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 SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

 MAY 1, 2016

 

 SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST

 “DOGSOF WALL STREET PORTFOLIO

 (CLASS 1, CLASS 2 AND CLASS 3 SHARES)

 

SunAmerica Series Trust’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2016, and the most recent shareholder reports are incorporated into and made part of this Summary Prospectus by reference. The Portfolio is offered only to the separate accounts of certain affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies and is not intended for use by other investors.

Before you invest, you may want to review SunAmerica Series Trust’s Statutory Prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. You can find the Statutory Prospectus and the above-incorporated information online at www.aig.com/getprospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 445-7862 or by sending an e-mail request to fundprospectus@sunamerica.com.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities, nor has it determined that this Prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

 

 

 

Investment Goal

 

 

The Portfolio’s investment goal is total return (including capital appreciation and current income).

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio

 

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s annual operating expenses do not reflect the separate account fees charged in the variable annuity or variable life insurance policy (“Variable Contracts”), as defined herein, in which the Portfolio is offered. If the separate account’s fees were shown, the Portfolio’s annual operating expenses would be higher. Please see your Variable Contract prospectus for more details on the separate account fees.

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

     Class 1      Class 2     Class 3  

Management Fees

     0.60%         0.60     0.60

Service (12b-1) Fees

     None           0.15     0.25

Other Expenses

     0.04%         0.04     0.04

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

     0.64%         0.79     0.89

Expense Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contract. If the Variable Contract fees were reflected, the expenses would be higher. See the Variable Contract prospectus for information on such charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs would be:

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Class 1 Shares

   $ 65       $ 205       $ 357       $ 798   

Class 2 Shares

     81         252         439         978   

Class 3 Shares

     91         284         493         1,096   

Portfolio Turnover

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio

 

 

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turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 68% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio

 

 

The Portfolio attempts to achieve its goal by investing in thirty high dividend yielding common stocks selected quarterly from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader market.

The Portfolio employs a “buy and hold” strategy that quarterly selects the following 30 stocks: (1) the 10 highest yielding common stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (“DJIA”) and (2) the 20 other highest yielding stocks of the 400 largest industrial companies in the U.S. markets that have capitalizations of at least $1 billion and have received one of the two highest rankings from an independently published common stock ranking service on the basis of growth and stability of earnings and dividends. The stocks in the Portfolio will not change over the course of each quarter, even if there are adverse developments concerning a particular stock, an industry, the economy or the stock market generally.

The first 10 stocks represent the 10 highest yielding common stocks in the DJIA. This is popularly known as the “Dogs of the Dow” theory and was popularized in the early 1990’s. The strategy seeks to capitalize on relative undervaluation as defined by dividend yield. In an attempt to minimize volatility and maximize performance, the adviser has expanded the strategy by 20 stocks to create the Portfolio.

Due to purchases and redemptions of Portfolio shares during the year and changes in the market value of the stocks held by the Portfolio, it is likely that the weightings of the stocks in the Portfolio will fluctuate throughout the course of the year. This may result in the Portfolio investing more than 25% of its assets in the securities of issuers in the same industry, to the extent such investments are selected according to the Portfolio’s stock selection criteria.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio

 

 

There can be no assurance that the Portfolio’s investment goal will be met or that the net return on an investment in the Portfolio will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or savings vehicles. Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio will be able to achieve its investment goal. If the value of the assets of the Portfolio goes down, you could lose money.

The following is a summary description of the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.

Equity Securities Risk. The Portfolio invests principally in equity securities and is therefore subject to the risk that stock prices will fall and may underperform other asset classes. Individual stock prices fluctuate from day-to-day and may decline significantly.

Disciplined Strategy Risk. The Portfolio will not deviate from its strategy (except to the extent necessary to comply with federal tax laws or other applicable laws). If the Portfolio is committed to a strategy that is unsuccessful, the Portfolio will not meet its investment goal. Because the Portfolio generally will not use certain techniques available to other mutual funds to reduce stock market exposure (e.g., derivatives), the Portfolio may be more

susceptible to general market declines than other mutual funds.

Sector Risk. Sector risk is the possibility that a certain sector may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. As a Portfolio allocates more of its portfolio holdings to a particular sector, the Portfolio’s performance will be more susceptible to any economic, business or other developments which generally affect that sector.

Market Risk. The Portfolio’s share price can fall because of weakness in the broad market, a particular industry, or specific holdings. The market as a whole can decline for many reasons, including adverse political or economic developments here or abroad,

 

 

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changes in investor psychology, or heavy institutional selling. In addition, the subadviser’s assessment of companies held in the Portfolio may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising market.

Affiliated Fund Rebalancing Risk. The Portfolio may be an investment option for other mutual funds for which SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (“SAAMCo”) serves as investment adviser that are managed as “fund of funds.” From time to time, the Portfolio may experience relatively large redemptions or investments due to the rebalancing of a fund of funds. In the event of such redemptions or investments, the Portfolio could be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it is not advantageous to do so.

Performance Information

 

 

The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Portfolio’s average annual returns to those of the S&P 500® Index. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Of course, past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

(Class 1 Shares)

 

LOGO

During the 10-year period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 16.29% (quarter ended September 30, 2009) and the lowest return for a quarter was -19.91% (quarter ended December 31, 2008). The year-to-date calendar return as of March 31, 2016 was 7.95%.

Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2015)

 

     1
Year
    5
Years
    10
Years
 

Class 1 Shares

     2.10     14.65     9.30

Class 2 Shares

     1.92     14.49     9.13

Class 3 Shares

     1.79     14.35     9.03

S&P 500® Index

     1.38     12.57     7.31

Investment Adviser

 

 

The Portfolio’s investment adviser is SAAMCo.

Portfolio Manager

 

Name

   Portfolio
Manager of the
Portfolio Since
  

Title

Timothy Pettee

   2013   

Lead Portfolio Manager

Andrew Sheridan

   2013   

Co-Portfolio Manager

Timothy Campion

   2013   

Co-Portfolio Manager

Purchases and Sales of Portfolio Shares

 

 

Shares of the Portfolio may only be purchased or redeemed through Variable Contracts offered by the separate accounts of participating life insurance companies. Shares of the Portfolio may be purchased and redeemed each day the New York Stock Exchange is open, at the Portfolio’s net asset value determined after receipt of a request in good order.

The Portfolio does not have any initial or subsequent investment minimums. However, your insurance company may impose investment or account value minimums.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

 

The Portfolio will not be subject to federal income tax on the net investment company taxable income or net capital gains distributed to shareholders as ordinary income dividends or capital gain dividends; however, you may be subject to federal income tax (and a federal Medicare tax of 3.8% that applies to net investment income, including taxable annuity payments, if applicable) upon withdrawal from such tax deferred arrangements.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and

Other Financial Intermediaries

 

 

The Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for the Variable Contracts. The Portfolio and its related companies may make payments to the sponsoring insurance company (or its affiliates) for distribution and/or other services. These payments create a conflict of interest as they may be a factor that the insurance company considers in including the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Variable Contract. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Variable Contract may contain additional information about these payments.

 

 

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