Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution |
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Not Applicable | |
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
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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. | |
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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. |
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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 either or both the principal underwriter, 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 and fidelity/crime (a/k/a “Financial Institutional Bond”). |
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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. |
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Item 16. Exhibits | |
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Exhibits: | |
1(a) | Intercompany Agreement dated December 22, 2010 (effective January 1, 2010) between Directed |
| Services LLC and ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, incorporated herein by |
| reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 55 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 April 6, 2011 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
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1(b) | Intercompany Agreement dated December 22, 2010 (effective January 1, 2010) between ING |
| Investment Management Co. LLC and ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, |
| incorporated herein by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 55 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 April 6, 2011 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
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4(a) | Individual Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Contract, incorporated herein by |
| reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 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. 033-59261, 811-05626). |