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Prospectus supplement dated May 1, 2015
to the following prospectus(es):
BOA MSPVL prospectus dated May 1, 2008
This supplement updates certain information contained in your prospectus. Please read it and keep it with your prospectus for future reference.
1) The following disclosures are added to the prospectus. Any conflicting information in the existing prospectus is superseded by the following:
Cybersecurity
Nationwide's businesses are highly dependent upon its computer systems and those of its business partners. This makes Nationwide potentially susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a cyber-attack. These risks include direct risks, such as theft, misuse, corruption and destruction of data maintained by Nationwide, and indirect risks, such as denial of service attacks on service provider websites and other operational disruptions that impede Nationwide's ability to electronically interact with service providers. Cyber-attacks affecting Nationwide, the underlying mutual funds, intermediaries, and other service providers may adversely affect Nationwide and Contract Values. In connection with any such cyber-attacks, Nationwide and/or its service providers and intermediaries may be subject to regulatory fines and financial losses and/or reputational damage. Cyber security risks may also impact the issuers of securities in which the underlying mutual funds invest, which may cause the underlying mutual funds to lose value. Although Nationwide undertakes substantial efforts to protect its computer systems from cyber-attacks, including internal processes and technological defenses that are preventative or detective, and other controls designed to provide multiple layers of security assurance, there can be no guarantee that Nationwide, its service providers, or the underlying mutual funds will avoid losses affecting contracts due to cyber-attacks or information security breaches in the future.
In the event that contract/policy values are adversely affected as a result of the failure of Nationwide's cyber-security controls, Nationwide will take reasonable steps to restore contract/policy values to the levels that they would have been had the cyber-attack not occurred. Nationwide will not, however, be responsible for any adverse impact to contract/policy values that result from the contract owner or its designee's negligent acts or failure to use reasonably appropriate safeguards to protect against cyber-attacks.
Currency
Any money Nationwide pays, or that is paid to Nationwide, must be in the currency of the United States of America.
The first paragraph of the Types of Payments Nationwide Receives section is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
In light of the above, the underlying mutual funds and their affiliates make certain payments to Nationwide or its affiliates (the "payments"). The amount of these payments is typically based on a percentage of assets invested in the underlying mutual funds attributable to the contracts and other variable contracts Nationwide and its affiliates issue, but in some cases may involve a flat fee. These payments are made for various purposes, including payments for the services provided and expenses incurred by the Nationwide companies in promoting, marketing and administering the contracts and underlying funds. Nationwide may realize a profit on the payments received.
The following paragraph is added to the Amount of Payments Nationwide Receives section:
For contracts/policies owned by an employer sponsored retirement plan, upon a plan trustee's request, Nationwide will provide a best estimate of plan-specific, aggregate data regarding the amount of underlying mutual fund payments Nationwide received in connection with the plan's investments either for the previous calendar year or plan year, if the plan year is not the same as the calendar year.
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2) The prospectus offers the following underlying mutual fund(s) as investment option(s) under the policy. Effective May 1, 2015, the name of the investment option(s) are updated as indicated below:
CURRENT NAME UPDATED NAME
AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. - AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio: Class A  AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. - AB VPS Growth and Income Portfolio: Class A 
AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. - AllianceBernstein Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio: Class A  AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. - AB VPS Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio: Class A 
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds - Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund/VA: Non-Service Shares  Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds - Oppenheimer Conservative Balanced Fund/VA: Non-Service Shares 
3) The following change(s) have been made with respect to the following underlying mutual fund(s):
Effective April 30, 2015 (the "Effectiveness Date"), Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP High Income Portfolio: Initial Class (the "Target Fund") is available as an investment option in all contracts/policies. On the Effectiveness Date, any account value allocated to Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP High Income Portfolio: Initial Class R will transfer to the Target Fund. Following the merger, the Target Fund will only be available as an investment option in contracts/policies for which good order applications were received prior to the Effectiveness Date.
Effective April 30, 2015 (the "Effectiveness Date"), Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP Overseas Portfolio: Service Class (the "Target Fund") is added as an investment option in all contracts/policies. On the Effectiveness Date, any account value allocated to Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP Overseas Portfolio: Service Class R  will transfer to the Target Fund. Following the merger, the Target Fund will remain available as an investment option in all contracts/policies and the following disclosure is added to Appendix A: Underlying Mutual Funds.
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP Overseas Portfolio: Service Class
Investment Advisor: Fidelity Management & Research Company
Sub-adviser: FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Research & Analysis Company, Fidelity International Investment Advisors, Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited, Fidelity Investments Japan Limited
Investment Objective: Long-term capital growth.
4) The Legal Proceedings section of the prospectus is deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Nationwide Life Insurance Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. (NFS, or collectively with its subsidiaries, "the Company") was formed in November 1996. NFS is the holding company for Nationwide Life Insurance Company (NLIC), Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company (NLAIC) and other companies that comprise the life insurance and retirement savings operations of the Nationwide group of companies (Nationwide). This group includes Nationwide Financial Network (NFN), an affiliated distribution network that markets directly to its customer base. NFS is incorporated in Delaware and maintains its principal executive offices in Columbus, Ohio.
The Company is subject to legal and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of its business. The Company's legal and regulatory matters include proceedings specific to the Company and other proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which the Company operates. These matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, their outcomes cannot be predicted. Regulatory proceedings could also affect the outcome of one or more of the Company's litigation matters. Furthermore, it is often not possible to determine the ultimate outcomes of the pending regulatory investigations and legal proceedings or to provide reasonable ranges of potential losses with any degree of certainty. Some matters, including certain of those referred to below, are in very preliminary stages, and the Company does not have sufficient information to make an assessment of the plaintiffs' claims for liability or damages. In some of the cases seeking to be certified as class actions, the court has not yet decided whether a class will be certified or (in the event of certification) the size of the class and class period. In many of the cases, the plaintiffs are seeking undefined amounts of damages or other relief, including punitive damages and equitable remedies, which are difficult to quantify and cannot be defined based on the information currently available. The Company believes, however, that based on currently known information, the ultimate outcome of all pending legal and regulatory matters is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's condensed consolidated financial position. Nonetheless, given the large
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or indeterminate amounts sought in certain of these matters and the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that such outcomes could materially affect the Company's condensed consolidated financial position or results of operations in a particular quarter or annual period.
The various businesses conducted by the Company are subject to oversight by numerous federal and state regulatory entities, including but not limited to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Reserve Bank and state insurance authorities. Such regulatory entities may, in the normal course, be engaged in general or targeted inquiries, examinations and investigations of the Company and/or its affiliates. The financial services industry has been the subject of increasing scrutiny in connection with a broad spectrum of regulatory issues; with respect to all such scrutiny directed at the Company and/or its affiliates, the Company is cooperating with regulators. The Company will cooperate with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (NMIC) insofar as any inquiry, examination or investigation encompasses NMIC's operations.
On August 15, 2001, NFS and NLIC were named in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut entitled Lou Haddock, as trustee of the Flyte Tool & Die, Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan, et al v. Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. and Nationwide Life Insurance Company. On November 18, 2009, the plaintiffs filed a sixth amended complaint amending the list of named plaintiffs and claiming to represent a class of qualified retirement plan trustees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) that purchased variable annuities from NLIC. The plaintiffs allege that they invested ERISA plan assets in their variable annuity contracts and that NLIC and NFS breached ERISA fiduciary duties by allegedly accepting service payments from certain mutual funds. The complaint seeks damages in an amount equivalent to some or all of the payments allegedly received by NFS and NLIC, other unspecified relief for restitution, declaratory and injunctive relief, and attorneys fees. On November 6, 2009, the Court granted the plaintiffs motion for class certification. On October 21, 2010, the District Court dismissed NFS from the lawsuit. On February 6, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the November 6, 2009 order granting class certification and remanded the case back to the District Court for further consideration. On September 6, 2013, the District Court granted the plaintiffs motion for class certification. On December 11, 2014, the plaintiffs filed a 7th Amended Complaint adding another sub class of defendants that held trust platform products. On December 11, 2014, plaintiff filed a motion for preliminary approval of settlement. On January 5, 2015, the Court signed the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement and Approving Form and Manner of Notice. On March 31, 2015, the Court held a Fairness Hearing and proposed a few changes to the Final Order that Nationwide has taken under consideration. NFS has made adequate provision for all probable and reasonably estimable losses associated with this settlement.
Nationwide Investment Services Corporation
The general distributor, NISC, is not engaged in any litigation of any material nature.
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