Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment under Flexible Payment
Variable Annuity Contracts
PROSPECTUS ISSUED BY
DATED MAY 1, 2019 MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
MONY Life Insurance Company of America (the "Company") issues the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment described in this prospectus. The
Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is available only
under certain variable annuity contracts that we offer.
This Contract is no longer being sold. This prospectus is used with current
Contract Owners only. We will continue to accept Purchase Payments under
existing Contracts. You should note that your Contract features and charges,
and your investment options, may vary depending on your state and/or the date
on which you purchased your Contract. For more information about the particular
options, features and charges applicable to you, please contact your financial
professional and/or refer to your Contract.
Among the many terms of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment are:
- Guaranteed interest to be credited for specific periods (referred to as
"Accumulation Periods").
- Three (3), five (5), seven (7) and ten (10) year Accumulation Periods
are available.
- Interest will be credited for the entire Accumulation Period on a daily
basis. Different rates apply to each Accumulation Period and are
determined by the Company from time to time at its sole discretion.
- A Market Value Adjustment may be charged if part or all of the
Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is surrendered
or transferred before the end of the Accumulation Period.
- Potential purchasers should carefully consider the factors described in
"Risk Factors" beginning on page 7, as well as the other information
contained in this prospectus before allocating Purchase Payments or Fund
Values to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment
offered herein.
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THESE ARE ONLY SOME OF THE TERMS OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET
VALUE ADJUSTMENT. PLEASE READ THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS FOR THE
VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT CAREFULLY FOR MORE COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE
CONTRACT.
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AXA ADVISORS, LLC AND AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC SERVE AS THE DISTRIBUTORS OF THE
CONTRACTS. THEY USE THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO SELL THE CONTRACTS, BUT ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO SELL A SPECIFIC NUMBER OR DOLLAR AMOUNT OF CONTRACTS.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF
THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY OTHER
AGENCY. THEY ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF ANY BANK AND ARE NOT BANK
GUARANTEED. THEY ARE SUBJECT TO INVESTMENT RISKS AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF
PRINCIPAL.
MLA-GIAMVA 05.19
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS.......................................................................3
2. SUMMARY...........................................................................4
Purpose of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment...........4
Purchase Payments.................................................................4
The Accumulation Periods..........................................................4
Crediting of interest.............................................................4
The Market Value Adjustment.......................................................5
Transfers, Surrenders and Loans...................................................5
Death benefit.....................................................................7
Other provisions of the Contract..................................................7
3. RISK FACTORS......................................................................7
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT..........7
General...........................................................................7
Allocations to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment..........8
Specified Interest Rates and the Accumulation Periods.............................8
End of Accumulation Periods.......................................................9
The Market Value Adjustment......................................................10
Contract charges.................................................................11
Guaranteed Interest Account at annuitization.....................................11
5. FEDERAL TAX STATUS...............................................................11
Introduction.....................................................................11
Taxation of annuities in general.................................................12
Qualified retirement plans.......................................................14
Federal Income tax withholding...................................................17
6. INVESTMENTS......................................................................18
7. CONTRACTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET
VALUE ADJUSTMENT.................................................................18
8. MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA...........................................21
9. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS................................................................21
10.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...........................................................21
APPENDIX: INFORMATION ABOUT MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
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1. DEFINITIONS
ACCUMULATION PERIOD -- Currently 3, 5, 7 and 10 years. The Accumulation Period
starts on the Business Day that falls on, or next follows, the date the
Purchase Payment is transferred into the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment and ends on the Monthly Contract Anniversary
immediately prior to the last day of that Accumulation Period.
ANNUITANT -- The person upon whose life continuation of any annuity payment
depends.
ANNUITY STARTING DATE -- Attainment of age 95, or at the discretion of the
Owner of the Contract, a date that is at least ten years from the Effective
Date of the Contract.
BUSINESS DAY -- Our "business day" is generally any day the New York Stock
Exchange is open for regular trading and generally ends at 4.00 p.m. Eastern
Time (or as of an earlier close of regular trading). A Business Day does not
include a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is not open due to emergency
conditions determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. We may also
close early due to such emergency conditions.
CASH VALUE -- The Contract's Fund Value, less (1) any applicable Surrender
Charge, (2) any outstanding debt, and (3) any applicable Market Value
Adjustment.
CODE -- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMPANY -- MONY Life Insurance Company of America, the issuer of the Contract.
"We," "us," and "our" also refer to the Company.
CONTRACT -- The individual flexible payment variable annuity contract under
which the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is available
as an allocation option.
CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY -- An anniversary of the Effective Date of the Contract.
CONTRACT YEAR -- Any period of twelve (12) months commencing on the Effective
Date and each Contract Anniversary hereafter.
EFFECTIVE DATE -- The date the Contract begins as shown in the Contract.
FUND VALUE -- The aggregate dollar value as of any Business Day of all amounts
accumulated under each of the Subaccounts, the Guaranteed Interest Account, and
the Loan Account of the Contract.
GENERAL ACCOUNT -- The General Account of the Company, which consists of all of
the Company's assets other than those assets allocated to the Company's
separate accounts.
GOOD ORDER -- Instructions that we receive at the Operations Center within the
prescribed time limits, if any, specified in the Contract for the transaction
requested. The instructions must be on the appropriate form or in a form
satisfactory to us that includes all the information necessary to execute the
requested transaction, and must be signed by the individual authorized to make
the transaction. To be in "Good Order," instructions must be sufficiently clear
so that we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions
and we must be able to execute the requisite orders.
GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT -- An account which is
part of the General Account.
LOAN -- Available under a Contract issued under Section 401(k) of the Code,
subject to availability. To be considered a Loan: (1) the term must be no more
than five years, (2) repayments must be at least quarterly and substantially
level, and (3) the amount is limited to dollar amounts specified by the Code,
not to exceed 50% of the Fund Value.
LOAN ACCOUNT -- A part of the General Account where Fund Value is held as
collateral for a Loan. An Owner may transfer Fund Value in the Subaccounts
and/or Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment to the Loan
Account.
MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT OR MVA -- An amount added to or deducted from the
amount surrendered or transferred from the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment for Contracts issued in certain states.
MONTHLY CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY -- The date of each month corresponding to the
Effective Date of the Contract. For example, for a Contract with a June 15
Effective Date, the Monthly Contract Anniversary is the 15th of each month. If
a Contract's Effective Date falls on the 29th, 30th or 31st day of a month, the
Monthly Contract Anniversary will be the earlier of that day or the last day of
the particular month in question.
OWNER -- The person so designated in the application to whom all rights,
benefits, options, and privileges apply while the Annuitant is living. If a
Contract has been absolutely assigned, the assignee becomes the Owner.
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PURCHASE PAYMENT -- An amount paid to the Company by the Owner or on the
Owner's behalf as consideration for the benefits provided by the Contract.
SUBACCOUNT -- A division of MONY America Variable Account A, the separate
account supporting the Contracts.
SURRENDER CHARGE -- A deferred sales load, expressed as a percentage of Fund
Value surrendered.
2. SUMMARY
This summary provides you with a brief overview of the more important aspects
of the Contract's Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment. It
is not intended to be complete. More detailed information is contained in this
prospectus on the pages following this summary and in the Contract. This
summary and the entire prospectus will describe only the Guaranteed Interest
Account with Market Value Adjustment. Other parts of the Contract are described
in the Contract and in the prospectus for that Contract. Before allocating your
Purchase Payments to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment, we urge you to read both prospectuses carefully.
PURPOSE OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
The Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is designed to
provide you with an opportunity to receive a guaranteed fixed rate of interest.
You can choose the period of time over which the guaranteed fixed rate of
interest will be paid. That period of time is known as the Accumulation
Period.
The Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is also designed
to provide you with the opportunity to transfer part or all of the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment to the Subaccounts available to
you under the Contract. It is also designed to provide you with the opportunity
to surrender part or all of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment before the end of the Accumulation Period. If you ask us to transfer
or surrender part or all of the Guaranteed Interest Account, we may apply an
MVA. This adjustment may be positive, negative, or zero.
PURCHASE PAYMENTS
The Purchase Payments you make for the Contract are received by the Company.
Currently earnings on those Purchase Payments are not subject to taxes imposed
by the U.S. Government or any state or local government.
You may allocate all or part of your Purchase Payments to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment.
THE ACCUMULATION PERIODS
There are 4 different Accumulation Periods currently available: a 3-year
Accumulation Period, a 5-year Accumulation Period, a 7-year Accumulation Period
and a 10-year Accumulation Period. You may allocate initial or additional
Purchase Payments made under the Contract to one or more Accumulation Periods.
You may also ask us to transfer Fund Values from the Subaccounts available
under the Contract to one or more of the Accumulation Periods. There is no
minimum amount required for allocation or transfer to an Accumulation Period.
(See "Allocations to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment.")
Each Accumulation Period starts on the Business Day that falls on, or next
follows, the date on which allocations are made and Purchase Payments are
received or Fund Values are transferred. Each Accumulation Period ends on the
Monthly Contract Anniversary immediately prior to the 3, 5, 7 or 10 year
anniversary of the start of the Accumulation Period (the "Maturity Date"). This
means that the Accumulation Period for a 3, 5, 7 or 10 year Accumulation Period
may be up to 31 days shorter than 3, 5, 7 or 10 years, respectively. (See
"Specified Interest Rates and the Accumulation Periods.")
CREDITING OF INTEREST
The Company will credit amounts allocated to an Accumulation Period with
interest at an annual rate not less than 3.50%. This interest rate is referred
to as the "Specified Interest Rate." It will be credited for the duration of
the Accumulation Period. Specified Interest Rates for each Accumulation Period
are declared periodically at the sole discretion of the Company. (See
"Specified Interest Rates and the Accumulation Periods.")
At least 15 days and at most 45 days prior to the Maturity Date of an
Accumulation Period, Owners having Fund Values allocated to such Accumulation
Periods will be notified of the impending Maturity Date. Owners will then have
the option of directing the surrender or transfer (including transfers for the
purpose of obtaining a Loan) of the Fund Value within 30 days before the end of
the Accumulation Period without application of any MVA.
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The Specified Interest Rate will be credited to amounts allocated to an
Accumulation Period, so long as such allocations are neither surrendered nor
transferred prior to the Maturity Date for the Allocation Period. The Specified
Interest Rate is credited daily, providing an annual effective yield. (See
"Specified Interest Rates and the Accumulation Periods.")
THE MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
Amounts that are surrendered or transferred (including transfers for the
purpose of obtaining a Loan) from an Accumulation Period more than 30 days
before the Maturity Date will be subject to an MVA. An MVA will not apply upon
annuitization or upon payment of a death benefit. The MVA is determined through
the use of a factor, which is known as the MVA Factor. This factor is discussed
in detail in the section entitled "The Market Value Adjustment." The MVA could
cause an increase or decrease or no change at all in the amount of the
distribution from an Accumulation Period.
TRANSFERS, SURRENDERS AND LOANS
When you request that Contract Fund Value from the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment be transferred to MONY America Variable Account A,
surrendered, loaned to you, or used to pay any charge imposed in accordance
with the Contract, you should tell the Company the source of Fund Value, by
Accumulation Period, of amounts to be transferred, surrendered, loaned, or used
to pay charges. We will not process the surrender unless you tell us the
Accumulation Period(s) from which Fund Value should paid. If you do not specify
an Accumulation Period, your transaction will be processed using the
Accumulation Periods in the order in which money was most recently allocated.
TRANSFERS
Transfers may be made from the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment at any time, but, if they are made before the end of the 3, 5, 7 or
10 year Accumulation Period there will be a Market Value Adjustment for
Contracts issued in most states. If the transfer request is received in Good
Order within 30 days before the end of the Accumulation Period, no Market Value
Adjustment will apply. If multiple Accumulation Periods are in effect, your
transfer request must specify from which Accumulation Period(s) we are to make
the transfer.
Contracts issued in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Washington with Fund Value must
maintain a minimum Fund Value in the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment of $2,500.
SURRENDERS
The Owner may elect to make a surrender of all or part of the Contract's Fund
Value provided it is:
- on or before the Annuity Starting Date, and
- during the lifetime of the Annuitant.
Any such election shall specify the amount of the surrender. The surrender will
be effective on the date a proper written request is received by the Company at
its Operations Center in Good Order.
The amount of the surrender may be up to the Contract's Cash Value (a "full
surrender"), which is its Fund Value less:
(1) any applicable Surrender Charge, and
(2) any applicable Market Value Adjustment.
The surrender may also be for a lesser amount than the Cash Value (a "partial
surrender"). Requested partial surrenders that would leave a Cash Value of less
than $1,000 are treated and processed as a full surrender. In such case, the
entire Cash Value will be paid to the Owner. For a partial surrender, any
Surrender Charge or any applicable Market Value Adjustment will be in addition
to the amount requested by the Owner. A partial surrender may reduce your death
benefit proportionately by the same percentage that the surrender (including
any Surrender Charge and any Market Value Adjustment, if applicable) reduced
Fund Value.
A surrender will result in the cancellation of units of the particular
Subaccounts and/or the withdrawal of amounts credited to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment Accumulation Periods, as chosen
by the Owner. The aggregate value of the surrender will be equal to the dollar
amount of the surrender plus, if applicable, any Surrender Charge and any
applicable Market Value Adjustment. For a partial surrender, the Company will
cancel units of the particular Subaccounts and withdraw amounts from the
Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment Accumulation Period
under the allocation specified by the Owner. The unit value will be calculated
as of
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the end of the Business Day the surrender request is received in Good Order.
The Owner can specify partial surrender allocations by either amount or
percentage. Allocations by percentage must be in whole percentages (totaling
100%). The minimum percentage of allocation for a partial surrender is 10% of
any Subaccount or Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment
designated by the Owner. The request will not be accepted if:
- there is insufficient Fund Value in the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment or a Subaccount to provide for the requested
allocation against it, or
- the request is incomplete or incorrect or otherwise not in Good Order.
Any Surrender Charge will be allocated against the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment and each Subaccount in the same proportion that
each allocation bears to the total amount of the partial surrender. Contracts
issued in Maryland, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma,
Oregon, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Washington
must maintain a minimum Fund Value in the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment of $2,500.
The amount of any surrender, death benefit, or transfer payable from MONY
America Variable Account A amount will be paid in accordance with the
requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"). However, the Company may be permitted to postpone such payment under the
1940 Act. Postponement is currently permissible only for any period during
which:
(1) the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than customary weekend
and holiday closings, or
(2) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
(3) an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of securities held
by MONY America Variable Account A is not reasonably practicable or
it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of the net
assets of MONY America Variable Account A.
Any surrender involving payment from amounts credited to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment may be postponed, at the option
of the Company, for up to 6 months from the date the request for a surrender is
received by the Company in Good Order. Surrenders involving payment from the
Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment may in certain
circumstances and in certain states also be subject to a Market Value
Adjustment, in addition to a Surrender Charge.
The tax results of a surrender should be carefully considered. (See "Federal
tax status.")
Please note: If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a
Purchase Payment. In addition, we may also be required to block an Owner's
account and thereby refuse to honor any request for transfers, partial
surrenders, Loans or death benefits until instructions are secured from the
appropriate regulator. We may also be required to provide additional
information about your account to government regulators.
LOANS
Qualified Contracts issued under Section 401(k) under the Code will have a loan
provision (except in the case of Contracts issued in Vermont) under which a
Loan can be taken using the Contract as collateral for the Loan. All of the
following conditions apply in order for the amount to be considered a loan,
rather than a (taxable) partial surrender:
- The term of the Loan generally must be 5 years or less.
- Repayments are required at least quarterly and must be substantially
level.
- The Loan amount is limited to certain dollar amounts as specified by the
IRS.
The Owner (Plan Trustee) must certify that these conditions are satisfied.
Loans could have tax consequences. (See "Federal tax status.")
In any event, the maximum outstanding Loan on a Contract is 50% of the Fund
Value in the Subaccounts and/or the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment. Loans are not permitted before the end of the right to return
contract period. In requesting a Loan, the Owner must specify the Subaccounts
from which Fund Value equal to the amount of the Loan requested will be taken.
Loans from the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment are not
taken until Fund Value in the Subaccounts is exhausted. If in order to provide
the Owner with the amount of the Loan requested, and Fund Values must be taken
from the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment, then the
Owner must specify the Accumulation Periods from which Fund Values equal to
such
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amount will be taken. If the Owner fails to specify Subaccounts and
Accumulation Periods, the request for a Loan will be returned to the Owner.
Values are transferred to a Loan Account that earns interest at an annual rate
of 3.50%. The annual loan interest rate charged on outstanding Loans will be 6%
in arrears. Thus, the annual net cost of the loan is 2.50%. Any interest not
paid when due will be added to the Loan and bear interest at the 6% annual
rate.
Loan repayments must be specifically earmarked as loan repayment and will be
allocated to the Subaccounts and/or the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment using the most recent payment allocation on record. Otherwise,
we will treat the payment as a net Purchase Payment.
DEATH BENEFIT
Upon payment of a death benefit, if there are funds allocated to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment at the time of death, any
applicable Market Value Adjustment will be waived.
OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT
This summary and this prospectus do not describe the other provisions of the
Contract. Please refer to the prospectus for the Contract and to the Contract
itself for the details of these provisions.
3. RISK FACTORS
Potential purchasers should carefully consider the Company's risk factors
described in this section as well as the other information contained in this
prospectus before allocating Purchase Payments or Fund Values to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment offered herein. Such risk factors
relate to the Company's claims-paying ability and financial strength, upon
which payments from the Company's General Account depend. They include:
(i) the risk of losses on real estate and commercial mortgage loans,
(ii) other risks relating to the Company's investment portfolio that could
affect the profitability of the Company,
(iii) the risk that interest rate changes could make certain of the
Company's products less profitable to the Company or less attractive
to customers,
(iv) risks with respect to certain sales practice litigation that could
result in substantial judgments against the Company,
(v) the risk of increased surrenders of certain annuities as the
Surrender Charges with respect to such annuities expire that could
eliminate sources of revenues (charges under the annuities) and/or
exhaust the Company's liquid assets and force the Company to
liquidate other assets, perhaps on unfavorable terms,
(vi) risks associated with certain economic and market factors,
(vii) the risk of variations in claims experience that could be different
than the assumptions management used in pricing the Company's
products,
(viii) risks related to certain insurance regulatory matters -- i.e., that
certain issues raised during examinations of the Company could have
a material impact on the Company,
(ix) risks of competition,
(x) risks with respect to claims paying ability ratings and financial
strength ratings that could adversely affect the Company's ability to
compete, and
(xi) risks of potential adoption of new federal income tax legislation
that could adversely affect the Company and its ability to compete
with non-insurance products and the demand for certain insurance
products.
4. DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE
ADJUSTMENT
GENERAL
The Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is an allocation
option available under certain variable annuity contracts issued by the
Company. Not all of the variable annuity contracts issued by the Company offer
the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment, nor is the
Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment available in every
state jurisdiction. The Contract that offers the Guaranteed Interest
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Account with Market Value Adjustment clearly discloses whether the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is available as an allocation
choice to the Owner. If the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment is available under a variable annuity issued by the Company, the
prospectus for the variable annuity contract and this prospectus must be read
carefully together in the same manner that prospectuses for underlying mutual
funds must be read with the prospectus for the Contracts.
The guarantees associated with the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment are borne exclusively by the Company. The guarantees
associated with the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment
are legal obligations of the Company. Fund Values allocated to the Guaranteed
Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment are held in the General Account
of the Company. Amounts allocated to the General Account of the Company are
subject to the liabilities arising from the business the Company conducts. The
Company has sole investment discretion over the investment of the assets of its
General Account. Owners having allocated amounts to a particular Accumulation
Period of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment,
however, will have no claim against any particular assets of the Company.
The Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment provides for a
Specified Interest Rate, which is a guaranteed interest rate that will be
credited as long as any amount allocated to the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment is not distributed for any reason prior to the
Maturity Date of the particular Accumulation Period chosen by the Owner.
Generally, a 3-year Accumulation Period offers guaranteed interest at a
Specified Interest Rate over three years, a 5-year Accumulation Period offers
guaranteed interest at a Specified Interest Rate over five years, and so on.
Because the Maturity Date is the Monthly Contract Anniversary immediately prior
to the 3, 5, 7 or 10 year anniversary of the start of the Accumulation Period,
the Accumulation Period may be up to 31 days shorter than the 3, 5, 7 or 10
years, respectively.
Although the Specified Interest Rate will continue to be credited as long as
Fund Value remains in an Accumulation Period of the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment prior to the Maturity Date of that Accumulation
Period, surrenders or transfers (including transfers to the Loan Account as a
result of a request by the Owner for a Loan) will be subject to a Market Value
Adjustment, as described below. Market Value Adjustments do not apply upon
annuitization or upon payment of a death benefit.
ALLOCATIONS TO THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
There are three sources from which allocations to the Guaranteed Interest
Account with Market Value Adjustment may be made:
(1) an initial Purchase Payment made under a Contract may be wholly or
partially allocated to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment;
(2) a subsequent or additional Purchase Payment made under a Contract may
be partially or wholly allocated to the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment; and
(3) amounts transferred from Subaccounts available under the Contract may
be wholly or partially allocated to the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment.
There is no minimum amount of any allocation of either Purchase Payments or
transfers of Fund Value to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment. The Contract provides that the prior approval of the Company is
required before it will accept a Purchase Payment where, with that Purchase
Payment, cumulative Purchase Payments made under the Contract held by the
Owner, less the amount of any prior partial surrenders and their Surrender
Charges, the MVA, and any debt, exceed $1,500,000. This limit applies to the
aggregate of Fund Values in the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment, the Subaccounts and the Loan Account of the Contract.
SPECIFIED INTEREST RATES AND THE ACCUMULATION PERIODS
SPECIFIED INTEREST RATES
The Specified Interest Rate, at any given time, is the rate of interest
guaranteed by the Company to be credited to allocations made to the
Accumulation Period for the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment chosen by the Owner, so long as no portion of the allocation is
distributed for any reason prior to the Maturity Date of the Accumulation
Period. Different Specified Interest Rates may be established for the four
different Accumulation Periods which are currently available (3, 5, 7 and 10
years).
The Company declares Specified Interest Rates for each of the available
Accumulation Periods from time to time. Normally, new Specified Interest Rates
will be declared monthly; however, depending on interest rate fluctuations,
declarations of new Specified Interest Rates may occur more or less frequently.
The Company observes no specific
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method in the establishment of the Specified Interest Rates, but generally will
attempt to declare Specified Interest Rates which are related to interest rates
associated with fixed-income investments available at the time and having
durations and cash flow attributes compatible with the Accumulation Periods
then available for the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment. In addition, the establishment of Specified Interest Rates may be
influenced by other factors, including competitive considerations,
administrative costs and general economic trends. The Company has no way of
predicting what Specified Interest Rates may be declared in the future and
there is no guarantee that the Specified Interest Rate for any of the
Accumulation Periods will exceed the guaranteed minimum effective annual
interest rate of 3.50%. OWNERS BEAR THE RISK THAT THE SPECIFIED INTEREST RATE
WILL NOT EXCEED THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM RATE.
The period of time during which a particular Specified Interest Rate is in
effect for new allocations to the then available Accumulation Periods is
referred to as the "Investment Period." All allocations made to an Accumulation
Period during an Investment Period are credited with the Specified Interest
Rate in effect. An Investment Period ends only when a new Specified Interest
Rate relative to the Accumulation Period in question is declared. Subsequent
declarations of new Specified Interest Rates have no effect on allocations made
to Accumulation Periods during prior Investment Periods. All such prior
allocations will be credited with the Specified Interest Rate in effect when
the allocation was made for the duration of the Accumulation Period selected.
Information concerning the Specified Interest Rates in effect for the various
Accumulation Periods can be obtained by contacting an agent by calling the
Company at the toll free telephone number: (800) 487-6669 or contacting your
financial professional.
The Specified Interest Rate is credited on a daily basis to allocations made to
an Accumulation Period elected by the Owner, resulting in an annual effective
yield which is guaranteed by the Company, unless amounts are surrendered,
transferred or paid out on death of Annuitant from that Accumulation Period for
any reason prior to the Maturity Date for that Accumulation Period. The
Specified Interest Rate will be credited for the entire Accumulation Period. If
amounts are surrendered or transferred from the Accumulation Period for any
reason prior to the Maturity Date, a Market Value Adjustment will be applied to
the amount surrendered or transferred.
ACCUMULATION PERIODS
For each Accumulation Period, the Specified Interest Rate in effect at the time
of the allocation to that Accumulation Period is guaranteed. An Accumulation
Period always ends on a Maturity Date, which is the Monthly Contract
Anniversary immediately prior to the 3, 5, 7 or 10 year anniversary of the
start of the Accumulation Period. Therefore, the Specified Interest Rate may be
credited for up to 31 days less than the full 3, 5, 7 or 10 years.
For example, if the Effective Date of a Contract is August 10, 2017 and an
allocation is made to a 10 year Accumulation Period on August 15, 2017 and the
funds for a new Purchase Payment are received in Good Order on that day, the
Accumulation Period will begin on August 15, 2017 and end on August 10, 2027,
during which period the Specified Interest Rate will be credited.
All Accumulation Periods for the 3, 5, 7 and 10 year Accumulation Periods,
respectively, will be determined in a manner consistent with the foregoing
example.
We reserve the right to change the Accumulation Periods offered.
END OF ACCUMULATION PERIODS
At least fifteen days and at most forty-five days prior to the end of an
Accumulation Period, the Company will send notice to the Owner of the impending
Maturity Date. The notice will include the projected Fund Value held in the
Accumulation Period on the Maturity Date and will specify the various options
Owners may exercise with respect to the Accumulation Period:
(1) During the thirty-day period before the Maturity Date, the Owner may
wholly or partially surrender the Fund Value held in that
Accumulation Period without a Market Value Adjustment; however,
Surrender Charges under the Contract, if applicable, will be
assessed.
(2) During the thirty-day period before the Maturity Date, the Owner may
wholly or partially transfer the Fund Value held in that Accumulation
Period, without a Market Value Adjustment, to any Subaccount then
available under the Contract or may elect that the Fund Value held in
that Accumulation Period be held for an additional Accumulation
Period of the same number of years or for another Accumulation Period
of a different number of years which may at the time be available. A
confirmation of any such transfer or election will be sent
immediately after the transfer or election is processed.
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(3) If the Owner does not make an election within thirty days following
the Maturity Date, the entire Fund Value held in the maturing
Accumulation Period will be transferred to an Accumulation Period of
the same number of years as the Accumulation Period which matured.
The start of the new Accumulation Period is the ending date of the
previous Accumulation Period. However, if that period would extend
beyond the Annuity Starting Date of the Contract or if that period is
not then made available by the Company, the Fund Value held in the
maturing Accumulation Period will be automatically transferred to the
Money Market Subaccount at the end of the Maturity Period. A
confirmation will be sent immediately after the automatic transfer is
executed.
During the thirty-day period prior to the Maturity Date, and prior to any of
the transactions set forth in (1), (2), or (3) above, the Specified Value held
in the maturing Accumulation Period will continue to be credited with the
Specified Interest Rate in effect before the Maturity Date.
THE MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE MVA
A surrender or transfer (including a transfer to the Loan Account as a result
of a request by the Owner for a Loan) from the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment prior to thirty-day period before the Maturity Date of
that particular Accumulation Period will be subject to a Market Value
Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment will not apply upon annuitization or upon
payment of a death benefit. The Market Value Adjustment is determined by the
multiplication of an MVA Factor (see "The MVA Factor" below) by the Specified
Value, or the portion of the Specified Value being surrendered or transferred
(including transfers for the purpose of obtaining a Loan). The Specified Value
is the amount of the allocation of Purchase Payments and transfers of Fund
Value to an Accumulation Period of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market
Value Adjustment, plus interest accrued at the Specified Interest Rate minus
prior distributions. The Market Value Adjustment may either increase, decrease,
or have no impact on the amount of the distribution. It will not apply to
requests for transfer or full or partial surrenders received at our Operations
Center in Good Order within 30 days before the end of the applicable
Accumulation Period.
The Market Value Adjustment is intended to approximate, without duplicating,
the experience of the Company when it liquidates assets in order to satisfy
contractual obligations. Such obligations arise when Owners request surrenders
or transfers (including transfers for the purpose of obtaining a Loan). When
liquidating assets, the Company may realize either a gain or a loss.
If prevailing interest rates are higher at the time of a surrender or transfer
(including transfers for the purpose of obtaining a Loan) than the Specified
Interest Rate in effect at the time the Accumulation Period commences, the
Company will realize a loss when it liquidates assets in order to process a
surrender or transfer (including transfers for the purpose of obtaining a
Loan); therefore, application of the Market Value Adjustment under such
circumstances will decrease the amount of the surrender or transfer (including
transfers for the purpose of obtaining a Loan).
Generally, if prevailing interest rates are lower than the Specified Interest
Rate in effect at the time the Accumulation Period commences, the Company will
realize a gain when it liquidates assets in order to process a surrender or
transfer (including transfers for the purpose of obtaining a Loan); therefore,
application of the MVA under such circumstances will generally increase the
amount of the surrender or transfer (including transfers for the purpose of
obtaining a Loan).
The Company measures the relationship between prevailing interest rates and the
Specified Interest Rates it declares through the MVA Factor. The MVA Factor is
described more fully below.
THE MVA FACTOR
The formula for determining the MVA Factor is:
[(1+a)/(1+b)]/((n-t)/12)/-1
Where:
a = the Specified Interest Rate for the Accumulation Period from which
the surrender, transfer or Loan is to be taken;
b = the Specified Interest Rate declared at the time a surrender or
transfer is requested for an Accumulation Period equal to the time
remaining in the Accumulation Period from which the surrender or transfer
(including transfer to the Loan Account as a result of a request by the
Owner for a Loan) is requested, plus 0.25%;
n = the Accumulation Period from which the surrender or transfer occurs in
months; and
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t = the number of elapsed months (or portion thereof) in the Accumulation
Period from which the surrender or transfer occurs.
If an Accumulation Period equal to the time remaining is not issued by the
Company, the rate will be an interpolation between two available Accumulation
Periods. If two such Accumulation Periods are not available, we will use the
rate for the next closest available Accumulation Period.
If the Company is no longer declaring rates on new payments, we will use
Treasury yields adjusted for investment risk as the basis for the Market Value
Adjustment.
The MVA Factor shown above also accounts for some of the administrative and
processing expenses incurred when fixed-interest investments are liquidated.
This is represented in the addition of 0.25% in the MVA Factor.
The MVA Factor will be multiplied by that portion of the Fund Value being
surrendered, transferred, or distributed for any other reason. If the result is
greater than 0, a gain will be realized by the Owner; if less than 0, a loss
will be realized. If the MVA Factor is exactly 0, no gain or loss will be
realized by the Owner.
CONTRACT CHARGES
The Contracts under which the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment is made available have various fees and charges, some of which may
be assessed against allocations made to the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment.
Surrender Charges, if applicable, will be assessed against full or partial
surrenders from the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment.
If any such surrender occurs prior to the thirty-day period before the Maturity
Date for any particular Accumulation Period elected by the Owner, the amount
surrendered will be subject to a Market Value Adjustment in addition to
Surrender Charges. The variable annuity prospectus fully describes the
Surrender Charges. Please refer to the variable annuity prospectus for complete
details regarding the Surrender Charges under the Contracts.
Mortality and expense risk charges which may be assessed under Contracts will
not be assessed against any allocation to the Guaranteed Interest Account with
Market Value Adjustment. Such charges apply only to the Fund Value allocated to
the Subaccounts.
GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT AT ANNUITIZATION
On the Annuity Starting Date, the Contract's Cash Value, including the
Specified Value of all Accumulation Periods of the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment, will be applied to provide an annuity or any
other option previously chosen by the Owner and permitted by the Company.
Because the Annuity Starting Date will always coincide with or follow the
Maturity Date of any Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment,
no Market Value Adjustment will apply at annuitization. For more information
about annuitization and annuity options, please refer to the prospectus for the
Contract and to the Contract itself.
5. FEDERAL TAX STATUS
INTRODUCTION
The following discussion of the federal income tax treatment of the Contract is
not exhaustive, does not purport to cover all situations, and is not intended
as tax advice. The federal income tax treatment of the Contract is unclear in
certain circumstances, and you should always consult a qualified tax adviser
regarding the application of law to individual circumstances. This discussion
is based on the Code, Treasury Department regulations, and interpretations
existing on the date of this prospectus. These authorities, however, are
subject to change by Congress, the Treasury Department, and judicial
decisions.
This discussion does not address Federal estate, gift, or generation skipping
transfer taxes, or any state or local tax consequences associated with the
purchase of the Contract. In addition, THE COMPANY MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING
ANY TAX TREATMENT -- FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL -- OF ANY CONTRACT OR OF ANY
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.
THE COMPANY'S TAX STATUS
The Company is taxed as a life insurance company under the Code. The assets
underlying the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment are
owned by the Company, and the income derived from such assets will be
includible in the Company's income for federal income tax purposes.
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TAXATION OF ANNUITIES IN GENERAL
TAX DEFERRAL DURING ACCUMULATION PERIOD
Under existing provisions of the Code, except as described below, any increase
in an Owner's Fund Value is generally not taxable to the Owner until received,
either in the form of annuity payments as contemplated by the Contracts, or in
some other form of distribution.
NONNATURAL OWNER
As a general rule, Contracts held by "nonnatural persons" such as a
corporation, trust or other similar entity, as opposed to a natural person, are
not treated as annuity contracts for federal tax purposes. The income on such
Contracts (as defined in the tax law) is taxed as ordinary income that is
received or accrued by the Owner of the Contract during the taxable year. There
are several exceptions to this general rule for nonnatural Owners. First,
Contracts will generally be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal
owner is a trust or other entity which holds the Contract as an agent for a
natural person. Thus, if a group Contract is held by a trust or other entity as
an agent for certificate owners who are individuals, those individuals should
be treated as owning an annuity for federal income tax purposes. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of any employer who is the nominal
owner of a Contract under a non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement for
its employees.
In addition, exceptions to the general rule for nonnatural Owners will apply
with respect to:
(1) Contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death
of the decedent;
(2) certain Qualified Contracts;
(3) Contracts purchased by employers upon the termination of certain
Qualified Plans;
(4) certain Contracts used in connection with structured settlement
agreements; and
(5) Contracts purchased with a single purchase payment when the annuity
starting date is no later than a year from purchase of the Contract
and substantially equal periodic payments are made, not less
frequently than annually, during the annuity period.
DELAYED ANNUITY PAYMENT DATES
If the date annuity payments start under the Contract occurs (or is scheduled
to occur) at a time when the Annuitant has reached an advanced age (E.G., past
age 95), it is possible that the Contract would not be treated as an annuity
for federal income tax purposes. In that event, the income and gains under the
Contract could be currently includable in the Owner's income.
The remainder of this discussion assumes that the Contract will be treated as
an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes.
TAXATION OF SURRENDERS AND PARTIAL SURRENDERS
In the case of a partial surrender, amounts you receive are generally
includable in income to the extent your "cash surrender value" before the
partial surrender exceeds your "investment in the contract" (defined below).
All amounts includable in income with respect to the Contract are taxed as
ordinary income; no amounts are taxed at the special lower rates applicable to
long term capital gains and corporate dividends. Amounts received under an
automatic withdrawal plan are treated for tax purposes as partial surrenders,
not annuity payments. In the case of a surrender, amounts received are
includable in income to the extent they exceed the "investment in the
contract." For these purposes, the "investment in the contract" at any time
equals the total of the Purchase Payments made under the Contract to that time
(to the extent such payments were neither deductible when made nor excludable
from income as, for example, in the case of certain contributions to Qualified
Contracts) less any amounts previously received from the Contract which were
not includable in income.
As described elsewhere in this prospectus, the cost of the enhanced death
benefit option is reflected in the mortality and expense risk charge. It is
possible that the portion of the mortality and expense risk charge that
represents the cost of the enhanced death benefit option could be treated for
federal tax purposes as a partial surrender from the Contract. If the Contract
has additional riders, charges (or some portion thereof) for such riders could
be treated for federal tax purposes as partial surrenders from the Contract.
There is some uncertainty regarding the treatment of the Market Value
Adjustment for purposes of determining the amount includible in income as a
result of any partial surrender, surrender, assignment, pledge, or transfer
without adequate consideration. Congress has given the IRS regulatory authority
to address this uncertainty. However, as of the date of this Prospectus, the
IRS has not issued any regulations addressing these determinations. Similarly,
if the
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Contract is issued with a Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit Rider, the
Guaranteed Annuitization Value might be used by the IRS for purposes of
determining the amount includible in income as a result of any partial
surrender, surrender, assignment, pledge, or transfer without adequate
consideration. In that event, the amount treated as income could be higher.
Surrenders and partial surrenders may be subject to a 10% penalty tax. (See
"Penalty Tax on Premature Distributions.") Surrenders and partial surrenders
may also be subject to federal income tax withholding requirements. (See
"Federal Income Tax Withholding.")
TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS
Normally, the portion of each annuity income payment taxable as ordinary income
equals the excess of the payment over the exclusion amount. The exclusion
amount is determined by multiplying (1) the payment by (2) the ratio of the
"investment in the contract" (defined above) you allocate to the settlement
option, adjusted for any period certain or refund feature, to the total
expected amount of annuity income payments for the term of the Contract
(determined under Treasury Department regulations).
Once the total amount of the investment in the contract is excluded using the
above formula, annuity income payments will be fully taxable. If annuity income
payments cease because of the death of the Annuitant and before the total
amount of the investment in the contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount
generally will be allowed as a deduction.
There may be special income tax issues present in situations where the Owner
and the Annuitant are not the same person and are not married to one another
within the meaning of federal law. You should consult a tax advisor in those
situations.
Annuity income payments may be subject to federal income tax withholding
requirements. (See "Federal Income Tax Withholding.")
TAXATION OF PROCEEDS PAYABLE UPON DEATH
Prior to the date annuity payments start, we may distribute amounts from a
Contract because of the death of an Owner or, in certain circumstances, the
death of the Annuitant. Such proceeds are includable in income as follows:
(1) if distributed in a lump sum or under Settlement Option 1 (described
herein), they are taxed in the same manner as a surrender, as
described above; or
(2) if distributed under Settlement Options 2, 3, 3A, or 4 (described
herein), they are taxed in the same manner as annuity income
payments, as described above.
After the date annuity payments start, if a guaranteed period exists under a
life income settlement option and the payee dies before the end of that period,
payments we make to the Beneficiary for the remainder of that period are
includable in income as follows:
(1) if received in a lump sum, they are included in income to the extent
that they exceed the unrecovered investment in the contract at that
time; or
(2) if distributed in accordance with the existing settlement option
selected, they are fully excluded from income until the remaining
investment in the contract is deemed to be recovered, and all annuity
income payments thereafter are fully includable in income.
Proceeds payable on death may be subject to federal income tax withholding
requirements. (See "Federal Income Tax Withholding.")
The Company may be liable for payment of the generation skipping transfer tax
under certain circumstances. In the event that the Company determines that such
liability exists, an amount necessary to pay the generation skipping transfer
tax may be subtracted from the proceeds.
ASSIGNMENTS, PLEDGES, AND GRATUITOUS TRANSFERS
Other than in the case of Qualified Contracts (which generally cannot be
assigned or pledged), any assignment or pledge of (or agreement to assign or
pledge) any portion of the Fund Value is treated for federal income tax
purposes as a surrender of such amount or portion. If the entire Fund Value is
assigned or pledged, subsequent increases in the Fund Value are also treated as
withdrawals for as long as the assignment or pledge remains in place. The
investment in the contract is increased by the amount includable as income with
respect to such assignment or pledge, though it is not affected by any other
aspect of the assignment or pledge (including its release). If an Owner
transfers a Contract without adequate consideration to a person other than the
Owner's spouse (or to a former
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spouse incident to divorce), the Owner will be required to include in income
the difference between the "cash surrender value" and the investment in the
contract at the time of transfer. In such case, the transferee's "investment in
the contract" will increase to reflect the increase in the transferor's income.
The exceptions for transfers to the Owner's spouse (or to a former spouse) are
limited to individuals that are treated as spouses under federal law.
PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS
Where we have not issued the Contract in connection with a Qualified Plan,
there generally is a 10% penalty tax on the amount of any payment from the
Contract, E.G., surrenders, partial surrenders, annuity payments, death
proceeds, assignments, pledges and gratuitous transfers, that is includable in
income unless the payment is:
(a) received on or after the Owner reaches age 59 1/2;
(b) attributable to the Owner's becoming disabled (as defined in the tax
law);
(c) made on or after the death of the Owner or, if the Owner is not an
individual, on or after the death of the primary annuitant (as
defined in the tax law);
(d) made as part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments
(not less frequently than annually) for the life (or life expectancy)
of the Owner or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the
Owner and a designated beneficiary (as defined in the tax law); or
(e) made under a Contract purchased with a single Purchase Payment when
the annuity starting date is no later than a year from purchase of
the Contract and substantially equal periodic payments are made, not
less frequently than annually, during the annuity period.
Certain other exceptions to the 10% penalty tax not described herein also may
apply. (Similar rules, discussed below, apply in the case of certain Qualified
Contracts.)
AGGREGATION OF CONTRACTS
In certain circumstances, the IRS may determine the amount of an annuity income
payment or a surrender from a Contract that is includable in income by
combining some or all of the annuity contracts a person owns that were not
issued in connection with Qualified Plans. For example, if a person purchases a
Contract offered by this Prospectus and also purchases at approximately the
same time an immediate annuity issued by the Company (or its affiliates), the
IRS may treat the two contracts as one contract. In addition, if a person
purchases two or more deferred annuity contracts from the same insurance
company (or its affiliates) during any calendar year, all such contracts will
be treated as one contract for purposes of determining whether any payment that
was not received as an annuity (including surrenders prior to the date annuity
payments start) is includable in income. The effects of such aggregation are
not always clear; however, it could affect the amount of a surrender or an
annuity payment that is taxable and the amount which might be subject to the
10% penalty tax described above.
MEDICARE HOSPITAL INSURANCE TAX ON CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS
Effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2012, a Medicare hospital
insurance tax of 3.8% will apply to some types of investment income. This tax
will apply to all taxable distributions from nonqualified annuities. This tax
only applies to taxpayers with "modified adjusted gross income" above $250,000
in the case of married couples filing jointly, $125,000 in the case of married
couples filing separately, and $200,000 for all others. For more information
regarding this tax and whether it may apply to you, please consult your tax
advisor.
LOSS OF INTEREST DEDUCTION WHERE CONTRACT IS HELD BY OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF
CERTAIN NONNATURAL PERSONS
In the case of Contracts issued after June 8, 1997, to a nonnatural taxpayer
(such as a corporation or a trust), or held for the benefit of such an entity,
that entity's general interest deduction under the Code may be limited. More
specifically, a portion of its otherwise deductible interest may not be
deductible by the entity, regardless of whether the interest relates to debt
used to purchase or carry the Contract. However, this interest deduction
disallowance does not affect Contracts where the income on such Contracts is
treated as ordinary income that the Owner received or accrued during the
taxable year. Entities that have purchased the Contract, or entities that will
be Beneficiaries under a Contract, should consult a tax adviser.
QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
IN GENERAL
The Contracts are also designed for use in connection with certain types of
retirement plans which receive favorable treatment under the Code. Numerous
special tax rules apply to the participants in Qualified Plans and to Contracts
used in connection with Qualified Plans. Therefore, we make no attempt in this
prospectus to provide more than
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general information about use of the Contract with the various types of
Qualified Plans. State income tax rules applicable to Qualified Plans and
Qualified Contracts often differ from federal income tax rules, and this
prospectus does not describe any of these differences. THOSE WHO INTEND TO USE
THE CONTRACT IN CONNECTION WITH QUALIFIED PLANS SHOULD SEEK COMPETENT ADVICE.
The tax rules applicable to Qualified Plans vary according to the type of plan
and the terms and conditions of the plan itself. For example, for surrenders,
automatic withdrawals, partial surrenders, and annuity income payments under
Qualified Contracts, there may be no "investment in the contract" and the total
amount received may be taxable. Both the amount of the contribution that you
and/or your employer may make, and the tax deduction or exclusion that you
and/or your employer may claim for such contribution, are limited under
Qualified Plans.
In the case of Qualified Contracts, special rules apply to the time at which
distributions must commence and the form in which the distributions must be
paid. For example, the length of any guarantee period may be limited in some
circumstances to satisfy certain minimum distribution requirements under the
Code. Due to the presence of a Market Value Adjustment there may be in some
circumstances uncertainty as to the amount of required minimum distributions.
Furthermore, failure to comply with minimum distribution requirements
applicable to Qualified Plans will result in the imposition of an excise tax.
This excise tax generally equals 50% of the amount by which a minimum required
distribution exceeds the actual distribution from the Qualified Plan. In the
case of Individual Retirement Accounts or Annuities (IRAs), distributions of
minimum amounts (as specified in the tax law) must generally commence by April
1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Owner attains
age 70 1/2. In the case of certain other Qualified Plans, distributions of such
minimum amounts must generally commence by the later of this date or April 1 of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee retires.
The death benefit and the Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit Rider under your
Contract and certain other benefits that the IRS may characterize as "other
benefits" for purposes of the regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9), may
increase the amount of the minimum required distribution that must be taken
from your Contract.
As described earlier in this prospectus, certain Qualified Contracts issued
under a Code Section 401(k) plan will have a loan provision under which a loan
can be taken using the Contract as collateral for the loan. In general, loans
from Qualified Contracts are taxable distributions unless certain requirements
are satisfied. For example, the loan, by its terms, generally must be repaid
within 5 years, repayments are required at least quarterly and must be
substantially level, and the loan amount is limited to certain dollar amounts
specified by the IRS. These dollar limits take into account other recent loans
you have had under the plan. If these requirements are not satisfied when the
loan is received or while the loan is outstanding, it could result in a taxable
distribution from the Qualified Contract. The plan may also require the loan to
be repaid upon severance from employment. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PLAN
ADMINISTRATOR AND/OR TAX ADVISER REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF LOANS IN THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
There may be a 10% penalty tax on the taxable amount of payments from certain
Qualified Contracts. There are exceptions to this penalty tax which vary
depending on the type of Qualified Plan. In the case of an IRA, exceptions
provide that the penalty tax does not apply to a payment:
(a) received on or after the date the Owner reaches age 59 1/2;
(b) received on or after the Owner's death or because of the Owner's
disability (as defined in the tax law); or
(c) made as part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments
(not less frequently than annually) for the life (or life expectancy)
of the Owner or for the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of
the Owner and his designated beneficiary (as defined in the tax
law).
These exceptions generally apply to taxable distributions from other Qualified
Plans (although, in the case of plans qualified under section 401, exception
"c" above for substantially equal periodic payments applies only if the Owner
has separated from service). In addition, the penalty tax does not apply to
certain distributions from IRAs which are used for qualified first time home
purchases or for higher education expenses. You must meet special conditions to
be eligible for these two exceptions to the penalty tax. Those wishing to take
a distribution from an IRA for these purposes should consult their tax advisor.
Certain other exceptions to the 10% penalty tax not described herein also may
apply.
Owners, Annuitants, and Beneficiaries are cautioned that the rights of any
person to any benefits under Qualified Plans may be subject to the terms and
conditions of the plans themselves, regardless of the terms and conditions of
the Contract. In addition, the Company shall not be bound by terms and
conditions of Qualified Plans to the extent such terms and conditions
contradict the Contract, unless the Company consents.
Following are brief descriptions of various types of Qualified Plans in
connection with which the Company may issue a Contract.
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INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS AND ANNUITIES
Section 408 of the Code permits eligible individuals to contribute to an
individual retirement program known as an IRA. If you use this Contract in
connection with an IRA, the Owner and Annuitant generally must be the same
individual and generally may not be changed. IRAs are subject to limits on the
amounts that may be contributed and deducted, on the persons who may be
eligible, and on the time when distributions must commence. Also, subject to
the direct rollover and mandatory withholding requirements (discussed below),
you may "roll over" distributions from certain Qualified Plans on a
tax-deferred basis into an IRA. Contracts may also be issued in connection with
a "Simplified Employee Pension" or "SEP IRA" under Section 408(k) of the
Code.
However, you may not use the Contract in connection with a "Coverdell Education
Savings Account" (formerly known as an "Education IRA") under Section 530 of
the Code, or a "Simple IRA" under Section 408(p) of the Code.
ROTH IRAS
Section 408A of the Code permits eligible individuals to contribute to a type
of IRA known as a "Roth IRA." Roth IRAs are generally subject to the same rules
as non-Roth IRAs, but differ in several respects. Among the differences is
that, although contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible, "qualified
distributions" from a Roth IRA will be excludable from income.
A qualified distribution is a distribution that satisfies two requirements.
First, the distribution must be made in a taxable year that is at least five
years after the first taxable year for which a contribution to any Roth IRA
established for the Owner was made. Second, the distribution must be either (1)
made after the Owner attains the age of 59 1/2; (2) made after the Owner's
death; (3) attributable to the Owner being disabled; or (4) a qualified
first-time homebuyer distribution within the meaning of Section 72(t)(2)(F) of
the Code. In addition, distributions from Roth IRAs need not commence when the
Owner attains age 70 1/2. A Roth IRA may accept a "qualified rollover
contribution" from (1) a non-Roth IRA, (2) a "designated Roth account"
maintained under a Qualified Plan, and (3) certain Qualified Plans of eligible
individuals.
Special rules apply to rollovers to Roth IRAs from Qualified Plans and from
designated Roth accounts under Qualified Plans. You should seek competent
advice before making such a rollover.
IRA TO IRA ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS
A rollover contribution is a tax-free movement of amounts from one IRA to
another within 60 days after you receive the distribution. In particular, a
distribution from a non-Roth IRA generally may be rolled over tax-free within
60 days to another non-Roth IRA, and a distribution from a Roth IRA generally
may be rolled over tax-free within 60 days to another Roth IRA. A distribution
from a Roth IRA may not be rolled over (or transferred) tax-free to a non-Roth
IRA.
A rollover from any one of your IRAs (including IRAs you have with another
company) to another IRA is allowed only once within a one-year period. This
limitation applies on an aggregate basis and applies to all types of your IRAs,
meaning that you cannot make an IRA to IRA rollover if you have made such a
rollover involving any of your IRAs in the preceding one-year period. For
example, a rollover between your Roth IRAs would preclude a separate rollover
within the one-year period between your non-Roth IRAs, and vice versa. The
one-year period begins on the date that you receive the IRA distribution, not
the date it is rolled over into another IRA.
If the IRA distribution does not satisfy the rollover rules, it may be (1)
taxable in the year distributed, (2) subject to a 10% tax on early
distributions, and (3) treated as a regular contribution to the recipient IRA,
which could result in an excess contribution subject to an additional tax.
If you inherit an IRA from your spouse, you generally can roll it over into an
IRA established for you, or you can choose to make the inherited IRA your own.
If you inherited an IRA from someone other than your spouse, you cannot roll it
over, make it your own, or allow it to receive rollover contributions.
A rollover from one IRA to another is different from a direct
trustee-to-trustee transfer of your IRA assets from one IRA trustee to another
IRA trustee. A "trustee-to-trustee" transfer is not considered a rollover and
is not subject to the 60-day rollover requirement or the one rollover per year
rule. In addition, a rollover between IRAs is different from direct rollovers
from certain Qualified Plans to non-Roth IRAs and "qualified rollover
contributions" to Roth IRAs, both of which are subject to special rules.
PENSION AND PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
Section 401(a) of the Code permits employers to establish various types of
tax-favored retirement plans for employees. The Self-Employed Individuals' Tax
Retirement Act of 1962, as amended, commonly referred to as "H.R. 10" or
"Keogh," permits self-employed individuals also to establish such tax-favored
retirement plans for
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themselves and their employees. Such retirement plans may permit the purchase
of the Contract in order to provide benefits under the plans. These types of
plans may be subject to rules under Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the Code
that provide rights to a spouse or former spouse of a participant. In such a
case, the participant may need the consent of the spouse or former spouse to
change settlement options, to elect an automatic withdrawal option, or to make
a partial or full surrender of the Contract.
DIRECT ROLLOVERS
If your Contract is used in connection with a pension or profit-sharing plan
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, or is used with an eligible
deferred compensation plan that has a government sponsor and that is qualified
under Section 457(b) of the Code, any "eligible rollover distribution" from the
Contract will be subject to direct rollover and mandatory withholding
requirements. An eligible rollover distribution generally is any taxable
distribution from a qualified pension plan under Section 401(a) of the Code or
an eligible Section 457(b) deferred compensation plan that has a government
sponsor, excluding certain amounts (such as minimum distributions required
under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code, distributions which are part of a "series
of substantially equal periodic payments" made for life or a specified period
of 10 years or more, or hardship distributions as defined in the tax law).
Under these requirements, federal income tax equal to 20% of the eligible
rollover distribution will be withheld from the amount of the distribution.
Unlike withholding on certain other amounts distributed from the Contract,
discussed below, you cannot elect out of withholding with respect to an
eligible rollover distribution. However, this 20% withholding will not apply
if, instead of receiving the eligible rollover distribution, you elect to have
it directly transferred to certain eligible retirement plans (such as an IRA).
Prior to receiving an eligible rollover distribution, you will receive a notice
(from the plan administrator or the Company) explaining generally the direct
rollover and mandatory withholding requirements and how to avoid the 20%
withholding by electing a direct transfer.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING
IN GENERAL
The Company will withhold and remit to the federal government a part of the
taxable portion of each distribution made under a Contract unless the
distributee notifies the Company at or before the time of the distribution that
he or she elects not to have any amounts withheld. In certain circumstances,
the Company may be required to withhold tax. The withholding rates applicable
to the taxable portion of periodic annuity payments (other than eligible
rollover distributions) are the same as the withholding rates generally
applicable to payments of wages. A 10% withholding rate applies to the taxable
portion of non-periodic payments (including surrenders prior to the date
annuity payments start) and conversions of, or rollovers from, non-Roth IRAs
and Qualified Plans to Roth IRAs. Regardless of whether you elect not to have
federal income tax withheld, you are still liable for payment of federal income
tax on the taxable portion of the payment. As discussed above, the withholding
rate applicable to eligible rollover distributions is 20%.
STATUS FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES; FATCA.
In order for the Company to comply with income tax withholding and information
reporting rules which may apply to annuity contracts, the Company may request
documentation of "status" for tax purposes. "Status" for tax purposes generally
means whether a person is a "U.S. person" or a foreign person with respect to
the United States; whether a person is an individual or an entity, and if an
entity, the type of entity. Status for tax purposes is best documented on the
appropriate IRS Form or substitute certification form (IRS Form W-9 for a U.S.
person or the appropriate type of IRS Form W-8 for a foreign person). If the
Company does not have appropriate certification or documentation of a person's
status for tax purposes on file, it could affect the rate at which the Company
is required to withhold income tax, and penalties could apply. Information
reporting rules could apply not only to specified transactions, but also to
contract ownership. For example, under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
("FATCA"), which applies to certain U.S.-source payments, and similar or
related withholding and information reporting rules, the Company may be
required to report contract values and other information for certain
contractholders. For this reason the Company may require appropriate status
documentation at purchase, change of ownership, and affected payment
transactions, including death benefit payments. FATCA and its related guidance
is extraordinarily complex and its effect varies considerably by type of payor,
type of payee and type of distributee or recipient.
NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
The discussion above provides general information regarding federal withholding
tax consequences to annuity contract owners or beneficiaries that are U.S.
citizens or residents. Owners or beneficiaries that are not U.S. citizens or
residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable
distributions from annuity contracts at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate
applies. Owners or beneficiaries that are not U.S. citizens or residents are
advised to consult with a tax advisor regarding federal tax withholding with
respect to the distributions from a Contract.
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6. INVESTMENTS
Amounts allocated to the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment are transferred to the General Account of the Company. Amounts
allocated to the General Account of the Company are subject to the liabilities
arising from the business the Company conducts. This is unlike amounts
allocated to the Subaccounts of the Variable Account A, which are not subject
to the liabilities arising from the business the Company conducts.
The Company has sole investment discretion over the investment of the assets of
the General Account. We will invest these amounts primarily in investment-grade
fixed income securities including: securities issued by the U.S. Government or
its agencies or instrumentalities, which issues may or may not be guaranteed by
the U.S. Government; debt securities that have an investment grade, at the time
of purchase, within the four highest grades assigned by Moody's Investor
Services, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation, or any other nationally
recognized rating service; mortgage-backed securities collateralized by real
estate mortgage loans or securities collateralized by other assets, that are
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, the
Federal National Home Mortgage Association, or the Government National Mortgage
Association, or that have an investment grade at the time of purchase within
the four highest grades described above; commercial and agricultural mortgage
loans; other debt instruments; commercial paper; cash or cash equivalents.
Variable Annuity Owners having allocated amounts to a particular Accumulation
Period of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment will not
have a direct or indirect interest in these investments, nor will they have a
claim against any particular assets of the Company. The overall investment
performance of the General Account will not increase or decrease their claim
against the Company.
There is no specific formula for establishing Specified Interest Rates. The
Specified Interest Rates declared by the Company for the various Accumulation
Periods will not necessarily correspond to the performance of any group of
assets of the General Account. We will consider certain factors in determining
these rates, such as regulatory and tax environment, sales commissions,
administrative expenses borne by us, and competitive factors. The Company's
management will make the final determination of these rates. However, the
Specified Interest Rate will never be less than 3.50%.
7. CONTRACTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GUARANTEED INTEREST ACCOUNT WITH
MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
Interests in the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment are
only available through certain Contracts issued by the Company. The appropriate
variable annuity prospectus and statement of additional information also
contain information regarding the distribution of the Contracts.
The Contracts are distributed by both AXA Advisors, LLC ("AXA Advisors") and
AXA Distributors, LLC ("AXA Distributors") (together, the "Distributors"). The
Distributors serve as principal underwriters of MONY America Variable Account
A. The offering of the Contracts is intended to be continuous.
AXA Advisors is an affiliate of the Company, and AXA Distributors is an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company ("AXA
Equitable"), an affiliate of the Company. The Distributors are under the common
control of AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. Their principal business address is
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. The Distributors are
registered with the SEC as broker-dealers and are members of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"). Both broker-dealers also act as
distributors for the Company's life and annuity products.
The Contracts are sold by financial professionals of AXA Advisors and its
affiliates. The Contracts are also sold by financial professionals of
unaffiliated broker-dealers that have entered into selling agreements with AXA
Distributors ("Selling broker-dealers").
The Company pays compensation to both Distributors based on Contracts sold. The
Company may also make additional payments to the Distributors, and the
Distributors may, in turn, make additional payments to certain Selling
broker-dealers. All payments will be in compliance with all applicable FINRA
rules and other laws and regulations.
Although the Company takes into account all of its distribution and other costs
in establishing the level of fees and charges under its Contracts, none of the
compensation paid to the Distributors or the Selling broker-dealers discussed
in this section of the prospectus are imposed as separate fees or charges under
your Contract. The Company, however, intends to recoup amounts it pays for
distribution and other services through the fees and charges of the Contract
and payments it receives for providing administrative, distribution and other
services to the Portfolios. For information about the fees and charges under
the Contract, see "Summary of the Contract" and "Charges and deductions"
earlier in this prospectus.
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COMPENSATION PAID TO THE DISTRIBUTORS The Company pays compensation to the
Distributors based on Purchase Payments made on the Contracts sold through the
Distributors ("contribution-based compensation"). The contribution-based
compensation will generally not exceed 6.50% of total Purchase Payments made
under the Contracts, plus, starting in the second Contract Year, up to 0.25% of
the cash value of the Contracts ("asset-based compensation"). The Distributors,
in turn, may pay a portion of the compensation received from the Company to the
Distributors financial professional and/or the Selling broker-dealer making the
sale. This compensation may be made in the form of a marketing allowance and
may be calculated as a percentage of contributions, a percentage of assets
under management or a flat fee. The compensation paid by the Distributors
varies among financial professionals and among Selling broker-dealers. The
Distributors also pay a portion of the compensation it receives to its
managerial personnel. When a Contract is sold by a Selling broker-dealer, the
Selling broker-dealer, not the Distributors, determines the amount and type of
compensation paid to the Selling broker-dealer's financial professional for the
sale of the Contract. Therefore, you should contact your financial professional
for information about the compensation he or she receives and any related
incentives, as described below.
AXA Advisors may receive compensation, and, in turn, pay its financial
professionals a portion of such fee, from third party investment advisors to
whom its financial professionals refer customers for professional management of
the assets within their contract.
AXA Advisors also pays its financial professionals and managerial personnel
other types of compensation including service fees, expense allowance payments
and health and retirement benefits. AXA Advisors also pays its financial
professionals, managerial personnel and Selling broker-dealers sales bonuses
(based on selling certain products during specified periods) and persistency
bonuses. AXA Advisors may offer sales incentive programs to financial
professionals and Selling broker-dealers who meet specified production levels
for the sales of both the Company's Contracts and Contracts offered by other
companies. These incentives provide non-cash compensation such as stock options
awards and/or stock appreciation rights, expense-paid trips, expense-paid
education seminars and merchandise.
The Company also pays AXA Distributors compensation to cover its operating
expenses and marketing services under the terms of the Company's distribution
agreements with AXA Distributors.
DIFFERENTIAL COMPENSATION PAID BY AXA ADVISORS. In an effort to promote the
sale of the Company's products, AXA Advisors may pay its financial
professionals and managerial personnel a greater percentage of
contribution-based compensation and/or asset-based compensation for the sale of
the Company's contract than it pays for the sale of a Contract or other
financial product issued by a company other than the Company. AXA Advisors may
pay higher compensation on certain products in a class than others based on a
group or sponsored arrangement, or between older and newer versions or series
of the same contract. This practice is known as providing "differential
compensation." Differential compensation may involve other forms of
compensation to AXA Advisors personnel. Certain components of the compensation
paid to managerial personnel are based on whether the sales involve the
Company's Contracts. Managers earn higher compensation (and credits toward
awards and bonuses) if the financial professionals they manage sell a higher
percentage of the Company's Contracts than products issued by other companies.
Other forms of compensation provided to its financial professionals include
health and retirement benefits, expense reimbursements, marketing allowances
and contribution-based payments, known as "overrides." For tax reasons, AXA
Advisors financial professionals qualify for health and retirement benefits
based solely on their sales of the Company's Contracts and products sponsored
by affiliates.
The fact that AXA Advisors financial professionals receive differential
compensation and additional payments may provide an incentive for those
financial professionals to recommend the Company's Contract over a Contract or
other financial product issued by a company not affiliated with the Company.
However, under applicable rules of FINRA, AXA Advisors financial professionals
may only recommend to you products that they reasonably believe are suitable
for you based on the facts that you have disclosed as to your other security
holdings, financial situation and needs. In making any recommendation,
financial professionals of AXA Advisors may nonetheless face conflicts of
interest because of the differences in compensation from one product category
to another, and because of differences in compensation among products in the
same category. For more information, contact your financial professional.
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY AXA DISTRIBUTORS TO SELLING BROKER-DEALERS. AXA
Distributors may pay, out of its assets, certain Selling broker-dealers and
other financial intermediaries additional compensation in recognition of
services provided or expenses incurred. AXA Distributors may also pay certain
Selling broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries additional
compensation for enhanced marketing opportunities and other services (commonly
referred to as "marketing allowances"). Services for which such payments are
made may include, but are not limited to, the preferred placement of the
Company's products on a company and/or product list; sales personnel training;
product training; business reporting; technological support; due diligence and
related costs; advertising, marketing and related
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services; conference; and/or other support services, including some that may
benefit the Contract owner. Payments may be based on ongoing sales, on the
aggregate account value attributable to Contracts sold through a Selling
broker-dealer or such payments may be a fixed amount. For certain Selling
broker-dealers, AXA Distributors increases the marketing allowance as certain
sales thresholds are met. AXA Distributors may also make fixed payments to
Selling broker-dealers, for example in connection with the initiation of a new
relationship or the introduction of a new product.
Additionally, as an incentive for the financial professionals of Selling
broker-dealers to promote the sale of the Company's products, AXA Distributors
may increase the sales compensation paid to the Selling broker-dealer for a
period of time (commonly referred to as "compensation enhancements"). AXA
Distributors also has entered into agreements with certain Selling
broker-dealers in which the Selling broker-dealer agrees to sell certain
Company contracts exclusively.
These additional payments may serve as an incentive for Selling broker-dealers
to promote the sale of the Company Contracts over Contracts and other products
issued by other companies. Not all Selling broker-dealers receive additional
payments, and the payments vary among Selling broker-dealers. The list below
includes the names of Selling broker-dealers that we are aware (as of December
31, 2018) received additional payments. These additional payments ranged from
$536.67 to $6,370,912.47. The Company and its affiliates may also have other
business relationships with Selling broker-dealers, which may provide an
incentive for the Selling broker-dealers to promote the sale of the Company's
contracts over contracts and other products issued by other companies. The list
below includes any such Selling broker-dealer. For more information, ask your
financial professional.
1st Global Capital Corp.
Allstate Financial Services, LLC
American Portfolios Financial Services
Ameriprise Financial Services
BBVA Securities, Inc.
Cambridge Investment Research
Capital Investment Group
Centaurus Financial, Inc.
CETERA Financial Group
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Citizens Investment Services
Commonwealth Financial Network
Community America Financial Solution
CUNA Brokerage Services
CUSO Financial Services, L.P.
DPL Financial Partners
Equity Services Inc.
Farmer's Financial Solution
Geneos Wealth Management
Gradient Securities, LLC
H. Beck, Inc.
H.D. Vest Investment Securities, Inc.
Huntleigh Securities Corp.
Independent Financial Group, LLC
Infinex Investments Inc.
Investment Professionals, Inc.
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Kestra Investment Services, LLC
Key Investment Services LLC
Ladenburg Thalmann Advisor Network, LLC
Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.
Lincoln Financial Securities Corp.
Lincoln Investment Planning
Lion Street Financial
LPL Network
Lucia Securities, LLC
MML Investors Services, LLC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Mutual of Omaha Investment Services, Inc.
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Park Avenue Securities, LLC
PlanMember Securities Corp.
PNC Investments
Primerica Financial Services, Inc.
Prospera Financial Services
Questar Capital Corporation
Raymond James
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Robert W Baird & Company
Santander Securities Corp.
SIGMA Financial Corporation
Signator Investors, Inc.
The Advisor Group (AIG)
U.S. Bank Center
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Valmark Securities, Inc.
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.
Wells Fargo
8. MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
The Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value Adjustment is issued by MONY
Life Insurance Company of America (the "Company"), an Arizona stock life
insurance corporation organized in 1969. MONY Life Insurance Company of America
is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc., which
is an indirect majority owned subsidiary of AXA S.A. ("AXA"), a French holding
company for an international group of insurance and related financial services
companies. As the majority shareholder of the Company, AXA exercises
significant influence over the operations and capital structure of the Company.
No company other than the Company, however, has any legal responsibility to pay
amounts that the Company owes under the Contracts. The Company is solely
responsible for paying all amounts owed to you under your Contract.
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries managed
approximately $_____ billion in assets as of December 31, 2018. The Company is
licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in forty-nine states (not
including New York), the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Our main
administrative office is located at 525 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, NJ
07310.
On October 1, 2013, the Company entered into a reinsurance transaction with
Protective Life Insurance Company ("Protective"), whereby Protective agreed to
reinsure a substantial portion of the Company's life insurance and annuity
business (the "Reinsured Business"). The Contracts are included in the
Reinsured Business. Protective reinsures all of the insurance risks of the
Reinsured Business and is responsible for customer service and administration
for all contracts comprising the Reinsured Business. However, the Company
remains the insurer of the Contracts and the terms, features, and benefits of
the Contracts have NOT changed as a result of the transaction.
The Company may use proceeds in connection with the Guaranteed Interest Account
with Market Value Adjustment for any legitimate corporate purpose.
9. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
MONY Life Insurance Company of America and its affiliates are parties to
various legal proceedings. In our view, none of these proceedings would be
considered material with respect to an Owner's interest in his or her Contract,
nor would any of these proceedings be likely to have a material adverse effect
upon our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts or the
distribution of the Contracts.
10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Rule 12h-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") exempts an insurance company from filing reports under the Exchange Act
when the insurance company issues certain types of insurance products that are
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and such products are regulated
under state law. The units of the Guaranteed Interest Account with Market Value
Adjustment described in this prospectus fall within the exemption provided
under Rule 12h-7. The Company relies on the exemption provided under Rule 12h-7
and does not file reports under the Exchange Act.
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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
[TO BE UPDATED IN THE PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT]
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DEALER PROSPECTUS DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS
ALL DEALERS THAT EFFECT TRANSACTIONS IN THESE SECURITIES ARE REQUIRED TO
DELIVER A PROSPECTUS.