EX-99.S 4 d474036dex99s.htm EXHIBIT S EXHIBIT S

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POWERS OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Jamie Ohl, a Director and President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of September 2022.

 

/s/ Jamie Ohl

                            
Jamie Ohl    
Director and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Matt Keppler, a Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of November 2022.

 

/s/ Matt Keppler

                            
Matt Keppler    

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Chris Giovanni, a Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of September 2022.

 

/s/ Chris Giovanni

                            
Chris Giovanni    
Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Christopher S. Fleming, a Director and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name     1940 Act File  
Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of September 2022.

 

/s/ Christopher S. Fleming

                            
Christopher S. Fleming    
Director and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Zachary Harris, a Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of September 2022.

 

/s/ Zachary Harris

                            
Zachary Harris    
Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Andrew S. Williams, a Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2023.

 

/s/ Andrew S. Williams

                            
Andrew S. Williams    
Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Bonnie T. Gerst, Director, Chairman of the Board and Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Arthur D. Woods, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, and proxies, exemptive orders or other documents filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name    Separate Account Name  

  1940 Act File  

Number

Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Advisory Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B   811-06032

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A   811-06459

Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity

    Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B   811-06546

Vanguard Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA DD   811-06144

WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA U   811-21427

WRL Freedom Premier

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Conqueror

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

WRL Freedom Wealth Creator

    WRL Series Annuity Account   811-05672

Secure Path for Life

    Separate Account VA FF   811-22370

Advantage IV

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Advantage IV

    WRL Series Life Corporate Account   811-08833

Advantage X

    Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen   811-21440

Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Financial Freedom Builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Elite builder

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

WRL Freedom Equity Protector

    WRL Series Life Account   811-4420

Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity

    Not Applicable   Not Applicable
     Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed.    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of September 2022.

 

/s/ Bonnie T. Gerst

                            
Bonnie T. Gerst
Director, Chairman of the Board and Vice President