424B3 1 v74068b3e424b3.txt 424(B)(3) As filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-81476 [WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES (III) LOGO] PROSPECTUS November 1, 2001 FLEXIBLE PAYMENT DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACT issued by VARIABLE SEPARATE ACCOUNT and ANCHOR NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY The annuity contract has 26 investment choices - 4 fixed-interest investment options which offer interest rates guaranteed by Anchor National for different periods of time and 22 variable investment portfolios. The 22 variable portfolios are part of Anchor Series Trust ("AST"), the SunAmerica Series Trust ("SAST"), Van Kampen Life Investment Trust ("VKT") or the WM Variable Trust ("WMVT"). STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOS STRATEGIC GROWTH WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT CONSERVATIVE GROWTH WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT BALANCED WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT CONSERVATIVE BALANCED WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT FLEXIBLE INCOME WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT
EQUITY FUNDS TECHNOLOGY MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MGMT., INC. SAST INTERNATIONAL GROWTH CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY WMVT GLOBAL EQUITIES ALLIANCE CAPITAL MGMT. L.P. SAST SMALL CAP STOCK WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT MID CAP STOCK WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT MFS MID CAP GROWTH MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO. SAST CAPITAL APPRECIATION WELLINGTON MGMT. CO. LLP AST GROWTH JANUS CAPITAL CORPORATION WMVT ALLIANCE GROWTH ALLIANCE CAPITAL MGMT. L.P. SAST GROWTH FUND OF THE NORTHWEST WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT VAN KAMPEN LIT COMSTOCK, CLASS II SHARES VAN KAMPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. VKT GROWTH & INCOME WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT EQUITY INCOME WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT
FIXED-INCOME FUNDS U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT INCOME WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT SHORT TERM INCOME WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT MONEY MARKET WM ADVISORS, INC. WMVT
You can put your money into any one or all of the Variable Portfolios and/or fixed investment options. Please read this prospectus carefully before investing and keep it for your future reference. It contains important information you should know about the WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity. To learn more about the annuity offered by this prospectus, you can obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") dated November 1, 2001. The SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and can be considered part of this prospectus. The table of contents of the SAI appears on page 38 of this prospectus. For a free copy of the SAI, call us at 1-877-311-WMVA (9682) or write our Annuity Service Center at, P.O. Box 54299, Los Angeles, California 90054-0299. A registration statement has been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the contract. This prospectus does not contain all the information in the registration statement as permitted by SEC regulations. The omitted information can be obtained from the SEC's principal office in Washington, D.C., upon payment of a prescribed fee. In addition, the SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI, materials incorporated by reference and other information filed electronically with the SEC. ANNUITIES INVOLVE RISK, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL, AND ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY, ANY BANK. THEY ARE NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE Anchor National's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, and June 30, 2001 are incorporated herein by reference. All documents or reports filed by Anchor National under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") after the effective date of this prospectus are also incorporated by reference. Statements contained in this prospectus and subsequently filed documents which are incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference are deemed to modify or supersede documents incorporated herein by reference. Anchor National files its Exchange Act documents and reports, including its annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, electronically pursuant to EDGAR under CIK No. 0000006342. Anchor National is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended). We file reports and other information with the SEC to meet those requirements. You can inspect and copy this information at SEC public facilities at the following locations: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024 Washington, D.C. 20549 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 500 West Madison Street Chicago, IL 60661 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 233 Broadway New York, NY 10048 To obtain copies by mail, contact the Washington, D.C. location. After you pay the fees as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the required documents are mailed. Registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, related to the contracts offered by this prospectus are on file with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statements and exhibits. For further information regarding the separate account, Anchor National and its general account, the Variable Portfolios and the contract, please refer to the registration statements and exhibits. The SEC also maintains a website (http:// www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI, materials incorporated by reference and other information filed electronically with the SEC by Anchor National. Anchor National will provide without charge to each person to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference. Requests for these documents should be directed to Anchor National's Annuity Service Center, as follows: Anchor National Life Insurance Company Annuity Service Center P.O. Box 54299 Los Angeles, California 90054-0299 Telephone Number: (800) 445-SUN2 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION Indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") is provided to Anchor National's officers, directors and controlling persons. The SEC has advised that it believes such indemnification is against public policy under the Act and unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than for Anchor National's payment of expenses incurred or paid by its directors, officers or controlling persons in the successful defense of any legal action) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person of Anchor National in connection with the securities registered under this prospectus, Anchor National will submit to a court with jurisdiction to determine whether the indemnification is against public policy under the Act. Anchor National will be governed by final judgment of the issue. However, if in the opinion of Anchor National's counsel this issue has been determined by controlling precedent, Anchor National will not submit the issue to a court for determination. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY.................................................... 4 HIGHLIGHTS.................................................. 5 FEE TABLES.................................................. 6 Owner Transaction Expenses............................... 6 Annual Separate Account Expenses......................... 6 The Optional Estate Rewards Death Benefit Fee............ 6 The Optional Earnings Advantage Fee...................... 6 The Optional Income Protector Fee........................ 6 Investment Portfolio Expenses of Variable Portfolios..... 7 EXAMPLES.................................................... 9 THE WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY......... 12 PURCHASING A WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY.................................................... 13 Allocation of Purchase Payments.......................... 13 Accumulation Units....................................... 13 Free Look................................................ 14 INVESTMENT OPTIONS.......................................... 14 Variable Portfolios...................................... 14 Anchor Series Trust...................................... 15 SunAmerica Series Trust.................................. 15 Van Kampen Life Investment Trust......................... 15 WM Variable Trust........................................ 15 Fixed Investment Options................................. 16 Market Value Adjustment.................................. 16 Transfers During the Accumulation Phase.................. 17 Dollar Cost Averaging.................................... 18 Asset Allocation Rebalancing Program..................... 19 Principal Advantage Program.............................. 19 Voting Rights............................................ 19 Substitution............................................. 20 ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY........................................ 20 Free Withdrawal Provision................................ 20 Systematic Withdrawal Program............................ 22 Minimum Contract Value................................... 22 Qualified Contract Owners................................ 22 DEATH BENEFIT............................................... 22 Standard Death Benefit................................... 23 Estate Rewards Death Benefit(s).......................... 23 Earnings Advantage....................................... 24 Spousal Continuation..................................... 25 EXPENSES.................................................... 26 Insurance Charges........................................ 26 Withdrawal Charges....................................... 26 Investment Charges....................................... 27 Contract Maintenance Fee................................. 27 Transfer Fee............................................. 27 Optional Death Benefit Fees.............................. 27 Optional Income Protector Fee............................ 27 Premium Tax.............................................. 27 Income Taxes............................................. 27 Reduction or Elimination of Charges and Expenses, and Additional Amounts Credited............................ 28 INCOME OPTIONS.............................................. 28 Annuity Date............................................. 28 Income Options........................................... 28 Allocation of Annuity Payments........................... 29 Transfers During the Income Phase........................ 30 Deferment of Payments.................................... 30 Income Protector......................................... 30 TAXES....................................................... 33 Annuity Contracts in General............................. 33 Tax Treatment of Distributions--Non-qualified Contracts.............................................. 33 Tax Treatment of Distributions--Qualified Contracts...... 33 Tax Treatment of Non--qualified Contracts Owned by a Trust or Corporation................................... 34 Tax Treatment of Gifts, Pledges and/or Assignments of a Non--qualified Contract................................ 34 Minimum Distributions.................................... 34 Tax Treatment of Death Benefits.......................... 34 Diversification.......................................... 35 PERFORMANCE................................................. 35 OTHER INFORMATION........................................... 36 Anchor National.......................................... 36 The Separate Account..................................... 36 Custodian................................................ 36 The General Account...................................... 36 Distribution of the Contract............................. 36 Administration........................................... 37 Legal Proceedings........................................ 37 Ownership................................................ 37 Independent Accountants.................................. 37 Registration Statement................................... 37 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.... 38 APPENDIX A--MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT......................... A-1 APPENDIX B--DEATH BENEFITS FOLLOWING SPOUSAL CONTINUATION... B-1 APPENDIX C--HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF THE OPERATION OF THE INCOME PROTECTOR PROGRAM................................... C-1 APPENDIX D--PREMIUM TAXES................................... D-1
3 GLOSSARY We have capitalized some of the technical terms used in this prospectus. To help you understand these terms, we define them in this glossary. ACCUMULATION PHASE--The period during which you invest money in your contract. ACCUMULATION UNITS--A measurement we use to calculate the value of the variable portion of your contract during the Accumulation Phase. ANNUITANT(S)--The person(s) on whose life (lives) we base annuity payments. ANNUITY DATE--The date on which annuity payments are to begin, as selected by you. ANNUITY UNITS--A measurement we use to calculate the amount of annuity payments you receive from the variable portion of your contract during the Income Phase. BENEFICIARY(IES)--The person(s) designated to receive any benefits under the contract if you or the Annuitant dies. COMPANY--Anchor National Life Insurance Company ("Anchor National"), We, Us, the issuer of this annuity contract. INCOME PHASE--The period during which we make annuity payments to you. IRS--The Internal Revenue Service. NON-QUALIFIED (CONTRACT)--A contract purchased with after-tax dollars. In general, these contracts are not under any pension plan, specially sponsored program or individual retirement account ("IRA"). VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS--A sub-account of Variable Separate Account which provides for the variable investment options available under the contract. Each has a distinct investment objective and is invested in the underlying investment portfolios of the Anchor Series Trust, SunAmerica Series Trust, Van Kampen Life Investment Trust or the WM Variable Trust as applicable. PURCHASE PAYMENTS--The money you give us to buy the contract, as well as any additional money you give us to invest in the contract after you own it. QUALIFIED (CONTRACT)--A contract purchased with pretax dollars. These contracts are generally purchased under a pension plan, specially sponsored program or individual retirement account ("IRA"). 4 HIGHLIGHTS The WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity is a contract between you and Anchor National Life Insurance Company (Anchor National). It is designed to help you invest on a tax-deferred basis and meet long-term financial goals. There are minimum Purchase Payment amounts required to purchase a contract. Purchase Payments may be invested in a variety of variable and fixed account options. Like all deferred annuities, the contract has an Accumulation Phase and an Income Phase. During the Accumulation Phase, you invest money in your contract. The Income Phase begins when you start receiving income payments from your annuity to provide for your retirement. FREE LOOK: You may cancel your contract within 10 days after receiving it (or whatever period is required in your state). You will receive whatever your contract is worth on the day that we receive your request. The amount refunded may be more or less than your original Purchase Payment. We will return your original Purchase Payment if required by law. Please see PURCHASING A WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY in the prospectus. EXPENSES: There are fees and charges associated with the contract. Each year, we deduct a $35 contract maintenance fee from your contract, which may be waived for contracts of $50,000 or more. We also deduct insurance charges, which equal 1.55% annually of the average daily value of your contract allocated to the Variable Portfolios. There are investment charges on amounts invested in the Variable Portfolios. If you elect optional features available under the contract we may charge additional fees for these features. A separate withdrawal charge schedule applies to each Purchase Payment. The amount of the withdrawal charge declines over time. After a Purchase Payment has been in the contract for three complete years, withdrawal charges no longer apply to that portion of the Purchase Payment. Please see the FEE TABLE, PURCHASING A WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY and EXPENSES in the prospectus. ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY: You may withdraw money from your contract during the Accumulation Phase. If you do so, earnings are deemed to be withdrawn first. You will pay income taxes on earnings and untaxed contributions when you withdraw them. Payments received during the Income Phase are considered partly a return of your original investment. A federal tax penalty may apply if you make withdrawals before age 59 1/2. As noted above, a withdrawal charge may apply. Please see ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY and TAXES in the prospectus. DEATH BENEFIT: A death benefit feature is available under the contract to protect your Beneficiaries in the event of your death during the Accumulation Phase. Optional enhanced death benefits are also available. Please see DEATH BENEFITS in the prospectus. INCOME OPTIONS: When you are ready to begin taking income, you can choose to receive income payments on a variable basis, fixed basis or a combination of both. You may also chose from five different income options, including an option for income that you cannot outlive. Please see INCOME OPTIONS in the prospectus. PLEASE READ THE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THESE AND OTHER FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF THE CONTRACT, AS WELL AS THE RISKS OF INVESTING. INQUIRIES: If you have questions about your contract call your investment representative or contact us at Anchor National Life Insurance Company Annuity Service Center P.O. Box 54299 Los Angeles, California 90054-0299. Telephone Number: 1 (877) 311-WMVA (9682). ANCHOR NATIONAL OFFERS SEVERAL DIFFERENT VARIABLE ANNUITY PRODUCTS TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR INVESTORS. EACH PRODUCT MAY OFFER DIFFERENT FEATURES AND BENEFITS AND CORRESPONDINGLY DIFFERENT FEES AND CHARGES. WHEN WORKING WITH YOUR INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO DETERMINE THE BEST PRODUCT TO MEET YOUR NEEDS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHETHER THE FEATURES OF THIS CONTRACT AND THE RELATED FEES PROVIDE THE MOST APPROPRIATE PACKAGE TO HELP YOU MEET YOUR LONG-TERM RETIREMENT SAVINGS GOALS. Please read the prospectus carefully for more detailed information regarding these and other features and benefits of the contract, as well as the risks of investing. 5 WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY FEE TABLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES Withdrawal Charge as a percentage of Purchase Payments:
YEARS: 1 2 3 4 7% 6% 6% 0%
Contract Maintenance Charge................. $35 each year ($30 in North Dakota) (waived for contracts over $50,000) Transfer Fee........... No charge for first 15 transfers each contract year; thereafter, fee is $25 ($10 in Pennsylvania and Texas) per transfer in any contract year
THE OPTIONAL ESTATE REWARDS DEATH BENEFIT FEE (The Estate Rewards Death Benefit offers a choice of one of two optional enhanced death benefits which are described more fully in the prospectus. If elected, the fee is an annualized charge that is deducted daily from your daily net asset value.) Fee as a % of your daily net asset value....... 0.15%
THE OPTIONAL INCOME PROTECTOR FEE (The Income Protector which is described more fully in the prospectus is optional and if elected the fee is deducted annually from your contract value.)
GROWTH RATE ANNUAL FEE AS A % OF YOUR INCOME BENEFIT BASE* ----------- ---------------------------------------------- 0%.... 0.10%
* The Income Benefit Base, which is described more fully in the prospectus is generally calculated by using your contract value on the date of your effective enrollment in the program and then each subsequent contract anniversary, adding purchase payments made since the prior contract anniversary, less proportionate withdrawals, and fees and charges applicable to those withdrawals. ANNUAL SEPARATE ACCOUNT EXPENSES (as a percentage of your daily net asset value) Mortality Risk Charge..................... 1.05% Expense Risk Charge....................... 0.35% Distribution Expense Charge............... 0.15% ---- Total Separate Account Expenses...................... 1.55%
THE OPTIONAL EARNINGS ADVANTAGE FEE (Earnings Advantage, an enhanced death benefit feature, which is described more fully in the prospectus is optional and if elected, the fee is an annualized charge that is deducted daily from your contract value.) Fee as a % of your daily net asset value....... 0.25%
6 INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO EXPENSES OF VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS ANCHOR SERIES TRUST (as a percentage of average net assets for the Trust's fiscal year ended December 31, 2000)
MANAGEMENT SERVICE (12b-1) OTHER TOTAL ANNUAL PORTFOLIO FEE FEES(1) EXPENSES EXPENSES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital Appreciation(2) 0.70% 0.15% 0.05% 0.90% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST (as a percentage of average net assets after reimbursement or waiver of expenses for the Trust's fiscal year ended January 31, 2001) Alliance Growth 0.60% 0.15% 0.04% 0.79% Global Equities 0.70% 0.15% 0.14% 0.99% MFS Mid Cap Growth(3,4) 0.75% 0.15% 0.07% 0.97% Technology(5) 1.20% 0.15% 0.29% 1.64% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) This Service Fee became effective pursuant to a 12b-1 Plan adopted by the Board of Trustees on May 21, 2001 (SunAmerica Series Trust) and May 30, 2001 (Anchor Series Trust). Although the 0.15% Service Fee is reflected in the figures shown here, it was not in effect on December 31, 2000 or January 1, 2001 for the Anchor Series Trust or SunAmerica Series Trust, respectively. (2) The expenses noted here are restated to reflect an estimate of the fees for the portfolio for the current fiscal year. The fee increase became effective on August 1, 2000, following approval by the Board of Trustees and shareholders. Actual management fees and total annual expenses incurred at fiscal year end 2000 were 0.65% and 0.70%, respectively. (3) For this portfolio the adviser, SunAmerica Asset Management Corp., has voluntarily agreed to waive fees or expenses as necessary to keep operating expenses at or below established maximum amounts. All waivers or reimbursements may be terminated at any time. Only certain portfolios relied on these waivers and/or reimbursements during this fiscal year as follows: MFS Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio, the adviser recouped prior year expense reimbursements that were mathematically insignificant resulting in the expense ratio before and after recoupment remaining at 0.97%. (4) Gross of custody credits of 0.01%. (5) Annualized. THE ABOVE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO EXPENSES WERE PROVIDED BY THE ANCHOR SERIES TRUSTS AND SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST, RESPECTIVELY. WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION. 7 WM VARIABLE TRUST (as a percentage of average net assets for the Trust's fiscal year ended December 31, 2000)
TOTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE(12b-1) OTHER ANNUAL FEE FEES(2) EXPENSES(3) EXPENSES()(3, 4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balanced Portfolio* 0.10% 0.25% 0.19% 0.54% Conservative Balanced Portfolio* 0.10% 0.25% 0.34% 0.69% Conservative Growth Portfolio* 0.10% 0.25% 0.18% 0.53% Equity Income Fund 0.63% 0.25% 0.19% 1.07% Flexible Income Portfolio* 0.10% 0.25% 0.21% 0.56% Growth & Income Fund 0.76% 0.25% 0.03% 1.04% Growth Fund 0.88% 0.25% 0.06% 1.19% Growth Fund of the Northwest 0.63% 0.25% 0.10% 0.98% Income Fund 0.50% 0.25% 0.08% 0.83% International Growth Fund 0.92% 0.25% 0.21% 1.38% Mid Cap Stock Fund(1) 0.75% 0.25% 0.11% 1.11% Money Market Fund 0.45% 0.25% 0.15% 0.85% Short Term Income Fund 0.50% 0.25% 0.14% 0.89% Small Cap Stock Fund 0.86% 0.25% 0.07% 1.18% Strategic Growth Portfolio* 0.10% 0.25% 0.20% 0.55% U.S. Government Securities Fund 0.50% 0.25% 0.08% 0.83% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year for the Mid Cap Stock Fund. (2)The Board of Trustees has adopted a 12b-1 Plan with respect to the Class 2 shares of the WM Variable Trust Funds. The expense information shown reflects the 0.25% fee paid under that 12b-1 Plan. (3)The Other Expenses for the Portfolios and the Funds are based on 2000 operating experience adjusted to reflect the elimination of an administration fee that had been paid by the funds prior to January 1, 2001. (4)The Annual Expenses of the Portfolios, combined with the Annual Expenses of the underlying Funds are shown under "Annual Expenses of the Portfolios and Underlying Funds Combined," immediately following. * ANNUAL EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIOS AND UNDERLYING FUNDS COMBINED Each Portfolio will invest in Funds of the WM Variable Trust and in the WM High Yield Fund (a series of WM Trust I) in keeping with certain allocations and investment objectives. You will bear certain expenses associated with those Funds in addition to those related to the Portfolios themselves. The chart below shows estimated combined annual expenses for each Portfolio and the Funds in which the Portfolio may invest. The expenses are based upon estimated expenses of each Portfolio and underlying Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, restated to reflect current management and 12b-1 fees. Please refer to the Trust prospectus for more details. The estimates assume a constant allocation of each Portfolio's assets among the Funds identical to such Portfolio's actual allocation at December 31, 2000.
COMBINED PORTFOLIOS ANNUAL EXPENSES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balanced Portfolio.......................................... 1.29% Conservative Balanced Portfolio............................. 1.40% Conservative Growth Portfolio............................... 1.35% Flexible Income Portfolio................................... 1.22% Strategic Growth Portfolio.................................. 1.42% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE ABOVE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO EXPENSES WERE PROVIDED BY THE WM VARIABLE TRUST. 8 WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION. VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST (as a percentage of average net assets after reimbursement or waiver of expenses for the Trust's fiscal year ended December 31, 2000)
TOTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (12B-1) OTHER ANNUAL PORTFOLIO FEE FEE EXPENSES EXPENSES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Van Kampen LIT Comstock(1, 2)......... 0.00% 0.25% 0.95% 1.20% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)Van Kampen Life Investment Trust Comstock Portfolio, Class II Shares. (2)For this portfolio, the advisor, Van Kampen Asset Management Inc. has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses, if necessary, to reflect operating expenses at or below established maximum amounts. Absent these waivers or reimbursements, the expenses were as follows: Van Kampen LIT Comstock 2.38%. THE ABOVE PORTFOLIO EXPENSES WERE PROVIDED BY THE VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST. WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION. ANNUAL EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO AND UNDERLYING FUNDS EXAMPLES You will pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return on assets, Investment Portfolio Expenses after any waiver, reimbursement or recoupment (assuming the waiver, reimbursement or recoupment will continue for the period shown), if applicable, and (a) If the contract is surrendered at the end of the stated time period and no optional features are elected. (b) If the contract is surrendered and you elect the optional Estate Rewards, Earnings Advantage and the Income Protector Program at the maximum charges offered of [0.15%, 0.25% and 0.10%], respectively. (c) If the contract is not surrendered or is annuitized and no optional features are elected.* (d) If the contract is not surrendered and you elect the optional Estate Rewards, Earnings Advantage and the Income Protector Program at the maximum charges offered of [0.15%, 0.25% and 0.10%], respectively.
TIME PERIODS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANCHOR SERIES TRUST 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital Appreciation Portfolio (a) $ 96 (a) $139 (a) $135 (a) $287 (b) $101 (b) $154 (b) $160 (b) $335 (c) $ 26 (c) $ 79 (c) $135 (c) $287 (d) $ 31 (d) $ 94 (d) $160 (d) $335 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alliance Growth Portfolio (a) $ 95 (a) $136 (a) $129 (a) $276 (b) $100 (b) $151 (b) $154 (b) $325 (c) $ 25 (c) $ 76 (c) $129 (c) $276 (d) $ 30 (d) $ 91 (d) $154 (d) $325 Global Equities Portfolio (a) $ 97 (a) $142 (a) $139 (a) $296 (b) $102 (b) $156 (b) $164 (b) $344 (c) $ 27 (c) $ 82 (c) $139 (c) $296 (d) $ 32 (d) $ 96 (d) $164 (d) $344 MFS Mid Cap Growth (a) $ 96 (a) $141 (a) $138 (a) $294 (b) $101 (b) $156 (b) $163 (b) $342 (c) $ 26 (c) $ 81 (c) $138 (c) $294 (d) $ 31 (d) $ 96 (d) $163 (d) $342 Technology Portfolio (a) $103 (a) $161 (a) $171 (a) $357 (b) $108 (b) $175 (b) $195 (b) $402 (c) $ 33 (c) $101 (c) $171 (c) $357 (d) $ 38 (d) $115 (d) $195 (d) $402 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WM VARIABLE TRUST 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balanced Portfolio (a) $100 (a) $151 (a) $154 (a) $325 (b) $105 (b) $165 (b) $178 (b) $371 (c) $ 30 (c) $ 91 (c) $154 (c) $325 (d) $ 35 (d) $105 (d) $178 (d) $371 Conservative Balanced Portfolio (a) $101 (a) $154 (a) $160 (a) $335 (b) $106 (b) $168 (b) $183 (b) $381 (c) $ 31 (c) $ 94 (c) $160 (c) $335 (d) $ 36 (d) $108 (d) $183 (d) $381 Conservative Growth Portfolio (a) $100 (a) $152 (a) $157 (a) $331 (b) $105 (b) $167 (b) $181 (b) $376 (c) $ 30 (c) $ 92 (c) $157 (c) $331 (d) $ 35 (d) $107 (d) $181 (d) $376 Equity Income Fund (a) $ 97 (a) $144 (a) $143 (a) $304 (b) $102 (b) $159 (b) $168 (b) $351 (c) $ 27 (c) $ 84 (c) $143 (c) $304 (d) $ 32 (d) $ 99 (d) $168 (d) $351 Flexible Income Portfolio (a) $ 99 (a) $149 (a) $151 (a) $318 (b) $104 (b) $163 (b) $175 (b) $365 (c) $ 29 (c) $ 89 (c) $151 (c) $318 (d) $ 34 (d) $103 (d) $175 (d) $365 Growth & Income Fund (a) $ 97 (a) $143 (a) $142 (a) $301 (b) $102 (b) $158 (b) $166 (b) $348 (c) $ 27 (c) $ 83 (c) $142 (c) $301 (d) $ 32 (d) $ 98 (d) $166 (d) $348 Growth Fund (a) $ 99 (a) $148 (a) $149 (a) $315 (b) $104 (b) $162 (b) $173 (b) $362 (c) $ 29 (c) $ 88 (c) $149 (c) $315 (d) $ 34 (d) $102 (d) $173 (d) $362 Growth Fund of the Northwest (a) $ 96 (a) $141 (a) $139 (a) $295 (b) $101 (b) $156 (b) $163 (b) $343 (c) $ 26 (c) $ 81 (c) $139 (c) $295 (d) $ 31 (d) $ 96 (d) $163 (d) $343 Income Fund (a) $ 95 (a) $137 (a) $131 (a) $280 (b) $100 (b) $152 (b) $156 (b) $329 (c) $ 25 (c) $ 77 (c) $131 (c) $280 (d) $ 30 (d) $ 92 (d) $156 (d) $329 International Growth Fund (a) $100 (a) $153 (a) $159 (a) $333 (b) $105 (b) $168 (b) $183 (b) $379 (c) $ 30 (c) $ 93 (c) $159 (c) $333 (d) $ 35 (d) $108 (d) $183 (d) $379 Mid Cap Stock Fund (a) $ 98 (a) $145 (a) $145 (a) $308 (b) $103 (b) $160 (b) $170 (b) $355 (c) $ 28 (c) $ 85 (c) $145 (c) $308 (d) $ 33 (d) $100 (d) $170 (d) $355 Money Market Fund (a) $ 95 (a) $137 (a) $132 (a) $282 (b) $100 (b) $152 (b) $157 (b) $331 (c) $ 25 (c) $ 77 (c) $132 (c) $282 (d) $ 30 (d) $ 92 (d) $157 (d) $331 Short Term Income Fund (a) $ 96 (a) $139 (a) $134 (a) $286 (b) $101 (b) $154 (b) $159 (b) $334 (c) $ 26 (c) $ 79 (c) $134 (c) $286 (d) $ 31 (d) $ 94 (d) $159 (d) $334 Small Cap Stock Fund (a) $ 98 (a) $147 (a) $149 (a) $314 (b) $103 (b) $162 (b) $173 (b) $361 (c) $ 28 (c) $ 87 (c) $149 (c) $314 (d) $ 33 (d) $102 (d) $173 (d) $361 Strategic Growth Portfolio (a) $101 (a) $154 (a) $160 (a) $337 (b) $106 (b) $169 (b) $184 (b) $382 (c) $ 31 (c) $ 94 (c) $160 (c) $337 (d) $ 36 (d) $109 (d) $184 (d) $382 U.S. Government Securities Fund (a) $ 95 (a) $137 (a) $131 (a) $280 (b) $100 (b) $152 (b) $156 (b) $329 (c) $ 25 (c) $ 77 (c) $131 (c) $280 (d) $ 30 (d) $ 92 (d) $156 (d) $329 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* We do not currently charge a surrender charge upon annuitization, unless the contract is annuitized under the Income Protector Program. We will assess any applicable surrender charges upon annuitizations effected using the Income Protector Program as if you had fully surrendered your contract. 10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Van Kampen LIT Comstock, Class II Shares (a) $ 99 (a) $148 (a) $150 (a) $316 (b) $104 (b) $163 (b) $174 (b) $363 (c) $ 29 (c) $ 88 (c) $150 (c) $316 (d) $ 34 (d) $103 (d) $174 (d) $363 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXPLANATION OF FEE TABLES AND EXAMPLES 1. The purpose of the Fee Tables is to show you the various expenses you will incur directly and indirectly by investing in the contract. The example reflects owner transaction expenses, separate account expenses including optional benefit fees in some examples and variable portfolio expenses. We converted the contract administration charge to a percentage (0.09%) using an assumed contract size of $40,000. The actual impact of the administration charge may differ from this percentage and may be waived for contract values over $50,000. Additional information on the portfolio company fees can be found in the Trust prospectuses located behind this prospectus. 2. The Examples assume that no transfer fees were imposed. Premium taxes are not reflected but may be applicable. 3. For certain underlying investment portfolios in which the Variable Portfolios invest, the adviser voluntarily agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses, if necessary, to keep annual operating expenses at or below the lesser of the maximum allowed by any applicable state expense limitations or the following percentages of each variable Portfolios' average net assets: MFS Mid Cap Growth 1.15% (recouping prior expense reimbursement); Technology 1.70% and Van Kampen LIT Comstock 2.38%. The adviser also may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional amounts to increase a Variable Portfolio's investment return. All waivers and/or reimbursements may be terminated at any time. Furthermore, the adviser may recoup any waivers or reimbursements within two years after such waivers or reimbursements are granted, provided that the Variable Portfolio is able to make such payment and remain in compliance with the foregoing expense limitations. 4. THESE EXAMPLES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN. As of the date of this Prospectus sales of WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity have not begun. Therefore no condensed financial information is shown in this prospectus. 11 THE WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company. You are the owner of the contract. The contract provides three main benefits: - Tax Deferral: You do not pay taxes on your earnings from the annuity until you withdraw them. - Death Benefit: If you die during the Accumulation Phase, the insurance company pays a death benefit to your Beneficiary. - Guaranteed Income: If elected, you receive a stream of income for your lifetime, or another available period you select. Tax-qualified retirement plans (e.g., IRAs, 401(k) or 403(b) plans) defer payment of taxes on earnings until withdrawn. If you are considering funding a tax-qualified retirement plan with an annuity, you should know that an annuity does not provide any additional tax deferral treatment of earnings beyond the treatment provided by the tax-qualified retirement plan itself. However, annuities do provide other features and benefits which may be valuable to you. You should fully discuss this decision with your financial advisor. This annuity was developed to help you contribute to your retirement savings. This annuity works in two stages, the Accumulation Phase and the Income Phase. Your contract is in the Accumulation Phase during the period when you make payments into the contract. The Income Phase begins when you request us to start making payments to you out of the money accumulated in your contract. The Contract is called a "variable" annuity because it allows you to invest in variable investment portfolios which we call Variable Portfolios. The Variable Portfolios, are similar to mutual funds, in that they have specific investment objectives and their performance varies. You can gain or lose money if you invest in these Variable Portfolios. The amount of money you accumulate in your contract depends on the performance of the Variable Portfolio(s) in which you invest. The Contract also offers several fixed account options for varying time periods. Fixed account options earn interest at a rate set and guaranteed by Anchor National. If you allocate money to the fixed account options, the amount of money that accumulates in your Contract depends on the total interest credited to the particular fixed account option(s) in which you are invested. For more information on the Variable Portfolios and fixed account options available under this contract, SEE INVESTMENT OPTIONS PAGE 14. Anchor National issues the WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity. When you purchase a WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity, a contract exists between you and Anchor National. The Company is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the state of Arizona. Its principal place of business is 1 SunAmerica Center, Los Angeles, California 90067. The Company conducts life insurance and annuity business in the District of Columbia and all states except New York. Anchor National is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity may not currently be available in all states. Please check with your financial advisor regarding availability in your state. This annuity is designed for investors whose personal circumstances allow for a long-term investment time horizon, to assist in contributing to retirement savings. As a function of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"), you may be assessed a 10% federal tax penalty on any withdrawal made prior to your reaching age 59 1/2. Additionally, this contract provides that you will be charged a withdrawal charge on each Purchase Payment withdrawn if that Purchase Payment has not been invested in this contract for at least 3 years. Because of the potential penalty, you should fully discuss all of the benefits and risks of this contract with your financial adviser prior to purchase. 12 PURCHASING A WM DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES(III) VARIABLE ANNUITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An initial Purchase Payment is the money you give us to buy a contract. Any additional money you give us to invest in the contract after purchase is a subsequent Purchase Payment. This chart shows the minimum initial and subsequent Purchase Payments permitted under your contract. These amounts depend upon whether a contract is Qualified or Non-qualified for tax purposes.
MINIMUM MINIMUM SUBSEQUENT MINIMUM INITIAL SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE PAYMENT-- PURCHASE PAYMENT PURCHASE PAYMENT AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PLAN ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------- Qualified $ 2,000 $250 $100 Non-qualified $10,000 $500 $100
Prior Company approval is required to accept Purchase Payments greater than $1,500,000. The Company reserves the right to refuse any Purchase Payment including one which would cause Total Purchase Payments to exceed $1,500,000 at the time of the Purchase Payment. Further, we reserve the right to aggregate all contracts having the same owners' and/or annuitants' social security or federal tax identification number for purposes of determining which contracts and/or purchase payments require Company pre-approval. Also, the optional Automatic Payment Plan allows you to make subsequent Purchase Payments of as little as $100. In general, we will not issue a Qualified contract to anyone who is age 70 1/2 or older, unless they certify to us that the minimum distribution required by the federal tax code is being made. In addition, we may not issue a contract to anyone age 91 or older (unless state law requires otherwise). Neither Estate Rewards nor Earnings Advantage is available to you if you are age 81 or older at the time of contract issue. We allow spouses to jointly own this contract. However, the age of the older spouse is used to determine the availability of any age driven benefits. The addition of a joint owner after the contract has been issued in contingent upon prior review and approval by the Company. ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS We invest your Purchase Payments in the fixed accounts and/or Variable Portfolio(s) according to your instructions. If we receive a Purchase Payment without allocation instructions, we will invest the money according to the last future payment allocation instructions provided by you. Purchase Payments are applied to your contract based upon the value of the variable investment option next determined after receipt of your money. SEE INVESTMENT OPTIONS PAGE 14. In order to issue your contract, we must receive your completed application, Purchase Payment allocation instructions and any other required paper work at our Annuity Service Center. We allocate your initial Purchase Payment within two days of receiving it. If we do not have complete information necessary to issue your contract, we will contact you. If we do not have the information necessary to issue your contract within 5 business days we will: - Send your money back to you; or - Ask your permission to keep your money until we get the information necessary to issue the contract. ACCUMULATION UNITS The value of the variable portion of your contract will go up or down depending upon the investment performance of the Variable Portfolio(s) you select. In order to keep track of the value of your contract, we use a unit of measure called an Accumulation Unit which works like a share of a mutual fund. During the Income Phase, we call them Annuity Units. 13 An Accumulation Unit value is determined each day that the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open. We base the number of Accumulation Units you receive on the unit value of the Variable Portfolio as of the day we receive your money if we receive it before 1:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST") and on the next day's unit value if we receive your money after 1:00 p.m. PST. We calculate an Accumulation Unit for each Variable Portfolio after the NYSE closes each day. We do this by: 1. determining the total value of money invested in a particular Variable Portfolio; 2. subtracting from that amount any asset-based charges and any other charges such as taxes we have deducted; and 3. dividing this amount by the number of outstanding Accumulation Units. EXAMPLE: We receive a $25,000 Purchase Payment from you on Wednesday. You allocate the money to the Alliance Growth Portfolio. We determine that the value of an Accumulation Unit for the Alliance Growth Portfolio is $11.10 when the NYSE closes on Wednesday. We then divide $25,000 by $11.10 and credit your contract on Wednesday night with 2,252.2523 Accumulation Units for the Alliance Growth Portfolio. Performance of the Variable Portfolios and expenses under your contract affect Accumulation Unit values. These factors cause the value of your contract to go up and down. FREE LOOK You may cancel your contract within ten days after receiving it (or longer if required by state law). We call this a "free look." To cancel, you must mail the contract along with your free look request to our Annuity Service Center at P.O. Box 54299, Los Angeles, California 90054-0299. If you decide to cancel your contract during the free look period, we will refund to you the value of your contract on the day we receive your request. The amount refunded to you may be more or less than your original investment. Certain states require us to return your Purchase Payments upon a free look request. Additionally, all contracts issued as an IRA require the full return of Purchase Payments upon a free look. With respect to those contracts, we reserve the right to put your money in the Money Market investment option during the free look period and will allocate your money according to your instructions at the end of the applicable free look period. Currently, we do not put your money in the Money Market investment option during the free look period unless you allocate your money to it. If your contract was issued in a state requiring return of Purchase Payments or as an IRA and you cancel your contract during the free look period, we return the greater of (1) your Purchase Payments; or (2) the value of your contract. At the end of the free look period, we allocate your money according to your instructions. INVESTMENT OPTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contract offers variable investment options which we call Variable Portfolios, and fixed investment options. We designed the contract to meet your varying investment needs over time. You can achieve this by using the Variable Portfolios alone or in concert with the fixed investment options. The Variable Portfolios operate similar to a mutual fund but are only available through the purchase of certain variable annuities. A mixture of your investment in the Variable Portfolios and fixed account options may lower the risk associated with investing only in a variable investment option. VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS The contract currently offers 22 Variable Portfolios. These Variable Portfolios invest in shares of the Anchor Series Trust, SunAmerica Series Trust, Van Kampen Life Investment Trust and the WM Variable Trust (the "Trusts"). Additional Variable Portfolios may be available in the future. The Variable Portfolios operate similar to a mutual fund but are only available through the purchase of certain insurance contracts. 14 SunAmerica Asset Management Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, is the investment adviser to the AST and SAST Trusts. Van Kampen Asset Management Inc. is the advisor to the VKT. WM Advisors is the adviser to the WMVT. The Trusts serve as the underlying investment vehicles for other variable annuity contracts issued by Anchor National, and other affiliated/unaffiliated insurance companies. Neither Anchor National nor the Trusts believe that offering shares of the Trusts in this manner disadvantages you. The advisers monitor the Trusts for potential conflicts. ANCHOR SERIES TRUST Wellington Management Company, LLP serves as subadviser to the AST Portfolio. AST has Variable Portfolios in addition to those listed below which are not available for investment under the contract. SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST Various subadvisers provide investment advice for the SAST Portfolios. SAST has Variable Portfolios in addition to those listed below which are not available for investment under the contract. VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST Van Kampen Asset Management Inc. provides investment advice for the VKT portfolios. VKT has investments portfolios in addition to the one listed here which are not available for investment under the contract. WM VARIABLE TRUST WM Advisors, Inc. serves as adviser for the WMVT Funds and also hires subadvisers to manage the day-to-day operations of certain investment options. The 22 Variable Portfolios along with their respective subadvisers are listed below: STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOS Strategic Growth WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Conservative Growth WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Balanced WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Conservative Balanced WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Flexible Income WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT EQUITY FUNDS Technology Morgan Stanley Investment Mgmt. Inc. SAST International Growth Capital Guardian Trust Company WMVT Global Equities Alliance Capital Mgmt. L.P. SAST Small Cap Stock WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Mid Cap Stock WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT MFS Mid Cap Growth Massachusetts Financial Services Co. SAST Capital Appreciation Wellington Mgmt. Co. LLP AST Growth Janus Capital Corporation WMVT Alliance Growth Alliance Capital Mgmt, L.P. SAST Growth Fund of the Northwest WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Van Kampen LIT Comstock, Class II Shares Van Kampen Asset Management Inc. VKT Growth & Income WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Equity Income WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT FIXED-INCOME FUNDS Income WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT U.S. Government Securities WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Short Term Income WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT Money Market WM Advisors, Inc. WMVT
YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUSES FOR THE TRUSTS ATTACHED HERETO CAREFULLY. THESE PROSPECTUSES CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIOS, INCLUDING EACH VARIABLE PORTFOLIO'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS. 15 FIXED INVESTMENT OPTIONS The contract also offers four fixed investment options. Anchor National will guarantee the interest rate earned on money you allocate to any of these fixed investment options. We currently offer fixed investment options for periods of one and three years, which we call guarantee periods. In Washington only the one year fixed account option is available. We guarantee the interest rate for money allocated to the 6-month DCA fixed account and/or the 1-year DCA fixed account (the "DCA fixed accounts") which are available only in conjunction with the Dollar Cost Averaging Program. Please see the section on the Dollar Cost Averaging Program on page 26 for additional information about, including limitations on, the availability and operation of the DCA fixed accounts. The DCA fixed accounts are only available for new Purchase Payments. All of these fixed account options pay interest at rates set and guaranteed by Anchor National. Interest rates may differ from time to time and are set at our sole discretion. We will never credit less than a 3% annual effective rate to any of the fixed account options. The interest rate offered for new Purchase Payments may differ from that offered for subsequent Purchase Payments and money already in the fixed account options. In addition, different guarantee periods offer different interest rates. Rates for specified payments are declared at the beginning of the guarantee period and do not change during the specified period. There are three scenarios in which you may put money into the fixed account options. In each scenario your money may be credited a different rate of interest as follows: - INITIAL RATE: Rate credited to new Purchase Payments allocated to the fixed account when you purchase your contract. - CURRENT RATE: Rate credited to subsequent Purchase Payments allocated to the fixed account. - RENEWAL RATE: Rate credited to money remaining in a fixed account after expiration of a guarantee period and money transferred from a fixed account or one of the Variable Portfolios into a fixed account. Each of these rates may differ from one another. Although once declared the applicable rate is guaranteed until your guarantee period expires. The DCA fixed accounts also credit a fixed rate of interest. Interest is credited to amounts allocated to the 6-month or 1-year DCA fixed account while your investment is systematically transferred to the Variable Portfolio(s). The rates applicable to the DCA fixed accounts may differ from each other and/or the other fixed account options but will never be less than an effective rate of 3%. SEE DOLLAR COST AVERAGING ON PAGE 18 for more information. When a guarantee period ends, you may leave your money in the same guarantee period. You may also reallocate money to another fixed investment option (other than the DCA fixed accounts) or to any of the Variable Portfolio(s). If you want to reallocate your money, you must contact us within 30 days after the end of the current guarantee period and instruct us how to reallocate your money. If we do not hear from you, we will keep your money in the same guarantee period where it will earn the renewal interest rate applicable at that time. MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT NOTE: MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENTS APPLY TO THE 3-YEAR FIXED INVESTMENT OPTION ONLY. THIS OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN WASHINGTON AND MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN OTHER STATES. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR MORE INFORMATION. If you take money out of the 3-year fixed investment option before the end of the guarantee period, we make an adjustment to your contract. We refer to the adjustment as a market value adjustment (the "MVA"). The MVA reflects any difference in the interest rate environment between the time you place your money in the fixed investment option and the time when you withdraw or transfer that money. This adjustment can increase or decrease your contract value. You have 30 days after the end of each guarantee period to reallocate your funds without incurring any MVA. 16 We calculate the MVA by doing a comparison between current rates and the rate being credited to you in the fixed investment option. For the current rate we use a rate being offered by us for a guarantee period that is equal to the time remaining in the guarantee period from which you seek withdrawal or transfer. If we are not currently offering a guarantee period for that period of time, we determine an applicable rate by using a formula to arrive at a number between the interest rates currently offered for the two closest periods available. Generally, if interest rates drop between the time you put your money into the fixed investment options and the time you take it out, we credit a positive adjustment to your contract. Conversely, if interest rates increase during the same period, we post a negative adjustment to your contract. Where the MVA is negative, we first deduct the adjustment from any money remaining in the fixed investment option. If there is not enough money in the fixed investment option to meet the negative deduction, we deduct the remainder from your withdrawal or transfer amount. Where the MVA is positive, we add the adjustment to your withdrawal amount or transfer amount. For withdrawals under the systematic withdrawal program that result in a negative market value adjustment, the MVA amount will be deducted from your withdrawal. The 1-year fixed investment option and the DCA fixed accounts do not impose a MVA. These fixed investment options are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are not subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Anchor National does not assess an MVA against withdrawals under the following circumstances: - If a withdrawal is made within 30 days after the end of a guarantee period; - If a withdrawal is made to pay contract fees and charges; - To pay a death benefit; and - Upon annuitization, if occurring on the latest Annuity Date. Please see APPENDIX A for more information on how we calculate the MVA. TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer funds between the Variable Portfolio(s) and the fixed investment options. Funds already in your contract cannot be transferred into the DCA fixed accounts. You must transfer at least $100. If less than $100 will remain in any Variable Portfolio after a transfer, that amount must be transferred as well. You may request transfers of your account value between the Variable Portfolios and/or the fixed account options in writing or by telephone. Additionally, you may access your account and request transfers between Variable Portfolios and/or the fixed account options through SunAmerica's website (http://www.sunamerica.com). We currently allow 15 free transfers per contract year. We charge $25 ($10 in Pennsylvania and Texas) for each additional transfer in any contract year. Transfers resulting from your participation in the DCA program count against your 15 free transfers per contract year. However, transfers resulting from your participation in the Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program do not count against your 15 free transfers. We accept transfer requests by telephone unless you tell us not to on your contract application. Additionally, you may request transfers over the internet unless you indicate you do not wish your account to be traded over the internet. When receiving instructions over the telephone or the internet, we follow appropriate procedures to provide reasonable assurance that the transactions executed are genuine. Thus, we are not responsible for any claim, loss or expense from any error resulting from instructions received over the telephone. If we fail to follow our procedures, we may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions. We may limit the number of transfers in any contract year or refuse any transfer request for you or others invested in the contract if we believe that excessive trading or a specific transfer request or group transfer requests may have a detrimental effect on unit values or the share prices of the underlying Variable Portfolios. 17 Where permitted by law, we may accept your authorization for a third party to make transfers for you subject to our rules. We reserve the right to suspend or cancel such acceptance at any time and will notify you accordingly. Additionally, we may restrict the investment options available for transfers during any period in which such third party acts for you. We notify such third party beforehand regarding any restrictions. However, we will not enforce these restrictions if we are satisfied that such third party has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to act on your behalf; or such third party is a trustee/fiduciary appointed, by you or for you, to act on your behalf for all your financial affairs. We may provide administrative or other support services to independent third parties you authorize to make transfers on your behalf. We do not currently charge you extra for providing these support services. This includes, but is not limited to, transfers between investment options in accordance with market timing strategies. Such independent third parties may or may not be appointed with us for the sale of annuities. However, WE DO NOT ENGAGE ANY THIRD PARTIES TO OFFER INVESTMENT ALLOCATION SERVICES OF ANY TYPE. WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS TRANSACTED ON YOUR BEHALF BY SUCH THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY SUCH PARTIES. For information regarding transfers during the Income Phase, SEE INCOME OPTIONS ON PAGE 28. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate these transfer privileges at any time. DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM The Dollar Cost Averaging ("DCA") program allows you to invest gradually in the Variable Portfolios. Under the program you systematically transfer a set dollar amount or percentage from one Variable Portfolio or the 1-year fixed account option (source accounts) to any other Variable Portfolio. You may also systematically transfer the interest earned in the 1-year fixed account to any of the Variable Portfolios. Transfers may be monthly or quarterly and count against your 15 free transfers per contract year. You may change the frequency at any time by notifying us in writing. The minimum transfer amount under the DCA program is $100, regardless of the source account. Fixed account options are not available as target accounts for the DCA program. We also offer the 6-month and a 1-year DCA fixed accounts exclusively to facilitate this program. The DCA fixed accounts only accept new Purchase Payments. You can not transfer money already in your contract into these options. If you allocate new Purchase Payment into a DCA fixed account, we transfer all your money allocated to that account into the Variable Portfolio(s) over the selected 6-month or 1-year period. You cannot change the option or the frequency of transfers once selected. The minimum transfer amount under the DCA program is $100, regardless of the source account. Fixed account options are not available as target accounts for the DCA program. If allocated to the 6-month DCA fixed account, we transfer your money over a maximum of 6 monthly transfers. We base the actual number of transfers on the total amount allocated to that account. For example, if you allocate $500 to the 6-month DCA fixed account, we transfer your money over a period of five months, so that each payment complies with the $100 per transfer minimum. We determine the amount of the transfers from the 1-year DCA fixed account based on: - the total amount of money allocated to the account, and - the frequency of transfers selected. For example, if you allocate $1,000 to the 1-year DCA fixed account and you select monthly transfers, we completely transfer all of your money to the selected investment options over a period of ten months. You may terminate your DCA program at any time. If money remains in the DCA fixed accounts, we transfer the remaining money to the 1-year fixed account option, unless we receive different instructions from you. Transfers resulting from a termination of this program do not count towards your 15 free transfers. The DCA program is designed to lessen the impact of market fluctuations on your investment. However, we cannot ensure that you will make a profit. When you elect the DCA Program, you are continuously investing in securities regardless of fluctuating price levels. You should consider your tolerance for investing through periods of fluctuating price levels. 18 We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate this program at any time. EXAMPLE: Assume that you want to gradually move $750 each quarter from the Money Market Portfolio to the Alliance Growth Portfolio over six quarters. You set up dollar cost averaging and purchase Accumulation Units at the following values:
QUARTER ACCUMULATION UNIT UNITS PURCHASED ------- ----------------- --------------- 1 $ 7.50 100 2 $ 5.00 150 3 $10.00 75 4 $ 7.50 100 5 $ 5.00 150 6 $ 7.50 100
You paid an average price of only $6.67 per Accumulation Unit over six quarters, while the average market price actually was $7.08. By investing an equal amount of money each month, you automatically buy more Accumulation Units when the market price is low and fewer Accumulation Units when the market price is high. This example is for illustrative purposes only. ASSET ALLOCATION REBALANCING PROGRAM Earnings in your contract may cause the percentage of your investment in each investment option to differ from your original allocations. The Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program addresses this situation. At your election, we periodically rebalance your investments in the Variable Portfolios to return your allocations to their original percentages. Asset rebalancing typically involves shifting a portion of your money out of an investment option with a higher return into an investment option with a lower return. At your request, rebalancing occurs on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. Transfers made as a result of rebalancing do not count against your 15 free transfers for the contract year. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate this program at any time. PRINCIPAL ADVANTAGE PROGRAM The Principal Advantage Program allows you to invest in one or more of the Variable Portfolios without putting your principal at direct risk. The program accomplishes this by allocating your investment strategically between the fixed investment options (other than the DCA fixed accounts) and the Variable Portfolio(s) you select. You decide how much you want to invest and approximately when you want a return of principal. We calculate how much of your Purchase Payment to allocate to the particular fixed investment option to ensure that it grows to an amount equal to your total principal invested under this program. We invest the rest of your principal in the Variable Portfolio(s) of your choice. EXAMPLE: Assume that you want to allocate a portion of your initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 to the fixed investment option. You want the amount allocated to the fixed investment option to grow to $100,000 in 3-years. If the 3-year fixed investment option is offering a 5% interest rate, we will allocate 91,514 to the 3-year fixed investment option to ensure that this amount will grow to $100,000 at the end of the 3-year period. The remaining $8,486 may be allocated among the Variable Portfolios, as determined by you, to provide opportunity for greater growth. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate this program at any time. VOTING RIGHTS Anchor National is the legal owner of shares of the Trusts. However, when a Variable Portfolio solicits proxies in conjunction with a vote of shareholders, we must obtain your instructions on how to vote those shares. We vote all 19 of the shares we own in proportion to your instructions. This includes any shares we own on our own behalf. Should we determine that we are no longer required to comply with these rules, we will vote the shares in our own right. SUBSTITUTION If underlying Trust portfolios become unavailable for investment, we may be required to substitute shares of another underlying trust portfolio. We will seek prior approval of the SEC and give you notice before substituting shares. ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can access money in your contract in two ways: - by making a partial or total withdrawal, and/or; - by receiving income payments during the Income Phase. SEE INCOME OPTIONS ON PAGE 28. Generally, we deduct a withdrawal charge applicable to any partial or total withdrawal and a MVA if a withdrawal comes from the 3-year fixed investment option prior to the end of a guarantee period. If you withdraw your entire contract value, we also deduct any applicable premium taxes and a contract maintenance fee. SEE EXPENSES ON PAGE 26. We calculate charges due on a total withdrawal on the day after we receive your request and other required paper work. We return your contract value less any applicable fees and charges. The minimum partial withdrawal amount is $1,000. We require that the value left in any Variable Portfolio or fixed account be at least $500 after the withdrawal. You must send a written withdrawal request. Unless you provide us with different instructions, partial withdrawals will be made in equal amounts from each Variable Portfolio and the fixed investment option in which your contract is invested. Withdrawals from fixed investment options prior to the end of the guarantee period may result in a market value adjustment. We may be required to suspend or postpone the payment of a withdrawal for any period of time when: (1) the NYSE is closed (other than a customary weekend and holiday closings); (2) trading with the NYSE is restricted; (3) an emergency exists such that disposal of or determination of the value of shares of the Portfolios is not reasonably practicable; (4) the SEC, by order, so permits for the protection of contract owners. Additionally, we reserve the right to defer payments for a withdrawal from a fixed investment option. Such deferrals are limited to no longer than six months. FREE WITHDRAWAL PROVISION Your contract provides for a free withdrawal amount each year. A free withdrawal amount is the portion of your account that we allow you to take out each year without being charged a surrender penalty. However, upon a future full surrender of your contract any previous free withdrawals would be subject to a surrender charge, if any is applicable at the time of the full surrender (except in the state of Washington). Purchase payments, above and beyond the amount of your free withdrawal amount, that are withdrawn prior to the end of the third year will result in your paying a penalty in the form of a surrender charge. The amount of the charge and how it applies are discussed more fully below. SEE EXPENSES ON PAGE 26. You should consider, before purchasing this contract, the effect this charge will have on your investment if you need to withdraw more money than the free withdrawal amount. You should fully discuss this decision with your financial representative. To determine your free withdrawal amount and your withdrawal charge, we refer to two special terms. These are penalty free earnings and the total invested amount. The penalty-free earnings portion of your contract is simply your account value less your total invested amount. The total invested amount is the total of all Purchase Payments you have made into the contract less portions of 20 some prior withdrawals you made. The portions of prior withdrawals that reduce your total invested amount are as follows: -Free withdrawals in any year that were in excess of your penalty-free earnings and were based on the part of the total invested amount that was no longer subject to withdrawal charges at the time of the withdrawal, and -Any prior withdrawals (including withdrawal charges on those withdrawals) of the total invested amount on which you already paid a surrender penalty. When you make a withdrawal, we assume that it is taken from penalty-free earnings first, then from the total invested amount on a first-in, first-out basis. This means that you can also access your Purchase Payments which are no longer subject to a withdrawal charge before those Purchase Payments which are still subject to the withdrawal charge. During the first year after we issue your contract your free withdrawal amount is the greater of (1) your penalty-free earnings; and (2) if you are participating in the Systematic Withdrawal program, a total of 10% of your total invested amount. If you are a Washington resident, you may withdraw during the first contract year, the greater of (1); (2); or (3) interest earnings from the amounts allocated to the fixed account options, not previously withdrawn. After the first contract year, you can take out the greater of the following amounts each year (1) your penalty-free earnings and any portion of your total invested amount no longer subject to withdrawal charge or (2) 10% of the portion of your total invested amount that has been in your contract for at least one year. If you are a Washington resident, your maximum free withdrawal amount, after the first contract year, is the greater of (1); (2); or (3) interest earnings from amounts allocated to the fixed account options, not previously withdrawn. We calculate charges due on a total withdrawal on the day after we receive your request and your contract. We return to you your contract value less any applicable fees and charges. The withdrawal charge percentage is determined by the age of the Purchase Payment remaining in the contract at the time of the withdrawal. For the purpose of calculating the withdrawal charge, any prior Free Withdrawal is not subtracted from the total Purchase Payments still subject to withdrawal charges. For example, you make an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. For purposes of this example we will assume a 0% growth rate over the life of the contract, no election of Estate Rewards, Earnings Advantage or Income Protection options selected and no subsequent Purchase Payments. In contract year 2, you take out your maximum free withdrawal of $10,000. After that free withdrawal your contract value is $90,000. In contract year 3 you request a full surrender of your contract. We will apply the following calculation, A-(B x C)=D, where: A=Your contract value at the time of your request for surrender ($90,000) B=The amount of your Purchase Payments still subject to withdrawal charge ($100,000) C=The withdrawal charge percentage applicable to the age of each Purchase Payment (6%)[B x C=$6,000] D=Your full surrender value ($84,000) Under most circumstances, the partial withdrawal minimum is $1,000. We require that the value left in any investment option be at least $100, after the withdrawal. You must send a written withdrawal request. Unless you provide us with different instructions, partial withdrawals will be made pro rata from each Variable Portfolio and the fixed account option in which your contract is invested. Under certain Qualified plans, access to the money in your contract may be restricted. Additionally, withdrawals made prior to age 59 1/2 may result in a 10% federal penalty tax. SEE TAXES ON PAGE 33. We may be required to suspend or postpone the payment of a withdrawal for any period of time when: (1) the NYSE is closed (other than a customary weekend and holiday closings); (2) trading with the NYSE is restricted; (3) an emergency exists such that disposal of or determination of the value of shares of the Variable Portfolios is not reasonably practicable; (4) the SEC, by order, so permits for the protection of contract owners. 21 Additionally, we reserve the right to defer payments for a withdrawal from a fixed account option. Such deferrals are limited to no longer than six months. SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM During the Accumulation Phase, you may elect to receive periodic income payments under the systematic withdrawal program. Under the program, you may choose to take monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments from your contract. Electronic transfer of these funds to your bank account is also available. The minimum amount of each withdrawal is $100. Withdrawals may be taxable and a 10% federal penalty tax may apply if you are under age 59 1/2. There is no additional charge for participating in this program, although a withdrawal charge and/or MVA may apply. The program is not available to everyone. Please check with our Annuity Service Center, which can provide the necessary enrollment forms. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate this program at any time. MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE Where permitted by state law, we may terminate your contract if both of the following occur: (1) your contract is less than $500 as a result of withdrawals; and (2) you have not made any Purchase Payments during the past three years. We will provide you with sixty days written notice. At the end of the notice period, we will distribute the contract's remaining value to you. QUALIFIED CONTRACT OWNERS Certain Qualified plans restrict and/or prohibit your ability to withdraw money from your contract. SEE TAXES ON PAGE 33 for a more detailed explanation. DEATH BENEFIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you should die during the Accumulation Phase, your Beneficiary will receive a death benefit. The death benefit options are discussed in detail below. The death benefit is not paid after you are in the Income Phase. If you die during the Income Phase, your Beneficiary will receive any remaining guaranteed income payments in accordance with the income option you choose. SEE INCOME OPTIONS ON PAGE 28. You select the Beneficiary to receive any amounts payable on death. You may change the Beneficiary at any time, unless you previously made an irrevocable Beneficiary designation. A new Beneficiary designation is not effective until we record the change. We calculate and pay the death benefit when we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. We consider the following satisfactory proof of death: (1) a certified copy of a death certificate; (2) a certified copy of a decree of court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death; (3) a written statement by a medical doctor who attended the deceased at the time of death; or (4) any other proof satisfactory to us. We may also require additional proof before we pay the death benefit. The death benefit must be paid within 5 years of the date of death. The Beneficiary may, in the alternative, elect to have the death benefit payable in the form of an income payment. If the Beneficiary elects an income option, it must be paid over the Beneficiary's lifetime or for a period not extending beyond the Beneficiary's life expectancy. Income payments must begin within one year of the owner's death. If the Beneficiary is the spouse of the deceased owner, he or she can elect to continue the contract, rather than receive a death benefit. SEE SPOUSAL CONTINUATION ON PAGE 25. If the Beneficiary does not elect a specific form of pay out within 60 days of our receipt of all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death, we pay a lump sum death benefit to the Beneficiary. 22 If the Annuitant dies before annuity payments begin, you can name a new Annuitant. If no Annuitant is named within 30 days, you will become the Annuitant. However, if the owner is a non-natural person (for example, a trust), then the death of the Annuitant will be treated as the death of the owner, no new Annuitant may be named and the death benefit will be paid. This contract provides three death benefit options: the Standard Death Benefit which is automatically included in your contract for no additional fee, an optional enhanced death benefit called "Estate Rewards" which offers you the selection of one of two options. If you choose the Estate Rewards death benefit, you may also elect, for an additional fee, the Earnings Advantage feature. Your death benefit elections must be made at the time of contract application and the election cannot be terminated. The term "Net Purchase Payment" is used frequently in explaining the death benefit options. Net Purchase Payment is an on-going calculation. It does not represent a contract value. We define Net Purchase Payments as Purchase Payments less an Adjustment for each withdrawal. If you have not taken any withdrawals from your contract, Net Purchase Payments equals total Purchase Payments into your contract. To calculate the Adjustment amount for the first withdrawal made under the contract, we determine the percentage by which the withdrawal reduced contract value. For example, a $10,000 withdrawal from a $100,000 contract is a 10% reduction in value. This percentage is calculated by dividing the amount of each withdrawal (including fees and charges applicable to the withdrawal) by the contract value immediately before taking that withdrawal. The resulting percentage is then multiplied by the amount of total Purchase Payments and subtracted from the amount of total Purchase Payments on deposit at the time of the withdrawal. The resulting amount is the initial Net Purchase Payment calculation. To arrive at the Net Purchase Payment calculation for subsequent withdrawals, we determine the percentage by which the contract value is reduced by taking the amount of the withdrawal in relation to the contract value immediately before taking the withdrawal. We then multiply the Net Purchase Payment calculation as determined prior to the withdrawal by this percentage. We subtract that result from the Net Purchase Payment calculation as determined prior to the withdrawal to arrive at all subsequent Net Purchase Payment calculations. STANDARD DEATH BENEFIT The Standard Death Benefit on your contract, is the greater of: 1. Net Purchase Payments compounded at a 3% annual growth rate from the date of issue until the earlier of age 75 or the date of death, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death; and reduced for any withdrawals (and fees and charges applicable to those withdrawals) recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. 2. the contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. ESTATE REWARDS DEATH BENEFIT(S) For an additional fee, you may elect one of the Estate Rewards death benefits which can provide greater protection for your beneficiaries. You must chose between Option 1 and Option 2 at the time you purchase your contract and you cannot change your election at any time. The Estate Rewards death benefit is not available if you are age 81 or older at the time of contract issue. The fee for Estate Rewards death benefit is 0.15% of the average daily ending value of the assets you have allocated to the Variable Portfolios. OPTION 1 - 5% ACCUMULATION OPTION -- THE DEATH BENEFIT IS THE GREATER OF: a. the contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death; or b. Net Purchase Payments compounded to the earlier of your 80th birthday or the date of death, at a 5% annual growth rate, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death; and 23 reduced for any withdrawals (and fees and charges applicable to those withdrawals) recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal, up to a maximum benefit of two times the Net Purchase Payments made over the life of your contract. If you die after your latest Annuity Date and you selected the 5% Accumulation Option, any death benefit payable under the contract will be the Standard Death Benefit as described above. Therefore, your beneficiary will not receive any benefit from Estate Rewards. This option may not be available in your state. Check with your investment representative regarding availability. OPTION 2 - MAXIMUM ANNIVERSARY VALUE OPTION -- THE DEATH BENEFIT IS THE GREATEST OF: a. Net Purchase Payments; or b. the contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death; or c. the maximum anniversary value on any contract anniversary prior to your 81st birthday. The anniversary value equals the contract value on a contract anniversary increased by any Purchase Payments recorded after that anniversary; and reduced for any withdrawals (and fees and charges applicable to those withdrawals) recorded after the anniversary, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. If you are age 90 or older at the time of death and you had selected the Maximum Anniversary Value option, the death benefit will be equal to the contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. Therefore, your beneficiary may not receive any benefit from Estate Rewards. This option may not be available in your state. Check with your investment representative regarding availability. Thus, you will not receive the advantage of the Maximum Anniversary Value option if you are over age 80 at the time of contract issue or if you are 90 or older at the time of your death. B. EARNINGS ADVANTAGE The Earnings Advantage benefit may increase the Estate Rewards death benefit amount. In order to elect Earnings Advantage, you must also elect Estate Rewards described above. The Earnings Advantage is available for an additional charge of 0.25% of the average daily ending value of the assets you have allocated to the Variable Portfolios. You are not required to elect the Earnings Advantage feature if you select Estate Rewards, but once elected, generally it cannot be terminated. Further, if you elect both Estate Rewards and Earnings Advantage the combined charge will be 0.40% of the average daily ending value of the assets you have allocated to the Variable Portfolios. With the Earnings Advantage benefit, if you have earnings in your contract at the time of death, we will add a percentage of those earnings (the "Earnings Advantage Percentage"), subject to a maximum dollar amount (the "Maximum Earnings Advantage Amount), to the death benefit payable. The Contract Year of Death will determine the Earnings Advantage Percentage and the Maximum Earnings Advantage Amount, as set forth below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EARNINGS ADVANTAGE MAXIMUM CONTACT YEAR OF DEATH PERCENTAGE EARNINGS ADVANTAGE AMOUNT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Years 0 - 4 25% of Earnings 25% of Net Purchase Payments* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Years 5 - 9 40% of Earnings 40% of Net Purchase Payments* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Years 10+ 50% of Earnings 50% of Net Purchase Payments* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Purchase Payments received after the 5th contract anniversary must remain in the contract for at least 6 full months to be included as part of the Net Purchase Payments for the purpose of the Maximum Earnings Advantage Amount calculation. 24 What is the Contract Year of Death? Contract Year of Death is the number of full 12 month periods beginning with the date your contract is issued and ending on the date of death. What is the Earnings Advantage Percentage amount? We determine the amount of the Earnings Advantage based upon a percentage of earnings in your contract at the time of your death. For the purpose of this calculation, earnings are defined as (1) minus (2) where (1) equals the contract value on the date of death; and (2) equals Net Purchase Payments. What is the Maximum Earnings Advantage? The Earnings Advantage benefit is subject to a maximum dollar amount. The Maximum Earnings Advantage Amount is equal to a percentage of your Net Purchase Payments. Earning Advantage is not available if you are age 81 or older at the time we issue your contract. Furthermore, a Continuing Spouse cannot benefit from Earnings Advantage if he/she is age 81 or older on the Continuation Date. SEE SPOUSAL CONTINUATION BELOW. The Earnings Advantage benefit is not payable after the latest Annuity Date. SEE INCOME OPTIONS ON PAGE 28. Earnings Advantage may not be available in your state or through the broker-dealer with which your financial advisor is affiliated. See your financial advisor for information regarding availability. In the state of Washington only the Maximum Anniversary Value component of the Estate Rewards death benefit is available. Neither the Purchase Payment Accumulation nor the Earnings Advantage is available in Washington. The fee charged for the Maximum Anniversary Value option in Washington is 0.15% of the average daily ending value of the assets allocated to the Variable Portfolios. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THESE DEATH BENEFIT FEATURES (IN THEIR ENTIRETY OR ANY COMPONENT) AT ANY TIME FOR PROSPECTIVELY ISSUED CONTRACTS. SPOUSAL CONTINUATION If you are the original owner of the contract and the Beneficiary is your spouse, your spouse may elect to continue the contract after your death. The spouse becomes the new owner ("Continuing Spouse"). Generally, the contract and its elected features, if any, remain the same. The Continuing Spouse is subject to the same fees, charges and expenses applicable to the original owner of the contract. A spousal continuation can only take place upon the death of the original owner of the contract. Upon a spouse's continuation of the contract, we will contribute to the contract value an amount by which the death benefit that would have been paid to the beneficiary upon the death of the original owner, exceeds the contract value ("Continuation Contribution"), if any. We calculate the Continuation Contribution as of the date of the original owner's death. We will add the Continuation Contribution as of the date we receive both the Continuing Spouse's written request to continue the contract and proof of death of the original owner in a form satisfactory to us ("Continuation Date"). If a Continuation Contribution is added to the contract value, the age of the Continuing Spouse on the Continuation Date and on the date of the Continuing Spouse's death will be used in determining any future death benefits under the Contract. The Continuation Contribution is not considered a Purchase Payment for the purposes of any other calculations except as explained in Appendix B. SEE APPENDIX B FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE DEATH BENEFIT CALCULATIONS FOLLOWING A SPOUSAL CONTINUATION. To the extent that the Continuing Spouse invests in the Variable Portfolios or MVA fixed account they will be subject to investment risk as was the original owner. Generally, the Continuing Spouse cannot change any contract provisions as the new owner. However, on the Continuation Date, the Continuing Spouse may terminate the original owner's election of the Estate Rewards and the available death benefit will be the Standard Death Benefit. The Continuing Spouse cannot elect to continue Earnings Advantage without also continuing the Estate Rewards. We will terminate the Estate Rewards if the 25 Continuing Spouse is age 81 or older on the Continuation Date if a Continuation Contribution is added to the contract value, and the available death benefit will be the Standard Death Benefit. If Estate Rewards is continued and the Continuing Spouse dies after the latest Annuity Date, and the 5% Accumulation option was selected, the death benefit will be the Standard Death Benefit. If the Maximum Anniversary value option was selected and the Continuing Spouse lives to age 90 or older, the death benefit will be the contract value. However, if death occurs before the latest annuity date, the Continuing Spouse will still benefit from the Earnings Advantage. Generally, the age of the Continuing Spouse on the Continuation Date (if any Continuation Contribution has been made) and on the date of the Continuing Spouse's death will be used in determining any future death benefits under the Contract. If no Continuation Contribution has been made to the contract on the Continuation Date, the age of the spouse on the date of the original contract issue will be used to determine any age-driven benefits. SEE APPENDIX B FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE DEATH BENEFIT CALCULATIONS AFTER A SPOUSAL CONTINUATION. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE SPOUSAL CONTINUATION PROVISION (IN ITS ENTIRETY OR ANY COMPONENT) AT ANY TIME FOR PROSPECTIVELY ISSUED CONTRACTS. EXPENSES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are charges and expenses associated with your contract. These charges and expenses reduce your investment return. We will not increase the contract maintenance fee or withdrawal charges under your contract. However the investment charges under your contract may increase or decrease. Some states may require that we charge less than the amounts described below. INSURANCE CHARGES The Company deducts a mortality and expense risk charge in the amount of 1.55%, annually of the value of your contract invested in the Variable Portfolios. We deduct the charge daily. This charge compensates the Company for the mortality and expense risk and the costs of contract distribution assumed by the Company. Generally, the mortality risks assumed by the Company arise from its contractual obligations to make income payments after the Annuity Date and to provide a death benefit. The expense risk assumed by the Company is that the costs of administering the contracts and the Separate Account will exceed the amount received from the administrative fees and charges assessed under the contract. If these charges do not cover all of our expenses, we will pay the difference. Likewise, if these charges exceed our expenses, we will keep the difference. WITHDRAWAL CHARGES During the Accumulation Phase you may make withdrawals from your contract. However, a withdrawal charge may apply. We apply a withdrawal charge upon an early withdrawal against each Purchase Payment you put into the contract. The withdrawal charge equals a percentage of the Purchase Payment you take out of the contract. The contract does provide a free withdrawal amount every year. SEE ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY ON PAGE 20. The withdrawal charge percentage declines each year a Purchase Payment is in the contract, as follows:
YEAR 1 2 3 4 ----------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Withdrawal Charge 7% 6% 6% 0%
After a Purchase Payment has been in the contract for three complete years, the withdrawal charge no longer applies to that Purchase Payment. When calculating the withdrawal charge, we treat withdrawals as coming first from the Purchase Payments that have been in your contract the longest. However, for tax purposes, your withdrawals are considered earnings first, then Purchase Payments. Whenever possible, we deduct the withdrawal charge from the money remaining in your contract from each of your investment options on a pro-rata basis. If you withdraw all of your contract value, we deduct any applicable withdrawal charges from the amount withdrawn. We will not assess a withdrawal charge for money withdrawn to pay a death benefit or to pay contract fees or charges. We do not currently assess a withdrawal charge upon 26 election to receive income payments from your contract. Withdrawals made prior to age 59 1/2 may result in tax penalties. SEE TAXES ON PAGE 33. INVESTMENT CHARGES Investment Management Fees Charges are deducted from the assets of the investment portfolios underlying the Variable Portfolio(s) for the advisory and other expenses of the portfolios. SEE FEE TABLES ON PAGE 6. Service Fees Shares of certain Trusts may be subject to fees imposed under a servicing plan adopted by that Trust pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The 0.15% service fee for the Anchor and SunAmerica Series Trust portfolios and 0.25% for the Van Kampen Life Investment Trust and WM Variable Trust portfolios is also known as a 12b-1 fee. Generally, this fee may be paid to financial intermediaries for services provided over the life of the contract. SEE FEE TABLE ON PAGE 6. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THESE INVESTMENT CHARGES, REFER TO THE PROSPECTUSES FOR THE ANCHOR SERIES TRUST, SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST, VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST AND/OR WM VARIABLE TRUST. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FEE During the Accumulation Phase, we subtract a contract maintenance fee from your account once per year. This charge compensates us for the cost of contract administration. If your contract value is $50,000 or more on your contract anniversary date, we will waive the charge. This waiver is subject to change without notice. We deduct the $35 ($30 in North Dakota) contract maintenance fee on a pro-rata basis from your account value on your contract anniversary. In the states of Texas and Washington a contract maintenance fee will be deducted pro-rata from the Variable Portfolio(s) in which you are invested, only. If you withdraw your entire contract value, we deduct the fee from that withdrawal. TRANSFER FEE We currently allow 15 free transfers per contract year. We charge $25 ($10 in Pennsylvania and Texas) for each additional transfer in any contract year. OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT FEES Please see page 23 for additional information regarding the Estate Rewards and Earnings Advantage fee. OPTIONAL INCOME PROTECTOR FEE Please see page 30 of this prospectus for additional information regarding the Income Protector fee. PREMIUM TAX Certain states charge the Company a tax on the premiums you pay into the contract. We deduct from your contract these premium tax charges. Currently we deduct the charge for premium taxes when you fully surrender or annuitize the contract. In the future, we may assess this deduction at the time you put Purchase Payment(s) into the contract or upon payment of a death benefit. APPENDIX D provides more information about premium taxes. INCOME TAXES We do not currently deduct income taxes from your contract. We reserve the right to do so in the future. 27 REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES, AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS CREDITED Sometimes sales of the contracts to groups of similarly situated individuals may lower our administrative and/or sales expenses. We reserve the right to reduce or waive certain charges and expenses when this type of sale occurs. In addition, we may also credit additional interest to policies sold to such groups. We determine which groups are eligible for such treatment. Some of the criteria we evaluate to make a determination are: size of the group; amount of expected Purchase Payments; relationship existing between us and prospective purchaser; nature of the purchase; length of time a group of contracts is expected to remain active; purpose of the purchase and whether that purpose increases the likelihood that our expenses will be reduced; and/or any other factors that we believe indicate that administrative and/or sales expenses may be reduced. Anchor National may make such a determination regarding sales to its employees, it affiliates' employees and employees of currently contracted broker-dealers; its registered representatives and immediate family members of all of those described. We reserve the right to change or modify any such determination or the treatment applied to a particular group, at any time. INCOME OPTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUITY DATE During the Income Phase, the money in your Contract is used to make regular income payments to you. You may switch to the Income Phase any time after your second contract anniversary. You select the month and year in which you want income payments to begin. The first day of that month is the Annuity Date. You may change your Annuity Date, so long as you do so at least seven days before the income payments are scheduled to begin. Once you begin receiving income payments, you cannot change your Income Option. Except as discussed under Option 5, once you begin receiving income payments, you cannot otherwise access your money through a withdrawal or surrender. Other pay out options may be available. Contact Our Annuity Service Center for more information. Income payments must begin on or before your 95th birthday or on your tenth contract anniversary, whichever occurs later. If you do not choose an Annuity Date, your income payments will automatically begin on this date (latest Annuity Date.) Certain states may require your income payments to start earlier. If the Annuity Date is past your 85th birthday, your contract could lose its status as an annuity under Federal tax laws. This may cause you to incur adverse tax consequences. In addition, certain Qualified contracts require you to take minimum distributions after you reach age 70 1/2. SEE TAXES ON PAGE 33. INCOME OPTIONS Currently, this Contract offers five Income Options. Other annuity options may be available. Please check with the Annuity Service Center for details. If you elect to receive income payments but do not select an option, your income payments will be made in accordance with Option 4 for a period of 10 years. For income payments selected for joint lives, we pay according to Option 3. We base our calculation of income payments on the life of the Annuitant and the annuity rates set forth in your contract. As the contract owner, you may change the Annuitant at any time prior to the Annuity Date. You must notify us if the Annuitant dies before the Annuity Date and then designate a new Annuitant. OPTION 1 - LIFE INCOME ANNUITY This option provides income payments for the life of the Annuitant. Income payments stop when the Annuitant dies. 28 OPTION 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE ANNUITY This option provides income payments for the life of the Annuitant and for the life of another designated person. Upon the death of either person, we will continue to make income payments during the lifetime of the survivor. Income payments stop whenever the survivor dies. OPTION 3 - JOINT AND 100% SURVIVOR LIFE ANNUITY WITH 10 OR 20 YEAR PERIOD CERTAIN This option is similar to Option 2 above, with an additional guarantee of payments for at least 10 or 20 years. If the Annuitant and the Survivor die before all of the payments have been made, the remaining payments are made to the Beneficiary under your Contract. OPTION 4 - LIFE ANNUITY WITH 10 OR 20 YEAR PERIOD CERTAIN This option is similar to Option 1 above. In addition, this option provides a guarantee that income payments will be made for at least 10 or 20 years. You select the number of years. If the Annuitant dies before all guaranteed income payments are made, the remaining income payments go to the Beneficiary under your Contract. OPTION 5 - INCOME FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD This option provides income payments for a guaranteed period ranging from 5 to 30 years. If the Annuitant dies before all the guaranteed income payments are made, the remaining income payments are made to the Beneficiary under your contract. Additionally, if variable income payments are elected under this option, you (or the Beneficiary under the contract if the Annuitant dies prior to all guaranteed payments being made) may redeem the contract value (in full or in part) after the Annuity Date. The amount available upon such redemption would be the discounted present value of any remaining guaranteed payments. The value of an Annuity Unit, regardless of the option chosen, takes into account the mortality and expense risk charge. Since Option 5 does not contain an element of mortality risk, no benefit is derived from this charge. We make income payments on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. You instruct us to send you a check or to have the payments direct deposited into your bank account. If state law allows, we distribute annuities with a contract value of $5,000 or less in a lump sum. Also, if the selected income option results in annuity payments of less than $50 per payment, we may decrease the frequency of the payments, state law allowing. See the INCOME PROTECTOR section below for specifics relative to taking income under that feature. ALLOCATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS You can choose income payments that are fixed, variable or both. If payments are fixed, Anchor National guarantees the amounts of each payment. If the payments are variable, the amounts are not guaranteed. They will go up and/or down based upon the performance of the Variable Portfolio(s) in which you invest. FIXED OR VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS If at the date when income payments begin you are invested in the Variable Portfolio(s) only, your income payments will be variable. If your money is only in fixed accounts at that time, your income payments will be fixed in amount. If you are invested in both fixed and variable options at the time you begin the Income Phase, a portion of your income payments will be fixed and a portion will be variable. INCOME PAYMENTS Your income payments will vary if you are invested in the Variable Portfolio(s) after the Annuity date depending on four factors: - for life options, your age when payments begin, - the value of your contract in the Variable Portfolio(s) on the Annuity Date, 29 - the 3.5% assumed investment rate for variable income payments used in the annuity table for the contract, and; - the performance of the Variable Portfolio(s) in which you are invested during the time you receive income payments. If you are invested in both the fixed account options and the Variable Portfolio(s) after the Annuity Date, the allocation of funds between the fixed accounts and Variable Portfolio(s) also impacts the amount of your annuity payments. TRANSFERS DURING THE INCOME PHASE During the Income Phase, one transfer per month is permitted between the Variable Portfolios. No other transfers are allowed during the Income Phase. DEFERMENT OF PAYMENTS We may defer making fixed payments for up to six months, or less if required by law. Interest is credited to you during the deferral period. Please read the Statement of Additional Information, available upon request, for a more detailed discussion of the income options. INCOME PROTECTOR You may elect to enroll in the Income Protector Program. The Income Protector Program offers you the ability to receive a guaranteed fixed minimum retirement income when you choose to switch to the Income Phase. Income Protector should be regarded only as a "safety net." If you elect the Income Protector you can know the level of minimum income that will be available to you upon annuitization, regardless of fluctuating market conditions. In order to utilize the program, you must follow the provisions discussed below. The minimum level of Income Protector benefit available is generally based upon your Purchase Payments remaining in your contract at the time you decide to begin taking income. If available and elected, a growth rate can provide increased levels of minimum guaranteed income. We charge a fee for the Income Protector benefit. The amount of the fee and levels of income protection available to you are described below. This feature may not be available in your state. Once you have made an Income Protector election it can not be changed or terminated. Check with your financial advisor regarding availability. You are not required to use the Income Protector to receive income payments. The general provisions of your contract provide other income options. However, we will not refund fees paid for the Income Protector if you begin taking income payments under the general provisions of your contract. In addition, if applicable, surrender charges will be assessed upon your beginning the Income Phase, if you annuitize under the Income Protector Program. YOU MAY NEVER NEED TO RELY UPON INCOME PROTECTOR IF YOUR CONTRACT PERFORMS WITHIN A HISTORICALLY ANTICIPATED RANGE. HOWEVER, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Certain federal tax code restrictions on the income options available to qualified retirement investors may have an impact on your ability to benefit from this feature. Qualified investors should read NOTE TO QUALIFIED CONTRACT HOLDERS, below. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF YOUR MINIMUM GUARANTEED INCOME? If you elect the Income Protector Program, we base the amount of minimum retirement income available to you upon a calculation we call the Income Benefit Base. At the time your enrollment in the Income Protector program becomes effective, your Initial Income Benefit Base is equal to your contract value. If elected, your participation becomes effective on the date of issue of the contract. The Income Benefit Base is only a calculation. It does not represent a contract value, nor does it guarantee performance of the Variable Portfolios in which you invest. 30 Your Income Benefit Base increases if you make subsequent Purchase Payments and decreases if you withdraw money from your contract. The exact Income Benefit Base calculation is equal to (a) plus (b) minus (c) where: (a) is equal to, for the first year of calculation, your contract value on the date your participation became effective, and for each subsequent year of calculation, the Income Benefit Base of your prior contract anniversary, and; (b) is equal to the sum of all subsequent Purchase Payments made into the contract since the prior contract anniversary, and; (c) is equal to all withdrawals and applicable fees and charges since the last contract anniversary, in an amount proportionate to the amount by which such withdrawals decreased your contract value. Your Income Benefit Base may accumulate at the elected growth rate, if available, from the date your election becomes effective through your Income Benefit Date. Any applicable growth rate will reduce to 0% on the anniversary immediately after the annuitant's 90th birthday. LEVEL OF PROTECTION If you decide that you want the protection offered by the Income Protector Program, you must elect the Income Protector by completing the Income Protector Election form available through our Annuity Service Center. You must elect the Income Protector feature at the time your contract is issued. You may only elect one of the offered alternatives, if more than one is available, and you can never change your election once made. Your Income Benefit Base will begin accumulating at the applicable growth rate on the contract anniversary following our receipt of your completed election form. In order to obtain the benefit of the Income Protector you may not begin the income Phase for at least ten years following your election. You may not elect the Income Protector Program if the required waiting period before beginning the income phase would occur later than your latest Annuity Date. The Income Protector option(s) currently available under this contract are:
FEE AS A % OF YOUR INCOME WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THE OPTION GROWTH RATE BENEFIT BASE INCOME PHASE ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Income Protector Base 0% 0.10% 10 years
ELECTING TO RECEIVE INCOME You may elect to begin the Income Phase of your contract using the Income Protector Program only within the 30 days after the 10th or later contract anniversary following the effective date of your Income Protector participation. The contract anniversary prior to your election to begin receiving income payments is your Income Benefit Date. We calculate your Income Benefit Base as of that date to use in determining your guaranteed minimum fixed retirement income. To determine the minimum guaranteed retirement income available to you, we apply your final Income Benefit Base to the annuity rates stated in your Income Protector endorsement for the income option you select. You then choose if you would like to receive the income annually, semi-annually, quarterly or monthly for the time guaranteed under your selected income option. Your final Income Benefit Base is equal to (a) minus (b) where: (a) is your Income Benefit Base as of your Income Benefit Date, and; (b) is any partial withdrawals of contract value and any charges applicable to those withdrawals and any withdrawal charges otherwise applicable, calculated as if you fully surrender your contract as of the Income Benefit Date, and any applicable premium taxes. 31 The income options available when using the Income Protector feature to receive your retirement income are: - Life Annuity with 10 years guaranteed, or - Joint and 100% Survivor Life Annuity with 20 years guaranteed At the time you elect to begin receiving income payments, we will calculate your income payments using both your Income Benefit Base and your contract value. We will use the same income option for each calculation; however, the annuity factors used to calculate your income under the Income Protector feature will be different. You will receive whichever provides a greater stream of income. If you elect to receive income payments using the Income Protector feature your income payments will be fixed in amount. FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCOME PROTECTOR PROGRAM If you elect to participate in the Income Protector program we charge an annual fee, as follows:
OPTION FEE AS A % OF YOUR INCOME BENEFIT BASE ---------------------------- --------------------------------------- Income Protector Base 0.10%
We deduct the annual fee from your actual Contract Value. We begin deducting the annual fee on your first contract anniversary. Additionally, if you fully surrender your contract prior to your contract anniversary, we will deduct the fee at the time of surrender based on your Income Benefit Base as of the surrender date. Once elected, the Income Protector Program and its corresponding charges may not be terminated until full surrender or annuitization of the contract occurs. NOTE TO QUALIFIED CONTRACT HOLDERS Qualified contracts generally require that you select an income option that does not exceed your life expectancy. That restriction, if it applies to you, may limit the benefit of the Income Protector program. To utilize the Income Protector feature, you must take income payments under one of the two income options described above. If those income options exceed your life expectancy, you may be prohibited from receiving your guaranteed fixed income under the program. If you own a Qualified contract to which this restriction applies and you elect the Income Protector program, you may pay for this minimum guarantee and not be able to realize the benefit. Generally, for Qualified contracts: - for the Life Annuity with 10 years guaranteed, you must annuitize before age 79, and; - for the Joint and 100% Survivor Annuity with 20 years guaranteed, both annuitants must be 70 or younger or one of the annuitants must be 65 or younger upon annuitization. Other age combinations may be available. You may wish to consult your tax advisor for information concerning your particular circumstances. The Income Protector program may not be available in all states. Check with your financial advisor for availability in your state. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Income Protector Program at any time. 32 TAXES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: WE PREPARED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON TAXES AS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT. IT IS NOT TAX ADVICE. WE CAUTION YOU TO SEEK COMPETENT TAX ADVICE ABOUT YOUR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE TAX STATUS OF YOUR ANNUITY. TAX LAWS CONSTANTLY CHANGE, THEREFORE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS COMPLETE AND/OR ACCURATE. ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN GENERAL The Internal Revenue Code ("federal tax code" or "IRC") provides for special rules regarding the tax treatment of annuity contracts. Generally, taxes on the earnings in your annuity contract are deferred until you take the money out. Qualified retirement investments automatically provide tax deferral regardless of whether the underlying contract is an annuity. Different rules apply depending on how you take the money out and whether your contract is Qualified or Non-qualified. If you do not purchase your contract under a pension plan, a specially sponsored employer program or an individual retirement account, your contract is referred to as a Non-qualified contract. A Non-qualified contract receives different tax treatment than a Qualified contract. In general, your cost basis in a Non-qualified contract is equal to the Purchase Payments you put into the contract. You have already been taxed on the cost basis in your contract. If you purchase your contract under a pension plan, a specially sponsored employer program or as an individual retirement account, your contract is referred to as a Qualified contract. Examples of Qualified plans are: Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), Roth IRAs, Tax-Sheltered Annuities (referred to as 403(b) contracts), H.R. 10 Plans (referred to as Keogh Plans) and pension and profit sharing plans, including 401(k) plans. Typically you have not paid any tax on the Purchase Payments used to buy your contract and therefore, you have no cost basis in your contract. TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS--NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACTS If you make a withdrawal from a Non-qualified contract, the federal tax code treats such a withdrawal as first coming from the earnings and then as coming from your Purchase Payments. For annuity payments, any portion of each payment that is considered a return of your Purchase Payment will not be taxed. Withdrawn earnings are treated as income to you and are taxable. The federal tax code provides for a 10% penalty tax on any earnings that are withdrawn other than in conjunction with the following circumstances: (1) after reaching age 59 1/2; (2) when paid to your Beneficiary after you die; (3) after you become disabled (as defined in the federal tax code); (4) in a series of substantially equal installments made for your life or for the joint lives of you and you Beneficiary; (5) under an immediate annuity; or (6) which come from Purchase Payments made prior to August 14, 1982. TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS--QUALIFIED CONTRACTS Generally, you have not paid any taxes on the Purchase Payments used to buy a Qualified contract. Any amount of money you take out as a withdrawal or as income payments is taxable income. The federal tax code further provides for a 10% penalty tax on any withdrawal or income payment paid to you other than in conjunction with the following circumstances: (1) after reaching age 59 1/2; (2) when paid to your Beneficiary after you die; (3) after you become disabled (as defined in the federal tax code); (4) in a series of substantially equal installments made for your life or for the joint lives of you and your Beneficiary; (5) to the extent such withdrawals do not exceed limitations set by the federal tax code for amounts paid during the taxable year for medical care; (6) to fund higher education expenses (as defined in federal tax code); (7) to fund certain first- time home purchase expenses; and, except in the case of an IRA; (8) when you separate from service after attaining age 55; and (9) when paid to an alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. The federal tax code limits the withdrawal of Purchase Payments from certain Tax-Sheltered Annuities. Withdrawals can only be made when an owner: (1) reaches age 59 1/2; (2) leaves his or her job; (3) dies; (4) becomes disabled (as defined in the federal tax code); or (5) in the case of hardship. In the case of hardship, 33 the owner can only withdraw Purchase Payments. These restrictions do not apply to amounts transferred to another TSA contract under section 403(b) or to a custodial account under section 403(b)(7). TAX TREATMENT OF NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACTS OWNED BY A TRUST OR CORPORATION A Trust or Corporation ("Non-Natural Owner") that is considering purchasing this contract should consult a tax advisor. Generally, the IRC does not treat a Non-qualified contract owned by a non-natural owner as an annuity contract for Federal income tax purposes. The non-natural owner pays tax currently on the contract's value in excess of the owner's cost basis. SEE THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH NON-NATURAL OWNERSHIP OF A NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACT. TAX TREATMENT OF GIFTS, PLEDGES AND/OR ASSIGNMENTS OF A NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACT If you gift your Non-qualified contract to a person other than your spouse (or former spouse incident to divorce) you will pay federal tax on the contract's cash value to the extent it exceeds your cost basis. The recipient's cost basis will be increased by the amount on which you will pay federal taxes. Also, the IRC treats any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) of any portion of a Non-qualified contract as a withdrawal. PLEASE SEE THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION REGARDING POTENTIAL TAX CONSEQUENCES OF GIFTING, ASSIGNING OR PLEDGING A NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACT. MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS Generally, the IRS requires that you begin taking annual distributions from Qualified contracts by April 1, of the calendar year following the later of (1) the calendar year in which you attain age 70 1/2 or (2) for Qualified contracts other than IRAs the calendar year in which you retire. Minimum distributions are not required in a Roth IRA, during your lifetime. Failure to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements may result in a tax penalty. You should contact your tax advisor for more information. The IRS has issued new proposed regulations regarding required minimum distributions from Qualified contracts. These new rules are to be effective January 1, 2002. However, these new rules may be used in determining required minimum distributions for 2001 by owners of IRAs, Tax-Sheltered Annuities and pension and profit sharing plans. You should consult your Qualified plan sponsor and your tax advisor to determine if these new rules are available for your benefit. You may elect to have the required minimum distribution amount on your contract calculated and withdrawn each year under the automatic withdrawal option. You may select either monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual withdrawals for this purpose. This service is provided as a courtesy and we do not guarantee the accuracy of our calculations. Accordingly, we recommend you consult your tax advisor concerning your required minimum distribution. You may terminate your election for automated minimum distribution at any time by sending a written request to our Annuity Service Center. We reserve the right to change, modify or discontinue the service at any time. TAX TREATMENT OF DEATH BENEFITS Any death benefits paid under the contract are taxable to the Beneficiary. The rules governing the taxation of payments from an annuity contract, as discussed above, generally apply whether the death benefits are paid as lump sum or annuity payments. Estate taxes may also apply. Certain enhanced death benefits may be purchased under your contract. Although these types of benefits are used as investment protection and should not give rise to any adverse tax effects, the IRS could take the position that some or all of the charges for these death benefits should be treated as a partial withdrawal from the contract. In such case, the amount of the partial withdrawal may be includable in taxable income and subject to the 10% penalty if the owner is under 59 1/2. If you own a Qualified contract and purchase these enhanced death benefits, the IRS may consider these benefits "incidental death benefits." The IRC imposes limits on the amount of the incidental death benefits allowable for 34 Qualified contracts. If the death benefit(s) selected by you are considered to exceed these limits, the benefit(s) could result in taxable income to the owner of the Qualified contract. Furthermore, the IRC provides that the assets of an IRA (including a Roth IRA) may not be invested in life insurance, but may provide, in the case of death during the Accumulation Phase, for a death benefit payment equal to the greater of Purchase Payments or contract value. This Contract offers death benefits, which may exceed the greater of Purchase Payments or contract value. If the IRS determines that these benefits are providing life insurance, the contract may not qualify as an IRA (including Roth IRAs). You should consult your tax adviser regarding these features and benefits prior to purchasing a contract. DIVERSIFICATION The IRC imposes certain diversification requirements on the underlying investments for a variable annuity. We believe that the underlying Portfolios' management monitors the variable Portfolios so as to comply with these requirements. To be treated as a variable annuity for tax purposes, the underlying investments must meet these requirements. The diversification regulations do not provide guidance as to the circumstances under which you, because of the degree of control you exercise over the underlying investments, and not Anchor National, would be considered the owner of the shares of the Portfolios. It is unknown to what extent owners are permitted to select investments, to make transfers among Portfolios or the number and type of Portfolios owners may select from. If any guidance is provided which is considered a new position, then the guidance would generally be applied prospectively. However, if such guidance is considered not to be a new position, it may be applied retroactively. This would mean you, as the owner of the contract, could be treated as the owner of the underlying variable investment Portfolios. Due to the uncertainty in this area, we reserve the right to modify the contract in an attempt to maintain favorable tax treatment. PERFORMANCE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We advertise the Cash Management Portfolio's yield and effective yield. In addition, the other Variable Portfolios advertise total return, gross yield and yield-to-maturity. These figures represent past performance of the Variable Portfolios. These performance numbers do not indicate future results. When we advertise performance for periods prior to the date the contracts were first issued, we derive the figures from the performance of the corresponding portfolios for the Trusts, if available. We modify these numbers to reflect charges and expenses as if the contract was in existence during the period stated in the advertisement. Figures calculated in this manner do not represent actual historic performance of the particular Variable Portfolio. Consult the Statement of Additional Information for more detailed information regarding the calculation of performance data. The performance of each Variable Portfolio may also be measured against unmanaged market indices. The indices we use include but are not limited to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia and Far East Index ("EAFE") and the Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index. We may compare the Variable Portfolios' performance to that of other variable annuities with similar objectives and policies as reported by independent ranking agencies such as Morningstar, Inc., Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. or Variable Annuity Research & Data Service ("VARDS"). Anchor National may also advertise the rating and other information assigned to it by independent industry ratings organizations. Some of those organizations are A.M. Best Company ("A.M. Best"), Moody's Investor's Service ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's Insurance Rating Services ("S&P"), and Fitch IBCA Duff & Phelps. A.M. Best's and Moody's ratings reflect their current opinion of our financial strength and performance in comparison to others in the life and health insurance industry. S&P's and Fitch IBCA Duff & Phelps' ratings measure the ability of an insurance company to meet its obligations under insurance policies it issues. These two ratings do not measure the insurer's ability to meet non-policy obligations. Ratings in general do not relate to the performance of the Variable Portfolios. 35 OTHER INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANCHOR NATIONAL Anchor National is a stock life insurance company originally organized under the laws of the state of California in April, 1965. On January 1, 1996, Anchor National redomesticated under the laws of the state of Arizona. Anchor National and its affiliates, SunAmerica Life Insurance Company, First SunAmerica Life Insurance Company, SunAmerica Asset Management Corporation, and the SunAmerica Financial Network, Inc. (comprising six wholly owned broker-dealers), specialize in retirement savings and investment products and services. Business focuses include fixed and variable annuities, mutual funds and broker-dealer services. THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT Anchor National originally established a separate account, Variable Separate Account (the "Separate Account"), under Arizona law on January 1, 1996 when it assumed the separate account, originally established under California law on June 25, 1981. The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Anchor National owns the assets in the Separate Account. However, the assets in the Separate Account are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business conducted by Anchor National. Income gains and losses (realized and unrealized) resulting from assets in the Separate Account are credited to or charged against the Separate Account without regard to other income, gains or losses of Anchor National. Assets in the Separate Account are not guaranteed by Anchor National. CUSTODIAN State Street Bank and Trust Company, 255 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, serves as the custodian of the assets of the Separate Account. Anchor National pays State Street Bank for services provided, based on a schedule of fees. THE GENERAL ACCOUNT Money allocated to the fixed account options goes into Anchor National's general account. The general account consists of all of Anchor National's assets other than assets attributable to a separate account. All of the assets in the general account are chargeable with the claims of any Anchor National contract holders as well as all of its creditors. The general account funds are invested as permitted under state insurance laws. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT Registered representatives of broker-dealers sell the contract. We pay commissions to these representatives for the sale of the contracts. We do not expect the total commissions to exceed 8.0% of your Purchase Payments. We may also pay a bonus to representatives for contracts which stay active for a particular period of time, in addition to standard commissions. We do not deduct commissions paid to registered representatives directly from your Purchase Payments. From time to time, we may pay or allow additional promotional incentives in the form of cash or other compensation. We reserve the right to offer these additional incentives only to certain broker-dealers that sell or are expected to sell, certain minimum amounts of the contract, or other contracts offered by us. Promotional incentives may change at any time. WM Funds Distributor, 12009 Foundation Place, Suite 350, Gold River, California 95670 distributes the contracts. WM Funds Distributor is a registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act of 1934 and a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. No underwriting fees are paid in connection with the distribution of the contracts. 36 ADMINISTRATION We are responsible for the administrative servicing of your contract. During the Accumulation Phase, you will receive confirmation of transactions within your contract. Transactions made pursuant to contractual or systematic agreements, such as deduction of the annual maintenance fee and dollar cost averaging, may be confirmed quarterly. Purchase payments received through the Automatic Payment Plan or a salary reduction arrangement, may also be confirmed quarterly. For all other transactions, we send confirmations immediately. During the Accumulation and Income Phases, you will receive a statement of your transactions over the past quarter and a summary of your account values. Please contact our Annuity Service Center at 1-877-311-WMVA (9682), if you have any comment, question or service request. We send out transaction confirmations and quarterly statements. It is your responsibility to review these documents carefully and notify us of any inaccuracies immediately. We investigate all inquiries. To the extent that we believe we made an error, we retroactively adjust your contract, provided you notify us within 30 days of receiving the transaction confirmation or quarterly statement. Any other adjustments we deem warranted are made as of the time we receive notice of the error. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS There are no pending legal proceedings affecting the Separate Account. Anchor National and its subsidiaries engage in various kinds of routine litigation. In management's opinion, these matters are not of material importance to their respective total assets nor are they material with respect to the Separate Account. OWNERSHIP The WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity is a Flexible Payment Group Deferred Annuity contract. We issue a group contract to a contract holder for the benefit of the participants in the group. As a participant in the group, you will receive a certificate which evidences your ownership. As used in this prospectus, the term contract refers to your certificate. In some states, a Flexible Payment Individual Modified Guaranteed and Variable Deferred Annuity contract is available instead. Such a contract is identical to the contract described in this prospectus, with the exception that we issue it directly to the owner. INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS The audited consolidated financial statements of Anchor National at December 31, 2000 and 1999, for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, for the three months ended December 31, 1998 and for the year ended September 30, 1998 are incorporated herein by reference in this prospectus in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. As of the date of this prospectus, sales of WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity have just begun; therefore there are no separate account financial statements incorporated by reference. REGISTRATION STATEMENT A registration statement has been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the contract. This prospectus does not contain all the information in the registration statement as permitted by SEC regulations. The omitted information can be obtained from the SEC's principal office in Washington, D.C., upon payment of a prescribed fee. 37 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information concerning the operations of the separate account is contained in a Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), which is available without charge upon written request addressed to us at our Annuity Service Center, P.O. Box 54299, Los Angeles, California 90054-0299 or by calling (800) 445-SUN2. The contents of the SAI are tabulated below. Separate Account............................................ 3 General Account............................................. 4 Performance Data............................................ 4 Income Payments............................................. 9 Annuity Unit Values......................................... 10 Taxes....................................................... 13 Distribution of Contracts................................... 18 Financial Statements........................................ 18
38 APPENDIX A - MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT ("MVA") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MVA reflects the impact that changing interest rates have on the value of money invested at a fixed interest rate. The longer the period of time remaining in the term you initially agreed to leave your money in the fixed investment option, the greater the impact of changing interest rates. The impact of the market value adjustment can be either positive or negative, and is computed by multiplying the amount withdrawn, transferred or annuitized by the following factor: (N/12) [(1+I/(1+J+L)] - 1 The MVA formula may differ in certain states where: I is the interest rate you are earning on the money invested in the fixed investment option; J is the interest rate then currently available for the period of time equal to the number of years remaining in the term you initially agreed to leave your money in the fixed investment option; and L is equal to 0.005, except in Florida where it is equal to 0.0025. N is the number of full months remaining in the term you initially agreed to leave your money in the fixed investment option. EXAMPLES OF THE MVA The examples below assume the following: (1) You made an initial Purchase Payment of $10,000 and allocated it to the 3-year fixed investment option at a rate of 5%; (2) You make a partial withdrawal of $4,000 when 1 year (12 months) remain in the 3-year term you initially agreed to leave your money in the fixed investment option (N=12); and (3) You have not made any other transfers, additional Purchase Payments, or withdrawals. No withdrawal charges are reflected because your Purchase Payment has been in the contract for three full years. If a withdrawal charge applies, it is deducted before the MVA. The MVA is assessed on the amount withdrawn less any withdrawal charges. POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT Assume that on the date of withdrawal, the interest rate in effect for a new Purchase Payments in the 3-year fixed investment option is 4%. The MVA factor is (N/12) = [(1+I/(1+J+0.005)] - 1 (12/12) = [(1.05)/(1.04+0.005)] - 1 (1) = (1.004785) - 1 = 1.004785 - 1 = +0.004785 The requested withdrawal amount is multiplied by the MVA factor to determine the MVA: $4,000 X (+0.004785) = +$19.14 $19.14 represents the MVA that would be added to your withdrawal. A-1 NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENT Assume that on the date of withdrawal, the interest rate in effect for new Purchase Payments in the 3-year fixed investment option is 6%. The MVA factor is (N/12) = [(1+I)/(1+J+0.005)] - 1 (12/12) = [(1.05)/(1.06+0.005)] - 1 (1) = (0.985915) - 1 = 0.985915 - 1 = -0.014085 The requested withdrawal amount is multiplied by the MVA factor to determine the MVA: $4,000 X (-0.014085) = -$56.34 $56.34 represents the MVA that will be deducted from the money remaining in the 3-year fixed investment option. A-2 APPENDIX B - DEATH BENEFITS FOLLOWING SPOUSAL CONTINUATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The term "Continuation Net Purchase Payment" is used frequently to describe the death benefit options payable to the beneficiary of a Continuing Spouse. We define Continuation Net Purchase Payment as Net Purchase Payments made as of the Continuation Date plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the Continuation Date; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after the Continuation Date, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. For the purposes of calculating Continuation Net Purchase Payments, the amount that equals the contract value on the Continuation Date, including the Continuation Contribution is considered a Purchase Payment. If the Continuing Spouse makes no additional Purchase Payments or withdrawals, Continuation Net Purchase Payments equal the contract value on the Continuation Date, including the Continuation Contribution. All other capitalized terms have the meanings defined in the glossary and/or prospectus. STANDARD DEATH BENEFIT PAYABLE UPON CONTINUING SPOUSE'S DEATH I. If the Standard Death Benefit is applicable upon the Continuing Spouse's death and a Continuation Contribution was made we will pay the beneficiary the greater of: 1.Continuation Net Purchase Payments compounded at a 3% annual growth rate from the Continuation Date until the earlier of age 75 or the date of death of the Continuing Spouse, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death of the Continuing Spouse; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. 2.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. II.If the Standard Death Benefit is applicable upon the Continuing Spouse's death and no Continuation Contributions was made we will pay the beneficiary the greater of: 1.Net Purchase Payments compounded at a 3% annual growth rate from the date of issue until the earlier of age 75 or the date of death, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after the earlier of age 75 or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of withdrawal. 2.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. ESTATE REWARDS DEATH BENEFIT PAYABLE UPON CONTINUING SPOUSE'S DEATH If Estate Rewards is applicable upon the Continuing Spouse's death, we will pay the Beneficiary the applicable death benefit under Option 1 or 2. OPTION 1 - 5% ACCUMULATION: I. If the 5% Accumulation Option is selected and a Continuation Contribution was made the death benefit is the greater of: a.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of the Continuing Spouse's death; or b.Continuation Net Purchase Payments made from the Continuation Date including the Continuation Contribution, compounded to the earlier of the Continuing Spouse's 80th birthday or the date of death at a 5% annual growth rate, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal, up to a maximum benefit of two times the Continuation Net Purchase Payments. B-1 II. If 5% Accumulation Option is selected and no Continuation Contribution was made: a.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of Continuing Spouse's death; or b.Net Purchase Payments made from the date of issue compounded to the earlier of the Continuing Spouse's 80th birthday or the date of death at a 5% annual growth rate, plus any Purchase Payments recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after the 80th birthday or the date of death, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal, up to a maximum of two times the Net Purchase Payments. If the Continuing Spouse dies after the latest Annuity Date and the 5% Accumulation option applied, any death benefit payable under the contract will be the Standard Death Benefit as described above. The Continuing Spouse's beneficiary will not receive any benefit from Seasons Estate Advantage. OPTION 2 - MAXIMUM ANNIVERSARY VALUE: III.If the Maximum Anniversary Value option is selected and if the Continuing Spouse is younger than age 90 at the time of death and a Continuation Contribution was made, the death benefit is the greatest of: a.Continuation Net Purchase Payments; or b.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of the Continuing Spouse's death; or c.The maximum anniversary value on any contract anniversary (of the original issue date) occurring after the Continuation Date but prior to the Continuing Spouse's 81st birthday. The anniversary value equals the value on the contract anniversary plus any Purchase Payments recorded after that anniversary; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after that anniversary, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. IV.If the Maximum Anniversary Value option is selected and no Continuation Contribution was made the death benefit is the greatest of: a.Net Purchase Payments; or b.The contract value on the date we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of the Continuing Spouse's death; or c.The maximum anniversary value on any contract anniversary (of the original issue date) occurring after the issue date but before the Continuing Spouse's 81st birthday. The anniversary value equals the value on the contract anniversary plus any Purchase Payments recorded after that anniversary; and reduced for any withdrawals recorded after that anniversary, in the same proportion that the withdrawal reduced the contract value on the date of the withdrawal. If the Continuing Spouse is age 90 or older at the time of death and the Maximum Anniversary Value option applied, the death benefit will be equal to the contract value at the time we receive all required paperwork and satisfactory proof of death. The Continuing Spouse's beneficiary will not receive any benefit from Estate Rewards. However, the Continuing Spouse's beneficiary may still receive a benefit from Earnings Advantage if the date of death is prior to the latest annuity date. EARNINGS ADVANTAGE BENEFIT FOR SPOUSAL CONTINUATION: The Earnings Advantage benefit may increase the death benefit amount. The Earnings Advantage benefit is only available if the original owner elected Earnings Advantage and it has not been discontinued or terminated. If the Continuing Spouse had earnings in the contract at the time of his/her death, we will add a percentage of those earnings (the "Earnings Advantage Percentage"), subject to a maximum dollar amount (the "Maximum Earnings Advantage Percentage"), to the death benefit payable. B-2 The Contract Year of Death (from Continuation Date forward) will determine the Earnings Advantage Percentage and the Maximum Earnings Advantage amount, as set forth below:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARNINGS ADVANTAGE CONTRACT YEAR OF DEATH PERCENTAGE MAXIMUM EARNINGS ADVANTAGE PERCENTAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years 0 - 4 25% of earnings 25% of Continuation Net Purchase Payments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years 5 - 9 40% of earnings 40% of Continuation Net Purchase Payments* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years 10+ 50% of earnings 50% of Continuation Net Purchase Payments* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*PURCHASE PAYMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THE 5TH CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY MUST REMAIN IN THE CONTRACT FOR AT LEAST SIX FULL MONTHS AT THE TIME OF YOUR DEATH TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF CONTINUATION NET PURCHASE PAYMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE MAXIMUM EARNINGS ADVANTAGE CALCULATION. What is the Contract Year of Death? Contract Year of Death is the number of full 12 month periods starting on the Continuation Date and ending on the Continuing Spouse's date of death. What is the Earnings Advantage amount? We determine the Earnings Advantage amount based upon a percentage of earnings in the contract at the time of the Continuing Spouse's death. For the purpose of this calculation, earnings are defined as (1) minus (2) where (1) equals the contract value on the Continuing Spouse's date of death; (2) equals the Continuation Net Purchase Payment(s). What is the Maximum Earnings Advantage amount? The Earnings Advantage amount is subject to a maximum. The Maximum Earnings Advantage amount is a percentage of the Continuation Net Purchase Payments. The Earnings Advantage benefit will only be paid if the Continuing Spouse's date of death is prior to the latest Annuity Date. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE SPOUSAL CONTINUATION PROVISION (IN ITS ENTIRETY OR ANY COMPONENT) AT ANY TIME. B-3 APPENDIX C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF THE OPERATION OF THE INCOME PROTECTOR PROGRAM: This table assumes a $100,000 initial investment in a Non-qualified contract, the election of the optional Income Protector Program at contract issue, with no withdrawals, additional payments or premium taxes, no election of Estate Rewards or Earnings Advantage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL INCOME IF YOU ANNUITIZE ON THE FOLLOWING CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY IF AT ISSUE YOU 10 11 12 15 19 20 ARE... 1-8 (AGE 70) (AGE 71) (AGE 72) (AGE 75) (AGE 79) (AGE 80) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALE N/A 6,672 6,864 7,080 7,716 8,616 8,832 AGE 60* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEMALE N/A 5,880 6,060 6,252 6,900 7,860 8,112 AGE 60* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALE, AGE 60 N/A 5,028 5,136 5,244 5,544 5,868 5,928 FEMALE, AGE 60** -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Life Annuity with 10 Year Period Certain ** Joint and 100% Survivor Annuity with 20 Year Period Certain The Income Protector may not be available in your state. Please consult your financial adviser for information regarding availability of this program in your state. C-1 APPENDIX D - PREMIUM TAXES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Premium taxes vary according to the state and are subject to change without notice. In many states, there is no tax at all. Listed below are the current premium tax rates in those states that assess a premium tax. For current information, you should consult your tax adviser.
QUALIFIED NON-QUALIFIED STATE CONTRACT CONTRACT ----- --------- ------------- California.................................................. 0.50% 2.35% Maine....................................................... 0% 2.00% Nevada...................................................... 0% 3.50% South Dakota................................................ 0% 1.25% West Virginia............................................... 1.00% 1.00% Wyoming..................................................... 0% 1.00%
D-1 Please forward a copy (without charge) of the WM Diversified Strategies(III) Variable Annuity Statement of Additional Information to: (Please print or type and fill in all information.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Name ------------------------------------------------------------------ Address ------------------------------------------------------------------ City/State/Zip ------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: ____________ Signed: Return to: Anchor National Life Insurance Company, Annuity Service Center, P.O. Box 52499, Los Angeles, California 90054-0299