As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April22, 2010 |
Registration File No. 333-133154 |
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UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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FORM S-1 |
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 |
TO |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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IOWA |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
6355 |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
41-0991508 |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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ING |
1475 Dunwoody Drive |
West Chester, PA 19380-1478 |
(610) 425-3400 |
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) |
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John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum, Esq. |
ING |
1475 Dunwoody Drive |
West Chester, PA 19380-1478 |
(610) 425-3404 |
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: |
As soon as practical after the effective date of the Registration Statement. |
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous | |
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box | [X] |
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the | |
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of | |
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering | [ ] |
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If this Form is post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, | |
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier | |
effective registration statement for the same offering | [ ] |
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If this Form is post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, | |
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier | |
effective registration statement for the same offering | [ ] |
The Company ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (“ING USA”) is an Iowa stock life insurance company, which was originally incorporated in Minnesota on January 2, 1973. ING USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc. (“Lion Connecticut”), which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of ING Groep N.V. (“ING”), a global financial services holding company based in The Netherlands. ING USA is authorized to sell insurance and annuities in all states, except New York, and the District of Columbia. Although we are a subsidiary of ING, ING is not responsible for the obligations under the Contract. The obligations under the Contract are solely the responsibility of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company.
Directed Services LLC, the distributor of the Contracts is also a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ING.
As part of a restructuring plan approved by the European Commission, ING has agreed to separate its banking and insurance businesses by 2013. ING intends to achieve this separation over the next four years by divestment of its insurance and investment management operations, including the Company. ING has announced that it will explore all options for implementing the separation including initial public offerings, sales or combinations thereof.
Our principal office is located at 1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.
Regulatory Matters As with many financial services companies, the Company and its affiliates have received informal and formal requests for information from various state and federal governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in connection with inquiries and investigations of the products and practices of the financial services industry. In each case, the Company and its affiliates have been and are providing full cooperation.
Insurance and Retirement Plan Products and Other Regulatory Matters.Federal and state regulators, and self-regulatory agencies are conducting broad inquiries and investigations involving the insurance and retirement industries. These initiatives currently focus on, among other things, compensation, revenue sharing, and other sales incentives; potential conflicts of interest; sales and marketing practices (including sales to seniors); specific product types (including group annuities and indexed annuities); and disclosure. The Company and certain of its U.S. affiliates have received formal and informal requests in connection with such investigations, and have cooperated and are cooperating fully with each request for information. Some of these matters could result in regulatory action involving the Company. These initiatives also may result in new legislation and regulation that could significantly affect the financial services industry, including businesses in which the Company is engaged. In light of these and other developments, U.S. affiliates of ING, including the Company, periodically review whether modifications to their business practices are appropriate.
Investment Product Regulatory Issues.Since 2002, there has been increased governmental and regulatory activity relating to mutual funds and variable insurance products. This activity has primarily focused on inappropriate trading of fund shares; directed brokerage; compensation; sales practices, suitability, and supervision; |
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EXAMPLE I | | |
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Assumptions: | Assumptions: |
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i, the deposit period yield, is 4% | i, the deposit period yield, is 5% |
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j, the current yield, is 6% | j, the current yield, is 6% |
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x, the number of days remaining (computed from | x, the number of days remaining (computed from |
Wednesday of the week of withdrawal) in the guaranteed | Wednesday of the week of withdrawal) in the guaranteed |
term, is 927. | term, is 927. |
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| x | | x |
| {(1+i)}365 | | {(1+i)}365 |
MVA = | (1+j) | MVA = | (1+j) |
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| 927 | | 927 |
| {(1.04)}365 | | {(1.05)}365 |
= | (1.06) | = | (1.06) |
| = .9528 | | = .9762 |
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In this example, the deposit period yield of 4% is less than | In this example, the deposit period yield of 5% is less than |
the current yield of 6%; therefore, the MVA is less than | the current yield of 6%; therefore, the MVA is less than |
one. The amount withdrawn from the guaranteed term is | one. The amount withdrawn from the guaranteed term is |
multiplied by this MVA. | multiplied by this MVA. |
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If a withdrawal or transfer of a specific dollar amount is | If a withdrawal or transfer of a specific dollar amount is |
requested, the amount withdrawn from a guaranteed term | requested, the amount withdrawn from a guaranteed term |
will be increased to compensate for the negative MVA | will be increased to compensate for the negative MVA |
amount. For example, a withdrawal request to receive a | amount. For example, a withdrawal request to receive a |
check for $2,000 would result in a $2,099.08 withdrawal | check for $2,000 would result in a $2,048.76 withdrawal |
from the guaranteed term. | from the guaranteed term. |
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In this example, the deposit period yield of 6% is greater | In this example, the deposit period yield of 5% is greater than |
than the current yield of 4%; therefore, the MVA is greater | the current yield of 4%; therefore, the MVA is greater than |
than one. The amount withdrawn from the guaranteed term | one. The amount withdrawn from the guaranteed term is |
is multiplied by this MVA. | multiplied by this MVA. |
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If a withdrawal or transfer of a specific dollar amount is | If a withdrawal or transfer of a specific dollar amount is |
requested, the amount withdrawn from a guaranteed term | requested, the amount withdrawn from a guaranteed term |
will be decreased to compensate for the positive MVA | will be decreased to compensate for the positive MVA |
amount. For example, a withdrawal request to receive a | amount. For example, a withdrawal request to receive a |
check for $2,000 would result in a $1,905.49 withdrawal | check for $2,000 would result in a $1,951.98 withdrawal |
from the guaranteed term. | from the guaranteed term. |
ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Not Applicable
ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (ING USA) shall indemnify (including therein the prepayment of expenses) any person who is or was a director, officer or employee, or who is or was serving at the request of ING USA as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him with respect to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings against him by reason of the fact that he is or was such a director, officer or employee to the extent and in the manner permitted by law.
ING USA may also, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify any other person who is or was serving ING USA in any capacity. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to determine who may be indemnified under this paragraph and to what extent (not to exceed the extent provided in the above paragraph) any such person may be indemnified.
A corporation may procure indemnification insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director of the corporation. Consistent with the laws of the State of Iowa,ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. maintains Professional Liability and fidelity bond insurance policies issued by an international insurer. The policies cover ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. and any company in which ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. has a controlling financial interest of 50% or more. These policies include the principal underwriter, as well as, the depositor and any/all assets under the care, custody and control of ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The policies provide for the following types of coverage: errors and omissions/professional liability, employment practices liability fidelity/crime.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, as provided above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification by the Depositor is against public policy, as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore may be unenforceable. In the event that a claim of such indemnification (except insofar as it provides for the payment by the Depositor of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Depositor by such director, officer or controlling person and the SEC is still of the same opinion, the Depositor or Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by the Depositor is against public policy as expressed by the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
Not Applicable
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES |
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3(b) | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation Providing for the Change in Purpose and Powers of ING |
| USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, dated (03/04/04), incorporated herein by reference to |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for ING USA Annuity |
| and Life Insurance Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, |
| 2007 (File Nos. 333-133076). |
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3(c) | Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, dated |
| (12/15/04), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration |
| Statement on Form S-1 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company filed with the |
| Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2007 (File Nos. 333-133076). |
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3(d) | Resolution of Board of Directors for Powers of Attorney, dated (04/23/99), incorporated herein by |
| reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for |
| Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and |
| Exchange Commission on April 23, 1999 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
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3(e) | Articles of Merger and Agreement and Plan of Merger of USGALC, ULAIC, ELICI into GALIC |
| and renamed ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, effective date (01/01/04), dated |
| (06/25/03), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a |
| Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate |
| Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. |
| 333-28679, 811-05626). |
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4(a) | Single Premium Deferred Modified Guaranteed Annuity Contract, incorporated herein by |
| reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-2 for Golden |
| American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange |
| Commission on June 29, 2001 (File No. 333-57212). |
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4(b) | Single Premium Deferred Modified Guaranteed Annuity Master Contract, incorporated herein by |
| reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-2 for Golden |
| American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange |
| Commission on June 29, 2001 (File No. 333-57212). |
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4(c) | Single Premium Deferred Modified Guaranteed Annuity Certificate, incorporated herein by |
| reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-2 for Golden |
| American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange |
| Commission on June 29, 2001 (File No. 333-57212). |
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4(d) | Individual Deferred Variable Annuity Application, incorporated herein by reference to Post- |
| Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life |
| Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on |
| April 16, 2003 (File Nos. 333-57218, 811-05626). |
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4(e) | Individual Retirement Annuity Rider, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective |
| Amendment No. 34 to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance |
| Company Separate Account B filed on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
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4(f) | Roth Individual Retirement Annuity Rider, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective |
| Amendment No. 34 to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance |
| Company Separate Account B filed on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
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4(g) | Simple Retirement Account Rider, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment |
| No. 34 to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company |
| Separate Account B filed on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
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| 4(h) | 403(b) Rider, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to |
| | Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate |
| | Account B filed on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
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| 4(i) | Company Address and Name Change Endorsement, incorporated herein by reference to Post- |
| | Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and |
| | Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
| | on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
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| 5 | Opinion of Counsel, attached. |
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| 10 | Material contracts are listed under Item 15 in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended |
| | December 31, 2009 (File No.001-32625), as filed with the Commission on March 31, 2010. Each of the Exhibits so listed is |
| | incorporated by reference as indicated in the Form 10-K. |
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| 23(a) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, attached. |
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| 23(b) | Consent of Counsel, incorporated in Item 5 of this Part II, together with the Opinion of Counsel. |
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| 24 | Powers of Attorney, attached. |
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| | Exhibits other than those listed above are omitted because they are not required or are not |
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(b) | | Financial Statement Schedules |
| | ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December |
| | 31, 2009 is incorporated by reference into Part I within the Prospectus. |
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS |
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(a) Rule 415 offerings. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows, pursuant to Item 512 of Regulation |
S-K: | |
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales of the registered securities are being made, a post-effective |
amendment to this registration statement: |
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(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement |
| (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a |
| fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously |
| disclosed in the registration statement or any material changes to such information in the registration |
| statement. |
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective |
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the |
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered |
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
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(ii) | Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, |
| other than registration statements relaying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on |
| Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is |
| first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or |
| prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed |
| incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration |
| statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or |
| modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the |
| registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
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(6) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser |
in the initial distribution of the securities: |
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The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant |
to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the |
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned |
registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
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(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to |
| be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant |
| or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information |
| about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the |
| purchaser. |
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(h) Request for Acceleration of Effective Date: |
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, |
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the |
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification |
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for |
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by |
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or |
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being |
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling |
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is |
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |