financial position. The Company maintains Professional Liability Insurance
and Director and Officer Liability insurance policies that may cover losses for certain legal and regulatory proceedings. The Company will make adequate provision for any probable and reasonably estimable recoveries under such policies.
The various businesses conducted by the Company are subject to
oversight by numerous federal and state regulatory entities, including but not limited to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Reserve
Bank and state insurance authorities. Such regulatory entities may, in the normal course, be engaged in general or targeted inquiries, examinations and investigations of the Company and/or its affiliates. With respect to all such scrutiny directed
at the Company or their affiliates, the Company is cooperating with regulators. The Company will cooperate with its ultimate parent company, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (NMIC) insofar as any inquiry, examination or investigation encompasses
NMIC’s operations. In addition, recent regulatory activity, including state and federal regulatory activity related to fiduciary standards, may impact the Company’s business and operations, and certain estimates and assumptions used by
the Company in determining the amounts presented in the combined financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions.
Nationwide Investment Services Corporation
The general distributor, NISC, is not engaged in any
litigation that is likely to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its contract with the variable account.
Underlying Mutual Fund Information
This appendix contains information about the underlying mutual
funds in which the Sub-Accounts invest. The underlying mutual funds in which the Sub-Accounts invest are designed primarily as investments for variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued by insurance companies. There is no
guarantee that the investment objectives will be met. Refer to the prospectus for each underlying mutual fund for more detailed information.
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Designations
Key: |
FF:
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The
underlying mutual fund primarily invests in other mutual funds. Therefore, a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of any acquired funds are indirectly borne by investors. As a result, investors in this Sub-Account may incur higher charges
than if the assets were invested in an underlying mutual fund that does not invest in other mutual funds. Refer to the prospectus for this underlying mutual fund for more information. |
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund -
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio: Initial Class
This underlying mutual fund is only
available in contracts for which good order applications were received before September 1, 1999
Investment
Advisor: |
Fidelity
Management & Research Company |
Sub-advisor:
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FMR
Co., Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Research & Analysis Company, Fidelity Investments Japan Limited, Fidelity International Investment Advisors, Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited
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Investment
Objective: |
Reasonable
income. |
Fidelity
Variable Insurance Products Fund - VIP Overseas Portfolio: Initial Class
This underlying mutual fund is only
available in contracts for which good order applications were received before September 1, 1999
Investment
Advisor: |
Fidelity
Management & Research Company |
Sub-advisor:
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Fidelity
Research & Analysis Company |
Investment
Objective: |
Long-term
capital growth. |
JPMorgan Insurance Trust - JPMorgan Insurance
Trust Core Bond Portfolio: Class 1
Investment
Advisor: |
J.P.
Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
Investment
Objective: |
Maximize
total return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of intermediate and long-term debt securities. |
JPMorgan Insurance Trust - JPMorgan Insurance
Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio: Class 1
Investment
Advisor: |
J.P.
Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
Investment
Objective: |
Capital
appreciation with the secondary goal of achieving current income by investing primarily in equity securities. |