-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NHhdGpaUKR/hmLu7cd7eNf2K8O3AQuatdKBF2tYyYybgkQ0tgWgYj/Bvfic2JXDZ vLVvJW6e7IWDup1+exYrVQ== 0000950135-07-007109.txt : 20091124 0000950135-07-007109.hdr.sgml : 20091124 20071119164946 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-07-007109 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-6 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071119 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080411 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000858997 IRS NUMBER: 135581829 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-6 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-147508 FILM NUMBER: 071257005 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125788717 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: METROPOLITAN LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT UL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000858997 IRS NUMBER: 135581829 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-6 SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06025 FILM NUMBER: 071257006 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125788717 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STREET 2: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: METROPOLITAN LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT UL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000858997 S000004219 Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL C000058203 Equity Advantage VUL (MetLife) N-6 1 b66703a1nv6.txt METROPOLITAN LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT UL As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2007 Registration No. 811-06025 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-6 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 [X] Pre-Effective Amendment [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. [ ] Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Amendment No. 31 [X] Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Exact Name of Registrant) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Name of Depositor) 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 (Address of depositor's principal executive offices) --------------------- James L. Lipscomb, Esq. Executive Vice President and General Counsel Metropolitan Life Insurance Company One MetLife Plaza 27-01 Queens Plaza North New York, NY 11101 (Name and address of agent for service) Copy to: Stephen E. Roth, Esquire Mary E. Thornton, Esquire Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2415 Title of Securities Being Registered: Interests in Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL under certain Variable Universal Life Insurance Policies. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement (Approximate date of proposed public offering) The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine. EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement will contain two Prospectuses (Version A and Version B). The two versions are substantially similar except for the funding options. The Prospectuses will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933. The Registrant undertakes to update this Explanatory Note, as needed, each time a Post-Effective Amendment is filed. EQUITY ADVANTAGE VUL Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policies Issued by Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 This prospectus offers individual flexible premium variable life insurance policies (the "Policies") issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"). You allocate net premiums among the Investment Divisions of Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (the "Separate Account"). Each Investment Division of the Separate Account invests in shares of one of the following "Portfolios": METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC. BlackRock Aggressive Growth Portfolio BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio BlackRock Diversified Portfolio BlackRock Large Cap Value Portfolio BlackRock Legacy Large Cap Growth Portfolio BlackRock Strategic Value Portfolio Davis Venture Value Portfolio FI International Stock Portfolio FI Large Cap Portfolio FI Mid Cap Opportunities Portfolio FI Value Leaders Portfolio Franklin Templeton Small Cap Growth Portfolio Harris Oakmark Focused Value Portfolio Harris Oakmark Large Cap Value Portfolio Jennison Growth Portfolio Lehman Brothers(R) Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio Loomis Sayles Small Cap Portfolio MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio MetLife Stock Index Portfolio MFS(R) Total Return Portfolio Morgan Stanley EAFE(R) Index Portfolio Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Value Portfolio Oppenheimer Global Equity Portfolio Russell 2000(R) Index Portfolio T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio MetLife Conservative Allocation Portfolio MetLife Conservative to Moderate Allocation Portfolio MetLife Moderate Allocation Portfolio MetLife Moderate to Aggressive Allocation Portfolio MetLife Aggressive Allocation Portfolio MET INVESTORS SERIES TRUST BlackRock Large-Cap Core Portfolio Cyclical Growth and Income ETF Portfolio Cyclical Growth ETF Portfolio Harris Oakmark International Portfolio Janus Forty Portfolio Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio Legg Mason Partners Aggressive Growth Portfolio Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio Met/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio MFS(R) Research International Portfolio Neuberger Berman Real Estate Portfolio Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Portfolio PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio PIMCO Total Return Portfolio RCM Technology Portfolio T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES American Funds Bond Fund American Funds Global Small Capitalization Fund American Funds Growth Fund American Funds Growth-Income Fund You may also allocate net premiums to our Fixed Account. Special limits may apply to Fixed Account transfers and withdrawals. You receive Fixed Account performance until 20 days after we apply your initial premium payment to the Policy. Thereafter, we invest the Policy's cash value according to your instructions. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE POLICIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE PORTFOLIO PROSPECTUSES ARE ATTACHED. PLEASE READ THEM AND KEEP THEM FOR REFERENCE. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE HOW ANY OF THE INVESTMENT DIVISIONS OR PORTFOLIOS WILL PERFORM. THE POLICIES AND THE PORTFOLIOS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY, ANY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND ARE NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. THIS PROSPECTUS PROVIDES A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY. YOUR ACTUAL POLICY AND ANY ENDORSEMENTS ARE THE CONTROLLING DOCUMENTS. YOU SHOULD READ THE POLICY CAREFULLY. MAY 1, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ----- SUMMARY OF BENEFITS AND RISKS............................... A-4 Benefits of the Policy................................. A-4 Risks of the Policy.................................... A-5 Risks of the Portfolios................................ A-7 FEE TABLES.................................................. A-7 Transaction Fees....................................... A-7 Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses.............................................. A-8 Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses.................... A-12 HOW THE POLICY WORKS........................................ A-14 THE COMPANY, THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND THE PORTFOLIOS........ A-15 The Company............................................ A-15 The Separate Account................................... A-15 The Portfolios......................................... A-15 Share Classes of the Portfolios........................ A-18 Certain Payments We Receive with Regard to the Portfolios............................................ A-18 Selection of the Portfolios............................ A-19 Voting Rights.......................................... A-19 Rights Reserved by MetLife............................. A-20 THE POLICIES................................................ A-20 Purchasing a Policy.................................... A-20 Replacing Existing Insurance........................... A-20 Policy Owner and Beneficiary........................... A-21 24 Month Conversion Right.............................. A-21 Exchange Right......................................... A-21 PREMIUMS.................................................... A-22 Flexible Premiums...................................... A-22 Amount Provided for Investment under the Policy........ A-22 Right to Examine Policy................................ A-23 Allocation of Net Premiums............................. A-23 RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PAYMENTS AT METLIFE'S DESIGNATED OFFICE......................................... A-23 Payment of Proceeds.................................... A-24 CASH VALUE.................................................. A-25 DEATH BENEFITS.............................................. A-25 Death Proceeds Payable................................. A-26 Change in Death Benefit Option......................... A-27 Increase in Face Amount................................ A-27 Reduction in Face Amount............................... A-27 SURRENDERS AND PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS.......................... A-28 Surrender.............................................. A-28 Partial Withdrawal..................................... A-28
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PAGE ----- TRANSFERS................................................... A-29 Transfer Option........................................ A-29 AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES............................. A-31 LOANS....................................................... A-32 LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT..................................... A-33 Lapse.................................................. A-33 Reinstatement.......................................... A-34 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS BY RIDER................................ A-34 THE FIXED ACCOUNT........................................... A-35 General Description.................................... A-35 Values and Benefits.................................... A-35 Policy Transactions.................................... A-35 CHARGES..................................................... A-36 Deductions from Premiums............................... A-37 Surrender Charge....................................... A-37 Partial Withdrawal Charge.............................. A-38 Transfer Charge........................................ A-38 Illustration of Benefits Charge........................ A-38 Monthly Deduction from Cash Value...................... A-38 Loan Interest Spread................................... A-40 Charges Against the Portfolios and the Investment Divisions of the Separate Account..................... A-41 TAX CONSIDERATIONS.......................................... A-41 Introduction........................................... A-41 Tax Status of the Policy............................... A-41 Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits....................... A-41 MetLife's Income Taxes................................. A-45 DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES................................ A-46 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS........................................... A-47 RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS...................... A-48 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM............... A-48 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS........................................ A-48 GLOSSARY.................................................... A-49 APPENDIX A: GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST AND CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST......................................... A-50 APPENDIX B: ILLUSTRATIONS OF DEATH BENEFITS, CASH VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES..................................... A-51
A-3 SUMMARY OF BENEFITS AND RISKS This summary describes the Policy's important benefits and risks. The sections in the prospectus following this summary discuss the Policy in more detail. THE GLOSSARY AT THE END OF THE PROSPECTUS DEFINES CERTAIN WORDS AND PHRASES USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. BENEFITS OF THE POLICY DEATH PROCEEDS. The Policy is designed to provide insurance protection. Upon receipt of satisfactory proof of the death of the insured, we pay death proceeds to the beneficiary of the Policy. Death proceeds generally equal the death benefit on the date of the insured's death plus any additional insurance provided by rider, less any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest. CHOICE OF DEATH BENEFIT OPTION. You may choose among three death benefit options: -- a level death benefit that equals the Policy's face amount, -- a variable death benefit that equals the Policy's face amount plus the Policy's cash value, and -- a combination variable and level death benefit that equals the Policy's face amount plus the Policy's cash value until the insured attains age 65 and equals the Policy's face amount thereafter. The death benefit under any option could increase to satisfy Federal tax law requirements if the cash value reaches certain levels. After the first Policy year you may change your death benefit option, subject to our underwriting rules. A change in death benefit option may have tax consequences. PREMIUM FLEXIBILITY. You can make premium payments based on a schedule you determine, subject to some limits. You may change your payment schedule at any time or make a payment that does not correspond to your schedule. We can, however, limit or prohibit payments in some situations. RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE POLICY. During the first ten days following your receipt of the Policy, you have the right to return the Policy to us. If you exercise this right, we will refund the premiums you paid. INVESTMENT OPTIONS. You can allocate your net premiums and cash value among your choice of fifty-four Investment Divisions in the Separate Account, each of which corresponds to a mutual fund portfolio, or "Portfolio." The Portfolios available under the Policy include several common stock funds, including funds which invest primarily in foreign securities, as well as bond funds, balanced funds, asset allocation funds and funds that invest in exchange-traded funds. You may also allocate premiums and cash value to our Fixed Account which provides guarantees of interest and principal. You may change your allocation of future premiums at any time. PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS. You may withdraw cash surrender value from your Policy at any time after the first Policy anniversary. The minimum amount you may withdraw is $500. We reserve the right to limit partial withdrawals to no more than 90% of the Policy's cash surrender value. We may limit the number of partial withdrawals to 12 per Policy year or impose a processing charge of $25 for each partial withdrawal. Partial withdrawals may have tax consequences. TRANSFERS AND AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. You may transfer your Policy's cash value among the Investment Divisions or between the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account. The minimum amount you may transfer is $50, or if less, the total amount in the Investment Division or the Fixed Account. We may limit the number of transfers among the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account to no more than four per Policy year. We may impose a processing charge of $25 for each transfer. We may also impose restrictions on "market timing" transfers. (See "Transfers" for additional information on such restrictions.) We offer five automated investment strategies that allow you to periodically transfer or reallocate your cash value among the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account. (See "Automated Investment Strategies.") A-4 LOANS. You may borrow from the cash value of your Policy. The minimum amount you may borrow is $500. The maximum amount you may borrow is an amount equal to the Policy's cash value net of the Surrender Charge, reduced by monthly deductions and interest charges through the next Policy anniversary, increased by interest credits through the next Policy anniversary, less any existing Policy loans. We charge you a maximum annual interest rate of 4.0% for the first ten Policy years and 3.0% thereafter. We credit interest at an annual rate of at least 3.0% on amounts we hold as collateral to support your loan. Loans may have tax consequences. SURRENDERS. You may surrender the Policy for its cash surrender value at any time. Cash surrender value equals the cash value reduced by any Policy loan and accrued loan interest and by any applicable Surrender Charge. A surrender may have tax consequences. TAX BENEFITS. We anticipate that the Policy should be deemed to be a life insurance contract under Federal tax law. Accordingly, undistributed increases in cash value should not be taxable to you. As long as your Policy is not a modified endowment contract, partial withdrawals should be non-taxable until you have withdrawn an amount equal to your total investment in the Policy. Death benefits paid to your beneficiary should generally be free of Federal income tax. CONVERSION RIGHT. During the first two Policy years, you may convert the Policy to fixed benefit coverage by exchanging the Policy for a fixed benefit life insurance policy that we agree to, and that is issued by us or an affiliate that we name. We will make the exchange without evidence of insurability. SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS AND RIDERS. We offer a variety of riders that provide supplemental benefits under the Policy. We generally deduct any monthly charges for these riders as part of the Monthly Deduction. Your registered representative can help you determine whether any of these riders are suitable for you. PERSONALIZED ILLUSTRATIONS. You will receive personalized illustrations in connection with the purchase of this Policy that reflect your own particular circumstances. These hypothetical illustrations may help you to understand the long-term effects of different levels of investment performance, the possibility of lapse, and the charges and deductions under the Policy. They will also help you to compare this Policy to other life insurance policies. The personalized illustrations are based on hypothetical rates of return and are not a representation or guarantee of investment returns or cash value. RISKS OF THE POLICY INVESTMENT RISK. If you invest your Policy's cash value in one or more of the Investment Divisions, then you will be subject to the risk that investment performance will be unfavorable and that your cash value will decrease. In addition, we deduct Policy fees and charges from your Policy's cash value, which can significantly reduce your Policy's cash value. During times of poor investment performance, this deduction will have an even greater impact on your Policy's cash value. It is possible to lose your full investment and your Policy could lapse without value, unless you pay additional premium. If you allocate cash value to the Fixed Account, then we credit such cash value with a declared rate of interest. You assume the risk that the rate may decrease, although it will never be lower than the guaranteed minimum annual effective rate of 3%. SURRENDER AND WITHDRAWAL RISKS. The Policies are designed to provide lifetime insurance protection. They are not offered primarily as an investment, and should not be used as a short-term savings vehicle. If you surrender the Policy within the first ten Policy years (or within the first ten Policy years following a face amount increase), you will be subject to a Surrender Charge as well as income tax on any gain that is distributed or deemed to be distributed from the Policy. You will also be subject to a Surrender Charge if you make a partial withdrawal from the Policy within the first ten Policy years (or the first ten Policy years following the face amount increase) if the partial withdrawal reduces the face amount (or the face amount increase). If you surrender the Policy in the first Policy year (or in the first year following a face amount increase) we will also deduct an amount equal to the remaining first year Policy Charges and Coverage Expense Charges. You should purchase the Policy only if you have the financial ability to keep it in force for a substantial period of time. You should not purchase the Policy if you intend to surrender all or part of the Policy's cash value in the near future. Even if you do not ask to surrender your Policy, surrender charges may play a role in determining whether A-5 your Policy will lapse (terminate without value), because surrender charges determine the cash surrender value, which is a measure we use to determine whether your Policy will enter the grace period (and possibly lapse). RISK OF LAPSE. Your Policy may lapse if you have paid an insufficient amount of premiums or if the investment experience of the Investment Divisions is poor. If your cash surrender value is not enough to pay the monthly deduction, your Policy may enter a 62-day grace period. We will notify you that the Policy will lapse unless you make a sufficient payment of additional premium during the grace period. Your Policy generally will not lapse if you pay certain required premium amounts and you are therefore protected by a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit. If your Policy does lapse, your insurance coverage will terminate, although you will be given an opportunity to reinstate it. Lapse of a Policy on which there is an outstanding loan may have adverse tax consequences. TAX RISKS. We anticipate that the Policy should be deemed to be a life insurance contract under Federal tax law. However, if your Policy is issued on a substandard basis, there is some risk that your Policy may not be treated as a life insurance contract under Federal tax law. If your Policy is not treated as a life insurance contract under Federal tax law, increases in the Policy's cash value will be taxed currently. Even if your Policy is treated as a life insurance contract for Federal tax purposes, it may become a modified endowment contract due to the payment of excess premiums or unnecessary premiums, due to a material change or due to a reduction in your death benefit. If your Policy becomes a modified endowment contract, surrenders, partial withdrawals and loans will be treated as a distribution of the earnings in the Policy and will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent thereof. In addition, if the Policy Owner is under age 59 1/2 at the time of the surrender, partial withdrawal or loan, the amount that is included in income will generally be subject to a 10% penalty tax. If the Policy is not a modified endowment contract, distributions generally will be treated first as a return of basis or investment in the contract and then as taxable income. Moreover, loans will generally not be treated as distributions, although the tax consequences of loans outstanding after the tenth Policy year are uncertain. Finally, neither distributions nor loans from a Policy that is not a modified endowment contract are subject to the 10% penalty tax. See "Tax Considerations." You should consult a qualified tax adviser for assistance in all Policy-related tax matters. LOAN RISKS. A Policy loan, whether or not repaid, will affect the cash value of your Policy over time because we subtract the amount of the loan from the Investment Divisions and/or Fixed Account as collateral, and hold it in our Loan Account. This loan collateral does not participate in the investment experience of the Investment Divisions or receive any higher current interest rate credited to the Fixed Account. We also reduce the amount we pay on the insured's death by the amount of any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest. Your Policy may lapse if your outstanding loan and accrued loan interest reduces the cash surrender value to zero. If you surrender your Policy or your Policy lapses while there is an outstanding loan, there will generally be Federal income tax payable on the amount by which loans and partial withdrawals exceed the premiums paid. Since loans and partial withdrawals reduce your Policy's cash value, any remaining cash value may be insufficient to pay the income tax due. LIMITATIONS ON CASH VALUE IN THE FIXED ACCOUNT. Transfers to and from the Fixed Account must generally be in amounts of $50 or more. Partial withdrawals from the Fixed Account must be in amounts of $500 or more. The total amount of transfers and withdrawals from the Fixed Account in a Policy year may generally not exceed the greater of 25% of the Policy's cash surrender value in the Fixed Account at the beginning of the year, or the maximum transfer amount for the preceding Policy year. We may also limit the number of transfers and partial withdrawals and may impose a processing charge for transfers and partial withdrawals. We are not currently imposing the maximum limit on transfers and withdrawals from the Fixed Account, but we reserve the right to do so. TAX LAW CHANGES. Tax laws, regulations, and interpretations have often been changed in the past and such changes continue to be proposed. To the extent that you purchase a Policy based on expected tax benefits, relative A-6 to other financial or investment products or strategies, there is no certainty that such advantages will always continue to exist. RISKS OF THE PORTFOLIOS A comprehensive discussion of the risks associated with each of the Portfolios can be found in the Portfolio prospectuses attached at the end of this prospectus. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT ANY OF THE PORTFOLIOS WILL ACHIEVE ITS STATED INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. FEE TABLES The following tables describe the fees and expenses that a Policy Owner will pay when buying, owning and surrendering the Policy. The first table describes the fees and expenses that a Policy Owner will pay at the time he or she buys the Policy, surrenders the Policy or transfers cash value among accounts. If the amount of a charge varies depending on the Policy Owner's or the insured's individual characteristics (such as age, sex, or risk class), the tables below show the minimum and maximum charges we assess under the Policy across the range of all possible individual characteristics, as well as the charges for a specified typical Policy Owner or insured. THESE CHARGES MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARGES YOU WILL ACTUALLY PAY UNDER THE POLICY. Your Policy's specifications page will indicate these charges as applicable to your Policy, and more detailed information concerning your charges is available on request from our Designated Office. Also, before you purchase the Policy, we will provide you personalized illustrations of your future benefits under the Policy based on the insured's age and risk class, the death benefit option, face amount, planned periodic premiums and riders requested. TRANSACTION FEES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales Charge Imposed On payment of premium 2.25% of premiums paid 2.25% of each premium on Premiums up to the Target paid Premium per Policy year(1) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Premium Tax Imposed On payment of premium 2.0% in all Policy 2.0% in all Policy years on Premiums years - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Tax Imposed On payment of premium 1.25% in all Policy 1.25% in all Policy years on Premiums years - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The target premium varies based on individual characteristics, including the insured's issue age, risk class and except for unisex policies, sex. A-7
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surrender Charge(1) On surrender, lapse, or face amount reduction in the first ten Policy years (and, with respect to a face amount increase, in the first ten Policy years after the increase) Minimum and Maximum In Policy year 1, $ In Policy year 1, $ to Charge to $ per $1,000 of $ per $1,000 of base base Policy face Policy face amount(2) amount(2) Charge in the first $ per $1,000 of base $ per $1,000 of base Policy year for a Policy face amount Policy face amount male insured, age 35, in the preferred nonsmoker risk class with a base Policy face amount of $300,000 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transfer Charge On transfer of cash Not currently charged $25 for each transfer value among Investment Divisions and to and from the Fixed Account - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Partial Withdrawal On partial withdrawal Not currently charged $25 for each partial Charge of cash value withdrawal - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illustration of On provision of each Not currently charged $25 per illustration Benefits Charge illustration in excess of one per year - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The Surrender Charge varies based on individual characteristics, including the insured's issue age, risk class, sex (except for unisex policies), smoker status, and the Policy's face amount. The Surrender Charge may not be representative of the charge that a particular Policy Owner would pay. You can obtain more information about the Surrender Charge and other charges that would apply for a particular insured by contacting your registered representative. (2) No Surrender Charge will apply on up to 10% of cash surrender value withdrawn each year. After the third Policy year, the Surrender Charge declines on a monthly basis until it reaches zero in the last month of the tenth Policy year. The Surrender Charge also applies to requested face amount reductions as well as to face amount reductions resulting from a change in death benefit option. The next table describes the fees and expenses that a Policy Owner will pay periodically during the time that he or she owns the Policy, not including Portfolio fees and expenses. PERIODIC CHARGES OTHER THAN PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cost of Insurance(1) Minimum and Maximum Monthly $. to $ . per $. to $ . per $1,000 Charge $1,000 of net amount at of net amount at risk(2) risk(2) Charge in the first Monthly $. per $1,000 of net $. per $1,000 of net Policy year for a amount at risk amount at risk male insured, age 35, in the preferred nonsmoker risk class with a base Policy face amount of $300,000 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Policy Charge(3) Monthly $15 in Policy year 1 $15 in Policy year 1 $8 in Policy years 2+ $8 in Policy years 2+ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mortality and Expense Monthly .60% in Policy years .80% in Policy years 1-10 Risk Charge (annual 1-10 .35% in Policy years rate imposed on cash .35% in Policy years 11-19 value in the Separate 11-19 .20% in Policy years Account)(4) .20% in Policy years 20-29 20-29 .05% in Policy years 30+ .05% in Policy years 30+ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coverage Expense Charge(5) Minimum and Monthly $.04 to $1.89 per $.04 to $1.89 per $1,000 Maximum Charge $1,000 of base Policy of base Policy face face amount in first amount eight Policy years(6) Charge for a male Monthly $.16 per $1,000 of base $.16 per $1,000 of base insured, age 35, in Policy face amount in Policy face amount the preferred first eight Policy nonsmoker risk class years(6) with a base Policy face amount of $300,000 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loan Interest Annually (or on loan 1.00% of loan 1.00% of loan collateral Spread(7) termination, if collateral in Policy in Policy years 1-10 earlier) years 1-10 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The cost of insurance charge varies based on individual characteristics, including the Policy's face amount and the insured's age, risk class and, except for unisex policies, sex. The cost of insurance charge may not be representative of the charge that a particular Policy Owner would pay. You can obtain more information about the cost of insurance or other charges that would apply for a particular insured by contacting your registered representative. (2) The net amount at risk is the difference between the death benefit (generally discounted at the monthly equivalent of 3% per year) and the Policy's cash value. (3) The Policy Charge is $12 per month in Policy year 1 and $9 per month thereafter for Policies issued with face amounts of less than $50,000. No Policy Charge applies to Policies issued with face amounts equal to or greater than $250,000. If you surrender the Policy in the first Policy year, we will deduct from the surrender proceeds an amount equal to the Policy Charges due for the remainder of the first Policy year. (4) The Mortality and Expense Risk Charge depends on the Policy's net cash value. The percentages shown in the Current Amount Deducted column apply if the Policy's net cash value is less than an amount equal to five Target Premiums. The percentages decrease as the Policy's net cash value, measured as a multiple of Target Premiums increases. If the Policy's net cash value is equal to or greater than five but less than ten Target Premiums, the charge is 0.55% in Policy years 1-10, 0.30% in Policy years 11-19, 0.15% in Policy years 20-29 and 0.05% thereafter. If the Policy's cash value is equal to or greater than ten but less than 20 Target Premiums, the charge is 0.30% in Policy years 1-10, 0.15% in Policy years 11-19, 0.10% in Policy years 20-29 and 0.05% thereafter. If the Policy's net cash value is equal to 20 or more Target Premiums, the charge is 0.15% in Policy years 1-10, 0.10% in Policy years 11-19, and 0.05% thereafter. (5) If you surrender the Policy in the first Policy year (or in the first year following a face amount increase) we will deduct from the surrender proceeds an amount equal to the Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the first Policy year (or the first year following the face amount increase). If the Policy's face amount is reduced in the first Policy year (or in the first year following a face amount increase), we will deduct from the cash value an amount equal to the Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the first Policy year (or the first year following the face amount increase). (6) The Coverage Expense Charge is imposed in Policy years 1-8 and, with respect to a requested face amount increase, during the first eight years following the increase. (7) We charge interest on Policy loans at an effective rate of 4.0% per year in Policy years 1-10 and 3.0% thereafter. Cash value we hold as security for the loan ("loan collateral") earns interest at an effective rate of not less than 3% per year. The loan interest spread is the difference between these interest rates. A-9 CHARGES FOR OPTIONAL FEATURES (RIDERS):
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guaranteed Survivor Income Benefit Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $. to $ . per $. to $ . per $1,000 Charge $1,000 of Eligible of Eligible Death Benefit Death Benefit Charge for a male Monthly $. per $1,000 of $. per $1,000 of insured, age 35, in Eligible Death Benefit Eligible Death Benefit the preferred nonsmoker risk class with an Eligible Death Benefit of $ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children's Term Monthly $. per $1,000 of $. per $1,000 of rider Insurance Rider rider face amount face amount - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waiver of Monthly Deduction Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $ . to $61.44 per $ . to $61.44 per $100 Charge $100 of Monthly of Monthly Deduction Deduction Charge in the first Monthly $ . per $100 of $ . per $100 of Policy year for a Monthly Deduction Monthly Deduction male insured, age 35, in the preferred nonsmoker risk class - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waiver of Specified Premium Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $ . to $ . per $ . to $ . per $100 Charge $100 of Specified of Specified Premium Premium Charge in the first Monthly $ . per $100 of $ . per $100 of Policy year for a Specified Premium Specified Premium male insured, age 35, in the preferred nonsmoker risk class - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options to Purchase Additional Insurance Coverage Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $. to $. per $1,000 $. to $. per $1,000 Charge of Option amount of Option amount Charge for a male Monthly $. per $1,000 of $. per $1,000 of Option insured, age 35, in Option amount amount the preferred nonsmoker risk class - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE WHEN CHARGE IS DEDUCTED CURRENT AMOUNT DEDUCTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option to Purchase Long Term Care Insurance Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $. to $ . per $10 $. to $ . per $10 of Charge of initial daily initial daily benefit benefit amount amount Charge for a male Monthly $. per $10 of initial $. per $10 of initial insured, age 35, in daily benefit amount daily benefit amount the preferred nonsmoker risk class - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accidental Death Benefit Rider Minimum and Maximum Monthly $ to $ per $1,000 $ to $ per $1,000 of Charge of rider face amount rider face amount Charge in the first Monthly $ per $1,000 of rider $ per $1,000 of rider Policy year for a face amount face amount male insured, age 35, in the preferred nonsmoker risk class with a rider face amount of $300,000 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guaranteed Minimum Monthly $ to $ per $ to $ per $1,000 Death Benefit Rider $1,000 of net amount at of net amount at risk risk - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acceleration of At time of benefit Not currently charged One-time fee of $150 Death Benefit Rider payment - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overloan Protection At time of exercise One-time fee of 3.5% of One-time fee of 3.5% of Rider Policy cash value Policy cash value - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-11 ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES The next table describes the Portfolio fees and expenses that a Policy Owner may pay periodically during the time that he or she owns the Policy. The table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Portfolios for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. Expenses of the Portfolios may be higher or lower in the future. More detail concerning each Portfolio's fees and expenses is contained in the table that follows and in the prospectus for each Portfolio.
MINIMUM MAXIMUM ------- ------- Total Annual Eligible Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Eligible Fund assets, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees and other expenses)......................................... % %
The following table describes the annual operating expenses for each Portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2007, before and after any applicable contractual fee waivers and expense reimbursements: ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
ACQUIRED PORTFOLIO GROSS TOTAL FEE WAIVERS NET TOTAL MANAGEMENT OTHER 12B-1 FEES AND ANNUAL AND EXPENSE ANNUAL FEES EXPENSES FEES EXPENSES EXPENSES REIMBURSEMENTS EXPENSES(1) ---------- -------- ----- ------------------ ----------- -------------- ----------- METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC. (CLASS A SHARES) BlackRock Aggressive Growth Portfolio...................... BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio...................... BlackRock Diversified Portfolio...................... BlackRock Large Cap Value Portfolio...................... BlackRock Legacy Large Cap Growth Portfolio...................... BlackRock Strategic Value Portfolio...................... Davis Venture Value Portfolio.... FI International Stock Portfolio...................... FI Large Cap Portfolio........... FI Mid Cap Opportunities Portfolio...................... FI Value Leaders Portfolio....... Franklin Templeton Small Cap Growth Portfolio............... Harris Oakmark Focused Value Portfolio...................... Harris Oakmark Large Cap Value Portfolio...................... Jennison Growth Portfolio........ Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio................ Loomis Sayles Small Cap Portfolio...................... MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio...................... MetLife Stock Index Portfolio.... MFS Total Return Portfolio....... Morgan Stanley EAFE Index Portfolio...................... Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Value Portfolio...................... Oppenheimer Global Equity Portfolio...................... Russell 2000 Index Portfolio..... T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio...................... T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio...................... Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio...................... Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio...........
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ACQUIRED PORTFOLIO GROSS TOTAL FEE WAIVERS NET TOTAL MANAGEMENT OTHER 12B-1 FEES AND ANNUAL AND EXPENSE ANNUAL FEES EXPENSES FEES EXPENSES EXPENSES REIMBURSEMENTS EXPENSES(1) ---------- -------- ----- ------------------ ----------- -------------- ----------- MetLife Conservative Allocation Portfolio...................... MetLife Conservative to Moderate Allocation Portfolio........... MetLife Moderate Allocation Portfolio...................... MetLife Moderate to Aggressive Allocation Portfolio........... MetLife Aggressive Allocation Portfolio...................... MET INVESTORS SERIES TRUST (CLASS A SHARES) BlackRock Large-Cap Core Portfolio...................... Cyclical Growth and Income ETF Portfolio...................... Cyclical Growth ETF Portfolio.... Harris Oakmark International Portfolio...................... Janus Forty Portfolio............ Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio......... Legg Mason Partners Aggressive Growth Portfolio............... Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio...................... Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio...................... Met/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio...................... MFS Research International Portfolio...................... Neuberger Berman Real Estate Portfolio...................... Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Portfolio...................... PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio...................... PIMCO Total Return Portfolio..... RCM Technology Portfolio......... T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio...................... AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES (CLASS 2 SHARES) American Funds Bond Fund......... American Funds Global Small Capitalization Fund............ American Funds Growth Fund....... American Funds Growth-Income Fund...........................
The fee and expense information regarding the Portfolios was provided by those Portfolios. The American Funds Insurance Series is not affiliated with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. For information concerning compensation paid for the sale of the Policies, see "Distribution of the Policies." A-13 HOW THE POLICY WORKS [FLOW CHART] PREMIUM PAYMENTS - - Flexible - - Planned premium options - - Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit premium (5-year, 20-year, or to age 65) CHARGES FROM PREMIUM PAYMENTS - - Sales Load: 2.25% up to Target Premium per Policy year; (maximum 2.25% on all premiums) - - Premium Tax Charge: 2.0% - - Charge for Federal Taxes: 1.25% CASH VALUES - - Net premium payments invested in your choice of Portfolio investments (after an initial period in the Fixed Account) or the Fixed Account - - The cash value reflects investment experience, interest, premium payments, policy charges and any distributions from the Policy - - We do not guarantee the cash value invested in the Portfolios - - Any earnings you accumulate are generally free of any current income taxes - - You may change the allocation of future net premiums at any time. You may transfer funds among Investment Divisions (and to the Fixed Account). Currently we do not limit the number of Investment Division transfers you can make in a Policy year (subject to restrictions we impose on "market timing" transfers). - - We reserve the right to impose a $25 charge on each partial withdrawal and on each Investment Division transfer (including a transfer between an Investment Division and the Fixed Account). - - We may limit the amount of transfers from (and in some cases to) the Fixed Account LOANS - - You may borrow your cash value - - Loan interest charge is 4.0% in Policy years 1-10 and 3.0% thereafter. - - We transfer loaned funds out of the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions into the Loan Account where we credit them with not less than 3.0% interest. RETIREMENT BENEFITS - - Fixed settlement options are available for policy proceeds DEATH BENEFIT - - Level, Variable and combined Level/Variable Death Benefit Options - - Guaranteed not to be less than face amount (less any loan and loan interest) if the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit is in effect. - - On or after age 121, under Options A and C, equal to the greater of (1) the face amount of the Policy as of the insured's age 121; and (2) the Policy's cash value. Under Option B, the face amount of the Policy as of the insured's age 121), plus the Policy's cash value. - - Generally income tax free to named beneficiary; may be subject to estate tax. DAILY DEDUCTIONS FROM ASSETS OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT - - Investment advisory fees and other expenses are deducted from the Portfolio values BEGINNING OF MONTH CHARGES - - We deduct the cost of insurance protection (reflecting any substandard risk rating) from the cash value each month - - Any Rider Charges - - Policy Charge: $15.00 per month first year and $8.00 per month thereafter for Policies issued with face amounts of $50,000 or greater, but less than $250,000; $12.00 per month first year and $9.00 per month thereafter for Policies issued with face amounts of less than $50,000. - - Coverage Expense Charge: Monthly charge imposed on base Policy face amount that applies during the first eight Policy years or during the first eight years following a face amount increase (in all years on a guaranteed basis). - - Mortality and Expense Risk Charge applied against the cash value in the Separate Account at a maximum annual rate of .80% in Policy years 1-10; .35% in Policy years 11-19; .20% in Policy years 20-29; and .05% thereafter SURRENDER CHARGE - - Applies on lapse, surrender, face amount reduction, or partial withdrawal or change in death benefit option that results in face reduction in first ten Policy years (or in first ten Policy years following a face amount increase). Maximum charge applies in first three Policy years. After the third Policy year, charge decreases on a monthly basis over the remaining years of the surrender charge period. LIVING BENEFITS - - If policyholder has elected and qualified for benefits for disability and becomes totally disabled, we will waive the monthly deduction or a specified amount of monthly premium during the period of disability up to certain limits. - - You may surrender the Policy at any time for its cash surrender value - - Deferred income taxes, including taxes on certain amounts borrowed, become payable upon surrender or lapse - - Grace period for lapsing with no value is 62 days from the first date in which Monthly Deduction was not paid due to insufficient cash value - - Subject to our rules, you may reinstate a lapsed Policy within three years of date of lapse if it has not been surrendered A-14 THE COMPANY, THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND THE PORTFOLIOS THE COMPANY Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., a publicly traded company. Our principal office is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. MetLife is licensed to sell life insurance in all states and the District of Columbia, but we only offer the Policies in New York. We are obligated to pay all benefits under the Policies. THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL is the funding vehicle for the Policies and other variable life insurance policies that we issue. Income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Separate Account are credited to the Separate Account without regard to any of our other income or capital gains or losses. Although we own the assets of the Separate Account, applicable law provides that the portion of the Separate Account assets equal to the reserves and other liabilities of the Separate Account may not be charged with liabilities that arise out of any other business we conduct. This means that the assets of the Separate Account are not available to meet the claims of our general creditors, and may only be used to support the cash values of the variable life insurance policies issued by the Separate Account. Death benefits in excess of Policy cash value are paid from our general account. Death benefits paid from the general account are subject to the claims-paying ability of MetLife. THE PORTFOLIOS Each Investment Division of the Separate Account invests in a corresponding Portfolio. Each Portfolio is part of an open-end management investment company, more commonly known as a mutual fund, that serves as an investment vehicle for variable life insurance and variable annuity separate accounts of various insurance companies. The mutual funds that offer the Portfolios are the Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc., the Met Investors Series Trust and the American Funds Insurance Series. Each of these mutual funds has an investment adviser responsible for overall management of the fund. Some investment advisers have contracted with sub-advisers to make the day-to-day investment decisions for the Portfolios. The adviser, sub-adviser and investment objective of each Portfolio are as follows: METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC. ADVISER: METLIFE ADVISERS, LLC
ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- BlackRock Aggressive Growth BlackRock Advisors, Inc. Maximum capital appreciation. Portfolio BlackRock Bond Income BlackRock Advisors, Inc. A competitive total return Portfolio primarily from investing in fixed-income securities. BlackRock Diversified BlackRock Advisors, Inc. High total return while attempting Portfolio to limit investment risk and preserve capital. BlackRock Large Cap Value BlackRock Advisors, Inc. Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio BlackRock Legacy Large Cap BlackRock Advisors, Inc. Long-term growth of capital. Growth Portfolio BlackRock Strategic Value BlackRock Advisors, Inc. High total return, consisting Portfolio principally of capital appreciation. Davis Venture Value Davis Selected Advisers, Growth of capital. Portfolio L.P.(1) FI International Stock Fidelity Management & Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio Research Company
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ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- FI Large Cap Portfolio Fidelity Management & Long-term growth of capital. Research Company FI Mid Cap Opportunities Fidelity Management & Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio Research Company FI Value Leaders Portfolio Fidelity Management & Long-term growth of capital. Research Company Franklin Templeton Small Cap Franklin Advisers, Inc. Long-term capital growth. Growth Portfolio Harris Oakmark Focused Value Harris Associates L.P. Long-term capital appreciation. Portfolio Harris Oakmark Large Cap Harris Associates L.P. Long-term capital appreciation. Value Portfolio Jennison Growth Portfolio Jennison Associates LLC Long-term growth of capital. Lehman Brothers Aggregate Metropolitan Life Insurance To equal the performance of the Bond Index Portfolio Company Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index. Loomis Sayles Small Cap Loomis, Sayles & Company, Long-term capital growth from Portfolio L.P. investments in common stocks or other equity securities. MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Metropolitan Life Insurance To equal the performance of the Portfolio Company Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Composite Stock Price Index. MetLife Stock Index Metropolitan Life Insurance To equal the performance of the Portfolio Company Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index. MFS Total Return Portfolio Massachusetts Financial Favorable total return through Services Company investment in a diversified portfolio. Morgan Stanley EAFE Index Metropolitan Life Insurance To equal the performance of the Portfolio Company MSCI EAFE Index. Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Neuberger Berman Management Capital growth. Value Portfolio Inc. Oppenheimer Global Equity OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Capital appreciation. Portfolio Russell 2000 Index Portfolio Metropolitan Life Insurance To equal the return of the Russell Company 2000 Index. T. Rowe Price Large Cap T. Rowe Price Associates, Long-term growth of capital and, Growth Portfolio Inc. secondarily, dividend income. T. Rowe Price Small Cap T. Rowe Price Associates, Long-term capital growth. Growth Portfolio Inc. Western Asset Management Western Asset Management To maximize total return Strategic Bond Company consistent with preservation of Opportunities Portfolio capital. Western Asset Management Western Asset Management To maximize total return U.S. Government Portfolio Company consistent with preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity. MetLife Conservative N/A A high level of current income, Allocation Portfolio with growth of capital as a secondary objective.
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ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- MetLife Conservative to N/A A high total return in the form of Moderate Allocation income and growth of capital, with Portfolio a greater emphasis on income. MetLife Moderate Allocation N/A A balance between a high level of Portfolio current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital. MetLife Moderate to N/A Growth of capital. Aggressive Allocation Portfolio MetLife Aggressive N/A Growth of capital. Allocation Portfolio
MET INVESTORS SERIES TRUST ADVISER: MET INVESTORS ADVISORY LLC
ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- BlackRock Large-Cap Core BlackRock Advisors, Inc. Long-term capital growth. Portfolio Cyclical Growth and Income Gallatin Asset Management, Growth of capital and income. ETF Portfolio Inc. Cyclical Growth ETF Gallatin Asset Management, Growth of capital. Portfolio Inc. Harris Oakmark International Harris Associates L.P. Long-term capital appreciation. Portfolio Janus Forty Portfolio Janus Capital Management LLC Capital appreciation. Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio Lazard Asset Management LLC Long-term capital appreciation. Legg Mason Partners ClearBridge Advisors, LLC Long-term growth of capital. Aggressive Growth Portfolio Legg Mason Value Equity Legg Mason Capital Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio Management, Inc. Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC High current income and the Portfolio opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return. Met/AIM Small Cap Growth A I M Capital Management, Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio Inc. MFS Research International Massachusetts Financial Capital appreciation. Portfolio Services Company Neuberger Berman Real Estate Neuberger Berman Management Total return through investment in Portfolio Inc. real estate securities, emphasizing both capital appreciation and current income. Oppenheimer Capital OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Capital appreciation. Appreciation Portfolio PIMCO Inflation Protected Pacific Investment Maximum real return, consistent Bond Portfolio Management Company LLC with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. PIMCO Total Return Portfolio Pacific Investment Maximum total return, consistent Management Company LLC with the preservation of capital and prudent investment management.
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ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- RCM Technology Portfolio RCM Capital Management LLC Capital appreciation; no consideration is given to income. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth T. Rowe Price Associates, Long-term growth of capital. Portfolio Inc.
AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES ADVISER: CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
ELIGIBLE FUND SUB-ADVISER INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE - ------------- ----------- -------------------- American Funds Bond Fund N/A Maximize current income and preserve capital by investing primarily in fixed-income securities. American Funds Global Small N/A Capital appreciation through Capitalization Fund stocks. American Funds Growth Fund N/A Capital appreciation through stocks. American Funds Growth-Income N/A Capital appreciation and income. Fund
- --------------- (1) Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. may also delegate any of its responsibilities to Davis Selected Advisers--NY, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PORTFOLIOS AND THEIR INVESTMENT ADVISERS AND SUB-ADVISERS, SEE THE PORTFOLIO PROSPECTUSES ATTACHED AT THE END OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND THEIR STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. The Portfolios' investment objectives may not be met. The investment objectives and policies of certain Portfolios are similar to the investment objectives and policies of other funds that may be managed by the same investment adviser or sub-adviser. The investment results of the Portfolios may be higher or lower than the results of these funds. There is no assurance, and no representation is made, that the investment results of any of the Portfolios will be comparable to the investment results of any other fund. SHARE CLASSES OF THE PORTFOLIOS The Portfolios offer various classes of shares, each of which has a different level of expenses. Attached prospectuses for the Portfolios may provide information for share classes that are not available through the Policy. When you consult the attached prospectus for any Portfolio, you should be careful to refer to only the information regarding the class of shares that is available through the Policy. For the Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. and Met Investors Series Trust, we offer Class A shares only, and for the American Funds Insurance Series we offer Class 2 shares only. CERTAIN PAYMENTS WE RECEIVE WITH REGARD TO THE PORTFOLIOS An investment adviser (other than our affiliates MetLife Advisers, LLC; and Met Investors Advisory, LLC) or subadviser of a Portfolio, or its affiliates, may make payments to us and/or certain of our affiliates. These payments may be used for a variety of purposes, including payment for expenses for certain administrative, marketing and support services with respect to the Policies and, in our role as intermediary, with respect to the Portfolios. We and our affiliates may profit from these payments. These payments may be derived, in whole or in part, from the advisory fee deducted from Portfolio assets. Policy Owners, through their indirect investment in the Portfolios, bear the costs of these advisory fees (see the Portfolio prospectuses for more information). The amount of the payments we receive is based on a percentage of assets of the Portfolio attributable to the Policies and certain other variable insurance products that we and our affiliates issue. These percentages differ and some advisers or subadvisers (or other affiliates) may pay us more than others. These percentages currently range up to 0.50%. Additionally, an investment adviser or subadviser of a Portfolio or its affiliates may provide us with wholesaling services that assist in the distribution of the Policies and may pay us and/or certain of our affiliates amounts to participate in sales A-18 meetings. These amounts may be significant and may provide the adviser or subadviser (or their affiliate) with increased access to persons involved in the distribution of the Policies. We and/or certain of our affiliated insurance companies have joint ownership interests in our affiliated investment advisers MetLife Advisers, LLC and Met Investors Advisory, LLC, which are formed as "limited liability companies." Our ownership interests in MetLife Advisers, LLC and Met Investors Advisory, LLC entitle us to profit distributions if the adviser makes a profit with respect to the advisory fees it receives from the Portfolios. We will benefit accordingly from assets allocated to the Portfolios to the extent they result in profits to the advisers. (See "Fee Tables--Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses" for information on the management fees paid by the Portfolios and the Statement of Additional Information for the Portfolios for information on the management fees paid by the advisers to the subadvisers.) Certain Portfolios have adopted a Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A Portfolio's 12b-1 Plan, if any, is described in more detail in the Portfolio's prospectus. (See "Fee Tables--Annual Portfolio Expenses" and "Distribution of the Policies.") Any payments we receive pursuant to those 12b-1 Plans are paid to us or our Distributor. Payments under a Portfolio's 12b-1 Plan decrease the Portfolio's investment return. SELECTION OF THE PORTFOLIOS We select the Portfolios offered through the Policy based on several criteria, including asset class coverage, the strength of the adviser's or subadviser's reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. Another factor we consider during the selection process is whether the Portfolio's adviser or subadviser is one of our affiliates or whether the Portfolio, its adviser, its subadviser(s), or an affiliate will make payments to us or our affiliates. For additional information on these arrangements, see "Certain Payments We Receive with Regard to the Portfolios" above. In this regard, the profit distributions we receive from our affiliated investment advisers are a component of the total revenue that we consider in configuring the features and investment choices available in the variable insurance products that we and our affiliated insurance companies issue. Since we and our affiliated insurance companies may benefit more from the allocation of assets to Portfolios advised by our affiliates than those that are not, we may be more inclined to offer Portfolios advised by our affiliates in the variable insurance products we issue. We review the Portfolios periodically and may remove a Portfolio or limit its availability to new premium payments and/or transfers of cash value if we determine that the Portfolio no longer meets one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the Portfolio has not attracted significant allocations from Policy owners. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INVESTMENT ADVICE AND DO NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE ANY PARTICULAR PORTFOLIO. YOU BEAR THE RISK OF ANY DECLINE IN THE CASH VALUE OF YOUR POLICY RESULTING FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PORTFOLIOS YOU HAVE CHOSEN. We make certain payments to American Funds Distributors, Inc., principal underwriter for the American Funds Insurance Series. (See "Distribution of the Policies.") VOTING RIGHTS We own the Portfolio shares held in the Separate Account and have the right to vote those shares at meetings of the Portfolio shareholders. However, to the extent required by Federal securities law, we will give you, as Policy Owner, the right to instruct us how to vote the shares that are attributable to your Policy. We will determine, as of the record date, if you are entitled to give voting instructions and the number of shares to which you have a right of instruction. If we do not receive timely instructions from you, we will vote your shares for, against, or withhold from voting on, any proposition in the same proportion as the shares held in that Investment Division for all policies for which we have received voting instructions. The effect of this proportional voting is that a small number of Policy Owners may control the outcome of a vote. We will vote Portfolio shares held by our general account (or any unregistered separate account for which voting privileges were not extended) in the same proportion as the total of (i) shares for which voting instructions were received and (ii) shares that are voted in proportion to such voting instructions. A-19 We may disregard voting instructions for changes in the investment policy, investment adviser or principal underwriter of a Portfolio if required by state insurance law, or if we (i) reasonably disapprove of the changes and (ii) in the case of a change in investment policy or investment adviser, make a good faith determination that the proposed change is prohibited by state authorities or inconsistent with an Investment Division's investment objectives. If we do disregard voting instructions, the next semi-annual report to Policy Owners will include a summary of that action and the reasons for it. RIGHTS RESERVED BY METLIFE We and our affiliates may change the voting procedures and vote Portfolio shares without Policy Owner instructions, if the securities laws change. We also reserve the right: (1) to add Investment Divisions; (2) to combine Investment Divisions; (3) to substitute shares of another registered open-end management investment company, which may have different fees and expenses, for shares of a Portfolio; (4) to substitute or close an Investment Division to allocations of premium payments or cash value or both, and to existing investments or the investment of future premiums, or both, for any class of Policy or Policy Owner, at any time in our sole discretion; (5) to operate the Separate Account as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or in any other form; (6) to deregister the Separate Account under the Investment Company Act of 1940; (7) to combine it with other Separate Accounts; and (8) to transfer assets supporting the Policies from one Investment Division to another or from the Separate Account to other Separate Accounts, or to transfer assets to our general account as permitted by applicable law. We will exercise these rights in accordance with applicable law, including approval of Policy Owners if required. We will notify you if exercise of any of these rights would result in a material change in the Separate Account or its investments. We will not make any changes without receiving any necessary approval of the SEC and the New York Insurance Department. We will notify you of any changes. THE POLICIES PURCHASING A POLICY To purchase a Policy, you must submit a completed application and an initial premium to us at our Designated Office. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") The minimum face amount for the base Policy is $50,000 unless we consent to a lower amount. For Policies acquired through a pension or profit sharing plan qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the minimum face amount is $25,000. The Policies are available for insureds age 85 or younger. We can provide you with details as to our underwriting standards when you apply for a Policy. We reserve the right to modify our minimum face amount and underwriting requirements at any time. We must receive evidence of insurability that satisfies our underwriting standards before we will issue a Policy. We reserve the right to reject an application for any reason permitted by law. We offer other variable life insurance policies that have different death benefits, policy features, and optional programs. However, these other policies also have different charges that would affect your Investment Division performance and cash values. To obtain more information about these other policies, contact our Designated Office or your registered representative. REPLACING EXISTING INSURANCE It may not be in your best interest to surrender, lapse, change, or borrow from existing life insurance policies or annuity contracts in connection with the purchase of the Policy. You should compare your existing insurance and the Policy carefully. You should replace your existing insurance only when you determine that the Policy is better for you. You may have to pay a surrender charge on your existing insurance, and the Policy will impose a new surrender charge period. You should talk to your financial professional or tax adviser to make sure the exchange will be tax-free. If you surrender your existing policy for cash and then buy the Policy, you may have to pay a tax, including A-20 possibly a penalty tax, on the surrender. Because we may not issue the Policy until we have received an initial premium from your existing insurance company, the issuance of the Policy may be delayed. POLICY OWNER AND BENEFICIARY The Policy Owner is named in the application but may be changed from time to time. While the insured is living and the Policy is in force, the Policy Owner may exercise all the rights and options described in the Policy, subject to the terms of any beneficiary designation or assignment of the Policy. These rights include selecting and changing the beneficiary, changing the owner, changing the face amount of the Policy and assigning the Policy. At the death of the Policy Owner who is not the insured, his or her estate will become the Policy Owner unless a successor Policy Owner has been named. The Policy Owner's rights (except for rights to payment of benefits) terminate at the death of the insured. The beneficiary is also named in the application. You may change the beneficiary at any time before the death of the insured, unless the beneficiary designation is irrevocable. The beneficiary has no rights under the Policy until the death of the insured and must survive the insured in order to receive the death proceeds. If no named beneficiary survives the insured, we pay proceeds to the Policy Owner. A change of Policy Owner or beneficiary is subject to all payments made and actions taken by us under the Policy before we receive a signed change form. You can contact your registered representative or our Designated Office for the procedure to follow. You may assign (transfer) your rights in the Policy to someone else. An absolute assignment of the Policy is a change of Policy Owner and beneficiary to the assignee. A collateral assignment of the Policy does not change the Policy Owner or beneficiary, but their rights will be subject to the terms of the assignment. Assignments are subject to all payments made and actions taken by us under the Policy before we receive a signed copy of the assignment form. We are not responsible for determining whether or not an assignment is valid. Changing the Policy Owner or assigning the Policy may have tax consequences. (See "Tax Considerations" below.) 24 MONTH CONVERSION RIGHT GENERAL RIGHT. Generally, during the first two Policy years, you may convert the Policy to fixed benefit coverage by exchanging the Policy for a fixed benefit life insurance policy agreed to by us and issued by us or an affiliate that we name provided that you repay any Policy loans and loan interest, and the Policy has not lapsed. We make the exchange without evidence of insurability. The new policy will have the same base Policy face amount as that being exchanged. The new policy will have the same issue age, risk class and Policy Date as the variable life Policy had. Contact our Designated Office or your registered representative for more specific information about the 24 Month Conversion Right. The exchange may result in a cost or credit to you. On the exchange, you may need to make an immediate premium payment on the new policy in order to keep it in force. EXCHANGE RIGHT You can exchange your Policy while it is in force for a new policy issued by us or an affiliate which provides paid-up insurance. Paid-up insurance is permanent insurance with no further premiums due. The face amount of the new policy of paid-up insurance may be less than the face amount of the Policy. A-21 PREMIUMS FLEXIBLE PREMIUMS Subject to the limits described below, you choose the amount and frequency of premium payments. You select a Planned Premium schedule, which consists of a first-year premium amount and an amount for subsequent premium payments. This schedule appears in your Policy. YOUR PLANNED PREMIUMS WILL NOT NECESSARILY KEEP YOUR POLICY IN FORCE. You may skip Planned Premium payments or make additional payments. Additional payments could be subject to underwriting. No payment can be less than $50, except with our consent. You can pay Planned Premiums on an annual, semi-annual or quarterly schedule, or on a monthly schedule if payments are drawn directly from your checking account under our pre-authorized checking arrangement. We will send premium notices for annual, semi-annual or quarterly Planned Premiums. You may make payments by check or through our pre-authorized checking arrangement. You can change your Planned Premium schedule by sending your request to us at our Designated Office. You may not make premium payments on or after the Policy anniversary when the insured reaches age 121, except for premiums required during the grace period. If any payments under the Policy exceed the "7-pay limit" under Federal tax law, your Policy will become a modified endowment contract and you may have more adverse tax consequences with respect to certain distributions than would otherwise be the case if premium payments did not exceed the "7-pay limit." The amount of your "7-pay limit" is shown in your Policy illustration and in your annual Policy statement. If you make a payment that exceeds the "7-pay limit" we will notify you and give you an opportunity to receive a refund of the excess premium to prevent your Policy from becoming a modified endowment contract. (See "Tax Considerations.") In addition, if you have selected the guideline premium test, Federal tax law limits the amount of premiums that you can pay under the Policy. You need our consent if, because of tax law requirements, a payment would increase the Policy's death benefit by more than it would increase cash value. We may require evidence of insurability before accepting the payment. We allocate net payments to your Policy's Investment Divisions as of the date we receive the payments at our Designated Office (or at our Administrative Office in Tampa, Florida), if they are received before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Payments received after that time, or on a day that the New York Stock Exchange is not open, will be allocated to your Policy's Investment Divisions on the next day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") Under our current processing, we treat any payment received by us as a premium payment unless it is clearly marked as a loan repayment. AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR INVESTMENT UNDER THE POLICY INVESTMENT START DATE. Your initial net premium is credited with Fixed Account interest as of the investment start date. The investment start date is the later of the Policy Date and the date we first receive a premium payment for the Policy at our Designated Office. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") PREMIUM WITH APPLICATION. If you make a premium payment with the application, unless you request otherwise, the Policy Date is the date the policy application is approved. Monthly Deductions begin on the Policy Date. You may only make one premium payment with the application. The minimum amount you must pay is set forth in the application. If we decline an application, we refund the premium payment made. If you make a premium payment with the application, we will cover the insured under a temporary insurance agreement beginning on the later of the date the application is signed or on the date of any required medical examination. (See "Death Benefits.") PREMIUM ON DELIVERY. If you pay the initial premium upon delivery of the Policy, unless you request otherwise, the Policy Date and the investment start date are the date your premium payment is received at our Designated Office. Monthly Deductions begin on the Policy Date. A-22 BACKDATING. We may sometimes backdate a Policy, if you request, by assigning a Policy Date earlier than the date the Policy application is approved. You may wish to backdate so that you can obtain lower cost of insurance rates, based on a younger insurance age. For a backdated Policy, you must also pay the minimum premiums due for the period between the Policy Date and the investment start date. As of the investment start date, we allocate the net premiums to the Policy, adjusted for monthly Policy charges. RIGHT TO EXAMINE POLICY You may cancel the Policy within ten days after you receive it. You may return the Policy to our Designated Office (see "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office") or your registered representative. Insurance coverage ends as soon as you return the Policy (determined by postmark, if the Policy is mailed). If you cancel the Policy, we refund any premiums paid. ALLOCATION OF NET PREMIUMS We allocate your initial net premium to the Investment Divisions and/or the Fixed Account as of the investment start date. We will hold your initial net premium in the Fixed Account for twenty days, and then we make the allocation among the Investment Divisions as you choose. You may allocate any whole percentage to an Investment Division. You make the initial premium allocation when you apply for a Policy. You can change the allocation of future premiums at any time thereafter. The change will be effective for premiums applied on or after the date when we receive your request. You may request the change by telephone, by written request or over the Internet. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") When we allocate net premiums to your Policy's Investment Divisions, we convert them into accumulation units of the Investment Divisions. We determine the number of accumulation units by dividing the dollar amount of the net premium by the accumulation unit value. For your initial premium, we use the accumulation unit value on the investment start date. For subsequent premiums, we use the accumulation unit value next determined after receipt of the payment. (See "Cash Value.") RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PAYMENTS AT METLIFE'S DESIGNATED OFFICE We will treat your request for a Policy transaction, or your submission of a payment, as received by us if we receive a request conforming to our administrative procedures or a payment at our Designated Office before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on that day (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive it after that time, or if the New York Stock Exchange is not open that day, then we will treat it as received on the next day when the New York Stock Exchange is open. These rules apply regardless of the reason we did not receive your request by the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange--even if due to our delay (such as a delay in answering your telephone call). The Designated Office for various Policy transactions is as follows: Premium Payments MetLife P.O. Box 371499 Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7499 Payment Inquiries and MetLife Correspondence P.O. Box 30440 Tampa, FL 33630-3440 Beneficiary and Ownership MetLife Changes P.O. Box 541 Warwick, RI 02887-0541 Surrenders, Loans, MetLife Withdrawals and P.O. Box 543 Investment Division Transfers Warwick, RI 02887-0543
A-23 Cancellations (Right to Examine MetLife Policy Period) Johnstown Compliance Resource Center Free Look Unit 500 Schoolhouse Road Johnstown, PA 15904 Death Claims MetLife P.O. Box 353 Warwick, RI 02887-0353 Investment Division Transfers by Telephone (800) 200-2214 All Other Telephone (800) 388-4000 Transactions and Inquiries
You may request a cash value transfer or reallocation of future premiums by written request (which may be telecopied) to us, by telephoning us or over the Internet (subject to our restrictions on "market timing" transfers). To request a transfer or reallocation by telephone, you should contact your registered representative or contact us at 1-800-200-2214. To request a transfer over the Internet, you may log on to our website at www.metlife.com. We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone, facsimile or Internet are genuine. Any telephone, facsimile or Internet instructions that we reasonably believe to be genuine are your responsibility, including losses arising from any errors in the communication of instructions. However, because telephone and Internet transactions may be available to anyone who provides certain information about you and your Policy, you should protect that information. We may not be able to verify that you are the person providing telephone or Internet instructions, or that you have authorized any such person to act for you. Telephone, facsimile, and computer systems (including the Internet) may not always be available. Any telephone, facsimile or computer system, whether it is yours, your service provider's, your registered representative's, or ours, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These outages or slowdowns may delay or prevent our processing of your request. Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability under all circumstances. If you are experiencing problems, you should make your request by writing to our Designated Office. PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS We ordinarily pay any cash surrender value, loan value or death benefit proceeds from the Investment Divisions within seven days after we receive a request, or satisfactory proof of death of the insured (and any other information we need to pay the death proceeds). (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") However, we may delay payment (except when a loan is made to pay a premium to us) or transfers from the Investment Divisions: (i) if the New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than weekends or holidays, or if trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the SEC, (ii) if the SEC by order permits postponement or determines that an emergency exists that makes payments or Investment Division transfers impractical, or (iii) at any other time when the Portfolios or the Separate Account have the legal right to suspend payment. We may withhold payment of surrender, withdrawal or loan proceeds if any portion of those proceeds would be derived from a Policy Owner's check that has not yet cleared (i.e., that could still be dishonored by your banking institution). We may use telephone, facsimile, Internet or other means of communications to verify that payment from the Policy Owner's check has been or will be collected. We will not delay payment longer than necessary for us to verify that payment has been or will be collected. Policy Owners may avoid the possibility of delay in the disbursement of proceeds coming from a check that has not yet cleared by providing us with a certified check. Unless otherwise requested, we may apply the Policy's death proceeds to our Total Control Account. We establish a Total Control Account at a banking institution at the time for payment. The Total Control Account is an interest-bearing checking account through which you have convenient and complete access to the proceeds, which are maintained in our general account or that of an affiliate. Interest is credited at an effective rate of 3% per year. A-24 CASH VALUE Your Policy's total cash value includes its cash value in the Separate Account and in the Fixed Account. If you have a Policy loan, the cash value also includes the amount we hold in the Loan Account as a result of the loan. The cash value reflects: -- net premium payments -- the net investment experience of the Policy's Investment Divisions -- interest credited to cash value in the Fixed Account -- interest credited to amounts held in the Loan Account for a Policy loan -- the death benefit option you choose -- Policy charges -- partial withdrawals -- transfers among the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account. The Policy's total cash value in the Separate Account equals the number of accumulation units credited in each Investment Division multiplied by that Investment Division's accumulation unit value. We convert any premium, interest earned on loan cash value, or cash value allocated to an Investment Division into accumulation units of the Investment Division. Surrenders, partial withdrawals, Policy loans, transfers and charges deducted from the cash value reduce the number of accumulation units credited in an Investment Division. We determine the number of accumulation units by dividing the dollar amount of the transaction by the Investment Division's accumulation unit value next determined following the transaction. (In the case of an initial premium, we use the accumulation unit value on the investment start date). The accumulation unit value of an Investment Division depends on the net investment experience of its corresponding Portfolio and reflects fees and expenses of the Portfolio. We determine the accumulation unit value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each day that the Exchange is open for trading by multiplying the most recent accumulation unit value by the net investment factor ("NIF") for that day (see below). The NIF for an Investment Division reflects: -- the change in net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio (as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange) from its last value, -- the amount of dividends or other distributions from the Portfolio since the last determination of net asset value per share, and -- any deductions for taxes that we make from the Separate Account. The NIF can be greater or less than one. DEATH BENEFITS If the insured dies while the Policy is in force, we pay a death benefit to the beneficiary. Coverage under the Policy generally begins when you pay the initial premium. If you make a premium payment with the application, we will cover the insured under a temporary insurance agreement for a limited time that begins on the later of the date we receive the premium payment or the date of any required medical examination. Temporary coverage is not available for proposed insureds who have received medical treatment for, or been diagnosed as having, certain conditions or diseases specified in the temporary insurance agreement. The maximum temporary coverage is the lesser of the amount of insurance applied for and $1,000,000. These provisions vary in some states. DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS. When you apply for a Policy, you must choose among three death benefit options. If you fail to select a death benefit option in the application, we will seek the required information from you. The Option A death benefit is equal to the face amount of the Policy. The Option A death benefit is fixed, subject to increases required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"). A-25 The Option B death benefit is equal to the face amount of the Policy, plus the Policy's cash value, if any. The Option B death benefit is also subject to increases required by the Code. The Option C death benefit (available if the insured is age 60 or younger) is equal to the face amount of the Policy plus the Policy's cash value until the insured attains age 65, at which time we will increase the Policy's face amount by the amount of the Policy's cash value and thereafter the death benefit will remain level, at the increased face amount, subject to increases required by the Code. CHOICE OF TAX TEST. The Internal Revenue Code requires the Policy's death benefit to be not less than an amount defined in the Code. As a result, if the cash value grows to certain levels, the death benefit increases to satisfy tax law requirements. When you apply for your Policy, you select which tax test will apply to the death benefit. You will choose between: (1) the guideline premium test, and (2) the cash value accumulation test. The test you choose at issue cannot be changed. Under the GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST, the death benefit will not be less than the cash value times the guideline premium factor. See Appendix A. Under the CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST, the death benefit will not be less than the cash value times the net single premium factor set by the Code. Net single premium factors are based on the age, smoking status, risk class and sex of the insured at the time of the calculation. Sample net single premium factors appear in Appendix A. If cash value growth in the later Policy years is your main objective, the guideline premium test may be the appropriate choice because it does not require as high a death benefit as the cash value accumulation test, and therefore cost of insurance charges may be lower once the Policy's death benefit is subject to increases required by the Code. If you select the cash value accumulation test, you can generally make a higher amount of premium payments for any given face amount, and a higher death benefit may result in the long term. If cash value growth in the early Policy years is your main objective, the cash value accumulation test may be the appropriate choice because it allows you to invest more premiums in the Policy for each dollar of death benefit. AGE 121. The death benefit payable under Option A or Option C on or after the insured's attained age 121 will be the greater of: -- the cash value on the date of death, or -- the face amount of the base Policy on the Policy anniversary at the insured's attained age 121. The death benefit payable under Option B on or after the insured's attained age 121 will be the face amount of the base Policy on the Policy anniversary at the insured's attained age 121, plus the cash value on the date of death. The tax consequences of keeping the Policy in force beyond the insured's attained age 121 are unclear. DEATH PROCEEDS PAYABLE The death proceeds we pay are equal to the death benefit on the date of the insured's death, reduced by any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest on that date. If death occurs during the grace period, we reduce the proceeds by the amount of unpaid Monthly Deductions. (See "Lapse and Reinstatement.") We increase the death proceeds (1) by any rider benefits payable and (2) by any cost of insurance charge made for a period beyond the date of death. We may adjust the death proceeds if the insured's age or sex was misstated in the application, if death results from the insured's suicide within two years from the Policy's date of issue, or if a rider limits the death benefit. SUICIDE. If the insured commits suicide within two years from the date of issue, the death benefit will be limited to premiums paid less any partial withdrawals, less any loan and loan interest outstanding on the date of death. If the insured commits suicide within two years after the effective date of an increase in face amount, the death benefit for such increase will be limited to the Monthly Deductions for the increase. A-26 CHANGE IN DEATH BENEFIT OPTION After the first Policy year you may change your death benefit option, subject to our underwriting rules, by written request to our Designated Office. The change will be effective on the monthly anniversary on or following the date we receive your request. We may require proof of insurability. A change in death benefit option may have tax consequences. If you change from Option A (or from Option C after the insured's attained age 65) to Option B (or to Option C on or before the insured's attained age 60), we reduce the Policy's face amount if necessary so that the death benefit is the same immediately before and after the change. A face amount reduction below $50,000 requires our consent. If we reduce the face amount, we will first reduce any prior increases in face amount that you applied for, in the reverse order in which the increases occurred, then any remaining initial face amount, and then any increase in face amount from a prior change in death benefit option, but not below the Policy minimum. A partial withdrawal of cash value may be necessary to meet Federal tax law limits on the amount of premiums that you can pay into the Policy. A Surrender Charge may apply to a Policy face amount reduction or partial withdrawal that reduces the face amount on a change from Option A (or from Option C after the insured's attained age 65) to Option B (or to Option C on or before the insured's attained age 60). (See "Surrender Charge.") In addition, if the face amount reduction occurs within 12 months after a face amount increase, we will deduct a proportionate part of the Coverage Expense Charges due with respect to the face amount increase for the remainder of the 12-month period. If you change from Option B (or from Option C on or before the insured's attained age 65) to Option A, we increase the Policy's face amount, if necessary, so that the death benefit is the same immediately before and after the change. The increase in face amount is not subject to the Coverage Expense Charge and will not be subject to any Surrender Charge. INCREASE IN FACE AMOUNT You may increase the Policy's face amount. We require satisfactory evidence of insurability, and the insured's attained age must be 85 or less. The minimum amount of increase permitted is $5,000. The increase is effective on the day we approve of your request. Requests for face increase should be submitted to our Designated Office. An increase in face amount may have tax consequences. The face amount increase will have its own Target Premium, as well as its own Surrender Charge, current cost of insurance rates, Coverage Expense Charge, and Right to Examine Policy and suicide and contestability periods as if it were a new Policy. (See "Surrender Charge", "Monthly Deduction from Cash Value", "Partial Withdrawal" and "Reduction in Face Amount.") When calculating the monthly cost of insurance charge, we attribute the Policy's cash value first to any remaining initial face amount (including any increase in face amount from a prior change in death benefit option), then to any face amount increases in the order in which they were issued, for purposes of determining the net amount at risk. We reserve the right to (i) restrict certain Policy changes, such as death benefit increases, or (ii) require the issuance of a new Policy in connection with such Policy changes if we deem it administratively necessary or prudent to do so in order to comply with applicable law, including applicable Federal income tax law. REDUCTION IN FACE AMOUNT After the first Policy year, you may reduce the face amount of your Policy without receiving a distribution of any Policy cash value. If you reduce the face amount of your Policy, we deduct any Surrender Charge that applies from the Policy's cash value in proportion to the amount of the face amount reduction. If the face amount of your Policy is reduced in the first year following a face amount increase, we will also deduct a proportionate part of the Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the first year following the face amount increase. A face amount reduction will decrease the Policy's death benefit unless we are increasing the death benefit to satisfy Federal income tax laws, in which case a face amount reduction will not decrease the death benefit unless we deduct a Surrender Charge from the cash value. A reduction in face amount in this situation may not be advisable. The amount of any face reduction must be at least $5,000, and the face amount remaining after a reduction must meet our minimum face amount requirements for issue, except with our consent. A-27 If you choose to reduce your Policy's face amount, unless you request otherwise, we will first decrease any prior increases in base Policy face amount that you applied for, in the reverse order in which the increases occurred, then any remaining initial base Policy face amount, and then any increase in face amount from a prior change in death benefit option. A reduction in face amount reduces the Federal tax law limits on the amount of premiums that you can pay under the Policy under the guideline premium test. In these cases, a portion of the Policy's cash value may have to be paid to you to comply with Federal tax law. A face amount reduction takes effect as of the date we receive your request. You can contact your registered representative or the Designated Office for information on face amount reduction procedures. A reduction in the face amount of a Policy may create a modified endowment contract or have other adverse tax consequences. If you are contemplating a reduction in face amount, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the tax consequences of the transaction. (See "Tax Considerations.") SURRENDERS AND PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS SURRENDER You may surrender the Policy for its cash surrender value at any time while the insured is living. We determine the cash surrender value as of the date when we receive the surrender request. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") The cash surrender value equals the cash value reduced by any Policy loan and accrued interest and by any applicable Surrender Charge. (See "Surrender Charge.") If you surrender the Policy in the first Policy year (or in the first year following a face amount increase), we will also deduct an amount equal to the remaining first year Coverage Expense Charges and Policy Charges. You may apply all or part of the surrender proceeds to a payment option. Once a Policy is surrendered, all coverage and benefits cease and cannot be reinstated. A surrender may result in adverse tax consequences. (See "Tax Considerations" below.) PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL After the first Policy anniversary you may withdraw a portion of the Policy's cash surrender value. A partial withdrawal reduces the Policy's death benefit and may reduce the Policy's face amount if necessary so that the amount at risk under the Policy will not increase. A partial withdrawal may also reduce rider benefits. The minimum amount of a partial withdrawal request must be $500. We have the right to limit partial withdrawals to no more than 90% of the cash surrender value. In addition, a partial withdrawal will be limited by any restriction that we currently impose on withdrawals from the Fixed Account. (See "The Fixed Account.") Currently, we permit partial withdrawals equal to the lesser of 100% of the Policy's cash surrender value in the Separate Account as of the beginning of the year, or the maximum amount that can be withdrawn without causing the Policy's face amount to fall below the minimum permitted. (However, we may allow the face amount to fall below the minimum if the Policy has been in force for at least 15 years and the insured's attained age is greater than 55.) You may not make a partial withdrawal that would reduce your cash surrender value to less than the amount of two monthly deductions. We have the right to limit partial withdrawals to 12 per Policy year. Currently we do not limit the number of partial withdrawals. We reserve the right to impose a charge of $25 on each partial withdrawal. If a partial withdrawal reduces your Policy's face amount, the amount of the Surrender Charge that will be deducted from your cash value is an amount that is proportional to the amount of the face reduction. The amount deducted will reduce the remaining Surrender Charge payable under the Policy. No Surrender Charge will apply on up to 10% of the cash surrender value withdrawn each year, measured as a percentage of each withdrawal. A-28 If a partial withdrawal that reduces the Policy's face amount occurs within 12 months after a face amount increase, we will deduct a proportionate part of the Coverage Expense Charges due with respect to the face amount increase for the remainder of the 12-month period. Any face amount reduction resulting from a partial withdrawal will reduce the face amount in the following order: any prior increases in base Policy face amount that you applied for, in the reverse order in which the increases occurred; any remaining initial face amount; and then any face amount increases resulting from a change in death benefit option, down to the required minimum. A partial withdrawal reduces the cash value in the Investment Divisions of the Separate Account and the Fixed Account in the same proportion that the cash value in each bears to the Policy's total unloaned cash value. We determine the amount of cash surrender value paid upon a partial withdrawal as of the date when we receive a request. You can contact your registered representative or our Designated Office for information on partial withdrawal procedures. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") A reduction in the death benefit as a result of a partial withdrawal may create a modified endowment contract or have other adverse tax consequences. If you are contemplating a partial withdrawal, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the tax consequences. (See "Tax Considerations.") TRANSFERS TRANSFER OPTION You may transfer your Policy's cash value between and among the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account. Your right to transfer begins 20 days after we apply your initial premium to the Policy. We reserve the right to limit transfers to four per Policy year. Currently we do not limit the number of transfers per Policy year. We reserve the right to make a charge of $25 per transfer. We treat all transfer requests made at the same time as a single request. The transfer is effective as of the date when we receive the transfer request, if the request is received before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Transfer requests received after that time, or on a day that the New York Stock Exchange is not open, will be effective on the next day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") For special rules regarding transfers involving the Fixed Account, see "The Fixed Account". Frequent requests from Policy Owners to transfer cash value may dilute the value of a Portfolio's shares if the frequent trading involves an attempt to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies created by a lag between a change in the value of the securities held by the Portfolio and the reflection of that change in the Portfolio's share price ("arbitrage trading"). Regardless of the existence of pricing inefficiencies, frequent transfers may also increase brokerage and administrative costs of the underlying Portfolios and may disrupt portfolio management strategy, requiring a Portfolio to maintain a high cash position and possibly resulting in lost investment opportunities and forced liquidations ("disruptive trading"). Accordingly, arbitrage trading and disruptive trading activities (referred to collectively as "market timing") may adversely affect the long-term performance of the Portfolios, which may in turn adversely affect Policy Owners and other persons who may have an interest in the Policies (e.g., beneficiaries). We have policies and procedures that attempt to detect and deter frequent transfers in situations where we determine there is a potential for arbitrage trading. Currently, we believe that such situations may be presented in the international, small-cap, and high-yield Portfolios (i.e., the BlackRock Strategic Value Portfolio, FI International Stock Portfolio, Franklin Templeton Small Cap Growth Portfolio, Loomis Sayles Small Cap Portfolio, Morgan Stanley EAFE Index Portfolio, Oppenheimer Global Equity Portfolio, Russell 2000 Index Portfolio, Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio, Harris Oakmark International Portfolio, Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio, Met/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio, MFS Research International Portfolio, and American Funds Global Small Capitalization Fund--the "Monitored Portfolios") and we monitor transfer activity in those Monitored Portfolios. In addition, as described below, we intend to treat all American Funds Insurance Series portfolios ("American Funds portfolios") as Monitored Portfolios. We employ various means to monitor transfer activity, such as examining the frequency and size of transfers into and out of the Monitored Portfolios within given periods of time. For example, we currently monitor transfer activity to determine if, A-29 for each category of international, small-cap, and high-yield Portfolios, in a 12-month period there were, (1) six or more transfers involving the given category; (2) cumulative gross transfers involving the given category that exceed the current cash value; and (3) two or more "round-trips" involving any Portfolio in the given category. A round-trip generally is defined as a transfer in followed by a transfer out within the next seven calendar days or a transfer out followed by a transfer in within the next seven calendar days, in either case subject to certain other criteria. We do not believe that other Portfolios present a significant opportunity to engage in arbitrage trading and therefore do not monitor transfer activity in those Portfolios. We may change the Monitored Portfolios at any time without notice in our sole discretion. In addition to monitoring transfer activity in certain Portfolios, we rely on the underlying Portfolios to bring any potential disruptive trading activity they identify to our attention for investigation on a case-by-case basis. We will also investigate other harmful transfer activity that we identify from time to time. We may revise these policies and procedures in our sole discretion at any time without prior notice. AMERICAN FUNDS MONITORING POLICY. As a condition to making their portfolios available in our products, American Funds requires us to treat all American Funds portfolios as Monitored Portfolios under our current market timing and excessive trading policies and procedures. Further, American Funds requires us to impose additional specified monitoring criteria for all American Funds portfolios available under the Policy, regardless of the potential for arbitrage trading. We are required to monitor transfer activity in American Funds portfolios to determine if there were two or more transfers in followed by transfers out, in each case of a certain dollar amount or greater, in any 30- day period. A first violation of the American Funds monitoring policy will result in a written notice of violation; each additional violation will result in the imposition of a six-month restriction, during which period we will require all transfer requests to or from an American Funds portfolio to be submitted with an original signature. Further, as Monitored Portfolios, all American Funds portfolios also will be subject to our current market timing and excessive trading policies, procedures and restrictions (described below), and transfer restrictions may be imposed upon a violation of either monitoring policy. Although we do not have the operational or systems capability at this time to impose the American Funds monitoring policy and/or to treat all of the American Funds portfolios as Monitored Portfolios under our policy, we intend to do so in the future. Our policies and procedures may result in transfer restrictions being applied to deter market timing. Currently, when we detect transfer activity in the Monitored Portfolios that exceeds our current transfer limits, or other transfer activity that we believe may be harmful to other Policy Owners or other persons who have an interest in the Policies, we require all future transfer requests to or from any Monitored Portfolios or other identified Portfolios under that Policy to be submitted either (i) in writing with an original signature or (ii) by telephone prior to 10:00 a.m. Transfers made under an Automated Investment Strategy are not treated as transfers when we evaluate trading patterns for market timing. The detection and deterrence of harmful transfer activity involves judgments that are inherently subjective, such as the decision to monitor only those Portfolios that we believe are susceptible to arbitrage trading or the determination of the transfer limits. Our ability to detect and/or restrict such transfer activity may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as our ability to predict strategies employed by Policy Owners to avoid such detection. Our ability to restrict such transfer activity also may be limited by provisions of the Policy. Accordingly, there is no assurance that we will prevent all transfer activity that may adversely affect Policy Owners and other persons with interests in the Policies. We do not accommodate market timing in any Portfolio and there are no arrangements in place to permit any Policy Owner to engage in market timing; we apply our policies and procedures without exception, waiver, or special arrangement. The Portfolios may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares, and we reserve the right to enforce these policies and procedures. For example, Portfolios may assess a redemption fee (which we reserve the right to collect) on shares held for a relatively short period. The prospectuses for the Portfolios describe any such policies and procedures, which may be more or less restrictive than the policies and procedures we have adopted. Although we may not have the contractual authority or the operational capacity to apply the frequent trading policies and procedures of the Portfolios, we have entered into a written agreement, as required by SEC regulation, with each Portfolio or its principal underwriter that obligates us to provide to the Portfolio promptly upon request certain information about the trading activity of individual Policy Owners, and to execute instructions from the Portfolio to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Policy Owners who violate the frequent trading policies established by the Portfolio. A-30 In addition, Policy Owners and other persons with interests in the Policies should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Portfolios generally are "omnibus" orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans or separate accounts funding variable insurance products. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual owners of variable insurance products and/or individual retirement plan participants. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the Portfolios in their ability to apply their frequent trading policies and procedures. In addition, the other insurance companies and/or retirement plans may have different policies and procedures or may not have any such policies and procedures because of contractual limitations. For these reasons, we cannot guarantee that the Portfolios (and thus Policy Owners) will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to other insurance companies and/or retirement plans that may invest in the Portfolios. If a Portfolio believes that an omnibus order reflects one or more transfer requests from Policy Owners engaged in disruptive trading activity, the Portfolio may reject the entire omnibus order. In accordance with applicable law, we reserve the right to modify or terminate the transfer privilege at any time. We also reserve the right to defer or restrict the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the Portfolios, including any refusal or restriction on purchases or redemptions of their shares as a result of their own policies and procedures on market timing activities (even if an entire omnibus order is rejected due to the market timing activity of a single Policy Owner). You should read the Portfolio prospectuses for more details. AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES You can choose one of five automated investment strategies. You can change or cancel your choice at any time. EQUITY GENERATOR. The Equity Generator allows you to transfer the interest earned in the Fixed Account to any one of the Investment Divisions on each monthly anniversary. The interest earned in the month must be at least $20 in order for the transfer to take place. If less than $20 is earned, no transfer will occur, and the interest not transferred cannot be counted towards the next month's minimum. ALLOCATOR. The Allocator allows you to systematically transfer cash value from the Fixed Account or any one Investment Division (the "source fund") to any number of Investment Divisions. The transfers will take place on each monthly anniversary. You can choose to transfer a specified dollar amount (1) for a specified number of months, or (2) until the source fund is depleted. In either case, payments must continue for at least a three month period. ENHANCED DOLLAR COST AVERAGER. With the Enhanced Dollar Cost Averager, cash value is transferred from the EDCA fixed account to the Investment Divisions monthly. You elect the EDCA at issue and select the total amount of cash value to be transferred. The cash value earmarked for the strategy is held in the EDCA fixed account where it is credited with a rate of interest that is higher than the Fixed Account's current crediting rate. The amount transferred each month to the Investment Divisions equals the total amount earmarked for the strategy divided by 12. REBALANCER. The Rebalancer allows your Policy's cash value to be automatically redistributed on a quarterly basis among the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in accordance with the allocation percentages you have selected. INDEX SELECTOR. The Index Selector allows you to choose one of five asset allocation models which are designed to correlate to various risk tolerance levels. Based on your selection, we allocate 100% of your cash value among the five Investment Divisions that invest in the five index Portfolios available under the Policy (the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, Morgan Stanley EAFE Index, MetLife Stock Index, MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index and Russell 2000 Index Portfolios) and the Fixed Account. On a quarterly basis, we will redistribute your cash value among these Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in order to return your cash value to the original allocation percentages. If you change your allocation of net premiums the Index Selector strategy, including the rebalancing feature, will be terminated. These automated investment strategies allow you to take advantage of investment fluctuations, but none assures a profit nor protects against a loss. Because certain strategies involve continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuating price levels of such securities, you should consider your financial ability to continue purchases through periods of fluctuating price levels. A-31 We reserve the right to modify or terminate any of the automated investment strategies for any reason, including, without limitation, a change in regulatory requirements applicable to such programs. For more information about the automated investment strategies, please contact your registered representative. LOANS YOU MAY BORROW FROM YOUR POLICY AT ANY TIME. The maximum amount you may borrow, calculated as of the date of the loan, is: -- the Policy's cash value, less -- any Policy loan balance, less -- loan interest due to the next Policy anniversary, less -- the most recent Monthly Deduction times the number of months to the next Policy anniversary, less -- any Surrender Charge, plus -- interest credited on the cash value at the guaranteed interest rate to the next Policy anniversary. The minimum loan amount is $500. We make the loan as of the date when we receive a loan request. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") You may increase your risk of lapse if you take a loan. You should contact our Designated Office or your registered representative for information on loan procedures. A Policy loan reduces the Policy's cash value in the Investment Divisions by the amount of the loan. A loan repayment increases the cash value in the Investment Divisions by the amount of the repayment. We attribute Policy loans to the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in proportion to the cash value in each. We transfer cash value equal to the amount of the loan from the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account to the Loan Account (which is part of our general account). You may repay all or part of your loan at any time while the insured is still alive. When you make a loan repayment, we transfer an amount of cash value equal to the repayment from the Loan Account to the Divisions of the Separate Account and to the Fixed Account in proportion to the cash value in each. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") We guarantee that the interest rate charged on Policy loans will not be more than 4.0% per year in Policy years 1-10 and 3.0% per year thereafter. Policy loan interest is due and payable annually on each Policy anniversary. If not paid when due, we add the interest accrued to the loan amount, and we transfer an amount of cash value equal to the unpaid interest from the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account to the Loan Account in the same manner as a new loan. Cash value in the Loan Account earns interest at not less than 3.0% per year and is transferred on each Policy anniversary to the Investment Divisions and to the Fixed Account in proportion to the cash value in each. The interest credited will also be transferred: (1) when you take a new loan; (2) when you make a full or partial loan repayment; and (3) when the Policy enters the grace period. The amount taken from the Policy's Investment Divisions as a result of a loan does not participate in the investment experience of the Investment Divisions. Therefore, loans can permanently affect the death benefit and cash value of the Policy, even if repaid. In addition, we reduce any proceeds payable under a Policy by the amount of any outstanding loan plus accrued interest. If a Policy loan is outstanding, it may be better to repay the loan than to pay a premium, because the payment is subject to sales and premium tax charges, and the loan repayment is not subject to charges. (See "Deductions from Premiums.") If you want us to treat a payment as a loan repayment, it should be clearly marked as such. A loan that is taken from, or secured by, a Policy may have tax consequences. Although the issue is not free from doubt, we believe that a loan from or secured by a Policy that is not classified as a modified endowment contract should generally not be treated as a taxable distribution. Nevertheless, the tax consequences associated A-32 with loans outstanding after the tenth Policy year are uncertain. A tax adviser should be consulted when considering a loan. LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT LAPSE In general, in any month that your Policy's cash surrender value is not large enough to cover a Monthly Deduction, your Policy will be in default, and may lapse. However, you can prevent your Policy from lapsing, regardless of the amount of your cash surrender value, if the premiums you pay are sufficient to keep the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit ("GMDB") in effect. The base Policy offers, at no additional charge, a five-year GMDB, a 20-year GMDB and a GMDB that lasts until the insured's age 65. For an additional charge, you can add a Policy rider at issue that provides a GMDB to age 85 or a GMDB to age 121. All Policies are issued with the five-year GMDB, which guarantees that the Policy will remain in force for at least five years if the required Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premiums ("GMDB Monthly Premiums") are paid when due. The five-year GMDB Monthly Premium is set forth in your Policy. It is the minimum initial periodic premium you can pay into the Policy. The 20-year GMDB and the GMDB to age 65 are available to eligible Policy Owners and can be elected at issue. The GMDB Monthly Premium varies depending on the guarantee period, the insured's age, sex (except for unisex policies), smoking status and risk class, the Policy's face amount and the death benefit option chosen. The GMDB Monthly Premium may change in the event that any of the following events occur: an increase or decrease in the base Policy face amount; adding, deleting or changing a rider; a change in death benefit option or the insured's risk class; or a misstatement of the insured's age or sex in the Policy application. On each monthly anniversary we test the Policy to determine if the cumulative premiums you have paid, less any partial withdrawals or outstanding loans you have taken, equal or exceed the sum of the GMDB Monthly Premiums due to date for the GMDB you selected. If you meet this test, the GMDB you selected will be in effect. However, even if you have not elected the 20-year GMDB or the GMDB to age 65, if the amount of premiums you pay into the Policy for each Policy month since the Policy Date is sufficient to meet the requirements of the 20-year GMDB or the GMDB to age 65, in your third annual statement we will notify you that the applicable GMDB is in effect. Conversely, if you have elected the 20-year GMDB or the GMDB to age 65 and your premium payments are insufficient to satisfy the GMDB Monthly Premium requirements, we will notify you that your GMDB will be reduced to the five-year GMDB, the GMDB to age 65, or the 20-year GMDB, as applicable, unless you pay sufficient premiums within 62 days to meet the requirements of the GMDB you originally selected. If, during the first five Policy years, you fail to pay sufficient premiums to keep the five-year GMDB in effect, we will notify you that the GMDB will terminate within 62 days if you fail to pay the required Monthly Premiums. If the guarantee provided by the GMDB terminates, the Policy will continue in force for as long as there is cash surrender value sufficient to pay the Monthly Deduction. If the GMDB terminates, you may reinstate it within nine months provided the Policy remains in force. In order to reinstate the GMDB, you must pay sufficient premiums to satisfy the cumulative premium requirement for the applicable GMDB (five-year, 20-year or to age 65) at the time of reinstatement. If the GMDB is in effect and the Policy's cash surrender value is insufficient to cover the Monthly Deduction, the Policy will not lapse. We will take the Monthly Deduction from the Policy's cash value until the cash value has been reduced to zero. At that point, future Monthly Deductions will be waived for as long as the GMDB is in effect. If the GMDB is not in effect and the cash surrender value is insufficient to pay the Monthly Deduction, the Policy will enter a 62-day grace period during which you will have an opportunity to pay a premium sufficient to keep the Policy in force. The minimum amount you must pay is the lesser of three Monthly Deductions or, if applicable, the amount necessary to reinstate the GMDB. We will tell you the amount due. If you fail to pay this amount before the end of the grace period, the Policy will terminate. Your Policy may also lapse if Policy loans plus accrued interest exceed the Policy's cash value less the Surrender Charge. Your Policy may be protected against lapse in these circumstances if it has been in force for 15 years, the insured has attained age 75, and the other requirements of the Overloan Protection Rider have been A-33 met. If your Policy is not so protected, we will notify you that the Policy is going to terminate. The Policy terminates without value unless you make a sufficient payment within the later of 62 days from the monthly anniversary immediately before the date when the excess loan occurs or 31 days after we mail the notice. If the Policy lapses with a loan outstanding, adverse tax consequences may result. (See "Tax Considerations" below.) REINSTATEMENT If your Policy has lapsed, you may reinstate it within three years after the date of lapse if the insured has not attained age 121. If more than three years have passed, you need our consent to reinstate. Reinstatement in all cases requires payment of certain charges described in the Policy and usually requires evidence of insurability that is satisfactory to us. If the Policy lapses and is reinstated during the first five Policy years, only the five-year GMDB will be reinstated. If the Policy lapses after the first five Policy years, the GMDB will terminate and cannot be reinstated. Under no circumstances can the GMDB provided by Policy rider be reinstated following a Policy lapse. If we deducted a Surrender Charge on lapse, we credit it back to the Policy's cash value on reinstatement. The Surrender Charge on the date of reinstatement is the same as it was on the date of lapse. When we determine the Surrender Charge and other charges except cost of insurance and the Policy loan interest rate, we do not count the amount of time that a Policy was lapsed. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS BY RIDER You can add additional benefits to the Policy by rider, subject to our underwriting and issuance standards. These additional benefits usually require an additional charge as part of the Monthly Deduction from cash value. The rider benefits available with the Policy provide fixed benefits that do not vary with the investment experience of the Separate Account. The following riders and endorsements, some of which have been described previously, are available: CHILDREN'S TERM INSURANCE RIDER, which provides term insurance on the lives of children of the insured. WAIVER OF MONTHLY DEDUCTION RIDER, which provides for waiver of Monthly Deductions in the event of the disability of the insured. WAIVER OF SPECIFIED PREMIUM RIDER, which provides for waiver of a specified amount of monthly premium in the event of the disability of the insured. OPTIONS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE RIDER, which allows the Owner to purchase additional coverage on the insured without providing evidence of insurability. OPTION TO PURCHASE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RIDER, which allows the Owner to purchase long-term care coverage on the insured without providing evidence of insurability. ACCELERATION OF DEATH BENEFIT RIDER, which provides for an accelerated payment of all or part of the Policy's death benefit, on a discounted basis, upon a physician's certification that the insured is terminally ill, i.e., expected to live no more than 12 months (24 months in some states) from the date of the certification. For purposes of calculating the death benefit, we assume a date of death that is one year after final proofs of claim are received. We discount the Policy's death benefit (net of loans and accumulated loan interest) back to the date of claim using an interest rate declared by us. The discounted death benefit is then reduced by the present value of premiums due up to the assumed date of death (less the present value of any pro rata refund of premiums paid for a period beyond the assumed date of death), and by the amount of monthly deductions for the twelve months after the date of claim. The minimum payment that will be made under the rider is $20,000 and the maximum is the greater of $250,000 or 10% of the total death benefit available. GUARANTEED SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT RIDER, which provides the beneficiary with the option of exchanging the Policy's death benefit for enhanced monthly income payments for life. ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, which provides for the payment of an additional death benefit in the event of the insured's death by accident. A-34 GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT RIDER, which provides for a guaranteed death benefit until the insured's age 85 or the insured's age 121. OVERLOAN PROTECTION RIDER, which provides protection from Policy lapse due to an excess Policy loan. Not all riders may be available to you and riders in addition to those listed above may be made available. You should consult your registered representative regarding the availability of riders. THE FIXED ACCOUNT You may allocate net premiums and transfer cash value to the Fixed Account, which is part of MetLife's general account. Because of exemptive and exclusionary provisions in the Federal securities laws, interests in the Fixed Account are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Neither the Fixed Account nor the general account is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Therefore, neither the Fixed Account, the general account nor any interests therein are generally subject to the provisions of these Acts, and the SEC does not review Fixed Account disclosure. This disclosure may, however, be subject to certain provisions of the Federal securities laws on the accuracy and completeness of prospectuses. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Our general account includes all of our assets except assets in the Separate Account or in our other separate accounts. We decide how to invest our general account assets. Fixed Account allocations do not share in the actual investment experience of the general account. Instead, we guarantee that the Fixed Account will credit interest at an annual effective rate of at least 3%. We may or may not credit interest at a higher rate. We declare the current interest rate for the Fixed Account periodically. The Fixed Account earns interest daily. VALUES AND BENEFITS Cash value in the Fixed Account increases from net premiums allocated and transfers to the Fixed Account and Fixed Account interest, and decreases from loans, partial withdrawals made from the Fixed Account, charges and transfers from the Fixed Account. We deduct charges from the Fixed Account and the Policy's Investment Divisions in proportion to the amount of cash value in each. (See "Monthly Deduction from Cash Value.") A Policy's total cash value includes cash value in the Separate Account, the Fixed Account, and any cash value held in the Loan Account due to a Policy loan. Cash value in the Fixed Account is included in the calculation of the Policy's death benefit in the same manner as the cash value in the Separate Account. (See "Death Benefits.") POLICY TRANSACTIONS Except as described below, the Fixed Account has the same rights and limitations regarding premium allocations, transfers, loans, surrenders and partial withdrawals as the Separate Account. The following special rules apply to the Fixed Account. Twenty days after we apply the initial premium to the Policy you may transfer cash value from the Fixed Account to the Separate Account. The amount of any transfer must be at least $50, unless the balance remaining would be less than $50, in which case you may withdraw or transfer the entire Fixed Account cash value. After the first Policy year you may withdraw cash value from the Fixed Account. The amount of any partial withdrawal, net of applicable Surrender Charges, must be at least $500. No amount may be withdrawn from the Fixed Account that would result in there being insufficient cash value to meet any Surrender Charges that would be payable immediately following the withdrawal upon the surrender of the remaining cash value in the Policy. We reserve the right to only allow transfers and withdrawals from the Fixed Account during the 30-day period that follows the Policy anniversary. The total amount of transfers and withdrawals in a Policy year may not exceed the greater of (a) 25% of the Policy's cash surrender value in the Fixed Account at the beginning of the Policy year, (b) the previous Policy year's maximum allowable withdrawal amount and (c) 100% of the cash surrender value in the Fixed Account if withdrawing the greater of (a) and (b) would result in a Fixed Account balance of $50 or less. We are not currently imposing the maximum limit on transfers and withdrawals from the Fixed Account, but we reserve the right to do so. A-35 There is currently no transaction charge for partial withdrawals or transfers. We reserve the right to limit partial withdrawals to 12 and transfers to four in a Policy year and to impose a charge of $25 for each partial withdrawal or transfer. We may revoke or modify the privilege of transferring amounts to or from the Fixed Account at any time. Partial withdrawals will result in the imposition of any applicable Surrender Charges. Unless you request otherwise, a Policy loan reduces the Policy's cash value in the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account proportionately. We allocate all loan repayments in the same proportion that the cash value in each Investment Division and the Fixed Account bears to the Policy's total unloaned cash value. The amount transferred from the Policy's Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account as a result of a loan earns interest at an effective rate of at least 3% per year, which we credit to the Policy's cash value in the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in proportion to the Policy's cash value in each on the day it is credited. We take partial withdrawals from the Policy's Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in the same proportion that the cash value in each account bears to the Policy's total unloaned cash value. We can delay transfers, surrenders, withdrawals and Policy loans from the Fixed Account for up to six months (to the extent allowed by state insurance law). We will not delay loans to pay premiums on policies issued by us. CHARGES We make certain charges and deductions under the Policy. These charges and deductions compensate us for: (1) services and benefits we provide; (2) costs and expenses we incur; and (3) risks we assume. Services and benefits we provide: - the death benefit, cash, and loan benefits under the Policy - investment options, including premium allocations - administration of elective options - the distribution of reports to Policy Owners Costs and expenses we incur: - costs associated with processing and underwriting applications, and with issuing and administering the Policy (including any riders) - overhead and other expenses for providing services and benefits - sales and marketing expenses - other costs of doing business, such as collecting premiums, maintaining records, processing claims, effecting transactions, and paying federal, state, and local premium and other taxes and fees Risks we assume: - that the cost of insurance charges we may deduct are insufficient to meet our actual claims because the insureds die sooner than we estimate - that the cost of providing the services and benefits under the Policies exceed the charges we deduct The amount of a charge may not necessarily correspond to the costs of the services or benefits that are implied by the name of the charge or that are associated with the particular Policy. For example, the sales charge and Surrender Charge may not fully cover all of our sales and distribution expenses, and we may use proceeds from other charges, including the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and the cost of insurance charge, to help cover those expenses. We may profit from certain Policy charges. A-36 DEDUCTIONS FROM PREMIUMS Prior to the allocation of a premium, we deduct a percentage of your premium payment. We credit the remaining amount (the net premium) to your cash value according to your allocation instructions. The deductions we make from each premium payment are the sales charge, the premium tax charge, and the federal tax charge. SALES CHARGE. We deduct a 2.25% sales charge from each premium payment. Currently, the sales charge is only deducted from premium payments that are less than or equal to the Target Premium. PREMIUM TAX CHARGE. We deduct 2.0% from each premium for premium taxes and administrative expenses. Premium taxes vary from state to state, but we deduct a flat 2.0%, which is based on an average of such taxes. Administrative expenses covered by this charge include those related to premium tax and certain other state filings. FEDERAL TAX CHARGE. We deduct 1.25% from each premium for our Federal income tax liability related to premiums. EXAMPLE: The following chart shows the net amount that we would allocate to the Policy assuming a premium payment of $2,000 (and a Target Premium of $2,000).
NET PREMIUM PREMIUM - ------- ------- $4,000 $4,000 - 175 (5.5% X $2,000) + (3.25% x $2,000) = total sales, premium ------- tax and Federal tax charges $3,825 Net Premium
SURRENDER CHARGE If, during the first ten Policy years, or during the first ten Policy years following a face amount increase, you surrender or lapse your Policy, reduce the face amount, or make a partial withdrawal or change in death benefit option that reduces the face amount, then we will deduct a Surrender Charge from the cash value. The maximum Surrender Charge is shown in your Policy. No Surrender Charge will apply on up to 10% of the cash surrender value withdrawn each year. The Surrender Charge depends on the face amount of your Policy and the issue age, sex (except for unisex policies), risk class and smoker status of the insured. The Surrender Charge will remain level for up to three Policy years, or for up to three years after a face amount increase, and will then decline on a monthly basis until it reaches zero at the end of the tenth Policy year (or the tenth year following the face amount increase). The table below shows the maximum Surrender Charge that applies if the lapse, surrender or face amount reduction occurs at any time in the first three Policy years, and in the last month of each Policy year thereafter.
FOR POLICIES WHICH THE MAXIMUM SURRENDER ARE SURRENDERED, CHARGE IS THE FOLLOWING LAPSED OR PERCENTAGE OF ONE TARGET REDUCED DURING PREMIUM ------------------ ----------------------------- Entire Policy Year 1 150% 2 150% 3 150% Last Month of Policy Year 4 130% 5 110% 6 100% 7 90% 8 70% 9 35% 10 0%
A-37 In the case of a face amount reduction or a partial withdrawal or change in death benefit option that results in a face amount reduction, we deduct any Surrender Charge that applies from the Policy's remaining cash value in an amount that is proportional to the amount of the Policy's face amount surrendered. (See "Reduction in Face Amount," "Partial Withdrawal" and "Change in Death Benefit Option.") If you surrender the Policy (or a face amount increase) in the first Policy year (or in the first year following the face amount increase) we will deduct from the surrender proceeds an amount equal to the remaining first year Coverage Expense Charges and Policy Charges. If you reduce the face amount of your Policy in the first year following a face amount increase, we will deduct from your cash value a proportionate amount of the remaining first year Coverage Expense Charges, based on the ratio of the face amount reduction to the Policy's original face amount. The Surrender Charge reduces the Policy's cash value in the Investment Divisions and the Fixed Account in proportion to the amount of the Policy's cash value in each. However, if you designate the accounts from which a partial withdrawal is to be taken, the charge will be deducted proportionately from the cash value of the designated accounts. PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL CHARGE We reserve the right to impose a processing charge on each partial withdrawal. If imposed, this charge would compensate us for administrative costs in generating the withdrawn payment and in making all calculations that may be required because of the partial withdrawal. TRANSFER CHARGE We reserve the right to impose a processing charge on each transfer between Investment Divisions or between an Investment Division and the Fixed Account to compensate us for the costs of processing these transfers. Transfers under one of our Automated Investment Strategies do not count as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge. ILLUSTRATION OF BENEFITS CHARGE We reserve the right to impose a charge for each illustration of Policy benefits that you request in excess of one per year. If imposed, this charge would compensate us for the cost of preparing and delivering the illustration to you. MONTHLY DEDUCTION FROM CASH VALUE On the first day of each Policy month, starting with the Policy Date, we deduct the "Monthly Deduction" from your cash value. -- If your Policy is protected against lapse by a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit, we make the Monthly Deduction each month regardless of the amount of your cash surrender value. If your cash surrender value is insufficient to pay the Monthly Deduction in any month, your Policy will not lapse, but the shortfall will, in effect, cause your cash surrender value to have a negative balance. (See "Lapse and Reinstatement.") -- If a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit is not in effect, and the cash surrender value is not large enough to cover the entire Monthly Deduction, we will make the deduction to the extent cash value is available, but the Policy will be in default, and it may lapse. (See "Lapse and Reinstatement.") There is no Monthly Deduction on or after the Policy anniversary when the insured attains age 121. The Monthly Deduction reduces the cash value in each Investment Division and in the Fixed Account in proportion to the cash value in each. However, you may request that we charge the Monthly Deduction to a specific Investment Division or to the Fixed Account. If, in any month, the designated account has insufficient cash value to cover the Monthly Deduction, we will first reduce the designated account cash value to zero and then charge the remaining Monthly Deduction to all Investment Divisions and, if applicable, the Fixed Account, in proportion to the cash value in each. A-38 The Monthly Deduction includes the following charges: POLICY CHARGE. The Policy Charge is equal to $15.00 per month in the first Policy year and $8.00 per month thereafter. The Policy Charge is $12 per month in the first Policy year and $9 per month thereafter for Policies issued with face amounts of less than $50,000. No Policy Charge applies to Policies issued with face amounts equal to or greater than $250,000. The Policy Charge compensates us for administrative costs such as record keeping, processing death benefit claims and policy changes, preparing and mailing reports, and overhead costs. COVERAGE EXPENSE CHARGE. We impose a monthly charge for the costs of underwriting, issuing (including sales commissions), and administering the Policy or the face amount increase. The monthly charge is imposed on the base Policy face amount and varies by the base Policy's face amount and duration, and by the insured's issue age, smoking status, risk class (at the time the Policy or a face amount increase is issued), and, except for unisex Policies, the insured's sex. Currently, we only impose the Coverage Expense Charge during the first eight Policy years, and during the first eight Policy years following a requested face amount increase. MONTHLY CHARGES FOR THE COST OF INSURANCE. This charge covers the cost of providing insurance protection under your Policy. The cost of insurance charge for a Policy month is equal to the "amount at risk" under the Policy, multiplied by the cost of insurance rate for that Policy month. We determine the amount at risk on the first day of the Policy month. The amount at risk is the amount by which the death benefit (generally discounted at the monthly equivalent of 3% per year) exceeds the Policy's cash value. The amount at risk is affected by investment performance, loans, premium payments, fees and charges, partial withdrawals and face amount reductions. The guaranteed cost of insurance rates for a Policy depend on the insured's -- smoking status -- risk class -- attained age -- sex (if the Policy is sex-based). The current cost of insurance rates will depend on the above factors, plus -- the insured's age at issue (and at the time of any face amount increase) -- the Policy year (and the year of any face amount increase) -- the Policy's face amount. We guarantee that the rates for underwritten Policies will not be higher than rates based on -- the 2001 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables (the "2001 CSO Tables") with smoker/nonsmoker modifications, for Policies issued on non-juvenile insureds (age 18 and above at issue), adjusted for substandard ratings or flat extras, if applicable -- the 2001 CSO Aggregate Tables (Nonsmoker Tables for attained age 16 and older), for Policies issued on juvenile insureds (below age 18 at issue). The actual rates we use may be lower than the maximum rates, depending on our expectations about our future mortality and expense experience, lapse rates, taxes and investment earnings. We review the adequacy of our cost of insurance rates and other non-guaranteed charges periodically and may adjust them. Any change will apply prospectively. The risk classes we use are -- for Policies issued on non-juvenile insureds: preferred smoker, standard smoker, rated smoker, elite nonsmoker, preferred nonsmoker, standard nonsmoker, and rated nonsmoker. -- for Policies issued on juvenile insureds: standard and rated. A-39 Rated Policies have higher cost of insurance deductions. We base the guaranteed maximum mortality charges for substandard ratings on multiples of the 1980 CSO Tables. The following standard or better smoker and non-smoker classes are available for underwritten Policies: -- elite nonsmoker for Policies with face amounts of $250,000 or more where the issue age is 18 through 80; -- preferred smoker and preferred nonsmoker for Policies with face amounts of $100,000 or more where the issue age is 18 through 80; -- standard smoker and standard nonsmoker for Policies with face amounts of $50,000 or more ($25,000 for pension plans) where the issue age is 18 through 85. The elite nonsmoker class generally offers the best current cost of insurance rates, and the preferred classes generally offer better current cost of insurance rates than the standard classes. Cost of insurance rates are generally lower for nonsmokers than for smokers and generally lower for females than for males. Within a given risk class, cost of insurance rates are generally lower for insureds with lower issue ages. For Policies sold in connection with some employee benefit plans, cost of insurance rates (and Policy values and benefits) do not vary based on the sex of the insured. CHARGES FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES. We charge for the cost of any additional rider benefits as described in the rider form. We also may charge you a nominal fee, which we will bill directly to you, if you request a Policy re-issue or re-dating. MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE. We impose a monthly charge for our mortality and expense risks. The mortality risk we assume is that insureds may live for shorter periods of time than we estimated. The expense risk is that our costs of issuing and administering the Policies may be more than we estimated. The charge is imposed on the cash value in the Separate Account, but the rate we charge is determined by the cash value in the Separate Account and the Fixed Account. The rate is determined on each monthly anniversary and varies based on the Policy year and the Policy's net cash value in relation to the Policy's Target Premium. As shown in the table below, the rate declines as the Policy's net cash value and the Policy years increase. The charge is guaranteed not to exceed 0.80% in Policy years 1-10, 0.35% in Policy years 11-19, 0.20% in Policy years 20-29 and 0.05% thereafter.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARGE APPLIED TO CASH VALUE IN POLICY YEAR NET CASH VALUE SEPARATE ACCOUNT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 5 target premiums 0.60% 5 but less than 10 target premiums 0.55% 1 - 10 10 but less than 20 target premiums 0.30% 20 target premiums or more 0.15% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 5 target premiums 0.35% 5 but less than 10 target premiums 0.30% 11 - 19 10 but less than 20 target premiums 0.15% 20 target premiums or more 0.10% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 5 target premiums 0.20% 5 but less than 10 target premiums 0.15% 20 - 29 10 but less than 20 target premiums 0.10% 20 target premiums or more 0.05% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30+ 0.05% - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOAN INTEREST SPREAD We charge you interest on a loan at a maximum effective rate of 4.0% per year in Policy years 1-10 and 3.0% per year thereafter, compounded daily. We also credit interest on the amount we take from the Policy's accounts as a result of the loan at a minimum annual effective rate of 3% per year, compounded daily. As a result, the loan interest spread will never be more than 1.00%. A-40 CHARGES AGAINST THE PORTFOLIOS AND THE INVESTMENT DIVISIONS OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT CHARGES FOR INCOME TAXES. We currently do not charge the Separate Account for income taxes, but in the future we may make such a charge, if appropriate. We have the right to make a charge for any taxes imposed on the Policies in the future. (See "MetLife's Income Taxes.") PORTFOLIO EXPENSES. There are daily charges against the Portfolio assets for investment advisory services and fund operating expenses. These are described in the Fee Table as well as in the attached Portfolio prospectuses. TAX CONSIDERATIONS INTRODUCTION The following summary provides a general description of the Federal income tax considerations associated with the Policy and does not purport to be complete or to cover all tax situations. This discussion is not intended as tax advice. Counsel or other competent tax advisers should be consulted for more complete information. This discussion is based upon our understanding of the present Federal income tax laws. No representation is made as to the likelihood of continuation of the present Federal income tax laws or as to how they may be interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service. IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE: The tax information contained herein is not intended to (and cannot) be used by anyone to avoid IRS penalties. It is intended to support the sale of the Policy. The Policy Owner should seek tax advice based on the Policy Owner's particular circumstances from an independent tax adviser. TAX STATUS OF THE POLICY In order to qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes and to receive the tax treatment normally accorded life insurance contracts under Federal tax law, a Policy must satisfy certain requirements which are set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. Guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied is limited. Nevertheless, we anticipate that the Policy should be deemed to be a life insurance contract under Federal tax law. However, if your Policy is issued on a substandard basis, there is additional uncertainty and some risk that your Policy will not be treated as a life insurance contract under Federal tax law. Moreover, if you elect the Acceleration of Death Benefit Rider, the tax qualification consequences associated with continuing the Policy after a distribution is made under the rider are unclear. We may take appropriate steps to bring the Policy into compliance with applicable requirements, and we reserve the right to restrict Policy transactions in order to do so. The insurance proceeds payable on the death of the insured will never be less than the minimum amount required for the Policy to be treated as life insurance under section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on the date the Policy was issued. In some circumstances, owners of variable contracts who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying separate account assets may be treated as the owners of those assets. Although published guidance in this area does not address certain aspects of the Policies, we believe that the Owner of a Policy should not be treated as the owner of the Separate Account assets. We reserve the right to modify the Policies to bring them into conformity with applicable standards should such modification be necessary to prevent Owners of the Policies from being treated as the owners of the underlying Separate Account assets. In addition, the Code requires that the investments of the Separate Account be "adequately diversified" in order for the Policies to be treated as life insurance contracts for Federal income tax purposes. It is intended that the Separate Account, through the Portfolios, will satisfy these diversification requirements. The following discussion assumes that the Policy will qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes. TAX TREATMENT OF POLICY BENEFITS IN GENERAL. We believe that the death benefit under a Policy should generally be excludible from the gross income of the beneficiary. Federal, state and local transfer, and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of A-41 Policy proceeds depend on the circumstances of each Policy Owner or beneficiary. A tax adviser should be consulted on these consequences. In the case of employer-owned life insurance as defined in Section 101(j), the amount of the death benefit excludable from gross income is limited to premiums paid unless the Policy falls within certain specified exceptions and a notice and consent requirement is satisfied before the Policy is issued. Certain specified exceptions are based on the status of an employee as highly compensated or recently employed. There are also exceptions for Policy proceeds paid to an employee's heirs. These exceptions only apply if proper notice is given to the insured employee and consent is received from the insured employee before the issuance of the Policy. These rules apply to Policies issued August 18, 2006 and later and also apply to policies issued before August 18, 2006 after a material increase in the death benefit or other material change. An IRS reporting requirement applies to employer-owned life insurance subject to these rules. Because these rules are complex and will affect the tax treatment of death benefits, it is advisable to consult tax counsel. The death benefit will also be taxable in the case of a transfer-for-value unless certain exceptions apply. Generally, the Policy Owner will not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of the Policy cash value until there is a distribution or a deemed distribution. When distributions from a Policy occur, or when loans are taken from or secured by a Policy, the tax consequences depend on whether the Policy is classified as a modified endowment contract ("MEC"). MODIFIED ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS. Under the Internal Revenue Code, certain life insurance contracts are classified as modified endowment contracts, with less favorable income tax treatment than other life insurance contracts. Due to the Policy's flexibility with respect to premium payments and benefits, each Policy's circumstances will determine whether the Policy is a MEC. In general a Policy will be classified as a modified endowment contract if the amount of premiums paid into the Policy causes the Policy to fail the "7-pay test." A Policy will fail the 7-pay test if at any time in the first seven Policy years, the amount paid into the Policy exceeds the sum of the level premiums that would have been paid at that point under a Policy that provided for paid-up future benefits after the payment of seven level annual payments. If there is a reduction in the benefits under the Policy during the first seven Policy years, for example, as a result of a partial withdrawal, the 7-pay test will have to be reapplied as if the Policy had originally been issued at the reduced face amount. If there is a "material change" in the Policy's benefits or other terms, even after the first seven Policy years, the Policy may have to be retested as if it were a newly issued Policy. A material change can occur, for example, when there is an increase in the death benefit which is due to the payment of an unnecessary premium. Unnecessary premiums are premiums paid into the Policy which are not needed in order to provide a death benefit equal to the lowest death benefit that was payable in the first seven Policy years. To prevent your Policy from becoming a modified endowment contract, it may be necessary to limit premium payments or to limit reductions in benefits. A current or prospective Policy Owner should consult a tax adviser to determine whether a Policy transaction will cause the Policy to be classified as a modified endowment contract. DISTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN DEATH BENEFITS FROM MODIFIED ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS. Policies classified as modified endowment contracts are subject to the following tax rules: (1) All distributions other than death benefits, including distributions upon surrender and withdrawals, from a modified endowment contract will be treated first as distributions of gain taxable as ordinary income and as tax-free recovery of the Policy Owner's investment in the Policy only after all gain has been distributed. (2) Loans taken from or secured by a Policy classified as a modified endowment contract are treated as distributions and taxed accordingly. (3) A 10 percent additional income tax is imposed on the amount subject to tax except where the distribution or loan is made when the Policy Owner has attained age 59 1/2 or is disabled, or where the distribution is part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for the life (or life expectancy) of the Policy Owner or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Policy Owner and the Policy Owner's beneficiary or designated beneficiary. A-42 If a Policy becomes a modified endowment contract, distributions will be taxed as distributions from a modified endowment contract. In addition, distributions from a Policy within two years before it becomes a modified endowment contract will be taxed in this manner. This means that a distribution made from a Policy that is not a modified endowment contract could later become taxable as a distribution from a modified endowment contract. DISTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN DEATH BENEFITS FROM POLICIES THAT ARE NOT MODIFIED ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS. Distributions other than death benefits from a Policy that is not classified as a modified endowment contract are generally treated first as a recovery of the Policy Owner's investment in the Policy and only after the recovery of all investment in the Policy as taxable income. However, certain distributions which must be made in order to enable the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes if Policy benefits are reduced during the first 15 Policy years may be treated in whole or in part as ordinary income subject to tax. Loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a modified endowment contract are generally not treated as distributions. However, the tax consequences associated with Policy loans that are outstanding after the first ten Policy years are less clear and a tax adviser should be consulted about such loans. Finally, neither distributions from nor loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a modified endowment contract are subject to the 10 percent additional income tax. INVESTMENT IN THE POLICY. Your investment in the Policy is generally your aggregate premiums. When a distribution is taken from the Policy, your investment in the Policy is reduced by the amount of the distribution that is tax-free. POLICY LOANS. In general, interest on a Policy loan will not be deductible. If a Policy loan is outstanding when a Policy is canceled or lapses, the amount of the outstanding indebtedness will be added to the amount distributed and will be taxed accordingly. A loan may also be taxed when a Policy is exchanged. Before taking out a Policy loan, you should consult a tax adviser as to the tax consequences. MULTIPLE POLICIES. All modified endowment contracts that are issued by MetLife (or its affiliates) to the same Policy Owner during any calendar year are treated as one modified endowment contract for purposes of determining the amount includible in the Policy Owner's income when a taxable distribution occurs. WITHHOLDING. To the extent that Policy distributions are taxable, they are generally subject to withholding for the recipient's Federal income tax liability. Recipients can generally elect, however, not to have tax withheld from distributions. LIFE INSURANCE PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS. Policy Owners that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be subject to U.S. Federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from life insurance policies at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, Policy Owners may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the Policy Owner's country of citizenship or residence. Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding taxation with respect to a purchase of the Policy. ACCELERATION OF DEATH BENEFIT RIDER. We believe that payments received under the Acceleration of Death Benefit Rider should be fully excludable from the gross income of the beneficiary except in certain business contexts. However, you should consult a qualified tax adviser about the consequences of adding this rider to a Policy or requesting payment under this rider. ESTATE, GIFT AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES. The transfer of the Policy or the designation of a beneficiary may have Federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the imposition of gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. When the insured dies, the death proceeds will generally be includable in the Policy Owner's estate for purposes of the Federal estate tax if the Policy Owner was the insured. If the Policy Owner was not the insured, the fair market value of the Policy would be included in the Policy Owner's estate upon the Policy Owner's death. The Policy would not be includable in the insured's estate if the insured neither retained incidents of ownership at death nor had given up ownership within three years before death. Moreover, under certain circumstances, the Internal Revenue Code may impose a "generation-skipping transfer tax" when all or part of a life insurance policy is transferred to, or a death benefit is paid to, an individual two or more A-43 generations younger than the Policy Owner. Regulations issued under the Internal Revenue Code may require us to deduct the tax from your Policy, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS. Qualified tax advisers should be consulted concerning the estate and gift tax consequences of Policy ownership and distributions under Federal, state and local law. The individual situation of each Policy Owner or beneficiary will determine the extent, if any, to which Federal, state, and local transfer and inheritance taxes may be imposed and how ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds will be treated for purposes of Federal, state and local estate, inheritance, generation-skipping and other taxes. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 ("EGTRRA") repeals the Federal estate tax and replaces it with a carryover basis income tax regime effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2009. EGTRRA also repeals the generation-skipping transfer tax, but not the gift tax, for transfers made after December 31, 2009. EGTRRA contains a sunset provision, which essentially returns the Federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to their pre-EGTRRA form, beginning in 2011. Congress may or may not enact permanent repeal between now and then. During the period prior to 2010, EGTRRA provides for periodic decreases in the maximum estate tax rate coupled with periodic increases in the estate tax exemption. For 2006, the maximum estate tax rate is 46% and the maximum rate for 2007-2009 is 45%. The estate tax exemption is $2,000,000 for 2006-2008 and $3,500,000 in 2009. The complexity of the new tax law, along with uncertainty as to how it might be modified in coming years, underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified adviser to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and those of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios. OTHER POLICY OWNER TAX MATTERS. The tax consequences of continuing the Policy beyond the insured's attained age 121 are unclear. You should consult a tax adviser if you intend to keep the Policy in force beyond the insured's attained age 121. If a trustee under a pension or profit-sharing plan, or similar deferred compensation arrangement, owns a Policy, the Federal, state and estate tax consequences could differ. The amounts of life insurance that may be purchased on behalf of a participant in a pension or profit-sharing plan are limited. Providing excessive life insurance coverage in a retirement plan will have adverse tax consequences. The inclusion of riders, such as waiver of premium riders, may also have adverse tax consequences. Therefore, it is important to discuss with your tax adviser the suitability of the Policy, including the suitability of coverage amounts and Policy riders, before any purchase by a retirement plan. Any proposed distribution or sale of a Policy by a retirement plan will also need to be discussed with a tax adviser. The current cost of insurance for the net amount at risk is treated as a "current fringe benefit" and must be included annually in the plan participant's gross income. If the plan participant dies while covered by the plan and the Policy proceeds are paid to the participant's beneficiary, then the excess of the death benefit over the cash value is not income taxable. However, the cash value will generally be taxable to the extent it exceeds the participant's cost basis in the Policy. Policies owned under these types of plans may be subject to restrictions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). You should consult a qualified adviser regarding ERISA. Department of Labor ("DOL") regulations impose requirements for participant loans under retirement plans covered by ERISA. Plan loans must also satisfy tax requirements to be treated as nontaxable. Plan loan requirements and provisions may differ from the Policy loan provisions. Failure of plan loans to comply with the requirements and provisions of the DOL regulations and of tax law may result in adverse tax consequences and/or adverse consequences under ERISA. Plan fiduciaries and participants should consult a qualified adviser before requesting a loan under a Policy held in connection with a retirement plan. Businesses can use the Policies in various arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, tax exempt and nonexempt welfare benefit plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances. If you are purchasing the Policy for any arrangement the value of which depends in part on its tax consequences, you should consult a qualified tax adviser. In recent years, moreover, A-44 Congress has adopted new rules relating to life insurance owned by businesses. Any business contemplating the purchase of a new Policy or a change in an existing Policy should consult a tax adviser. Ownership of the Policy by a corporation, trust or other non-natural person could jeopardize some (or all) of such entity's interest deduction under Internal Revenue Code Section 264, even where such entity's indebtedness is in no way connected to the Policy. In addition, under Section 264(f)(5), if a business (other than a sole proprietorship) is directly or indirectly a beneficiary of the Policy, the Policy could be treated as held by the business for purposes of the Section 264(f) entity-holder rules. Therefore, it would be advisable to consult with a qualified tax adviser before any non-natural person is made an owner or holder of the Policy, or before a business (other than a sole proprietorship) is made a beneficiary of the Policy. GUIDANCE ON SPLIT DOLLAR PLANS. The IRS has issued guidance on split dollar insurance plans. A tax adviser should be consulted with respect to this guidance if you have purchased or are considering the purchase of a Policy for a split dollar insurance plan. If your Policy is part of an equity split dollar arrangement, there is a risk that some portion of the Policy cash value may be taxed prior to any Policy distribution. If your split dollar plan provides deferred compensation, recently enacted rules governing deferred compensation arrangements may apply. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in adverse tax consequences. Consult a tax adviser. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Act"), which was signed into law on July 30, 2002, prohibits, with limited exceptions, publicly-traded companies, including non-U.S. companies that have securities listed on U.S. exchanges, from extending, directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary, many types of personal loans to their directors or executive officers. It is possible that this prohibition may be interpreted to apply to split-dollar life insurance arrangements for directors and executive officers of such companies, since such arrangements can arguably be viewed as involving a loan from the employer for at least some purposes. Although the prohibition on loans generally took effect as of July 30, 2002, there is an exception for loans outstanding as of the date of enactment, so long as there is no material modification to the loan terms and the loan is not renewed after July 30, 2002. Any affected business contemplating the payment of a premium on an existing Policy or the purchase of a new Policy in connection with a split-dollar life insurance arrangement should consult legal counsel. ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. There may also be an indirect tax upon the income in the Policy or the proceeds of a Policy under the Federal corporate alternative minimum tax, if the Policy Owner is subject to that tax. POSSIBLE TAX LAW CHANGES. Although the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the Policy could change by legislation or otherwise. Consult a tax adviser with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Policy. FOREIGN TAX CREDITS. To the extent permitted under Federal tax law, we may claim the benefit of certain foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain Portfolios to foreign jurisdictions. METLIFE'S INCOME TAXES Under current Federal income tax law, MetLife is not taxed on the Separate Account's operations. Thus, currently we do not deduct a charge from the Separate Account for Federal income taxes. We reserve the right to charge the Separate Account for any future Federal income taxes we may incur. Under current laws in several states, we may incur state and local taxes (in addition to premium taxes). These taxes are not now significant and we are not currently charging for them. If they increase, we may deduct charges for such taxes. A-45 DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES We have entered into a distribution agreement with our affiliate, MetLife Investors Distribution Company ("Distributor"), for the distribution of the Policies. We and Distributor have entered into selling agreements with other affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealers ("selling firms") for the sale of the Policies through their registered representatives. Our affiliated broker-dealers are MetLife Securities, Inc. ("MSI"), New England Securities Corporation ("NES"), Tower Square Securities, Inc. and Walnut Street Securities, Inc. Distributor, MSI, NES and our other affiliated selling firms are registered with the SEC as broker-dealers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"). More information about our affiliated selling firms and their registered persons is available at http://www.finra.com or by calling 1-800-298-9999. You can also obtain an investor brochure from FINRA describing its Public Disclosure Program. All selling firms receive commissions. A portion of the payments made to selling firms may be passed on their sales representatives in accordance with their internal compensation programs. Those programs may also include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. MSI and NES sales representatives receive cash payments for the products they sell and service based on a "gross dealer concession" model. The cash payment is equal to a percentage of the gross dealer concession amount described below. The percentage is determined based on a formula that takes into consideration the amount of proprietary products the sales representative sells and services. Proprietary products are products issued by us or an affiliate. Because sales of proprietary products are a factor in determining the percentage of the gross dealer concession amount to which MSI and NES sales representative are entitled, these sales representatives have an incentive to favor sale of the Policy over similar products issued by non-affiliates. In the first Policy year, the gross dealer concession amount for the Policies is 117% of premiums paid up to the Commissionable Target Premium, and 5% of premiums paid in excess of the Commissionable Target Premium. In Policy years 2 through 10, the gross dealer concession amount is 8.0% of all premiums paid, and in Policy years 11 and thereafter the gross dealer concession amount is 2.0% of all premiums. Commissionable Target Premium is the Target Premium, as defined in the Glossary, with the following adjustments: Sales representatives of affiliated selling firms and their managers may be eligible for various cash benefits that we may provide jointly with affiliated selling firms. Ask your sales representative for further information about what your sales representative and the selling firm for which he or she works may receive in connection with your purchase of the Policy. Sales representatives of our affiliates and their Managing Partners may also be eligible for cash compensation such as bonuses, equity awards (for example, stock options), training allowances, supplemental salary, payments based on a percentage of the Policy's cash value, financing arrangements, marketing support, medical and retirement benefits and other insurance and non-insurance benefits. The amount of this cash compensation is based primarily on the amount of proprietary products sold. Proprietary products are products issued by us and our affiliates. Sales representatives of certain affiliates must meet a minimum level of sales of proprietary products in order to maintain their agent status with the company and in order to be eligible for most of the cash compensation listed above. Managing Partners may be eligible for additional cash compensation based on the performance (with emphasis on the sale of proprietary products) of the sales representatives that the Managing Partner supervises. Managing Partners may pay a portion of their cash compensation to their sales representatives. Receipt of the cash compensation described above may provide our sales representatives and their Managing Partners, and the sales representatives and Managing Partners of our affiliates, with an incentive to favor the sale of the Policies over similar products issued by non-affiliates. Sales representatives and their Managing Partners (and the sales representatives and managers of our affiliates) are also eligible for various non-cash compensation programs that we offer such as conferences, trips, prizes, and awards. Other payments may be made for other services that do not directly involve the sale of the Policies. These services may include the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature, and similar services. We and Distributor may enter into preferred distribution arrangements with selected selling firms under which we pay additional compensation, including marketing allowances, introduction fees, persistency payments, preferred status fees and industry conference fees. Marketing allowances are periodic payments to certain selling firms based A-46 on cumulative periodic (usually quarterly) sales of these variable insurance products. Introduction fees are payments to selling firms in connection with the addition of these variable products to the selling firm's line of investment products, including expenses relating to establishing the data communications systems necessary for the selling firm to offer, sell and administer these products. Persistency payments are periodic payments based on account and/or cash values of these variable insurance products. Preferred status fees are paid to obtain preferred treatment of these products in selling firms' marketing programs, which may include marketing services, participation in marketing meetings, listings in data resources and increased access to their sales representatives. Industry conference fees are amounts paid to cover in part the costs associated with sales conferences and educational seminars for selling firms' sales representatives. These preferred distribution arrangements are not offered to all selling firms. The terms of any particular agreement governing compensation may vary among selling firms and the amounts may be significant. Distributor has entered into preferred distribution arrangements with our affiliated broker-dealers, Walnut Street Securities Inc. and Tower Square Securities, Inc. We and Distributor may enter into similar arrangements with our other affiliates, MetLife Securities, Inc. and New England Securities Corporation. The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of, additional compensation as described above may provide selling firms or their representatives with an incentive to favor sales of the Policies over other variable insurance policies (or other investments) with respect to which the selling firm does not receive additional compensation, or lower levels of additional compensation. You may wish to take such payment arrangements into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the Policies. For more information about any such arrangements, ask your sales representative for further information about what your sales representative and the selling firm for which he or she works may receive in connection with your purchase of a Policy. We also pay amounts to Distributor that may be used for its operating and other expenses, including the following sales expenses: compensation and bonuses for Distributor's management team, advertising expenses, and other expenses of distributing the Policies. Distributor's management team may also be eligible for non-cash compensation items that we may provide jointly with Distributor. Non-cash items include conferences, seminars and trips (including travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, merchandise and similar items. We pay American Funds Distributors, Inc., principal underwriter for the American Funds Insurance Series, a percentage of all premiums allocated to the American Funds Bond Fund, the American Funds Global Small Capitalization Fund, the American Funds Growth Fund, and the American Funds Growth-Income Fund, for the services it provides in marketing the Funds' shares in connection with the Policies. Each of these Funds makes payments to Distributor under their distribution plans in consideration of services provided and expenses incurred by Distributor in distributing their shares. These payments currently equal 0.25% of Separate Account assets invested in the particular Portfolio. (See "Fee Tables--Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses" and the Portfolio prospectuses.) Distributor may also receive brokerage commissions on securities transactions initiated by an investment adviser of a Portfolio. Commissions and other incentives or payments described above are not charged directly to Policy Owners or the Separate Account. We intend to recoup commissions and other sales expenses through fees and charges deducted under the Policy. The Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the compensation paid for the sale of the Policies. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS In the ordinary course of business, MetLife, similar to other life insurance companies, is involved in lawsuits (including class action lawsuits), arbitrations and other legal proceedings. Also, from time to time, state and federal regulators or other officials conduct formal and informal examinations or undertake other actions dealing with various aspects of the financial services and insurance industries. In some legal proceedings involving insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. It is not possible to predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of any pending legal proceeding or regulatory action. However, MetLife does not A-47 believe any such action or proceeding will have a material adverse effect upon the Separate Account or upon the ability of MetLife to meet its obligations under the Policies. RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS Applicable laws designed to counter terrorism and prevent money laundering might, in certain circumstances, require us to reject a premium payment and/or block or "freeze" your Policy. If these laws apply in a particular situation, we would not be allowed to process any request for withdrawals, surrenders, loans or death benefits, make transfers, or continue making payments under your death benefit option until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. We also may be required to provide additional information about you or your Policy to government regulators. INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The financial statements of Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL included in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent public accounting firm, as stated in their report included herein, and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The principal address of Deloitte & Touche LLP is 201 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1200, Tampa, Florida 33602-5827. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS You may find the financial statements of MetLife in the Statement of Additional Information. MetLife's financial statements should be considered only as bearing on our ability to meet our obligations under the Policies. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the Separate Account. A-48 GLOSSARY AGE. The age of an insured refers to the insured's age at his or her nearest birthday. ATTAINED AGE. The insured's issue age plus the number of completed Policy years. BASE POLICY. The Policy without riders. CASH SURRENDER VALUE. The amount you receive if you surrender the Policy. It is equal to the Policy's cash value reduced by any Surrender Charge that would apply on surrender and by any outstanding Policy loan and accrued interest. CASH VALUE. A Policy's cash value includes the amount of its cash value held in the Separate Account, the amount held in the Fixed Account and, if there is an outstanding Policy loan, the amount of its cash value held in the Loan Account. FIXED ACCOUNT. The Fixed Account is a part of our general account to which you may allocate net premiums. It provides guarantees of principal and interest. INVESTMENT DIVISION. A sub-account of the Separate Account that invests in shares of an open-ended management investment company or other pools of investment assets. INVESTMENT START DATE. This is the later of the Policy Date and the date we first receive a premium payment for the Policy. ISSUE AGE. The age of the insured as of his or her birthday nearest to the Policy Date. LOAN ACCOUNT. The account to which cash value from the Separate and/or Fixed Accounts is transferred when a Policy loan is taken. NET CASH VALUE. The Policy's cash value less any outstanding loans and accrued loan interest. PLANNED PREMIUM. The Planned Premium is the premium payment schedule you choose to help meet your future goals under the Policy. The Planned Premium consists of a first-year premium amount and an amount for premium payments in subsequent Policy years. It is subject to certain limits under the Policy. POLICY DATE. The date on which coverage under the Policy and Monthly Deductions begin. If you make a premium payment with the application, unless you request otherwise, the Policy Date is generally the date the Policy application is approved. If you choose to pay the initial premium upon delivery of the Policy, unless you request otherwise, the Policy Date is generally the date on which we receive your initial payment. PREMIUMS. Premiums include all payments under the Policy, whether a Planned Premium or an unscheduled payment. SEPARATE ACCOUNT. Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL, a separate account established by MetLife to receive and invest premiums paid under the Policies and certain other variable life insurance policies, and to provide variable benefits. TARGET PREMIUM. We use the Target Premium to determine the amount of Mortality and Expense Risk Charge imposed on the Separate Account and the amount of Sales Charge imposed on premium payments. The Target Premium varies by issue age, sex, smoking status and any substandard rating of the insured and the Policy's base face amount. YOU. "You" refers to the Policy Owner. A-49 APPENDIX A GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST AND CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST In order to meet the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance, the Policies provide that the death benefit will not be less than what is required by the "guideline premium test" under Section 7702(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the "cash value accumulation test" under Section 7702(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as selected by you when the Policy is issued. The test you choose at issue will be used for the life of the Policy. (See "Death Benefits.") For the guideline premium test, the table below shows the percentage of the Policy's cash value that is used to determine the death benefit.
AGE OF AGE OF INSURED AT START OF PERCENTAGE OF INSURED AT START OF PERCENTAGE OF THE POLICY YEAR CASH VALUE THE POLICY YEAR CASH VALUE - ------------------- ------------- ------------------- ------------- 0 through 40 250 61 128 41 243 62 126 42 236 63 124 43 229 64 122 44 222 65 120 45 215 66 119 46 209 67 118 47 203 68 117 48 197 69 116 49 191 70 115 50 185 71 113 51 178 72 111 52 171 73 109 53 164 74 107 54 157 75 through 90 105 55 150 91 104 56 146 92 103 57 142 93 102 58 138 94 through 121 101 59 134 60 130
For the cash value accumulation test, sample net single premium factors for selected ages of male and female insureds, in a standard or better nonsmoker risk class, are listed below.
NET SINGLE PREMIUM FACTOR ------------------- AGE MALE FEMALE - --- -------- -------- 30.......................................................... 5.82979 6.59918 40.......................................................... 4.11359 4.63373 50.......................................................... 2.93292 3.28706 60.......................................................... 2.14246 2.40697 70.......................................................... 1.64028 1.82665 80.......................................................... 1.32530 1.44515 90.......................................................... 1.15724 1.22113 100......................................................... 1.08417 1.10646 120......................................................... 1.02597 1.02597
A-50 APPENDIX B ILLUSTRATIONS OF DEATH BENEFITS, CASH VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES The tables in Appendix B illustrate the way the Policies work, based on assumptions about investment returns and the insured's characteristics. They show how the death benefit, cash surrender value and cash value could vary over an extended period of time assuming hypothetical gross rates of return (i.e., investment income and capital gains and losses, realized or unrealized) for the Separate Account equal to constant after tax annual rates of 0%, 6% and 10%. The tables are based on a face amount of $300,000 for a male aged 35. The insured is assumed to be in the preferred nonsmoker risk class. The tables assume no rider benefits and assume that no allocations are made to the Fixed Account. Values are first given based on current Policy charges and then based on guaranteed Policy charges. (See "Charges.") Illustrations show the Option A death benefit. Policy values would be different (either higher or lower) from the illustrated amounts in certain circumstances. For example, illustrated amounts would be different where actual gross rates of return averaged 0%, 6% or 10%, but: (i) the rates of return varied above and below these averages during the period, (ii) premiums were paid in other amounts or at other than annual intervals, or (iii) cash values were allocated differently among individual Investment Divisions with varying rates of return. They would also differ if a Policy loan or partial withdrawal were made during the period of time illustrated, if the insured were female or in another risk classification, or if the Policies were issued at unisex rates. For example, as a result of variations in actual returns, additional premium payments beyond those illustrated may be necessary to maintain the Policy in force for the periods shown or to realize the Policy values shown, even if the average rate of return is achieved. The death benefits, cash surrender values and cash values shown in the tables reflect: (i) deductions from premiums for the sales charge, premium tax and federal tax charge; and (ii) a Monthly Deduction (consisting of a Policy Charge, a Coverage Expense Charge, a Mortality and Expense Risk Charge, and a charge for the cost of insurance) from the cash value on the first day of each Policy month. The cash surrender values reflect a Surrender Charge deducted from the cash value upon surrender, face reduction or lapse during the first ten Policy years. (See "Charges.") The illustrations reflect an arithmetic average of the gross investment advisory fees and operating expenses of the Portfolios, at an annual rate of 1.01% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolios. This average does not reflect expense subsidies by the investment advisers of certain Portfolios. The gross rates of return used in the illustrations do not reflect the deductions of the charges and expenses of the Portfolios. Taking account of the average investment advisory fee and operating expenses of the Portfolios, the gross annual rates of return of 0%, 6% and 10% correspond to net investment experience at constant annual rates of -1.00%, 4.93% and 8.89%, respectively. If you request, we will furnish a personalized illustration reflecting the proposed insured's age, sex, risk class, and the face amount or premium payment schedule requested. Because these and other assumptions will differ, the values shown in the personalized illustrations can differ very substantially from those shown in the tables. Therefore, you should carefully review the information that accompanies any personalized illustration. That information will disclose all the assumptions on which the personalized illustration is based. Where applicable, we will also furnish on request a personalized illustration for a Policy which is not affected by the sex of the insured. You should contact your registered representative to request a personalized illustration. A-51 MALE ISSUE AGE 35 $ ANNUAL PREMIUM FOR PREFERRED NONSMOKER RISK CLASS $300,000 FACE AMOUNT OPTION A DEATH BENEFIT THIS ILLUSTRATION IS BASED ON CURRENT POLICY CHARGES.
DEATH BENEFIT CASH SURRENDER VALUE CASH VALUE ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL GROSS ANNUAL GROSS ANNUAL END OF RATE OF RETURN OF RATE OF RETURN OF RATE OF RETURN OF POLICY -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- YEAR 0% 6% 10% 0% 6% 10% 0% 6% 10% - ------ -- -- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL GROSS RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY A POLICY OWNER, THE FREQUENCY OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS CHOSEN BY A POLICY OWNER, AND THE INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE OF THE POLICY'S INVESTMENT DIVISIONS. THE DEATH BENEFIT, CASH VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6%, AND 10% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE DURING THE PERIOD. THEY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT IF ANY POLICY LOAN WERE MADE DURING THE PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY METLIFE OR THE PORTFOLIOS THAT THOSE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME. A-52 MALE ISSUE AGE 35 $ ANNUAL PREMIUM FOR PREFERRED NONSMOKER RISK CLASS $300,000 FACE AMOUNT OPTION A DEATH BENEFIT THIS ILLUSTRATION IS BASED ON GUARANTEED POLICY CHARGES.
DEATH BENEFIT CASH SURRENDER VALUE CASH VALUE ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL GROSS ANNUAL GROSS ANNUAL END OF RATE OF RETURN OF RATE OF RETURN OF RATE OF RETURN OF POLICY -------------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ YEAR 0% 6% 10% 0% 6% 10% 0% 6% 10% - ------ -- -- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL GROSS RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY A POLICY OWNER, THE FREQUENCY OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS CHOSEN BY A POLICY OWNER, AND THE INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE OF THE POLICY'S INVESTMENT DIVISIONS. THE DEATH BENEFIT, CASH VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL GROSS ANNUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6%, AND 10% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE DURING THE PERIOD. THEY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT IF ANY POLICY LOAN WERE MADE DURING THE PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY METLIFE OR THE PORTFOLIOS THAT THOSE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME. A-53 Additional information about the Policy and the Separate Account can be found in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available online at our website www.metlife.com. You may also obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information, without charge, by calling 1-800-200-2214 or by e-mailing us at . You may also obtain, without charge, a personalized illustration of death benefits, cash surrender values and cash values by calling your registered representative. For Investment Division transfers and premium reallocations, call 1-800-200-2214. For current information about your Policy values, to change or update Policy information such as your billing address, billing mode, beneficiary or ownership, for information about other Policy transactions, and to ask questions about your Policy, you may call our TeleService Center at 1-800-388-4000. This prospectus incorporates by reference all of the information contained in the Statement of Additional Information, which is legally part of this prospectus. Information about the Policy and the Separate Account, including the Statement of Additional Information, is available for viewing and copying at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information about the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 202-551-8090. The Statement of Additional Information, reports and other information about the Separate Account are available on the SEC Internet site at www.sec.gov. Copies of this information may be obtained upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549-0102. File No. 811-06025 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 200 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10166 RECEIPT This is to acknowledge receipt of an Equity Advantage VUL Prospectus dated May 1, 2008. This Variable Life Insurance Policy is offered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. - ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- (Date) (Client's Signature)
EQUITY ADVANTAGE VUL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES METROPOLITAN LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT UL ISSUED BY METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (PART B) MAY 1, 2008 This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. This Statement of Additional Information relates to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2008 and should be read in conjunction therewith. A copy of the Prospectus may be obtained by writing to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, P.O. Box 543, Warwick, RI 02887-0543. SAI-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ------- GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY............................. SAI-3 The Company............................................... SAI-3 The Separate Account...................................... SAI-3 DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES................................ SAI-3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE POLICIES.................................................. SAI-3 Payment of Proceeds....................................... SAI-3 Payment Options........................................... SAI-3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES........................ SAI-4 Group or Sponsored Arrangements........................... SAI-4 LOANS....................................................... POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST............................. SAI-4 LIMITS TO METLIFE'S RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE POLICY........... SAI-4 MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX.................................. SAI-5 REPORTS..................................................... SAI-5 PERSONALIZED ILLUSTRATIONS.................................. SAI-5 PERFORMANCE DATA............................................ SAI-5 INVESTMENT ADVICE........................................... SAI-6 REGISTRATION STATEMENT...................................... SAI-7 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM............... SAI-8 EXPERTS..................................................... SAI-8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS........................................ F-1
SAI-2 GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY THE COMPANY Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., a publicly-traded company. MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional customers. Our main office is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. MetLife was formed under the laws of New York State in 1868. THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT We established the Separate Account as a separate investment account on December 13, 1988. The Separate Account is the funding vehicle for the Policies, and other variable life insurance policies that we issue. These other policies impose different costs, and provide different benefits, from the Policies. The Separate Account meets the definition of a "separate account" under Federal securities laws, and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Registration with the SEC does not involve SEC supervision of the Separate Account's management or investments. However, the New York Insurance Commissioner regulates MetLife and the Separate Account. DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES Our affiliate, MetLife Investors Distribution Company, 5 Park Plaza, Suite 1900, Irvine, California 92614, ("Distributor") serves as principal underwriter for the Policies. Distributor is a Missouri corporation organized in 2000. Distributor is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as with the securities commissions in the states in which it operates, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Distributor is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Distributor may enter into selling agreements with other broker-dealers ("selling firms") and compensate them for their services. Distributor passes through commissions it receives to selling firms for their sales and does not retain any portion of them in return for its services as distributor for the Policies. The Policies are sold through licensed life insurance sales representatives who are either registered through our affiliated broker-dealers, or registered through other broker-dealers. We offer the Policies to the public on a continuous basis. We anticipate continuing to offer the Policies, but reserve the right to discontinue the offering. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE POLICIES PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS We may withhold payment of surrender or loan proceeds if those proceeds are coming from a Policy Owner's check, or from a premium transaction under our pre-authorized checking arrangement, which has not yet cleared. We may also delay payment while we consider whether to contest the Policy. We pay interest on the death benefit proceeds from the date they become payable to the date we pay them. Normally we promptly make payments of cash value, or of any loan value available, from cash value in the Fixed Account. However, we may delay those payments for up to six months. We pay interest in accordance with state insurance law requirements on delayed payments. PAYMENT OPTIONS We pay the Policy's death benefit and cash surrender value in one sum unless you or the payee choose a payment option for all or part of the proceeds. You can choose a combination of payment options. You can make, change or revoke the selection of payee or payment option before the death of the insured. You can contact your registered representative or our Designated Office for the procedure to follow. (See "Receipt of Communications and Payments at MetLife's Designated Office.") The payment options available are fixed benefit options only and are not affected by the investment experience of the Separate Account. Once payments under an option begin, withdrawal SAI-3 rights may be restricted. Even if the death benefit under the Policy is excludible from income, payments under Payment Options may not be excludible in full. This is because earnings on the death benefit after the insured's death are taxable and payments under the Payment Options generally include such earnings. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment of payments under Payment Options. The following payment options are available: (i) SINGLE LIFE INCOME. We pay proceeds in equal monthly installments for the life of the payee. (ii) SINGLE LIFE INCOME--10-YEAR GUARANTEED PAYMENT PERIOD. We pay proceeds in equal monthly installments during the life of the payee, with a guaranteed payment period of 10 years. (iii) JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME. We pay proceeds in equal monthly installments (a) while either of two payees is living, or (b) while either of the two payees is living, but for at least 10 years. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES GROUP OR SPONSORED ARRANGEMENTS We may issue the Policies to group or sponsored arrangements, as well as on an individual basis. A "group arrangement" includes a situation where a trustee, employer or similar entity purchases individual Policies covering a group of individuals. Examples of such arrangements are non-qualified deferred compensation plans. A "sponsored arrangement" includes a situation where an employer or an association permits group solicitation of its employees or members for the purchase of individual Policies. We may waive, reduce or vary any Policy charges under Policies sold to a group or sponsored arrangement. We may also raise the interest rate credited to loaned amounts under these Policies. The amount of the variations and our eligibility rules may change from time to time. In general, they reflect cost savings over time that we anticipate for Policies sold to the eligible group or sponsored arrangements and relate to objective factors such as the size of the group, its stability, the purpose of the funding arrangement and characteristics of the group members. Consult your registered representative for any variations that may be available and appropriate for your case. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that insurance policies with values and benefits that vary with the sex of the insured may not be used to fund certain employee benefit programs. Therefore, we offer Policies that do not vary based on the sex of the insured to certain employee benefit programs. We recommend that employers consult an attorney before offering or purchasing the Policies in connection with an employee benefit program. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The Portfolios' Boards of Trustees monitor events to identify conflicts that may arise from the sale of Portfolio shares to variable life and variable annuity separate accounts of affiliated and, if applicable, unaffiliated insurance companies and qualified plans. Conflicts could result from changes in state insurance law or Federal income tax law, changes in investment management of a Portfolio, or differences in voting instructions given by variable life and variable annuity contract owners and qualified plans, if applicable. If there is a material conflict, the Board of Trustees will determine what action should be taken, including the removal of the affected Portfolios from the Separate Account, if necessary. If we believe any Portfolio action is insufficient, we will consider taking other action to protect Policy Owners. There could, however, be unavoidable delays or interruptions of operations of the Separate Account that we may be unable to remedy. LIMITS TO METLIFE'S RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE POLICY Generally, we can challenge the validity of your Policy or a rider during the insured's lifetime for two years (or less, if required by state law) from the date of issue, based on misrepresentations made in the application. We can challenge the portion of the death benefit resulting from an underwritten premium payment for two years during the insured's lifetime from receipt of the premium payment. However, if the insured dies within two years of the date of issue, we can challenge all or part of the Policy at any time based on misrepresentations in the application. We can SAI-4 challenge an increase in face amount, with regard to material misstatements concerning such increase, for two years during the insured's lifetime from its effective date. MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX If we determine during the first Policy year that there was a misstatement of age or sex in the application, the Policy values and charges will be recalculated from the issue date based on the correct information. If, after the first Policy year, we determine that the application misstates the insured's age or sex, the Policy's death benefit is the amount that the most recent Monthly Deduction which was made would provide, based on the insured's correct age and, if the Policy is sex-based, correct sex. REPORTS We will send you an annual statement showing your Policy's death benefit, cash value and any outstanding Policy loan principal. We will also confirm Policy loans, account transfers, lapses, surrenders and other Policy transactions when they occur. You will be sent periodic reports containing the financial statements of the Portfolios. PERSONALIZED ILLUSTRATIONS We may provide personalized illustrations showing how the Policies work based on assumptions about investment returns and the Policy Owner's and/or insured's characteristics. The illustrations are intended to show how the death benefit, cash surrender value, and cash value could vary over an extended period of time assuming hypothetical gross rates of return (i.e., investment income and capital gains and losses, realized or unrealized) for the Separate Account equal to specified constant after-tax rates of return. One of the gross rates of return will be 0%. Gross rates of return do not reflect the deduction of any charges and expenses. The illustrations will be based on specified assumptions, such as face amount, premium payments, insured, risk class, and death benefit option. Illustrations will disclose the specific assumptions upon which they are based. Values will be given based on guaranteed mortality and expense risk and other charges and may also be based on current mortality and expense risk and other charges. The illustrated death benefit, cash surrender value, and cash value for a hypothetical Policy would be different, either higher or lower, from the amounts shown in the illustration if the actual gross rates of return averaged the gross rates of return upon which the illustration is based, but varied above and below the average during the period, or if premiums were paid in other amounts or at other than annual intervals. For example, as a result of variations in actual returns, additional premium payments beyond those illustrated may be necessary to maintain the Policy in force for the period shown or to realize the Policy values shown in particular illustrations even if the average rate of return is realized. Illustrations may also show the internal rate of return on the cash surrender value and the death benefit. The internal rate of return on the cash surrender value is equivalent to an interest rate (after taxes) at which an amount equal to the illustrated premiums could have been invested outside the Policy to arrive at the cash surrender value of the Policy. The internal rate of return on the death benefit is equivalent to an interest rate (after taxes) at which an amount equal to the illustrated premiums could have been invested outside the Policy to arrive at the death benefit of the Policy. Illustrations may also show values based on the historical performance of the Investment Divisions. PERFORMANCE DATA We may provide information concerning the historical investment experience of the Investment Divisions, including average annual net rates of return for periods of one, three, five, and ten years, as well as average annual net rates of return and total net rates of return since inception of the Portfolios. These net rates of return represent past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Insurance, sales, premium tax, mortality and expense risk and coverage expense charges, which can significantly reduce the return to the Policy Owner, are not SAI-5 reflected in these rates. The rates of return reflect only the fees and expenses of the underlying Portfolios. The net rates of return show performance from the inception of the Portfolios, which in some instances, may precede the inception date of the corresponding Investment Division. INVESTMENT ADVICE The Separate Account invests in the Portfolios of the Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. ("Met Series Fund"), the Met Investors Series Trust, and other unaffiliated open-end management investment companies that serve as investment vehicles for variable life and variable annuity separate accounts. MetLife Advisers, LLC ("MetLife Advisers") and Met Investors Advisory LLC ("Met Investors Advisory"), as the advisers to the Met Series Fund and the Met Investors Series Trust, respectively, may, from time to time, replace the sub-adviser of a Portfolio with a new sub-adviser. A number of sub-adviser changes have been made with respect to the Portfolios in which the Separate Account invests. MetLife Advisers (formerly known as New England Investment Management, Inc. which was formerly known as TNE Advisers, Inc.) became the investment adviser to the Portfolios of the Met Series Fund on May 1, 2001. Prior to May 1, 2001, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was the investment adviser for all Portfolios of the Met Series Fund. MetLife Advisers was also the investment adviser to each of the Series of the New England Zenith Fund ("Zenith Fund") until May 1, 2003, the date on which each Series became a Portfolio of the Met Series Fund. MetLife Advisers had been the adviser to all Series of the Zenith Fund since 1994, with the following exceptions: in the case of the Back Bay Advisors Bond Income Series (currently, the BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio), the Westpeak Value Growth Series (currently, the FI Value Leaders Portfolio), the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Series and the Loomis Sayles Avanti Growth Series (currently, the Harris Oakmark Focused Value Portfolio), MetLife Advisers became the adviser on May 1, 1995. Met Investors Advisory (formerly known as Met Investors Advisory Corp. which was formerly known as Security First Investment Management) became the investment adviser for the Portfolios of the Met Investors Series Trust on February 12, 2001. The following is the sub-adviser history of the Met Series Fund Portfolios that, prior to May 1, 2003, were Series of the Zenith Fund: The sub-adviser of the FI Value Leaders Portfolio (formerly, the FI Structured Equity Portfolio which was formerly the Westpeak Growth and Income Series which was formerly the Westpeak Value Growth Series) was Westpeak Investment Advisors, L.P. until May 1, 2002, when Fidelity Management & Research Company became the sub-adviser. The sub-adviser to the BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Bond Income Portfolio which was formerly the Back Bay Advisors Bond Income Series) was Back Bay Advisors, L.P. until July 1, 2001, when State Street Research & Management Company became the sub-adviser; BlackRock Advisors, Inc. became the sub-adviser to these Portfolios on January 31, 2005. The sub-adviser to the MFS Total Return Portfolio (formerly, the Back Bay Advisors Managed Series) was Back Bay Advisors, L.P. until July 1, 2001 when Massachusetts Financial Services Company became the sub-adviser. The sub-adviser to the Harris Oakmark Focused Value Portfolio (formerly, the Harris Oakmark Mid Cap Value Series which was formerly the Goldman Sachs Midcap Value Series which was formerly the Loomis Sayles Avanti Growth Series) was Loomis, Sayles and Company, L.P. until May 1, 1998, when Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a separate operating division of Goldman Sachs & Co., became the sub-adviser; Harris Associates L.P. became the sub-adviser on May 1, 2000. The sub-adviser to the Balanced Portfolio (formerly, the Loomis Sayles Balanced Series) was Loomis, Sayles and Company, L.P. until May 1, 2000, when Wellington Management Company, LLP became the sub-adviser. On or about April 30, 2004, the Balanced Portfolio merged with and into the MFS Total Return Portfolio and the Balanced Portfolio ceased to exist. The sub-advisor to the Westpeak Stock Index Series, which was replaced by the MetLife Stock Index Portfolio on April 27, 2001 and was formerly known as the Stock Index Series, was Back Bay Advisors, L.P. until August 1, 1993, when Westpeak Investment Advisors, L.P. became the sub-adviser. The sub-adviser to the BlackRock Legacy Large Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Large Cap Growth Portfolio which was formerly the Alger Equity Growth Portfolio) was Fred Alger Management, Inc. until May 1, 2004, when State Street Research & Management Company became the sub-adviser; BlackRock SAI-6 Advisors, Inc. became the sub-adviser on January 31, 2005. On or about April 30, 2004, the FI Mid Cap Opportunities Portfolio merged with and into the Janus Mid Cap Portfolio and immediately thereafter Fidelity Management & Research Company replaced Janus Capital Management LLC as the sub-adviser to the Portfolio, which then became known as the FI Mid Cap Opportunities Portfolio. On or about April 30, 2004, the MFS Research Managers Portfolio merged with and into the MFS Investors Trust Portfolio and the MFS Research Managers Portfolio ceased to exist. On or about May 1, 2006, the MFS Investors Trust Portfolio merged with and into the Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio, a Portfolio of the Met Investors Series Trust, and the MFS Investors Trust Portfolio ceased to exist. The following is the sub-adviser history of the remaining Met Series Fund Portfolios: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company became the sub-adviser of the Lehman Brothers(R) Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio, the MetLife Stock Index Portfolio, the MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio, the Morgan Stanley EAFE(R) Index Portfolio and the Russell 2000(R) Index Portfolio on May 1, 2001. The sub-adviser to the FI International Stock Portfolio (formerly, the Putnam International Stock Portfolio) was Putnam Investment Management, LLC until December 16, 2003 when Fidelity Management & Research Company became the sub-adviser. On December 1, 2000, the Putnam International Stock Portfolio replaced the Morgan Stanley International Magnum Equity Series (formerly the Draycott International Equity Series) of the Zenith Fund. The sub-adviser to the Morgan Stanley International Magnum Equity Series was Draycott Partners, Ltd. until May 1, 1997, when Morgan Stanley Asset Management Inc. became the sub-adviser. On April 28, 2003, the Janus Growth Portfolio, formerly a Portfolio of the Met Series Fund, merged with and into the Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio of the Met Investors Series Trust. The sub-adviser to the BlackRock Aggressive Growth Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Aggressive Growth Portfolio), the BlackRock Strategic Value Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Aurora Portfolio), the BlackRock Diversified Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Diversified Portfolio), the BlackRock Investment Trust Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Investment Trust Portfolio), and the BlackRock Large Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Large Cap Value Portfolio) was State Street Research & Management Company until January 31, 2005, when BlackRock Advisors, Inc. became the sub-adviser. The sub-adviser to the Oppenheimer Global Equity Portfolio (formerly, the Scudder Global Equity Portfolio) was Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. until May 1, 2005 when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the sub-adviser. On May 1, 2005, the Met/Putnam Voyager Portfolio (formerly, the Putnam Large Cap Growth Portfolio) merged with and into the Jennison Growth Portfolio and the Met/Putnam Voyager Portfolio ceased to exist. The sub-adviser to the Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio and the Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio (formerly, the Salomon Brothers Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio and the Salomon Brothers U.S. Government Portfolio, respectively) was Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. until May 1, 2006, when Western Asset Management Company became the sub-adviser to the Portfolios. The following is the sub-adviser history of the Met Investors Series Trust: The sub-adviser to the T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly, the MFS Mid Cap Growth Portfolio) was Massachusetts Financial Services Company until T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. became the sub-adviser effective January 1, 2003. The sub-adviser to the Harris Oakmark International Portfolio (formerly, the State Street Research Concentrated International Portfolio) was State Street Research & Management Company until Harris Associates, L.P. became the sub-adviser effective January 1, 2003. The sub-adviser to the RCM Global Technology Portfolio (formerly, the PIMCO PEA Innovation Portfolio) was PEA Capital LLC until January 15, 2005 when RCM Capital Management LLC became the sub-adviser. The sub-adviser to the Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio (formerly, the Met/AIM Mid Cap Core Equity Portfolio) was AIM Capital Management Inc. until December 19, 2005, when Lazard Asset Management LLC became the sub-adviser. REGISTRATION STATEMENT This Statement of Additional Information and the prospectus omit certain information contained in the Registration Statement which has been filed with the SEC. Copies of such additional information may be obtained from the SEC upon payment of the prescribed fee. SAI-7 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The financial statements of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the fact that the Company changed its method of accounting for certain non-traditional long duration contracts and separate accounts in certain insurance products as required by new accounting guidance which became effective on January 1, 2004, and recorded the impact as a cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles. In addition, the Company changed its method of accounting for mandatorily redeemable preferred stock as required by new accounting guidance which was adopted as of January 1, 2004), included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The principal address of Deloitte & Touche LLP is 201 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1200, Tampa, Florida 33602-5827. EXPERTS Paul L. LeClair, FSA, MAAA, Vice President of MetLife has examined actuarial matters included in the Registration Statement, as stated in his opinion filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. SAI-8 Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL PART C. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 26. EXHIBITS (a) Resolution of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Life effecting the establishment of Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (1) (b) None (c) (i) Form of Broker Agreement (1) (ii) Forms of Selling Agreement (5) (iii) Form of Retail Sales Agreement (7) (d) (i) Flexible Premium Variable Life Policy (ii) Riders: Accelerated Death Benefit Rider, Accidental Death Benefit Rider, Children's Term Insurance, Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Rider, Guaranteed Survivor Income Benefit Rider, Option to Purchase Additional Insurance Coverage Rider, Option to Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance Rider, Overloan Protection Rider, Waiver of Monthly Deduction Rider, Waiver of Specified Premium Rider (e) Enterprise Application for Policy (f) (i) Restated Charter and By-Laws of Metropolitan Life (2) (ii) Amended Restated Charter and By-laws of Metropolitan Life (4) (iii) Amended and Restated By-Laws of Metropolitan Life (6) (g) None (h) (i) Participation Agreement among Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc., MetLife Advisers, LLC, MetLife Investors Distribution Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (8/31/07) (9) (ii) Participation Agreement among Met Investors Series Trust, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Met Investors Advisory Corp and MetLife Investors Distribution Company (4) (iii) Participation Agreement among American Funds Insurance Series, Capital Research and Management Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company dated April 30th, 2001 (3) (i) None (j) None (k) Opinion and Consent of Marie C. Swift as to the legality of the securities being registered (to be filed by amendment) (l) Actuarial Consent (to be filed by amendment) (m) Calculation Exhibit (to be filed by amendment) (n) Consent of Independent Auditors (to be filed by amendment) (o) None (p) None (q) (i) Memoranda describing certain procedures filed pursuant to Rule 6e-3(T)(b)(12)(iii) (1) (ii) Addendum to Memoranda describing certain procedures filed pursuant to Rule 6e-3(T)(b)(12)(iii) (8) (r) Powers of Attorney (1) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement (File No. 033-47927) filed on April 30, 1997. (2) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 333-40161) filed on April 6, 2000. (3) Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of MetLife Separate Account E of Form N-4 (File No. 333-52366) filed on August 3, 2001 (4) Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of MetLife Separate Account E on Form N-4 (File No. 333-83716) filed on March 5, 2002. (5) Incorporated herein by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 033-47927) filed on April 30, 2004. (6) Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of MetLife Separate Account E on Form N-4 (File No. 333-122883) filed on February 17, 2005. (7) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 033-47927) filed on April 25, 2006. (8) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 033-47927) filed April 18, 2007. (9) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement of MetLife Separate Account E on Form N-4 (File No. 333-83716) filed September 10, 2007. ITEM 27. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF DEPOSITOR
Name and Principal Business Address Positions and Offices with Depositor - ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------ C. Robert Henrikson Chairman of the Board, President and MetLife, Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Chief Executive Officer One MetLife Plaza 27-01 Queens Plaza North Long Island City, NY 11101 Sylvia Mathews Burwell Director President, Global Development Program The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 1551 Eastlake Avenue East Seattle, WA 98102 Burton A. Dole, Jr. Director Pauma Valley Country Club 15835 Pauma Valley Drive Pauma Valley, CA 92061 Cheryl W. Grise Director Executive Vice President Northeast Utilities 107 Selden Street Bethel, CT 06037 James R. Houghton Director Chairman of the Board Corning Incorporated One Riverfront Plaza, MP HQ E2-6 Corning, NY 14831
R. Glenn Hubbard Director Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics Graduate School of Business Columbia University Uris Hall, Room 101 New York, NY 10027-6902 Harry P. Kamen Director Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 200 Park Avenue, Suite 5700 New York, NY 10166 Helene L. Kaplan Director Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom Four Times Square New York, NY 10036 John M. Keane Director 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 102-542 Arlington, VA 22201-3324 James M. Kilts Director Founding Partner Centerview Partners Management, LLC 16 School Street Rye, NY 10580 Charles H. Leighton Director Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CML Group, Inc. 330 Gray Craig Road Middletown, RI 02842 Hugh B. Price Director Piper Rudnick LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1104 David Satcher Director Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Director of Center of Excellence on Health Disparity
Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive, S.W., Suite 238 Atlanta, GA 30310-1495 Kenton J. Sicchitano Director Retired Global Managing Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers 25 Phillips Pond Road Natick, MA 01760 William C. Steere, Jr. Director Retired Chairman of the Board Pfizer, Inc. 235 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017
Set forth below is a list of certain principal officers of Metropolitan Life. The principal business address of each officer of Metropolitan Life is One MetLife Plaza, 27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, New York 11101.
Name Position with Metropolitan Life C. Robert Henrikson Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Gwenn L. Carr Senior Vice President and Secretary Steven A. Kandarian Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer James L. Lipscomb Executive Vice President and General Counsel William J. Mullaney President- Institutional Business Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Catherine A. Rein Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Steven L. Sheinheit Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer William J. Toppeta President, International Lisa Weber President, Individual Business Judy E. Weiss Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary William J. Wheeler Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Anthony J. Williamson Senior Vice President and Treasurer
ITEM 28. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR THE REGISTRANT The registrant is a separate account of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company under the New York Insurance law. Under said law the assets allocated to the separate account are the property of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. a publicly traded company. The following outline indicates those persons who are controlled by or under common control with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF METLIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 The following is a list of subsidiaries of MetLife, Inc. updated as of September 30, 2007. Those entities which are listed at the left margin (labeled with capital letters) are direct subsidiaries of MetLife, Inc. Unless otherwise indicated, each entity which is indented under another entity is a subsidiary of that other entity and, therefore, an indirect subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. Certain inactive subsidiaries have been omitted from the MetLife, Inc. organizational listing. The voting securities (excluding directors' qualifying shares, (if any)) of the subsidiaries listed are 100% owned by their respective parent corporations, unless otherwise indicated. The jurisdiction of domicile of each subsidiary listed is set forth in the parenthetical following such subsidiary. A. MetLife Group, Inc. (NY) B. MetLife Bank National Association (USA) C. Exeter Reassurance Company, Ltd. (Bermuda) D. MetLife Taiwan Insurance Company Limited (Taiwan) E. Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company (DE) 1. TH Tower NGP, LLC (DE) 2. Partners Tower, L.P. (DE) - a 99% limited partnership interest of Partners Tower, L.P. is held by Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company and 1% general partnership interest is held by TH Tower NGP, LLC (DE) 3. TH Tower Leasing, LLC (DE) 4. MetLife Reinsurance Company of Charleston (SC) 5. Entrecap Real Estate II, LLC (DE) a) PREFCO Dix-Huit LLC (CT) b) PREFCO X Holdings LLC (CT) c) PREFCO Ten Limited Partnership (CT) - a 99.9% limited partnership interest of PREFCO Ten Limited Partnership is held by Entrecap Real Estate II, LLC and 0.1% general partnership is held by PREFCO X Holdings LLC. a) PREFCO Vingt LLC (CT) b) PREFCO Twenty Limited Partnership (CT) - a 99% limited partnership interest of PREFCO Twenty Limited Partnership is held by Entrecap Real Estate II, LLC and 1% general partnership is held by PREFCO Vingt LLC. 6. Plaza Drive Properties, LLC (DE) 7. MTL Leasing, LLC (DE) a) PREFCO IX Realty LLC (CT) b) PREFCO XIV Holdings LLC (CT) c) PREFCO Fourteen Limited Partnership (CT) - a 99.9% limited partnership interest of PREFCO Fourteen Limited Partnership is held by MTL Leasing, LLC and 0.1% general partnership is held by PREFCO XIV Holdings LLC. F. MetLife Pensiones S.A. (Mexico)- 97.4738% is owned by MetLife, Inc. and 2.5262% is owned by Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation. G. MetLife Chile Inversiones Limitada (Chile)- 99.9999999% is owned by MetLife, Inc. and 0.0000001% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 1. MetLife Chile Seguros de Vida S.A. (Chile)- 99.99% is owned by MetLife Chile Inversiones Limitada and 0.01% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. a) MetLife Chile Administradora de Mutuos Hipotecarios S.A. (Chile)- 99.99% is owned by MetLife Chile Seguros de Vida S.A. and 0.01% is owned by MetLife Chile Inversiones Limitada. H. MetLife Mexico S.A. (Mexico)- 98.70541% is owned by MetLife, Inc., 1.27483% is owned by Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation and 0.01976% is owned by Metlife International Holdings, Inc. 1. MetLife Afore, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)- 99.99% is owned by MetLife Mexico S.A. (Mexico) and 0.01% is owned by MetLife Pensiones S.A. a) Met1 SIEFORE, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)- 99.99% is owned by MetLife Afore, S.A. de C.V. and 0.01% is owned by MetLife Mexico S.A. (Mexico) b) Met2 SIEFORE, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)- 99.99% is owned by MetLife Afore, S.A. de C.V. and 0.01% is owned by MetLife Mexico S.A. (Mexico) c) Met3 SIEFORE, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)- 99.9% is owned by MetLife Afore, S.A. de C.V. and 0.01% is owned by MetLife Mexico S.A. (Mexico) I. MetLife Mexico Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)- 98% is owned by MetLife, Inc. and 2% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. J. Metropolitan Life Seguros de Vida S.A. (Uruguay) K. MetLife Securities, Inc. (DE) L. Enterprise General Insurance Agency, Inc. (DE) 1. MetLife General Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. (DE) 2. MetLife General Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. (MA) 1 M. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company (RI) 1. Metropolitan General Insurance Company (RI) 2. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company (RI) 3. Metropolitan Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Company (RI) 4. Met P&C Managing General Agency, Inc. (TX) 5. MetLife Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc. (RI) 6. Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company (RI) a) Metropolitan Reinsurance Company (U.K.) Limited (United Kingdom) 7. Metropolitan Lloyds, Inc. (TX) a) Metropolitan Lloyds Insurance Company of Texas (TX)- Metropolitan Lloyds Insurance Company of Texas, an affiliated association, provides automobile, homeowner and related insurance for the Texas market. It is an association of individuals designated as underwriters. Metropolitan Lloyds, Inc., a subsidiary of Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company, serves as the attorney-in-fact and manages the association. 8. Economy Fire & Casualty Company (IL) a) Economy Preferred Insurance Company (IL) b) Economy Premier Assurance Company (IL) N. Cova Corporation (MO) 1. Texas Life Insurance Company (TX) 2. Cova Life Management Company (DE) O. MetLife Investors Insurance Company (MO) P. First MetLife Investors Insurance Company (NY) Q. Walnut Street Securities, Inc. (MO) R. Newbury Insurance Company, Limited (BERMUDA) S. MetLife Investors Group, Inc. (DE) 1. MetLife Investors Distribution Company (MO) 2. Met Investors Advisory, LLC (DE) 3. MetLife Investors Financial Agency, Inc. (TX) 2 T. MetLife International Holdings, Inc. (DE) 1. MetLife Mexico Cares, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) a) Fundacion MetLife Mexico, A.C. (Mexico) 2. Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. (DE) a) Servicios Administrativos Gen, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) (1) MLA Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) 99% is owned by Servicios Administrativos Gen, S.A. de C.V. and 1% is owned by MetLife Mexico Cares, S.A. de C.V. (2) MLA Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) 99% is owned by Servicios Administrativos Gen, S.A. de C.V. and 1% is owned by MetLife Mexico Cares, S.A. de C.V. 3. MetLife India Insurance Company Private Limited (India)- 26% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 74% is owned by third parties. 4. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Hong Kong Limited (Hong Kong)- 99.99905% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 0.00095% is owned by Natiloporterm Holdings, Inc. 5. Metropolitan Life Seguros de Retiro S.A. (Argentina)- 95.23% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 4.77% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 6. Metropolitan Life Seguros de Vida S.A. (Argentina)- 95.2499% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 4.7473% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 7. MetLife Insurance Company of Korea Limited (South Korea)- 21.22% of MetLife Insurance Company of Korea Limited is owned by MetLife, Mexico, S.A. and 78.78% is owned by Metlife International Holdings, Inc. 8. Metropolitan Life Seguros e Previdencia Privada S.A. (Brazil)- 74.5485235740% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 25.451476126% is owned by MetLife Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and 0.0000003% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 9. MetLife Global, Inc. (DE) 10. MetLife Administradora de Fundos Multipatrocinados Ltda (Brazil) - 95.4635% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 4.5364% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 11. MetLife Insurance Limited (United Kingdom) 12. MetLife General Insurance Limited (Australia) 13. MetLife Limited (United Kingdom) 14. MetLife Insurance S.A./NV (Belgium) - 99.9% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 0.1% is owned by third parties. 15. MetLife Services Limited (United Kingdom) 16. Siembra Seguros de Vida S.A. (Argentina) - 97.9327% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 2.0672% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 17. MetLife Insurance Limited (Australia) a) MetLife Insurance and Investment Trust (Australia) b) MetLife Investments Pty Limited (Australia) c) MetLife Services (Singapore) PTE Limited (Australia) 18. Siembra Seguros de Retiro S.A. (Argentina) - 96.8819% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 3.1180% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. 19. Best Market S.A. (Argentina) - 5% of the shares are held by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. and 94.9999% is owned by MetLife International Holdings Inc. 20. Compania Previsional MetLife S.A. (Brazil) - 95.4635% is owned by MetLife International Holdings, Inc. and 4.5364% is owned by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. (a) Met AFJP S.A. (Argentina) - 75.4088% of the shares of Met AFJP S.A. are held by Compania Previsional MetLife SA, 19.5912% is owned by Metropolitan Life Seguros de Vida SA, 3.9689% is held by Natiloportem Holdings, Inc. and 1.0310% is held by Metropolitan Life Seguros de Retiro SA. 21. MetLife Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (DE) a) MetLife Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen na Zycie Spolka Akcyjna. (Poland) b) MetLife Direct Co., Ltd. (Japan) c) MetLife Fubon Limited (Japan) U. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (NY) 1. 334 Madison Euro Investments, Inc. (DE) a) Park Twenty Three Investments Company (United Kingdom)- 1% voting control of Park Twenty Three Investments Company is held by St. James Fleet Investments Two Limited. 1% of the shares of Park Twenty Three Investments Company is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. 99% is owned by 334 Madison Euro Investment, Inc. (1) Convent Station Euro Investments Four Company (United Kingdom)- 1% voting control of Convent Station Euro Investments Four Company is held by 334 Madison Euro Investments, Inc. as nominee for Park Twenty Three Investments Company. 99% is owned by Park Twenty Three Investments Company. 2. St. James Fleet Investments Two Limited (Cayman Islands)- 34% of the shares of St. James Fleet Investments Two Limited is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. 3. One Madison Investments (Cayco) Limited (Cayman Islands)- 10.1% voting control of One Madison Investments (Cayco) Limited is held by Convent Station Euro Investments Four Company. 89.9% of the shares of One Madison Investments (Cayco) Limited is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. 4. CRB Co, Inc. (MA)- AEW Real Estate Advisors, Inc. holds 49,000 preferred non-voting shares and AEW Advisors, Inc. holds 1,000 preferred non-voting shares of CRB, Co., Inc. 5. GA Holding Corp. (MA) 3 6. Thorngate, LLC (DE) 7. Alternative Fuel I, LLC (DE) 8. Transmountain Land & Livestock Company (MT) 9. MetPark Funding, Inc. (DE) 10. HPZ Assets LLC (DE) 11. Missouri Reinsurance (Barbados), Inc. (Barbados) 12. Metropolitan Tower Realty Company, Inc. (DE) a) Midtown Heights, LLC (DE) 13. MetLife Real Estate Cayman Company (Cayman Islands) 14. Metropolitan Marine Way Investments Limited (Canada) 15. MetLife Private Equity Holdings, LLC (DE) 16. 23rd Street Investments, Inc. (DE) a) Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnership-BDR (DE). Metropolitan Life Insurance Company holds a 99% limited partnership interest in Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnership-BDR and 23rd Street Investments, Inc. is a 1% general partner. b) Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnership-LG (DE). 23rd Street Investments, Inc. is a 1% general partner of Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnership-LG. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company holds a 99% limited partnership interest in Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnership-LG. 17. Metropolitan Realty Management, Inc. (DE) 18. Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc. (DE) a) Hyatt Legal Plans of Florida, Inc. (FL) 19. MetLife Holdings, Inc. (DE) a) MetLife Credit Corp. (DE) b) MetLife Funding, Inc. (DE) 4 20. Bond Trust Account A (MA) 21. Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation (DE) a) MetLife Capital Credit L.P. (DE)- 1% General Partnership interest is held by 23rd Street Investments, Inc., 9% General Partnership interest is held by Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation and 90% Limited Partnership interest is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. b) MetLife Capital Limited Partnership (DE)- 1% General Partnership interest is held by 23rd Street Investments, Inc., 78.5% Limited Partnership interest is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and 20.5% Limited Partnership interest is held by Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation. c) MetLife Investments Asia Limited (Hong Kong)- One share of MetLife Investments Asia Limited is held by W&C Services, Inc., a nominee of Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation. d) MetLife Investments Limited (United Kingdom)- 23rd Street Investments, Inc. holds one share of MetLife Investments Limited. e) MetLife Latin America Asesorias e Inversiones Limitada (Chile)- 23rd Street Investments, Inc. holds one share of MetLife Investments Limited and 0.01% of MetLife Latin America Asesorias e Inversiones Limitada. 22. New England Life Insurance Company (MA) a) MetLife Advisers, LLC (MA) b) New England Securities Corporation (MA) c) Omega Reinsurance Corporation (AZ) 23. GenAmerica Financial, LLC (MO) a) GenAmerica Capital I (DE) b) General American Life Insurance Company (MO) (1) GenAmerica Management Corporation (MO) 5 (2) Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (MO) - 52.8% is owned by General American Life Insurance Company. (a) Reinsurance Company of Missouri, Incorporated (MO) (i) Timberlake Financial, L.L.C. (DE) (A) Timberlake Reinsurance Company II (SC) (ii) RGA Reinsurance Company (MO) (A) Fairfield Management Group, Inc. (MO) (aa) Reinsurance Partners, Inc. (MO) (b) RGA Worldwide Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (Barbados) (c) RGA Americas Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (Barbados) (d) RGA Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Ltd. (Barbados) (i) RGA Financial Group, L.L.C. (DE)- 80% is owned by RGA Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Ltd. RGA Reinsurance Company also owns a 20% non-equity membership in RGA Financial Group, L.L.C. (e) RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada (Canada) (f) RGA International Corporation (Nova Scotia/Canada) (g) RGA Holdings Limited (U.K.) (United Kingdom) (i) RGA UK Services Limited (United Kingdom) (ii) RGA Capital Limited U.K. (United Kingdom) (iii) RGA Reinsurance (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) (iv) RGA Services India Private Limited (India) - Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated owns 99% of RGA Services India Private Limited and RGA Holdings Limited owns 1%. (h) RGA South African Holdings (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa) (i) RGA Reinsurance Company of South Africa Limited (South Africa) (i) RGA Australian Holdings PTY Limited (Australia) (i) RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Limited (Australia) (ii) RGA Asia Pacific PTY, Limited (Australia) (j) General American Argentina Seguros de Vida, S.A. (Argentina) - 95% of General American Argentina Seguros de Vida, S.A. is owned by Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated and 5% is owned by RGA Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Ltd. 6 (k) RGA Technology Partners, Inc. (MO) (l) RGA International Reinsurance Company (Ireland) (m) RGA Capital Trust I (DE) (i) RGA Global Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (Bermuda) 24. Corporate Real Estate Holdings, LLC (DE) 25. Ten Park SPC (CAYMAN ISLANDS ) - 1% voting control of Ten Park SPC is held by Metropolitan Asset Management Corporation 26. MetLife Tower Resources Group, Inc. (DE) 27. Headland - Pacific Palisades, LLC (CA) 28. Headland Properties Associates (CA) - 1% is owned by Headland - Pacific Palisades, LLC and 99% is owned by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. 29. Krisman, Inc. (MO) 30. Special Multi-Asset Receivables Trust (DE) 31. White Oak Royalty Company (OK) 32. 500 Grant Street GP LLC (DE) 33. 500 Grant Street Associates Limited Partnership (CT) - 99% of 500 Grant Street Associates Limited Partnership is held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and 1% by 500 Grant Street GP LLC 34. MetLife Canada/MetVie Canada (Canada) 35. MetLife Retirement Services LLC (NJ) a) MetLife Investment Funds Services LLC (NJ) b) MetLife Investment Funds Management LLC (NJ) c) MetLife Associates LLC (DE) 36. Euro CL Investments LLC (DE) 37. MEX DF Properties, LLC (DE) 38. MSV Irvine Property, LLC (DE) - 4% of MSV Irvine Property, LLC is owned by Metropolitan Tower Realty Company, Inc. and 96% is owned by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 39. MetLife Properties Ventures, LLC (DE) a) Citypoint Holdings II Limited (UK) 40. Housing Fund Manager, LLC (DE) 41. MTC Fund I, LLC (DE) 0.01% of MTC Fund I, LLC is held by Housing Fund Manager, LLC. V. MetLife Capital Trust II (DE) W. MetLife Capital Trust III (DE) X. MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (Life Department) (Accident Department) (CT) 86.72% is owned by MetLife, Inc. and 13.28% is owned by MetLife Investors Group, Inc. 1. 440 South LaSalle LLC (DE) 2. Pilgrim Investments Oakmont Lane, LLC (DE) - 50% is owned by MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut and 50% is owned by a third party. 3. Pilgrim Alternative Investments Opportunity Fund I, LLC (DE) - 67% is owned by MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, and 33% is owned by third party. 4. Pilgrim Alternative Investments Opportunity Fund III Associates, LLC (CT) - 67% is owned by MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, and 33% is owned by third party. 5. Pilgrim Investments Highland Park, LLC (DE) 6. Metropolitan Connecticut Properties Ventures, LLC (DE) 7. Metropolitan Canadian Property Ventures LLC (NY) 8. Euro TI Investments LLC (DE) 9. Greenwich Street Investments, LLC (DE) a) Greenwich Street Capital Offshore Fund, Ltd. (Virgin Islands) b) Greenwich Street Investments, L.P. (DE) 10. Hollow Creek, L.L.C. (CT) 11. One Financial Place Corporation (DE) - 100% is owned in the aggregate by MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut and MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut. 12. One Financial Place Holdings, LLC (DE)-100% is owned in the aggregate by MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut and MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut. 13. Plaza LLC (CT) a) Tower Square Securities, Inc. (CT) 1) Tower Square Securities Insurance Agency of New Mexico, Inc. (NM) 2) Tower Square Securities Insurance Agency of Ohio, Inc. (OH) 99% is owned by Tower Square Securities, Inc. 14. TIC European Real Estate LP, LLC (DE) 15. MetLife European Holdings, Inc. (UK) a) MetLife Europe Limited (IRELAND) (i) MetLife Pensions Trustees Limited (UK) b) MetLife Assurance Limited (UK) 16. Travelers European Investments LLC (CT) 17. Travelers International Investments Ltd. (Cayman Islands) 18. MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut (CT) a) Euro TL Investments LLC (DE) 19. TLA Holdings LLC (DE) a) The Prospect Company (DE) 1) Panther Valley, Inc. (NJ) 20. TRAL & Co. (CT) - TRAL & Co. is a general partnership. Its partners are MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut and MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut. 21. Tribeca Distressed Securities L.L.C. (DE) 22. MetLife Investors USA Insurance Comapny (DE) 23. MetLife Property Ventures Canada ULC (Canada) Y. MetLife Reinsurance Company of South Carolina (SC) Z. MetLife Investment Advisors Company, LLC (DE) AA. MetLife Standby I, LLC (DE) 1. MetLife Exchange Trust I (DE) BB. MetLife Services and Solutions, LLC (DE) 1. MetLife Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) (i) MetLife Services East Private Limited (India) CC. Soap Acquisition Corporation (NY) The voting securities (excluding directors' qualifying shares, if any) of each subsidiary shown on the organizational chart are 100% owned by their respective parent corporation, unless otherwise indicated. In addition to the entities shown on the organizational chart, MetLife, Inc. (or where indicated, a subsidiary) also owns interests in the following entities: 1) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company owns varying interests in certain mutual funds distributed by its affiliates. These ownership interests are generally expected to decrease as shares of the funds are purchased by unaffiliated investors. 2) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company indirectly owns 100% of the non-voting preferred stock of Nathan and Lewis Associates Ohio, Incorporated, an insurance agency. 100% of the voting common stock of this company is held by an individual who has agreed to vote such shares at the direction of N.L. HOLDING CORP. (DEL), a direct wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. 3) Mezzanine Investment Limited Partnerships ("MILPs"), Delaware limited partnerships, are investment vehicles through which investments in certain entities are held. A wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company serves as the general partner of the limited partnerships and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company directly owns a 99% limited partnership interest in each MILP. The MILPs have various ownership and/or debt interests in certain companies. 4) The Metropolitan Money Market Pool and MetLife Intermediate Income Pool are pass-through investment pools, of which Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates are general partners. NOTE: THE METLIFE, INC. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART DOES NOT INCLUDE REAL ESTATE JOINT VENTURES AND PARTNERSHIPS OF WHICH METLIFE, INC. AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES IS AN INVESTMENT PARTNER. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN INACTIVE SUBSIDIARIES HAVE ALSO BEEN OMITTED. 7 ITEM 29. INDEMNIFICATION MetLife, Inc. has secured a Financial Institutions Bond in the amount of $50,000,000 subject to a $5,000,000 deductible. MetLife, Inc. also maintains a Directors' and Officers' Liability and Corporate Reimbursement Insurance Policy with limits of $400 million. The Directors and Officers of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("Metropolitan"), as well as certain other subsidiaries of MetLife, Inc. are covered under the Financial Institutions Bond as well as under the Directors' and Officers' Liability Policy. A provision in Metropolitan's by-laws provides for the indemnification (under certain circumstances) of individuals serving as directors or officers of Metropolitan. Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Metropolitan pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Metropolitan of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person or Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Metropolitan will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. ITEM 30. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS (a) MetLife Investors Distribution Company is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Policies. MetLife Investors Distribution Company is the principal underwriter for the following investment companies (other than Registrant): Met Investors Series Trust, Metropolitan Life Separate Account E, MetLife Investors USA Separate Account A, MetLife Investors Variable Annuity Account One, MetLife Investors Variable Annuity Account Five, MetLife Investors Variable Life Account One, MetLife Investors Variable Life Account Five, First MetLife Investors Variable Annuity Account One, General American Separate Account Eleven, General American Separate Account Twenty- Eight, General American Separate Account Twenty- Nine, General American Separate Account Two, Security Equity Separate Account 26, Security Equity Separate Account 27, MetLife of CT Fund ABD for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund ABD II for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund BD for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund BD II for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund BD III for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund BD IV for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund U for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Five for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Six for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Seven for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Eight for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Nine for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Ten for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Eleven for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Twelve for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Thirteen for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account Fourteen for Variable Annuities, MetLife Insurance Company of CT Variable Annuity Separate Account 2002, and MetLife Life and Annuity Company of CT Variable Annuity Separate Account 2002, MetLife of CT Separate Account PF for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account PF II for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account QP for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account QPN for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account TM for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Separate Account TM II for Variable Annuities, MetLife of CT Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance, MetLife of CT Fund UL II for Variable Life Insurance, MetLife of CT Fund UL III for Variable Life Insurance, MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account One, MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Two, MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Three, Metropolitan Life Variable Annuity Separate Account I and Metropolitan Life Variable Annuity Separate Account II, Paragon Separate Account A, Paragon Separate Account B, Paragon Separate Account C, and Paragon Separate Account D. (b) The following persons are the officers and directors of MetLife Investors Distribution Company. The principal business address for MetLife Investors Distribution Company is 5 Park Plaza, Suite 1900, Irvine, CA 92614.
Name and Principal Business Address Positions and Offices with Depositor - ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Michael K. Farrell *** Director Elizabeth M. Forget ** Executive Vice President, Investment Fund Management & Marketing Peter Gruppuso ***** Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Paul A. LaPiana * Executive Vice President, National Sales Manager-Life Craig W. Markham ***** Director Richard C. Pearson * Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Paul A. Sylvester * President, National Sales Manager-Annuities & LTC William J. Toppeta **** Director Edward C. Wilson * Senior Vice President, Channel Head-Wirehouse
* MetLife Investors, 5 Park Plaza, Suite 1900, Irvine, CA 92614 ** MetLife, 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 *** MetLife, 10 Park Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07962 **** MetLife, One MetLife Plaza, 27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, NY 11101 ***** MetLife, 485-E US Highway 1 South, Iselin, NJ 08830 (c) Compensation from the Registrant.
(1) (2) (3) (4) Compensation on Events (5) Net Underwriting Occasioning the Name of Principal Discounts and Deduction of a Deferred Brokerage Other Underwriter Commissions Sales Load Commissions Compensation ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ------------ Metropolitan Life Insurance Company $0 -- -- --
Commissions are paid by the Company directly to agents who are registered representatives of the Principal Underwriter or to broker-dealers that have entered into a selling agreement with the principal underwriter with respect to sales of the Contracts. ITEM 31. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS The following companies will maintain possession of the documents required by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Rules thereunder: (a) Registrant (b) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 (c) MetLife Investors Distribution Company 5 Park Plaza, Suite 1900 Irvine, California 92614 ITEM 32. MANAGEMENT SERVICES Not applicable ITEM 33. FEE REPRESENTATION Metropolitan Life represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Policy described in this Registration Statement, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Metropolitan Life. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL, has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of New York, and the State of New York on the 16th of November, 2007. Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL By: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company By: /s/ Paul G. Cellupica ------------------------------------ Paul G. Cellupica Chief Counsel, Securities Products & Regulation SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of New York, and the State of New York on the 16th day of November, 2007. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company BY: /s/ Paul G. Cellupica --------------------------------- Paul G. Cellupica Chief Counsel, Securities Products & Regulation Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, on November 16, 2007.
SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- * Chairman of the Board, President and Chief - ------------------------------------------------- Executive Officer C. Robert Henrikson * Executive Vice President and - --------------------------------------- Chief Accounting Officer Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr. * Director - --------------------------------------- Sylvia Mathews Burwell * Director - --------------------------------------- Burton A. Dole, Jr. * Director - --------------------------------------- Cheryl W. Grise * Director - --------------------------------------- James R. Houghton Director - --------------------------------------- R. Glenn Hubbard * Director - --------------------------------------- Harry P. Kamen * Director - --------------------------------------- Helene L. Kaplan * Director - --------------------------------------- John M. Keane * Director - --------------------------------------- James M. Kilts * Director - --------------------------------------- Charles M. Leighton
* Director - --------------------------------------- Hugh B. Price Director - --------------------------------------- David Satcher * Director - --------------------------------------- Kenton J. Sicchitano * Director - --------------------------------------- William C. Steere, Jr. * Executive Vice President and - --------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer William J. Wheeler /s/ Marie C. Swift - ------------------------------------------------- Marie C. Swift, Esq. Attorney- in - fact
* Executed by Marie C. Swift, Esq. on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed herewith. Exhibit Index (d)(i) Flexible Premium Variable Life Policy (d)(ii) Riders: Accelerated Death Benefit Rider, Accidental Death Benefit Rider, Children's Term Insurance, Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Rider, Guaranteed Survivor Income Benefit Rider, Option to Purchase Additional Insurance Coverage Rider, Option to Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance Rider, Overloan Protection Rider, Waiver of Monthly Deduction Rider, Waiver of Specified Premium Rider (e) Enterprise Application for Policy (r) Powers of Attorney EX-99.(D)(I) 2 b66703a1exv99wxdyxiy.txt FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE POLICY (METLIFE(R) LOGO) MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] INSURED: [JOHN DOE] FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE NON-PARTICIPATING Flexible Premiums are payable during the lifetime of the Insured to the Maturity Date. The coverage provided by the Policy may be continued beyond the Maturity Date. If the Insured dies while the Policy is in force, we will pay the Policy Proceeds to the Beneficiary. We must receive proof satisfactory to us of the Insured's death. Any payment will be subject to all of the provisions of the Policy. THE AMOUNT AND/OR DURATION OF THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE UNDER THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE POLICY BENEFITS SECTION OF THE POLICY. THE POLICY'S CASH VALUE CAN VARY FROM DAY TO DAY. IT MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE, DEPENDING ON THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE AND THE FIXED ACCOUNT INTEREST. SEE THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT CASH VALUE AND FIXED ACCOUNT CASH VALUE PROVISIONS FOR DETAILS. RIGHT TO EXAMINE POLICY PLEASE READ THIS POLICY. YOU MAY RETURN THIS POLICY TO US OR TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH WHOM IT WAS PURCHASED WITHIN [10] DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU RECEIVE IT. IF YOU RETURN IT WITHIN THIS PERIOD, WE WILL REFUND ANY PREMIUM PAID AND THIS POLICY WILL BE VOID FROM THE START. IF THE POLICY INCLUDES A LONG-TERM CARE ACCELERATED COVERAGE RIDER, PLEASE REFER TO THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE RIDER PROVISION FOR RETURN INFORMATION. This Policy is a legal contract between the Owner and MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company. PLEASE READ YOUR CONTRACT CAREFULLY. Signed for the Company at its Main Administrative Office, Irvine, CA 92614 /s/ Michael Farrell /s/ Richard C. Pearson - ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- President Secretary 5E-46-06 1 ALPHABETIC GUIDE TO YOUR POLICY Section - ------- 4 Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments 3 Allocation of Net Amount at Risk 6 Allocation of Net Premiums 3 Allocation of Partial Withdrawals 7 Annual Report 8 Assignments 1 Attained Age 3 Basis of Computation 8 Beneficiary 3 Cash Surrender Value 3 Cash Value 3 Cash Value After the Maturity Date 2 Change in Death Benefit Option 2 Change in Face Amount 8 Change of Owner or Beneficiary 9 Choice of Payment Options; Option Date 7 Claims of Creditors 7 Contract 3 Continuation of Insurance 2 Continuation of the Policy Beyond the Maturity Date 7 Conversion Right 2 Death Benefit Options 9 Death of Payee 2 Definition of Life Insurance 1 Definitions 1 Designated Office 8 Designation of Owner and Beneficiary 1 Excess Loan 6 Federal Tax Charge 3 Fixed Account Cash Value 3 Fixed Account Cash Value Guaranteed Interest Rate 3 Fixed Account Partial Withdrawals and Transfers 6 Grace Period 6 Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit 7 Incontestability 7 Illustration of Benefits 1 Insured 4 Investment Divisions 1 Investment Start Date 1 Issue Age 1 Issue Date 10, 11 Joint and Survivor Life Income 9 Life Income Options 9 Limitations 5 Loans 3 Loan Account Cash Value 5 Loan and Loan Interest Repayments 5 Loan Interest Charged 1 Maturity Date 2 Maturity Benefit 11 Minimum Payments under Payment Options 7 Misstatement of Age or Sex and Corrections 3 Monthly Cost of Insurance 3 Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates 3 Monthly Coverage Expense Charge 3 Monthly Deduction 3 Monthly Policy Charge 3 Mortality and Expense Risk Charge 3 Net Amount at Risk 3 Net Investment Factor 10 Other Frequencies and Options 8 Owner 3 Partial Withdrawals 9 Payee 9 Payment 6 Payment of Premiums 6 Percent of Premium Charge 1 Planned First Year Lump Sum 1 Planned Premium 1 Planned Premium Due Date 2 Policy Changes 1 Policy Date 1 Policy Loan Balance 2 Policy Proceeds 3 Postponement of Payments or Transfers 6 Premium Tax Charge 6 Reinstatement 1 Requested Increase 8 Requests for Changes or Information 4 Separate Account 3 Separate Account Cash Value 3 Separate Account Partial Withdrawals 10, 11 Single Life Income 10 Single Life Income - 10 Year Guaranteed Payment Period 7 Statements in Application 7 Suicide Exclusion 3 Surrender 3 Surrender Charge 4 Transfers 7 Unisex Basis 3 Value of Each Accumulation Unit 3 Variable Accumulation Units 1 We, Us and Our 1 You and Your 6 Your Right to Change Allocation
Additional Benefit Riders, Endorsements and Amendments, if any, and copies of the Application follow the final section. 5E-46-06 2 POLICY SPECIFICATIONS INSURED [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER [SPECIMEN] POLICY DATE [JUNE 1, 2008] ISSUE DATE [JUNE 1, 2008] MATURITY DATE* [JUNE 1, 2094] INITIAL FACE AMOUNT [$50,000] ISSUE AGE OF INSURED [35] SEX [MALE] RISK CLASSIFICATION [STANDARD SMOKER] DEATH BENEFIT OPTION [A] PLANNED FIRST YEAR LUMP SUM [$0] PLANNED [ANNUAL] PREMIUM PAYABLE FOR [1 YEAR] [$588.36] PAYABLE FOR [YEARS 2 THROUGH 65] [$588.36] GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT PERIOD CHOSEN [To Age 65] GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT PERIOD MONTHLY PREMIUMS** 5 YEARS [$39.62] 20 YEARS [$39.62] TO AGE 65 [$49.03]
POLICY PLAN: Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance BENEFITS - As specified in Policy and in any Rider RIDERS FACE AMOUNT RISK CLASSIFICATION * It is possible that insurance coverage may not continue to the Maturity Date even if Planned Premiums are paid in a timely manner. ** These premiums will be recalculated and shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page if: any Policy changes are made; any riders are added or removed; there is a change in the Insured's risk classification; or there was a misstatement of age or sex in the Application. The Policy will stay in force during the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Period (referred to as "Guaranteed Period") chosen in the Application if: premium in an amount that is at least equal to the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premium for that Guaranteed Period is paid by each monthly anniversary; no loans are taken; no partial withdrawals are made; and no cash value is paid to you to allow the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract. If no Guaranteed Period was chosen in the Application, we will test to determine whether the five year Guaranteed Period is in effect on each monthly anniversary. In order for a Guaranteed Period to be in effect, the premium requirement for that Guaranteed Period must have been satisfied for each policy month since the Policy Date. See the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit provision for a full description of the test made on each monthly anniversary. (Sex-Distinct Basis) 3 POLICY SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED) MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT [$50,000] MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT DECREASE [$5,000.00] MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT INCREASE [$5,000.00] MAXIMUM PERCENT OF PREMIUM CHARGE [2.25%] OF EACH PREMIUM PAID MAXIMUM PREMIUM TAX CHARGE [2.00%] OF EACH PREMIUM PAID MAXIMUM FEDERAL TAX CHARGE [1.25%] OF EACH PREMIUM PAID MAXIMUM MONTHLY POLICY CHARGE # MONTHS 1-12 [$15.00] MONTHS 13 & LATER [$ 8.00] MAXIMUM MONTHLY COVERAGE EXPENSE CHARGE # YEARS 1-8 [0.1450 per $1,000] YEARS 9 & LATER [0.1450 per $1,000] MAXIMUM MONTHLY MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE # PERCENT OF CASH VALUE IN SEPARATE ACCOUNT YEARS 1-10 [0.066423464%] YEARS 11-19 [0.029119983%] YEARS 20-29 [0.016651408% ] YEARS 30+ [0.004165712%] MINIMUM LOAN AND PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT [$500.00] MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS PER POLICY YEAR [12] MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRANSFERS PER POLICY YEAR [4] MAXIMUM TRANSFER PROCESSING CHARGE [$25.00] MAXIMUM PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL CHARGE [$25.00] MAXIMUM FEE FOR ILLUSTRATION OF BENEFITS [$25.00] 7702 TABLE [2001 CSO ULTIMATE MORTALITY TABLE FOR A MALE SMOKER, AGE NEAREST BIRTHDAY] BASIS OF COMPUTATION OF MINIMUM CASH VALUES [2001 CSO ULTIMATE MORTALITY TABLE FOR A MALE SMOKER, AGE NEAREST BIRTHDAY] MONTHLY DISCOUNT FACTOR [1.00246630]
# If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be used in determining the applicable charge on any day after Reinstatement. 4 POLICY SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED) LOAN INTEREST RATE CHARGED POLICY YEARS 1-10 [4.0%] POLICY YEARS 11 & LATER [3.0%] LOAN INTEREST RATE CREDITED [3.0%] FIXED ACCOUNT CASH VALUE GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE [3.0%] FIXED ACCOUNT MAXIMUM ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE [100%] FIXED ACCOUNT MAXIMUM WITHDRAWAL PERCENT LIMIT [25%] SEPARATE ACCOUNT [MetLife Investors USA Variable Life Account A]
Coverage will depend on: the amount, timing, and frequency of premium payments; current charges; investment experience of any Investment Divisions you chose, interest credited to any cash value for the Policy that is in the Fixed Account; transfers; Loans taken; partial withdrawals made; and the cost of additional benefits. The Planned Premium may need to be increased to keep the Policy in force. The Policy will stay in effect after the Maturity Date as long as the Cash Surrender Value remains greater than zero. No charges will be taken on or after the Maturity Date. Any changes to the Policy's non-guaranteed cost factors (Cost of Insurance Rates, and Policy and Expense charges) will be made only on a class basis and may only be based on changes in our future expectations as to mortality, investment earnings, taxes, expenses, and persistency. Changes will only be made according to procedures and standards filed, if required, with the insurance supervisory official of the state which governs the Policy. Credited interest may be changed at any time. All changes will be made on a prospective basis and will not recoup past losses or distribute past gains. 5 TABLE OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE RATES PER $1,000 INSURED: [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] DATE OF COVERAGE: [JUNE 1, 2008]
ATTAINED AGE RATE - ------------ ------- [35 0.1668 36 0.1760 37 0.1860 38 0.2002 39 0.2144 40 0.2311 41 0.2528 42 0.2779 43 0.3080 44 0.3439 45 0.3816 46 0.4167 47 0.4561 48 0.4779 49 0.5030 50 0.5390 51 0.5818 52 0.6405 53 0.7069 54 0.7900 55 0.8842 56 0.9802 57 1.0822 58 1.1624 59 1.2552 60 1.3677 61 1.5074 62 1.6762 63 1.8639 64 2.0564 65 2.2467 66 2.4305 67 2.6096 68 2.7985 69 2.9860 70 3.2136 71 3.4635 72 3.8044 73 4.1483 74 4.4970 75 4.9043 76 5.3399 77 5.8460 78 6.4345 79 7.1089 80 7.8347 81 8.6544 82 9.4890 83 10.3725 84 11.3432 85 12.4985 86 13.7804 87 15.1794 88 16.6738 89 18.2467 90 19.8800 91 21.3788 92 22.9344 93 24.5714 94 26.3018 95 28.2572 96 30.0200 97 31.9176 98 33.9666 99 36.1844 100 38.5895 101 40.4555 102 42.4670 103 44.6306 104 46.9669 105 50.0747 106 53.5074 107 57.3153 108 61.5547 109 66.3060 110 71.6576 111 77.7404 112 83.3333 113 83.3333 114 83.3333 115 83.3333 116 83.3333 117 83.3333 118 83.3333 119 83.3333 120 83.3333 121 0.0000]
6 SURRENDER CHARGE SCHEDULE INSURED: [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] DATE OF COVERAGE: [JUNE 1, 2008]
BEGINNING OF MAXIMUM YEAR* SURRENDER CHARGE - ------------ ---------------- 1 [$796.83 2 796.83 3 796.83 4 796.83 5 690.59 6 584.34 7 531.22 8 478.10 9 371.85 10 185.93 11 & later 0.00]
* Measured from the Date of Coverage. If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be used in determining the applicable Surrender Charge on any day after Reinstatement. A Surrender Charge may be deducted during the first 10 years after the Policy Date and after the Date of Coverage of each Requested Increase. During the surrender charge period, a Surrender Charge will apply: upon surrender; upon lapse; upon a partial withdrawal that decreases the Face Amount; upon a change in Death Benefit Option that decreases the Face Amount; and upon a requested decrease in Face Amount. The Maximum Surrender Charges for the portion of the Face Amount issued on the above Date of Coverage for the first policy month in years 1 through 10: are shown above; and when they decrease, they will decrease linearly (rounded to two decimal places) for other months in years 1 through 10. The Maximum Surrender Charges for each Requested Increase will be shown in a new Surrender Charge Schedule page. A proportionate Surrender Charge will be deducted for partial withdrawals, changes in Death Benefit Option that decrease the Face Amount, and for requested decreases in the Face Amount. If the Surrender Charge of a rider made a part of the Policy is to be included for the purposes of determining the Surrender Charge applicable to the Policy, that rider will so indicate. 7 TABLE OF CORRIDOR FACTORS INSURED: [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] DATE OF COVERAGE: [JUNE 1, 2008] DEATH BENEFIT CALCULATION TEST: [GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST] [TABLE OF GUIDELINE PREMIUM CORRIDOR FACTORS]
ATTAINED AGE FACTOR - ------------ ------- 35 2.50000 36 2.50000 37 2.50000 38 2.50000 39 2.50000 40 2.50000 41 2.43000 42 2.36000 43 2.29000 44 2.22000 45 2.15000 46 2.09000 47 2.03000 48 1.97000 49 1.91000 50 1.85000 51 1.78000 52 1.71000 53 1.64000 54 1.57000 55 1.50000 56 1.46000 57 1.42000 58 1.38000 59 1.34000 60 1.30000 61 1.28000 62 1.26000 63 1.24000 64 1.22000 65 1.20000 66 1.19000 67 1.18000 68 1.17000 69 1.16000 70 1.15000 71 1.13000 72 1.11000 73 1.09000 74 1.07000 75 1.05000 76 1.05000 77 1.05000 78 1.05000 79 1.05000 80 1.05000 81 1.05000 82 1.05000 83 1.05000 84 1.05000 85 1.05000 86 1.05000 87 1.05000 88 1.05000 89 1.05000 90 1.05000 91 1.04000 92 1.03000 93 1.02000 94 1.01000 95 1.01000 96 1.01000 97 1.01000 98 1.01000 99 1.01000 100 1.01000 101 1.01000 102 1.01000 103 1.01000 104 1.01000 105 1.01000 106 1.01000 107 1.01000 108 1.01000 109 1.01000 110 1.01000 111 1.01000 112 1.01000 113 1.01000 114 1.01000 115 1.01000 116 1.01000 117 1.01000 118 1.01000 119 1.01000 120 1.01000 121+ 1.01000
8 1. DEFINITIONS APPLICATION The application(s) for: the Policy; any riders that are made a part of the Policy; any Policy changes; and any changes, amendments, and supplements. A copy of the Application is attached to the Policy. ATTAINED AGE The Issue Age plus the number of completed policy years. This includes any period during which the Policy was lapsed. CASH VALUE Equal to the total of: the cash value in the Fixed Account; plus the cash value in the Investment Divisions; plus the cash value in the Loan Account. See the Cash Value provision for details. DESIGNATED OFFICE Our Home Office or any other office we designate. EXCESS LOAN An Excess Loan occurs when the Policy Loan Balance exceeds the Cash Value less any Surrender Charge. FIXED ACCOUNT The Fixed Account is a part of our general account to which you may allocate Net Premiums and transfer amounts. It provides guarantees of principal and interest. IN WRITING In a written form satisfactory to Us and received at our Designated Office. INSURED The person whose life is insured under the Policy. Shown on the Policy Specifications page. INVESTMENT DIVISION A sub account of the Separate Account that invests in shares of an open-end management investment company or other pools of investment assets. INVESTMENT START DATE The date the first Net Premium is applied to the Policy. See the Allocation of Net Premiums provision for details on how the Net Premium is applied. This date will be the later of: 1. The Policy Date; and 2. The date we receive the first premium at our Designated Office. ISSUE AGE The age of the Insured as of his or her birthday nearest to the Policy Date. ISSUE DATE The date from which the contestable and suicide periods for the initial coverage are measured. It is shown on the Policy Specifications page. LOAN ACCOUNT The account to which we will transfer the amount of any Loan from the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions. MATURITY DATE The policy anniversary on which the Insured is Attained Age [121]. MONTHLY ANNIVERSARY The same date in each succeeding month as the Policy Date except that whenever the monthly anniversary falls on a date other than a Valuation Date, the monthly anniversary will be deemed the next Valuation Date. If any monthly anniversary would be the 29th, 30th, or 31st day of a month that does not have that number of days, then the monthly anniversary will be the last day of that month. NET PREMIUM The Net Premium equals the premium paid minus: the Percent of Premium Charge; the Premium Tax Charge; and the Federal Tax Charge. The maximum charges are shown on the Policy Specifications page.
5E-46-06 9 PLANNED FIRST YEAR The Planned First Year Lump Sum is the amount LUMP SUM of premium that you stated in the Application that you intend to pay as a lump sum by the first policy anniversary. This amount is shown on the Policy Specifications page. PLANNED PREMIUM The Planned Premium is the amount you stated in the Application that you intend to pay as a premium on the Planned Premium Due Dates. This amount is shown on the Policy Specifications page. You may change this amount by making a request In Writing. PLANNED PREMIUM DUE DATE The Planned Premium Due Date is based on the Policy Date and the mode in which you choose to pay premiums. If you pay premiums on an annual mode, it is the policy anniversary each year. If you pay premiums on other than an annual mode, it is the policy anniversary and each semi-annual, quarterly or monthly anniversary as applicable. POLICY DATE Policy years, months and anniversaries are all measured from the Policy Date. The Policy Date is shown on the Policy Specifications page. POLICY LOAN BALANCE The Policy Loan Balance at any time equals the outstanding Loans plus Loan Interest accrued to date. REQUESTED INCREASE An increase in Face Amount that you applied for after the Issue Date. SEC The United States Securities and Exchange Commission. SEPARATE ACCOUNT A separate investment account created by us to receive and invest Net Premiums received for the Policy or other policies. The Separate Account is divided into subaccounts that correspond to the Investment Divisions. VALUATION DATE Each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and the SEC has not restricted trading or declared an emergency. Each Valuation Date ends at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. There are no Valuation Dates applicable to the Policy prior to our receipt of the first premium payment. VALUATION PERIOD The period between the ends of two successive Valuation Dates. Net Premium allocations and requests for transfers, future allocation changes, Loans, partial withdrawals, and surrenders will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period in which we receive the premium payment or the request In Writing. YOU AND YOUR The Owner of the Policy. In the Application the words "you" and "your" refer to the proposed insured person(s). WE, US AND OUR MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company.
5E-46-06 10 2. POLICY BENEFITS POLICY PROCEEDS The Policy Proceeds are equal to: 1. The Death Benefit as described in the Death Benefit Options provision below; plus 2. The Total Monthly Cost of Insurance for the portion of the policy month from the date of the Insured's death to the end of that policy month; less 3. Any Amount Due under a Grace Period provision as of the date of death; less 4. Any Policy Loan Balance. DEFINITION OF LIFE The Policy is intended to qualify as a life INSURANCE insurance contract under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (referred to as "the Code") and any regulation or rulings by the Internal Revenue Service. The Code provides two Death Benefit Calculation Tests to determine whether the policy meets the definition of life insurance: the Guideline Premium Test; and the Cash Value Accumulation Test. The Test chosen in the Application cannot be changed. The Table of Corridor Factors page shows the Test chosen for the Policy. Under both tests, the Death Benefit will not be less than: the Policy's Cash Value; times the applicable Attained Age Factor as shown on the Table of Corridor Factors page. If you chose the Guideline Premium Test, the Table shown on the Table of Corridor Factors page is the Table of Guideline Premium Corridor Factors. The Guideline Premium Corridor Factors are based on the percentages as currently described in Section 7702 of the Code. If you chose the Cash Value Accumulation Test, the Table shown on the Table of Corridor Factors page is the Table of Net Single Premium Corridor Factors. In order to have the Policy continue to qualify as life insurance under applicable law, including the Code, we reserve the right to: 1. Restrict certain changes to the Policy, such as Death Benefit increases; and 2. Require the issuance of a new policy in connection with such changes; and 3. Make changes to the Policy. We will give you written notice of any of the above actions. DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS Prior to the Maturity Date, the Death Benefit depends upon the Death Benefit Option in effect on the date of the Insured's death. The Death Benefit Option in effect is shown on the Policy Specifications page or on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page, if any. DEATH BENEFIT OPTION A The Death Benefit prior to the Maturity Date equals the greater of: 1. The Face Amount; and 2. The death benefit required by the Guideline Premium Test or the Cash Value Accumulation Test, depending on the Death Benefit Calculation Test chosen in the Application. DEATH BENEFIT OPTION B The Death Benefit prior to the Maturity Date equals the greater of: 1. The Face Amount plus the Cash Value on the date of death; and 2. The death benefit required by the Guideline Premium Test or the Cash Value Accumulation Test, depending on the Death Benefit Calculation Test chosen in the Application.
5E-46-06 11 DEATH BENEFIT OPTION C Prior to the Insured's Attained Age 65, the Death Benefit equals the greater of: 1. The Face Amount plus the Cash Value on the date of death; and 2. The death benefit required by the Guideline Premium Test or the Cash Value Accumulation Test, depending on the Death Benefit Calculation Test chosen in the Application. Thereafter until the Maturity Date, the Death Benefit equals the greater of: 1. The Face Amount; and 2. The death benefit required by the Guideline Premium Test or the Cash Value Accumulation Test, depending on the Death Benefit Calculation Test chosen in the Application. The Face Amount of the Policy will be increased, if necessary, to equal the Death Benefit on the date the Insured becomes Attained Age 65. If the Face Amount or Death Benefit of a rider made a part of the Policy is to be included for the purposes of calculating the Death Benefit under the above Options, that rider will so indicate. Any time the Death Benefit minus the Cash Value is greater than the then current Face Amount, we reserve the right to distribute a portion of the Cash Value to you. The amount of the distribution will be the amount required to make the Death Benefit minus the Cash Value after the distribution equal to the then current Face Amount. MATURITY BENEFIT If the Insured is living and the Policy is in force on the Maturity Date, you may choose to terminate the Policy and receive the Cash Surrender Value, if it is greater than zero, as a Maturity Benefit. CONTINUATION OF THE For Death Benefit Options A and C, if the Cash POLICY BEYOND THE Surrender Value is greater than zero and the MATURITY DATE Policy is in force on or after the Maturity Date, the Death Benefit will be the greater of: 1. The Face Amount on the date of the Insured's death; and 2. The Cash Value on the date of the Insured's death. For Death Benefit Option B, if the Cash Surrender Value is greater than zero and the Policy is in force on or after the Maturity Date, the Death Benefit will be: the Face Amount on the date of the Insured's death; plus the Cash Value on the date of the Insured's death. The Policy could lapse after the Maturity Date if there is an Excess Loan. (See the Cash Value, Loan and Loan Interest Repayments, and Grace Period provisions.) If the Policy is in force on or after the Maturity Date: loans may be taken; and loan repayments, partial withdrawals and transfers may be made. PLEASE NOTE: THE POLICY MAY NOT QUALIFY AS A LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT UNDER THE CODE ON OR AFTER THE MATURITY DATE AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAX CONSEQUENCES. PLEASE CONSULT A TAX ADVISOR PRIOR TO CONTINUING THE POLICY BEYOND ITS MATURITY DATE. POLICY CHANGES You may request policy changes at any time unless we have stated otherwise in the Policy. We reserve the right to not allow a change in the first policy year and to permit only one change per policy year. The types of changes allowed are explained below. No change will be made that would result in the Policy not meeting the definition of life insurance under Section 7702 of the Code or any applicable successor provision.
5E-46-06 12 CHANGE IN FACE AMOUNT You can change the Face Amount by sending us a request In Writing. Each requested decrease in Face Amount will be subject to the following: 1. The decrease will take effect on the monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of the request at our Designated Office. 2. The decrease will reduce the Face Amount in the following order, unless you request a different order In Writing, and unless any rider made a part of the Policy states otherwise: a. Each Requested Increase in succession, starting with the most recent increase; and then b. The remaining Initial Face Amount (excluding any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option); and then c. Any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option. 3. The Face Amount after the requested decrease may not be less than the Minimum Face Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. 4. The decrease must be at least equal to the Minimum Face Amount Decrease shown on the Policy Specifications page. 5. If the decrease is made during the 12 months following the Policy Date, we will deduct from the Cash Value a portion of the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period associated with the Initial Face Amount. This portion will be the ratio of the amount of the decrease to the Initial Face Amount times the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period. 6. If the decrease (including decreases resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option) is made during the 12 months following the Date of Coverage of any Requested Increase we will deduct from the Cash Value a portion of the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period associated with that increase. This portion will be the ratio of the amount of the decrease to the Face Amount increase times the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period. 7. A Surrender Charge may apply to the decrease in Face Amount as explained in the Surrender Charge Schedule. This Surrender Charge will be allocated among the Fixed Account and each Investment Division based on the proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account. 8. The requested decrease in Face Amount may require a decrease in amounts provided by any riders made a part of the Policy. Each Requested Increase will be subject to the following: 1. We must receive proof satisfactory to us that the Insured is insurable by our standards on the date of the Requested Increase. 2. The increase will take effect on the monthly anniversary on or next following our approval of the Requested Increase. 3. The increase will be at the risk classification for which the Insured then qualifies. 4. The increase must be at least equal to the Minimum Face Amount Increase shown on the Policy Specifications page. 5. New insurance must be available under our underwriting rules on the same plan at the age of the Insured on the date of the request. 6. The total Face Amount after the increase cannot be greater than our published maximums. We will amend the Policy to show the Date of Coverage for the change in Face Amount.
5E-46-06 13 CHANGE IN DEATH BENEFIT After the first policy year and prior to the OPTION Maturity Date, you may request a change to the Death Benefit Option. Proof that the Insured is insurable by our standards on the date of the change may be required. The effective date of the change will be the monthly anniversary on or next following the date we receive your request In Writing. On the effective date of this change the Death Benefit payable will not change, but the Face Amount may change. Changes are allowed as follows: 1. Change from Death Benefit Option A to: Death Benefit Option B; or to Death Benefit Option C on or prior to Attained Age 60. The Face Amount of the Policy will be decreased, if necessary, to equal the Death Benefit minus the Cash Value on the effective date of the change. This change may not be made if it would result in a Face Amount for the Policy that is less than the Minimum Face Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. A Surrender Charge will apply to any decrease in the Face Amount of the Policy as explained in the Surrender Charge Schedule. The decrease will reduce the Face Amount in the following order, unless any rider made a part of the Policy states otherwise: a. Each Requested Increase in succession, starting with the most recent increase; and then b. The remaining Initial Face Amount; and then c. Any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option. A decrease in Face Amount may require a decrease in amounts provided by any riders made a part of the Policy. 2. Change from Death Benefit Option B to: Death Benefit Option A; or to Death Benefit Option C on or prior to Attained Age 60. The Face Amount of the Policy will be increased, if necessary, to equal the Death Benefit on the effective date of the change. 3. Change from Death Benefit Option C to Death Benefit Option A. If this change is made on or prior to Attained Age 65, the Face Amount of the Policy will be increased, if necessary, to equal the Death Benefit on the effective date of the change. If this change is made after Attained Age 65, the Face Amount will not change. 4. Change from Death Benefit Option C to Death Benefit Option B. If this change is made on or prior to Attained Age 65, the Face Amount will not change. If this change is made after Attained Age 65, the Face Amount of the Policy will be decreased, if necessary, to equal the Death Benefit minus the Cash Value on the effective date of the change. This change may not be made if it would result in a Face Amount for the Policy that is less than the Minimum Face Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. A Surrender Charge may apply to any decrease in the Face Amount of the Policy as explained in the Surrender Charge Schedule. The decrease will reduce the Face Amount in the following order, unless any rider made a part of the Policy states otherwise: a. Each Requested Increase in succession, starting with the most recent increase; and then b. The remaining Initial Face Amount (which includes any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option. A decrease in Face Amount may require a decrease in amounts provided by any riders made a part of the Policy.
5E-46-06 14 3. CASH VALUES CASH VALUE The Cash Value of the Policy equals the total of the values in the Fixed Account, the Separate Account and the Loan Account, and is described below. You may access the Cash Value by taking a loan, making a partial withdrawal, or surrendering the Policy. FIXED ACCOUNT CASH VALUE The interest credited to the cash value in the GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE Fixed Account for a specific day will be at an effective annual rate not less than the Fixed Account Cash Value Guaranteed Interest Rate shown on the Policy Specifications page. FIXED ACCOUNT CASH VALUE The cash value in the Fixed Account on the Investment Start Date equals: the portion of the initial Net Premium received and allocated to the Fixed Account; less the portion of the Monthly Deductions due from the Policy Date through the Investment Start Date, if any, charged to the Fixed Account. The cash value in the Fixed Account on any day after the Investment Start Date equals: 1. The cash value in the Fixed Account on the preceding Valuation Date, with interest on such value at the current rate; plus 2. Any portion of Net Premium received and allocated to the Fixed Account on that day; plus 3. Any amounts transferred to the Fixed Account on that day; plus 4. Any loan repayments allocated to the Fixed Account on that day; plus 5. That portion of any interest credited on an outstanding Loan which is allocated to the Fixed Account on that day; Less: 1. Any amount transferred from the Fixed Account to the Investment Divisions on that day; 2. Any partial withdrawal from the Fixed Account on that day; 3. Any portion of a Transfer Processing Charge taken from the Fixed Account; 4. Any portion of the Surrender Charge taken on that day due to a requested decrease in Face Amount, Death Benefit Option change or partial withdrawal attributable to the Fixed Account; 5. Any portion of the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges taken on that day due to a requested decrease in Face Amount, Death Benefit Option change or partial withdrawal attributable to the Fixed Account; 6. Any amount transferred from the Fixed Account to the Loan Account on that day; 7. If that day is a monthly anniversary, the portion of the Monthly Deduction charged to the Fixed Account to cover the policy month that starts on that day. The cash value in the Fixed Account can be negative. Interest will not be charged on negative cash value.
5E-46-06 15 SEPARATE ACCOUNT CASH The cash value in each Investment Division on VALUE the Investment Start Date equals: the portion of the initial Net Premium received and allocated to the Investment Division; less the portion of the Monthly Deductions due from the Policy Date through the Investment Start Date, if any, charged to the Investment Division. The cash value in each Investment Division on any day after the Investment Start Date equals: 1. The cash value in the Investment Division on the preceding Valuation Date times that Investment Division's Net Investment Factor for the current Valuation Period; plus 2. Any portion of Net Premium received and allocated to the Investment Division on that day; plus 3. Any amounts transferred to the Investment Division from the Fixed Account or from another Investment Division during the current Valuation Period; plus 4. Any loan repayments allocated to the Investment Division during the current Valuation Period; plus 5. That portion of any interest credited on an outstanding Loan which is allocated to the Investment Division during the current Valuation Period; Less: 1. Any amounts transferred from the Investment Division during the current Valuation Period; 2. Any partial withdrawal from the Investment Division during the current Valuation Period; 3. Any portion of a Transfer Processing Charge taken from the Investment Division; 4. Any portion of the Surrender Charge incurred during the current Valuation Period due to a requested decrease in Face Amount, Death Benefit Option change or partial withdrawal attributable to the Investment Division; 5. Any portion of the unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges taken during the current Valuation Period due to a requested decrease in Face Amount, Death Benefit Option change or partial withdrawal attributable to the Investment Division; 6. Any amount transferred from the Investment Division to the Loan Account during the current Valuation Period; 7. If a monthly anniversary occurs during the current Valuation Period, the portion of the Monthly Deduction charged to the Investment Division during the current Valuation Period to cover the policy month that starts during that Valuation Period. The cash value in an Investment Division can be negative. Interest will not be charged on negative cash value. VARIABLE ACCUMULATION At the end of a Valuation Date, the current UNITS market value of an Investment Division is determined by multiplying that Investment Division's accumulation unit value times the number of Investment Division accumulation units held under the Policy. The number of Investment Division accumulation units will increase when: 1. Any portion of a Net Premium is allocated to that Investment Division; 2. Amounts are transferred to that Investment Division; or 3. Loans are repaid and credited to that Investment Division.
5E-46-06 16 The number of Investment Division accumulation units will decrease when: 1. Any portion of the Monthly Deduction is deducted from that Investment Division; 2. A Loan is taken from that Investment Division; 3. An amount is transferred from that Investment Division; 4. A Transfer Processing Charge is taken from that Investment Division; 5. A Surrender Charge is taken from that Investment Division; 6. A partial withdrawal is taken from that Investment Division; or 7. Any portion of the Coverage Expense Charge is taken from that Investment Division due to a decrease in Face Amount attributable to that Investment Division. VALUE OF EACH The value of an accumulation unit may increase ACCUMULATION UNIT or decrease from one Valuation Period to the next. For any Valuation Period, the value equals 1. times 2., where: 1. Equals the value of an accumulation unit for the prior Valuation Period; and 2. Equals the Net Investment Factor for that Investment Division for the current Valuation Period. NET INVESTMENT FACTOR The Net Investment Factor measures the investment performance of an Investment Division during a Valuation Period. The Net Investment Factor for each Investment Division for a Valuation Period is equal to: 1. The value of the assets at the end of the preceding Valuation Period; plus 2. The investment income and capital gains--realized or unrealized--credited to the assets during the Valuation Period for which the Net Investment Factor is being determined; less 3. The capital losses--realized or unrealized--charged against the assets during the Valuation Period; less 4. Any amount charged against the Investment Division for taxes, including any tax or other economic burden resulting from the application of tax laws that we determine to be properly attributable to the Investment Division, or any amount we set aside during the Valuation Period as a reserve for taxes attributable to the operation or maintenance of the Investment Division; divided by 5. The value of the assets at the end of the preceding Valuation Period. LOAN ACCOUNT CASH VALUE The cash value in the Loan Account as of the Investment Start Date equals the amount transferred into the Loan Account on that day. The cash value in the Loan Account on any day after the Investment Start Date is equal to: 1. The cash value in the Loan Account on the preceding Valuation Date, with interest at the Loan Interest Rate Credited; plus 2. Any amount transferred to the Loan Account from the Fixed Account on that day; plus 3. Any amount transferred to the Loan Account from the Investment Divisions on that day; plus 4. If that day is a policy anniversary, an amount due to cover the Loan Interest if not paid by you; less 5. Any amount transferred from the Loan Account to the Fixed Account on that day; less 6. Any amount transferred from the Loan Account to the Investment Divisions on that day. CASH VALUE AFTER THE If the Policy is continued beyond the Maturity MATURITY DATE Date, the Cash Value of the Policy on and after the Maturity Date will be determined in the same manner as described above, except there will be no Monthly Deductions taken. Premiums cannot be paid on or after the Maturity Date, except for payments required under a Grace Period due to an Excess Loan.
5E-46-06 17 MONTHLY DEDUCTION The Monthly Deduction for the following month is deducted on the monthly anniversary; and equals the sum of: 1. The Total Monthly Cost of Insurance; plus 2. The Monthly Mortality and Expense Risk Charge; plus 3. The Monthly Coverage Expense Charge; plus 4. The Monthly Policy Charge; plus 5. The monthly costs for riders made a part of the Policy, unless otherwise stated in a rider. The Monthly Deduction for a policy month will be taken from the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account on the monthly anniversary. However, at any time you can choose In Writing to have Monthly Deductions allocated to: 1. The Fixed Account or to a specific Investment Division until the cash value in the Fixed Account or that Investment Division is insufficient to cover the entire Monthly Deduction; and then 2. To the Fixed Account and the remaining Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account on the monthly anniversary. You can change the Monthly Deduction allocation by making a request In Writing. There will be no Monthly Deduction taken on or after the Maturity Date. MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE The Monthly Cost of Insurance for the following month is charged as part of the Monthly Deduction and is included in the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance. The Total Monthly Cost of Insurance equals: 1. The Net Amount at Risk allocated to the remaining Initial Face Amount (which includes any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option) times the Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate for the Initial Face Amount, divided by 1,000; plus 2. If you request any increases in Face Amount, the Net Amount at Risk allocated to each Requested Increase times the Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate for each increase in Face Amount, divided by 1,000. NET AMOUNT AT RISK The Net Amount at Risk equals: 1. For Death Benefit Option A, and for Death Benefit Option C on and after Age 65: a. The greater of: the Face Amount divided by the Monthly Discount Factor shown on the Policy Specifications page; and the Cash Value (before the deduction of the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance) at the start of the policy month times the applicable Attained Age Factor shown in the Table of Corridor Factors; less b. The Cash Value (before the deduction of the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance) at the start of the policy month. 2. For Death Benefit Option B, and for Death Benefit Option C prior to Age 65: a. The greater of: the Face Amount divided by the Monthly Discount Factor shown on the Policy Specifications page, plus the Cash Value (before the deduction of the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance) at the start of the policy month; and the Cash Value (before the deduction of the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance) at the start of the policy month times the applicable Attained Age Factor shown in the Table of Corridor Factors; less b. The Cash Value (before the deduction of the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance) at the start of the policy month.
5E-46-06 18 If the Face Amount or Death Benefit of a rider made a part of the Policy is to be included for the purposes of calculating the Net Amount at Risk under the Death Benefit Options, that rider will so indicate. The Cash Value used in the Net Amount at Risk calculation will not be less than zero. ALLOCATION OF NET AMOUNT The Net Amount at Risk will be allocated to the AT RISK coverages in the following order: 1. Each increase in Face Amount in succession, starting with the most recent increase; and then 2. To the coverage provided by the remaining Initial Face Amount (which includes any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option). If the Allocation of Net Amount at Risk is affected by a rider made a part of the Policy, that rider will so indicate. MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE At the start of each coverage year, the Monthly RATES Cost of Insurance Rate is calculated for the remaining Initial Face Amount (which includes any increase in Face Amount resulting from a Death Benefit Option Change) and for each Requested Increase. The Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate for each portion of coverage is based on the issue age, risk classification, sex and completed years from the Policy Date for the Initial Face Amount and from the Date of Coverage for each Requested Increase. If the Death Benefit equals a percentage of the Cash Value, any increase in Cash Value will cause an automatic increase in the Death Benefit. The risk classification for such increase will be the same as that used for the most recent Requested Increase, excluding any riders, which required proof that the Insured was insurable by our standards. The Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates for each portion of coverage will never exceed the rates shown on the Table of Guaranteed Maximum Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates page for that coverage. Any change in the cost of insurance rates will apply to all persons of the same age, sex, and risk classification whose coverage has been in force for the same length of time. MONTHLY COVERAGE EXPENSE The Policy's Monthly Coverage Expense Charge CHARGE equals the total of these charges for the Initial Face Amount and for all Requested Increases. The Charge for each portion of coverage equals: the Face Amount of the Policy (excluding any increase in Face Amount resulting from a Death Benefit Option change) or the amount of an increase; times its Monthly Coverage Expense Charge rate for the applicable year; divided by 1,000. The Maximum Monthly Coverage Expense Charge is shown on the Policy Specifications page. A separate Maximum Monthly Coverage Expense Charge will apply to each Requested Increase. If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be considered in determining the applicable Monthly Coverage Expense Charge on any day after Reinstatement. MONTHLY POLICY CHARGE The Monthly Policy Charge will never exceed the amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be considered in determining the applicable Monthly Policy Charge on any day after Reinstatement. MORTALITY AND EXPENSE The Mortality and Expense Risk Charge will be RISK CHARGE calculated on each monthly anniversary and will not exceed the Maximum Mortality and Expense Risk Charge shown on the Policy Specifications page times the cash value in the Separate Account at the start of the current monthly anniversary. If the cash value in the Separate Account is negative on a monthly anniversary, the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge will not be deducted for that month. If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be considered in determining the applicable Mortality and Expense Risk Charge on any day after Reinstatement.
5E-46-06 19 CASH SURRENDER VALUE The Cash Surrender Value of the Policy equals the Cash Value at the time of surrender, less: 1. Any Policy Loan Balance; 2. Any unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges and Monthly Policy Charges due for the remainder of the first policy year; 3. Any unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges and Monthly Policy Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period following the Date of Coverage of a Requested Increase; 4. Any unpaid Monthly Coverage Expense Charges and Monthly Policy Charges due for the remainder of the 12-month period following the Issue Date of any rider made a part of the Policy if that rider so states; 5. Any Surrender Charge. SURRENDER You may surrender the Policy for its Cash Surrender Value during the lifetime of the Insured. We will determine the Cash Surrender Value as of the date we receive your request In Writing. The Cash Surrender Value will be paid to you in one sum or placed in an account that earns interest unless you choose In Writing to apply all or part of the proceeds to a Payment Option. (See the Payment Options section). The Policy will terminate on the monthly anniversary on or next following the date of surrender. The Cash Surrender Value will not be reduced by the Total Monthly Cost of Insurance due on that date for a subsequent policy month. If the Insured dies on or after the date of surrender and before the termination of the Policy: the surrender will be reversed; and the Cash Surrender Value paid to you will be processed as a Loan. Therefore, the Cash Surrender Value paid to you will be deducted from the Policy Proceeds. (See the Policy Proceeds provision.) PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS After the first policy year and subject to the conditions below, you may make a request In Writing for a partial withdrawal from the Cash Surrender Value. We reserve the right to limit the total amount you may withdraw to 90% of the Cash Surrender Value. See the Allocation of Partial Withdrawals, Fixed Account Partial Withdrawals and Separate Account Partial Withdrawals provisions below for additional limits we may impose on partial withdrawals. The amount of your partial withdrawal request at any one time must be at least the Minimum Loan and Partial Withdrawal Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. No partial withdrawal will be processed which would: 1. Reduce the Cash Surrender Value to less than an amount that would cover two Monthly Deductions; or 2. Result in the Face Amount, excluding riders, being less than the Minimum Face Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page; or 3. Disqualify the Policy as life insurance under the Code and any interpretive regulation or rulings by the Internal Revenue Service. In each policy year after the first, you may make up to the Maximum Number of Partial Withdrawals shown on the Policy Specifications page as long as the total withdrawal amount (see the first paragraph of this provision) is not exceeded, except with our consent. We reserve the right to change the minimum amounts or the maximum number of partial withdrawals. We also may assess a transaction charge for a withdrawal, not to exceed the Maximum Partial Withdrawal Charge shown on the Policy Specifications page. The Death Benefit of the Policy will be based on the Face Amount after the partial withdrawal and the reduced Cash Value. The Face Amount of the Policy will be decreased, if necessary, such that the Net Amount at Risk after the partial withdrawal is not greater than the Net Amount at Risk before the partial withdrawal.
5E-46-06 20 The Face Amount will be decreased in the following order, unless any rider made a part of the Policy states otherwise: 1. Each Requested Increase in succession, starting with the most recent increase; and then 2. The remaining Initial Face Amount; and then 3. Any increase in Face Amount resulting from a change in Death Benefit Option. If a decrease in Face Amount requires a decrease in the amounts provided by any riders made a part of the Policy, that rider will so indicate. A Surrender Charge may apply if the Face Amount is decreased as a result of a partial withdrawal. ALLOCATION OF PARTIAL Subject to the conditions below, partial WITHDRAWALS withdrawals will be allocated among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value less the cash value in the Loan Account on the date of the partial withdrawal. If the Fixed Account conditions will not allow this proportionate allocation, we will request that you specify an acceptable allocation. FIXED ACCOUNT PARTIAL Except with our consent, partial withdrawals WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS and transfers from the Fixed Account can be made once within 30 days after each policy anniversary. The maximum amount of all partial withdrawals and transfers from the Fixed Account in a policy year will, except with our consent, be the greater of 1. and 2., where: 1. Equals the portion of the Cash Surrender Value in the Fixed Account at the start of that policy year times the Fixed Account Maximum Withdrawal Percentage Limit, as shown on the Policy Specifications page. 2. Equals the previous year's Fixed Account Maximum withdrawal amount. However, if less than $[50] would remain in the Fixed Account after the withdrawal, you can withdraw the entire portion of the Cash Surrender Value in the Fixed Account. SEPARATE ACCOUNT PARTIAL The maximum amount of a partial withdrawal from WITHDRAWALS any one of the Investment Divisions will be the lesser of 1. and 2., where: 1. Equals 90% of the portion of the Cash Surrender Value in that Investment Division at the start of that policy year. 2. Equals the amount required to keep the Face Amount, excluding riders, from being less than the Minimum Face Amount. SURRENDER CHARGE During the surrender charge period, a Surrender Charge will apply: upon surrender; upon lapse; upon a partial withdrawal that decreases the Face Amount; upon a change in Death Benefit Option that decreases the Face Amount; and upon a requested decrease in Face Amount. However, in each policy year you can take partial withdrawals equal to 10% without a Surrender Charge. For example, if you take a partial withdrawal of 6% of the Cash Surrender Value, you can take another 4% of the then current Cash Surrender Value in that policy year without a Surrender Charge, and then Surrender Charges will apply to any future withdrawals in that policy year. A Surrender Charge will be applied: 1. First, with respect to each Requested Increase in succession and the number of months from the Date of Coverage for that increase, starting with the most recent increase; and then 2. With respect to the Initial Face Amount (excluding any increase in Face Amount resulting from a Death Benefit Option change) and the number of months from the Policy Date. The Maximum Surrender Charges for the Initial Face Amount and for any Requested Increase are shown on the Surrender Charge Schedule page for the respective coverage.
5E-46-06 21 A Surrender Charge will apply to any decrease in Face Amount during the surrender charge period. The amount of Surrender Charge applied because of a decrease in Face Amount is defined on the Surrender Charge Schedule page for the portion of the Face Amount being decreased. The Surrender Charge for a decrease in Face Amount is deducted from the Cash Value on the effective date of the decrease. The Surrender Charge will be allocated among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value less the cash value in the Loan Account. If a Surrender Charge is imposed due to a partial withdrawal, it will be allocated among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the partial withdrawal was allocated among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions. If the Surrender Charge of a rider made a part of the Policy is to be included for the purposes of determining the Surrender Charge applicable to the Policy, that rider will so indicate. If the Policy is reinstated, the period of lapse will not be considered in determining the applicable Surrender Charge on any date after Reinstatement. CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE If all premium payments cease and the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit provision is not in effect, the insurance provided under the Policy, including benefits provided by any rider made a part of the Policy, will continue in accordance with the provisions of the Policy for as long as the Cash Surrender Value is sufficient to cover the Monthly Deductions. (See the Grace Period provision.) POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS We will usually pay any amounts payable on OR TRANSFERS Loans, surrenders or partial withdrawals allocated to the Investment Divisions within seven days after we receive the request In Writing. We will usually pay any Death Benefit proceeds within seven days after we receive due proof of claim. Payment of any amount payable from the Investment Divisions on Loans (except when used to pay premiums on policies issued by us), surrenders, partial withdrawals or death may be postponed whenever: 1. The New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closing) or trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the SEC; 2. The SEC, by order, permits postponement for the protection of policy owners; or 3. An emergency exists as determined by the SEC, as a result of which disposal of securities is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of the net assets of the Separate Account. Transfers may also be postponed under the circumstances listed above. We may defer payment of the portion of any amount payable from the Fixed Account on surrender or partial withdrawals for not more than six months. If we defer payment for 30 days or more, we will pay interest, if required by law, at a rate at least equal to the minimum required by the state governing the Policy. We may defer payment of the portion of any Loan from the Fixed Account for not more than six months, except for payment of premiums to us. BASIS OF COMPUTATION The minimum cash values in the Fixed Account are based on: 1. The Basis of Computation of Minimum Cash Values table shown on the Policy Specifications page and any Policy Specifications for Policy Change page; and 2. Compound interest at an annual rate of not less than the Fixed Account Cash Value Guaranteed Interest Rate shown on the Policy Specifications page. All values are at least equal to those required by any applicable law of the state that governs the Policy. We have filed a detailed statement, if required, of the method of calculating cash values and reserves with the insurance supervisory official of that state.
5E-46-06 22 4. SEPARATE ACCOUNT PROVISIONS AND TRANSFERS SEPARATE ACCOUNT The variable benefits under the Policy are provided through investments in the Separate Account. This account is used for flexible premium variable life insurance policies and, if permitted by law, may be used for other policies or contracts as well. We hold the assets of the Separate Account. These assets are held separately from the assets held in our general account (which includes the Fixed Account). Income, gains and losses--whether or not realized--from assets allocated to the Separate Account will be credited to or charged against the Separate Account without regard to our other income, gains or losses. The portion of the assets held in the Separate Account equal to the reserves and other policy liabilities with respect to the Separate Account will not be charged with liabilities that arise from any other business we may conduct. We have the right to transfer to our general account any assets of the Separate Account that exceed the reserves and other policy liabilities of the Separate Account. The Separate Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Separate Account is also subject to the laws of the state of Delaware. To the extent required by law, the investment policy of the Separate Account will not be changed without the approval of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware. If required, the approval process is on file with the insurance supervisory official of the state that governs the Policy. INVESTMENT DIVISIONS The Separate Account has multiple Investment Divisions. The Investment Divisions invest in shares of registered investment companies or other pools of investment assets. Income, gains and losses--whether or not realized--from the assets of each Investment Division are credited to or charged against that Investment Division without regard to income, gains or losses in other Investment Divisions or in the Fixed Account. We will value the assets of each Investment Division at the end of each Valuation Period. The values and benefits of the Policy depend on: the investment performance of the Investment Divisions; and the interest credited to the Fixed Account. We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Investment Divisions. You bear the investment risk for amounts invested in the Investment Divisions for the Policy. ADDITION, DELETION OR As permitted by law, we can add or remove SUBSTITUTION OF INVESTMENT shares of a fund that are held by the Separate DIVISIONS Account or that the Separate Account may purchase. When a change is made, we will send you: a prospectus supplement or a revised prospectus for the Separate Account which will describe all of the funds then available for the Policy in the Separate Account or its successor or any other investment company in which the Separate Account is invested; and any notice required by law. When shares of a fund are removed, we have the right to substitute a different fund in which the Investment Division will then invest: 1. The value of the removed shares of the fund; and 2. Future net premiums applied to that Investment Division. The investment policy of the Separate Account will not be changed unless the change has been approved by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware, if required. We have filed a statement of the approval process with the insurance supervisory official of the state that governs the Policy, to the extent required by law.
5E-46-06 23 TRANSFERS If the Policy is in force and you have not exercised your Conversion Right, 20 days after the initial Net Premium is applied to the Policy, you may transfer amounts as follows: 1. Between the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions; and 2. Among the Investment Divisions. These transfers will be subject to the following conditions: 1. We must receive a request for transfer In Writing. 2. The transfer request must be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage in whole numbers. 3. The minimum amount of the transfer must be equal to the lesser of [$50] or the total amount in the Fixed Account or Investment Division that the transfer is being made from. 4. We may impose a charge for each transfer not to exceed the Maximum Transfer Processing Charge shown on the Policy Specifications page. 5. We reserve the right to limit the number of transfers in each policy year to the Maximum Number of Transfers per Policy Year shown on the Policy Specifications page. 6. The maximum amount of all transfers and partial withdrawals from the Fixed Account (the Fixed Account Maximum) in any policy year will be the greater of a. and b., where: a. Equals the portion of the Cash Surrender Value in the Fixed Account at the start of that policy year, times the Fixed Account Maximum Withdrawal Percent Limit shown on the Policy Specifications page; and b. Equals the previous policy year's Fixed Account Maximum withdrawal amount. However, if less than [$50] would remain in the Fixed Account after the transfer, you can transfer the remainder to the Investment Divisions. The Fixed Account cash value immediately after any transfer to the Fixed Account cannot exceed c. times d., where: c. Equals the Fixed Account cash value plus the Separate Account cash value; and d. Is the Fixed Account Maximum Allocation Percent as shown on the Policy Specifications page. All transfers that occur on the same day are counted as one transfer for the purpose of determining: any charge under item 4 above; and the number of transfers made in a policy year under item 5 above. Your right to make transfers is subject to limitations or modifications by us if we determine, in our sole opinion, that the exercise of the right by one or more owners with interests in the Investment Division is, or would be, to the disadvantage of other owners. Restrictions may be applied in any manner reasonably designed to prevent any use of the transfer right that we consider to be to the disadvantage of other owners. A limitation or modification could be applied to transfers to and from one or more of the Investment Divisions and could include, but is not limited to: 1. The requirement of a minimum time period between each transfer; 2. Not accepting a transfer request from a third party acting under authorization on behalf of more than one owner; 3. Limiting the dollar amount that may be transferred by an owner between the Investment Divisions at any one time; or 4. Requiring that a transfer request be provided In Writing and signed by the owner.
5E-46-06 24 5. LOANS LOANS Upon your request In Writing, you may borrow no more than the Loan Value (defined below) of the Policy while it is in force. The Loan Value on the date the loan is made equals: 1. The Cash Value; less 2. Any Policy Loan Balance; less 3. Loan interest to the next policy anniversary; less 4. The most recent Monthly Deduction charged, times the number of policy months to the next policy anniversary; less 5. Any Surrender Charge; plus 6. Interest at the Fixed Account Cash Value Guaranteed Interest Rate credited to the next policy anniversary. The amount of each loan request must be at least equal to the Minimum Loan and Partial Withdrawal Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page. The Policy will be the sole security for such Loan. You may allocate the Loan among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions. If you do not specify the allocation, then the Loan will be allocated among the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the respective cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account, on the date of the Loan. Cash value equal to the Loan allocated to the Fixed Account and each Investment Division will be transferred to the Loan Account and will earn interest at an annual effective rate not less than the Loan Interest Rate Credited shown on the Policy Specifications page. Interest earned on the cash value in the Loan Account will remain in the Loan Account until: we receive a loan repayment; a new Loan is made; the Policy enters the Grace Period; or the next policy anniversary. Upon any of these events, the interest earned on the Loan Account will be transferred to the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in proportion to the cash value in each. LOAN INTEREST CHARGED Interest on loans will be charged at the Loan Interest Rate Charged applicable to the Policy Year as shown on the Policy Specifications page. This is a fixed loan interest rate. The loan interest is due each year on the policy anniversary. If you do not pay the loan interest when it is due on a policy anniversary: an amount of cash value equal to the loan interest will be added to the existing loan; interest will be charged on it; and it will be allocated to the Loan Account. The amount transferred will be deducted from the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account. LOAN AND LOAN INTEREST Any payment we receive will be applied as a REPAYMENTS premium payment unless it is clearly marked as a Loan repayment. You may repay the Policy Loan Balance in whole or in part at any time before the death of the Insured while the Policy is in force. When a loan repayment is made, an amount equal to the loan repayment will be transferred from the Loan Account to the Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions in the same proportion that the cash value in each bears to the total Cash Value, less the cash value in the Loan Account. If there is an Excess Loan (see the Definitions page), we will mail a notice to your last known address and that of any assignee of record. We will allow you a Grace Period for payment of the excess due. If the excess due remains unpaid at the end of the Grace Period, the Policy will lapse without value. The Grace Period will end 62 days from the date the notice is sent.
5E-46-06 25 6. PREMIUMS AND GRACE PERIOD PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS The first premium is due as of the Policy Date. While the Insured is living, premiums after the first must be paid at our Designated Office. A premium receipt will be furnished upon request. The Policy will not be in force until the first premium is paid. Prior to the Maturity Date, premiums may be paid in any amount and at any interval subject to the following conditions: 1. Any premium payment must be at least [$50.00]. 2. If you chose the Guideline Premium Test, total premiums paid in any policy year may not exceed an amount that would cause the Policy to fail the definition of life insurance as defined by Section 7702 of the Code or any applicable successor provision. The Planned Premium amount cannot be increased if payment of the increased planned premium would cause the Policy to fail to satisfy the definition of life insurance as defined by Section 7702 of the Code or any applicable successor provision. If we receive a premium that causes the Death Benefit to increase by an amount that exceeds that Net Premium, we reserve the right to refuse that premium payment. We may require additional evidence of insurability before we accept that premium payment. Premiums cannot be paid on or after the Maturity Date, unless they are required under a Grace Period provision. Unless you request otherwise In Writing, any payment that we receive will be used as a premium payment. PERCENT OF PREMIUM CHARGE A Percent of Premium Charge will be deducted from each premium submitted. The maximum charge is shown on the Policy Specifications page. PREMIUM TAX CHARGE A Premium Tax Charge will be deducted from each premium submitted. The maximum charge is shown on the Policy Specifications page. FEDERAL TAX CHARGE A Federal Tax Charge will be deducted from each premium submitted. The maximum charge is shown on the Policy Specifications page. ALLOCATION OF NET You may allocate the Net Premiums among the PREMIUMS Fixed Account and the Investment Divisions. No less than 1% of the Net Premium may be allocated to the Fixed Account or any Investment Division. Percentages must be in whole numbers. The cash value in the Fixed Account immediately after payment of the premium cannot exceed 1. times 2., where: 1. Equals the Fixed Account cash value plus the Separate Account cash value. 2. Equals the Fixed Account Maximum Allocation Percent as shown on the Policy Specifications page. We may modify the Fixed Account Maximum Allocation Percent at any time. The initial allocation is shown on the Application. The Policy's first Net Premium is invested in the Fixed Account as of the Investment Start Date. Twenty days after the first Net Premium is applied to the Policy, the Cash Value will be allocated to the Fixed Account and/or the Investment Divisions according to the allocations you chose on the Application. Before the Cash Value is transferred from the Fixed Account, the values and benefits of the Policy will depend on the interest credited to the Fixed Account. After the Cash Value is transferred from the Fixed Account, each Net Premium will be allocated to the Fixed Account and/or the Investment Divisions according to the allocations you have chosen as of the date we receive the premium at our Designated Office. YOUR RIGHT TO CHANGE While the Policy is in force, you may change ALLOCATION the allocation of future Net Premiums among the Fixed Account and/or the Investment Divisions as outlined in the Allocation of Net Premiums provision. The change in allocation percentages will take effect when we receive your request in writing.
5E-46-06 26 GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH On each monthly anniversary, we will compare 1. BENEFIT to 2. for each Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Period (referred to as "Guaranteed Period") applicable to the Policy, where: 1. Equals the sum of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premiums for each applicable Guaranteed Period for each monthly anniversary since the Policy Date; and 2. Equals the total premiums paid to date less: all partial withdrawals; any cash value paid to you to allow the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract; and any outstanding Loans. If 2. is greater than or equal to 1. for at least one applicable Guaranteed Period, the Policy will not lapse, even if the Cash Surrender Value is insufficient to pay the Monthly Deduction. If, based on the total premium paid, the Policy qualifies for a longer Guaranteed Period than the one chosen in the Application, the longer Guaranteed Period will be in effect. The Policy will qualify for a longer Guaranteed Period only if the premium requirement for that Guaranteed Period has been satisfied for each policy month since the Policy Date. If the premium requirement for the Guaranteed Period chosen in the Application is not met: the Guaranteed Period chosen will no longer be in effect; and the next shorter Guaranteed Period for which the premium requirement has been met since the Policy Date, if any, will be in effect. The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premium may change if any of the following occurs: 1. A change in Face Amount; or 2. The addition or deletion of, or change to, a rider made a part of the Policy; or 3. A change in Death Benefit Option; or 4. A misstatement of age or sex in the Application; or 5. A change in the Insured's risk classification. This may also affect the Guaranteed Period. We will send you a revised Policy Specifications page reflecting the new Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly premium. If the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit ends because the premium requirement has not been met while the Policy is in force, the Guaranteed Period that was in effect immediately prior to the expiration of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit can be reinstated within nine months, provided that the Policy remains in force. Sufficient premiums must be paid to satisfy the cumulative premium requirement for the applicable Guaranteed Period at the time of reinstatement. If the Policy lapses during the first five policy years, only the Five-Year Guaranteed Period will be reinstated if the Policy is reinstated during the first five policy years. If the Policy lapses after the first five policy years, the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit provision will terminate and no Guaranteed Period can be reinstated if the Policy is reinstated. We will send you a notice if the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly premium requirement for the Guaranteed Period you chose has not been met. The notice will state the amount of premium that has to be paid in order to retain the guarantee and whether, in the absence of payment, the Policy would qualify for the next shorter Guaranteed Period. If the premium required to keep your chosen Guaranteed Period in effect is not paid within 62 days of the notice, that guarantee will end. If the Policy qualifies for a shorter Guaranteed Period, that will become the new Guarantee Period.
5E-46-06 27 GRACE PERIOD If, on a monthly anniversary during an applicable Guaranteed Period, the Policy does not meet any applicable Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit premium requirement and the Cash Surrender Value is less than the next Monthly Deduction, a Grace Period of 62 days will be allowed for the payment of a premium sufficient to keep the Policy in force (referred to as the "Amount Due"). After the termination of the last applicable Guaranteed Period, if the Cash Surrender Value is less than the next Monthly Deduction on a monthly anniversary, a Grace Period of 62 days will be allowed for the payment of the Amount Due. At the start of the Grace Period, notice of the Amount Due will be sent to your last known address and to any assignee on record. The Amount Due is the amount required to pay the Monthly Deduction, or the amount required to meet a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit premium requirement (if applicable), whichever is less. If we do not receive the Amount Due by the end of the Grace Period, the Policy will lapse at the end of that 62-day period and it will then terminate without Cash Surrender Value. If the Insured dies during the Grace Period, any Amount Due will be deducted from the Death Benefit. REINSTATEMENT If the Policy has not been surrendered, you may reinstate your lapsed Policy prior to the Maturity Date and within three years after the date of lapse. To reinstate, you must submit a request In Writing and the following: 1. Proof satisfactory to us that the Insured is insurable by our standards. 2. Payment of the Monthly Deductions and Loan Interest due and unpaid at the time of lapse. 3. Payment of an amount large enough to keep the Policy in force for at least two months. The Insured must be alive on the date we approve the request for reinstatement. If the Insured is not alive, such approval is void. The reinstated Policy will be in force from the date we approve the reinstatement application. There will be a full Monthly Deduction for the policy month in which we approve the reinstatement application. Any Loans in effect at the time of lapse may be repaid or reinstated. The Surrender Charge, Maximum Monthly Coverage Expense Charge and Maximum Monthly Policy Charge at the time of Reinstatement will be those in effect at the time of lapse. The Cash Value following Reinstatement will include the amount of any Surrender Charge imposed at the time of lapse. Reinstatement of the Minimum Death Benefit Guarantee is limited as described in the Minimum Death Benefit Guarantee provision. Riders can be reinstated only as stated in the rider or with our consent.
5E-46-06 28 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS THE CONTRACT We have issued the Policy in consideration of the Application and payment of premiums. The Policy, the Application, any riders, and any endorsements comprise the entire contract and are made a part of the Policy when you accept the insurance applied for. The Policy may be changed by mutual agreement. Any change must be in writing and approved by our President or Secretary. Our representatives have no authority to alter or modify any terms, conditions, or agreements of the Policy, or to waive any of its provisions. STATEMENTS IN APPLICATION All statements made by the Insured or on his or her behalf, or by the applicant, will be deemed representations and not warranties. Material misstatements will not be used to void the Policy, any rider or any increase in Face Amount or to deny a claim unless made in the Application. CLAIMS OF CREDITORS To the extent permitted by law, neither the Policy nor any payment under it will be subject to the claim of creditors or to any legal process. CONVERSION RIGHT While the Policy is in force during the first two policy years, you have a one-time right to exchange the Policy to a new permanent fixed benefit life policy on the life of the Insured, without proof of insurability. We, or an affiliate that we name, will issue the new policy on the following basis: 1. The new policy will have the same Policy Date and Issue Date as this Policy; 2. The Face Amount of the new policy may not be greater than the Face Amount, exclusive of riders, of this Policy on the exchange date; 3. The cost of insurance rates for the new policy will be based on the Insured's age, smoker status, sex, and risk classification in effect on the Issue Date of this Policy, or the class we determine is the closest to it if that class is not offered on the new policy; 4. The new policy will be a permanent fixed benefit plan agreed to by the issuing company, to the extent available for sale by that company on the exchange date and subject to any limits under Federal income tax and other applicable rules; 5. The Cash Value of this Policy will be transferred to the new policy as of the exchange date; 6. Any premium from this Policy that is in excess of the premium due, if any, for the new policy may be applied as an advance premium. If the conversion results in an increase in cash value, the increase will be payable by you. If a decrease in cash value results, we will return such amount to you; 7. Any Loan and loan interest due on the exchange date must be repaid prior to the issue of the new policy; 8. Any riders attached to this Policy will be attached to the new policy only if available for such policy; 9. The new policy will be subject to any assignments and limitations to which this Policy is subject. MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR If we determine during the first policy year SEX AND CORRECTIONS that there was a misstatement of age or sex in the Application, the Policy values and charges will be recalculated from the Issue Date based on the correct information. If we determine after the first policy year that there was a misstatement of age or sex in the Application, the amount of the Death Benefit will be that which would be purchased by the most recent Monthly Deduction at the correct age and sex. If we make any payment or Policy changes in good faith, relying on our records or evidence supplied to us, our duty will be fully discharged. We reserve the right to correct any errors in the Policy.
5E-46-06 29 UNISEX BASIS If the Policy is issued on a unisex basis, all rates, benefits and values that contain differences based on sex are modified to provide the same for males and females. INCONTESTABILITY We cannot contest the initial coverage after the Policy has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from its Issue Date. We cannot contest a Requested Increase with regard to material misstatements made concerning such increase after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from its Date of Coverage. We cannot contest a Death Benefit increase caused by a premium payment that required evidence of insurability after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the date we received the premium payment. We cannot contest a Death Benefit increase caused by a change in Death Benefit Option that required evidence of insurability after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from its Date of Coverage. This provision will not apply to any rider that contains its own incontestability clause. If the Policy was issued as the result of the exercise of an option given in another policy and proof of insurability was not required, the contestable period applicable to the coverage resulting from the option exercise will end at the same time as it would have under the original policy. SUICIDE EXCLUSION If the Insured dies by suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the Issue Date, the amount payable will be limited to: the amount of premiums paid less any partial withdrawals; or, if greater and required by law, the reserve; less any Policy Loan Balance on the date of death. If the Insured dies by suicide, while sane or insane, after the first two policy years and within two years of the Date of Coverage of any Requested Increase: the increase will not be in effect; and the portion of Monthly Deduction attributable to the increase will be added to the Cash Value prior to the calculation of the Death Benefit. If the Policy was issued as the result of the exercise of an option given in another policy and proof of insurability was not required, the suicide period applicable to the coverage resulting from the option exercise will end at the same time as it would have under the original policy. ANNUAL REPORT Each year, or more often if required by law or regulation, we will send you a report that shows: the Death Benefit; current Policy values; surrenders; premiums paid and deductions made since the last report; any Policy Loan Balance; any Death Benefit Guarantee in effect; and any other information required by law or regulation. ILLUSTRATION OF BENEFITS You may make a request In Writing for an illustration of benefits. We may charge a small fee for any requested illustration after the first in each policy year. This fee will not exceed the Maximum Fee for Illustration of Benefits shown on the Policy Specifications page.
5E-46-06 30 8. PERSONS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE POLICY OWNER The Owner of the Policy is named in the Application. The Owner can be changed before the death of the Insured. The new Owner will succeed to all rights of the Owner, including the right to make a further change of Owner. If there is more than one Owner, all must exercise the rights of ownership by joint action. Ownership may be changed in accordance with the Change of Owner or Beneficiary provision. The Owner may be the Insured or someone else, and may be a person, a partnership, a corporation, a fiduciary or any other legal entity. At the death of the Owner, his or her estate will be the Owner, unless a successor Owner has been named. The rights of the Owner will end at the death of the Insured. BENEFICIARY The Beneficiary is the person or entity named to receive the Policy Proceeds. The initial Beneficiary is named in the Application. You may change the Beneficiary before the death of the Insured; however, an irrevocable Beneficiary cannot be changed without his or her consent. The Beneficiary can be a person, a corporation, a partnership, a fiduciary or any other legal entity. A person must survive the Insured to qualify as Beneficiary. If none survives, the proceeds will be paid to the Owner. Any payment we make will terminate our liability with respect to such payment. CHANGE OF OWNER OR During the Insured's lifetime you may change BENEFICIARY the Owner and Beneficiary designations, subject to any restrictions as stated in the Owner and Beneficiary provisions. You must make the change In Writing. Once it is recorded, the change will take effect as of the date you signed the request, whether or not the Insured is living when we receive your request. The change will be subject to any assignment of the Policy or other legal restrictions. It will also be subject to any payment we made or action we took before we recorded the change. A change of Owner will void any prior Beneficiary designation. ASSIGNMENTS If you make an absolute assignment of the Policy, the assignee will be the new Owner and Beneficiary. A collateral assignment of the Policy by you is not a change of Owner or Beneficiary; but their rights will be subject to the terms of the assignment. Assignments will be subject to all payments made and actions taken by us before a signed copy of the assignment form is recorded by us at our Designated Office. We will not be responsible for determining whether or not an assignment is valid. DESIGNATION OF OWNER AND A numbered sequence can be used to name BENEFICIARY successive Owners or Beneficiaries. Co-beneficiaries will receive equal shares unless otherwise stated. In naming Owners or Beneficiaries, unless otherwise stated: 1. "Child" includes an adopted or posthumous child; 2. "Provision for issue" means that if a Beneficiary does not survive the Insured, the share of the Policy Proceeds for that Beneficiary will go to his or her living issue by right of representation; and 3. A family relation such as "wife", "husband" or "child" means relation to the Insured. At the time of payment of benefits, we can rely on an affidavit of any Owner or other responsible person to determine family relations or members of a class. REQUESTS FOR CHANGES OR All requests for change or information must be INFORMATION submitted In Writing.
5E-46-06 31 9. PAYMENT OF POLICY BENEFITS PAYMENT Unless otherwise requested, we may pay the Policy Proceeds when the Insured dies to the Payee in one sum or by placing the amount in an account that earns interest. The Payee will have immediate access to all or any part of the account. We will pay interest on the proceeds from the date they become payable to the date of payment as stated above, if required by law. On request, all or part of the proceeds payable in one sum at the death of the Insured can be applied to any Payment Option at the choice of the Payee. Further, with our consent, any Payee who is entitled to receive proceeds in one sum when a Payment Option ends, or at the death of a prior Payee, or when the proceeds are withdrawn, can choose to apply the proceeds to a Payment Option. CHOICE OF PAYMENT The choice of a Payment Option and the naming OPTIONS; OPTION DATE of the Payee must be In Writing. You can make, change or revoke the choice before the death of the Insured. The Option Date is the effective date of the Payment Option, as chosen. When a Payment Option starts, a contract will be issued by us or by an affiliate that will describe the terms of the Option. PAYEE A Payee is a person, a corporation, a partnership, a fiduciary or any other legal entity entitled to receive the Policy Proceeds or surrender proceeds in one sum or under a Payment Option. If the Payee is not a natural person, the choice of a Payment Option will be subject to our approval. A collateral assignment will modify a prior choice of a Payment Option. The amount due any assignee will be payable in one sum and the balance will be applied under the Payment Option. LIFE INCOME OPTIONS Guaranteed Life Income Options are based on the age of the Payee on the Option Date. We will require proof of age. The Life Income payments will be based on the rates shown in the Life Income Tables; or, if they are greater, our Payment Option rates on the Option Date. If the rates at a given age are the same for different periods certain, the longest period certain will be deemed to have been chosen. DEATH OF PAYEE Amounts to be paid after the death of a Payee under a Payment Option will be paid as due to the successor Payee. If there is no successor Payee, amounts will be paid in one sum to the estate of the last Payee to die. If a Payee under a Life Income Option dies within 30 days after the Option Date, the amount applied to the Option, less any payments made, will be paid in one sum, unless a Payment Option is chosen. LIMITATIONS If installments under an Option would be less than [$50], proceeds can be applied to a Payment Option only with our consent.
5E-46-06 32 10. PAYMENT OPTIONS SINGLE LIFE INCOME Monthly payments will be made during the lifetime of the Payee. SINGLE LIFE INCOME - 10 Monthly payments will be made during the YEAR GUARANTEED PAYMENT lifetime of the Payee with a guaranteed payment PERIOD period of 10 years. JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE Monthly payments will be made: INCOME 1. While either of two Payees is living, called "Joint and Survivor Life Income", or 2. While either of two Payees is living, but for at least 10 years, called "Joint and Survivor Life Income, 10 Years Certain". OTHER FREQUENCIES AND Other Payment Options and payment frequencies OPTIONS may be arranged with us. 11. LIFE INCOME TABLES MINIMUM PAYMENTS UNDER Monthly payments for each $1,000 applied will PAYMENT OPTIONS not be less than the amounts shown in the following tables. On request, we will provide additional information about amounts of minimum payments. SINGLE LIFE INCOME 10 YEAR GUARANTEED LIFE INCOME PAYMENT PERIOD Payee's --------------- -------------- Age Male Female Male Female --------- ------ ------ ----- ------ 50 $2.83 $2.65 $2.82 $2.64 55 3.11 2.89 3.10 2.88 60 3.47 3.19 3.44 3.18 65 3.92 3.59 3.87 3.56 70 4.54 4.11 4.43 4.05 75 5.40 4.83 5.13 4.69 80 6.57 5.86 5.96 5.53 85 8.20 7.37 6.87 6.52 90 & over 10.48 9.62 7.72 7.52 JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME JOINT AND JOINT AND SURVIVOR, 10 SURVIVOR YEARS CERTAIN ------------ ------------- Age of Both One Male and One Male and Payees One Female One Female ----------- ------------ ------------ 50 $2.43 $2.43 55 2.63 2.63 60 2.87 2.87 65 3.17 3.17 70 3.58 3.57 75 4.12 4.11 80 4.87 4.82 85 5.94 5.76 90 & over 7.47 6.84
5E-46-06 33 FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE Non - Participating 5E-46-06 34 EX-99.(D)(II) 3 b66703a1exv99wxdyxiiy.txt RIDERS ACCELERATION OF DEATH BENEFIT RIDER Issued By MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company THE WAITING PERIODS FOR SUICIDE AND INCONTESTABILITY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN THE POLICY AND BEGIN ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THE RIDER. This Rider is subject to all applicable terms and provisions of the Policy, except as modified herein. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on the Policy Specifications page or on the Policy Specifications page for Policy Change. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made a part of the Rider. IMPORTANT: THE BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER THIS RIDER MAY BE TAXABLE OR MAY AFFECT ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISER TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT ON YOU. DEFINITIONS "Eligible Proceeds" are the Policy Proceeds as defined in your Policy: less any Face Amount provided by a Supplemental Coverage Term Rider; and plus any amount of benefit provided by a rider that we consent to apply to an Accelerated Death Benefit. "Accelerated Death Benefit" is the amount we will pay under this Rider if we receive proof that the Insured is terminally ill. We will compute the Accelerated Death Benefit based on the following: 1. The amount of Eligible Proceeds you choose to accelerate. (See Amount of Accelerated Death Benefit); 2. Reduced life expectancy; 3. A processing charge not to exceed $150; and 4. An Interest Rate no greater than the greater of: a. The current yield on 90 day treasury bills; and b. The current maximum statutory adjustable policy loan interest rate. This method of computation has been filed with the insurance supervisory official of the state that governs your Policy. We may change the assumptions we use from time to time. "Terminally ill" means having a life expectancy of 12 months or less. AMOUNT OF You may choose to apply all or part of the Eligible Proceeds ACCELERATED DEATH to your Accelerated Death Benefit subject to the following BENEFIT conditions: 1. You must apply at least $20,000. 2. You cannot apply more than the greater of: a. $250,000; and b. 10% of the Eligible Proceeds under this and all other similar riders issued by us and our affiliates. 3. The Face Amount of your Policy after payment of a partial Accelerated Death Benefit must be at least equal to our published minimum limits of issue for the base policy to which this rider is attached.
5E-6ACC1-04 1 BAADVT CONDITIONS Your right to the Accelerated Death Benefit under this Rider is subject to the following: 1. You must provide proof satisfactory to us, including a statement signed by a physician, that the Insured is terminally ill. The physician may not be you, the Insured, or a member of the Insured's family. We have the right to have the Insured examined at our expense by a physician we choose. 2. You must make a written request for payment in a form acceptable to us. 3. Any irrevocable beneficiary must give written consent for payment in a form acceptable to us. 4. Any assignee must give written consent for payment in a form acceptable to us. 5. We may require the Policy for endorsement. 6. You may request only one Accelerated Death Benefit under this Rider. 7. Insurance subject to incontestability and suicide provisions will not be included in the Eligible Proceeds. 8. Your Policy is not eligible for this benefit if: a. You are required by law to use this Rider to meet the claims of creditors, whether in bankruptcy or otherwise; or b. You are required by a government agency to use this Rider to apply for, obtain, or keep a government benefit or entitlement. PAYMENT OF Unless otherwise requested, we may pay the Accelerated Death ACCELERATED DEATH Benefit in one sum or by placing the amount in an account BENEFIT that earns interest. You will have immediate access to all or any part of the account. EFFECT OF BENEFIT All policy values and the Death Benefit on the remaining ACCELERATION ON Policy, if any, will be reduced in the same proportion as POLICY AND RIDERS the amount of Eligible Proceeds was applied to the Accelerated Death Benefit. Upon acceleration, future premiums and policy charges will be based on the reduced Death Benefit of the Policy. If you apply all of the Eligible Proceeds to your Accelerated Death Benefit, all policy benefits based on the Insured's life, except for any benefit for accidental death, will end. Any accidental death benefit rider on the life of the Insured will continue in force for 12 months from the date of any payment under this Rider. Any riders that provide a benefit on the life of someone other than the Insured will stay in effect pursuant to their terms as if the Insured had died. No further cost for those riders will be payable. INCONTESTABILITY This Rider will not be contestable after it has been in force during the life of the Insured for two years from the Issue Date of the Rider. SUICIDE EXCLUSION This Rider does not apply if the Insured's terminal illness is the result of an attempt to commit suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the Issue Date of the Rider.
5E-6ACC1-04 2 BAADVU TERMINATION This Rider will terminate at the earliest of: 1. When an Accelerated Death Benefit is paid; 2. The date on which the Policy would be disqualified as a life insurance contract because this Rider is attached, under the Internal Revenue Code as interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service; 3. When the Policy to which this Rider is attached terminates; and 4. The monthly anniversary on or following receipt by us at our Home Office or any other office designated by us of your written request to terminate this Rider. We may require the Policy for endorsement.
The Issue Date and effective date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown below. - -------------- Issue Date METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY 222 Delaware Ave, Suite 900, Wilmington, DE 19899 /s/ Michael Farrell /s/ Richard C. Pearson President Secretary 5E-6ACC1-04 3 BAADVV ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company IF THIS RIDER IS ADDED AFTER THE POLICY IS ISSUED, THE PERIOD OF INCONTESTABILITY FOR THIS RIDER IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN THE POLICY AND BEGINS ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS RIDER. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. ACCIDENTAL DEATH The Policy Proceeds will be increased by an Accidental BENEFIT Death Benefit upon receipt of proof of the Insured's death that: 1. Resulted directly, and independent of all other causes, from accidental bodily injury; 2. Occurred while this Rider was in force; 3. Occurred within 90 days after the accidental bodily injury; and 4. Occurred on or after the Insured's first birthday. RISKS NOT ASSUMED This Benefit will not be payable if the Insured's death resulted directly or indirectly from: 1. Suicide, while sane or insane; 2. Mental illness or treatment for mental illness; 3. Infection, except when caused by an external visible wound accidentally sustained; 4. The use of any drug, unless used on the advice of a licensed medical practitioner; 5. The commission of or attempt to commit an assault or felony by the Insured; 6. Flight in or descent from or with any kind of aircraft or spacecraft, unless the Insured was only a passenger with no duties in connection with the flight or descent, and the flight or descent was not for a training or experimental purpose; or 7. War or warlike action in a time of peace. AMOUNT OF BENEFIT The amount of this Benefit is shown on the Rider Specifications for Accidental Death Benefit Rider (called "Rider Specifications"). The amount will be doubled if the accidental bodily injury occurs while the Insured is a fare-paying passenger on a licensed public conveyance being operated for passenger service by a common carrier. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Insurance for the following month: is INSURANCE charged as part of the Monthly Deduction; and equals the amount of this Benefit times the Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate, divided by 1,000. The Monthly Cost of Insurance rate used to calculate the cost will not exceed the Guaranteed Maximum Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate shown on the Rider Specifications. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate for this benefit is INSURANCE RATES based on the Insured's Rider issue age, Rider risk classification, sex and number of completed years from the Issue Date of this Rider. Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates will be determined by us based on our expectations as to future mortality, tax, interest earnings, expense and persistency experience. We will not adjust such rates as a means of recovering prior losses nor as a means of distributing prior profits. These rates will not exceed those shown in the Table of Guaranteed Maximum Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates per $1,000 on the attached Rider Specifications page. INCONTESTABILITY This Rider will not be contestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the Issue Date of this Rider.
5E-5ADBR-06 TERMINATION This Rider will terminate upon the earliest of: 1. The Insured's Attained Age 70; 2. The date the Policy lapses; 3. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider; and 4. The date the Policy terminates, unless the Policy terminates as a result of the exercising of any Acceleration of Death Benefit rider. If the Policy terminates as a result of the exercising of any Acceleration of Death Benefit rider, this Rider will stay in force as described in that rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C. Pearson Secretary 5E-5ADBR-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDER INSURED: [JOHN DOE] COVERAGE: ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDER POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] RIDER BENEFIT AMOUNT: [$50,000]
TABLE OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE RATES PER $1,000
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- ------ [35 0.075 36 0.075 37 0.076 38 0.075 39 0.075 40 0.076 41 0.076 42 0.076 43 0.076 44 0.076 45 0.076 46 0.076 47 0.077 48 0.087 49 0.087 50 0.087
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- ------ 51 0.088 52 0.088 53 0.088 54 0.088 55 0.088 56 0.089 57 0.089 58 0.090 59 0.090 60 0.101 61 0.101 62 0.101 63 0.101 64 0.101 65 0.112 66 0.112
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- ------ 67 0.123 68 0.123 69 0.134]
These rates are for the Accidental Death Benefit Rider as of the Issue Date. 5E-5ADBR-06 CHILDREN'S TERM INSURANCE RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company IF THIS RIDER IS ADDED AFTER THE POLICY IS ISSUED, THE PERIODS OF INCONTESTABILITY AND SUICIDE FOR THIS RIDER ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN THE POLICY AND BEGIN ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS RIDER. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. FACE AMOUNT The Face Amount for this Rider on each Insured Child on and after age six months is the Face Amount shown for the Rider on the Policy Specifications page, and half of that amount before age six months. If this Rider is added after the Policy is issued, the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page shows the Face Amount for this Rider. LIFE INSURANCE We will pay the Face Amount as defined above to the BENEFIT Beneficiary under this Rider upon the death of the Insured Child while this Rider is in force. We must receive proof satisfactory to us that the death occurred before the Final Date of insurance on such Insured Child. DEFINITION OF The Insured, as shown on the Policy Specifications page, INSURED is the person whose life is covered under the Policy to which this Rider is attached. If this Rider is added after the Policy is issued, the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page shows the Insured. DEFINITION OF Any child, stepchild or legally adopted child of the INSURED CHILD Insured is an Insured Child if named in the application for this Rider and if the child is: at least age 15 days; and less than attained age 18. Any child, stepchild or legally adopted child of the Insured who is less than 15 days on the date the application is signed becomes an Insured Child at age 15 days if named in the application for this Rider. Any child of the Insured born after the date of the application for this Rider will become an Insured Child at age 15 days. Any child who is legally adopted by the Insured after the date of the application for this Rider but before the child's 18th birthday will become an Insured Child at age 15 days or on the date of adoption, if later. Each Insured Child will cease to be an Insured Child on the earliest of the following events: 1. His or her 25th birthday; 2. The Final Date of this Rider; 3. A conversion of the insurance provided by this Rider on that Insured Child; and 4. The death of that Insured Child. OWNER Unless otherwise provided, during the lifetime of the Insured, the Owner of the Policy will be the Owner of this Rider. Upon the death of the Insured, all such rights with respect to insurance then in force under this Rider on the life of an Insured Child will vest in such Insured Child, unless otherwise provided. BENEFICIARY Unless otherwise provided in the application or changed by you, the Beneficiary of any benefit payable as a result of the death of any Insured Child will be: the Insured, if living; otherwise, the estate of that Insured Child. You may change the Beneficiary of the insurance on the life of any Insured Child under this Rider. You must make the change In Writing during the lifetime of such person. Once it is recorded, the change will take effect as of the date you signed the request. This change will be subject to any payment or action we took before we recorded the change. The Beneficiary designation and any changes made will be subject to any assignment of the Policy. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Rider for the following month is RIDER charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. The Monthly Cost of Rider is equal to the Guaranteed Monthly Cost of Rider Charge shown on the: Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page.
5E-5CT-06 EXTRA AMOUNT OF We will provide an extra amount of insurance on an INSURANCE Insured Child for 90 days at no extra charge when: 1. That Insured Child marries; 2. A child is born to that Insured Child; and 3. A child is legally adopted by that Insured Child. The extra amount of insurance will be four times the Face Amount under this Rider. On receipt of proof that the Insured Child died within 90 days after the marriage, birth or adoption, we will pay the extra amount to the estate of that Insured Child. The extra insurance will expire at the end of 90 days after the marriage, birth or adoption. In no event will the amount of extra insurance on an Insured Child be more than four times the Face Amount if any 90-day periods overlap. Any extra amount of insurance provided under this provision is not convertible under the Conversion Rights provision. SUPPLEMENTARY Except as provided under the Suicide Exclusion provision PAID-UP POLICY of this Rider, if the Insured's death occurs while this Rider is in force, any remaining insurance on each Insured Child will be continued for the balance of its term. No further premiums will be required. A supplementary fixed benefit paid-up policy will be issued to the Owner of this Rider. We must receive proof of death of the Insured. Any child who would have become an Insured Child if the Insured's death had not occurred will become an Insured Child in accordance with the provisions of this Rider. CONVERSION RIGHTS While the Policy is in force, the Owner may convert the term insurance in force under this Rider on each Insured Child to a new policy on that Insured Child's Date of Conversion. The Date of Conversion is: any day between the 22nd and 25th birthday of that Insured Child; or, if earlier, the Final Date of this Rider. An Insured Child's Date of Conversion can be advanced to the date on which any extra amount of insurance on that Insured Child expires under this Rider. The new policy will be issued: 1. On the life of that Insured Child; 2. Without proof of insurability; 3. With a Face Amount not more than five times the Face Amount of this Rider on that Insured Child; 4. Based on a standard nonsmoker risk classification or the risk classification the issuing company determines is closest to it if that classification is not available on the new policy; 5. With a current policy date and a current issue date; 6. By us or by an affiliate designated by us; 7. On a plan agreed to by the issuing company, to the extent available for sale by that company on the date of the conversion and subject to any limits under Federal income tax and other applicable rules; 8. At the then current age of that Insured Child as calculated by the issuing company for that plan of insurance; 9. Subject to payment of the first premium for the new policy while that Insured Child is living, and within 60 days prior to or 31 days after the date coverage on that Insured Child terminates; 10. On a policy form and at rates in use by the issuing company on the policy date of the new policy; and 11. Subject to any assignments and limitations to which this Rider is subject. If the amount of insurance to be converted is less than the issuing company's published minimum limits of issue, the conversion may be made only with our consent.
5E-5CT-06 REINSTATEMENT If this Rider lapses, you may reinstate it within three years after the date of lapse, or later if we consent. To reinstate, you must submit the following items: 1. A written application for reinstatement; 2. Proof satisfactory to us that each Insured Child is insurable; and 3. Payment, while each Insured Child is living, of each unpaid charge for this Rider that was due and unpaid at the time of lapse; and. 4. Payment, while each Insured Child is living, of an amount large enough to keep this Rider in force for at least two months. All Insured Children must be living on the date we approve the request for reinstatement. If an Insured Child is not living, such approval is void and of no effect. The reinstated Rider will be in force from the date we approve the reinstatement application. This Rider can be reinstated only if the Policy is also reinstated or is in force. If only a portion of the Policy coverage is reinstated, then only a portion of this Rider coverage may also be reinstated. INCONTESTABILITY This Rider will not be contestable after it has been in force for two years from the Issue Date of this Rider: during the life of the Insured; and during the life of an Insured Child that was covered under this Rider on its Issue Date. SUICIDE EXCLUSION If the Insured dies by suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the Issue Date of this Rider: 1. This Rider will not become paid-up under the Supplementary Paid-up Policy provision; 2. This Rider will terminate; and 3. The charges deducted for this Rider will be included in the Policy Proceeds. INCORRECT AGE The date that coverage under this Rider ceases, expires or terminates will be based on the correct age of each Insured Child. EXPIRATION OF The Final Date of this Rider is the policy anniversary INSURANCE nearest the 65th birthday of the Insured. If this Rider has not already expired or been cancelled, then insurance on each Insured Child will cease on: the 25th birthday of that child; or the date the insurance on that child is converted. You should provide us with written notification when the youngest Insured Child reaches age 25 so that this Rider can be terminated. If you do not provide such notification, the Monthly Cost of Rider will continue to be charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. TERMINATION This Rider will terminate upon the earliest of: 1. The date the Policy terminates; 2. Immediately before the date any Supplementary Paid-Up Policy is issued; 3. The Final Date for this Rider; and 4. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5CT-06 GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made a part of this Rider. GUARANTEED On each monthly anniversary, we will compare 1. to 2. for MINIMUM DEATH any applicable Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Period BENEFIT (referred to as Guaranteed Period) shown on the Rider Specifications for Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit (called "Rider Specifications"), where: 1. Equals the sum of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premiums for each applicable Guaranteed Period shown on the Rider Specifications page for each monthly anniversary since the Policy Date; and 2. Equals the total premiums paid to date less: all partial withdrawals; any Cash Value paid to you to allow the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract; and any Policy Loan Balance. If 2. is greater than or equal to 1. for any applicable Guaranteed Period shown on the Rider Specifications page, the Policy will not lapse. If, based on the total premium paid, the Policy qualifies for a longer Guaranteed Period than the one chosen in the application for this Rider, the longer Guaranteed Period will be in effect only if the premium requirement for the longer Guaranteed Period has been satisfied for each policy month since the Issue Date of this Rider. If the premium requirement for the Guaranteed Period chosen in the application for this Rider is not met: the Guaranteed Period chosen will no longer be in effect; and the next shorter Guaranteed Period under this Rider for which the premium requirement has been met, if any, since the Issue Date of this Rider, will be in effect. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Rider for the following month is RIDER charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. The Monthly Cost of Rider is the Monthly Cost of Rider Rate shown on the Rider Specifications page, divided by 1000, times the total Net Amount at Risk. GUARANTEED The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premium may MINIMUM DEATH change if any of the following events occur: BENEFIT PREMIUM CHANGES 1. A change in the Face Amount of the Policy; or 2. The addition or deletion of, change to, termination of a rider made a part of the Policy; or 3. A change in Death Benefit Option; or 4. A misstatement of age or sex in the Application; or 5. A change in the Insured's risk classification. This may also affect the Guaranteed Periods available under this Rider. If no Guaranteed Periods are available, we will notify you that this Rider is terminated. We will send you a revised Rider Specifications page reflecting the new Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly premium. We will send you a notice if the premium requirement for the Guaranteed Period you chose for this Rider has not been met. The notice will state the amount of premium that has to be paid in order to retain the guarantee and whether, in the absence of payment, the Policy would qualify for the next shorter Guaranteed Period, if any, available under this Rider. If the premium required to keep your chosen Rider Guaranteed Period for this Rider is not paid within 62 days of the notice, that guarantee will end. If the Policy qualifies for a shorter Guaranteed Period under this Rider, the shorter period will become the new Rider Guarantee Period.
5E-5GMDB-06 RIDER GRACE PERIOD If, on a monthly anniversary during an applicable Guaranteed Period, the Policy does not meet any applicable Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit premium requirement under this Rider and the Cash Surrender Value is less than the next Monthly Deduction, a Grace Period of 62 days will be allowed for the payment of a premium sufficient to keep this Rider in force. At the start of the Grace Period, we will send you notice of the amount required to meet a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit premium requirement under this Rider to your last known address and to any assignee on record. If we do not receive the amount required by the end of the Grace Period, this Rider will terminate at the end of that 62-day period and the guarantee provided by this Rider will no longer be in effect. If the Insured dies during the Grace Period, any premium amount required for this Rider will be deducted from the Death Benefit. MISSTATEMENT OF If we determine that there was a misstatement of age or AGE OR SEX sex in the Application, before the death of the Insured and while this Rider is in effect, then the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Premium will be that amount which corresponds to the Face Amount, as adjusted under the Policy, using the correct age and/or sex. The Guaranteed Period will change based on the correct age. PREMIUM We will restrict any premium payment that would cause the LIMITATIONS Policy to fail the definition of life insurance as defined by Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any applicable successor. This limitation will not cause this Rider to terminate. We will not restrict payment of any premium required to maintain this Rider in force because such payment will cause the Death Benefit to increase by an amount that exceeds the premium received. REINSTATEMENT If this Rider terminates because the premium requirement for this Rider has not been met while the Policy is in force, it can be reinstated within nine months provided that the Policy remains in force. Sufficient premiums must be paid to satisfy the cumulative premium requirement for the applicable Guaranteed Period at the time of reinstatement. If the Policy lapses, this Rider will terminate and cannot be reinstated. TERMINATION This Rider will terminate on the first of the following events to occur: 1. The termination of the Policy; 2. The end of the Grace Period following our notice to you that the premium requirement for this Rider was not met; 3. The expiration of the longest applicable Guaranteed Period shown on the Rider Specifications page; 4. The date a change in the Insured's risk classification results in no Guaranteed Periods being available; 5. The date a change of Insured is made; and 6. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider. CONTINUATION OF Once this Rider has terminated, the Policy may continue INSURANCE in accordance with its provisions but without the benefit provided by this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5GMDB-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT RIDER INSURED: [JOHN DOE] COVERAGE: GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT RIDER POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT [To Age 85] PERIOD CHOSEN GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT PERIOD MONTHLY PREMIUMS* TO AGE [85] [$65.17] TO AGE [121] [$65.17] MONTHLY COST OF RIDER RATE: [$0.025 PER $1,000]
* These premiums will be recalculated and shown on the revised Rider Specifications page if: any Policy changes are made; any other riders are added or removed; there is a change in the Insured's risk classification; or there was a misstatement of age or sex in the Application. The Policy will stay in force during the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Period (referred to as Guaranteed Period) chosen in the application for this Rider if: premium in an amount that is at least equal to the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Monthly Premium for that Guaranteed Period is paid by each monthly anniversary; no loans are taken; no partial withdrawals are made; and no Cash Value is paid to you to allow the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract. In order for a Guaranteed Period to be in effect, the premium requirement for that Guaranteed Period must have been satisfied for each policy month since the Issue Date of this Rider. See the Rider for a full description of the test made on each monthly anniversary. 5E-5GMDB-06 GUARANTEED SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company Subject to the conditions below, this Rider allows each Beneficiary of the Policy who is not an assignee to apply all or part of the Eligible Proceeds received upon the Insured's death to one or more Enhanced Payment Options (called "Enhanced Options") as described and limited below. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. DEFINITIONS ELIGIBLE PROCEEDS. Eligible Proceeds equal: the portion of the Policy Proceeds for the Policy without any riders payable to a Beneficiary at the death of the Policy Insured, plus the portion of any proceeds provided by any rider attached to the Policy that states the proceeds are included in the Eligible Proceeds for this rider; less the Ineligible Proceeds. Ineligible Proceeds equal the total of all proceeds from policy changes that are ineligible for this benefit. Such proceeds will be stated on the Policy Specifications page for Policy Change. The Eligible Proceeds that can be applied to an Enhanced Option are subject to the Conditions below. ELIGIBLE DEATH BENEFITS. Eligible Death Benefits are used to calculate the cost of this Rider. Eligible Death Benefits are defined as follows: 1. Each portion of the Death Benefit of the Policy that is part of the Eligible Proceeds as of the date the Monthly Cost of Rider for this Rider is calculated. 2. The amount of benefit provided by any riders attached to the Policy that are part of the Eligible Proceeds as of the date the Monthly Cost of Rider for this Rider is calculated. OPTION DATE. The Option Date is the effective date of the Enhanced Option. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Rider for the following month is RIDER charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. The Monthly Cost of Rider is the total of: each portion of Eligible Death Benefit as described above; divided by $1,000; times the Monthly Cost of Rider Rate shown on the Policy Specifications page or Policy Specifications for Policy Change page for that portion of Eligible Death Benefit. The Monthly Cost of Rider will be determined based on each portion of Eligible Death Benefit in the order specified on the Policy Specifications page, up to the Maximum Applied Proceeds shown on the rider Policy Specifications page or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. We reserve the right to charge a lower Monthly Cost of Rider. CONDITIONS All or part of each Beneficiary's Eligible Proceeds can be applied to one or more Enhanced Options, subject to the following: 1. Total proceeds applied to the Enhanced Options upon the death of the Insured of the Policy cannot exceed the Maximum Applied Proceeds. If there is more than one Beneficiary under the Policy and the Policy Proceeds of the Policy are greater than the Maximum Applied Proceeds, each Beneficiary can only apply a pro-rated portion of his/her share to one or more Enhanced Options. The pro-rated share will be based on the same ratios under which the proceeds of the Policy were payable. 2. If monthly installments under an Enhanced Option would be less than [$50], proceeds can be applied to the Enhanced Option only with our consent. 3. We must receive the choice of an Enhanced Option from the Beneficiary In Writing within the later of: 60 days from the date we send the Beneficiary the notification described in this Rider; and nine months from the date of death of the Insured. 4. Once payments begin under this Rider, future payments cannot be assigned and the Enhanced Options chosen cannot be changed.
5E-5GSIB-06 5. If the Beneficiary is a corporation, a partnership, a fiduciary, or any other legal entity other than a natural person, the Rider and Rider charges will continue but the only Enhanced Option to be available will be the 10 Years Certain Option. However, if the Beneficiary is a trust with one natural person as Beneficiary, all Enhanced Options are available to be chosen. When an Enhanced Option starts, a contract will be issued by us or an affiliate designated by us that will describe the terms of the Option. DEATH OF Amounts to be paid after the death of a Beneficiary under BENEFICIARY an Enhanced Option will be paid as due to that Beneficiary's successor Beneficiary. If there is no successor Beneficiary, amounts will be paid in one sum to the estate of the last Beneficiary to die. If a Beneficiary dies within 30 days after the Option Date, the amount applied to the Enhanced Option, less any payments made, will be paid in one sum. NOTIFICATION We will send each Beneficiary a notification of his/her rights under this Rider at the time the Policy Proceeds become payable. ENHANCED LIFE Enhanced Life Income Options are based on the age and sex INCOME OPTIONS of the Beneficiary on the Option Date. We will require proof of age. The Enhanced Life Income payments will be based on: the rates shown in the Tables below; or, if greater, 105% of our Payment Option rates on the Option Date. If the rates at a given age are the same for different periods certain, the longest period certain will be deemed to have been chosen. ENHANCED 10 Equal monthly payments will be made that will include YEARS CERTAIN both principal and interest. Payments will start on the Option Date and will continue for 10 years. The guaranteed monthly payment per $1,000 of proceeds will not be less than: $9.83; or 105% of the 10 Years Certain Payment Option rates on the Option Date. ENHANCED LIFE Equal monthly payments will start on the Option Date and INCOME will continue: 1. During the life of the Beneficiary, with no payment after the death of the Beneficiary, called "Enhanced Life Income, No Refund"; or 2. During the life of the Beneficiary, but for at least 10 years, called "Enhanced Life Income, 10 Years Certain"; or 3. During the life of the Beneficiary, but for at least 15 years, called "Enhanced Life Income, 15 Years Certain"; or 4. During the life of the Beneficiary, but for at least 20 years, called "Enhanced Life Income, 20 Years Certain." ENHANCED Increasing monthly payments will start on the Option Date INCREASING LIFE and will continue during the life of the Beneficiary, INCOME with no payment after the death of the Beneficiary. Payments will increase at: 1. 1% per year, called "1% Enhanced Increasing Life Income"; or 2. 2% per year, called "2% Enhanced Increasing Life Income"; or 3. 3% per year, called "3% Enhanced Increasing Life Income". ENHANCED Increasing monthly payments will start on the Option Date INCREASING LIFE and will continue during the life of the Beneficiary, but INCOME - 10 YEARS for at least 10 years. Payments will increase at: CERTAIN 1. 1% per year, called "1% Enhanced Increasing Life Income, 10 Years Certain"; or 2. 2% per year, called "2% Enhanced Increasing Life Income, 10 Years Certain"; or 3. 3% per year, called "3% Enhanced Increasing Life Income, 10 Years Certain". OTHER FREQUENCIES Other Enhanced Payment Options and payment frequencies AND ENHANCED may be available upon request. We reserve the right to OPTIONS substitute comparable Enhanced Payment Options for those shown below. MINIMUM Guaranteed monthly payments for each $1,000 applied will PAYMENTS UNDER not be less than the amounts shown in the following ENHANCED Tables. On request, we will provide additional PAYMENT OPTIONS information about amounts of minimum payments.
5E-5GSIB-06 ENHANCED LIFE INCOME
NO REFUND 10 YEARS CERTAIN 15 YEARS CERTAIN 20 YEARS CERTAIN PAYEE'S -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE - ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ---- ------ ---- ------ 50 4.68 4.51 4.66 4.50 4.63 4.48 4.60 4.47 55 5.15 4.92 5.11 4.90 5.07 4.88 5.01 4.84 60 5.74 5.44 5.67 5.40 5.60 5.36 5.50 5.31 65 6.50 6.11 6.38 6.05 6.25 5.97 6.08 5.87 70 7.48 7.00 7.25 6.87 7.00 6.73 6.70 6.54 75 8.34 7.69 7.88 7.45 7.43 7.17 6.94 6.83 80 9.54 8.72 8.62 8.20 7.84 7.66 7.13 7.07 85 11.22 10.28 9.41 9.09 8.18 8.09 7.24 7.22 90 & over 13.58 12.62 10.13 9.96 8.41 8.37 7.29 7.29
ENHANCED INCREASING LIFE INCOME
1% 2% 3% PAYEE'S -------------- -------------- -------------- AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE - ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ 50 4.02 3.84 3.40 3.22 2.78 2.60 55 4.49 4.25 3.87 3.63 3.24 3.01 60 5.08 4.78 4.46 4.16 3.82 3.52 65 5.85 5.46 5.22 4.83 4.57 4.19 70 6.83 6.35 6.20 5.72 5.54 5.07 75 7.69 7.06 7.07 6.45 6.41 5.80 80 8.90 8.10 8.28 7.50 7.62 6.86 85 10.59 9.66 9.96 9.06 9.30 8.42 90 & over 12.94 12.00 12.32 11.39 11.64 10.74
ENHANCED INCREASING LIFE INCOME - 10 YEARS CERTAIN
1% 2% 3% PAYEE'S ------------- ------------- ------------- AGE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE - ------- ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ------ 50 4.00 3.83 3.39 3.21 2.77 2.60 55 4.46 4.24 3.84 3.62 3.22 3.00 60 5.02 4.75 4.41 4.14 3.78 3.51 65 5.74 5.40 5.13 4.79 4.50 4.16 70 6.62 6.24 6.02 5.63 5.38 4.99 75 7.28 6.84 6.69 6.25 6.08 5.63 80 8.05 7.62 7.49 7.05 6.90 6.46 85 8.87 8.54 8.35 8.01 7.79 7.44 90 & over 9.62 9.45 9.13 8.95 8.61 8.42
TERMINATION This Rider will terminate upon the earliest of: 1. The date the Policy terminates for reasons other than the death of the Insured; 2. The date the Eligible Proceeds are decreased to less than the Minimum GSIB Amount shown on the Policy Specifications page or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page; and 3. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5GSIB-06 OPTIONS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. PURCHASE OF Additional life insurance on the Insured can be purchased ADDITIONAL LIFE without proof of insurability on each Purchase Option INSURANCE COVERAGE Date shown on the Rider Specifications for Options to Purchase Additional Insurance Coverage Rider (called "Rider Specifications"). You will choose whether the additional insurance is provided in the form of: an increase in Face Amount for the Policy, unless a benefit is being paid under a waiver rider that is a part of the Policy; or a new policy. See Increase in Face Amount and The New Policy provisions below for details. Application for the additional insurance must be In Writing, signed by you and by the Insured and received by us at our Designated Office within 60 days of the Purchase Option Date. MINIMUM OPTION The Minimum Option Amount is shown on the Rider AMOUNT Specifications page. MAXIMUM OPTION The Maximum Option Amount is the maximum amount of AMOUNT additional life insurance that can be purchased on each Purchase Option Date subject to the Maximum Total Option Amount below. The Maximum Option Amount is shown on the Rider Specifications page. You may purchase less than the Maximum Option Amount on any Purchase Option Date. Any portion of the Maximum Option Amount not purchased within 60 days of a Purchase Option Date will be forfeited. MAXIMUM TOTAL The Maximum Total Option Amount is the lesser of: OPTION AMOUNT 1. The number of Purchase Option Dates shown on the Rider Specifications page times the Maximum Option Amount shown on the Rider Specifications page; and 2. $[1,000,000]. PURCHASE OPTION The Purchase Option Dates are shown on the Rider DATES Specifications page. ADVANCEMENT OF After the second rider year, you can elect to advance the PURCHASE OPTION next available Purchase Option Date to the date on which DATES any of the following qualifying events occurs: 1. A child is born alive to the Insured; 2. A child under 21 is legally adopted by the Insured; 3. A home or other real estate is purchased by the Insured; 4. The Insured marries; 5. The Insured divorces; or 6. The Insured's spouse dies. Your election to advance the Purchase Option Date must be made within 60 days after the qualifying event occurs, We may require proof of the qualifying event In Writing.
5E-5GI-06 INCREASE IN FACE The increase will take effect on the Purchase Option Date AMOUNT subject to the Change in Face Amount provision of the Policy, except that proof of insurability will not be required. The underwriting class for the increase in Face Amount will be based on the Risk Classification Basis for Purchase Options shown on the Rider Specifications page. The Contestable and Suicide periods of each increase issued under this Rider will be measured from the Issue Date of this Rider. An increase In Face Amount will not be allowed if a benefit is being paid under a waiver rider that is a part of the Policy. THE NEW POLICY The new policy will be issued: 1. With the same Insured as this Rider; 2. With the same underwriting class as the Risk Classification Basis for Purchase Options shown on the Rider Specifications page, or the class we determine is the closest to it if that class is not offered on the new policy; 3. Subject to any assignments and limitations to which this Rider is subject; 4. By us or by an affiliate designated by us; 5. On a plan agreed to by the issuing company, to the extent available for sale by us on the date the option is exercised and subject to any limitations under Federal income tax and other applicable rules; 6. At the then current age of the Insured as calculated for that plan of insurance by the issuing company; 7. On a policy form and at rates in use by the issuing company on the policy date of the new policy; and 8. With a policy date and issue date the same as the Purchase Option Date. The new policy will take effect as of the Purchase Option Date if the Insured is living when the new policy is issued. The new policy will be issued no later than 60 days after the Purchase Option Date. The contestable and suicide periods of each new policy issued under this Rider will be measured from the Issue Date of this Rider. Riders can be attached to a new policy only with our consent. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Insurance Rate for this Rider is INSURANCE RATES based on the Insured's Rider issue age, Rider risk classification and sex. Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates will be determined by us based on our expectations as to future mortality, tax, interest earnings, expense and persistency experience. We will not adjust such rates as a means of recovering prior losses nor as a means of distributing prior profits. These rates will not exceed those shown in the Table of Guaranteed Maximum Monthly Cost of Insurance Rates per $1,000 on the attached Rider Specifications page.
5E-5GI-06 TERMINATION This Rider will terminate on the earliest of: 1. The date the Policy lapses; 2. The date the Policy terminates; 3. The date the last Option is exercised; 4. When the total amount of coverage issued under this Rider equals the Maximum Total Option Amount; 5. 60 days after the final Purchase Option Date; and 6. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5GI-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE RIDER INSURED: [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] AGE: [35] MINIMUM OPTION AMOUNT: [$10,000] MAXIMUM OPTION AMOUNT: [$100,000] RISK CLASSIFICATION BASIS FOR PURCHASE OPTIONS: [STANDARD] PURCHASE OPTION DATES: [11/1/2011] [11/1/2016] [11/1/2021]
TABLE OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE RATES PER $1,000
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- ------ [35 0.104 36 0.104 37 0.104 38 0.104 39 0.104 40 0.104 41 0.104 42 0.104 43 0.104 44 0.104 45 0.104 46 0.104 47 0.104 48 0.104 49 0.104]
These rates are for the Options to Purchase Additional Insurance Coverage Rider as of the Issue Date. They are based on the Basis of Computation of Minimum Cash Values table shown on the Policy Specifications page or Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. 5E-5GI-06 OPTION TO PURCHASE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company IF THIS RIDER IS ADDED AFTER THE POLICY IS ISSUED, THE PERIOD OF INCONTESTABILITY FOR THIS RIDER IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN THE POLICY AND BEGINS ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS RIDER. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of this Rider. THE COMPANY agrees that the Owner of the Policy can purchase long-term care insurance on the life of the Insured named in the attached Rider Specifications for Option to Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance (called "Rider Specifications") without proof of insurability. PURCHASE OF LONG- A long-term care policy can be applied for within 60 days TERM CARE of a Purchase Option Date. Application for the long-term INSURANCE care policy must be In Writing, signed by the Owner and the Insured, and received by the company within 60 days of a Purchase Option Date. PURCHASE OPTION The Purchase Option Dates are shown in the Rider DATES Specifications. THE LONG-TERM The long-term care policy will be issued: CARE POLICY 1. With the same Insured as this Rider; 2. With the same underwriting class as this Rider or the class we determine is the closest to it if the class of this Rider is not offered on the long-term care policy; 3. On any individual plan of long-term care insurance issued by the Company or by an affiliate designated by the Company on the date of purchase of the long-term care policy; 4. On a policy form and at premium rates in use by the company on the date of purchase of the long-term care policy; 5. Subject to any assignments and limitations to which this Rider is subject; 6. At the insurance age of the Insured on the date of purchase of the long-term care policy; 7. With a Daily Benefit Amount, available at the time you exercise this Option, up to the Amount shown in the Rider Specifications and with a Lifetime Benefit Amount up to the Amount shown in the Rider Specifications; 8. With a minimum daily benefit amount based on the company's published minimum on the date of purchase; or the Maximum Daily Benefit Amount shown in the Rider Specifications, if less, except as otherwise required by law; and 9. Subject to the New Policy Features as shown in the Rider Specifications. The long-term care policy will take effect on the effective date stated in the long-term care policy, but only if its initial premium is received by the company. The Company reserves the right to offer an option exercise credit. If an option exercise credit is paid, it will be deducted from the initial premium for the long-term care policy. If the long-term care policy is issued on a basis other than daily benefits, the Amounts shown in the long-term care policy will reflect the chosen benefit period. The contestable period of the long-term care policy issued under this Rider will be measured from the Issue Date of this Rider. Optional features or riders can be attached to the long-term care policy only with the consent of the company. COST OF RIDER The monthly cost of insurance charge for this Rider is guaranteed and shown in the Rider Specifications.
5E-6GPO2-06 NOT CONTESTABLE This Rider will not be contestable after it has been in AFTER TWO YEARS force during the life of the Insured for two years from TERMINATION its Issue Date. This Rider will terminate upon the earliest of: 1. The termination of the Policy; 2. 60 days after the final Purchase Option Date; 3. The effective date of the long-term care policy; and 4. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-6GPO2-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPTION TO PURCHASE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE INSURED: JOHN DOE POLICY NUMBER: SPECIMEN ISSUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 RIDER CLASS: STANDARD AGE: 35 GUARANTEED MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE CHARGE $4.17 INITIAL DAILY BENEFIT AMOUNT $110.00 NEW POLICY FEATURES: WAITING PERIOD: 100 Days or if less, the minimum number of days required by law.
PURCHASE MAXIMUM DAILY MAXIMUM LIFETIME OPTION DATE BENEFIT AMOUNT BENEFIT AMOUNT - ----------- -------------- ---------------- 3/1/2006 120.00 $131,400 3/1/2011 140.00 153,300 3/1/2016 170.00 186,150 3/1/2021 190.00 208,050 3/1/2026 220.00 240,900
5E-6GPO2-06 OVERLOAN PROTECTION RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on the Policy Specifications page or on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made a part of this Rider. OVERLOAN PROTECTION When the Overloan Protection Benefit is active, the BENEFIT Policy will not lapse even if the Cash Value is insufficient to pay the Monthly Deduction. The Death Benefit will be reduced by the Policy Loan Balance. ACTIVATION OF THIS While this Rider is in force, we will send you a BENEFIT notification that you can choose to activate the Overloan Protection Benefit if the following conditions have been met: 1. The Policy has been in force for at least [15] policy years; 2. The Insured is at least Attained Age [75] (if this Rider is attached to a survivorship policy, the younger Insured must be at least Age [75]), 3. The Policy Loan Balance is greater than both: a. The Face Amount of the Policy; and b. The Cash Value times the Minimum Percentage shown on the Rider Specifications page; and 4. On the date we receive your request In Writing to activate this Rider, the Policy Loan Balance is less than or equal to the Maximum Percentage shown on the Rider Specifications page times: the Cash Value less the surrender charge and the Rider Charge; 5. The aggregate amount of premiums paid for the Policy, less the aggregate amount received under the Policy to the extent that such amount was excludable from gross income, have been withdrawn; 6. The Death Benefit Option in effect on the date we receive your request In Writing to activate this Rider must be Option A; 7. The Cash Value less the Surrender Charge must be sufficient to cover the Rider Charge described below; and 8. The Policy is not a Modified Endowment Contract as defined in Section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the exercise of the Rider would not cause the Policy to become a Modified Endowment Contract. If you want to activate this Rider, you must make a request In Writing within 30 days after we mail the notification. EFFECT ON THE POLICY Activating the Overloan Protection Benefit will have the following effects on the Policy: 1. The Cash Value in the Investment Divisions will immediately be transferred to the Fixed Account, with no Transfer Processing Charge; 2. Transfers from the Fixed Account will not be allowed; 3. Policy changes will not be allowed; 4. Premium payments will not be accepted; 5. New loans (other than capitalized interest), partial withdrawals and surrenders will not be allowed; 6. No further Monthly Deductions will be taken; 7. All other riders that are a part of the Policy will be terminated, and new riders cannot be added to the Policy.
5E-5OP-06 RIDER CHARGE There is no charge for this Rider before you activate it. A one-time non-refundable charge will be deducted from the Cash Value when this Rider is activated prior to Attained Age 100. The charge equals: the Cash Value on the date we receive your request In Writing to activate this Rider; times the Overloan Protection Rate shown on the Rider Specifications page. DEACTIVATION OF THIS You can deactivate this Rider by making a request In BENEFIT Writing. On the date we receive your request In Writing, any riders that were terminated will remain terminated, and no new riders can be added to the Policy. Any other changes that were made to the Policy as a result of activating this Rider will no longer apply. Monthly Deductions will be taken on each monthly anniversary following the date of deactivation. You can subsequently request activation of this Rider. Activation is subject to the conditions listed in the "Activation of this Benefit" provision. TERMINATION This Rider will terminate upon the earlier of: 1. The termination of the Policy; and 2. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5OP-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR OVERLOAN PROTECTION RIDER INSURED: [JOHN DOE] POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN] RISK CLASSIFICATION: [STANDARD SMOKER] MINIMUM PERCENTAGE: [95.00%] MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE: [99.50%] OVERLOAN PROTECTION RATE: [3.50%]
5E-5OP-06 WAIVER OF MONTHLY DEDUCTION RIDER MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company THE PERIOD OF INCONTESTABILITY FOR THIS RIDER IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN THE POLICY AND BEGINS ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS RIDER (SEE THE INCONTESTABILITY PROVISION BELOW). This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. WAIVER OF We will waive the Monthly Deductions for the Policy if: MONTHLY DEDUCTION 1. You furnish us with proof In Writing that the BENEFIT Insured is totally disabled, as defined in this Rider; 2. The Insured becomes disabled after age 5 and before age 65; 3. Disability has continued without interruption for at least six months; and 4. This Rider is in force. Monthly Deductions for the Policy will be waived as follows: DISABILITY STARTING BEFORE AGE 60. If the Insured's disability begins before age 60, we will waive Monthly Deductions that were due during the six months of uninterrupted disability. After that, we will continue to waive Monthly Deductions. However, the Insured must continue to be totally disabled. DISABILITY STARTING BETWEEN AGES 60 AND 65. If the Insured's disability begins on or after age 60 but before age 65, we will waive Monthly Deductions that were due during the six months of uninterrupted disability. We will continue to waive Monthly Deductions after that, but no later than age 65. However, the Insured must continue to be totally disabled. DEFINITION OF AGE "Age 5," "Age 60," and "Age 65" begin on the policy 5, AGE 60, AND anniversary nearest the Insured's 5th, 60th, and 65th AGE 65 birthdays, respectively. INCREASE IN Coverage under this Rider can be increased, subject to WAIVER our underwriting rules, if the Face Amount of the COVERAGE Policy is increased and if the Insured is not totally disabled. The increase in waiver coverage is subject to: 1. The terms for a Requested Increase as stated in the Change in Face Amount provision of the Policy; 2. Our limits for Waiver of Monthly Deduction benefits; and 3. An increase in the Cost of Rider. Application to increase the Face Amount of the Policy will also be deemed to be application to increase waiver coverage under this Rider, unless otherwise stated. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Rider for the following month is RIDER charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. The Monthly Cost of Rider is calculated as (1) times (2) where: (1) Is the Monthly Cost of Rider Rate for this Rider; and (2) Is the Monthly Deduction for the Policy, not including the cost of this Rider, divided by 100. The Monthly Cost of Rider Rate for this benefit is based on the Insured's Attained Age and risk classification. Rates for this Rider will not exceed those shown in the Table of Guaranteed Maximum Monthly Cost of Rider Rates per $100 on the attached Rider Specifications for Waiver of Monthly Deduction Rider.
5E-5WMD-06 TOTAL DISABILITY "Total Disability" means the inability of the Insured to perform the substantial and material duties of his or her regular occupation. Such disability must be the result of an accidental bodily injury or a sickness. The injury or sickness must first manifest itself after the Issue Date of this Rider. However, after this period of disability has continued for 60 months, the Insured will be considered to be totally disabled only if he or she is unable to perform the substantial and material duties of any occupation for which he or she is reasonably fitted by education, training or experience. "Performing substantial and material duties" includes attending school or college as a full time student, if that was the main occupation of the Insured when the disability started. If after this Rider becomes effective, the Insured suffers the total and irrecoverable loss of: 1. The sight in both eyes; 2. The use of both hands or both feet; or 3. The use of one hand and one foot; this will be considered total disability as defined in this Rider. Upon such a loss the Insured will still be considered disabled even though working at an occupation. RECURRENT TOTAL If, while the Policy and Rider are in force, the DISABILITY Insured becomes disabled again after having been totally disabled before, the new disability will be considered a continuation of the previous period unless: 1. It is due to an entirely different cause; or 2. The Insured has performed all of the material and substantial duties of a gainful occupation for a continuous period of six months or more between such periods of total disability. RISKS NOT We will not waive Monthly Deductions under this Rider ASSUMED if disability results from war or any act of war while the Insured is in the military, naval or air forces of any country at war. We will also not waive Monthly Deductions if the Insured becomes disabled while in a civilian non-combatant unit serving with such forces. "War" includes undeclared war and "any country" includes any international organization or combination of countries. NOTICE OF CLAIM Before we waive any Monthly Deductions, we must receive AND PROOF OF the following In Writing: DISABILITY 1. Notice of claim for this benefit during the lifetime of the Insured. This notice must be submitted during the continuance of total disability. This notice must be submitted no later than six months after this Rider terminates; and 2. Proof of total disability within six months after we receive notice of claim. In no event should this proof be submitted later than the date when any of the following events first occurs: a. One year after age 65 of the Insured; b. Surrender of the Policy; and c. One year from the due date of the first unpaid Monthly Deduction. Failure to give such notice and proof within the time allowed will not void the claim. We will consider the claim if you show us that it was not reasonably possible to file notice and proof on time. However, you must file notice and proof as soon as reasonably possible. In no event will any Monthly Deduction be waived or refunded if its due date was more than one year before we received notice of the claim. We will require no further proof of disability and we will automatically waive all further Monthly Deductions if: 1. The Insured is totally disabled at age 65; and 2. All Monthly Deductions for at least the five years preceding age 65 have been waived.
5E-5WMD-06 EXAMINATION OF We have the right to have the Insured medically THE INSURED AND examined by our appointed examiner. Such exam will be PROOF OF at our expense. CONTINUED DISABILITY We also have the right to require proof of continuance of disability In Writing from the Insured at the following times: 1. After receipt of notice of claim; 2. At reasonable intervals within two years after we receive proof of total disability; and 3. Not more than once each year after the first two years. We will not waive any further Monthly Deductions if the Insured refuses to be medically examined, nor will we waive further Monthly Deductions if proof of continuance of disability is not furnished when we request it. INCONTESTABILITY We cannot contest this Rider after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured, excluding any period the Insured is totally disabled: 1. With respect to the original waiver coverage under this Rider, for two years from the Issue Date of this Rider; and 2. With respect to each increase in waiver coverage under this Rider, for two years from the effective date of each increase in Face Amount under the Policy. GENERAL If the Insured becomes totally disabled during the PROVISIONS Grace Period and becomes eligible for the Waiver of Monthly Deduction Benefit, we will waive the Monthly Deductions that were due during the Grace Period. TERMINATION This Rider will terminate on the first of the following events to occur: 1. Attained Age 65 of the Insured, except with respect to payment of any benefits for total disability occurring before Attained Age 65; 2. The date the Policy lapses; 3. The date the Policy is surrendered; 4. The date of death of the Insured; 5. The date of an increase in Face Amount of the Policy which does not qualify for an increase in coverage under this Rider; 6. The date a Waiver of Specified Premium Rider is added to the Policy to which this Rider is attached; and 7. The monthly anniversary on or next following our receipt of your request In Writing to terminate this Rider.
The Issue Date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown on the Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-5WMD-06 RIDER SPECIFICATIONS FOR WAIVER OF MONTHLY DEDUCTION RIDER INSURED: [JOHN DOE] COVERAGE: WAIVER OF MONTHLY DEDUCTION AMOUNT RIDER POLICY NUMBER: [SPECIMEN]
TABLE OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF RIDER RATES PER $100
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- ------ [35 6.30 36 6.80 37 7.10 38 7.60 39 8.09 40 8.51 41 8.93 42 9.77 43 10.23 44 10.93 45 11.50 46 12.00 47 12.50 48 13.00 49 14.00 50 14.50 51 15.00 52 16.28 53 17.50 54 18.00 55 18.50 56 19.43 57 19.95 58 20.33 59 20.48 60 6.20 61 5.50 62 4.75 63 4.00 64 3.00]
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These rates are for the Waiver of Deduction Rider as of the Issue Date. They are based on the Basis of Computation of Minimum Cash Values table shown on the Policy Specifications page or Policy Specifications for Policy Change page. 5E-5WMD-06 WAIVER OF SPECIFIED PREMIUM RIDER METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY THE WAITING PERIOD FOR INCONTESTABILITY IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN THE POLICY AND BEGINS ON THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS RIDER. This Rider is a part of the Policy if it is listed on: the Policy Specifications page; or the Policy Specifications page for Policy Change. A copy of the application for this Rider is attached to and made part of the Rider. WAIVER OF We will credit to the Policy, as a premium payment, the SPECIFIED amount shown as the monthly premium waived on the Policy PREMIUM BENEFIT Specifications page if: 1. You furnish us with written proof that the Insured is totally disabled, as defined in this Rider; 2. The Insured becomes disabled after age 5 and before age 65; 3. Disability has continued without interruption for at least six months; and 4. This Rider is in force. The monthly premium waived will be credited as premium to the Policy as long as the Policy remains in force as follows: DISABILITY STARTING BEFORE AGE 60. If the Insured's disability begins before age 60, we will credit the monthly premiums waived that were due during the six months of uninterrupted disability. After that, we will continue to credit the monthly premiums waived. However, the Insured must continue to be totally disabled. DISABILITY STARTING BETWEEN AGES 60 AND 65. If the Insured's disability begins on or after age 60 but before age 65, we will credit the monthly premiums waived that were due during the six months of uninterrupted disability. We will continue to credit the monthly premiums waived after that, but no later than age 65. However, the Insured must continue to be totally disabled. The Policy to which this Rider is attached is intended to qualify as a life insurance contract under the Internal Revenue Code or any applicable successor provision or any interpretive regulation or rulings by the Internal Revenue Service. To that end, premiums on the Policy are limited to an amount no greater than that allowing the Policy to continue to qualify. Therefore, the portion of any monthly premium waived that would disqualify the Policy will be paid to you in cash. DEFINITION OF AGE "Age 5," "Age 60," and "Age 65" begin on the policy 5, AGE 60 AND anniversary nearest the Insured's 5th, 60th and 65th AGE 65 birthdays, respectively. CHANGES IN Coverage under this Rider can be increased, subject to WAIVER our underwriting rules, if the Face Amount of the Policy COVERAGE is increased and if the Insured is not totally disabled. The increase in waiver coverage is subject to: 1. The terms for a requested increase in Face Amount as stated in the Change in Face Amount provision of the Policy; 2. Our limits for Waiver of Specified Premium benefits; and 3. An increase in the Cost of Rider. You may request a decrease in the waiver coverage. The decrease in waiver coverage will become effective on the monthly anniversary on or following receipt by us at our Designated Office of your written request to decrease the waiver coverage.
5E-3WSP1-04 POLICY LAPSE Crediting of the monthly premium waived to the Policy does not guarantee that the Policy will remain in force. MONTHLY COST OF The Monthly Cost of Rider for the following month is RIDER charged as part of the Monthly Deduction. The Monthly Cost of Rider is calculated as (1) multiplied by (2) where: 1. Is the Monthly Cost of Rider Rate for this Rider divided by 100; and 2. Is the monthly premium waived. The Monthly Cost of Rider Rate for this benefit is based on the Insured's Attained Age. TOTAL DISABILITY "Total Disability" means the inability of the Insured to perform the substantial and material duties of his or her regular occupation. Such disability must be the result of an accidental bodily injury or a sickness. The injury or sickness must first manifest itself after the Issue Date of this Rider. However, after this period of disability has continued for 60 months, the Insured will be considered to be totally disabled only if he or she is unable to perform the substantial and material duties of any occupation for which he or she is reasonably fitted by education, training or experience. "Performing substantial and material duties" includes attending school or college as a full time student, if that was the main occupation of the Insured when the disability started. If, after this Rider becomes effective, the Insured suffers the total and irrecoverable loss of: 1. The sight in both eyes; 2. The use of both hands or both feet; or 3. The use of one hand and one foot. this will be considered total disability as defined in this Rider. Upon such a loss the Insured will still be considered disabled even though working at an occupation. RECURRENT TOTAL If, while the Policy and this Rider are in force, the DISABILITY Insured becomes disabled again after having been totally disabled before, the new disability will be considered a continuation of the previous period unless: 1. It is due to an entirely different cause; or 2. The Insured has performed all of the material and substantial duties of a gainful occupation for a continuous period of six months or more between such periods of total disability. RISKS NOT We will not credit the monthly premium waived under this ASSUMED Rider to the Policy if disability results from war or any act of war while the Insured is in the military, naval or air forces of any country at war. We will also not credit the monthly premium waived if the Insured becomes disabled while in a civilian non-combatant unit serving with such forces. "War" includes undeclared war and "any country" includes any international organization or combination of countries. NOTICE OF CLAIM Before we credit any monthly premium waived to the Policy, AND PROOF OF we must receive the following at our Home Office or any DISABILITY other office designated by us: 1. Written notice of claim for this benefit during the lifetime of the Insured. This notice must be submitted during the continuance of total disability. This notice must be submitted no later than six months after this Rider terminates; and 2. Written proof of total disability within six months after we receive written notice of claim. In no event should this proof be submitted later than the date when any of the following events first occurs: a. One year after age 65 of the Insured; b. Surrender of the Policy; and c. One year from the due date of the first unpaid Monthly Deduction.
5E-3WSP1-04 Failure to give such notice and proof within the time allowed will not void the claim. We will consider the claim if you show us that it was not reasonably possible to file notice and proof on time. However, you must file notice and proof as soon as reasonably possible. In no event will we credit any monthly premium waived if its due date was more than one year before we received notice of the claim. We will require no further proof of disability and we will automatically credit further monthly premiums waived if: 1. The Insured is totally disabled at age 65; and 2. All monthly premiums waived for at least the five years preceding age 65 have been credited. EXAMINATION OF We have the right to have the Insured examined by our THE INSURED AND appointed examiner. Such exam will be at our expense. We PROOF OF also have the right to require written proof of CONTINUED continuance of disability from the Insured at the DISABILITY following times: 1. After receipt of notice of claim; 2. At reasonable intervals within two years after we receive proof of total disability; and 3. Not more than once each year after the first two years. We will not credit to the Policy any further monthly premiums waived if the Insured refuses to be medically examined. Nor will we credit to the Policy further monthly premiums waived if proof of continuance of disability is not furnished when we request it. INCONTESTABILITY We cannot contest this Rider after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured, excluding any period the Insured is totally disabled: 1. With respect to the original waiver coverage under this Rider, for two years from the Issue Date of this Rider; and 2. With respect to each increase in waiver coverage under this Rider, for two years from the effective date of each increase in Face Amount under the Policy. GENERAL If the Insured becomes totally disabled during the Grace PROVISIONS Period and becomes eligible for the Waiver of Specified Premium Benefit, we will credit to the Policy any monthly premiums waived during the Grace Period. TERMINATION This Rider will terminate on the first of the following events to occur: 1. Attained Age 65 of the Insured. This will be without prejudice to any benefits granted for total disability occurring before age 65; 2. The date the Policy lapses; 3. The date the Policy is surrendered; 4. The date of death of the Insured; 5. The date of an increase in Face Amount of the Policy which does not qualify for an increase in coverage under this Rider;
5E-3WSP1-04 6. The date a Waiver of Monthly Deduction Rider is added to the Policy to which this Rider is attached; and 7. The monthly anniversary on or following receipt by us at our Designated Office of your written request to terminate this Rider. We may require the Policy for endorsement.
The Issue Date and effective date of this Rider and the Policy are the same unless another Issue Date is shown below. - --------------- Issue Date METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Richard C Pearson Secretary 5E-3WSP1-04 TABLE OF MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF RIDER RATES PER $100 INSURED: [JOHN DOE] COVERAGE: [WAIVER OF SPECIFIED PREMIUM RIDER] POLICY NUMBER: [16,000,001]
ATTAINED AGE RATE - -------- --------- 35 3.000000 36 3.250000 37 3.250000 38 3.250000 39 3.250000 40 3.250000 41 3.250000 42 3.250000 43 3.400000 44 3.600000 45 3.800000 46 4.000000 47 4.250000 48 4.500000 49 5.000000 50 5.250000 51 5.500000 52 6.000000 53 6.500000 54 6.750000 55 7.000000 56 7.000000 57 7.250000 58 7.000000 59 6.250000 60 5.250000 61 4.750000 62 4.000000 63 3.250000 64 2.000000
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5E-3WSP1-04 EX-99.(E) 4 b66703a1exv99wxey.txt ENTERPRISE APPLICATION FOR POLICY . . . (METLIFE(R) LOGO) Policy Number ________________________________ APPLICATION FOR LIFE INSURANCE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPANY (Check the appropriate ONE.) [ ] Metropolitan Life Insurance Company [ ] General American Life Insurance Company The Company indicated in this section is [ ] New England Life Insurance Company [ ] MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company referred to as "THE COMPANY". [ ] MetLife Investors Insurance Company SECTION I - ABOUT THE PROPOSED INSURED - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Additional Insureds please complete the ADDITIONAL INSUREDS SUPPLEMENT form. First Name Middle Name Last Name _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________________________________ Permanent Address City State Zip ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________ _______ _____________ Country of Legal Residence Date of Birth E-Mail Address ________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________________ Primary Phone Number Alternate Phone Number Preferred From [ ]AM To [ ]AM Sex [ ]Male ______________________________ ______________________________ Time to Call _________ [ ]PM _______ [ ]PM [ ]Female Place of Birth Social Security or Tax ID Number Earned Annual Income Net Worth ________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________________ [ ] U.S. Driver's License If not licensed, please indicate other form of ID: [ ] Passport [ ] Government Issued Photo ID Issuer of ID ID Number Issue Date (if any) Expiration Date (if any) ____________________________________ ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Name of Employer Employer City State Zip Position/Duties __________________________________ _________________________________ _______ _____________ __________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON U.S. CITIZENS ONLY - Country of Citizenship Green Card/Visa Type Expiration Date ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ __________________________ Country of Permanent Residence ID Number Years in the U.S. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ __________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECTION II - ABOUT THE OWNER - Complete ONLY if the Owner is NOT the Proposed Insured. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] OWNER - TRUST / BUSINESS ENTITY - Name of Entity Tax ID Number Trustee / Owner State ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ [ ] Trust [ ]Business Entity [ ] Charity [ ] Qualified Pension Plan - Complete the appropriate REQUIRED form(s). [ ] OWNER - OTHER INDIVIDUAL First Name Middle Name Last Name _________________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________________________ Permanent Address City State Zip _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ ________ ____________ Country of Legal Residence Citizenship Social Security or Tax ID Number Date of Birth Phone Number __________________________ _________________ ________________________________ ________________ _________________________ E-Mail Address Earned Annual Income Net Worth Relationship to Proposed Insured ______________________________________________ ____________________ ___________________ __________________________________ Please indicate form of ID: [ ] U.S. Driver's License [ ] Passport [ ] Government Issued Photo ID Issuer of ID ID Number Issue Date (if any) Expiration Date (if any) _______________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________ __________________________ [ ] CHECK IF OWNERSHIP SHOULD REVERT TO INSURED UPON OWNER AND CONTINGENT OWNER'S DEATHS. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 1 SECTION III - ABOUT THE BENEFICIARY / BENEFICIARIES For additional Beneficiaries, use Section IX - Additional Information. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] Check here if the Owner is the Primary Beneficiary. For Primary or Contingent Beneficiaries who are NOT the Owner, complete the table below. Social Security Percentage Beneficiary Date of Relationship to Number of Proceeds Type Name (First, Middle, Last) Birth Proposed Insured (Optional) (if not equal) - -------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- Primary [ ] Primary [ ] Contingent [ ] Primary [ ] Contingent [ ] Check here to include all living and future natural or adopted children of the Proposed Insured as Contingent Beneficiaries. (Name all living children above.) - - If a Custodian is acting on behalf of a minor Beneficiary listed above, please use CO-OWNER/CONTINGENT OWNER AND UTMA DESIGNATIONS SUPPLEMENT form. - - Federal law states that if someone with special needs has assets over $2,000, they may lose eligibility for government benefits. SECTION IV - ABOUT PROPOSED COVERAGE Check the desired coverage(s). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] UNIVERSAL LIFE [ ] VARIABLE LIFE - [ ] WHOLE LIFE [ ] TERM LIFE Product Name Product Name Product Name _________________________________________________ _______________________________________ ______________________________________ Face Amount* Face Amount* Face Amount* _________________________________________________ _______________________________________ ______________________________________ Riders and Details Riders and Details Riders and Details _________________________________________________ _______________________________________ ______________________________________ [ ] Coverage Continuation (UL only) _______________________________________ ______________________________________ Disability Waiver: [ ] Disability Waiver Disability Waiver: [ ] Specified Premium ___________________________ Dividend Options: [ ] Convertible [ ] Non-Convertible [ ] Monthly Deduction (VUL only) [ ] Paid-Up Additions Death Benefit Option [ ] Other, please specify: ____________________________ Definition of Life Insurance: _______________________________________ [ ] Guideline Premium Test [ ] Automatic Premium Loan Requested [ ] Cash Value Accumulation Test Planned Premium - For a full list of riders and options, please consult with your Producer. Year 1 ______________ NOTE: Some riders may require supplement forms to be completed. Years 2 to _____ ______________ - For Variable Life products, please complete the VARIABLE LIFE SUPPLEMENT form. * If Face Amount is equal to or exceeds $1,000,000, please complete the Years ________ to _____ ______________ (UL only) PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION form. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL OPTIONS One Time (Single) Payment Amount 1035 Exchange Amount Requested Policy Date [ ] Save Age ________________________________ _____________________________________ ___________________________ POLICY OPTIONS [ ] Alternate Policy: Product, Face Amount and Details _____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] Additional Policy: Product, Face Amount and Details ____________________________________________________________________________ [ ] Group Conversion Only - Please complete the GROUP CONVERSION SUPPLEMENT form for either choice. [ ] Group Conversion Alternative - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 2 SECTION V - ABOUT EXISTING OR APPLIED FOR INSURANCE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Does the Proposed Insured or Owner have any existing or applied for life insurance or Proposed Insured [ ] Yes [ ] No annuities with this or any other company? Owner [ ] Yes [ ] No If YES, please provide details of any existing or applied for LIFE Insurance on the PROPOSED INSURED only. Amount of Company Insurance Year of Issue Status - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- ------------- ----------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ _________ _____________ [ ] Existing [ ] Applied For ________________________________________________________________________ _________ _____________ [ ] Existing [ ] Applied For ________________________________________________________________________ _________ _____________ [ ] Existing [ ] Applied For ________________________________________________________________________ _________ _____________ [ ] Existing [ ] Applied For In connection with this application, has there been, or will there be with this or any other company any: surrender transaction; loan; withdrawal; lapse; reduction or redirection of premium/consideration; or change transaction (except conversions) involving an annuity or other life insurance? [ ] Yes [ ] No - - If YES, complete REPLACEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE AND any other state required replacement forms or 1035 exchange forms. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF PROPOSED INSURED IS FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, INDICATE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING SUPPORT: [ ] Spouse [ ] Child [ ] Parent [ ] Other ____________________________________ Amount of insurance on individual providing support. Existing Insurance _______________________ Insurance Applied For ________ If Proposed Insured is a minor, are all siblings equally insured? [ ] Yes [ ] No If NO, please provide details: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECTION VI - ABOUT PAYMENT INFORMATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREMIUM PAYOR [ ] Proposed Insured [ ] Owner (If NOT the Proposed Insured.) [ ] Other (Complete the box below.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Premium Payor Name Social Security or Tax ID Number Relationship to Proposed Insured or Owner _____________________________________________ ________________________________ _________________________________________________ Reason this Person is the Payor ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Permanent Address City State Zip _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ ________ _________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAYMENT MODE Billing Mode: [ ] Annual [ ] Semi-Annual [ ] Quarterly (Check the appropriate ONE.) [ ] Monthly Draft per Debit Authorization (See next page.) [ ] Monthly Draft per Existing Electronic Payment Number _____________________________ Special Account: [ ] Government Allotment [ ] Salary Deduction [ ] List Bill If Special Account, provide Employer Group Number (EGN) or List Bill Number ___________________________ INITIAL PAYMENT Method of Collection: Amount Collected with Application [ ] Initial Premium by Electronic Funds Transfer (Must be at least a monthly amount.) ___________________________________ [ ] Check (Must be at least 1/12 of an annual premium.) SOURCE OF CURRENT AND FUTURE PAYMENTS (Check ALL that apply.) [ ] Earned Income [ ] Mutual Fund/Brokerage Account [ ] Money Market Fund [ ] Savings [ ] Loans [ ] Certificate of Deposit [ ] Use of Values in another Life Insurance/Annuity Contract [ ] Other _______________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBIT AUTHORIZATION - AVAILABLE ONLY IF THE BANK ACCOUNT HOLDER IS THE OWNER AND/OR PROPOSED INSURED. - All others please complete the ELECTRONIC PAYMENT (EP) ACCOUNT AGREEMENT form. The undersigned ("I") hereby authorize the Company with whom I am completing this application to initiate debit entries through Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to the deposit account designated below, at the Financial Institution named below, using the Automated Clearing House. I authorize: 1. Monthly recurring debits; AND 2. Debits made from time to time, as I authorize. This authorization is to remain in full force and effect until the Company has received written notification from me of its termination at such time and in such manner as to afford the Company and the Financial Institution a reasonable opportunity to act on it. Monthly Debit Date: [ ] Issue Date of the Policy (GRAPHIC OF CHECK SHOWING BANK ROUTING/ACCOUNT NUMBERS) [ ] Debit Date on the _________ of each month Bank Account Type: [ ] Checking [ ] Savings Bank Routing Number Bank Account Number ____________________________________ ____________________________ Name of Financial Institution ___________________________________________________________________ - - Note: Please attach a voided check or deposit slip to Section IX - Additional Information. We cannot establish banking services from starter checks, cash management, brokerage, or mutual fund checks. We cannot establish banking services from foreign banks UNLESS the check is being paid in U.S. Dollars through a U.S. correspondent bank (the U.S. correspondent bank name must be on the check). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECTION VII - GENERAL RISK QUESTIONS Use Section IX - Additional Information if necessary. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Within the past three years has the Proposed Insured flown in a plane other than as a passenger on a commercial airline or does he or she have plans for such activity within the next year? [ ] Yes [ ] No - If YES, please complete a separate AVIATION RISK SUPPLEMENT form for the Proposed Insured. 2. Within the past three years has the Proposed Insured participated in or does he or she plan to participate in ANY of the following? [ ] Yes [ ] No - Underwater sports - SCUBA diving, skin diving, or similar activities - Racing sports - motorcycle, auto, motor boat or similar activities - Sky sports - skydiving, hang gliding, parachuting, ballooning or similar activities - Rock or mountain climbing or similar activities - Bungee jumping or similar activities - If YES, please complete a separate AVOCATION RISK SUPPLEMENT form for the Proposed Insured. 3. Has the Proposed Insured TRAVELED or RESIDED outside the U.S. or Canada within the PAST TWO YEARS; or does he or she plan to TRAVEL or RESIDE outside the U.S or Canada within the NEXT TWO YEARS? [ ] Yes [ ] No If YES, please provide details. Past Future Duration (weeks) Cities and Countries Purpose - ----- -------- -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------- [ ] [ ] __________________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ [ ] [ ] __________________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ [ ] [ ] __________________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ 4. Has the Proposed Insured EVER used tobacco or nicotine products in any form (e.g., cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, pipes, chewing tobacco, nicotine patches, or nicotine gum)? If YES, please provide details. [ ] Yes [ ] No Product(s) Frequency / Amount Date Last Used - ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 4 5. Has the Proposed Insured EVER had a driver's license suspended or revoked, been convicted of DUI or DWI, or in the last five years had any moving violations? If YES, please provide date(s) and violation(s). [ ] Yes [ ] No ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Has the Proposed Insured EVER had an application for life, disability income or health insurance declined, postponed, rated or modified or required an extra premium? If YES, please provide details. [ ] Yes [ ] No ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. In the past 10 years, has the Proposed Insured been convicted of or pled Guilty or No Contest to a felony? [ ] Yes [ ] No If YES, list type of felony, state, and date of occurrence. ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Is the Proposed Insured actively at work performing the usual duties of his or her occupation? [ ] Yes [ ] No If NO, please provide details. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SECTION VIII - PERSONAL PHYSICIAN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] Check here if Proposed Insured does not have a personal physician. Physician Name Name of Practice or Clinic ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Street Address City State Zip ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ ________ ____________ Phone Number Date Last Consulted Reason Findings/Treatment Given/Medication Prescribed _____________________________ ___________________ ____________________________ _______________________________________________ SECTION IX - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If more space is needed, attach additional sheet(s). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 5 CERTIFICATION / AGREEMENT / DISCLOSURE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was a sales illustration provided for the life insurance policy as applied for? [ ] Yes [ ] No A. If YES, please choose one of the following: [ ] An illustration was signed and MATCHES THE POLICY APPLIED FOR. It is included with this application. [ ] An illustration was shown or provided but is DIFFERENT FROM THE POLICY APPLIED FOR. An illustration conforming to the policy as issued will be provided no later than at the time of policy delivery. [ ] The sale was made using an illustration with Accelerated Payment. [ ] If illustration was ONLY SHOWN ON A COMPUTER SCREEN, check and complete the details in the box below. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An illustration was displayed on a computer screen. The displayed illustration MATCHES THE POLICY APPLIED FOR but no printed copy of the illustration was provided. An illustration conforming to the policy as issued will be provided no later than at the time of policy delivery. The illustration on the screen included the following personal and policy information: 1. Gender (as illustrated) [ ] Male [ ] Female [ ] Unisex 2. Age _______ 3. Rating Class (e.g. Standard Non-smoker) _______________________ [ ] Non-smoker [ ] Smoker 4. Product Name (e.g. GAUL) ______________________________________ 5. Face Amount ___________________________________________________ 6. Dividend Option (Whole Life only) _____________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B. If NO, please choose one of the following: [ ] Producer certifies that a signed illustration is NOT REQUIRED by law or the policy applied for is not illustrated in this state. [ ] NO ILLUSTRATION CONFORMING TO THE POLICY as applied for was shown or provided prior to or at the time of this application. An illustration conforming to the policy as issued will be provided no later than at the time of policy delivery. AGREEMENT / DISCLOSURE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have read this application for life insurance including any amendments and supplements and to the best of my knowledge and belief, all statements are true and complete. I also agree that: - - My statements in this application and any amendment(s), paramedical/medical exam and supplement(s) are the basis of any policy issued. - - This application and any amendment(s), paramedical/medical exam, and supplement(s) to this application will be attached to and become part of the new policy. - - No information will be deemed to have been given to the Company unless it is stated in this application, paramedical/medical exam, amendment(s), or any supplement(s). - - Only the Company's President, Vice-President or Secretary may: (a) make or change any contract of insurance; (b) make a binding promise about insurance; or (c) change or waive any term of an application, receipt, or policy. - - Except as stated in the Temporary Insurance Agreement and Receipt, no insurance will take effect until a policy is delivered to the Owner and the full first premium due is paid. It will only take effect at the time it is delivered if: (a) the condition of health of each person to be insured is the same as stated in the application; and (b) no person to be insured has received any medical advice or treatment from a medical practitioner since the date of the application. - - If I have requested a rider that provides an acceleration of death benefit, I have received the appropriate disclosure form. - - I understand that paying my insurance premiums more frequently than annually may result in a higher yearly out-of-pocket cost or different cash values. - - IF I INTEND TO REPLACE EXISTING INSURANCE OR ANNUITIES, I HAVE SO INDICATED IN THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE APPLICATION. - - I HAVE RECEIVED THE COMPANY'S PRIVACY NOTICE AND THE LIFE INSURANCE BUYER'S GUIDE. - - IF I WAS REQUIRED TO SIGN A NOTICE AND CONSENT FOR HIV TESTING, I HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT NOTICE. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 6 FRAUD WARNINGS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OKLAHOMA Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or any other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act which is a crime and subjects such person to criminal and civil penalties. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines, or denial of insurance benefits. TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CERTIFICATION Under penalties of perjury, I, the Owner, certify that: - - The number shown in this application is my correct taxpayer identification number, and I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I have not been notified by the IRS that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends; OR (b) the IRS has notified me that I am not subject to backup withholding. (If you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because of under reporting interest or dividends on your tax return, you must cross out and initial this item.) - - I am a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes. (If you are not a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes, please cross out this certification and complete form W-8BEN). - PLEASE NOTE: The Internal Revenue Service does not require your consent to any provision of this document other than the certifications required to avoid backup withholding. SIGNATURES If not witnessing all signatures, witness should initial next to signature being witnessed and sign below. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Signature(s) of all Proposed Insured(s) Date Signed at City, State ______________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ (age 15 or over) - Please complete the ADDITIONAL INSUREDS SUPPLEMENT or CHILD RIDER SUPPLEMENT form(s) if applicable. Signature(s) of all Owner(s) (If NOT the Proposed Date Signed at City, State Insured.) ______________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ (age 15 or over) - If the Owner is a firm or corporation, include Officer's title with signature. - If Co-Owner or Custodian, please complete the CO-OWNER/CONTINGENT OWNER AND UTMA DESIGNATIONS SUPPLEMENT form. Signature of Parent or Guardian Date Signed at City, State ______________________________________________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ (If Owner or Proposed Insured is under 18, sign here. If not sign above.) Witness to Signatures Licensed Producer Print Name of Producer ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENB-7-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 7 (METLIFE(R) LOGO) Policy Number ___________________________ VARIABLE LIFE SUPPLEMENT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY THIS SUPPLEMENT WILL BE ATTACHED TO AND BECOME PART OF THE APPLICATION WITH WHICH IT IS USED. SECTION I - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. Variable Life Insurance is generally not appropriate for time THE CASH VALUE MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF horizons of less than 10 years. These are long-term insurance BEING REDUCED TO ZERO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEPARATE ACCOUNT products that may have significant short-term surrender INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE. charges. Variable Life Insurance is designed to provide death benefit protection while offering the potential for long-term THE COST OF INSURANCE RATES FOR THIS POLICY MAY CHANGE. THE RATES cash accumulation, and may not be appropriate in situations CURRENTLY BEING CHARGED ARE NOT GUARANTEED, AND THE COMPANY MAY where significant liquidation of assets in the near future may CHARGE THE FULL MAXIMUM GUARANTEED RATES. be expected. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BENEFITS, INCLUDING DEATH BENEFITS AND CASH THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY BE VARIABLE OR FIXED UNDER SPECIFIED VALUES, ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. CONDITIONS. SECTION II - OWNER'S INFORMATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OWNER: [ ] Proposed Insured [ ] Other Individual - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION ONLY: First Name Middle Name Last Name __________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _________________________________________ Occupation Name of Employer ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Employer City State Zip Position/Duties _____________________________________ _____________ ________ _________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tax Bracket (%) _____________________ Is the Owner/Owners an associated person/persons of a Broker/Dealer? [ ] Yes [ ] No PRIOR INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE: (Choose ALL that apply and indicate your years of experience.) [ ] Certificate of Deposit _____ years [ ] Stocks _____ years [ ] Mutual Funds _____ years [ ] Money Markets _____ years [ ] Bonds _____ years [ ] Other _____ years If Other, specify: ______________________________________________ SECTION III - COVERAGE INFORMATION - Choose one of the following options. NOTE: Ages 85 and 121 available only by rider. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option: [ ] 5 Years [ ] 20 Years [ ] To Age 65 [ ] To Age 85 [ ] To Age 121 [ ] Other _____ SECTION IV - INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND RISK TOLERANCE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have you completed the Asset Allocation Questionnaire? [ ] Yes [ ] No If YES, please submit with Application for Life Insurance. Choose one INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE below (a, b, c, d, or e). Then choose one RISK TOLERANCE for that specific Investment Objective. Be sure it supports the Investment Objective and your Risk Tolerance for this policy. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. [ ] CAPITAL PRESERVATION: Seeks income and stability with minimal risk. RISK TOLERANCE: [ ] Conservative [ ] Conservative to Moderate - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. INCOME: Seeks current income over time. RISK TOLERANCE: [ ] Conservative [ ] Conservative to Moderate [ ] Moderate - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. GROWTH & INCOME: Seeks capital appreciation over long term combined with current dividend income. RISK TOLERANCE: [ ] Conservative to Moderate [ ] Moderate [ ] Moderate to Aggressive - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D. GROWTH: Seeks capital appreciation over long term. RISK TOLERANCE: [ ] Moderate [ ] Moderate to Aggressive [ ] Aggressive - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH: Seeks maximum capital appreciation over time by investing in speculative and/or higher risk securities. RISK TOLERANCE: [ ] Moderate to Aggressive [ ] Aggressive - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-42-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 1 SECTION V - OPTIONAL AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You may select ONLY ONE of the following. IF YOU ARE NOT ELECTING ANY AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, PLEASE PROCEED TO SECTION VI - - INVESTMENT ALLOCATION. [ ] INDEX SELECTOR - No other funding options can be selected when using this strategy. Check only ONE of the categories to the right. MetLife Investors USA will allocate 100% of your net [ ] Conservative premium based on the current allocation for the Index Selector Model you choose. I understand that [ ] Conservative to Moderate the Index Selector strategy will be implemented using the percentage allocations of the model in [ ] Moderate effect on the date of issue of my policy. I also understand that in order to maintain this [ ] Moderate to Aggressive allocation, my account will be automatically rebalanced every quarter. [ ] Aggressive - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] EQUITY GENERATOR - A percent of premium must be allocated to the Fixed Account when this option is chosen. Automatically transfers the current month's earnings from the Fixed Account into any one of the available funding options on each monthly anniversary. Please elect one funding option, except the Fixed Account, from the list in Section VI - Investment Allocation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] REBALANCER Automatically rebalances the cash value among the funding options each calendar quarter to return the allocation to the allocation percentages you specify. Choose ONE of the following: [ ] Check here if you wish to rebalance to the allocation percentages chosen for your premium payments. [ ] Check here if you wish to rebalance using different allocation percentages than your premium payments and indicate the allocation percentages in the right-hand column in Section VI - Investment Allocation. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] ALLOCATOR - The destination funding option(s) chosen cannot include the "source fund". Automatically transfers a set amount of money from the Fixed Account or any other funding option ("source fund") to any number of available funding options on each monthly anniversary. (The value of the "source fund" must be sufficient to ensure a minimum of three consecutive monthly transfers.) Please indicate the "source fund" from which the transfers are to be made: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please choose ONE of the following transfer options. Indicate the destination funding options and the dollar amount to be transferred to each in the right-hand column in Section VI - Investment Allocation. [ ] Transfer $__________ per month until the "source fund" is depleted. [ ] Transfer $__________ per month for __________ months. The Allocator is a form of dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in declining markets. It involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuations in price levels. An investor should consider his/her ability to continue purchases in periods of low price levels. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] ENHANCED DOLLAR COST AVERAGER (EDCA) - The destination funding option(s) chosen cannot include the Fixed Account. Automatically transfers an amount of money each month from the EDCA fixed account to any number of available funding options each monthly anniversary until the EDCA fixed account is depleted. The amount allocated to the EDCA fixed account may consist of a one-time premium payment plus 1035 Exchange monies in the first policy year. The initial monthly amount transferred is based on the initial EDCA gross amount allocated to the EDCA fixed account, divided by twelve (months). If another eligible payment is received, the EDCA transfer amount will be increased by the subsequent payment, divided by twelve. Please specify the EDCA amount ($10,000 minimum): $__________ Premium payment $__________ Expected 1035 Exchange amount __________% of all 1035 Exchange amounts to be allocated to EDCA (required if an Expected 1035 Exchange amount is specified) Indicate the destination funding options and the percentage to be transferred to each in the right-hand column in Section VI - Investment Allocation. The Enhanced Dollar Cost Averager is a form of dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit against a loss in declining markets. It involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuations in price levels. An investor should consider his/her ability to continue purchases in periods of low price levels. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-42-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 2 SECTION VI - INVESTMENT ALLOCATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please select funding options that are appropriate for the RISK TOLERANCE and INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE indicated in Section IV - Investment Objective and Risk Tolerance. Some funding options may be appropriate for more than one investment objective. For more complete information about a specific funding option, including charges and expenses, please read the prospectus carefully. Use this column Initial Rebalancer % only if you Premium Allocator $ have chosen Funding Options Allocation % EDCA% Indicate Initial Allocation in an option on -------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ whole percentages; must equal 100%. previous page. FI Mid Cap Opportunities Portfolio ____________ ____________ - ----------------------------------------------- -------------- Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio ____________ ____________ Rebalancer % MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio ____________ ____________ Initial Allocator $ FI International Stock Portfolio ____________ ____________ Premium Portfolio Harris Oakmark International Funding Options Allocation %EDCA % Portfolio ____________ ____________ - ----------------------------------- ---------- -------------- MFS(R) Research International Fixed Account __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ Western Asset Management U.S. Morgan Stanley EAFE(R) Index Government Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio __________ ______________ BlackRock Legacy Large Cap Growth American Funds Bond Fund __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ Lehman(R) Brothers Aggregate Bond FI Large Cap Portfolio ____________ ____________ Index Portfolio __________ ______________ American Funds Growth Fund ____________ ____________ PIMCO Total Return Portfolio __________ ______________ Legg Mason Partners Aggressive Western Asset Management Strategic Growth Portfolio ____________ ____________ Bond Opportunities Portfolio __________ ______________ Jennison Growth Portfolio ____________ ____________ Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ BlackRock Diversified Portfolio __________ ______________ Loomis Sayles Small Cap Portfolio ____________ ____________ MFS(R) Total Return Portfolio __________ ______________ Russell 2000(R) Index Portfolio ____________ ____________ Neuberger Berman Real Estate BlackRock Aggressive Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ Harris Oakmark Focused Value T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ BlackRock Large Cap Value Franklin Templeton Small Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ Davis Venture Value Portfolio __________ ______________ Met/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio ____________ ____________ FI Value Leaders Portfolio __________ ______________ T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Harris Oakmark Large Cap Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ RCM Technology Portfolio ____________ ____________ Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Value Cyclical Growth & Income ETF Portfolio __________ ______________ Portfolio ____________ ____________ Oppenheimer Global Equity Cyclical Growth ETF Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ MetLife Conservative Allocation BlackRock Strategic Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ MetLife Conservative to Moderate BlackRock Large-Cap Core Allocation Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ MetLife Moderate Allocation Portfolio ____________ ____________ American Funds Growth-Income Fund __________ ______________ MetLife Moderate to Aggressive Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio __________ ______________ Allocation Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Stock Index Portfolio __________ ______________ MetLife Aggressive Allocation American Funds Global Small Portfolio ____________ ____________ Capitalization Fund __________ ______________ Janus Forty Portfolio ____________ ____________ OTHER - Write in any available funds not listed above. Funding Options Initial Premium Allocation % Rebalancer %/ Allocator $/ EDCA % ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-42-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 3 SECTION VII - OTHER IMPORTANT OWNER QUESTIONS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. I elect to have the monthly deduction from the cash values taken as follows - choose ONE: [ ] Proportionately from the funding options based on the cash value in each at the time of the deduction. [ ] From the Fixed Account or any other specific funding option. Specify: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you have chosen a specific funding option, please note that if at any time that designated funding option has insufficient cash value to pay the entire amount of the monthly charges, the remaining portion of these charges will be deducted proportionately from each funding option based on the cash value in each at the time of the deduction. 2. Have you received a prospectus for the policy applied for? [ ] Yes [ ] No Date of Prospectus Date of any Prospectus Supplement Package If YES, please indicate: __________________ _________________________________________ 3. Did your Producer review your financial situation, risk tolerance, and investment objectives prior to [ ] Yes [ ] No completing this application? If NO, please indicate on what basis this product was recommended. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you understand that: A. The amount and duration of the death benefit may increase or decrease depending on the policy's [ ] Yes [ ] No investment return, subject to any guarantees provided by the policy? B. There is no guaranteed minimum cash value and the cash value may increase or decrease depending on the [ ] Yes [ ] No policy's investment return? 5. Do you believe that this policy and the funding options you have selected will meet your insurance needs and [ ] Yes [ ] No financial objectives? 6. If funding options selected do not reflect the risk tolerance in Section IV - Investment Objective and Risk Tolerance, please explain: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-42-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 4 (METLIFE(R) LOGO) Policy Number ___________________________ VARIABLE LIFE SUPPLEMENT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY THIS SUPPLEMENT WILL BE ATTACHED TO AND BECOME PART OF THE APPLICATION WITH WHICH IT IS USED. SECTION I - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. Variable Life Insurance is generally not appropriate for time THE CASH VALUE MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF horizons of less than 10 years. These are long-term insurance BEING REDUCED TO ZERO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEPARATE ACCOUNT products that may have significant short-term surrender INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE. charges. Variable Life Insurance is designed to provide death benefit protection while offering the potential for long-term THE COST OF INSURANCE RATES FOR THIS POLICY MAY CHANGE. cash accumulation, and may not be appropriate in situations THE RATES CURRENTLY BEING CHARGED ARE NOT GUARANTEED, AND THE where significant liquidation of assets in the near future may COMPANY MAY CHARGE THE FULL MAXIMUM GUARANTEED RATES. be expected. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BENEFITS, INCLUDING DEATH BENEFITS AND CASH THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY BE VARIABLE OR FIXED UNDER SPECIFIED VALUES, ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. CONDITIONS. SECTION II - COVERAGE INFORMATION - Choose one of the following options. NOTE: Ages 85 and 121 available only by rider. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option: [ ] 5 Years [ ] 20 Years [ ] To Age 65 [ ] To Age 85 [ ] To Age 121 [ ] Other _____________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-43-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 1 SECTION III - OPTIONAL AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You may select ONLY ONE of the following. IF YOU ARE NOT ELECTING ANY AUTOMATED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, PLEASE PROCEED TO SECTION IV - - INVESTMENT ALLOCATION. [ ] EQUITY GENERATOR - A percent of premium must be allocated to the Fixed Account when this option is chosen. Automatically transfers the current month's earnings from the Fixed Account into any one of the available funding options on each monthly anniversary. Please elect one funding option, except the Fixed Account, from the list in Section IV - Investment Allocation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] REBALANCER Automatically rebalances the cash value among the funding options each calendar quarter to return the allocation to the allocation percentages you specify. Choose ONE of the following: [ ] Check here if you wish to rebalance to the allocation percentages chosen for your premium payments. [ ] Check here if you wish to rebalance using different allocation percentages than your premium payments and indicate the allocation percentages in the right-hand column in Section IV - Investment Allocation. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] ALLOCATOR - The destination funding option(s) chosen cannot include the "source fund". Automatically transfers a set amount of money from the Fixed Account or any other funding option ("source fund") to any number of available funding options on each monthly anniversary. (The value of the "source fund" must be sufficient to ensure a minimum of three consecutive monthly transfers.) Please indicate the "source fund" from which the transfers are to be made: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please choose ONE of the following transfer options. Indicate the destination funding options and the dollar amount to be transferred to each in the right-hand column in Section IV - Investment Allocation. [ ] Transfer $__________ per month until the "source fund" is depleted. [ ] Transfer $__________ per month for __________ months. The Allocator is a form of dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in declining markets. It involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuations in price levels. An investor should consider his/her ability to continue purchases in periods of low price levels. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ ] ENHANCED DOLLAR COST AVERAGER (EDCA) - The destination funding option(s) chosen cannot include the Fixed Account. Automatically transfers an amount of money each month from the EDCA fixed account to any number of available funding options each monthly anniversary until the EDCA fixed account is depleted. The amount allocated to the EDCA fixed account may consist of a one-time premium payment plus 1035 Exchange monies in the first policy year. The initial monthly amount transferred is based on the initial EDCA gross amount allocated to the EDCA fixed account, divided by twelve (months). If another eligible payment is received, the EDCA transfer amount will be increased by the subsequent payment, divided by twelve. Please specify the EDCA amount ($10,000 minimum): $__________ Premium payment $__________ Expected 1035 Exchange amount __________% of all 1035 Exchange amounts to be allocated to EDCA (required if an Expected 1035 Exchange amount is specified) Indicate the destination funding options and the percentage to be transferred to each in the right-hand column in Section IV - Investment Allocation. The Enhanced Dollar Cost Averager is a form of dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit against a loss in declining markets. It involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuations in price levels. An investor should consider his/her ability to continue purchases in periods of low price levels. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-43-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 2 SECTION IV - INVESTMENT ALLOCATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please select funding options. For more complete information about a specific funding option, including charges and expenses, please read the prospectus carefully. Use this column Initial Rebalancer % only if you Premium Allocator $ have chosen Funding Options Allocation % EDCA% Indicate Initial Allocation in an option on -------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ whole percentages; must equal 100%. previous page. Harris Oakmark International Portfolio ____________ ____________ - ----------------------------------------------- -------------- Third Avenue Small Cap Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ Rebalancer % Harris Oakmark Focused Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ Initial Allocator $ MFS(R) Research International Portfolio ____________ ____________ Premium Portfolio Lazard Mid-Cap Portfolio ____________ ____________ Funding Options Allocation %EDCA % Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation - ----------------------------------- ---------- -------------- Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Aggressive Strategy Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Growth Strategy Portfolio __________ ______________ MetLife Stock Index Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Balanced Strategy Portfolio __________ ______________ Lord Abbett Growth and Income Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Moderate Strategy Portfolio __________ ______________ Davis Venture Value Portfolio ____________ ____________ MetLife Defensive Strategy Loomis Sayles Global Markets Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio ____________ ____________ RCM Technology Portfolio __________ ______________ PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond MFS(R) Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio ____________ ____________ Portfolio __________ ______________ PIMCO Total Return Portfolio ____________ ____________ Turner Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Western Asset Management U.S. Met/AIM Small Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Government Portfolio ____________ ____________ Legg Mason Partners Aggressive Fixed Account ____________ ____________ Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Jennison Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio __________ ______________ Neuberger Berman Real Estate Portfolio __________ ______________ T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio __________ ______________ OTHER - Write in any available funds not listed above. Funding Options Initial Premium Allocation % Rebalancer %/ Allocator $/ EDCA % ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-43-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 3 SECTION V - OTHER IMPORTANT OWNER QUESTIONS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. I elect to have the monthly deduction from the cash values taken as follows - choose ONE: [ ] Proportionately from the funding options based on the cash value in each at the time of the deduction. [ ] From the Fixed Account or any other specific funding option. Specify: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you have chosen a specific funding option, please note that if at any time that designated funding option has insufficient cash value to pay the entire amount of the monthly charges, the remaining portion of these charges will be deducted proportionately from each funding option based on the cash value in each at the time of the deduction. 2. Have you received a prospectus for the policy applied for? [ ] Yes [ ] No Date of Prospectus Date of any Prospectus Supplement Package If YES, please indicate: __________________ _________________________________________ 3. Did your Producer review your financial situation, risk tolerance, and investment objectives prior to completing this application? [ ] Yes [ ] No If NO, please indicate on what basis this product was recommended. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you understand that: A. The amount and duration of the death benefit may increase or decrease depending on the policy's investment return, subject to any guarantees provided by the policy? [ ] Yes [ ] No B. There is no guaranteed minimum cash value and the cash value may increase or decrease depending on the policy's investment return? [ ] Yes [ ] No 5. Do you believe that this policy and the funding options you have selected will meet your insurance needs and financial objectives? [ ] Yes [ ] No - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLSUP-43-07 (BARCODE) (07/07) ef 4 EX-99.(R) 5 b66703a1exv99wxry.txt POWERS OF ATTORNEY Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney C. Robert Henrikson Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Advantage VUL File No. 333-135659, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), - Paragon Separate Account A (Group American Plus File No. 333-133699 and AFIS File No. 333-133674), - Paragon Separate Account B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II File No 333-133675, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon File No. 333-133671), - Paragon Separate Account C (Fidelity Direct File No. 333-133678 and Fidelity Commission File No. 333-133673), - Paragon Separate Account D (Joint Survivor VUL File No. 333-133698 and Individual Variable Life File No. 333-133672) and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of July, 2006. /s/ C. Robert Henrikson ---------------------------------------- C. Robert Henrikson Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Burton A. Dole, Jr. Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of April, 2006. /s/ Burton A. Dole, Jr. ---------------------------------------- Burton A. Dole, Jr. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Cheryl W. Grise Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006. /s/ Cheryl W. Grise ---------------------------------------- Cheryl W. Grise Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney James R. Houghton Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of April, 2006. /s/ James R. Houghton ---------------------------------------- James R. Houghton Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Helene L. Kaplan Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006. /s/ Helene L. Kaplan ---------------------------------------- Helene L. Kaplan Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney John M. Keane Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____th day of April, 2006. /s/ John M. Keane ---------------------------------------- John M. Keane Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney James M. Kilts Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of April, 2006. /s/ James M. Kilts ---------------------------------------- James M. Kilts Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Charles M. Leighton Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of April, 2006. /s/ Charles M. Leighton ---------------------------------------- Charles M. Leighton Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Sylvia M. Mathews Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006. /s/ Sylvia M. Mathews ---------------------------------------- Sylvia M. Mathews Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Hugh B. Price Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 2006. /s/ Hugh B. Price ---------------------------------------- Hugh B. Price Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Kenton J. Sicchitano Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of April, 2006. /s/ Kenton J. Sicchitano ---------------------------------------- Kenton J. Sicchitano Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney William C. Steere, Jr. Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____th day of April, 2006. /s/ William C. Steere, Jr. ---------------------------------------- William C. Steere, Jr. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney William J. Wheeler Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of April, 2006. /s/ William J. Wheeler ---------------------------------------- William J. Wheeler Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Power of Attorney Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, an Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York company, do hereby appoint Gwenn L. Carr, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, 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, in connection with: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (Equity Advantage VUL File No. 033-47927, Equity Options File No. 333-40161, Advantage Equity Options File No. 333-131664, MetFlex File No. 033-57320, Group VUL File No. 033-91226, UL II File No. 033-32813), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account E (Preference Plus File No. 002-90380, Settlement Plus File No. 333-80547, Income Security Plan File No. 333-43970, Preference Plus Select File No. 333-52366, Asset Builder VA File 333-69320, Financial Freedom Select File No. 333-83716, Income Security Plan File 333-105692, Personal Pension Builder Select File No. 333-118214, Preference Plus Income Advantage File No. 333-122883, Personal IncomePlus File No. 333-122897), - The New England Variable Account (Zenith Accumulator File No. 333-11131), - New England Variable Annuity Fund I (File No. 333-11137), - New England Life Retirement Investment Account (Preference File No. 333-11133), - Security Equity Separate Account Thirteen (File No. 333-110185), - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Six (File No. 333-110183), and - Security Equity Separate Account Twenty-Seven (File No. 333-110184), and at such time as the following separate accounts are merged into the Company: - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon A (Group America Plus and AFIS Group) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon B (Scudder Direct, Multi Manager Direct, Multi Manager II, Scudder Commission, Multi Manager Commission, Morgan Stanley product, Putnam product, MFS product, Multi Manager Aon) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon C (Fidelity Direct and Fidelity Commission) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Metropolitan Life Separate Account Paragon D (Joint Survivor VUL and Individual Variable Life) (expected on or about May 1, 2006), - Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), and - First Citicorp Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (CitiVariable Variable Annuity and CitiElite Annuity) (expected on or about October, 2006), 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 as 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 with or without the others. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April, 2006. /s/ Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr ---------------------------------------- Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr. COVER 6 filename6.txt SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2415 MARY E. THORNTON DIRECT LINE: 202.383.0698 Internet: mary.thornton@sablaw.com November 19, 2007 VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL Equity Advantage Variable Universal Life ---------------------------------------- Commissioners: On behalf of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (the "Account"), we have attached for filing under the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), an initial registration statement on Form N-6 (the "Registration Statement") for an individual flexible premium variable life insurance policy to be issued though the Account. The Account is registered with the Commission under the 1940 Act (File No. 811-06025). The Registration Statement does not include completed illustrations or financial statements; these items, along with any exhibits not included with this filing, will be added by pre-effective amendment. The Company will be requesting selective review for this filing. A complete request for selective review, together with an appropriately marked copy of the prospectus and statement of additional information included in this Registration Statement, will be forwarded to the Staff shortly under separate cover. If you have any questions or comments regarding the Registration Statement, please call the undersigned at 202/ 383-0698. Sincerely, /s/ Mary E. Thornton Mary E. Thornton Attachment cc: Marie Swift, Esq. John E. Connolly, Jr., Esq. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----