis in the following investment choices: various subaccounts of the separate account and the fixed account of the Company. The policy is intended to accumulate money for retirement or other long-term investment purposes.

This policy currently offers subaccounts that are listed under “Investment Choices” in this prospectus. Each subaccount invests exclusively in shares of one of the underlying fund portfolios. The policy value may depend on the investment experience of the selected subaccounts. Therefore, you bear the entire investment risk with respect to all policy value in any subaccount. You could lose the amount that you invest.

The fixed account offers an interest rate that the Company guarantees.

The policy, like all deferred annuity policies, has two phases: the “accumulation phase” and the “income phase.” During the accumulation phase, earnings accumulate on a tax-deferred basis and are taxed as ordinary income when you take them out of the policy. The income phase occurs when you annuitize and begin receiving regular annuity payments from your policy. The money you can accumulate during the accumulation phase will largely determine the payments you receive during the income phase.

 

2. PURCHASE

The initial premium payment for nonqualified policies must be at least $15,000 or more, and at least $1,000 for qualified policies, under most circumstances. You must obtain prior Company approval to purchase a policy with an amount less than the stated minimum. You can generally add as little as $50 at any time during the accumulation phase.

3. INVESTMENT CHOICES

You can allocate your premium payments to one of several underlying fund portfolios listed under Investment Choices in this prospectus and described in the underlying fund prospectuses. Depending upon their investment performance, you can make or lose money in any of the subaccounts.

You can also allocate your premium payments to the fixed account.

We currently allow you to transfer money between any of the investment choices during the accumulation phase. We reserve the right to impose a $10 fee for each transfer in excess of 12 transfers per policy year and to impose restrictions and limitations on transfers.


 

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4. PERFORMANCE

The value of the policy will vary up or down depending upon the investment performance of the subaccounts you choose.

5. EXPENSES

Note: The following section on expenses and the Annuity Policy Fee Table and expense examples only apply to policies issued after the date of this prospectus. See “Appendix - Policy Variations” for information about older policies.

No deductions are made from premium payments at the time you buy the policy so that the full amount of each premium payment is invested in one or more of your investment choices. If you select the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option, then you can surrender your policy after annuity payments have begun. A surrender charge of up to 4% of policy value will apply during the first four years after the annuity commencement date.

Full surrenders, partial surrenders, and transfers from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account may also be subject to an excess interest adjustment, which may increase or decrease the amount you receive. This adjustment may also apply to amounts applied to an annuity payment option from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account prior to the end of the guaranteed period option.

We deduct daily mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges from the assets in each subaccount during the accumulation phase, at an annual rate (as a percentage of the subaccount’s value) that depend on the death benefit option that you select, as follows:

 

   

1.70% if you choose the Return of Premium Death Benefit

 

   

1.90% if you choose the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit

During the accumulation phase, we deduct an annual service charge of no more than $35 from the policy value on each policy anniversary and at the time of surrender. The charge is waived if either the policy value or the sum of all premium payments, minus all partial surrenders, is at least $50,000.

Upon full surrender, payment of a death benefit, or when annuity payments begin, we will deduct state premium taxes, if applicable. State premium taxes currently range from 0% to 3.50%, depending on the state.

If you elect the Initial Payment Guarantee feature when you annuitize, then there is a daily fee (during the income phase) currently equal to an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the subaccounts.

We deduct a daily fund facilitation fee from the assets in certain investment choices at an annual rate (as a percentage of the subaccount’s value) as follows:

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30%if you choose the American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Growth Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Growth-Income Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - International Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.20% if you choose the AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio - Class B

 

   

0.20% if you choose the GE Investments Total Return Fund - Class 3

 

   

0.15% if you choose the Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund - Class 4


 

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0.10 % if you choose the Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP - Service Class

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution (“ADD”), then there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.25% of the policy value.

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution+ (“ADD+”), then there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.55% of the policy value.

If you elect the Living Benefits Rider, then there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.90% of the “principal back” total withdrawal base on each anniversary (“rider anniversary”) of the date the rider was elected.

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, then there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.60% for single life and 0.90% for joint life of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. For each option you elect with the rider, you will be charged an annual fee during the accumulation phase that is also a percentage of the total withdrawal base; this fee is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit.

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider, then there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.90% of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. For each additional option you elect with the rider, you will be charged an annual fee during the accumulation phase that is also a percentage of the withdrawal base; this fee is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit.

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 1.10% of the withdrawal base charged quarterly if you elect the Open Allocation option, and 0.40% to 1.25% if you elect the Designated Allocation option depending on what designated investment options you choose. For each additional option you elect with the rider, you will be charged a quarterly fee during the accumulation phase that is also a percentage of the withdrawal base; this fee is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit.

 

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.40% to 1.25% depending on what designated investment options you choose. For each additional option you elect with the rider, you will be charged a quarterly fee during the accumulation phase that is also a percentage of the withdrawal base; this fee is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit.

If you elect the Income LinkSM Rider, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.90% of the withdrawal base charged quarterly.

The value of the net assets of the subaccounts will reflect the management fee and other expenses incurred by the underlying fund portfolios.

6. ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can generally take out $500 or more anytime during the accumulation phase (except under certain qualified policies).

You may have to pay income tax and a tax penalty on any money you take out.

If you have policy value in the fixed account, you may take out any cumulative interest credited free of excess interest adjustments.

Access to amounts held in qualified policies may be restricted or prohibited by law or regulation or the terms of the policy.

Surrenders are not generally permitted during the income phase unless you elect the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option.


 

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7. ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

The policy allows you to receive income under one of several annuity payment options. You may choose from fixed payment options, variable payment options, or a combination of both. If you select a variable payment option, then the dollar amount of your annuity payments may go up or down.

However, the Initial Payment Guarantee is available for an extra fee and it guarantees a minimum amount for each variable annuity payment.

8. DEATH BENEFIT

If the sole annuitant dies before the income phase begins, then the beneficiary will generally receive a death benefit. If the owner is not the annuitant, then no death benefit is paid if the owner dies; however required distribution rules require that the policy value be distributed upon the death of any owner.

Naming different persons as owner and annuitant can affect to whom and whether amounts will be paid. Use care when naming owners, annuitants and beneficiaries, and consult your agent if you have questions.

When you purchase a policy you may generally choose an optional guaranteed minimum death benefit:

 

   

Annual Step-Up Death Benefit

Charges are lower if you do not choose an optional guaranteed minimum death benefit.

After the policy is issued, a guaranteed minimum death benefit cannot be added, and the death benefit cannot be changed.

 

9. TAXES

Earnings, if any, are generally not taxed until taken out. If you take money out of a nonqualified policy during the accumulation phase, earnings come out first for federal tax purposes, and are taxed as ordinary income. For nonqualified and certain qualified policies, payments during the income phase may be considered partly a return of your original investment so that part of each payment may not be taxable as income. For qualified policies, payments during the income phase are, in many cases, considered as all taxable income. If you are younger than 59 1/2 when you take money out, you may incur a 10% federal penalty tax on the taxable earnings.

10. ADDITIONAL FEATURES

This policy has additional features that might interest you. These features may not be available for all policies, may vary for certain policies, may not each be available in combination with other optional benefits under the policy, and may not be suitable for your particular situation.

These features include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

You can arrange to have money automatically sent to you monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually while your policy is in the accumulation phase. This feature is referred to as the “Systematic Payout Option” (“SPO”). Amounts you receive may be included in your gross income, and in certain circumstances, may be subject to penalty taxes.

 

   

You can elect an optional feature at the time of annuitization that guarantees your variable annuity payments will never be less than a percentage of the initial variable annuity payment. This feature is called the “Initial Payment Guarantee” (“IPG”). There is an extra charge for this feature.


 

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You may elect one of two optional riders that might pay an additional amount on top of the policy death benefit, in certain circumstances. These features are called the “Additional Death Distribution” (“ADD”) and “Additional Death Distribution+” (“ADD+”). There is an extra charge for these riders.

 

   

Under certain medically related circumstances, you may surrender all or part of the policy value without any excess interest adjustment. This feature is called the “Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option.”

 

   

Under certain unemployment circumstances, you may surrender all or a portion of the policy value free of any excess interest adjustment. This feature is called the “Unemployment Waiver.”

 

   

You may generally make transfers and/or change the allocation of additional premium payments by telephone. We may restrict or eliminate this feature.

 

   

You can arrange to automatically transfer money (at least $500 per transfer) monthly or quarterly from certain investment choices into one or more subaccounts. This feature is known as “Dollar Cost Averaging.”

 

   

We will, upon your request, automatically transfer amounts among the subaccounts on a regular basis to maintain a desired allocation of the policy value among the various subaccounts. This feature is called “Asset Rebalancing.”

 

   

You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit and a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Living Benefits Rider.” If you elect this rider, we will monitor your policy value and, as we deem necessary to support the guarantees under the rider, may transfer amounts back and forth between investment choices that we designate and the variable investment choices that you have selected. You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take “excess” withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

   

You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Retirement Income Choice Rider.” If you elect the Retirement Income Choice Rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more “designated investment choices.” (See “Retirement Income Choice - Designated Investment Choices.”) You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take “excess” withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

   

You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Retirement Income Choice with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider.” If you elect the Retirement Income Choice with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more “designated investment choices.” (See “Retirement Income Choice with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider - Designated Investment Choices.”) You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take “excess” withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

   

You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Retirement Income Choice 1.2 Rider.” If you elect the Retirement Income Choice I.2 Rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value according to either the Designated Allocation option or the Open Allocation option and meet other conditions. (See “Retirement Income Choice 1.2 - Allocation Options and Restrictions”.) You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take “excess” withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.


 

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You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider.” If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM I.4 Rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more “designated investment option(s).” (See “Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 - Designated Investment Options”.) You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take “excess” withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

   

You may elect to purchase an optional rider which provides you with a two-tiered, front-loaded guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit. This feature is called the “Income LinkSM Rider.” If you elect the Income LinkSM Rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more “designated investment option(s).” (See “Income LinkSM - Designated Investment Options”.) You may lose the benefit of this rider if you take non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals. There is an extra charge for this rider.

11. OTHER INFORMATION

Right to Cancel Period. You may return your policy for a refund, but only if you return it within a prescribed period, which is generally 10 days (after you receive the policy), or whatever longer time may be required by state law. The amount of the refund will generally be the premiums paid plus or minus accumulated gains or losses in the separate account; if state law requires, we will refund your original premium payment(s). The policy will then be deemed void.

No Probate. Usually, the person receiving the death benefit under this policy will not have to go through probate. State laws vary on how the amount that may be paid is treated for estate tax purposes.

Who should purchase the Policy? This policy is designed for people seeking long-term tax-deferred accumulation of assets, generally for retirement or other long-term purposes; and for persons who have maximized their use of other retirement savings methods, such as 401(k) plans. The tax-deferred feature is most attractive to people in high federal and state tax brackets. The tax deferral features of variable annuities are unnecessary when purchased to fund a qualified plan. You should not buy this policy if you are looking for a short-term investment, market timing, or if you cannot take the risk of losing money that you put in.

There are various fees and charges associated with variable annuities. You should consider whether the features and benefits of this policy, unique to variable annuities, such as the opportunity for lifetime income payments, a guaranteed death benefit, the guaranteed level of certain charges, and additional features, make this policy appropriate for your needs.

State Variations. Policies issued in your state may provide different features and benefits from, and impose different costs than, those described in this prospectus because of state law variations. These differences include, among other things, free look rights, issue age limitations, and the general availability of riders. This prospectus describes the material rights and obligations of a policy owner, and the maximum fees and charges for all policy features and benefits are set forth in the fee table of this prospectus. See your policy for specific variations because any such state variations will be included in your policy or in riders or endorsements attached to your policy. See your agent or contact us for specific information that is applicable to your state.

Old Policies. This prospectus generally describes policies issued after the date of this prospectus. See Appendix - Policy Variations for information on how older policies have different features and requirements, and sometimes different fees and deductions.


 

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Financial Statements. Financial Statements for the Company and the subaccounts are in the SAI. Condensed financial information for the subaccounts (those in operation by year end December 31, 2009, if any) are in Appendix – Condensed Financial Information to this prospectus.

12. INQUIRIES

If you need more information or want to make a transaction, please contact us at:

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Administrative and Service Office

Attention: Customer Care Group

4333 Edgewood Road NE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001

(800) 525-6205

 

You may check your policy at www.transamericaservice.com. Follow the logon procedures. You will need your pre-assigned Personal Identification Number (“PIN”) to access information about your policy. We cannot guarantee that you will be able to access this site.

You should protect your PIN, because on-line (or telephone) options may be available and could be made by anyone who knows your PIN. We may not be able to verify that the person providing instructions using your PIN is you or someone authorized by you.


 

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ANNUITY POLICY FEE TABLE AND EXPENSE EXAMPLES

The following describes the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the policy.

Please be certain to review the notes following the fee table and expense examples for further information about the fees and charges presented. The order of the notes follows the order in which the fees and charges under the policy are presented in the fee tables and the expense examples.

The first section describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the policy, surrender the policy, or transfer cash value between investment choices. State premium taxes may also be deducted. Excess interest adjustments may be made to amounts surrendered or applied to annuity payment options from cash value from the fixed account. (All fees are maximum for purchases made while this prospectus is effective unless otherwise noted.)

 

Policy Owner Transaction Expenses:

  

Sales Load On Purchase Payments

   0%

Maximum Surrender Charge (as a % of premium payments surrendered)

   0%

Base Policy

  

Transfer Fee

   $0 - $10

Special Service Fee

   $0 - $25

The next section describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the policy, not including portfolio fees and expenses. (All fees are maximum for purchases made while this prospectus is effective unless otherwise noted.)

 

Annual Service Charge

   $0 - $35 per policy

Separate Account Annual Expenses (as a percentage, annually, of average separate account value):

  

Base Separate Account Expenses:

  

Mortality and Expense Risk Fee

   1.55%

Administrative Charge

   0.15%

Total Base Separate Account Annual Expenses

   1.70%
    

Optional Separate Account Expenses:

  

Annual Step-Up Death Benefit

   0.20%

Fund Facilitation Fee

   0.30%

Total Separate Account Annual Expenses with Highest Optional Separate Account Expenses

   2.20%
    

Optional Rider Fees:

  

Additional Death Distribution (annual charge based on policy value)

   0.25%

Additional Death Distribution+ (annual charge based on policy value)

   0.55%

Living Benefits Rider (annual charge - a % of Total Withdrawal Base)

   0.90%

Retirement Income Choice RiderSM - Single Life Option (annual charge - a % of Withdrawal Base)

  

Base Benefit (Maximum)

   1.35%

Base Benefit (Current)

   0.60%

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider:

  

Death Benefit

   0.25%

 

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Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.15

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Fees (Single Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.75
      

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Fees (Single Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.00
      

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider - Joint Life Option (annual charge - a % of Withdrawal Base):

  

Base Benefit (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit (Current)

   0.90

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider:

  

Death Benefit

   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.30

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   2.15
      

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.40
      

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider - Single Life Option (annual charge - a % of Withdrawal Base):

  

Base Benefit (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit (Current)

   0.90

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider:

  

Death Benefit

   0.25

Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.15

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Fees (Single Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   2.05
      

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Fees (Single Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.30
      

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider - Joint Life Option (annual charge - a % of Withdrawal Base):

  

Base Benefit (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit (Current)

   0.90

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider:

  

Death Benefit

   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.30

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   2.15
      

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.40
      

 

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider (annual charge a - % of withdrawal base):

  

Base Benefit Open Allocation Option (Maximum)

   1.85

Base Benefit Open Allocation Option (Current)

   1.10

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Maximum)

   2.00

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Current)

   1.25

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group B (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group B (Current)

   0.90

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group C (Maximum)

   1.15

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group C (Current)

   0.40

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider:

  

Death Benefit (Single Life Option)

   0.25

Death Benefit (Joint Life Option)

   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit (Single Life Option)

   0.15

Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option)

   0.30

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   2.50
      

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.75
      

Retirement Income Choice SM 1.4 Rider (annual charge a - % of withdrawal base):

  

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Maximum)

   2.00

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Current)

   1.25

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group B (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group B (Current)

   0.90

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group C (Maximum)

   1.15

Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group C (Current)

   0.40

Additional Benefits available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider:

  

Death Benefit (Single Life Option)

   0.25

Death Benefit (Joint Life Option)

   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit (Single Life Option)

   0.15

Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option)

   0.30

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   2.50
      

Current Total Retirement Income Choice SM 1.4 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits

   1.75
      

Income LinkSM Rider (annual charge a - % of withdrawal base):

  

Base Benefit (Maximum)

   1.65

Base Benefit (Current)

   0.90

 

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The next section shows the lowest and highest total operating expenses charged by the underlying fund portfolios for the year ended December 31, 2009 (before any fee waiver or expense reimbursements). Expenses may be higher or lower in future years. More detail concerning each portfolio’s fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each portfolio.

Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses (Expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service 12b-1 fees, and other expenses):

 

Lowest Gross

   _____

Highest Gross

   _____

The following Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the policy with the cost of investing in other variable annuity policies. These costs include policy owner transaction expenses, policy fees, separate account annual expenses, and portfolio fees and expenses.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the policy for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, the highest fees and expenses of any of the portfolios for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the base policy with the combination of available optional features or riders with the highest fees and expenses, including the Highest Fund Facilitation Fee, Annual Step-Up Death Benefit, Additional Death Distribution+ Rider, and Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider - Joint Life with additional Death Benefit and Income Enhancement options. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Examples:

If the policy is surrendered at the end of the applicable time period:

 

1 Year

   $ _____

3 Years

   $ _____

5 Years

   $ _____

10 Years

   $ _____

If the policy is annuitized at the end of the applicable time period or if you do not surrender your policy:

 

1 Year

   $ _____

3 Years

   $ _____

5 Years

   $ _____

10 Years

   $ _____

Please remember that the Example is an illustration and does not represent past or future expenses. Your actual expenses may be lower or higher than those reflected in the Example. Similarly, your rate of return may be more or less than the 5% assumed in the Example.

For information concerning compensation paid for the sale of the policies, see “Distributor of the Policies.”

 

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NOTES TO FEE TABLE AND EXPENSE EXAMPLES

Annuity Policy Fee Table and Expense Examples: The fee table applies only to the accumulation phase and reflects the maximum charges unless otherwise noted. During the income phase the fees may be different than those described in the Fee Table. See section “5. Expenses”.

Policy Owner Transaction Expenses:

Maximum Surrender Charge: If you select the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option, you will be subject to a surrender charge after the annuity commencement date. See section “5. Expenses”.

Transfer Fee: The transfer fee, if any is imposed, applies to each policy, regardless of how policy value is allocated among the investment choices. There is no fee for the first 12 transfers per policy year. For additional transfers, the Company may charge a fee of $10 per transfer.

Special Service Fees: We may deduct a charge for special services, such as overnight delivery.

Annual Service Charge:

Annual Service Charge: The annual service charge is assessed on each policy anniversary and at surrender. The charge is waived if your policy value, or the sum of your premiums less all partial surrenders, is at least $50,000.

Separate Account Annual Expenses:

Mortality and Expense Risk Fee: The mortality and expense risk fee shown is for the accumulation phase with the base death benefit.

Optional Separate Account Expenses: Any optional separate account expense is in addition to the mortality and expense risk and administrative fees.

Fund Facilitation Fee: This daily fee is applied only to policy value in the subaccounts invested in the American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2 (0.30%), American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2 (0.30%), American Funds - Growth Fund - Class 2 (0.30%), American Funds - Growth-Income Fund - Class 2 (0.30%), American Funds -International Fund - Class 2 (0.30%), AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio - Class B (0.20%), GE Investments Total Return Fund - Class 3 (0.20%), the Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund -Class 4 (0.15%), and the Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP - Service Class (0.10%) . See section “5. Expenses”.

Total Separate Account Annual Expenses with Highest Optional Separate Account Expenses: This reflects the base separate account expenses, the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit fee, plus the Fund Facilitation fee, but does not include any annual optional rider fees. The death benefits are mutually exclusive.

Optional Rider Fees:

Optional Rider Fees: In some cases, riders to the policy are available that provide optional benefits. There are additional fees (each year) for those riders.

 

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Additional Death Distribution Rider and Additional Death Distribution+ Rider: This annual fee is a percentage of the policy value and is only deducted during the accumulation phase.

Living Benefits Rider: The annual fee is a percentage of the “principal back” Total Withdrawal Base. The “principal back” Total Withdrawal Base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancements if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the “principal back” Total Withdrawal Base is equal to: the “principal back” Total Withdrawal Base on the rider date; plus subsequent premium payments; less subsequent “principal back” adjusted partial withdrawals.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider, Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider, Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 and Income LinkSM Rider - base benefit: The fee is a percentage of the Withdrawal Base. The Withdrawal Base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the Withdrawal Base is equal to the Withdrawal Base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent Withdrawal Base adjustments.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider, Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider, and Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider - Additional Benefits (Single Life and Joint Life Options): You may elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider, or the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider with one or more of the following options - Death Benefit or Income Enhancement Benefit. The charge for each of these options is a percentage of the Withdrawal Base and is in addition to the base benefit fee.

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Fees with Highest Combination of Benefits, Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Fees with Highest Combination of Benefits, Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2, and Maximum Total Retirement Income Choice SM 1.4 Rider Fees with Highest Combination of Benefits : After the fifth rider anniversary, the base benefit rider fees can increase when there is an automatic step-up. These fee totals reflect the maximum fee increase resulting from an automatic step-up of the Withdrawal Base while the rider is in effect.

Maximum Total Income LinkSM Rider Fees: After the fifth rider anniversary, the base benefit rider fees can increase when there is an automatic step-up. This fee total reflects the maximum fee increase resulting from an automatic step-up of the Withdrawal Base while the rider is in effect.

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits: This reflects the Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Maximum), the Death Benefit (Joint Life Option), plus the Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option).

Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits: This reflects the Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Current), the Death Benefit (Joint Life Option), plus the Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option).

Maximum Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider Fees (Joint Life) with Highest Combination of Benefits: This reflects the Base Benefit Designated Allocation Group A (Maximum), the Death Benefit (Joint Life Option), plus the Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option).

 

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Current Total Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider Fees (Joint life) with Highest Combination of Benefits: This reflects the Base Benefit Designated Allocation group A (Current), the Death Benefit (Joint Life Option), plus the Income Enhancement Benefit (Joint Life Option).

Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses:

Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses: The fee table information relating to the underlying fund portfolios was provided to the Company by the underlying fund portfolios, their investment advisors or managers, and the Company has not and cannot independently verify the accuracy or completeness of such information. Actual future expenses of the portfolios may be greater or less than those shown in the Table.

Expense Examples:

Expense Examples: The Example does not reflect premium tax charges or transfer fees. Different fees and expenses not reflected in the Example may be assessed during the income phase of the policy.

 

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1. THE ANNUITY POLICY

This prospectus describes the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity policy offered by the Company. This prospectus generally describes policies issued on or after the date of this prospectus. Policies issued before that date may have different features (such as different death benefits or annuity payment options) and different charges. See “Appendix - Policy Variations” for information about older policies.

An annuity is a contract between you, the owner, and an insurance company (in this case the Company), where the insurance company promises to pay you an income in the form of annuity payments. These payments begin on a designated date, referred to as the annuity commencement date. Until the annuity commencement date, your annuity is in the accumulation phase and the earnings (if any) are tax deferred. Tax deferral means you generally are not taxed until you take money out of your annuity. After you annuitize, your annuity switches to the income phase.

The policy is a flexible premium deferred variable annuity. You can use the policy to accumulate funds for retirement or other long-term financial planning purposes. Your individual investment and your rights are determined primarily by your own policy.

The policy is a “flexible premium” annuity because after you purchase it, you can generally make additional investments of $50 or more until the annuity commencement date. You are not required to make any additional investments.

The policy is a “variable” annuity because the value of your investments can go up or down based on the performance of your investment choices. If you invest in the separate account, the amount of money you are able to accumulate in your policy during the accumulation phase depends upon the performance of your investment choices. You could lose the amount you allocate to the separate account. The

 

amount of annuity payments you receive during the income phase from the separate account also depends upon the investment performance of your investment choices for the income phase. However, if you annuitize under the Initial Payment Guarantee feature, then you will receive stabilized annuity payments that will never be less than a percentage of your initial variable annuity payment. There is an extra charge for this feature.

The policy also contains a fixed account. The fixed account offers interest at rates that we guarantee will not decrease during the selected guaranteed period. There may be different interest rates for each different guaranteed period that you select.

2. PURCHASE

Policy Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue a policy unless:

 

   

the Company receives in good order (at our Administrative and Service Office) all information needed to issue the policy;

 

   

the Company receives in good order (at our Administrative and Service Office) a minimum initial premium payment; and

 

   

the annuitant, owner, and any joint owner are age 90 or younger (the limit may be lower for qualified policies).

We reserve the right to reject any application or premium payment.

Premium Payments

You should make checks for premium payments payable only to Transamerica Life Insurance Company and send them to the administrative and service office. Your check must be honored in order for us to pay any associated payments and benefits due under the policy.


 

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We do not accept cash. We reserve the right to not accept third party checks. A third party check is a check that is made payable to one person who endorses it and offers it as payment to a second person. Checks should normally be payable to Transamerica Life Insurance Company, however, in some circumstances, at our discretion we may accept third party checks that are from a rollover or transfer from other financial institutions. Any third party checks not accepted by our company will be returned.

We reserve the right to reject or accept any form of payment. Any unacceptable forms of payment will be returned.

Initial Premium Requirements

The initial premium payment for nonqualified policies must be at least $15,000, and at least $1,000 for qualified policies. You must obtain prior company approval to purchase a policy with an amount less than the stated minimum. There is generally no minimum initial premium payment for policies issued under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; however, your premium must be received within 90 days of the policy date or your policy will be canceled. We will credit your initial premium payment to your policy within two business days after the day we receive it and your complete policy information at our administrative and service office. If we are unable to credit your initial premium payment, we will contact you within five business days and explain why. We will also return your initial premium payment at that time unless you let us keep it and credit it as soon as possible.

The date on which we credit your initial premium payment to your policy is generally the policy date. The policy date is used to determine policy years, policy months and policy anniversaries.

 

There may be delays in our receipt of applications that are outside of our control (for example, because of the failure of the selling broker/dealer or sales agent to forward the application to us promptly, or because of delays in determining whether the policy is suitable for you). Any such delays will affect when your policy can be issued and your premium allocated among your investment choices.

Additional Premium Payments

You are not required to make any additional premium payments. However, you can generally make additional premium payments as often as you like during the accumulation phase. Additional premium payments must be at least $50. We will credit additional premium payments to your policy as of the business day we receive your premium and required information in good order at our administrative and service office. Additional premium payments must be received before the close of a regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) to get same-day pricing of the additional premium payment.

Maximum Total Premium Payments

We reserve the right to reject cumulative premium payments over $1,000,000 (this includes subsequent premium payments) for policies with the same owner or same annuitant for issue ages 0-80. For issue ages over 80, we reserve the right to reject cumulative premium payments over $500,000 (this includes subsequent premium payments) for policies with the same owner or same annuitant.

Allocation of Premium Payments

When you purchase a policy, we will allocate your premium payment to the investment choices you select. Your allocation must be in whole percentages and must total 100%. We will allocate additional premium payments the same way, unless you request a different allocation.


 

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If you allocate premium payments to the Dollar Cost Averaging program, you must give us instructions regarding the subaccount(s) to which transfers are to be made or we cannot accept your premium payment.

You may change allocations for future additional premium payments by sending written instructions to our administrative and service office, or by telephone, subject to the limitations described under “Telephone Transactions”. The allocation change will apply to premium payments received on or after the date we receive the change request in good order.

You could lose the amount you allocate to the variable subaccounts.

The Company reserves the right to restrict or refuse any premium payment.

Policy Value

You should expect your policy value to change from valuation period to valuation period. A valuation period begins at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each business day and ends at the close of regular trading on the next succeeding business day. A business day is each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. The New York Stock Exchange generally closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Holidays are generally not business days.

3. INVESTMENT CHOICES

The Separate Account

The following variable subaccounts are available under the policy for new investors, but may not be available for all policies. The subaccounts invest in shares of the various underlying fund portfolios. The companies that provide investment advice and administrative services for the

underlying fund portfolios offered through this policy are listed below. The following variable investment choices are currently offered through this policy. Please be certain to review the notes following the list of variable investment choices.

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

Managed by Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.

Managed by AllianceBernstein L.P.

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio - Class B

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio - Class B

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio - Class B

AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES TRUST

Managed by Capital Research and Management Company

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND

Managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2


 

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Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

Managed by Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

Managed by Templeton Investment Counsel LLC

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

Fund Administrator: Franklin Templeton Services, LLC

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation

Fund – Class 4

GE INVESTMENTS FUNDS, INC.

Managed by GE Asset Management, Inc.

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

JANUS ASPEN SERIES

Managed by Janus Capital Management LLC

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTSM

Managed by MFS® Investment Management

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST

Portfolio Construction Manager: Morningstar Associates, LLC

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Subadvised by AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC.

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

Subadvised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP -Service Class

Subadvised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Foxhall Capital Management, Inc.

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Hanlon Investment Management, Inc.

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

Subadvised by ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, L.P.

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

Subadvised by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

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Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class

Subadvised by MFS® Investment Management

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

Advised by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Diversified Equity VP - Service Class

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Van Kampen Asset Management

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

Subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

 

NOTES TO VARIABLE INVESTMENT CHOICES

Some subaccounts may be available for certain policies and may not be available for all policies. You should work with your registered representative to decide which subaccount(s) may be appropriate for you based on a thorough analysis of your particular insurance needs, financial objectives, investment goals, time horizons, and risk tolerance.

There can be no assurance that the Transamerica Money Market VP - Service Class portfolio will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share. During extended periods of low interest rates, and partly as a result of Policy charges, the yield on the Transamerica Money Market VP - Service Class subaccount may become extremely low and possibly negative.

Transamerica Series Trust - Service Class - As of May 1, 2003, new policyholders may only invest in the Service Class subaccounts. The Initial Class subaccounts are only available to policyholders that purchased the policy before May 1, 2003.

Marsico Growth - This subaccount was re-opened on May 1, 2003. If you purchased your policy prior to May 1, 2003 you may only invest in the Initial Class shares. If you purchased your policy on May 1, 2003 or after, you may only invest in Service Class shares.

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP - Service Class, formerly known as Transamerica MFS High Yield VP - Service Class.

Transamerica Capital Guardian Value VP - Service Class merged into Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP - Service Class.

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP - Service Class merged into BlackRock Large Cap Value VP - Service Class.

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP - Service Class merged into BlackRock Large Cap Value VP - Service Class.


 

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Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP - Service Class merged into Transamerica Jennison Growth VP - Service Class.

Transamerica Value Balanced VP - Service Class merged into Transamerica Balanced VP - Service Class.

Transamerica Diversified Equity VP - Service Class formerly known as Transamerica Templeton Global VP -Service Class.

Transamerica Science & Technology VP - Service Class merged into Transamerica Templeton Global VP - Service Class.

Transamerica Focus VP - Service Class, formerly known as Transamerica Legg Mason Partners All Cap VP - Service Class.

The following subaccounts are only available to owners that held an investment in those subaccounts on May 1, 2002. However, if any such owner surrenders all of his or her money from these subaccounts after May 1, 2002, that owner may not reinvest in those subaccounts.

JANUS ASPEN SERIES

Managed by Janus Capital Management LLC

Janus Aspen - Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio - Service Shares

Janus Aspen - Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio, formerly known as Janus Aspen - Mid Cap Value Portfolio.

FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND

Managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company

Fidelity - VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio - Service Class 2

The following subaccount is only available to owners that held an investment in this subaccount on July 1, 2002. However, if any such owner surrenders all of his or her money from this subaccount after July 1, 2002, that owner may not reinvest in this subaccount.

 

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST

Subadvised by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP - Initial Class

The general public may not purchase shares of any of these underlying fund portfolios. The names and investment objectives and policies may be similar to other portfolios managed by the same investment advisor or manager that are sold directly to the public. You should not expect the investment results of the underlying fund portfolios to be the same as those of other portfolios.

More detailed information, including an explanation of the portfolios’ fees and investment objectives, may be found in the current prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios, which accompany this prospectus. You should read the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios carefully before you invest.

Selection of Underlying Portfolios

The underlying fund portfolios offered through this product are selected by the Company, and the Company may consider various factors, including, but not limited to, asset class coverage, the strength of the adviser’s or sub-adviser’s reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. Another factor that we may consider is whether the underlying fund portfolio or its service providers (e.g., the investment adviser or sub-advisers) or its affiliates will make payments to us or our affiliates. For additional information about these arrangements, see “Revenue We Receive.” We review the portfolios periodically and may remove a portfolio, or limit its availability to new premiums and/or transfers of cash value if we determine that a portfolio no longer


 

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satisfies one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the portfolio has not attracted significant allocations from owners. We have included the Transamerica Series Trust (“TST”) underlying fund portfolios at least in part because they are managed by one of our affiliates, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”).

We have developed this variable annuity product in cooperation with one or more distributors, and have included certain underlying fund portfolios based on their recommendations; their selection criteria may differ from our selection criteria.

You are responsible for choosing the subaccounts which invest in the underlying fund portfolios, and the amounts allocated to each, that are appropriate for your own individual circumstances and your investment goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance. Because investment risk is borne by you, decisions regarding investment allocations should be carefully considered.

In making your investment selections, we encourage you to thoroughly investigate all of the information regarding the underlying fund portfolios that are available to you, including each underlying fund portfolio’s prospectus, statement of additional information and annual and semi-annual reports. Other sources such as the Fund’s website or newspapers and financial and other magazines provide more current information, including information about any regulatory actions or investigations relating to a Fund or underlying fund portfolio. After you select underlying fund portfolios for your initial premium, you should monitor and periodically re-evaluate your allocations to determine if they are still appropriate.

You bear the risk of any decline in the cash value of your policy resulting from the performance of the underlying fund portfolios you have chosen.

 

We do not recommend or endorse any particular underlying fund portfolio and we do not provide investment advice.

We do not guarantee that any of the subaccounts will always be available for premium payments, allocations, or transfers. We reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable law, to make certain changes to the separate account and its investments. We reserve the right to add new portfolios [or portfolio classes], close existing portfolios [or portfolio classes], or substitute portfolio shares that are held by any subaccount for shares of a different portfolio. We will not add, delete or substitute any underlying fund portfolio shares attributable to your interest in a subaccount without notice to you and prior approval of the SEC, to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law.

We reserve the right to limit the number of subaccounts you are invested in at any one time.

Addition, Deletion, or Substitution of Investments

The Company cannot and does not guarantee that any of the subaccounts will always be available for premium payments, allocations, or transfers. The Company retains the right, subject to any applicable law, to make certain changes in the separate account and its investments. The Company reserves the right to eliminate the shares of any portfolio held by a subaccount and to substitute shares of another portfolio of the underlying fund portfolios, or of another registered open-end management investment company for the shares of any portfolio, if the shares of the portfolio are no longer available for investment or if, in the Company’s judgment, investment in any portfolio would be inappropriate in view of the purposes of the separate account. To the extent required by the 1940 Act, as amended, substitutions of shares attributable to your interest in a subaccount will not be made without prior notice to you and the prior approval of the Securities and Exchange


 

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Commission (“SEC”). Nothing contained herein shall prevent the separate account from purchasing other securities for other series or classes of variable annuity policies, or from affecting an exchange between series or classes of variable annuity policies on the basis of your requests.

New subaccounts may be established when, in the sole discretion of the Company, marketing, tax, investment or other conditions warrant. Any new subaccounts may be made available to existing owners on a basis to be determined by the Company. Each additional subaccount will purchase shares in a mutual fund portfolio, or other investment vehicle. The Company may also eliminate one or more subaccounts if, in its sole discretion, marketing, tax, investment or other conditions warrant such change. In the event any subaccount is eliminated, the Company will notify you and request a reallocation of the amounts invested in the eliminated subaccount.

Similarly, the Company may, at its discretion, close a subaccount to new investment (either transfers or premium payments). Any amounts that would otherwise be invested in a closed subaccount (for premium allocations, portfolio rebalancing, dollar cost averaging, automatic checking account or payroll deductions for period premiums, etc.) will, if you do not provide instructions for a new allocation be invested in the subaccount that invests in a portfolio of money market instruments. If a portfolio of money market instruments is unavailable, the Company will reinvest the amounts in another subaccount, or in the fixed account, if appropriate.

In the event of any such substitution or change, the Company may, by appropriate endorsement, make such changes in the policies as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect such substitution or change. Furthermore, if deemed to be in the best interests of persons having voting rights under the policies, the separate account may be (1) operated as a management company under the 1940 Act or any

 

other form permitted by law, (2) deregistered under the 1940 Act in the event such registration is no longer required or (3) combined with one or more other separate accounts. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company also may (1) transfer the assets of the separate account associated with the policies to another account or accounts, (2) restrict or eliminate any voting rights of owners or other persons who have voting rights as to the separate account, (3) create new separate accounts, (4) add new subaccounts to or remove existing subaccounts from the separate account, or combine subaccounts, or (5) add new underlying fund portfolios, or substitute a new fund for an existing fund.

The Fixed Account

Premium payments allocated and amounts transferred to the fixed account become part of the Company’s general account. Interests in the general account have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), nor is the general account registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act. Accordingly, neither the general account nor any interests therein are generally subject to the provisions of the 1933 or 1940 Acts. Disclosures relating to interests in the general account may, however, be subject to certain generally applicable provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy of statements made in a registration statement.

While we do not guarantee that the fixed account will always be available for investment, we do guarantee that the interest credited to the fixed account will not be less than the guaranteed minimum effective annual interest rate shown on your policy (the “guaranteed minimum”). We determine credited rates, which are guaranteed for at least one year, in our sole discretion. You bear the risk that we will not credit interest greater than the guaranteed minimum. At the end of the guaranteed period option you selected, the value in that


 

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guaranteed period option will automatically be transferred into a new guaranteed period option of the same length (or the next shorter period if the same period is no longer offered) at the current interest rate for that period. You can transfer to another investment choice by giving us notice within 30 days before the end of the expiring guaranteed period.

Full and partial surrenders and transfers from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account are generally subject to an excess interest adjustment (except at the end of the guaranteed period). This adjustment will also be made to amounts that you apply to an annuity payment option. This adjustment may increase or decrease the amount of interest credited to your policy. The excess interest adjustment will not decrease the interest credited to your policy below the guaranteed minimum.

We also guarantee that upon full surrender your cash value attributable to the fixed account will not be less than the amount required by the applicable nonforfeiture law at the time the policy is issued.

If you select the fixed account, your money will be placed with the Company’s other general assets. The amount of money you are able to accumulate in the fixed account during the accumulation phase depends upon the total interest credited. The amount of each annuity payment you receive during the income phase from the fixed portion of your policy will remain level for the entire income phase.

We reserve the right to refuse any premium payment or transfer to the fixed account.

Transfers

During the accumulation phase, you may make transfers to or from any investment choice within certain limitations.

 

Transfers out of a guaranteed period option of the fixed account are limited to the following:

 

   

Transfers at the end of a guaranteed period. No excess interest adjustment will apply.

 

   

Transfers of amounts equal to interest credited. This may affect your overall interest-crediting rate, because transfers are deemed to come from the oldest premium payment first.

 

   

Other than at the end of a guaranteed period, transfers of amounts from the guaranteed period option in excess of amounts equal to interest credited, are subject to an excess interest adjustment. If it is a negative adjustment, the maximum amount you can transfer in any one policy year is 25% of the amount in that guaranteed period option, less any previous transfers during the current policy year. If it is a positive adjustment, we do not limit the amount that you can transfer.

Each transfer must be at least $500, or the entire subaccount value. Transfers of interest from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account must be at least $50. If less than $500 remains as a result of the transfer, then we reserve the right to include that amount in the transfer. Transfer requests must be received at our administrative and service office while the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading to get same-day pricing of the transaction.

The number of transfers permitted may be limited and a $10 charge or each transfer in excess of 12 in any policy year may apply. We reserve the right to prohibit transfers to the fixed account.

During the income phase, you may transfer values out of any subaccount; however, you cannot transfer values out of the fixed account. The minimum amount that can be transferred during this phase is the lesser of $10 of monthly income, or the entire monthly income of the annuity units in the subaccount from which the transfer is being made.


 

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Transfers made by telephone are subject to the limitations described below under “Telephone Transactions.”

Market Timing and Disruptive Trading

Statement of Policy. This variable insurance product was not designed for the use of market timers or frequent or disruptive traders. (Frequent transfers are considered to be disruptive.) Such transfers may be harmful to the underlying fund portfolios and increase transaction costs.

Market timing and disruptive trading among the subaccounts or between the subaccounts and the fixed account can cause risks with adverse effects for other policy owners (and beneficiaries and underlying fund portfolios). These risks and harmful effects include:

 

(1) dilution of the interests of long-term investors in a subaccount if purchases or transfers into or out of an underlying fund portfolio are made at prices that do not reflect an accurate value for the underlying fund portfolio’s investments (some market timers attempt to do this through methods known as “time-zone arbitrage” and “liquidity arbitrage”);

 

(2) an adverse effect on portfolio management, such as:

 

  (a) impeding a portfolio manager’s ability to sustain an investment objective;

 

  (b) causing the underlying fund portfolio to maintain a higher level of cash than would otherwise be the case; or

 

  (c) causing an underlying fund portfolio to liquidate investments prematurely (or otherwise at an inopportune time) in order to pay withdrawals or transfers out of the underlying fund portfolio; and

 

(3) increased brokerage and administrative expenses.

These costs are borne by all policy owners invested in those subaccounts, not just those making the transfers.

 

We have developed policies and procedures with respect to market timing and disruptive trading (which vary for certain subaccounts at the request of the corresponding underlying fund portfolios) and we do not make special arrangements or grant exceptions to accommodate market timing or potentially disruptive trading. As discussed herein, we cannot detect or deter all market timing or potentially disruptive trading. Do not invest with us if you intend to conduct market timing or potentially disruptive trading.

Detection. We employ various means in an attempt to detect and deter market timing and disruptive trading. However, despite our monitoring we may not be able to detect nor halt all harmful trading. In addition, because other insurance companies (and retirement plans) with different policies and procedures may invest in the underlying fund portfolios, we cannot guarantee that all harmful trading will be detected or that an underlying fund portfolio will not suffer harm from market timing and disruptive trading among subaccounts of variable products issued by these other insurance companies or retirement plans.

Deterrence. If we determine you are engaged in market timing or disruptive trading, we may take one or more actions in an attempt to halt such trading. Your ability to make transfers is subject to modification or restriction if we determine, in our sole opinion, that your exercise of the transfer privilege may disadvantage or potentially harm the rights or interests of other policy owners (or others having an interest in the variable insurance products). As described below, restrictions may take various forms, but under our current policies and procedures will include loss of expedited transfer privileges. We consider transfers by telephone, fax, overnight mail, or the Internet to be “expedited” transfers. This means that we would accept only written transfer requests with an original signature transmitted to us only by U.S. mail. We may also restrict the transfer privileges of others acting on your behalf, including your registered representative or an asset allocation or investment advisory service.


 

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We reserve the right to reject any premium payment or transfer request from any person without prior notice, if, in our judgment, (1) the payment or transfer, or series of transfers, would have a negative impact on an underlying fund portfolio’s operations, or (2) if an underlying fund portfolio would reject or has rejected our purchase order or has instructed us not to allow that purchase or transfer, or (3) because of a history of market timing or disruptive trading. We may impose other restrictions on transfers, or even prohibit transfers for any owner who, in our view, has abused, or appears likely to abuse, the transfer privilege on a case-by-case basis. We may, at any time and without prior notice, discontinue transfer privileges, modify our procedures, impose holding period requirements or limit the number, size, frequency, manner, or timing of transfers we permit. Because determining whether to impose any such special restrictions depends on our judgement and discretion, it is possible that some policy owners could engage in disruptive trading that is not permitted for others. We also reserve the right to reverse a potentially harmful transfer if an underlying fund portfolio refuses or reverses our order; in such instances some policy owners may be treated differently than others in that some transfers may be reversed and others allowed. For all of these purposes, we may aggregate two or more variable insurance products that we believe are connected.

Please note: If you engage a third party investment advisor for asset allocation services, then you may be subject to these transfer restrictions because of the actions of your investment advisor in providing these services.

In addition to our internal policies and procedures, we will administer your variable insurance product to comply with any applicable state, federal, and other regulatory requirements concerning transfers. We reserve the right to implement, administer, and charge you for any fee or restriction, including redemption fees, imposed by

any underlying fund portfolio. To the extent permitted by law, we also reserve the right to defer the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the underlying fund portfolios.

Under our current policies and procedures, we do not:

 

   

impose redemption fees on transfers; or

 

   

expressly limit the number or size of transfers in a given period except for certain subaccounts where an underlying fund portfolio has advised us to prohibit certain transfers that exceed a certain size; or

 

   

provide a certain number of allowable transfers in a given period.

Redemption fees, transfer limits, and other procedures or restrictions may be more or less successful than ours in deterring market timing or other disruptive trading and in preventing or limiting harm from such trading.

In the absence of a prophylactic transfer restriction (e.g., expressly limiting the number of trades within a given period or limiting trades by their size), it is likely that some level of market timing and disruptive trading will occur before it is detected and steps taken to deter it (although some level of market timing and disruptive trading can occur even with a prophylactic transfer restriction). As noted above, we do not impose a prophylactic transfer restriction and, therefore, it is likely that some level of market timing and disruptive trading will occur before we are able to detect it and take steps in an attempt to deter it.

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those acting on their behalf) to avoid detection. As a result, despite our efforts to prevent harmful trading activity among the variable investment choices available under this variable insurance product, there is no assurance that we will be able to detect or deter market timing or disruptive trading by such policy owners or intermediaries acting on their behalf. Moreover, our ability to discourage and restrict market timing or disruptive trading may be limited by decisions of state regulatory bodies and court orders that we cannot predict.

Furthermore, we may revise our policies and procedures in our sole discretion at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate (1) to better detect and deter harmful trading that may adversely affect other policy owners, other persons with material rights under the variable insurance products, or underlying fund shareholders generally, (2) to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or (3) to impose additional or alternative restrictions on owners engaging in market timing or disruptive trading among the investment choices under the variable insurance product. In addition, we may not honor transfer requests if any variable investment choice that would be affected by the transfer is unable to purchase or redeem shares of its corresponding underlying fund portfolio.

Underlying Fund Portfolio Frequent Trading Policies. The underlying fund portfolios may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. Underlying fund portfolios may, for example, assess a redemption fee (which we reserve the right to collect) on shares held for less than a certain period of time. The prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios describe any such policies and procedures. The frequent trading policies and procedures of an underlying fund portfolio may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other underlying fund portfolios and the policies and

procedures we have adopted for our variable insurance products to discourage market timing and disruptive trading. Policy owners should be aware that we may not have the contractual ability or the operational capacity to monitor policy owners’ transfer requests and apply the frequent trading policies and procedures of the respective underlying funds that would be affected by the transfers. Accordingly, policy owners and other persons who have material rights under our variable insurance products should assume that any protection they may have against potential harm from market timing and disruptive trading is the protection, if any, provided by the policies and procedures we have adopted for our variable insurance products to discourage market timing and disruptive trading in certain subaccounts.

Policy owners should be aware that we are required to provide to an underlying fund portfolio or its designee, promptly upon request, certain information about the trading activity of individual policy owners, and to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific policy owners identified by an underlying fund portfolio as violating the frequent trading policies established for the portfolio.

Omnibus Orders. Policy owners and other persons with material rights under the variable insurance products also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the underlying fund portfolios generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans and separate accounts funding variable insurance products. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and individual owners of variable insurance products. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the underlying fund portfolios’ ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures. We cannot guarantee that the underlying fund portfolios will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans or other insurance companies that may invest in the underlying fund portfolios. These other insurance


 

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companies are responsible for their own policies and procedures regarding frequent transfer activity. If their policies and procedures fail to successfully discourage harmful transfer activity, it will affect other owners of underlying fund portfolio shares, as well as the owners of all of the variable annuity or life insurance policies, including ours, whose variable investment choices correspond to the affected underlying fund portfolios. In addition, if an underlying fund portfolio believes that an omnibus order we submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from owners engaged in market timing and disruptive trading, the underlying fund portfolio may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby delay or prevent us from implementing your request.

4. PERFORMANCE

The Company periodically advertises performance of the various subaccounts. Performance figures might not reflect charges for options, riders, or endorsements. We may disclose at least three different kinds of non-standard performance. First, we may calculate performance by determining the percentage change in the value of an accumulation unit by dividing the increase (decrease) for that unit by the value of the accumulation unit at the beginning of the period. This performance number reflects the deduction of the mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges. It does not reflect the deduction of any applicable premium taxes, or fees for any optional riders or endorsements. Any such deduction would reduce the percentage increase or make greater any percentage decrease.

Second, advertisements may also include total return figures, which reflect the deduction of the mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges. These figures may also reflect the premium enhancement, if any.

Third, for certain investment portfolios, performance may be shown for the period commencing from the inception date of the investment portfolio (i.e.,

before commencement of subaccount operations). These figures should not be interpreted to reflect actual historical performance of the subaccounts.

Not all types of performance data presented reflect all of the fees and charges that may be deducted (such as fees for optional benefits); performance figures would be lower if these charges were included.

5. EXPENSES

Note: The following section on expenses and the Annuity Policy Fee Table and Expense Examples only apply to policies issued after the date of this prospectus. See “Appendix - Policy Variations” for information about older policies.

There are charges and expenses associated with your policy that reduce the return on your investment in the policy.

Excess Interest Adjustment

Surrenders and transfers from the fixed account may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. This adjustment could retroactively reduce the interest credited in the fixed account to the guaranteed minimum or increase the amount credited. This adjustment may also apply to amounts applied to an annuity payment option. Please see “Appendix - Excess Interest Adjustment Examples” for an example showing the effect of a hypothetical excess interest adjustment calculation.

Mortality and Expense Risk Fees

We charge a fee as compensation for bearing certain mortality and expense risks under the policy. This fee is assessed daily based on the net asset value of each subaccount. Examples of such risks include a guarantee of annuity rates, the death benefit, certain expenses of the policy, and assuming the risk that the current charges will be insufficient in the future to cover costs of administering the policy. We may also pay distribution expenses out of this charge.


 

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During the accumulation phase:

 

   

For the Return of Premium Death Benefit, the daily mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.55%.

 

   

For the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit, the daily mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.75%.

During the income phase, the mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.10% .

If this charge does not cover our actual costs, we absorb the loss. Conversely, if the charge more than covers actual costs, the excess is added to our surplus. We expect to profit from this charge. We may use any profit for any proper purpose, including distribution expenses.

Premium Taxes

Some states assess premium taxes on the premium payments you make. We currently do not deduct for these taxes at the time you make a premium payment. However, we will deduct the total amount of premium taxes, if any, from the policy value when:

 

   

you begin receiving annuity payments;

 

   

you surrender the policy; or

 

   

a death benefit is paid.

State premium taxes currently range from 0% to 3.50%, depending on the state.

Federal, State and Local Taxes

We may in the future deduct charges from the policy for any taxes we incur because of the policy.

However, no deductions are being made at the present time.

 

Special Service Fees

We will deduct a charge for special services, such as overnight delivery, up to $25 per service provided.

Transfer Fee

You are generally allowed to make 12 free transfers per policy year before the annuity commencement date. If you make more than 12 transfers per year, we reserve the right to charge $10 for each additional transfer. Premium payments, Asset Rebalancing, and Dollar Cost Averaging transfers do not count as one of your free transfers. All transfer requests made at the same time are treated as a single transfer.

Administrative Charges

We deduct a daily administrative charge to cover the costs of administering the policy (including certain distribution-related expenses). This charge is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of the daily net asset value of each subaccount during both the accumulation phase and the income phase.

In addition, during the accumulation phase, an annual service charge of $35 (but not more than 2% of the policy value) is charged on each policy anniversary and at surrender. The service charge is waived if your policy value or the sum of your premiums, less all partial surrenders, is at least $50,000.

Initial Payment Guarantee

If you elect the Initial Payment Guarantee feature at the time of annuitization, there is a fee (during the income phase) currently at an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value. This fee may be higher or lower at the time you annuitize and elect the feature.


 

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Fund Facilitation Fee

We charge a fund facilitation fee in order to make certain funds available as investment choices under the policies. This fee is assessed daily based on the net asset value of subaccounts that we specify. The fund facilitation fee, expressed as an annual rate is:

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Growth Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - Growth-Income Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.30% if you choose the American Funds - International Fund - Class 2

 

   

0.20% if you choose the AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio - Class B

 

   

0.20% if you choose the GE Investments Total Return Fund - Class 3

 

   

0.15% if you choose the Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund - Class 4

 

   

0.10 % if you choose the Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP - Service Class

Additional Death Distribution

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.25% of the policy value. The rider fee will be deducted on each rider anniversary and upon termination of the rider during the accumulation phase. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Additional Death Distribution+

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution+, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.55% of the policy value. The rider fee will be deducted on each rider anniversary and upon termination of the rider during the accumulation

phase. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Life with Emergency Cash® Surrender Charge

If you select the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option, then you can surrender your policy even after annuity payments have begun. However, there is a surrender charge during the first four years after the annuity commencement date (no matter which Class of policy you previously purchased. The following schedule shows the current surrender charge:

 

Number of Years

Since Annuity

Commencement Date

   Surrender Charge
(as a percentage of
adjusted policy value)
 

0 – 1

   4

1 – 2

   3

2 – 3

   2

3 – 4

   1

more than 4

   0

We can change the surrender charge, and you will be subject to whatever surrender schedule is in effect at the time you annuitize under the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option.

Note carefully the following three things about this surrender charge:

 

   

this surrender charge is measured from the annuity commencement date and not from the premium payment date;

 

   

this surrender charge is a percentage of the adjusted policy value applied to the Life with Emergency Cash® annuity payment option, and not a percentage of premium; and

 

   

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Living Benefits Rider

If you elect the Living Benefits Rider, there is an annual rider fee of 0.90% of the “principal back” total withdrawal base on each rider anniversary before annuitization. We will also deduct the rider fee upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice. Generally, the rider fee is deducted regardless of your values (i.e., even if your policy value exceeds your total withdrawal base).

We will continue to calculate the rider fee using the “principal back” total withdrawal base even after the “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount reaches zero. The “principal back” total withdrawal base is always greater than or equal to the “for life” total withdrawal base.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider and Additional Options Fees

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, there is an annual rider fee of 0.60% (for single life) or 0.90% (for joint life) of the withdrawal base charged on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization for the base benefit. If you elect options with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, then you will be charged a fee, for each option you elect, that is a percentage of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization that is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. The additional fees are as follows:

 

Options

   Single Life
Option
    Joint Life
Option
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement

   0.15   0.30

 

We will also deduct any rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider and Additional Options Fees

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider, then for the base benefit (for single life or joint life), then there currently is an annual rider fee of 0.90% of the withdrawal base charged on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization. If you elect options with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider, then for each option you elect, you will be charged a fee that is a percentage of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization and is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. The additional fees are as follows:

 

Options

   Single Life
Option
    Joint Life
Option
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement

   0.15   0.30

We will also deduct any rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider and Additional Options Fees

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider, then the rider fee, which is charged quarterly before annuitization, depends on the allocation option that you choose. If you choose the Open Allocation option, the the fee for the base benefit (for either single or joint life) is 1.10% (on an annual


 

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basis) of the withdrawal base. If you choose the Designated Investment option, then the fee for the base benefit (for single or joint life) is 1.25%, 0.90%, and 0.40% (on an annual basis) of the withdrawal base for allocating 100% of your policy value in Designated Allocation Allocation Group A, Designated Allocation Group B, or Designated Allocation Group C, respectively. If you elect a combination of designated investment options among various classes, then your fee will be based on a weighted average of your choices. If you elect options with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider, then for each option you elect, you will be charged a fee that is a percentage of the benefit base on each rider quarter before annuitization, and is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. The additional fees, on an annual basis, are as follows:

 

Options

   Single Life
Option
    Joint Life
Option
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.15   0.30

We will also deduct any rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider and Additional Options Fees

If you elect the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider, then the rider fee, which is charged quarterly before annuitization, is 1.25%, 0.90%, and 0.40% (on an annual basis) of the withdrawal base for allocating 100% of your policy value in Designated Allocation Allocation Group A, Designated Allocation Group B, or Designated Allocation Group C, respectively. If you elect a combination of designated investment options among various classes, then your fee will be based on a weighted average of your choices. If you elect options with the

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider, then for each option you elect, you will be charged a fee that is a percentage of the benefit base on each rider quarter before annuitization, and is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. The additional fees, on an annual basis, are as follows:

 

Options

   Single Life
Option
    Joint Life
Option
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement Benefit

   0.15   0.30

We will also deduct any rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee(s) is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Income LinkSM Rider Fee

If you elect the Income LinkSM rider, then the rider fee, which is charged quarterly before annuitization, is 0.90% (on an annual basis) of the withdrawal base.

We will also deduct the rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.

Portfolio Fees and Expenses

The value of the assets in each subaccount will reflect the fees and expenses paid by the underlying fund portfolios. The lowest and highest fund expenses for the previous calendar year are found in the Annuity Policy Fee Table section of this prospectus. See the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios for more information.


 

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Revenue We Receive

We (and our affiliates) may directly or indirectly receive payments from the underlying fund portfolios, their advisers, subadvisers, distributors or affiliates thereof, in connection with certain administrative, marketing and other services we (and our affiliates) provide and expenses we incur. We (and/or our affiliates) generally receive three types of payments:

 

   

Rule 12b-1 Fees. Our affiliate TCI is the principal underwriter for the policies and receives some or all of the 12b-1 fees from the funds. Any 12b-1 fees received by TCI that are attributable to our variable insurance products are then credited to us. These fees range from 0.00% to 0.25% of the average daily assets of the certain underlying fund portfolios attributable to the policies and to certain other variable insurance products that we and our affiliates issue.

 

   

Administrative, Marketing and Support Service Fees (“Support Fees”). As noted above, an investment adviser, sub-adviser, administrator and/or distributor (or affiliates thereof) of the underlying fund portfolios may make payments to us and/or our affiliates, including TCI. These payments may be derived, in whole or in part, from the profits the investment advisor or sub-adviser realized on the advisory fee deducted from underlying fund portfolio assets. Policy owners, through their indirect investment in the underlying fund portfolios, bear the costs of these advisory fees (see the prospectuses for the underlying funds for more information). The amount of the payments we (or our affiliates) receive is generally based on a percentage of the assets of the particular underlying fund portfolios attributable to the policy and to certain other variable insurance products that our affiliates and we issue. These percentages differ and the amounts may be significant. Some advisers or sub-advisers (or other affiliates) pay us more than others.

 

The following chart provides the maximum combined percentages of 12b-1 fees and Support Fees that we anticipate will be paid to us on an annual basis:

Incoming Payments to the Company and TCI

 

Fund

   Maximum
Fee % of
assets
 

TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST

   0.25

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

   0.50

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.

   0.45

FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND

   0.35

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

   0.35

JANUS ASPEN SERIES

   0.25

MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTSM

   0.45

NOTES TO INCOMING PAYMENTS TABLE:

Maximum Fee % of assets: Payments are based on a percentage of the average assets of each underlying fund portfolio owned by the subaccounts available under this policy and under certain other variable insurance products offered by our affiliates and us. We and TCI may continue to receive 12b-1 fees and administrative fees on subaccounts that are closed to new investments, depending on the terms of the agreements supporting those payments and on the services we and TCI provide.

Transamerica Series Trust (“TST”): Because TST is managed by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), an affiliate of ours, there are additional benefits to us and our affiliates for amounts you allocate to the TST underlying fund portfolios, in terms of our and our affiliates’ overall profitability. These additional benefits may be significant. Payments or other benefits may be received from TAM. Such payments or benefits may be entered into for a variety of purposes, such as to allocate resources to us to provide administrative services to the policyholders who invest in the TST underlying fund portfolios. These payments or benefits may take the form of internal credits, recognition, or cash payments. A variety of financial and accounting methods may be used to allocate resources and profits to us. Additionally, if a TST portfolio is sub-advised by an entity that is affiliated with us, we may retain more revenue than on those TST portfolios that are sub-advised by non-affiliated entities. During 2009 we received $43,870,311.50 from TAM pursuant to these benefits. This includes the 0.25% amount in the above chart. We anticipate receiving comparable amounts in the future.

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Other Payments. TCI also serves as the wholesale distributor for the policies, and in that capacity directly or indirectly receives additional amounts or different percentages of assets under management from certain advisers and sub-advisers to the underlying fund portfolios (or their affiliates) with regard to variable insurance products or mutual funds that are issued by us and our affiliates. These amounts may be derived, in whole or in part, from the profits the investment adviser or sub-adviser receives from the advisory fee deducted from underlying fund portfolio assets. Policy owners, through their indirect investment in the underlying fund portfolios, bear the costs of these advisory fees. Certain advisers and sub-advisers of the underlying fund portfolios (or their affiliates):

 

   

may directly or indirectly pay TCI amounts up to $75,000 per year to participate in a “preferred sponsor” program that provides such advisers and sub-advisers with access to TCI’s wholesalers at TCI’s national and regional sales conferences as well as internal and external meetings and events that are attended by TCI’s wholesalers and/or other TCI employees.

 

   

may provide our affiliates and/or selling firms with wholesaling services to assist us in the distribution of the policies.

 

   

may provide us and/or certain affiliates and/or selling firms with occasional gifts, meals, tickets or other compensation as an incentive to market the underlying fund portfolios and to assist with their promotional efforts. The amounts may be significant and these arrangements provide the adviser or subadviser (or other affiliates) with increased access to us and to our affiliates involved in the distribution of the policies.

 

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, TCI received revenue sharing payments ranging from $4,000 to $35,295 (for a total of $418,058) from the following Fund managers and/or sub-advisers to participate in TCI’s events: AIM Advisors, Inc., Alliance Capital Management L.P., American Century Investment Management, Inc., BlackRock Investment Management, LLC., Columbia Management Advisors, Inc., Dreyfus, Evergreen Investments, Federated Investment Management Company, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC, ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, Janus Capital Management, LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc., Lehman Brothers, MFS Investment Management, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, Putnam , Schroders, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Vanguard, ClearBridge Advisors, LLC. Please note some of the aforementioned managers and/or subadvisors may not be associated with underlying fund portfolios currently available in this product.

Proceeds from certain of these payments by the underlying fund portfolios, the advisers, the sub-advisers and/or their affiliates may be used for any corporate purpose, including payment of expenses (1) that we and our affiliates incur in promoting, marketing, and administering the policy, and (2) that we incur, in our role as intermediary, in promoting, marketing, and administering the underlying fund portfolios. We and our affiliates may profit from these payments.


 

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For further details about the compensation payments we make in connection with the sale of the policies, see “Distributor of the Policies” in this prospectus.

6. ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

During the accumulation phase, you can have access to the money in your policy in the following ways:

 

   

by making a surrender (either a full or partial surrender); or

 

   

by taking systematic payouts (See “Section 10, Systematic Payout Option” for more details).

Surrenders

If you take a full surrender, you will receive your cash value.

If you want to take a partial surrender, in most cases it must be for at least $500. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will take the surrender from each of the investment choices in proportion to the policy value.

Remember that any surrender you take will reduce the policy value, and the amount of the death benefit. See “Section 8, Death Benefit”, for more details. A surrender may also reduce other benefits.

Surrenders from qualified policies may be restricted or prohibited.

During the income phase, you will receive annuity payments under the annuity payment option you select; however, you generally may not take any other surrenders, either full or partial, unless you elect a Life with Emergency Cash® payment option.

If your policy was issued pursuant to a 403(b) plan, starting January 1, 2009 we generally are required to confirm, with your 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders, loans or transfers you request comply with applicable tax requirements and to decline requests that are not in compliance. We will defer such payments you request until all information

 

required under the tax law has been received. By requesting a surrender, loan or transfer, you consent to the sharing of confidential information about you, the policy, and transactions under the policy and any other 403(b) contracts or accounts you have under the 403(b) plan among us, your employer or plan sponsor, any plan administrator or recordkeeper, and other product providers.

Delay of Payment and Transfers

Payment of any amount due from the separate account for a surrender, a death benefit, or the death of the owner of a nonqualified policy, will generally occur within seven days from the date we receive in good order all required information at our administrative and service office. We may defer such payment from the separate account if:

 

   

the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than for usual weekends or holidays or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

 

   

an emergency exists as defined by the SEC or the SEC requires that trading be restricted; or

 

   

the SEC permits a delay for the protection of owners.

In addition, transfers of amounts from the subaccounts may be deferred under these circumstances.

Any payment or transfer request which is not in good order will cause a delay.

Federal laws designed to counter terrorism and prevent money laundering by criminals might in certain circumstances require us to reject a premium payment and/or “freeze” a policy owner’s account. If these laws apply in a particular situation, we would not be allowed to pay any request for withdrawals, surrenders, or death benefits, make transfers, or continue making annuity payments absent instructions from the appropriate federal regulator.


 

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We may also be required to provide information about you and your policy to government agencies or departments.

Pursuant to the requirements of certain state laws, we reserve the right to defer payment of the cash value from the fixed account for up to six months. We may defer payment of any amount until your premium payment check has cleared your bank.

Excess Interest Adjustment

Money that you transfer out of or surrender from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account before the end of its guaranteed period (the number of years you specified the money would remain in the guaranteed period option) may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. At the time you request a transfer or surrender (either full or partial), if interest rates set by the Company have risen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a lower cash value on surrender or transfer. However, if interest rates have fallen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a higher cash value on surrender or transfer. Please see “Appendix - Excess Interest Adjustment Examples” to see how the excess interest adjustment is calculated and illustrative examples using hypothetical values.

Any amount surrendered in excess of the cumulative interest credited is generally subject to an excess interest adjustment. An excess interest adjustment may also be made on amounts applied to an annuity payment option.

There will be no excess interest adjustment on any of the following:

 

   

surrenders of cumulative interest credited;

 

   

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option surrenders;

 

   

Unemployment Waiver surrenders;

 

   

surrenders to satisfy any minimum distribution requirements; and

 

   

Systematic Payout Option payments, which do not exceed cumulative interest credited at the time of payment.

Please note that in these circumstances you will not receive a higher cash value if interest rates have fallen nor will you receive a lower cash value if interest rates have risen.

The excess interest adjustment may vary for certain policies and may not be applicable for all policies.

Signature Guarantee

As a protection against fraud, we require that the following transaction requests include a Medallion signature guarantee:

 

   

All requests for disbursements (i.e. partial withdrawals and surrenders) $50,000 and over;

 

   

Any non-electronic disbursement requests made on or within 15 days of a change to the address of record for a contract owner’s account; and

 

   

Any disbursement request when Transamerica Life Insurance Company has been directed to send proceeds to a different address from the address of record for that contract owner’s account.

Please note: This requirement will not apply to disbursement request made in connection with exchanges of one annuity policy for another with the same owner in a “tax-free exchange” under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code or a Qualified Direct Rollover to another insurance company.

An investor can obtain a Medallion signature guarantee from more than 7,000 financial institutions across the United States and Canada that participate in a Medallion signature guarantee program. This includes many:

 

   

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Securities brokers and dealers; and

 

   

Credit unions.

The best source of a Medallion signature guarantee is a bank, savings and loan association, brokerage firm, or credit union with which you do business. Guarantor firms may, but frequently do not, charge a fee for their services.

A notary public cannot provide a Medallion signature guarantee. Notarization will not substitute for a Medallion signature guarantee.

7. ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

You choose the annuity commencement date. You can change this date by giving us notice with the information we need. New annuity commencement dates less than 30 days after we receive notice of the change require prior approval. The latest maximum annuity commencement date generally cannot be after the policy month following the month in which the annuitant attains age 95. The earliest annuity commencement date is at least thirty days after you purchase your policy.

Before the annuity commencement date, if the annuitant is alive, you may choose an annuity payment option or change your election. If the annuitant dies before the annuity commencement date, the death benefit is payable in a lump sum or under one of the annuity payment options (unless the surviving spouse continues the policy).

Unless you specify otherwise, the annuitant will receive the annuity payments. After the annuitant’s death, the beneficiary you designate at annuitization will receive any remaining guaranteed payments.

 

Annuity Payment Options

The policy provides several annuity payment options that are described below. You may choose any combination of annuity payment options. We will use your policy value to provide these annuity payments. If the policy value on the annuity commencement date is less than $2,000, we reserve the right to pay it in one lump sum in lieu of applying it under an annuity payment option. You can receive annuity payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. (We reserve the right to change the frequency if payments would be less than $50.)

If you choose to receive fixed payments, then the amount of each payment will be set on the annuity commencement date and will not change. You may, however, choose to receive variable payments. The dollar amount of the first variable payment will be determined in accordance with the annuity payment rates set forth in the applicable table contained in the policy. The dollar amount of additional variable payments will vary based on the investment performance of the subaccount(s) you select. The dollar amount of each variable payment after the first may increase, decrease, or remain constant. If the actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) exactly matched the assumed investment return of 5% at all times, the amount of each variable annuity payment would remain constant. If actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) exceeds the assumed investment return, the amount of the variable annuity payments would increase. Conversely, if actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) is lower than the assumed investment return, the amount of the variable annuity payments would decrease. Please note that these changes only occur annually under the Initial Payment Guarantee.

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The annuity payment options are explained below. Some options are fixed only and some can be fixed or variable.

Income for a Specified Period (fixed only). We will make level payments only for a fixed period. No funds will remain at the end of the period.

If your policy is a qualified policy, this payment option may not satisfy minimum required distribution rules. Consult a tax advisor before electing this option.

Income of a Specified Amount (fixed only). Payments are made for any specified amount until the amount applied to this option, with interest, is exhausted. This will be a series of level payments followed by a smaller final payment.

If your policy is a qualified policy, this payment option may not satisfy minimum required distribution rules. Consult a tax advisor before electing this option.

Life Income. You may choose between:

 

   

No Period Certain (fixed or variable)-Payments will be made only during the annuitant’s lifetime.

 

   

10 Years Certain (fixed or variable)-Payments will be made for the longer of the annuitant’s lifetime or ten years.

 

   

Guaranteed Return of Policy Proceeds (fixed only)-Payments will be made for the longer of the annuitant’s lifetime or until the total dollar amount of payments we made to you equals the annuitized amount.

 

   

Life with Emergency Cash® (fixed or variable)-Payments will be made during the annuitant’s lifetime. With the Life with Emergency Cash® feature, you are able to surrender all or a portion of the Life with Emergency Cash® benefit. The amount you surrender must be at least $2,500. We will provide you with a Life with Emergency Cash® benefit schedule that will assist you in estimating the

   

amount you have available to surrender. A partial surrender will reduce all future payments pro rata. A surrender charge may apply and there may be tax consequences (consult a tax advisor before requesting a full or partial surrender). The maximum surrender charge is 4% of the annuitized amount (see “Expenses” for the surrender charge schedule). You will be subject to whatever surrender schedule is in effect at the time you annuitize under this annuity payment option. The Life with Emergency Cash® benefit will continue through age 100 of the annuitant.

The Life with Emergency Cash® benefit is also a death benefit that is paid upon the death of the annuitant and is generally equal to the surrender value without any surrender charges. For qualified policies the death benefit ceases on the date the annuitant reaches the IRS age limitation.

Joint and Survivor Annuity. You may choose between:

 

   

No Period Certain (fixed or variable)-Payments are made during the joint lifetime of the annuitant and a joint annuitant of your selection. Payments will be made as long as either person is living.

 

   

Life with Emergency Cash® (fixed or variable)-Payments will be made during the joint lifetime of the annuitant and a joint annuitant of your selection. Payments will be made as long as either person is living. With the Life with Emergency Cash® feature, you are able to surrender all or a portion of the Life with Emergency Cash® benefit. The amount you surrender must be at least $2,500. We will provide you with a Life with Emergency Cash® benefit schedule that will assist you in estimating the amount you have available to surrender. A partial surrender will reduce all future payments pro rata. A surrender charge may apply and there may be tax consequences (consult a tax advisor


 

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before requesting a full or partial surrender). The maximum surrender charge is 4% of the annuitized amount (see “Expenses” for the surrender charge schedule). You will be subject to whatever surrender schedule is in effect at the time you annuitize under this annuity payment option. The Life with Emergency Cash® benefit will continue through age 100 of the surviving joint annuitant.

The Life with Emergency Cash® benefit is also a death benefit that is paid upon the death of the surviving joint annuitant and is generally equal to the surrender value without any surrender charges. For qualified policies the death benefit ceases on the date the surviving joint annuitant reaches the IRS joint age limitation.

Other annuity payment options may be arranged by agreement with the Company. Some annuity payment options may not be available for all policies.

NOTE CAREFULLY

IF:

 

   

you choose Life Income with No Period Certain or a Joint and Survivor Annuity with No Period Certain; and

 

   

the annuitant dies (or both joint annuitants die) before the due date of the second (third, fourth, etc.) annuity payment;

THEN:

 

   

we may make only one (two, three, etc.) annuity payments.

IF:

 

   

you choose Income for a Specified Period, Life Income with 10 Years Certain, Life Income with Guaranteed Return of Policy Proceeds, or Income of a Specified Amount; and

 

   

the person receiving payments dies prior to the end of the guaranteed period;

 

THEN:

 

   

the remaining guaranteed payments will be continued to a new payee, or their present value may be paid in a single sum.

However, IF:

 

   

you choose Life with Emergency Cash® ; and

 

   

the annuitant dies (if both joint annuitants die) before age 101;

THEN:

 

   

a Life with Emergency Cash® death benefit will be paid.

We will not pay interest on amounts represented by uncashed annuity payment checks if the postal or other delivery service is unable to deliver checks to the payee’s address of record. The person receiving payments is responsible for keeping the Company informed of his/her current address.

You must annuitize your policy no later than the maximum annuity commencement date specified in your policy (earlier for certain distribution channels). If you do not elect an annuity payment option, the default option will be Life with 10 Years Certain option. Please note, all optional benefits (including guaranteed minimum death benefits and living benefits) terminate upon annuitization.

8. DEATH BENEFIT

We will pay a death benefit to your beneficiary, under certain circumstances, if the annuitant dies during the accumulation phase. If there is a surviving owner(s) when the annuitant dies, the surviving owner(s) will receive the death benefit instead of the listed beneficiary. The person receiving the death benefit may choose an annuity payment option, or may choose to receive a lump sum.

We will determine the amount of and pay the death benefit proceeds, if any are payable on a policy, upon receipt at our administrative and service office of satisfactory proof of the annuitant’s death, written directions from each eligible recipient of death benefit proceeds regarding how to pay the death benefit, and any other documents, forms and information that we need (collectively referred to as “due proof of death”).


 

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Please Note: Such due proof of death must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing the death benefit claim.

When We Pay A Death Benefit

We will pay a death benefit IF:

 

   

you are both the annuitant and sole owner of the policy; and

 

   

you die before the annuity commencement date.

We will pay a death benefit to you (owner) IF:

 

   

you are not the annuitant; and

 

   

the annuitant dies before the annuity commencement date.

If the only person receiving the death benefit is the surviving spouse, then he or she may elect to continue the policy as the new annuitant and owner, instead of receiving the death benefit.

When We Do Not Pay A Death Benefit

We will not pay a death benefit IF:

 

   

you are not the annuitant; and

 

   

you die prior to the annuity commencement date.

Please note the new owner (unless it is the deceased owner’s spouse) must generally surrender the policy within five years of your death.

Distribution requirements apply to the policy value upon the death of any owner. These distribution requirements are detailed in the SAI.

 

Deaths After the Annuity Commencement Date

The death benefit payable, if any, on or after the annuity commencement date depends on the annuity payment option selected.

IF:

 

   

you are not the annuitant; and

 

   

you die on or after the annuity commencement date; and

 

   

the entire interest in the policy has not been paid;

THEN:

 

   

the remaining portion of such interest in the policy will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of your death.

IF:

 

   

annuity payments are being made under the Life with Emergency Cash® ; and

 

   

the annuitant dies before age 101 (or earlier, if a qualified policy);

THEN:

 

   

a Life with Emergency Cash® death benefit will be paid.

Succession of Ownership

If an owner dies during the accumulation phase, the person or entity first listed below who is alive or in existence on the date of that death will become the new owner:

 

   

any surviving owner;

 

   

primary beneficiary;

 

   

contingent beneficiary; or

 

   

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Amount of Death Benefit

Death benefit provisions may differ from state to state. The death benefit may be paid as a lump sum or as annuity payments. The amount of the death benefit depends on the guaranteed minimum death benefit option, if any, you choose when you buy the policy. The “base policy” death benefit will generally be the greater of:

 

   

the policy value on the date we receive the required information in good order at our Administrative and Service Office;

 

   

the cash value on the date we receive the required information in good order at our Administrative and Service Office (this will be more than the policy value if there is a positive excess interest adjustment);

 

   

and the guaranteed minimum death benefit (discussed below), plus premium payments (after the date of death), less adjusted partial surrenders, from the date of death to the date the death benefit is paid. Please see “Appendix - Death Benefit” for illustrative examples regarding Death Benefit calculations.

Please note, the death benefit terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date.

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

NOTE: The following generally applies, depending on the state of issue, to policies issued after the date of this prospectus. See “Appendix -Policy Variations” for information about older policies.

On the policy application, you may generally choose a guaranteed minimum death benefit (age limitations may apply) for an additional fee. After the policy is issued, you cannot make an election and the death benefit cannot be changed.

 

Annual Step-Up Death Benefit

Under this option, on each policy anniversary before your 81st birthday, a new “stepped-up” death benefit is determined and becomes the guaranteed minimum death benefit for that policy year. This “step-up” death benefit is equal to:

 

   

the largest policy value on the policy date or on any policy anniversary prior to the earlier of the annuitant’s date of death or the annuitant’s 81st birthday; plus

 

   

any premium payments since the date of any policy anniversary with the largest policy value; minus

 

   

any adjusted partial surrenders since the date of the policy anniversary with the largest policy value.

The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit is not available if the annuitant is 76 or older on the policy date. There is an extra charge for this death benefit of 0.20% annually.

Return of Premium Death Benefit

The Return of Premium Death Benefit is equal to:

 

   

total premium payments; less

   

any adjusted partial surrenders as of the date of death.

This benefit is not available if the annuitant is 91 or older on the policy date. The Return of Premium Death Benefit will be in effect if you do not choose another death benefit option when you purchase your policy.

Please note: You will not receive an optional guaranteed minimum death benefit if you do not choose one when you purchase your policy.

The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies. This disclosure explains the material features of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit. The application and operation of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit are governed by the terms and conditions of the policy form and riders.


 

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Adjusted Partial Surrender

When you request a partial surrender, your guaranteed minimum death benefit will be reduced by an amount called the adjusted partial surrender. Under certain circumstances, the adjusted partial surrender may be more than the dollar amount of your surrender request. This will generally be the case if the guaranteed minimum death benefit exceeds the policy value at the time of surrender. It is also possible that if a death benefit is paid after you have made a partial surrender, then the total amount paid could be less than the total premium payments. We have included a detailed explanation of this adjustment in the “Appendix - Death Benefit.” This is referred to as “adjusted partial surrender” in your policy. If you have a qualified policy, minimum required distributions rules may require you to request a partial surrender.

9. TAXES

NOTE: We have prepared the following information on federal income taxes as a general discussion of the subject. It is not intended as tax advice to any individual. You should consult your own tax adviser about your own circumstances. We have included an additional discussion regarding taxes in the SAI.

Annuity Policies in General

Deferred annuity policies are a way of setting aside money for future needs like retirement. Congress recognized how important saving for retirement is and provided special rules in the Internal Revenue Code for annuities.

Simply stated, these rules generally provide that individuals will not be taxed on the earnings, if any, on the money held in an annuity policy until taken out. This is referred to as tax deferral. When a non-natural person (e.g., corporation or certain other entities other than tax-qualified trusts) owns a nonqualified policy, the policy will generally not be treated as an annuity for tax purposes.

 

There are different rules as to how you will be taxed depending on how you take the money out and the type of policy-qualified or nonqualified.

You will generally not be taxed on increases in the value of your policy until a distribution occurs (either as a surrender or as annuity payments).

Qualified and Nonqualified Policies

If you purchase the policy under an individual retirement annuity, a 403(b) plan, a pension plan, or specially sponsored program, your policy is referred to as a qualified policy.

Qualified policies are issued in connection with the following:

 

   

Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA): A traditional IRA allows individuals to make contributions, which may be deductible, to the policy. A Roth IRA also allows individuals to make contributions to the policy, but it does not allow a deduction for contributions, and distributions may be tax-free if the owner meets certain rules.

 

   

Tax-Sheltered Annuity (403(b) Plan): A 403(b) Plan may be made available to employees of certain public school systems and tax-exempt organizations and permits contributions to the policy on a pre-tax basis. Pursuant to new tax regulations, starting January 1, 2009 the policy is not available for purchase under a 403(b) plan and we do not accept additional premiums or transfers to existing 403(b) policies. We generally are required to confirm, with your 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders, loans or transfers you request from an existing 403(b) policy comply with applicable tax requirements before we process your request.


 

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Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing and H.R. 10 Plan: Employers and self-employed individuals can establish pension or profit-sharing plans for their employees or themselves and make contributions to the policy on a pre-tax basis.

 

   

Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan): Certain governmental and tax-exempt organizations can establish a plan to defer compensation on behalf of their employees through contributions to the policy.

There is no additional tax deferral benefit derived from placing qualified funds into a variable annuity. Features other than tax deferral should be considered in the purchase of a qualified policy. There are limits on the amount of contributions you can make to a qualified policy. Other restrictions may apply including terms of the plan in which you participate.

Optional death benefit features in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. Such a death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any pension or profit-sharing plan or 403(b) plan. Because an optional death benefit may exceed this limitation, anyone using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser before purchasing an optional death benefit. The Internal Revenue Service has not reviewed the policy for qualification as an IRA, and has not addressed in a ruling of general applicability whether the death benefit options and riders available, with the policy, if any, comport with IRA qualification requirements.

If you purchase the policy as an individual and not under an individual retirement annuity, 403(b) plan, 457 plan, or pension or profit sharing plan, your policy is referred to as a nonqualified policy.

 

Surrenders-Qualified Policies Generally

There are special rules that govern qualified policies. Generally, these rules restrict:

 

   

the amount that can be contributed to the policy during any year;

 

   

the time when amounts can be paid from the policy; and

 

   

the amount of any death benefit that may be allowed.

In the case of a withdrawal under a qualified policy, a pro rata portion of the amount you receive is taxable, generally based on the ratio of your “investment in the contract” to your total account balance or accrued benefit under the retirement plan. Your “investment in the contract” generally equals the amount of any non-deductible purchase payments made by you or on your behalf. In some cases, your “investment in the contract” can be zero.

In addition, a penalty tax may be assessed on amounts surrendered from the policy prior to the date you reach age 59 1/2, unless you meet one of the exceptions to this rule. You may also be required to begin taking minimum distributions from the policy by a certain date. Pursuant to special legislation, required minimum distributions for the 2009 tax year generally are not required, and 2009 distributions that otherwise would be required minimum distributions may be eligible for rollover. The terms of the plan may limit the rights otherwise available to you under the policy. We have provided more information in the SAI.

We may make available under the policy certain guaranteed lifetime withdrawal and other optional benefits. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of these optional benefits. For example, if you elect a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit and your minimum required distribution amount exceeds your guaranteed withdrawal amount, you will have to withdraw more than the guaranteed withdrawal amount to avoid imposition of a 50%


 

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excise tax. It is not clear whether guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit payments made during the settlement phase will be taxed as withdrawals or as annuity payments. In view of this uncertainty, we will apply the non-annuity rules for determining minimum required distributions, meaning that a percentage of the value of all benefits under the contract will need to be withdrawn each year. The value may have to include the value of enhanced death benefits and other optional contract provisions such as the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider itself.

If you are attempting to satisfy minimum required distribution rules through partial surrenders, the value of any enhanced death benefit or other optional rider may need to be included in calculating the amount required to be distributed.

The Internal Revenue Code generally requires that interests in a qualified policy be nonforfeitable. If your policy contains a bonus rider with a recapture, forfeiture, or “vesting” feature, it may not be consistent with those requirements. Consult a tax advisor before purchasing a bonus rider as part of a qualified policy.

You should consult your legal counsel or tax adviser if you are considering purchasing an enhanced death benefit or other optional rider, or if you are considering purchasing a policy for use with any qualified retirement plan or arrangement.

Surrenders-403(b) Policies

The rules described above for qualified policies generally apply to 403(b) policies. However, specific rules apply to surrenders from certain 403(b) policies. Partial withdrawals and surrenders can generally only be made when an owner:

 

   

reaches age 59 1/2;

 

   

leaves his/her job;

 

   

dies;

 

   

becomes disabled (as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code); or

 

   

declares hardship. However, in the case of hardship, the owner can only surrender the premium payments and not any earnings.

Please Note: In some instances the signature of the employer may be required. For contracts issued after 2008, amounts attributable to nonelective contributions may be subject to distribution restrictions specified in the employer’s section 403(b) plan.

Pursuant to new tax regulations, we generally are required to confirm, with your 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders you request from a 403(b) policy comply with applicable tax requirements before we process your request.

Defaulted loans from Code Section 403(b) arrangements, and pledges and assignments of qualified policies generally are taxed in the same manner as surrenders from such policies. Please refer to the SAI for further information applicable to distributions from 403(b) policies. Please note that a defaulted loan may stop the growth on a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit.

Surrenders-Nonqualified Policies

The information above describing the taxation of qualified policies does not apply to nonqualified policies. If you take a partial withdrawal or surrender (including systematic payouts and payouts under an optional feature, if any) from a nonqualified policy before the annuity commencement date, the Internal Revenue Code treats that surrender as first coming from earnings and then from your premium payments. If your policy contains an excess interest adjustment feature (also known as a market value adjustment), then your account value immediately before the surrender may have to be increased by any positive excess interest adjustments that result from the surrender. There is, however, no definitive


 

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guidance on the proper tax treatment of excess interest adjustments, and you may want to discuss the potential tax consequences of an excess interest adjustment with your tax advisor.

When you make a surrender you are taxed on the amount of the surrender that is earnings. If you make a surrender, you are generally taxed on the amount that your surrender proceeds exceeds the “investment in the contract,” which is generally your premiums paid (adjusted for any prior surrenders or portions thereof that were not taxable). In general, loans, pledges, and assignments are taxed in the same manner as partial withdrawals and surrenders. Different rules apply for annuity payments. See “Annuity Payments” below.

The Internal Revenue Code also provides that surrendered earnings may be subject to a penalty tax. The amount of the penalty tax is equal to 10% of the amount that is includable in income. Some surrenders will be exempt from the penalty tax. They include, among others, any amounts:

 

   

paid on or after the taxpayer reaches age 59 1/2;

 

   

paid after an owner dies;

 

   

paid if the taxpayer becomes disabled (as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code);

 

   

paid in a series of substantially equal payments made annually (or more frequently) under a lifetime annuity;

 

   

paid under an immediate annuity; or

 

   

which come from premium payments made prior to August 14, 1982.

If your nonqualified policy contains a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider, certain rules may apply. It is not clear whether guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit payments made during the settlement or income (payout) phase may be taxed as either withdrawals or annuities. In view of this uncertainty, we intend to adopt a conservative approach and treat guaranteed lifetime withdrawal payments during the settlement phase under

nonqualified policies as withdrawals. Consult a tax advisor before purchasing a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider or option.

All nonqualified deferred annuity policies that are issued by us (or our affiliates) to the same owner during any calendar year are treated as one annuity for purposes of determining the amount includable in the owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds

Amounts may be distributed from the policy because of the death of the annuitant. Generally, such amounts should be includable in the income of the recipient:

 

   

if distributed in a lump sum, these amounts are taxed in the same manner as a surrender; or

 

   

if distributed under an annuity payment option, these amounts are taxed in the same manner as annuity payments.

Annuity Payments

Although the tax consequences may vary depending on the annuity payment option you select, in general, for nonqualified and certain qualified policies, only a portion of the annuity payments you receive will be includable in your gross income.

In general, the excludable portion of each annuity payment you receive will be determined as follows:

 

   

Fixed payments-by dividing the “investment in the contract” on the annuity commencement date by the total expected value of the annuity payments for the term of the payments. This is the percentage of each annuity payment that is excludable.

 

   

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The remainder of each annuity payment is includable in gross income. Once the “investment in the contract” has been fully recovered, the full amount of any additional annuity payments is includable in gross income and taxed as ordinary income.

If you select more than one annuity payment option, special rules govern the allocation of the policy’s entire “investment in the contract” to each such option, for purposes of determining the excludable amount of each payment received under that option. We advise you to consult a competent tax adviser as to the potential tax effects of allocating amounts to any particular annuity payment option.

If, after the annuity commencement date, annuity payments stop because an annuitant died, the excess (if any) of the “investment in the contract” as of the annuity commencement date over the aggregate amount of annuity payments received that was excluded from gross income may possibly be allowable as a deduction in your tax return.

You should consult a tax advisor before electing the Initial Payment Guarantee or a feature with stabilized payments.

Diversification and Distribution Requirements

The Internal Revenue Code provides that the underlying investments for a variable annuity must satisfy certain diversification requirements in order to be treated as an annuity. The policy must also meet certain distribution requirements at the death of an owner in order to be treated as an annuity. These diversification and distribution requirements are discussed in the SAI. We may modify the policy to attempt to maintain favorable tax treatment.

Federal Estate Taxes

While no attempt is being made to discuss the Federal estate tax implications of the Policy, a purchaser should keep in mind that the value of an annuity contract owned by a decedent and payable to a beneficiary by virtue of surviving the decedent is

included in the decedent’s gross estate. Depending on the terms of the annuity contract, the value of the annuity included in the gross estate may be the value of the lump sum payment payable to the designated beneficiary or the actuarial value of the payments to be received by the beneficiary. Consult an estate planning advisor for more information.

Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

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

Annuity Purchases by Residents of Puerto Rico

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

Annuity Contracts Purchased by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

The discussion above provided general information (but not tax advice) regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to annuity owners that are U.S. persons. Taxable distributions made to owners who are not U.S. persons will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, distributions may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the owner’s country of citizenship or residence. Prospective foreign owners are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding U.S., state, and foreign taxation for any annuity policy purchase.


 

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Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of Policies

A transfer of ownership or assignment of a policy, the designation of an annuitant or payee or other beneficiary who is not also the owner, the selection of certain annuity commencement dates, or a change of annuitant, may result in certain income or gift tax consequences to the owner that are beyond the scope of this discussion. An owner contemplating any such transfer, assignment, selection, or change should contact a competent tax adviser with respect to the potential tax effects of such a transaction.

Possible Tax Law Changes

Although the likelihood of legislative or regulatory changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the policy could change by legislation, regulation, or otherwise. You should consult a tax adviser with respect to legal or regulatory developments and their effect on the policy.

We have the right to modify the policy to meet the requirements of any applicable laws or regulations, including legislative changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity policy owners currently receive.

Separate Account Charges

It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service may take a position that fees for certain optional benefits (e.g., death benefits other than the Return of Premium death benefit) are deemed to be taxable distributions to you. In particular, the Internal Revenue Service may treat fees associated with certain optional benefits as a taxable surrender, which might also be subject to a tax penalty if the surrender occurs prior to age 59 1/2. Although we do not believe that the fees associated with

any optional benefit provided under the policy should be treated as taxable surrenders, the tax rules associated with these benefits are unclear, and we advise that you consult your tax advisor prior to selecting any optional benefit under the policy.

Foreign Tax Credits

We may benefit from any foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain underlying funds to foreign jurisdictions to the extent permitted under federal tax law.

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits

We may make available, as options under the policy, certain guaranteed lifetime withdrawal and other optional benefits. If your policy contains a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider the application of certain tax rules, particularly those rules relating to distributions from your policy, are not entirely clear. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of these optional benefits. In view of this uncertainty, you should consult a tax advisor before purchasing a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider for a qualified policy.

10. ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Systematic Payout Option

You can select at any time (during the accumulation phase) to receive regular withdrawals from your policy by using the Systematic Payout Option. Under this option, you can receive the greater of (1) or (2), divided by the number of withdrawals made per year, where: (1) up to 10% of your premium payments (reduced by prior withdrawals in that policy year); and (2) is any gains in the policy. For amounts greater than 10% of your premium payments, you must receive prior Company approval.


 

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Any payment in excess of the cumulative interest credited at the time of the payment may be subject to an excess interest adjustment.

Systematic withdrawals can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually and will not begin until one withdrawal period from the date we receive your written instructions in good order at our administrative and service office. Each withdrawal must be at least $50. Monthly and quarterly withdrawals must generally be made by electronic funds transfer directly to your checking or savings account.

If you request an additional withdrawal while a Systematic Payout Option is in effect, then the Systematic Payout Option will terminate.

Keep in mind that partial withdrawals under the Systematic Payout Option may be taxable, and if made before age 59 1/2, may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.

Please note, if you elect certain features (e.g. living benefit riders) your Systematic Payout Option may be different for the first year.

There is no charge for this benefit.

Income Benefit Programs

The Family Income Protector and Managed Annuity Programs are no longer available for new sales, but if you have previously elected one of these benefits you can still upgrade. If you upgrade your minimum annuitization value or minimum income base, you will generally receive the Managed Annuity Program II.

Initial Payment Guarantee

You may only elect to purchase the Initial Payment Guarantee at the time you annuitize your policy. You cannot terminate this payment guarantee (or eliminate the charge for it) after you

have elected it. The guarantee only applies to variable annuity payments. There is an additional charge for this guarantee.

The Initial Payment Guarantee does not establish or guarantee the performance of any subaccount.

Under the Initial Payment Guarantee, you receive stabilized annuity payments that are guaranteed to never be less than a percentage of the initial payment. The guaranteed percentage is subject to change from time to time; however once you annuitize, the guaranteed percentage will not change during the life of the Initial Payment Guarantee. Contact us for the current guaranteed percentage.

The payment amount is adjusted once each year (on the anniversary of your annuity commencement date) to reflect the investment performance of your selected investment choice(s) over the preceding year (but your payment will not be less than the guaranteed minimum).

Fee. There is a charge for the Initial Payment Guarantee, which is in addition to the base product mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. This fee is reflected in the amount of the annuity payments that you receive if you select the Initial Payment Guarantee. It is reflected in the calculation of the annuity unit values.

The Initial Payment Guarantee fee is currently equal to an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the subaccounts. We can change the fee, and you pay whatever the fee is when you annuitize.

Other Terms and Conditions. The Initial Payment Guarantee uses a 5% assumed investment return to calculate your annuity payments. This means that the dollar amount of the annuity payments will remain level if the investment return (net of fees and expenses) exactly equals 5%. The payments will increase if actual investment performance (net of fees


 

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and expenses) exceeds the assumed investment return, and decrease if actual performance is below the assumed investment return (but not below the guaranteed level).

Termination. The Initial Payment Guarantee is irrevocable.

The Initial Payment Guarantee may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Initial Payment Guarantee. The application and operation of the Initial Payment Guarantee are governed by the terms and conditions of the policy itself.

Additional Death Distribution

The optional Additional Death Distribution rider pays an additional amount (based on earnings, if any, since the rider was issued) when a death benefit is payable during the accumulation phase under your policy, in certain circumstances. The Additional Death Distribution is only available for issue ages through age 80.

Additional Death Distribution Benefit Amount. The Additional Death Distribution is payable only if you elected the rider prior to the death triggering the payment of the policy death benefit and a death benefit is payable under the policy. The Additional Death Distribution is equal to:

 

   

the Additional Death Distribution factor (see below); multiplied by

 

   

the rider earnings, if any, on the date the death benefit is calculated.

Rider earnings equal:

 

   

the policy value on the date the death benefit is determined; minus

 

   

policy value on the rider date; minus

 

   

premium payments after the rider date; plus

 

   

surrenders after the rider date that exceed the rider earnings on the date of the surrender.

 

No benefit is payable under the Additional Death Distribution rider if there are no rider earnings on the date the death benefit is calculated.

If you purchase your policy as part of a 1035 exchange or add the Additional Death Distribution rider after you purchase the policy, rider earnings do not include any gains before the 1035 exchange or the date the Additional Death Distribution is added to your policy.

The Additional Death Distribution factor is currently 40% for issue ages under 71 and 25% for issue ages 71-80, based on the annuitant’s age.

No benefit is paid under the rider unless (a) the rider is in force, (b) a death benefit is payable on the policy, and (c) there are rider earnings when the death benefit is calculated.

For purposes of computing taxable gains, both the death benefit payable under the policy and the Additional Death Distribution will be considered.

Please see “Appendix – Additional Death Distribution—Additional Information” for an example which illustrates the Additional Death Distribution payable as well as the effect of a partial surrender on the Additional Death Distribution benefit amount.

Spousal Continuation. If a spouse, as the new owner of the policy, elects to continue the policy instead of receiving a death benefit and Additional Death Distribution, the spouse will receive a one-time policy value increase equal to the Additional Death Distribution. At this time the rider will terminate. The spouse will have the option of immediately re-electing the rider through age 80.

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rider. The rider fee is deducted pro rata from each investment choice. The fee is deducted even during periods when the Additional Death Distribution would not pay any benefit (because there are no rider earnings).

Termination. The rider will remain in effect until:

 

   

you cancel it by notifying our administrative and service office in writing,

 

   

the policy is annuitized or surrendered, or

 

   

the Additional Death Distribution is paid or added to the policy value under a spousal continuation.

Once terminated, the Additional Death Distribution may be re-elected; however, a new rider will be issued and the additional death benefit will be re-determined. Please note that if the rider is terminated and then re-elected, it will only cover gains, if any, since it was re-elected and the terms of the new rider may be different than the terminated rider.

The tax consequences associated with this rider are not clear. This rider may violate the requirements of certain qualified plans and IRAs. Consult a tax advisor before electing this rider for any qualified plan or IRA.

Please note: This feature terminates upon annuitization and there is a mandatory annuitization date.

The Additional Death Distribution may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Additional Death Distribution. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

 

Additional Death Distribution+

The optional Additional Death Distribution+ rider pays an additional death benefit amount when a death benefit is payable during the accumultion phase under your policy, in certain circumstances. The Additional Death Distribution+ is only available for issue ages through age 75.

Additional Death Distribution+ Benefit Amount. An additional death benefit is only payable if a death benefit is paid on the base policy to which the rider is attached. The amount of the additional benefit is dependent on the amount of time that has passed since the rider date as follows:

 

   

If a death benefit is payable within the first five years after the rider date, the additional benefit amount will be equal to the sum of all rider fees paid since the rider date.

 

   

If a death benefit is payable after five years following the rider date, the additional benefit will be equal to the rider benefit base multiplied by the rider benefit percentage.

The rider benefit base at any time is equal to the policy value less any premiums added after the rider date.

The rider benefit percentage may vary but currently equals 30% for issue ages 0 - 70 and 20% for issue ages 71 - 75, based on the annuitant’s age.

No benefit is payable under the Additional Death Distribution+ if the policy value on the date the death benefit is paid is less than the premium payments after the rider date.

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Please see “Appendix – Additional Death Distribution+—Additional Information” for an example that illustrates the additional death benefit payable as well as the effect of a partial surrender on the Additional Death Distribution+ benefit amount.

Spousal Continuation. If a spouse, as the new owner of the policy, elects to continue the policy instead of receiving the death benefit and Additional Death Distribution+, then the spouse will receive a one-time policy value increase equal to the Additional Death Distribution+. At this time the rider will terminate. The spouse will have the option of immediately re-electing the rider through age 75.

Rider Fee. A rider fee, currently 0.55% of the policy value, is deducted annually on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization. We will also deduct this fee upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider.

Please note: the rider fee is deducted pro rata from each investment choice. The fee is deducted even during periods when the rider would not pay any benefits.

Termination. The rider will remain in effect until:

 

   

you cancel it by notifying our Administrative and Service Office in writing in good order,

 

   

the policy is annuitized or surrendered, or

 

   

the additional death benefit is paid or added to the policy value under a spousal continuation.

Once terminated, the Additional Death Distribution+ may not be re-elected for one year.

The tax consequences associated with this rider are not clear. This rider may violate the requirements of certain qualified plans and for any qualified plan or IRAs. Consult a tax adviser before electing this rider.

Please note: This feature terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuiity commencement date.

 

The Additional Death Distribution+ may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Additional Death Distribution+. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

No excess interst adjustment will apply if you make a surrender ($1,000 minimum), under certain circumstances, because you or your spouse has been:

 

   

confined in a hospital or nursing facility for 30 days in a row after the policy issue date; or

 

   

diagnosed with a terminal condition after the policy issue date (usually a life expectancy of 12 months or less).

This benefit is also available to the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse if the owner is not a natural person.

You may exercise this benefit at any time (during the accumulation phase). There is no charge for this benefit.

There is no restriction on the maximum amount you may surrender under this benefit.

This benefit may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states.

Unemployment Waiver

No excess interst adjustment will apply to surrenders after you or your spouse become unemployed in certain circumstances, because you were terminated, laid off, or otherwise lost your job involuntarily. In order to qualify, you (or your spouse, whichever is applicable) must have been:

 

   

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employed full time on the policy date;

 

   

unemployed for at least 60 days in a row at the time of surrender;

 

   

must have a minimum cash value at the time of surrender of $5,000; and

 

   

you (or your spouse) must be receiving unemployment benefits.

You must provide written proof from your State’s Department of Labor, which verifies that you qualify for and are receiving unemployment benefits at the time of surrender.

You may select this benefit at any time (during the accumulation phase) and there is no charge for this benefit.

This benefit is also available to the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse if the owner is not a natural person. There is no charge for this benefit.

There is no restricion on the maximum amount you may surrender under this benefit.

This benefit may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states.

Telephone Transactions

You may generally make transfers and change the allocation of additional premium payments by telephone IF:

 

   

you select the “Telephone Transfer/Reallocation Authorization” box in the policy application or enrollment information; or

 

   

you later complete an authorization form.

You will be required to provide certain information for identification purposes when requesting a transaction by

telephone and we may record your telephone call. We may also require written confirmation of your request. We will not be liable for following telephone requests that we believe are genuine. We reserve the right to revoke your telephone transaction privileges at any time without revoking all owners’ telephone transfer privileges.

Telephone requests must be received while the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading to get same-day pricing of the transaction. We may discontinue this option at any time.

We may deny the telephone transaction privileges to market timers and frequent or disruptive traders.

We cannot guarantee that telephone transactions will always be available. For example, our offices may be closed during severe circumstances or other emergencies. There may be interruptions in service beyond our control, and if the volume of calls is unusually high, we might not have anyone available, or lines available, to take your call. Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability in all circumstances.

Dollar Cost Averaging Program

During the accumulation phase, you may instruct us to automatically make transfers into one or more variable subaccounts in accordance with your allocation instructions. This is known as Dollar Cost Averaging. While Dollar Cost Averaging buys more accumulation units when prices are low and fewer accumulation units when prices are high, it does not guarantee profits or assure that you will not experience a loss.

There are two Dollar Cost Averaging programs available under your policy:

 

   

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Special—You may only elect either a six or twelve month program. Transfers will begin as soon as the program is started. You cannot transfer from another investment choice into a Special Dollar Cost Averaging program. This program is only available for new premium, requires transfers from a fixed source, and may credit a higher or lower interest rate than a traditional program.

A minimum of $500 per transfer is required. A minimum of $3,000 is required to start a 6-month program and $6,000 is required to start a 12-month program. The minimum number of transfers is 6 monthly or 4 quarterly, and the maximum is 24 monthly or 8 quarterly.

You can elect to transfer from one of the fixed or variable sources listed on the Dollar Cost Averaging election form (only fixed sources are available for special Dollar Cost Averaging programs).

A Dollar Cost Averaging program will begin once we have received in good order all necessary information and the minimum required amount. Please note: Dollar Cost Averaging programs will not begin on the 29th, 30th, or 31st. If a program would have started on one of those dates, it will start on the 1st business day of the following month. If we receive additional premium payments while a Dollar Cost Averaging program is running, absent new instructions to the contrary, the amount of the Dollar Cost Averaging transfers will increase, but the length of the Dollar Cost Averaging program will not.

NOTE CAREFULLY:

IF:

 

   

we do not receive all necessary information to begin an initial Dollar Cost Averaging program within 30 days of allocating the minimum required amount to a Dollar Cost Averaging program; or

 

   

we do not receive the minimum required amount to begin an initial Dollar Cost Averaging program within 30 days of allocating an insufficient amount;

 

THEN

 

   

any amount in a fixed source will be transferred to the money market investment choice; and

 

   

any amount in a variable source will remain in that variable investment choice; and

 

   

new instructions will be required to begin a Dollar Cost Averaging program.

IF:

 

   

we receive additional premium payments after a Dollar Cost Averaging program is completed and the additional premium meets the minimum requirements to start a Dollar Cost Averaging program;

THEN

 

   

we will, absent new instructions to the contrary, start a new Dollar Cost Averaging program using the previous instructions.

IF:

 

   

we receive additional premium payments after a Dollar Cost Averaging program is completed, and the additional premium does not meet the minimum requirements to start a Dollar Cost Averaging program;

THEN:

 

   

we will, absent new instructions to the contrary, allocate the additional premium as identified in the previous Dollar Cost Averaging program.

IF:

 

   

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THEN

 

   

we will, absent new instructions to the contrary, transfer any remaining balance directly into the subaccounts in the Dollar Cost Averaging instructions.

You should consider your ability to continue a Dollar Cost Averaging program during all economic conditions.

There is no charge for this benefit.

The Dollar Cost Averaging Program may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. See your policy for availability of the fixed account options.

Asset Rebalancing

During the accumulation phase you can instruct us to automatically rebalance the amounts in your subaccounts to maintain your desired asset allocation. This feature is called Asset Rebalancing and can be started and stopped at any time. However, we will not rebalance if you are in the Dollar Cost Averaging program or if any other transfer is requested. If a transfer is requested, we will honor the requested transfer and discontinue Asset Rebalancing. New instructions are required to start Asset Rebalancing. Asset Rebalancing ignores amounts in the fixed account. You can choose to rebalance monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually.

There is no charge for this benefit.

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits

You may elect one of the following optional riders under the policy that offers guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits - the Retirement Income ChoiceSM, 1.2, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4, the Income LinkSM, the Living Benefits Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, or the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double

 

Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider. Important aspects of each of these riders are summarized in the Appendix -Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal benefit Comparison Table and are described in more detail below. You should consult with tax and financial professionals to determine which of these riders is appropriate for you.

The following benefits are no longer available for new sales, but if you have previously elected one of these riders you can still upgrade:

 

   

5 for Life Rider

 

   

5 for Life with Growth Rider

 

   

Income Select for Life Rider

Living Benefits Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Living Benefits Rider which provides you with a guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit and a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit. The Living Benefits Rider is only available during the accumulation phase. The Living Benefits Rider is only available for annuitant issue ages through age 80. The maximum issue age may be lower if required by state law.

You should view the Living Benefits Rider as a way to permit you to invest in variable investment choices while still having your policy value and liquidity protected to the extent provided by the Living Benefits Rider.

Please note:

 

   

Certain protections under the rider are available only if you hold the rider for ten years.

 

   

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in managing portfolio risk and supporting the guarantees under the rider. See “Portfolio Allocation Method” below.

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider for you to take withdrawals each rider year that are less than or equal to the maximum annual withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the maximum annual withdrawal amount, because such excess withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

Because the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the maximum annual withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your primary objective is to take the maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.

 

   

The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Living Benefits Rider for a qualified policy.

 

   

Any such transfers out of a guaranteed period option may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. We intend to include among the specified investment choices fixed account options to which excess interest adjustments do not apply. (See “Portfolio Allocation Method,” below.)

 

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit

If you elect the Living Benefits Rider, we will provide a guaranteed future value. This benefit is intended to provide a level of protection regardless of the performance of the variable investment choices you select.

Guaranteed Future Value. We guarantee that, on the guaranteed future value date (ten years after you elect the rider), your policy value will at least equal your guaranteed future value. The guaranteed future value on the rider date (i.e., the date the rider is added to the policy) is the policy value (less any premium enhancements if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date and before the guaranteed future value date, the guaranteed future value is equal to:

 

   

the guaranteed future value on the rider date; plus

 

   

a percentage of subsequent premium payments (as described below); less

 

   

subsequent adjusted partial withdrawals (as described below).

After the guaranteed future value date, the guaranteed future value equals zero.

Subsequent Premium Payments. The percentage of subsequent premium payments that will be added to the guaranteed future value is as follows:

 

Rider Year

   Percent of subsequent
premium payments
added to guaranteed
future value
 

1

   100

2

   90

3

   80

4

   70

5

   60

6

   50

7

   50

8

   50

9

   50

10

   0

 

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Guaranteed Future Value Adjusted Partial Withdrawals. If you take a partial withdrawal, it will reduce your guaranteed future value. The amount of the reduction is referred to as the adjusted partial withdrawal amount, which will be equal to the greater of:

 

   

the guaranteed future value immediately prior to the withdrawal multiplied by the percentage reduction in the policy value resulting from the gross partial withdrawal; or

 

   

the gross partial withdrawal amount.

(The gross partial withdrawal amount is the amount you request, plus any excess interest adjustment that may be applicable.)

In other words, if your policy value is greater than the guaranteed future value at the time you make a partial withdrawal, then your guaranteed future value is reduced by the same amount we reduce your policy value. However, if your policy value is less than the guaranteed future value at the time you make a partial withdrawal, then your guaranteed future value will be reduced by more than the amount we reduce your policy value.

See the “Appendix—Living Benefits Rider Adjusted Partial Withdrawals” to this prospectus for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including withdrawals that reduce the guaranteed future value by more than the amount of the gross partial withdrawal.

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit. On the guaranteed future value date (ten years after you elect the rider), if the policy value is less than the guaranteed future value, we will add an amount equal to the difference to your policy value. After the guaranteed future value date, the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit will terminate.

Example. Assume you make a single premium payment of $100,000 and you do not make any withdrawals or additional

premium payments. If, on the guaranteed future value date, your policy value has declined to $90,000 because of negative investment performance, then we will add $10,000 ($100,000 – $90,000) to your policy value.

Please note: You do not have any protection under the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit unless you hold the policy with the rider for ten years. If you think that you may terminate the policy or elect to start receiving annuity payments (or if you must begin taking required minimum distributions) before the guaranteed future value date, electing the rider may not be in your best interests.

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit

If you elect the Living Benefits Rider, (first as withdrawals from your policy value or, if necessary, as payments from us) we will provide a maximum annual withdrawal amount regardless of your policy value. This benefit is intended to provide a level of benefits regardless of the performance of the variable investment choices you select.

Withdrawal Guarantees. We account for the withdrawals you take under the rider by applying two different withdrawal guarantees:

 

   

“principal back,” for withdrawals of up to 7% of your total withdrawal base.

 

   

“for life,” for withdrawals of up to 5% of your total withdrawal base.

When you make a withdrawal, you do not need to specify it as being under either withdrawal guarantee. Any withdrawals that you take while the rider is in effect could have different impacts under each of the withdrawal guarantees - on your maximum annual withdrawal amount, on your total withdrawal base, and on your minimum remaining withdrawal amount. For example, withdrawals that are compliant with the “principal back” maximum withdrawal amount could result in excess withdrawals under the “for life” withdrawal guarantee and, consequently, would reduce the maximum annual withdrawal


 

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amount, the total withdrawal base, and the minimum remaining withdrawal amount under the “for life” withdrawal guarantee. (See “Adjusted Partial Withdrawals” below.)

Your ability to change the frequency or amount of your withdrawals ceases if your policy value reaches zero.

Of course, you can always withdraw an amount up to your cash value pursuant to your rights under the policy at your discretion. See “Appendix - Living Benefits Rider Adjusted Partial Withdrawals,” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that reduces the total withdrawal base by a pro rata amount.

Please note:

 

   

Any amount withdrawn in a rider year (including any excess interest adjustment) in excess of the maximum withdrawal amount is an excess withdrawal.

 

   

The amount of your excess withdrawal will impact the maximum annual withdrawal amount, total withdrawal base, and minimum remaining withdrawal amount under each guarantee on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis. (See “Maximum Annual Withdrawal Benefit,” “Total Withdrawal Base,” and “Minimum Remaining Withdrawal Amount,” below.)

Withdrawals under the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce your death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to any excess interest adjustment; and

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties (See “Section 9. Taxes”).

Maximum Annual Withdrawal Amount. Under this benefit:

 

   

you can withdraw up to 7% of your “principal back” total withdrawal base each rider year until your “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount reaches zero;

Example. Assume you make a single premium payment of $100,000 and that you do not make any withdrawals or additional premium payments. Assume that after five years, your policy value has declined to $70,000 solely because of negative investment performance. You could still receive up to $7,000 (7% of $100,000) each rider year for the next fourteen years and $2,000 in the year immediately thereafter so you would get back your full $100,000 (assuming that you do not withdraw more than $7,000 in any one rider year).

 

   

or, you can withdraw up to 5% of your “for life” total withdrawal base each rider year starting with the rider anniversary immediately following the annuitant’s 59th birthday and lasting until the annuitant’s death, unless your “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount reaches zero because of “excess withdrawals” (see “Adjusted Partial Withdrawals,” below). A penalty tax may be assessed on amounts surrendered from the policy before the annuitant reaches age 59 1/2.

Example. Assume you are the owner and annuitant and you make a single premium payment of $100,000 when you are 55 years old. Assume you do not make any withdrawals or additional premium payments. Assume that after five years, your policy value has declined to $70,000 solely because of negative investment performance. You could still receive up to $5,000 (5% of $100,000) each rider year for the rest of your life (assuming that you do not withdraw more than $5,000 in any one rider year).

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as payments from us) under this rider regardless of your policy value; however, once your policy value reaches zero you cannot make premium payments, and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to continue withdrawals under this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select an amount and frequency of future withdrawals. Once selected, the amount and frequency of future withdrawals after your policy value reaches zero cannot be changed.

Please note:

 

   

Withdrawals under the 5% “for life” guarantee cannot begin until after the rider anniversary following the annuitant’s 59th birthday.

 

   

Any withdrawal before the rider anniversary following the annuitant’s 59th birthday will reduce the benefits under the 5% “for life” guarantee.

 

   

The maximum annual withdrawal amounts described above (the 7% “principal back” and 5% “for life”) are based on rider years, not calendar or policy years (if different from rider years).

 

   

You cannot carry over any portion of your maximum annual withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during a rider year for withdrawal in a future rider year. This means that if you do not take the maximum annual withdrawal amount during a rider year, you cannot take more than the maximum annual withdrawal amount in the next rider year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

If you have a qualified policy, minimum required distribution rules may force you to take excess withdrawals to avoid the imposition of a 50% excise tax. You should consult a tax advisor before purchasing this rider with a qualified policy.

 

Total Withdrawal Base. We use the total withdrawal base to calculate the maximum annual withdrawal amount. The total withdrawal base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancements if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the total withdrawal base is equal to:

 

   

the total withdrawal base on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

subsequent adjusted partial withdrawals (as described below).

We will calculate separate total withdrawal bases for the “principal back” and “for life” guarantees.

Please note: We determine the total withdrawal base solely to calculate the maximum annual withdrawal amount. Your total withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

Minimum Remaining Withdrawal Amount. The minimum remaining withdrawal amount represents the total amount of guaranteed withdrawals still available under the rider. The minimum remaining withdrawal amount on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancements if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the minimum remaining withdrawal amount is equal to:

 

   

the minimum remaining withdrawal amount on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

subsequent adjusted partial withdrawals (as described below).

We will calculate separate minimum remaining withdrawal amounts for the “principal back” and “for life” guarantees.

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you request be withdrawn, plus any excess interest adjustment that may be applicable) up to the maximum annual withdrawal amount for that withdrawal guarantee, will reduce the minimum remaining withdrawal amount for that withdrawal guarantee on a dollar-for-dollar basis, but will not reduce the total withdrawal base for that withdrawal guarantee. For each withdrawal guarantee, gross partial withdrawals in excess of the maximum annual withdrawal amount for that withdrawal guarantee will reduce the total withdrawal base and minimum remaining withdrawal amount for that withdrawal guarantee by a pro rata amount (possibly to zero). See “Appendix - Living Benefits Rider Adjusted Partial Withdrawals,” which provides examples showing the effect of a withdrawal. Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the withdrawal guarantees under this rider.

Please note: Gross partial withdrawals that are compliant with the “principal back” withdrawal guarantee (i.e., withdrawals of the “principal back” maximum annual withdrawal amount) and any partial withdrawal before the rider anniversary following the annuitant’s 59th birthday, will result in an excess partial withdrawal under the “for life” guarantee, and will reduce the “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount, the “for life” total withdrawal base, and the “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount. Such reduction may be on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

Rider Fee. A rider fee, 0.90% of the “principal back” total withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, is charged annually before annuitization. We will also deduct the rider fee upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fee is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice. Generally, the rider fee is deducted regardless of your values (i.e., even if your policy value exceeds your total withdrawal base).

 

We will continue to calculate the rider fee using the “principal back” total withdrawal base even after the “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount reaches zero. The “principal back” total withdrawal base is always greater than or equal to the “for life” total withdrawal base.

Please note: Because the rider fee is a percentage of your “principal back” total withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, the fee can be substantially more than 0.90% of your policy value if that total withdrawal base is higher than your policy value.

Portfolio Allocation Method

If you elect the Living Benefits Rider, the Portfolio Allocation Method (“PAM”) will automatically be in effect. PAM is designed to help manage portfolio risk and support the guarantees under the Living Benefits Rider. Using PAM, we will monitor your policy value and may transfer amounts back and forth between the PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP—Service Class subaccount (which invests in the Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP—Service Class portfolio of the Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.) or certain guaranteed period options of the fixed account (each a “PAM investment choice” and collectively, the “PAM investment choices”) and the variable investment choices you choose. You should read the underlying fund prospectus for the variable PAM investment choice(s) carefully before you elect the Living Benefits Rider. We will transfer amounts from your variable investment choices to the PAM investment choices to the extent we deem, at our sole discretion, necessary to support the guarantees under the rider. We will transfer amounts to the PAM investment choices proportionally from all your variable investment choices. Currently, PAM transfers are being made to the PAM Transamerica U.S. Government SecuritiesVP—Service Class subaccount.


 

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PAM is designed to help reduce portfolio risk associated with negative performance. Using PAM, we will transfer amounts from your variable investment choices to the PAM investment choices to the extent we deem, in our sole discretion, necessary to help manage portfolio risk and support the guarantees under the Living Benefits Rider. You should not view the Living Benefits Rider nor PAM as a “market timing” or other type of investment program designed to enhance your policy value. If you choose this rider, it may result in a lower policy value in certain situations. If policy value is transferred from your chosen variable investment choices to the PAM investment choices, less of your policy value may be available to participate in any future positive investment performance of your variable investment choices. This may potentially provide a lower policy value than if you did not select the Living Benefits Rider.

We will use a mathematical model to compare your policy value and the guarantees to be provided in the future. Based upon this comparison, we may transfer some or all of your policy value to or from the PAM investment choices.

You may not allocate premium payments to, nor transfer policy value into or out of, the PAM investment choices. PAM transfers are not subject to any transfer fee and do not count against the number of any free transfers we allow. Transfers out of a fixed account PAM investment choice are at our discretion and may be subject to an excess interest adjustment if the transfer occurs before the end of a guarantee period. Any transfer to your variable investment choices will be allocated into your variable investment choices in proportion to the amount of policy value in each variable investment choice.

Generally, transfers to the PAM investment choices first occur when the policy value drops by a cumulative amount of 3% to 5% over any period of time, although we may make transfers to

the PAM investment choices when the policy value drops by less than 3%. If the policy value continues to fall, more transfers to the PAM investment choices will occur. When a transfer occurs, the transferred policy value is allocated to the PAM investment choice(s) we deem appropriate. The policy value allocated to the PAM investment choices will remain there unless the performance of your chosen investment choices recovers sufficiently to enable us to transfer amounts back to your investment choices while maintaining the guarantees under the Living Benefits Rider. This generally occurs when the policy value increases by 5% to 10% in relation to the guarantees, although we may require a larger increase before transferring amounts back to your investment options.

Upgrades

Prior to the annuitant’s 86th birthday and after the third rider anniversary, you can upgrade the total withdrawal base and guaranteed future value to the policy value by sending us written notice. The minimum remaining withdrawal amounts will also be upgraded to the policy value and the maximum annual withdrawal amounts will be recalculated.

If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date, guaranteed future value date, and its own rider fee percentage (which may be higher than your current rider fee percentage). The “principal back” and “for life” withdrawal percentages will not change. The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information.

Annuitization

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Termination

The Living Benefits Rider will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you in good order requesting termination of the Living Benefits Rider (you may not terminate the rider before the third rider anniversary);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your 5% “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount); or

 

   

termination of your policy.

Please note: This feature terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date.

The Living Benefits Rider may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Living Benefits Rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider which provides you with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit if you invest only in certain designated investment choices. This rider is available during the accumulation phase. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider for a qualified policy.

 

Retirement Income ChoiceSM – Base Benefit

This benefit is intended to provide a level of cash withdrawals and payments from us, if necessary, regardless of the performance of the designated investment choices you select. Under this benefit, you can receive (first as withdrawals from your policy value and, if necessary, as payments from us) up to the rider withdrawal amount each rider year, starting with the rider year immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday and lasting until the annuitant’s death (unless your withdrawal base is reduced to zero because of “excess withdrawals”; see Withdrawal Base Adjustments, and Rider Death Benefit Adjustments, below). A rider year begins on the rider date (the date the rider becomes effective) and on each anniversary thereafter. All withdrawals before the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is 59 are excess withdrawals; a penalty tax may be assessed on amounts withdrawn from the policy before the owner reaches age 59 1/2.

Example. Assume you are the owner and annuitant and you make a single premium payment of $100,000 when you are 56 years old. Further assume that you do not make any additional withdrawals or premium payments, no automatic step-ups occurred, but that after ten years your policy value has declined to $90,000 solely because of negative investment performance. With an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%, after 10 years the withdrawal base is equal to $162,889. You could withdraw up to $8,144 which is the applicable withdrawal percentage of 5.0% multiplied by the withdrawal base of $162,889, each rider year for the rest of your life (assuming that you take your first withdrawal when you are age 66, that you do not withdraw more than the rider withdrawal amount in any one year and there are no future automatic step-ups.)

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Example continued. Assume the same facts as above, but you withdraw $10,000 when you are 66 years old. That excess withdrawal decreases your future rider withdrawal amount to $7,960.

See the “Appendix—Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders -Retirement Income ChoiceSM” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail.

Please note:

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider for you to take withdrawals each calendar year that are less than or equal to the rider withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount, because such excess withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

The longer you wait to start making withdrawals under the benefit, the less time you have to benefit from the guarantee because of decreasing life expectancy as you age. On the other hand, the longer you wait to begin making withdrawals, the higher your withdrawal percentage may be and the more opportunities you will have to lock in a higher withdrawal base. You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals. There is a risk that you will not begin making withdrawals at the most financially beneficial time for you.

 

   

Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the rider withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your

   

primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds (see “Designated Investment Choices” below). You should consult with your registered representative to assist you in determining whether these investment restrictions are suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

 

   

Cumulative withdrawals in any rider year that are in excess of the rider withdrawal amount are excess withdrawals.

 

   

An excess withdrawal may impact the rider withdrawal amount, withdrawal base, and rider death benefit (if applicable) on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

   

Any withdrawal will reduce your rider death benefit (if applicable).

 

   

Upon the death of the annuitant, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider terminates and there are no more additional guaranteed withdrawals.

Like all withdrawals, withdrawals under this benefit also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce your base policy death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to surrender charges and excess interest adjustments;

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties; and

 

   

may be limited or restricted under certain qualified policies.

Rider Withdrawal Amount. You can withdraw up to the rider withdrawal amount (after age 59) in any rider year without causing an excess withdrawal. See “Withdrawal Base Adjustments” and “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments”, below. The rider withdrawal amount may be referred to as “minimum remaining withdrawal amount” in your policy statement and other documents.


 

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The rider withdrawal amount is zero if the annuitant is not 59 years old on the rider date and remains zero until the first day of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday. If the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is at least 59 years old on the date that the rider is elected (“rider date”), then the rider withdrawal amount is equal to the withdrawal base multiplied by the withdrawal percentage (see below).

For qualified policies: If the plan participant (generally the annuitant) is at least 70 1/2 years old, the rider withdrawal amount for that rider year (and each subsequent rider year) is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the rider withdrawal amount described above; or

 

   

an amount equal to a minimum required distribution amount (for the tax year of that rider anniversary) calculated using only: (1) the living annuitant’s age, (2) the IRS Uniform Lifetime table or, if applicable, the Joint Life and Survivor Expectancy table, (3) the policy value of the base policy, (including the present value of any additional benefits provided under the policy to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance) and (4) amounts from the current calendar year (no carry-over from past years). Only amounts calculated as set forth above can be used as the rider withdrawal amount. If the minimum required distribution amount (determined as set forth above) exceeds the rider withdrawal amount, the excess will not be treated as an excess withdrawal under the rider.

Once your policy value reaches zero, you cannot make premium payments and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to receive benefits guaranteed by this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select the amount and frequency of future payments. Once selected, the amount and frequency of payments cannot be changed.

 

Please note:

 

   

If the rider is added prior to the annuitant’s 59th birthday, the rider withdrawal amount will be zero until the beginning of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday, however, you will still be charged a rider fee prior to this time.

 

   

You cannot carry over any portion of your rider withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during a rider year for withdrawal in a future rider year. This means that if you do not take the rider withdrawal amount during a rider year, you cannot take more than the rider withdrawal amount in the next rider year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds (See “Designated Investment Choices” below).

Withdrawal Percentage. We use the withdrawal percentage to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal percentage is determined by the annuitant’s age (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) at the time of the first withdrawal taken on or after the rider anniversary immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday. The withdrawal percentage is as follows:

 

Age at time of first withdrawal

   Withdrawal
Percentage
 

0-58

   0.0

59-69

   5.0

70-79

   6.0

> 80

   7.0

Please note, once established, the withdrawal percentage will not increase even though the annuitant’s age increases.

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(less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the withdrawal base is equal to the withdrawal base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent withdrawal base adjustments. The withdrawal base may be referred to as “total withdrawal base” in your policy statement and other documents.

Please note:

 

   

We determine the withdrawal base solely to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. Your withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

 

   

Because the withdrawal base is generally equal to the policy value on the rider date, the rider withdrawal amount may be lower if you delay electing the rider and the policy value decreases before you elect the rider.

On each rider anniversary, the withdrawal base will equal the greatest of:

 

   

Current withdrawal base;

 

   

The withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary, increased by the growth credit (see “Growth” below);

 

   

The policy value on any monthiversary, including the current rider anniversary (see “Automatic Step-Up” below).

Growth. On each of the first ten rider anniversaries, we will add an annual growth credit to your withdrawal base if no withdrawal occurred during the preceding rider year. The annual growth credit is equal to 5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary (i.e., withdrawal base x 0.05) .

 

Please note: Because a withdrawal will eliminate a potential growth credit, you should consider your need or possible need to take withdrawals within 10 rider years in deciding whether to purchase the rider.

Automatic Step-Up. On each rider anniversary, we will automatically step-up the withdrawal base to an amount equal to the greater of (1) the highest policy value on any monthiversary during the preceding rider year if no excess withdrawal occurred or (2) the policy value on the rider anniversary, if the withdrawal base after any annual growth credit is applied, is less than that amount.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of any automatic step-up.

Automatic Step-Up Opt Out. Each time an automatic step-up will result in a rider fee percentage increase, you have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up, provided that you do so within 30 days after a rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection (each time you elect to opt out), in a form satisfactory to us, at our administrative and service office within the same 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. Opting out of one step-up does not operate as an opt-out of any future step-ups.

Withdrawal Base Adjustments. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year will not reduce the withdrawal base. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (“excess withdrawals”) will reduce the withdrawal base, however, by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in the policy value), possibly to zero. Withdrawal base adjustments


 

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occur immediately following excess withdrawals. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail including an excess withdrawal that reduces the withdrawal base by a pro rata amount. Excess withdrawals may eliminate any guarantee offered by this rider.

Please Note: We do not monitor for, or notify you of, excess withdrawals. If you take regular or scheduled withdrawals, please pay particular attention to any excess withdrawal because your otherwise regular or scheduled non-excess withdrawals may thereafter all be excess withdrawals that reduce or eliminate your benefit on an accelerated basis.

Designated Investment Choices. If you elect this rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more of the following “designated investment choices:”

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP - Service Class

 

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

American Funds - Bond Fund – Class 2

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

Fixed Account

If you elect this rider, you may transfer amounts among the designated investment choices (subject to the terms and conditions stated in the prospectus); however, you cannot transfer any amount (or allocate premium payments) to any other subaccount. After the fifth rider anniversary (and each successive fifth rider anniversary), you can terminate this rider. Starting the next business day, you may transfer to a non-designated investment choice. Terminating the rider will result in losing all your benefits under the rider.

Please note:

 

   

The earliest you can transfer to a non-designated investment choice is the first business day after the fifth rider anniversary. You will be required to terminate the rider first.

 

   

We can eliminate a designated investment choice at any time. If a designated investment choice is eliminated, then a policy owner will be given the option to reallocate the value in the eliminated designated investment choice to other designated investment choices.

Manual Upgrades. You can upgrade the withdrawal base to the policy value during the 30-day period following each successive fifth rider anniversary by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us, as long as the rider issue requirements for a new rider are met. At this time the rider withdrawal amount and, if applicable, the rider death benefit will be recalculated. If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date and its own rider fee percentage


 

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and growth rate (which may be higher or lower than your current rider fee percentage and growth rate). The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information in good order. You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant is 86 or older.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM – Additional Options

You may elect the following options with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider (the options are not mutually exclusive):

 

   

Death Benefit;

 

   

Joint Life; and

 

   

Income Enhancement.

There is an additional fee for each option.

1. Additional Death Payment Option. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to add an additional amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy, upon the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option is selected, the annuitant’s spouse). The additional amount will be equal to the excess, if any, of the rider death benefit over the greater of any optional guaranteed minimum death benefit or the base policy death benefit. See “Section 8. Death Benefit.” The additional amount can be zero.

Rider Death Benefit. The rider death benefit on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the rider death benefit is equal to:

 

   

the rider death benefit on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

adjustments for withdrawals (as described under “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments,” below).

Rider Death Benefit Adjustments. Gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the

rider death benefit on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the rider death benefit by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in policy value), and possibly to zero. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income Choice SM” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including any excess withdrawal that results in pro rata adjustments. Rider death benefit adjustments occur immediately following all withdrawals.

Please note:

 

   

No additional death benefit is payable if the base policy death benefit (including the guaranteed minimum death benefit) exceeds the rider death benefit. The greater the death benefit payable under the guaranteed minimum death benefit selected, the more likely it is that an additional amount will not be payable under the rider death benefit option.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may eliminate the additional death benefit available with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider. You will continue to pay the fee for this option, even if the additional death benefit available under the rider is $0.

 

   

Manual upgrades to the withdrawal base will result in a recalculation of the rider death benefit. However, automatic step-ups will not reset the rider death benefit.

 

   

If an owner who is not the annuitant dies and the surviving spouse continues the policy, then no additional amount is payable. If the policy is not continued, then the surviving owner (who is also the sole beneficiary) may elect to receive lifetime income payments equal to the rider withdrawal amount divided by the number of payments each year instead of receiving the policy’s cash value.


 

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The additional death benefit payment option may be referred to as “minimum remaining withdrawal amount” on your policy statement and other documents.

2. Joint Life Option. If you elect this rider, then you can also elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse’s death (only if the annuitant’s spouse continues the policy),

Please note:

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner along with the annuitant or the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner), if you elect this option.

 

   

A former spouse of the annuitant cannot continue to keep the policy in force if no longer married to the annuitant at the time of the annuitant’s death. In that event, the rider will terminate and no additional withdrawals under the rider will be permitted.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse for purposes of this rider cannot be changed.

 

   

The rider withdrawal percentage is based on the age of the younger of the annuitant and annuitant’s spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

The rider death benefit is not payable until the death of the surviving spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (lower if required by state law).

3. Income Enhancement Option. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if the joint life option is elected) is confined, because of a medical necessity, in a hospital or nursing facility and has been so confined for the elimination period (180 days within the last 365 days). Benefits from this option are not available unless the rider has been in

effect for 12 months (the “waiting period”). The elimination period and waiting period can, but do not need to, run concurrently.

Please note:

 

   

You cannot elect the Income Enhancement Option if the qualifying person or persons is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility.

 

   

The increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person or persons is/are no longer confined as described above.

We will require confirmation of confinement while benefits are being received. Confirmation of confinement may be a physician’s statement, a statement from a hospital or nursing facility administrator, or any other information satisfactory to us. If confinement ceases, you may re-qualify by satisfying a 180-day elimination period requirement.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider and Additional Option Fees. A rider fee, 0.60% for single life or 0.90% for joint life of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, is charged annually prior to annuitization for the base benefit.

If you elect options with the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider, you will be charged a fee for each option you elect, that is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. Each additional fee is charged annually prior to annuitization and is a percentage of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. The additional fees are as follows:

 

Option

   Single
Life
    Joint
Life
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement

   0.15   0.30

We will also deduct all rider fees pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fees are deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment choice.


 

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Please Note: Because the rider fee is a percentage of your withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, the fee can be substantially more than 0.60% (single life) or 0.90% (joint life) of your policy value if that withdrawal base is higher than your policy value.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider unless:

 

   

the annuitant is not yet age 86 (lower if required by state law);

 

   

the annuitant is also an owner (except in the case of non-natural owners);

 

   

there are no more than two owners; and

 

   

if the joint life option is elected, the annuitant’s spouse is also not yet 86 (lower if required by state law) and (1) is a joint owner along with the annuitant or (2) is the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner).

Termination

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider and any additional options will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider if such notice is received by us during the 30 days following the fifth rider anniversary or every fifth rider anniversary thereafter;

 

   

the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option was elected, the death of the annuitant’s spouse if that spouse continued the policy as the surviving spouse);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your rider withdrawal amount); or

 

   

termination of your policy.

 

Please note: This rider terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date at which time your policy will be annuitized according to its terms. However, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date, we will allow you to annuitize your policy and elect to receive lifetime annuity payments equal to your rider withdrawal amount.

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider and additional options may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM With Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider which, provides you with: (1) a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit; and (2) an opportunity to increase the withdrawal base if no withdrawals have been made before the 10th rider anniversary or before the anniversary following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) attaining age 67, whichever is later. This rider is available during the accumulation phase, and requires that you invest only in certain investment choices. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider for a qualified policy.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider – Base Benefit

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you can receive (first as withdrawals from your policy value and, if necessary, as payments from us) up to the rider withdrawal amount each rider year, starting with the rider year immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday and lasting until the annuitant’s death (unless your withdrawal base is reduced to zero because of “excess withdrawals”; see Withdrawal Base Adjustments, and Rider Death Benefit Adjustments, below). A rider year begins on the rider date (the date the rider becomes effective) and on each anniversary thereafter. All withdrawals before the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is 59 are excess withdrawals; a penalty tax may be assessed on amounts withdrawn from the policy before the owner reaches age 59 1/2.

Example. Assume you are the owner and annuitant and you make a single premium payment of $100,000 when you are 56 years old. Further assume that you do not make any withdrawals or additional premium payments, no automatic step-ups occurred, but that after five years your policy value has declined to $90,000 solely because of negative investment performance. With an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%, after 5 years the withdrawal base is equal to $127,628 ($100,000 x 1.055). You could receive up to $6,381 which is the applicable withdrawal percentage of 5.0% for the single life option multiplied by the withdrawal base of $127,628, each rider year for the rest of your life (assuming that you take your first withdrawal when you are age 61, that you do not withdraw more than the rider withdrawal amount in any one year and there are no future automatic step-ups.)

Of course, you can always withdraw an amount up to your cash value pursuant to your rights under the policy at your discretion.

Example continued. Assume the same facts as above, but you withdraw $10,000 when you are 61 years old. That excess withdrawal decreases your future rider withdrawal amount to $6,105.

 

See the “Appendix—Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM and Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Riders” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail.

Please note:

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider for you to take withdrawals each rider year that are less than or equal to the rider withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount, because such excess withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

The longer you wait to start making withdrawals under the benefit, the less time you have to benefit from the guarantee because of decreasing life expectancy as you age. On the other hand, the longer you wait to begin making withdrawals, the higher your withdrawal percentage may be and the more opportunities you will have to lock in a higher withdrawal base. You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals. There is a risk that you will not begin making withdrawals at the most financially beneficial time for you.

 

   

Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the rider withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.


 

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All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds (see “Designated Investment Choices”). You should consult with your registered representative to assist you in determining whether these investment restrictions are suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

 

   

Cumulative withdrawals in any rider year that are in excess of the rider withdrawal amount are excess withdrawals.

 

   

An excess withdrawal may impact the rider withdrawal amount, withdrawal base, and rider death benefit (if applicable) on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

   

Any withdrawal will reduce your rider death benefit (if applicable).

 

   

Upon the death of the annuitant, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider terminates and there are no more additional guaranteed withdrawals.

Like all withdrawals, withdrawals under this benefit also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce your base policy death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to surrender charges and excess interest adjustments;

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties; and

 

   

may be limited or restricted under certain qualified policies.

Rider Withdrawal Amount. You can withdraw up to the rider withdrawal amount (after age 59) in any rider year without causing an excess withdrawal. See “Withdrawal Base Adjustments” and “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments”, below.

The rider withdrawal amount is zero if the annuitant is not 59 years old on the rider date and remains zero until the first day of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday. If the

annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is at least 59 years old on the date that the rider is elected (“rider date”), then the rider withdrawal amount is equal to the withdrawal base multiplied by the withdrawal percentage (see below).

For qualified policies: If the plan participant (generally the annuitant) is at least 70 1/2 years old, the rider withdrawal amount for that rider year (and each subsequent rider year) is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the rider withdrawal amount described above; or

 

   

an amount equal to a minimum required distribution amount (for the tax year on that rider anniversary date)calculated using only: (1) the living annuitant’s age, (2) the IRS Uniform Lifetime table or, if applicable, the Joint Life and Survivor Expectancy table, (3) the policy value of the base policy, (including the present value of any additional benefits provided under the policy to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance) and (4) amounts from the current calendar year (no carry-over from past years).

Only amounts calculated as set forth above can be used as the rider withdrawal amount. If the minimum required distribution amount (determined as set forth above) exceeds the rider withdrawal amount, the excess will not be treated as an excess withdrawal under the rider.

Once your policy value reaches zero, you cannot make premium payments and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to receive benefits guaranteed by this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select the amount and frequency of future payments. Once selected, the amount and frequency of payments cannot be changed.

Please note:

 

   

If the rider is added prior to the annuitant’s 59th birthday, the rider withdrawal amount will be zero until the beginning of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday, however, you will still be charged a rider fee prior to this time.


 

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You cannot carry over any portion of your rider withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during a rider year for withdrawal in a future rider year. This means that if you do not take the entire rider withdrawal amount during a rider year, you cannot take more than the rider withdrawal amount in the next rider year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds (See “Designated Investment Choices” below).

Withdrawal Percentage. We use the withdrawal percentage to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal percentage is determined by the annuitant’s age (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) at the time of the first withdrawal taken on or after the rider anniversary immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday. The withdrawal percentage is as follows:

 

Age at time of
first withdrawal

   Withdrawal
Percentage—
Single Life
Option
    Withdrawal
Percentage—
Joint Life
Option
 

0-58

   0.0   0.0

59-69

   5.0   4.5

70-79

   6.0   5.5

> 80

   7.0   6.5

Please note, once established, the withdrawal percentage will not increase even though the annuitant’s age increases.

Withdrawal Base. We use the withdrawal base to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the withdrawal base is equal to the withdrawal base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent withdrawal base adjustments.

 

Please note:

 

   

We determine the withdrawal base solely to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. Your withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

 

   

Because the withdrawal base is generally equal to the policy value on the rider date, the rider withdrawal amount may be lower if you delay electing the rider and the policy value decreases before you elect the rider.

On each rider anniversary, the withdrawal base will equal the greatest of:

 

   

Current withdrawal base;

 

   

The withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary, increased by the growth credit (see “Growth” below);

 

   

The policy value on any monthiversary, including the current rider anniversary (see “Automatic Step-Up” below).

Growth. On each of the first ten rider anniversaries, we will add an annual growth credit to your withdrawal base if no withdrawal occurred during the preceding rider year. The annual growth credit is equal to 5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary (i.e., withdrawal base x 0.05).

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Automatic Step-Up. On each rider anniversary, we will automatically step-up the withdrawal base to an amount equal to the greater of (1) the highest policy value on any monthiversary during the preceding rider year if no excess withdrawal occurred or (2) the policy value on the rider anniversary, if the withdrawal base after any annual growth credit is applied, is less than that amount.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of any automatic step-up. The rider fee percentage will not exceed the maximum rider fee percentage in the fee table.

Automatic Step-Up Opt Out. Each time an automatic step-up will result in a rider fee percentage increase, you have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up, provided that you do so within 30 days after a rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection (each time you elect to opt out), in a form satisfactory to us, at our administrative and service office within the same 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. Opting out of one step-up does not operate as an opt-out of any future step-ups.

Double Withdrawal Base Benefit. If no withdrawals have been made 1) before the 10th rider anniversary, or 2) before the rider anniversary following the annuitant (or annuitant’s spouse if younger and the Joint Life is elected) attaining age 67, whichever is later, then the withdrawal base on that rider anniversary will be the greater of 1) the withdrawal base as calculated above or 2) the result of the withdrawal base on the rider date plus any premiums received within 90 days of the rider date, multiplied by 2. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders

-Retirement Income ChoiceSM and Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Riders - Example 5 (no excess withdrawals) and Example 6 (excess withdrawals).”

Withdrawal Base Adjustments. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year will not reduce the withdrawal base. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (“excess withdrawals”) will reduce the withdrawal base, however, by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in the policy value), possibly to zero. Withdrawal base adjustments occur immediately following excess withdrawals. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM and Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Riders” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail including an excess withdrawal that reduces the withdrawal base by a pro rata amount. Excess withdrawals may eliminate any guarantee offered by this rider.

Please Note: We do monitor for, or notify you of, excess withdrawals. If you take regular or scheduled withdrawals, please pay particular attention to any excess withdrawal because your otherwise regular or scheduled non-excess withdrawals may thereafter all be excess withdrawals that reduce or eliminate your benefit on an accelerated basis.

Designated Investment Choices. If you elect this rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more of the following “designated investment choices:”

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP - Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP - Service Class

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP - Service Class


 

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Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3 Fixed Account

If you elect this rider, you may transfer amounts among the designated investment choices (subject to the terms and conditions stated in the prospectus); however, you cannot transfer any amount (or allocate premium payments) to any other subaccount. After the fifth rider anniversary (and each successive fifth rider anniversary), you can terminate this rider. Starting the next business day, you may transfer to a non-designated investment choice. Terminating the rider will result in losing all your benefits under the rider.

 

Please note:

 

   

The earliest you can transfer to a non-designated investment choice is the first business day after the fifth rider anniversary. You will be required to terminate the rider first.

 

   

We can eliminate a designated investment choice at any time. If a designated investment choice is eliminated, then a policy owner will be given the option to reallocate the value in the eliminated designated investment choice to other designated investment choices.

Manual Upgrades. You can upgrade the withdrawal base to the policy value during the 30-day period following each successive fifth rider anniversary by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us, as long as the rider issue requirements for a new rider are met. At this time the rider withdrawal amount and, if applicable, the rider death benefit will be recalculated. If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date, its own rider fee percentage, and growth rate (which may be higher or lower than your current rider fee percentage and growth rate); and any options you elect to change or add to the rider base benefit. The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information in good order. You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint option is elected) is 86 or older.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit – Additional Options

You may elect the following options with this rider (the options are not mutually exclusive):

 

   

Death Benefit;

 

   

Joint Life; and

 

   

Income Enhancement.

There is an additional fee if you elect the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s) under the rider. If you elect the Joint Life option, then the withdrawal percentage (used to calculate the rider withdrawal amount) is lower. Furthermore, if you elect the Joint Life option in combination with the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s), then the fee for each of those additional options will be different than under the Single Life option. See “Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider and Additional Option Fees”.


 

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1. Death Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to add an additional amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy, upon the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option is selected, the annuitant’s spouse). The additional amount will be equal to the excess, if any, of the rider death benefit over the greater of any optional guaranteed minimum death benefit or the base policy death benefit. The additional amount can be zero. See “Section 8. Death Benefit.”

Rider Death Benefit. The rider death benefit on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the rider death benefit is equal to:

 

   

the rider death benefit on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

adjustments for withdrawals (as described under “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments,” below).

Rider Death Benefit Adjustments. Gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the rider death benefit on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the rider death benefit by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in policy value), and possibly to zero. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM and Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Riders” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including any excess withdrawal that results in pro rata adjustments. Rider death benefit adjustments occur immediately following all withdrawals.

 

Please note:

 

   

No additional death benefit is payable if the base policy death benefit (including the guaranteed minimum death benefit) exceeds the rider death benefit. The greater the death benefit payable under the guaranteed minimum death benefit selected, the more likely it is that an additional amount will not be payable under the rider death benefit option.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may eliminate the additional death benefit available with this rider. You will continue to pay the fee for this option, even if the additional death benefit available under the rider is $0.

 

   

Manual upgrades to the withdrawal base will result in a recalculation of the rider death benefit. However, automatic step-ups will not reset the rider death benefit.

 

   

If an owner who is not the annuitant dies and the surviving spouse continues the policy, then no additional amount is payable. If the policy is not continued, then the surviving owner (who is also the sole beneficiary) may elect to receive lifetime income payments equal to the rider withdrawal amount divided by the number of payments each year instead of receiving the policy’s cash value.

The additional death benefit payment option may be referred to as “minimum remaining withdrawal amount” on your policy statement and other documents.

2. Joint Life Benefit. If you elect this rider, then you can also elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse’s death (only if the annuitant’s spouse continues the policy),

Please note:

 

   

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The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner along with the annuitant or the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner), if you elect this option.

 

   

A former spouse of the annuitant cannot continue to keep the policy in force if no longer married to the annuitant at the time of the annuitant’s death. In that event, the rider will terminate and no additional withdrawals under the rider will be permitted.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse for purposes of this rider cannot be changed to a new spouse.

 

   

The rider withdrawal percentage is based on the age of the younger of the annuitant and annuitant’s spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

The rider death benefit is not payable until the death of the surviving spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (lower if required by state law).

3. Income Enhancement Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if the joint life option is elected) is confined, because of a medical necessity, in a hospital or nursing facility and has been so confined for the elimination period (180 days within the last 365 days). Benefits from this option are not available unless the rider has been in effect for 12 months (the “waiting period”). The elimination period and waiting period can, but do not need to, run concurrently.

Please note:

 

   

You cannot elect the Income Enhancement Option if the qualifying person or persons is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility.

 

   

The increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person or persons is/are no longer confined as described above.

We will require confirmation of confinement while benefits are being received. Confirmation of confinement may be a physician’s statement, a statement from a hospital or nursing facility administrator, or any other information satisfactory to us. If confinement ceases, you may re-qualify by satisfying a 180-day elimination period requirement.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider and Additional Option Fees. A rider fee, 0.90% of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, is charged annually prior to annuitization for the base benefit.

If you elect options with this rider, then you will be charged a fee for each option you elect that is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit. Each additional fee is charged annually prior to annuitization and is a percentage of the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. The additional fees are as follows:

 

Option

   Single
Life
    Joint
Life
 

Death Benefit

   0.25   0.20

Income Enhancement

   0.15   0.30

We will also deduct all rider fees pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider. The rider fees are deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in that investment choice.

Please Note: Because the rider fee is a percentage of your withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, the fee can be substantially more than 0.90% of your policy value if that withdrawal base is higher than your policy value.


 

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider unless:

 

   

the annuitant is not yet age 86 (lower if required by state law);

 

   

the annuitant is also an owner (except in the case of non-natural owners);

 

   

there are no more than two owners; and

 

   

if the joint life option is elected, the annuitant’s spouse is also not yet 86 (lower if required by state law) and (1) is a joint owner along with the annuitant or (2) is the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner).

Termination

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider and any additional options will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the rider if such notice is received by us during the 30 days following the fifth rider anniversary or every fifth rider anniversary thereafter;

 

   

the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option was elected, the death of the annuitant’s spouse if that spouse continued the policy as the surviving spouse);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your rider withdrawal amount); or

 

   

termination of your policy.

 

Please note: This rider terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date at which time your policy will be annuitized according to its terms. However, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date, we will allow you to annuitize your policy and elect to receive lifetime annuity payments which are at least equal to your rider withdrawal amount. Please contact us for more information concerning your options.

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider and additional options may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider which, provides you with: (1) a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit; and (2) an opportunity for increases in the rider withdrawal amount. This rider is available during the accumulation phase, and requires that you allocate 100% of your policy value according to either the designated allocation option or open allocation option both of which are designed to help manage the Company’s risk and support the guarantees under the rider. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider for a qualified policy.

Retirement Income Choicesm 1.2 – Base Benefit

Under this benefit, you can receive up to the rider withdrawal amount each rider year (first as withdrawals from your policy value and, if necessary, as payments from us), starting with the rider year immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday and lasting until the annuitant’s death (unless your withdrawal base is


 

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reduced to zero because of an “excess withdrawal”; see Withdrawal Base Adjustments and Rider Death Benefit Adjustments, below). A rider year begins on the rider date (the date the rider becomes effective) and thereafter on each anniversary of that date.

Example. Assume you are the owner and annuitant and you make a single premium payment of $100,000 when you are 66 years old. Further assume that you do not make any withdrawals or additional premium payments, no automatic step-ups occurred, but that after five years your policy value has declined to $90,000 solely because of negative investment performance. With an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%, after 5 years the withdrawal base is equal to $127,628 ($100,000 x 1.055). You could receive up to $5,105 which is the applicable withdrawal percentage of 5.0% for the single life option multiplied by the withdrawal base of $127,628, each rider year for the rest of your life (assuming that you take your first withdrawal when you are age 71, that you do not withdraw more than the rider withdrawal amount in any one year and there are no future automatic step-ups.)

Of course, you can always withdraw an amount up to your cash value pursuant to your rights under the policy at your discretion.

Example continued. Assume the same facts as above, but you withdraw $10,000 when you are 71 years old. That excess withdrawal decreases your future rider withdrawal amount to $4,811.

See the “Appendix—Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income Choicesm 1.2 Rider” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail.

Please note:

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not

   

refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider to allow for withdrawals from your policy value each rider year that are less than or equal to the rider withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount, because such excess withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

The longer you wait to start making withdrawals under the benefit, the less time you have to benefit from the guarantee because of decreasing life expectancy as you age. On the other hand, the longer you wait to begin making withdrawals, the higher your withdrawal percentage may be, the higher the withdrawal base due to growth may be, and the more opportunities you will have to lock in a higher withdrawal base. You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals. There is a risk that you will not begin making withdrawals at the most financially beneficial time for you.

 

   

Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the rider withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated according to the Designated Allocation option or the Open Allocation option. You should consult with your registered representative to assist you in determining whether the investment restrictions attributable to each option are suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

 

   

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An excess withdrawal may impact the withdrawal base, and rider death benefit (if applicable) on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

   

Any withdrawal will reduce your rider death benefit (if applicable).

 

   

Upon the death of the annuitant (or the death of the surviving spouse if the joint option is elected), the Retirement Income Choicesm 1.2 rider terminates and all benefits thereunder cease.

Like all withdrawals, withdrawals while this rider is in effect also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce your base policy death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to surrender charges and excess interest adjustments;

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties; and

 

   

may be limited or restricted under certain qualified policies.

Rider Withdrawal Amount. You can withdraw up to the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (after age 59) from your policy value without causing an excess withdrawal. See “Withdrawal Base Adjustments” and “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments” below.

The rider withdrawal amount is zero if the annuitant is not 59 years old on the rider date and remains zero until the first day of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday. If the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is at least 59 years old on the rider date, then the rider withdrawal amount is equal to the withdrawal base multiplied by the withdrawal percentage (see below).

For qualified policies: If the plan participant (generally the annuitant) is at least 70 1/2 years old, the rider withdrawal amount for that rider year (and each subsequent rider year) is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the rider withdrawal amount described above; or

 

   

an amount equal to any minimum required distribution amount (for the tax year on that rider anniversary) calculated using only: (1) the living annuitant’s age, (2) the IRS Uniform Lifetime table or, if applicable, the Joint Life and Survivor Expectancy table, (3) the policy value of the base policy, (including the present value of any additional benefits provided under the policy to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance) and (4) amounts from the current calendar year (no carry-over from past years).

Only amounts calculated as set forth above can be used as the rider withdrawal amount. If the minimum required distribution amount (determined as set forth above) exceeds the rider withdrawal amount, the excess will not be treated as an excess withdrawal under the rider.

If your policy value reaches zero, then you cannot make premium payments and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to receive benefits guaranteed by this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select the amount and frequency of future payments. Once selected, the amount and frequency cannot be changed.

Please note:

 

   

If the rider is added prior to the annuitant’s 59th birthday, the rider withdrawal amount will be zero until the beginning of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday, however, you will still be charged a rider fee prior to this time.

 

   

You cannot carry over any portion of your rider withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during a rider year for withdrawal in a future rider year. This means that if you do not take the entire rider withdrawal amount during a rider year, you cannot take more than the rider withdrawal amount in the next rider year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.


 

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Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated according to either the Designated Allocation option or the Open Allocation option. (See “Allocation Options and Restrictions.”)

Withdrawal Percentage. We use the withdrawal percentage to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal percentage is determined by the annuitant’s age (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) at the time of the first withdrawal taken on or after the rider anniversary immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday. The withdrawal percentage is as follows:

 

Age at time of

first withdrawal

   Withdrawal
Percentage—
Single Life
Option
    Withdrawal
Percentage—
Joint Life
Option
 

0-58

   0.0   0.0

59-64

   4.0   3.5

65-74

   5.0   4.5

> 75

   6.0   5.5

Please note, once established, the withdrawal percentage will not generally increase even though the annuitant’s age increases except in certain instances involving automatic step-ups.

Withdrawal Base. We use the withdrawal base to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the withdrawal base is equal to the withdrawal base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent withdrawal base adjustments due to excess withdrawals.

 

Please note:

 

   

We determine the withdrawal base solely to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. Your withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

 

   

Because the withdrawal base is generally equal to the policy value on the rider date, the rider withdrawal amount may be lower if you delay electing the rider and the policy value decreases before you elect the rider.

On each rider anniversary, the withdrawal base will equal the greatest of:

 

   

Current withdrawal base;

 

   

The withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary, increased by the growth credit, if any (see “Growth” below);

 

   

The policy value on any monthiversary, including the current rider anniversary (see “Automatic Step-Up” below).

Growth. On each of the first ten rider anniversaries, we will add an annual growth credit to your withdrawal base if no withdrawal occurred during the preceding rider year. The annual growth credit is equal to 5.0% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary (i.e., withdrawal base x 0.05).

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Automatic Step-Up. On each rider anniversary, we will automatically step-up the withdrawal base to an amount equal to the greater of (1) the highest policy value on any monthiversary during the preceding rider year, if no excess withdrawal occurred, or (2) the policy value on the rider anniversary. This comparison takes place after the application of any applicable annual growth credit. The withdrawal percentage (as indicated in the withdrawal percentage table) will also increase if you have crossed into another age band prior to the automatic step-up.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of any automatic step-up. The rider fee percentage will not exceed the maximum rider fee percentage in the fee table.

Automatic Step-Up Opt Out. Each time an automatic step-up results in a rider fee percentage increase, you have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base, withdrawal percentage, and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up, provided that you do so within 30 days after a rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection (each time you elect to opt out), in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the same 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. Opting out of one step-up does not operate as an opt-out of any future step-ups.

Withdrawal Base Adjustments. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year will not reduce the withdrawal base. Cumulative gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (“excess withdrawals”) will reduce the withdrawal base, however, by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal (if the policy value is greater than the withdrawal base) or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in the policy value when the policy value is less than the withdrawal base), possibly to zero. Withdrawal base adjustments occur

immediately following excess withdrawals. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders -Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that reduces the withdrawal base by a pro rata amount. The effect of an excess withdrawal is amplified if the policy value is less than the withdrawal base. See the “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Benefit Adjustment Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider” for examples showing the effect hypothetical excess withdrawals in more detail.

Please Note: We do not monitor for, or notify you of, excess withdrawals. If you take regular or scheduled withdrawals please pay particular attention to any excess withdrawal because your otherwise regular or scheduled non-excess withdrawals may thereafter all be excess withdrawals that reduce or eliminate your benefit on an accelerated basis.

Allocation Options and Restrictions. If you elect this rider, you must allocate 100% of your policy value according to either the Designated Allocation option or the Open Allocation option. Transfers will be permitted between the Designated Allocation option and the Open Allocation option at any time.

Designated Allocation Option. Under the Designated Allocation option, you must designate 100% of your policy value into one or more of the designated investment options in the following designated allocation groups:

Designated Allocation Group A

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio –

Class B

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

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Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

Designated Allocation Group B

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Designated Allocation Group C

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2 Fixed Account

 

Transfers between the designated investment options in the Designated Allocation option are allowed as permitted under the policy; however, transfers as provided for in the policy from a designated investment option to a non-designated investment option are not permitted unless you change your allocation option to the Open Allocation option.

Open Allocation Option. Under the Open Allocation option, you may allocate to any investment options available under the policy.

If you elect the Open Allocation option, the OA Method will automatically be in effect. The OA Method uses a mathematical model which is designed to help the Company manage portfolio risk and support the guarantees under the rider. Under the OA Method, the mathematical model monitors your policy value and guarantees under the rider and transfers amounts back and forth between the OA Transamerica ProFund UltraBear VP subaccount or certain other subaccounts we choose (each an “OA subaccount” and collectively, the “OA subaccounts”) and the variable investment options you choose to the extent necessary to support the benefit guarantees. You will still have complete discretion over the selection of, and allocation to, the variable investment options for any portion of your policy value that the OA Method does not allocate to the OA subaccounts. You should read the underlying fund prospectus for the variable OA subaccounts carefully before you elect the Open Allocation option.

Transfers to the OA subaccounts according to the mathematical model will be proportionally from all your variable investment options. This mathematical model will not change once you purchase the rider, but we may use a different model for riders issued in the future.

The OA Method is designed to help manage the Company’s portfolio risk associated with negative performance and support the guarantees under the rider. You should not view the rider nor the OA Method as a “market timing” or other type of investment program designed to enhance your policy value. If you choose the Open Allocation option, it may result in a lower policy value in certain situations. If policy value is transferred from your chosen variable investment options to the OA subaccounts, less of your policy value may be


 

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available to participate in any future positive investment performance of your variable investment options. This may potentially provide a lower policy value than if you did not select the Open Allocation option.

Under the OA Method, the mathematical model compares a number of interrelated factors including your policy value and the guarantees under the rider to be provided in the future. The mathematical model also uses assumptions for interest rates, the duration of the policy and stock market volatility. The following table sets forth the most influential of these factors and indicates how each one (assuming all other factors remain constant) could trigger a transfer into or out of the OA subaccounts.

 

Factor

  

Direction of Transfer

Policy Value Increases

   Transfer to the investment options

Policy Value Decreases

   Transfer to the OA subaccounts

Interest Rates Increase

   Transfer to the investment options

Volatility Increases

   Transfer to the OA subaccounts

The amount of the transfer will vary depending on the magnitude and direction of the change in these factors.

Transactions you make also affect the number of OA transfers including:

 

   

additional premium payments; and

 

   

excess withdrawals.

These transactions will change the policy value relative to the guarantees under the rider and may result in additional OA transfers.

 

You may not allocate premium payments to, nor transfer policy value into or out of, the OA subaccounts. OA Method transfers are not subject to any transfer fee and do not count against the number of any free transfers we allow. Any transfer to your variable investment options will be allocated into your variable investment options in proportion to the amount of policy value in each variable investment option.

Generally, transfers to the OA subaccounts first occur when the policy value drops by a cumulative amount of 3% to 5% over any period of time, although the mathematical model may make transfers to the OA subaccounts when the policy value drops by less than 3%. The mathematical model will not transfer more than 20% of the policy value to the OA subaccounts. If the policy value continues to fall, no more transfers to the OA subaccounts will occur. However, up to 30% of the policy value could be in the OA subaccounts due to negative performance of the investment options. If negative investment performance causes the percentage of the policy value in the OA subaccounts to exceed 30% then the mathematical model will transfer the excess policy value back into your investment options. The policy value allocated to the OA subaccounts will remain there unless your policy value recovers sufficiently to enable us to transfer amounts back to your investment options while maintaining the guarantees under the rider. This generally occurs when the policy value increases by 2.5% to 10% in relation to the guarantees under the rider, although the mathematical model may require a larger increase before transferring amounts back to your investment options.

The Daily Rebalancing Formula Under the Mathematical Model: As noted above, to limit our exposure under the rider, we transfer policy value from your investment options to the OA subaccounts, to the extent called for by a mathematical model that will not change once you purchase the policy. We do this in order to minimize the need to provide payments (for example, when your policy value goes to zero by other than an excess withdrawal), or to extend the time before any payment is required. When payments become more likely (because your policy value is approaching zero),


 

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the mathematical model will tend to allocate more policy value to the OA subaccounts. If, on the other hand, the policy value is much higher than the guarantees under the rider, then payments may not be necessary, and therefore, the mathematical model will tend to allocate more policy value to the investment options.

Each business day the mathematical model computes a “target allocation,” which is the portion of the policy value that is to be allocated to the investment options.

The target allocation depends on several factors, including the policy value as compared to the guarantees under the rider, the time until payments are likely required, and interest rates. However, as time passes, these factors change. Therefore, the target allocation changes from one business day to the next.

See the SAI for more detail regarding the workings of the mathematical model, including the formula used to compute the allocation on a daily basis.

Please Note: The OA Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear VP subaccount invests in the Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear portfolio which is designed to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index. Please read the prospectus for the Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear portfolio to understand how its investment objective may affect your policy value if OA Method transfers occur to the OA Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear VP subaccount.

You cannot allocate premium payments or transfers to the OA subaccounts.

Please note:

 

   

If you no longer want to be subject to an allocation option, you will be required to terminate the rider. If you terminate the rider you will lose all of its benefits.

 

   

We can change or eliminate a designated allocation group at any time. If this occurs, then a policy owner will be required to reallocate values in the affected designated investment options to other designated investment options that meet the allocation requirements.

Manual Upgrades. You can upgrade the withdrawal base to the policy value during the 30-day period following each successive fifth rider anniversary by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us, as long as the rider issue requirements for a new rider are met. At this time the rider withdrawal amount and, if applicable, the rider death benefit will be recalculated. If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date, its own rider fee percentage (which may be higher or lower than your current rider fee percentage) and its own terms and benefits (which may not be as advantageous as the current rider); and any options you elect to change or add. The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information in good order. You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint option is elected) is 86 or older.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 – Additional Options

You may elect the following options with this rider (the options are not mutually exclusive):

 

   

Death Benefit;

 

   

Joint Life; and

 

   

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There is an additional fee if you elect the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s) under the rider. If you elect the Joint Life option, then the withdrawal percentage (used to calculate the rider withdrawal amount) is lower. Furthermore, if you elect the Joint Life option in combination with the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s), then the fee for each of those additional options will be different than under the Single Life option. See “Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider and Additional Option Fees”.

1. Death Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to add an additional amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy, upon the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option is selected, the annuitant’s spouse). The additional amount will be equal to the excess, if any, of the rider death benefit over the greater of any optional guaranteed minimum death benefit or the base policy death benefit. The additional amount can be zero. See “Section 8. Death Benefit.”

Rider Death Benefit. The rider death benefit on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the rider death benefit is equal to:

 

   

the rider death benefit on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

adjustments for withdrawals (as described under “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments,” below).

Rider Death Benefit Adjustments. Gross partial withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the rider death benefit on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Gross partial withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in a rider year will reduce the rider death benefit by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in policy value), and possibly to zero. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM, Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit, and Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Riders” for

examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that results in pro rata adjustments. Rider death benefit adjustments occur immediately following all withdrawals.

Please note:

 

   

No additional death benefit is payable if the base policy death benefit (including the guaranteed minimum death benefit) exceeds the rider death benefit. The greater the death benefit payable under the guaranteed minimum death benefit selected, the more likely it is that an additional amount will not be payable under the rider death benefit option.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may eliminate the additional death benefit available with this rider. You will continue to pay the fee for this option, even if the additional death benefit available under the rider is $0.

 

   

Manual upgrades to the withdrawal base will result in a recalculation of the rider death benefit. However, automatic step-ups will not reset the rider death benefit.

 

   

If an owner who is not the annuitant dies and the surviving spouse continues the policy, then no additional amount is payable. If the policy is not continued, then the surviving owner (who is also the sole beneficiary) may elect to receive lifetime annuity payments equal to the rider withdrawal amount divided by the number of payments each year instead of receiving the policy’s cash value.

The additional death benefit payment option may be referred to as “minimum remaining withdrawal amount” on your policy statement and other documents.

2. Joint Life Benefit. If you elect this rider, then you can also elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse’s death (only if the annuitant’s spouse continues the policy).


 

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Please note:

 

   

The withdrawal percentage for each “age at the time of first withdrawal” is lower if you elect this option.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner along with the annuitant or the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner), if you elect this option.

 

   

A former spouse of the annuitant cannot continue to keep the policy in force if no longer married to the annuitant at the time of the annuitant’s death. In that event, the rider will terminate and no additional withdrawals under the rider will be permitted.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse for purposes of this rider cannot be changed to a new spouse.

 

   

The rider withdrawal percentage is based on the age of the younger of the annuitant and annuitant’s spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

The rider death benefit is not payable until the death of the surviving spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (lower if required by state law).

3. Income Enhancement Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if the joint life option is elected) is confined, because of a medical necessity, in a hospital or nursing facility and has been so confined for the elimination period (180 days within the last 365 days). Benefits from this option are not available unless the rider has been in effect for 12 months (the “waiting period”). The elimination period and waiting period can, but do not need to, run concurrently.

Please note:

 

   

You cannot elect the Income Enhancement Option if the qualifying person or persons is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility.

 

   

The increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person or persons is/are no longer confined as described above.

 

We will require confirmation of confinement while benefits are being received. Confirmation of confinement may be a physician’s statement, a statement from a hospital or nursing facility administrator, or any other information satisfactory to us. If confinement ceases, you may re-qualify by satisfying a 180-day elimination period requirement.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Fees

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Base Rider Fee. The base rider fee is calculated on the rider date and at the beginning of each rider quarter. The base rider fee will be adjusted for any premium additions, excess withdrawals, transfers between designated investment groups, or changes to other allocation options during the rider quarter. It will be deducted automatically from your policy value at the end of each rider quarter.

On an annual basis, in general terms, the base rider fee is the applicable “rider fee percentage” (see the Fee Table) times the benefit base.

The Open Allocation option base quarterly fee is calculated by multiplying (A) by (B) by (C), where:

 

  (A) is the withdrawal base;

 

  (B) is the rider fee percentage; and

 

  (C) is the number of remaining days in the rider quarter divided by the total number of days in the applicable rider year.

The Designated Allocation option base quarterly fee is calculated by multiplying (A) by (B) divided by (C) multiplied by (D), where:

 

  (A) is the withdrawal base;

 

  (B) is the sum of each designated investment group’s rider fee percentage multiplied by the applicable designated investment group’s value;

 

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  (C) is the total policy value; and

 

  (D) is the number of remaining days in the rider quarter divided by the total number of days in the applicable rider year.

We will assess a prorated rider fee upon termination of the rider for the period beginning on the first day of the most recent rider quarter and ending on the date of termination.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of an automatic step-up. Each time an automatic step-up will result in a rider fee percentage increase, you will have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the benefit base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up (adjusted for any subsequent premium payments or withdrawals), provided that you do so within 30 calendar days after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection, in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred.

Please note regarding the base rider fee:

 

   

Because the base rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, it could be a much higher percentage of your policy value, particularly in the event that your policy value decreases significantly.

 

   

Because the base rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, the amount of the base rider fee we deduct will increase if the withdrawal base increases (although the percentage(s) may remain the same).

 

   

If you make a transfer from one designated allocation group to another designated allocation group that has

   

a higher rider fee percentage, then the resulting rider fee will be higher.

Base Rider Fee Adjustment for Transfers. For transfers that you make between different designated investment options in different designated allocation groups or different allocation options on other than the first business day of a rider quarter, a “rider fee adjustment” will be applied. This adjustment is necessary because of differences in the rider fee percentages. The adjustment in the rider fee percentage will ensure that you are charged the correct overall rider fee. The base rider fee adjustment will be calculated using the same formula as the base rider fee and compare the fee for the remainder of the rider quarter to the initially calculated fee for the same period. The rider fee adjustment may be positive or negative and will be added to or subtracted from the rider fee to be allocated.

Base Rider Fee Adjustment for Premium Payments and Excess Withdrawals. A rider fee adjustment will also be calculated for subsequent premium payments and excess withdrawals because these events will change the benefit base. The rider fee adjustment will be calculated using the same formula as the base rider fee and compare the fee for the remainder of the rider quarter to the initially calculated fee for the same period. As with the rider fee adjustments calculated for transfers, the rider fee adjustment may be positive or negative and will be added to or subtracted from the rider fee to be collected.

Additional Option Fees. If you elect options with this rider, then you will be charged a fee for each option you elect that is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit (see the Fee Table). Each additional fee is charged quarterly before annuitization and is a percentage of the benefit base on each rider anniversary.

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider unless:

 

   

the annuitant is not yet age 86 (lower if required by state law);

 

   

the annuitant is also an owner (except in the case of non-natural owners);

 

   

there are no more than two owners; and

 

   

if the joint life option is elected, the annuitant’s spouse is also not yet 86 (lower if required by state law) and (1) is a joint owner along with the annuitant or (2) is the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner).

Termination

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider and any additional options will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the rider if such notice is received by us during the 30 days following the fifth rider anniversary or every fifth rider anniversary thereafter;

 

   

the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option was elected, the death of the annuitant’s spouse if that spouse continued the policy as the surviving spouse);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your rider withdrawal amount); or

 

   

termination of your policy.

Please note: This rider terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date at which time your policy will be annuitized according to its terms. However, if

you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date, we will allow you to annuitize your policy and elect to receive lifetime annuity payments which are at least equal to your rider withdrawal amount. Please contact us for more information concerning your options.

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider and additional options may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider which, provides you with: (1) a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit; and (2) an opportunity for increases in the rider withdrawal amount. This rider is available during the accumulation phase, and requires that you allocate 100% of your policy value in certain designated investment choices which are designed to help manage the Company’s risk and support the guarantees under the rider. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider for a qualified policy.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 – Base Benefit

Under this benefit, you can receive up to the rider withdrawal amount each rider year (first as withdrawals from your policy value and, if necessary, as payments from us), starting with the rider year immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday and lasting until the annuitant’s death (unless your withdrawal base is reduced to zero because of an “excess withdrawal”; see Withdrawal Base Adjustments and Rider Death Benefit Adjustments, below). A rider year begins on the rider date (the date the rider becomes effective) and thereafter on each anniversary of that date.


 

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Of course, you can always withdraw an amount up to your cash value pursuant to your rights under the policy at your discretion.

See the “Appendix—Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders -Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail.

Please note:

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider to allow for withdrawals from your policy value each rider year that are less than or equal to the rider withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount, because such excess withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

The longer you wait to start making withdrawals under the benefit, the less time you have to benefit from the guarantee because of decreasing life expectancy as you age. On the other hand, the longer you wait to begin making withdrawals, the higher your withdrawal percentage may be, the higher the withdrawal base due to growth may be, and the more opportunities you will have to lock in a higher withdrawal base. You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals. There is a risk that you will not begin making withdrawals at the most financially beneficial time for you.

 

   

Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular withdrawals that do not exceed the rider withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if

   

you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds. You should consult with your registered representative to assist you in determining whether these certain investment options are suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

 

   

Cumulative withdrawals in any rider year that are in excess of the rider withdrawal amount are excess withdrawals.

 

   

An excess withdrawal may impact the withdrawal base, and rider death benefit (if applicable) on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

   

Any withdrawal will reduce your rider death benefit (if applicable).

 

   

Upon the death of the annuitant (or the death of the surviving spouse if the joint option is elected), the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider terminates and all benefits thereunder cease.

Like all withdrawals, withdrawals while this rider is in effect also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce your base policy death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to surrender charges and excess interest adjustments;

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties; and

 

   

may be limited or restricted under certain qualified policies.

Rider Withdrawal Amount. You can withdraw up to the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (after age 59) from your policy value without causing an excess withdrawal. See “Withdrawal Base Adjustments” and “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments” below.


 

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The rider withdrawal amount is zero if the annuitant is not 59 years old on the rider date and remains zero until the first day of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday. If the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) is at least 59 years old on the rider date, then the rider withdrawal amount is equal to the withdrawal base multiplied by the withdrawal percentage (see below).

For qualified policies: If the plan participant (generally the annuitant) is at least 70 1/2 years old, the rider withdrawal amount for that rider year (and each subsequent rider year) is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the rider withdrawal amount described above; or

 

   

an amount equal to any minimum required distribution amount (for the tax year on that rider anniversary) calculated using only: (1) the living annuitant’s age, (2) the IRS Uniform Lifetime table or, if applicable, the Joint Life and Survivor Expectancy table, (3) the policy value of the base policy, (including the present value of any additional benefits provided under the policy to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance) and (4) amounts from the current calendar year (no carry-over from past years).

Only amounts calculated as set forth above can be used as the rider withdrawal amount. If the minimum required distribution amount (determined as set forth above) exceeds the rider withdrawal amount, the excess will not be treated as an excess withdrawal under the rider.

If your policy value reaches zero, then you cannot make premium payments and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to receive benefits guaranteed by this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select the amount and frequency of future payments. Once selected, the amount and frequency cannot be changed.

Please note:

 

   

If the rider is added prior to the annuitant’s 59th birthday, the rider withdrawal amount will be zero until the beginning of the rider year after the annuitant’s 59th birthday, however, you will still be charged a rider fee prior to this time.

 

   

You cannot carry over any portion of your rider withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during a rider year for withdrawal in a future rider year. This means that if you do not take the entire rider withdrawal amount during a rider year, you cannot take more than the rider withdrawal amount in the next rider year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds. (See “Designated Investment Options.”)

Withdrawal Percentage. We use the withdrawal percentage to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal percentage is determined by the annuitant’s age (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) at the time of the first withdrawal taken on or after the rider anniversary immediately following the annuitant’s (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint life option is elected) 59th birthday. The withdrawal percentage is as follows:

 

Age at time of

first withdrawal

   Withdrawal
Percentage—
Single Life
Option
    Withdrawal
Percentage—
Joint Life
Option
 

0-58

   0.0   0.0

59-64

   4.0   3.5

65-74

   5.0   4.5

> 75

   6.0   5.5

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Withdrawal Base. We use the withdrawal base to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the withdrawal base is equal to the withdrawal base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent withdrawal base adjustments due to excess withdrawals.

Please note:

 

   

We determine the withdrawal base solely to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. Your withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

 

   

Because the withdrawal base is generally equal to the policy value on the rider date, the rider withdrawal amount may be lower if you delay electing the rider and the policy value decreases before you elect the rider.

On each rider anniversary, the withdrawal base will equal the greatest of:

 

   

Current withdrawal base;

 

   

The withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary, increased by the growth credit, if any (see “Growth” below);

 

   

The policy value on any monthiversary, including the current rider anniversary (see “Automatic Step-Up” below).

Growth. On each of the first ten rider anniversaries, we will add an annual growth credit to your withdrawal base if no withdrawal occurred during the preceding rider year. The annual growth credit is equal to 5.0% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary (i.e., withdrawal base x 0.05).

 

Please note: Because a withdrawal will eliminate a potential growth credit for that rider year, you should consider your need or possible need to take withdrawals within the first 10 rider years in deciding whether to purchase the rider.

Automatic Step-Up. On each rider anniversary, we will automatically step-up the withdrawal base to an amount equal to the greater of (1) the highest policy value on any monthiversary during the preceding rider year, if no excess withdrawal occurred, or (2) the policy value on the rider anniversary. This comparison takes place after the application of any applicable annual growth credit. The withdrawal percentage (as indicated in the withdrawal percentage table) will also increase if you have crossed into another age band prior to the automatic step-up.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of any automatic step-up. The rider fee percentage will not exceed the maximum rider fee percentage in the fee table.

Automatic Step-Up Opt Out. Each time an automatic step-up results in a rider fee percentage increase, you have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base, withdrawal percentage, and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up, provided that you do so within 30 days after a rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection (each time you elect to opt out), in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the same 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. Opting out of one step-up does not operate as an opt-out of any future step-ups.

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withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount in any rider year (“excess withdrawals”) will reduce the withdrawal base, however, by the greater of the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal (if the policy value is greater than the withdrawal base) or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in the policy value when the policy value is less than the withdrawal base), possibly to zero. Withdrawal base adjustments occur immediately following excess withdrawals. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders -Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that reduces the withdrawal base by a pro rata amount. The effect of an excess withdrawal is amplified if the policy value is less than the withdrawal base. See the “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Benefit Adjustment Partial Surrenders -Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider” for examples showing the effect hypothetical excess withdrawals in more detail.

Please Note: We do not monitor for, or notify you of, excess withdrawals. If you take regular or scheduled withdrawals please pay particular attention to any excess withdrawal because your otherwise regular or scheduled non-excess withdrawals may thereafter all be excess withdrawals that reduce or eliminate your benefit on an accelerated basis.

Designated Investment Options.

If you elect this rider, you must designate 100% of your policy value into one or more of the designated investment options in the following designated allocation groups:

Designated Allocation Group A

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

 

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

Designated Allocation Group B

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

Designated Allocation Group C

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2 Fixed Account

Transfers between the designated investment options are allowed as permitted under the policy; however, you cannot transfer any amount (or allocate premium payments) to any non-designated investment option. Within 30 days following the fifth rider anniversary (and each successive fifth rider anniversary), you can terminate this rider. Starting the next business day, you may transfer (or allocate premium payments) to a non-designated investment option. Terminating the rider will result in losing all your benefits under the rider.


 

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Please note:

 

   

The earliest you can transfer (or allocate premium payments) to a non-designated investment option is the first business day after the fifth rider anniversary. You will be required to terminate the rider first (and lose its benefits).

 

   

We can change a designated allocation group or eliminate a designated investment option at any time. If this occurs, then a policy owner will be required to reallocate values in the affected designated investment options to other designated investment options that meet the allocation requirements.

Manual Upgrades. You can upgrade the withdrawal base to the policy value during the 30-day period following each successive fifth rider anniversary by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us, as long as the rider issue requirements for a new rider are met. At this time the rider withdrawal amount and, if applicable, the rider death benefit will be recalculated. If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date, its own rider fee percentage (which may be higher or lower than your current rider fee percentage) and its own terms and benefits (which may not be as advantageous as the current rider); and any options you elect to change or add. The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information in good order. You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint option is elected) is 86 or older.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 – Additional Options

You may elect the following options with this rider (the options are not mutually exclusive):

 

   

Death Benefit;

 

   

Joint Life; and

 

   

Income Enhancement.

There is an additional fee if you elect the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s) under the rider. If you elect the Joint Life option, then the withdrawal percentage (used to calculate the rider withdrawal amount) is lower. Furthermore, if you elect the Joint Life option in combination with the Death Benefit and/or the Income Enhancement Benefit option(s), then the fee for each of those additional options will be different than under the Single Life option. See “Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider and Additional Option Fees”.

1. Death Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to add an additional amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy, upon the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option is selected, the annuitant’s spouse). The additional amount will be equal to the excess, if any, of the rider death benefit over the greater of any optional guaranteed minimum death benefit or the base policy death benefit. The additional amount can be zero. See “Section 8. Death Benefit.”

Rider Death Benefit. The rider death benefit on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement if the rider is added in the first policy year). After the rider date, the rider death benefit is equal to:

 

   

the rider death benefit on the rider date; plus

 

   

subsequent premium payments; less

 

   

adjustments for withdrawals (as described under “Rider Death Benefit Adjustments,” below).

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the dollar amount of the excess withdrawal or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in policy value), and possibly to zero. See “Appendix -Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Retirement Income ChoiceSM, Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit, and Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Riders” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that results in pro rata adjustments. Rider death benefit adjustments occur immediately following all withdrawals.

Please note:

 

   

No additional death benefit is payable if the base policy death benefit (including the guaranteed minimum death benefit) exceeds the rider death benefit. The greater the death benefit payable under the guaranteed minimum death benefit selected, the more likely it is that an additional amount will not be payable under the rider death benefit option.

 

   

Excess withdrawals may eliminate the additional death benefit available with this rider. You will continue to pay the fee for this option, even if the additional death benefit available under the rider is $0.

 

   

Manual upgrades to the withdrawal base will result in a recalculation of the rider death benefit. However, automatic step-ups will not reset the rider death benefit.

 

   

If an owner who is not the annuitant dies and the surviving spouse continues the policy, then no additional amount is payable. If the policy is not continued, then the surviving owner (who is also the sole beneficiary) may elect to receive lifetime annuity payments equal to the rider withdrawal amount divided by the number of payments each year instead of receiving the policy’s cash value.

 

The additional death benefit payment option may be referred to as “minimum remaining withdrawal amount” on your policy statement and other documents.

2. Joint Life Benefit. If you elect this rider, then you can also elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse’s death (only if the annuitant’s spouse continues the policy).

Please note:

 

   

The withdrawal percentage for each “age at the time of first withdrawal” is lower if you elect this option.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner along with the annuitant or the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner), if you elect this option.

 

   

A former spouse of the annuitant cannot continue to keep the policy in force if no longer married to the annuitant at the time of the annuitant’s death. In that event, the rider will terminate and no additional withdrawals under the rider will be permitted.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse for purposes of this rider cannot be changed to a new spouse.

 

   

The rider withdrawal percentage is based on the age of the younger of the annuitant and annuitant’s spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

The rider death benefit is not payable until the death of the surviving spouse, if you elect this option.

 

   

You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (lower if required by state law).

3. Income Enhancement Benefit. If you elect this rider, you can also elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if the joint life option is elected) is confined, because of a medical necessity, in a hospital or nursing facility and has been so confined for the elimination period (180 days within the last 365


 

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days). Benefits from this option are not available unless the rider has been in effect for 12 months (the “waiting period”). The elimination period and waiting period can, but do not need to, run concurrently.

Please note:

 

   

You cannot elect the Income Enhancement Option if the qualifying person or persons is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility.

 

   

The increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person or persons is/are no longer confined as described above.

We will require confirmation of confinement while benefits are being received. Confirmation of confinement may be a physician’s statement, a statement from a hospital or nursing facility administrator, or any other information satisfactory to us. If confinement ceases, you may re-qualify by satisfying a 180-day elimination period requirement.

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Fees

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Base Rider Fee. The base rider fee is calculated on the rider date and at the beginning of each rider quarter. The base rider fee will be adjusted for any premium additions, excess withdrawals, or transfers between designated investment groups during the rider quarter. It will be deducted automatically from your policy value at the end of each rider quarter.

On an annual basis, in general terms, the base rider fee is the applicable “rider fee percentage” (see the Fee Table) times the benefit base.

The base quarterly fee is calculated by multiplying (A) by (B) divided by (C) multiplied by (D), where:

 

  (A) is the withdrawal base;

 

  (B) is the sum of each designated investment group’s
 

rider fee percentage multiplied by the applicable designated investment group’s value;

 

  (C) is the total policy value; and

 

  (D) is the number of remaining days in the rider quarter divided by the total number of days in the applicable rider year.

We will assess a prorated rider fee upon termination of the rider for the period beginning on the first day of the most recent rider quarter and ending on the date of termination.

Beginning on the fifth rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of an automatic step-up. Each time an automatic step-up will result in a rider fee percentage increase, you will have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the benefit base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up (adjusted for any subsequent premium payments or withdrawals), provided that you do so within 30 calendar days after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection, in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred.

Please note regarding the base rider fee:

 

   

Because the base rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, it could be a much higher percentage of your policy value, particularly in the event that your policy value decreases significantly.

 

   

Because the base rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, the amount of the base rider fee we deduct will increase if the withdrawal base increases (although the percentage(s) may remain the same).

 

   

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Base Rider Fee Adjustment for Transfers. For transfers that you make between different designated investment options in different designated allocation groups on other than the first business day of a rider quarter, a “rider fee adjustment” will be applied. This adjustment is necessary because of differences in the rider fee percentages. The adjustment in the rider fee percentage will ensure that you are charged the correct overall rider fee. The base rider fee adjustment will be calculated using the same formula as the base rider fee and compare the fee for the remainder of the rider quarter to the initially calculated fee for the same period. The rider fee adjustment may be positive or negative and will be added to or subtracted from the rider fee to be allocated.

Base Rider Fee Adjustment for Premium Payments and Excess Withdrawals. A rider fee adjustment will also be calculated for subsequent premium payments and excess withdrawals because these events will change the benefit base. The rider fee adjustment will be calculated using the same formula as the base rider fee and compare the fee for the remainder of the rider quarter to the initially calculated fee for the same period. As with the rider fee adjustments calculated for transfers, the rider fee adjustment may be positive or negative and will be added to or subtracted from the rider fee to be collected.

Additional Option Fees. If you elect options with this rider, then you will be charged a fee for each option you elect that is in addition to the rider fee for the base benefit (see the Fee Table). Each additional fee is charged quarterly before annuitization and is a percentage of the benefit base on each rider anniversary.

We will also deduct all rider fees pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider.

 

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider unless:

 

   

the annuitant is not yet age 86 (lower if required by state law);

 

   

the annuitant is also an owner (except in the case of non-natural owners);

 

   

there are no more than two owners; and

 

   

if the joint life option is elected, the annuitant’s spouse is also not yet 86 (lower if required by state law) and (1) is a joint owner along with the annuitant or (2) is the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner).

Termination

The Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider and any additional options will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the rider if such notice is received by us during the 30 days following the fifth rider anniversary or every fifth rider anniversary thereafter;

 

   

the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option was elected, the death of the annuitant’s spouse if that spouse continued the policy as the surviving spouse);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your rider withdrawal amount); or

   

termination of your policy.

Please note: This rider terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date at which time your policy will be annuitized according to its terms. However, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date, we will allow you to annuitize your policy and elect to receive lifetime annuity payments which are at least equal to your rider withdrawal amount. Please contact us for more information concerning your options.


 

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The Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider and additional options may vary for certain policies, may not be available for all policies, and may not be available in all states. This disclosure explains the material features of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

Income LinkSM Rider

You may elect to purchase the optional Income LinkSM rider which, provides you with: (1) a front-loaded, two-tiered guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit; and (2) an opportunity for increases in the rider withdrawal amount. This rider is available during the accumulation phase, and requires that you allocate 100% of your policy value in certain designated investment choices which are designed to help manage the Company’s risk and support the guarantees under the rider. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of this rider. Please consult a qualified tax advisor before electing the Income LinkSM rider for a qualified policy.

Income LinkSM – Base Benefit

Under this benefit, you can receive up to the rider withdrawal amount each Income LinkSM withdrawal year (first as systematic withdrawals from your policy value and, if necessary, as systematic payments from us), beginning on the Income LinkSM start date and lasting until the annuitant’s death (unless your withdrawal base is reduced to zero because of a non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal; see Withdrawal Base Adjustments below). The first Income LinkSM withdrawal year begins on the Income LinkSM start date and each successive Income LinkSM withdrawal year begins thereafter on each anniversary of that date. In order to begin receiving Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals, you must elect

the withdrawal option and systematic withdrawal program through which you will receive the Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals (for qualified policies you will also have to elect whether or not to receive your minimum required distribution amount as calculated herein, as part of your systematic withdrawal program). Any change to the frequency of your Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals will take effect at the beginning of the next Income LinkSM withdrawal year.

Of course, you can always withdraw any amount up to your cash value pursuant to your rights under the policy at your discretion however, withdrawals other than Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals (and certain minimum required distributions) will reduce the withdrawal base. See the “Appendix—Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders - Income LinkSM Rider” for an example showing the effect of a hypothetical withdrawal in more detail.

Please note:

 

   

You will begin paying the rider charge as of the date the rider takes effect, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years, or ever. We will not refund the charges you have paid under the rider if you never choose to take withdrawals and/or if you never receive any payments under the rider.

 

   

We have designed this rider to allow for Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals from your policy value each Income LinkSM withdrawal year that are less than or equal to the rider withdrawal amount. You should not purchase this rider if you plan to take withdrawals in excess of the rider withdrawal amount or on a non-systematic basis, because such withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by the rider.

 

   

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The longer you wait to start taking Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals under the rider, the less time you have to benefit from the guarantee because of decreasing life expectancy as you age. You should carefully consider when to begin making withdrawals. There is a risk that you will not begin making withdrawals at the most financially beneficial time for you.

 

   

Because the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit under this rider is accessed through regular Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals that do not exceed the rider withdrawal amount, the rider may not be appropriate for you if you do not foresee a need for liquidity and your primary objective is to take maximum advantage of the tax deferral aspect of the policy.

 

   

All policy value must be allocated to a limited number of specified funds. You should consult with your registered representative to assist you in determining whether these certain investment options are suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

 

   

Any withdrawal that is not an Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal (or certain minimum required distributions) will decrease the withdrawal base; the impact may be on a greater than dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

   

Upon the death of the annuitant (or the death of the surviving spouse if the joint option is elected), the Income LinkSM rider terminates and all benefits thereunder cease.

 

   

The only way to receive withdrawals (either Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals or minimum required distributions) without causing an adjustment to the withdrawal base is to use the Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal programs.

Like all withdrawals, Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals while this rider is in effect also:

 

   

reduce your policy value;

 

   

reduce the amount you can withdraw “adjustment free” as a minimum required distribution;

 

   

reduce your base policy death benefit and other benefits;

 

   

may be subject to surrender charges and excess interest adjustments;

 

   

may be subject to income taxes and federal tax penalties; and

 

   

may be limited or restricted under certain qualified policies.

Rider Withdrawal Amount. You can withdraw up to the rider withdrawal amount each Income LinkSM withdrawal year from your policy value without causing an adjustment. See “Withdrawal Base Adjustments” below. You must use a systematic withdrawal program to withdraw your rider withdrawal amount. Such withdrawals are Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals. Any withdrawal other than an Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal is considered a non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal and will result in a withdrawal base adjustment (except for certain minimum required distributions, see “Minimum Required Distribution”).

The annual rider withdrawal amount is zero until Income LinkSM start date. On the Income LinkSM start date and at the beginning of each Income LinkSM withdrawal year thereafter, the annual rider withdrawal amount is equal to the applicable withdrawal percentage (based on the withdrawal option you elect) multiplied by the withdrawal base. During any Income LinkSM withdrawal year, the rider withdrawal amount and Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount may be adjusted up or down as described in the Withdrawal Base Adjustment section.

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adjustment to the withdrawal base; however, it must be withdrawn pursuant to an Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal program whereby you will receive your Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals and any remaining minimum required distribution amount as calculated herein distributed at the end of the applicable calendar year.

If the plan participant (generally the annuitant) is at least 70 1/2 years old, you can withdraw via a systematic withdrawal option, an amount equal to any minimum required distribution amount (for the tax year on that rider anniversary) calculated using only: (1) the living annuitant’s age, (2) the IRS Uniform Lifetime table or, if applicable, the Joint Life and Survivor Expectancy table, (3) the policy value of the base policy, (including the present value of any additional benefits provided under the policy to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance) and (4) amounts from the current calendar year (no carry-over from past years). Minimum required distribution amounts calculated as set forth above and taken via a systematic withdrawal option will not cause an adjustment under this provision of the rider. Any withdrawal during a calendar year will reduce the withdrawal base adjustment free minimum required distribution amount for that year.

Please note: If you want to change the mode of the systematic withdrawal through which you are receiving your “adjustment free” minimum required distribution, your change will not take effect until the next anniversary of your systematic withdrawal program. Likewise, if you stop a systematic withdrawal program you cannot restart a new systematic program until the date that would have been the anniversary of the systematic withdrawal program you stopped. (For example, if you started a monthly systematic withdrawal program to receive your “adjustment free” minimum required distribution amount on August 19, 2010, and stopped it on December 21, 2010, you could not restart a new systematic withdrawal program until August 19, 2011.)

 

If your policy value reaches zero, then you cannot make premium payments and all other policy features, benefits, and guarantees (except those provided by this rider) are terminated. In order to receive benefits guaranteed by this rider after your policy value reaches zero, you must select the amount and frequency of future payments. Once selected, the amount and frequency cannot be changed.

Please note:

 

   

The rider withdrawal amount will be zero until the Income LinkSM start date, however, you will still be charged a rider fee prior to this time.

 

   

You cannot carry over any portion of your rider withdrawal amount that is not withdrawn during an Income LinkSM withdrawal year for withdrawal in a future Income LinkSM withdrawal year. This means that if you do not take the entire rider withdrawal amount during an Income LinkSM withdrawal year, you cannot take more than the rider withdrawal amount in the next Income LinkSM withdrawal year and maintain the rider’s guarantees.

 

   

Non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals may cause you to lose the benefit of the rider.

 

   

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Withdrawal Percentage. We use the withdrawal percentage to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal percentage is determined by the withdrawal option you select. The withdrawal percentages, categorized by withdrawal option, are as follows:

 

Withdrawal
Option—
number years
at increased rate

  

Withdrawal
Percentage—
Single Life
Option

  

Withdrawal
Percentage—
Joint Life
Option

7 years

   5% for 7 years and 4%
thereafter
   4.5% for 7
years and 3.5%
thereafter

6 years

   6% for 6 years
and 4%
thereafter
   5.5% for 6 years and 3.5% thereafter

5 years

   7% for 5 years
and 4%
thereafter
   6.5% for 5 years and 3.5% thereafter

4 years

   8% for 4 years
and 4%
thereafter
   7.5% for 4 years and 3.5% thereafter

3 years

   9% for 3 years
and 4%
thereafter
   8.5% for 3 years and 3.5% thereafter

2 years

   10% for 2 years and 4%
thereafter
   9.5% for 2 years and 3.5% thereafter

Please note, once established, the withdrawal percentage will not increase.

Withdrawal Base. We use the withdrawal base to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. The withdrawal base on the rider date is the policy value (less any premium enhancement, if the rider is added in the first policy year). During any rider year, the withdrawal base is equal to the withdrawal base on the rider date or most recent rider anniversary, plus subsequent premium payments, less subsequent withdrawal base adjustments due to non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals.

Please note:

 

   

We determine the withdrawal base solely to calculate the rider withdrawal amount. Your withdrawal 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 subaccount, and it is not a guarantee of policy value.

 

   

Because the withdrawal base is generally equal to the policy value on the rider date, the rider withdrawal amount may be lower if you delay electing the rider and the policy value decreases before you elect the rider.

On each rider anniversary, the withdrawal base will equal the greatest of:

 

   

current withdrawal base;

 

   

the policy value on any monthiversary, including the current rider anniversary (see “Automatic Step-Up” below).

Automatic Step-Up. On each rider anniversary, we will automatically step-up the withdrawal base to an amount equal to the greater of (1) the highest policy value on any monthiversary during the preceding rider year, if no non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal occurred, or (2) the policy value on the rider anniversary.

The rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of any automatic step-up. The rider fee percentage will not exceed the maximum rider fee percentage in the fee table.

Please note:

 

   

The withdrawal base “steps-up” on rider anniversaries whereas a Income LinkSM withdrawal year begins on the Income LinkSM start date.

 

   

If an automatic step-up occurs, your remaining rider withdrawal amount and Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount is proportionally increased for the remainder of that Income LinkSM withdrawal year.

Automatic Step-Up Opt Out. Each time an automatic step-up results in a rider fee percentage increase, you have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts immediately before the automatic step-up, provided that you do so within 30 days after the rider


 

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anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection (each time you elect to opt out), in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the same 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. Opting out of one step-up does not operate as an opt-out of any future step-ups.

Withdrawal Base Adjustments. Premium additions will increase the withdrawal base on a dollar-for-dollar basis. See “Automatic Step-Up” for a description of how automatic step-ups increase the withdrawal base.

Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals up to the rider withdrawal amount will not reduce the withdrawal base. Non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals will reduce the withdrawal base, however, by the greater of the dollar amount of the withdrawal (if the policy value is greater than the withdrawal base) or a pro rata amount (in proportion to the reduction in the policy value when the policy value is less than the withdrawal base), possibly to zero. See “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Adjusted Partial Surrenders -Income LinkSM Rider” for examples showing the effect of hypothetical withdrawals in more detail. The effect of a negative adjustment is amplified if the policy value is less than the withdrawal base. See the “Appendix - Guaranteed Lifetime Benefit Adjustment Partial Surrenders - Income LinkSM Rider” for examples showing the effect hypothetical excess withdrawals in more detail, including an excess withdrawal that reduces the withdrawal base by a pro rata amount. Withdrawal base adjustments occur immediately following premium additions or non-Income LinkSM withdrawals.

Please Note: We do not monitor for non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals or notify you of withdrawal base adjustments. If you take a non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal please note your Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount will be reduced.

 

Designated Investment Options. If you elect this rider, you must designate 100% of your policy value into one or more of the designated investment options:

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2 Fixed Account

Transfers between the designated investment options are allowed as permitted under the policy; however, you cannot transfer any amount (or allocate premium payments) to any non-designated investment option. Following the fifth rider anniversary you can terminate this rider. Starting the next business day, you may transfer (or allocate premium payments) to a non-designated investment option. Terminating the rider will result in losing all your benefits under the rider.

Please note:

 

   

The earliest you can transfer (or allocate premium payments) to a non-designated investment option is the first business day after the fifth rider anniversary. You will be required to terminate the rider first (and lose its benefits).

 

   

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Manual Upgrades. You can upgrade the withdrawal base to the policy value during the 30-day period following the fifth rider anniversary by sending us written notice in a form acceptable to us, as long as the rider issue requirements for a new rider are met. At this time the rider withdrawal amount will be recalculated. If an upgrade is elected, your current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with a new rider date, its own rider fee percentage (which may be higher or lower than your current rider fee percentage) and its own terms and benefits (which may not be as advantageous as the current rider). The new rider date will be the date the Company receives all necessary information in good order. You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant (or the annuitant’s spouse if younger and the joint option is elected) is 81 or older.

Income LinkSM – Joint Life Option

If you elect this rider, then you can also elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse’s death (only if the annuitant’s spouse continues the policy).

If you elect the Joint Life option, then the withdrawal percentage (used to calculate the rider withdrawal amount) is lower.

Please note:

 

   

The withdrawal percentage for each withdrawal option is lower if you elect this option.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner along with the annuitant or the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner), if you elect this option.

 

   

A former spouse of the annuitant cannot continue to keep the policy in force if no longer married to the annuitant at the time of the annuitant’s death. In that event, the rider will terminate and no additional withdrawals under the rider will be permitted.

 

   

The annuitant’s spouse for purposes of this rider cannot be changed to a new spouse.

 

   

You cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse is 81 or older (lower if required by state law).

Income LinkSM Fees

Income LinkSM Rider Fee. The rider fee is calculated on the rider date and at the beginning of each rider quarter. The rider fee will be adjusted for any premium additions and non-Income Link SM systematic withdrawals during the rider quarter. It will be deducted automatically from your policy value at the end of each rider quarter.

On an annual basis, in general terms, the rider fee is the applicable “rider fee percentage” (see the Fee Table) times the withdrawal base.

The quarterly fee is calculated by multiplying (A) by (B) by (C), where:

 

  (A) is the withdrawal base;

 

  (B) rider fee percentage; and

 

  (C) is the number of remaining days in the rider quarter divided by the total number of days in the applicable rider year.

We will assess a prorated rider fee upon termination of the rider for the period beginning on the first day of the most recent rider quarter and ending on the date of termination.

Beginning on the first rider anniversary, the rider fee percentage may increase (or decrease) at the time of an automatic step-up. Each time an automatic step-up will result in a rider fee percentage increase, you will have the option to reject the automatic step-up and reinstate the withdrawal base and rider fee percentage to their respective amounts


 

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immediately before the automatic step-up (adjusted for any subsequent premium payments or withdrawals), provided that you do so within 30 calendar days after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred. We must receive your rejection, in good order, at our Administrative and Service Office within the 30 day period after the rider anniversary on which the automatic step-up occurred.

Please note regarding the rider fee:

 

   

Because the rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, it could be a much higher percentage of your policy value, particularly in the event that your policy value decreases significantly.

 

   

Because the rider fee is a percentage of the withdrawal base, the amount of the rider fee we deduct will increase if the withdrawal base increases (although the percentage will remain the same).

Rider Fee Adjustment for Premium Payments and Excess Withdrawals. A rider fee adjustment will also be calculated for subsequent premium payments and non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals because these events will change the withdrawal base. The rider fee adjustment will be calculated using the same formula as the rider fee and compare the fee for the remainder of the rider quarter to the initially calculated fee for the same period. The rider fee adjustment may be positive or negative and will be added to or subtracted from the rider fee to be collected.

We will also deduct the rider fee pro rata upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider.

Income LinkSM Rider Issue Requirements

The Company will not issue the Income LinkSM rider unless:

 

   

the annuitant is not yet age 81 (lower if required by state law);

 

   

the annuitant is also an owner (except in the case of non-natural owners);

 

   

there are no more than two owners; and

 

   

if the joint life option is elected, the annuitant’s spouse is also not yet 81 (lower if required by state law) and (1) is a joint owner along with the annuitant or (2) is the sole primary beneficiary (and there is no joint owner).

Termination

The Income LinkSM rider will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

 

   

the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the rider if such notice is received by us following the fifth rider anniversary;

 

   

the death of the annuitant (or if the joint life option was elected, the death of the annuitant’s spouse if that spouse continued the policy as the surviving spouse);

 

   

annuitization (however, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date you may choose an annuitization option which guarantees you lifetime payments in an amount equal to your rider withdrawal amount); or

 

   

termination of your policy.

Please note: This rider terminates upon annuitization and there is a maximum annuity commencement date at which time your policy will be annuitized according to its terms. However, if you have reached your maximum annuity commencement date, we will allow you to annuitize your policy and elect to receive lifetime annuity payments which are at least equal to your rider withdrawal amount. Please contact us for more information concerning your options.

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material features of the Income LinkSM rider. The application and operation of the rider are governed by the terms and conditions of the rider itself.

11. OTHER INFORMATION

Ownership

You, as owner of the policy, exercise all rights under the policy. You can change the owner at any time by notifying us in writing at our administrative and service office. An ownership change may be a taxable event.

Right to Cancel Period

You may return your policy for a refund, but only if you return it within a prescribed period, which is generally 10 days (after you receive the policy), or whatever longer time may be required by state law. The amount of the refund will generally be the premiums paid plus or minus accumulated gains or losses in the separate account. You bear the risk of any decline in policy value during the right to cancel period. However, if state law requires, we will refund your original premium payment(s). We will pay the refund within seven days after we receive in good order within the applicable period at our Administrative and Service Office, written notice of cancellation and the returned policy. The policy will then be deemed void.

Assignment

You can also generally assign the policy any time during your lifetime. We will not be bound by the assignment until we receive written notice of the assignment in good order at our Administrative and Service Office and approve it. We reserve the right, except to the extent prohibited by applicable laws, regulations, or actions of the State insurance commissioner, to require that an assignment will be effective only upon acceptance by us, and to refuse assignments or transfers at any time on a

 

non-discriminatory basis. We will not be liable for any payment or other action we take in accordance with the policy before we approve the assignment. There may be limitations on your ability to assign a qualified policy. An assignment may have tax consequences.

Sending Forms and Transaction Requests in Good Order

We cannot process your requests for transactions relating to the policy until we have received them in good order at our Administrative and Service Office. “good order” means the actual receipt by us of the instructions relating to the requested transaction in writing (or, when appropriate, by telephone or electronically, along with all forms, information and supporting legal documentation necessary to effect the transaction. This information and documentation generally includes, to the extend applicable to the transaction: your completed application; the policy number; the transaction amount (in dollars or percentage terms); the names and allocations to and/or from the Subaccounts affected by the requested transaction; the signatures of all policy owners (exactly as registered on the Policy) if necessary; Social Security Number or Taxpayer I.D.; and any other information or supporting documentation that we may require, including any spousal or joint owner’s consents. With respect to purchase requests, “good order” also generally includes receipt (by us) of sufficient funds to effect the purchase. We may, in our sole discretion, determine whether any particular transaction request is in good order, and we reserve the right to change or waive any good order requirements at any time.

Mixed and Shared Funding

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and can accept investments from any insurance company separate account or qualified retirement plan. Since the underlying fund portfolios are available to registered separate accounts offering variable annuity products of the Company, as well as variable annuity and variable life products of other insurance companies, and qualified retirement plans, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of this separate account and one or more of the other separate accounts of another participating insurance company. In the event of a material conflict, the affected insurance companies, including the Company, agree to take any necessary steps to resolve the matter. This may include removing their separate accounts from the underlying fund portfolios. See the underlying fund portfolios prospectuses for more details.

Exchanges and Reinstatements

You can generally exchange one annuity policy for another in a “tax-free exchange” under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code. Before making an exchange, you should compare both annuities carefully. Remember that if you exchange another annuity for the one described in this prospectus, then you may pay a surrender charge on the other annuity and other charges may be higher (or lower) and the benefits under this annuity may be different. You should not exchange another annuity for this one unless you determine, after knowing all the facts, that the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person trying to sell you this policy (that person will generally earn a commission if you buy this policy through an exchange or otherwise).

You may surrender your policy and transfer your money directly to another life insurance company (sometimes referred to as a 1035 Exchange or a trustee-to-trustee transfer). You may also ask us to reinstate your policy after such a transfer and in certain limited circumstances we will allow you to do so by returning the same total dollar amount of funds to the applicable investment choices. The dollar

amount will be used to purchase new accumulation units at the then current price. Because of changes in market value, your new accumulation units may be worth more or less than the units you previously owned. We recommend that you consult a tax professional to explain the possible tax consequences of exchanges and/or reinstatements.

Voting Rights

To the extent required by law, the Company will vote all shares of the underlying fund portfolios held in the separate account in accordance with instructions we receive from you and other owners that have voting interests in the portfolios. We will send you and other owners requests for instructions on how to vote those shares. When we receive those instructions, we will vote all of the shares in proportion to those instructions. Accordingly, it is possible for a small number of policy owners (assuming there is a quorum) to determine the outcome of a vote, especially if they have large policy values. If, however, we determine that we are permitted to vote the shares in our own right, we may do so.

Each person having a voting interest will receive proxy material, reports, and other materials relating to the appropriate portfolio.

IMSA

We are a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA). IMSA is an independent, voluntary organization of life insurance companies. It promotes high ethical standards in the sales and advertising of individual life insurance, long-term care insurance, and annuity products. Through its Principles and Code of Ethical Market Conduct, IMSA encourages its member companies to develop and implement policies and procedures to promote sound market practices. Companies must undergo a rigorous self and independent assessment of their practices to become a member of IMSA. The


 

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IMSA logo in our sales literature shows our ongoing commitment to these standards. You may find more information about IMSA and its ethical standards at www.imsaethics.org in the “Consumer” section or by contacting IMSA at: 240-744-3030.

Legal Proceedings

There are no legal proceedings to which the separate account is a party or to which the assets of the separate account are subject. The Company, like other life insurance companies, is involved in lawsuits. In some class action and other lawsuits involving other insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes that at the present time there are no pending or threatened lawsuits that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on the separate account, on the ability of Transamerica Capital, Inc., to perform under its principal underwriting agreement, or on the ability of the Company to meet its obligations under the policy.

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Transamerica Life Insurance Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa on April 19, 1961 as NN Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc. It is engaged in the sale of life and health insurance and annuity policies. The Company is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Transamerica Corporation which conducts most of its operations through subsidiary companies engaged in the insurance business or in providing non-insurance financial services. All of the stock of Transamerica Corporation is indirectly owned by AEGON N.V. of The Netherlands, the securities of which are publicly traded. AEGON N.V., a holding company, conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the insurance business. The Company is licensed in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all states except New York.

 

All obligations arising under the policies, including the promise to make annuity payments, are general corporate obligations of the Company.

Financial Condition of the Company

Many financial services companies, including insurance companies, have been facing challenges in this unprecedented economic and market environment, and we are not immune to those challenges. It is important for you to understand the impact these events may have, not only on your Policy Value, but also on our ability to meet the guarantees under your policy.

Assets in the Separate Account.You assume all of the investment risk for your policy value that is allocated to the subaccounts of the separate account. Your policy value in those subaccounts constitutes a portion of the assets of the separate account. These assets are segregated and insulated from our general account, and may not be charged with liabilities arising from any other business that we may conduct.

Assets in the General Account. You also may be permitted to make allocations to guaranteed period options of the fixed account, which are supported by the assets in our general account. Any guarantees under a policy that exceed policy value, such as those associated with any lifetime withdrawal benefit riders and any optional death benefits, are paid from our general account (and not the separate account). Therefore, any amounts that we may be obligated to pay under the policy in excess of policy value are subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability and our long-term ability to make such payments. The assets of the separate account, however, are also available to cover the liabilities of our general account, but only to the extent that the separate account assets exceed the separate account liabilities arising under the policies supported by it.


 

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We issue other types of insurance policies and financial products as well, and we also pay our obligations under these products from our assets in the general account.

Our Financial Condition. As an insurance company, we are required by state insurance regulation to hold a specified amount of reserves in order to meet all the contractual obligations of our general account. In order to meet our claims-paying obligation we monitor our reserves so that we hold sufficient amounts to cover actual or expected policy and claims payments. However, it is important to note that there are risks to purchasing any insurance product.

State insurance regulators also require insurance companies to maintain a minimum amount of capital, which acts as a cushion in the event that the insurer suffers a financial impairment, based on the inherent risks in the insurer’s operations. These risks include those associated with losses that we may incur as the result of defaults on the payment of interest or principal on our general account assets, which include bonds, mortgages, general real estate investments, and stocks, as well as the loss in market value of these investments.

How to Obtain More Information. We encourage both existing and prospective policy owners to read and understand our financial statements. We prepare our financial statements on a statutory basis. Our financial statements, which are presented in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Department of Commerce, Insurance Division as well as the financial statements of the separate account—are located in the statement of Additional Information (SAI). For a free copy of the SAI, simply call or write us at the phone number or address of our Administrative and Service Office referenced in this prospectus. In addition, the SAI’s available on the SEC;s website at http://www.sec.gov. Our financial strength can be found on our website.

 

The Separate Account

The Company established a separate account, called Separate Account VA B, under the laws of the State of Iowa on January 19, 1990. The separate account receives and invests the premium payments that are allocated to it for investment in shares of the underlying fund portfolios.

The separate account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act. However, the SEC does not supervise the management, the investment practices, or the policies of the separate account or the Company. Income, gains and losses (whether or not realized), from assets allocated to the separate account are, in accordance with the policies, credited to or charged against the separate account without regard to the Company’s other income, gains or losses.

The assets of the separate account are held in the Company’s name on behalf of the separate account and belong to the Company. However, those assets that underlie the policies are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the Company may conduct. The separate account may include other subaccounts that are not available under these policies.

Distribution of the Policies

Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement. We have entered into a principal underwriting agreement with our affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI), for the distribution and sale of the policies. We pay commissions to TCI which are passed through to selling firms. (See below). We also pay TCI an “override” that is a percentage of total commissions paid on sales of our policies which is not passed through to the selling


 

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firms and we may reimburse TCI for certain expenses it incurs in order to pay for the distribution of the policies. TCI markets the policies through bank affiliated firms, national brokerage firms, regional and independent broker-dealers and independent financial planners.

Compensation to Broker-Dealers Selling the Policies. The policies are offered to the public through broker-dealers (“selling firms”) that are licensed under the federal securities laws; the selling firm and/or its affiliates are also licensed under state insurance laws. The selling firms have entered into written selling agreements with us and with TCI as principal underwriter for the policies. We pay commissions through TCI to the selling firms for their sales of the policies.

A limited number of affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealers may also be paid commissions and overrides to “wholesale” the policies, that is, to provide sales support and training to sales representatives at the selling firms. We also provide compensation to a limited number of broker-dealers for providing ongoing service in relation to the policies that have already been purchased.

The selling firms that have selling agreements with us and TCI are paid commissions for the promotion and sale of the policies according to one or more schedules. The amount and timing of commissions may vary depending on the selling agreement, but the maximum commission is 1.25% of premiums (additional amounts may be paid as overrides to wholesalers).

To the extent permitted by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules, TCI may pay (or allow other broker-dealers to provide) promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or non-cash compensation or reimbursement to some, but not all, selling firms and their sales representatives. These arrangements are sometimes referred to as “revenue sharing” arrangements and are described further below.

 

The sales representative who sells you the policy typically receives a portion of the compensation we (and our affiliates) pay to the selling firms, depending on the agreement between the selling firm and its registered representative and the firm’s internal compensation program. These programs may include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. Ask your sales representative for further information about the compensation your sales representative, and the selling firm that employs your sales representative, may receive in connection with your purchase of a policy. Also inquire about any revenue sharing arrangements that we and our affiliates may have with the selling firm, including the conflicts of interests that such arrangements may create.

You should be aware that a selling firm or its sales representatives may receive different compensation or incentives for selling one product over another. In some cases, these payments may create an incentive for the selling firm or its sales representatives to recommend or sell this policy to you. You may wish to take such payments into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the policies.

Special Compensation Paid to Affiliated Firms.

We and/or our affiliates provide paid-in capital to TCI and pay the cost of TCI’s operating and other expenses, including costs for facilities, legal and accounting services, and other internal administrative functions. We and/or our affiliates also provide TCI with a percentage of total commissions paid on sales of our policies and provide TCI with capital payments that are not contingent on sales.

TCI’s registered representatives and supervisors may receive non-cash compensation, such as attendance at conferences, seminars and trips (such as travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, merchandise and other similar items, payments, loans, loan forgiveness or loan guaranties.


 

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Additional Compensation That We, TCI and/or Our Affiliates Pay to Selected Selling Firms. TCI, in connection with the sales of the policies, may pay certain selling firms additional cash amounts for “preferred product” treatment of the policies in their marketing programs in order to receive enhanced marketing services and increased access to their sales representatives. In exchange for providing TCI with access to their distribution network, such selling firms may receive additional compensation or reimbursement for, among other things, the hiring and training of sales personnel, marketing, sponsoring of conferences, meetings, seminars, events, and/or other services they provide to us and our affiliates. To the extent permitted by applicable law, TCI and other parties may provide the selling firms with occasional gifts, meals, tickets or other non-cash compensation as an incentive to sell the policies. These special compensation arrangements are not offered to all selling firms and the terms of such arrangements may differ among selling firms.

Special compensation arrangements are calculated in different ways by different selling firms and may be based on past or anticipated sales of the policies and other criteria. For instance, in 2009, TCI, in connection with the sales of our policies, made flat fee payments to several selling firms ranging from $12,500 to $500,000, and payments of between 0.10% and 0.25% on new sales. TCI also paid selling firms special fees based on new sales and/or assets under management.

During 2009, we and/or TCI had such “preferred product” arrangements with the following selling firms:

Bank of America

Bank West

Citizens Bank

CUNA

CUSO

Compass Bank

Eagle One

Financial Network

Fintegra

FNIC

Girard

Guaranty

Hantz Financial

H Beck

Huntington Bank

Investment Centers of America

LPL Financial, includes UVEST, Associates

Securities, Waterstone Financial and Mutual Service Corp.

M & T Bank

Merrill Lynch

Money Concepts

Morgan Keegan

National Planning Network

Planner Network

PNC Investments

Raymond James Financial Services

Raymond James and Associates

Sigma

Citigroup/Smith Barney

Suntrust Bank

TCF Bank

UBS Financial

US Bancorp

Union Bank

Wachovia, including both Wire and Bank Side as well as AG Edwards

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During 2009, in conjunction with TCI, we paid the following amounts (in addition to sales commissions) to the top 10 selling firms (in terms of amounts paid):

 

Name of Firm

   Amount
Paid in 2009

Merrill Lynch

   $ 2,074,412

Wachovia Wire/Wachovia Bank

   $ 1,362,846

Citigroup/Smith Barney

   $ 1,101,888

LPL Financial

   $ 890,763

UBS Financial

   $ 555,980

Raymond James Financial Services

   $ 418,385

M & T Bank

   $ 162,936

Suntrust Bank

   $ 151,592

Raymond James and Associates

   $ 146,405

US Bancorp

   $ 141,390

No specific charge is assessed directly to policy owners or the separate account to cover commissions, non-cash compensation, and other incentives or payments described above. We do intend to recoup commissions and other sales expenses and incentives we pay, however, through fees and charges deducted under the policy and other corporate revenue.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Glossary of Terms

The Policy - General Provisions

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences

Investment Experience

Historical Performance Data

Published Ratings

State Regulation of Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Administration

Records and Reports

Distribution of the Policies

Voting Rights

Other Products

Custody of Assets

Legal Matters

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Other Information Financial Statements

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APPENDIX

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following tables list the accumulation unit value information for accumulation units outstanding for policies with the highest total separate account expenses and policies with the lowest total separate account expenses available on December 31, 2009. Should the total separate account expense applicable to your policy fall between the highest and lowest charges, AND you wish to see a copy of the Condensed Financial Information applicable to your policy, such information is contained in the SAI. You can obtain a copy of the SAI FREE OF CHARGE by contacting us at:

 

calling:    (800) 525-6205
writing:    Transamerica Life Insurance Company
   4333 Edgewood Road NE
   Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001

 

          2.35%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.791064    $ 0.965395    36,603.301

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.791064    25,794.608

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.761839    $ 0.939349    2,310,531.733

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.761839    404,624.442

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.713422    $ 0.891308    1,603,360.459

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.713422    1,125,198.796

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.682134    $ 0.861942    908,777.419

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.682134    462,486.792

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995049    $ 0.982642    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.914573    $ 1.034332    191,381.210

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.914573    0.000

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.035634    $ 1.192580    2,045.146

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035634    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.730313    $ 0.898631    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.730313    0.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.997130    $ 0.974345    410,140.730

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.997130    499,848.546

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.026549    $ 1.045079    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026549    24,796.039

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.711438    $ 0.855991    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.711438    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999936    $ 0.997267    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.813250    $ 0.925927    109,564.307

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.813250    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.717740    $ 0.863815    112,931.656

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.717740    25,744.346

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio - Class B

   2009    $ 1.011815    $ 1.227904    59,166.767

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.011815    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.661888    $ 0.894518    210,572.384

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.661888    0.000

 

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Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund - Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989162    $ 1.255171    56,305.886

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989162    0.000

American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989759    $ 1.007176    0.000

American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000880    $ 0.992900    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988791    $ 1.002820    0.000

 

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          2.20%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.659771    $ 0.774160    17,557.769

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.071233    $ 0.659771    60,467.848
   2007    $ 1.109717    $ 1.071233    16,757.321
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.109717    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.821678    $ 1.004220    293,728.261

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.068508    $ 0.821678    363,493.084
   2007    $ 1.028896    $ 1.068508    1,573,755.975
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028896    2,143,204.101

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.646892    $ 0.819964    4,377,934.086

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.097527    $ 0.646892    5,195,878.118
   2007    $ 1.043203    $ 1.097527    5,036,939.314
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.043203    1,906,930.691

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.787834    $ 0.972831    3,141,510.807

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.091028    $ 0.787834    3,298,802.556
   2007    $ 1.035102    $ 1.091028    4,569,216.810
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035102    3,190,266.680

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718227    $ 0.898622    6,160,354.935

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.094403    $ 0.718227    6,219,743.049
   2007    $ 1.039992    $ 1.094403    5,561,161.806
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.039992    1,911,071.352

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.678604    $ 0.858728    536,162.426

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.089131    $ 0.678604    790,843.353
   2007    $ 1.026078    $ 1.089131    1,063,852.301
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026078    271,758.683

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.197677    116,933.347

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.699058    $ 0.777810    389,339.166

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.083638    $ 0.699058    148,217.637
   2007    $ 1.061455    $ 1.083638    388,233.301
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.061455    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201415    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.631266    $ 0.821542    32,769.651

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.122061    $ 0.631266    20,620.132
   2007    $ 1.231988    $ 1.122061    19,937.821
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.231988    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.990698    $ 1.008506    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995053    $ 0.982813    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988951    $ 1.005660    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986556    $ 0.985042    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception Date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.998143    $ 1.019844    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

Subaccount Inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.996382    $ 1.020512    0.000

 

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Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.997250    $ 1.021595    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 1.002869    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985139    $ 1.028818    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.678498    $ 0.858510    45,718.456

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.109967    $ 0.678498    45,749.882
   2007    $ 1.087719    $ 1.109967    32,453.027
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.087719    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.671651    $ 0.924589    35,764.412

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.091552    $ 0.671651    3,910.540
   2007    $ 1.002625    $ 1.091552    3,915.747
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.002625    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.658077    $ 0.821415    13,883.091

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.059916    $ 0.658077    26,454.857
   2007    $ 1.075152    $ 1.059916    27,187.635
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.075152    2,842.029

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.766090    $ 1.100861    47,413.660

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.050501    $ 0.766090    10,787.035
   2007    $ 1.055504    $ 1.050501    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.055504    0.000

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.709461    $ 0.917981    95,216.484

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.124963    $ 0.709461    108,299.751
   2007    $ 1.056173    $ 1.124963    89,784.879
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.056173    0.000

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.682411    $ 0.843556    73,067.729

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.184804    $ 0.682411    20,698.063
   2007    $ 1.008048    $ 1.184804    112,877.143
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.008048    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.043383    $ 1.181738    153,777.837

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.100224    $ 1.043383    47,712.577
   2007    $ 1.033553    $ 1.100224    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.033553    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.688386    $ 0.843056    27,698.129

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.102732    $ 0.688386    58,453.100
   2007    $ 1.093675    $ 1.102732    59,207.634
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.093675    14,339.062

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.647377    $ 0.905270    38,041.015

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.150766    $ 0.647377    69,327.456
   2007    $ 1.073143    $ 1.150766    19,118.022
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.073143    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.627366    $ 0.849152    17,614.100

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.008290    $ 0.627366    13,717.148
   2007    $ 0.943135    $ 1.008290    111,651.926
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.943135    3,149.091

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.662573    $ 0.828849    340,951.624

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.205308    $ 0.662573    30,170.900
   2007    $ 1.071454    $ 1.205308    379,588.557
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.071454    2,852.118

 

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          2.20%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP - Service Class

   2009    $ 1.035841    $ 1.194573    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035841    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.748230    $ 0.922028    5,561.455

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.134220    $ 0.748230    5,571.693
   2007    $ 1.022538    $ 1.134220    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.022538    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.704811    $ 0.904570    37,729.323

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.143446    $ 0.704811    51,112.315
   2007    $ 0.988035    $ 1.143446    26,214.820
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.988035    9,247.845

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.602171    $ 0.759470    221,029.047

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.143504    $ 0.602171    234,309.589
   2007    $ 1.007202    $ 1.143504    230,523.398
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007202    15,277.502

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.661959    $ 0.884251    9,577.885

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.148032    $ 0.661959    28,100.634
   2007    $ 0.956050    $ 1.148032    27,368.535
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.956050    6,237.915

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.041332    $ 1.019041    927,845.482

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.041763    $ 1.041332    2,219,365.276
   2007    $ 1.016363    $ 1.041763    886,750.385
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.016363    93,545.393

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.628096    $ 0.970354    9,267.268

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.255675    $ 0.628096    9,744.919
   2007    $ 0.968636    $ 1.255675    6,578.890
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.968636    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.657184    $ 0.918896    9,579.076

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.657184    9,579.076

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.125215    $ 1.147205    5,257.962

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.070646    $ 1.125215    200,535.739
   2007    $ 1.034510    $ 1.070646    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.034510    0.000

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.712135    $ 0.858083    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.712135    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 0.997437    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.814052    $ 0.928203    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.814052    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718445    $ 0.865935    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.718445    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 1.023376    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.708350    $ 0.871065    327,745.851

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.187790    $ 0.708350    130,440.550
   2007    $ 1.053195    $ 1.187790    383,655.125
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.053195    10,634.168

 

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          2.20%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.637320    $ 0.904751    53,582.314

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.127087    $ 0.637320    31,643.822
   2007    $ 1.057444    $ 1.127087    31,156.019
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057444    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.620384    $ 0.971986    25,642.898

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.183888    $ 0.620384    33,665.161
   2007    $ 0.989934    $ 1.183888    33,207.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989934    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.493700    $ 0.713676    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.049205    $ 0.493700    0.000
   2007    $ 1.057997    $ 1.049205    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057997    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.602721    $ 0.711919    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.073747    $ 0.602721    0.000
   2007    $ 0.982258    $ 1.073747    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.982258    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012024    $ 1.229961    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012024    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.656049    $ 0.772547    137,891.645

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.130667    $ 0.656049    0.000
   2007    $ 1.102114    $ 1.130667    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.102114    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.645570    $ 0.866064    167,322.111

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.096458    $ 0.645570    3,943.216
   2007    $ 0.986416    $ 1.096458    3,948.462
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.986416    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.662544    $ 0.896724    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.662544    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.658823    $ 0.873279    325,026.931

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.175023    $ 0.658823    135,896.477
   2007    $ 1.023854    $ 1.175023    480,594.411
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.023854    10,470.704

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.608766    $ 0.773660    32,182.942

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.088069    $ 0.608766    38,772.723
   2007    $ 1.098172    $ 1.088069    32,464.068
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.098172    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.643474    $ 0.805695    24,943.660

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.248218    $ 0.643474    43,449.798
   2007    $ 1.007280    $ 1.248218    42,777.592
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007280    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.652621    $ 0.892420    272,750.796

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.104504    $ 0.652621    80,990.115
   2007    $ 0.978803    $ 1.104504    466,289.976
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.978803    12,464.735

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.519691    $ 0.799135    42,267.109

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.090425    $ 0.519691    50,495.667
   2007    $ 1.057031    $ 1.090425    13,901.005
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057031    0.000

 

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          2.20%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Franklin Income Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664363    $ 0.881467    32,778.428

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.965310    $ 0.664363    35,490.995
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.965310    18,521.743

Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.590319    $ 0.728066    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.959380    $ 0.590319    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959380    0.000

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.620360    $ 0.831865    497,986.577

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.063477    $ 0.620360    62,921.714
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.063477    637,123.559

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund - Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989357    $ 1.257278    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989357    0.000

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.683719    $ 0.966318    10,258.208

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.244769    $ 0.683719    54,114.915
   2007    $ 1.045077    $ 1.244769    3,490.881
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.045077    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.637625    $ 0.857255    23,468.208

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.180831    $ 0.637625    29,768.100
   2007    $ 1.103619    $ 1.180831    29,311.097
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.103619    0.000

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.594189    $ 0.947224    5,743.634

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.004175    $ 0.594189    5,743.634
   2007    $ 1.003807    $ 1.004175    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.003807    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.824129    $ 0.949322    16,460.849

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.084369    $ 0.824129    26,691.046
   2007    $ 1.066387    $ 1.084369    31,479.282
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.066387    5,684.633

American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989763    $ 1.007351    0.000

American Funds - Bond Fund - Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000884    $ 0.993075    0.000

American Funds - Growth Fund - Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986466    $ 1.002214    0.000

American Funds - Growth-Income Fund - Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986787    $ 1.007604    0.000

American Funds - International Fund - Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.982897    $ 0.979738    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

           

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988795    $ 1.002991    0.000
          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.668487    $ 0.788249    28,678.835

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.080043    $ 0.668487    26,043.555
   2007    $ 1.113336    $ 1.080043    19,516.146
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.113336    0.000

 

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          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.832508    $ 1.022462    32,831,990.740

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.077281    $ 0.832508    27,859,183.695
   2007    $ 1.032248    $ 1.077281    9,911,600.449
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.032248    3,970,929.972

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.655444    $ 0.834891    3,977,025.575

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.106560    $ 0.655444    4,730,577.793
   2007    $ 1.046608    $ 1.106560    4,287,595.571
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.046608    995,971.343

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.798240    $ 0.990521    53,604,200.097

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.100000    $ 0.798240    47,185,575.489
   2007    $ 1.038479    $ 1.100000    32,989,878.993
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.038479    10,651,244.167

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.727702    $ 0.914957    72,540,743.826

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.103389    $ 0.727702    53,967,612.228
   2007    $ 1.043385    $ 1.103389    41,359,455.916
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.043385    15,858,883.434

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.687573    $ 0.874362    12,365,816.891

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.098098    $ 0.687573    8,713,333.772
   2007    $ 1.029432    $ 1.098098    6,501,343.024
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.029432    924,620.432

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201597    3,596,173.450

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.708289    $ 0.791956    2,333,334.998

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.092545    $ 0.708289    1,122,070.819
   2007    $ 1.064914    $ 1.092545    983,966.601
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.064914    61,452.322

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.205357    403,876.282

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.639615    $ 0.836507    393,492.088

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.131291    $ 0.639615    429,111.314
   2007    $ 1.235999    $ 1.131291    383,065.961
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.235999    47,044.134

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.990712    $ 1.009087    67,253.795

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995066    $ 0.983383    111,904.036

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988965    $ 1.006242    3,706.193

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986569    $ 0.985611    54,170.345

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception Date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.998157    $ 1.020435    131,413.343

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

Subaccount Inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.996395    $ 1.021103    56,168.869

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.997263    $ 1.022185    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 1.003452    1,210,008.409

 

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          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985153    $ 1.029410    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.687459    $ 0.874132    347,815.614

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.119092    $ 0.687459    345,434.301
   2007    $ 1.091266    $ 1.119092    6,458.304
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.091266    3,308.600

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.680522    $ 0.941418    208,693.644

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.100528    $ 0.680522    140,639.638
   2007    $ 1.005889    $ 1.100528    133,380
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.005889    25,692.508

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.666777    $ 0.836363    221,575.875

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.068640    $ 0.666777    218,649.796
   2007    $ 1.078664    $ 1.068640    181,435.623
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.078664    93,244.423

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.776180    $ 1.120823    863,904.686

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.059115    $ 0.776180    408,612.174
   2007    $ 1.058929    $ 1.059115    385,946.596
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.058929    145,668.239

Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear Fund - Service Class OAM

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 0.561600    36,339

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718825    $ 0.934669    572,957.821

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.134210    $ 0.718825    499,722.780
   2007    $ 1.059617    $ 1.134210    433,370.442
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.059617    86,710.093

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.691418    $ 0.858885    668,899.807

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.194541    $ 0.691418    425,265.556
   2007    $ 1.011337    $ 1.194541    368,276.698
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.011337    93,652.579

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.057139    $ 1.203194    6,723,271.642

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.109256    $ 1.057139    2,498,454.315
   2007    $ 1.036920    $ 1.109256    547,341.603
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036920    66,158.083

Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear Fund - Service Class OAM

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 0.561600    36,339.146

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.697469    $ 0.858373    474,560.204

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.111788    $ 0.697469    425,877.360
   2007    $ 1.097238    $ 1.111788    341,192.065
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.097238    47,887.878

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.655934    $ 0.921737    336,216.841

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.160230    $ 0.655934    128,217.546
   2007    $ 1.076644    $ 1.160230    134,250
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.076644    47,308.855

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.635650    $ 0.864603    525,139.979

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.016578    $ 0.635650    290,417.279
   2007    $ 0.946210    $ 1.016578    217,418.369
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.946210    7,155.051

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.671308    $ 0.843895    1,137,473.926

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.215207    $ 0.671308    128,156.594
   2007    $ 1.074942    $ 1.215207    112,008.614
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.074942    0.000

 

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          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.036556    $ 1.201275    78,807.415

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036556    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.758114    $ 0.938809    1,041,087.087

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.143549    $ 0.758114    446,753.985
   2007    $ 1.025873    $ 1.143549    306,556.463
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.025873    20,925.563

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.714117    $ 0.920995    424,103.009

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.152836    $ 0.714117    247,413.176
   2007    $ 0.991257    $ 1.152836    283,945.085
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.991257    38,696.224

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.610130    $ 0.773299    99,925.063

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.152912    $ 0.610130    134,522.022
   2007    $ 1.010483    $ 1.152912    90,425.642
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010483    8,971.277

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.670705    $ 0.900335    354,237.674

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.157481    $ 0.670705    37,875.860
   2007    $ 0.959175    $ 1.157481    38,563.024
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959175    38,378.572

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.055058    $ 1.037558    5,206,256.150

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.050319    $ 1.055058    10,380,130.853
   2007    $ 1.019675    $ 1.050319    2,769,227.153
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.019675    469,138.652

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.636390    $ 0.987985    192,382.603

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.265991    $ 0.636390    49,991.221
   2007    $ 0.971784    $ 1.265991    35,174.478
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.971784    37,561.641

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.660241    $ 0.927726    350,757.384

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.660241    253,859.108

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.140067    $ 1.168061    3,456,286.339

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.079456    $ 1.140067    1,422,883.555
   2007    $ 1.037892    $ 1.079456    115,935.315
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.037892    7,992.854

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.714488    $ 0.865150    1,509,057.841

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.714488    38,095.981

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 0.998015    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.816736    $ 0.935839    748,782.638

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.816736    266,216.046

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.720815    $ 0.873054    5,259,673.885

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.720815    779,065.245

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 1.023968    2,721.925

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.717685    $ 0.886892    1,005,468.530

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.197548    $ 0.717685    785,316.171
   2007    $ 1.056631    $ 1.197548    669,723.474
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.056631    137,538.568

 

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          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.645728    $ 0.921209    1,143,330.242

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.136350    $ 0.645728    658,843.227
   2007    $ 1.060888    $ 1.136350    45,350.521
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060888    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.628577    $ 0.989658    275,521.723

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.193621    $ 0.628577    167,256.060
   2007    $ 0.993158    $ 1.193621    75,807.290
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.993158    5,351.076

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.140067    $ 1.168061    366,923.232

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.079456    $ 1.140067    575,634.300
   2007    $ 1.037892    $ 1.079456    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.037892    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.500229    $ 0.726689    148,627.255

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.057839    $ 0.500229    7,197.074
   2007    $ 1.061450    $ 1.057839    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.061450    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.610681    $ 0.724882    107,629.898

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.082576    $ 0.610681    79,884.701
   2007    $ 0.985459    $ 1.082576    48,043.714
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.985459    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012714    $ 1.236838    240,848.455

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012714    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.664713    $ 0.786609    366,631.751

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.139956    $ 0.664713    382,491.275
   2007    $ 1.105703    $ 1.139956    384,039.487
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.105703    14,831.304

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.654092    $ 0.881799    138,678.643

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.105472    $ 0.654092    62,219.359
   2007    $ 0.989629    $ 1.105472    74,296.581
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989629    57,798.775

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664725    $ 0.904091    917,997.573

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.664725    64,280.341

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.667524    $ 0.889158    1,932,025.044

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.184684    $ 0.667524    1,780,089.552
   2007    $ 1.027191    $ 1.184684    1,228,445.617
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.027191    242,225.224

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.616816    $ 0.787750    214,300.604

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.097011    $ 0.616816    262,554.040
   2007    $ 1.101740    $ 1.097011    232,994.320
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.101740    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.651963    $ 0.820340    363,435.114

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.258464    $ 0.651963    298,156.996
   2007    $ 1.010566    $ 1.258464    82,574.695
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010566    36,599.623

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.661245    $ 0.908666    1,013,808.216

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.113602    $ 0.661245    733,394.285
   2007    $ 0.982004    $ 1.113602    637,448.174
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.982004    110,511.782

 

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          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.526557    $ 0.813664    440,228.339

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.099391    $ 0.526557    414,443.851
   2007    $ 1.060474    $ 1.099391    159,724.870
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060474    21,771.278

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.669833    $ 0.893086    1,900,072.534

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.968475    $ 0.669833    1,354,399.684
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.968475    656,829.077

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.595191    $ 0.737697    679,484.895

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.962542    $ 0.595191    677,267.432
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.962542    442,275.796

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.625466    $ 0.842826    1,107,019.661

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.066974    $ 0.625466    660,223.309
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.066974    303,752.013

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.990039    $ 1.264301    1,100,688.843

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.990039    9,730.069

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.692757    $ 0.983918    247,056.568

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.255004    $ 0.692757    168,440.473
   2007    $ 1.048491    $ 1.255004    124,949.696
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.048491    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.646052    $ 0.872856    243,199.759

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.190543    $ 0.646052    108,637.236
   2007    $ 1.107223    $ 1.190543    106,701.264
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.107223    1,406.919

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.602040    $ 0.964471    251,340.364

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.012433    $ 0.602040    124,274.333
   2007    $ 1.007074    $ 1.012433    85,746.349
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007074    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.834998    $ 0.966566    679,769.137

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.093271    $ 0.834998    569,824.074
   2007    $ 1.069851    $ 1.093271    194,515.470
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.069851    6,297.165

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989776    $ 1.007931    78,055.631

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000897    $ 0.993644    63,418.369

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986479    $ 1.002789    0.000

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986801    $ 1.008181    0.000

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.982910    $ 0.980303    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988808    $ 1.003571    0.000

 

(1)

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP, Transamerica Capital Guardian Value VP and Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP merged into Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP.

(2)

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP and Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP merged into Transamerica Jennison Growth VP.

(3)

Formerly known as Transamerica Legg Mason Partners All Cap VP.

(4)

Formerly known as Transamerica MFS High Yield VP.

 

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(5)

Transamerica Science & Technology VP merged into Transamerica Templeton Global VP and Transamerica Templeton Global VP changed its name to Transamerica Diversified Equity VP.

(6)

Transamerica Value Balanced VP merged into Transamerica Balanced VP.

 

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POLICY VARIATIONS

The dates shown below are the approximate first issue dates of the various versions of the policy. These dates will vary by state in many cases. This Appendix describes certain of the more significant differences in features of the various versions of the policy. There may be additional variations. Please see your actual policy and any attachments for determining your specific coverage.

 

Policy Form/Endorsement

  

Approximate First Issue Date

AV212 101 75 1292 (Policy Form)

   May 1993

V829 & S831 (replacement pages for 1.65 M&E)

   January 1994

AE872 395 (endorsement)

   May 1995

AV265 101 89 396 (Policy Form)

   June 1996

AE900 396 (endorsement)

   June 1996

AV339 101 101 497 (Policy Form)

   July 1997

AE957 497 (endorsement)

   July 1997

AV400 101 107 198 (Policy Form)

   May 1998

 

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Transamerica Freedom 95

  

Transamerica Freedom 95

  

Transamerica Freedom 96

Product Feature    AV212 101 75 1292    AV212 101 75 1292, with V829 and S831 Replacement Pages and AV212 101 75 395 SP Replacement Spec and AE 872 395 Death Benefit Endorsement   

AV265 101 89 396 and

AE900 396

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option(s)    5% Annually Compounding or Annual Step-Up.    5% Annually Compounding or Annual Step-Up.    5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Annual Step-Up (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C). Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 81. Option C is only available for issue ages 81-84.
Death Proceeds    Greater of 1) the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, or 2) the total premiums paid for this policy, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% interest per annum to the date we receive due proof of death.    Greater of 1) the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, or 2) the total premiums paid for this policy, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% interest per annum to the date we receive due proof of death.    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.
Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge prior to Annuity Commencement Date   

1.65% first 10 policy years

0.25% less after first 10 policy years

  

1.65% first 10 policy years

0.25% less after first 10 policy years

  

1.65% first 10 policy years

0.25% less after first 10 policy years

Is Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge different after the Annuity Commencement Date?    No    No    No
Fund Facilitation Fee    No    No    No
Guaranteed Period Options (available in the Fixed Account)    N/A    N/A    1, 3 and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.
Distribution Financing Charge    N/A    Applicable    Applicable
Annual Contract Charge (Service Charge)   

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

Optional Riders    Family Income Protector Managed Annuity Program 5 for Life 2005    Family Income Protector Managed Annuity Program 5 for Life 2005   

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Taxpayer Family Income Portector

Managed Annuity Program

Managed Annuity Program II

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2003 Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

5 for Life 2005

Excess Interest Adjustment    N/A    N/A    Yes
Asset Rebalancing    Yes    Yes    Yes
Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option    Yes (No fixed DCA Account)    Yes    Yes

 

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Transamerica Freedom 95

  

Transamerica Freedom 95

  

Transamerica Freedom 96

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option    N/A    N/A    Yes (by Endorsement AE 900 396)
Unemployment Waiver    N/A    N/A    N/A
    

Transamerica Freedom 97

  

Transamerica Freedom 98

  

Transamerica Freedom 98

Product Feature    AV339 101 101 497 and AE957 497    AV400 101 107 198 with AE957 497    AV400 101 107 198 with RGMI 1 798,
Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option(s)    5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Annual Step-Up (Option B), or Return or Premium (Option C) Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 81.    5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Double Enhanced (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C) Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 81.    5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Double Enhanced (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C) Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 81.
Death Proceeds    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.
Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge prior to Annuity Commencement Date   

1.50% for Return of Premium - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for Annual Step-Up - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for 5% Compounding - first 10 Policy Years

0.25% less after First 10 Policy Years

  

1.50% for Return of Premium - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for Double Enhanced - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for 5% Compounding - first 10 Policy Years

0.25% less after First 10 Policy Years

  

1.50% for Return of Premium - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for Double Enhanced - first 10 Policy Years

1.65% for 5% Compounding - first 10 Policy Years

0.25% less after First 10 Policy Years

Is Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge different after the Annuity Commencement Date?    No    Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.    Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.
Fund Facilitation Fee    No    No    No
Guaranteed Period Options (available in the Fixed Account)    1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.    1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.    1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.
Distribution Financing Charge    Applicable    Applicable    Applicable
Annual Contract Charge (Service Charge)   

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

Optional Riders   

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Taxpayer Family Income Portector

Managed Annuity Program Managed Annuity Program II

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2003

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

5 for Life 2005

  

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Taxpayer Family Income Portector

Managed Annuity Program

Managed Annuity Program II

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2003

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

5 for Life 2005

  

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Taxpayer Family Income Portector

Managed Annuity Program

Managed Annuity Program II

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2003

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

5 for Life 2005

Excess Interest Adjustment    Yes    Yes    Yes
Asset Rebalancing    Yes    Yes    Yes

 

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Transamerica Freedom 97

  

Transamerica Freedom 98

  

Transamerica Freedom 98

Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option    Yes    Yes    Yes
Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option    Yes (by Endorsement AE 957 497)    Yes (by Endorsement AE 957 497)    Yes (by Endorsement AE 957 497)
Unemployment Waiver    N/A    N/A    N/A
    

Transamerica Freedom 2003

  

Transamerica Freedom 2006

  

Transamerica Freedom 2008

Product Feature    AV864 101 165 103    AV864 101 165 103    AV864 101 165 103
Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option(s)    Modal Double Enhanced (Option A) - RGMD 6 0203, or Modal Annual Step-Up (Option B) - RGMD 5 0103, or Return of Premium (Option C) - RGMD 8 0603. Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 81.    Modal Double Enhanced (Option A) - RGMD 6 0203, or Modal Annual Step-Up (Option B) - RGMD 5 0103, or Return of Premium (Option C) - RGMD 8 0603. Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 76. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 81.    Modal Double Enhanced (Option A) - RGMD 15 0108, or Modal Annual Step-Up (Option B) - RGMD 5 0103, or Return of Premium (Option C) - RGMD 8 0603. Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 76. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 76.
Death Proceeds    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.    Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.
Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge prior to Annuity Commencement Date    1.65% for Return of Premium 1.85% for Annual Step-Up 2.15% for Double Enhanced   

1.60% for Policy Value

1.70% for Return of Premium

1.90% for Annual Step-Up

2.20% for Double Enhanced

   1.70% for Return of Premium 1.90% for Annual Step-Up 2.35% for Double Enhanced
Is Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge different after the Annuity Commencement Date?    Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.    Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.    Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.
Fund Faciliation Fee    Yes - 0.30% if you choose American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund, American Funds - Bond Fund, American Funds - Growth Fund, American Funds - Growth-Income Fund, or American Funds - International Fund. 0.20% if you choose AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio or GE Investments Total Return Fund. 0.15% if you choose Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund. 0.10% if you choose Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP.    Yes - 0.30% if you choose American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund, American Funds - Bond Fund, American Funds - Growth Fund, American Funds - Growth-Income Fund, or American Funds - International Fund. 0.20% if you choose AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio or GE Investments Total Return Fund. 0.15% if you choose Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund. 0.10% if you choose Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP.    Yes - 0.30% if you choose American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund, American Funds - Bond Fund, American Funds - Growth Fund, American Funds - Growth-Income Fund, or American Funds - International Fund. 0.20% if you choose AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio or GE Investments Total Return Fund. 0.15% if you choose Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund. 0.10% if you choose Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP.
Guaranteed Period Options (available in the Fixed Account)    1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.    1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.    1, 3, 5, and 7 year Guaranteed Periods available.
Distribution Financing Charge    Applicable    Applicable    Applicable

 

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Transamerica Freedom 2003

  

Transamerica Freedom 2006

  

Transamerica Freedom 2008

Annual Contract Charge (Service Charge)   

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

  

Assessed on each Policy Anniversary

$0-$1750 Policy Value = 2%

$1751-$49999.99 = $35

+$49999.99 = $0

Optional Riders   

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2003

5 for Life 2005

Income Select for Life

  

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

5 for Life 2005

Income Select for Life Retirement Income Choice

Retirement Income Choice 2008 (with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit)

Retirement Income Choice 1.2

Retirement Income Choice 1.4

  

Taxpayer 2003

Taxpayer Plus 2

Guaranteed Principal Solution 2005

Retirement Income Choice

Retirement Income Choice 2008 (with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit)

Retirement Income Choice 1.2

Retirement Income Choice 1.4

Excess Interest Adjustment    Yes    Yes    Yes
Asset Rebalancing    Yes    Yes    Yes
Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option    Yes    Yes    Yes
Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option    Yes    Yes    Yes
Unemployment Waiver    Yes    Yes    Yes

 

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EXCESS INTEREST ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES

Money that you surrender from, transfer out of, or apply to an annuity payment option, from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account before the end of its guaranteed period (the number of years you specified the money would remain in the guaranteed period option) may be subject to an excess interest adjustment (“EIA”). At the time you request a surrender, if interest rates set by the Company have risen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a lower cash value. However, if interest rates have fallen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a higher cash value.

Excess interest adjustments will not reduce the policy value for a guaranteed period option below the premium payments and transfers to that guaranteed period option, less any prior partial surrenders and transfers from the guaranteed period option, plus interest at the policy’s minimum guaranteed effective annual interest rate. This is referred to as the excess interest adjustment floor.

The formula that will be used to determine the excess interest adjustment is:

S* (G-C)* (M/12)

 

S    =    Gross amount being surrendered that is subject to the excess interest adjustment
G    =    Guaranteed interest rate in effect for the policy
C    =    Current guaranteed interest rate then being offered on new premiums for the next longer option period than “M”. If this policy form or such an option period is no longer offered, “C” will be the U.S.Treasury rate for the next longer maturity (in whole years) than “M” on the 25th day of the previous calendar month, plus up to 2%.
M    =    Number of months remaining in the current option period, rounded up to the next higher whole number of months.
*    =    multiplication
^    =    exponentiation

The following examples are for illustrative purposes only and ore calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.

 

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Example 1 (Full Surrender, rates increase by 4%):

 

Single premium:    $50,000.00
Guarantee period:    5 Years
Guarantee rate:    5.50% per annum
Surrender:    Middle of policy year 3
Policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 50,000.00 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18
Adjustment free amount at middle of policy year 3    = 57,161.18 - 50,000 = 7,161.18
Amount subject to excess interest adjustment    = 57,161.18 – 7,161.18 = 50,000.00
Excess interest adjustment floor    = 50,000.00 * (1.015) ^ 2.5 = 51,896.14
Excess interest adjustment   
G = .055   
C = .095   
M = 30   
Excess interest adjustment    = S * (G - C) * (M/12)
   = 50,000.00 * (.055 - .095) * (30/12)
   = -5,000.00, but excess interest adjustment cannot cause the adjusted policy value to fall below the excess interest adjustment floor, so the adjustment is limited to 51,896.14 - 57,161.18 = -5,265.03
Adjusted policy value    = policy value + excess interest adjustment
   = 57,161.18 + (-5,265.03) = 51,896.15
Cash value at middle of policy year 3    = policy value + excess interest adjustment
   = 57,161.18 + (-5,265.03) = 51,896.15
Upon full surrender of the policy, the minimum cash value will never be less than that required by the non-forfeiture laws of your state.

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.

 

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Example 2 (Full Surrender, rates decrease by 1%):

 

Single premium:    $50,000.00
Guarantee period:    5 Years
Guarantee rate:    5.50% per annum
Surrender:    Middle of policy year 3
Policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 50,000.00 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18
Adjustment free amount at middle of policy year 3    = 57,161.18 – 50,000.00 = 7,161.18
Amount subject to excess interest adjustment    = 57,161.18 – 7,161.18 = 50,000.00
Excess interest adjustment floor    = 50,000.00 * (1.015) ^ 2.5 = 51,896.14
Excess interest adjustment   
G = .055   
C = .045   
M = 30   
Excess interest adjustment    = S * (G - C) * (M/12)
   = 50,000.00 * (.055 - .045) * (30/12) = 1,250.00
Adjusted policy value    = 57,161.18 + 1,250.00 = 58,411.18
Cash value at middle of policy year 3    = policy value + excess interest adjustment
   = 57,161.18 + 1,250.00 = 58,411.18
Upon full surrender of the policy, the minimum cash value will never by less than that required by the non-forfeiture laws of your state.

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.

On a partial surrender, the Company will pay the policyholder the full amount of surrender requested (as long as the policy value is sufficient). Amounts surrendered will reduce the policy value by an amount equal to:

R - E

 

  R    =    the requested partial surrender   
  E    =    the excess interest adjustment   

 

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Example 3 (Partial Surrender, rates increase by 1%):

 

Single premium:    $50,000.00
Guarantee period:    5 Years
Guarantee rate:    5.50% per annum
Partial surrender:    $20,000; middle of policy year 3
Policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 50,000.00 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18
Adjustment free amount at middle of contract year 3    = 57,161.18 – 50,000.00 = 7,161.18
Excess interest adjustment   
S= 20,000 – 7,161.18 = 12,838.82   
G= .055   
C= .065   
M= 30   
Excess interest adjustment    = S * (G - C) * (M/12)
   = 12,838.82 * (.055 - .065) * (30/12)
   = - 320.97
Remaining policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 57,161.18 - (R - E)
   = 57,161.18 - (20,000.00 - (-320.97)) = 36,840.21

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.

Example 4 (Partial Surrender, rates decrease by 1%):

 

Single premium:    $50,000.00
Guarantee period:    5 Years
Guarantee rate:    5.50% per annum
Partial surrender:    $20,000; middle of policy year 3
Policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 50,000.00 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18
Adjustment free amount at middle of policy year 3    = 57,161.18 - 50,000.00 = 7,161.18
Excess interest adjustment   
S= 20,000 – 7,161.18 = 12,838.82   
G= .055   
C= .045   
M= 30   
Excess interest adjustment    = 12,838.82 * (.055 - .045) * (30/12)
   = 320.97
Remaining policy value at middle of policy year 3    = 57,161.18 - (R - E)
   = 57,161.18 - (20,000.00 – 320.97) = 37,482.15

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.

 

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APPENDIX

DEATH BENEFIT

Adjusted Partial Surrender. If you make a partial surrender (withdrawal), then your guaranteed minimum death benefit is reduced by an amount called the adjusted partial surrender. The amount of the reduction depends on the relationship between your death benefit and policy value. The adjusted partial surrender is equal to (1) plus (2) multiplied by (3), where:

 

(1) is the amount of the gross partial surrender that is less than the remaining annual adjustment-free amount for the policy year. For any death benefit other than the Double Enhanced Death Benefit, this amount is equal to zero;

 

(2) is the gross partial surrender amount that exceeds the annual adjustment-free amount (excess gross partial surrender);

 

(3) is the adjustment factor = current death proceeds after the annual free surrender amount but prior to the excess gross partial surrender divided by the policy value after the free amount but prior to the gross partial surrender.

The following examples describe the effect of a surrender on the guaranteed minimum death benefit and policy value.

Example 1 (Assumed Facts for Example)

 

Current guaranteed minimum death benefit before surrender

   $ 75,000

Current policy value before surrender

   $ 50,000

Current death proceeds

   $ 75,000

Remaining guaranteed minimum death benefit adjustment free amount

   $ 3,000

Total Gross Partial Surrender

   $ 15,494

Adjusted partial surrender = 3,000 + (15,494 – 3,000) * (75,000 – 3,000) / (50,000 – 3,000)

   $ 22,140

New guaranteed minimum death benefit (after surrender) = 75,000 – 22,140

   $ 52,860

New policy value (after surrender) = 50,000 – 15,494

   $ 34,506

Summary:

 

Reduction in guaranteed minimum death benefit

   =$ 22,140

Reduction in policy value

   =$ 15,494

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.
** The guaranteed minimum death benefit is reduced more than the policy value because the guaranteed minimum death benefit was greater than the policy value just prior to the surrender.

 

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Example 2 (Assumed Facts for Example)

 

Current guaranteed minimum death benefit before surrender

   $ 50,000

Current policy value before surrender

   $ 75,000

Current death proceeds

   $ 75,000

Remaining guaranteed minimum death benefit adjustment free surrender amount

   $ 1,000

Total Gross Partial Surrender

   $ 15,556

Adjusted partial surrender = 1,000 + (15,556 – 1,000) * (75,000 – 1,000) / (75,000 – 1,000)

   $ 15,556

New guaranteed minimum death benefit (after surrender) = 50,000 – 15,556

   $ 34,444

New policy value (after surrender) = 75,000 – 15,556

   $ 59,444

Summary:

 

Reduction in guaranteed minimum death benefit

   =$ 15,556

Reduction in policy value

   =$ 15,556

 

* This example is for illustrative purposes only. The purpose of this illustration is to demonstrate how this feature is calculated using hypothetical values. Your experience will vary based on circumstances at the time of withdrawal.
** The guaranteed minimum death benefit and policy value are reduced by the same amount because the policy value was higher than the guaranteed minimum death benefit just prior to the surrender.

Due proof of death of the annuitant is proof that the annuitant died prior to the commencement of annuity payments. A certified copy of a death certificate, a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, a written statement by the attending physician, or any other proof satisfactory to the Company will constitute due proof of death.

Upon receipt in good order (at our Administrative and Service Office) of this proof and an election of a method of settlement and return of the policy, the death benefit generally will be paid within seven days, or as soon thereafter as the Company has sufficient information about the beneficiary(ies) to make the payment. The beneficiary may receive the amount payable in a lump sum cash benefit, or, subject to any limitation under any state or federal law, rule, or regulation, under one of the annuity payment options described above, unless a settlement agreement is effective at the death of the owner preventing such election.

If an owner is not an annuitant, and dies prior to the annuity commencement date, the new owner may surrender the policy at any time for the amount of the policy value. If the new owner is not the deceased owner’s spouse, however, (1) the policy value must be distributed within five years after the date of the deceased owner’s death, or (2) payments under an annuity payment option must begin no later than one year after the deceased owner’s death and must be made for the new owner’s lifetime or for a period certain (so long as any period certain does not exceed the new owner’s life expectancy). If the sole new owner is the deceased owner’s surviving spouse, such spouse may elect to continue the policy as the new owner instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

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Beneficiary. The beneficiary designation in the enrollment form will remain in effect until changed. The owner may change the designated beneficiary by sending written notice to the Company. The beneficiary’s consent to such change is not required unless the beneficiary was irrevocably designated or law requires consent. (If an irrevocable beneficiary dies, the owner may then designate a new beneficiary.) The change will take effect as of the date the owner signs the written notice, whether or not the owner is living when the notice is received by the Company. The Company will not be liable for any payment made before the written notice is received. If more than one beneficiary is designated, and the owner fails to specify their interests, they will share equally. If upon the death of the annuitant there is a surviving owner(s), the surviving owner(s) automatically takes the place of any beneficiary designation.

Hypothetical Example

In this example, certain death benefit values at various points in time are depicted based on hypothetical assumed rates of performance. This example is for illustrative purposes only and assumes a single $100,000 premium payment by a sole owner and annuitant who is age 50. It further assumes no subsequent premium payments or withdrawals.

 

End of Year

   Net Rate of
Return for Fund*
    Return of
Premium
   Annual
Step-Up
   Greater of 6% &
Monthly Step-Up**

Issue

   N/A      $ 100,000    $ 100,000    $ 100,000

1

   -4   $ 100,000    $ 100,000    $ 106,000

2

   20   $ 100,000    $ 112,622    $ 112,360

3

   17   $ 100,000    $ 130,417    $ 128,804

4

   -7   $ 100,000    $ 130,417    $ 128,804

5

   18   $ 100,000    $ 139,836    $ 136,900

6

   10   $ 100,000    $ 152,142    $ 148,331

7

   16   $ 100,000    $ 174,658    $ 169,616

8

   10   $ 100,000    $ 190,028    $ 183,779

9

   19   $ 100,000    $ 223,853    $ 215,665

10

   10   $ 100,000    $ 243,553    $ 233,673

 

* The assumed rate does reflect the deduction of a hypothetical fund fee but does not reflect the deduction of any other fees, charges or taxes. The death benefit values do reflect the deduction of hypothetical base policy fees and hypothetical death benefit fees. Different hypothetical returns would produce different results.
** For years 1-2, the cumulative portion is higher, for the remaining years the step-up portion is higher (if the hypothetical returns for these years had been lower, the cumulative portion would be larger than the step-up portion).

 

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ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION RIDER — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The following example illustrates the Additional Death Distribution additional death benefit payable by this rider as well as the effect of a partial surrender on the Additional Death Distribution benefit amount. The annuitant is less than age 71 on the Rider Date.

Example 1

 

Policy Value on the Rider Date:

   $ 100,000

Premiums paid after the Rider Date before Surrender:

   $ 25,000

Gross Partial Surrenders after the Rider Date:

   $ 30,000

Policy Value on date of Surrender:

   $ 150,000

Rider Earnings on Date of Surrender (Policy Value on date of surrender – Policy Value on Rider Date – Premiums paid after Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings = $150,000 - $100,000 - $25,000 + 0):

   $ 25,000

Amount of Surrender that exceeds Rider Earnings ($30,000 - $25,000):

   $ 5,000

Base Policy Death Benefit on the date of Death Benefit Calculation:

   $ 200,000

Policy Value on the date of Death Benefit Calculations:

   $ 175,000

Rider Earnings (= Policy Value on date of Death Benefit Calculations – policy value on Rider Date – Premiums since Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings = $175,000 - $100,000 – $25,000 + $5,000):

   $ 55,000

Additional Death Benefit Amount (= Additional Death Benefit Factor * Rider Earnings = 40%* $55,000):

   $ 22,000

Total Death Benefit paid (=Base policy death benefit plus Additional Death Benefit Amount):

   $ 222,000

Example 2

 

Policy Value on the Rider Date:

   $ 100,000

Premiums paid after the Rider Date before Surrender:

   $ 0

Gross Partial Surrenders after the Rider Date:

   $ 0

Base Policy Death Benefit on the date of Death Benefit Calculation:

   $ 100,000

Policy Value on the date of Death Benefit Calculations:

   $ 75,000

Rider Earnings (= Policy Value on date of death benefit calculations – policy value on Rider Date – Premiums since Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings = $75,000 - $100,000 - $0 + $0):

   $ 0

Additional Death Benefit Amount (= Additional Death Benefit Factor * Rider Earnings = 40%* $0):

   $ 0

Total Death Benefit paid (=Base policy death benefit plus Additional Death Benefit Amount):

   $ 100,000

 

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ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION+ RIDER - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Assume the Additional Death Distribution+ is added to a new policy opened with $100,000 initial premium. The annuitant is less than age 71 on the Rider Date. On the first and second Rider Anniversaries, the Policy Value is $110,000 and $95,000 respectively when the Rider Fees are deducted. The annuitant adds $25,000 premium in the 3rd Rider Year when the Policy Value is equal to $115,000 and then takes a withdrawal of $35,000 during the 4th Rider Year when the Policy Value is equal to $145,000. After 5 years, the Policy Value is equal to $130,000 and the death proceeds are equal to $145,000.

Example 1

 

Account Value on Rider Date (equals initial policy value since new policy)

   $ 100,000

Additional Death Benefit during first Rider Year

   $ 0

Rider Fee on first Rider Anniversary (= Rider Fee * Policy Value = 0.55% * $110,000)

   $ 605

Additional Death Benefit during 2nd Rider Year (= sum of total Rider Fees paid)

   $ 605

Rider Fee on second Rider Anniversary (= Rider Fee * Policy Value = 0.55% * $95,000)

   $ 522.50

Additional Death Benefit during 3rd Rider Year (= sum of total Rider Fees paid = $605 + $522.50)

   $ 1,127.50

Rider Benefit Base in 3rd Rider Year prior to Premium addition (= Account Value less premiums added since Rider Date = $115,000 – $0)

   $ 115,000

Rider Benefit Base in 3rd Rider Year after Premium addition (= $140,000 – $25,000)

   $ 115,000

Rider Benefit Base in 4th Rider Year prior to withdrawal (= Account Value less premiums added since Rider Date = $145,000 – $25,000)

   $ 120,000

Rider Benefit Base in 4th Rider Year after withdrawal = (Account Value less premiums added since Rider Date =$110,000 – $25,000)

   $ 85,000

Rider Benefit Base in 5th Rider Year (= $130,000 - $25,000)

   $ 105,000

Additional Death Benefit = Rider Benefit Percentage * Rider Benefit Base = 30% * $105,000

   $ 31,500

Total Death Proceeds in 5th Rider Year (= base policy Death Proceeds + Additional Death Benefit Amount = $145,000 + $31,500)

   $ 176,500

 

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GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT COMPARISON TABLE

Important aspects of the Retirement Income ChoiceSM, 1.2, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4, the Income LinkSM, the Living Benefits Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, or the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider. are summararized in the following chart.

Note: The the Retirement Income ChoiceSM, 1.2, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4, the Income LinkSM, the Living Benefits Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, or the Retirement Income Choice SM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider. and any additional options available under that rider, may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies; the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Riders may not be available in all states. You should consult with tax and financial professionals to determine which of these riders is appropriate for you.

 

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider

  

Income LinkSM Rider

Benefit:    Benefit:    Benefit:

•   Provides

  

•   Provides:

  

•   Provides:

(1) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (“GLWB”)—i.e., a level of cash withdrawals (and payments from us, if necessary) regardless of the performance of the Designated Investment Option or the Open Allocation Option that you select.

  

(1) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (“GLWB”)—i.e., a level of cash withdrawals (and payments from us, if necessary) regardless of the performance of the Designated Investment Option or the Open Allocation Option that you select.

  

(1) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (“GLWB”)—i.e., a front-loaded, two-tiered GLWB providing level of cash withdrawals (and payments from us, if necessary) regardless of the performance of the Designated Investment Option that you select.

(2) Growth—On each of the first 10 rider anniversaries, we add an annual growth credit (5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary) to the withdrawal base if no withdrawals have occurred during the preceding rider year.

  

(2) Growth—On each of the first 10 rider anniversaries, we add an annual growth credit (5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary) to the withdrawal base if no withdrawals have occurred during the preceding rider year.

  

(2) Automatic Step-Up—We will automatically step-up the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. You can opt out of the automatic step-up if the automatic step-up would result in an increase in the rider fee percentage.

(3) Automatic Step-Up—We will automatically step-up the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. You can opt out of the automatic step-up if the automatic step-up would result in an increase in the rider fee percentage.

  

(3) Automatic Step-Up—We will automatically step-up the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. You can opt out of the automatic step-up if the automatic step-up would result in an increase in the rider fee percentage.

  

 

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider

  

Income LinkSM Rider

•   Upgrades:

  

•   Upgrades:

  

•   Upgrades:

You may request by sending us written notice. If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee). If you have elected the joint life option under the rider, you cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or an annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (unless state law requires a lower maximum age).

  

You may request by sending us written notice. If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee). If you have elected the joint life option under the rider, you cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or an annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (unless state law requires a lower maximum age).

  

You may request by sending us written notice. If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee). If you have elected the joint life option under the rider, you cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or an annuitant’s spouse is 81 or older (unless state law requires a lower maximum age).

 

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider

  

Income LinkSM Rider

•   Additional Options:

  

•   Additional Options:

  

•   Additional Options:

(1) Death Benefit Option—You may add an amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy.

 

(2) Joint Life Option—You may elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the death of the annuitant or the death of the annuitant’s spouse. The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner (along with the annuitant) or the sole primary beneficiary (without a joint owner).

  

(1) Death Benefit Option—You may add an amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy.

 

(2) Joint Life Option—You may elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the death of the annuitant or the death of the annuitant’s spouse. The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner (along with the annuitant) or the sole primary beneficiary (without a joint owner).

  

(1) Joint Life Option—You may elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the death of the annuitant or the death of the annuitant’s spouse. The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner (along with the annuitant) or the sole primary beneficiary (without a joint owner).

(3) Income Enhancement Option—If the rider has been in effect for at least 12 months, then you may elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant or the annuitant’s spouse, if the joint life option is elected, is confined in a hospital or nursing facility because of a medical necessity, and has been so confined for an “elimination period” (i.e. 180 days within the last 365 days).

 

You cannot elect this option if the qualifying person(s) is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility when the rider is elected. In addition, the increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person(s) is/are no longer confined.

  

(3) Income Enhancement Option—If the rider has been in effect for at least 12 months, then you may elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant or the annuitant’s spouse, if the joint life option is elected, is confined in a hospital or nursing facility because of a medical necessity, and has been so confined for an “elimination period” (i.e., 180 days within the last 365 days).

 

You cannot elect this option if the qualifying person(s) is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility when the rider is elected. In addition, the increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person(s) is/are no longer confined.

  

 

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Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.2 Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4 Rider

  

Income LinkSM Rider

Availability:    Availability:    Availability:

•   Younger than age 86 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

  

•   Younger than age 86 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

  

•   Younger than age 81 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

Charges:    Charges:   

(1) for Base Benefit only:

Designated Investment option—0.40% to 1.25% (single life and joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary:

 

Open Investment Option—1.10% (single life and joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary:

 

(2) with Death Benefit Option—0.25% (single life) or 0.20% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee:

 

(3) with Income Enhancement—0.15% (single life) or 0.30% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee.

  

(1) for Base Benefit only Designated Investment option - 0.40% to 1.25% (single life and joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary;

 

(2) with Death Benefit Option—0.25% (single life) or 0.20% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee;

 

(3) with Income Enhancement Option—0.15% (single life) or 0.30% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee.

  
Investment Restrictions:    Investment Restrictions:    Investment Restrictions:

•   Designated Investment option—You must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more investment options we designate.

  

•   Designated Investment option—You must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more investment options that we designate.

  

•   Designated Investment option—You must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more investment options that we designate.

•   Open Investment option (“OA”)—We monitor your policy value and, as we deem necessary to support the guarantees under the rider, may transfer amounts between investment options that we designate and the variable investment choices that you select.

     

 

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Living Benefits Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double
Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

Benefit:    Benefit:    Benefit:

•   Provides:

  

•   Provides:

  

•   Provides:

(1) Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (“GMAB”)—Ten years after you elect the rider (“guaranteed future value date”), your policy value will equal your guaranteed future value (calculated as described below). After that date, the guaranteed future value equals zero.

 

(2) Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“GMWB”)—a maximum annual withdrawal amount (calculated as described below) regardless of your policy value; we account for withdrawals you take under the rider by applying two different withdrawal guarantees, “principal back,” for withdrawals of up to 7% of your total withdrawal base, or “for life,” for withdrawals up to 5% of your total withdrawal base.

  

(1) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (“GLWB”)—i.e., a level of cash withdrawals (and payments from us, if necessary) regardless of the performance of the designated investment choices that you select - if you invest in certain designated investment choices.

 

(2) Growth—On each of the first 10 rider anniversaries, we add an annual growth credit (5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary) to the withdrawal base if no withdrawals have occurred during the preceding rider year.

 

(3) Automatic Step-Up—We will automatically step-up the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. You can opt out of the automatic step-up if the automatic step-up would result in an increase in the rider fee percentage.

  

(1) Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (“GLWB”)—i.e., a level of cash withdrawals (and payments from us, if necessary) regardless of the performance of the designated investment choices that you select - if you invest in certain designated investment choices.

 

(2) Growth—On each of the first 10 rider anniversaries, we add an annual growth credit (5% of the withdrawal base immediately before the rider anniversary) to the withdrawal base if no withdrawals have occurred during the preceding rider year.

 

(3) Automatic Step-Up—We will automatically step-up the withdrawal base on each rider anniversary. You can opt out of the automatic step-up if the automatic step-up would result in an increase in the rider fee percentage.

 

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Living Benefits Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double
Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

     

(4) Double Withdrawal Base Benefit—If you have not taken any withdrawals by the later of (A) during the first 10 rider years or (B) before the rider anniversary following the annuitant’s (or, the annuitant’s spouse, if younger and the joint life option is elected) attaining age 67, the withdrawal base on that rider anniversary will be the greater of (i) the withdrawal base as calculated under the rider or (ii) twice the sum of the withdrawal base on the rider date and any premiums received within 90 days of the rider date.

•   Upgrades:

 

(1) Before the annuitant’s 86th birthday, you can upgrade the total withdrawal base (for GMWB) and the guaranteed future value (for GMAB) by sending us written notice.

 

(2) If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee).

  

•   Upgrades:

 

You may request by sending us written notice. If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee). If you have elected the joint life option under the rider, you cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or an annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (lower if required by state law).

  

•   Upgrades:

 

You may request by sending us written notice. If you upgrade, the current rider terminates and a new rider is issued (which may have a higher rider fee). If you have elected the joint life option under the rider, you cannot elect a manual upgrade if the annuitant or an annuitant’s spouse is 86 or older (unless state law requires a lower maximum age).

 

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Living Benefits Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double
Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

  

•   Additional Options:

  

•   Additional Options:

  

(1) Death Benefit Option—You may add an amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy.

  

(1) Death Benefit Option—You may add an amount to the death benefit payable under the base policy.

  

(2) Joint Life Option—You may elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the death of the annuitant or the death of the annuitant’s spouse. The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner (along with the annuitant) or the sole primary beneficiary (without a joint owner).

  

(2) Joint Life Option—You may elect to postpone termination of the rider until the later of the death of the annuitant or the death of the annuitant’s spouse. The annuitant’s spouse must be either a joint owner (along with the annuitant) or the sole primary beneficiary (without a joint owner).

  

(3) Income Enhancement Option—If the rider has been in effect for at least 12 months, then you may elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant or the annuitant’s spouse, if the joint life option is elected, is confined in a hospital or nursing facility because of a medical necessity, and has been so confined for an “elimination period” (i.e., 180 days within the last 365 days).

  

(3) Income Enhancement Option—If the rider has been in effect for at least 12 months, then you may elect to have your withdrawal percentage double if either the annuitant or the annuitant’s spouse, if the joint life option is elected, is confined in a hospital or nursing facility because of a medical necessity, and has been so confined for an “elimination period” (i.e., 180 days within the last 365 days).

  

You cannot elect this option if the qualifying person(s) is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility when the rider is elected. In addition, the increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person(s) is/are no longer confined.

  

You cannot elect this option if the qualifying person(s) is/are already confined in a hospital or nursing facility when the rider is elected. In addition, the increase to the withdrawal percentage stops when the qualifying person(s) is/are no longer confined.

 

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Living Benefits Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider

  

Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double
Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider

Availability:    Availability:    Availability:

•   0 - 80 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

  

•   Younger than age 86 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

  

•   Younger than age 86 (unless state law requires a lower maximum issue age)

Charge:    Charges:    Charges:
(1) 0.90% of total withdrawal base on each rider anniversary under the “principal back” withdrawal guarantee under the rider.    (1) for Base Benefit only—0.60% (single life) or 0.90% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary;    (1) for Base Benefit only—0.90% (single life and joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary;
   (2) with Death Benefit Option—0.25% (single life) or 0.20% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee;    (2) with Death Benefit Option—0.25% (single life) or 0.20% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee;
   (3) with Income Enhancement Option—0.15% (single life) or 0.30% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee.    (3) with Income Enhancement Option—0.15% (single life) or 0.30% (joint life) of withdrawal base on each rider anniversary, in addition to the base benefit fee.

Investment Restrictions:

 

•   Portfolio Allocation Method (“PAM”)—We monitor your policy value and, as we deem necessary to support the guarantees under the rider, may transfer amounts between investment options that we designate and the variable investment choices that you select.

  

Investment Restrictions:

 

•   You must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more investment options that we designate.

  

Investment Restrictions:

 

•   You must allocate 100% of your policy value to one or more investment options that we designate.

 

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LIVING BENEFITS RIDER ADJUSTED PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS

The following examples show the effect of withdrawals on the benefits under the Living Benefits Rider.

GUARANTEED MINIMUM ACCUMULATION BENEFIT

Gross partial withdrawals will reduce the guaranteed future value by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the amount of gross partial withdrawal;

 

  B is the policy value immediately prior to the gross partial withdrawal; and

 

  C is the guaranteed future value immediately prior to the gross partial withdrawal.

The following demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the effects of partial withdrawals under the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit.

EXAMPLE 1:

Assumptions:

Policy value prior to withdrawal (“PV”) = $90,000

Guaranteed future value prior to withdrawal (“GFV”) = $100,000

Gross withdrawal amount (“WD”) = $10,000

Step One. What is the pro rata value of the amount withdrawn?

 

  1. Formula is (WD / PV) * GFV = pro rata amount

 

  2. ($10,000 / $90,000) * $100,000 = $11,111.11

Step Two. Which is larger, the $10,000 withdrawal or the $11,111.11 pro rata amount?

$11,111.11 pro rata amount

Step Three. After the withdrawal is taken, what will be new guaranteed future value?

$100,000 - $11,111.11 = $88,888.89

Result. If no more withdrawals are taken, the guaranteed future value on the 10th rider anniversary is $88,888.89.

 

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EXAMPLE 2:

Assumptions:

PV = $120,000

GFV= $100,000

WD= $10,000

Step One. What is the pro rata value of the amount withdrawn?

 

  1. Formula is (WD / PV) * GFV = pro rata amount

 

  2. ($10,000 / $120,000) * $100,000 = $8,333.33

Step Two. Which is larger, the $10,000 withdrawal or the $8,333.33 pro rata amount?

$10,000 withdrawal

Step Three. After the withdrawal is taken, what will be new guaranteed future value?

$100,000 - $10,000 = $90,000

Result. If no more withdrawals are taken, the guaranteed future value on the 10th Rider Anniversary is $90,000.

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

Total Withdrawal Base. Gross partial withdrawals up to the maximum annual withdrawal amount will not reduce the total withdrawal base. Gross partial withdrawals in excess of the maximum annual withdrawal amount will reduce the total withdrawal base by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the maximum annual withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the total withdrawal base prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

Minimum Remaining Withdrawal Amount. Gross partial withdrawals up to the maximum annual withdrawal amount will reduce the minimum remaining withdrawal amount by the same amount (dollar-for-dollar). Gross partial withdrawals in excess of the maximum annual withdrawal amount will reduce the minimum remaining withdrawal amount by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

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2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the maximum annual withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the minimum remaining withdrawal amount after the maximum annual withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

The following demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the effects of partial withdrawals under the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit.

When a withdrawal is taken, three parts of the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit can be affected:

 

1. Minimum remaining withdrawal amount (“MRWA”)

 

2. Total withdrawal base (“TWB”)

 

3. Maximum annual withdrawal amount (“MAWA”)

EXAMPLE 1 (7% “PRINCIPAL BACK”):

Assumptions:

TWB = $100,000

MRWA = $100,000

7% WD would be $7,000 (7% of the current $100,000 total withdrawal base)

WD = $7,000

Excess withdrawal (“EWD”) = None

PV = $100,000

You = Owner and Annuitant (Age 60)

Step One. Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the “principal back” maximum annual withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the “principal back” guarantee if no more than $7,000 is withdrawn.

Step Two. What is the minimum remaining withdrawal amount after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $7,000 (there is no excess to deduct)

 

  2. $100,000 - $7,000 = $93,000.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $7,000, the “principal back” total withdrawal base does not change and the “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $93,000.00.

 

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EXAMPLE 2 (7% “PRINCIPAL BACK”):

Assumptions:

TWB = $100,000

MRWA = $100,000

7% WD would be $7,000 (7% of the current $100,000 total withdrawal base)

WD = $8,000

EWD = $1,000 ($8,000 - $7,000)

PV = $90,000

You = Owner and Annuitant (Age 60)

Step One. Is any portion of the total withdrawal greater than the maximum annual withdrawal amount?

Yes. $8,000 - $7,000 = $1,000 (the excess withdrawal amount)

Step Two. Calculate how much of the “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. Formula for pro rata amount is: (EWD / (PV - 7% WD)) * (MRWA - 7% WD)

 

  2. ($1,000 / ($90,000 - $7,000)) * ($100,000 - $7,000) = $1,120.48

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $1,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $1,120.48 pro rata amount?

$1,120.48 pro rata amount

Step Four. What is the “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $7,000 + $1,120.48 (pro rata excess) = $8,120.48

 

  2. $100,000 - $8,120.48 = $91,879.52

Result. The “principal back” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $91,879.52.

NOTE. For the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, because there was an excess withdrawal amount, the total withdrawal base needs to be adjusted as well as a new lower maximum annual withdrawal amount. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $7,000, the “principal back” total withdrawal base would remain at $100,000 and the “principal back” maximum annual withdrawal amount would be $7,000. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the total withdrawal base is also changed (this is the amount the 7% is based on).

New “principal back” total withdrawal base:

Step One. The total withdrawal base is only reduced by the excess withdrawal amount or the pro rata amount if greater.

Step Two. Calculate how much the total withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD / (PV - 7% WD)) * TWB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($1,000 / ($90,000 - $7,000)) * $100,000 = $1,204.82

 

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Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $1,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $1,204.82 pro rata amount?

$1,204.82 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the new total withdrawal base upon which the maximum annual withdrawal amount is based?

$100,000 - $1,204.82 = $98,795.18

Result. The new “principal back” total withdrawal base is $98,795.18

New “principal back” maximum annual withdrawal amount:

Because the “principal back” total withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new maximum annual withdrawal amount for the 7% “principal back” guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Step One. What is the new “principal back” maximum annual withdrawal amount?

$98,795.18 (the adjusted total withdrawal base) * 7% = $6,915.66

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a rider year is $6,915.66 without causing an excess withdrawal for the “principal back” guarantee and further reduction of the “principal back” total withdrawal base.

EXAMPLE 3 (5% “FOR LIFE”):

Assumptions:

TWB = $100,000

MRWA = $100,000

5% WD would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 total withdrawal base)

WD = $5,000

Excess withdrawal (“EWD”) = None

PV = $100,000

You = Owner and Annuitant (Age 60)

Step One. Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the “for life” guarantee if no more than $5,000 is withdrawn.

Step Two. What is the minimum remaining withdrawal amount after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $5,000 (there is no excess to deduct).

 

  2. $100,000 - $5,000 = $95,000.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $5,000, the “for life” total withdrawal base does not change and the “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $95,000.00.

 

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EXAMPLE 4 (5% “FOR LIFE”):

Assumptions:

TWB = $100,000

MRWA = $100,000

5% WD would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 total withdrawal base)

WD = $7,000

EWD = $2,000 ($7,000 - $5,000)

PV = $90,000

You = Owner and Annuitant (Age 60)

Step One. Is any portion of the total withdrawal greater than the maximum annual withdrawal amount?

Yes. $7,000 - $5,000 = $2,000 (the excess withdrawal amount)

Step Two. Calculate how much of the “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. Formula for pro rata amount is: (EWD / (PV - 5% WD)) * (MRWA - 5% WD)

 

  2. ($2,000 / ($90,000 - $5,000)) * ($100,000 - $5,000) = $2,235.29

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $2,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $2,235.29 pro rata amount?

$2,235.29 pro rata amount

Step Four. What is the “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $5,000 + $2,235.29 (pro rata excess) = $7,235.29

 

  2. $100,000 - $7,235.29 = $92,764.71

Result. The “for life” minimum remaining withdrawal amount is $92,764.71.

NOTE. For the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, because there was an excess withdrawal amount, the total withdrawal base needs to be adjusted as well as a new lower maximum annual withdrawal amount. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $5,000, the “for life” total withdrawal base would remain at $100,000 and the “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount would be $5,000. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the total withdrawal base is also changed (this is the amount the 5% is based on).

New “for life” total withdrawal base:

Step One. The total withdrawal base is only reduced by the excess withdrawal amount or the pro rata amount if greater.

 

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Step Two. Calculate how much the total withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD / (PV - 5% WD)) * TWB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($2,000 / ($90,000 - $5,000)) * $100,000 = $2,352.94

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $2,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $2,352.94 pro rata amount?

$2,352.94 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the new total withdrawal base upon which the maximum annual withdrawal amount is based?

$100,000 - $2,352.94 = $97,647.06

Result. The new “for life” total withdrawal base is $97,647.06

New “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount:

Because the “for life” total withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new maximum annual withdrawal amount for the 5% “for life” guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Step One. What is the new “for life” maximum annual withdrawal amount?

$97,647.06 (the adjusted total withdrawal base) * 5% = $4,882.35

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a rider year is $4,882.35 without causing an excess withdrawal for the “for life” guarantee and further reduction of the “for life” total withdrawal base.

 

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GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS - RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM AND

RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM WITH DOUBLE WITHDRAWAL BASE

BENEFIT RIDERS

When a withdrawal is taken, three parts of the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit can be affected:

 

1. Withdrawal Base (“WB”)

 

2. Rider Withdrawal Amount (“RWA”)

 

3. Rider Death Benefit (“RDB”)

Withdrawal Base. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year up to the rider withdrawal amount will not reduce the withdrawal base. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year in excess of the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the withdrawal base by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the withdrawal base prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

Rider Death Benefit. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year up to the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the rider death benefit by the amount withdrawn (dollar-for-dollar). Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year in excess of the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the rider death benefit by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the rider death benefit after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

The following demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the effects of partial withdrawals under this guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit.

Example 1 (Base):

Assumptions:

Withdrawal Base (“WB”) = $100,000

 

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Rider Withdrawal Amount (“RWA”) = 5% withdrawal would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 withdrawal base)

Gross partial withdrawal (“GPWD”) = $5,000

Excess withdrawal (“EWD”) = None

Policy Value (“PV”) = $100,000

You = owner and annuitant, age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

Question: Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee since no more than $5,000 is withdrawn.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $5,000, the withdrawal base does not change.

Example 2 (Excess Withdrawal):

Assumptions:

WB = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,000

EWD = $2,000 ($7,000 - $5,000)

PV = $90,000

You = owner and annuitant, age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

Result. For the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, because there was an excess withdrawal amount, the withdrawal base needs to be adjusted and a new lower rider withdrawal amount calculated. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $5,000, the withdrawal base would remain at $100,000 and the rider withdrawal amount would be $5,000 starting on the next rider anniversary. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the withdrawal base is also reduced (this is the amount the 5% is based on).

New withdrawal base:

Step One. The withdrawal base is reduced only by the amount of the excess withdrawal or the pro rata amount, if greater.

Step Two. Calculate how much the withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD / (PV - 5% withdrawal)) * WB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($2,000 / ($90,000 - $5,000)) * $100,000 = $2,353

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $2,000 excess withdrawal or the $2,353 pro rata amount?

$2,353 pro rata amount.

 

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Step Four. What is the new withdrawal base upon which the rider withdrawal amount is based?

$100,000 - $2,353 = $97,647

Result. The new withdrawal base is $97,647

New rider withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new rider withdrawal amount for the 5% guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Question: What is the new rider withdrawal amount?

$97,647 (the adjusted withdrawal base) * 5% = $4,882

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a year without causing an excess withdrawal and further reduction of the withdrawal base (assuming there are no future automatic step-ups) is $4,882.

Example 3 (Base demonstrating growth):

Assumptions:

WB = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 8 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 8 = $147,745

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 8 years from the rider date would be $7,387 (5% of the then-current $147,745 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,387

EWD = None

PV = $90,000 in 8 years

You (if you elected RIC) = owner and annuitant, age 63 on rider issue; age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

You (if you elected RIC 1.2 or RIC 1.4) = owner and annuitant, age 68 on rider issue; age 76 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%

Question: Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee if no more than $7,387 is withdrawn in a rider year.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $7,387, the withdrawal base does not change.

 

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Example 4 (Base demonstrating WB growth with Additional Death Payment Option):

Assumptions:

You (if you elected RIC) = owner and annuitant, age 63 on rider issue; age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

You (if you elected RIC 1.2 or RIC 1.4) = owner and annuitant, age 68 on rider issue; age 76 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%

WB at rider issue = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 8 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 8 = $147,745

Rider Death Benefit (“RDB”) (optional additional death benefit for additional cost) = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 8 years from the rider date would be $7,387 (5% of the then-current $147,745 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,387

EWD = None

PV = $90,000 in 8 years

Step One. Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee if no more than $7,387 is withdrawn.

Step Two. What is the rider death benefit after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the rider death benefit is $7,387 (there is no excess to deduct)

 

  2. $100,000 - $7,387 = $92,613.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $7,387, the total withdrawal base does not change and the rider death benefit reduces to $92,613.

Example 5 (For Retirement Income Choice with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider only - Base demonstrating doubling of WB with Additional Death Payment Option):

Assumptions:

You = owner and annuitant, age 58 on rider issue; age 69 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

WB at rider issue = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 10 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = the greater of $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 10 = $162,889, or $100,000 * 2 = $200,000 (premiums applied within 90 days of rider date).

RDB (optional additional death benefit for additional cost) = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 10 years from the rider date would be $10,000 (5% of the then-current $200,000 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $10,000

EWD = $0

PV = $90,000 in 10 years

 

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Step One. Is any portion of the total withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No, there is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee since no more than $10,000 is withdrawn.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal base was in excess of $10,000, the withdrawal base does not change.

Example 6 (Retirement Income Choice with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit rider only - Base with WB growth with Additional Death Payment Option illustrating excess withdrawal):

Assumptions:

You = owner and annuitant, age 56 on rider issue; age 69 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

WB at rider issue = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 10 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = the greater of $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 10 = $162,889, or $100,000 (premiums applied within 90 days of rider date) * 2 = $200,000.

RDB (optional additional death benefit for additional cost) = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 10 years from the rider date would be $10,000 (5% of the then-current $200,000 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $15,000 EWD = $5,000 ($15,000 - $9,000)

PV = $90,000 in 10 years

Step One. Is any portion of the total withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

Yes. $15,000 - $10,000 = $5,000 (the excess withdrawal amount)

Step Two. Calculate how much of the rider death benefit is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. Formula for pro rata amount is: (EWD / (PV - 5% withdrawal)) * (RDB - 5% withdrawal)

 

  2. ($5,000 / ($90,000 - $10,000)) * ($100,000 - $10,000) = $5,625

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $5,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $5,625 pro rata amount?

$5,625 pro rata amount

Step Four. What is the rider death benefit after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the rider death benefit is $10,000 (RWA) + $5,625 (pro rata excess) = $15,625

 

  2. $100,000 - $15,625 = $84,375

Result. The rider benefit is $84,375.

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

NOTE. Because there was an excess withdrawal amount in this example, the withdrawal base needs to be adjusted and a new lower rider withdrawal amount calculated. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $10,000, the withdrawal base would remain at $200,000 and the rider withdrawal amount would be $10,000 starting on the next rider anniverary. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the withdrawal base is also reduced.

New withdrawal base:

Step One. The withdrawal base is reduced only by the amount of the excess withdrawal or the pro rata amount if greater.

Step Two. Calculate how much the withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD / (PV - 5% withdrawal)) * WB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($5,000 / ($90,000 - $10,000)) * $200,000 = $12,500

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $5,000 excess withdrawal amount or the $12,500 pro rata amount?

$12,500 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the new withdrawal base upon which the rider withdrawal amount is based?

$200,000 - $12,500 = $187,500

Result. The new withdrawal base is $187,500.

New rider withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new rider withdrawal amount for the 5% withdrawal percentage guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Step One. What is the new rider withdrawal amount?

$187,500 (the adjusted withdrawal base) * 5% = $9,375

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a year without causing an excess withdrawal and further reduction of the withdrawal base is $9,375.

 

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APPENDIX

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS - RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM 1.2

RIDER, AND RETIREMENT INCOME CHOICESM 1.4 RIDER

When a withdrawal is taken, three parts of the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit can be affected:

 

1. Withdrawal Base (“WB”)

 

2. Rider Withdrawal Amount (“RWA”)

 

3. Rider Death Benefit (“RDB”)

Withdrawal Base. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year up to the rider withdrawal amount will not reduce the withdrawal base. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year in excess of the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the withdrawal base by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the withdrawal base prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

Rider Death Benefit. Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year up to the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the rider death benefit by the amount withdrawn (dollar-for-dollar). Gross partial withdrawals in a rider year in excess of the rider withdrawal amount will reduce the rider death benefit by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1) the excess gross partial withdrawal amount; and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the excess gross partial withdrawal (the amount in excess of the guaranteed annual withdrawal amount remaining prior to the withdrawal);

 

  B is the policy value after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount; and

 

  C is the rider death benefit after the rider withdrawal amount has been withdrawn, but prior to the withdrawal of the excess amount.

The following demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the effects of partial withdrawals under this guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit.

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

Example 1 (Base):

Assumptions:

Withdrawal Base (“WB”) = $100,000

Rider Withdrawal Amount (“RWA”) = 5% withdrawal would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 withdrawal base)

Gross partial withdrawal (“GPWD”) = $5,000

Excess withdrawal (“EWD”) = None

Policy Value (“PV”) = $100,000

You = owner and annuitant, age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

Question: Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee since no more than $5,000 is withdrawn.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $5,000, the withdrawal base does not change.

Example 2 (Excess Withdrawal):

Assumptions:

WB = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal would be $5,000 (5% of the current $100,000 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,000

EWD = $2,000 ($7,000 - $5,000)

PV = $90,000

You = owner and annuitant, age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

Result. For the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, because there was an excess withdrawal amount, the withdrawal base needs to be adjusted and a new lower rider withdrawal amount calculated. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $5,000, the withdrawal base would remain at $100,000 and the rider withdrawal amount would be $5,000 starting on the next rider anniversary. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the withdrawal base is also reduced (this is the amount the 5% is based on).

New withdrawal base:

Step One. The withdrawal base is reduced only by the amount of the excess withdrawal or the pro rata amount, if greater.

Step Two. Calculate how much the withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD / (PV - 5% withdrawal)) * WB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($2,000 / ($90,000 - $5,000)) * $100,000 = $2,353

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $2,000 excess withdrawal or the $2,353 pro rata amount?

$2,353 pro rata amount.

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

Step Four. What is the new withdrawal base upon which the rider withdrawal amount is based?

$100,000 - $2,353 = $97,647

Result. The new withdrawal base is $97,647

New rider withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new rider withdrawal amount for the 5% guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Question: What is the new rider withdrawal amount?

$97,647 (the adjusted withdrawal base) * 5% = $4,882

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a year without causing an excess withdrawal and further reduction of the withdrawal base (assuming there are no future automatic step-ups) is $4,882.

Example 3 (Base demonstrating growth):

Assumptions:

WB = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 8 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 8 = $147,745

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 8 years from the rider date would be $7,387 (5% of the then-current $147,745 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,387

EWD = None

PV = $90,000 in 8 years

You (if you elected RIC) = owner and annuitant, age 63 on rider issue; age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

You (if you elected RIC 1.2 or RIC 1.4) = owner and annuitant, age 68 on rider issue; age 76 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%

Question: Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee if no more than $7,387 is withdrawn in a rider year.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $7,387, the withdrawal base does not change.

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

Example 4 (Base demonstrating WB growth with Additional Death Payment Option):

Assumptions:

You (if you elected RIC) = owner and annuitant, age 63 on rider issue; age 71 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%.

You (if you elected RIC 1.2 or RIC 1.4) = owner and annuitant, age 68 on rider issue; age 76 at time withdrawals begin, which means Withdrawal Percentage is 5%

WB at rider issue = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 8 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 8 = $147,745 Rider Death Benefit (“RDB”) (optional additional death benefit for additional cost) = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 8 years from the rider date would be $7,387 (5% of the then-current $147,745 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $7,387

EWD = None

PV = $90,000 in 8 years

Step One. Is any portion of the withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

No. There is no excess withdrawal under the guarantee if no more than $7,387 is withdrawn.

Step Two. What is the rider death benefit after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the rider death benefit is $7,387 (there is no excess to deduct)

 

  2. $100,000 - $7,387 = $92,613.

Result. In this example, because no portion of the withdrawal was in excess of $7,387, the total withdrawal base does not change and the rider death benefit reduces to $92,613.

Example 5 (Base with WB growth with Additional Death Payment Option illustrating excess withdrawal):

Assumptions:

You = owner and annuitant, age 61 on rider issue; age 74 at time withdrawals begin, which means withdrawal percentage is 5%.

WB at rider issue = $100,000

Automatic step-up never occurs and no withdrawals are taken in the first 10 rider years.

WB in 10 years (assuming an annual growth rate percentage of 5.0%) = the greater of $100,000 * (1 + .05) ^ 10 = $162,889.

RDB (optional additional death benefit for additional cost) = $100,000

RWA = 5% withdrawal beginning 10 years from the rider date would be $8,144 (5% of the then-current $162,889 withdrawal base)

GPWD = $15,000

EWD = $6,856 ($15,000 - $8,144)

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

PV = $90,000 in 10 years

Step One. Is any portion of the total withdrawal greater than the rider withdrawal amount?

Yes. $15,000 - $8,144 = $6,856 (the excess withdrawal amount)

Step Two. Calculate how much of the rider death benefit is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. Formula for pro rata amount is: (EWD / (PV - 5% withdrawal)) * (RDB - 5% withdrawal)

 

  2. ($6,856 / ($90,000 - $8,144)) * ($100,000 - $8,144) = $7,694

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $6,856 excess withdrawal amount or the $7,694 pro rata amount?

$7,694 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the rider death benefit after the withdrawal has been taken?

 

  1. Total to deduct from the rider death benefit is $8,144 (RWA) + $7,694 (pro rata excess) = $15,838

 

  2. $100,000 - $15,838 = $84,162.

Result. The rider benefit is $84,162.

Note: Because there was an excess withdrawal amount in this example, the withdrawal base needs to be adjusted and a new lower rider withdrawal amount calculated. Had the withdrawal for this example not been more than $8,144, the withdrawal base would remain at $162,889 and the rider withdrawal amount would be $8,144. However, because an excess withdrawal has been taken, the withdrawal base is also reduced.

New benefit base:

Step One. The withdrawal base is reduced only by the amount of the excess withdrawal or the pro rata amount if greater.

Step Two. Calculate how much the withdrawal base is affected by the excess withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (EWD/(PV - 5% withdrawal)) * WB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($6,856 / ($90,000 - $8,144)) * $162,889 = $13,643

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $6,856 excess withdrawal amount or the $13,643 pro rata amount?

$13,643 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the new withdrawalt base upon which the rider withdrawal amount is based?

$162,889 - $13,643 = $149,246

Result. The new benefit base is $149,246

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

New rider withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the excess withdrawal) we have to calculate a new rider withdrawal amount for the 5% benefit percentage guarantee that will be available starting on the next rider anniversary. This calculation assumes no more activity prior to the next rider anniversary.

Step One. What is the new rider withdrawal amount?

$149,246 (the adjusted withdrawal base) * 5% = $7,462

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a year without causing an excess withdrawal and further reduction of the benefit base is $7,462.

 

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APPENDIX

GUARANTEED LIFETIME WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

ADJUSTED PARTIAL SURRENDERS - INCOME LINKSM RIDER

When a withdrawal is taken, three parts of the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit can be affected:

 

1. Withdrawal Base (“WB”)

 

2. Rider Withdrawal Amount (“RWA”)

 

3.

Income LinkSM Systematic Withdrawals (“ILSW”)

Withdrawal Base. Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals (and certain minimum required distributions) will not reduce the withdrawal base. Non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawals (and minimum required distributions calculated other than as provided for in the rider or not taken via a systematic withdrawal program) will reduce the withdrawal base by an amount equal to the greater of:

 

1)

the amount of the non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal (or non-qualifying minimum required distribution); and

 

2) a pro rata amount, the result of (A / B) * C, where:

 

  A is the amount in 1 above;

 

  B is the policy value prior to the withdrawal; and

 

  C is the withdrawal base prior to the withdrawal.

The following demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the effects of partial withdrawals under this guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit.

Assumptions:

WB = $100,000

RWA = 6% withdrawal would be $6,000 (6% of the current $100,000 withdrawal base)

ILSW = $500 per month

Non-ILSW = $10,000 (taken after the eighteenth monthly Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal)

PV = $90,000

Assumes single life withdrawal option of 6% for 6 years and 4% thereafter has been elected. Non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal occurs during the second Income LinkSM withdrawal year (which means the withdrawal percentage is 6%).

Result. For the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, because there was a non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal, the withdrawal base needs to be adjusted and a new lower rider withdrawal and Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount calculated.

New withdrawal base:

Step One. The withdrawal base is reduced only by the amount of the amount of the non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal or the pro rata amount, if greater.

 

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Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — (Continued)

 

Step Two. Calculate how much the withdrawal base is affected by the non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal.

 

  1. The formula is (Non-ILSW / (PV before withdrawal)) * WB before any adjustments

 

  2. ($10,000 / ($90,000)) * $100,000 = $11,111

Step Three. Which is larger, the actual $10,000 non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal or the $11,111 pro rata amount?

$11,111 pro rata amount.

Step Four. What is the new withdrawal base upon which the rider withdrawal amount is based?

$100,000 - $11,111 = $88,889

Result. The new withdrawal base is $88,889. Please note the percentage reduction in the withdrawal base is used in calculating the revised RWA and ILSW.

New rider withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal) we have to calculate a new (remaining) rider withdrawal amount. This calculation assumes no more non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal activity prior to the next Income LinkSM withdrawal year.

Question: What is the new (remaining) rider withdrawal amount for the remainder of the Income LinkSM withdrawal year?

$3,000 (the remaining rider withdrawal amount) - ($3000*11.11%) = $2,667

Result. Going forward, the maximum you can take out in a benefit year without causing an excess withdrawal and further reduction of the withdrawal base (assuming there are no future automatic step-ups) is $4,882.

New Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount:

Because the withdrawal base was adjusted (due to the non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal) we have to calculate a new Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount. This calculation assumes no more non-Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal activity prior to the next Income LinkSM withdrawal year.

Question: What is the new Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount?

$500 (the old Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount) - ($500*11.11%) = $444

Result. Going forward (until the seventh Income LinkSM withdrawal year), the Income LinkSM systematic withdrawal amount (assuming there are no future automatic step-ups) is $444

 

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The information in this statement of additional information is not complete and may be changed. This Statement of Additional Information is contained in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and we may not sell these securities until that registration statement is effective. This statement of additional information is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Subject to Completion, February 16, 2010)

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TRANSAMERICA FREEDOM VARIABLE ANNUITY

Issued through

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

Offered by

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

This Statement of Additional Information expands upon subjects discussed in the current prospectus for the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company. You may obtain a copy of the current prospectus, dated May 1, 2010, by calling (800) 525-6205, or write us at: Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001. The prospectus sets forth information that a prospective investor should know before investing in a policy. Terms used in the current prospectus for the policy are incorporated in this Statement of Additional Information.

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus and should be read only in conjunction with the prospectuses for the policy and the underlying fund portfolios.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

   4

THE POLICY — GENERAL PROVISIONS

   7

Owner

   7

Entire Policy

   7

Misstatement of Age or Sex

   8

Reallocation of Annuity Units After the Annuity Commencement Date

   8

Annuity Payment Options

   8

Death Benefit

   9

Death of Owner

   10

Assignment

   10

Evidence of Survival

   10

Non-Participating

   10

Amendments

   10

Employee and Agent Purchases

   11

Present Value of Future Variable Payments

   11

Stabilized Payments

   11

CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

   12

Tax Status of the Policy

   12

Taxation of Annuities

   13

Taxation of the Company

   16

INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE

   16

Accumulation Units

   16

Annuity Unit Value and Annuity Payment Rates

   18

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DATA

   20

Money Market Yields

   20

Total Returns

   21

Other Performance Data

   22

Adjusted Historical Performance Data

   22

PUBLISHED RATINGS

   22

STATE REGULATION OF TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

   23

ADMINISTRATION

   23

RECORDS AND REPORTS

   23

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

   23

VOTING RIGHTS

   24

OTHER PRODUCTS

   25

CUSTODY OF ASSETS

   25

LEGAL MATTERS

   25

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   25

OTHER INFORMATION

   26

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   26

 

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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APPENDIX B

  

OA METHOD TRANSFERS

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Accumulation Unit — An accounting unit of measure used in calculating the policy value in the separate account before the annuity commencement date.

Adjusted Policy Value — The policy value increased or decreased by any excess interest adjustment.

Administrative and Service Office — Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001, (800) 525-6205.

Annuitant — The person on whose life any annuity payments involving life contingencies will be based.

Annuity Commencement Date — The date upon which annuity payments are to commence. This date may be any date after the policy date and may not be later than the last day of the policy month following the month after the annuitant attains age 95. The earliest annuity commencement date is at least thirty days after you purchase your policy. The annuity commencement date may have to be earlier for qualified policies and may be earlier if required by state law.

Annuity Payment Option — A method of receiving a stream of annuity payments selected by the owner.

Annuity Unit — An accounting unit of measure used in the calculation of the amount of the second and each subsequent variable annuity payment.

Assumed Investment Return or AIR — The annual effective rate shown in the contract specifications section of the contract that is used in the calculation of each variable annuity payment.

Beneficiary — The person who has the right to the death benefit as set forth in the policy.

Business Day — A day when the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading.

Cash Value — The adjusted policy value less any rider fees (imposed upon surrender).

Code — The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Enrollment form — A written application, order form, or any other information received electronically or otherwise upon which the policy is issued and/or is reflected on the data or specifications page.

Excess Interest Adjustment — A positive or negative adjustment to amounts surrendered (both partial or full surrenders and transfers) or applied to annuity payment options from the fixed account guaranteed period options prior to the end of the guaranteed period. The adjustment reflects changes in the interest rates declared by the Company since the date any payment was received by, or an amount was transferred to, the guaranteed period option. The excess interest adjustment can either decrease or increase the amount to be received by the owner upon full surrender or commencement of annuity payments, depending upon whether there has been an increase or decrease in interest rates, respectively.

Fixed Account — One or more investment choices under the policy that are part of the Company’s general assets and are not in the separate account.

 

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Free Amount — The amount that can be withdrawn each year without incurring any excess interest adjustment.

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit — Any optional benefit under the policy that provides a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit, including the Retirement Income ChoiceSM, 1.2, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM 1.4, the Income LinkSM, the Living Benefits Rider, the Retirement Income ChoiceSM Rider, or the Retirement Income ChoiceSM with Double Withdrawal Base Benefit Rider.

Guaranteed Period Options — The various guaranteed interest rate periods of the fixed account which the Company may offer and into which premium payments may be paid or amounts transferred.

Nonqualified Policy — A policy other than a qualified policy.

Owner (You, Your) — The person who may exercise all rights and privileges under the policy. The owner during the lifetime of the annuitant and prior to the annuity commencement date is the person designated as the owner in the information provided to us to issue a policy.

Policy Date — The date shown on the policy data page attached to the policy and the date on which the policy becomes effective.

Policy Value — On or before the annuity commencement date, the policy value is equal to the owner’s:

 

   

premium payments; minus

 

   

gross partial surrenders (partial surrenders minus excess interest adjustments); plus

 

   

interest credited in the fixed account; plus

 

   

accumulated gains in the separate account; minus

 

   

accumulated losses in the separate account; minus

 

   

service charges, rider fees, premium taxes, transfer fees, and other charges, if any.

Policy Year — A policy year begins on the policy date and on each anniversary thereof.

Premium Payment — An amount paid to the Company by the owner or on the owner’s behalf as consideration for the benefits provided by the policy.

Qualified Policy — A policy issued in connection with retirement plans that qualify for special federal income tax treatment under the Code.

Separate Account — Separate Account VA B, a separate account established and registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), to which premium payments under the policies may be allocated.

Separate Account Value — The portion of the policy value that is invested in the separate account.

Service Charge — An annual charge on each policy anniversary (and a charge at the time of surrender during any policy year) for policy maintenance and related administrative expenses. This annual charge is $35, but will not exceed 2% of the policy value.

 

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Subaccount — A subdivision within the separate account, the assets of which are invested in a specified underlying fund portfolios.

Supportable Payment — The amount equal to the sum of the variable annuity unit values multiplied by the number of variable annuity units in each of the selected subaccounts.

Valuation Period — The period of time from one determination of accumulation unit values and annuity unit values to the next subsequent determination of values. Such determination shall be made on each business day.

Variable Annuity Payments — Payments made pursuant to an annuity payment option which fluctuate as to dollar amount or payment term in relation to the investment performance of the specified subaccounts within the separate account.

Written Notice — Written notice, signed by the owner, that gives the Company the information it requires and is received at the administrative and service office. For some transactions, the Company may accept an electronic notice, such as telephone instructions, instead of written notice. Such written or electronic notice must meet the requirements the Company establishes for such notices.

 

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In order to supplement the description in the prospectus, the following provides additional information about Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company, we, us or our) and the policy, which may be of interest to a prospective purchaser.

THE POLICY — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Owner

The policy shall belong to the owner upon issuance of the policy after completion of an enrollment form and delivery of the initial premium payment. While the annuitant is living, the owner may: (1) assign the policy; (2) surrender the policy; (3) amend or modify the policy with the Company’s consent; (4) receive annuity payments or name a payee to receive the payments; and (5) exercise, receive and enjoy every other right and benefit contained in the policy. The exercise of these rights may be subject to the consent of any assignee or irrevocable beneficiary; and of your spouse in a community or marital property state.

Unless the Company has been notified of a community or marital property interest in the policy, it will rely on its good faith belief that no such interest exists and will assume no responsibility for inquiry.

Note carefully. If the owner predeceases the annuitant and no joint owner, primary beneficiary, or contingent beneficiary is alive or in existence on the date of death, the owner’s estate will become the new owner. If no probate estate is opened because the owner has precluded the opening of a probate estate by means of a trust or other instrument, that trust may not exercise ownership rights to the policy. It may be necessary to open a probate estate in order to exercise ownership rights to the policy.

The owner may change the ownership of the policy in a written notice. When this change takes effect, all rights of ownership in the policy will pass to the new owner. A change of ownership may have tax consequences.

When there is a change of owner, the change will not be effective until it is recorded in our records. Once recorded, it will take effect as of the date the owner signs the written notice, subject to any payment the Company has made or action the Company has taken before recording the change. Changing the owner does not change the designation of the beneficiary or the annuitant.

If ownership is transferred to a new owner (except to the owner’s spouse) because the owner dies before the annuitant, then (a) the cash value generally must be distributed to the new owner within five years of the owner’s death, or (b) annuity payments must be made for a period certain or for the new owner’s lifetime so long as any period certain does not exceed that new owner’s life expectancy, if the first payment begins within one year of your death.

Entire Policy

The policy, any endorsements or riders thereon, the enrollment form, or information provided in lieu thereof, constitute the entire contract between the Company and the owner. All statements in the enrollment form are representations and not warranties. No statement will cause the policy to be void or to be used in defense of a claim unless contained in the enrollment form or information provided in lieu thereof.

 

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Misstatement of Age or Sex

If the age or sex of the annuitant or owner has been misstated, the Company will change the annuity benefit payable to that which the premium payments would have purchased for the correct age or sex. The dollar amount of any underpayment made by the Company shall be paid in full with the next payment due such person or the beneficiary. The dollar amount of any overpayment made by the Company due to any misstatement shall be deducted from payments subsequently accruing to such person or beneficiary. Any underpayment or overpayment will include interest at 5% per year, from the date of the wrong payment to the date of the adjustment. The age of the annuitant or owner may be established at any time by the submission of proof satisfactory to the Company.

Reallocation of Annuity Units After the Annuity Commencement Date

After the annuity commencement date, you may reallocate the value of a designated number of annuity units of a subaccount then credited to a policy into an equal value of annuity units of one or more other subaccounts or the fixed account. The reallocation shall be based on the relative value of the annuity units of the account(s) or subaccount(s) at the end of the business day on the next payment date. The minimum amount which may be reallocated is the lesser of (1) $10 of monthly income or (2) the entire monthly income of the annuity units in the account or subaccount from which the transfer is being made. If the monthly income of the annuity units remaining in an account or subaccount after a reallocation is less than $10, the Company reserves the right to include the value of those annuity units as part of the transfer. The request must be in writing to the Company’s administrative and service office. There is no charge assessed in connection with such reallocation. A reallocation of annuity units may be made up to four times in any given policy year.

After the annuity commencement date, no transfers may be made from the fixed account to the separate account.

Annuity Payment Options

Note: Portions of the following discussion do not apply to annuity payments under the Initial Payment Guarantee. See the “Stabilized Payments” section of this SAI.

During the lifetime of the annuitant and before the annuity commencement date, the owner may choose an annuity payment option or change the election, but notice of any election or change of election must be received by the Company in good order at its Administrative and Service Office at least thirty (30) days before the annuity commencement date (elections less than 30 days require prior approval). If no election is made before the annuity commencement date, annuity payments will be made under (1) life income with level (fixed) payments for 10 years certain, using the existing policy value of the fixed account, or (2) life income with variable payments for 10 years certain using the existing policy value of the separate account, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2).

The person who elects an annuity payment option can also name one or more successor payees to receive any unpaid amount the Company has at the death of a payee. Naming these payees cancels any prior choice of a successor payee.

A payee who did not elect the annuity payment option does not have the right to advance or assign payments, take the payments in one sum, or make any other change. However, the payee may be given the right to do one or more of these things if the person who elects the option tells the Company in writing and the Company agrees.

 

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Variable Payment Options. The dollar amount of the first variable annuity payment will be determined in accordance with the annuity payment rates set forth in the applicable table contained in the policy. For annuity payments the tables are based on a 5% effective annual Assumed Investment Return and the “2000 Table”, using an assumed annuity commencement date of 2005 (static projection to this point) with dynamic projection using scale G from that point (100% of G for male, 50% of G for females). The dollar amount of additional variable annuity payments will vary based on the investment performance of the subaccount(s) of the separate account selected by the annuitant or beneficiary.

Determination of the First Variable Payment. The amount of the first variable payment depends upon the sex (if consideration of sex is allowed under state law) and adjusted age of the annuitant. For regular annuity payments, the adjusted age is the annuitant’s actual age nearest birthday, on the annuity commencement date, adjusted as described in your policy. This adjustment assumes an increase in life expectancy, and therefore it results in lower payments than without such an adjustment.

Determination of Additional Variable Payments. All variable annuity payments other than the first are calculated using annuity units which are credited to the policy. The number of annuity units to be credited in respect of a particular subaccount is determined by dividing that portion of the first variable annuity payment attributable to that subaccount by the annuity unit value of that subaccount on the annuity commencement date. The number of annuity units of each particular subaccount credited to the policy then remains fixed, assuming no transfers to or from that subaccount occur. The dollar value of variable annuity units in the chosen subaccount will increase or decrease reflecting the investment experience of the chosen subaccount. The dollar amount of each variable annuity payment after the first may increase, decrease or remain constant. This amount is equal to the sum of the amounts determined by multiplying the number of annuity units of each particular subaccount credited to the policy by the annuity unit value for the particular subaccount on the date the payment is made.

Death Benefit

Due proof of death of the annuitant is proof that the annuitant died prior to the commencement of annuity payments. A certified copy of a death certificate, a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, a written statement by the attending physician, or any other proof satisfactory to the Company will constitute due proof of death.

Upon receipt in good order (at our Administrative and Service Office) of this proof and an election of a method of settlement and return of the policy, the death benefit generally will be paid within seven days, or as soon thereafter as the Company has sufficient information about the beneficiary(ies) to make the payment. The beneficiary may receive the amount payable in a lump sum cash benefit, or, subject to any limitation under any state or federal law, rule, or regulation, under one of the annuity payment options described above, unless a settlement agreement is effective at the death of the owner preventing such election.

If an owner is not an annuitant, and dies prior to the annuity commencement date, the new owner may surrender the policy at any time for the amount of the policy value. If the new owner is not the deceased owner’s spouse, however, (1) the policy value must be distributed within five years after the date of the deceased owner’s death, or (2) payments under an annuity payment option must begin no later than one year after the deceased owner’s death and must be made for the new owner’s lifetime or for a period certain (so long as any period certain does not exceed the new owner’s life expectancy). If the sole new owner is the deceased owner’s surviving spouse, such spouse may elect to continue the policy as the new owner instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

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Beneficiary. The beneficiary designation in the enrollment form will remain in effect until changed. The owner may change the designated beneficiary by sending written notice to the Company. The beneficiary’s consent to such change is not required unless the beneficiary was irrevocably designated or law requires consent. (If an irrevocable beneficiary dies, the owner may then designate a new beneficiary.) The change will take effect as of the date the owner signs the written notice, whether or not the owner is living when the notice is received by the Company. The Company will not be liable for any payment made before the written notice is received. If more than one beneficiary is designated, and the owner fails to specify their interests, they will share equally. If upon the death of the annuitant there is a surviving owner(s), the surviving owner(s) automatically takes the place of any beneficiary designation.

Death of Owner

Federal tax law requires that if any owner (including any joint owner who has become a current owner) dies before the annuity commencement date, then the entire value of the policy must generally be distributed within five years of the date of death of such owner. Certain rules apply where (1) the spouse of the deceased owner is the sole beneficiary, (2) the owner is not a natural person and the primary annuitant dies or is changed, or (3) any owner dies after the annuity commencement date. See “Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences” for more information about these rules. Other rules may apply to qualified policies.

Assignment

During the lifetime of the annuitant you may assign any rights or benefits provided by the policy if your policy is a nonqualified policy. An assignment will not be binding on the Company until a copy has been filed at its administrative and service office. Your rights and benefits and those of the beneficiary are subject to the rights of the assignee. The Company assumes no responsibility for the validity or effect of any assignment. Any claim made under an assignment shall be subject to proof of interest and the extent of the assignment. An assignment may have tax consequences.

Unless you so direct by filing written notice with the Company, no beneficiary may assign any payments under the policy before they are due. To the extent permitted by law, no payments will be subject to the claims of any beneficiary’s creditors.

Ownership under qualified policies is restricted to comply with the Code.

Evidence of Survival

The Company reserves the right to require satisfactory evidence that a person is alive if a payment is based on that person being alive. No payment will be made until the Company receives such evidence.

Non-Participating

The policy will not share in the Company’s surplus earnings; no dividends will be paid.

Amendments

No change in the policy is valid unless made in writing by the Company and approved by one of the Company’s officers. No registered representative has authority to change or waive any provision of the policy.

 

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The Company reserves the right to amend the policies to meet the requirements of the Code, regulations or published rulings. You can refuse such a change by giving written notice, but a refusal may result in adverse tax consequences.

Employee and Agent Purchases

The policy may be acquired by an employee or registered representative of any broker/dealer authorized to sell the policy or their immediate family, or by an officer, director, trustee or bona-fide full-time employee of the Company or its affiliated companies or their immediate family. In such a case, the Company in its discretion, may credit an amount equal to a percentage of each premium payment to the policy due to lower acquisition costs the Company experiences on those purchases. The Company may offer certain employer sponsored savings plans, reduced fees and charges including, but not limited to, the annual service charge, the surrender charges, the mortality and expense risk fee and the administrative charge for certain sales under circumstances which may result in savings of certain costs and expenses. In addition, there may be other circumstances of which the Company is not presently aware which could result in reduced sales or distribution expenses. Credits to the policy or reductions in these fees and charges will not be unfairly discriminatory against any owner.

Present Value of Future Variable Payments

The present value of future period certain variable payments is calculated by taking (a) the supportable payment on the business day we receive the surrender request (in good order at our Administrative and Service Office), multiplied by (b) the number of payments remaining, multiplied by a discount rate (such as the assumed investment rate or “AIR”).

Stabilized Payments

If you have selected a payout feature that provides for stabilized payments (e.g., the Initial Payment Guarantee), please note that the stabilized payments remain level throughout each year and are adjusted on your annuitization anniversary. Without stabilized payments, each payment throughout the year would fluctuate based on the performance of your selected subaccounts. To reflect the difference in these payments we adjust (both increase and decrease as appropriate) the number of annuity units. The annuity units are adjusted when we calculate the supportable payment. Supportable payments are used in the calculation of surrender values, death benefits and transfers. On the anniversary of your annuity commencement date we set the new stabilized payment equal to the current supportable payment. In the case of an increase in the number of variable annuity units, your participation in the future investment performance of the subaccounts will be increased because more variable annuity units are credited to you. Conversely, in the case of a reduction of the number of variable annuity units, your participation in the future investment performance of the subaccounts will be decreased because fewer variable annuity units are credited to you. If the Initial Payment Guarantee is chosen, then the stabilized variable annuity payment will equal the greater of the guaranteed payment or the supportable payment at that time.

The following table demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the changes in the number of variable annuity units. The changes in the variable annuity unit values reflect the investment performance of the applicable subaccounts as well as the separate account charge.

Hypothetical Changes in Annuity Units with Stabilized Payments*

 

Assumed Investment Rate

   5.0

Life & 10 Year Certain

  

 

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Hypothetical Changes in Annuity Units with Stabilized Payments*

 

Male aged 65

  

First Variable Payment

   $ 500

 

          Beginning
Annuity
Units
   Annuity
Unit
Values
   Monthly
Payment
Without
Stabilization
   Monthly
Stabilized
Payment
   Adjustments
In Annuity
Units
    Cumulative
Adjusted
Annuity
Units

At Issue:

   January 1    400.0000    1.250000    $ 500.00    $ 500.00    0.0000      400.0000
  

February 1

   400.0000    1.252005    $ 500.80    $ 500.00    0.0041      400.0041
  

March 1

   400.0000    1.252915    $ 501.17    $ 500.00    0.0059      400.0100
  

April 1

   400.0000    1.245595    $ 498.24    $ 500.00    (0.0089   400.0011
  

May 1

   400.0000    1.244616    $ 497.85    $ 500.00    (0.0108   399.9903
  

June 1

   400.0000    1.239469    $ 495.79    $ 500.00    (0.0212   399.9691
  

July 1

   400.0000    1.244217    $ 497.69    $ 500.00    (0.0115   399.9576
  

August 1

   400.0000    1.237483    $ 494.99    $ 500.00    (0.0249   399.9327
  

September 1

   400.0000    1.242382    $ 496.95    $ 500.00    (0.0150   399.9177
  

October 1

   400.0000    1.242382    $ 496.95    $ 500.00    (0.0149   399.9027
  

November 1

   400.0000    1.249210    $ 499.68    $ 500.00    (0.0016   399.9012
  

December 1

   400.0000    1.252106    $ 500.84    $ 500.00    0.0040      399.9052
  

January 1

   399.9052    1.255106    $ 501.92    $ 501.92    0.0000      399.9052

 

* The total separate account expenses and portfolio expenses included in the calculations are 2.25% (2.25% is a hypothetical figure). If higher (or lower) expenses were charged, the numbers would be lower (or higher).

CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following summary does not constitute tax advice. It is a general discussion of certain of the expected federal income tax consequences of investment in and distributions with respect to a policy, based on the Code, Regulations thereunder, judicial authority, and current administrative rulings and practice. This summary discusses only certain federal income tax consequences to “United States Persons,” and does not discuss state, local, or foreign tax consequences. United States Persons means citizens or residents of the United States, domestic corporations, domestic partnerships and trusts, or estates that are subject to United States federal income tax regardless of the source of their income.

Tax Status of the Policy

Diversification Requirements. Section 817(h) of the Code provides that in order for a non-qualified variable contract which is based on a segregated asset account to qualify as an annuity contract under the Code, the investments made by such account must be “adequately diversified” in accordance with Treasury Regulations. The Regulations issued under Section 817(h) (Treas. Reg. Section 1.817 -5) apply a diversification requirement to each of the subaccounts. The separate account, through its underlying fund portfolios and their portfolios, intends to comply with the diversification requirements of the Regulations. We have entered into agreements with each underlying fund portfolio company that require the portfolios to be operated in compliance with the Regulations.

 

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Owner Control. In some circumstances, owners of variable contracts who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying separate account assets may be treated as the owners of those assets and may be subject to tax on income produced by those assets. Although there is little guidance in this area and published guidance does not address certain aspects of the policies, we believe that the owner of a policy should not be treated as the owner of the underlying assets. We reserve the right to modify the policies to bring them into conformity with applicable standards should such modification be necessary to prevent owners of the policies from being treated as the owners of the underlying separate account assets.

Distribution Requirements. The Code requires that nonqualified policies contain specific provisions for distribution of policy proceeds upon the death of any owner. In order to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, the Code requires that such policies provide that if any owner dies on or after the annuity commencement date and before the entire interest in the policy has been distributed, the remaining portion must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method in effect on such owner’s death. If any owner dies before the annuity commencement date, the entire interest in the policy must generally be distributed within 5 years after such owner’s date of death or be used to provide payments to a designated beneficiary beginning within one year of such owner’s death and will be made for the life of the beneficiary or for a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the beneficiary. However, if upon such owner’s death prior to the annuity commencement date, such owner’s surviving spouse becomes the sole new owner under the policy, then the policy may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new owner. Under the policy, the beneficiary is the person(s) designated by an owner/annuitant and the surviving joint owner is the beneficiary of an owner who is not the annuitant. If any owner is not a natural person, then for purposes of these distribution requirements, the primary annuitant shall be treated as an owner and any death or change of such primary annuitant shall be treated as the death of an owner. The nonqualified policies contain provisions intended to comply with these requirements of the Code. No regulations interpreting these requirements of the Code have yet been issued and thus no assurance can be given that the provisions contained in the policies satisfy all such Code requirements. The provisions contained in the policies will be reviewed and modified if necessary to assure that they comply with the Code requirements when clarified by regulation or otherwise.

The following discussion is based on the assumption that the policy qualifies as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes.

Taxation of Annuities

In General. Code Section 72 governs taxation of annuities in general. We believe that an owner who is an individual will not be taxed on increases in the value of a policy until such amounts are surrendered or distributed. For this purpose, the assignment, pledge, or agreement to assign or pledge any portion of the policy value, and in the case of a qualified policy, any portion of an interest in the plan, generally will be treated as a distribution. The taxable portion of a distribution is taxable as ordinary income.

Non-Natural Persons. Pursuant to Section 72(u) of the Code, a nonqualified policy held by a taxpayer other than a natural person generally will not be treated as an annuity contract under the Code; accordingly, an owner who is not a natural person will recognize as ordinary income for a taxable year the excess, if any, of the policy value over the “investment in the contract”. There are some exceptions to this rule and a prospective purchaser of the policy that is not a natural person should discuss these with a competent tax adviser.

 

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Withholding. The portion of any distribution under a policy that is includable in gross income will be subject to federal income tax withholding unless the recipient of such distribution elects not to have federal income tax withheld. Election forms will be provided at the time distributions are requested or made. For certain qualified policies, the withholding rate varies according to the type of distribution and the owner’s tax status. For qualified policies taxable, “eligible rollover distributions” from Section 401(a) plans, Section 403(a) annuities, Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuities, and governmental 457 plans are subject to a mandatory federal income tax withholding of 20%. For this purpose, an eligible rollover distribution is any distribution to an employee (or an employee’s spouse or former spouse as beneficiary or alternate payee) from such a plan, other than specified distributions such as distributions required by the Code, distributions in a specified annuity form or hardship distributions. The 20% withholding does not apply, however, if the owner chooses a “direct rollover” from the plan to another tax-qualified plan or IRA. Different withholding requirements may apply in the case of non-United States persons.

Qualified Policies. The qualified policy is designed for use with several types of tax-qualified retirement plans. The tax rules applicable to participants and beneficiaries in tax-qualified retirement plans vary according to the type of plan and the terms and conditions of the plan. Special favorable tax treatment may be available for certain types of contributions and distributions. Adverse tax consequences may result from contributions in excess of specified limits, distributions prior to age 59 1/2 (subject to certain exceptions), distributions that do not conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules, and in other specified circumstances. Some retirement plans are subject to distribution and other requirements that are not incorporated into the policies or our policy administration procedures. Owners, participants, and beneficiaries are responsible for determining that contributions, distributions, and other transactions with respect to the policies comply with applicable law.

For qualified plans under Section 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), and 457, the Code requires that distributions generally must commence no later than the later of April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the owner (or plan participant) (i) reaches age 70 1/2 or (ii) retires, and must be made in a specified form or manner. If a participant in a Section 401(a) plan is a “5 percent owner” (as defined in the Code), or in the case of an IRA (other than a Roth IRA), distributions generally must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year in which the owner (or plan participant) reaches age 70 1/2. Each owner is responsible for requesting distributions under the policy that satisfy applicable tax rules. Pursuant to special legislation, required minimum distributions for the 2009 tax year generally are not required, and 2009 distributions that otherwise would be required minimum distributions may be eligible for rollover.

We may make available, as options under the policy, certain guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits and other optional benefits. The tax rules for qualified policies may limit the value of these optional benefits. Consult a qualified tax advisor before electing any of these benefits for a qualified policy.

We do not attempt to provide more than general information about use of the policy with the various types of retirement plans. Purchasers of policies for use with any retirement plan should consult their legal counsel and tax adviser regarding the suitability of the policy.

Traditional Individual Retirement Annuities. In order to qualify as a traditional individual retirement annuity under Section 408(b) of the Code, a policy must satisfy certain conditions: (i) the owner must be the annuitant; (ii) the policy generally is not transferable by the owner, e.g., the owner may not designate a new owner, designate a contingent owner or assign the policy as collateral security; (iii) subject to special rules, the total premium payments for any calendar year may not exceed the amount specified in the Code ($5,000 for 2009, $6,000 if age 50 or older), except in the case of a rollover amount or contribution under Section 402(c), 402(e)(6), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 403(b)(10), 408(d)(3) or 457(e)(16) of the Code; (iv) annuity payments or partial surrenders must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the annuitant attains age 70 1/2; (v) an annuity payment option with a period certain that will guarantee annuity payments beyond the life expectancy of the annuitant and the beneficiary may not be

 

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selected; (vi) certain payments of death benefits must be made in the event the annuitant dies prior to the distribution of the policy value; (vii) the entire interest of the owner is non-forfeitable; and (viii) the premiums must not be fixed. Policies intended to qualify as traditional individual retirement annuities under Section 408(b) of the Code contain such provisions. Amounts in the IRA (other than nondeductible contributions) are taxed when distributed from the IRA. Distributions prior to age 59 1/2 (unless certain exceptions apply) are subject to a 10% penalty tax.

The Internal Revenue Service has not reviewed the policy for qualification as an IRA and has not addressed in a ruling of general applicability whether the death benefit options and riders available with the policies comport with IRA qualification requirements.

Roth Individual Retirement Annuities (Roth IRA). The Roth IRA, under Section 408A of the Code, contains many of the same provisions as a traditional IRA. However, there are some differences. First, the contributions are not deductible and must be made in cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA or other IRA. A rollover from or conversion of an IRA to a Roth IRA may be subject to tax and other special rules may apply to the rollover or conversion and to distributions attributable thereto. The Roth IRA is available to individuals with earned income and whose modified adjusted gross income is under $120,000 for single filers, $176,000 for married filing jointly, and $10,000 for married filing separately. Subject to special rules, the amount per individual that may be contributed to all IRAs (Roth and traditional) is the deductible amount specified in the Code ($5,000 for 2009, $6,000 if age 50 or older). Secondly, the distributions are taxed differently. The Roth IRA offers tax-free distributions when made 5 tax years after the first contribution to any Roth IRA of the individual and made after attaining age 59 1/2, to pay for qualified first time homebuyer expenses (lifetime maximum of $10,000), or due to death or disability. All other distributions are subject to income tax when made from earnings and may be subject to a penalty tax unless an exception applies. Unlike the traditional IRA, there are no minimum required distributions during the owner’s lifetime; however, required distributions at death are generally the same as for traditional IRAs.

Section 403(b) Plans. Under Section 403(b) of the Code, payments made by public school systems and certain tax exempt organizations to purchase policies for their employees are excludable from the gross income of the employee, subject to certain limitations. However, such payments may be subject to FICA (Social Security) taxes. The policy includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any tax-sheltered annuity under Section 403(b). Therefore, employers using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser. Additionally, in accordance with the requirements of the Code, Section 403(b) annuities generally may not permit distribution of (i) elective contributions made in years beginning after December 31, 1988, and (ii) earnings on those contributions, and (iii) earnings on amounts attributed to elective contributions held as of the end of the last year beginning before January 1, 1989. Distributions of such amounts will be allowed only upon the death of the employee, on or after attainment of age 59 1/2, severance from employment, disability, or financial hardship, except that income attributable to elective contributions may not be distributed in the case of hardship. These rules may prevent the payment of guaranteed withdrawals under a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit prior to age 59 1/2.

For contracts issued after 2008, amounts attributable to nonelective contributions may be subject to distribution restrictions specified in the employer’s section 403(b) plan.

Pursuant to new tax regulations, we generally are required to confirm, with your 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders you request from a 403(b) policy comply with applicable tax requirements before we process your request.

 

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Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans and H.R. 10 Plans. Sections 401(a) and 403(a) of the Code permit corporate employers to establish various types of retirement plans for employees and self-employed individuals to establish qualified plans for themselves and their employees. Such retirement plans may permit the purchase of the policies to accumulate retirement savings. Adverse tax consequences to the plan, the participant or both may result if the policy is assigned or transferred to any individual as a means to provide benefit payments. The policy includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in a pension or profit sharing plan. Therefore, employers using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser.

Deferred Compensation Plans. Section 457 of the Code, while not actually providing for a qualified plan as that term is normally used, provides for certain deferred compensation plans with respect to service for state governments, local governments, political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, and certain affiliates of such entities, and tax exempt organizations. The policies can be used with such plans. Under such plans a participant may specify the form of investment in which his or her participation will be made. For non-governmental Section 457 plans, all such investments, however, are owned by, and are subject to, the claims of the general creditors of the sponsoring employer. Depending on the terms of the particular plan, a non-government employer may be entitled to draw on deferred amounts for purposes unrelated to its Section 457 plan obligations. In general, all amounts received under a nongovernmental Section 457 plan are taxable and are subject to federal income tax withholding as wages.

Taxation of the Company

The Company at present is taxed as a life insurance company under part I of Subchapter L of the Code. The separate account is treated as part of the Company and, accordingly, will not be taxed separately as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Code. We do not expect to incur any federal income tax liability with respect to investment income and net capital gains arising from the activities of the separate account retained as part of the reserves under the policy. Based on this expectation, it is anticipated that no charges will be made against the separate account for federal income taxes. If, in future years, any federal income taxes are incurred by us with respect to the separate account, we may make a charge to that account.

INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE

A “net investment factor” is used to determine the value of accumulation units and annuity units, and to determine annuity payment rates.

Accumulation Units

Allocations of a premium payment directed to a subaccount are credited in the form of accumulation units. Each subaccount has a distinct accumulation unit value. The number of units credited is determined by dividing the premium payment or amount transferred to the subaccount by the accumulation unit value of the subaccount as of the end of the valuation period during which the allocation is made. For each subaccount, the accumulation unit value for a given business day is based on the net asset value of a share of the corresponding portfolio of the underlying fund portfolios less any applicable charges or fees. The investment performance of the portfolio, expenses, and deductions of certain charges affect the value of an accumulation unit.

 

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Upon allocation to the selected subaccount, premium payments are converted into accumulation units of the subaccount. The number of accumulation units to be credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount allocated to each subaccount by the value of an accumulation unit for that subaccount as next determined after the premium payment is received at the administrative and service office or, in the case of the initial premium payment, when the enrollment form is completed, whichever is later. The value of an accumulation unit for each subaccount was arbitrarily established at $1 at the inception of each subaccount. Thereafter, the value of an accumulation unit is determined as of the close of trading on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading.

An index (the “net investment factor”) which measures the investment performance of a subaccount during a valuation period, is used to determine the value of an accumulation unit for the next subsequent valuation period. The net investment factor may be greater or less than or equal to one; therefore, the value of an accumulation unit may increase, decrease, or remain the same from one valuation period to the next. You bear this investment risk. The net investment performance of a subaccount and deduction of certain charges affect the accumulation unit value.

The net investment factor for any subaccount for any valuation period is determined by dividing (a) by (b) and subtracting (c) from the result, where:

 

(a) is the net result of:

 

  (1) the net asset value per share of the shares held in the subaccount determined at the end of the current valuation period, plus

 

  (2) the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distribution made with respect to the shares held in the subaccount if the ex-dividend date occurs during the current valuation period, plus or minus

 

  (3) a per share credit or charge for any taxes determined by the Company to have resulted during the valuation period from the investment operations of the subaccount;

 

(b) is the net asset value per share of the shares held in the subaccount determined as of the end of the immediately preceding valuation period; and

 

(c) is an amount representing the separate account charge and any optional benefit fees, if applicable.

Illustration of Separate Account Accumulation Unit Value Calculations

Formula and Illustration for Determining the Net Investment Factor

 

Net Investment Factor =    

   (A + B - C) - E
           D

 

Where:

  

A =

   The net asset value of an underlying fund portfolio share as of the end of the current valuation period.
   Assume                                                                  A = $11.57

B =

   The per share amount of any dividend or capital gains distribution since the end of the immediately preceding valuation period.
   Assume                                                                  B = 0

C =

   The per share charge or credit for any taxes reserved for at the end of the current valuation period.
   Assume                                                                  C = 0

 

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D =

   The net asset value of an underlying fund portfolio share at the end of the immediately preceding valuation period.
   Assume                                                                  D = $11.40

E =

   The daily deduction for the mortality and expense risk fee and the administrative charge, and any optional benefit fees. Assume E totals 2.35% on an annual basis; On a daily basis, this equals 0.000063641.

Then, the net investment factor = (11.57 + 0 – 0) – 0.000063641 = Z = 1.01484864

                                                              (11.40)

Formula and Illustration for Determining Accumulation Unit Value

Accumulation Unit Value = A * B

 

Where:

  

A =

   The accumulation unit value for the immediately preceding valuation period.
   Assume = $X

B =

   The net investment factor for the current valuation period.
   Assume = Y

Then, the accumulation unit value = $X * Y = $Z

Annuity Unit Value and Annuity Payment Rates

The amount of variable annuity payments will vary with annuity unit values. Annuity unit values rise if the net investment performance of the subaccount exceeds the assumed investment return of 5% annually. Conversely, annuity unit values fall if the net investment performance of the subaccount is less than the annual assumed investment return. The value of a variable annuity unit in each subaccount was established at $1 on the date operations began for that subaccount. The value of a variable annuity unit on any subsequent business day is equal to (a) multiplied by (b) multiplied by (c), where:

 

(a) is the variable annuity unit value for the subaccount on the immediately preceding business day;

 

(b) is the net investment factor for that subaccount for the valuation period; and

 

(c) is the investment result adjustment factor for the valuation period.

The investment result adjustment factor for the valuation period is the product of discount factors of .99986634 per day to recognize the 5% effective annual assumed investment return. The valuation period is the period from the close of the immediately preceding business day to the close of the current business day.

The net investment factor for the policy used to calculate the value of a variable annuity unit in each subaccount for the valuation period is determined by dividing (i) by (ii) and subtracting (iii) from the result, where:

 

  (i) is the result of:

 

  (1) the net asset value of a fund share held in that subaccount determined at the end of the current valuation period; plus

 

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  (2) the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distributions made by the fund for shares held in that subaccount if the ex-dividend date occurs during the valuation period; plus or minus

 

  (3) a per share charge or credit for any taxes reserved for, which the Company determines to have resulted from the investment operations of the subaccount.

 

  (ii) is the net asset value of a fund share held in that subaccount determined as of the end of the immediately preceding valuation period.

 

  (iii) is a factor representing the mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. This factor is equal, on an annual basis, to 1.25% of the policy value held in that subaccount (For calculating Initial Payment Guarantee annuity payments, the factor is higher at a rate of 2.50%).

The dollar amount of subsequent variable annuity payments will depend upon changes in applicable annuity unit values.

The annuity payment rates generally vary according to the annuity option elected and the gender and adjusted age of the annuitant at the annuity commencement date. The policy also contains a table for determining the adjusted age of the annuitant.

Illustration of Calculations for Annuity Unit

Value and Variable Annuity Payments

Formula and Illustration for Determining Annuity Unit Value

Annuity Unit Value = A * B * C

 

Where:

  

A =

   annuity unit value for the immediately preceding valuation period.
   Assume = $X

B =

   Net investment factor for the valuation period for which the annuity unit value is being calculated.
   Assume = Y

C =

   A factor to neutralize the annual assumed investment return of 5% built into the Annuity Tables used.
   Assume = Z

Then, the annuity unit value is:

$X * Y * Z = $Q

Formula and Illustration for Determining Amount of

First Monthly Variable Annuity Payment

 

First monthly variable annuity payment =

   A * B
   $1,000

 

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Where:

  

A =

   The adjusted policy value as of the annuity commencement date.
   Assume = $X

B =

   The annuity purchase rate per $1,000 of adjusted policy value based upon the option selected, the sex and adjusted age of the annuitant according to the tables contained in the policy.
   Assume = $Y

Then, the first monthly variable annuity payment = $X * $Y = $Z

                                                                                      1,000

Formula and Illustration for Determining the Number of Annuity Units

Represented by Each Monthly Variable Annuity Payment

Number of annuity units = A

                                             B

 

Where:

  

A =

   The dollar amount of the first monthly variable annuity payment.
   Assume = $X

B =

   The annuity unit value for the valuation date on which the first monthly payment is due.
   Assume = $Y

 

Then, the number of annuity units = 

   $X = Z
   $Y

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DATA

Money Market Yields

The Company may from time to time disclose the current annualized yield of the money market subaccount, which invests in the corresponding money market portfolio, for a 7-day period in a manner which does not take into consideration any realized or unrealized gains or losses on shares of the corresponding money market portfolio or on its portfolio securities. This current annualized yield is computed by determining the net change (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) at the end of the 7-day period in the value of a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 unit of the money market subaccount at the beginning of the 7-day period, dividing such net change in account value by the value of the account at the beginning of the period to determine the base period return, and annualizing this quotient on a 365-day basis. The net change in account value reflects (i) net income from the portfolio attributable to the hypothetical account; and (ii) charges and deductions imposed under a policy that are attributable to the hypothetical account. The charges and deductions include the per unit charges for the hypothetical account for (i) the administrative charges and (ii) the mortality and expense risk fee. Current yield will be calculated according to the following formula:

Current Yield = ((NCS * ES)/UV) * (365/7)

 

Where:     
NCS   =      The net change in the value of the portfolio (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) for the 7-day period attributable to a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 subaccount unit.

 

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ES   =    Per unit expenses of the subaccount for the 7-day period.
UV   =    The unit value on the first day of the 7-day period.

Because of the charges and deductions imposed under a policy, the yield for the money market subaccount will be lower than the yield for the corresponding money market portfolio. The yield calculations do not reflect the effect of any premium taxes.

The Company may also disclose the effective yield of the money market subaccount for the same 7-day period, determined on a compounded basis. The effective yield is calculated by compounding the base period return according to the following formula:

Effective Yield = (1 + ((NCS - ES)/UV))365/7 - 1

 

Where:     
NCS   =      The net change in the value of the portfolio (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) for the 7-day period attributable to a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 subaccount unit.
ES   =    Per unit expenses of the subaccount for the 7-day period.
UV   =    The unit value on the first day of the 7-day period.

The yield on amounts held in the money market subaccount normally will fluctuate on a daily basis. Therefore, the disclosed yield for any given past period is not an indication or representation of future yields or rates of return. The money market subaccount’s actual yield is affected by changes in interest rates on money market securities, average portfolio maturity of the corresponding money market portfolio, the types and quality of portfolio securities held by the corresponding money market portfolio and its operating expenses.

Total Returns

The Company may from time to time also advertise or disclose total returns for one or more of the subaccounts for various periods of time. One of the periods of time will include the period measured from the date the subaccount commenced operations. When a subaccount has been in operation for 1, 5 and 10 years, respectively, the total return for these periods will be provided. Total returns for other periods of time may from time to time also be disclosed. Total returns represent the average annual compounded rates of return that would equate an initial investment of $1,000 to the redemption value of that investment as of the last day of each of the periods. The ending date for each period for which total return quotations are provided will be for the most recent month end practicable, considering the type and media of the communication and will be stated in the communication.

 

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Total returns will be calculated using subaccount unit values which the Company calculates on each business day based on the performance of the separate account’s underlying fund portfolio and the deductions for the mortality and expense risk fee and the administrative charges. The total return will then be calculated according to the following formula:

P (1 + T)N = ERV

 

Where:     
T   =      The average annual total return net of subaccount recurring charges.
ERV   =    The ending redeemable value of the hypothetical account at the end of the period.
P   =    A hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.
N   =    The number of years in the period.

Other Performance Data

The Company may from time to time also disclose average annual total returns in a non-standard format in conjunction with the standard format described above. The non-standard format will be identical to the standard format.

The Company may from time to time also disclose cumulative total returns in conjunction with the standard format described above. The cumulative returns will be calculated using the following formula:

CTR = (ERV / P)-1

 

Where:     
CTR   =      The cumulative total return net of subaccount recurring charges for the period.
ERV   =    The ending redeemable value of the hypothetical investment at the end of the period.
P   =    A hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

All non-standard performance data will only be advertised if the standard performance data is also disclosed.

Adjusted Historical Performance Data

From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may quote average annual total returns for periods prior to the date a particular subaccount commenced operations. Such performance information for the subaccounts will be calculated based on the performance of the various portfolios and the assumption that the subaccounts were in existence for the same periods as those indicated for the portfolios, with the level of policy charges that are currently in effect.

PUBLISHED RATINGS

The Company may from time to time publish in advertisements, sales literature and reports to owners, the ratings and other information assigned to it by one or more independent rating organizations such as A.M. Best Company, Standard & Poor’s Insurance Ratings Services, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Financial Ratings. The purpose of the ratings is to reflect the financial strength of the Company. The ratings should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of assets held in the separate account or of the safety or riskiness of an investment in the separate account. Each year the A.M. Best Company reviews the financial status of thousands of insurers, culminating in the assignment of

 

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Best’s Ratings. These ratings reflect their current opinion of the relative financial strength and operating performance of an insurance company in comparison to the norms of the life/health insurance industry. In addition, these ratings may be referred to in advertisements or sales literature or in reports to owners. These ratings are opinions of an operating insurance company’s financial capacity to meet the obligations of its insurance policies in accordance with their terms.

STATE REGULATION OF TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

The Company is subject to the laws of Iowa governing insurance companies and to regulation by the Iowa Department of Insurance. An annual statement in a prescribed form is filed with the Department of Insurance each year covering the operation of the Company for the preceding year and its financial condition as of the end of such year. Regulation by the Department of Insurance includes periodic examination to determine the Company’s contract liabilities and reserves so that the Department may determine the items are correct. The Company’s books and accounts are subject to review by the Department of Insurance at all times, and a full examination of its operations is conducted periodically by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In addition, the Company is subject to regulation under the insurance laws of other jurisdictions in which it may operate.

ADMINISTRATION

The Company performs administrative services for the policies. These services include issuance of the policies, maintenance of records concerning the policies, and certain valuation services.

RECORDS AND REPORTS

All records and accounts relating to the separate account will be maintained by the Company. As presently required by the 1940 Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Company will mail to all owners at their last known address of record, at least annually, reports containing such information as may be required under that Act or by any other applicable law or regulation. Owners will also receive confirmation of each financial transaction and any other reports required by law or regulation. However, for certain routine transactions (for example, regular monthly premiums deducted from your checking account, or regular annuity payments the Company sends to you) you may only receive quarterly confirmations.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

We have entered into a principal underwriting agreement with our affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. (“TCI”), for the distribution and sale of the policies. We may reimburse TCI for certain expenses it incurs in order to pay for the distribution of the policies (e.g., commissions payable to selling firms selling the Policies, as described below.)

Effective May 1, 2007 TCI replaced our affiliate AFSG Securities Corporation (“AFSG”) as principal underwriter for the policies. TCI’s home office is located at 4600 S Syracuse St. Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80237-2719. TCI is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of AEGON USA. TCI is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). TCI is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

 

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We currently offer the policies on a continuous basis. We anticipate continuing to offer the policies, but reserve the right to discontinue the offering. The policies are offered to the public through sales representatives of broker-dealers (“selling firms”) that have entered into selling agreements with us and with TCI. TCI compensates these selling firms for their services. Sales representatives with these selling firms are appointed as our insurance agents.

We and our affiliates provide paid-in capital to TCI and pay for TCI’s operating and other expenses, including overhead, legal and accounting fees. We also pay TCI an “override” payment based on the pricing of the product which becomes part of TCI’s assets. In addition, we pay commission to TCI for policy sales; these commissions are passed through to the selling firms with TCI not retaining any portion of the commissions. During fiscal year 2008 and 2007, the amounts paid to TCI in connection with all policies sold through the separate account were $9,040,026 and $7,126,283, respectively.

During fiscal years 2007 and 2006 the amounts paid to AFSG in connection with all policies sold through the separate account were $3,492,635 and $8,942,672, respectively. AFSG passes through commissions it receives to selling firms for their sales and does not retain any portion of them.

We and/or TCI or another affiliate may pay certain selling firms additional cash amounts for: (1) “preferred product” treatment of the policies in their marketing programs, which may include marketing services and increased access to their sales representatives; (2) sales promotions relating to the policies; (3) costs associated with sales conferences and educational seminars for their sales representatives; and (4) other sales expenses of the selling firms. We and/or TCI may make bonus payments to certain selling firms based on aggregate sales or persistency standards. These additional payments are not offered to all selling firms, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among selling firms.

VOTING RIGHTS

To the extent required by law, the Company will vote the underlying fund portfolios’ shares held by the separate account at regular and special shareholder meetings of the underlying fund portfolios in accordance with instructions received from persons having voting interests in the portfolios, although none of the underlying fund portfolios hold regular annual shareholder meetings. If, however, the 1940 Act or any regulation thereunder should be amended or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and as a result the Company determines that it is permitted to vote the underlying fund portfolios shares in its own right, it may elect to do so.

Before the annuity commencement date, you hold the voting interest in the selected portfolios. The number of votes that you have the right to instruct will be calculated separately for each subaccount. The number of votes that you have the right to instruct for a particular subaccount will be determined by dividing your policy value in the subaccount by the net asset value per share of the corresponding portfolio in which the subaccount invests. Fractional shares will be counted.

After the annuity commencement date, the person receiving annuity payments has the voting interest, and the number of votes decreases as annuity payments are made and as the reserves for the policy decrease. The person’s number of votes will be determined by dividing the reserve for the policy allocated to the applicable subaccount by the net asset value per share of the corresponding portfolio. Fractional shares will be counted.

 

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The number of votes that you or the person receiving income payments has the right to instruct will be determined as of the date established by the underlying fund portfolio for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting of the underlying fund portfolio. The Company will solicit voting instructions by sending you, or other persons entitled to vote, requests for instructions prior to that meeting in accordance with procedures established by the underlying fund portfolio. Portfolio shares as to which no timely instructions are received, and shares held by the Company in which you, or other persons entitled to vote have no beneficial interest, will be voted in proportion to the voting instructions that are received with respect to all policies participating in the same subaccount.

Each person having a voting interest in a subaccount will receive proxy material, reports, and other materials relating to the appropriate portfolio.

OTHER PRODUCTS

The Company makes other variable annuity policies available that may also be funded through the separate account. These variable annuity policies may have different features, such as different investment choices or charges.

CUSTODY OF ASSETS

The Company holds assets of each of the subaccounts. The assets of each of the subaccounts are segregated and held separate and apart from the assets of the other subaccounts and from the Company’s general account assets. The Company maintains records of all purchases and redemptions of shares of the underlying fund portfolios held by each of the subaccounts. Additional protection for the assets of the separate account is afforded by the Company’s fidelity bond, presently in the amount of $5,000,000, covering the acts of officers and employees of the Company.

LEGAL MATTERS

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, of Washington D.C. has provided legal advice to the Company regarding to certain matters under the federal securities laws that relate to the policies.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The financial statements of the Separate Account VA B, at December 31, 2009 and for the periods disclosed in the financial statements, and the statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Transamerica Life Insurance Company at December 31, 2009 and and 2007, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009, appearing herein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, Suite 3000, 801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, as set forth in their respective reports thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon their reports given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

A registration statement has been filed with the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, with respect to the policies discussed in this SAI. Not all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the amendments and exhibits thereto has been included in the prospectus or this SAI. Statements contained in the prospectus and this SAI concerning the content of the policies and other legal instruments are intended to be summaries. For a complete statement of the terms of these documents, reference should be made to the instruments filed with the SEC.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The values of your interest in the separate account will be affected solely by the investment results of the selected subaccount(s). Financial statements of certain subaccounts of Separate Account VA B, which are available for investment by Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity policy owners, are contained herein. The statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, which are included in this SAI, should be considered only as bearing on the ability of the Company to meet its obligations under the policies. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the separate account.

 

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APPENDIX A

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The accumulation unit values and the number of accumulation units outstanding for each subaccount from the date of inception are shown in the following tables.

 

Subaccount

   Year    2.35%
      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.791064    $ 0.965395    36,603.301

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.791064    25,794.608

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.761839    $ 0.939349    2,310,531.733

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.761839    404,624.442

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.713422    $ 0.891308    1,603,360.459

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.713422    1,125,198.796

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.682134    $ 0.861942    908,777.419

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.682134    462,486.792

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995049    $ 0.982642    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.914573    $ 1.034332    191,381.210

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.914573    0.000

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.035634    $ 1.192580    2,045.146

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035634    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.730313    $ 0.898631    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.730313    0.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.997130    $ 0.974345    410,140.730

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.997130    499,848.546

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.026549    $ 1.045079    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026549    24,796.039

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.711438    $ 0.855991    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.711438    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999936    $ 0.997267    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.813250    $ 0.925927    109,564.307

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.813250    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.717740    $ 0.863815    112,931.656

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.717740    25,744.346

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.011815    $ 1.227904    59,166.767

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.011815    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.661888    $ 0.894518    210,572.384

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.661888    0.000

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989162    $ 1.255171    56,305.886

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989162    0.000

American Funds - Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989759    $ 1.007176    0.000

American Funds - Bond Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000880    $ 0.992900    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

           

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988791    $ 1.002820    0.000

 

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Subaccount

   Year    2.20%
      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service

   2009    $ 0.659771    $ 0.774160    17,557.769

Class(1)

   2008    $ 1.071233    $ 0.659771    60,467.848

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2007    $ 1.109717    $ 1.071233    16,757.321
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.109717    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.821678    $ 1.004220    293,728.261

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.068508    $ 0.821678    363,493.084
   2007    $ 1.028896    $ 1.068508    1,573,755.975
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028896    2,143,204.101

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.646892    $ 0.819964    4,377,934.086

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.097527    $ 0.646892    5,195,878.118
   2007    $ 1.043203    $ 1.097527    5,036,939.314
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.043203    1,906,930.691

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.787834    $ 0.972831    3,141,510.807

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.091028    $ 0.787834    3,298,802.556
   2007    $ 1.035102    $ 1.091028    4,569,216.810
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035102    3,190,266.680

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718227    $ 0.898622    6,160,354.935

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.094403    $ 0.718227    6,219,743.049
   2007    $ 1.039992    $ 1.094403    5,561,161.806
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.039992    1,911,071.352

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.678604    $ 0.858728    536,162.426

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.089131    $ 0.678604    790,843.353
   2007    $ 1.026078    $ 1.089131    1,063,852.301
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026078    271,758.683

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.197677    116,933.347

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.699058    $ 0.777810    389,339.166

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.083638    $ 0.699058    148,217.637
   2007    $ 1.061455    $ 1.083638    388,233.301
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.061455    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201415    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.631266    $ 0.821542    32,769.651

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.122061    $ 0.631266    20,620.132
   2007    $ 1.231988    $ 1.122061    19,937.821
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.231988    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.990698    $ 1.008506    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995053    $ 0.982813    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988951    $ 1.005660    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986556    $ 0.985042    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception Date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.998143    $ 1.019844    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount Inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.996382    $ 1.020512    0.000

 

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Subaccount

   Year    2.20%
      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.997250    $ 1.021595    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 1.002869    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985139    $ 1.028818    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.678498    $ 0.858510    45,718.456

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.109967    $ 0.678498    45,749.882
   2007    $ 1.087719    $ 1.109967    32,453.027
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.087719    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.671651    $ 0.924589    35,764.412

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.091552    $ 0.671651    3,910.540
   2007    $ 1.002625    $ 1.091552    3,915.747
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.002625    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.658077    $ 0.821415    13,883.091

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.059916    $ 0.658077    26,454.857
   2007    $ 1.075152    $ 1.059916    27,187.635
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.075152    2,842.029

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.766090    $ 1.100861    47,413.660

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.050501    $ 0.766090    10,787.035
   2007    $ 1.055504    $ 1.050501    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.055504    0.000

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.709461    $ 0.917981    95,216.484

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.124963    $ 0.709461    108,299.751
   2007    $ 1.056173    $ 1.124963    89,784.879
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.056173    0.000

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.682411    $ 0.843556    73,067.729

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.184804    $ 0.682411    20,698.063
   2007    $ 1.008048    $ 1.184804    112,877.143
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.008048    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.043383    $ 1.181738    153,777.837

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.100224    $ 1.043383    47,712.577
   2007    $ 1.033553    $ 1.100224    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.033553    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.688386    $ 0.843056    27,698.129

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.102732    $ 0.688386    58,453.100
   2007    $ 1.093675    $ 1.102732    59,207.634
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.093675    14,339.062

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.647377    $ 0.905270    38,041.015

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.150766    $ 0.647377    69,327.456
   2007    $ 1.073143    $ 1.150766    19,118.022
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.073143    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.627366    $ 0.849152    17,614.100

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.008290    $ 0.627366    13,717.148
   2007    $ 0.943135    $ 1.008290    111,651.926
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.943135    3,149.091

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.662573    $ 0.828849    340,951.624

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.205308    $ 0.662573    30,170.900
   2007    $ 1.071454    $ 1.205308    379,588.557
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.071454    2,852.118

 

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Subaccount

   Year    2.20%
      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.035841    $ 1.194573    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035841    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.748230    $ 0.922028    5,561.455

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.134220    $ 0.748230    5,571.693
   2007    $ 1.022538    $ 1.134220    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.022538    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.704811    $ 0.904570    37,729.323

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.143446    $ 0.704811    51,112.315
   2007    $ 0.988035    $ 1.143446    26,214.820
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.988035    9,247.845

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.602171    $ 0.759470    221,029.047

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.143504    $ 0.602171    234,309.589
   2007    $ 1.007202    $ 1.143504    230,523.398
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007202    15,277.502

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.661959    $ 0.884251    9,577.885

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.148032    $ 0.661959    28,100.634
   2007    $ 0.956050    $ 1.148032    27,368.535
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.956050    6,237.915

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.041332    $ 1.019041    927,845.482

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.041763    $ 1.041332    2,219,365.276
   2007    $ 1.016363    $ 1.041763    886,750.385
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.016363    93,545.393

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.628096    $ 0.970354    9,267.268

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.255675    $ 0.628096    9,744.919
   2007    $ 0.968636    $ 1.255675    6,578.890
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.968636    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.657184    $ 0.918896    9,579.076

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.657184    9,579.076

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.125215    $ 1.147205    5,257.962

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.070646    $ 1.125215    200,535.739
   2007    $ 1.034510    $ 1.070646    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.034510    0.000

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.712135    $ 0.858083    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.712135    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 0.997437    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.814052    $ 0.928203    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.814052    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718445    $ 0.865935    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.718445    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999940    $ 1.023376    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service

   2009    $ 0.708350    $ 0.871065    327,745.851

Class

   2008    $ 1.187790    $ 0.708350    130,440.550

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2007    $ 1.053195    $ 1.187790    383,655.125
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.053195    10,634.168

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.637320    $ 0.904751    53,582.314

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.127087    $ 0.637320    31,643.822
   2007    $ 1.057444    $ 1.127087    31,156.019
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057444    0.000

 

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     Year    2.20%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.620384    $ 0.971986    25,642.898

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.183888    $ 0.620384    33,665.161
   2007    $ 0.989934    $ 1.183888    33,207.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989934    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.493700    $ 0.713676    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.049205    $ 0.493700    0.000
   2007    $ 1.057997    $ 1.049205    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057997    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.602721    $ 0.711919    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.073747    $ 0.602721    0.000
   2007    $ 0.982258    $ 1.073747    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.982258    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012024    $ 1.229961    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012024    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.656049    $ 0.772547    137,891.645

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.130667    $ 0.656049    0.000
   2007    $ 1.102114    $ 1.130667    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.102114    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.645570    $ 0.866064    167,322.111

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.096458    $ 0.645570    3,943.216
   2007    $ 0.986416    $ 1.096458    3,948.462
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.986416    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.662544    $ 0.896724    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.662544    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.658823    $ 0.873279    325,026.931

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.175023    $ 0.658823    135,896.477
   2007    $ 1.023854    $ 1.175023    480,594.411
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.023854    10,470.704

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.608766    $ 0.773660    32,182.942

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.088069    $ 0.608766    38,772.723
   2007    $ 1.098172    $ 1.088069    32,464.068
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.098172    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.643474    $ 0.805695    24,943.660

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.248218    $ 0.643474    43,449.798
   2007    $ 1.007280    $ 1.248218    42,777.592
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007280    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.652621    $ 0.892420    272,750.796

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.104504    $ 0.652621    80,990.115
   2007    $ 0.978803    $ 1.104504    466,289.976
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.978803    12,464.735

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.519691    $ 0.799135    42,267.109

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.090425    $ 0.519691    50,495.667
   2007    $ 1.057031    $ 1.090425    13,901.005
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057031    0.000

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664363    $ 0.881467    32,778.428

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.965310    $ 0.664363    35,490.995
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.965310    18,521.743

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.590319    $ 0.728066    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.959380    $ 0.590319    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959380    0.000

 

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     Year    2.20%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.620360    $ 0.831865    497,986.577

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.063477    $ 0.620360    62,921.714
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.063477    637,123.559

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989357    $ 1.257278    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989357    0.000

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.683719    $ 0.966318    10,258.208

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.244769    $ 0.683719    54,114.915
   2007    $ 1.045077    $ 1.244769    3,490.881
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.045077    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.637625    $ 0.857255    23,468.208

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.180831    $ 0.637625    29,768.100
   2007    $ 1.103619    $ 1.180831    29,311.097
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.103619    0.000

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.594189    $ 0.947224    5,743.634

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.004175    $ 0.594189    5,743.634
   2007    $ 1.003807    $ 1.004175    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.003807    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.824129    $ 0.949322    16,460.849

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.084369    $ 0.824129    26,691.046
   2007    $ 1.066387    $ 1.084369    31,479.282
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.066387    5,684.633

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989763    $ 1.007351    0.000

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000884    $ 0.993075    0.000

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986466    $ 1.002214    0.000

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986787    $ 1.007604    0.000

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.982897    $ 0.979738    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

           

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988795    $ 1.002991    0.000
     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.964907    $ 1.132765    14,174.993

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.565881    $ 0.964907    19,055.954
   2007    $ 1.662134    $ 1.565881    32,357.531
   2006    $ 1.386523    $ 1.662134    101,446.554
   2005    $ 1.363986    $ 1.386523    39,820.857
   2004    $ 1.226414    $ 1.363986    74,607.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.226414    13,095.182

 

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     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.084034    $ 1.325501    1,928,458053

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.408993    $ 1.084034    2,482,622.017
   2007    $ 1.356090    $ 1.408993    1,435,409.234
   2006    $ 1.269130    $ 1.356090    953,384.333
   2005    $ 1.234511    $ 1.269130    1,137,676.082
   2004    $ 1.152278    $ 1.234511    536581.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.152278    179,972.944

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.062976    $ 1.348037    3,414,953.644

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.802573    $ 1.062976    3,468,484.844
   2007    $ 1.712514    $ 1.802573    6,034,694.788
   2006    $ 1.517400    $ 1.712514    6,159,837.425
   2005    $ 1.384807    $ 1.517400    4,021,906.068
   2004    $ 1.241984    $ 1.384807    3,064,722.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.241984    1,201,091.477

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.111167    $ 1.372753    2,590,206.086

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.538027    $ 1.111167    2,991,827.462
   2007    $ 1.458473    $ 1.538027    4,795,439.912
   2006    $ 1.339544    $ 1.458473    5,131,712.692
   2005    $ 1.277203    $ 1.339544    5,115,110.568
   2004    $ 1.174098    $ 1.277203    2,730,131.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.174098    679,194.714

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.098022    $ 1.374483    4,835,060.473

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.672295    $ 1.098022    5,083,316.971
   2007    $ 1.588385    $ 1.672295    6,214,163.500
   2006    $ 1.428964    $ 1.588385    7,677,330.281
   2005    $ 1.330451    $ 1.428964    5,310,495.972
   2004    $ 1.201059    $ 1.330451    3,097,756.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201059    939,048.775

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.679492    $ 0.860268    474,493.549

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.090028    $ 0.679492    497,882.501
   2007    $ 1.026410    $ 1.090028    367,405.065
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026410    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.234971    $ 1.374770    495,017.361

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.913440    $ 1.234971    255,162.008
   2007    $ 1.873346    $ 1.913440    279,474.301
   2006    $ 1.640798    $ 1.873346    253,213.360
   2005    $ 1.448152    $ 1.640798    248,333.372
   2004    $ 1.253702    $ 1.448152    78,011.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.253702    42,002.324

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993347    $ 1.002432    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.292959    $ 1.683496    185,759.138

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 2.297071    $ 1.292959    248,337.983
   2007    $ 2.520868    $ 2.297071    252,795.159
   2006    $ 1.814388    $ 2.520868    294,762.732
   2005    $ 1.637432    $ 1.814388    366,181.528
   2004    $ 1.262459    $ 1.637432    266,453.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.262459    63,434.115

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985141    $ 1.028874    0.000

 

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     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.931759    $ 1.179562    101,832.525

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.523527    $ 0.931759    94,706.021
   2007    $ 1.492264    $ 1.523527    94,971.323
   2006    $ 1.325861    $ 1.492264    358,336.370
   2005    $ 1.312320    $ 1.325861    1,372,078.604
   2004    $ 1.210944    $ 1.312320    1,113,351.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.210944    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.946742    $ 1.303937    39,633.086

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.537870    $ 0.946742    15,325.946
   2007    $ 1.411887    $ 1.537870    15,325.946
   2006    $ 1.419451    $ 1.411887    15,325.946
   2005    $ 1.277195    $ 1.419451    17,116.169
   2004    $ 1.198453    $ 1.277195    40,745.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.198453    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.976595    $ 1.219584    194,647.348

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.572158    $ 0.976595    202,655.826
   2007    $ 1.593965    $ 1.572158    269,248.002
   2006    $ 1.376368    $ 1.593965    410,726.323
   2005    $ 1.354336    $ 1.376368    298,608.359
   2004    $ 1.270508    $ 1.354336    265,380.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.270508    67,280.160

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.905796    $ 1.302247    661,375.335

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.241463    $ 0.905796    721,162.519
   2007    $ 1.246751    $ 1.241463    100,722.824
   2006    $ 1.151260    $ 1.246751    104,493.839
   2005    $ 1.158535    $ 1.151260    108,140.740
   2004    $ 1.080784    $ 1.158535    175,332.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.080784    157,622.638

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.244990    $ 1.611688    94,923.154

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.973156    $ 1.244990    99,549.722
   2007    $ 1.851605    $ 1.973156    235,625.538
   2006    $ 1.538650    $ 1.851605    247,769.548
   2005    $ 1.398004    $ 1.538650    261,854.317
   2004    $ 1.250244    $ 1.398004    177,027.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.250244    102,017.265

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.961123    $ 1.188640    448,617.473

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.667893    $ 0.961123    441,733.703
   2007    $ 1.418375    $ 1.667893    487,629.414
   2006    $ 1.377754    $ 1.418375    763,817.263
   2005    $ 1.300503    $ 1.377754    724,250.892
   2004    $ 1.185885    $ 1.300503    336,453.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.185885    160,684.847

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.053799    $ 1.194111    1,261,928.300

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.110668    $ 1.053799    700,796.489
   2007    $ 1.042860    $ 1.110668    971,174.920
   2006    $ 1.025258    $ 1.042860    928,230.457
   2005    $ 1.026377    $ 1.025258    1,000,389.363
   2004    $ 1.006080    $ 1.026377    658,356.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.006080    239,952.455

 

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     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.011108    $ 1.238901    365,727.110

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.618904    $ 1.011108    308,250.320
   2007    $ 1.604826    $ 1.618904    519,026.987
   2006    $ 1.380915    $ 1.604826    693,078.684
   2005    $ 1.358789    $ 1.380915    618,003.060
   2004    $ 1.211630    $ 1.358789    316,276.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.211630    24,239.954

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.897696    $ 1.255901    307,138.917

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.594931    $ 0.897696    289,429.703
   2007    $ 1.486621    $ 1.594931    467,491.675
   2006    $ 1.342168    $ 1.486621    483,865.813
   2005    $ 1.294613    $ 1.342168    370,944.540
   2004    $ 1.207107    $ 1.294613    291,832.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.207107    63,869.423

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.041318    $ 1.410149    203,157.795

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.672766    $ 1.041318    194,406.272
   2007    $ 1.563893    $ 1.672766    178,833.197
   2006    $ 1.545814    $ 1.563893    404,819.697
   2005    $ 1.430228    $ 1.545814    378,416.860
   2004    $ 1.326829    $ 1.430228    313,716.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.326829    101,816.725

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.813353    $ 1.017952    602,949.933

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.478894    $ 0.813353    4,755.102
   2007    $ 1.314007    $ 1.478894    4,755.102
   2006    $ 1.133136    $ 1.314007    0.000
   2005    $ 1.079394    $ 1.133136    4,432.714
   2004    $ 1.201198    $ 1.079394    4,350.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201198    0.000

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.035918    $ 1.195259    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035918    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.976767    $ 1.204240    29,364.361

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.479924    $ 0.976767    32,647.518
   2007    $ 1.333543    $ 1.479924    33,187.572
   2006    $ 1.252650    $ 1.333543    36,329.615
   2005    $ 1.187040    $ 1.252650    36,577.685
   2004    $ 1.093673    $ 1.187040    38,942.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.093673    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.996728    $ 1.279852    48,386.689

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.616227    $ 0.996728    53,550.687
   2007    $ 1.395882    $ 1.616227    78,435.731
   2006    $ 1.288563    $ 1.395882    55,829.488
   2005    $ 1.271177    $ 1.288563    31,420.365
   2004    $ 1.149242    $ 1.271177    3,391.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.149242    0.000

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.986483    $ 1.244787    463,695.354

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.872364    $ 0.986483    417,090.899
   2007    $ 1.648376    $ 1.872364    472,810.388
   2006    $ 1.553501    $ 1.648376    563,024.373
   2005    $ 1.364662    $ 1.553501    574,290.404
   2004    $ 1.205743    $ 1.364662    395,965.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.205743    38,359.608

 

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     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.148234    $ 1.534555    52,651.522

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.990409    $ 1.148234    39,609.615
   2007    $ 1.656734    $ 1.990409    141,999.390
   2006    $ 1.613251    $ 1.656734    178,737.813
   2005    $ 1.421396    $ 1.613251    313,519.293
   2004    $ 1.246300    $ 1.421396    74,869.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.246300    48,950.305

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.028091    $ 1.006569    951,101.316

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.028011    $ 1.028091    1,286,239.026
   2007    $ 1.002449    $ 1.028011    437,887.594
   2006    $ 0.980126    $ 1.002449    227,643.569
   2005    $ 0.975511    $ 0.980126    10,372.450
   2004    $ 0.989088    $ 0.975511    6,407.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989088    216,867.4832

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.874170    $ 1.351166    31,829.669

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.746752    $ 0.874170    29,858.045
   2007    $ 1.346786    $ 1.746752    30,343.187
   2006    $ 1.365274    $ 1.346786    30,421.508
   2005    $ 1.369105    $ 1.365274    36,573.403
   2004    $ 1.300362    $ 1.369105    37,401.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.300362    3,092.232

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.657484    $ 0.919767    49,205.015

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.657484    0.000

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.095748    $ 1.117712    433,673.132

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.042101    $ 1.095748    872,047.666
   2007    $ 1.006430    $ 1.042101    101,410.831
   2006    $ 0.997496    $ 1.006430    105,351.787
   2005    $ 0.999084    $ 0.997496    145,132.240
   2004    $ 0.991836    $ 0.999084    68,802.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.991836    26,176.409

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.712375    $ 0.858803    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.712375    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999942    $ 0.997500    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.814316    $ 0.928956    11,205.641

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.814316    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718684    $ 0.866647    4,305.529

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.718684    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999942    $ 1.023437    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.337860    $ 1.645991    313,124.823

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.242303    $ 1.337860    316,075.400
   2007    $ 1.987234    $ 2.242303    372,198.321
   2006    $ 1.647788    $ 1.987234    338,096.217
   2005    $ 1.481461    $ 1.647788    334,559.680
   2004    $ 1.307862    $ 1.481461    304,963.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.307862    74,368.417

 

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     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.876554    $ 1.244984    284,783.183

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.549416    $ 0.876554    31,001.174
   2007    $ 1.452967    $ 1.549416    28,230.593
   2006    $ 1.348438    $ 1.452967    80,342.102
   2005    $ 1.262208    $ 1.348438    80,479.008
   2004    $ 1.145861    $ 1.262208    38,665.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.145861    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.876694    $ 1.374217    26,581.151

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.672182    $ 0.876694    23,996.686
   2007    $ 1.397529    $ 1.672182    38,924.941
   2006    $ 1.302569    $ 1.397529    123,174.408
   2005    $ 1.239838    $ 1.302569    124,303.118
   2004    $ 1.184648    $ 1.239838    125,106.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.184648    23,023.688

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.743277    $ 1.074985    107,486.988

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.578813    $ 0.743277    66,037.760
   2007    $ 1.591252    $ 1.578813    56,911.712
   2006    $ 1.439122    $ 1.591252    74,031.520
   2005    $ 1.394287    $ 1.439122    74,265.282
   2004    $ 1.285073    $ 1.394287    68,626.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.285073    5,919.219

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.860882    $ 1.017376    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.532894    $ 0.860882    0.000
   2007    $ 1.401590    $ 1.532894    0.000
   2006    $ 1.349869    $ 1.401590    0.000
   2005    $ 1.269873    $ 1.349869    0.000
   2004    $ 1.219988    $ 1.269873    0.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.219988    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012092    $ 1.230654    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012092    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.931613    $ 1.097579    239,492.303

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.604815    $ 0.931613    264,454.605
   2007    $ 1.563517    $ 1.604815    268,088.522
   2006    $ 1.365174    $ 1.563517    275,224.306
   2005    $ 1.333168    $ 1.365174    286,973.126
   2004    $ 1.224493    $ 1.333168    290,239.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.224493    114,697.784

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.869870    $ 1.167532    186,754.085

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.476695    $ 0.869870    169,973.549
   2007    $ 1.327845    $ 1.476695    170,383.441
   2006    $ 1.365080    $ 1.327845    170,644.138
   2005    $ 1.214121    $ 1.365080    161,683.443
   2004    $ 1.144760    $ 1.214121    48,544.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.144760    47,733.393

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.662760    $ 0.897454    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.662760    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.116280    $ 1.480365    544,766.097

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.989918    $ 1.116280    511,499.203
   2007    $ 1.733058    $ 1.989918    742,112.074
   2006    $ 1.588607    $ 1.733058    674,170.279
   2005    $ 1.391080    $ 1.588607    659,549.148
   2004    $ 1.233995    $ 1.391080    255,237.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.233995    83,464.910

 

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION — (Continued)

 

     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.918503    $ 1.167869    83,710.773

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.640841    $ 0.918503    92,166.928
   2007    $ 1.655258    $ 1.640841    86,513.185
   2006    $ 1.409780    $ 1.655258    267,536.727
   2005    $ 1.364018    $ 1.409780    190,493.555
   2004    $ 1.252706    $ 1.364018    136,367.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.252706    77,379.047

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.862406    $ 1.080349    94,671.968

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.672074    $ 0.862406    91,775.171
   2007    $ 1.348661    $ 1.672074    80,837.215
   2006    $ 1.292627    $ 1.348661    106,218.684
   2005    $ 1.251476    $ 1.292627    124,081.249
   2004    $ 1.239747    $ 1.251476    94,028.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.239747    11,204.374

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.436090    $ 1.964731    514,906.085

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 2.429262    $ 1.436090    498,623.150
   2007    $ 2.151737    $ 2.429262    750,741.561
   2006    $ 1.955351    $ 2.151737    720,299.054
   2005    $ 1.692355    $ 1.955351    772,717.827
   2004    $ 1.386871    $ 1.692355    381,416.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.386871    133,784.257

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.919295    $ 1.414285    318,662.057

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.927952    $ 0.919295    336,063.844
   2007    $ 1.867997    $ 1.927952    419,807.998
   2006    $ 1.644751    $ 1.867997    502,636.818
   2005    $ 1.640189    $ 1.644751    471,967.131
   2004    $ 1.471850    $ 1.640189    369,833.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.471850    146,595.072

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664906    $ 0.882623    36,481.412

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.965627    $ 0.664906    36,491.486
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.965627    13,238.852

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.590810    $ 0.729031    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.959702    $ 0.590810    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959702    0.000

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.620853    $ 0.832934    58,184.934

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.063816    $ 0.620853    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.063816    0.000

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989426    $ 1.257960    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989426    0.000

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 1.175386    $ 1.662040    81,680.157

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 2.138831    $ 1.175386    81,983.165
   2007    $ 1.794831    $ 2.138831    85,077.565
   2006    $ 1.618038    $ 1.794831    85,683.518
   2005    $ 1.475288    $ 1.618038    96,297.251
   2004    $ 1.250953    $ 1.475288    92,181.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.250953    10,363.837

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.871869    $ 1.172770    190,110.270

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.613854    $ 0.871869    163,788.505
   2007    $ 1.507580    $ 1.613854    164,667.097
   2006    $ 1.305700    $ 1.507580    164,345.091
   2005    $ 1.263357    $ 1.305700    161,063.273
   2004    $ 1.234690    $ 1.263357    161,412.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.234690    215.949

 

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION — (Continued)

 

     Year    2.15%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.887916    $ 1.416164    148,887.174

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.499841    $ 0.887916    130,537.787
   2007    $ 1.498539    $ 1.499841    169,448.655
   2006    $ 1.355412    $ 1.498539    133,019.620
   2005    $ 1.318163    $ 1.355412    139,846.163
   2004    $ 1.267862    $ 1.318163    96,913.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.267862    50,423.630

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.033161    $ 1.190685    151,350.994

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.358741    $ 1.033161    123,998.994
   2007    $ 1.335553    $ 1.358741    204,767.048
   2006    $ 1.222132    $ 1.335553    234,584.502
   2005    $ 1.216718    $ 1.222132    197,411.119
   2004    $ 1.119499    $ 1.216718    185,984.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.119499    82,360.117
     Year    1.90%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.664986    $ 0.782584    20,940.884

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.076501    $ 0.664986    20,964.031
   2007    $ 1.111885    $ 1.076501    13,699.866
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.111885    17,275.117

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.828163    $ 1.015120    3,985,042.434

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.073776    $ 0.828163    4,894,990.078
   2007    $ 1.030912    $ 1.073776    2,084,202.644
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.030912    511,262.328

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.652006    $ 0.828876    787,970.364

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.102931    $ 0.652006    795,660.503
   2007    $ 1.045246    $ 1.102931    966,514.483
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.045246    318,695.737

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.794044    $ 0.983380    14,175,984.447

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.096387    $ 0.794044    9,962,953.196
   2007    $ 1.037121    $ 1.096387    6,045,535.743
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.037121    1,118,657.605

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.723890    $ 0.908385    21,209,465.843

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.099775    $ 0.723890    17,142,181.518
   2007    $ 1.042026    $ 1.099775    20,513,887.854
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.042026    7,281,010.652

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.683958    $ 0.868064    2,041,513.547

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.094494    $ 0.683958    2,128,751.748
   2007    $ 1.028086    $ 1.094494    1,219,711.124
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028086    134,295.597

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.200030    130,561.494

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.704580    $ 0.786258    177,029.895

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.088974    $ 0.704580    36,500.817
   2007    $ 1.063525    $ 1.088974    35,915.227
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.063525    13,227.866

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.203782    39,945.950

 

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          1.90%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.636251    $ 0.830462    34,859.190

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.127580    $ 0.636251    33,217.449
   2007    $ 1.234393    $ 1.127580    18,865.159
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.234393    106,063.702

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.990706    $ 1.008852    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995061    $ 0.983154    6,105.109

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988959    $ 1.006014    0.000

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986564    $ 0.985386    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception Date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.998151    $ 1.020195    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount Inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.996390    $ 1.020867    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.997258    $ 1.021949    2,461.660

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999948    $ 1.003215    291,366.364

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.683847    $ 0.867821    8,630.181

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.115419    $ 0.683847    8,630.181
   2007    $ 1.089839    $ 1.115419    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.089839    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985147    $ 1.029171    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.676964    $ 0.934657    2,056.689

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.096928    $ 0.676964    0.000
   2007    $ 1.004583    $ 1.096928    9,289.403
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.004583    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.663281    $ 0.830356    93,372.252

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.065145    $ 0.663281    81,082.873
   2007    $ 1.077262    $ 1.065145    99,442.440
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.077262    98,224.038

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.772135    $ 1.112807    33,540.262

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.055670    $ 0.772135    0.000
   2007    $ 1.057560    $ 1.055670    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.057560    0.000

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.715058    $ 0.927939    136,937.087

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.130491    $ 0.715058    142,098.434
   2007    $ 1.058240    $ 1.130491    90,369.755
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.058240    39,497.212

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.687785    $ 0.852682    66,120.069

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.190628    $ 0.687785    119,104.288
   2007    $ 1.010019    $ 1.190628    127,131.720
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010019    59,574.309

 

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          1.90%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.051601    $ 1.194546    790,154.232

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.105623    $ 1.051601    211,893.582
   2007    $ 1.035566    $ 1.105623    124,982.616
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035566    76,442.058

Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear Fund – Service Class OAM

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 0.560855    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.693818    $ 0.852210    174,757.383

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.108156    $ 0.693818    133,321.316
   2007    $ 1.095810    $ 1.108156    90,929.959
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.095810    61,406.192

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.652487    $ 0.915098    43,776.754

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.156414    $ 0.652487    0.000
   2007    $ 1.075239    $ 1.156414    8,747.011
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.075239    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.632312    $ 0.858378    27,681.631

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.013242    $ 0.632312    57,694.968
   2007    $ 0.944996    $ 1.013242    65,322.019
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.944996    51,584.638

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.667789    $ 0.837828    151,245.417

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.211228    $ 0.667789    30,123.783
   2007    $ 1.073545    $ 1.211228    31,339.264
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.073545    33,725.433

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.036272    $ 1.198589    9,805.450

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036272    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.754138    $ 0.932035    637,354.565

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.139811    $ 0.754138    231,609.778
   2007    $ 1.024544    $ 1.139811    111,257.916
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.024544    41,163.775

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.710376    $ 0.914390    26,968.407

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.149055    $ 0.710376    6,687.833
   2007    $ 0.989965    $ 1.149055    6,776.405
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989965    0.000

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.606932    $ 0.767731    69,016.481

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.149132    $ 0.606932    32,468.901
   2007    $ 1.009173    $ 1.149132    27,950.244
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.009173    105,090.753

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.667186    $ 0.893848    80,267.928

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.153690    $ 0.667186    62,441.741
   2007    $ 0.957925    $ 1.153690    57,486.116
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.957925    0.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.049513    $ 1.030079    399,264.666

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.046863    $ 1.049513    676,118.179
   2007    $ 1.018335    $ 1.046863    343,026.579
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.018335    116,990.871

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.633047    $ 0.980870    5,493.659

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.261850    $ 0.633047    0.000
   2007    $ 0.970525    $ 1.261850    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.970525    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.659011    $ 0.924159    13,539.443

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.659011    1,314.549

 

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     Year    1.90%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.134074    $ 1.159638    477,437.077

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.075910    $ 1.134074    444,400.151
   2007    $ 1.036528    $ 1.075910    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036528    0.000

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.713544    $ 0.862314    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.713544    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999948    $ 0.997783    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.815656    $ 0.932770    185,075.215

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.815656    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.719866    $ 0.870203    866,031.593

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.719866    643,424.842

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999948    $ 1.023730    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.713948    $ 0.880545    138,862.062

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.193650    $ 0.713948    93,823.825
   2007    $ 1.055268    $ 1.193650    64,036.082
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.055268    70,359.136

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.642348    $ 0.914578    229,872.428

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.132631    $ 0.642348    0.000
   2007    $ 1.059512    $ 1.132631    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.059512    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.625274    $ 0.982522    27,347.953

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.189694    $ 0.625274    25,842.364
   2007    $ 0.991858    $ 1.189694    21,301.345
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.991858    869.928

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.134074    $ 1.159638    515,621.744

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.075910    $ 1.134074    787,322.762
   2007    $ 1.036528    $ 1.075910    81,371.416
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036528    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.497605    $ 0.721445    1,087.021

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.054375    $ 0.497605    3,319.689
   2007    $ 1.060064    $ 1.054375    13,414.948
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060064    13,771.621

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.607483    $ 0.719664    25,988.432

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.079021    $ 0.607483    27,307.543
   2007    $ 0.984167    $ 1.079021    12,369.902
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.984167    3,817.887

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012438    $ 1.234087    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012438    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.661227    $ 0.780936    7,353.541

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.136227    $ 0.661227    0.000
   2007    $ 1.104265    $ 1.136227    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.104265    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.650665    $ 0.875466    3,971.995

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.101853    $ 0.650665    1,293.299
   2007    $ 0.988345    $ 1.101853    9,458.939
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.988345    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.663853    $ 0.901140    78,165.444

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.663853    0.000

 

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     Year    1.90%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664024    $ 0.882764    89,329.091

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.180803    $ 0.664024    60,103.259
   2007    $ 1.025856    $ 1.180803    51,894.975
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.025856    18,380.628

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.613580    $ 0.782082    167,938.302

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.093424    $ 0.613580    173,463.859
   2007    $ 1.100311    $ 1.093424    148,014.352
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.100311    9,529.007

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 22

   2009    $ 0.648553    $ 0.814445    556,322.812

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.254358    $ 0.648553    556,655.149
   2007    $ 1.009247    $ 1.254358    60,758.587
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.009247    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.657771    $ 0.902106    51,172.575

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.109935    $ 0.657771    37,156.794
   2007    $ 0.980709    $ 1.109935    36,006.338
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.980709    85,734.239

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.523790    $ 0.807801    139,934.727

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.095776    $ 0.523790    139,273.769
   2007    $ 1.059093    $ 1.095776    138,654.104
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.059093    22,743.198

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.667633    $ 0.888410    36,920.627

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.967204    $ 0.667633    22,397.977
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.967204    0.000

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.593231    $ 0.733813    14,373.909

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.961270    $ 0.593231    7,293.280
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.961270    0.000

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.623405    $ 0.838401    77,842.934

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.065568    $ 0.623405    54,588.797
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.065568    16,655.770

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989766    $ 1.261486    16,095.124

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989766    4,061.764

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.689114    $ 0.976820    20,113.376

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.250883    $ 0.689114    13,854.438
   2007    $ 1.047121    $ 1.250883    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.047121    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.642659    $ 0.866567    22,656.253

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.186653    $ 0.642659    15,124.558
   2007    $ 1.105786    $ 1.186653    10,721.978
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.105786    811.404

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.598887    $ 0.957525    33,821.905

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.009127    $ 0.598887    27,398.274
   2007    $ 1.005768    $ 1.009127    21,573.908
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.005768    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.830613    $ 0.959602    59,511.739

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.089681    $ 0.830613    34,696.136
   2007    $ 1.068454    $ 1.089681    76,310.184
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.068454    0.000

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989771    $ 1.007699    0.000

 

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     Year    1.90%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000892    $ 0.993413    0.000

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986474    $ 1.002561    0.000

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986795    $ 1.007946    0.000

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.982905    $ 0.980076    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

           

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988803    $ 1.003337    0.000
     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.981136    $ 1.155201    88,202.695

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.587528    $ 0.981136    85,681.377
   2007    $ 1.638910    $ 1.587528    150,136.696
   2006    $ 1.397454    $ 1.638910    208,580.138
   2005    $ 1.370715    $ 1.397454    150,656.612
   2004    $ 1.228827    $ 1.370715    70,697.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.228827    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.102289    $ 1.351796    1,389,265.733

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.428490    $ 1.102289    3,108,478.970
   2007    $ 1.370797    $ 1.428490    750,536.105
   2006    $ 1.279140    $ 1.370797    795,433.702
   2005    $ 1.240597    $ 1.279140    652,930.653
   2004    $ 1.154543    $ 1.240597    837,819.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.154543    91,792.069

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.080868    $ 1.374764    862,055.716

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.827501    $ 1.080868    918,377.449
   2007    $ 1.731070    $ 1.827501    2,099,128
   2006    $ 1.529348    $ 1.731070    2,797,329.801
   2005    $ 1.391625    $ 1.529348    2,600,394.875
   2004    $ 1.244419    $ 1.391625    1,797,507.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.244419    114,594.272

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.129842    $ 1.399939    2,927,695.870

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.559272    $ 1.129842    2,778,429.817
   2007    $ 1.474254    $ 1.559272    4,847,202.025
   2006    $ 1.350078    $ 1.474254    6,181,321.693
   2005    $ 1.283478    $ 1.350078    6,524,698.939
   2004    $ 1.176403    $ 1.283478    4,739,171.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.176403    317,015.129

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.116475    $ 1.401701    4,604,784.050

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.695380    $ 1.116475    2,957,775.925
   2007    $ 1.605557    $ 1.695380    10,704,039.339
   2006    $ 1.440189    $ 1.605557    10,992,735.381
   2005    $ 1.336977    $ 1.440189    10,034,902.509
   2004    $ 1.203403    $ 1.336977    4,343,551.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.203403    232,944.756

 

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     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.684863    $ 0.869641    29,209.308

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.095389    $ 0.684863    124,331.835
   2007    $ 1.028417    $ 1.095389    130,037.708
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028417    93,075.935

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.255742    $ 1.402016    333,482.898

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.939867    $ 1.255742    22,491.403
   2007    $ 1.893607    $ 1.939867    59,243.401
   2006    $ 1.653693    $ 1.893607    56,904.033
   2005    $ 1.455261    $ 1.653693    52,368.991
   2004    $ 1.256162    $ 1.455261    28,995.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.256162    26,650.249

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993355    $ 1.002778    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.314716    $ 1.716885    127,704.580

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 2.328830    $ 1.314716    312,080.388
   2007    $ 2.548171    $ 2.328830    236,531.519
   2006    $ 1.828678    $ 2.548171    230,073.642
   2005    $ 1.645498    $ 1.828678    206,413.470
   2004    $ 1.264938    $ 1.645498    109,597.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.264938    37,367.829

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.947439    $ 1.202938    86.261

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.544595    $ 0.947439    3,473.905
   2007    $ 1.508426    $ 1.544595    3,621.037
   2006    $ 1.336293    $ 1.508426    0.000
   2005    $ 1.318774    $ 1.336293    0.000
   2004    $ 1.213316    $ 1.318774    314.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.213316    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subacount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985149    $ 1.029234    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.962680    $ 1.329797    17,124.333

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.559151    $ 0.962680    17,133.870
   2007    $ 1.427197    $ 1.559151    27,065.555
   2006    $ 1.430633    $ 1.427197    27,563.986
   2005    $ 1.283494    $ 1.430633    24,006.880
   2004    $ 1.200812    $ 1.283494    11,056.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.200812    8,327.698

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.993038    $ 1.243782    32,522.992

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.593905    $ 0.993038    29,920.193
   2007    $ 1.611242    $ 1.593905    48,411.315
   2006    $ 1.387213    $ 1.611242    98,177.319
   2005    $ 1.361003    $ 1.387213    64,093.796
   2004    $ 1.272998    $ 1.361003    44,627.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.272998    13,422.446

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.921031    $ 1.328042    145,091.252

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.258616    $ 0.921031    51,754.940
   2007    $ 1.260250    $ 1.258616    70,255.619
   2006    $ 1.160309    $ 1.260250    70,870.020
   2005    $ 1.164230    $ 1.160309    99,861.865
   2004    $ 1.082910    $ 1.164230    57,283.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.082910    258.009

 

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     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.265940    $ 1.643632    204,656.760

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 2.000448    $ 1.265940    284,315.751
   2007    $ 1.871673    $ 2.000448    310,229
   2006    $ 1.550773    $ 1.871673    316,385.235
   2005    $ 1.404892    $ 1.550773    341,070.528
   2004    $ 1.252702    $ 1.404892    121,373.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.252702    20,524.116

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.977285    $ 1.212199    36,957.004

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.690931    $ 0.977285    158,198.145
   2007    $ 1.433718    $ 1.690931    295,318.634
   2006    $ 1.388585    $ 1.433718    457,598.459
   2005    $ 1.306899    $ 1.388585    386,523.250
   2004    $ 1.188215    $ 1.306899    45,845.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.188215    3,654.310

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.071547    $ 1.217797    778,935.300

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.126043    $ 1.071547    520,577.509
   2007    $ 1.054181    $ 1.126043    697,679.292
   2006    $ 1.033347    $ 1.054181    760,997.455
   2005    $ 1.031445    $ 1.033347    754,727.817
   2004    $ 1.008067    $ 1.031445    493,094.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.008067    146,973.450

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.028121    $ 1.263447    100,080.672

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.641280    $ 1.028121    110,183.255
   2007    $ 1.622198    $ 1.641280    110,760.296
   2006    $ 1.391775    $ 1.622198    238,147
   2005    $ 1.365469    $ 1.391775    191,246.778
   2004    $ 1.214006    $ 1.365469    114,649.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.214006    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.912803    $ 1.280794    34,021.376

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.616984    $ 0.912803    51,104.849
   2007    $ 1.502726    $ 1.616984    87,401.871
   2006    $ 1.352737    $ 1.502726    78,447.104
   2005    $ 1.300978    $ 1.352737    77,742.496
   2004    $ 1.209480    $ 1.300978    67,495.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.209480    13,845.154

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.058835    $ 1.438085    74,521.628

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.695885    $ 1.058835    35,655.610
   2007    $ 1.580826    $ 1.695885    65,804.264
   2006    $ 1.557972    $ 1.580826    103,002.948
   2005    $ 1.437264    $ 1.557972    85,387.274
   2004    $ 1.329429    $ 1.437264    63,248.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.329429    3,031.830

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.824621    $ 1.035091    418,135.742

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.494943    $ 0.824621    134,062.050
   2007    $ 1.324353    $ 1.494943    189,012.209
   2006    $ 1.138715    $ 1.324353    200,512.614
   2005    $ 1.081523    $ 1.138715    144,796.803
   2004    $ 1.203554    $ 1.081523    86,454.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.203554    21,173.319

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.036345    $ 1.199258    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036345    0.000

 

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     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.993199    $ 1.228099    38,694.956

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.500384    $ 0.993199    5,178.380
   2007    $ 1.347980    $ 1.500384    0.000
   2006    $ 1.262511    $ 1.347980    0.000
   2005    $ 1.192883    $ 1.262511    0.000
   2004    $ 1.095821    $ 1.192883    841.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.095821    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.013496    $ 1.305220    128,352.073

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.638564    $ 1.013496    78,139.845
   2007    $ 1.410994    $ 1.638564    194,281.296
   2006    $ 1.298714    $ 1.410994    131,920.368
   2005    $ 1.277435    $ 1.298714    127,429.404
   2004    $ 1.151505    $ 1.277435    28,209.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.151505    0.000

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.003093    $ 1.269462    220,800.963

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.898270    $ 1.003093    217,396.105
   2007    $ 1.666241    $ 1.898270    321,611.411
   2006    $ 1.565729    $ 1.666241    342,622.915
   2005    $ 1.371372    $ 1.565729    398,210.114
   2004    $ 1.208109    $ 1.371372    229,870.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.208109    18,765.793

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.167543    $ 1.564957    21,180.228

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 2.017902    $ 1.167543    18,696.996
   2007    $ 1.674665    $ 2.017902    30,469.855
   2006    $ 1.625938    $ 1.674665    32,633.252
   2005    $ 1.428382    $ 1.625938    172,297.594
   2004    $ 1.248740    $ 1.428382    32,712.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.248740    0.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.045395    $ 1.026507    253,903.310

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.042244    $ 1.045395    1,313,697.694
   2007    $ 1.013334    $ 1.042244    181,403.169
   2006    $ 0.987867    $ 1.013334    195,776.576
   2005    $ 0.980329    $ 0.987867    166,889.442
   2004    $ 0.991036    $ 0.980329    356,750.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.991036    88,816.643

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.888888    $ 1.377949    1,170.937

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.770918    $ 0.888888    0.000
   2007    $ 1.361387    $ 1.770918    0.000
   2006    $ 1.376024    $ 1.361387    0.000
   2005    $ 1.375840    $ 1.376024    0.000
   2004    $ 1.302912    $ 1.375840    0.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.302912    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.659317    $ 0.925057    1,751.480

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.659317    0.000

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.114167    $ 1.139846    233,240.153

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.056501    $ 1.114167    176,497.796
   2007    $ 1.017329    $ 1.056501    35,048
   2006    $ 1.005345    $ 1.017329    32,788.018
   2005    $ 1.004005    $ 1.005345    42,787.901
   2004    $ 0.993783    $ 1.004005    369,479.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.993783    443,131.549

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.713780    $ 0.863011    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.713780    4,196.020

 

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     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999950    $ 0.997845    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.815922    $ 0.933525    3,823.539

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.815922    5,656.596

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.720097    $ 0.870910    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.720097    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999950    $ 1.023790    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.360375    $ 1.678627    110,162.510

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.273309    $ 1.360375    198,001.852
   2007    $ 2.008770    $ 2.273309    253,267.944
   2006    $ 1.660766    $ 2.008770    257,446.379
   2005    $ 1.488758    $ 1.660766    118,880.857
   2004    $ 1.310431    $ 1.488758    95,142.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.310431    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.891317    $ 1.269687    329,807.442

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.570851    $ 0.891317    4,098.714
   2007    $ 1.468712    $ 1.570851    8,262.283
   2006    $ 1.359065    $ 1.468712    16,397.513
   2005    $ 1.268429    $ 1.359065    14,083.969
   2004    $ 1.148114    $ 1.268429    13,061.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.148114    19,119.399

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.891443    $ 1.401446    17,735.337

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.695300    $ 0.891443    17,798.515
   2007    $ 1.412676    $ 1.695300    33,400.380
   2006    $ 1.312834    $ 1.412676    30,138.970
   2005    $ 1.245948    $ 1.312834    24,791.226
   2004    $ 1.186979    $ 1.245948    27,341.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.186979    0.000

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.114167    $ 1.139846    1,304,264.157

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.056501    $ 1.114167    2,882,925.461
   2007    $ 1.017329    $ 1.056501    0.000
   2006    $ 1.005345    $ 1.017329    0.00
   2005    $ 1.004005    $ 1.005345    3,676.282
   2004    $ 0.993783    $ 1.004005    0.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.993783    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.755790    $ 1.096316    98,443.121

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.600638    $ 0.755790    81,568.115
   2007    $ 1.608483    $ 1.600638    102,642.623
   2006    $ 1.450459    $ 1.608483    106,238.928
   2005    $ 1.401161    $ 1.450459    110,422.322
   2004    $ 1.287590    $ 1.401161    66,607.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.287590    19,839.889

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.875360    $ 1.037518    2,141.441

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.554080    $ 0.875360    2,035.270
   2007    $ 1.416764    $ 1.554080    3,848.534
   2006    $ 1.360493    $ 1.416764    3,867.887
   2005    $ 1.276124    $ 1.360493    3,890.239
   2004    $ 1.222384    $ 1.276124    6,825.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.222384    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012506    $ 1.234764    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012506    0.000

 

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     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.947287    $ 1.119343    9,876.554

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.626993    $ 0.947287    17,221.640
   2007    $ 1.580442    $ 1.626993    29,994.514
   2006    $ 1.375912    $ 1.580442    31,538.167
   2005    $ 1.339719    $ 1.375912    33,849.928
   2004    $ 1.226890    $ 1.339719    50,850.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.226890    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.884499    $ 1.190673    2,942.286

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.497107    $ 0.884499    6,365.051
   2007    $ 1.342231    $ 1.497107    7,911.832
   2006    $ 1.375827    $ 1.342231    12,350.799
   2005    $ 1.220101    $ 1.375827    8,714.665
   2004    $ 1.147011    $ 1.220101    8,114.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.147011    4,850.688

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664068    $ 0.901874    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.664068    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.135064    $ 1.509722    113,040.251

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 2.017419    $ 1.135064    126,937.425
   2007    $ 1.751828    $ 2.017419    181,822.799
   2006    $ 1.601104    $ 1.751828    190,763.830
   2005    $ 1.397916    $ 1.601104    197,242.139
   2004    $ 1.236415    $ 1.397916    180,379.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.236415    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.933967    $ 1.191040    80,230.223

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.663539    $ 0.933967    94,031.375
   2007    $ 1.673199    $ 1.663539    121,345.711
   2006    $ 1.420893    $ 1.673199    213,825.555
   2005    $ 1.370739    $ 1.420893    82,868.718
   2004    $ 1.255168    $ 1.370739    70,041.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.255168    21,204.194

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.876916    $ 1.101766    2,478.447

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.695195    $ 0.876916    15,513.409
   2007    $ 1.363271    $ 1.695195    40,686.806
   2006    $ 1.302806    $ 1.363271    36,573.526
   2005    $ 1.257634    $ 1.302806    42,516.277
   2004    $ 1.242184    $ 1.257634    26,990.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.242184    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.460246    $ 2.003663    76,735.336

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 2.462827    $ 1.460246    50,547.506
   2007    $ 2.175025    $ 2.462827    110,217.532
   2006    $ 1.970736    $ 2.175025    124,801.500
   2005    $ 1.700679    $ 1.970736    152,563.628
   2004    $ 1.389595    $ 1.700679    129,210.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.389595    42,306.790

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.934769    $ 1.442325    133,789.313

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.954589    $ 0.934769    117,525.449
   2007    $ 1.888212    $ 1.954589    160,714.335
   2006    $ 1.657680    $ 1.888212    166,765.801
   2005    $ 1.648256    $ 1.657680    192,080.837
   2004    $ 1.474735    $ 1.648256    123,665.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.474735    24,005.046

 

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION — (Continued)

 

     Year    1.85%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.668178    $ 0.889558    183,588.222

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.967518    $ 0.668178    131,735.594
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.967518    0.000

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.593718    $ 0.734780    4,996.359

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.961589    $ 0.593718    6,344.889
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.961589    12,773.602

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.623923    $ 0.839500    185,896.399

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.065918    $ 0.623923    702.992
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.065918    13,322.162

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.989834    $ 1.262175    1,235.871

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989834    0.000

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 1.195174    $ 1.694991    1,779.275

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 2.168407    $ 1.195174    1,691.405
   2007    $ 1.814283    $ 2.168407    3,194.941
   2006    $ 1.630786    $ 1.814283    3,210.449
   2005    $ 1.482557    $ 1.630786    3,229.563
   2004    $ 1.253410    $ 1.482557    789.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.253410    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.886546    $ 1.196010    99,830.825

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.636153    $ 0.886546    18,788.535
   2007    $ 1.523906    $ 1.636153    26,945.989
   2006    $ 1.315978    $ 1.523906    3,955.029
   2005    $ 1.269574    $ 1.315978    3,981.481
   2004    $ 1.237113    $ 1.269574    5,092.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.237113    0.000

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.902888    $ 1.444279    15,951.454

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.520616    $ 0.902888    19,241.726
   2007    $ 1.514812    $ 1.520616    36,030.660
   2006    $ 1.366114    $ 1.514812    33,089.842
   2005    $ 1.324659    $ 1.366114    33,972.331
   2004    $ 1.270349    $ 1.324659    23,899.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.270349    7,871.853

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.050550    $ 1.214297    98,407.955

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.377544    $ 1.050550    113,379.340
   2007    $ 1.350032    $ 1.377544    150,245.799
   2006    $ 1.231764    $ 1.350032    156,660.163
   2005    $ 1.222715    $ 1.231764    130,400.030
   2004    $ 1.121697    $ 1.222715    125,834.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.121697    8,915.064
          1.70%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.668487    $ 0.788249    28,678.835

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.080043    $ 0.668487    26,043.555
   2007    $ 1.113336    $ 1.080043    19,516.146
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.113336    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.832508    $ 1.022462    32,831,990.740

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.077281    $ 0.832508    27,859,183.695
   2007    $ 1.032248    $ 1.077281    9,911,600.449
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.032248    3,970,929.972

 

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     Year    1.70%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.655444    $ 0.834891    3,977,025.575

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.106560    $ 0.655444    4,730,577.793
   2007    $ 1.046608    $ 1.106560    4,287,595.571
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.046608    995,971.343

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.798240    $ 0.990521    53,604,200.097

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.100000    $ 0.798240    47,185,575.489
   2007    $ 1.038479    $ 1.100000    32,989,878.993
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.038479    10,651,244.167

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.727702    $ 0.914957    72,540,743.826

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.103389    $ 0.727702    53,967,612.228
   2007    $ 1.043385    $ 1.103389    41,359,455.916
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.043385    15,858,883.434

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.687573    $ 0.874362    12,365,816.891

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.098098    $ 0.687573    8,713,333.772
   2007    $ 1.029432    $ 1.098098    6,501,343.024
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.029432    924,620.432

Transamerica BlackRock Global Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201597    3,596,173.450

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.708289    $ 0.791956    2,333,334.998

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.092545    $ 0.708289    1,122,070.819
   2007    $ 1.064914    $ 1.092545    983,966.601
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.064914    61,452.322

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.205357    403,876.282

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.639615    $ 0.836507    393,492.088

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.131291    $ 0.639615    429,111.314
   2007    $ 1.235999    $ 1.131291    383,065.961
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.235999    47,044.134

Transamerica Foxhall Emerging Markets/Pacific Rim VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.990712    $ 1.009087    67,253.795

Transamerica Foxhall Global Conservative VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.995066    $ 0.983383    111,904.036

Transamerica Foxhall Global Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988965    $ 1.006242    3,706.193

Transamerica Foxhall Global Hard Asset VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986569    $ 0.985611    54,170.345

Transamerica Hanlon Balanced VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception Date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.998157    $ 1.020435    131,413.343

Transamerica Hanlon Growth VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount Inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.996395    $ 1.021103    56,168.869

Transamerica Hanlon Growth and Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.997263    $ 1.022185    0.000

Transamerica Hanlon Managed Income VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 1.003452    1,210,008.409

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985153    $ 1.029410    0.000

 

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     Year    1.70%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.687459    $ 0.874132    347,815.614

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.119092    $ 0.687459    345,434.301
   2007    $ 1.091266    $ 1.119092    6,458.304
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.091266    3,308.600

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP– Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.680522    $ 0.941418    208,693.644

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.100528    $ 0.680522    140,639.638
   2007    $ 1.005889    $ 1.100528    133,380
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.005889    25,692.508

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.666777    $ 0.836363    221,575.875

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.068640    $ 0.666777    218,649.796
   2007    $ 1.078664    $ 1.068640    181,435.623
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.078664    93,244.423

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.776180    $ 1.120823    863,904.686

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.059115    $ 0.776180    408,612.174
   2007    $ 1.058929    $ 1.059115    385,946.596
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.058929    145,668.239

Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear Fund – Service Class OAM

           

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 0.561600    36,339

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.718825    $ 0.934669    572,957.821

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.134210    $ 0.718825    499,722.780
   2007    $ 1.059617    $ 1.134210    433,370.442
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.059617    86,710.093

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.691418    $ 0.858885    668,899.807

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.194541    $ 0.691418    425,265.556
   2007    $ 1.011337    $ 1.194541    368,276.698
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.011337    93,652.579

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.057139    $ 1.203194    6,723,271.642

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.109256    $ 1.057139    2,498,454.315
   2007    $ 1.036920    $ 1.109256    547,341.603
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036920    66,158.083

Transamerica ProFunds UltraBear Fund – Service Class OAM

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 0.561600    36,339.146

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.697469    $ 0.858373    474,560.204

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.111788    $ 0.697469    425,877.360
   2007    $ 1.097238    $ 1.111788    341,192.065
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.097238    47,887.878

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.655934    $ 0.921737    336,216.841

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.160230    $ 0.655934    128,217.546
   2007    $ 1.076644    $ 1.160230    134,250
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.076644    47,308.855

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.635650    $ 0.864603    525,139.979

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.016578    $ 0.635650    290,417.279
   2007    $ 0.946210    $ 1.016578    217,418.369
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.946210    7,155.051

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.671308    $ 0.843895    1,137,473.926

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.215207    $ 0.671308    128,156.594
   2007    $ 1.074942    $ 1.215207    112,008.614
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.074942    0.000

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.036556    $ 1.201275    78,807.415

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036556    0.000

 

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     Year    1.70%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.758114    $ 0.938809    1,041,087.087

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.143549    $ 0.758114    446,753.985
   2007    $ 1.025873    $ 1.143549    306,556.463
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.025873    20,925.563

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.714117    $ 0.920995    424,103.009

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.152836    $ 0.714117    247,413.176
   2007    $ 0.991257    $ 1.152836    283,945.085
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.991257    38,696.224

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.610130    $ 0.773299    99,925.063

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.152912    $ 0.610130    134,522.022
   2007    $ 1.010483    $ 1.152912    90,425.642
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010483    8,971.277

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.670705    $ 0.900335    354,237.674

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.157481    $ 0.670705    37,875.860
   2007    $ 0.959175    $ 1.157481    38,563.024
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959175    38,378.572

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.055058    $ 1.037558    5,206,256.150

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.050319    $ 1.055058    10,380,130.853
   2007    $ 1.019675    $ 1.050319    2,769,227.153
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.019675    469,138.652

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.636390    $ 0.987985    192,382.603

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.265991    $ 0.636390    49,991.221
   2007    $ 0.971784    $ 1.265991    35,174.478
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.971784    37,561.641

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.660241    $ 0.927726    350,757.384

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.660241    253,859.108

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.140067    $ 1.168061    3,456,286.339

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.079456    $ 1.140067    1,422,883.555
   2007    $ 1.037892    $ 1.079456    115,935.315
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.037892    7,992.854

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.714488    $ 0.865150    1,509,057.841

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.714488    38,095.981

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 0.998015    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.816736    $ 0.935839    748,782.638

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.816736    266,216.046

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.720815    $ 0.873054    5,259,673.885

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.720815    779,065.245

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999954    $ 1.023968    2,721.925

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service

   2009    $ 0.717685    $ 0.886892    1,005,468.530

Class

   2008    $ 1.197548    $ 0.717685    785,316.171

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2007    $ 1.056631    $ 1.197548    669,723.474
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.056631    137,538.568

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.645728    $ 0.921209    1,143,330.242

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.136350    $ 0.645728    658,843.227
   2007    $ 1.060888    $ 1.136350    45,350.521
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060888    0.000

 

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     Year    1.70%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.628577    $ 0.989658    275,521.723

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.193621    $ 0.628577    167,256.060
   2007    $ 0.993158    $ 1.193621    75,807.290
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.993158    5,351.076

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.140067    $ 1.168061    366,923.232

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.079456    $ 1.140067    575,634.300
   2007    $ 1.037892    $ 1.079456    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.037892    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.500229    $ 0.726689    148,627.255

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.057839    $ 0.500229    7,197.074
   2007    $ 1.061450    $ 1.057839    0.000
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.061450    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.610681    $ 0.724882    107,629.898

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.082576    $ 0.610681    79,884.701
   2007    $ 0.985459    $ 1.082576    48,043.714
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.985459    0.000

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012714    $ 1.236838    240,848.455

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012714    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.664713    $ 0.786609    366,631.751

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.139956    $ 0.664713    382,491.275
   2007    $ 1.105703    $ 1.139956    384,039.487
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.105703    14,831.304

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.654092    $ 0.881799    138,678.643

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.105472    $ 0.654092    62,219.359
   2007    $ 0.989629    $ 1.105472    74,296.581
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.989629    57,798.775

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664725    $ 0.904091    917,997.573

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.664725    64,280.341

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.667524    $ 0.889158    1,932,025.044

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.184684    $ 0.667524    1,780,089.552
   2007    $ 1.027191    $ 1.184684    1,228,445.617
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.027191    242,225.224

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.616816    $ 0.787750    214,300.604

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.097011    $ 0.616816    262,554.040
   2007    $ 1.101740    $ 1.097011    232,994.320
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.101740    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.651963    $ 0.820340    363,435.114

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.258464    $ 0.651963    298,156.996
   2007    $ 1.010566    $ 1.258464    82,574.695
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010566    36,599.623

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.661245    $ 0.908666    1,013,808.216

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.113602    $ 0.661245    733,394.285
   2007    $ 0.982004    $ 1.113602    637,448.174
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 0.982004    110,511.782

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.526557    $ 0.813664    440,228.339

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.099391    $ 0.526557    414,443.851
   2007    $ 1.060474    $ 1.099391    159,724.870
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060474    21,771.278

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.669833    $ 0.893086    1,900,072.534

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.968475    $ 0.669833    1,354,399.684
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.968475    656,829.077

 

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     Year    1.70%

Subaccount

      Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.595191    $ 0.737697    679,484.895

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.962542    $ 0.595191    677,267.432
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.962542    442,275.796

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.625466    $ 0.842826    1,107,019.661

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.066974    $ 0.625466    660,223.309
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.066974    303,752.013

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.990039    $ 1.264301    1,100,688.843

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.990039    9,730.069

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.692757    $ 0.983918    247,056.568

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.255004    $ 0.692757    168,440.473
   2007    $ 1.048491    $ 1.255004    124,949.696
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.048491    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.646052    $ 0.872856    243,199.759

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.190543    $ 0.646052    108,637.236
   2007    $ 1.107223    $ 1.190543    106,701.264
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.107223    1,406.919

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.602040    $ 0.964471    251,340.364

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.012433    $ 0.602040    124,274.333
   2007    $ 1.007074    $ 1.012433    85,746.349
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.007074    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.834998    $ 0.966566    679,769.137

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.093271    $ 0.834998    569,824.074
   2007    $ 1.069851    $ 1.093271    194,515.470
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.069851    6,297.165

American Funds – Asset Allocation Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.989776    $ 1.007931    78,055.631

American Funds – Bond Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 1.000897    $ 0.993644    63,418.369

American Funds – Growth Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986479    $ 1.002789    0.000

American Funds – Growth-Income Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.986801    $ 1.008181    0.000

American Funds – International Fund – Class 2

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.982910    $ 0.980303    0.000

GE Investments Total Return Fund – Class 3

           

Subaccount inceptiond date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.988808    $ 1.003571    0.000
          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.992161    $ 1.170486    60,570.125

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.602180    $ 0.992161    65,189.273
   2007    $ 1.650762    $ 1.602180    94,848.712
   2006    $ 1.404790    $ 1.650762    366,576
   2005    $ 1.375209    $ 1.404790    72,712.700
   2004    $ 1.230438    $ 1.375209    492,352.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.230438    15,375.756

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.114647    $ 1.369643    4,912,638.287

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.441652    $ 1.114647    5,122,755.897
   2007    $ 1.380694    $ 1.441652    5,058,972
   2006    $ 1.285855    $ 1.380694    5,731,875.609
   2005    $ 1.244663    $ 1.285855    5,311,608.574
   2004    $ 1.156053    $ 1.244663    1,754,171.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.156053    306,346.159

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.092998    $ 1.392921    1,787,349.333

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.844349    $ 1.092998    2,340,011.057
   2007    $ 1.743593    $ 1.844349    2,892,235.945
   2006    $ 1.537391    $ 1.743593    3,255,748.077
   2005    $ 1.396201    $ 1.537391    2,727,896.863
   2004    $ 1.246057    $ 1.396201    1,258,003.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.246057    96,224.296

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.142535    $ 1.418449    9,175,189.432

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.573670    $ 1.142535    9,682,889.469
   2007    $ 1.484939    $ 1.573670    14,031,740.906
   2006    $ 1.357190    $ 1.484939    18,165,656.265
   2005    $ 1.287710    $ 1.357190    15,833,341.165
   2004    $ 1.177954    $ 1.287710    6,397,712.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.177954    656,616.562

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.128996    $ 1.420209    7,038,351.570

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.711018    $ 1.128996    7,463,387.327
   2007    $ 1.617168    $ 1.711018    13,361,405.235
   2006    $ 1.447775    $ 1.617168    16,878,947.181
   2005    $ 1.341392    $ 1.447775    12,973,204.806
   2004    $ 1.204992    $ 1.341392    3,814,143.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.204992    489,410.694

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.688460    $ 0.875915    402,773.383

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.098976    $ 0.688460    936,958.515
   2007    $ 1.029756    $ 1.098976    979,785.327
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.029756    143,012.386

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.269834    $ 1.420531    145,754.278

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.957760    $ 1.269834    53,071.857
   2007    $ 1.907300    $ 1.957760    118,716.618
   2006    $ 1.662395    $ 1.907300    52,359.747
   2005    $ 1.460054    $ 1.662395    68,107.397
   2004    $ 1.257816    $ 1.460054    28,868.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.257816    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.329450    $ 1.739527    62,218.817

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 2.350276    $ 1.329450    163,852.733
   2007    $ 2.566554    $ 2.350276    332,653.015
   2006    $ 1.838266    $ 2.566554    293,705.346
   2005    $ 1.650890    $ 1.838266    100,705.441
   2004    $ 1.266597    $ 1.650890    180,655.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.266597    38,980.275

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.958056    $ 1.218801    38,105.202

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.558815    $ 0.958056    62,710.633
   2007    $ 1.519307    $ 1.558815    63,329.968
   2006    $ 1.343303    $ 1.519307    86,719.751
   2005    $ 1.323097    $ 1.343303    52,059.243
   2004    $ 1.214901    $ 1.323097    23,032.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.214901    0.000

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.973484    $ 1.347358    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.573519    $ 0.973484    0.000
   2007    $ 1.437497    $ 1.573519    0.000
   2006    $ 1.438145    $ 1.437497    2,898.638
   2005    $ 1.287705    $ 1.438145    3,048.797
   2004    $ 1.202386    $ 1.287705    415,456.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.202386    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Service Class(3)

   2009    $ 1.004173    $ 1.260189    15,860.084

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.608596    $ 1.004173    20,730.173
   2007    $ 1.622880    $ 1.608596    78,341.677
   2006    $ 1.394493    $ 1.622880    199,631.372
   2005    $ 1.365470    $ 1.394493    143,205.778
   2004    $ 1.274668    $ 1.365470    209,317.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.274668    20,127.313

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Service Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.931352    $ 1.345574    266,035.622

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.270217    $ 0.931352    309,170.455
   2007    $ 1.269362    $ 1.270217    153,336.262
   2006    $ 1.166419    $ 1.269362    180,911.718
   2005    $ 1.168067    $ 1.166419    192,415.190
   2004    $ 1.084337    $ 1.168067    343,085.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.084337    155,172.512

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.280161    $ 1.665369    118,086.040

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 2.018919    $ 1.280161    144,164.740
   2007    $ 1.885226    $ 2.018919    206,064.563
   2006    $ 1.558941    $ 1.885226    286,232.694
   2005    $ 1.409527    $ 1.558941    277,604.699
   2004    $ 1.254357    $ 1.409527    238,529.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.254357    56,673.320

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.988251    $ 1.228206    35,189.777

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.706528    $ 0.988251    67,234.914
   2007    $ 1.444093    $ 1.706528    127,349.721
   2006    $ 1.395883    $ 1.444093    144,173.365
   2005    $ 1.311195    $ 1.395883    129,789.295
   2004    $ 1.189769    $ 1.311195    262,709.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.189769    26,716.699

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.083573    $ 1.233892    1,193,518.388

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.136434    $ 1.083573    707,296.029
   2007    $ 1.061801    $ 1.136434    510,606.303
   2006    $ 1.038779    $ 1.061801    448,615.800
   2005    $ 1.034840    $ 1.038779    401,940.145
   2004    $ 1.009392    $ 1.034840    380,776.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.009392    183,885.849

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.039653    $ 1.280140    144,444.228

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.656419    $ 1.039653    154,647.024
   2007    $ 1.633929    $ 1.656419    293,482.622
   2006    $ 1.399089    $ 1.633929    411,937.737
   2005    $ 1.369959    $ 1.399089    184,269.716
   2004    $ 1.215594    $ 1.369959    52,422.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.215594    18,296.861

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Service Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.923050    $ 1.297737    103,387.883

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.631906    $ 0.923050    108,896.702
   2007    $ 1.513603    $ 1.631906    169,773.316
   2006    $ 1.359854    $ 1.513603    151,233.165
   2005    $ 1.305262    $ 1.359854    196,567.508
   2004    $ 1.211056    $ 1.305262    52,944.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.211056    0.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.070714    $ 1.457091    150,065.517

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.711527    $ 1.070714    196,757.050
   2007    $ 1.592266    $ 1.711527    277,165.046
   2006    $ 1.566167    $ 1.592266    303,947.797
   2005    $ 1.441997    $ 1.566167    234,156.332
   2004    $ 1.331180    $ 1.441997    207,470.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.331180    38,917.197

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.832226    $ 1.046700    257,960.834

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.505764    $ 0.832226    54,525.001
   2007    $ 1.331314    $ 1.505764    122,615.566
   2006    $ 1.142459    $ 1.331314    115,352.864
   2005    $ 1.082954    $ 1.142459    282,204.550
   2004    $ 1.205139    $ 1.082954    56,317.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.205139    934.640

Transamerica Efficient Markets VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.036627    $ 1.201944    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.036627    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Service Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.004336    $ 1.244313    110,442.244

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.514207    $ 1.004336    47,719.643
   2007    $ 1.357724    $ 1.514207    46,649.272
   2006    $ 1.269134    $ 1.357724    31,059.632
   2005    $ 1.196794    $ 1.269134    22,174.430
   2004    $ 1.097257    $ 1.196794    20,339.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.097257    23,100.100

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.024879    $ 1.322453    1,194,636.479

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.653702    $ 1.024879    1,355,982.617
   2007    $ 1.421220    $ 1.653702    1,414,118.156
   2006    $ 1.305556    $ 1.421220    1430856.650
   2005    $ 1.281643    $ 1.305556    1,360,457.255
   2004    $ 1.153019    $ 1.281643    640,111.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.153019    18,759.819

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.014355    $ 1.286249    261,328.929

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.915788    $ 1.014355    271,067.601
   2007    $ 1.678298    $ 1.915788    273,483
   2006    $ 1.573974    $ 1.678298    349,258.818
   2005    $ 1.375901    $ 1.573974    648,105.161
   2004    $ 1.209695    $ 1.375901    626,065.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.209695    104,864.450

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.180645    $ 1.585634    23,231.126

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 2.036509    $ 1.180645    64,515.110
   2007    $ 1.686766    $ 2.036509    150,043.215
   2006    $ 1.634483    $ 1.686766    161,632.736
   2005    $ 1.433086    $ 1.634483    610,130.495
   2004    $ 1.250384    $ 1.433086    105,738.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.250384    5,210.598

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Money Market VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.057122    $ 1.040052    818,260.607

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.051848    $ 1.057122    2,866,311.114
   2007    $ 1.020645    $ 1.051848    2,581,105.521
   2006    $ 0.993042    $ 1.020645    3096193.112
   2005    $ 0.983543    $ 0.993042    1,646,772.784
   2004    $ 0.992339    $ 0.983543    1,100,594.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.992339    333,610.609

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Service Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.898858    $ 1.396156    16,036.026

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.787241    $ 0.898858    0.000
   2007    $ 1.371232    $ 1.787241    247,052.361
   2006    $ 1.383253    $ 1.371232    33,552.308
   2005    $ 1.380367    $ 1.383253    62,849.089
   2004    $ 1.304621    $ 1.380367    56,860.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.304621    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.660541    $ 0.928586    3,971.414

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.660541    0.000

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.126684    $ 1.154918    560,870.148

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.066255    $ 1.126684    768,113.295
   2007    $ 1.024700    $ 1.066255    361,405.868
   2006    $ 1.010644    $ 1.024700    262,049.585
   2005    $ 1.007306    $ 1.010644    292,876.039
   2004    $ 0.995091    $ 1.007306    151,064.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.995091    225,309.984

Transamerica Value Balanced VP – Service Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.714712    $ 0.865845    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.714712    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.817007    $ 0.936613    0.000

May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.817007    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.721052    $ 0.873783    0.000

May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.721052    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.375634    $ 1.700800    75,665.827

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.294266    $ 1.375634    140,547.809
   2007    $ 2.023287    $ 2.294266    350,688.136
   2006    $ 1.669500    $ 2.023287    378,566.686
   2005    $ 1.493653    $ 1.669500    208,736.545
   2004    $ 1.312150    $ 1.493653    285,890.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.312150    18,343.025

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.901309    $ 1.286458    124,802.174

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.585327    $ 0.901309    26,376.503
   2007    $ 1.479328    $ 1.585327    35,284.125
   2006    $ 1.366206    $ 1.479328    71,609.191
   2005    $ 1.272601    $ 1.366206    121,512.649
   2004    $ 1.149629    $ 1.272601    99,596.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.149629    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid – Cap Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.901458    $ 1.419987    55,188.181

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.710951    $ 0.901458    89,193.669
   2007    $ 1.422904    $ 1.710951    59,139.632
   2006    $ 1.319748    $ 1.422904    81,154.272
   2005    $ 1.250057    $ 1.319748    68,240.988
   2004    $ 1.188546    $ 1.250057    43,349.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.188546    4,750.474

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.126684    $ 1.154918    1,658,881.249

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.066255    $ 1.126684    3,182,166.702
   2007    $ 1.024700    $ 1.066255    44,134.540
   2006    $ 1.010644    $ 1.024700    0.000
   2005    $ 1.007306    $ 1.010644    0.000
   2004    $ 0.995091    $ 1.007306    30,609.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 0.995091    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.588477    $ 0.855291    172,689.906

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.243830    $ 0.588477    487,603.207
   2007    $ 1.247452    $ 1.243830    686,147.304
   2006    $ 1.122690    $ 1.247452    992,629.057
   2005    $ 1.082408    $ 1.122690    1,166,614.220
   2004    $ 0.992723    $ 1.082408    1,231,735.000
   2003    $ 0.757050    $ 0.992723    1,254,260.8415
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.757050    1,003,800.155

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.728156    $ 0.864752    80,741.469

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.290182    $ 0.728156    101,140.098
   2007    $ 1.173854    $ 1.290182    119,434.702
   2006    $ 1.125019    $ 1.173854    184,472.830
   2005    $ 1.053179    $ 1.125019    130,776.757
   2004    $ 1.006847    $ 1.053179    166,844.000
   2003    $ 0.792246    $ 1.006847    195,885.874
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.792246    93,051.475

AllianceBernstein Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 1.012783    $ 1.237531    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012783    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.716828    $ 0.848695    422,550.759

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.228748    $ 0.716828    1,187,145.326
   2007    $ 1.191237    $ 1.228748    1,492,818.757
   2006    $ 1.035043    $ 1.191237    2,165,164.853
   2005    $ 1.005840    $ 1.035043    2,710,964.858
   2004    $ 0.919316    $ 1.005840    2,861,924.000
   2003    $ 0.706941    $ 0.919316    3,274,904.979
   2002    $ 0.924456    $ 0.706941    3,412,179.268
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.924456    2,100,221.216

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.549095    $ 0.740617    223,759.659

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.927557    $ 0.549095    384,688.625
   2007    $ 0.829949    $ 0.927557    462,151.848
   2006    $ 0.849042    $ 0.829949    858,080.426
   2005    $ 0.751468    $ 0.849042    896,236.648
   2004    $ 0.705069    $ 0.751468    935,900.000
   2003    $ 0.580946    $ 0.705069    956,802.626
   2002    $ 0.853898    $ 0.580946    977,257.596
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.853898    502,759,851

Fidelity – VIP Balanced Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.664950    $ 0.904846    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.664950    0.000

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.824553    $ 1.098878    7,154,851.029

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.462643    $ 0.824553    7,982,893.783
   2007    $ 1.267582    $ 1.462643    9,394,980.015
   2006    $ 1.156256    $ 1.267582    12,332,579.646
   2005    $ 1.007547    $ 1.156256    12,946,092.441
   2004    $ 0.889389    $ 1.007547    11,185,879.000
   2003    $ 0.705209    $ 0.889389    11,043,294.566
   2002    $ 0.793026    $ 0.705209    8,369,366.786
   2001    $ 0.921032    $ 0.793026    3,181,951.082
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.921032    905,751.342

Fidelity – VIP Equity – Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.790655    $ 1.010262    984,823.807

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.405491    $ 0.790655    2,081,446.625
   2007    $ 1.410854    $ 1.405491    2,519,117.666
   2006    $ 1.195759    $ 1.410854    3,687,744.038
   2005    $ 1.151310    $ 1.195759    3,840,173.981
   2004    $ 1.052163    $ 1.151310    4,404,731.000
   2003    $ 0.822512    $ 1.052163    4,183,621.596
   2002    $ 1.009197    $ 0.822512    3,647,123.191
   2001    $ 1.082527    $ 1.009197    1,646,698.434
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.082527    248,503.974

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.552290    $ 0.695259    593,690.524

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.065547    $ 0.552290    927,124.381
   2007    $ 0.855221    $ 1.065547    1,032,876.591
   2006    $ 0.815687    $ 0.855221    1,721,144.115
   2005    $ 0.785870    $ 0.815687    2,404,844.956
   2004    $ 0.774687    $ 0.785870    4,355,705.000
   2003    $ 0.594116    $ 0.774687    4,619,609.096
   2002    $ 0.866432    $ 0.594116    4,275,755.599
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.866432    447,911.910

Fidelity – VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.430897    $ 0.616620    74,157.523

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.976401    $ 0.430897    106,228.385
   2007    $ 0.807604    $ 0.976401    118,705.896
   2006    $ 0.780921    $ 0.807604    139,315.397
   2005    $ 0.730396    $ 0.780921    159,951.180
   2004    $ 0.394612    $ 0.730396    229,436.000
   2003    $ 0.545616    $ 0.394612    305,580.826
   2002    $ 0.711125    $ 0.545616    405,195.634
   2001    $ 0.846932    $ 0.711125    471,916.204
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.846932    315,088.251

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.349336    $ 1.855115    3,181,919.737

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 2.271284    $ 1.349336    5,230,196.469
   2007    $ 2.001900    $ 2.271284    6,859,195.465
   2006    $ 1.810309    $ 2.001900    9,519,029.718
   2005    $ 1.559181    $ 1.810309    10,808,650.447
   2004    $ 1.271464    $ 1.559181    11,302,961.000
   2003    $ 0.934838    $ 1.271464    11,797,256.740
   2002    $ 1.056151    $ 0.934838    11,119,727.497
   2001    $ 1.112803    $ 1.056151    3,679,109.250
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.112803    2,963,799.310

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.740746    $ 1.145202    1,743,605.916

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.545817    $ 0.740746    3,033,707.801
   2007    $ 1.490367    $ 1.545817    3,606,595.948
   2006    $ 1.305847    $ 1.490367    4,766,795.720
   2005    $ 1.295883    $ 1.305847    5,239,413.070
   2004    $ 1.157177    $ 1.295883    5,572,327.000
   2003    $ 0.747462    $ 1.157177    5,139,439.175
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.747462    2,909,201.745

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.670389    $ 0.894268    1,286,158.746

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.968794    $ 0.670389    495,848.543
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.968794    0.000

Mutual Shares Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.595677    $ 0.738651    279,220.697

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.962851    $ 0.595677    428,919.031
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.962851    516,972.664

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.625977    $ 0.843928    772,731.485

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.067319    $ 0.625977    313,543.636
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.067319    581,359.124

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund – Class 4

   2009    $ 0.990107    $ 1.265010    5,753.028

November 10, 2008

   2008    $ 1.000000    $ 0.990107    0.000

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.395914    $ 0.562599    674,811.391

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.716875    $ 0.395914    919,318.124
   2007    $ 0.598622    $ 0.716875    1,057,678.007
   2006    $ 0.537021    $ 0.598622    1,022,825.324
   2005    $ 0.487253    $ 0.537021    1,306,600.409
   2004    $ 0.411128    $ 0.487253    1,950,768.000
   2003    $ 0.310104    $ 0.411128    2,333,284.441
   2002    $ 0.438542    $ 0.310104    2,981,371.124
   2001    $ 0.738029    $ 0.438542    1,103,411.436
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.738029    181,211,158

Janus Aspen – Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.999639    $ 1.307150    87,253.727

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.409366    $ 0.999639    108,658.554
   2007    $ 1.336873    $ 1.409366    156,402.350
   2006    $ 1.180964    $ 1.336873    170,687.250
   2005    $ 1.091239    $ 1.180964    229,998.743
   2004    $ 0.941673    $ 1.091239    260,937.000
   2003    $ 0.677839    $ 0.941673    290,793.061
   2002    $ 0.899778    $ 0.677839    512,467.432
   2001    $ 0.998370    $ 0.899778    332,829.788
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.998370    52,152.849

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.434661    $ 0.587549    4,261,710.404

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.800602    $ 0.434661    1,469,162.162
   2007    $ 0.744204    $ 0.800602    2,017,402.285
   2006    $ 0.641412    $ 0.744204    1,816,322.478
   2005    $ 0.617582    $ 0.641412    1,998,931.934
   2004    $ 0.600609    $ 0.617582    2,197,986.000
   2003    $ 0.493626    $ 0.600609    5,422,331.886
   2002    $ 0.675409    $ 0.493626    6,042,239.890
   2001    $ 0.887322    $ 0.675409    1,130,009.520
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.887322    199,940.653

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.702996    $ 1.126746    260,249.577

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.181624    $ 0.702996    100,509.764
   2007    $ 1.174786    $ 1.181624    227,941.936
   2006    $ 1.057395    $ 1.174786    252,125.681
   2005    $ 1.023299    $ 1.057395    223,744.655
   2004    $ 0.979415    $ 1.023299    507,516.000
   2003    $ 0.746131    $ 0.979415    252,905.234
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.746131    88,053.024

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.989314    $ 1.145761    3,997,110.597

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.294686    $ 0.989314    5,266,112.172
   2007    $ 1.266326    $ 1.294686    5,935,898.431
   2006    $ 1.153125    $ 1.266326    6,174,817.817
   2005    $ 1.142421    $ 1.153125    7,487,429.299
   2004    $ 1.045974    $ 1.142421    7,769,161.000
   2003    $ 0.916538    $ 1.045974    5,455,329.528
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.916538    2,852,668.086

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.770476    $ 0.910133    318,533.490

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.238951    $ 0.770476    522,271.391
   2007    $ 1.273696    $ 1.238951    889,327.976
   2006    $ 1.081751    $ 1.273696    1,106,478.890
   2005    $ 1.055783    $ 1.081751    1,090,119.813
   2004    $ 0.942167    $ 1.055783    1,252,503.000
   2003    $ 0.743618    $ 0.942167    1,279,179.374
   2002    $ 0.937662    $ 0.743618    1,065,886.181
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.937662    298,410.283

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.056595    $ 1.301645    4,092,210.818

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.362730    $ 1.056595    4,324,481.770
   2007    $ 1.302195    $ 1.362730    4,559,401.539
   2006    $ 1.209388    $ 1.302195    3,950,262.173
   2005    $ 1.168714    $ 1.209388    5,139,406.237
   2004    $ 1.082863    $ 1.168714    6,043,256.000
   2003    $ 0.895514    $ 1.082863    3,745,811.278
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.895514    2,904,735.182

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.918811    $ 1.173414    9,019,004.958

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.547312    $ 0.918811    6,135,701.505
   2007    $ 1.459780    $ 1.547312    8,836,631.456
   2006    $ 1.283364    $ 1.459780    9,538,311.474
   2005    $ 1.162218    $ 1.283364    9,927,114.009
   2004    $ 1.034667    $ 1.162218    8,831,520.000
   2003    $ 0.804077    $ 1.034667    6,541,474.200
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.804077    2,859,222.516

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.046510    $ 1.301334    11,363,556.425

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.436940    $ 1.046510    12,166,748.247
   2007    $ 1.353130    $ 1.436940    12,903,497.992
   2006    $ 1.233773    $ 1.353130    16,280,085.326
   2005    $ 1.167191    $ 1.233773    18,384,505.055
   2004    $ 1.065126    $ 1.167191    14,608,196.000
   2003    $ 0.867070    $ 1.065126    12,643,724.058
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.867070    4,179,411.611

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.995303    $ 1.254864    20,793,678.692

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.504829    $ 0.995303    15,724,985.647
   2007    $ 1.418967    $ 1.504829    20,753,110.812
   2006    $ 1.267027    $ 1.418967    21,875,335.171
   2005    $ 1.171748    $ 1.267027    21,767,725.511
   2004    $ 1.049045    $ 1.171748    16,971,950.000
   2003    $ 0.838523    $ 1.049045    18,238,722.797
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.838523    5,874,308.062

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.149386    $ 1.288921    3,826,118.955

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.767369    $ 1.149386    1,015,262.667
   2007    $ 1.717060    $ 1.767369    1,723,077
   2006    $ 1.492715    $ 1.717060    2,315,953.929
   2005    $ 1.308666    $ 1.492715    2,131,536.600
   2004    $ 1.124147    $ 1.308666    1,798,706.000
   2003    $ 0.880466    $ 1.124147    2,349,670.149
   2002    $ 1.043264    $ 0.880466    2,185,519.794
   2001    $ 1.080110    $ 1.043264    1,443,863.482
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.080110    319,356.559

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.317332    $ 1.729018    1,269,838.918

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 2.324131    $ 1.317332    599,168.647
   2007    $ 2.532504    $ 2.324131    951,110.436
   2006    $ 1.809299    $ 2.532504    1,559,705.399
   2005    $ 1.620689    $ 1.809299    1,289,401.303
   2004    $ 1.240013    $ 1.620689    1,511,075.000
   2003    $ 0.928601    $ 1.240013    1,117,207.638
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.928601    529,237.820

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.042233    $ 1.328696    1,050,365.590

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.691147    $ 1.042233    2,218,789.443
   2007    $ 1.644580    $ 1.691147    4,193,055.550
   2006    $ 1.449676    $ 1.644580    5,851,623.813
   2005    $ 1.424267    $ 1.449676    7,480,482.507
   2004    $ 1.304133    $ 1.424267    9,880,898.000
   2003    $ 1.028077    $ 1.304133    11,186,909.259
   2002    $ 1.385872    $ 1.028077    11,893,663.375
   2001    $ 1.600648    $ 1.385872    14,139,200.302
   2000    $ 1.826512    $ 1.600648    17,387,971.033

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.606699    $ 0.841582    618,715.091

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 0.979098    $ 0.606699    1,111,090.070
   2007    $ 0.892571    $ 0.979098    1,547,113.380
   2006    $ 0.889798    $ 0.892571    2,137,833.553
   2005    $ 0.794843    $ 0.889798    2,675,778.473
   2004    $ 0.740408    $ 0.794843    3,298,786.000
   2003    $ 0.584450    $ 0.740408    3,888,476.521
   2002    $ 0.857823    $ 0.584450    3,985,892.254
   2001    $ 1.070626    $ 0.857823    4,155,595.072
   2000    $ 1.230758    $ 1.070626    4,248,922.404

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Focus VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.813281    $ 1.023386    1,490,680.417

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.299237    $ 0.813281    3,769,086.970
   2007    $ 1.307248    $ 1.299237    4,881,894.776
   2006    $ 1.120778    $ 1.307248    6,472,335.150
   2005    $ 1.094583    $ 1.120778    9,407,007.331
   2004    $ 1.019502    $ 1.094583    10,473,985.000
   2003    $ 0.766770    $ 1.019502    11,221,771.416
   2002    $ 1.035304    $ 0.766770    10,724,740.045
   2001    $ 1.030978    $ 1.035304    7,263,091.162
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.030978    1,348,686.276

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.963321    $ 1.395350    899,185.672

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.309167    $ 0.963321    1,317,420.419
   2007    $ 1.306671    $ 1.309167    2,338,348.372
   2006    $ 1.197121    $ 1.306671    2,758,581.858
   2005    $ 1.195154    $ 1.197121    3,228,323.815
   2004    $ 1.106818    $ 1.195154    4,577,669.000
   2003    $ 0.955558    $ 1.106818    5,300,691.125
   2002    $ 0.951599    $ 0.955558    3,994,850.994
   2001    $ 0.932124    $ 0.951599    3,672,588.987
   2000    $ 0.999195    $ 0.932124    3,298,537.499

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.812973    $ 1.061168    942,876.102

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.277171    $ 0.812973    1,847,443.141
   2007    $ 1.189488    $ 1.277171    2,516,786.551
   2006    $ 0.982420    $ 1.189488    3,440,349.383
   2005    $ 0.884758    $ 0.982420    3,633,483.808
   2004    $ 0.786574    $ 0.884758    3,712,503.000
   2003    $ 0.638142    $ 0.786574    3,115,043.494
   2002    $ 0.831827    $ 0.638142    1,590,381.361
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.831827    32,678.652

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.588397    $ 0.733029    725,733.239

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.012895    $ 0.588397    1,059,830.035
   2007    $ 0.855195    $ 1.012895    1,427,236.827
   2006    $ 0.825026    $ 0.855195    1,388,165.855
   2005    $ 0.772306    $ 0.825026    1,676,152.266
   2004    $ 0.699402    $ 0.772306    1,639,559.000
   2003    $ 0.562710    $ 0.699402    1,763,185.080
   2002    $ 0.772799    $ 0.562710    1,711,305.448
   2001    $ 0.937634    $ 0.829038    482,713.287
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.937634    76,318.561

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.178731    $ 1.345550    4,431,152.343

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.232649    $ 1.178731    4,346,726.699
   2007    $ 1.150163    $ 1.232649    5,485,421.163
   2006    $ 1.121860    $ 1.150163    6,357,614.801
   2005    $ 1.114366    $ 1.121860    7,441,560.425
   2004    $ 1.084069    $ 1.114366    10,302,205.000
   2003    $ 1.050445    $ 1.084069    11,973,638.852
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 1.050445    11,672,666.206

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 2.123425    $ 2.619987    1,235,581.402

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 3.371328    $ 2.123425    2,964,097.170
   2007    $ 3.317215    $ 3.371328    5,153,195.350
   2006    $ 2.834343    $ 3.317215    7,431,129.154
   2005    $ 2.767289    $ 2.834343    10,806,042.102
   2004    $ 2.450130    $ 2.767289    12,505,355.000
   2003    $ 1.983073    $ 2.450130    13,535,732.517
   2002    $ 2.312082    $ 1.983073    13,877,571.208
   2001    $ 2.300522    $ 2.312082    14,008,510.847
   2000    $ 2.082011    $ 2.300522    13,878,653.721

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 2.014929    $ 2.840785    882,754.162

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 3.554779    $ 2.014929    1,599,200.740
   2007    $ 3.287864    $ 3.554779    2,842,270.957
   2006    $ 2.947529    $ 3.287864    4,695,344.755
   2005    $ 2.822125    $ 2.947529    6,735,322.560
   2004    $ 2.611419    $ 2.822125    8,555,124.000
   2003    $ 2.030027    $ 2.611419    9,187,370.333
   2002    $ 2.673510    $ 2.030027    9,575,773.455
   2001    $ 3.021350    $ 2.673510    11,697,193.658
   2000    $ 3.086714    $ 3.021350    14,121,742.909

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.609515    $ 0.831679    917,078.990

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.971981    $ 0.609515    2,133,106.473
   2007    $ 0.901482    $ 0.971981    2,917,130.957
   2006    $ 0.884586    $ 0.901482    4,898,196.054
   2005    $ 0.812890    $ 0.884586    5,525,253.564
   2004    $ 0.748717    $ 0.812890    6,866,396.000
   2003    $ 0.542048    $ 0.748717    7,757,839.511
   2002    $ 0.758423    $ 0.542048    4,581,581.594
   2001    $ 0.853985    $ 0.758423    1,490,797.527
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.853985    836,679.096

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.433256    $ 0.546937    7,324,839.749

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.781935    $ 0.433256    2,897,757.691
   2007    $ 0.689737    $ 0.781935    3,300,809
   2006    $ 0.590182    $ 0.689737    3,555,094.376
   2005    $ 0.558206    $ 0.590182    3,535,741.001
   2004    $ 0.747851    $ 0.558206    3,431,817.000
   2003    $ 0.599849    $ 0.747851    993,167.926
   2002    $ 0.776870    $ 0.599849    544,592.989
   2001    $ 0.949668    $ 0.776870    126,397.489
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.949668    1,000.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.974536    $ 1.210830    397,663.261

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.465524    $ 0.974536    474,534.745
   2007    $ 1.311405    $ 1.465524    330,746.167
   2006    $ 1.221526    $ 1.311405    330,934.475
   2005    $ 1.150057    $ 1.221526    410,310.594
   2004    $ 1.051755    $ 1.150057    430,740.000
   2003    $ 0.938664    $ 1.051755    480,373.577
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.938664    214,030.878

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.008953    $ 1.303225    383,979.514

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.624780    $ 1.008953    489,868.775
   2007    $ 1.392271    $ 1.624780    616,865.970
   2006    $ 1.276106    $ 1.392271    635,980.915
   2005    $ 1.248620    $ 1.276106    631,326.559
   2004    $ 1.121475    $ 1.248620    966,039.000
   2003    $ 0.921845    $ 1.121475    717,917.875
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.921845    109,517.234

Transamerica Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.563320    $ 0.715964    5,228,879.007

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.060596    $ 0.563320    12,261,597.135
   2007    $ 0.927191    $ 1.060596    18,923,285.565
   2006    $ 0.866901    $ 0.927191    29,589,240.873
   2005    $ 0.756126    $ 0.866901    14,045,235.397
   2004    $ 0.663714    $ 0.756126    15,059,252.000
   2003    $ 0.514119    $ 0.663714    13,524,250.334
   2002    $ 0.672098    $ 0.514119    13,860,459.800
   2001    $ 0.829471    $ 0.672098    6,215,346.172
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.829471    1,181,369.405

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.148817    $ 1.546752    618,098.201

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.976281    $ 1.148817    681,614.064
   2007    $ 1.632247    $ 1.976281    908,011
   2006    $ 1.578575    $ 1.632247    1,298,212.300
   2005    $ 1.380498    $ 1.578575    1,571,450.165
   2004    $ 1.203260    $ 1.380498    1,986,135.000
   2003    $ 0.932156    $ 1.203260    595,234.833
   2002    $ 1.105816    $ 0.932156    598,414.849
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 1.105816    57,285.504

Transamerica Money Market VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.355365    $ 1.335075    3,312,757.850

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.345657    $ 1.355365    5,581,228.748
   2007    $ 1.302478    $ 1.345657    4,855,653.613
   2006    $ 1.264107    $ 1.302478    4,842,365.529
   2005    $ 1.248895    $ 1.264107    6,486,077.019
   2004    $ 1.256917    $ 1.248895    7,620,339.000
   2003    $ 1.268238    $ 1.256917    11,092,443.850

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.489279    $ 0.759395    605,733.493

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.967574    $ 0.489279    818,830.880
   2007    $ 0.740928    $ 0.967574    785,087.768
   2006    $ 0.745624    $ 0.740928    967,412.960
   2005    $ 0.742579    $ 0.745624    952,902.687
   2004    $ 0.698551    $ 0.742579    1,303,776.000
   2003    $ 0.470387    $ 0.698551    770,063.658
   2002    $ 0.772717    $ 0.470387    371,721.336
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.772717    53.392.798

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 3.456783    $ 4.870210    731,597.537

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 5.942626    $ 3.456783    1,312,501.443
   2007    $ 4.843039    $ 5.942626    2,459,808.906
   2006    $ 4.169913    $ 4.843039    3,841,758.422
   2005    $ 3.732362    $ 4.169913    5,424,333.908
   2004    $ 3.261034    $ 3.732362    6,987,862.000
   2003    $ 1.737018    $ 3.261034    8,463,313.859
   2002    $ 2.916827    $ 1.737018    10,140,901.466
   2001    $ 2.302427    $ 2.916827    10,496,025.501
   2000    $ 2.107984    $ 2.302427    11,183,856.536

 

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          1.65%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.680100    $ 1.726662    1,478,270.501

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.586353    $ 1.680100    2,564,117.468
   2007    $ 1.520685    $ 1.586353    3,057,723.590
   2006    $ 1.496746    $ 1.520685    3,432,703.460
   2005    $ 1.488185    $ 1.496746    4,436,021.611
   2004    $ 1.464538    $ 1.488185    5,866,231.000
   2003    $ 1.446084    $ 1.464538    8,558,140.430
   2002    $ 1.389160    $ 1.446084    10,798,492.580
   2001    $ 1.343721    $ 1.389160    10,097.516.496
   2000    $ 1.239850    $ 1.343721    8,324,734.085

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.195589    $ 1.480611    2,813,228.423

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.986997    $ 1.195589    2,860,665.267
   2007    $ 1.747301    $ 1.986997    4,525,420.659
   2006    $ 1.438008    $ 1.747301    6,381,258.270
   2005    $ 1.284512    $ 1.438008    8,101,758.861
   2004    $ 1.125252    $ 1.284512    8,990,192.000
   2003    $ 0.861237    $ 1.125252    9,838,449.262
   2002    $ 1.054413    $ 0.861237    10,643,994.382
   2001    $ 1.391360    $ 1.054413    12,734,394.479
   2000    $ 1.730178    $ 1.391360    15,678,291.165

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.546049    $ 2.211626    1,869,699.143

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.713642    $ 1.546049    1,692,997.771
   2007    $ 2.525105    $ 2.713642    2,967,084.000
   2006    $ 2.326270    $ 2.525105    4,539,237.876
   2005    $ 2.161082    $ 2.326270    6,125,685.582
   2004    $ 1.948358    $ 2.161082    7,883,481.000
   2003    $ 1.635640    $ 1.948358    9,184,203.186
   2002    $ 1.988345    $ 1.635640    10,520,153.154
   2001    $ 2.174927    $ 1.988345    12,715,598.918
   2000    $ 2.350088    $ 2.174927    14,927,120.171

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid – Cap Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.513072    $ 0.810414    557,667.973

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.971097    $ 0.513072    859,907.435
   2007    $ 0.805667    $ 0.971097    1,118,220.158
   2006    $ 0.745112    $ 0.805667    1,545,437.231
   2005    $ 0.704207    $ 0.745112    1,734,076.151
   2004    $ 0.668131    $ 0.704207    2,114,304.000
   2003    $ 0.529946    $ 0.668131    2,666,322.190
   2002    $ 0.804775    $ 0.529946    2,299,820.383
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.804775    481,275.835

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993360    $ 1.003010    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999955    $ 0.998075    7,241.336

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999955    $ 1.024027    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subacount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985154    $ 1.029468    0.000

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.779265    $ 0.921868    131,085.230

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.251225    $ 0.779265    221,436.470
   2007    $ 1.284417    $ 1.251225    269,039.596
   2006    $ 1.089252    $ 1.284417    299,845.289
   2005    $ 1.055783    $ 1.089252    281,864.247
   2004    $ 0.945896    $ 1.061536    286,378.000
   2003    $ 0.745459    $ 0.945896    299,223.110
   2002    $ 0.938589    $ 0.745459    355,083.343
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.938589    157,141.008

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.067017    $ 1.316426    2,583,202.197

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.374142    $ 1.067017    2,653,275.454
   2007    $ 1.311160    $ 1.374142    3,459,057.783
   2006    $ 1.215924    $ 1.311160    3,420,820.913
   2005    $ 1.173316    $ 1.215924    3,340,787.058
   2004    $ 1.085524    $ 1.173316    6,772,717.000
   2003    $ 0.896399    $ 1.085524    3,668,423.606
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.896399    1,767,196.950

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.927903    $ 1.186779    1,388,714.748

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.560311    $ 0.927903    1,297,644.368
   2007    $ 1.469855    $ 1.560311    1,485,357.269
   2006    $ 1.290319    $ 1.469855    1,713,199.572
   2005    $ 1.166804    $ 1.290319    1,534,761.145
   2004    $ 1.037216    $ 1.166804    1,809,111.000
   2003    $ 0.804872    $ 1.037216    1,046,521.105
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.804872    331,716.894

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.056864    $ 1.316161    4,147,991.862

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.449009    $ 1.056864    4,056,303.406
   2007    $ 1.362474    $ 1.449009    3,763,149.020
   2006    $ 1.240469    $ 1.362474    4,966,023.731
   2005    $ 1.171796    $ 1.240469    5,272,120.076
   2004    $ 1.067759    $ 1.171796    4,260,182.000
   2003    $ 0.867926    $ 1.067759    5,122,323.817
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.867926    2,109,943.178

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.005174    $ 1.269176    2,473,368.605

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.517482    $ 1.005174    3,003,954.969
   2007    $ 1.428769    $ 1.517482    3,794,143.921
   2006    $ 1.273905    $ 1.428769    5,649,425.511
   2005    $ 1.171748    $ 1.273905    7,866,915.104
   2004    $ 1.051623    $ 1.176374    5,542,244.000
   2003    $ 0.839352    $ 1.051623    8,748,000.342
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.839352    1,349,063.139

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.691190    $ 0.880687    261,551.879

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $ 1.101698    $ 0.691190    253,341
   2007    $ 1.030768    $ 1.101698    263,919
   2006    $ 1.000000    $ 1.030768    19,678.806

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.164227    $ 1.307493    1,136,339.205

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.787544    $ 1.164227    140,911.884
   2007    $ 1.734075    $ 1.787544    551,064.227
   2006    $ 1.505299    $ 1.734075    211,991.790
   2005    $ 1.317759    $ 1.505299    288,725.171
   2004    $ 1.130279    $ 1.317759    278,241.000
   2003    $ 0.883966    $ 1.130279    247,665.126
   2002    $ 1.045857    $ 0.883966    206,458.124
   2001    $ 1.081170    $ 1.045857    171,576.787
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.081170    16,484.855

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.330377    $ 1.748721    133,300.161

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 2.343666    $ 1.330377    197,207.571
   2007    $ 2.550004    $ 2.343666    420,537.891
   2006    $ 1.819127    $ 2.550004    550,957.069
   2005    $ 1.627102    $ 1.819127    498,416.601
   2004    $ 1.243075    $ 1.627102    546,761.000
   2003    $ 0.929516    $ 1.243075    411,080.615
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.929516    163,787.239

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.060014    $ 1.353369    192,323.651

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.717450    $ 1.060014    472,671.914
   2007    $ 1.667686    $ 1.717450    994,311.129
   2006    $ 1.467884    $ 1.667686    1,399,021.179
   2005    $ 1.440031    $ 1.467884    1,662,015.857
   2004    $ 1.316611    $ 1.440031    2,086,496.000
   2003    $ 1.036367    $ 1.316611    2,044,814.188
   2002    $ 1.394980    $ 1.036367    2,460,344.188
   2001    $ 1.608774    $ 1.394980    2,771,657.278
   2000    $ 1.833086    $ 1.608774    3,518,400.932

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.617065    $ 0.857230    73,863.794

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 0.994338    $ 0.617065    194,266.201
   2007    $ 0.905116    $ 0.994338    296,905.938
   2006    $ 0.900963    $ 0.905116    371,010.593
   2005    $ 0.803621    $ 0.900963    540,524.394
   2004    $ 0.747485    $ 0.803621    687,882.000
   2003    $ 0.589170    $ 0.747485    719,485.497
   2002    $ 0.863467    $ 0.589170    842,937.474
   2001    $ 1.076068    $ 0.863467    794,421.477
   2000    $ 1.235199    $ 1.076068    847,560.557

Transamerica Focus VP – Initial Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.823757    $ 1.038099    368,024.883

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.314017    $ 0.823757    484,969.751
   2007    $ 1.320166    $ 1.314017    878,161.559
   2006    $ 1.130190    $ 1.320166    1,192,705.951
   2005    $ 1.102152    $ 1.130190    1,466,174.733
   2004    $ 1.025037    $ 1.102152    1,817,749.000
   2003    $ 0.769798    $ 1.025037    1,775,466.094
   2002    $ 1.037858    $ 0.769798    2,248,284.702
   2001    $ 1.031983    $ 1.037858    1,854,117.582
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.031983    30,567.088

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Initial Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.978517    $ 1.419455    300,407.110

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.327848    $ 0.978517    277,025.737
   2007    $ 1.323335    $ 1.327848    578,569.891
   2006    $ 1.210603    $ 1.323335    1,024,936.161
   2005    $ 1.206825    $ 1.210603    1,284,968.063
   2004    $ 1.115968    $ 1.206825    1,879,616.000
   2003    $ 0.962033    $ 1.115968    2,108,724.599
   2002    $ 0.956639    $ 0.962033    1,415,069.235
   2001    $ 0.935671    $ 0.956639    1,251,294.886
   2000    $ 1.001525    $ 0.935671    1,331,468.484

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.822222    $ 1.074829    274,053.510

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.289772    $ 0.822222    310,883.802
   2007    $ 1.199432    $ 1.289772    466,739.748
   2006    $ 0.989186    $ 1.199432    739,834.511
   2005    $ 0.889551    $ 0.989186    632,897.488
   2004    $ 0.789661    $ 0.889551    770,286.000
   2003    $ 0.639710    $ 0.789661    485,325.462
   2002    $ 0.832651    $ 0.639710    145,042.207
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.832651    11,671.774

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.595977    $ 0.743558    152,443.134

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.024410    $ 0.595977    190,059.030
   2007    $ 0.863639    $ 1.024410    219,769.329
   2006    $ 0.831939    $ 0.863639    328,321.712
   2005    $ 0.777637    $ 0.831939    725,144.464
   2004    $ 0.703189    $ 0.777637    732,743.000
   2003    $ 0.564924    $ 0.703189    515,687.238
   2002    $ 0.774704    $ 0.564924    334,220.812
   2001    $ 0.915432    $ 0.774704    364,073.304
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.915432    184,582.408

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.190434    $ 1.360914    2,837,622.739

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.243039    $ 1.190434    2,131,759.112
   2007    $ 1.158142    $ 1.243039    1,480,560.283
   2006    $ 1.127971    $ 1.158142    1,661,995.347
   2005    $ 1.118783    $ 1.127971    2,230,572.427
   2004    $ 1.086753    $ 1.118783    2,696,360.000
   2003    $ 1.051492    $ 1.086753    3,091,761.763
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 1.051492    2,092,533.373

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 2.159617    $ 2.668586    368,891.038

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 3.423698    $ 2.159617    638,906.320
   2007    $ 3.363743    $ 3.423698    1,056,888.379
   2006    $ 2.869877    $ 3.363743    1,489,200.471
   2005    $ 2.797855    $ 2.869877    1,832,733.737
   2004    $ 2.473523    $ 2.797855    2,084,449.000
   2003    $ 1.999060    $ 2.473523    2,196,683.469
   2002    $ 2.327288    $ 1.999060    2,250,643.880
   2001    $ 2.312216    $ 2.327288    2,263,568.298
   2000    $ 2.089513    $ 2.312216    1,989,114.003

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 2.049269    $ 2.893455    104,298.642

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 3.610005    $ 2.049269    226,814.530
   2007    $ 3.333985    $ 3.610005    421,345.985
   2006    $ 2.984491    $ 3.333985    529,487.672
   2005    $ 2.853306    $ 2.984491    650,160.831
   2004    $ 2.636373    $ 2.853306    766,807.000
   2003    $ 2.046402    $ 2.636373    897,954.533
   2002    $ 2.691110    $ 2.046402    ,039,057.802
   2001    $ 3.036723    $ 2.691110    1,147,568.990
   2000    $ 3.097854    $ 3.036723    1,394,829.207

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.617387    $ 0.843676    291,548.966

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.983073    $ 0.617387    454,334.751
   2007    $ 0.910402    $ 0.983073    492,961.211
   2006    $ 0.892022    $ 0.910402    564,194.176
   2005    $ 0.818522    $ 0.892022    716,997.554
   2004    $ 0.752793    $ 0.818522    909,648.000
   2003    $ 0.544196    $ 0.752793    989,024.641
   2002    $ 0.760305    $ 0.544196    373,078.856
   2001    $ 0.854820    $ 0.760305    167,743.278
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.854820    52,772.929

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.438824    $ 0.554792    1,108,621.481

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.790813    $ 0.438824    241,321
   2007    $ 0.696548    $ 0.790813    302,606
   2006    $ 0.595141    $ 0.696548    283,253.478
   2005    $ 0.562060    $ 0.595141    277,673.306
   2004    $ 0.751404    $ 0.562060    305,805.000
   2003    $ 0.601821    $ 0.751404    83,811.667
   2002    $ 0.778284    $ 0.601821    61,696.491
   2001    $ 0.949980    $ 0.778284    1,669.965
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.949980    1,000.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Initial Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.984186    $ 1.224632    62,116.111

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.477848    $ 0.984186    88,686.546
   2007    $ 1.320483    $ 1.477848    164,152.932
   2006    $ 1.228162    $ 1.320483    190,473.497
   2005    $ 1.154600    $ 1.228162    235,847.499
   2004    $ 1.054354    $ 1.154600    271,875.000
   2003    $ 0.939595    $ 1.054354    356,752.099
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.939595    73,453.140

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.018964    $ 1.318102    91,913.978

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.638459    $ 1.018964    95,928.502
   2007    $ 1.401918    $ 1.638459    333,267.694
   2006    $ 1.283056    $ 1.401918    407,275.397
   2005    $ 1.253568    $ 1.283056    244,264.243
   2004    $ 1.124250    $ 1.253568    265,461.000
   2003    $ 0.922763    $ 1.124250    240,457.310
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.922763    40,596.281

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.570557    $ 0.726238    1,015,045.362

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.072627    $ 0.570557    2,023,801.852
   2007    $ 0.936327    $ 1.072627    2,844,354.563
   2006    $ 0.874163    $ 0.936327    3,839,512.402
   2005    $ 0.761335    $ 0.874163    1,426,535.581
   2004    $ 0.667300    $ 0.761335    2,209,667.000
   2003    $ 0.516143    $ 0.667300    1,940,332.762
   2002    $ 0.673747    $ 0.516143    1,190,272.376
   2001    $ 0.830281    $ 0.673747    884,825.721
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.830281    233,077.723

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.161916    $ 1.566698    104,478.155

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.995845    $ 1.161916    129,598.102
   2007    $ 1.645959    $ 1.995845    122,767.731
   2006    $ 1.589487    $ 1.645959    207,978.216
   2005    $ 1.388005    $ 1.589487    270,796.205
   2004    $ 1.208021    $ 1.388005    375,815.000
   2003    $ 0.934457    $ 1.208021    181,897.513
   2002    $ 1.106909    $ 0.934457    205,145.974
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 1.106909    998.580

Transamerica Money Market VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.378481    $ 1.359868    1,488,730.705

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.366515    $ 1.378481    2,827,278.559
   2007    $ 1.320697    $ 1.366515    2,883,739.381
   2006    $ 1.279908    $ 1.320697    3,291,483.862
   2005    $ 1.262642    $ 1.279908    2,033,426.098
   2004    $ 1.268884    $ 1.262642    1,119,609.000
   2003    $ 1.278447    $ 1.268884    3,171,016.176

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.494842    $ 0.769167    256,051.744

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.977128    $ 0.494842    325,659.369
   2007    $ 0.747144    $ 0.977128    301,267.262
   2006    $ 0.750778    $ 0.747144    320,887.618
   2005    $ 0.746619    $ 0.750778    223,043.991
   2004    $ 0.701312    $ 0.746619    264,327.000
   2003    $ 0.471553    $ 0.701312    263,961.833
   2002    $ 0.773135    $ 0.471553    18,934.852
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.773135    13,017.152

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 3.515723    $ 4.960561    100,944.678

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 6.034985    $ 3.515723    176,194.596
   2007    $ 4.911009    $ 6.034985    412,566.635
   2006    $ 4.222214    $ 4.911009    567,844.805
   2005    $ 3.773614    $ 4.222214    669,481.940
   2004    $ 3.292202    $ 3.773614    795,677.000
   2003    $ 1.751037    $ 3.292202    986,909.160
   2002    $ 2.936020    $ 1.751037    1,323,422.436
   2001    $ 2.314129    $ 2.936020    1,467,944.630
   2000    $ 2.115582    $ 2.314129    1,288,104.656

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.711486    $ 1.761522    432,125.928

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.613596    $ 1.711486    497,926.770
   2007    $ 1.544502    $ 1.613596    772,955.346
   2006    $ 1.517955    $ 1.544502    1,240,935.603
   2005    $ 1.507049    $ 1.517955    1,502,236.001
   2004    $ 1.480911    $ 1.507049    1,917,976.000
   2003    $ 1.460102    $ 1.480911    2,604,058.728
   2002    $ 1.400560    $ 1.460102    2,810,237.095
   2001    $ 1.352742    $ 1.400560    2,021,013.095
   2000    $ 1.246338    $ 1.352742    1,909,567.520

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.215941    $ 1.508040    507,708.806

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.017826    $ 1.215941    709,350.087
   2007    $ 1.771791    $ 2.017826    782,206.147
   2006    $ 1.456027    $ 1.771791    1,117,063.238
   2005    $ 1.298698    $ 1.456027    973,714.344
   2004    $ 1.135997    $ 1.298698    1,021,347.000
   2003    $ 0.868180    $ 1.135997    1,285,351.618
   2002    $ 1.061346    $ 0.868180    1,510,384.701
   2001    $ 1.398424    $ 1.061346    1,607,640.906
   2000    $ 1.736396    $ 1.398424    1,768,280.720

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.572424    $ 2.252680    762,991.939

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 2.755836    $ 1.572424    407,949.532
   2007    $ 2.560560    $ 2.755836    686,075.370
   2006    $ 2.355458    $ 2.560560    1,036,973.108
   2005    $ 2.184988    $ 2.355458    1,379,910.917
   2004    $ 1.966993    $ 2.184988    1,611,174.000
   2003    $ 1.648851    $ 1.966993    1,814,818.120
   2002    $ 2.001444    $ 1.648851    2,392,336.584
   2001    $ 2.185997    $ 2.001444    2,618,053.899
   2000    $ 2.358574    $ 2.185997    2,130,505.037

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid – Cap Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.518920    $ 0.820868    116,002.780

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.980707    $ 0.518920    117,589.938
   2007    $ 0.812430    $ 0.980707    147,752.654
   2006    $ 0.750266    $ 0.812430    201,521.987
   2005    $ 0.708049    $ 0.750266    305,361.548
   2004    $ 0.670790    $ 0.708049    275,618.000
   2003    $ 0.531264    $ 0.670790    640,612.133
   2002    $ 0.805577    $ 0.531264    211,455.972
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.805577    121,404.814

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP — Service Class

   2009    $ 1.152530    $ 1.183164    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.089107    $ 1.152530    0.000
   2007    $ 1.045099    $ 1.089107    0.000
   2006    $ 1.029250    $ 1.045099    0.000
   2005    $ 1.024349    $ 1.029250    0.000
   2004    $ 1.010428    $ 1.024349    0.000
   2003    $ 1.000000    $ 1.010428    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.594311    $ 0.865048    129,389.969

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.254298    $ 0.594311    170,620.007
   2007    $ 1.256087    $ 1.254298    221,178.634
   2006    $ 1.128805    $ 1.256087    239,485.205
   2005    $ 1.086700    $ 1.128805    335,969.852
   2004    $ 0.995176    $ 1.086700    436,781.000
   2003    $ 0.757796    $ 0.995176    490,605.689
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.757796    271,012.792

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.735365    $ 0.874606    15,062.577

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.301026    $ 0.735365    15,135.037
   2007    $ 1.181969    $ 1.301026    0.000
   2006    $ 1.131131    $ 1.181969    25,959.073
   2005    $ 1.057344    $ 1.131131    33,359.553
   2004    $ 1.009328    $ 1.057344    34,721.000
   2003    $ 0.793030    $ 1.009328    35,082.471
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.793030    8,536.533

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.724993    $ 0.859625    150,509.545

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.240900    $ 0.724993    196,126.543
   2007    $ 1.201232    $ 1.240900    239,658.372
   2006    $ 1.042190    $ 1.201232    364,600.532
   2005    $ 1.011301    $ 1.042190    395,171.259
   2004    $ 0.922939    $ 1.011301    459,689.000
   2003    $ 0.708682    $ 0.922939    543,774.420
   2002    $ 0.925362    $ 0.708682    562,772.960
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.925362    338,946.972

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.555356    $ 0.750174    219,181.372

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.936742    $ 0.555356    236,011.397
   2007    $ 0.836930    $ 0.936742    229,662.712
   2006    $ 0.854933    $ 0.836930    246,522.851
   2005    $ 0.755575    $ 0.854933    319,727.915
   2004    $ 0.707865    $ 0.755575    317,752.000
   2003    $ 0.582390    $ 0.707865    399,553.877
   2002    $ 0.854751    $ 0.582390    290,129.288
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.854751    170,283.912

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.835183    $ 1.114693    1,352,048.977

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.479293    $ 0.835183    1,531,296.790
   2007    $ 1.280112    $ 1.479293    1,954,500.785
   2006    $ 1.165967    $ 1.280112    2,334,239.789
   2005    $ 1.014517    $ 1.165967    2,827,957.069
   2004    $ 0.894215    $ 1.014517    2,504,455.000
   2003    $ 0.707994    $ 0.894215    2,454,901.642
   2002    $ 0.794977    $ 0.707994    1,989,715.385
   2001    $ 0.921935    $ 0.794977    524,898.341
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.921935    83,267.219

Fidelity – VIP Equity – Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.800853    $ 1.024801    452,350.673

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.421500    $ 0.800853    569,250.657
   2007    $ 1.424811    $ 1.421500    734,846.082
   2006    $ 1.205808    $ 1.424811    660,349.638
   2005    $ 1.159269    $ 1.205808    797,626.378
   2004    $ 1.057874    $ 1.159269    913,774.000
   2003    $ 0.825763    $ 1.057874    869,203.178
   2002    $ 1.011689    $ 0.825763    875,533.684
   2001    $ 1.083585    $ 1.011689    539,459.987
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.083585    11,169.920

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.558594    $ 0.704251    622,900.836

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.076102    $ 0.558594    976,971.974
   2007    $ 0.862415    $ 1.076102    475,624.786
   2006    $ 0.821333    $ 0.862415    377,845.439
   2005    $ 0.790140    $ 0.821333    353,495.640
   2004    $ 0.777739    $ 0.790140    399,469.000
   2003    $ 0.595582    $ 0.777739    415,789.933
   2002    $ 0.867285    $ 0.595582    311,639.983
   2001    $ 1.000000    $ 0.867285    224,892.535

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Fidelity – VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.436426    $ 0.625457    7,198.418

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.987483    $ 0.436426    13,061.140
   2007    $ 0.815561    $ 0.987483    13,297.217
   2006    $ 0.787455    $ 0.815561    34,818.262
   2005    $ 0.735424    $ 0.787455    37,107.971
   2004    $ 0.698366    $ 0.735424    42,146.000
   2003    $ 0.547765    $ 0.698366    41,024.211
   2002    $ 0.712884    $ 0.547765    41,430.745
   2001    $ 0.847762    $ 0.712884    46,654.326
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.847762    4,056.118

Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.366730    $ 1.881811    464,091.532

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 2.297144    $ 1.366730    624,657.608
   2007    $ 2.021695    $ 2.297144    760,669.946
   2006    $ 1.825525    $ 2.021695    1,128,393.163
   2005    $ 1.569979    $ 1.825525    1,345,697.241
   2004    $ 1.278384    $ 1.569979    1,369,189.000
   2003    $ 0.938535    $ 1.278384    1,418,766.692
   2002    $ 1.058761    $ 0.938535    1,109,568.411
   2001    $ 1.113894    $ 1.058761    301,333.651
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 1.113894    193,695.460

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.748075    $ 1.158245    434,208.541

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.558794    $ 0.748075    683,298.363
   2007    $ 1.500649    $ 1.558794    726,935.409
   2006    $ 1.312926    $ 1.500649    406,784.958
   2005    $ 1.300991    $ 1.312926    449,415.639
   2004    $ 1.160021    $ 1.300991    614,331.000
   2003    $ 0.748203    $ 1.160021    647,601.151
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.748203    233,602.863

Franklin Income Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.672044    $ 0.897800    205,627.718

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.969756    $ 0.672044    158,185.074
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.969756    0.000

Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.597154    $ 0.741580    7,247.600

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.963806    $ 0.597154    17,918.890
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.963806    311,072.773

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.627531    $ 0.847271    47,206.249

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.068371    $ 0.627531    71,416.402
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.068371    18,804.598

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.400762    $ 0.570323    69,931.039

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.724577    $ 0.400762    88,822.337
   2007    $ 0.604154    $ 0.724577    144,986.286
   2006    $ 0.541187    $ 0.604154    237,495.143
   2005    $ 0.490316    $ 0.541187    307,042.496
   2004    $ 0.413107    $ 0.490316    357,964.000
   2003    $ 0.311130    $ 0.413107    296,286.367
   2002    $ 0.439334    $ 0.311130    418,083.312
   2001    $ 0.738276    $ 0.439334    282,361.120
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.738276    4,308.768

 

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          1.50%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Janus Aspen - Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio - Service Shares

   2009    $ 1.011876    $ 1.325106    10,761.115

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.424498    $ 1.011876    12,810.612
   2007    $ 1.349213    $ 1.424498    25,162.315
   2006    $ 1.190103    $ 1.349213    25,439.595
   2005    $ 1.098065    $ 1.190103    105,875.829
   2004    $ 0.946169    $ 1.098065    109,523.000
   2003    $ 0.680071    $ 0.946169    107,005.725
   2002    $ 0.901410    $ 0.680071    118,269.564
   2001    $ 0.998696    $ 0.901410    106,055.256
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.998696    3,557.748

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.440003    $ 0.595641    217,213.593

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.809235    $ 0.440003    208,433.909
   2007    $ 0.751117    $ 0.809235    939,584.615
   2006    $ 0.646408    $ 0.751117    180,261.053
   2005    $ 0.621473    $ 0.646408    228,341.250
   2004    $ 0.603495    $ 0.621473    316,508.000
   2003    $ 0.495255    $ 0.603495    572,760.739
   2002    $ 0.676640    $ 0.495255    1,288,017.381
   2001    $ 0.887611    $ 0.676640    412,917.680
   2000    $ 1.000000    $ 0.887611    27,410.848

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.709950    $ 1.139562    25,285.215

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.191553    $ 0.709950    17,607.741
   2007    $ 1.182905    $ 1.191553    17,389.054
   2006    $ 1.063134    $ 1.182905    45,937.645
   2005    $ 1.027353    $ 1.063134    35,175.960
   2004    $ 0.981842    $ 1.027353    72,529.000
   2003    $ 0.746874    $ 0.981842    64,009.227
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.746874    10,623.871

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.999117    $ 1.158823    348,195.948

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.305576    $ 0.999117    403,344.449
   2007    $ 1.275094    $ 1.305576    639,322.433
   2006    $ 1.159404    $ 1.275094    761,196.189
   2005    $ 1.146954    $ 1.159404    708,244.543
   2004    $ 1.048576    $ 1.146954    825,794.000
   2003    $ 0.917454    $ 1.048576    855,610.931
   2002    $ 1.000000    $ 0.917454    243,516.671

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP - Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993364    $ 1.003183    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999959    $ 0.998250    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.991643    $ 0.996170    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.988774    $ 0.999366    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999959    $ 1.024203    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subacount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985158    $ 1.029652    0.00

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.818509    $ 0.969263    248,497.668

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.312933    $ 0.818509    131,816.666
   2007    $ 1.346427    $ 1.312933    45,776
   2006    $ 1.140723    $ 1.346427    64,603.310
   2005    $ 1.110607    $ 1.140723    45,559.107
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.110607    13,136.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Conservative VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.978492    $ 1.208404    1,616,126.062

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.258893    $ 0.978492    1,269,145.114
   2007    $ 1.200002    $ 1.258893    779,590.723
   2006    $ 1.111748    $ 1.200002    345,680.463
   2005    $ 1.071740    $ 1.111748    78,032.265
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.071740    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.883458    $ 1.131050    2,550,747.311

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.484088    $ 0.883458    2,367,836.351
   2007    $ 1.396672    $ 1.484088    1,992,435.620
   2006    $ 1.224872    $ 1.396672    944,859.099
   2005    $ 1.106529    $ 1.224872    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.106529    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.980694    $ 1.222500    2,434,412.681

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.343250    $ 0.980694    1,780,902.983
   2007    $ 1.261784    $ 1.343250    942,790.435
   2006    $ 1.147670    $ 1.261784    723,991.790
   2005    $ 1.083067    $ 1.147670    37.825
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.083067    21,239.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.945909    $ 1.195513    3,843,014.894

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.426601    $ 0.945909    3,238,311.508
   2007    $ 1.341867    $ 1.426601    2,640,862.299
   2006    $ 1.195249    $ 1.341867    1,023,098.708
   2005    $ 1.102655    $ 1.195249    105,286.121
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.102655    0.000

Transamerica International Moderate Growth VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.693018    $ 0.883896   

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2006

   2008    $      $ 0.693018   
   2007    $      $      117,482.929
   2006    $ 1.000000    $      27,202.488

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 1.020960    $ 1.147724    6,964,818.492

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.566025    $ 1.020960    552,739.383
   2007    $ 1.517687    $ 1.566025    258,205.851
   2006    $ 1.316157    $ 1.517687    115,386.459
   2005    $ 1.151057    $ 1.316157    34,278.496
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.151057    10,059.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.104858    $ 1.453717    348,296.330

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.944444    $ 1.104858    201,660.349
   2007    $ 2.113530    $ 1.944444    144,198.971
   2006    $ 1.506262    $ 2.113530    152,989.962
   2005    $ 1.345941    $ 1.506262    26,283.066
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.345941    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.804122    $ 1.027676    4,336,397.693

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 1.301557    $ 0.804122    2,627,588.506
   2007    $ 1.262582    $ 1.301557    1,389,377.717
   2006    $ 1.110222    $ 1.262582    209,234.078
   2005    $ 1.088084    $ 1.110222    46,018.109
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.088084    4,029.000

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.833538    $ 1.159084    745,691.102

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.341834    $ 0.833538    505,056.967
   2007    $ 1.220222    $ 1.341834    327,454.246
   2006    $ 1.213449    $ 1.220222    96,571.340
   2005    $ 1.081308    $ 1.213449    7,693.151
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.081308    24,015.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Initial Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.795640    $ 1.003646    2,247,122.863

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.267904    $ 0.795640    1,896,952.211
   2007    $ 1.272565    $ 1.267904    1,779,972.762
   2006    $ 1.088360    $ 1.272565    1,808,935.474
   2005    $ 1.060317    $ 1.088360    136,941.699
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060317    8,271.000

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Initial Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.884503    $ 1.284345    1,330,932.952

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 1.199092    $ 0.884503    669,951.562
   2007    $ 1.193838    $ 1.199092    499,485.825
   2006    $ 1.091063    $ 1.193838    300,856.059
   2005    $ 1.086592    $ 1.091063    225,616.466
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.086592    0.000

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.021513    $ 1.336663    405,009.277

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.600815    $ 1.021513    247,549.884
   2007    $ 1.487219    $ 1.600815    228,355.054
   2006    $ 1.225328    $ 1.487219    181,320.123
   2005    $ 1.100814    $ 1.225328    18,244.385
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.100814    7,927.000

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.860837    $ 1.075069    277,975.629

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.478218    $ 0.860837    203,248.469
   2007    $ 1.245003    $ 1.478218    127,928.804
   2006    $ 1.198139    $ 1.245003    53,339.875
   2005    $ 1.118831    $ 1.198139    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.118831    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.106069    $ 1.265712    3,340,498.765

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.153806    $ 1.106069    2,465,684.425
   2007    $ 1.073938    $ 1.153806    1,091,102.022
   2006    $ 1.044934    $ 1.073938    514,319.044
   2005    $ 1.035410    $ 1.044934    166,116.359
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.035410    45,589.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.862054    $ 1.066267    10,517,736.798

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 1.365276    $ 0.862054    9,397,198.853
   2007    $ 1.340038    $ 1.365276    7,384,460.624
   2006    $ 1.142172    $ 1.340038    5,721,692.717
   2005    $ 1.112410    $ 1.142172    1,190,830.299
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.112410    50,652.000

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.779347    $ 1.101477    6,715,442.282

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.371538    $ 0.779347    5,569,081.468
   2007    $ 1.265420    $ 1.371538    4,778,187.939
   2006    $ 1.131658    $ 1.265420    4,268,099.090
   2005    $ 1.080854    $ 1.131658    1,811,990.161
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.080854    162,333.000

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Initial ClassClass

   2009    $ 0.798829    $ 1.092695    540,802.572

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.270723    $ 0.798829    223,967.663
   2007    $ 1.175644    $ 1.270723    212,779.843
   2006    $ 1.150784    $ 1.175644    279,114.168
   2005    $ 1.054924    $ 1.150784    224,705.293
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.054924    0.000

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.845500    $ 1.069979    3,138,287.294

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.522172    $ 0.845500    256,557.116
   2007    $ 1.339397    $ 1.522172    146,517.877
   2006    $ 1.143274    $ 1.339397    98,676.725
   2005    $ 1.078671    $ 1.143274    25,990.445
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.078671    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Initial Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.942547    $ 1.173982    330,402.172

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.413931    $ 0.942547    181,476.241
   2007    $ 1.262106    $ 1.413931    91,315.141
   2006    $ 1.172724    $ 1.262106    19,666.507
   2005    $ 1.101394    $ 1.172724    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.101394    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.894955    $ 1.158833    444,310.617

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.437647    $ 0.894955    242,463.806
   2007    $ 1.228875    $ 1.437647    201,520.482
   2006    $ 1.123579    $ 1.228875    104,025.890
   2005    $ 1.096676    $ 1.123579    45,176.179
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.096676    0.000

Transamerica Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.837351    $ 1.066879    8,047,670.948

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.572618    $ 0.837351    5,872,697.749
   2007    $ 1.371410    $ 1.572618    5,140,314.700
   2006    $ 1.279101    $ 1.371410    3,963,154
   2005    $ 1.112918    $ 1.279101    32,523.541
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.112918    42,721.000

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.896999    $ 1.210698    217,035.134

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.539252    $ 0.896999    121,857.757
   2007    $ 1.268155    $ 1.539252    22,832.515
   2006    $ 1.223440    $ 1.268155    9,924.280
   2005    $ 1.067308    $ 1.223440    15,105.422
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.067308    7,883.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.094434    $ 1.080742    4.046.436.044

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.083864    $ 1.094434    2,916,538.193
   2007    $ 1.046489    $ 1.083864    1,443,810.094
   2006    $ 1.013179    $ 1.046489    1,372,626.314
   2005    $ 0.998530    $ 1.013179    240,266.041
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 0.998530    26,102.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.054393    $ 1.489184    6,488,979.823

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.808140    $ 1.054393    6,016,829.447
   2007    $ 1.469930    $ 1.808140    4,539,032.842
   2006    $ 1.262524    $ 1.469930    3,661,248.997
   2005    $ 1.127273    $ 1.262524    1,574,790.637
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.127273    385,112.000

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica Science & Technology VP - Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.710684    $ 1.105753    459,793.812

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.401950    $ 0.710684    235,628.055
   2007    $ 1.070911    $ 1.401950    108,746.877
   2006    $ 1.075061    $ 1.070911    25,044.892
   2005    $ 1.068043    $ 1.075061    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.068043    0.000

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.172629    $ 1.208102    3,326,718.905

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.104466    $ 1.172629    2,736,470.560
   2007    $ 1.056130    $ 1.104466    1,053,742.118
   2006    $ 1.036964    $ 1.056130    941,655.528
   2005    $ 1.028493    $ 1.036964    438,226.033
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028493    45,345.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.061641    $ 1.317982    4,263,484.413

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.760016    $ 1.061641    4,014,823.805
   2007    $ 1.543886    $ 1.760016    3,381,923.685
   2006    $ 1.267498    $ 1.543886    2,279,959.082
   2005    $ 1.129437    $ 1.267498    870,713.016
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.129437    412,401.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP - Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.798292    $ 1.144770    7,923,385.339

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.397708    $ 0.798292    4,764,335.672
   2007    $ 1.297386    $ 1.397708    3,585,863.197
   2006    $ 1.192296    $ 1.297386    2,128,005.922
   2005    $ 1.104914    $ 1.192296    1,278,174.456
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.104914    450,934.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.786821    $ 1.245886    140,924.190

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.485537    $ 0.786821    20,875.957
   2007    $ 1.229417    $ 1.485537    4,363.746
   2006    $ 1.134233    $ 1.229417    0.000
   2005    $ 1.069338    $ 1.134233    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.069338    0.000

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP - Service Class

   2009    $ 1.159089    $ 1.191066    45,916.533

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.094223    $ 1.159089    50,676.914
   2007    $ 1.048973    $ 1.094223    0.000
   2006    $ 1.032040    $ 1.048973    0.000
   2005    $ 1.026124    $ 1.032040    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026124    0.000

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.583752    $ 0.850525    66,106.290

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.230793    $ 0.583752    21,182.505
   2007    $ 1.231326    $ 1.230793    29,572.430
   2006    $ 1.105455    $ 1.231326    26,500.408
   2005    $ 1.063187    $ 1.105455    20,302.130
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.063187    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.745172    $ 0.887145    19.286

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.317059    $ 0.745172    19.286
   2007    $ 1.195355    $ 1.317059    19.286
   2006    $ 1.142812    $ 1.195355    21.478
   2005    $ 1.067228    $ 1.142812    25.896
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.067228    14,542.000

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.774206    $ 0.918890    396,438.149

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.323805    $ 0.774206    167,262.708
   2007    $ 1.280214    $ 1.323805    144,024.830
   2006    $ 1.109628    $ 1.280214    53,076.383
   2005    $ 1.075680    $ 1.109628    27,875.503
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.075680    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.797427    $ 1.078218    28,010.461

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.343730    $ 0.797427    109,803.986
   2007    $ 1.199362    $ 1.343730    27,335.748
   2006    $ 1.223965    $ 1.199362    21,992.277
   2005    $ 1.080644    $ 1.223965    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.080644    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.911262    $ 1.217417    1,718,034.370

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.612455    $ 0.911262    1,297,789.117
   2007    $ 1.393955    $ 1.612455    750,941.156
   2006    $ 1.268419    $ 1.393955    257,581.923
   2005    $ 1.102587    $ 1.268419    61,961.612
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.102587    45,827.000

Fidelity - VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.753925    $ 0.965701    324,106.760

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.336875    $ 0.753925    154,597.774
   2007    $ 1.338663    $ 1.336875    113,025.652
   2006    $ 1.131794    $ 1.338663    25,685.344
   2005    $ 1.087049    $ 1.131794    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.087049    0.000

Fidelity – VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.731706    $ 0.923404    136,255.317

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.408204    $ 0.731706    98,568.006
   2007    $ 1.127447    $ 1.408204    48,098.777
   2006    $ 1.072688    $ 1.127447    0.000
   2005    $ 1.030936    $ 1.072688    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.030936    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio - Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.634480    $ 0.910178    12,469.031

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.434159    $ 0.634480    0.000
   2007    $ 1.183297    $ 1.434159    0.000
   2006    $ 1.141396    $ 1.183297    0.000
   2005    $ 1.064926    $ 1.141396    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.064926    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 1.049758    $ 1.446806    2,149,179.642

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.762637    $ 1.049758    1,438,647.910
   2007    $ 1.549742    $ 1.762637    778,468
   2006    $ 1.397981    $ 1.549742    470,435.387
   2005    $ 1.201095    $ 1.397981    155,896.293
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.201095    71,612.000

Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.642432    $ 0.995655    443,546.866

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.337344    $ 0.642432    355,553.744
   2007    $ 1.286179    $ 1.337344    141,054.574
   2006    $ 1.124168    $ 1.286179    50,590.013
   2005    $ 1.112856    $ 1.124168    37,207.347
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.112856    9,865.000

Franklin Income Securities Fund – Class 2

   2009    $ 0.673149    $ 0.900151    522,321.460

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.970390    $ 0.673149    119,161.290
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.970390    22,506.309

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.598140    $ 0.743536    165,994.494

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.964440    $ 0.598140    20,748.590
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.964440    0.000

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.629392    $ 0.850630    413,261.306

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.070483    $ 0.629392    402,133.344
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.070483    138,084.565

Janus Aspen – Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.942407    $ 1.342446    196,520.477

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.702223    $ 0.942407    123,399.123
   2007    $ 1.417910    $ 1.702223    41,890.692
   2006    $ 1.268874    $ 1.417910    114,185.097
   2005    $ 1.148456    $ 1.268874    94,877.196
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.148456    0.000

Janus Aspen - Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 1.035685    $ 1.357615    9,076.884

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.456563    $ 1.035685    449.190
   2007    $ 1.378222    $ 1.456563    458.356
   2006    $ 1.214505    $ 1.378222    0.000
   2005    $ 1.119482    $ 1.214505    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.119482    0.000

Janus Aspen – Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.730520    $ 0.989907    449,530.560

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.342201    $ 0.730520    233,742.804
   2007    $ 1.244559    $ 1.342201    116,363.887
   2006    $ 1.070007    $ 1.244559    53,547.721
   2005    $ 1.027724    $ 1.070007    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.027724    0.000

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.722822    $ 1.161359    89,120.202

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.211941    $ 0.722822    34,208.399
   2007    $ 1.201951    $ 1.211941    24,905.552
   2006    $ 1.079196    $ 1.201951    0.000
   2005    $ 1.041845    $ 1.079196    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.041845    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.949190    $ 1.102006    681,488.346

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.239118    $ 0.949190    186,508.360
   2007    $ 1.208985    $ 1.239118    64,681.083
   2006    $ 1.098210    $ 1.208985    33,412.191
   2005    $ 1.085350    $ 1.098210    0.000
   2004    $ 1.000000    $ 1.085350    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2000

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.230568    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993367    $ 1.003303    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999962    $ 0.998364    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.991646    $ 0.996289    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.988776    $ 0.999483    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999962    $ 1.024327    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subacount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985161    $ 1.029767    0.000

 

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          1.40%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2002

   2009    $ 1.000000    $ 1.108333    0.000
          1.25%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.584947    $ 0.693704    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.936886    $ 0.584947    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.936886    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Conservative VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.795090    $ 0.983355    287,379.543

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.021416    $ 0.795090    29,044.891
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.021416    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.603440    $ 0.773706    86,447.348

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.012200    $ 0.603440    56,071.597
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.012200    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.752513    $ 0.939452    88,838.746

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.029175    $ 0.752513    49,711.129
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.029175    0.000

Transamerica Asset Allocation – Moderate Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.677869    $ 0.858024    25,322.940

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.020832    $ 0.677869    11,234.727
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.020832    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.636826    $ 0.716970    498,832.746

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.975360    $ 0.636826    7,078.250
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.975360    0.000

Transamerica Clarion Global Real Estate Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.501961    $ 0.661431    111,925.268

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 0.882088    $ 0.501961    87,241.772
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.882088    9,551

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.603098    $ 0.771901    867,921.368

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997

   2008    $ 0.974724    $ 0.603098    350,271.455
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.974724    0.000

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.663540    $ 0.924062    58,255.688

Subaccount Inception Date November 20, 1996

   2008    $ 1.066570    $ 0.663540    56,353.894
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.066570    0.000

Transamerica Focus VP – Initial Class(3)

   2009    $ 0.599986    $ 0.757969    117,397.925

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.954687    $ 0.599986    117,423.314
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.954687    0.000

Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP – Initial Class(4)

   2009    $ 0.716731    $ 1.042268    139,736.995

Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998

   2008    $ 0.970205    $ 0.716731    179,144.803
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.970205    5,022

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.644262    $ 0.844275    35,539.162

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.008122    $ 0.644262    784.555
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.008122    0.000

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.669936    $ 0.837894    7,792.748

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.148685    $ 0.669936    7,802.868
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.148685    0.000

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.017843    $ 1.166474    488,196.617

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.060211    $ 1.017843    179,905.021
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.060211    0.000

 

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          1.25%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP – Initial Class(1)

   2009    $ 0.606542    $ 0.751337    1,646,715.000

Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995

   2008    $ 0.959180    $ 0.606542    1,306,519.511
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.959180    339,511.935

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP – Initial Class(2)

   2009    $ 0.584441    $ 0.827234    855,805.879

Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995

   2008    $ 1.027006    $ 0.584441    559,780.334
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.027006    22,784.805

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP – Initial ClassClass

   2009    $ 0.646321    $ 0.885390    85,462.541

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.026592    $ 0.646321    75,660.367
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.026592    0.000

Transamerica Templeton Global VP – Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.598347    $ 0.758326    513,815.239

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.075611    $ 0.598347    64,968.606
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.075611    0.000

Transamerica Balanced VP – Initial Class(6)

   2009    $ 0.716487    $ 0.893729    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.073217    $ 0.716487    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.073217    0.000

Transamerica Convertible Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.715652    $ 0.928044    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.147892    $ 0.715652    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.147892    0.000

Transamerica Equity VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.596343    $ 0.760941    1,328,910.460

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.118328    $ 0.596343    439,640.646
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.118328    0.000

Transamerica Growth Opportunities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.686632    $ 0.928130    14,853.930

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.176530    $ 0.686632    2,431.395
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.176530    0.000

Transamerica Money Market VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.035943    $ 1.024461    175,700.728

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.024409    $ 1.035943    180,892.971
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.024409    0.000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.650679    $ 0.920358    925,908.280

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.114169    $ 0.650679    817,966.099
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.114169    51,065

Transamerica Science & Technology VP – Initial Class(5)

   2009    $ 0.639825    $ 0.996972    22,379.079

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.260286    $ 0.639825    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.260286    0.000

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 1.095199    $ 1.130004    179,774.086

Subaccount Inception Date August 3, 1994

   2008    $ 1.030008    $ 1.095199    268,176.283
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.030008    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Active International Allocation VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.639849    $ 0.795520    761,038.355

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   j2008    $ 1.059192    $ 0.639849    607,184.790
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.059192    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Large Cap Core VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.582120    $ 0.836016    625,211.959

Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994

   2008    $ 1.017707    $ 0.582120    275,627.709
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.017707    0.000

Transamerica Van Kampen Mid-Cap Growth VP – Initial Class

   2009    $ 0.594140    $ 0.942178    12,360.682

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.120084    $ 0.594140    12,752.965
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.120084    0.000

PAM Transamerica U.S. Government Securities VP – Service Class

   2009    $ 1.091239    $ 1.123009    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date November 3, 2003

   2008    $ 1.028649    $ 1.091239    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.028649    0.000

 

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          1.25%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.454172    $ 0.662709    6,730.038

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 0.956149    $ 0.454172    6,730.038
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.956149    0.000

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II Shares

   2009    $ 0.591556    $ 0.705296    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 1.044012    $ 0.591556    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.044012    0.000

AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.583523    $ 0.693596    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 0.996279    $ 0.583523    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.996279    0.000

AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio – Class B

   2009    $ 0.645899    $ 0.874638    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.086768    $ 0.645899    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.086768    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Contrafund ® Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.626367    $ 0.838051    38,114.885

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.106693    $ 0.626367    58,886.927
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.106693    26,292.375

Fidelity - VIP Equity-Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.534361    $ 0.685479    19,540.326

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 0.946121    $ 0.534361    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.946121    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Growth Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.618145    $ 0.781239    188,675.400

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

   2008    $ 1.187869    $ 0.618145    78,699.092
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.187869    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio - Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.497297    $ 0.714448    140.226

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.122406    $ 0.497297    140.226
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.122406    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.634696    $ 0.876053    130,784.396

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000

   2008    $ 1.064131    $ 0.634696    95,843.655
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.064131    0.000

Fidelity - VIP Value Strategies Portfolio – Service Class 2

   2009    $ 0.447216    $ 0.694130    321,966.434

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 0.929567    $ 0.447216    145,251.507
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.929567    0.000

Franklin Income Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.674813    $ 0.903723    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.971353    $ 0.674813    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.971353    0.000

Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.599635    $ 0.746489    0.000

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 0.965403    $ 0.599635    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.9655403    0.000

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2

   2009    $ 0.630121    $ 0.852876    3,868.450

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2007

   2008    $ 1.070130    $ 0.630121    3,873.326
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.070130    0.000

Janus Aspen - Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.605702    $ 0.864100    5,092.875

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 1.092409    $ 0.605702    5,092.875
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 1.092409    0.000

Janus Aspen - Perkins Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.703750    $ 0.923874    1,889.194

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.988260    $ 0.703750    1,893.494
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.988260    0.000

Janus Aspen - Worldwide Portfolio – Service Shares

   2009    $ 0.544832    $ 0.739380    67,651.539

Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000

   2008    $ 0.999557    $ 0.544832    0.000
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.999557    0.000

 

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          1.25%

Subaccount

   Year    Beginning AUV    Ending AUV    # Units

MFS New Discovery Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.564330    $ 0.908059    22,342.919

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 0.944800    $ 0.564330    1,662.215
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.944800    0.000

MFS Total Return Series – Service Class

   2009    $ 0.753440    $ 0.876023    48,063.575

Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002

   2008    $ 0.982111    $ 0.753440    36,892.965
   2007    $ 1.000000    $ 0.982111    0.000

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2009

   2009    $ 0.993371    $ 1.003480    0.000

Transamerica Index 35 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999966    $ 0.998540    0.000

Transamerica Index 50 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.991650    $ 0.996462    0.000

Transamerica Index 75 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date May 1, 2008

   2009    $ 0.988780    $ 0.999658    0.000

Transamerica Index 100 VP – Service Class

           

Subaccount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.999966    $ 1.024505    0.000

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP – Service Class

           

Subacount inception date November 19, 2009

   2009    $ 0.985165    $ 1.029949    0.000

 

(1)

Transamerica American Century Large Company Value VP, Transamerica Capital Guardian Value VP and Transamerica T. Rowe Price Equity Income VP merged into Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP.

(2)

Transamerica Marsico Growth VP and Transamerica T. Rowe Price Growth Stock VP merged into Transamerica Jennison Growth VP.

(3)

Formerly known as Transamerica Legg Mason Partners All Cap VP.

(4)

Formerly known as Transamerica MFS High Yield VP.

(5)

Transamerica Science & Technology VP merged into Transamerica Templeton Global VP and Transamerica Templeton Global VP changed its name to Transamerica Diversified Equity VP.

(6)

Transamerica Value Balanced VP merged into Transamerica Balanced VP.

 

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APPENDIX B

OA METHOD TRANSFERS

To make the Retirement Income Choice 1.2 Benefit available, we monitor your policy value and guarantees under the rider daily and periodically transfer amounts between your selected investment options and the OA Subaccount. We determine the amount and timing of OA Method transfers between the investment options and the OA Subaccount according to a mathematical model.

The mathematical model is designed to calculate how much of your policy value should be allocated to the OA Subaccount. Based on this calculation, transfers into or out of the OA Subaccount will occur (subject to the previously disclosed thresholds). The formula is:

Percent of Policy Value required in OA Subaccount (or X) =

e-Dividend*Time *(1- NormDist(d1))

where:

e = Base of the Natural Logarithm

NormDist = Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution

d1 = [ln(G)+(R – F +.5*V ^ 2)* T]/[V * T^.5]

In order to calculate the percent of policy value required in the OA Subaccount, we must first calculate d1:

d1 = [ln(G)+(R – F +.5*V ^ 2)* T]/[V * T^.5]

where:

ln = Natural Logarithm Function

G = Guarantee Ratio

R = Rate

F = Fees

V = Volatility

T = Time

After calculating d1, the percent of policy value required in the OA Subaccount can be calculated. Once calculated, appropriate transfers into or out of the OA Subaccount will occur (subject to the thresholds).

Following is a brief discussion of the values used in the formula.

The POLICY VALUE includes the value in both the investment options and in the OA Subaccount.

The GUARANTEE RATIO is the policy value divided by the greater of (1) premiums minus any adjusted partial withdrawals or (2) present value of rider withdrawal amount (the present value of the rider amount looks at the sum of the expected lifetime payments discounted using a factor of [5.5]).

 

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The RATE is the interest rate used for the OA Method. It is based on a long-term expectation based on historical interest rates and may vary over time.

The FEES is an approximation of average policy fees and charges associated with policies that have elected the RIC 1.2 rider. This value may change over time.

The VOLATILITY represents the volatility of the returns of policy value for all in force policies and is based on the long-term expectation of the degree to which the policy values tend to fluctuate. This value may vary over time.

The TIME is an approximation based on actuarial calculations of historical average number of years (including any fraction) which we anticipate remain until any potential payments are made under the benefit. This value may vary over time.

The PERCENT OF POLICY VALUE TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE OA SUBACCOUNT is computed for each policy. Ultimately the allocation for a policy takes into account the guarantees under the rider and the limit on allocations to the OA Subaccount.

The CUMULATIVE STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTION function assumes that random events are distributed according to the classic bell curve. For a given value it computes the percentage of such events which can be expected to be less than that value.

The NATURAL LOGARITHM function for a given value, computes the power to which e must be raised, in order to result in that value. Here, e is the base of the natural logarithms, or approximately 2.718282.

Example:

Day 1: Policy Value Declines by 10% For purposes of this example we will assume that the policy value declines by 10% to $90,000 the day after the rider issue date from the initial premium amount of $100,000 producing a guarantee ratio of 90% ($90,000/$100,000). We will also assume:

Guarantee Ratio = 90%

Rate = 4.5%

Volatility = 10%

Fees = 3%

Time = 20

First we calculate d1.

d1=[ln(G)+(R – F +.5*V ^ 2)* T]/[V * T^.5]

d1=[ln(.90)+(.045 – .03 +.5*.10 ^ 2)* 20]/[.10 * 20^.5]

d1=.658832

 

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Using the value we just calculated for d1 we can now calculate the percent of policy value required in the OA Subaccount.

Percent of Policy Value in OA Subaccount (or X) = e-Dividend*Time *(1-NormDist(d1)) X= (2.718282 ^ -.03 * 20) * (1 – NormDist(.658832)) X = 13.9948%

Therefore, 13.9948% of the policy value is transferred to the OA Subaccount, resulting in a total transfer of $12,595.32.

Day 2: Policy Value Recovers to 105% of Initial Value after the 10% Decline

For purposes of this example we will assume that after the policy value declined to $90,000 it recovered the next day to $105,000 producing a guarantee ratio of 105% ($105,000/$100,000). We will also assume:

Guarantee Ratio = 105%

Rate = 4.5%

Volatility = 10%

Fees = 3%

Time = 20

First we calculate d1.

d1=[ln(G)+(R – F +.5*V ^ 2)* T]/[V * T^.5]

d1=[ln(1.05)+( .045 – .03 +.5*.10 ^ 2)* 20]/[.10 * 20^.5]

d1= 1.003524

Using the value we just calculated for d1 we can now calculate the percent of policy value required in the OA Subaccount.

Percent of Policy Value in OA Subaccount (or X) = e-Dividend*Time *(1 - NormDist(d1))

X= (2.718282 ^ -.03 * 20) * (1 – NormDist(1.003524))

X = 8.6605%

While the mathematical model would suggest we transfer only a portion of the policy value in the OA Subaccount into your investment options (leaving 8.6605% in the OA Subaccount), all of the policy value in the OA Subaccount will be transferred into your investment options. If the Guarantee Ratio equals or exceeds 100%, then your policy value is greater than or equal to the value of the guarantee and there is no current need for any policy value to be allocated to the OA Subaccount.

 

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PART C

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 24.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

    (a)  Financial Statements
                All required financial statements are included in Part B of this Registration Statement.
   

(b)  Exhibits:

(1)   (a)      

Resolution of the Board of Directors of PFL Life Insurance Company authorizing establishment of the Separate Account. Note 1.

    (b)       Authorization Changing Name of the Separate Account. Note 11.
(2)          

Not Applicable.

(3)   (a)      

Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company, on its own behalf and on the behalf of the Separate Account, and AEGON USA Securities, Inc. Note 6.

    (a)   (1)  

Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of the Separate Account and AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 13.

    (a)   (2)  

Termination of Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between AEGON USA Securities, Inc., formerly known as, MidAmerica Management Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of PFL Endeavor Variable Annuity Account. Note 15.

    (a)   (3)  

Form of Amended and Reinstated Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between AFSG Securities Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company on its behalf and on behalf of the separate investment accounts. Note 30.

    (a)   (4)  

Amendment No. 8 and Novation to Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement. Note 42.

    (a)   (5)  

Amendment No. 10 to Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement. Note 47.

    (b)      

Form of Broker/Dealer Supervision and Sales Agreement by and between AFSG Securities Corporation, and the Broker/Dealer. Note 13.

    (b)   (1)  

Form of Life Insurance Company Product Sales Agreement (TCI) Note 44.

(4)   (a)      

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 7.

    (b)      

Amended pages to Form of Policy for Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 8.

    (c)      

Form of Policy Endorsement (Death Benefits). Note 10.

    (d)      

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 12.

    (e)      

Form of Policy Endorsement (Nursing Care). Note 12.

    (f)      

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 13.

    (g)      

Form of Policy Endorsement (New Separate Accounts and Annuity Commencement Date). Note 13.

    (h)      

Form of Policy Rider (GMIB). Note 15.

    (i)      

Form of Policy Rider (Additional Death Distribution). Note 24.

    (j)      

Form of Policy Rider (Managed Annuity Program). Note 26.

    (k)      

Form of Policy Rider (MAP II). Note 31.

    (l)      

Form of Policy Rider (GPS). Note 37.

    (m)      

Form of Policy Rider (5 For life). Note 37.

    (n)      

Form of Policy Rider (ADD+). Note 37.

    (o)      

Form of Policy Rider (New GMWB). Note 39.

    (p)      

Form of Policy Rider (5 for Life - Growth - without Death Benefit). Note 40.

    (q)      

Form of Policy Rider (5 for Life - Growth - with Death Benefit). Note 40.

    (r)      

Form of Rider (Income Select for Life). Note 41.

    (s)      

Form of Rider (Double Enhanced). Note 43.

    (t)      

Form of Rider (Retirement Income Choice). Note 43.

    (u)      

Form of Endorsement (Fund Facilitation Fee). Note 46.

    (v)      

Form of Policy Rider (Retirement Income Choice - Double Withdrawal Base Benefit). Note. 46.

    (w)       Form of Policy Rider (Retirement Income Choice 1.2). Note 49.
    (x)       Form of Policy Rider (Retirement Income Choice 1.4). Note 50.
    (y)       Form of Policy Rider (Income Link). Note 53.
(5)   (a)      

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 12.

    (b)      

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 13.

    (c)      

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 15.

    (d)      

Form of Application for the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity (formerly Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity) Note 24.

    (e)      

Form of Application for Transamerica Freedom. Note 32.

    (f)      

Form of Application. Note 33

    (g)       Form of Application. Note 50.
(6)   (a)      

Articles of Incorporation of PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 2.

    (b)      

ByLaws of PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 2.

(7)           Reinsurance Agreement Note 36.
    (a)      

Reinsurance agreement between Transamerica Life Insurance & Annuity Company and Swiss RE Life & Health America Inc. dated January 2, 1998. Note 49.

    (b)      

Reinsurance agreement between Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company and North American Reassurance Company dated July 1, 1994. Note 49.

    (c)      

Reinsurance Agreement No. FUV-1 between Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Union Hamilton Reinsurance Limited dated April 1, 2001. Note 49.

    (c)   1  

Reinsurance agreement Amendment No. 1 to agreement FUV-1 between Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Union Hamilton Reinsurance Limited dated April 1, 2001. Note 49.

    (d)      

Reinsurance Agreement No. FUV-011 between Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Scottish Annuity & Life International Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited initial dated April 1, 2001, Amended and Restated - May 1, 2007. Note 49.

    (e)      

Reinsurance Agreement between Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Transamerica International RE (Bermuda) LTD dated December 31, 2008. Note 49.

    (f)      

Reinsurance Agreement between American United Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Life Insurance Company dated July 1, 2007. Note 49.

    (g)      

Reinsurance Agreement between Union Hamilton Reinsurance Ltd. And Scottish Annuity & Life International Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd. And Transamerica Life Insurance Company dated June 30, 2008. Note 52.

(8)   (a)       Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavor Series Trust.

 

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Note 3.

     (b)        

Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and the WRL Growth Portfolio of WRL Series Fund, Inc. Note 4.

(8)    (b)    (1)   

Amendment No. 12 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., and Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company. Note 17.

(8)    (b)    (2)   

Amendment No. 15 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., and Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company. Note 22.

     (b)    (3)   

Amendment No. 17 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company), AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. Note 24.

     (b)    (4)   

Amendment No. 20 to Participation Agreement among AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company. Note 34.

(8)    (b)    (5)   

Amendment No. 31 to Participation Agreement (AEGON/Transamerica). Note 36.

(8)    (b)    (6)   

Amendment No. 32 to Participation Agreement (AEGON/Transamerica). Note 37.

     (b)    (7)   

Amendment No. 36 to Participation Agreement (Transamerica Series Trust). Note 45.

     (b)    (8)   

Amendment No. 38 to Participation Agreement (TST). Note 47.

     (b)    (9)   

Amendment No. 40 to Participation Agreement (TST). Note 49.

     (b)    (10)   

Amendment No. 41 to Participation Agreement (TST). Note 51.

     (b)    (11)   

Amendment No. 42 to Participation Agreement (TST). Note 53.

     (c)        

Administrative Services Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company (assigned to Vantage Computer Systems, Inc.). Note 3.

     (d)        

Amendment and Assignment of Administrative Services Agreement. Note 4.

     (e)        

Second Amendment to Administrative Services Agreement. Note 5.

     (f)        

Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavor Series Trust. Note 12.

(8)    (f)    (1)   

Amendment No. 6 to Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company, Endeavor Management Co. and Endeavor Series Trust. Note 17.

(8)    (f)    (2)   

Amendment to Schedule A of the Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavour Series Trust. Note 22.

     (f)    (3)   

Form of Termination of Participation Agreement among Transamerica Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, on their own behalf and on behalf of their separate accounts, Endeavor Series Trust and Endeavor Management Co. Note 30.

     (g)        

Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Variable Insurance Fund, Inc. Note 20.

(8)    (g)    (1)   

Termination of Participation Agreement (Transamerica). Note 26.

(8)    (g)    (2)   

Participation Agreement (Transamerica). Note 26.

(8)    (g)    (3)   

Addendum to Participation Agreement

 

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(Transamerica). Note 26.

    (h)       

Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company, and Addendums thereto. Note 18.

    (h)   (1)   

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 20.

    (h)   (2)   

Form of Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company). Note 24.

    (h)   (3)   

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

    (h)   (4)   

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

    (h)   (5)   

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

    (i)       

Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 19.

    (i)   (1)   

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 20.

    (i)   (2)   

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

    (i)   (3)   

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

(8)   (j)       

Participation Agreement by and between Janus Aspen Series and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 21.

(8)   (j)   (1)   

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and between Janus Aspen Series and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 22.

(8)   (k)       

Participation Agreement by and among Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, PFL Life Insurance Company, AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 23.

    (k)   (1)   

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and among Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company), AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 26.

    (k)   (2)   

Amendment to Participation Agreement (Alliance Bernstein). Note 47.

(8)   (l)       

Participation Agreement by and among AIM Variable

 

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Insurance funds, Inc., AIM Distributors, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company and AFSG Securities Corporation Note 27.

    (l)   (1)   

Form of Amendment No. 7 to Participation Agreement among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, AIM Distributors, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company and AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 30.

(8)   (m)       

Participation Agreement among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, PFL Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Note 28.

    (m)   (1)   

Partial Termination of Participation Agreement among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, PFL Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Note 29.

    (m)   (2)   

Form of Amendment to Participation Agreement by and among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Massachusetts Financial Services Company, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 30.

(8)   (n)       

Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 39

(8)   (o)       

Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc. and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 49.

    (o)   (1)   

Amendment No. 3 to Participation Agreement (Franklin Templeton). Note 47.

(8)   (p)       

Participation Agreement among Transamerica Life Insurance Company; American Funds Insurance Series, and Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”). Note 51.

    (p)   (1)   

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement (American Funds). Note 51.

    (p)   (2)   

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement (American Funds). Note 51.

(8)   (q)       

Participation Agreement By and Among Transamerica Life Insurance Company and GE Investments Funds, Inc. and GE Investment Distributors, Inc. and GE Asset Management Incorporated. Note 51.

(9)   (a)       

Opinion and Consent of Counsel. Note 53.

(9)   (b)       

Consent of Counsel. Note 53.

(10)   (a)       

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Note 53.

    (b)       

Opinion and Consent of Actuary. Note 39.

(11)           

Not Applicable.

(12)           

Not Applicable.

(13)           

Performance Data Calculations. Note 39.

(14)           

Powers of Attorney. Craig D. Vermie, Arthur C. Schneider, Eric J. Martin, Brenda K. Clancy, M. Craig Fowler, Mark Mullin, Kenneth Kilbane. Note 48.


Note 1.   Filed with the initial filing of this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908, 811-06032) on January 8, 1993.
Note 2.   Filed with the initial filing of Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085 on January 23, 1990.
Note 3.   Filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 9, 1990.
Note 4.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 1, 1991.
Note 5.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on May 1, 1992.
Note 6.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form

 

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    N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 30, 1993.
Note 7.   Filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on December 6, 1993.
Note 8.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on February 28, 1994.
Note 9.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1994.
Note 10.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 27, 1995.
Note 11.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 24, 1996.
Note 12.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1997.
Note 13.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on February 27, 1998.
Note 14.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1998.
Note 15.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on September 28, 1998.
Note 16.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1999.
Note 17.   Filed with the Initial filing of Form N-4 Registration Statement for the Access Variable Annuity (File No. 333-94489) on January 12, 2000.
Note 18.   Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No, 333-07509) on December 6, 1996.
Note 19.   Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-07509) on April 29, 1997.
Note 20.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 27, 2000.
Note 21.   Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (333-26209) on April 28, 2000.
Note 22.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on October 3, 2000.
Note 23.   Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-26209) on April 28, 2000.
Note 24.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2001.
Note 25.   Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-63086) on September 13, 2001.
Note 26.   Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on October 2, 2001.
Note 27.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on July 16, 1998.
Note 28.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on December 23, 1997.
Note 29.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on April 29, 1999.
Note 30.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2002.
Note 31.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on October 15, 2002.
Note 32.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to this form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on December 30, 2002.
Note 33.   Filed with Post-Effective No. 20 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2003.
Note 34.   Filed with Post-Effective No. 22 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2004.
Note 35.   Incorporated herein by reference to Initial Filing to N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-116562) on June 17, 2004.
Note 36.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-109580) on January 7, 2005.
Note 37.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 28, 2005.
Note 38.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on September 12, 2005.
Note 39.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 26, 2006.
Note 40.   Incorporated herein by Reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on December 12, 2005.
Note 41.   Incorporated herein by Reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-131987) on July 19, 2006.
Note 42.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 27, 2007.
Note 43.   Incorporated herein by Reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-131987) on September 21, 2007.
Note 44.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-125817) filed on February 15, 2008.
Note 45.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2008.
Note 46.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-131987) filed on August 14, 2008.
Note 47.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on November 6, 2008.
Note 48.   Incorporated herein by reference to Initial Filing to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-156259) filed on December 18, 2008.
Note 49.   Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) filed on April 30, 2009.
Note 50.   Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File 333-142762) filed on August 31, 2009.
Note 51.  

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) filed on November 19, 2009.

Note 52.   Filed herewith.
Note 53.   To be filed by amendment.

 

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Item 25.     Directors and Officers of the Depositor

 

Name and Business Address      


  

    Principal Positions and Offices with Depositor    


Craig D. Vermie

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Arthur C. Schneider

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, Chief Tax Officer, and Senior Vice President

Eric J. Martin

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Vice President and Corporate Controller

Brenda K. Clancy

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director and President

M. Craig Fowler

  400 West Market Street

  Louisville, KY 40202

  

Vice President and Treasurer

Mark W. Mullin

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Kenneth Kilbane

  1150 South Olive Street

  Los Angeles, CA 90015

  

Director and Chairman of the Board

 

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Item 26. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant

 

Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Academy Alliance Holdings Inc.

   Canada    100% Creditor Resources, Inc.    Holding company
Academy Alliance Insurance Inc.    Canada    100% Creditor Resources, Inc.    Insurance
AEGON Alliances, Inc.    Virginia    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Insurance company marketing support
AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.    Delaware    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Registered investment advisor
AEGON Assignment Corporation    Illinois    100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.    Administrator of structured settlements
AEGON Assignment Corporation of Kentucky    Kentucky    100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.    Administrator of structured settlements
AEGON Canada ULC    Canada    Ownership split between AEGON Canada Holding B.V. and TIHI Canada Holding, LLC    Holding company
AEGON Capital Management Inc.    Canada    100% AEGON Asset Management (Canada) B.V.    Portfolio management company/investment advisor
AEGON-CMF GP, LLC    Delaware    Transamerica Realty Services, Inc. is sole Member    Investment in commercial mortgage loans
AEGON Core Mortgage Fund, LP    Delaware    General Partner - AEGON-CMF GP, LLC    Investment in mortgages
AEGON Derivatives N.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON N.V.    Holding company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.    Maryland    Monumental Life Insurance Company owns 103,324 shares; Commonwealth General Corporation owns 37,161 shares    Marketing company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services International, Inc.    Maryland    100% Monumental General Insurance Group, Inc.    Marketing arm for sale of mass marketed insurance coverage
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Australia Pty Ltd.    Australia    100% Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.    Marketing/operations company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services e Corretora de Seguros Ltda.    Brazil    749,000 quota shares owned by AEGON DMS Holding B.V.; 1 quota share owned by AEGON International B.V.    Brokerage company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Europe Ltd.    United Kingdom    100% Cornerstone International Holdings, Ltd.    Marketing
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Hong Kong Limited    China    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Provide consulting services ancillary to the marketing of insurance products overseas.
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Insurance Broker (HK) Limited    Hong Kong    100% AEGON Direct Marketing Services Hong Kong Limited    Brokerage company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Japan K.K.    Japan    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Marketing company
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Korea Co., Ltd.    Korea    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Provide consulting services ancillary to the marketing of insurance products overseas.
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Mexico, S.A. de C.V.    Mexico    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Provide management advisory and technical consultancy services.
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Mexico Servicios, S.A. de C.V.    Mexico    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Provide marketing, trading, telemarketing and advertising services in favor of any third party, particularly in favor of insurance and reinsurance companies
AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.    Taiwan    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Authorized business: Enterprise management consultancy, credit investigation services, to engage in business not prohibited or restricted under any law of R.O.C., except business requiring special permission of government
AEGON Direct Marketing Services (Thailand) Ltd.    Thailand    93% Transamerica International Direct Marketing Consultants, LLC; remaining 7% held by various AEGON employees    Marketing of insurance products in Thailand


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Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON International B.V.    Holding company
AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.    Minnesota    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Marketing
AEGON Fund Management Inc.    Canada    100% AEGON Asset Management (Canada) B.V.    Mutual fund manager
AEGON Funding Company, LLC.    Delaware    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Issue debt securities-net proceeds used to make loans to affiliates
AEGON Institutional Markets, Inc.    Delaware    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Provider of investment, marketing and administrative services to insurance companies
AEGON International B.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON N.V.    Holding company
AEGON Life Insurance Agency Inc.    Taiwan    100% AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc. (Taiwan Domiciled)    Life insurance
AEGON Managed Enhanced Cash, LLC    Delaware    Members: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (74.8759%) ; Monumental Life Insurance Company (25.1241%)    Investment vehicle for securities lending cash collateral
AEGON Management Company    Indiana    100% AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation    Holding company
AEGON N.V.    Netherlands    22.95% of Vereniging AEGON Netherlands Membership Association    Holding company
AEGON Nederland N.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON N.V.    Holding company
AEGON Nevak Holding B.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON N.V.    Holding company
AEGON Stable Value Solutions Inc.    Delaware    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Principle Business: Provides management services to the stable value division of AEGON insurers who issue synthetic GIC contracts
AEGON Structured Settlements, Inc.    Kentucky    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Administers structured settlements of plaintiff’s physical injury claims against property and casualty insurance companies
AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation    Delaware    100% Transamerica Corporation    Holding company
AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Company    Holding company
AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC    Iowa    100% AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Investment advisor
AEGON USA Real Estate Services, Inc.    Delaware    100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Real estate and mortgage holding company
AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC    Iowa    Sole Member - AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Administrative and investment services
AEGON USA Realty Advisors of California, Inc.    Iowa    100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Investments
AEGON USA Travel and Conference Services LLC    Iowa    100% Money Services, Inc.    Travel and conference services
AEGON USA, LLC    Iowa    100% AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation    Holding company
AFSG Securities Corporation    Pennsylvania    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Inactive
ALH Properties Eight LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Eleven LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Four LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Nine LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Seven LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Seventeen LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Sixteen LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Ten LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Twelve LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
ALH Properties Two LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
American Bond Services LLC    Iowa    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company (sole member)    Limited liability company


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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Ampac, Inc.    Texas    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Managing general agent
ARC Reinsurance Corporation    Hawaii    100% Transamerica Corporation    Property & Casualty Insurance
ARV Pacific Villas, A California Limited Partnership    California    General Partners - Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc. (0.5%); Non-Affiliate of AEGON, Jamboree Housing Corp. (0.5%). Limited Partner: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (99%)    Property
Asia Business Consulting Company    China    100% Asia Investments Holdings, Limited    Provide various services upon request from Beijing Dafu Insurance Agency.
Asia Investments Holdings, Limited    Hong Kong    99% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Holding company
AUSA Holding Company    Maryland    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Holding company
AUSA Properties, Inc.    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Company    Own, operate and manage real estate
AUSACAN LP    Canada    General Partner - AUSA Holding Co. (1%); Limited Partner - AEGON USA, LLC (99%)    Inter-company lending and general business
Bay Area Community Investments I, LLC    California    70% Transamerica Life Insurance Company; 30% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments in low income housing tax credit properties
Bay State Community Investments I, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments in low income housing tax credit properties
Bay State Community Investments II, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments in low income housing tax credit properties
Beijing Dafu Insurance Agency Co. Ltd.    Peoples Republic of China    10% owned by WFG China Holdings, Inc.; 90% owned by private individual (non-AEGON associated)    Insurance Agency
Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.    Canada    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Holding company
Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company    Canada    100% Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.    Insurance company
Capital General Development Corporation    Delaware    2.64 shares of common stock owned by AEGON USA, LLC 18.79 shares of common stock owned by Commonwealth General Corporation    Holding company
Capmark Affordable Tax Credit Fund II, LLC    Delaware    100% owned by Garnet LIHTC Fund VIII, LLC    Investments
CBC Insurance Revenue Securitization, LLC    Delaware    100% Clark Consulting, LLC    Special purpose
CC Matteson, LLC    Illinois    Members: Monumental Life Insurance Company (83.03%); Pan-American Life Insurance Company, a non-affiliate of AEGON (9.75%); Nationwide Life Insurance Company, a non-affiliate of AEGON (7.22%)    Ownership of commercial real estate acquired via remedies enforcement.
Chicago Community Housing Fund I, LLC    Delaware    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Investments
Clark/Bardes (Bermuda) Ltd.    Bermuda    100% Clark, LLC    Insurance agency
Clark, LLC    Delaware    Sole Member - Diverisified Investment Advisors, Inc.    Holding company
Clark Consulting, LLC    Delaware    100% Clark, LLC    Financial consulting firm
Clark Investment Strategies, Inc.    Delaware    100% Clark Consulting, LLC    Registered investment advisor
Clark Securities, Inc.    California    100% Clark Consulting, LLC    Broker-Dealer
Commonwealth General Corporation    Delaware    100% AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation    Holding company
Consumer Membership Services Canada Inc.    Canada    100% Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.    Marketing of credit card protection membership services in Canada
Cornerstone International Holdings Ltd.    UK    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Holding company
CRG Insurance Agency, Inc.    California    100% Clark Consulting, Inc.    Insurance agency
Creditor Resources, Inc.    Michigan    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Credit insurance
CRI Canada Inc.    Canada    100% Creditor Resources, Inc.    Holding company


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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

CRI Credit Group Services Inc.    Canada    100% Creditor Resources, Inc.    Holding company
CRI Solutions Inc.    Maryland    100% Creditor Resources, Inc.    Sales of reinsurance and credit insurance
Cupples State LIHTC Investors, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet LIHTC Fund VIII, LLC    Investments
Diversified Actuarial Services, Inc.    Massachusetts    100% Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.    Employee benefit and actuarial consulting
Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.    Delaware    100% AUSA Holding Company    Registered investment advisor
Diversified Investors Securities Corp.    Delaware    100% Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.    Broker-Dealer
FGH Realty Credit LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA, LLC    Real estate
FGH USA LLC    Delaware    100% RCC North America LLC    Real estate
FGP 90 West Street LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
FGP Islandia, Inc.    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
FGP West 32nd Street, Inc.    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
FGP West Mezzanine LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
FGP West Street LLC    Delaware    100% FGP West Mezzanine LLC    Real estate
FGP West Street Two LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
Fifth FGP LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
Financial Planning Services, Inc.    District of Columbia    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Special-purpose subsidiary
First FGP LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
Flashdance, LLC    New York    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Broadway production
Fourth & Market Funding, LLC    Delaware    Commonwealth General Corporation owns 0% participating percentage, but is Managing Member. Ownership: 99% Monumental Life Insurance Company and 1% Garnet Assurance Corporation II    Inactive
Fourth FGP LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
Garnet Assurance Corporation    Kentucky    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Assurance Corporation II    Iowa    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Business investments
Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments II, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Securities
Garnet Community Investments III, LLC    Delaware    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Business investments
Garnet Community Investments IV, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments V, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments VI, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments VII, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments VIII, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments IX, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments X, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments XI, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments
Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC    Delaware    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Investments


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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Garnet LIHTC Fund II, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments II, LLC (0.01%); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund III, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments III, LLC (0.01%); Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company, a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund IV, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments IV, LLC (0.01%); Goldenrod Asset Management, Inc., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund V, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments V, LLC (0.01%); Lease Plan North America, Inc., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund VI, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments VI, LLC (0.01%); Pydna Corporation, a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund VII, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments VII, LLC (0.01%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., a non- AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund VIII, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments VIII, LLC (0.01%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund IX, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments IX, LLC (0.01%); Bank of America, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund X, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments X, LLC (0.01%); Goldenrod Asset Management, a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XI, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments XI, LLC (0.01%); NorLease, Inc., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (.01%); and the following non-AEGON affiliates: Bank of America, N.A. (73.39%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (13.30%); NorLease, Inc. (13.30%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-A, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (0.01%); Bank of America, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-B, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (0.01%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-C, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (.01%); NorLease, Inc., a non- AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments


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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (.01%); and the following non-AEGON affiliates: Bank of America, N.A.( 73.39%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (13.30%); NorLease, Inc. (13.30%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-A, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (.01%); J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-B, LLC    Delaware    Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC (.01%); Norlease, Inc., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIV, LLC    Delaware    0.01% Garnet Community Investments, LLC; 49.995% Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and 49.995% Goldenrod Asset Management Inc    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XV, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); Bank of America, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVI, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, a non-AEGON entity (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVII, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance company, a non-affiliate of AEGON (12.999%), and ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, a non-affiliate of AEGON (86.991%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVIII, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIX, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); Bank of America, N.A., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XX, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXI, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXII, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); Norlease, Inc., a non-AEGON affiliate (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXIII, LLC    Delaware    Members: Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); Idacorp Financial Services, Inc. (99.99%)    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXIV, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXV, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVI, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVII, LLC    Delaware    100% Garnet Community Investments, LLC    Investments
Global Preferred Re Limited    Bermuda    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Reinsurance
Innergy Lending, LLC    Delaware    50% World Financial Group, Inc.; 50% ComUnity Lending, Inc. (non-AEGON entity)    In the process of being dissolved
Investment Advisors International, Inc.    Delaware    100% AUSA Holding Company    Investments


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Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Investors Warranty of America, Inc.    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Leases business equipment
JMH Operating Company, Inc.    Mississippi    100% Monumental Life Insurance Company    Real estate holdings
Legacy General Insurance Company    Canada    100% Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.    Insurance company
Life Investors Alliance, LLC    Delaware    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Purchase, own, and hold the equity interest of other entities
Life Investors Financial Group, Inc.    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Company    Special-purpose subsidiary
LIICA Holdings, LLC    Delaware    Sole Member: Transamerica Life Insurance Company    To form and capitalize LIICA Re I, Inc.
LIICA Re I, Inc.    Vermont    100% LIICA Holdings, LLC    Captive insurance company
LIICA Re II, Inc.    Vermont    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Captive insurance company
Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Trust company
Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company    Arkansas    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Insurance company
ML Life Insurance Company of New York    New York    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Insurance company
MLIC Re I, Inc.    Vermont    100% Stonebridge Life Insurance Company    Captive insurance company
Money Services, Inc.    Delaware    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Provides financial counseling for employees and agents of affiliated companies
Monumental General Administrators, Inc.    Maryland    100% Monumental General Insurance Group, Inc.    Provides management services to unaffiliated third party administrator
Monumental General Insurance Group, Inc.    Maryland    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Holding company
Monumental Life Insurance Company    Iowa    99.72% Capital General Development Corporation; .28% Commonwealth General Corporation    Insurance Company
nVISION Financial, Inc.    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Company    Special-purpose subsidiary
National Association Management and Consultant Services, Inc.    Maryland    100% Monumental General Administrators, Inc.    Provides actuarial consulting services
NEF Investment Company    California    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Real estate development
New Markets Community Investment Fund, LLC    Iowa    50% AEGON Institutional Markets, Inc.; 50% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Community development entity
Oncor Insurance Services, LLC    Iowa    Sole Member-Life Investors Financial Group, Inc.    Direct sales of term life insurance
Peoples Benefit Services, Inc.    Pennsylvania    100% Stonebridge Life Insurance Company    Special-purpose subsidiary
Pine Falls Re, Inc.    Vermont    100% Stonebridge Life Insurance Company    Captive insurance company
Primus Guaranty, Ltd.    Bermuda    Partners are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (13.1%) and non-affiliates of AEGON: XL Capital, Ltd. (34.7%); CalPERS/PCO Corporate Partners Fund, LLC (13.0%); Radian Group (11.1%). The remaining 28.1% of stock is publicly owned    Provides protection from default risk of investment grade corporate and sovereign issues of financial obligations.
Prisma Holdings, Inc. I    Delaware    100% AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Holding company
Prisma Holdings, Inc. II    Delaware    100% AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Holding company
Pyramid Insurance Company, Ltd.    Hawaii    100% Transamerica Corporation    Property & Casualty Insurance
Quantitative Data Solutions, LLC    Delaware    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Special purpose corporation
RCC North America LLC    Delaware    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Real estate


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Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 1 LLC    Delaware    Members: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (90.958905%); Monumental Life Insurance Company (6.301370%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (2.739725%). Manager: AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Real estate alternatives investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 2 LLC    Delaware    Members are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (90.25%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (7.5%); Stonebridge Life Insurance Company (2.25%). Manager: AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Real estate alternatives investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3 LLC    Delaware    Members are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (73.4%); Monumental Life Insurance Company (25.6%); Stonebridge Life Insurance Company (1%). Manager: AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Real estate alternatives investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc.    Delaware    Members: Monumental Life Insurance Company (37%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (9.4%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company (52.6%); Stonebridge Life Insurance Company (1%)    Real estate alternatives investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 HR, LLC    Delaware    Members are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (64%); Monumental Life Insurance Company (32%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (4%). Manager: AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.    Investment vehicle for alternative real estate investments that are established annually for our affiliated companies common investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 MR, LLC    Delaware    Members are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (64%); Monumental Life Insurance Company (32%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (4%). Manager: AEGON USA Realty Advisors Inc    Investment vehicle for alternative real estate investments that are established annually for our affiliated companies common investment
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 5 RE, LLC    Delaware    AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC is non-owner Manager; no ownership interests at this time.    Real estate investments
Realty Information Systems, Inc.    Iowa    100% Transamerica Realty Services, LLC    Information Systems for real estate investment management
Retirement Project Oakmont    California    General Partner: Transamerica Oakmont Retirement Associates, a CA limited partnership; Transamerica Life Insurance Company (limited partner); and Oakmont Gardens, a CA limited partnership (non-AEGON entity limited partner). General Partner of Transamerica Oakmont Retirement Associates is Transamerica Oakmont Corporation. 100 units of limited partnership interests widely held by individual investors.    Senior living apartment complex
River Ridge Insurance Company    Vermont    100% AEGON Management Company    Captive insurance company
Second FGP LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate


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Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Selient Inc.    Canada    100% Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.    Application service provider providing loan origination platforms to Canadian credit unions.
Separate Account Fund C    California    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Mutual Fund
Seventh FGP LLC    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
Short Hills Management Company    New Jersey    100% AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation    Holding company
Southwest Equity Life Insurance Company    Arizona    Voting common stock is allocated 75% of total cumulative vote - AEGON USA, LLC. Participating Common stock (100% owned by non-AEGON shareholders) is allocated 25% of total cumulative vote.    Insurance
Stonebridge Benefit Services, Inc.    Delaware    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Health discount plan
Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Company    Ohio    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Insurance company
Stonebridge Group, Inc.    Delaware    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    General purpose corporation
Stonebridge International Insurance Ltd.    UK    100% Cornerstone International Holdings Ltd.    General insurance company
Stonebridge Life Insurance Company    Vermont    100% Commonwealth General Corporation    Insurance company
Stonebridge Reinsurance Company    Vermont    100% Stonebridge Life Insurance Company    Captive insurance company
TA Air XI, Corp.    Delaware    100% TCFC Air Holdings, Inc.    Special purpose corporation
TAH-MCD IV, LLC    Iowa    Sole Member - Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc.    Serve as the general partner for McDonald Corporate Tax Credit Fund IV Limited Partnership
TAH Pentagon Funds, LLC    Iowa    Sole Member - Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc.    Serve as a general partner in a lower-tier tax credit entity
TCF Asset Management Corporation    Colorado    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    A depository for foreclosed real and personal property
TCFC Air Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I    Holding company
TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I    Holding company
TCFC Employment, Inc.    Delaware    100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I    Used for payroll for employees at Transamerica Finance Corporation
The AEGON Trust Advisory Board: Patrick J. Baird, Alexander R. Wynaendts, and Craig D. Vermie    Delaware    AEGON International B.V.    Voting Trust
The RCC Group, Inc.    Delaware    100% FGH USA LLC    Real estate
TIHI Canada Holding, LLC    Iowa    Sole Member - Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Holding company
TIHI Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.    Mexico    95% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.; 5% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    To render and receive all kind of administrative, accountant, mercantile and financial counsel and assistance to and from any other Mexican or foreign corporation, whether or not this company is a shareholder of them
Transamerica Accounts Holding Corporation    Delaware    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Holding company
Transamerica Affinity Services, Inc.    Maryland    100% AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.    Marketing company
Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc.    California    100% Transamerica Realty Services, LLC    General partner LHTC Partnership
Transamerica Annuity Service Corporation    New Mexico    100% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Performs services required for structured settlements


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Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.    Florida    Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio owns 77%; AUSA Holding Co. owns 23%.    Fund advisor
Transamerica Aviation LLC    Delaware    100% TCFC Air Holdings, Inc.    Special purpose corporation
Transamerica Capital, Inc.    California    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Broker/Dealer
Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I    Delaware    100% Transamerica Finance Corporation    Holding company
Transamerica Consultora Y Servicios Limitada    Chile    95% Transamerica Life Insurance Company; 5% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Special purpose limited liability corporation
Transamerica Consumer Finance Holding Company    Delaware    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Consumer finance holding company
Transamerica Corporation    Delaware    100% The AEGON Trust    Major interest in insurance and finance
Transamerica Corporation (Oregon)    Oregon    100% Transamerica Corporation    Holding company
Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.    Australia    100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.    Holding company
Transamerica Direct Marketing Consultants, LLC    Maryland    51% Hugh J. McAdorey; 49% AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.    Provide consulting services ancillary to the marketing of insurance products overseas.
Transamerica Distribution Finance—Overseas, Inc.    Delaware    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Commercial Finance
Transamerica Finance Corporation    Delaware    100% Transamerica Corporation    Commercial & Consumer Lending & equipment leasing
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (f/k/a InterSecurities, Inc.)    Delaware    1,00 shares owned by AUSA Holding Company; 209 shares owned by Transamerica International Holdings, Inc    Broker/Dealer
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company    New York    87.40% AEGON USA, LLC; 12.60% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Insurance
Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.    Florida    Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio owns 44%; AUSA Holding Company owns 56%    Mutual fund
Transamerica Funding LP    U.K.    99% Transamerica Leasing Holdings, Inc.; 1% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I    Intermodal leasing
Transamerica Holding B.V.    Netherlands    100% AEGON International B.V.    Holding company
Transamerica Home Loan    California    100% Transamerica Consumer Finance Holding Company    Consumer mortgages
Transamerica Insurance Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.    Australia    100% Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.    Insurance intermediary
Transamerica International Direct Marketing Consultants, LLC    Maryland    51% Hugh J. McAdorey; 49% AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.    Provide consulting services ancillary to the marketing of insurance products overseas.
Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Holding company
Transamerica Investment Holdings, LLC    Delaware    100 shares of Class A stock owned by Transamerica Investment Services, Inc.; 1,902.82 shares of Class B stock owned by Professional Members (employees of Transamerica Investment Services Inc)    Holding company
Transamerica International RE (Bermuda) Ltd.    Bermuda    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Reinsurance
Transamerica International Re Escritório de Representação no Brasil Ltd    Brazil    95% Transamerica International Re(Bermuda) Ltd.; 5% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Insurance and reinsurance consulting


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Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Transamerica Investment Management, LLC    Delaware    81.75% Transamerica Investment Services, Inc. as Original Member; 18.25% owned by Professional Members (employees of Transamerica Investment Services, Inc.)    Investment advisor
Transamerica Investment Services, LLC    Delaware    100% AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC    Holding company
Transamerica Investors, Inc.    Maryland    100% Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.    Open-end mutual fund
Transamerica Leasing Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    100% Transamerica Finance Corporation    Holding company
Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.    Bermuda    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Long-term life insurer in Bermuda - - will primarily write fixed universal life and term insurance
Transamerica Life Canada    Canada    100% AEGON Canada ULC    Life insurance company
Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Iowa    676,190 shares Common Stock owned by Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.; 86,590 shares of Preferred Stock owned by Transamerica Corporation; 30,564 shares of Preferred Stock owned by AEGON USA, LLC    Insurance
Transamerica Life Solutions, LLC    Delaware    Investors Warranty of America, Inc. - sole member    Provision of marketing, training, educational, and support services to life insurance professionals relating to the secondary market for life insurance, primarily through its affiliation with LexNet, LP, a life settlements marketplace.
Transamerica Minerals Company    California    100% Transamerica Realty Services, LLC    Owner and lessor of oil and gas properties
Transamerica Oakmont Corporation    California    100% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    General partner retirement properties
Transamerica Oakmont Retirement Associates    California    General Partner is Transamerica Oakmont Corporation. 100 units of limited partnership interests widely held by individual investors    Senior living apartments
Transamerica Pacific Insurance Company, Ltd.    Hawaii    26,000 shares common stock owned by Commonwealth General Corporation; 1,000 shares of common stock owned by Transamerica International Holdings, Inc    Life insurance
Transamerica Pyramid Properties LLC    Iowa    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Realty limited liability company
Transamerica Realty Investment Properties LLC    Delaware    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Realty limited liability company
Transamerica Realty Services, LLC    Delaware    AUSA Holding Company - sole Member    Real estate investments
Transamerica Retirement Management, Inc.    Minnesota    100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.    Life Insurance and underwriting services
Transamerica Retirement Services Corp.    Ohio    100% AUSA Holding Company    Record keeping
Transamerica Small Business Capital, Inc.    Delaware    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Holding company
Transamerica Trailer Leasing Sp. Z.O.O.    Poland    100% Transamerica Leasing Holdings, Inc.    Leasing
Transamerica Vendor Financial Services Corporation    Delaware    100% TCFC Asset Holdings, Inc.    Provides commercial leasing
United Financial Services, Inc.    Maryland    100% AEGON USA, LLC    General agency
Universal Benefits Corporation    Iowa    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Third party administrator
USA Administration Services, Inc.    Kansas    100% Transamerica Life Insurance Company    Third party administrator


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Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

  

Percent of Voting Securities
Owned

  

Business

Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio    Ohio    100% AEGON USA, LLC    Insurance
Westport Strategies, LLC    Delaware    AUSA Holding Company - sole Member    Provide administrative and support services, including but not limited to plan consulting, design and administration in connection with retail insurance brokerage business as carried on by producers related to corporate-owned or trust-owned life insurance policies
WFG China Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    100% World Financial Group, Inc.    Hold interest in Insurance Agency located in Peoples Republic of China
WFG Insurance Agency of Puerto Rico, Inc.    Puerto Rico    100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
WFG Properties Holdings, LLC    Georgia    100% World Financial Group, Inc.    Marketing
WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of California, Inc.    California    100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of Nevada, Inc.    Nevada    100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.    Georgia    100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
WFG Reinsurance Limited    Bermuda    51% owned by World Financial Group, Inc; remaining 49% is annually offered to independent contractors associated with WFG Reinsurance Ltd    Reinsurance
WFG Securities of Canada, Inc.    Canada    100% World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc.    Mutual fund dealer
World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada Inc.    Canada    100% Transamerica International Holdings, Inc.    Holding company
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Canada Inc.    Ontario    50% World Financial Group Holding Co. of Canada Inc.; 50% World Financial Group Subholding Co. of Canada Inc.    Insurance agency
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Hawaii, Inc.    Hawaii    100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc.    Massachusetts    100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc.    Wyoming    100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    Insurance agency
World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.    California    100% Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio    Insurance agency
World Financial Group Subholding Company of Canada Inc.    Canada    100% World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc.    Holding company
World Financial Group, Inc.    Delaware    100% AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.    Marketing
World Group Securities, Inc.    Delaware    100% AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.    Broker-dealer
Zahorik Company, Inc.    California    100% AUSA Holding Co.    Inactive
Zero Beta Fund, LLC    Delaware    Members are: Transamerica Life Insurance Company (74.0181%); Monumental Life Insurance Company (23.6720%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (2.3097%). Manager: AEGON USA Investment Management LLC    Aggregating vehicle formed to hold various fund investments.


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Item 27.    Number of Policyowners

 

As of December 31, 2009, there were 9,488 Owners of the Policies.

 

Item 28.    Indemnification

 

The Iowa Code (Sections 490.850 et. seq.) provides for permissive indemnification in certain situations, mandatory indemnification in other situations, and prohibits indemnification in certain situations. The Code also specifies procedures for determining when indemnification payments can be made.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Depositor pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Depositor has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Depositor of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered), the Depositor will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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Item 29. Principal Underwriters

 

(a) Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as the principal underwriter for:

Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as the principal underwriter for the Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account, Separate Account VA A, Separate Account VA B, Separate Account VA C, Separate Account VA D, Separate Account VA E, Separate Account VA F, Separate Account VA I, Separate Account VA J, Separate Account VA K, Separate Account VA L, Separate Account VA P, Separate Account VA Q, Separate Account VA R, Separate Account VA S, Separate Account VA W, Separate Account VA X, Separate Account VA Y; Separate Account VA Z, Separate Account VA EE, Separate Account VA-1, Separate Account VA-2L, Separate Account VA-5, Separate Account VA-6, Separate Account VA-7, Separate Account VA-8, Separate Account Fund B, Separate Account Fund C, Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen, Transamerica Separate Account R3, Separate Account VUL-3 Separate Account VUL A Separate Account VL, Separate Account VUL-1, Separate Account VUL-2, Separate Account VUL-4, Separate Account VUL-5, Separate Account VUL-6, and Variable Life Account A. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Life Insurance Company.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA BNY, Separate Account VA GNY, Separate Account VA HNY, Separate Account VA QNY, Separate Account VA WNY, Separate Account VA YNY, TFLIC Separate Account VNY, Separate Account VA-2LNY, TFLIC Separate Account C, Separate Account VA-5NLNY, Separate Account VA-6NY, TFLIC Series Annuity Account and TFLIC Series Life Account. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA U, Separate Account VA V, Separate Account VA AA, WRL Series Life Account, WRL Series Life Account G, WRL Series Life Corporate Account, WRL Series Annuity Account and WRL Series Annuity Account B. These accounts are separate accounts of Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. also serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA BB, Separate Account VA CC, Separate Account VA WM, and Separate Account VL E. This account is a separate account of Monumental Life Insurance Company.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. also serves as principal underwriter for Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account C, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account D, Merrill Lynch Variable Life Separate Account, and Merrill Lynch Life Variable Life Separate Account II. These accounts are separate accounts of Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. also serves as principal underwriter for ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account A, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account B, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account C, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account D, ML of New York Variable Life Separate Account, and ML of New York Variable Life Separate Account II. These accounts are separate accounts of ML Life Insurance Company of New York.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. also serves as principal underwriter for Transamerica Series Trust, Transamerica Funds and Transamerica Investors, Inc.


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(b) Directors and Officers of Transamerica Capital, Inc.:

 

Name

   Principal
Business Address
 

Position and Offices with Underwriter

Thomas A. Swank

   (1)   Director

David W. Hopewell

   (1)   Director

Lon J. Olejniczak

   (1)   Chief Executive Officer and Director

Michael W. Brandsma

   (2)   Director, President and Chief Financial Officer

Blake S. Bostwick

   (2)   Chief Operations Officer

David R. Paulsen

   (2)   Executive Vice President

Michael G. Petko

   (2)   Executive Vice President

Anne M. Spaes

   (3)   Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Courtney John

   (2)   Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President

Frank A. Camp

   (1)   Secretary

Amy J. Boyle

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

John W. Fischer

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Clifton W. Flenniken, III

   (5)   Assistant Vice President

Dennis P. Gallagher

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Wesley J. Hodgson

   (2)   Assistant Vice President

Karen D. Heburn

   (4)   Vice President

Kyle A. Keelan

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Christy Post-Rissin

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Brenda L. Smith

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Darin D. Smith

   (1)   Assistant Vice President

Arthur D. Woods

   (4)   Assistant Vice President

Tamara D. Barkdoll

   (2)   Assistant Secretary

Erin K. Burke

   (1)   Assistant Secretary

Amy Angle

   (3)   Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth Belanger

   (6)   Assistant Vice President

Jeff Carnal

   (7)   Assistant Vice President

Julie Allomong

   (7)   Assistant Vice President

 

(1) 4333 Edgewood Road N.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001
(2) 4600 S Syracuse St, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80237-2719
(3) 400 West Market Street, Louisville, KY 40202
(4) 570 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(5) 1111 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
(6) 440 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528
(7) 1150 South Olive, Los Angeles, CA 90015


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(c) Compensation to Principal Underwriter:

 

Name of Principal Underwriter


   Net Underwriting
Discounts and
Commissions(1)

   Compensation on
Redemption


   Brokerage
Commissions


   Compensation

Transamerica Capital, Inc.    $10,063,056    0    0    0

 

(1)

Fiscal Year 2009

 

Item 30.    Location of Accounts and Records

 

The records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 to 31a-3 promulgated thereunder, are maintained by Manager Regulatory Filing Unit Transamerica, at 4 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, New York 10577, or its Service Office, Financial Markets Group—Variable Annuity Dept., 4333 Edgewood Road N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499.

 

Item 31.    Management Services.

 

All management Policies are discussed in Part A or Part B.

 

Item 32.    Undertakings

 

(a) Registrant undertakes that it will file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old for so long as Premiums under the Policy may be accepted.

 

(b) Registrant undertakes that it will include either (i) a postcard or similar written communication affixed to or included in the Prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information or (ii) a space in the Policy application that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information.

 

(c) Registrant undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form promptly upon written or oral request to Transamerica at the address or phone number listed in the Prospectus.

 

(d) Transamerica hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the policies, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Transamerica.

 

Section 403(b) Representations

 

Transamerica represents that it is relying on a no-action letter dated November 28, 1988, to the American Council of Life Insurance (Ref. No. IP-6-88), regarding Sections 22(e), 27(c)(1), and 27(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with redeemability restrictions on Section 403(b) Policies, and that paragraphs numbered (1) through (4) of that letter will be complied with.


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SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Cedar Rapids and State of Iowa, on this 12 day of February, 2010.

 

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Depositor
*
Brenda K. Clancy
President

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures

  

Title

 

Date

*

Eric J. Martin

   Vice President and Corporate Controller   _______, 2010

*

Arthur C. Schneider

   Director, Chief Tax Officer, and Senior Vice President   _______, 2010

*

Brenda K. Clancy

   Director, and President   _______, 2010

*

Craig D. Vermie

   Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel   _______, 2010

*

M. Craig Fowler

   Vice President and Treasurer   _______, 2010

*

Mark W. Mullin

   Director, and Chief Executive Officer   _______, 2010

*

Kenneth Kilbane

   Director, and Chairman of the Board   _______, 2010

*By:

 

/s/    DARIN D. SMITH        

Darin D. Smith

   Vice President, Assistant Secretary, and General Counsel   February 12, 2010

*By Darin D. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to powers of attorney filed previously and herewith.


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Registration No.

33-56908

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

EXHIBITS

TO

FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

FOR

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

   Page No.*
7(g)   Reinsurance Agreement between Union Hamilton Reinsurance Ltd. and Scottish Annuity & Life International Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd. and Transamerica Life Insurance Company dated June 30, 2008   

 

* Page numbers included only in manually executed original.