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Market Stabilizer Option(SM) Available Under
Certain Variable Life Insurance Policies Issued by
MONY Life Insurance Company of America
PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Please read and keep this Prospectus for future reference. It contains
important information that you should know before purchasing or taking any
other action under your policy. Also, this Prospectus must be read along with
the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus. This Prospectus is
in addition to the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus and
all information in the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus
continues to apply unless addressed by this Prospectus.
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MONY Life Insurance Company of America (the "Company" or "MONY America") issues
the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) described in this Prospectus. The Market
Stabilizer Option(SM) is available only under certain variable life insurance
policies that we offer and may not be available through your financial
professional.
Among the many terms associated with the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) are:
o Index-Linked Return for approximately a one year period tied to the
performance of the S&P 500 Price Return index, which excludes dividends as
described below.
o Index-Linked Return will be applied at the end of the period (your Segment
Term) on the Segment Maturity Date and only to amounts remaining within
the segment until the Segment Maturity Date. The Index-Linked Return will
not be applied before the Segment Maturity Date.
o The Index-Linked Return could be positive, zero or in certain circumstances
negative as described below. THEREFORE, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A
NEGATIVE RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT AT THE END OF YOUR SEGMENT TERM, WHICH
COULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.
o An Early Distribution Adjustment will be made for distributions (including
deductions) from the Segment Account Value before the Segment Maturity
Date. ANY EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT THAT IS MADE WILL CAUSE YOU TO
LOSE PRINCIPAL THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A PUT OPTION FACTOR, AS
EXPLAINED LATER IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND THAT LOSS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
SUBSTANTIAL. Therefore you should carefully consider whether to make such
distributions and/or maintain enough value in your Unloaned Guaranteed
Interest Option ("Unloaned GIO") and/or variable investment options to
cover your monthly deductions. The Unloaned GIO is the portion of the
Guaranteed Interest Option ("GIO") that is not being held to secure policy
loans you have taken. As described later in this Prospectus, we will
attempt to maintain a reserve (Charge Reserve Amount) to cover your
monthly deductions, but it is possible that the Charge Reserve Amount will
be insufficient to cover your monthly deductions.
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These are only some of the terms associated with the Market Stabilizer
Option(SM). Please read this Prospectus for more details about the Market
Stabilizer Option(SM). Also, this Prospectus must be read along with the
appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus as well as the
appropriate variable life insurance policy and policy rider for this option.
Please refer to page 4 of this Prospectus for a Definitions section that
discusses these and other terms associated with the Market Stabilizer
Option(SM). PLEASE REFER TO PAGE 7 OF THIS PROSPECTUS FOR A DISCUSSION OF RISK
FACTORS.
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OTHER MONY AMERICA POLICIES. We offer a variety of fixed and variable life
insurance policies which offer policy features, including investment options,
that are different from those offered by this Prospectus. Not every policy or
feature is offered through your financial professional. You can contact us to
find out more about any other MONY America insurance policy.
WHAT IS THE MARKET STABILIZER OPTION(SM)?
The Market Stabilizer Option(SM) ("MSO") is an investment option available
under certain MONY America variable life insurance policies. The option
provides for participation in the performance of the S&P 500 Price Return
index, which excludes dividends (the "Index") up to the Growth Cap Rate that we
set on the Segment Start Date. On the Segment Maturity Date, we will apply the
Index-Linked Rate of Return to the Segment Account Value based on the
performance of the Index. If the performance of the Index has been positive for
the Segment Term and equal to or below the Growth Cap Rate, we will apply to
the Segment Account Value an Index-Linked Rate of Return equal to the full
Index performance. If the performance of the Index has been positive for the
Segment Term and above the Growth Cap Rate, we will apply an Index-Linked Rate
of Return equal to the Growth Cap Rate. If the Index has negative performance,
the Index-Linked Rate of Return will be 0% unless the Index performance goes
below -25% for the Segment Term. In that case only the negative performance in
excess of -25% will be applied to the Segment Account Value and you bear the
entire risk of loss of principal for the portion of negative performance that
exceeds -25%. Please see the examples on page 5.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE CREDITED WITH ANY POSITIVE INDEX PERFORMANCE
WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM A SEGMENT PRIOR TO THE SEGMENT
MATURITY DATE. EVEN WHEN THE INDEX PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN POSITIVE, SUCH EARLY
REMOVALS WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE SOME PRINCIPAL. PLEASE SEE "EARLY DISTRIBUTION
ADJUSTMENT" LATER IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
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Although under the appropriate variable life insurance policy, we reserve the
right to apply a transfer charge up to $25 for each transfer among your
investment options, there are no transfer charges for transfers into or out of
the MSO Holding Account. Please note that once policy account value has been
swept from the MSO Holding Account into a Segment, transfers into or out of
that Segment before its Segment Maturity Date will not be permitted.
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The Market Stabilizer Option(SM) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted
by Standard & Poor's ("S&P") or its third party licensors. Neither S&P nor its
third party licensors makes any representation or warranty, express or implied,
to the owners of the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the
Market Stabilizer Option(SM) particularly or the ability of the S&P 500 Price
Return index (the "Index") to track general stock market performance. S&P's and
its third party licensor's only relationship to MONY America is the licensing
of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and the third party licensors and
of the Index which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P or its third
party licensors without regard to MONY America or the Market Stabilizer
Option(SM). S&P and its third party licensors have no obligation to take the
needs of MONY America or the owners of the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) into
consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Neither S&P
nor its third party licensors is responsible for and has not participated in
the determination of the prices and amount of the Market Stabilizer Option(SM)
or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) or in
the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Market Stabilizer
Option(SM) is to be converted into cash. S&P has no obligation or liability in
connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Market
Stabilizer Option(SM).
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THE SEC HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED 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.
EVM-109 (11/10) X03210
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Contents of this Prospectus
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MARKET STABILIZER OPTION(SM)
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Who is MONY Life Insurance Company of America? 3
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1. DEFINITIONS 4
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2. FEE TABLE SUMMARY 6
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3. RISK FACTORS 7
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4. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET STABILIZER OPTION(SM) 8
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5. DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES 17
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6. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 18
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APPENDICES
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I -- Early Distribution Adjustment Examples A-1
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"We," "our," and "us" refer to MONY America.
When we address the reader of this Prospectus with words such as "you" and
"your," we mean the person who has the right or responsibility that the
Prospectus is discussing at that point. This is usually the policy owner.
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Who is MONY Life Insurance Company of America?
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We are MONY Life Insurance Company of America ("MONY America"), an Arizona
stock life insurance corporation organized in 1969. MONY America is an
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc., a holding company,
which is itself an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA SA ("AXA"). AXA is
a French holding company for an international group of insurance and related
financial services companies. As the ultimate sole shareholder of MONY America,
and under its other arrangements with MONY America and its parent, AXA
exercises significant influence over the operations and capital structure of
MONY America and its parent. AXA holds its interest in MONY America through a
number of other intermediate holding companies, including Oudinot
Participations, AXA America Holdings, Inc., AXA Equitable Financial Services,
LLC and MONY Life Insurance Company, a life insurance company. MONY America is
obligated to pay all amounts that are promised to be paid under the policies.
No company other than MONY America, however, has any legal responsibility to
pay amounts that MONY America owes under the policies.
AXA Financial, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries managed approximately
$581.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2009. MONY America is licensed to
sell life insurance and annuities in forty-nine states (not including New
York), the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Our main administrative office is located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY 10104.
HOW TO REACH US
Please refer to the "How to reach us" section of the appropriate variable life
insurance policy prospectus for more information regarding contacting us and
communicating your instructions. We also have specific forms that we recommend
you use for electing the MSO and any MSO transactions.
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1. Definitions
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CHARGE RESERVE AMOUNT -- A minimum amount of policy account value in the
Unloaned GIO (the portion of the Guaranteed Interest Option ("GIO") that is not
being held to secure policy loans you have taken.) that you are required to
maintain in order to approximately cover all of the estimated monthly charges
for the policy (including, but not limited to, the policy's monthly cost of
insurance charge, the policy's monthly administrative charge, the policy's
monthly mortality and expense risk charge, the MSO's monthly Variable Index
Segment Account Charge (the monthly charge deducted from the policy account)
and any monthly optional rider charges, (please see "Charges" later in this
Prospectus for more information) during the Segment Term. The Charge Reserve
Amount will be determined on each Segment Start Date as an amount projected to
be sufficient to cover all of the policy's monthly deductions during the
Segment Term, assuming at the time such calculation is made that no interest or
investment performance is credited to or charged against the policy account and
that no policy changes or additional premium payments are made. The Charge
Reserve Amount will be reduced by each subsequent monthly deduction (but not to
less than zero). THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN A CHARGE RESERVE AMOUNT,
WHICH WOULD COVER APPROXIMATELY ALL ESTIMATED MONTHLY POLICY CHARGES, IF YOU
ARE NOT IN A SEGMENT. Please see "Segments" later in this Prospectus for more
information about the investment options from which account value could be
transferred to the Unloaned GIO on a Segment Start Date in order to meet this
requirement.
DOWNSIDE PROTECTION (ALSO REFERRED TO IN YOUR POLICY AS THE "SEGMENT LOSS
ABSORPTION THRESHOLD RATE") -- This is your protection against negative
performance of the S&P 500 Price Return index for a Segment held until its
Segment Maturity Date. It is currently -25%. THE DOWNSIDE PROTECTION IS SET ON
THE SEGMENT START DATE AND ANY DOWNSIDE PROTECTION IN EXCESS OF -25% WILL BE
SET AT THE COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION. However, the Downside Protection will not
change during a Segment Term and at least -25% of Downside Protection will
always be provided when a Segment is held until the Segment Maturity Date.
EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT ("EDA," MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO IN YOUR POLICY AS
THE "MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT") -- The EDA is an adjustment that we make to
your Segment Account Value, before a Segment matures, in the event you
surrender your policy, take a loan from a Segment or if we should find it
necessary to make deductions for monthly charges or any other distribution from
a Segment. (Such other distributions would include any distributions from the
policy that we deem necessary to continue to qualify the policy as life
insurance under applicable tax law, any unpaid loan interest, or any
distribution in connection with the exercise of a rider available under your
policy.) AN EDA THAT IS MADE WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE PRINCIPAL THROUGH THE
APPLICATION OF A PUT OPTION FACTOR, WHICH ESTIMATES THE MARKET VALUE, AT THE
TIME OF AN EARLY DISTRIBUTION, OF THE RISK THAT YOU WOULD SUFFER A LOSS IF YOUR
SEGMENT WERE CONTINUED (WITHOUT TAKING THE EARLY DISTRIBUTION) UNTIL ITS
SEGMENT MATURITY DATE AND THAT LOSS COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL. However, because of a
pro rata refund of certain charges already paid that is included in the EDA ,
the net effect of the EDA will not always result in the reduction of principal.
The EDA will usually result in a reduction in your Segment Account Value and
your other policy values. Therefore, you should give careful consideration
before taking any early loan or surrender, or allowing the value in your other
investment options to fall so low that we must make any monthly deduction from
a Segment. Please see "Early Distribution Adjustment" later in this Prospectus
for more information.
GROWTH CAP RATE -- The maximum rate of return that will be applied to a Segment
Account Value. THE GROWTH CAP RATE IS SET FOR EACH SEGMENT ON THE SEGMENT START
DATE. WHILE THE GROWTH CAP RATE IS SET AT THE COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION, the
Growth Cap Rate will not change during a Segment Term and the Growth Cap Rate
will always be at least 6%.
INDEX -- The S&P 500 Price Return index, which is the S&P 500 index excluding
dividends. This index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries in
the U.S. economy.
INDEX PERFORMANCE RATE -- The Index Performance Rate measures the percentage
change in the Index during a Segment Term for each Segment. If the Index is
discontinued or if the calculation of the Index is substantially changed, we
reserve the right to substitute an alternative index. We also reserve the right
to choose an alternative index at our discretion. Please see "Change in Index"
for more information.
The Index Performance Rate is calculated by ((b) divided by (a)) minus one,
where:
(a) is the value of the Index at the close of business on the Segment Start
Date, and
(b) is the value of the Index at the close of business on the Segment Maturity
Date.
We determine the value of the Index at the close of business, which is the end
of a business day. Generally, a business day is any day the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open for
trading or if the Index value is, for any other reason, not published on the
Segment Start Date or a Segment Maturity Date, the value of the Index will be
determined as of the end of the most recent preceding business day for which
the Index value is published.
INDEX-LINKED RATE OF RETURN -- The rate of return we apply to calculate the
Index-Linked Return which is based on the Index Performance Rate adjusted to
reflect the Growth Cap Rate and protection against negative performance.
Therefore, if the performance of the Index is zero or positive, we will apply
that performance up to the Growth Cap Rate. If the performance of the Index is
negative, we will apply performance of zero unless the decline in the
performance of the
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Index is below -25% in which case negative performance in excess of -25% will
apply. Please see the chart under "Index-Linked Return" for more information.
INDEX-LINKED RETURN -- The amount that is applied to the Segment Account Value
on the Segment Maturity Date that is equal to that Segment's Index-Linked Rate
of Return multiplied by the Segment Account Value on the Segment Maturity Date.
The Index-Linked Return may be positive, negative or zero. The Indexed-Linked
Return is only applied to amounts that remain in a Segment Account Value until
the Segment Maturity Date. For example, a surrender of your policy before
Segment maturity will eliminate any Index-Linked Return and be subject to an
Early Distribution Adjustment.
INITIAL SEGMENT ACCOUNT -- The amount initially transferred to a Segment from
the MSO Holding Account on its Segment Start Date, net of:
(a) the Variable Index Benefit Charge (see "Charges" later in this Prospectus)
and
(b) the amount, if any, that may have been transferred from the MSO
Holding Account to the Unloaned GIO to cover the Charge Reserve Amount
(see "Charge Reserve Amount" later in this Prospectus). Such a transfer
would be made from the MSO Holding Account to cover the Charge Reserve
Amount only (1) if you have given us instructions to make such a transfer
or (2) in the other limited circumstances described under "Segments" later
in this Prospectus.
MSO HOLDING ACCOUNT -- This is a portion of the EQ/Money Market variable
investment option that holds amounts designated by the policy owner for
investment in the MSO prior to any transfer into the next available new
Segment.
SEGMENT -- The portion of your total investment in the MSO that is associated
with a specific Segment Start Date. You create a new Segment each time an
amount is transferred from the MSO Holding Account into a Segment Account.
SEGMENT ACCOUNT VALUE (ALSO REFERRED TO IN YOUR POLICY AS THE "SEGMENT
ACCOUNT") -- The amount of an Initial Segment Account subsequently reduced by
any monthly deductions, policy loans and unpaid loan interest, and
distributions from the policy that we deem necessary to continue to qualify the
policy as life insurance under applicable tax law, which are allocated to the
Segment. Any such reduction in the Segment Account Value prior to its Segment
Maturity Date will result in a corresponding Early Distribution Adjustment,
which will cause you to lose principal, and that loss could be substantial. The
Segment Account Value is used in determining policy account values, death
benefits, and the net amount at risk for monthly cost of insurance calculations
of the policy and the new base policy face amount associated with a requested
change in death benefit option.
For example, if you put $1000 into the MSO Holding Account, $992.50 would go
into a Segment. This amount represents the Initial Segment Account. The Segment
Account Value represents the value in the Segment which gets reduced by any
deductions allocated to the Segment, with corresponding EDAs, through the
course of the Segment Term. The Segment Distribution Value represents what you
would receive upon surrendering the policy and reflects the EDA upon surrender.
SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUE (ALSO REFERRED TO IN YOUR POLICY AS THE "SEGMENT
VALUE") -- This is the Segment Account Value minus the Early Distribution
Adjustment that would apply on a full surrender of that Segment at any time
prior to the Segment Maturity Date. Segment Distribution Values will be used in
determining policy value available to cover monthly deductions, proportionate
surrender charges for requested face amount reductions, and other
distributions; cash surrender values and maximum loan values subject to any
applicable base policy surrender charge. They will also be used in determining
whether any outstanding policy loan and accrued loan interest exceeds the
policy account value.
SEGMENT MATURITY DATE -- The date on which a Segment Term is completed and the
Index-Linked Return for that Segment is applied to a Segment Account Value.
SEGMENT MATURITY VALUE -- This is the Segment Account Value adjusted by the
Index-Linked Return for that Segment.
SEGMENT START DATE -- The Segment Start Date is the day on which a Segment is
created.
SEGMENT TERM -- The duration of a Segment. The Segment Term for each Segment
begins on its Segment Start Date and ends on its Segment Maturity Date one year
later. We are currently only offering Segment Terms of approximately one year.
We may offer different durations in the future.
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2. Fee Table Summary
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When
Charge is Current Non- Guaranteed
MSO Charges Deducted guaranteed Maximum
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Variable Index Benefit On 0.75% 0.75%
Charge Segment
Start Date
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Variable Index Segment At the 0.65% 1.65%
Account Charge beginning
of each
policy
month
during the
Segment
Term
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Total 1.40% 2.40%
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Maximum Spread
When Charge is Percentage that May
Other Deducted be Deducted
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Loan Interest On each policy Oregon policies: 2%
Spread* for anniversary (or on All other policies: 5%
Amounts of Policy loan termination, if
Loans Allocated to earlier)
MSO Segment
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Maximum Amount
When Charge is that May be
Other Deducted Deducted
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Early Distribution On surrender or 75% of Segment
Adjustment other distribution Account Value**
(including loan) from
an MSO Segment
prior to its Segment
Maturity Date
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* We charge interest on policy loans but credit you with interest on the amount
of the policy account value we hold as collateral for the loan. The "spread"
is the difference between the interest rate we charge you on a policy loan
and the interest rate we credit to you on the amount of your policy account
value that we hold as collateral for the loan.
** The actual amount of an Early Distribution Adjustment is determined by a
formula that depends on, among other things, how the Index has performed
since the Segment Start Date, as discussed in detail under "Early
Distribution Adjustment" later in this Prospectus. The maximum amount of the
adjustment would occur if there is a total distribution at a time when the
Index has declined to zero.
This fee table applies specifically to the MSO and should be read in
conjunction with the fee table in the appropriate variable life insurance
policy prospectus.
The base variable life insurance policy's mortality and expense risk charge
will also apply to a Segment Account Value or any amounts held in the MSO
Holding Account. The mortality and expense risk charge is part of the policy
monthly charges. Please see "How we deduct policy monthly charges during a
Segment Term" for more information. Please refer to the appropriate variable
life insurance policy prospectus for more information.
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3. Risk Factors
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There are risks associated with some features of the Market Stabilizer
Option(SM):
o There is a risk of a substantial loss of your principal because you agree to
absorb all losses from the portion of any negative Index performance that
exceeds -25%.
o Your Index-Linked Return is also limited by the Growth Cap Rate, which could
cause your Index-Linked Return to be lower than it would otherwise be if
you participated in the full performance of the S&P 500 Price Return
index.
o You will not know what the Growth Cap Rate is before the Segment starts.
Therefore, you will not know in advance the upper limit on the return that
may be credited to your investment in a Segment.
o Negative consequences apply if, for any reason, amounts you have invested in
a Segment are removed before the Segment Maturity Date. Specifically, with
respect to the amounts removed early, you would (1) forfeit any positive
Index performance and (2) be subject to an Early Distribution Adjustment
that exposes you to a risk of potentially substantial loss of principal.
This exposure is designed to be consistent with the treatment of losses on
amounts held to the Segment Maturity Date. EVEN WHEN THE INDEX PERFORMANCE
HAS BEEN POSITIVE, THE EDA WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE SOME PRINCIPAL ON AN
EARLY REMOVAL.
o The following types of removals of account value from a Segment will
result in the above-mentioned penalties to you, if the removals occur
prior to the Segment Maturity Date: (a) a surrender of your policy;
(b) a loan from your policy; (c) a distribution in order to enable your
policy to continue to qualify as life insurance under the federal tax
laws; (d) certain distributions in connection with the exercise of a
rider available under your policy; and (e) a charge or unpaid policy
loan interest that we deduct from your Segment Account Value because the
Charge Reserve Amount and other funds are insufficient to cover them in
their entirety. The Charge Reserve Amount may become insufficient because
of policy changes that you request, additional premium payments,
investment performance, policy loans, policy partial withdrawals from
other investment options besides the MSO, and any increases we make in
current charges for the policy (including for the MSO and optional
riders).
o Certain of the above types of early removals can occur (and thus
result in penalties to you) without any action on your part. Examples
include (i) certain distributions we might make from your Segment
Account Value to enable your policy to continue to qualify as life
insurance and (ii) deductions we might make from your Segment Account
Value to pay charges if the Charge Reserve Amount becomes insufficient.
o Any applicable EDA will generally be affected by changes in
both the volatility and level of the S&P 500 Price Return Index. Any EDA
applied to any Segment Account Value is linked to the estimated value of
a put option on the S&P 500 Price Return index as described later in
this Prospectus. The estimated value of the put option and,
consequently, the amount of the EDA will generally be higher after
increases in market volatility or after the Index experiences a negative
return following the Segment Start Date.
o Once policy account value is in a Segment, you cannot transfer out of a
Segment and you can only make withdrawals out of a Segment if you
surrender your policy. This would result in the imposition of any
applicable surrender charges and EDA.
o We may not offer new Segments so there is also the possibility that a
Segment may not be available for a Segment Renewal at the end of your
Segment Term(s).
o We also reserve the right to substitute an alternative index for the S&P 500
Price Return index, which could reduce the Growth Cap Rates we can offer.
o No company other than MONY America has any legal responsibility to pay
amounts that MONY America owes under the policies. An owner should look to
the financial strength of MONY America for its claims-paying ability.
o The amounts required to be maintained in the Unloaned GIO for the Charge
Reserve Amount during the Segment Term may earn a return that is less than
the return you might have earned on those amounts in another investment
option had you not invested in a Segment.
o You must forgo the additional no lapse guarantee benefit provided by the
Extended No Lapse Guarantee Rider if you want to allocate to the MSO.
Please see "Extended No Lapse Guarantee Rider" later in this Prospectus
for more information.
o If you do not specify a minimum Growth Cap Rate acceptable to you, your
account value could transfer into a Segment with a Growth Cap Rate that
may be lower than what you would have chosen.
o The MSO is not available while the Paid Up Death Benefit Guarantee is in
effect. Please see "Paid Up Death Benefit Guarantee" later in this
Prospectus for more information.
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4. Description of the Market Stabilizer Option(SM)
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We offer a Market Stabilizer Option(SM) that provides a rate of return tied to
the performance of the Index.
MSO HOLDING ACCOUNT
The amount of each transfer or loan repayment you make to the MSO, and the
balance of each premium payment you make to the MSO after any premium charge
under your base policy has been deducted, will first be placed in the MSO
Holding Account. The MSO Holding Account is a portion of the regular EQ/Money
Market variable investment option that will hold amounts allocated to the MSO
until the next available Segment Start Date. The MSO Holding Account has the
same rate of return as the EQ/Money Market variable investment option and is
subject to the same underlying portfolio operating expenses as that variable
investment option. Please refer to "Risk/benefit summary: charges and expenses
you will pay" of the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus for
more information regarding such expenses. We currently plan on offering new
Segments on a monthly basis but reserve the right to offer them less frequently
or to stop offering them or to suspend offering them temporarily.
Before any account value is transferred into a Segment, you can transfer
amounts from the MSO Holding Account into other investment options available
under your policy at any time subject to any transfer restrictions within your
policy. You can transfer into and out of the MSO Holding Account at any time up
to and including the Segment Start Date provided your transfer request is
received at our administrative office by such date. For example, you can
transfer policy account value into the MSO Holding Account on the 3rd Friday of
June, 2011. That policy account value would transfer into the Segment starting
on that date, subject to the conditions mentioned earlier. You can also
transfer policy account value out of the MSO Holding Account before the end of
the business day on the Segment Start Date and that account value would not be
swept into the Segment starting on that date. Please refer to the "How to reach
us" section of the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus for
more information regarding contacting us and communicating your instructions.
We also have specific forms that we recommend you use for electing the MSO and
any MSO transactions.
On the Segment Start Date, account value in the MSO Holding Account, excluding
charges and any account value transferred to cover the Charge Reserve Amount,
will be transferred into a Segment if all requirements and limitations are met
that are discussed under "Segments" immediately below.
SEGMENTS
Each Segment will have a Segment Start Date of the 3rd Friday of each calendar
month and will have a Segment Maturity Date on the 3rd Friday of the same
calendar month in the succeeding calendar year.
In order for any amount to be transferred from the MSO Holding Account into a
new Segment on a Segment Start Date, all of the following conditions must be
met on that date:
(1) The Growth Cap Rate for that Segment must be equal to or greater than your
minimum Growth Cap Rate (Please see "Growth Cap Rate" later in this
Prospectus).
(2) There must be sufficient account value available within the Unloaned GIO
and the variable investment options including the MSO Holding Account to
cover the Charge Reserve Amount as determined by us on such date (Please
see "Charge Reserve Amount" later in this Prospectus).
(3) The Growth Cap Rate must be greater than the sum of the annual interest
rate we are currently crediting on the Unloaned GIO ("A"), the Variable
Index Benefit Charge rate ("B"), the annualized monthly Variable Index
Segment Account Charge rate ("C") and the current annualized monthly
mortality and expense risk charge rate ("D"). The Growth Cap Rate must be
greater than (A+B+C+D). This is to ensure that the highest possible rate
of return that could be received in a Segment after these charges (B+C+D)
have been considered exceeds the interest crediting rate currently being
offered in the Unloaned GIO.
(4) It must not be necessary, as determined by us on that date, for us to make
a distribution from the policy during the Segment Term in order for the
policy to continue to qualify as life insurance under applicable tax law.
(5) The total amount allocated to your Segments under your policy on that date
must be less than any limit we may have established.
If there is sufficient policy account value in the Unloaned GIO to cover the
Charge Reserve Amount, then no transfers from other investment options to the
Unloaned GIO will need to be made. If there is insufficient value in the
Unloaned GIO to cover the Charge Reserve Amount and we do not receive
instructions from you specifying the investment options from which we should
transfer the account value to the Unloaned GIO to meet Charge Reserve Amount
requirements at the Segment Start Date, or the transfer instructions are not
possible due to insufficient funds, then the required amount will be
transferred proportionately from your variable investment options including the
MSO Holding Account.
If after any transfers there would be an insufficient amount in the Unloaned
GIO to cover the Charge Reserve Amount or the Growth Cap Rate for the next
available Segment does not qualify per your minimum Growth Cap Rate
instructions and the conditions listed above, then your amount in the MSO
Holding Account will remain there until we receive further instruction from
you. We will mail you a notice informing you that your account value did or did
not transfer from the MSO Holding Account into a Segment. These notices are
mailed on or about the next business day after the applicable Segment Start
Date. Please see "Requested Face Amount Increases" later in this Prospectus for
more information about the investment options from which account value could be
transferred to the Unloaned GIO on the effective date of a requested face
amount increase.
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SEGMENT MATURITY
Near the end of the Segment Term, we will notify you between 15 and 45 days
before the Segment Maturity Date that a Segment is about to mature. At that
time, you may choose to have all or a part of:
(a) the Segment Maturity Value rolled over into the MSO Holding Account
(b) the Segment Maturity Value transferred to the variable investment options
available under your policy
(c) the Segment Maturity Value transferred to the Unloaned GIO.
If we do not receive your transfer instructions before the Segment Maturity
Date, your Segment Maturity Value will automatically be rolled over into the
MSO Holding Account for investment in the next available Segment, subject to
the conditions listed under "Segments" above.
However, if we are not offering the MSO at that time, we will transfer the
Segment Maturity Value to the investment options available under your policy
per your instructions or to the EQ/Money Market investment option if no
instructions are received. Please see "Right to Discontinue and Limit Amounts
Allocated to the MSO" for more information. Although, under the appropriate
variable life insurance policy, we reserve the right to apply a transfer charge
up to $25 for each transfer among your investment options there will be no
transfer charges for any of the transfers discussed in this section.
GROWTH CAP RATE
By allocating your account value to the MSO, you can participate in the
performance of the Index up to the applicable Growth Cap Rate that we declare
on the Segment Start Date.
Please note that this means you will not know the Growth Cap Rate for a new
Segment until after the account value has been transferred from the MSO Holding
Account into the Segment and you are not allowed to transfer the account value
out of a Segment before the Segment Maturity Date. Please see "Transfers"
below.
Each Segment is likely to have a different Growth Cap Rate. However, the Growth
Cap Rate will never be less than 6%.
Your protection against negative performance for a Segment held until its
Segment Maturity Date is currently -25% ("Downside Protection" also referred to
in your policy as the "Segment Loss Absorption Threshold Rate"). We reserve the
right, for new Segments, to increase your Downside Protection against negative
performance. For example, if we were to adjust the Downside Protection for a
Segment to -100%, the Index-Linked Rate of Return for that Segment would not go
below 0%. Please note that any increase in the protection against negative
performance would likely result in a lower Growth Cap Rate than would otherwise
apply. We will provide notice between 15 and 45 days before any change in the
Downside Protection is effective. Any change would only apply to new Segments
started after the effective date of the change, which (coupled with the 15-45
day notice we will give) will afford you the opportunity to decline to
participate in any Segment that reflects a change in the Downside Protection.
ANY INCREASES IN THE GROWTH CAP RATE ABOVE THE MINIMUM 6% AND INCREASES IN
DOWNSIDE PROTECTION FROM THE MINIMUM -25% ARE SET AT THE COMPANY'S SOLE
DISCRETION. However, the Growth Cap Rate can never be less than 6% and we may
only increase your Downside Protection from the current -25%.
As part of your initial instructions in selecting the MSO, you will specify
what your minimum acceptable Growth Cap Rate is for a Segment. You may specify
a minimum Growth Cap Rate from 6% to 10%. If the Growth Cap Rate we set, on the
Segment Start Date, is below the minimum you specified then the account value
will not be transferred from the MSO Holding Account into that Segment. If you
do not specify a minimum Growth Cap Rate then your minimum Growth Cap Rate will
be set at 6%. Therefore, if you do not specify a minimum acceptable Growth Cap
Rate, account value could transfer into a Segment with a Growth Cap Rate that
may be lower than what you would have chosen. In addition, for account value to
transfer into a Segment from the MSO Holding Account, the Growth Cap Rate must
be greater than the sum of the annual interest rate we are currently crediting
on the Unloaned GIO ("A"), the Variable Index Benefit Charge rate ("B"), the
annualized monthly Variable Index Segment Account Charge rate ("C") and the
current annualized monthly mortality and expense risk charge rate ("D"). The
Growth Cap Rate must be greater than (A+B+C+D).
For example, assume that the annual interest rate we are currently crediting on
the Unloaned GIO were 4.00%, the Variable Index Benefit Charge rate were 0.75%,
the annualized monthly Variable Index Segment Account charge rate were 0.65%
and the annualized monthly mortality and expense risk charge rate were 0.85%.
Based on those assumptions (which we provide only for illustrative purposes and
will not necessarily correspond to actual rates), because these numbers total
6.25%, no amounts would be transferred into any Segment unless we declare a
Growth Cap Rate that is higher than 6.25%. Please see "Index-Linked Return"
later in this Prospectus for more information.
As another example, you may specify a minimum Growth Cap Rate of 8%. If we set
the Growth Cap Rate at 8% or higher for a Segment then a transfer from the MSO
Holding Account will be made into that new Segment provided all other
requirements and conditions discussed in this Prospectus are met. If we set the
Growth Cap Rate below 8% then no transfer from the MSO Holding Account will be
made into that Segment. No transfer will be made until a Segment Growth Cap
Rate equal to or greater than 8% is set and all requirements are met or you
transfer account value out of the MSO Holding Account.
GROWTH CAP RATE AVAILABLE DURING INITIAL YEAR
If you allocate policy account value to any Segment that commences during the
first year that the MSO is available to you under your policy, our current
practice is to establish a Growth Cap Rate that is at least 15%. This 15%
minimum Growth Cap Rate would apply to all Segment Terms that commence:
o During the first policy year, if the MSO was available to you as a feature
of your policy when the policy was issued; or
o For in-force policies, during the one year period beginning with the date
when the MSO was first made available to you after your policy was issued.
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We may terminate or change this 15% initial year minimum Growth Cap Rate at any
time; but any such change or termination would apply to you only if your policy
is issued, or the MSO was first made available to you, after such modification
or termination.
After this initial year 15% minimum Growth Cap Rate, the minimum Growth Cap
Rate will revert back to 6%.
INDEX-LINKED RETURN
We calculate the Index-Linked Return for a Segment by taking the Index-Linked
Rate of Return and multiplying it by the Segment Account Value on the Segment
Maturity Date. The Segment Account Value is net of the Variable Index Benefit
Charge described below as well as any monthly deductions, policy loans and
unpaid interest, distributions from the policy that we deem necessary to
continue to qualify the policy as life insurance under applicable tax law and
any corresponding Early Distribution Adjustments. The Segment Account Value
does not include the Charge Reserve Amount described later in this Prospectus.
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If the Index: Your Index-Linked Rate of Return will be:
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goes up by more than the equal to the Growth Cap Rate
Growth Cap Rate
goes up less than or equal equal to the Index Performance Rate
to the Growth Cap Rate
stays flat or goes down 25% equal to 0%
or less
goes down by more than negative but will not reflect the first
25% 25% of downside performance
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For instance, we may set the Growth Cap Rate at 15%. Therefore, if the Index
has gone up 20% over your Segment Term, you will receive a 15% credit to your
Segment Account Value on the Segment Maturity Date. If the Index had gone up by
13% from your Segment Start Date to your Segment Maturity Date then you would
receive a credit of 13% to your Segment Account Value on the Segment Maturity
Date.
If the Index had gone down 20% over the Segment Term then you would receive a
return of 0% to your Segment Account Value on the Segment Maturity Date.
If the Index had gone down by 30% by your Segment Maturity Date then your
Segment Account Value would be reduced by 5% on the Segment Maturity Date. The
Downside Protection feature of the MSO will absorb the negative performance of
the Index up to -25%.
The minimum Growth Cap Rate is 6%. However, account value will only transfer
into a new Segment from the MSO Holding Account if the Growth Cap Rate is equal
to or greater than your specified minimum Growth Cap Rate and meets the
conditions discussed earlier in the "Growth Cap Rate" section.
In those instances where the account value in the MSO Holding Account does not
transfer into a new Segment, the account value will remain in the MSO Holding
Account until the next available, qualifying Segment unless you transfer the
account value into the Unloaned GIO and/or other investment option available
under your policy subject to any conditions and restrictions.
For instance, if we declare the Growth Cap Rate to be 6% and your specified
minimum Growth Cap Rate is 6% but we are currently crediting an annual interest
rate on the Unloaned GIO that is greater than or equal to 6% minus the sum of
the charges (B+C+D) discussed in the Growth Cap Rate section then your account
value will remain in the MSO Holding Account on the date the new Segment would
have started.
As indicated above, you must transfer account value out of the MSO Holding
Account into the Unloaned GIO and/or other investment options available under
your policy if you do not want to remain in the MSO Holding Account.
If we declare the Growth Cap Rate to be 6% and your specified minimum Growth
Cap Rate is 6% and if the sum of the charges (B+C+D) discussed in the "Growth
Cap Rate" section plus the annual interest rate on the Unloaned GIO are less
than 6% and all requirements are met then the net amount of the account value
in the MSO Holding Account will transfer into a new Segment.
If you specified a minimum Growth Cap Rate of 10% in the above examples then
account value would not transfer into a new Segment from the MSO Holding
Account because the Growth Cap Rate did not meet your specified minimum Growth
Cap Rate.
The Index-Linked Return is only applied to amounts that remain in a Segment
until the Segment Maturity Date. For example, a surrender of your policy before
Segment maturity will eliminate any Index-Linked Return and be subject to a
Early Distribution Adjustment.
CHANGE IN INDEX
If the Index is discontinued or if the calculation of the Index is
substantially changed, we reserve the right to substitute an alternative index.
We also reserve the right to choose an alternative index at our discretion.
If we were to substitute an alternative index at our discretion, we would
provide notice 45 days before making that change. The new index would only
apply to new Segments. Any outstanding Segments would mature on their original
Segment Maturity Dates.
With an alternative index, the Downside Protection would remain the same or
greater. However, an alternative index may reduce the Growth Cap Rates we can
offer. We would attempt to choose a substitute index that has a similar
investment objective and risk profile to the S&P 500 Price Return index.
If the S&P 500 Price Return index were to be discontinued or substantially
changed, thereby affecting the Index-Linked Return of existing Segments, we
will mature the Segments based on the most recently available closing value of
the Index before it is discontinued or changed. Such maturity will be as of the
date of such most recently available closing value of the Index and we will use
that closing value to calculate the Index-linked Return through that date. We
would apply the full Index performance to that date subject to the full Growth
Cap Rate and Downside Protection. For example, if the Index was up 12% at the
time we matured the Segment and the Growth Cap Rate was 8%, we would credit an
8% return to your Segment Account Value. If the Index was down 30% at the time
we matured the Segment, we would credit a 5% negative return to your Segment
Account
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Value. We would provide notice about maturing the Segment, as soon as
practicable and ask for instructions on where to transfer your Segment Maturity
Value.
If we are still offering Segments at that time, you can request that the
Segment Maturity Value be invested in a new Segment, in which case we will hold
the Segment Maturity Value in the MSO Holding Account for investment in the
next available Segment subject to the same terms and conditions discussed above
under MSO Holding Account and Segments.
In the case of any of the types of early maturities discussed above, there
would be no transfer charges or EDA applied and you can allocate the Segment
Maturity Value to the investment options available under your policy. Please
see "Segment Maturity" earlier in this Prospectus for more information. If we
continued offering new Segments, then such a change in the Index may cause
lower Growth Cap Rates to be offered. However, we would still provide a minimum
Growth Cap Rate of 6% and minimum Downside Protection of -25%. We also reserve
the right to not offer new Segments. Please see "Right to Discontinue and Limit
Amounts Allocated to the MSO" later in this Prospectus.
CHARGES
There is a current percentage charge of 1.40% of any policy account value
allocated to each Segment. We reserve the right to increase or decrease the
charge although it will never exceed 2.40%. Of this percentage charge, 0.75%
will be deducted on the Segment Start Date from the amount being transferred
from the MSO Holding Account into the Segment as an up-front charge ("Variable
Index Benefit Charge"), with the remaining 0.65% annual charge (of the current
Segment Account Value) being deducted from the policy account on a monthly
basis during the Segment Term ("Variable Index Segment Account Charge").
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Current
Non- Guaranteed
MSO Charges guaranteed Maximum
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Variable Index Benefit Charge 0.75% 0.75%
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Variable Index Segment Account Charge 0.65% 1.65%
Charge
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Total 1.40% 2.40%
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This fee table applies specifically to the MSO and should be read in
conjunction with the fee table in the appropriate variable life insurance
policy prospectus. Please also see Loans later in this Prospectus for
information regarding the "spread" you would pay on any policy loan.
The base variable life insurance policy's mortality and expense risk charge
will also be applicable to a Segment Account Value or any amounts held in the
MSO Holding Account. The mortality and expense risk charge is part of the
policy monthly charges. Please see "How we deduct policy monthly charges during
a Segment Term" for more information. Please refer to the appropriate variable
life insurance policy prospectus for more information.
If a Segment is terminated prior to maturity by policy surrender, or reduced
prior to maturity by monthly deductions (if other funds are insufficient) or by
loans or a Guideline Premium Force-out as described below, we will refund a
proportionate amount of the Variable Index Benefit Charge corresponding to the
surrender or reduction and the time remaining until Segment Maturity. The
refund will be administered as part of the Early Distribution Adjustment
process as described above. This refund will increase your surrender value or
remaining Segment Account Value, as appropriate. Please see Appendix I for an
example and further information.
CHARGE RESERVE AMOUNT
If you elect the Market Stabilizer Option(SM), you are required to maintain a
minimum amount of policy account value in the Unloaned GIO to approximately
cover the estimated monthly charges for the policy, (including, but not limited
to, the MSO and any optional riders) for the Segment Term. This is the Charge
Reserve Amount.
The Charge Reserve Amount will be determined on each Segment Start Date as an
amount projected to be sufficient to cover all of the policy's monthly
deductions during the Segment Term, assuming at the time such calculation is
made that no interest or investment performance is credited to or charged
against the policy account and that no policy changes or additional premium
payments are made.The Charge Reserve Amount on other than a Segment Start Date
(or the effective date of a requested face amount increase -- please see
"Requested Face Amount Increases" below for more information) will be the
Charge Reserve Amount determined as of the latest Segment Start Date (or
effective date of a face amount increase) reduced by each subsequent monthly
deduction during the longest remaining Segment Term, although it will never be
less than zero. This means, for example, that if you are in a Segment (Segment
A) and then enter another Segment (Segment B) 6 months later, the Charge
Reserve Amount would be re-calculated on the start date of Segment B. The
Charge Reserve Amount would be re-calculated to cover all of the policy's
monthly deductions during the Segment Terms for both Segments A and B.
When you select the MSO, as part of your initial instructions, you will be
asked to specify the investment options from which we should transfer the
account value to the Unloaned GIO to meet Charge Reserve Amount requirements,
if necessary. No transfer restrictions apply to amounts that you wish to
transfer into the Unloaned GIO to meet the Charge Reserve Amount requirement.
If your values in the variable investment options including the MSO Holding
Account and the unloaned portion of our GIO are insufficient to cover the
Charge Reserve Amount, no new Segment will be established. Please see
"Segments" above for more information regarding the Charge Reserve Amount and
how amounts may be transferred to meet this requirement.
Please note that the Charge Reserve Amount may not be sufficient to cover
actual monthly deductions during the Segment Term. Although the Charge Reserve
Amount will be re-calculated on each Segment Start Date, and the amount already
present in the Unloaned GIO will be supplemented through transfers from your
value in the variable investment options including the MSO Holding Account, if
necessary to meet this requirement, actual monthly deductions could vary up or
down during the Segment Term due to various factors including but not limited
to requested policy changes, additional premium pay-
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ments, investment performance, loans, policy partial withdrawals from other
investment options besides the MSO, and any changes we might make to current
policy charges.
HOW WE DEDUCT POLICY MONTHLY CHARGES DURING A SEGMENT TERM
Under your base variable life insurance policy, monthly deductions are
allocated to the variable investment options and the Unloaned GIO according to
deduction allocation percentages specified by you or based on a proportionate
allocation should any of the individual investment option values be
insufficient.
However, if the Market Stabilizer Option(SM) is elected, on the Segment Start
Date, deduction allocation percentages will be changed so that 100% of monthly
deductions will be taken from the Charge Reserve Amount and then any remaining
value in the Unloaned GIO, if the Charge Reserve Amount is depleted, during the
Segment Term. In addition, if the value in the Unloaned GIO is ever
insufficient to cover monthly deductions during the Segment Term, the base
policy's proportionate allocation procedure will be modified as follows:
1. The first step will be to take the remaining portion of the deductions
proportionately from the values in the variable investment options,
including any value in the MSO Holding Account but excluding any Segment
Account Values.
2. If the Unloaned GIO and variable investment options, including any value
in the MSO Holding Account, are insufficient to cover deductions in their
entirety, the remaining amount will be allocated to the individual
Segments proportionately, based on the current Segment Distribution Values.
3. Any portion of a monthly deduction allocated to an individual Segment will
generate a corresponding Early Distribution Adjustment of the Segment
Account Value.
The effect of those procedures is that account value will be taken out of a
Segment to pay a monthly deduction (and an EDA therefore applied) only if there
is no remaining account value in any other investment options, as listed in 1.
and 2. above.
In addition, your base variable life insurance policy will lapse if your net
policy account value (please refer to your base variable life insurance policy
prospectus for a further explanation of this term) is not enough to pay your
policy's monthly charges when due (unless one of the available guarantees
against termination is applicable). If you have amounts allocated to MSO
Segments, the Segment Distribution Value will be used in place of the Segment
Account Value in calculating the net policy account value.
These modifications will apply during any period in which a Segment exists and
has not yet reached its Segment Maturity Date.
EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT
Overview
Before a Segment matures, if you surrender your policy, take a loan from a
Segment or if we should find it necessary to make deductions for monthly
charges or other distributions from a Segment, we will apply an Early
Distribution Adjustment.
The application of the EDA is based on your agreement (under the terms of the
MSO) to be exposed to the risk that, at the Segment Maturity Date, the Index
will have fallen by more than 25%. The EDA uses what we refer to as a Put
Option Factor to estimate the market value, at the time of an early
distribution, of the risk that you would suffer a loss if your Segment were
continued (without taking the early distribution) until its Segment Maturity
Date. By charging you with a deduction equal to that estimated value, the EDA
provides a treatment for an early distribution that is designed to be
consistent with how distributions at the end of a Segment are treated when the
Index has declined over the course of that Segment.
In the event of an early distribution, even if the Index has experienced
positive performance since the Segment Start Date, the EDA will cause you to
lose principal through the application of the Put Option Factor and that loss
may be substantial. That is because there is always some risk that the Index
would have declined by the Segment Maturity Date such that you would suffer a
loss if the Segment were continued (without taking any early distribution)
until that time. However, the other component of the EDA is the proportionate
refund of the Variable Index Benefit Charge (discussed below under "Important
Considerations") which is a positive adjustment to you. As a result, the
overall impact of the EDA is to reduce your Segment Account Value and your
other policy values except in the limited circumstances where the proportionate
refund is greater than your loss from the Put Option Factor.
We determine the EDA and the Put Option Factor by formulas that are described
below under "Additional Detail."
Important Considerations
When any surrender, loan, charge deduction or other distribution is made from a
Segment before its Segment Maturity Date:
1. YOU WILL FORFEIT ANY POSITIVE INDEX PERFORMANCE WITH RESPECT TO THESE
AMOUNTS. INSTEAD, ANY OF THESE PRE-SEGMENT MATURITY DATE DISTRIBUTIONS WILL
CAUSE AN EDA TO BE APPLIED THAT WILL USUALLY RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN YOUR
VALUES. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BEFORE TAKING ANY
SUCH EARLY LOAN OR SURRENDER, OR ALLOWING THE VALUE IN YOUR OTHER
INVESTMENT OPTIONS TO FALL SO LOW THAT WE MUST MAKE ANY MONTHLY DEDUCTION
FROM A SEGMENT; AND
2. The EDA will be applied, which means that:
a. If the Index has fallen more than 25% since the Segment Start
Date, the EDA would generally have the effect of charging you for
(i) the full amount of that loss below 25%, plus (ii) an additional
amount for the risk that the Index might decline further by the
Segment Maturity Date. (Please see example III in Appendix I for
further information.)
b. If the Index has fallen since the Segment Start Date, but by less
than 25%, the EDA would charge you for the risk that, by the
Segment Maturity Date, the index might have declined further to a
point more than 25% below what it was at the Segment Start Date.
(Please see example I in Appendix I for further information.) This
charge would generally be less than the amount by which the Index
had fallen from the
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Segment Start Date through the date we apply the EDA. It also would
generally be less than it would be under the circumstances in 2a.
above.
c. If the Index has risen since the Segment Start Date, the EDA
would not credit you with any of such favorable investment
performance. Instead, the EDA would charge you for the risk that,
by the Segment Maturity Date, the index might have declined to a
point more than 25% below what it was at the Segment Start Date.
(Please see examples II and IV in Appendix I for further
information.) This charge would generally be less than it would be
under the circumstances in 2a. and 2b. above.
In addition to the consequences discussed in 2. above, the EDA also has the
effect of pro rating the Variable Index Benefit Charge. As discussed further
below, this means that you in effect would receive a proportionate refund of
this charge for the portion of the Segment Term that follows the early
surrender, loan, policy distribution, or charge deduction that caused us to
apply the EDA. In limited circumstances, this refund may cause the total EDA to
be positive.
For the reasons discussed above, the Early Distribution Adjustment to the
Segment Account Value will usually reduce the amount you would receive when you
surrender your policy prior to a Segment Maturity Date. For loans and charge
deductions, the Early Distribution Adjustment would usually further reduce the
account value remaining in the Segment Account Value and therefore decrease the
Segment Maturity Value.
Additional Detail
For purposes of determining the Segment Distribution Value prior to a Segment
Maturity Date, the EDA is:
(a) the Put Option Factor multiplied by the Segment Account Value
-minus-
(b) a pro-rata portion of the 0.75% Variable Index Benefit Charge
attributable to the Segment Account Value. (Please see "Charges" earlier
in this Prospectus for an explanation of this charge.)
The Put Option Factor multiplied by the Segment Account Value represents, at
any time during the Segment Term, the estimated market value of your potential
exposure to negative S&P 500 Price Return index performance that is worse than
- -25%. The Put Option Factor, on any date, represents the estimated value on
that date of a hypothetical "put option" (as described below) on the Index
having a notional value equal to $1 and strike price at Segment Maturity equal
to $0.75 ($1 plus the Downside Protection which is currently -25%). The strike
price of the option ($0.75) is the difference between a 100% loss in the S&P
500 Price Return index at Segment Maturity and the 25% loss at Segment Maturity
that would be absorbed by the Downside Protection feature of the MSO (please
see "Growth Cap Rate" earlier in this Prospectus for an explanation of the
Downside Protection.) In a put option on an index, the seller will pay the
buyer, at the maturity of the option, the difference between the strike price
- -- which was set at issue -- and the underlying index closing price, in the
event that the closing price is below the strike price. Prior to the maturity
of the put option, its value generally will have an inverse relationship with
the index. The notional value can be described as the price of the underlying
index at inception of the contract. Using a notional value of $1 facilitates
computation of the percentage change in the Index and the put option factor.
The Company will utilize a fair market value methodology to determine the Put
Option Factor.
For this purpose, we use the Black Scholes formula for valuing a European put
option on the S&P 500 Price Return index, assuming a continuous dividend yield,
with inputs that are consistent with current market prices.
The inputs to the Black Scholes Model include:
(1) Implied Volatility of the Index -- This input varies with (i) how
much time remains until the Maturity Date of the Segment from
which an early distribution is being made, which is determined by using an
expiration date for the hypothetical put option that corresponds to that
time remaining and (ii) the relationship between the strike price of the
hypothetical put option and the level of the S&P 500 Price Return index at
the time of the early distribution. This relationship is referred to as
the "moneyness" of the hypothetical put option described above, and is
calculated as the ratio of the $0.75 strike price of that hypothetical put
option to what the level of the S&P 500 Price Return index would be at the
time of the early distribution if the Index had been $1 at the beginning
of the Segment. Direct market data for these inputs for any given early
distribution are generally not available, because put options on the Index
that actually trade in the market have specific maturity dates and
moneyness values that are unlikely to correspond precisely to the Maturity
Date and moneyness of the hypothetical put option that we use for purposes
of calculating the EDA.
Accordingly, we use the following method to estimate the implied
volatility of the index. We receive daily quotes of implied volatility
from banks using the same Black Scholes model described above and based on
the market prices for certain S&P 500 Price Return put options.
Specifically, implied volatility quotes are obtained for put options with
the closest maturities above and below the actual time remaining in the
Segment at the time of the early distribution and, for each maturity, for
those put options having the closest moneyness value above and below the
actual moneyness of the hypothetical put option described above, given the
level of the S&P 500 Price Return index at the time of the early
distribution. In calculating the Put Option Factor, we will derive a
volatility input for your Segment's time to maturity and strike price by
linearly interpolating between the implied volatility quotes that are
based on the actual adjacent maturities and moneyness values described
above, as follows:
(a) We first determine the implied volatility of a put option that
has the same moneyness as the hypothetical put option but with
the closest available time to maturity shorter than your Segment's
remaining time to maturity. This volatility is derived by linearly
interpolating between the implied volatilities of put options
having the times to maturity that are above and below the moneyness
value of the hypothetical put option.
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(b) We then determine the implied volatility of a put option that has
the same moneyness as the hypothetical put option but with the
closest available time to maturity longer than your Segment's
remaining time to maturity. This volatility is derived by linearly
interpolating between the implied volatilities of put options having
the times to maturity that are above and below the moneyness value
of the hypothetical put option.
(c) The volatility input for your Segment's time to maturity will then
be determined by linearly interpolating between the volatilities
derived in steps (a) and (b).
(2) LIBOR Rate -- Key duration LIBOR rates will be retrieved from a recognized
financial reporting vendor. LIBOR rates will be retrieved for maturities
adjacent to the actual time remaining in the Segment at the time of the
early distribution. We will use linear interpolation to derive the exact
remaining duration rate needed as the input.
(3) Index Dividend Yield -- On a daily basis we will get the projected annual
dividend yield across the entire Index. This value is a widely used
assumption and is readily available from recognized financial reporting
vendors.
In general, the Put Option Factor has an inverse relationship with the S&P 500
Price Return index. In addition to the factors discussed above, the Put Option
Factor is also influenced by time to Segment Maturity. We determine Put Option
Factors at the end of each business day. Generally, a business day is any day
the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. If any inputs to the Black
Scholes formula are unavailable on a business day, we would use the value of
the input from the most recent preceding business day. The Put Option Factor
that applies to a transaction or valuation made on a business day will be the
Factor for that day. The Put Option Factor that applies to a transaction or
valuation made on a non-business day will be the Factor for the next business
day.
Appendix I at the end of this Prospectus provides examples of how the Early
Distribution Adjustment is calculated.
TRANSFERS
There is no charge to transfer into and out of the MSO Holding Account and you
can make a transfer at any time to or from the investment options available
under your policy subject to any transfer restrictions within your policy. You
may not transfer into the MSO Holding Account while the Extended No Lapse
Guarantee Rider is in effect with your policy. You must terminate the Extended
No Lapse Guarantee Rider before electing MSO. Any restrictions applicable to
transfers between the MSO Holding Account and such investment options would be
the same transfer restrictions applicable to transfers between the investment
options available under your policy. However, once policy account value has
been swept from the MSO Holding Account into a Segment, transfers into or out
of that Segment before its Segment Maturity Date will not be permitted. Please
note that while a Segment is in effect, before the Segment Maturity Date, the
amount available for transfers from the Unloaned GIO will be limited to avoid
reducing the Unloaned GIO below the remaining Charge Reserve Amount.
Thus the amount available for transfers from the Unloaned GIO will not be
greater than any excess of the Unloaned GIO over the remaining Charge Reserve
Amount.
WITHDRAWALS
Once policy account value has been swept from the MSO Holding Account into a
Segment, you will not be allowed to withdraw the account value out of a Segment
before the Segment Maturity Date unless you surrender your policy. You may also
take a loan; please see "Loans" later in this Prospectus for more information.
Any account value taken out of a Segment before the Segment Maturity Date will
generate an Early Distribution Adjustment. Please note that while a Segment is
in effect, before the Segment Maturity Date, the amount available for
withdrawals from the Unloaned GIO will be limited to avoid reducing the
Unloaned GIO below the Charge Reserve Amount. Thus, if there is any policy
account value in a Segment, the amount which would otherwise be available to
you for a partial withdrawal of net cash surrender value will be reduced, by
the amount (if any) by which the sum of your Segment Distribution Values and
the Charge Reserve Amount exceeds the policy surrender charge.
If the policy owner does not indicate or if we cannot allocate the withdrawal
as requested due to insufficient funds, we will allocate the withdrawal
proportionately from your values in the Unloaned GIO (excluding the Charge
Reserve Amount) and your values in the variable investment options including
the MSO Holding Account.
CASH SURRENDER VALUE, NET CASH SURRENDER VALUE AND LOAN VALUE
If you have amounts allocated to MSO Segments, the Segment Distribution Values
will be used in place of the Segment Account Values in calculating the amount
of any cash surrender value, net cash surrender value and maximum amount
available for loans (please refer to your base variable life insurance policy
prospectus for a further explanation of these latter terms). This means an EDA
would apply to those amounts. Please see Appendix I for more information.
GUIDELINE PREMIUM FORCE-OUTS
For policies that use the Guideline Premium Test, a new Segment will not be
established or created if we determine, when we process your election, that a
distribution from the policy will be required to maintain its qualification as
life insurance under federal tax law at any time during the Segment Term.
However, during a Segment Term if a distribution becomes necessary under the
force-out rules of Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code, it will be
deducted proportionately from the values in the Unloaned GIO (excluding the
Charge Reserve Amount) and in any variable investment option, including any
value in the MSO Holding Account but excluding any Segment Account Values.
If the Unloaned GIO (excluding the Charge Reserve Amount) and variable
investment options, including any value in the MSO Holding Account, are
insufficient to cover the force-out in its entirety, any remaining amount
required to be forced out will be taken from the individual Segments
proportionately, based on the current Segment Distribution Values.
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ANY PORTION OF A FORCE-OUT DISTRIBUTION TAKEN FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT WILL
GENERATE A CORRESPONDING EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT OF THE SEGMENT ACCOUNT
VALUE.
If the Unloaned GIO (excluding the remaining Charge Reserve Amount), together
with the variable investment options including any value in the MSO Holding
Account, and the Segment Distribution Values, is still insufficient to cover
the force-out in its entirety, the remaining amount of the force-out will be
allocated to the Unloaned GIO and reduce or eliminate any remaining Charge
Reserve Amount under the Unloaned GIO.
LOANS
Please refer to the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus for
information regarding policy loan provisions.
You may specify how your loan is to be allocated among the MSO, the variable
investment options and the Unloaned GIO. Any portion of a requested loan
allocated to the MSO will be redeemed from the individual Segments and the MSO
Holding Account proportionately, based on the value of the MSO Holding Account
and the current Segment Distribution Values of each Segment. Any portion
allocated to an individual Segment will generate a corresponding Early
Distribution Adjustment of the Segment Account Value and be subject to a higher
guaranteed maximum loan spread ([2%] for policies with a contract state of
Oregon and [5%] for other policies).
If you do not specify or if we cannot allocate the loan according to your
specifications, we will allocate the loan proportionately from your values in
the Unloaned GIO (excluding the Charge Reserve Amount) and your values in the
variable investment options including the MSO Holding Account.
If the Unloaned GIO (excluding the remaining amount of the Charge Reserve
Amount), together with the variable investment options including any value in
the MSO Holding Account, are insufficient to cover the loan in its entirety,
the remaining amount of the loan will be allocated to the individual Segments
proportionately, based on current Segment Distribution Values.
ANY PORTION OF A LOAN ALLOCATED TO AN INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT WILL GENERATE A
CORRESPONDING EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT OF THE SEGMENT ACCOUNT VALUE AND BE
SUBJECT TO A HIGHER GUARANTEED MAXIMUM LOAN SPREAD.
If the Unloaned GIO (excluding the remaining amount of the Charge Reserve
Amount), together with the variable investment options including any value in
the MSO Holding Account and the Segment Distribution Values, are still
insufficient to cover the loan in its entirety, the remaining amount of the
loan will be allocated to the Unloaned GIO and will reduce or eliminate the
remaining Charge Reserve Amount.
Loan interest is due on each policy anniversary. If the interest is not paid
when due, it will be added to your outstanding loan and allocated on the same
basis as monthly deductions. See "How we deduct policy monthly charges during a
Segment Term."
Whether or not any Segment is in effect and has not yet reached its Segment
Maturity Date, loan repayments will first reduce any loaned amounts that are
subject to the higher maximum loan interest spread. Loan repayments will first
be used to restore any amounts that, before being designated as loan
collateral, had been in the Unloaned GIO. Any portion of an additional loan
repayment allocated to the MSO at the policy owner's direction (or according to
premium allocation percentages) will be transferred to the MSO Holding Account
to await the next available Segment Start Date and will be subject to the same
conditions described earlier in this Prospectus.
PAID UP DEATH BENEFIT GUARANTEE
Please note that the MSO is not available while the Paid Up Death Benefit
Guarantee is in effect. The Paid Up Death Benefit Guarantee provides an
opportunity to lock in all or a portion of your policy's death benefit,
provided certain conditions are met. Please see the appropriate variable life
insurance policy prospectus for more information.
EXTENDED NO LAPSE GUARANTEE RIDER
Please note that the MSO is not available while the Extended No Lapse Guarantee
Rider is in effect. You must terminate the Extended No Lapse Guarantee Rider
before electing MSO. The Extended No Lapse Guarantee guarantees that your
policy will not terminate for a certain number of years, provided certain
conditions are met. Please see the appropriate variable life insurance policy
prospectus for more information.
REQUESTED FACE AMOUNT INCREASES
Please refer to the appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus for
conditions that will apply for a requested face amount increase.
If you wish to make a face amount increase during a Segment Term, the MSO
requires that a minimum amount of policy account value be available to be
transferred into the Unloaned GIO (if not already present in the Unloaned GIO),
and that the balance after deduction of monthly charges remain there during the
longest remaining Segment Term subject to any loans as described above. This
minimum amount will be any amount necessary to supplement the existing Charge
Reserve Amount so as to be projected to be sufficient to cover all monthly
deductions during the longest remaining Segment Term. Such amount will be
determined assuming at the time such calculation is made that no interest or
investment performance is credited to or charged against the policy account
value, and that no further policy changes or additional premium payments are
made.
Any necessary transfers to supplement the amount already present in the
Unloaned GIO in order to meet this minimum requirement will take effect on the
effective date of the face amount increase. There will be no charge for this
transfer. Any transfer from the variable investment options including the MSO
Holding Account will be made in accordance with your directions. Your transfer
instructions will be requested as part of the process for requesting the face
amount increase. If the requested allocation is not possible due to
insufficient funds, the required amount will be transferred proportionately
from the variable investment options, as well as the MSO Holding Account. If
such transfers are not possible due to insufficient funds, your requested face
amount increase will be declined.
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YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS
Please refer to the appropriate variable insurance policy prospectus for more
information regarding your right to cancel your policy within a certain number
of days and the Investment Start Date, which is the business day your
investment first begins to earn a return for you. However, the policy
prospectus provisions that address when amounts will be allocated to the
investment options do not apply to amounts allocated to the MSO.
In those states that require us to return your premium without adjustment for
investment performance within a certain number of days, we will initially put
all amounts which you have allocated to the MSO into our EQ/Money Market
investment option. If we have received all necessary requirements for your
policy as of the day your policy is issued, on the first business day following
the later of the twentieth day after your policy is issued or the Investment
Start Date (30th day in most states if your policy is issued as the result of a
replacement), we will re-allocate those amounts to the MSO Holding Account
where they will remain until the next available Segment Start Date, at which
time such amounts will be transferred to a new Segment of the MSO subject to
meeting the conditions described in this Prospectus. However, if we have not
received all necessary requirements for your policy as of the day your policy
is issued, we will re-allocate those amounts to the MSO Holding Account on the
20th day (longer if your policy is issued as the result of a replacement)
following the date we receive all necessary requirements to put your policy in
force at our Administrative Office. Your financial professional can provide
further information on what requirements may apply to your policy.
In all other states, any amounts allocated to the MSO will first be allocated
to the MSO Holding Account where they will remain for 20 days (unless the
policy is issued as the result of a replacement, in which case amounts in the
MSO Holding Account will remain there for 30 days (45 days in PA)). Thereafter,
such amounts will be transferred to a new Segment of the MSO on the next
available Segment Start Date, subject to meeting the conditions described in
this Prospectus.
RIGHT TO DISCONTINUE AND LIMIT AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE MSO
We reserve the right to restrict or terminate future allocations to the MSO at
any time. If this right were ever to be exercised by us, all Segments
outstanding as of the effective date of the restriction would be guaranteed to
continue uninterrupted until the Segment Maturity Date. As each such Segment
matured, the balance would be reallocated to the Unloaned GIO and/or variable
investment options per your instructions, or to the EQ/Money Market investment
option if no instructions are received. We may also temporarily suspend
offering Segments at any time and for any reason including emergency conditions
as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also reserve the
right to establish a maximum amount for any single policy that can be allocated
to the MSO.
ABOUT SEPARATE ACCOUNT LIO
Amounts allocated to the MSO are held in a "non-unitized" separate account we
have established under the Commissioner of Insurance in the State of Arizona.
We own the assets of the separate account, as well as any favorable investment
performance on those assets. You do not participate in the performance of the
assets held in this separate account. We may, subject to state law that
applies, transfer all assets allocated to the separate account to our general
account. These assets are also available to the insurer's general creditors and
an owner should look to the financial strength of MONY America for its claims-
paying ability. We guarantee all benefits relating to your value in the MSO,
regardless of whether assets supporting the MSO are held in a separate account
or our general account.
Our current plans are to invest separate account assets in fixed-income
obligations, including corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed
securities, and government and agency issues. Futures, options and interest
rate swaps may be used for hedging purposes.
Although the above generally describes our plans for investing the assets
supporting our obligations under MSO, we are not obligated to invest those
assets according to any particular plan except as we may be required to by
state insurance laws.
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5. Distribution of the policies
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The MSO is only available only under certain variable life insurance policies
issued by MONY America. Extensive information about the arrangements for
distributing the variable life insurance policies, including sales
compensation, is included under "Distribution of the Policies" in the
appropriate variable life insurance policy prospectus and in the statement of
additional information that relates to that prospectus. All of that information
applies regardless of whether you choose to use the MSO, and there is no
additional plan of distribution or sales compensation with respect to the MSO.
There is also no change to the information regarding the fact that the
principal underwriter(s) is an affiliate of MONY America or an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable.
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6. Incorporation of certain documents by reference
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MONY America's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31,
2009 (the "Annual Report"), as amended on Form 10-K/A on September 17, 2010,
and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2010, June
30, 2010 and September 30, 2010 are considered to be part of this Prospectus
because they are incorporated by reference.
MONY America files reports and other information with the SEC, as required by
law. You may read and copy this information at the SEC's public reference
facilities at Room 1580, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by
accessing the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The public may obtain information
on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. Under the Securities Act of 1933, MONY America has filed with
the SEC a registration statement relating to the Market Stabilizer Option(SM)
(the "Registration Statement"). This Prospectus has been filed as part of the
Registration Statement and does not contain all of the information set forth in
the Registration Statement.
After the date of this Prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under the Registration Statement, all documents or reports we file
with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), will
be considered to become part of this Prospectus because they are incorporated
by reference.
Any statement contained in a document that is or becomes part of this
Prospectus, will be considered changed or replaced for purposes of this
Prospectus if a statement contained in this Prospectus changes or is replaced.
Any statement that is considered to be a part of this Prospectus because of its
incorporation will be considered changed or replaced for the purpose of this
Prospectus if a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document
that is considered to be part of this Prospectus changes or replaces that
statement. After that, only the statement that is changed or replaced will be
considered to be part of this Prospectus.
We file the Registration Statement and our Exchange Act documents and reports,
including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
electronically according to EDGAR under CIK No. 0000835357. The SEC maintains a
website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is www.sec.gov.
Upon written or oral request, we will provide, free of charge, to each person
to whom this Prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the documents
considered to be part of this Prospectus because they are incorporated herein.
In accordance with SEC rules, we will provide copies of any exhibits
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of the Exchange Act
reports (but not any other exhibits). Requests for documents should be directed
to MONY Life Insurance Company of America, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York 10104. Attention: Corporate Secretary (telephone: (212)
554-1234). You can access our website at www.axa-equitable.com.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The financial statements of MONY America at December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009 are incorporated
by reference herein in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides independent audit services and certain
other non-audit services to MONY America as permitted by the applicable SEC
independence rules, and as disclosed in MONY America's Form 10-K.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's address is 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
10017.
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Appendix I: Early Distribution Adjustment Examples
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Hypothetical Early Distribution Adjustment Examples
A. Examples of Early Distribution Adjustment to determine Segment Distribution
Value
The following examples represent a policy owner who has invested in both
Segments 1 and 2. They are meant to show how much value is available to a
policy owner when there is a full surrender of the policy by the policy owner
or other full distribution from these Segments as well as the impact of Early
Distribution Adjustments on these Segments. The date of such hypothetical
surrender or distribution is the Valuation Date specified below and, on that
date, the examples assume 9 months remain until Segment 1's maturity date and 3
months remain until Segment 2's maturity date.
Explanation of formulas and derivation of Put Option Factors is provided in
notes (1)-(3) below.
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Division of MSO into Segment 1 Segment 2
Segments (Distribution after 3 months) (Distribution after 9 months) Total
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Start Date 3rd Friday of July, Calendar Year Y 3rd Friday of January, Calendar Year Y
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Maturity Date 3rd Friday of July, Calendar Year Y+1 3rd Friday of January, Calendar Year Y+1
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Segment Term 1 year 1 year
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Valuation Date 3rd Friday of October, Calendar Year Y 3rd Friday of October, Calendar Year Y
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Initial Segment Account 1,000 1,000 2,000
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Variable Index Benefit Charge 0.75% 0.75%
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Remaining Segment Term 9 months / 12 months = 9/12 = 0.75 3 months / 12 months = 3/12 = 0.25
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Example I - The Index is down 10% at the time of the Early Distribution
Adjustment
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Change in Index Value -10% -10% Total
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Put Option Factor 0.020673 0.003425
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Put Option Component: Put Option Component:
1000 * 0.020673 = 20.67 1000 * 0.003425 = 3.43
Charge Refund Component: Charge Refund Component:
1000 * 0.75 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 5.67 1000 * 0.25 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 1.89
Total EDA: Total EDA:
20.67 - 5.67 = 15.00 3.43 - 1.89 = 1.54
Early Distribution Adjustment 16.54
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SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUE 1000 - 15.00 = 985.00 1000 - 1.54 = 998.46 1,983.46
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% change in principal due to -2.067% -0.343%
the Put Option Component
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% change in principal due to 0.567% -0.15%
the Charge Refund Component
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Total % change in Segment -1.50%
Account Value due to the
EDA
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Example II - The Index is up 10% at the time of the Early Distribution
Adjustment
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Change in Index Value 10% 10% Total
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Put Option Factor 0.003229 0.000037
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Put Option Component: Put Option Component:
1000 * 0.003229 = 3.23 1000 * 0.000037 = 0.04
Charge Refund Component: Charge Refund Component:
1000 * 0.75 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 5.67 1000 * 0.25 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 1.89
Total EDA: Total EDA:
3.23 - 5.67 = -2.44 0.04 - 1.89 = -1.85
Early Distribution Adjustment -4.29
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SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUE 1000 - (-2.44) = 1002.44 1000 - (-1.85) = 1001.85 2,004.29
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% change in principal due to -0.323% -.004%
the Put Option Component
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% change in principal due to 0.567% 0.189%
the Charge Refund Component
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Total % change in Segment 0.244% 0.185%
Account Value due to the EDA
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Example III - The Index is down 40% at the time of the Early Distribution
Adjustment
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Change in Index Value -40% -40% Total
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Put Option Factor 0.163397 0.152132
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Put Option Component: Put Option Component:
1000 * 0.163397 = 163.40 1000 * 0.152132 = 152.13
Charge Refund Component: Charge Refund Component:
1000 * 0.75 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 5.67 1000 * 0.25 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 1.89
Total EDA: Total EDA:
163.40 - 5.67 = 157.73 152.13 - 1.89 = 150.24
Early Distribution Adjustment 307.97
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SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUE 1000 - 157.73 = 842.27 1000 - 150.24 = 849.76 1,692.03
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% change in principal due to -16.34% -15.213%
the Put Option Component
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% change in principal due to 0.567% 0.189%
the Charge Refund Component
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Total % change in Segment -15.773% -15.024%
Account Value due to the EDA
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Example IV - The Index is up 40% at the time of the Early Distribution
Adjustment
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Change in Index Value 40% 40% Total
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Put Option Factor 0.000140 0.000000
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Put Option Component: Put Option Component:
1000 * 0.000140 = 0.14 1000 * .000000 = 0.00
Charge Refund Component: Charge Refund Component:
1000 * 0.75 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 5.67 1000 * 0.25 * (0.0075/(1 - 0.0075)) = 1.89
Total EDA: Total EDA:
0.14 - 5.67 = -5.53 0.00 - 1.89 = -1.89
Early Distribution Adjustment -7.42
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SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUE 1000 - (-5.53) = 1005.53 1000 - (-1.89) = 1001.89 2,007.42
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% change in principal due to -0.014% 0%
the Put Option Component
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% change in principal due to 0.567% 0.189%
the Charge Refund Component
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Total % change in Segment 0.553% 0.189%
Account Value due to the EDA
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(1) Early Distribution Adjustment = (Segment Account Value) x [ (Put Option
Factor) - (Number of days between Valuation Date and Maturity Date) /(
Number of days between Start Date and Maturity Date) x ( 0.0075 / (1 -
0.0075) )]. The denominator of the charge refund component of this
formula, i.e., "(1-0.0075)," is an adjustment that is necessary in order
for the pro-rata refund of the Variable Index Benefit Charge to be based
on the gross amount on which that charge was paid by the policy owner on
the Segment Start Date.
(2) Segment Distribution Value = (Segment Account Value) - (Early Distribution
Adjustment).
(3) Derivation of Put Option Factor: In practice, the Put Option Factor will
be calculated based on a Black Scholes model, with input values which
are consistent with current market prices. We will utilize implied
volatility quotes - the standard measure used by the market to quote option
prices - as an input to a Black Scholes model in order to derive the
estimated market prices. The input values to the Black Scholes model that
have been utilized to generate the hypothetical examples above are as
follows: (1) Implied volatility - 25%; (2) Libor rate corresponding to
remainder of segment term - 1.09% annually; (3) Index dividend yield - 2%
annually.
B. EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT CORRESPONDING TO A LOAN
ALLOCATED TO SEGMENTS, FOR THE SEGMENT DISTRIBUTION VALUES AND SEGMENT
ACCOUNT VALUES LISTED ABOVE FOR A CHANGE IN INDEX VALUE OF -40%
This example is meant to show the effect on a policy if, rather than a full
distribution, you took a loan in the circumstances outlined in Example III
above when the Index is down 40%. Thus the policy owner is assumed to have an
initial Segment Account Value of 1,000 in each of Segment 1 and Segment 2. It
is also assumed that 9 months remain until Segment 1's maturity date and 3
months remain until Segment 2's maturity date.
Loan Amount: 750
Loan Date: 3rd Friday of October, Calendar Year Y
Explanation of formulas is provided in notes (a)-(d) below.
The Index is down 40% at the time of the Early Distribution Adjustment
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Change in Index Value -40% -40% Total
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Segment Account Value before 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00
Loan
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Loan Allocation(a) 373.34 376.66 750.00
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Early Distribution Adjustment(b) 69.91 66.59 136.55
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Segment Account Value after 556.73 556.72 1,113.45
Loan(c)
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Segment Distribution Value 468.93 473.10 942.03
after Loan(d)
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Appendix I: Early Distribution Adjustment Examples A-3
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(a) When more than one Segment is being used, we would allocate the loan
between the Segments proportionately to the Segment Distribution Value in
each. We take the Segment Distribution Value of each Segment (shown in
Example III above) and divide it by the total Segment Distribution
Values for Segments 1 and 2. This gives us the proportionate amount of the
loan that should be allocated to each Segment. For example, for Segment 1,
that would be 750 x (842.27/1,692.03) = 373.34
(b) This is the Early Distribution Adjustment that would be deducted from
each Segment, as a result of the loan, based on the amount of the loan
that is allocated to that Segment. It is equal to a percentage of the Early
Distribution Adjustment that would apply if a full distribution from the
Segment were being made, rather than only a partial distribution. This
percentage would be 44.32545% for Segment 1 in this example: i.e., 373.34
(the amount of reduction in Segment Distribution Value as a result of the
loan) divided by 842.27 (the Segment Distribution Value before the loan).
Thus, the Early Distribution Adjustment that is deducted for Segment 1 due
to the loan in this example would be 69.91 (i.e., 44.32545% of the 157.73
Early Distribution adjustment shown in Example III above that would apply
if a full rather than only a partial distribution from the Segment were
being made). Of this 69.91, 72.43 would be attributable to the Put Option
Component and -2.51 would be attributable to the Charge Refund Component
(which are calculated by applying 44.32545% to the 163.40 Put Option
Component and the 5.67 Charge Refund Component shown in Example III).
Similarly, the Early Distribution Adjustment deducted as a result of the
loan from Segment 2 would be 66.59, of which 67.43 would be attributable to
the Put Option Component and -0.84 would be attributable to the Charge
Refund Component.
(c) The Segment Account Value after Loan represents the Segment Account
Value before Loan minus the Loan Allocation and the Early Distribution
Adjustment. For example, for Segment 1, that would be 1,000 - 373.34
- 69.93 = 556.73.
(d) Segment Distribution Value after Loan represents the amount a policy owner
would receive from a Segment if they decided to surrender their policy
immediately after this loan transaction. We would take the pre-loan Segment
Distribution Value (shown in Example III above) and subtract the Loan
Allocation. For example, for Segment 1, that would be 842.27 - 373.34 =
468.93.
A-4 Appendix I: Early Distribution Adjustment Examples
MONY Life Insurance Company of America
SUPPLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2010 TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2010 FOR
INCENTIVE LIFE LEGACY(R) II
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This Supplement concerns a new investment option under our Incentive Life
Legacy(R) II policies. The new investment option is our Market Stabilizer
Option(SM) ("MSO"), which is available to you, if you have received this
Supplement. Any amount that you decide to invest in the MSO would be invested
in one of the "Segments" of the MSO, each of which has a limited duration (a
"Segment Term").
The purpose of this Supplement is solely to add to the May 1, 2010 Incentive
Life Legacy(R) II Prospectus ("Legacy Prospectus") a very limited amount of
information about the MSO. Much more complete information about the MSO is
contained in a separate Market Stabilizer Option(SM) prospectus ("MSO
Prospectus") dated November 22, 2010. All of the information in the Legacy
Prospectus also continues to remain applicable, except as otherwise provided in
this Supplement (or any other supplement to the Legacy Prospectus) or in the
MSO Prospectus.
Accordingly, you should read this Supplement in conjunction with the Legacy
Prospectus (and any other supplements thereto) and the MSO Prospectus. We will
send you another copy of any prospectus or supplement without charge upon
request. Please contact the customer service group referenced in the Legacy
Prospectus.
NO TRANSFER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH MSO
Although we generally reserve the right to impose up to a $25 charge for
transfers under the Incentive Life Legacy(R) II policies, we will never apply
this charge for any transfers into or out of the MSO.
Accordingly, the following language is added to footnote 5 on page 3 of the
Legacy Prospectus (which appears in the section of that Prospectus entitled
"Tables of policy charges"):
Nor will this charge apply to any transfers to or from any Market Stabilizer
Option ("MSO") that we make available as an investment option under a Policy
or any transfers to or from any MSO Holding Account that we make available
in connection with any Market Stabilizer Option(SM) available as an
investment option. Please refer to the separate prospectus for the MSO ("MSO
Prospectus") for information about the MSO and the related "Holding
Account."
CHARGES FOR THE MSO
If you allocate any of your policy account value to the MSO, several types of
charges or deductions would or could result. To reflect these, the following
items are added to the chart entitled "Periodic charges other than underlying
trust portfolio operating expenses" on page 1 of the Legacy Prospectus:
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Optional rider charges When charge is deducted Maximum amount that may be deducted
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Market stabilizer option
(MSO)*
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MSO Variable Index Benefit On the MSO Segment 0.75% of policy account value allocated
Charge Start Date
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MSO Variable Index At the beginning of each policy Annual % of your Segment Account Value 1.65%**
Segment Account Charge month during the MSO Segment
Term
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MSO loan spread*** for On each policy anniversary (or on 2% for Oregon policies
Amounts of Policy Loans loan termination, if earlier) 5% for all other policies****
Allocated to MSO Segment
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MSO Early Distribution On surrender or other distribution 75% of Segment Account Value*****
Adjustment (including loan) from an MSO
Segment prior to its Segment
Maturity Date
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EVM-110 (11/10) x03206
NB/IF Cat # 145363
* Please refer to the MSO Prospectus for information about the MSO and
related charges and deductions, as well as the meaning of special terms
that are relevant to the MSO (such as "Segment," "Segment Term," "Segment
Start Date," "Segment Account Value" and "Early Distribution Adjustment."
** Currently we deduct this charge at a 0.65% annual rate, rather than at the
maximum rate shown.
*** We charge interest on policy loans but credit you with interest on the
amount of the policy account value we hold as collateral for the loan. The
"spread" is the difference between the interest rate we charge you on a
policy loan and the interest rate we credit to you on the amount of your
policy account value that we hold as collateral for the loan. Please refer
to the MSO prospectus for more information.
**** We charge interest on policy loans but credit you with interest on the
amount of the policy account value we hold as collateral for the loan. The
loan interest spread is the excess of the interest rate we charge over the
interest rate we credit.
***** The actual amount of Early Distribution Adjustment is determined by a
formula that depends on, among other things, how a specified widely
published stock market index has performed since the Segment Start Date.
The maximum amount of the adjustment would occur if there is a total
distribution at a time when that index had declined to zero. Please refer
to the MSO prospectus for more information about the index and Early
Distribution Adjustment.
HOW WE ALLOCATE CHARGES AMONG YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS
If you allocate any policy account value to the MSO, our procedures for
allocating the policy's monthly deductions among the investment options you are
using is significantly different than in the absence of the MSO. Accordingly,
the following text is added at the end of the section entitled "How we allocate
charges among your investment options" on page 3 of the Legacy Prospectus:
Substantially different procedures apply, however, if you allocate any of
your policy account value to a Segment under the MSO investment option. In
that case, for example, you will be required to maintain a certain amount of
policy account value (the Charge Reserve Amount) in the policy's unloaned
guaranteed interest option. (You will not be subject to any Charge Reserve
Amount requirement, however, at any time when none of your policy account
value is invested in any MSO Segment.) The Charge Reserve Amount at the
beginning of any Segment is the estimated amount required to pay all monthly
deductions under your policy (including, but not limited to, charges for the
MSO and any optional riders) for the remainder of the Segment Term.
While any of your policy account value is invested in any Segment, we will
take all of your policy's monthly deductions (including, but not limited to,
the monthly deductions under the MSO and optional riders) solely from the
unloaned guaranteed interest option, rather than from the investment options
from which those charges otherwise would be deducted. If you have
insufficient policy account value in the unloaned guaranteed interest option
to pay a monthly deduction during any Segment Term, we will first take the
balance of the deduction proportionately from any variable investment
options (other than any Segments) that you are then using. But, if
insufficient policy account value remains in any such other investment
options to cover the full balance of the monthly deduction, we will take the
remainder of the monthly deduction from any MSO Segments in which you have
account value invested. We will apply these procedures for allocating
deductions for policy charges automatically at any time you have any amounts
invested in a Segment, and no contrary instructions from you would apply
during the Segment Term.
If we have to make any distribution from an MSO Segment, including (among
other things) to pay any surrender or loan proceeds or any charge deduction
from a Segment, there will generally be negative consequences for you. Among
other things, an Early Distribution Adjustment would apply, which would
usually reduce your policy values, in many cases substantially. In some
cases, such an Early Distribution Adjustment may apply without any action on
your part. This could happen, for example, if the Charge Reserve Amount and
funds you have invested in options other than the MSO are insufficient to
pay a monthly deduction (i) due to poor investment performance of those
options or (ii) due to any permitted increases in charges that we have made
above their current rates.
Please refer to the MSO Prospectus for detailed information about the above
procedures.
MONY Life Insurance Company of America
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
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Incentive Life Legacy(R) II is issued by MONY Life Insurance Company of America
and is a registered trademark of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.
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