Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity

Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company

Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

This prospectus describes an individual variable deferred annuity contract with flexible premium payments (“Contract”) offered by Hextone Life Insurance Company (“Hextone,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The Contract may not be available in all states. The Contract offers a choice of features and benefits. You, as the Owner of the Contract (“you,” “Owner”), determine which ones may be appropriate for you, based on your financial circumstances and objectives. The fees and charges that you pay are based on the features and benefits that you select.

You may accumulate value under your Contract by allocating your money to a Fixed Account For Dollar Cost Averaging (“DCA Fixed Account”) and/or one or more variable investment divisions (“Sub-Accounts”) of Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4 (“Separate Account”). Each Sub-Account, in turn, invests in one of the investment entities (“Funds”) listed in “Appendix A – Funds Available Under the Contract.” The investment choices available to you are restricted if Hextone RetirePay^SM is in effect. See “Additional Benefits – Hextone RetirePay^SM” for more information. You bear the entire investment risk for all amounts you allocate to a Sub-Account.

The Contract:

IF YOU ARE A NEW INVESTOR IN THE CONTRACT, YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR CONTRACT
WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIVING IT WITHOUT PAYING FEES OR PENALTIES.

In some states this cancellation period may be longer. Upon cancellation, you will receive either a full refund of the amount you paid with your application or your total Contract Value. You should review the prospectus, or consult with your investment professional, for additional information about the specific cancellation terms that apply.

Additional information about certain investment products, including variable annuities, has been prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff and is available at www.investor.gov.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This prospectus is not an offer to sell the Contract in any jurisdiction where it is illegal to offer the Contract nor is it an offer to sell the Contract to anyone to whom it is illegal to offer the Contract.

Please read this prospectus before investing. You should keep it for future reference. It contains important information about the Hextone Envision Variable Annuity.

Effective May 1, 2023

Glossary

Accumulation Phase. Your Contract’s Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract and ends on the Annuity Date, the date you withdraw all of your Contract Value, or the date your Contract terminates.

Accumulation Unit. A unit of measure used to determine your value in a Sub-Account during the Accumulation Phase.

Age. The attained Age of any Owner or that of any Annuitant or Beneficiary, as applicable, at his or her last birthday, except with respect to fixed annuity payout rates. If the Contract is owned by a non-natural person (e.g., a corporation, trust or other entity), then Age shall mean the attained Age of any Annuitant at his/her last birthday, except with respect to fixed annuity payout rates. If you have elected RetirePay, this definition of Age also applies to the Covered Person. For the purpose of calculating Annuity Payments, Age will be determined based on each Annuitant’s nearest birthday on the Annuity Date. For example, Age 65 is considered the period of time between age 64 years, 6 months and one day, and age 65 years and 6 months.

Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. The maximum amount that may be withdrawn in the current Contract Year without being considered an Excess Withdrawal while RetirePay is in effect.

Annuitant. The person(s) on whose life Annuity Payments are based, with the exception of the period certain Annuity Option. The term Annuitant shall also include the joint Annuitant, if any. The Annuitant has no rights to the Contract.

Annuity Date. The date Annuity Payments begin. The latest date that the Contract Value may be applied to provide Annuity Payments is set forth in “The Annuity Phase – Latest Permitted Annuity Date.”

Annuity Options. Options available for Annuity Payments.

Annuity Payments. A series of payments that will be made pursuant to the Annuity Option you elect.

Annuity Phase. The period which begins on the Annuity Date and ends with the last Annuity Payment.

Beneficiary. The person(s) or entity(ies) that you designated to receive the death benefit provided by the Contract.

Benefit Base. The amount we use to determine your Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount while RetirePay is in effect.

Business Day. Every day the New York Stock Exchange or its successors (“NYSE”) is open for trading. Our Business Day ends at the Close of Business.

Close of Business. The time on a Business Day when the NYSE ends regular trading, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Company. Hextone Life Insurance Company, which may also be referred to in this prospectus as “we,” “us,” or “our.”

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC). A charge that may be assessed against each Purchase Payment you withdraw from the Contract.

Contract. The Hextone Envision Variable Annuity; an individual variable deferred annuity contract with flexible premium payments.

Contract Anniversary. An anniversary of the Issue Date of the Contract.

Contract Schedule Date. The effective date of any schedule to the Contract. A Contract schedule bearing the latest Contract Schedule Date will supersede all previous Contract schedules.

Contract Value. The sum of your value in the Sub-Accounts and in the DCA Fixed Account during the Accumulation Phase.

Contract Withdrawal Value. The Contract Value less any applicable Premium Taxes not previously deducted; less any applicable annual contract maintenance charge; less any applicable CDSC; less any Purchase Payments credited to the Contract that have not yet cleared the bank, until they clear the bank.

Contract Year. The first Contract Year is the annual period which begins on the Issue Date and ends on the last calendar day before the first Contract Anniversary. Subsequent Contract Years begin on subsequent Contract Anniversaries.

Covered Person. The person(s) whose life is used to determine the duration of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount provided under RetirePay.

Excess Withdrawal. Under the optional RetirePay feature, an Excess Withdrawal is:

(a)	prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, any withdrawal, including the Free Withdrawal Amount, and

(b)

on or after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, any portion of a withdrawal (including CDSCs applicable to the withdrawal) that causes the cumulative withdrawals to exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year and any withdrawal that occurs after the cumulative withdrawals exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year, unless the withdrawal is taken as a part of the Company’s Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, under which the RMD is calculated by the Company for the current calendar year based solely on the fair market value of the Contract as defined in IRC Section 401(a)(9) and no other withdrawals are taken within the Contract Year.

Fixed Account For Dollar Cost Averaging. An investment option within the General Account which may be selected during the Accumulation Phase and also is referred to as the “DCA Fixed Account.” The DCA Fixed Account is a fixed account from which assets are systematically transferred to any Sub-Account(s) you select.

Fixed Annuity Payments. Annuity Payments made during the Annuity Phase which we guarantee as to the dollar amount of each Annuity Payment.

Free Withdrawal Amount. An amount of your Purchase Payment(s) that you may withdraw that is not subject to the CDSC.

Fund. An investment entity into which the assets of a Sub-Account will be invested.

General Account. The Company’s General Investment Account, which supports the Company’s annuity and insurance obligations. The General Account’s assets include all of our assets, with the exception of the Separate Account and the Company’s other segregated asset accounts.

Good Order. An instruction or transaction request that we receive at our Service Center generally is considered in “Good Order” if:

(1) we receive it within the time limits, if any, prescribed in this prospectus for a particular request or transaction;

(2) it includes all information necessary for us to execute the request or transaction; and

(3) it is signed by you or persons authorized to provide instruction to engage in the request or transaction.

A request or transaction may be rejected or delayed if not in Good Order. Good Order generally means the actual receipt by our Service Center of the instructions related to the request or transaction in writing (or, when permitted, by telephone, fax or internet) along with all forms, information and supporting legal documentation we require to effect the request or transaction. This information generally includes to the extent applicable: the completed application or instruction form; your Contract number; the transaction amount (in dollars or percentage terms); the names and allocation to and/or from the Sub-Accounts affected by the request or transaction; the signatures of all Owners; if necessary, Social Security Number or Tax Identification number; tax certification; and any other information or supporting documentation we may require including consents, certifications and guarantees. Instructions must be complete and sufficiently clear so that we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions. We will not accept instructions that require additional requirements or burdens not provided for within the Contract. With respect to Purchase Payments, Good Order also generally includes receipt by us of sufficient funds to affect the purchase. We may, in our sole discretion, determine whether any particular request or transaction is in Good Order, and we reserve the right to change or waive any Good Order requirements at any time. If you have any questions you may contact our Service Center before submitting the form or request. See “Sending Requests in Good Order” for more information.

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date. The date on which the Company guarantees the Withdrawal Rate under the benefit, and on which you may begin receiving payments of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount while RetirePay is in effect. This date must be selected by the Owner and cannot be prior to the youngest Covered Person attaining age 59½.

Issue Date. The date the Contract became effective, as shown in the Contract schedule.

Lifetime Guarantee Rate. A percentage we multiply by the Benefit Base to determine the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount once the Contract enters the Settlement Phase while RetirePay is in effect.

Non-Business Day. Any day when the NYSE is not open for trading.

Non-Qualified Contract. Your Contract is referred to as a Non-Qualified Contract if you purchase the Contract as an individual, and not under a qualified plan such as an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA) or a Roth IRA.

Owner. The person(s) or entity (“you” and “your”) entitled to the ownership rights stated in the Contract. The term Owner also shall include the joint Owner, if any.

Premium Tax. A tax imposed on us by certain states and other jurisdictions when a Purchase Payment is made, when Annuity Payments begin, or when Contract Value is withdrawn.

Purchase Payment. Any amount paid to us by you or on your behalf with respect to the Contract during the Accumulation Phase. Purchase Payments may not be added after the Annuity Date. Restrictions will apply if RetirePay is in effect.

Qualified Contract. Your Contract is referred to as a Qualified Contract if it is purchased under a qualified retirement plan (qualified plan) such as an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA) or a Roth IRA.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement. A periodic supplement to the information contained in this prospectus which sets forth the Withdrawal Rates, Lifetime Guarantee Rates, current RetirePay Charges, and investment allocation restrictions under RetirePay. See “Benefits Available Under The Contract – Hextone RetirePay^SM” in this prospectus.

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD). A minimum amount the federal tax law requires to be withdrawn from certain Qualified Contracts each year. RMDs are generally required to begin by the required beginning date specified in IRC Section 401(a)(9).

RetirePay. An optional benefit for an additional charge. If you elect RetirePay, we will permit you to receive the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount for the life of the Covered Person, even if your Contract Value is zero and subject to the terms and conditions described in the section of this prospectus concerning the benefit while RetirePay is in effect.

RetirePay Charge. An amount that is deducted from your Contract Value equal to the current RetirePay Charge multiplied by the Benefit Base on such day (after taking into account any other transactions processed on such day) while RetirePay is in effect.

Separate Account. The account that holds the assets underlying the Contract that are not allocated to the DCA Fixed Account. The assets of the Separate Account are kept separate from the assets of the General Account and the Company’s other separate accounts.

Service Center. Hextone, Document Management Services – Annuities W360, PO Box 9067, Springfield, MA 01102-9067, (800) 272-2216, (fax) (866) 329-4272, (email) ANNfax@Hextone.com, www.Hextone.com. (Overnight mail address: Hextone, Document Management Services – Annuities W360, 1295 State Street, Springfield, MA 01111-0001.)

Settlement Phase. When the Contract Value is reduced to zero after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date due to a withdrawal that is not an Excess Withdrawal or due to the application of any charges against Contract Value while RetirePay is in effect.

Sub-Account(s). Separate Account assets are divided into Sub-Accounts, which are listed on the Contract schedule. The assets of each Sub-Account will be invested in the shares of a single Fund.

Withdrawal Rate. A percentage we multiply by the Benefit Base to determine the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount prior to the Settlement Phase while RetirePay is in effect.

Written Notice. A written or electronic communication or instruction we send to you. Any notice that we send to you will be sent to your last known address, unless you request otherwise via Written Request. You must promptly provide us with notice of any change of your address.

Written Request. A written communication or instruction you send to us in Good Order. We may consent to receiving requests electronically or by telephone at our Service Center.


	FEES AND EXPENSES			LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)	The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay each year, depending on the options you choose. Please refer to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.			Charges and Deductions
	Annual Fee	Minimum	Maximum
	Base Contract	1.31%⁽¹⁾	1.31%⁽¹⁾
	Investment options (Fund fees and expenses)	0.54%⁽²⁾	1.93%⁽²⁾
	Optional benefits available for an additional charge (for a single optional benefit, if elected)	—⁽³⁾	—⁽⁴⁾
	Because your Contract is customizable, the choices you make affect how much you will pay. To help you understand the cost of owning your Contract, the following table shows the lowest and highest cost you could pay each year, based on current charges. This estimate assumes that you do not take withdrawals from the Contract, which could result in the assessment of CDSCs that substantially increase costs.
	Lowest Annual Cost:	Highest Annual Cost:⁽⁵⁾
	$1,629	$3,668
	Assumes: Investment of $100,000 5% annual appreciation Least expensive combination of Contract Share Classes and Fund fees and expenses No optional benefits No CDSC No additional Purchase Payments, transfers, or withdrawals	Assumes: Investment of $100,000 5% annual appreciation Most expensive combination of Contract Share Classes, optional benefits and Fund fees and expenses No CDSC No additional Purchase Payments, transfers, or withdrawals

(1)

Represents the mortality and expense risk charge and administrative charge (charged as a percentage of average account value in the Separate Account on an annualized basis) and the annual contract maintenance charge (a fixed dollar amount that may be waived for certain Contract Value amounts) collected during the Contract Year that are attributable to the Contract divided by the total average net assets that are attributable to the Contract.

(2)	As a percentage of Fund assets.

(3)	This charge is the lowest current charge for the optional benefit available with this contract. It is the current charge for RetirePay. See the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement for the current charges for RetirePay.

(4)	This charge is the highest current charge for the optional benefit available with this contract. It is the current charge for RetirePay. See the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement for the current charges for RetirePay.

(5)	The calculation of the highest annual cost assumes election of the RetirePay feature.


	RISKS	LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Risk of Loss	You can lose money by investing in the Contract, including loss of principal.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Not a Short-Term Investment	The Contract is not designed for short-term investing and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. CDSCs apply for up to seven years following your last Purchase Payment. CDSCs will reduce the value of your Contract if you withdraw money during the CDSC period. The benefits of tax deferral also mean the Contract is more beneficial to investors with a long time horizon.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Risks Associated with Investment Options	An investment in the Contract is subject to the risk of poor investment performance of the Funds you choose and can vary depending upon the performance of the Funds available under the Contract. Each Fund has its own unique risks. You should review the prospectuses for the available Funds before making an investment decision.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Insurance Company Risks	Any obligations (including under any fixed account investment option), guarantees, and benefits of the Contract are subject to the claims-paying ability of Hextone. If Hextone experiences financial distress, it may not be able to meet its obligations to you. More information about Hextone, including its financial strength ratings, is available at www.Hextone.com/ratings.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract


	RESTRICTIONS	LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Investments	Hextone reserves the right to remove or substitute Funds as investment options available under the Contract. We reserve the right to limit transfers if frequent or large transfers occur.	General Information about Hextone Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Separate Account and the Investment Choices – The Funds Transfers and Transfer Programs – Limits on Frequent Trading and Market Timing Activity
Optional Benefits	Your Contract will be subject to investment allocation restrictions while RetirePay is in effect. This means you will be limited in your choice of Sub-Account investments, and may be limited in how much you can invest in certain Sub-Accounts. We impose these allocation restrictions to reduce the risk of investment losses that may require us to use our General Account assets to honor the guarantee under RetirePay. Withdrawals that are prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date are Excess Withdrawals. On or after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, the portion of a withdrawal (including CDSCs) from the Contract Value that causes the cumulative withdrawals to exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will be an Excess Withdrawal unless the withdrawal is taken as a part of the Company’s Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, under which the RMD is calculated by the Company and no other withdrawals are taken within the Contract Year. Any withdrawal that occurs after the cumulative withdrawals exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will also be an Excess Withdrawal. Excess Withdrawals can result in a significant reduction of your Benefit Base, depending upon the amount of the withdrawal. You may not make additional Purchase Payments that total more than $10,000 in a Contract Year after the first Contract Year while RetirePay is in effect. You may not make additional Purchase Payments on or after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date while RetirePay is in effect.	Benefits Under The Contract – Hextone RetirePay ^SM


	TAXES	LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Tax Implications	You should consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and payments received under the Contract. If you purchase the Contract through a qualified retirement plan or individual retirement annuity (IRA), you do not receive any additional tax benefit. Earnings on your Contract are taxed at ordinary income tax rates when you withdraw them, and you may have to pay an additional income tax if you take a withdrawal before age 59½. Earnings for this purpose consist of Contract Value in excess of your after-tax investment in the Contract.	Taxes


	CONFLICTS OF INTEREST	LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Investment Professional Compensation	Your registered representative may receive compensation for selling the Contract to you in the form of commissions. If your registered representative is also a Hextone insurance agent, they are also eligible for certain cash and non-cash benefits from Hextone. Cash compensation includes bonuses and allowances based on factors such as sales, productivity and persistency (contract retention). Non-cash compensation includes various recognition items such as prizes and awards as well as attendance at, and payment of the costs associated with attendance at, conferences, seminars and recognition trips, and also includes contributions to certain individual plans such as pension and medical plans. Sales of the Contract may help these registered representatives and their supervisors qualify for such benefits. This conflict of interest may influence your registered representative to offer or recommend the Contract over another investment.	Distribution
Exchanges	In general you should be aware that some investment professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you a new contract in place of the one you already own. Thus, in general, you should only exchange your annuity contract if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both contracts, that it is preferable for you to purchase the new annuity rather than continue to own the existing annuity.	Purchasing a Contract

Overview of the Contract

What is the Contract, and what is it designed to do? The Hextone Envision Variable Annuity is designed to enable you to accumulate assets through investments in one or more of the variable investment divisions (Sub-Accounts) of the Hextone Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4 (Separate Account) and the DCA Fixed Account. The Contract can supplement your retirement income by providing a stream of income during the Annuity Phase. Before you begin receiving Annuity Payments, the Contract also provides a death benefit for your designated beneficiaries. The Contract may be appropriate if you have a long term investment horizon. It is not intended for people who need to take early withdrawals or who intend to engage in frequent trading among the Sub-Accounts of the Separate Account.

How do I accumulate assets in the Contract and receive income from the Contract? The Contract has two phases:
1) the Accumulation Phase and 2) the Annuity Phase.

Accumulation Phase

During the Accumulation Phase, subject to certain restrictions, including restrictions associated with RetirePay, you may apply Purchase Payments to the Contract and allocate the Purchase Payments:

∘	among the Sub-Accounts of the Separate Account, each of which invests in a mutual fund (Fund), with each Fund having its own investment strategy, investment adviser, expense ratio and returns, and

∘	the DCA Fixed Account for a scheduled term of six or twelve months. Assets allocated to the DCA Fixed Account are credited with a fixed rate of interest and are systematically transferred to Sub-Accounts that you select.

A list of the Funds in which you may invest is provided at the back of this prospectus. See “Appendix A – Funds Available Under the Contract.”

Annuity Phase

During the Annuity Phase, you may receive Annuity Payments under the Contract by applying your Contract Value to a payment option.

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Depending on the payment option you select, payments may continue for the life of one or two Annuitants or for a specified period between 10 and 30 years. The payments will remain the same throughout the Annuity Phase, unless you elect either of the Joint and 2/3 Survivor Annuity Options, which reduce payments on the death of the first Annuitant.

When you elect to receive Annuity Payments, the Contract Value is applied to an Annuity Option and you may no longer be able to withdraw money at will from the Contract. If you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option, the Accumulation Phase will end and the death benefit will terminate.

RetirePay will terminate if you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option other than one of the Annuity Options under RetirePay. Upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant on or after the Annuity Date, the death benefit, if any, is as specified in the Annuity Option elected. Upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant during the Annuity Phase, any remaining payment under the elected Annuity Option will be paid to the Beneficiary. See “The Annuity Phase.”

What are the primary features and options that the Hextone Envision Variable Annuity offers?

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Accessing your money. During the Accumulation Phase, you may make a partial or full withdrawal of your Contract Value by submitting a partial withdrawal form or full withdrawal form acceptable to us in Good Order to our Service Center. You may also submit the requests by other means that we authorize, such as email, telephone or fax. Contact our Service Center for details.

All withdrawals are subject to the limitations described in the prospectus. Withdrawal rights during the Annuity Phase will depend on the Annuity Option selected.

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Tax treatment. You may transfer Contract Value among Sub-Accounts without tax implications, and earnings (if any) on your investments are generally tax-deferred. You are generally taxed only when (1) you make a partial or full withdrawal;
(2) you receive an Annuity Payment under the Contract; or (3) upon payment of the death benefit.

•	Death Benefit. Your Contract includes a death benefit that will pay your designated beneficiaries the greater of (1) the Contract Value when we receive due proof of death and election of a payment method; or (2) an amount based on your Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals.

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RetirePay Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit. For an additional charge, you may elect RetirePay, under which we guarantee that you may take a certain amount of withdrawals annually for life, so long as you adhere to the requirements of the benefit (e.g., allocating your Contract Value only to the Sub-Accounts that are prescribed for this benefit). For complete information on RetirePay, including charges and limitations, see “Benefits Under The Contract – Hextone RetirePay^SM.”

•	Additional Benefits and Services. We make certain additional services available under the Contract at no additional charge:

The Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program allows you to transfer a set amount from a Sub-Account to any other Sub-Account on a regular schedule. The Automatic Rebalancing Program automatically rebalances your Contract Value among your selected Sub-Accounts in order to restore your allocation to the original level. You may participate only in one Program at a time, and you may not participate in either Program if any Contract Value is allocated to the DCA Fixed Account.

The Systematic Withdrawal Program allows you to set up automatic periodic withdrawals from your Contract Value. We will take any withdrawal under this Program proportionally from your Contract Value in your selected investment choices.

The Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit allows you to withdraw all or a portion of your Contract Value without incurring a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) if we receive a Written Request in Good Order that certain conditions are met.

The Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit allows you to withdraw all or a portion of your Contract Value without incurring a CDSC if we receive a Written Request in Good Order that you (or the Annuitant, if the Owner of the Contract is not a natural person) have been admitted to a licensed nursing care facility or an accredited hospital and certain other conditions are satisfied. See “Additional Benefits” for a full explanation of the required conditions.

The Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit are not available in all states. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

The prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (SAI) describe all material terms and features of your Contract. Certain non-material provisions of your Contract may be different than the general description in the prospectus and the SAI, and certain riders may not be available because of legal requirements in your state. Any such state variations will be included in your Contract or in riders or endorsements attached to your Contract. See your Contract for specific variations. Also see “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

Additional Information about Fees

The following tables describe the fees and expenses you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from the Contract. Please refer to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.

The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender or make withdrawals from the Contract, or transfer Contract Value between investment options. State Premium Taxes may also be deducted.


Transaction Expenses	*Maximum*	*Current*
*Contingent Deferred Sales Charge⁽¹⁾ (as a percentage of Purchase Payment withdrawn)*	7%	7%

(1)

The CDSC percentage charge is based on the “age” of the Purchase Payment(s) being withdrawn (i.e., the number of full years from application of the Purchase Payment).
The CDSC percentages are 7% (for first three years), 6% (for 4^th year), 5% (for 5^th year), 4% (for 6^th year), 3% (for 7^th year), and 0% (for 8^th year and later).
See “Charges and Deductions – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge” for more information.

The next table describes the fees and expenses you will pay each year during the time you own the Contract, not including underlying Fund fees and expenses. If you choose to purchase an optional benefit, you will pay additional charges, as shown below.


Annual Contract Expenses	*Maximum*	*Current*
*Administrative Expenses*	$40 per Contract Year⁽¹⁾	$40 per Contract Year⁽¹⁾
*Base Contract Expenses* (as a percentage of average account value)	1.30%⁽²⁾	1.30%⁽²⁾

(1)

This represents the annual contract maintenance charge. Currently, we waive this charge if, when we would make the deduction, your Contract Value is $100,000 or more. We assess the charge on each Contract Anniversary and when you make a full withdrawal.

(2)

The Base Contract Expenses represent the sum of the mortality and expense risk charge and the administrative charge. The current and maximum mortality and expense risk charge is 1.15% annually and the current administrative charge is 0.15% annually. These charges are a percentage of average account value in the Separate Account on an annualized basis.


Optional Benefit Expenses	*Maximum*	*Current*
RetirePay (as a percentage of Benefit Base) Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up	2.50%⁽¹⁾ 2.50%⁽¹⁾ 2.50%⁽¹⁾ 2.50%⁽¹⁾	For current RetirePay Charges, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement that accompanies the prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.

(1)

We deduct the quarterly portion of this annualized charge from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis in arrears.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

The next item shows the minimum and maximum operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract. A complete list of Funds available under the Contract, including their annual expenses, may be found in Appendix A.


Charge	*Minimum*	*Maximum*
Range of annual Fund operating expenses (including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other expenses).⁽¹⁾	0.54%	1.93%

(1)

The Fund expenses used to prepare this item were provided to us by the Funds. We have not independently verified such information provided to us by Funds that are not affiliated with us.

The information above describes the fees and expenses you pay related to the Contract. For information on compensation we may receive from the Funds and their advisers and sub-advisers, see “General Information about Hextone Life Insurance Company, the Separate Account and the Investment Choices – Compensation We Receive from Funds, Advisers and Sub-Advisers.” For information on compensation we pay to broker-dealers selling the Contract, see “Distribution.”

Examples

These examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These costs include Owner transaction expenses, annual Contract expenses, and Fund fees and expenses.

The first example assumes that you invest $100,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and assumes the most expensive combination of annual Fund expenses and RetirePay is in effect for an additional charge. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:


	Maximum Expenses				Current Expenses
Years	1	3	5	10	1	3	5	10
If you withdraw all of your Contract Value at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	$12,040	$23,393	$32,778	$55,526	$10,990	$20,414	$28,096	$47,560
Minimum Fund operating expenses	$10,650	$19,435	$26,535	$44,795	$9,600	$16,369	$21,571	$35,642
If you do not withdraw any of your Contract Value at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	$5,740	$17,093	$28,278	$55,526	$4,690	$14,114	$23,596	$47,560
Minimum Fund operating expenses	$4,350	$13,135	$22,035	$44,795	$3,300	$10,069	$17,071	$35,642
If you decide to begin the Annuity Phase at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	N/A	N/A	$28,278	$55,526	N/A	N/A	$23,596	$47,560
Minimum Fund operating expenses	N/A	N/A	$22,035	$44,795	N/A	N/A	$17,071	$35,642

The next example assumes that you invest $100,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and assumes the least expensive combination of annual Fund expenses and assumes RetirePay is not in effect. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:


	Maximum Expenses				Current Expenses
Years	1	3	5	10	1	3	5	10
If you withdraw all of your Contract Value at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	$9,540	$16,192	$21,280	$35,090	$9,540	$16,192	$21,280	$35,090
Minimum Fund operating expenses	$8,150	$12,027	$14,351	$21,355	$8,150	$12,027	$14,351	$21,355
If you do not withdraw any of your Contract Value at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	$3,240	$9,892	$16,780	$35,090	$3,240	$9,892	$16,780	$35,090
Minimum Fund operating expenses	$1,850	$5,727	$9,851	$21,355	$1,850	$5,727	$9,851	$21,355
If you decide to begin the Annuity Phase at the end of each year shown
Maximum Fund operating expenses	N/A	N/A	$16,780	$35,090	N/A	N/A	$16,780	$35,090
Minimum Fund operating expenses	N/A	N/A	$9,851	$21,355	N/A	N/A	$9,851	$21,355

The examples should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses. Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown in the examples. The assumed 5% annual rate of return is purely hypothetical. Actual returns may be greater or less than the assumed hypothetical return.

P rincipal Risks of Investing in the Contract

There are risks associated with investing in the Contract. You can lose money in a variable annuity, including potential loss of your original investment. The value of your investment and any returns will depend on the performance of the Funds you select. Each Fund may have its own unique risks. You bear the risk of any decline in your Contract Value resulting from the poor performance of the Funds you have selected.

Variable annuities are not a short-term investment vehicle. The CDSC may apply for a number of years, so the Contract should only be purchased for the long-term. Under some circumstances, you may receive less than the sum of your Purchase Payments. In addition, full or partial withdrawals will be subject to income tax to the extent that they consist of earnings and a 10% additional income tax may apply to the taxable portion if taken before age 59½. Accordingly, you should carefully consider your income and liquidity needs before purchasing a Contract. Additional information about these risks appear in “Important Information You Should Consider About the Hextone Envision Variable Annuity Contract,” “Withdrawals,” and “Taxes.”

Investment Risk. You bear the risk of any decline in the Contract Value caused by the performance of the Funds held by the Sub-Accounts. Those Funds could decline in value very significantly, and there is a risk of loss of your entire amount invested. The risk of loss varies with each Fund. The investment risks are described in the prospectuses for the Funds.

Investment Restrictions – Opportunity Risks. RetirePay restricts your choice of available Funds. These restrictions are intended to protect us financially, in that they reduce the likelihood that we will have to pay guaranteed benefits under RetirePay from our own assets. These restrictions could result in an opportunity cost – in the form of Funds that you did not invest in that ultimately might generate superior investment performance. Thus, you should consider these restrictions when deciding whether to elect RetirePay.

Risk Associated With Election of RetirePay. RetirePay includes several requirements and limitations that must be adhered to in order to preserve and maximize the guarantees we offer under the benefit. If you fail to adhere to these requirements, that may diminish the value of the benefit and even possibly cause termination of the benefit. In addition, it is possible that you will pay fees for RetirePay without fully realizing the guarantees available under the benefit. For example, if your Contract terminates before the Settlement Phase, you will not have maximized the benefits provided under RetirePay.

Insurance Company Insolvency. It is possible that we could experience financial difficulty in the future and even become insolvent, and therefore unable to provide all of the guarantees and benefits that we promise that exceed the value of the assets in the Separate Account. Similarly, our experiencing financial difficulty could interfere with our ability to fulfill our obligations under the DCA Fixed Account.

Tax Consequences. Withdrawals are generally taxable to the extent of any earnings in the Contract, and prior to age 59½ an additional 10% federal income tax may apply to the taxable portion. In addition, even if the Contract is held for years before any withdrawal is made, withdrawals are taxable as ordinary income rather than capital gains. Earnings for this purpose consist of Contract Value in excess of your after-tax investment in the Contract.

Cybersecurity and Certain Business Continuity Risks. Our operations support complex transactions and are highly dependent on the proper functioning of information technology and communication systems. Any failure of or gap in the systems and processes necessary to support complex transactions and avoid systems failure, fraud, information security failures, processing errors, cyber intrusion, loss of data and breaches of regulation may lead to a materially adverse effect on our results of operations and corporate reputation. In addition, we must commit significant resources to maintain and enhance our existing systems in order to keep pace with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards and customer preferences. If we fail to maintain secure and well-functioning information systems, we may not be able to rely on information for product pricing, compliance obligations, risk management and underwriting decisions. In addition, we cannot assure investors or consumers that interruptions, failures or breaches in security of these processes and systems will not occur, or if they do occur, that they can be timely detected and remediated. The occurrence of any of these events may have a materially adverse effect on our businesses, results of operations and financial condition.

For additional detail regarding cybersecurity and related risks, please see “Other Information – Computer System, Cybersecurity, and Service Disruption Risks” in this prospectus.

Defined Outcome Funds Risk. The Cboe Vest US Large Cap 10% Buffer Strategies VI Fund employs a strategy to provide buffer protection, which includes a capped upside return risk and outcome period risk. The buffer provides limited protection in the event of a market downturn. The fund is divided into twelve segments or tranches. Each tranche is invested in options that have expiration dates approximately one year from the date of purchase. Each month, a previously purchased tranche’s options will generally expire, be exercised or be sold at or near their expiration, and the proceeds generally are used to purchase (or roll into) a new tranche of options expiring in approximately one year (outcome period).

Each buffer strategy has been specifically designed to produce outcomes based upon the returns of a particular reference index (the “Index”) over the duration of the outcome period. Each buffer strategy is designed to deliver returns that match the price return of the Index, subject to the cap and buffer and less Contract and fund fees and expenses. Matching the price return of the Index assumes that the strategy was entered into on the first day of an outcome period by entering into FLEX Options (customizable exchange-traded option contracts) and holding those FLEX Options until the end of the outcome period. At the end of each outcome period, the FLEX Options for that tranche are generally sold or expire, and the proceeds are used to purchase (or roll into) a new set of FLEX Options expiring in approximately one year. This means that approximately every 30 days, one of the buffer strategies will undergo a “reset” of its cap and a refresh of its buffer.

At any given time, the fund will generally hold one buffer strategy with FLEX Options expiring within one month, a second buffer strategy with FLEX Options expiring within two months, a third buffer strategy with FLEX Options expiring within three months, etc., up to and including twelve months. The rolling or “laddered” nature of the investments in the buffer strategies creates diversification of investment time-period and market level (meaning the level of the Index at any given time) compared to the risk of acquiring or disposing of any one buffer strategy at any one time.

Because the fund will increase its position in the buffer strategies in connection with inflows of assets into the fund and during any rebalance, the fund may enter the buffer strategies on days other than the first day of the outcome period. Likewise, the fund will exit some of its position in the buffer strategies in connection with outflows of assets from the fund and during any rebalance, and such disposals typically will not occur on the last day of an outcome period. As a result, the value of the fund’s investment in the buffer strategies may not be buffered against the specified level of decline in the value of the Index and may not participate in a gain in the value of the Index up to the specified level of the cap for the fund’s investment period. At times during the outcome period, the value of the securities in the fund could vary because of related factors other than the level of the Index. Those factors include, but are not limited to, interest rates, implied volatility levels of the Index and securities comprising the Index, and implied dividend levels of the Index and securities comprising the Index. As a result, the fund may experience investment returns that are very different from those that a single buffer strategy seeks to provide. The fund’s investment strategy is not designed to achieve a specific outcome over a specific holding period. If an investor is not invested from the beginning of an outcome period, the investor may not experience the full benefit of the buffer protection.

The buffer strategies could limit participation of the fund in rising equity markets relative to other funds that are not subject to one or more buffer strategies. There is no guarantee a fund will successfully buffer against reference asset price decreases. This may conflict with your investment objectives by limiting your ability to maximize growth of your Contract Value and the value of your guaranteed benefits. This fund has characteristics unlike many other traditional investment products and may not be suitable for all investors. The funds seek to provide a buffer against the first 10% of index price decreases over each outcome period, before Contract and fund fees and expenses. The fund, and therefore investors, will bear all Index losses exceeding 10%. There is no guarantee the fund will successfully buffer against Index price decreases. The Buffer is designed to have its full effect only for investors who hold fund shares for an entire outcome period.

For each outcome period, fund performance is subject to a capped upside return risk that represents the maximum percentage return the fund can achieve during the outcome period, before Contract and fund fees and expenses. The cap is set on the first day of an outcome period and may increase or decrease from one outcome period to the next. If the Index experiences returns over an outcome period in excess of the cap, the fund will not experience those excess gains. Specified outcomes of the fund may not be achieved, and you may lose some or all of your investment.

Defined Outcome Funds are not guarantees, and unlike such guarantees, are not backed by the General Account of Hextone.

For more information on this fund and whether investment in this fund is right for you, please see the fund’s prospectus.

General Information about Hextone Life Insurance Company, the Separate Account and the Investment Choices

The Company

Hextone and its domestic life insurance subsidiaries provide individual and group life insurance, disability insurance, individual and group annuities and guaranteed interest contracts to individual and institutional customers in all 50 states of the U.S., the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Products and services are offered primarily through Hextone’s distribution channels: Hextone Financial Advisors, Hextone Strategic Distributors, Digital Distribution, Institutional Solutions and Worksite.

Hextone is organized as a mutual life insurance company. Hextone’s home office is located at 1295 State Street, Springfield, Hextone 01111-0001.

Financial Condition of the Company

We use General Account assets for many purposes, including to pay death benefits, Annuity Payments, withdrawals and transfers from Fixed Account investment choices and to pay amounts we provide to you through any elected additional feature that are in excess of your Contract Value allocated to the Separate Account. Any amounts that we may be obligated to pay under the Contract in excess of Contract Value are subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability and our long-term ability to make such payments. The assets of the Separate Account, however, are also available to cover the liabilities of our General Account, but only to the extent they exceed our liabilities under the Contract and other contracts we issue that are funded by the Separate Account.

We issue other types of insurance policies and financial products as well, and we pay our obligations under those products from our assets in the General Account.

As an insurance company, we are required by state insurance regulation to hold a specified amount of reserves in order to meet the contractual obligations of our General Account to our insurance policies and financial products. We monitor our reserves so that we hold sufficient amounts to cover actual or expected Contract and claims payments. In addition, we hedge our investments in our General Account and may require that purchasers of certain of our variable insurance products allocate Purchase Payments and Contract Value according to specified investment requirements. Even with these safeguards in place, there are risks to purchasing any insurance product and there is no guarantee that we will always be able to meet our claims-paying obligations.

State insurance regulators also require insurance companies to maintain a minimum amount of capital, which acts as a cushion if the insurer suffers a financial setback because of the inherent risks in the insurer’s operations. These risks include losses that we may incur as the result of defaults on the payment of interest or principal on our General Account assets – e.g., bonds, mortgages, general real estate investments, and stocks – as well as the loss in market value of these investments.

We continue to evaluate our investment portfolio to mitigate market risk and actively manage the investment in that portfolio.

The Hextone financial information in the SAI includes a more detailed discussion of the risks inherent in our General Account assets. We encourage both existing and prospective Owners to read and understand our financial statements.

The Separate Account

We established Hextone Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4 (Separate Account) as a separate account under Hextone law on July 9, 1997. The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act.

The Separate Account holds the assets that underlie the Contracts (and certain other contracts that we issue), except any assets allocated to our General Account. We keep the Separate Account assets separate from the assets of our General Account and other separate accounts. The Separate Account is divided into Sub-Accounts, each of which invests exclusively in a single Fund.

We own the assets of the Separate Account. We credit gains to, or charge losses against, the Separate Account, whether or not realized, without regard to the performance of other investment accounts. The Separate Account’s assets may not be used to pay any of our liabilities other than those arising from the Contracts (or other contracts that we issue and that are funded by the Separate Account). If the Separate Account’s assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our General Account. The obligations of the Separate Account are not our generalized obligations and will be satisfied solely by the assets of the Separate Account. We are obligated to pay all amounts promised to investors under the Contract.

We reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable federal securities laws and regulations and any other federal or state law, to make certain changes to the structure and operation of the Separate Account, including, among other things:

•	eliminate, combine or add Sub-Accounts;

•	combine the Separate Account or any Sub-Account(s) with one or more different separate account(s) or Sub-Account(s);

•	close existing Sub-Accounts to allocations of new Purchase Payments and Contract Value by current or new Owners;

•	transfer assets of the Separate Account or any Sub-Account that we may determine to be associated with the class of contracts in which the Contract belongs to another separate account or Sub-Account;

•	operate the Separate Account as a management investment company under the 1940 Act, or as any other form permitted by law;

•	add or remove Funds or Fund classes in which the Sub-Accounts invest; and

•	substitute a new Fund for a Fund in which a Sub-Account currently invests (new or substitute Funds may have different fees and expenses).

In the event we exercise these rights, we will provide Written Notice to the Owner(s).

Fixed Account For Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA Fixed Account)

We offer a Fixed Account For Dollar Cost Averaging (the DCA Fixed Account) as an investment choice under the Contract. Purchase Payments allocated to the DCA Fixed Account become part of our General Account which supports insurance and annuity obligations.

If you are participating in the DCA Fixed Account, the following other features are not available to you: the Automatic Rebalancing Program, Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program, and RetirePay.

You may not participate in the DCA Fixed Account if RetirePay is in effect.

Description

The DCA Fixed Account is a fixed account from which assets are systematically transferred to any Sub-Account(s) you select. No transfers may be made to the DCA Fixed Account from any Sub-Account maintained under the Contract.

How to Participate in the DCA Fixed Account

You can elect the DCA Fixed Account at the time your Contract is issued or at a later date by submitting a Written Request and applying a Purchase Payment of at least $5,000 to a DCA Term. We reserve the right to reject subsequent Purchase Payments into the DCA Fixed Account to establish a DCA Fixed Account Term.

You cannot transfer current Contract Value into the DCA Fixed Account.

You may apply additional Purchase Payments to a current DCA Term. Such additional Purchase Payments will be added to the amount in the current DCA Fixed Account term for the remaining period of the current DCA Fixed Account term. No transfers may be made to the DCA Fixed Account term from any Sub-Account maintained under the Contract. We reserve the right to reject subsequent Purchase Payments into a current DCA Term.

DCA Term

You may elect a DCA Term for a period of either six or 12 months, beginning with the receipt of a new Purchase Payment allocated to the DCA Fixed Account and a Written Request to establish a DCA Term. Only one DCA Fixed Account term may be operative at a time. If you elect to make an allocation to a DCA Fixed Account, but your Annuity Date will occur prior to the end of that DCA term, your DCA Term will expire on your Annuity Date.

DCA Fixed Account Value

Unless specified otherwise, the DCA Fixed Account Value at any time is equal to:

(1) any Purchase Payments allocated to the DCA Fixed Account; plus

(2) Any interest credited to that portion of the Contract Value allocated to the DCA Fixed Account; less

(3) Any Contract Value transferred from the DCA Fixed Account; less

(4) Any prior withdrawals of Contract Value from the DCA Fixed Account and any applicable charges; less

(5) Applicable charges, fees, or taxes.

With regard to credited interest that is part of the DCA Fixed Account Value, we periodically determine the interest rate at our sole discretion, but guarantee that the rate will not be less than the applicable state nonforfeiture interest rate. Interest will be credited daily on the remaining DCA Fixed Account Value. The interest rate credited to each Purchase Payment applied to the DCA Fixed Account will not change for the duration of the DCA Fixed Account Term, except to account for any applicable increase to the applicable state nonforfeiture interest rate. We may apply different interest rates to different portions of the DCA Fixed Account Value, based upon the date on which a Purchase Payment is applied to the DCA Fixed Account.

A DCA Term will terminate:

•	at the scheduled end of the DCA Term;

•	if you withdraw the total Contract Value;

•	upon our receipt of due proof of the Owner’s death and election of the payment method by any Beneficiary;

•	if you apply your entire Contract Value to an Annuity Option; or

•	if we receive a Written Request from you to terminate the DCA Fixed Account at our Service Center prior to the next transfer date.

If the DCA Term terminates due to the Owner’s death or upon Written Request, the remaining value in the DCA Fixed Account will be allocated in accordance with your current allocation instructions, unless you indicate otherwise.

DCA Transfers

Except for the scheduled DCA Fixed Account transfers, no transfers may be made from the DCA Fixed Account before the expiration or termination of the DCA Fixed Account term. DCA Fixed Account transfers will be made on the scheduled transfer dates. If a scheduled transfer date is not a Business Day, the transfer will be made on the next Business Day. Transfers from the DCA Fixed Account are calculated on a first-in, first-out basis, which means the oldest Purchase Payments are transferred first. Scheduled transfers will begin five Business Days after the establishment of the DCA Term and will be made from the DCA Fixed Account monthly. You may elect to have the scheduled transfers made to any available Sub-Accounts.

Withdrawals When Contract Value Allocated To DCA Fixed Account

If you make a partial withdrawal and you have Contract Value allocated to the DCA Fixed Account, such withdrawal will be made from the Sub-Accounts and the DCA Fixed Account in the ratio that your Contract Value in each Sub-Account and the DCA Fixed Account bears to your Contract Value. Partial withdrawals from the DCA Fixed Account are calculated on a first-in, first-out basis, which means the oldest Purchase Payments are withdrawn first.

Suspension or Deferral of Payments

We reserve the right to suspend or postpone payments for a partial or total withdrawal or transfer from the DCA Fixed Account for a period of up to six months, subject to state insurance department approval, if applicable. With regard to transfers, we will disclose to you the specific date on which the transfer will be effective, the reason for the delay, and the value of the transfer as of the date we receive the request.

T he Funds

Information about each Fund, including its name, type or investment objective, investment adviser(s) expenses and performance is available in an appendix to this Prospectus. See “Appendix A – Funds Available Under the Contract.” There is no assurance that any of the Funds will achieve their stated objectives.

These Funds are only available to insurance company separate accounts and qualified retirement plans, are not available for purchase directly by the general public, and are not the same as other mutual fund portfolios with very similar or nearly identical names and investment goals and policies that are sold directly to the public. While a Fund may have many similarities to these other publicly available mutual funds, you should not expect the investment results of the Fund to be the same as the investment results of those publicly available mutual funds. We do not guarantee or make any representation that the investment results of the Funds will be comparable to the investment results of any other mutual fund, even a mutual fund with the same investment adviser or manager.

The prospectus for each Fund contains more detailed information about the Fund. You may obtain copies of the Fund prospectuses by contacting our Service Center. If you received a summary prospectus for a Fund, please follow the directions on the first page of the summary prospectus to obtain a copy of the full Fund prospectus.

Addition, Removal, Closure, or Substitution of Funds

We have the right to change the Funds offered through the Contract, but only as permitted by law. If the law requires, we will also get your approval and the approval of any appropriate regulatory authorities. Changes may only impact certain Owners. Examples of possible changes include: adding new Funds or fund classes; removing existing Funds or fund classes; closing existing Funds or fund classes; or substituting a Fund with a different Fund. New or substitute Funds may have different fees and expenses. We will not add, remove, close or substitute any shares attributable to your interest in a Sub-Account without notice to you and prior approval of the SEC, to the extent required by applicable law. We reserve the right to transfer Separate Account assets to another separate account that we determine to be associated with the class of contracts to which your Contract belongs.

Conflicts of Interest

The Funds available with the Contract may also be available to registered separate accounts offering variable annuity and variable life products of other affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies, as well as to the Separate Account and other separate accounts of Hextone. Although we do not anticipate any disadvantages to this, it is possible that a material conflict may arise between the interests of the Separate Account and one or more of the other separate accounts participating in the Funds. A conflict may occur, for example, as a result of a change in law affecting the operations of variable life and variable annuity separate accounts, differences in the voting instructions of the Owners and payees and those of other insurance companies, or some other reason. In the event of a conflict of interest, we will take steps necessary to protect Owners and payees, including withdrawing the Separate Account from participation in the Funds involved in the conflict or substituting shares of other funds.

We do not recommend or endorse any particular Fund, and we do not provide investment advice. You are responsible for choosing the Funds, and the amounts allocated to each, that are appropriate for your own individual circumstances and your investment goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance. Because many Funds have similar names, be sure to state or write the full name of the Sub-Account when providing your allocation instructions to ensure that your allocation instructions are in Good Order. You bear the risk of any decline in your Contract Value resulting from the performance of the Funds that you choose.

Selection of Funds

When we select the Funds offered through the Contract, we consider various factors, including, but not limited to, asset class coverage, the strength of the adviser’s or sub-adviser’s reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capabilities and qualifications of each investment firm. We may also consider whether the Fund, its service providers (e.g., the investment adviser or sub-advisers), or its affiliates will make payments to us or our affiliates in connection with certain administrative, marketing, and support services, or whether affiliates of the Fund can provide marketing and distribution support for sales of the Contracts. (For additional information on these arrangements, see the section below entitled “Compensation We Receive from Funds, Advisers and Sub-Advisers.”) We review the Funds periodically and may remove a Fund or limit its availability to new Purchase Payments and/or transfers of Contract Value if we determine that a Fund no longer satisfies one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the Fund has not attracted significant allocations from Owners.

Compensation We Receive from Funds, Advisers and Sub-Advisers

Compensation We Receive from Advisers and Sub-Advisers

We and certain of our insurance affiliates receive compensation from the advisers and sub-advisers to some of the Funds. We may use this compensation to pay expenses that we incur in promoting, issuing, distributing and administering the Contract, and in providing services on behalf of the Funds in our role as intermediary to the Funds. The amount of this compensation is determined by multiplying a specified annual percentage rate by the average net assets held in that Fund that are attributable to the variable annuity and variable life insurance products issued by us and our affiliates that offer the particular Fund (Hextone’s variable contracts). These percentage rates differ, but currently do not exceed 0.25%. Some advisers and sub-advisers pay us more than others; some do not pay us any such compensation.

The compensation may not be reflected in a Fund’s expenses because this compensation may not be paid directly out of a Fund’s assets. These payments also may be derived, in whole or in part, from the advisory fee deducted from Fund assets. Owners, through their indirect investment in the Funds, bear the costs of these advisory fees (see the Funds’ prospectuses for more information).

In addition, we may receive fixed dollar payments from the advisers and sub-advisers to certain funds so that the adviser and sub-adviser can participate in sales meetings conducted by Hextone. Attending such meetings provides advisers and sub-advisers with opportunities to discuss and promote their funds. For a list of the Funds whose advisers and sub-advisers currently pay such compensation, visit www.Hextone.com/legal/compensation-arrangements or call our Service Center.

Compensation We Receive from Funds

We and certain of our affiliates also receive compensation from certain Funds pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. This compensation is paid out of the Fund’s assets and may be as much as 0.25% of the average net assets of an underlying Fund which are attributable to Hextone’s variable contracts. An investment in a Fund with a 12b-1 fee will increase the cost of your investment in the Contract.

Voting Rights

We are the legal owner of the Fund shares. When a Fund solicits proxies in conjunction with a vote of shareholders, we are required to obtain, from you and other Owners, instructions as to how to vote those shares.

When we receive those instructions, we will vote all the shares for which we do not receive voting instructions in proportion to those instructions. This will also include any shares that we own on our own behalf. This may result in a small number of Owners controlling the outcome of a vote. If we determine that we are no longer required to vote shares in accordance with Owner instructions, we will vote the shares in our own right.

During the Accumulation Phase, we determine the number of shares you may vote by dividing your Contract Value in each Fund by $100, including fractional shares. You do not have any voting rights during the Annuity Phase.

We may, when required by state insurance regulatory authorities, disregard voting instructions, if such instructions would require shares to be voted so as to cause a change in the sub-classification or investment objective of a Fund or to approve or disapprove an investment advisory contract for the Fund. In addition, we may disregard voting instructions that would require a change in the investment policy or investment adviser of one or more of the available Funds. Our disapproval of such change must be reasonable and based on a good faith determination that the change would be contrary to state law or otherwise inappropriate, considering the Fund’s objectives and purpose. If we disregard Owner voting instructions, we will advise Owners of our action and the reasons for such action.

C harges and Deductions

This section describes the charges and deductions we make under the Contract to compensate us for the services and benefits we provide, costs and expenses we incur and risks we assume. We may profit from the charges deducted and we may use any such profits for any purpose, including payment of marketing and distribution expenses. These charges and deductions reduce the return on your investment in the Contract.

Insurance Charges

Each Business Day we deduct our insurance charges from the assets of the Separate Account. This charge is calculated based on a percentage of the daily value of the assets invested in each Fund, after Fund expenses are deducted. We do this as part of our calculation of the value of the Accumulation Units and the Annuity Units. The insurance charge has two parts: (1) the mortality and expense risk charge and (2) the administrative charge.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

The mortality and expense risk charge is for:

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the mortality risk associated with the insurance benefits provided, including our obligation to make Annuity Payments after the Annuity Date regardless of how long all Annuitants live, the death benefits, and the guarantee of rates used to determine your Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase; and

•	the expense risk that the current charges will be insufficient to cover the actual cost of administering the Contract.


Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
*When Charge is Deducted*	*Current (annual rate)*	*Maximum (annual rate)*
Daily as a percentage of the daily value of the assets invested in each Sub-Account	1.15%	1.15%

For all Contracts, if the amount of the charge is more than sufficient to cover the mortality and expense risk, we will make a profit on the charge. We may use this profit for any purpose, including the payment of marketing and distribution expenses for the Contract. If the mortality and expense risk charge is not sufficient to cover the mortality and expense risk, we will bear the loss.

Administrative Charge

This charge reimburses us for the expenses associated with the administration of the Contract and the Separate Account. Some of these expenses are: preparation of the Contract, confirmations, annual reports and statements, maintenance of Contract records, personnel costs, legal and accounting fees, filing fees, and computer and systems costs. The table below reflects the current and maximum charge.


Administrative Charge
*When Charge is Deducted*	*Current (annual rate)*	*Maximum (annual rate)*
Daily as a percentage of the daily value of the assets invested in each Sub-Account	0.15%	0.15%

Annual Contract Maintenance Charge

This charge reimburses us for the costs of maintaining the Contract. We will deduct the annual contract maintenance charge proportionately from the Sub-Account(s) you have selected.


Annual Contract Maintenance Charge
*Contract Value at Time* *Charge is Deducted*	*When Charge is Deducted*	*Current*	*Maximum*
Less than $100,000	On each Contract Anniversary or total withdrawal.	$40	$40
$100,000 or more	Not applicable	N/A	N/A

C ontingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)

We do not deduct a sales charge when we receive a Purchase Payment. However, we may assess a CDSC for withdrawals that exceed the Free Withdrawal Amount, but not against earnings that you withdraw. We use this charge to cover certain expenses relating to the sale of the Contract. The charge is a percentage of the Purchase Payments you withdraw that exceed the Free Withdrawal Amount.

If we assess a CDSC, we will deduct it from the amount you withdraw.

Each Purchase Payment has its own CDSC schedule. The amount of the charge depends on the length of time between the date Purchase Payments were applied and the date of withdrawal. To determine if a CDSC applies, we process withdrawals as follows:

•	first from earnings (Contract Value less Purchase Payments not previously withdrawn);

•	then from Purchase Payments no longer subject to a CDSC according to the CDSC schedule;

•	then from the Free Withdrawal Amount or the amounts attributable to any CDSC waivers (taken from Purchase Payments not previously withdrawn in the order they were received with the oldest Purchase Payment first); and

•	then from Purchase Payments not previously withdrawn in the order they were received with the oldest Purchase Payment being first.


CDSC
*Number of full years from application* *of each Purchase Payment^()	*CDSC (as a percentage of* *each Purchase Payment withdrawn)*
0	7%
1	7%
2	7%
3	6%
4	5%
5	4%
6	3%
7 or more	0%

(*)	See “Appendix B – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) Example.”

In addition to the free withdrawals described later in this section, we will not impose a CDSC under the following circumstances:

•	Upon payment of the death benefit.

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On amounts withdrawn as RMDs to the extent they exceed the Free Withdrawal Amount. In order to qualify for this exception, (a) you must be participating in a Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, under which the annual RMD is calculated by us, based solely on the fair market value of the Contract (RMD program) and (b) you must not take any other withdrawals from the Contract in that Contract Year. If you choose to take withdrawals to satisfy your RMD for the Contract outside of our RMD program, or if you choose to take any other withdrawals from the Contract, CDSCs may apply not only to those withdrawals, but also to any subsequent RMD withdrawals taken under the RMD program in the same Contract Year.

•	Upon application of the Contract Value to any Annuity Option.

•	If you redeem excess contributions from an IRA. We look to the IRC for the definition and description of excess contributions.

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Under a replacement program offered by us, when the Contract is exchanged for another annuity contract issued by us or one of our affiliated insurance companies, of the type and class which we determine is eligible for such an exchange. A CDSC may apply to the contract received in the exchange. A reduced CDSC schedule may apply under the Contract if another variable annuity contract issued by us or one of our affiliated insurance companies is exchanged for the Contract. Exchange programs may not be available in all states. If you want more information about our current exchange programs, contact your registered representative or us at our Service Center.

•	If you are eligible for waiver of the CDSC due to your election of the Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit or the Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit described in “Additional Features.”

•	On any withdrawals made when you reach the Latest Permitted Annuity Date for your Contract.

Free Withdrawal Amount

The Free Withdrawal Amount is an amount of your Purchase Payment(s) that you may withdraw that is not subject to the CDSC. During the first Contract Year, your Free Withdrawal Amount is ten percent (10%) of the Initial Purchase Payment applied on the Issue Date, plus ten percent (10%) of any subsequent Purchase Payments received in that Contract Year. Any available Free Withdrawal Amount during the first Contract Year will be reduced by any Free Withdrawal Amount previously taken during that Contract Year.

During each subsequent Contract Year, your Free Withdrawal Amount is ten percent (10%) of your total Purchase Payments still subject to a CDSC as of the last calendar day of the previous Contract Year, plus 10% of any subsequent Purchase Payments received in the current Contract Year. Any available Free Withdrawal Amount during such Contract Year will be reduced by any Free Withdrawal Amount previously taken during that Contract Year.

Any withdrawal taken during a previous Contract Year may impact the available Free Withdrawal Amount if it results in a decrease in the amount of Purchase Payments still subject to a CDSC.

Any unused Free Withdrawal Amount(s) during any particular Contract Year may not be carried over to any succeeding Contract Year.

Premium Taxes

Some states and other governmental entities charge Premium Taxes or similar taxes. We are responsible for the payment of these taxes and may deduct them from the Purchase Payments or Contract Value, or we may adjust the annuity rates for Premium Tax assessed. Some of these taxes are due when your Contract is issued, others are due when Annuity Payments begin. Premium Taxes generally range from 0% to 3.5%, depending on the state.

Income Taxes

We will deduct from the Contract any income taxes which we incur because of the operation of the Separate Account. We will deduct any withholding taxes required by law.

Fund Expenses

The Separate Account purchases shares of the Funds at net asset value. The net asset value of each Fund reflects investment management fees and other expenses already deducted from the assets of the Fund. In addition, one or more of the Funds available as an investment choice may pay a distribution fee out of the Fund’s assets to us, known as a 12b-1 fee. Any investment in one or more of the Funds with a 12b-1 fee will increase the cost of your investment in the Contract. Please refer to the Fund prospectuses for more information regarding these expenses.

RetirePay Charges

We will assess the RetirePay Charge on a quarterly basis in arrears. On the last calendar day of each Contract Quarter, a charge will be assessed against your Contract Value. The amount that is deducted from your Contract Value is equal to the RetirePay Charge multiplied by the Benefit Base on such day (after taking into account any other transactions processed on such day).

If RetirePay terminates, a pro-rata portion of the RetirePay Charge will generally be assessed based on the number of days from the first calendar day of the current Contract quarter to the date of termination. If you reach your Latest Permitted Annuity Date, and your Contract Value is applied to an Annuity Option, the RetirePay Charge is waived. Once RetirePay has terminated, there will be no further RetirePay Charges assessed. See “Additional Benefits – Hextone RetirePay^SM.”

We deduct the RetirePay Charge pro-rata from each Sub-Account in which you are invested.

The maximum annualized RetirePay Charge is 2.50%. For current RetirePay Charges, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement available with your prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.

Ownership

Owner

In this prospectus, “you” and “your” refer to the Owner of the Contract. The Owner is named at the time you apply for a Contract. The Owner can be an individual or a non-natural person (e.g., a corporation, limited liability company partnership or certain other entities). The Owner must be at least the Age of majority in the state the Contract is issued, and may not be older than Age 85 on the Issue Date. If you elect RetirePay, the Owner must be at least Age 45 and may not be older than Age 80 when the Contract is issued. The maximum issue Age for the Contract and certain additional features may be reduced in connection with the offer of the Contract through certain broker-dealers. You should discuss this with your registered representative.

If your Contract is Non-Qualified and owned by a non-natural person, the Contract will generally not be treated as an annuity for tax purposes. This means that gain in the Contract will be taxed each year while the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase. This treatment is not generally applied to a Contract held by a trust or other entity as an agent for a natural person. Before purchasing a Contract to be owned by a non-natural person or before changing ownership on an existing Contract that will result in it being owned by a non-natural person, you should consult a tax adviser to determine the tax impact. See “Taxes – Non-Natural Owner.”

As the Owner of the Contract, you exercise all rights under the Contract, unless limited by an assignment or by designation of an irrevocable Beneficiary. On or after the Annuity Date, you continue as the Owner.

You may change the Owner of a Non-Qualified Contract at any time by Written Request, subject to our approval. You may not change the Owner(s) without our approval. You may not need Company approval in all states. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features” (California) for more information about state variations. We will refuse or accept any requested change on a non-discriminatory basis. You may not change the Owner to an individual who was over the maximum Age for purchasing the Contract on the Issue Date of the Contract.

A change of Owner will take effect on the date the Written Request is signed, unless you specify otherwise. We will not be liable for any payment made or action taken prior to our receipt and approval of the Written Request. A change of Owner that we allow will automatically revoke any prior designation of Owner. Changing the Owner may result in tax consequences. See “Taxes – Tax Treatment of Assignments” for more information.

Joint Owner

The Contract can be owned by Joint Owners. However, the Contract cannot be jointly owned if it is a Qualified Contract, if an Owner is a non-natural person, or by more than two individuals. The Joint Owner must be at least the Age of majority in the state the Contract is issued, and may not be older than Age 85 on the Issue Date. If you elect RetirePay and the Joint Owner will be a Covered Person, the Joint Owner must be at least Age 45 and may not be older than Age 80 when the Contract is Issued.

If the Contract is jointly owned, we will use the Age of the oldest Owner to determine certain benefits. If there are Joint Owners, we require authorization from both Owners for all transactions.

Annuitant

The Annuitant is the person(s) on whose life (or lives, in the case of joint Annuitants) we base Annuity Payments, with the exception of the non-lifetime contingent option. You designate the Annuitant(s) at the time of application. A Contract may not have more than two Annuitants. There is no minimum Age applicable to the Annuitant or joint Annuitant; however, any Annuitant must be at least 18 on the Annuity Date in order for you to elect a life contingent Annuity Option. Annuitants may not be older than Age 85 on the Issue Date. If you elect RetirePay, Annuitants may not be older than Age 80 on the Issue Date.

You may change the Annuitant(s) before the Annuity Date by Written Request, subject to our approval and restrictions that apply if RetirePay is in effect. However, if the Contract is owned by a non-natural person, the Annuitant may not be changed and we will use the Age of the oldest Annuitant to determine certain benefits. The Annuitant generally cannot be changed if the Contract is an individually owned Qualified Contract. We will use the Age of the oldest Annuitant to determine all applicable benefits under a Contract owned by a non-natural person.

When calculating Annuity Payments, we determine Age based on each Annuitant’s nearest birthday on the Annuity Date. See “The Annuity Phase – Annuity Age.”

Any change of Annuitant must be made by Written Request. An approved change will take effect on the date the Written Request is signed, unless you specify otherwise. We will not be liable for any payment made or action taken prior to our receipt of the Written Request. A change of Annuitant that we allow will automatically revoke any prior designation of Annuitant. The Annuitant may not be changed, nor may an Annuitant be added, after the Annuity Date.

Beneficiary

The Beneficiary is the person(s) or entity(ies) you name to receive any death benefit. You name the Beneficiary at the time of application. If the Owner is a non-natural person, the Owner must be the sole primary Beneficiary unless we allow otherwise.

Unless an irrevocable Beneficiary has been named, you can change the Beneficiary by Written Request at any time before you die subject to the restrictions that apply if RetirePay is in effect. If you name an irrevocable Beneficiary but wish to change the Beneficiary, you must deliver written authorization from the irrevocable Beneficiary to our Service Center on our form in Good Order.

A change of Beneficiary will take effect on the date the Written Request is signed, unless you specify otherwise. We will not be liable for any payment made or action taken prior to our receipt of the Written Request.

If there is a joint Annuitant on an individually owned Qualified Contract, the joint Annuitant must also be the sole primary Beneficiary.

Unless you provide otherwise, the death benefit will be paid as follows:

(1)	In equal shares to the primary Beneficiary(ies) who survives your death and/or any Annuitant’s death, as applicable;

(2)	If there is no primary Beneficiary who survives your death and/or any Annuitant’s death, as applicable, in equal shares to the contingent Beneficiary(ies) who survives your death and/or any Annuitant’s death, as applicable; or

(3)	If there is no primary or contingent Beneficiary who survives your death and/or any Annuitant’s death, to you or your estate, as applicable.

We will treat a surviving Owner as the primary Beneficiary and treat any other Beneficiary designation, on record at the time of death, as a contingent Beneficiary.

If the Owner is a non-natural person, the Owner must be the sole primary Beneficiary unless we allow otherwise.

P urchasing a Contract

To purchase a Contract, you must submit your initial Purchase Payment to your registered representative or to us at our Service Center. Once we receive your initial Purchase Payment and the necessary information at our Service Center, we will credit your initial Purchase Payment to your Contract within two Business Days. If you do not give us all of the information we need, we will notify you. When we receive all of the information we need, we will apply your initial Purchase Payment within two Business Days. If we do not have the necessary information to issue your Contract within five Business Days, then we will either return your Purchase Payment or ask your permission to retain your Purchase Payment until all the necessary information is received.

The date when we credit your initial Purchase Payment to your Contract is the Issue Date. We use the Issue Date to determine Contract Years and Contract Anniversaries.

Contract Delay

Our receipt of your initial Purchase Payment may be delayed because of circumstances outside of our control (for example, delays because of the failure of the selling broker-dealer or your registered representative to forward the Purchase Payment in Good Order to us promptly or because of delays in determining whether the Contract is suitable for you or in receiving other necessary information from the selling broker-dealer or your registered representative). Any such delays will affect when we can issue your Contract and when your initial Purchase Payment will be allocated among the investment choices under the Contract.

Purchase Payments

The minimum amount we accept for an initial Purchase Payment is:

•	$10,000 if you are buying the Contract as a Non-Qualified Contract; or

•	$5,000 if you are buying the Contract as a Qualified Contract.

•	You can make additional Purchase Payments to your Contract throughout the Accumulation Phase, subject to the conditions noted below. You can make additional Purchase Payments by sending payments to one of our purchase payment processing service centers:


by check that clearly indicates your name and Contract number, mailed to:
First Class Mail Hextone Envision Annuity Payment Services PO Box 75222 Chicago, IL 60675-5222	Overnight Mail* Received before May 20, 2023 Hextone Envision Annuity Payment Services Dept #75222 350 N Orleans St, Ste 800 Chicago, IL 60654-1529	or	Overnight Mail Received on or after May 20, 2023 Hextone Envision Annuity Payment Services 5450 N. Cumberland Ave. Suite 100 Lockbox 75222 Chicago, IL 60656
by wire transfer to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ABA # 021000021 Account Name: Hextone Life Insurance Co Account Number: 804788898 Reference: Annuity Contract #, Name (Your Name)

*Overnight mail received at this address on or after May 20, 2023 will be returned to sender.

Additional Purchase Payments of less than $500 are subject to our approval. The maximum total Purchase Payments we will allow without our approval is $1,500,000. In most states, in calculating the maximum, we will take into account the cumulative Purchase Payments on the Contract and multiple purchases of the Contract by the same Owner (whether as the sole Owner or Joint Owner), or with the same Annuitant (whether as the Annuitant or joint Annuitant). See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features” (Florida) for more information about state variations. If RetirePay is in effect with your Contract, you are subject to the restrictions on additional Purchase Payments under the RetirePay Benefit Base provisions. See “Additional Benefits – Hextone RetirePay^SM – Restrictions on Subsequent Purchase Payments” for more information.

If you make additional Purchase Payments, we will credit these amounts to your Contract on the Business Day we receive them and all necessary information, in Good Order, at one of our purchase payment processing service centers. If we receive your Purchase Payment on a Non-Business Day or after the Close of Business, we will credit the amount to your Contract effective the next Business Day.

We reserve the right to reject any application or Purchase Payment. See “Other Information – Reservation of Rights” for more information. Moreover, if RetirePay is in effect with your Contract, we reserve the right to reject any Purchase Payment not conforming to the terms of RetirePay.

Automatic Investment Plan (AIP)

Under the AIP, you may authorize us to periodically draw funds from an account of your choosing (restrictions may apply) for the purpose of making Purchase Payments to your Contract. Contact our Service Center for information regarding setting up an AIP and any restrictions regarding use of the AIP. If you participate in the AIP, the minimum additional Purchase Payment is $100. Additionally, the AIP may not be available for Contracts held as a SEP IRA or SIMPLE IRA.

Allocation of Purchase Payments

When you purchase your Contract, we allocate your Purchase Payment received in Good Order among the investment choices according to the allocation instructions you provide. If you make additional Purchase Payments, we will allocate them based on your current allocation instructions, unless you request a different allocation by sending us a Written Request. We reserve the right to allocate initial Purchase Payments to a money market Sub-Account until the expiration of the Right to Examine Contract time period.

Any allocations to the Sub-Accounts that invest in the Funds that you have selected must be in whole percentages and must total 100%.

You may allocate Purchase Payments to the DCA Fixed Account, subject to conditions we may impose on such allocations. See “Transfers and Transfer Programs” for allocation restrictions applicable to that feature.

If you have elected RetirePay, you are subject to restrictions on the allocation of Purchase Payments while RetirePay is in effect. See “Additional Benefits – Hextone RetirePay^SM.” If RetirePay is in effect, changing your current Purchase Payment allocations will change the allocations for any future Purchase Payments as well as transfer Contract Value from your current allocations to your new allocations.

Contract Value

Your Contract Value is the sum of your values in the Sub-Accounts and the DCA Fixed Account.

The value of your investments in the Separate Account will vary depending on the investment performance of the Funds you choose. In order to keep track of your Contract Value in the Separate Account, we use a unit of measure called an Accumulation Unit.

Any Contract Value allocated to the DCA Fixed Account will be credited with a fixed interest rate.

Accumulation Units

Every Business Day we determine the value of an Accumulation Unit for each of the Sub-Accounts. Changes in the Accumulation Unit value reflect the investment performance of the Fund as well as deductions for insurance and other charges. The value of an Accumulation Unit may go up or down from Business Day to Business Day.

When you make a Purchase Payment, we credit your Contract with Accumulation Units. We determine the number of Accumulation Units to credit by dividing the amount of the Purchase Payment allocated to a Sub-Account by the value of the Accumulation Unit for that Sub-Account. When you make a withdrawal, we deduct from your Contract Accumulation Units representing the withdrawal amount.

We calculate the value of an Accumulation Unit for each Sub-Account after the Close of Business each Business Day. Any change in the Accumulation Unit value will be reflected in your Contract Value.

Calculation of Accumulation Unit Value

The Accumulation Unit Value for each Sub-Account was set initially at $10. Subsequently, the Accumulation Unit Values on any Business Day will be those we calculate after the Close of Business on that day. We calculate the Accumulation Unit Values for each Sub-Account by applying the Change in Net Asset Value (NAV) Formula. That formula derives the daily investment rate of return for each Sub-Account net of all Separate Account charges. The Change in NAV Formula is applied to each Sub-Account as follows:

(1)	The daily change in NAV of the Fund is added to the amount of any Fund distribution (income or capital gain distribution) on that Business Day. This sum is then divided by the previous Business Day NAV of the Fund. This is the daily gross investment rate of return for the Fund.

(2)	The daily accrual for all the Separate Account charges are then subtracted from the daily gross investment rate of return for the Fund.

(3)	The result is then multiplied by the previous Business Day Accumulation Unit Value to produce the next Accumulation Unit Value.

We have the right to split or consolidate the number of Accumulation Units credited to your Contract, with a corresponding increase or decrease in the Accumulation Unit Values.

Example:

On Monday we receive an additional Purchase Payment of $5,000 from you. You have told us you want this to go to the MML Managed Bond Sub-Account. When the NYSE closes on that Monday, we determine that the value of an Accumulation Unit for the MML Managed Bond Sub-Account is $13.90. We then divide $5,000 by $13.90 and credit your Contract on Monday night with 359.71 Accumulation Units for the MML Managed Bond Sub-Account.

Right to Cancel Your Contract

You have a right to examine your Contract (sometimes referred to as a free look period). If you change your mind about owning your Contract, you can cancel it within ten calendar days after receiving it. This time period may vary by state, but will never be less than ten calendar days.

When you cancel the Contract within this time period, we will not assess a CDSC. Unless your state has other requirements, you will receive back your Contract Value plus any fees or charges previously deducted from your Purchase Payments as of the Business Day we receive your Written Request in Good Order at our Service Center, and your Contract will be terminated. If state law requires us to return the amount of your Purchase Payments, then we will return the greater of: (i) the full amount of any Purchase Payment(s) less any withdrawals, or (ii) your Contract Value plus any fees or charges previously deducted from your Purchase Payments. If you purchase the Contract as an IRA, we will return the greater of your Purchase Payments less any withdrawals, or the Contract Value plus any fees or charges previously deducted from your Purchase Payments.

Please see “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features” for more information about state variations.

Sending Requests in Good Order

From time to time you may want to submit a request for transfer among investment choices, a withdrawal, a change of Beneficiary, or some other action. We can only act upon your request if we receive it in “Good Order.” To help protect against unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions, we will use reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions given to us are genuine. We may record all telephone instructions.

In addition to Written Requests, we may allow requests to our Service Center:

•	by fax at (866) 329-4272,

•	by email at ANNfax@Hextone.com,

•	by telephone at (800) 272-2216, or

•	by internet at www.Hextone.com.

Fax, telephone, email, or internet transactions may not always be available. Fax, telephone, and computer systems can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay our receipt of your request. We may make these additional methods available at our discretion. They may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice. Not all transaction types can be requested by fax, telephone, or the internet.

Transfers and Transfer Programs

General Overview

Generally, you can transfer all or part of your Contract Value among investment choices. However, there are restrictions that are detailed later in this section. You can make transfers by Written Request, email, telephone, fax, or other authorized means. You must clearly indicate the amount and investment choices from and to which you wish to transfer. We reserve the right, at any time, to terminate, suspend, or modify the transfer provisions of the Contract.

Your transfer is effective at the Close of Business on the Business Day we receive your Written Request, in Good Order, at our Service Center. If we receive your transfer request at our Service Center in Good Order on a Non-Business Day or after Close of Business, your transfer request will be effective on the next Business Day.

Transfers During the Accumulation Phase

You may transfer all or part of your Contract Value allocated to a Sub-Account. You can make a transfer to or from any Sub-Account. If your Contract has RetirePay in effect, there are restrictions on available Sub-Accounts. See “Benefits Available Under The Contract – Hextone RetirePay^SM.”

Currently, we do not limit the number of transfers you may make; however, we reserve the right to limit transfers when the transfer privilege is being exercised to the detriment of other Owners. We further reserve the right, upon 30 calendar days advance notice to you, to limit the number of transfers in the future. We will exercise this right should we see a significant increase in transfer activity by Owners that leads to an increase in cost to administer the Contract. If we exercise this right, we will do so in the same manner for all Owners, and we will provide Owners with prior Written Notice of our decision to limit the number of transfers you may make.

Transfers During the Annuity Phase

We do not allow transfers during the Annuity Phase.

Transfer Programs

For detailed rules and restrictions pertaining to these programs and instructions for electing a program, contact our Service Center.

Overview

We currently offer the following transfer programs: Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program and Automatic Rebalancing Program. These programs are available only during the Accumulation Phase. You may participate in only one of these programs at any one time.

You may not participate in the Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program or the Automatic Rebalancing Program if you have a current election in the DCA Fixed Account.

You may not participate in the Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program or Automatic Rebalancing Program if RetirePay is in effect.

Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program

This program allows you to systematically transfer a set amount from a Sub-Account to any of the other Sub-Account(s). By allocating amounts on a regular schedule as opposed to allocating the total amount at one particular time, you may be less susceptible to the impact of market fluctuations. Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit and does not protect you against loss in declining markets. Since dollar cost averaging involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuating price levels of such securities, you should consider your financial ability to continue the program through periods of fluctuating price levels.

Your Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program will terminate:

•	if you withdraw the total Contract Value;

•	upon our receipt of due proof of the Owner’s death and election of the payment method by any Beneficiary;

•	if the last transfer you selected has been made;

•	if you apply your full Contract Value to an Annuity Option;

•	if there is insufficient Contract Value in the selected Sub-Account to make the transfer; or

•	if we receive from you a Written Request or a request over the telephone to terminate the program at our Service Center prior to the next transfer date.

Automatic Rebalancing Program

Over time, the performance of each Sub-Account may cause your allocation to shift from your original allocation. You can direct us to automatically rebalance your Contract Value allocated to the Sub-Accounts in order to return to your original percentage allocations by selecting our Automatic Rebalancing Program.

This program will terminate:

•	if you withdraw the total Contract Value;

•	upon our receipt of due proof of the Owner’s death and election of the payment method by any Beneficiary;

•	if you apply your full Contract Value to an Annuity Option;

•	if we receive any unscheduled transfer request; or

•	if we receive from you a Written Request or request over the telephone to terminate the program at our Service Center prior to the next transfer date.

L imits on Frequent Trading and Market Timing Activity

The Contract and its investment choices are not designed to serve as vehicles for what we have determined to be frequent trading or market timing trading activity. We consider these activities to be abusive trading practices that can disrupt the management of a Fund in the following ways:

•	by requiring the Fund to keep more of its assets liquid rather than investing them for long-term growth, resulting in lost investment opportunity; and

•	by causing unplanned portfolio turnover.

These disruptions, in turn, can result in increased expenses and can have an adverse effect on Fund performance that could impact all Owners and Beneficiaries under the Contract, including long-term Owners who do not engage in these activities. Therefore, we discourage frequent trading and market timing trading activity and will not accommodate frequent transfers of Contract Value among the Funds. Organizations and individuals that intend to trade frequently and/or use market timing investment strategies should not purchase the Contract.

We have adopted policies and procedures to help us identify those individuals or entities that we determine may be engaging in frequent trading and/or market timing trading activities. We monitor trading activity to uniformly enforce those procedures. However, those who engage in such activities may employ a variety of techniques to avoid detection. Our ability to detect frequent trading or market timing may be limited by operational or technological systems, as well as by our ability to predict strategies employed by Owners (or those acting on their behalf) to avoid detection. Therefore, despite our efforts to prevent frequent trading and the market timing of Funds among the Sub-Accounts, there can be no assurance that we will be able to identify and curtail every instance of trading of those who trade frequently or those who employ a market timing strategy or those who act as intermediaries on behalf of such persons. Moreover, our ability to discourage and restrict frequent trading or market timing may be limited by decisions of state regulatory bodies and court orders that we cannot predict.

In addition, some of the Funds are available with variable products issued by other insurance companies. We do not know the effectiveness of the policies and procedures used by these other insurance companies to detect frequent trading and/or market timing. As a result of these factors, the Funds may reflect lower performance and higher expenses across all Contracts as a result of undetected abusive trading practices.

If we, or any investment adviser to any of the Funds available with the Contract, determine that an Owner’s transfer patterns reflect frequent trading or employment of a market timing strategy, we will allow the Owner to submit transfer requests by regular mail only.

We will not accept other Owner transfer requests if submitted by overnight mail, fax, the telephone, our website, or any other type of electronic medium. Additionally, we may reject any single trade that we determine to be abusive or harmful to the Fund. Orders for the purchase of Fund shares may be subject to acceptance by the Fund. Therefore, we reserve the right to reject, without prior notice, any Fund transfer request if the investment in the Fund is not accepted for any reason.

The Funds may assess a redemption fee (which we reserve the right to collect) on shares held for a relatively short period. The prospectuses for the Funds describe the Funds’ frequent trading and market timing policies and procedures, which may be more or less restrictive than the policies and procedures we have adopted. We have entered into a written agreement, as required by SEC regulation, with each Fund or its principal underwriter that obligates us to provide to the Fund promptly upon request certain information about the trading activity of individual Owners, and to execute instructions from the Fund to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Owners who violate the frequent trading or market timing policies established by the Fund.

Owners and other persons with interests in the Contracts should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Funds generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries, such as retirement plans or separate accounts funding variable insurance contracts. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual owners of variable contracts and/or individual retirement plan participants. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the Funds in their ability to apply their frequent trading or market timing policies and procedures. It may also require that we restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers as requested by a Fund on all contracts owned by an Owner whose trading activity under one variable contract has violated a Fund’s frequent trading or market timing policy. If a Fund believes that an omnibus order reflects one or more transfer requests from Owners engaged in frequent trading or market timing activity, the Fund may reject the entire omnibus order.

We will notify you in writing if we reject a transfer or if we implement a restriction due to frequent trading or the use of market timing investment strategies. If we do not accept a transfer request, no change will be made to your allocations per that request. We will then allow you to resubmit the rejected transfer by regular mail only.

Additionally, we may in the future take any of the following restrictive actions that are designed to prevent the employment of a frequent trading or market timing strategy:

•	not accept transfer instructions from an Owner or other person authorized to conduct a transfer;

•	limit the number of transfer requests that can be made during a Contract Year; and

•	require the value transferred into a Fund to remain in that Fund for a particular period of time before it can be transferred out of the Fund.

We will apply any restrictive action we take uniformly to all Owners we believe are employing a frequent trading or market timing strategy. These restrictive actions may not work to deter frequent trading or market timing activity.

We reserve the right to revise our procedures for detecting frequent trading and/or market timing at any time without prior notice if we determine it is necessary to do so in order to better detect frequent trading and/or market timing, to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or to impose different restrictions on frequent traders and/or market timers. If we modify our procedures, we will apply the new procedure uniformly to all Owners.

The Annuity Phase

Overview

If you want to receive regular income from your Annuity, you can elect to apply your Contract Value so that you can receive Fixed Annuity Payments under one of the Annuity Options described in this section. If you have reached your Annuity Date and you have not chosen an Annuity Option, we will assume you elected a Single Life Annuity with Period Certain Annuity Option with fixed payments and ten years of payments guaranteed. If the Contract has joint Annuitants, we will assume you elected the Joint and Survivor Life Annuity Option with fixed payments and ten years of payments guaranteed. If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, additional requirements may apply. We may base Annuity Payments on the Age and sex of the Annuitant under all options except the Non-Lifetime Contingent Annuity Option. We consider a Non-Lifetime Contingent Annuity Option to be an Annuity Option which provides an Annuity Payment for a fixed period of time only. See “The Annuity Phase – Non-Lifetime Contingent Option – Period Certain Annuity Option.” We may require proof of Age and sex before Annuity Payments begin.

You may only apply your full Contract Value to an Annuity Option. If the amount to be applied under an Annuity Option results in an Annuity Payment of less than $20 monthly (or the equivalent amount based on the selected frequency), we will pay the amount in a lump sum. If any Annuity Payment is less than $100, we will change the payment basis to equivalent quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.

Annuity Payment Start Date

You can choose the day, month and year in which Annuity Payments begin; however, the day must be between the 1^st and 28^th day of the month. We call that date the Annuity Date. According to your Contract, your Annuity Date cannot be earlier than five years after you buy the Contract (unless state law requires a shorter waiting period). See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

When you purchase the Contract, your Annuity Date is the Latest Permitted Annuity Date. After you purchase your Contract, you can request an earlier Annuity Date by Written Request.

Latest Permitted Annuity Date

Unless the laws or regulations of the state in which your Contract was issued requires an earlier date, Annuity Payments must begin by the Contract Anniversary after the 95th birthday of the oldest Annuitant or the oldest Owner (whichever is sooner).

Annuity Payments

On the Annuity Date, you will begin receiving Annuity Payments under the Annuity Option that you elected. Your Annuity Payments will be fixed, meaning that the payments will not vary unless you elect either of the Joint and 2/3 Survivor Annuity Options that reduce payments upon the death of the first Annuitant. The amount of your Annuity Payments will depend upon the following:

•	the value of your Contract on the Annuity Date;

•	the Annuity Option you elect;

•	the Age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitants, if applicable;

•	the minimum guaranteed payout rates associated with your Contract; and

•	the deduction of Premium Taxes, if applicable.

Generally, the more frequently the Annuity Payments will be made or the longer the Annuity Period will last, the lower the amount of your Annuity Payments will be.

See “Fixed Annuity Payout Rates” section in the SAI for more information.

Annuity Age

When calculating Annuity Payments, we determine Age based on each Annuitant’s nearest birthday on the Annuity Date. For example, we consider Age 80 to be the period of time between age 79 years, 6 months, and 1 day and age 80 years and 6 months.

Annuity Options

The available fixed Annuity Options are listed in this section in the Annuity Options table. We may consent to other plans of payment in addition to those listed. After Annuity Payments begin, you cannot change the Annuity Option or the frequency of Annuity Payments. Generally, you cannot make withdrawals during the Annuity Phase; however, certain Annuity Options may allow for commuted value withdrawals. See “The Annuity Phase – Annuity Payment Commutation.” For all lifetime contingent Annuity Options, the Annuitant(s) must be at least Age 18 as of the Annuity Date.

RMDs for Qualified Contracts

In order to avoid adverse tax consequences, you should begin to take distributions from your Contract no later than the beginning date required by the IRC. These distributions can be withdrawals or Annuity Payments. The distributions should be at least equal to the minimum amount required by the IRC or paid through an Annuity Option that complies with the RMD rules of IRC Section 401(a)(9). If your Contract is an individual retirement annuity, the required beginning date is no later than April 1 of the calendar year after you reach the “applicable age” specified in IRC Section 401(a)(9)(C). If you attain age 72 after 2022 and age 73 before 2033, your applicable age is 73. If you attain age 74 after 2032, your applicable age is 75. Due to conflicting language in the SECURE 2.0 Act, enacted in December 2022, it is unclear whether the applicable age for an individual born in 1959 is 73 or 75. Previously, the age at which RMDs were required to begin was 70½ for those born before July 1, 1949, and 72 for those born after June 30, 1949 and before January 1, 1950.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)

We will not deduct a CDSC if you apply your Contract Value to any Annuity Option.

Limitations on Payment Options

If you purchased the Contract as a Qualified Contract, the RMD rules that apply to annuitized Contracts during your lifetime may impose restrictions on the payment options that you may elect. In addition, in order to ensure that the Contract will comply with the RMD requirements that apply upon your death, you may not elect a joint and survivor Annuity Option with a non-spouse Joint Annuitant who is more than 10 years younger than you.

For Qualified Contracts, if, upon the death of the Owner (Annuitant if the Contract is owned by a non-natural person), there are Annuity Payments remaining, we may shorten the remaining payment period in order to ensure that payments do not continue beyond the 10 year post-death distribution period provided under IRC Section 401(a)(9), or beyond the Beneficiary’s life or life expectancy for certain classes of beneficiaries, such as a spouse or an individual who is not more than 10 years younger than the decedent.


Single Lifetime Contingent Options (Fixed Annuity Payments only)
	*Single Life Annuity*	*Single Life Annuity with* *Cash Refund*	*Single Life Annuity with* *Period Certain*
Number of Annuitants:	One	One	One
Length of Payment Period:	For as long as the Annuitant lives.	For as long as the Annuitant lives.	For a guaranteed period of either 10 or 20 years or as long as the Annuitant lives, whichever is longer.
Annuity Payments After Death of the Annuitant:	None. All payments end upon the Annuitant’s death.	If the total of all Annuity Payments made is less than the amount applied to the Annuity Option, the Beneficiary(ies) will receive the difference in a lump sum. If the total of all Annuity Payments made is equal to or greater than the amount applied to the Annuity Option, no additional payment will be made.	When the Annuitant dies, if there are remaining guaranteed payments, the Beneficiary(ies) may elect to continue receiving remaining guaranteed payments or the Beneficiary(ies) may elect a lump sum payment equal to the commuted value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments.⁽¹⁾

(1)	In the event that remaining Annuity Payments are commuted, we compute the value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments at an interest rate determined by us.


Joint Lifetime Contingent Options (Fixed Annuity Payments only)
	*Joint and Survivor* *Annuity*	*Joint and Survivor* *Annuity with* *Period Certain*	*Joint and 2/3 Survivor* *Life Annuity*	*Joint and 2/3 Survivor* *Life Annuity with* *Period Certain*
Number of Annuitants:	Two	Two	Two	Two
Length of Payment Period:	For as long as either Annuitant lives.	For a guaranteed period of either 10 or 20 years or as long as either Annuitant lives, whichever is longer.	For as long as either Annuitant lives.	For a guaranteed period of either 10 or 20 years or as long as either Annuitant lives, whichever is longer.
Annuity Payments After Death of the Annuitant:	100% of the payments will continue for the life of the surviving Annuitant. No payments will continue after the death of both Annuitants.	100% of the payments will continue for the life of the surviving Annuitant. When both Annuitants have died, if there are remaining guaranteed payments, the Beneficiary(ies) may elect to continue receiving remaining guaranteed payments or the Beneficiary(ies) may elect a lump sum payment equal to the commuted value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments.⁽¹⁾	At the death of either Annuitant, Annuity Payments will continue to be paid at the same frequency then in effect for the life of the surviving Annuitant, but at a reduced rate of two-thirds of the original Annuity Payment. Annuity Payments cease upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant.	At the end of the period certain following the death of either Annuitant, or upon the death of either Annuitant after the end of the period certain, Annuity Payments will continue to be paid at the same frequency then in effect to the surviving Annuitant, but at a reduced rate of two-thirds of the original Annuity Payment. If the last surviving Annuitant dies before the end of the period certain, Annuity Payments will continue at 100% of the amount and at the same frequency then in effect until the end of the period certain. The Beneficiary(ies) may instead elect to receive the commuted value of the remaining period certain Annuity Payments in a lump sum. If the last surviving Annuitant dies after the end of the period certain, no additional Annuity Payments will be made.⁽¹⁾

(1)	In the event that remaining Annuity Payments are commuted, we compute the value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments at an interest rate determined by us.


Non-Lifetime Contingent Option (Fixed Annuity Payments only)
	*Period Certain Annuity Option*⁽¹⁾
Number of Annuitants:	One or two
Length of Payment Period:	For a specified period no less than 10 years and no greater than 30 years.
Annuity Payments after Death of the Annuitant:	If the last Annuitant dies before the end of the period certain, Annuity Payments will continue to be paid at the same frequency then in effect until the end of the period certain. The Beneficiary(ies) may instead elect to receive the commuted value of the remaining period certain Annuity Payments in a lump sum.⁽²⁾

(1)	We consider this Annuity Option to be a non-lifetime contingent Annuity Option.

(2)	In the event that remaining Annuity Payments are commuted, we compute the value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments at an interest rate determined by us.

Annuity Payment Commutation

Once during lifetime of the Contract, you may, upon Written Request, withdraw all or a portion of the Commuted Value of any remaining Period Certain Annuity Payments, subject to the following conditions:

This commutation right is only available for use with the following Annuity Options:

•	Single Life Annuity – Period Certain for 10 or 20 years; or

•	Joint and Survivor Life Annuity – Period Certain for 10 or 20 years, with or without a reduction; or

•	Period Certain Annuity Only – 10 years or greater.

A commuted value withdrawal:

•	may not be taken any earlier than one year following the date you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option;

•	may not be taken after the end of the Period Certain portion of the Annuity Phase;

•	may not be taken if the requested withdrawal would cause the remaining Annuity Payment to be less than the Minimum Annuity Payment payable under the Contract at the existing Annuity Payment frequency; and

•	must be at least $10,000.

The Commuted Value of the remaining Period Certain Annuity Payments is calculated using the Commuted Value Formula specified on the Contract Schedule. All Commuted Values will be determined upon our receipt of a Written Request at our Service Center. Upon receipt of such Written Request, we will provide you with a notice of the amount payable, how the amount was determined and the impact on remaining Annuity Payments, if applicable.

For Period Certain Only Annuity Options, future Annuity Payments will be proportionally reduced by the ratio of the amount of the withdrawal to the Commuted Value. If the full Commuted Value is withdrawn, no future Annuity Payments will be made, and the Contract will terminate.

For Life Contingent Period Certain Annuity Options, future Annuity Payments during the remaining Period Certain will be proportionally reduced by the ratio of the amount of the withdrawal to the Commuted Value. Any future life contingent Annuity Payments will revert to the scheduled payment amount at the end of the Period Certain as long as an Annuitant is alive.

Benefits Available Under the Contract

The following table summarizes information about the benefits available under the Contract.


Benefit	Purpose	Benefit is Standard or Optional	Fee	Restrictions/Limitations
Death Benefit	Upon your death, we will pay your designated beneficiaries the greater of (1) the Contract Value when we receive due proof of death and election of a payment method; or (2) an amount based on your Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals	Standard	None	Withdrawals, including withdrawals of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount while RetirePay is in effect, reduce the death benefit amount in direct proportion to Contract Value reduction. This benefit terminates when Contract terminates, upon annuitization, and upon due proof of Owner’s death and election of a payment method.
Hextone RetirePay^SM	Guarantees that prescribed level of withdrawals can be taken for life beginning on the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, even if Contract Value is zero	Optional	Maximum RetirePay Charge: 2.50% For current RetirePay Charges, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement accompanying this prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.	May allocate Contract Value only to certain Sub-Accounts. May not make additional Purchase Payments that total more than $10,000 in a Contract Year after the first Contract Year. Subsequent Purchase Payments not allowed after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date. Any withdrawal prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date and, on and after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, the portion of a withdrawal (including CDSCs) from the Contract Value that causes the cumulative withdrawals to exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will be an Excess Withdrawal unless the withdrawal is taken as a part of the Company’s Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, under which the RMD is calculated by the Company. Any withdrawal that occurs after the cumulative withdrawals exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will also be an Excess Withdrawal. Excess Withdrawals negatively impact the benefit. Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is not available until youngest Covered Person attains age 59½.
Automatic Rebalancing Program	Automatically rebalances the Sub-Accounts you select to maintain original percentage allocation of Contract Value	Optional	None	Cannot use if the DCA Fixed Account, Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program, or RetirePay are in effect.


Benefit	Purpose	Benefit is Standard or Optional	Fee	Restrictions/Limitations
DCA Fixed Account	Automatically transfers a specific amount of Contract Value from the DCA Fixed Account to the Sub-Accounts you have selected, at set intervals over a period of either six or twelve months	Optional	None	Cannot use if the Automatic Rebalancing Program, Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program, or RetirePay are in effect. Must apply a Purchase Payment of at least $5,000 to establish a DCA Term. You cannot transfer current Contract Value into the DCA Fixed Account. No unscheduled transfers may be made from the DCA Fixed Account.
Separate Account Dollar Cost Averaging Program	Automatically transfers a specific amount of Contract Value from a single Sub-Account to other Sub-Accounts you have selected, at set intervals	Optional	None	Cannot use if the Automatic Rebalancing Program, DCA Fixed Account, or RetirePay are in effect.
Systematic Withdrawal Program	Automatically withdraws Contract Value proportionally from all of your investment choices	Optional	None	In order to participate in this program: (1) there must be at least $5,000 in Contract Value, and (2) the minimum withdrawal amount must be $100.
Annuity Payment Commutation	Allows withdrawal of all or a Optional portion of the Commuted Value of any remaining Period Certain Annuity Payments once per lifetime of the Contract	Optional	None	Available only for Annuity Options that include a Period Certain guarantee. May only be taken once during the lifetime of the Contract and may not be taken any earlier than one year following the date you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option. May not be taken after the end of the Period Certain portion of the Annuity Phase. May not be taken if the requested withdrawal would cause the remaining Annuity Payment to be less than the Minimum Annuity Payment payable under the Contract at the existing Annuity Payment frequency. Withdrawal must be at least $10,000.
Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit	Allows withdrawal of some or all Contract Value without a CDSC if diagnosed with terminal illness or terminal medical condition	Optional	None	You cannot be diagnosed with the terminal illness or the terminal condition or both as of Issue Date. Each withdrawal request must be made one year or more after Issue Date. We require proof that you are terminally ill, including, but not limited to, certification by a state licensed medical practitioner.


Benefit	Purpose	Benefit is Standard or Optional	Fee	Restrictions/Limitations
Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit	Allows withdrawal of some or all Contract Value without incurring a CDSC if admitted to a licensed nursing care facility or accredited hospital	Optional	None	Confinement must begin after Issue Date. Each withdrawal request must be made one year or more after Issue Date. Each withdrawal request must be made within 120 calendar days after services were provided. Confinement must be for at least 90 consecutive calendar days and must be prescribed by a state licensed medical practitioner. Cannot use with Systematic Withdrawal Program. May not be available in all states. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

Some of the benefits identified in the Benefits Available Under the Contract table are described in more detail following the table and other benefits are disclosed in more detail in other sections of the prospectus.

Death Benefit

Death of Owner During the Accumulation Phase

If any Owner dies during the Accumulation Phase, we will pay a death benefit to the primary Beneficiary. If any Owner dies, we will treat the surviving Owner as the primary Beneficiary and treat any other Beneficiary designation, on record at the time of death, as a contingent Beneficiary.

The Beneficiary may request that the death benefit be paid under one of the death benefit options. If the sole primary Beneficiary is your spouse and your Contract is a Non-Qualified Contract or is held as a traditional IRA (including SEP and SIMPLE IRAs) or Roth IRA, he or she may elect to become the Owner of the Contract by continuing the Contract at the death benefit amount payable. Generally, if the Contract is continued then:

•	the spouse’s initial Contract Value will be equal to the death benefit that would have been payable if the lump sum distribution had been elected;

•	all applicable Contract features and benefits will be in the surviving spouse’s name; and

•	the surviving spouse will exercise all of the Owner’s rights under the Contract.

Restrictions are as follows:

•	if, at the time the Owner purchased the Contract, the surviving spouse was over the maximum Contract issue Age, then the Contract cannot be continued;

•	if the surviving spouse is not a Covered Person, RetirePay will be terminated.

If the sole primary Beneficiary is a domestic partner or civil union partner, as defined under applicable state laws, we will treat him or her as a spouse for this provision, and he or she may elect to continue the Contract as described herein. However, a domestic partner or civil union partner cannot elect to continue the Contract if it is a traditional IRA or Roth IRA. Since current federal tax law does not define a spouse to include a domestic partner or civil union partner, such domestic partner or civil union partner who elects to continue the Contract must still meet the distribution requirements of IRC Section 72(s). In order to meet these requirements, the amount of any gain in the Contract will become subject to income tax at the time the election to continue the Contract is made.

The right to continue the Contract by a surviving spouse, a domestic partner, or a civil union partner can only be exercised once while the Contract is in effect.

See “Taxes – Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships” if you are in a domestic partnership or civil union.

Death Benefit Amount During the Accumulation Phase

Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit

The death benefit during the Accumulation Phase will be the greater of (1) and (2) below.

(1)

The total Purchase Payments, reduced by an adjustment for each withdrawal. The adjustment is equal to A divided by B, with the result multiplied by C, where:
A = the Contract Value withdrawn, including any applicable CDSC;
B = the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal; and
C = the total Purchase Payments adjusted for any prior withdrawals.

(2)	The Contract Value.

A withdrawal will reduce the death benefit amount in direct proportion to the Contract Value reduction, including withdrawals of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount if RetirePay is in effect. For example, if you take a 20% withdrawal from your Contract Value, the death benefit will be reduced by 20%. Since withdrawals result in a pro rata adjustment to the death benefit amount, the death benefit amount will be reduced by more than the actual dollar amount of the withdrawals when the death benefit is greater than the Contract Value. See “Appendix D – Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit Examples.”

The death benefit that is payable during the Accumulation Phase is determined as of the Close of Business on the Business Day on which we receive both due proof of death and an election of a payment method at our Service Center in Good Order. Where there is more than one Beneficiary, we will determine the death benefit as of the Close of Business on the first Business Day that any Beneficiary submits due proof of death and election of a payment method in Good Order. If the death benefit payable is greater than the Contract Value, we will apply an amount equal to the difference between the death benefit and Contract Value to each Sub-Account and/or the DCA Fixed Account, if applicable, in the ratio that your value bears to your Contract Value. Any current DCA Term will then terminate. Each Beneficiary’s portion of the death benefit will be applied to their chosen death benefit payout option on the Business Day we receive their election of a payment method at our Service Center in Good Order, and will be paid from the Sub-Accounts on a pro rata basis. The balance of the death benefit will remain in the Sub-Accounts based on the current allocation until each of the other Beneficiaries submits their election of a payment method to our Service Center in Good Order. From the time the death benefit is determined until complete distribution is made, any amount in a Sub-Account will be subject to investment risk. This risk is borne by the Beneficiary(ies).

The Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit will terminate if the Contract terminates, once the Contract enters the Annuity Phase, or upon our receipt of due proof of the Owner’s death and election of the payment method unless the Contract is continued by the surviving spouse.

Death Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase

The availability of certain death benefit options may be limited for Tax-Qualified Contracts in order to comply with RMD rules.

For Non-Qualified Contracts, each Beneficiary must elect the death benefit to be paid under one of the following options in the event that a death benefit becomes payable during the Accumulation Phase:

•	Option 1 – Lump sum payment of the death benefit.

•	Option 2 – Payment of the entire death benefit within five years of the date of any Owner’s death. This option may not be available if there are multiple Beneficiaries.

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Option 3 – Payment of the death benefit under an Annuity Option over the lifetime of the Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary. Distribution must begin within one year of the date of any Owner’s death. This option is not available for a Beneficiary that is a non-natural person.

For Qualified Contracts, each Beneficiary must elect the death benefit to be paid under one of the following options in the event that a death benefit becomes payable during the Accumulation Phase:

•	Option 1 – Lump sum payment of the death benefit.

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Option 2 – Payment of the entire death benefit by the end of the calendar year that contains the tenth anniversary of your death (fifth anniversary of your death if you do not have a designated Beneficiary as defined for purposes of IRC Section 401(a)(9), including where your Beneficiary is your estate or certain trusts). This option may not be available if there are multiple Beneficiaries.

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Option 3 – If the Beneficiary is your surviving spouse, or is not more than ten years younger than you, payment of the death benefit under an Annuity Option over the lifetime of the Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary. Distribution must generally begin by the end of the calendar year following the year of your death. Additional deferral may be available for a spouse Beneficiary.

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Option 4 – If the Beneficiary is your surviving spouse, or is not more than ten years younger than you, payment of the death benefit from a deferred annuity Contract over the life expectancy of the Beneficiary through a series of non-annuitized withdrawals made at least annually. Distribution must generally begin by the end of the calendar year following the year of your death. Additional deferral may be available for a spouse Beneficiary. Additional withdrawals, including full withdrawals, are available. This option may not be available if there are multiple Beneficiaries. See “Death Benefit – Death Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase – Beneficiary IRA” for rules and restrictions.

If the sole primary Beneficiary is a spouse, continuation of the Contract in his or her own name is described previously in this section under “Death Benefit – Death of Owner During the Accumulation Phase.”

For Non-Qualified Contracts, any portion of the death benefit not applied to Option 3 within the time period specified must be distributed within five years of the date of the Owner’s death under Option 1 or Option 2. For Qualified Contracts, any portion of the death benefit not applied to Option 3 or Option 4 within the time period specified must be distributed by the end of the calendar year that contains the tenth anniversary of your death (fifth anniversary of your death if you do not have a designated Beneficiary as defined for purposes of IRC Section 401(a)(9), including where your Beneficiary is your estate or certain trusts) under Option 1 or Option 2. This is true even if you have restricted the Beneficiary’s payout option. In addition, if you die after reaching the age at which RMDs must begin, your beneficiary may be required to take annual required minimum distributions during the ten year distribution period (five year distribution period if you do not have a designated beneficiary). You may restrict a Beneficiary’s right to elect a death benefit payout option. If you do so, such rights or options will not be available to the Beneficiary.

We may also consent to other death benefit payout options in addition to those described in this section as long as they comply with IRC Section 72(s) or Section 401(a)(9), as applicable.

If a Beneficiary chooses to receive payment of the Death Benefit other than as a lump sum, their successor Beneficiary will only receive any remaining Contract Value in the event of death before full distribution has been made. The Death Benefit will not apply upon the death of the Beneficiary.

Lump Sum Payments

If a lump sum payment is requested, we will pay the amount within seven calendar days after we receive due proof of death and election of the payment method in Good Order at our Service Center, unless we are required to suspend or delay payment.

Beneficiary IRA

Beneficiary, Inherited, Legacy or “Stretch” IRAs are all terms used to describe an IRA that is used exclusively to distribute death proceeds of an IRA or other qualified investment to the Beneficiary over that Beneficiary’s life expectancy in order to meet the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules. Upon the contract owner’s death under an IRA or other Qualified Contract, an “Eligible Designated Beneficiary” may generally establish a Beneficiary IRA by either purchasing a new annuity Contract or, in some circumstances, by electing the Beneficiary IRA payout option under the current Contract. Until withdrawn, amounts in a Beneficiary IRA continue to be tax-deferred. Amounts withdrawn each year, including amounts that are required to be withdrawn under the RMD rules, are subject to tax.

If the contract owner died on or before December 31, 2019 (on or before December 31, 2021 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement), an individual designated Beneficiary, and certain trusts as Beneficiary, are treated as Eligible Designated Beneficiaries, and can elect to take distributions over their life expectancy (life expectancy of the oldest trust Beneficiary).

However, if the contract owner dies on or after January 1, 2020 (on or after January 1, 2022 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement), only certain designated Beneficiaries are treated as Eligible Designated Beneficiaries, and we will only offer the Beneficiary IRA payout option to a designated Beneficiary who either (1) is the surviving spouse of the deceased qualified plan participant or IRA Owner or, (2) is not more than 10 years younger than the deceased qualified plan participant or IRA Owner. In the future, we may allow additional classes of Eligible Designated Beneficiaries to elect the Beneficiary IRA payout option. See “Death Benefit – Death Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase” for more information.

See “Taxes – Required Minimum Distributions for Qualified Contracts” for more information.

Eligibility Requirements/Restrictions:

If a Beneficiary(ies) elects payment under Option 4 as a Beneficiary IRA after the death of the Owner, the following rules apply:

•	The annuity Contract will be titled in the Beneficiary’s name as Beneficiary for the deceased Owner. The Beneficiary must be the Annuitant, and the Annuitant cannot be changed.

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For non-spousal Beneficiary IRAs, RMDs must begin by December 31st of the year following the year of the date of the Owner’s death. For spousal Beneficiary IRAs, RMDs may be deferred until the year for which the original Owner would have been required to begin RMDs. The RMD amount will generally be calculated based on the Beneficiary’s life expectancy and will be withdrawn from each Sub-Account and/or the DCA Fixed Account, if applicable, in the ratio that your value in each bears to your Contract Value.

•	We will not offer a Beneficiary IRA to a trust.

•	RMDs must be made at least annually through a SWP that we administer. The SWP cannot be terminated.

•	Withdrawals will not be subject to a CDSC.

•	The Beneficiary’s initial Contract Value will be equal to the death benefit that would have been payable to the Beneficiary if a lump sum distribution had been elected.

•	Additional contributions cannot be applied to the Contract.

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Upon the death of the Annuitant, any remaining Contract Value will be paid to the succeeding Beneficiary in a lump sum or over the Annuitant’s remaining life expectancy as determined by the applicable IRS table, but in no case may payments extend beyond the end of the calendar year that contains the tenth anniversary of the Annuitant’s death.

•	A Beneficiary IRA may only be established by the Beneficiary of the IRA Owner/qualified plan participant whose death triggered the RMD requirements of IRC Section 401(a)(9). A Beneficiary IRA may not be established as a “second generation” Beneficiary IRA by a successor Beneficiary.

•	Joint ownership of a Beneficiary IRA is not allowed.

•	If RetirePay is in effect, it will be terminated.

Beneficiaries should consult a qualified tax adviser for advice prior to establishing a Beneficiary IRA.

Death of Owner During the Annuity Phase

Upon any Owner’s death during the Annuity Phase, if the Annuitant is still alive, the surviving Owner will retain the ownership of the Contract. If there is no surviving Owner, the Beneficiary will become the Owner. Any remaining Annuity Payments under the Annuity Option elected will continue to be paid at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution in effect at such Owner’s death. For Qualified Contracts, the Beneficiary(ies) may be required to receive an adjusted payment stream in order to comply with RMD rules that apply upon the Owner/Annuitant’s death. If the Beneficiary is not an “Eligible Designated Beneficiary” as defined by IRC Section 401(a)(9), Annuity Payments may only continue through the end of the calendar year that contains the tenth anniversary of the Owner/Annuitant’s death, even if a longer Annuity Payment option was elected, including a Joint and Last Survivor Annuity Option where the Joint Annuitant is still living.

Death of Annuitant

If an Annuitant, who is not the Owner or Joint Owner, dies during the Accumulation Phase, you can name a new Annuitant subject to our approval. If there is no surviving Annuitant, the oldest Owner will become the Annuitant. If the Owner is a non-natural person and an Annuitant dies, you may not name a new Annuitant. In this case we will treat the death of the Annuitant as the death of the Owner and pay the death benefit as described in “Death Benefit – Death of Owner During the Accumulation Phase.”

Upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant on or after the Annuity Date, the death benefit, if any, is as specified in the Annuity Option elected. Upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant during the Annuity Phase, any remaining payment under the elected Annuity Option will be paid to the Beneficiary. For Qualified Contracts, the Beneficiary(ies) may be required to receive an adjusted payment stream in order to comply with RMD rules that apply upon the Owner/ Annuitant’s death. If the Beneficiary is not an “Eligible Designated Beneficiary” as defined by IRC Section 401(a)(9), Annuity Payments may only continue through the end of the calendar year that contains the tenth anniversary of the Owner/ Annuitant’s death, even if a longer Annuity Payment option was elected, including a Joint and Last Survivor Annuity Option where the Joint Annuitant is still living. We will treat a surviving Owner as the primary Beneficiary and treat any other Beneficiary designation on record at the time of death as a contingent Beneficiary.

Due Proof of Death

For purposes of determining due proof of death, we require:

•	a certified death certificate; or

•	a certified decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death; or

•	any other proof satisfactory to us.

Additional Benefits

Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit

With this benefit, you may withdraw all or a portion of your Contract Value without incurring a CDSC if we receive a Written Request in Good Order at our Service Center that you (or an Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person) have met the following conditions:

•	For purposes of this benefit, you (or an Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person) were not diagnosed with a terminal illness or a terminal condition resulting from bodily injury or disease or both as of the Issue Date.

•	Each withdrawal request is made on or after the “Eligibility Date for Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge,” which is one year after the Issue Date.

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We will require proof that you (or an Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person) are terminally ill, as described above, and not expected to live more than 12 months. This proof will include, but is not limited to, certification by a state licensed medical practitioner performing within the scope of his/her license. The state licensed medical practitioner must not be you or your parent, sibling, spouse or child (or an Annuitant or an Annuitant’s parent, sibling, spouse or child if the Owner is a non-natural person).

If we determine that your Written Request for a withdrawal free of CDSC does not meet the qualifying conditions, we will provide a Written Notice of such determination. We will not proceed with your Written Request for a withdrawal until we receive notification from you that you accept or reject the withdrawal including the CDSC assessed. If you do not accept the withdrawal including the CDSC, the withdrawal request will not be processed. If you do accept the withdrawal including the CDSC, we will process it on the Business Day you notify us of your acceptance.

There is no charge for the Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit. Please contact your registered representative or call the Service Center for more information.

Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit

•	For purposes of this benefit, you (or the Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person) are not confined in a licensed nursing care facility or accredited hospital or its successor on the Issue Date.

•	Each withdrawal request is made on or after the “Eligibility Date for Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge,” which is one year after the Issue Date.

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Each withdrawal request is made within 120 calendar days after services were provided to you (or the Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person). You must have been confined at a licensed nursing care facility and/or accredited hospital or its successor for a consecutive period of at least 90 consecutive calendar days.

•	The confinement must be prescribed by a state licensed medical practitioner performing within the scope of his/her license.

•	Each withdrawal is accompanied by proof satisfactory to us that you (or the Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person) meet the qualifying conditions above.

You may not participate in the Systematic Withdrawal Program if we are currently waiving the CDSC in accordance with this benefit.

A licensed nursing care facility is an institution licensed by the state in which it is located to provide skilled nursing care, intermediate nursing care, or custodial nursing care. An accredited hospital is a hospital licensed, or recognized as a general hospital, by the state in which it is located or by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals, or its successors.

There is no charge for the Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit.

The Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit may not be available in all states. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.” Please contact your registered representative or call the Service Center for more information.

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We offer an optional guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (“RetirePay”) under the Contract. RetirePay guarantees that each Contract Year beginning with the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, you can receive guaranteed lifetime income equal to the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount even if your Contract Value is reduced to zero as long as there is a positive Benefit Base. However, you will not receive that guaranteed lifetime income if your Contract Value is reduced to zero due to a withdrawal prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date or due to an Excess Withdrawal.

There are two versions of RetirePay: a single life version and a joint life version. For each version, there are two Automatic Step-Up options.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Information

We use the Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement (“Rate Sheet”) to provide current information about the RetirePay Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit as of a certain effective date. The Rate Sheet updates the following information regarding RetirePay:

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms”).

A Rate Sheet that supersedes a prior Rate Sheet will not become effective unless Written Notice of the effective date of the new Rate Sheet is given at least 10 Business Days in advance. The relevant information from all superseded Rate Sheets can be found in Appendix H.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a subsequent Rate Sheet after you apply for your Contract and prior to your Issue Date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in any particular Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after the effective date of that Rate Sheet and prior to the effective date of the subsequent Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

In addition to the submission of your necessary application information, we also require payment of at least the minimum initial Purchase Payment and the application information to be in Good Order within 10 Business Days after the application submit date.

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are met, and the Contract is issued, the RetirePay Terms in the Rate Sheet in effect on the application submit date will apply, unless a beneficial superseding rate sheet applies, as described under “Rate Sheet Comparison Process.”

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you plan to pay the initial Purchase Payment with proceeds from a IRC Section 1035 exchange or direct transfer, your transfer form(s) and application information must be in Good Order within 10 Business Days after the application submit date. In addition, the initial Purchase Payment necessary to issue the Contract must be received within 90 calendar days after the application submit date.

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are met, and the Contract is issued, the RetirePay Terms in the Rate Sheet on the application submit date will apply, unless a beneficial superseding rate sheet applies, as described under “Rate Sheet Comparison Process.”

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will inform you and request instructions regarding whether to issue the Contract with the RetirePay Terms in effect under the superseding Rate Sheet or cancel the application.

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 Business Days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

The requirement to have the necessary application information in Good Order within 10 Business Days for application information received with a Purchase Payment or without a Purchase Payment includes completion of the broker-dealer suitability review.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

Subject to satisfying the Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions established in the applicable Rate Sheet, if after your application submit date and prior to your Issue Date, a subsequent Rate Sheet is issued with only beneficial changes to the RetirePay Terms, the subsequent Rate Sheet will apply. The changes will be considered to be beneficial unless any of the following occurs:

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

For example, if the RetirePay Charges have increased, you will receive the RetirePay Terms included in the Rate Sheet in effect on your application submit date even if the Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have increased in the subsequent Rate Sheet.

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

The relevant information from all superseded Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplements can be found in Appendix H.

RetirePay Investment Allocation Restrictions

While RetirePay is in effect, the investment choices available to you are restricted.

If a requested change in your allocations or a transfer of any portion of your Contract Value does not comply with these investment restrictions, you will be required to terminate RetirePay by Written Request before the allocation change or transfer can be processed. We reserve the right, upon thirty calendar days advance notice to you, to change the investment restrictions. If we change the investment restrictions, you must change your allocations to comply within 30 calendar days of the restrictions becoming effective, or we will terminate RetirePay.

For current investment choice restrictions, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement attached to your prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.

Covered Person(s)

The Covered Person(s) is the person(s) whose life is used to determine the duration of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. The Covered Person(s) is identified on the date RetirePay is issued, and cannot be changed after that Issue Date, even if there is a divorce involving the Covered Person(s).

If the single life version is elected, the Covered Person is:

•	the Owner, if the Owner is a natural person,

•	the oldest Joint Owner, if the Contract has Joint Owners, or

•	the Annuitant, if the Owner is a non-natural person.

If the single life version is elected, we only allow one Annuitant, and the Annuitant must be the Covered Person. However, if you reach your Annuity Date and choose an Annuity Option other than that described under the “Latest Permitted Annuity Date” section, then you may change the Annuitant and/or name a joint Annuitant.

If the joint life version is elected, the Covered Persons are:

•	the Owner and his/her spouse (or domestic partner or civil union partner for Non-Qualified Contracts), if the Contract is owned by one natural person.

•	both Owners, if the Contract is jointly owned. The Joint Owners must be spouses (or domestic partners or civil union partners for Non-Qualified Contracts), or

•	the Annuitant and his/her spouse, if the Owner is a Custodial IRA.

The joint life version is not available under a Contract owned by a non-natural person, other than a Custodial IRA.

The Joint Covered Person will be considered the primary Beneficiary, and any other Beneficiary designation will be treated as a contingent Beneficiary. However, the Beneficiary may be changed if the Joint Covered Person is no longer the spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner of the Owner, and the Contract has not yet entered the Annuity Phase.

If the joint life version is elected, the Annuitant must be a Covered Person and cannot be changed. If only one Annuitant is named and the Annuitant dies while RetirePay remains in effect, the surviving Covered Person becomes the Annuitant. Upon reaching the Latest Permitted Annuity Date or entering the Settlement Phase, if both Covered Persons are living, they will become joint Annuitants. If you reach your Annuity Date and choose an Annuity Option other than that described under the Latest Permitted Annuity Date section, then you may change the Annuitant(s). See the “Latest Permitted Annuity Date” and “Payments During the Settle Phase” sections.

However, for Qualified Contracts and Contracts held as Custodial IRAs, if the Covered Person who is not the Owner (the Annuitant, if the Owner is a Custodial IRA) is no longer the Beneficiary (Beneficiary of the custodial account, if the Owner is a Custodial IRA) when the Annuity Date is reached, due to a Beneficiary change after a divorce, then that Covered Person cannot become an Annuitant.

Lifetime Withdrawals

Availability of Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date – The date on which the Company guarantees the Withdrawal Rate and on which you may begin receiving payments of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. This date must be selected by the Owner and cannot be prior to the youngest Covered Person attaining age 59½. There is no Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount prior to the election of the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date.

Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount when Contract Value is Greater than Zero

After the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, and as long as your Contract Value is greater than zero, the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is the maximum amount that may be withdrawn in the current Contract Year without being considered an Excess Withdrawal. Each withdrawal of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will reduce your Contract Value.

On your Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, your Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount equals:

•	the applicable Withdrawal Rate multiplied by

•	the Benefit Base.

Each time a withdrawal is made, we decrease the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount for that Contract Year by such withdrawal. The remaining amount is called the “Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount” available for that Contract Year. Any Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount not withdrawn in a Contract Year is not available in later Contract Years.

Withdrawal Rate – On the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, we will determine the Withdrawal Rate based on the number of full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date and the Age of the Covered Person (or the youngest Covered Person for a joint life version of RetirePay). The Withdrawal Rate will not change once determined. Generally, the greater the number of years from the RetirePay Issue Date, and the older the Covered Person, the higher the Withdrawal Rate.

The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is recalculated on each Contract Anniversary after the recalculation of the Benefit Base. The calculation of the Benefit Base is explained in the Benefit Base section. The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is recalculated before any other transactions are processed on the Contract Anniversary. The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will change on a Contract Anniversary if the Benefit Base has changed since the prior Contract Anniversary.

In the Contract Year in which the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date occurs, the entire Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is available for withdrawal in that Contract Year.

For current Withdrawal Rates, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement attached to your prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.

Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount when Contract Value Reduces to Zero

If your Contract Value is reduced to zero due to an Excess Withdrawal, the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is no longer available. No further benefits will be payable under RetirePay, and RetirePay will terminate.

If your Contract Value is reduced to zero after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date due to a withdrawal that is not an Excess Withdrawal, or due to the application of any Contract and rider charges against your Contract Value, your Contract will enter the Settlement Phase. Once the Contract has entered the Settlement Phase, no death benefit will be available, no additional Purchase Payments will be allowed, and no additional charges for RetirePay will be assessed.

Payments During the Settlement Phase

When the Contract enters the Settlement Phase, we will first pay you any Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount for that Contract Year.

Effective as of your next Contract Anniversary:

•	The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will equal:

∘	the applicable Lifetime Guarantee Rate, multiplied by

∘	the Benefit Base.

•	We will begin paying you the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in monthly installments for the rest of the Covered Person’s life (or if the joint life version was elected, for the rest of the lives of both Covered Persons).

Lifetime Guarantee Rate – On the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, we will determine the Lifetime Guarantee Rate based on the number of full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date and the Age of the Covered Person (or the youngest Covered Person for a joint life version of RetirePay). Generally, the greater the number of years from the RetirePay Issue Date, and the older the Covered Person, the higher the Lifetime Guarantee Rate. The Lifetime Guarantee Rate will not change once determined.

If the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date has not yet been selected by the Owner when you reach the Settlement Phase, then your next Contract Anniversary will be considered the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date.

For Contracts with the joint life version, the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will be paid for the life of both Covered Persons. If an Owner dies after the Contract enters the Settlement Phase, and there is a surviving Covered Person, the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will be paid to the Beneficiary for the life of the surviving Covered Person. If the surviving Covered Person is not the Beneficiary (due to a Beneficiary change after a divorce or dissolution of a civil union or domestic partnership), the surviving Covered Person will have no rights to the Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount.

While you are receiving payments of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in the Settlement Phase, the Contract will be considered to be in the Annuity Phase, payments will be treated as Annuity Payments, and the joint Covered Persons will be the Annuitants.

However, for Contracts held as an IRA or a Custodial IRA, if, at the time the Settlement Phase begins, the joint Covered Person is no longer the Beneficiary (or the Beneficiary of the custodial account if the Owner is a Custodial IRA), the joint Covered Person will not become an Annuitant and payments will cease upon death of the Owner (Annuitant if the Owner is a Custodial IRA). Therefore, any change in the Beneficiary due to a divorce could result in a payout based only on a single life even when the joint life version was elected.

If the monthly installment of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is less than $100, the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount may be paid at any other frequency acceptable to us, but not less frequently than annually, and will be equal to the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount divided by the number of payments per year.

For current Lifetime Guarantee Rates, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement attached to your prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.

Benefit Base

The Benefit Base is the amount that we use to determine your Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. The Benefit Base cannot be withdrawn or paid as a death benefit and is not an amount that is guaranteed to be returned to you.

The initial Benefit Base is equal to Purchase Payment as of the RetirePay Issue Date.

Effect of Subsequent Purchase Payments on Benefit Base

The Benefit Base will be recalculated with each subsequent Purchase Payment received after the RetirePay Issue Date. The Benefit Base, after the application of each subsequent Purchase Payment, will be equal to the Benefit Base immediately prior to the subsequent Purchase Payment, plus the amount of the subsequent Purchase Payment, net of any applicable taxes.

Restrictions on Subsequent Purchase Payments

After your first Contract Year and prior to your Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, we limit the total dollar amount of subsequent Purchase Payments that can be applied to your Contract during each Contract Year to $10,000 per Contract Year.

Subsequent Purchase Payments may not be made on or after your Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date.

Effect of Withdrawals on Benefit Base

Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs) may apply if any withdrawals exceed the Free Withdrawal Amount. CDSCs will not apply to an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount that exceeds the Free Withdrawal Amount.

Withdrawals prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date:

Any withdrawal, including the Free Withdrawal Amount, that occurs prior to the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, will be an Excess Withdrawal and will reduce the Benefit Base.

Withdrawals after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date:

Any withdrawal taken after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date that is less than or equal to the Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will not be considered an Excess Withdrawal and will not reduce the Benefit Base.

The portion of a withdrawal (including CDSCs) from the Contract Value that causes the cumulative withdrawals to exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will be an Excess Withdrawal unless the withdrawal is taken as a part of the Company’s Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, under which the RMD is calculated by the Company for the current calendar year based solely on the fair market value of the Contract as defined in IRC Section 401(a)(9) and no other withdrawals are taken within the Contract Year. Any withdrawal that occurs after the cumulative withdrawals exceed the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount in that Contract Year will also be an Excess Withdrawal and will reduce the Benefit Base

Impact of Excess Withdrawals

Any Excess Withdrawal will have a negative impact on the Benefit Base. An Excess Withdrawal will decrease the Benefit Base in the same proportion as the amount of the Excess Withdrawal (including CDSCs) divided by the Contract Value prior to the Excess Withdrawal. An Excess Withdrawal will reduce the Benefit Base by more than the dollar amount of the Excess Withdrawal when the Benefit Base is greater than the Contract Value. Unlike the proportional impact of an Excess Withdrawal on the Benefit Base, an Excess Withdrawal will reduce your Contract Value on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

See “Appendix F – RetirePay Examples” for a hypothetical example of the impact of an Excess Withdrawal on the Benefit Base.

Effect of Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Withdrawals on Benefit Base

Any withdrawal taken to satisfy Required Minimum Distribution rules will not be considered an Excess Withdrawal and will not result in a reduction to the Benefit Base provided all the following conditions are met:

•	It must be taken as part of the Company’s Systematic Withdrawal Program established for the payment of RMDs, with no other withdrawals occurring within the Contract Year;

•	It is taken after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date;

•	The RMD amount must be calculated by us based solely on the fair market value (as defined in the regulations under Code section 401(a)(9)) of the Contract;

•	The RMD must be the RMD calculated for the current calendar year.

Effect of Automatic Step-Up on the Benefit Base

The Benefit Base may increase due to an Automatic Step-Up on each Contract Anniversary, provided that the Age of the Covered Person (or the youngest Covered Person for a joint life version of RetirePay) on the last calendar day of the prior Contract Year does not exceed the maximum automatic step-up Age of 90.

You must elect one of two automatic step-up options at the RetirePay Issue Date. You may not discontinue or change the automatic step-up option elected.

Highest Anniversary Value Step-Up

If you elect the highest anniversary value step-up option, an automatic step-up will occur on the Contract Anniversary provided that on the last calendar day of the prior Contract Year the Contract Value exceeds the Benefit Base.

Any applicable automatic step-up will increase the Benefit Base to the Contract Value. When calculating the automatic step-up, the Contract Value that is compared to the Benefit Base will be determined after processing any transactions on the last calendar day of the prior Contract Year.

Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up

If you elect the Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up option, an automatic step-up will occur on the Contract Anniversary provided that the Contract Value, on the last calendar day of any Contract Year quarter within the prior Contract Year, exceeds the Benefit Base immediately before the automatic step-up.

Any applicable automatic step-up will increase the Benefit Base to the highest quarterly Contract Value that occurred during the prior Contract Year. When calculating the automatic step-up, the Contract Value for each Contract Year quarter that is compared to the Benefit Base will be determined after processing any transactions on the last calendar day of that Contract Year quarter.

Impact of Withdrawals on Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up

If the highest quarterly value step-up option has been elected, withdrawals may impact the highest quarterly value step-up. For the purpose of determining the highest quarterly value step-up, each quarterly Contract Value will be reduced by withdrawals taken after the last calendar day of that Contract Year quarter.

The quarterly Contract Value will be reduced by:

(a)	the total dollar amount of all withdrawals less than or equal to the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount and any applicable RMDs that meet the conditions under the “Effect of Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Withdrawals on Benefit Base” section, and

(b)	if applicable, an amount equal to the same percentage that the Contract Value is reduced as a result of an Excess Withdrawal. For example, if the Contract Value is reduced by 5% due to an Excess Withdrawal the quarterly Contract Value will also be reduced by an additional 5%.

If multiple withdrawals occur in a Contract Year, each quarterly value may be reduced multiple times.

For example, if you request a withdrawal during the second Contract Year quarter, your quarterly Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter will be reduced by the withdrawal. If you then request another withdrawal during the third Contract Year quarter, your quarterly Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter will be reduced again by the second withdrawal and your quarterly Contract Value for the second Contract Year quarter will also be reduced by that withdrawal.

See “Appendix F – RetirePay Examples” for a hypothetical example of the impact of withdrawals on the Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up.

RetirePay Charge

If RetirePay terminates, except for a termination under sections (a), (b) and (c) under “RetirePay Termination,” a pro-rata portion of the RetirePay Charge will be assessed based on the number of days from the first calendar day of the current Contract quarter to the date of termination. If RetirePay terminates under sections (a), (b) and (c) under “Termination of Rider,” the charge is waived. If you reach your Latest Permitted Annuity Date, and your Contract Value is applied to an Annuity Option described under the Latest Permitted Annuity Date section of below, the RetirePay Charge is also waived. Once RetirePay has terminated, there will be no further RetirePay Charges assessed.

We deduct the RetirePay Charge pro-rata from each Sub-Account in which you are invested.

The maximum annualized RetirePay Charge is shown in the following table. For current RetirePay Charges, see the applicable Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement attached to your prospectus or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date.


	Maximum
RetirePay Charge (as a percentage of Benefit Base)
Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up	2.50%⁽¹⁾
Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up	2.50%⁽¹⁾
Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up	2.50%⁽¹⁾
Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up	2.50%⁽¹⁾

(1)	We deduct the quarterly portion of this annualized charge from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis in arrears.

Contract Continuation

If the joint life version of RetirePay is elected and a Covered Person continues the Contract under the death benefit provisions section of the Contract, RetirePay will also continue as long as it was in effect at the time of the continuation. The Covered Person is eligible to receive the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount each year for the remainder of his or her life, provided RetirePay is not terminated.

If the joint life version of RetirePay is elected and you, as IRA Custodian, continue the Contract under the death benefit provisions section of the Contract, and the deceased Annuitant’s surviving spouse is also a Covered Person, RetirePay will also continue as long as it was in effect at the time of the continuation. You are guaranteed to receive the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount each year for the remainder of the Covered Person’s life, provided RetirePay is not terminated.

If you (Annuitant for a Custodial IRA) die before the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date and if the Contract is continued, then the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date elected by the Owner of the continued Contract will determine the Withdrawal Rate and Lifetime Guarantee Rate for the Contract.

If you (Annuitant for a Custodial IRA) die on or after the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date and if the Contract is continued, then the Withdrawal Rate and Lifetime Guarantee Rate that apply after the continuation will be the same as the Withdrawal Rate and Lifetime Guarantee Rate in effect prior to the continuation.

Latest Permitted Annuity Date

If RetirePay is in effect, you have reached the Latest Permitted Annuity Date of your Contract, and your Contract Value has not reached zero, one of the following additional Annuity Options will be available to you based upon the number of Covered Persons still living. Unless you direct us otherwise, we will automatically pay you Annuity Payments under an installment refund Annuity Option based upon the number of Covered Persons still living.

One (1) Covered Person – Installment Refund

Beginning on the Annuity Date, we will make Annuity Payments equal to the amount of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount for the life of the Annuitant. Annuity Payments cease upon the death of the Annuitant, subject to the installment refund guarantee. The installment refund guarantees upon the death of the Annuitant, if the total of all Annuity Payments made is less than the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, Annuity Payments will continue to be paid in the same amount and at the same frequency then in effect, until the total Annuity Payments made is equal to the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date. The Beneficiary(ies) may instead elect to receive the commuted value calculated as shown on the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Contract schedule, of any remaining Annuity Payments in a lump sum. If the total of all Annuity Payments made is equal to or greater than the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, no additional Annuity Payments will be made.

Two (2) Covered Persons – Installment Refund

Beginning on the Annuity Date, we will make Annuity Payments equal to the amount of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount for the life of the Annuitant and the joint Annuitant. Annuity Payments cease upon the death of the surviving Annuitant, subject to the installment refund guarantee. The installment refund guarantees upon the death of the last surviving Annuitant, if the total of all Annuity Payments made is less than the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, Annuity Payments will continue to be paid in the same amount and at the same frequency then in effect, until the total Annuity Payments made is equal to the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date. The Beneficiary(ies) may instead elect to receive the commuted value calculated as shown on the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Contract schedule, of any remaining Annuity Payments in a lump sum. If the total of all Annuity Payments made is equal to or greater than the Contract Withdrawal Value on the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, no additional Annuity Payments will be made.

However, for Qualified Contracts and Contracts held as Custodial IRAs, if the Covered Person, who is not the Owner (Annuitant if the Owner is a Custodial IRA), is no longer the Beneficiary (Beneficiary of the custodial account if the Owner is a Custodial IRA) when the Latest Permitted Annuity Date is reached (due to a Beneficiary change after a divorce), this section will apply as if that Covered Person were no longer living. Therefore, any change in the Beneficiary after a divorce could result in a payout based only on a single life even when the joint life version was elected. See “The Annuity Phase – Limitations on Payment Options.”

RetirePay Termination

RetirePay will terminate upon the earliest of:

(a)

Death of the Owner or Joint Owner (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-natural person) unless the joint life version of RetirePay is in effect and the Contract is continued under the death benefit provisions section of the Contract and in accordance with the Contract continuation provisions of RetirePay;

(b)	Death of the Owner (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-natural person) after the Contract has been continued by the surviving spouse or an IRA Custodian;

(c)	The date you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option, unless you are receiving payments under one of the Annuity Options under RetirePay at the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, in which case, RetirePay will terminate upon the last Annuity Payment;

(d)	In most states, upon a change in ownership (or assignment) of the Contract, unless:

(i)	the new Owner or assignee assumes full ownership of the Contract and is essentially the same person as the previous Owner, (e.g. an individual ownership changed to a personal revocable trust, a change to a court appointed guardian representing the Owner during the Owner’s lifetime, etc.);

(ii)	the assignment is for an exchange under IRC Section 1035 (i.e., RetirePay may continue during the temporary assignment period and not terminate until the Contract is fully surrendered);

(iii)

the Contract is transferred to a spouse (or domestic partner or civil union partner for Non-Qualified Contracts) and the new Owner was a Covered Person as of the RetirePay Issue Date; or

(iv)	the Contract is transferred to a spouse (or domestic partner or civil union partner for Non-Qualified Contracts) or to a former spouse in connection with a divorce and the new Owner was a Covered Person as of the RetirePay Issue Date.

(e)	The date we receive a Written Request to terminate RetirePay.

(f)	Termination of the Contract to which RetirePay is attached.

If RetirePay is terminated, it cannot be re-elected at a later date. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

Important RetirePay Considerations

This feature may not be appropriate for all Owners. You should understand RetirePay completely before you elect this feature. In particular, please note the following:

•	RetirePay does not in any way guarantee the performance of any of the investment choices available under the Contract. The guarantees apply to the Benefit Base and the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount, which are subject to limitations in terms of your ability to access those values.

•	Postponing withdrawals may positively impact the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount (e.g., because of higher Withdrawal Rates when you are older). However, if you postpone taking withdrawals, you may limit the value of this feature because your remaining life expectancy shortens as you age.

•	Payments of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount will first be made from your Contract Value. Our obligation to pay you more than your Contract Value, while RetirePay is in effect, will only arise if your Contract Value is reduced to zero and there is still a Benefit Base remaining.

•	Excess Withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the guarantees provided by RetirePay. Please consider the value of future withdrawals that you will need in deciding whether to elect RetirePay or the dollar amount of the Purchase Payments you apply to this Contract.

•	Because the RetirePay Charge is a percentage of the Benefit Base, the positive effect of an increase in the Benefit Base will be partially offset by an increase in the cost of the benefit.

•	If you plan on making additional Purchase Payments, you should consider the limitations on subsequent Purchase Payments when RetirePay is in effect.

•	Your investment allocations are restricted. You should consider these restrictions when deciding whether to elect RetirePay.

•	If the joint life version of RetirePay is purchased, a later divorce may adversely impact the benefits of RetirePay, including possibly terminating the benefit, or resulting in a payment for only a single life, even though the joint life version was selected.

•	The Benefit Base is the amount that we use to determine your Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. The Benefit Base cannot be withdrawn or paid as a death benefit and is not an amount that is guaranteed to be returned to you.

•	In states where a change of ownership does not terminate RetirePay, such a change may adversely impact the benefits provided by RetirePay.

•	For mathematical examples illustrating how RetirePay operates, see Appendix F.

•	Please consult with a qualified financial professional when evaluating RetirePay.

Withdrawals

Your ability to take a withdrawal may be restricted by certain provisions of the IRC. Income taxes, tax penalties, a CDSC and certain restrictions may apply to any withdrawal you make.

During the Accumulation Phase you may make either partial or full withdrawals of your Contract Value. When making a partial withdrawal, you must withdraw at least $100 or your entire Contract Value in a Sub-Account, if less. We reserve the right to increase the minimum withdrawal amount to $500 upon thirty (30) calendar days advance notice. We will exercise this right should we see a significant increase in withdrawal activity by Owners that leads to an increase in cost to administer the Contract. If we exercise this right, we will do so in the same manner for all Owners, and we will provide Owners with prior Written Notice of our decision to increase the minimum withdrawal amount.

You may make a partial withdrawal only if at least $2,000 in Contract Value remains following the partial withdrawal, unless the partial withdrawal:

•	is the payment of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount under RetirePay,

•	the withdrawal is an RMD, or

•	is made under a SWP intended to qualify as a series of substantially equal periodic payments for purposes of avoiding the additional 10% tax applicable to distributions that occur prior to age 59½.

If you have elected RetirePay, and you make a partial withdrawal, we require the withdrawal to be taken from the Sub-Accounts according to the ratio that your Contract Value in each Sub-Account bears to your Contract Value.

If you have Contract Value allocated to the DCA Fixed Account, and you make a partial withdrawal, we require the withdrawal to be taken from the Sub-Accounts and the DCA Fixed Account according to the ratio that your Contract Value in each Sub-Account and the DCA Fixed Account bears to your Contract Value.

When a partial withdrawal is made from a Contract, we reflect the withdrawal as (a) a dollar-for-dollar reduction in the Contract Value (b) a pro rata reduction of the value of the Contract’s death benefit and (c) if you have RetirePay, a potential reduction to the Benefit Base (the amount of which depends on the timing and amount of the withdrawal). See “Benefits Available Under The Contract – Hextone RetirePay^SM.” When you make a partial withdrawal, we determine the number of Accumulation Units for each Sub-Account that correspond to the dollar amount of the withdrawal, and reduce the Accumulation Units credited to you by that number.

When you make a full withdrawal you will receive your Contract Value:

•	less any applicable CDSC;

•	less any applicable Premium Tax;

•	less any applicable annual contract maintenance charge; and

•	less any Purchase Payments we credited to your Contract that have not cleared the bank, until they clear the bank.

See “Appendix B – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) Example.”

Requests in Writing

To request a withdrawal in writing, submit either a partial withdrawal or full withdrawal form in Good Order to our Service Center. If your withdrawal involves an exchange or transfer of assets to another financial institution, we also require a “letter of acceptance” from the financial institution.

Requests by Other Means

You may request certain partial and total withdrawals by other means we authorize such as email, telephone, or fax. Contact our Service Center for details.

Withdrawal Effective Date

Your withdrawal is effective on the Business Day we receive it in Good Order at our Service Center:

•	a partial withdrawal form or full withdrawal form acceptable to us; and

•	if applicable, a “letter of acceptance.”

If we receive this/these item(s) at our Service Center on a Non-Business Day or after the Close of Business, your withdrawal request will be effective on the next Business Day. For email, telephone or fax requests, your withdrawal is effective on the Business Day we receive your request in Good Order, provided it is received prior to the Close of Business. For requests received after the Close of Business, your withdrawal will be effective on the next Business Day.

Delivery of Withdrawal Amount

We will pay any withdrawal amount within seven calendar days of the withdrawal effective date unless we are required to suspend or postpone withdrawal payments. See “Other Information – Payments We Make.”

We will generally pay any full or partial withdrawal to the Owner, unless you direct otherwise. If the Owner is a non-natural person, withdrawals will be paid to the Owner.

Systematic Withdrawal Program

For detailed rules and restrictions pertaining to this program and instructions for electing the program contact our Service Center.

The Systematic Withdrawal Program (SWP) allows you to set up automatic periodic withdrawals from your Contract Value.

We will take any withdrawal under this program proportionally from your Contract Value in your selected investment choices.

Your SWP will end:

•	if you withdraw your total Contract Value;

•	if we receive, in Good Order, a notification of the Owner’s death;

•	if we receive, in Good Order, a notification of the Annuitant’s death if the Owner is a non-natural person;

•	if we process the last withdrawal for the period you selected, if applicable;

•

if the next withdrawal will lower your Contract Value below the minimum Contract Value we allow following a partial withdrawal, unless your withdrawal is a RMD or is made under a SWP intended to qualify as a series of substantially equal periodic payments for purposes of avoiding the additional 10% tax applicable to distributions that occur prior to age 59½;

•	if you apply your Contract Value to an Annuity Option; or

•	if you give us a Written Request or request over the telephone, in Good Order, to terminate your program any time on or before the next withdrawal date. If your Contract is a Beneficiary IRA, your SWP cannot be terminated.

T axes

The information in this prospectus is general and is not an exhaustive discussion of all tax questions that might arise under the Contract. The information is not written or intended as tax or legal advice. You should consult a tax adviser about your own circumstances. In addition, we do not profess to know the likelihood that current federal income tax laws and Treasury Regulations or the current interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, and other guidance will continue. We cannot make any guarantee regarding the future tax treatment of any contract. We reserve the right to make changes in the Contract to assure that it continues to qualify as an annuity for tax purposes.

No attempt is made in this prospectus to consider any applicable state or other tax laws.

Taxation of the Company

Hextone is taxed as a life insurance company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRC). For federal income tax purposes, the Separate Account is not a separate entity from Hextone, and its operations form a part of Hextone.

Investment income and any realized gains on Separate Account assets generally are reflected in the Contract Value, although treated as accruing to the Company and not to you. As a result, no taxes are due currently on interest, dividends and short or long-term gains earned by the Separate Account with respect to your Contract. The Company may be entitled to certain tax benefits related to the investment of Company assets, including assets of the Separate Account. These tax benefits, which may include foreign tax credits and the corporate dividends received deduction, are not passed back to you since the Company is the owner of the assets from which the tax benefits are derived.

Annuities in General

Annuity contracts are a means of both setting aside money for future needs – usually retirement – and for providing a mechanism to administer the payout of those funds. Congress recognized how important providing for retirement was and created special rules in the IRC for annuities. Simply stated, these rules provide that you will generally not be taxed on the earnings on the money held in your annuity contract until you take the money out. This is referred to as tax deferral.

Diversification

IRC Section 817(h) imposes certain diversification standards on the underlying assets of variable annuity contracts. The IRC provides that a variable annuity contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for any period (and any subsequent period) for which the investments are not, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the United States Treasury Department, adequately diversified. Disqualification of the Contract as an annuity contract would result in a loss of tax deferral, meaning the imposition of federal income tax to the Owner with respect to earnings under the Contract prior to the receipt of payments under the Contract. We intend that all investment portfolios underlying the Contracts will be managed in such a manner as to comply with these diversification requirements.

Investor Control of Assets

For variable annuity contracts, tax deferral also depends on the insurance company, and not you, having control of the assets held in the Separate Accounts. You can transfer among the Sub-Accounts but cannot direct the investments each underlying Fund makes. If you have too much investor control of the assets supporting the Separate Account Funds, then you will be taxed on the gain in the Contract as it is earned rather than when it is withdrawn. The IRS has provided some guidance on investor control by issuing Revenue Rulings 2003-91 and 2003-92, but some issues remain unclear. One unanswered question is whether an Owner will be deemed to own the assets in the contract if a variable contract offers too large a choice of Funds in which to invest, and if so, what that number might be. We do not know if the IRS will issue any further guidance on this question. We do not know if any guidance would have a retroactive effect. Consequently, we reserve the right to modify the Contract, as necessary, so that you will not be treated as having investor control of the assets held under the Separate Account.

Non-Qualified Contracts

Your Contract is referred to as a Non-Qualified Contract if you do not purchase the Contract under a qualified plan such as an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA) or Roth IRA.

Qualified Contracts

Your Contract is referred to as a Qualified Contract if it is purchased under a qualified retirement plan (qualified plan) such as an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA) or Roth IRA. Qualified plans are subject to various limitations on eligibility, contributions, transferability and distributions based on the type of plan. The tax rules regarding qualified plans are very complex and will have differing applications depending on individual facts and circumstances. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

Taxation of participants in each qualified plan varies with the type of plan and terms and conditions of each specific plan. Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries are cautioned that benefits under a qualified plan may be subject to the terms and conditions of the plan regardless of the terms and conditions of the contracts issued pursuant to the plan. Some retirement plans are subject to distribution and other requirements that are not incorporated into our administrative procedures. Owners, participants and Beneficiaries are responsible for determining that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the contracts comply with applicable law.

Contracts issued under a qualified plan include special provisions restricting Contract provisions that may otherwise be available as described in this prospectus. Generally, Contracts issued under a qualified plan are not transferable. Various penalty and excise taxes may apply to contributions or distributions made in violation of applicable limitations. Furthermore, certain withdrawal penalties and restrictions may apply to distributions from Qualified Contracts. See “Taxes – Taxation of Qualified Contracts.”

Eligible rollover distributions from an IRA, TSA, qualified plan or governmental 457(b) deferred compensation plan may generally be rolled over into another IRA, TSA, qualified plan or governmental 457(b) deferred compensation plan, if permitted by the plan.

These amounts may be transferred directly from one qualified plan or account to another, or as an indirect rollover, in which the plan participant receives a distribution from the qualified plan or account, and reinvests it in the receiving qualified plan or account within 60 days of receiving the distribution.

IRC Section 408(d)(3)(B) provides that an individual is only permitted to make one indirect rollover from an IRA to another IRA in any 1-year period. The IRS previously applied this limitation on an IRA-by-IRA basis, allowing a taxpayer to make an indirect rollover from an IRA, so long as he or she had not made an indirect rollover from that same IRA within the preceding 1-year period, even if he or she had made indirect rollovers from a different IRA. Effective for distributions on or after January 1, 2015 the limitation applies on an aggregate basis, meaning that an individual cannot make an indirect rollover from one IRA to another if he or she has made an indirect rollover involving any IRA (including a Roth, SEP, or SIMPLE IRA) within one year.

It is important to note that the one rollover per year limitation does not apply to amounts transferred directly between IRAs in a trustee-to-trustee transfer.

On July 6, 1983, the Supreme Court decided in Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris that optional annuity benefits provided under an employer’s deferred compensation plan could not, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, vary between men and women. The Contracts we sell in connection with employer-sponsored qualified plans use annuity tables which do not differentiate on the basis of sex. Such annuity tables are also available for use in connection with certain non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

Following are general descriptions of the types of qualified plans with which the Contracts may be used. Such descriptions are not exhaustive and are for general informational purposes only. The tax rules regarding qualified plans are very complex and will have differing applications depending on individual facts and circumstances. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment and suitability of your investment. The contribution limits referenced in the plan descriptions below are the limits for 2023, and may change in subsequent years.

Individual Retirement Annuities

IRC Section 408(b) permits eligible individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). IRAs are subject to limitations on eligibility, contributions, transferability and distributions. See “Taxes – Taxation of Qualified Contracts.” IRA contributions are limited to the lesser of $6,500 or 100% of compensation, and an additional catch-up contribution of $1,000 is available for individuals age 50 and over. Contributions are deductible, unless you are an active participant in a qualified plan and your modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain limits. Contracts issued for use with IRAs are subject to special requirements by the IRC, including the requirement that certain informational disclosure be given to persons desiring to establish an IRA. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

SEP IRAs

IRC Section 408(k) permits certain employers to establish IRAs for employees that qualify as Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRAs. Contributions to the plan for the benefit of employees will not be includible in the gross income of the employees until distributed from the plan. SEP IRAs are treated as defined contribution plans for purposes of the limits on employer contributions. Employer contributions cannot exceed the lesser of:

•	$66,000; or

•	25% of compensation (a maximum of $330,000 of compensation may be considered).

The employee may treat the SEP account as a traditional IRA and make deductible and non-deductible contributions if the general IRA requirements are met. SEP IRAs are subject to additional restrictions, including on items such as: the form, manner and timing of distributions; transferability of benefits; vesting and nonforfeitability of interests; nondiscrimination in eligibility and participation; and the tax treatment of distributions and withdrawals. See “Taxes – Taxation of Qualified Contracts.” You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

SIMPLE IRAs

IRC Section 408(p) permits certain small employers to establish a Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) IRA. SIMPLE IRA plans permit employees to make elective contributions only through a qualified salary reduction agreement.

Employers can make contributions to the plan through either matching contributions or non-elective contributions. An employee’s annual elective salary reduction contributions are limited to the lesser of $15,500 or 100% of compensation, and an additional catch-up contribution is available for individuals age 50 and over, up to the lesser of $3,500 or total compensation less any other elective deferrals. Elective contributions made to a SIMPLE IRA are counted against the overall limit on elective deferrals by any individual (the lesser of $22,500 or 100% of compensation). The employer must make certain matching contributions or non-elective contributions to the employee’s account. SIMPLE IRAs are subject to additional restrictions, including on items such as: the form, manner and timing of distributions; transferability of benefits; vesting and nonforfeitability of interests; nondiscrimination in eligibility and participation; and the tax treatment of distributions and withdrawals. See “Taxes – Taxation of Qualified Contracts.” You should consult a tax adviser as to tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

Roth IRAs

IRC Section 408A permits eligible individuals to contribute to a non-deductible IRA, known as a Roth IRA. Roth IRAs are subject to limitations on eligibility, contributions, transferability and distributions. Roth IRA contributions are limited to the lesser of $6,500 or 100% of compensation, and an additional catch-up contribution of $1,000 is available for individuals age 50 or over. The maximums are decreased by any contributions made to a traditional IRA for the same tax year. Lower maximum Roth IRA contribution limits apply to individuals whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain limits. Amounts may be rolled over from one Roth IRA to another Roth IRA. Furthermore, an individual may make a rollover contribution from a non-Roth IRA to a Roth IRA, known as a conversion. The individual must pay tax on any portion of the IRA being rolled over that represents income or previously deductible IRA contributions. The determination of taxable income is based on the fair market value of the IRA at the time of the conversion. See “Taxes – Required Minimum Distributions for Qualified Contracts” for information on the determination of the fair market value of an annuity contract that provides additional benefits (such as certain living or death benefits). You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

Taxation of Non-Qualified Contracts

You, as the Owner of a non-qualified annuity, will generally not be taxed on any increases in the value of your Contract until a distribution occurs. There are different rules as to how you are taxed depending on whether the distribution is a withdrawal or an Annuity Payment.

Withdrawals

The IRC generally treats any withdrawal (1) allocable to investment in the Contract made after August 13, 1982 in an annuity contract entered into prior to August 14, 1982 and (2) from an annuity contract entered into after August 13, 1982, as first coming from earnings and then from your investment in the Contract. The withdrawn earnings are subject to tax as ordinary income.

Annuity Payments

Annuity Payments occur as the result of the Contract reaching its annuity starting date. Non-annuitized life expectancy distributions made to a Beneficiary, under a Non-Qualified Beneficiary Annuity SWP program that we administer, are also treated as Annuity Payments. A portion of each Annuity Payment is treated as a partial return of your investment in the Contract and is not taxed. The remaining portion of the Annuity Payment is treated as ordinary income. The Annuity Payment is divided between these taxable and non-taxable portions based on the calculation of an exclusion amount. The exclusion amount for Annuity Payments based on a fixed Annuity Option is determined by multiplying the payment by the ratio that the cost basis of the Contract (adjusted for any period certain or refund feature) bears to the expected return under the Contract.

The exclusion amount for Annuity Payments based on a variable Annuity Option is determined by dividing the cost basis of the Contract (adjusted for any period certain or refund guarantee) by the number of years over which the annuity is expected to be paid. If, in any year, total payments received under a variable Annuity Option are less than the exclusion amount allocable to that year, Treasury Regulations allow you to choose to recalculate your exclusion amount in subsequent years, by filing a statement with your income tax return. We will continue to report distributions using the exclusion amount as originally calculated. For additional information, please consult with your tax advisor and see IRS Publication 939. Annuity Payments received after you have recovered all of your investment in the Contract are fully taxable.

The IRC also provides that any amount received (both Annuity Payments and withdrawals) under an annuity contract which is included in income may be subject to an additional income tax. The amount of the additional tax is an additional tax equal to 10% of the amount that is includible in income. Some withdrawals will be exempt from the additional tax. They include any amounts:

(1)	paid on or after you reach age 59½;

(2)	paid to your Beneficiary after you die;

(3)	paid if you become totally disabled (as that term is defined in the IRC);

(4)

paid in a series of substantially equal periodic payments made annually (or more frequently) for your life or life expectancy or for the joint lives or joint life expectancies of you and your designated Beneficiary. Annuity Payments may qualify for this exception if they satisfy the RMD rules applicable to Annuity Payments from qualified plans and IRAs;

(5)	paid under an immediate annuity; or

(6)	which come from investment in the Contract made before August 14, 1982.

With respect to (4) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of your attaining age 59½ or five years from the date of the first periodic payment, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by an amount equal to the tax which would have been imposed (the 10% additional tax), but for the exception, plus interest for the tax years in which the exception was used. A withdrawal outside of the series of substantially equal period payments, or an additional Purchase Payment into your Contract, may be considered an impermissible modification. However, after 2023, a tax-free rollover or transfer to another qualified plan or IRA, from which a series of substantially equal periodic payments is received, will not result in a modification if the combined distributions from the old and new arrangements continue to satisfy the exception. The rules governing substantially equal periodic payments are complex. You should consult a tax adviser for more specific information.

Multiple Contracts

The IRC provides that multiple non-qualified annuity contracts which are issued within a calendar year to the same owner by one company or its affiliates are treated as one deferred annuity contract for purposes of determining the tax consequences of any distribution. Such treatment may result in adverse tax consequences including more rapid taxation of the distributed amounts from such combination of contracts. This rule does not apply to immediate annuities.

Tax Treatment of Assignments

An assignment or pledge of a Contract may be a taxable event. You should consult a tax adviser if you wish to assign or pledge your Contract. Annuity contracts issued after April 22, 1987 that are transferred for less than full and adequate consideration (including gifts) are subject to tax to the extent of gain in the Contract. This does not apply to transfers between spouses or certain transfers incident to a divorce under IRC Section 1041.

Distributions After Death of an Owner

In order to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, IRC Section 72(s) requires any Non-Qualified Contract to contain certain provisions specifying how your interest in the Contract will be distributed in the event of the death of an Owner of the Contract. Specifically, IRC Section 72(s) requires that:

(a)

if any Owner dies on or after the annuity starting date, but prior to the time the entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the Contract will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of such Owner’s death; and

(b)	if any Owner dies prior to the annuity starting date, the entire interest in the Contract will be distributed within five years after the date of such Owner’s death.

These requirements will be considered satisfied as to any portion of an Owner’s interest which is payable to or for the benefit of a designated Beneficiary and which is distributed over the life of such designated Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that Beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the Owner’s death. The designated Beneficiary refers to a natural person designated by the Owner as a Beneficiary and to whom ownership of the Contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the deceased Owner, the Contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new Owner. The Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these IRC requirements, although no regulations interpreting these requirements have yet been issued. We intend to review such provisions and modify them if necessary to assure that they comply with the applicable requirements when such requirements are clarified by regulation or otherwise.

Taxation of Qualified Contracts

If you have no cost basis for your interest in a Qualified Contract, the full amount of any distribution is taxable to you as ordinary income. If you do have a cost basis for all or some of your interest, a portion of the distribution is taxable, generally based on the ratio of your cost basis to your total Contract Value. Special tax rules may be available for certain distributions from a qualified plan.

IRC Section 72(t) imposes a 10% additional income tax on the taxable portion of any distribution from qualified plans, including Contracts issued and qualified under IRC Sections 408 (IRAs) and 408A (Roth IRAs). With respect to SIMPLE IRAs, the 10% additional tax is increased to 25% if the distribution occurs within the first two years after the commencement of the employee’s participation in the plan. Exceptions from the additional tax are as follows:

(1)	distributions made on or after you reach age 59½;

(2)	distributions made after your death;

(3)	distributions made that are attributable to the employee being disabled as defined in the IRC;

(4)

after severance from employment, distributions that are part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made not less frequently than annually for your life (or life expectancy) or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of you and your designated Beneficiary (in applying this exception to distributions from IRAs, a severance of employment is not required). Annuity Payments may qualify for this exception if they satisfy the RMD rules applicable to Annuity Payments from qualified plans and IRAs;

(5)	distributions made to you up to the amount allowable as a deduction to you under IRC Section 213 for amounts you paid during the taxable year for medical care;

(6)	distributions made on account of an IRS levy made on a qualified retirement plan or IRA;

(7)	distributions from an IRA for the purchase of medical insurance (as described in IRC Section 213(d)(1)(D)) for you and your spouse and dependents if you received unemployment compensation for at least 12 weeks and have not been re-employed for at least 60 days;

(8)	certain qualified reservist distributions;

(9)	distributions from an IRA to the extent they do not exceed your qualified higher education expenses (as defined in IRC Section 72(t)(7)) for the taxable year;

(10)	distributions from an IRA which are qualified first-time homebuyer distributions (as defined in IRC Section 72(t)(8));

(11)	distributions which are qualified birth or adoption distributions (as defined in IRC Section 72(t)(2)(H)). Such distributions can be recontributed within the three year period beginning on the date received;

(12)	certain distributions made after December 31, 2023 for emergency personal expenses (as provided in IRC Section 72(t)(2)(I)). Such distributions can be recontributed within the three-year period beginning on the date received;

(13)	eligible distributions made after December 31, 2023 to you if you are a victim of domestic abuse (as provided in IRC Section 72(t)(2)(K)). Such distributions may be recontributed within the three-year period beginning on the date received;

(14)	distributions made to you if you are a terminally ill individual (as provided in IRC Section 72(t)(2)(L)). Such distributions may be recontributed within the three-year period beginning on the date received; and

(15)	distributions that are qualified disaster recovery distributions under IRC Section 72(t)(2)(M). Such distributions may be recontributed within the three-year period beginning on the date received.

With respect to (4) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of your attaining age 59½ or five years from the date of the first periodic payment, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by an amount equal to the tax which would have been imposed (the 10% additional tax) but for the exception, plus interest for the tax years in which the exception was used. A withdrawal outside of the series of substantially equal period payments, or an additional purchase payment into your contract, may be considered an impermissible modification. However, after 2023, a tax-free rollover or transfer to another qualified plan or IRA, from which a series of substantially equal periodic payments is received, will not result in a modification if the combined distributions from the old and new arrangements continue to satisfy the exception. The rules governing substantially equal periodic payments are complex. You should consult a tax adviser or IRS Notice 2022-6 for more specific information.

Required Minimum Distributions for Qualified Contracts

For Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs, distributions generally must begin no later than April 1^st of the calendar year following the later of:

(1)	the calendar year in which you attained the “applicable age” as defined in IRC Section 401(a)(9); or

(2)	the calendar year in which you retire.

If you attain age 72 after 2022 and age 73 before 2033, your applicable age is 73. If you attain age 74 after 2032, your applicable age is 75. Due to conflicting language in the SECURE 2.0 Act, enacted in December 2022, it is unclear whether the applicable age for an individual born in 1959 is 73 or 75. Previously, the age at which RMDs were required to begin was 70½ for those born before July 1, 1949, and 72 for those born after June 30, 1949 and before January 1, 1950.

The date set forth in (2) does not apply to an IRA or to a five percent owner of the employer maintaining the plan. Required distributions generally must be over a period not exceeding your life or life expectancy or the joint lives or joint life expectancies of you and your designated Beneficiary. Upon your death, additional distribution requirements are imposed. If your Contract is held as a Roth IRA, there are no RMDs during your life. However, upon your death your Beneficiary is subject to RMD requirements. If RMDs are not made, a penalty tax of up to 25% is imposed on the amount that should have been distributed.

These rules were significantly changed under the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, enacted in late 2019, and differ for Qualified Contracts when death occurs after December 31, 2019 versus those where death occurred on or before December 31, 2019 (on or before December 31, 2021 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement).

Where the Owner’s death occurred on or before December 31, 2019 (on or before December 31, 2021 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement), if the Contract had not yet entered the Annuity Phase and death occurred after the required beginning date, distributions must be made at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the time of the Owner’s death, or over the life or life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary. If the Contract had not entered the Annuity Phase and death occurred before the required beginning date, the remaining interest must be distributed within five years or over the life or life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary. If the Owner’s death occurred after the Contract had entered the Annuity Phase, distributions must be made at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the time of the Owner’s death.

If your death occurs after December 31, 2019 (after December 31, 2021 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement) and your designated Beneficiary is not an “Eligible Designated Beneficiary” as defined in IRC Section 401(a)(9), the remaining interest must be distributed within ten years, regardless of whether your death occurs before or after your required beginning date or whether your Contract had entered the Annuity Phase. In addition, if your death occurs on or after your required beginning date, proposed regulations under IRC Section 401(a)(9) would require annual RMDs during the ten year distribution period. If your designated Beneficiary is considered an Eligible Designated Beneficiary, the remaining interest must be distributed within ten years or over the life or life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary. We only offer a life or life expectancy distribution option to a designated Beneficiary who either (1) is the surviving spouse of the deceased qualified plan participant or IRA Owner or, (2) is not more than ten years younger than the deceased qualified plan participant or IRA Owner. In the future, we may allow additional classes of Eligible Designated Beneficiaries to elect a life or life expectancy distribution option.

If your death occurs after December 31, 2019 (after December 31, 2021 for participants of a governmental plan or a plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement) and you do not have a designated Beneficiary (including where your estate or certain trusts are the Beneficiary), the pre-2019 distribution rules generally apply. If your Contract has not yet entered the Annuity Phase and death occurs after your required beginning date, distributions must be made at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the time of your death. If the Contract has not yet entered the Annuity Phase and your death occurs before your required beginning date, the remaining interest must be distributed within five years. If your death occurs after your Contract has entered the Annuity Phase, distributions must be made at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the time of your death.

The Regulations under IRC Section 401(a)(9) include a provision that could increase the dollar amount of RMDs for individuals who fund their IRA or qualified retirement plan with an annuity contract. During the Accumulation Phase of the annuity Contract, Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-6, Q&A-12 requires that individuals add the actuarial present value of any additional benefits provided under the annuity (such as certain living or death benefits) to the dollar amount credited to the Owner or Beneficiary under the Contract in order to determine the fair market value of the Contract. A larger fair market value will result in the calculation of a higher RMD amount. You should consult a tax adviser to determine how this may impact your specific circumstances.

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds

Amounts may be distributed from a Contract because of your death or the death of the Annuitant. Generally, such amounts are includible in the income of the recipient as follows:

•	if distributed under Death Benefit Payment Option 1 (lump sum) or Option 2 (payment within five years of the date of the Owner’s death), they will be treated in the same manner as a withdrawal from the Contract; or

•	if distributed under Death Benefit Payment Option 3, they will be treated as Annuity Payments.

Section 1035 Tax Free Exchanges

IRC Section 1035 provides that a life insurance, endowment, or annuity contract may be exchanged for an annuity contract on a tax free basis. When this type of exchange occurs, the gain in the original contract is preserved in the new contract by transferring the cost basis under the original contract to the new contract. The IRS has provided guidance on the partial exchange of an annuity contract for another annuity contract. According to the guidance, partial exchanges occurring on or after October 24, 2011 will be tax free if no distribution takes place from either contract within 180 days after the exchange. If a distribution occurs within 180 days after the exchange, the IRS will apply general tax principles to determine the tax treatment of the transfer. The limitation on distributions within 180 days does not apply to Annuity Payments that are based on life expectancy or on a period certain of ten or more years. You should consult a tax adviser before entering into any 1035 exchange.

Partial exchanges which occurred prior to October 24, 2011 were subject to more restrictive guidance. You should consult a tax adviser if you have questions regarding the taxation of a prior exchange.

Beginning January 1, 2010, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 permits the exchange of an annuity contract for a qualified long-term care contract to qualify as a tax free 1035 exchange. However, if an annuity contract has entered the Annuity Phase, there is uncertainty and a lack of guidance regarding whether the exchange can qualify. Therefore, if an annuity contract has entered the Annuity Phase and the Contract or the resulting Annuity Payments are exchanged for a qualified long-term care contract, we will not treat that as a tax free 1035 exchange.

The IRS has also issued guidance allowing a Beneficiary of a non-qualified annuity contract to enter into a 1035 exchange of the death benefit for a new annuity contract, provided that the new contract will be administered as if the Owner is deceased for purposes of the death benefit requirements of IRC Section 72(s). In order to allow the death benefit under a non-qualified annuity contract to be exchanged, we may require additional documentation from the issuer of the new contract, in order to ensure that this requirement is met.

Income Tax Reporting and Withholding

Federal law requires that we file an information return on Form 1099-R with the IRS (with a copy to you) reporting any taxable amounts paid to you under the annuity contract. By January 31 of the calendar year following the year of any payment(s), we will issue the Form 1099-R to the Owner of the annuity contract. Following the death of the Owner the Form 1099-R will be sent to each Beneficiary who receives a payment under the Contract.

The portion of any distribution that is includible in the gross income of the Owner is subject to federal income tax withholding. The amount of the withholding depends on the type of distribution. Withholding for periodic payments is at the same rate as wages and at the rate of 10% from non-periodic payments. However, the Owner, in most cases, may elect not to have taxes withheld or to have withholding done at a different rate. Distributions from certain retirement plans, excluding IRAs, that are not directly rolled over to another eligible retirement plan or IRA, are subject to a mandatory 20% withholding.

The 20% withholding requirement generally does not apply to:

•	a series of substantially equal payments made at least annually for:

∘	the life or life expectancy of the Owner, or joint and last survivor expectancy of the Owner and a designated Beneficiary, or

∘	for a specified period of ten years or more;

•	distributions which are RMDs;

•	hardship distributions from a 401(k) plan; or

•	distributions that are qualified birth or adoption distributions as defined in IRC Section 72(t)(2)(H).

You should consult a tax adviser regarding withholding requirements.

Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Withholding

Under certain circumstances, the IRC may impose a generation skipping transfer tax when all or part of an annuity contract is transferred to, or a death benefit is paid to, an individual two or more generations younger than the Owner. Regulations issued under the IRC may require us to deduct the tax from your Contract, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS.

Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax

A Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax (known as the Unearned Income Medicare Contribution) applies to all or part of a taxpayer’s net investment income, at a rate of 3.8%, when certain income thresholds are met. Net investment income is defined to include, among other things, non-qualified annuities and net gain attributable to the disposition of property. Under final tax regulations, the taxable portion of any distribution from a non-qualified annuity contract – including withdrawals and Annuity Payments – is included in net investment income. Net investment income also includes the gain from the sale of a non-qualified annuity contract. Under current guidance, we are required to report to the IRS whether a distribution is potentially subject to the tax. You should consult a tax adviser as to the potential impact of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax on your Contract.

Non-Resident Aliens and Foreign Entities

Generally, a distribution from a Contract to a non-resident alien or foreign entity is subject to federal tax withholding at a rate of 30% of the amount of income that is distributed. A non-resident alien is a person who is neither a citizen, nor a resident, of the United States of America (U.S.). We are required to withhold the tax and send it to the IRS. Some distributions to non-resident aliens or foreign entities may be subject to a lower (or no) tax if a treaty applies. In order to obtain the benefits of such a treaty, the non-resident alien must claim the treaty benefit on Form W-8BEN (or the equivalent form), providing us with:

(1) proof of residency (in accordance with IRS requirements), and

(2) the applicable taxpayer identification number.

If the above conditions are not met, we will withhold 30% of the income from the distribution. Additionally, under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act effective July 1, 2014, U.S. withholding may occur with respect to certain foreign entity Owners (including foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities (such as corporations, partnerships, and trusts)) at a 30% rate without regard to lower treaty rates.

Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships

Parties to a civil union or domestic partnership are not treated as spouses under federal law. Consequently, certain transactions, such as a change of ownership or continuation of the Contract after death, may be taxable to those individuals. You should consult a tax adviser for more information on this subject.

Non-Natural Owner

When a Non-Qualified Contract is owned by a non-natural person (e.g., a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or certain other entities) the Contract will generally not be treated as an annuity for tax purposes. This means that gain in the Contract will be taxed each year while the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase. This treatment is not generally applied to a Contract held by a trust or other entity as an agent for a natural person. If a trust is not a grantor trust for income tax purposes, and any beneficiary (including a contingent beneficiary) of the trust is a non-natural person, the Contract will not be treated as owned by an agent for a natural person, and gain in the Contract will be taxed annually. This treatment also does not apply to a Contract that qualifies as an immediate annuity. Before purchasing a Contract to be owned by a non-natural person or changing ownership on an existing Contract that will result in it being owned by a non-natural person, you should consult a tax adviser to determine the tax impact.

D istribution

The Contract is sold by both registered representatives of MML Investors Services, LLC (MMLIS), a subsidiary of Hextone, and by registered representatives of other broker-dealers who have entered into distribution agreements with MML Strategic Distributors, LLC (MSD), a subsidiary of Hextone. Pursuant to separate underwriting agreements with Hextone, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Separate Account, MMLIS serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts sold by its registered representatives, and MSD serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts sold by registered representatives of other broker-dealers who have entered into distribution agreements with MSD.

MMLIS and MSD are registered with the SEC as broker-dealers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). MMLIS and MSD also receive compensation for their actions as principal underwriters of the Contracts.

Commissions and Allowances Paid

Commissions for sales of the Contract by MMLIS registered representatives are paid on behalf of MMLIS by Hextone to MMLIS registered representatives. Commissions for sales of the Contract by registered representatives of other broker-dealers are paid on behalf of MSD by Hextone to those broker-dealers. The maximum commission payable for the Contract is 8.63% of Purchase Payments made to a Contract and/or up to 2.4% of Contract Value annually.

Additional Compensation Paid to MMLIS

Most MMLIS registered representatives are also Hextone insurance agents, and as such, are eligible for certain cash and non-cash benefits from Hextone. Cash compensation includes bonuses and allowances based on factors such as sales, productivity and persistency. Non-cash compensation includes various recognition items such as prizes and awards as well as attendance at, and payment of the costs associated with attendance at, conferences, seminars and recognition trips, and also includes contributions to certain individual plans such as pension and medical plans. Sales of the Contract may help these registered representatives and their supervisors qualify for such benefits. MMLIS registered representatives who are also general agents or sales managers of Hextone also may receive overrides, allowances and other compensation that is based on sales of the Contract by their registered representatives.

Additional Compensation Paid to Certain Broker-Dealers

We and MSD make additional commission payments to certain broker-dealers in the form of asset-based payments and sales-based payments. We also make cash payments and non-cash payments to certain broker-dealers. The asset-based and sales-based payments are made to participate in those broker-dealers’ preferred provider programs or marketing support programs, or to otherwise promote the Contract. Asset-based payments are based on the value of the assets in the Hextone contracts sold by that broker-dealer. Sales-based payments are paid on each sale of the Contract and each subsequent Purchase Payment applied to the Contract. Cash payments are made to attend sales conferences and educational seminars sponsored by certain broker-dealers. Non-cash payments include various promotional items. For a list of the broker-dealers to whom we currently pay additional compensation for selling the Contract, visit www.Hextone.com/legal/compensation-arrangements or call our Service Center.

The additional compensation arrangements described in the preceding paragraphs are not offered to all broker-dealers and the terms of such arrangements may differ among broker-dealers. Some broker-dealers may receive two or more of these payments. Such payments may give us greater access to the registered representatives of the broker-dealers that receive such compensation or may influence the way that a broker-dealer markets the Contract. Any such compensation will be paid by MSD or us and will not result in any additional direct charge to you.

Compensation in General

The compensation arrangements described above may provide a registered representative with an incentive to sell the Contract over other available contracts whose issuers do not provide such compensation. You may want to take these compensation arrangements into account when evaluating any recommendation regarding the Contract.

We intend to recoup a portion of the cash and non-cash compensation payments that we make through the assessment of certain charges described in this prospectus. We may also use some of the 12b-1 distribution fee payments and other payments that we receive from certain Funds to help us make these cash and non-cash payments.

You may want to contact MMLIS or your registered representative to find out more about the compensation they receive in connection with your purchase of a Contract.

Commissions or overrides may also be paid to broker-dealers providing wholesaling services (such as providing sales support and training for sales representatives who sell the Contracts).

Other Information

Collateral Assignment

In certain states, you cannot assign the Contract without our approval. We will refuse or accept any request to assign the Contract on a non-discriminatory basis. Please refer to your Contract.

We must receive a Written Request from you, in Good Order, for any assignment we allow to be binding on us. We will not be liable for any payment or other action we take in accordance with the Contract before we receive notice of the assignment. We are not responsible for the validity of an assignment. You may be subject to tax consequences if you assign your Contract.

In most states, you cannot assign the Contract if RetirePay is in effect. See “Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features.”

If the Contract is issued pursuant to a qualified plan, there may be limitations on your ability to assign the Contract. If you assign your Contract, your rights may only be exercised with the consent of the assignee of record.

Registered Representative Transaction Authority

You may authorize us to accept instructions from the registered representative assigned to your Contract in order to make transfers among investment choices and changes to allocations for future Purchase Payments. To authorize the registered representative assigned to your Contract to make premium allocations and transfers, you must send a completed Producer Transaction Authorization Form to our Service Center. We may revoke transaction authorization privileges for certain Owners. Transaction authorization may be elected, changed or canceled at any time. We will confirm all transactions in writing.

We are not liable for any loss, cost or expense for action on instructions which are believed to be genuine in accordance with the procedures. As these parties act on your behalf, you are responsible for and bear the consequences of their instructions and other actions, including any limits on transfers.

Unclaimed Property

Every state has some form of unclaimed property law that imposes varying legal and practical obligations on insurers and, indirectly, on Owners, Beneficiaries, and any other payees of proceeds from a Contract.

Unclaimed property laws generally provide for the transfer of benefits or payments under various circumstances to the abandoned property division or unclaimed property office in the state of last residence. This process is known as escheatment. To help avoid escheatment, keep your own information, as well as Beneficiary and any other payee information up-to-date, including: full names, postal and electronic media addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. To update this information, contact our Service Center. IRS guidance requires us to withhold federal income tax from escheated payments from certain qualified contracts, and to report such payments to the IRS on Form 1099-R.

Anti-Money Laundering

Federal laws designed to counter terrorism and prevent money laundering might, in certain circumstances, require us to reject a Purchase Payment or block an Owner’s ability to make certain transactions and thereby refuse to accept any request for transfers, withdrawals, or death benefits, until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. We may also be required to provide additional information about you and your Contract to government regulators.

Payments We Make

We may be required to suspend or postpone payments for withdrawals or transfers from the Sub-Accounts for any period when:

•	the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings);

•	trading on the NYSE is restricted;

•	an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of shares of the Funds is not reasonably practicable or we cannot reasonably value the shares of the Funds; or

•	during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits for your protection.

In addition, if, pursuant to the SEC’s rules, a money market fund suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a liquidation of that Fund, we will delay payment of any transfer, withdrawal or death benefit from the applicable money market Sub-Account until the Fund is liquidated.

Changes to the Contract

We reserve the right to amend the Contract to meet the requirements of applicable federal or state laws or regulations, or as otherwise provided in the Contract. We will notify you by Written Notice of such amendments.

Special Arrangements

For certain group or sponsored arrangements there may be expense savings that can be passed on to the customer because our cost for sales, administration, and mortality generally vary with the size of the customer. We will consider factors such as the size of the group, the nature of the sale, the expected Purchase Payment volume, and other factors we consider significant in determining whether to reduce charges. Subject to applicable state laws and regulations, we reserve the right to reduce or waive the mortality and expense risk charge, the administrative charge, the annual contract maintenance charge or any other charge that is appropriate to reflect any expense savings. We will make any reductions according to our rules in effect when an application for a Contract is approved. We may change these rules from time to time. Any reduction in charges will reflect differences in costs or services, and will not be unfairly discriminatory.

We reserve the right to modify or terminate such arrangements.

Termination of the Contract

We will terminate your Contract upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

•	the date of the last Annuity Payment; or

•	the date payment is made of the entire Contract Withdrawal Value, unless RetirePay is in effect and the Benefit Base is greater than zero after the withdrawal; or

•	the date of the last death benefit payment; or

•	the date your Contract is returned under the right to examine Contract provision.

In addition, in most states we reserve the right to terminate your Contract if the following conditions are met:

(1)	the RetirePay Benefit Base is zero;

(2)	no Purchase Payment has been made for at least two consecutive years measured from the date we received the last Purchase Payment; and

(3)	each of the following amounts is less than $2,000 on the date we send Written Notice of our election to terminate your Contract provided that no Annuity Option is in effect at that time:

∘	your Contract Value less any Premium Tax deducted; and

∘	the sum of all Purchase Payments made into your Contract adjusted for any partial withdrawals.

If we exercise the right to terminate the Contract, we will send you a Written Notice of termination at your last known address shown on our records. This Written Notice will state that the Contract will terminate thirty calendar days after we have mailed the notice unless we receive a Purchase Payment that brings the Contract Value (less any Premium Tax) to at least $2,000 before that time. If the Contract is terminated pursuant to the reserved right to terminate the Contract, we will pay the Contract Value to you.

Reservation of Rights

If we reserve the right to limit a contractual right, we will do so by providing prior Written Notice and on a non-discriminatory basis in order to respond to changes in any of the following:

•	market or economic conditions;

•	regulatory requirements;

•	current and future anticipated expenses;

•	unfavorable mortality experience;

•	our financial condition.

Computer System, Cybersecurity, and Service Disruption Risks

The Company and its business partners rely on computer systems to conduct business, including customer service, marketing and sales activities, customer relationship management and producing financial statements. While the Company and its business partners have policies, procedures, automation and backup plans designed to prevent or limit the effect of failures, our respective computer systems may be vulnerable to disruptions or breaches as the result of natural disasters, man-made disasters, criminal activity, pandemics, or other events beyond our control. The failure of our or our business partners’ computer systems for any reason could disrupt operations, result in the loss of customer business and adversely impact profitability.

The Company and its business partners retain confidential information on our respective computer systems, including customer information and proprietary business information. Any compromise of the security of our or our business partners’ computer systems that results in the disclosure of personally identifiable customer information could damage our reputation, expose us to litigation, increase regulatory scrutiny and require us to incur significant technical, legal, and other expenses. The risk of cyber-attacks may be higher during periods of geopolitical turmoil (such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the responses by the United States and other governments).

Geopolitical and other events, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, economic uncertainty, trade disputes, public health crises and related geopolitical events, and widespread disease, including pandemics (such as COVID-19) and epidemics, have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility, which may disrupt U.S. and world economies and markets and may have significant adverse direct or indirect effects on the Company. These events may adversely affect computer and other systems on which the Company relies, interfere with the processing of Contract-related transactions (including the processing of orders from Owners and orders with the Funds) and the Company’s ability to administer the Contract in a timely manner, or have other possible negative effects. These events may also impact the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, which may cause the Funds underlying the Contract to lose value. There can be no assurance that we, the Funds or our service providers will avoid losses affecting the Contract due to these geopolitical and other events. If we are unable to receive U.S. mail or fax transmissions due to a closure of U.S. mail delivery by the government or due to the need to protect the health of our employees, you may still be able to submit transaction requests to the Company electronically or over the telephone. Our inability to receive U.S. mail or fax transmissions may cause delays in the pricing and processing of transaction requests submitted to us by U.S. mail or by fax during that time period.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to legal and regulatory actions, including class action lawsuits, in the ordinary course of its business. Our pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to us, as well as proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which we operate. From time to time, we also are subject to governmental and administrative proceedings and regulatory inquiries, examinations, and investigations in the ordinary course of our business. In addition, we, along with other industry participants, may occasionally be subject to investigations, examinations, and inquiries (in some cases industry-wide) concerning issues upon which regulators have decided to focus. Some of these proceedings involve requests for substantial and/or unspecified amounts, including compensatory or punitive damages.

While it is not possible to predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of any pending litigation proceedings or regulatory action, management believes, based on information currently known to it, that the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, is not likely to have a material adverse effect upon the Separate Account, the ability of the principal underwriter(s) to perform in accordance with its contracts with the Company on behalf of the Separate Account, or the ability of the Company to meet its obligations under the Contract.

For more information regarding the Company’s litigation and other legal proceedings, see the notes to the Company’s financial statements contained within the SAI.

Our Financial Statements

The financial statements for the Separate Account and the Company are included in the SAI. Our financial statements should be distinguished from the financial statements of the Separate Account, and you should consider our financial statements as bearing only upon our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts. Contact us at our Service Center for a free copy of these financial statements and the SAI.

Appendix A

Funds Available Under the Contract

The following is a list of Funds currently available under the Contract. The list of Funds is subject to change, as discussed in the prospectus for the Contract. While RetirePay is in effect, the investment choices available to you are restricted. Please see the current Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement or Appendix H depending upon your Issue Date to see the investment choices available to you while RetirePay is in effect. Before you invest, you should review the prospectuses for the Funds. These prospectuses contain more information about the Funds and their risks and may be amended from time to time. You can find the prospectuses and other information about the Funds online at www.Hextone.com/Envision. You can also request this information at no cost by calling (800) 272-2216 or sending an email request to ANNfax@Hextone.com.

The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Funds, but does not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Contract may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these charges were included. Each Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.


Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2022)
Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Asset Allocation	MML Aggressive Allocation Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.22%	-16.13%	4.56%	7.85%
Asset Allocation	MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund (Service Class I)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.01% ^(*)	-13.70%	4.05%	6.80%
Asset Allocation	MML Balanced Allocation Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.08%	-14.97%	2.77%	4.87%
Asset Allocation	MML Conservative Allocation Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.06%	-14.91%	2.27%	4.09%
Asset Allocation	MML Growth Allocation Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.14%	-15.45%	4.01%	6.80%
Asset Allocation	MML iShares^® 60/40 Allocation Fund (Service Class I)⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	0.75% ^(*)	—	—	—
Asset Allocation	MML iShares^® 80/20 Allocation Fund (Service Class I)⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	0.75% ^(*)	—	—	—
Asset Allocation	MML Moderate Allocation Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.10%	-15.12%	3.11%	5.58%
Money Market	MML U.S. Government Money Market Fund (Initial Class)⁽³⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barings LLC	0.54%	1.22%	0.89%	0.49%


Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2022)
Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Fixed Income	Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income Portfolio (Service Class 2) *Adviser:* Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC *Sub-Advisers:* FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited, FIL Investment Advisors, FIL Investment Advisors (UK), FIL Investments (Japan) Limited	0.92%	-11.52%	1.09%	2.20%
Fixed Income	Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund (Series II) *Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc. *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.16% ^(*)	-11.71%	-1.53%	0.38%
Fixed Income	MML Dynamic Bond Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Advisers:* Western Asset Management Company, LLC and Western Asset Management Company Limited	0.82% ^(*)	-14.26%	-0.85%	—
Fixed Income	MML High Yield Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barings LLC	1.22% ^(*)	-11.97%	1.55%	4.05%
Fixed Income	MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barings LLC	0.85% ^(*)	-13.59%	1.58%	0.77%
Fixed Income	MML Managed Bond Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barings LLC	0.69%	-12.27%	1.97%	4.54%
Fixed Income	MML Short-Duration Bond Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barings LLC	0.84%	-8.00%	0.01%	0.74%
Fixed Income	MML Total Return Bond Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC	0.89%	-14.90%	-0.29%	0.59%
Fixed Income	PIMCO Income Portfolio (Advisor Class) *Adviser:* Pacific Investment Management Company LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	0.92%	-7.87%	1.67%	—
Balanced	MML Blend Fund (Service Class)⁽¹⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	0.75%	-16.80%	4.42%	7.53%
Large Cap Value	MML Equity Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Advisers:* T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC	0.69%	-4.88%	7.45%	10.23%
Large Cap Value	MML Equity Income Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.	1.04%	-3.82%	6.79%	9.43%
Large Cap Value	MML Fundamental Value Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	1.05% ^(*)	-5.03%	6.67%	9.66%
Large Cap Value	MML Income & Growth Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC	0.95%	-0.59%	7.06%	9.95%


Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2022)
Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Large Cap Blend	Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® Portfolio (Service Class 2) *Adviser:* Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC *Sub-Advisers:* FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited	0.85%	-26.49%	8.39%	11.15%
Large Cap Blend	MML Focused Equity Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Wellington Management Company LLP	1.12%	-5.02%	11.28%	13.09%
Large Cap Blend	MML Fundamental Equity Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc.	1.06%	-20.44%	10.22%	12.75%
Large Cap Blend	MML Sustainable Equity Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* American Century Investment Management, Inc.	0.82%	-17.20%	8.37%	11.39%
Large Cap Growth	MML American Funds Growth Fund (Service Class I)⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾ *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.03%	-30.29%	10.66%	13.16%
Large Cap Growth	MML Blue Chip Growth Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.	1.03%	-39.65%	4.34%	11.14%
Large Cap Growth	MML Large Cap Growth Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.	0.97%	-27.73%	7.59%	11.27%
Small/Mid-Cap Value	MML Mid Cap Value Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* American Century Investment Management, Inc.	1.15%	-1.56%	6.54%	10.84%
Small/Mid-Cap Value	MML Small Company Value Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* American Century Investment Management, Inc.	1.18% ^(*)	-15.06%	4.71%	8.70%
Small/Mid-Cap Value	MML Small/Mid-Cap Value Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* AllianceBernstein L.P.	1.08%	-15.89%	3.92%	9.27%
Small/Mid-Cap Blend	MML Small Cap Equity Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc.	0.98%	-16.09%	6.93%	10.79%
Small/Mid-Cap Growth	Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund (Series II) *Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc. *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.11%	-31.13%	8.37%	11.55%
Small/Mid-Cap Growth	MML Mid Cap Growth Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Advisers:* T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Wellington Management Company LLP	1.07%	-25.31%	6.20%	11.34%
Small/Mid-Cap Growth	MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Wellington Management Company LLP	1.35% ^(*)	-23.35%	7.13%	11.16%


Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2022)
Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
International/Global	Fidelity^® VIP Overseas Portfolio (Service Class 2) Adviser: Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC Sub-Advisers: FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited, FIL Investment Advisors, FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited, and FIL Investments (Japan) Limited	1.02%	-24.68%	2.35%	5.48%
International/Global	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Fund (Series II) *Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc. *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.25% ^(*)	-27.16%	-0.01%	3.99%
International/Global	Invesco V.I. Global Fund (Series II) *Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc. *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	1.06%	-31.94%	2.59%	7.59%
International/Global	MML Foreign Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley LLC	1.19% ^(*)	-14.87%	-0.79%	2.36%
International/Global	MML Global Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Hextone Financial Services Company	1.10%	-18.00%	5.11%	8.33%
International/Global	MML International Equity Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Advisers:* Hextone Financial Services Company and Harris Associates L.P.	1.23% ^(*)	-15.35%	-1.30%	—
International/Global	MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc.	1.50% ^(*)	-26.83%	-2.96%	-0.82%
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	Cboe Vest US Large Cap 10% Buffer Strategies VI Fund (Class I)⁽⁷⁾ Adviser: Cboe Vest^SM Financial LLC Sub-Adviser: N/A	1.05% ^(*)	—	—	—
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy (Class II) *Adviser:* Delaware Management Company *Sub-Advisers:* Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited, and Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong Limited	0.87% ^(*)	-14.74 %	4.31 %	4.45 %
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Portfolio (Service Class 2) *Adviser:* Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC *Sub-Advisers:* FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited	0.88%	-12.62%	10.23%	14.78%
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Portfolio (Service Class 2) *Adviser:* Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC *Sub-Advisers:* FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited	0.89%	-27.69%	1.45%	4.85%
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Portfolio (Service) *Adviser:* Janus Capital Management LLC *Sub-Adviser:* N/A	0.97%	-19.61%	6.29%	8.88%


Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2022)
Fund Type	Fund and Adviser/Sub-Adviser	Current Expenses (expenses/ average assets)	1 Year	5 Year	10 Year
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	MML Equity Rotation Fund (Service Class I) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Invesco Advisers, Inc.	1.01% ^(*)	-14.46%	7.25%	—
Specialty⁽⁶⁾	MML Managed Volatility Fund (Service Class) *Adviser:* MML Investment Advisers, LLC *Sub-Adviser:* Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC	1.33%	-12.27%	1.97%	4.54%

(*)

These Funds and their investment advisers have entered into contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements. These temporary fee reductions are reflected in their current expenses. Those contractual arrangements are designed to reduce the Fund’s total current expenses for Owners and will continue past the current year.

(1)

These are fund-of-funds investment choices. They are known as fund-of-funds because they invest in other underlying funds. A fund offered in a fund-of-funds structure may have higher expenses than a direct investment in its underlying funds because a fund-of-funds bears its own expenses and indirectly bears its proportionate share of expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests.

(2)	The expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year of the Fund. The Fund has not been in operation for a full calendar year, and therefore has no performance history. Performance history will be available for the Fund after it has been in operation for one calendar year.

(3)

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time. The yield of this Fund may become very low during periods of low interest rates. After deduction of Separate Account charges, the yield in the division that invests in this Fund could be negative.

(4)

The Fund is a “feeder” fund, meaning that it does not buy investment securities directly, but instead invests in shares of a corresponding “master” fund, which in turn purchases investment securities. A fund offered in a master feeder structure may have higher expenses than those of a fund which invests directly in securities because the “feeder” fund bears its own expenses in addition to those of the “master” fund. You should read the Fund prospectuses for more information about this “feeder” fund.

(5)

The MML American Funds Growth Fund invests all of its assets in the Class 1 shares of the American Funds Insurance Series^® – Growth Fund. However, this Fund is not available directly as investment choices under your Hextone variable product. You should read the prospectus along with the prospectus for the MML American Funds Growth Fund.

(6)

Specialty funds are an all-encompassing category that consists of funds that forgo broad diversification to concentrate on a certain segment of the economy or a specific targeted strategy. For example, sector funds are targeted strategy funds aimed at specific sectors of the economy, such as financial, technology, healthcare, and so on. Sector funds can, therefore, be more volatile than a more diversified equity fund since the stocks in a given sector tend to be highly correlated with each other.

(7)

Buffer funds employ a strategy to provide buffer protection, which includes a capped upside return risk and an outcome period risk. These strategies could limit the upside participation of the fund in rising equity markets relative to other funds and provide limited protection in the event of a market downturn. This may conflict with your investment objectives by limiting your ability to maximize growth of your Contract Value. For more information about the risks associated with buffer funds, please see “Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract – Defined Outcome Funds Risk” in the prospectus.

Appendix B

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) Example

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	The following Purchase Payments are made:


Purchase Payment	Contract Year	Date	Amount
1 (on Issue Date)	1	January 15	$100,000
2	1	May 15	10,000
3	2	January 15	200,000

•	On February 15 of Contract Year 4, the Contract Value is $350,000 and a partial withdrawal of $150,000 is made.

To calculate the CDSC, we first determine the withdrawal amount not subject to a CDSC:

(1)	First, the earnings of $40,000 ($350,000 – $310,000 = $40,000) are not subject to a CDSC.

(2)	Next, we would take the withdrawal amount from any Purchase Payments no longer subject to a CDSC. Because all of the Purchase Payments were made within the last seven years, and are therefore still subject to a CDSC, we can ignore this step.

(3)	Finally, we look at the Free Withdrawal Amount, which is 10% of the Purchase Payments still subject to a CDSC. The Free Withdrawal Amount is $31,000 (10% x $310,000 = $31,000) and is not subject to a CDSC.

Based on the withdrawal amount not subject to a CDSC, we can determine that $79,000 ($150,000 – $40,000 – $31,000 = $79,000) is the withdrawal amount that is subject to a CDSC.

Next, we calculate the amount of the CDSC:

(1)

First, we look at the amount of CDSC from Purchase Payment #1. After reducing Purchase Payment #1 by the Free Withdrawal Amount, the amount remaining subject to a CDSC is $69,000 ($100,000 – $31,000 = $69,000). Since Purchase Payment #1 is three years from the date that Purchase Payment was applied, the CDSC charge is 6% or $4,140 ($69,000 x 6% = $4,140).

(2)	The remaining withdrawal amount still subject to a CDSC is $10,000 ($79,000 – $69,000 = $10,000).

(3)	Next, we look at the amount of CDSC from Purchase Payment #2. The Purchase Payment #2 amount is $10,000 and since Purchase Payment #2 is two years from the date that Purchase Payment was applied, the CDSC charge is 7% or $700 ($10,000 x 7% = $700).

(4)	There is no available remaining withdrawal amount still subject to a CDSC ($10,000 – $10,000 = $0).

(5)	The total CDSC is $4,840, which is the sum of the charges on each Purchase Payment ($4,140 + $700 = $4,840).

The total CDSC for this withdrawal is $4,840, which is deducted from the withdrawal amount of $150,000. The net amount of $145,160 ($150,000 – $4,840 = $145,160) is paid to the Owner, unless otherwise instructed.

Example 2 ~ Free Withdrawal Amount in Fifth Contract Year with a Withdrawal in Contract Year 4

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Your Issue Date is January 15. This is the date when we credit your initial Purchase Payment to your Contract.

•	The following Purchase Payments are made:


Purchase Payment	Contract Year	Date	Amount
1 (on Issue Date)	1	January 15	$100,000
2	1	May 15	10,000
3	2	January 15	200,000
4	4	March 15	15,000

•	On February 15 of Contract Year 4, the Contract Value is $350,000 and a partial withdrawal of $145,000 is made.

To determine the total Purchase Payments still subject to a CDSC as of the previous Contract Anniversary (the fourth Contract Anniversary), we do the following:

Before calculating amounts for Contract Year 5, we first need to calculate the impact of the February 15 withdrawal in Contract Year 4 on the remaining Purchase Payments in the Contract:

•	We calculate the total remaining Purchase Payments in the Contract as of February 15 is $310,000 ($100,000 + $10,000 + $200,000 = $310,000). The March 15 Purchase Payment is not included because it happened after the February 15 withdrawal.

•	Next, the earnings of $40,000 ($350,000 – $310,000 = $40,000) are withdrawn.

•	The remaining withdrawal ($145,000 – $40,000 = $105,000) is applied to Purchase Payment #1 of $100,000, reducing Purchase Payment #1 to $0.

•	Then the remaining withdrawal after Purchase Payment #1 ($105,000 – $100,000 = $5,000) is applied to reduce the amount of Purchase Payment #2 that is subject to a CDSC ($10,000 – $5,000 = $5,000).

•	Now, none of the $145,000 withdrawal is left to apply to a previous Purchase Payment ($5,000 – $5,000 = $0).

After the withdrawal, we also have a Purchase Payment in Contract Year 4 on March 15, so we have remaining Purchase Payments as follows at the beginning of Contract Year 5:


Purchase Payment	Contract Year	Date	Amount Remaining
1 (on Issue Date)	1	January 15	$ 0
2	1	May 15	5,000
3	2	January 15	200,000
4	4	March 15	15,000

Having determined the impact of the withdrawal to the remaining Purchase Payments, we can now determine the Free Withdrawal Amount available at the beginning of Contract Year 5. The Free Withdrawal Amount is based on the remaining Purchase Payments subject to a CDSC at the beginning of Contract Year 5 (4th Contract Anniversary):

•	All the remaining Purchase Payments are subject to a CDSC.

•	We calculate the remaining Purchase Payments subject to a CDSC ($5,000 + $200,000 + $15,000 = $220,000).

•	The Free Withdrawal Amount is then calculated as 10% of the remaining Purchase Payments (10% x $220,000 = $22,000).

So if there are any withdrawals taken in Contract Year 5, a starting Free Withdrawal Amount of $22,000 is available.

Appendix D

Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit Examples

Example 1 ~ Impact of Purchase Payments and Determination of Benefit

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Initial Purchase Payment = $100,000

•	A subsequent Purchase Payment of $10,000 is made at beginning of Contract Year 2

•	Owner dies in Contract Year 5


Beginning of Contract Year	Purchase Payment	Withdrawal	Contract Value	Total Purchase Payments Adjusted for Withdrawals
1	$100,000	—	$100,000	$100,000
2	10,000	—	115,000	110,000
5 (receive due proof of Owner’s death and election of the payment method)	—	—	101,000	110,000

•	On the Issue Date, a $100,000 Purchase Payment is made. This is the initial total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals.

•	At the beginning of Contract Year 2, a $10,000 subsequent Purchase Payment is made, bringing the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals to $110,000.

•

Owner dies in Contract Year 5. When we receive due proof of death and election of the payment method for the death benefit, the Contract Value is $101,000. The total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals is $110,000. The Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit is the greater of the Contract Value and the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals. Therefore, the death benefit is $110,000.

Example 2 ~ Impact of Withdrawal and Determination of Benefit

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Initial Purchase Payment = $100,000

•	A subsequent Purchase Payment of $10,000 is made at beginning of Contract Year 2

•	A withdrawal of $20,000 is made at beginning of Contract Year 3

•	Owner dies in Contract Year 5


Beginning of Contract Year	Purchase Payment	Withdrawal	Contract Value	Total Purchase Payments Adjusted for Withdrawals
1	$100,000	—	$100,000	$100,000
2	10,000	—	115,000	110,000
3 (immediately prior to withdrawal)	—	—	120,750	110,000
3 (immediately after withdrawal)	—	$20,000	100,750	91,781
4	—	—	95,713	91,781
5 (receive due proof of Owner’s death)	—	—	90,927	91,781

•	On the Issue Date, a $100,000 Purchase Payment is made. This is the initial total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals.

•	At the beginning of Contract Year 2, a $10,000 subsequent deposit is made, bringing the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals to $110,000.

•	At the beginning of Contract Year 3, a $20,000 withdrawal (including any CDSC) is made.

•	Immediately prior to when the withdrawal is made, the Contract Value is $120,750, and the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals is $110,000.

•

Immediately after the withdrawal is made, the Contract Value is reduced by 16.56% ($20,000 / $120,750) to become $100,750 ($120,750 – $20,000 = $100,750), and the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals is reduced by the same proportion of 16.56% that the Contract Value is reduced:

Total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals (immediately after the withdrawal) = total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals (immediately prior to the withdrawal) – (withdrawal amount / Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal) x total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals (immediately prior to the withdrawal)
= $110,000 – ($20,000 / $120,750) x $110,000
= $110,000 – $18,219
= $91,781

•

Owner dies in Contract Year 5. When we receive due proof of death, the Contract Value is $90,927. The total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals is $91,781. The Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit is the greater of the Contract Value and the total Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals. Therefore, the death benefit is $91,781.

Appendix E

Commuted Value Withdrawal Example

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Contract Annuitized for a life with fifteen year period certain at the beginning of Contract Year 20.

•	The Annuity Payments are $1,000 quarterly.

•	Owner requests a $10,000 commuted value withdrawal at the beginning of Contract Year 25.

•	The commuted value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments is $40,000 at the beginning of Contract Year 25.


Beginning of Contract Year	Quarterly Annuity Payout	Withdrawal	Commuted Value
25 (before commuted value withdrawal)	$1,000	—	$40,000
25 (after commuted value withdrawal)	750	$10,000	30,000
35	1,000	—	—

•	At the beginning of Contract Year 25, $10,000 is 25% of the total commuted value ($10,000 / $40,000).

•	The annuity payout is reduced by $250 ($1,000 x 25%) to $750 ($1,000 – $250) until the end of the period certain.

•	The remaining commuted value is $30,000 ($40,000 – $10,000).

•	At the beginning of Contract Year 35, the period certain ends. The Owner is still due payments as provided by the life guarantee. The life payments are for $1,000 as they were not reduced by the commuted value withdrawal.

•	The commuted value of the remaining life only annuity payouts is $0 because there are no remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments.

Appendix F

RetirePay Examples

Example 1 ~ Setting of Initial Values

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made on 9/1/2021 (RetirePay Issue Date).


Beginning of Contract Year	Contract Value	Benefit Base
1	$100,000	$100,000

Therefore, the initial Benefit Base is equal to the Initial Purchase Payment, $100,000.

Example 2A ~ Highest Anniversary Step-Up

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made on 9/1/2021 (RetirePay Issue Date).


Date	Event	Contract Value	Benefit Base
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	$100,000
8/31/2022	End of Contract Year 1	110,000	100,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2	110,000	110,000

•	At the beginning of year 1, the Benefit Base is set to the Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000.

•	At the beginning of year 2, the Contract Value at the End of Contract Year 1 is compared to the current Benefit Base. The Contract Value ($110,000) is greater than the Benefit Base ($100,000) so the new Benefit Base is set to the End of Year 1 Contract Value ($110,000).

Example 2B ~ Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made on 9/1/2021 (RetirePay Issue Date).


Date	Event	Contract Value	Benefit Base
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	$100,000
11/30/2021	End of First Contract Quarter	98,000	100,000
2/28/2022	End of Second Contract Quarter	103,000	100,000
5/31/2022	End of Third Contract Quarter	110,000	100,000
8/31/2022	End of Fourth Contract Quarter	108,000	100,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2	108,000	110,000

•	At the beginning of year 1, the Benefit Base is set to the Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000.

•	The end of the Contract quarter values are the Contract Value as of the last Business Day prior to the quarterversary of the Contract.

•

At the beginning of year 2, the Contract Value from the end of each quarter is compared to the current Benefit Base. The maximum Contract Value of the four quarters is $110,000 (maximum of $98,000, $103,000, $110,000, and $108,000), which is greater than the Benefit Base ($100,000) so the new Benefit Base is set to $110,000.

Example 2C ~ Impact of withdrawals on Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

On 4/6/2022, the current Contract Year began.

•	On 4/6/2022, the Contract Value is $117,000.

•	On 4/6/2022, the Benefit Base is $115,000.

•	On 4/6/2022 the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $6,000.

•	On 5/15/2022, a withdrawal of $2,000 is taken.

•	On 7/5/2022, the Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter is $125,000.

•	On 7/15/2022, a withdrawal of $1,000 is taken.

•	On 10/5/2022, the Contract Value for the second Contract Year quarter is $128,000.

•	On 11/15/2022, a withdrawal of $3,000 is taken.

•	On 1/5/2023, the Contract Value for the third Contract Year quarter is $127,000.

•	On 2/15/2023, prior to any withdrawals the Contract Value is $126,500.

•	On 2/15/2023, a withdrawal of $1,500 is taken and is an Excess Withdrawal. This represents a 1.19% reduction in the Contract Value. Excess Withdrawals reduce the Benefit Base proportionally.

•	On 2/15/2023, after the Excess Withdrawal, the Benefit Base is reduced by 1.19% to $113,636.

•	On 4/5/2023, the Contract Value for the fourth quarter is $125,000.

These are the impacts to your Contract Value and Benefit Base which will be used to determine your Highest Quarterly Step-Up Value.


Date	Event	Contract Value	Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount	Adjustment to Benefit Base	Benefit Base
4/6/2022	Beginning of Contract Year	$117,000	$6,000	0	$115,000
5/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	4,000	0	115,000
7/5/2022	End of First Quarter	125,000	4,000	0	115,000
7/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	3,000	0	115,000
10/5/2022	End of Second Quarter	128,000	3,000	0	115,000
11/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	0	0	115,000
1/5/2023	End of Third Quarter	127,000	0	0	115,000
2/15/2023	Before Withdrawal	126,500	0	0	115,000
2/15/2023	After Withdrawal	125,000	0	Benefit Base Reduced by 1.19%	113,636
4/5/2023	End of Fourth Quarter	125,000	0	0	113,636

The values above result in the following values used to determine the Highest Quarterly Value step-up. See below the table for additional explanation.


Date	Event	Contract Value	Adjustment to Quarterly Value	Adjusted Q1 Value	Adjusted Q2 Value	Adjusted Q3 Value	Q4 Value
4/6/2022	Beginning of Contract Year	$117,000	$0
5/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	2,000 (N/A)
7/5/2022	End of First Quarter	125,000	0	125,000
7/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	1,000	124,000
10/5/2022	End of Second Quarter	128,000	0	124,000	128,000
11/15/2022	Withdrawal	N/A	3,000	121,000	125,000
1/5/2023	End of Third Quarter	127,000	0	121,000	125,000	127,000
2/15/2023	Before Withdrawal	126,500	0	121,000	125,000	127,000
2/15/2023	After Withdrawal	125,000	1.19% Reduction	119,560	123,512	125,489
4/5/2023	End of Fourth Quarter	125,000	0	119,560	123,512	125,489	125,000

For the purposes of determining the highest quarterly value step-up:

•	The withdrawal of $2,000 which occurred on 5/15/2022 did not have an impact on the determination of the highest quarterly value step-up as it occurred prior to the end of the first Contract Year quarter.

•	The withdrawal on 2/15/2023 represented a 1.19% reduction in the Contract Value.

•	The reduction for the Excess Withdrawal for the first Contract Year quarter is equal to $1,440 (1.19% x ($125,000 – $1,000 – $3,000)). The Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter is equal to $119,560 ($125,000 – $1,000 – $3,000 – $1,440 = $119,560).

•	The reduction for the Excess Withdrawal for the second Contract Year quarter is equal to $1,488 (1.19% x ($128,000 – $3,000)). The Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter is equal to $123,512 ($128,000 – $3,000 – $1,488).

•	The reduction for the Excess Withdrawal for the third Contract Year quarter is equal to $1,511 (1.19% x $127,000 = $1,511). The Contract Value for the first Contract Year quarter is equal to $125,489 ($127,000 – $1,511).

•	The Contract Value for the fourth Contract Year quarter is $125,000.

The Highest Quarterly Value Step-Up for the Contract Year is $125,489, which equals the Adjusted Q3 Value.

Example 3 ~ Redetermination of Benefit Base for a Subsequent Purchase Payment

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	The Owner elected the Highest Anniversary Value Step-Up.

•	An Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made (RetirePay Issue Date).

•	A subsequent Purchase Payment of $10,000 is made at the beginning of year 2.


Period	Contract Value	Benefit Base
Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	$100,000
End of Contract Year 1	95,000	100,000
Beginning of Contract Year 2 immediately prior to Purchase Payment	95,000	100,000
Beginning of Contract Year 2 immediately after Purchase Payment	105,000	110,000

•	At the beginning of year 1, the Benefit Base is set to the Contract Value of $100,000.

•	At the beginning of year 2, the Contract Value from the end of year 1 is compared to the current Benefit Base because the Owner elected the Highest Anniversary Value Step-Up. The Contract Value ($95,000) is less than the Benefit Base so the Benefit Base stays as $100,000.

•	The Subsequent Purchase Payment is added to the Contract Value and the Benefit Base. The new Contract Value is $105,000 ($95,000 + $10,000). The new Benefit Base is $110,000 ($100,000 + $10,000).

Example 4A ~ Calculation of Annual Lifetime Benefit Amounts

The examples for 4A and 4B use these hypothetical Joint Life Withdrawal Rates where applicable. Current Joint Life Withdrawal Rates may be different.


			Number of Full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date
Youngest Covered Person Age	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
59.5	3.50%	3.62%	3.74%	3.86%	3.98%	4.50%	4.62%	4.74%	4.86%	4.98%	5.50%
62	4.00%	4.14%	4.27%	4.41%	4.54%	5.13%	5.26%	5.40%	5.53%	5.67%	6.25%
67	4.50%	4.72%	4.80%	4.95%	5.10%	5.75%	5.90%	6.05%	6.20%	6.35%	7.00%
72	5.25%	5.42%	5.60%	5.77%	5.94%	6.69%	6.86%	7.03%	7.20%	7.37%	8.15%

•	The rider effective date is the same as the Issue Date, 9/1/2021 (RetirePay Issue Date).

•	The Owner elects the joint life version of the rider.

•	The Owner’s birthdate is 8/1/1953.

•	The birthdate of the Owner’s spouse is 2/1/1960.


Date	Event	Benefit Base	Age of Youngest Covered Person	Number of Full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date	Withdrawal Rate	Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount^(*)
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	61	0	3.50%	$3,500
6/1/2022	Beginning of Fourth Quarter	100,000	62	0	4.00%	$4,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2	100,000	62	1	4.14%	$4,140

(*)	The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is not set until the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date is elected by the Owner. These values assume the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date is set at the date shown. See explanation of how these values are determined below.

For the purposes of determining the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount:

•

If the Owner elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date on the RetirePay Issue Date, the youngest Covered Person is Age 61 (on 9/1/2021 with a birthdate of 2/1/1960) and the Number of Full Years from the RetirePay Issue Date is 0 so the rate is 3.5%. This is multiplied times the Benefit Base for an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount of $3,500 (3.5% x $100,000).

•

If the Owner elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date on 6/1/2022, the youngest Covered Person is Age 62
(on 6/1/2022 with a birthdate of 2/1/1960) and the Number of Full Years from the RetirePay Issue Date is 0 so the Withdrawal Rate is 4.0%. This is multiplied times the Benefit Base for an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount of $4,000 (4.0% x $100,000).

•

If the Owner elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date at the beginning of Contract Year 2 on 9/1/2022, the youngest Covered Person is Age 62 (on 9/1/2022 with a birthdate of 2/1/1960) and the Number of Full Years from the RetirePay Issue Date is 1 so the Withdrawal Rate is 4.14%. This is multiplied times the Benefit Base for an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount of $4,140 (4.14% x $100,000).

Example 4B ~ Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount when Youngest Covered Person is Deceased

•	The rider effective date is the same as the Issue Date, 9/1/2021 (RetirePay Issue Date).

•	The Owner elects the joint life version of the rider.

•	The Owner’s birthdate is 8/1/1953.

•	The birthdate of the Owner’s spouse is 2/1/1960.

•	The spouse is deceased on 12/1/2022.

The inputs for the calculation and the resulting Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount are summarized as:


Date	Event	Benefit Base	Age Used to Determine Withdrawal Rate	Number of Full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date	Lifetime Withdrawal Rate	Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount^(*)
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	61	0	3.50%	$3,500
3/1/2022	Beginning of Third Quarter	100,000	62	0	4.00	$4,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2	100,000	62	1	4.14	$4,140
11/30/2022	Prior to death of Younger Covered Person	100,000	62	1	4.14	$4,140
12/1/2022	After death of Younger Covered Person	100,000	68	1	4.72	$4,720

(*)	The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is not set until the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date elected by the Owner. These values assume the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date is set at the time shown. See explanation of how these values are determined below.

For the purposes of determining the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount:

•

If the Owner elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date on 3/1/2022, the youngest Covered Person is Age 62 (on 3/1/2022 with a birthdate of 2/1/1960) and the Number of Full Years from the RetirePay Issue Date is 0 so the Withdrawal Rate is 4.0%. This is multiplied times the Benefit Base for an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount of $4,000 (4.0% x $100,000).

•

If the Owner elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date on 12/1/2022, after the death of a Covered Person, the Age of the surviving Joint Covered Person is used, even if they are originally not the Youngest Covered Person. So, the Age of the Owner on 12/1/2022 is 68 (on 9/1/2021 with a birthdate of 8/1/1953). So, the lookup of the Withdrawal Rate would now use Age 68 and the Number of Full Years from the RetirePay Issuer Effective Date of 1 to use a rate of 4.72%.

This is multiplied times the Benefit Base for an Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount of $4,720 (4.72% x $100,000).

Example 5A ~ Redetermination of Benefit Base for Excess Withdrawal Prior to Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date

The values shown are based on the following assumptions:

•	On 9/1/2021, an Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made.

•	On 8/31/2022, the Contract Value as of the last Business Day of Contract Year 1 is $95,000.

•	On 10/1/2022, a withdrawal of $12,000 is made where the Contract Value prior to the withdrawal is $96,000.

•	The Owner has not elected a Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date.


Date	Event	Contract Value	Benefit Base
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1	$100,000	$100,000
8/31/2022	End of Contract Year 1	95,000	100,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2	95,000	100,000
10/1/2022	Immediately before withdrawal	96,000	100,000
10/1/2022	Immediately after withdrawal	84,000	87,500

•	At the beginning of year 1, the Benefit Base is set to the Contract Value of $100,000.

•	At the beginning of year 2, the Contract Value from the end of year 1 is compared to the current Benefit Base. The Contract Value ($95,000) is less than the Benefit Base so the Benefit Base stays as $100,000.

•	On 10/1/2022, the Benefit Base is redetermined for the withdrawal.

Until a Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date is elected, there is no Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount. So, the entire withdrawal is treated as an Excess Withdrawal.

The Benefit Base is reduced by 12.5% (12,000 / 96,000) for a total reduction of $12,500 (12.5% x $100,000). The remaining Benefit Base after the withdrawal is $87,500 ($100,000 – $12,500).

Example 5B ~ Redetermination of Benefit Base for a Withdrawal Greater than Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount

The values shown are based on the following assumptions, which match to the assumptions in example 5A above, except that the Owner elects a Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date prior to the withdrawal:

•	On 9/1/2021, an Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made.

•	On 8/31/2022, the Contract Value as of the last Business Day of Contract Year 1 is $95,000.

•	On 10/1/2022, the Owner elects a Guaranteed Withdrawal Date where the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $4,000.

•	On 10/1/2022, a withdrawal of $12,000 is made where the Contract Value prior to the withdrawal is $96,000.

For the purposes of determining the Benefit Base:

•	The withdrawal reduces the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount to $0.

•	The withdrawal remaining after the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $8,000 ($12,000 – $4,000).

•	The Cash Value remaining after the withdrawal of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $92,000 ($96,000 – $4,000).

•	The Benefit Base is reduced by 8.70% (8,000 / 92,000) for a total reduction of $8,700 (8.70% x $100,000). The remaining Benefit Base after the withdrawal is $91,300 ($100,000 – $8,700).


Date	Event	Remaining Withdrawal	Contract Value	Benefit Base	Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1		$100,000	$100,000
8/31/2022	End of Contract Year 1		95,000	100,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2		95,000	100,000
10/1/2022	Immediately before withdrawal	$12,000	96,000	100,000	$4,000
10/1/2022	After withdrawal of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount	8,000	92,000	100,000	0
10/1/2022	After reduction of the Benefit Base due to Excess Withdrawal	0	84,000	91,300	0

Example 5C ~ Required Minimum Distribution Greater than Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount

The values shown are based on the following assumptions, which match to the assumptions in example 5B above, except that the Owner is taking his withdrawal as part of an annual systematic Required Minimum Distribution program administered by us.

•	On 9/1/2021, an Initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 is made.

•	On 8/31/2022, the Contract Value as of the last Business Day of Contract Year 1 is $95,000.

•	On 10/1/2022, the Owner elects a Guaranteed Withdrawal Date where the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $4,000.

•	The Owner elects to begin a systematic Required Minimum Distribution program with annual payouts. The first annual payout on 10/1/2022 of $12,000 is made where the Contract Value prior to the withdrawal is $96,000.

For the purposes of determining the Benefit Base:

•	The withdrawal reduces the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount to $0.

•	The withdrawal remaining after the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $8,000 ($12,000 – $4,000).

•	Normally the Cash Value remaining after the withdrawal of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount would reduce the Benefit Base, however, because it is being done as part of a Required Minimum Distribution, there is no reduction of the Benefit Base.


Date	Event	Remaining Required Minimum Distribution	Contract Value	Benefit Base	Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount
9/1/2021	Beginning of Contract Year 1		$100,000	$100,000
8/31/2022	End of Contract Year 1		95,000	100,000
9/1/2022	Beginning of Contract Year 2		95,000	100,000
10/1/2022	Immediately before Required Minimum Distribution	$12,000	96,000	100,000	$4,000
10/1/2022	After withdrawal of the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount	8,000	92,000	100,000	0
10/1/2022	After withdrawal of the remaining Required Minimum Distribution	0	84,000	100,300	0

Example 6 ~ Impact of Contract Value being reduced to $0 because of the withdrawal of Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount

Lifetime Withdrawal Rates for this example.


			Number of Full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date
Youngest Covered Person Age	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
67	5.00%	5.25%	5.40%	5.55%	5.70%	5.85%	6.00%	6.15%	6.30%	6.45%	6.60%

•	On 4/6/2022, the Contract is issued with a RetirePay Issue Date of 4/6/2022.

•	On 4/6/2029, the Owner Elected the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date. The Benefit Base is $100,000. The Youngest Covered Person is 67. The Contract is six full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date, so the Withdrawal Rate is 6% and the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $6,000.

•	On 4/6/2032, the current Contract Year began. The Contract Value is $4,000. The Benefit Base is $100,000. The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $6,000.

•	On 5/15/2032, a withdrawal of $3,000 is taken with $4,000 in Contract Value prior to the withdrawal.

•	On 11/15/2032, a withdrawal of $3,000 is taken with $1,000 in Contract Value prior to the withdrawal.

•	On 4/5/2033, the Benefit Base is $100,000.


Date	Event	Contract Value	Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount	Benefit Base
04/06/2032	Beginning of Contract Year 10	$117,000	$6,050	$100,000
5/15/2032	Prior to Withdrawal	4,000	6,000	100,000
5/15/2032	After Withdrawal	1,000	3,000	—
11/15/2032	Prior to Withdrawal	1,000	3,000	100,000
11/15/2032	After Withdrawal	0	2,000	100,000
11/15/2032	After Payout of Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount	0	0	100,000
04/06/2033	Beginning of Contract Year 11	0	0	100,000

For determining the values because of the Contract Value reaching $0, we have:

•	On 5/15/2032, the withdrawal of $3,000 reduces the Contract Value to $1,000 ($4,000 – $3,000). The Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $3,000 ($6,000 – $3,000).

•

On 11/15/2032, the withdrawal of $3,000 reduces the Contract Value to $0 ($3,000 > $1,000).
The Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $2,000 ($3,000 – $1,000).
The Remaining Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is added to the withdrawal for a payout of $3,000 ($1,000 + $2,000).
The Contract enters the Settlement Phase.
The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount remains at $6,000. This is paid in monthly payments of $500 ($6,000 / 12).

Example 7 ~ Annuitization of RetirePay on Latest Permitted Annuity Date

The Withdrawal Rates used for this example are as follows:


	Number of Full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.50%	4.60%	4.65%	4.75%	4.80%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.00%	4.10%	4.15%	4.25%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	5.80%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	7.35%
77+	5.50%	5.60%	5.70%	5.85%	5.95%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	7.70%

•	On 4/6/2022, the Contract is issued with a Rider Effective Date of 4/6/2022. The Covered Person at issue is Age 80. The Latest Permitted Annuity Date for the Contract is 4/6/2037.

•	On 4/6/2032, the Owner elects the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date. The Benefit Base is $200,000. The Covered Person is Age 90. The number of full Contract Years from the Rider Effective Date is 10. The applicable Withdrawal Rate is 7.70%. The Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount is $15,400.

•	On 4/6/2037, the Contract Value is $185,000. The Benefit Base is still $200,000. The Covered Person is Age 95.


Date	Event	Contract Value	Benefit Base	Monthly Annuity Payment	Installment Refund Death Benefit
04/06/2037	Beginning of Contract Year 16	$185,000	$200,000
04/06/2037	Annuitization			$1,283	$185,000

For determining the values of the Installment Refund Payout Option:

•

On 4/6/2037, the Latest Permitted Annuity Date, the Contract automatically starts to make Annuity Payments for the life of the Annuitant.
The Benefit Base is $200,000.
The Installment Refund Amount is set equal to the Contract Value on that date of $185,000.
The amount of the monthly Annuity Payment is equal to the Annual Lifetime Benefit Amount divided by 12.
($15,400 / 12 = $1,283)

Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features

The following chart describes the material variation of certain features and/or benefits of the Contract in states where the Contract has been approved as of the date of the prospectus.


State	Feature	Variation
California	Right to Cancel Your Contract	For ages 59 and younger, Contract may be returned within 10 days of receipt; or within 30 days if Contract is issued in replacement of another annuity contract or life insurance policy. Upon its return, Company will refund, within seven calendar days, the Contract Value, plus any fees or charges deducted from Purchase Payments, as of the Business Day Company receives Contract at our Service Center. For ages 60 and older, Contract may be returned within 30 days of receipt. During that 30-day period, Purchase Payments will be allocated to a fixed account or to Money Market Sub-Account unless you tell us to allocate Purchase Payments to any other Sub-Account(s). If no Purchase Payments are allocated to any other Sub-Account(s) and Contract is returned within 30 days of receipt, Company will refund Purchase Payments, plus any fees. If Purchase Payments are allocated to any other Sub-Account(s) and Contract is returned within 30 days of receipt, Company will refund Contract Value, as of the Business Day Contract is received by agent who sold it or by Company at our Service Center. The amount refunded could be less than Purchase Payments, plus any fees.
California	Change of Owners	Prohibits Company pre-approval requirement for change of Owner or collateral assignment, including when RetirePay is in effect.
	Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit Rider	Not available.
Delaware	Right to Cancel Your Contract	Requires 20-day free look period for replacements.
Florida	Right to Cancel Your Contract	Requires 21-day free look period for both new business and replacements.
	Maximum Total Purchase Payments	Prohibits aggregating multiple Contracts to determine cumulative Purchase Payment limit.
	Annuity Date	The Annuity Date cannot be earlier than 13 months after the Contract is purchased.
North Dakota	Right to Cancel Your Contract	Contract must be returned within 20 days of receipt, including where Contract is issued as a replacement.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Dated February 27, 2023 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented
and the Initial Summary Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented for
Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company
Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

This Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement (“Rate Sheet”) should be read carefully and retained with the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022 for the Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity. You may obtain a current Prospectus at www.Hextone.com/Envision or by calling (800) 272-2216, sending an email request to ANNfax@Hextone.com, or writing to Hextone, PO Box 9067, Springfield, MA 01102-9067.

We are issuing this Rate Sheet to update the following information regarding the Hextone RetirePay^SM Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (RetirePay):

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms.”)

The RetirePay Terms included in this Rate Sheet are effective for applications submitted on or after March 13, 2023 until a new Rate Sheet is issued that replaces and supersedes this Rate Sheet.

This Rate Sheet replaces and supersedes any previously issued Rate Sheet. This Rate Sheet has no specified end date. This Rate Sheet must be used in conjunction with an effective Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Prospectus. For complete information about RetirePay, see the “Additional Benefits — Hextone RetirePay^SM” section in the Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Prospectus.

If we change the RetirePay Terms, we will issue a new Rate Sheet. In the event we issue a new Rate Sheet, we will provide at least 10 business days’ notice of the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a superseding Rate Sheet after you apply for your contract and prior to your issue date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after March 13, 2023 and prior to the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are met, and the Contract is issued, the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet will apply, unless a beneficial superseding rate sheet applies, as described under “Rate Sheet Comparison Process.”

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you plan to pay the initial Purchase Payment with proceeds from an IRS Section 1035 exchange or direct transfer, your transfer form(s) and application information must be in Good Order within 10 Business Days after the application submit date. In addition, the initial Purchase Payment necessary to issue the Contract must be received within 90 calendar days after the application submit date.

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 business days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

Subject to satisfying the Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions established in this Rate Sheet, if after your application submit date and prior to your Issue Date, a subsequent Rate Sheet is issued with only beneficial changes to the RetirePay Terms, the subsequent Rate Sheet will apply. The changes will be considered to be beneficial unless any of the following occurs:

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

For example, if the RetirePay Charges have increased, you will receive the RetirePay Terms included in the Rate Sheet in effect on your application submit date even if the Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have increased in the subsequent Rate Sheet.

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

On the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Date, we will determine the Withdrawal Rate and the Lifetime Guarantee Rate based on the number of full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date and the Age of the Covered Person (or the youngest Covered Person for a Joint Life Version). The Withdrawal Rate applies when your Contract Value is greater than zero. The Lifetime Guarantee Rate applies when your Contract Value is zero. Once the contract is issued, the Withdrawal Rates and the Lifetime Guarantee Rates applicable to your Contract below will not change for the life of your Contract.

SINGLE LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	4.50%	4.70%	4.90%	5.10%	5.30%	5.50%	5.70%	5.90%	6.10%	6.30%	6.50%
62 – 66	5.00%	5.20%	5.40%	5.60%	5.80%	6.00%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%
67 – 71	5.50%	5.70%	5.90%	6.10%	6.30%	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.10%	7.30%	7.50%
72 – 76	6.00%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%	7.20%	7.40%	7.60%	7.80%	8.00%
77+	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.10%	7.30%	7.50%	7.70%	7.90%	8.10%	8.30%	8.50%

JOINT LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.95%	4.15%	4.35%	4.55%	4.75%	4.95%	5.15%	5.35%	5.55%	5.75%	5.95%
62 – 66	4.45%	4.65%	4.85%	5.05%	5.25%	5.45%	5.65%	5.85%	6.05%	6.25%	6.45%
67 – 71	4.95%	5.15%	5.35%	5.55%	5.75%	5.95%	6.15%	6.35%	6.55%	6.75%	6.95%
72 – 76	5.45%	5.65%	5.85%	6.05%	6.25%	6.45%	6.65%	6.85%	7.05%	7.25%	7.45%
77+	5.95%	6.15%	6.35%	6.55%	6.75%	6.95%	7.15%	7.35%	7.55%	7.75%	7.95%

SINGLE LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	4.50%	4.70%	4.90%	5.10%	5.30%	5.50%	5.70%	5.90%	6.10%	6.30%	6.50%
62 – 66	5.00%	5.20%	5.40%	5.60%	5.80%	6.00%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%
67 – 71	5.50%	5.70%	5.90%	6.10%	6.30%	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.10%	7.30%	7.50%
72 – 76	6.00%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%	7.20%	7.40%	7.60%	7.80%	8.00%
77+	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.10%	7.30%	7.50%	7.70%	7.90%	8.10%	8.30%	8.50%

JOINT LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.95%	4.15%	4.35%	4.55%	4.75%	4.95%	5.15%	5.35%	5.55%	5.75%	5.95%
62 – 66	4.45%	4.65%	4.85%	5.05%	5.25%	5.45%	5.65%	5.85%	6.05%	6.25%	6.45%
67 – 71	4.95%	5.15%	5.35%	5.55%	5.75%	5.95%	6.15%	6.35%	6.55%	6.75%	6.95%
72 – 76	5.45%	5.65%	5.85%	6.05%	6.25%	6.45%	6.65%	6.85%	7.05%	7.25%	7.45%
77+	5.95%	6.15%	6.35%	6.55%	6.75%	6.95%	7.15%	7.35%	7.55%	7.75%	7.95%

CURRENT RETIREPAY CHARGES

The current RetirePay Charges applicable to your Contract are as follows:


• Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge	1.45% 1.45% 1.60% 1.60%

The amount that is deducted from your Contract Value is equal to the RetirePay Charge multiplied by the Benefit Base. We may increase the RetirePay Charges at any time, with prior notice, but the charges will never exceed the maximum RetirePay Charge. The maximum charge can be found in the “RetirePay Charge” section of the current Hextone Envision prospectus.

INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS

While RetirePay is in effect, your investment allocations are restricted.

You must either be invested 100% in one of the MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts or invested 100% in the Custom Allocation Program.

MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts:

MML Conservative Allocation
MML Moderate Allocation
MML Balanced Allocation
MML American Funds Core Allocation
MML Growth Allocation
MML Blend
MML iShares^® 80/20 Allocation
MML iShares^® 60/40 Allocation


	Minimum Allocation	Maximum Allocation
Allocation Category 3	0%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML Sustainable Equity Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® MML Equity MML Equity Rotation Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth MML Small Company Value MML Small/Mid Cap Value Invesco V.I. Global Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income PIMCO Income Portfolio

If a requested change in your allocations or a transfer of any portion of your contract value does not comply with these investment restrictions, you will be required to terminate your RetirePay by written request before the allocation change or transfer can be processed. We reserve the right, upon thirty calendar days advance notice to you, to change the investment restrictions. If we change the investment restrictions, you must change your allocations to comply within thirty calendar days of the restrictions becoming effective, or we will terminate your RetirePay.

If you have any questions regarding this Rate Sheet, please contact us toll free at (800) 272-2216.

Please keep this Rate Sheet for future reference.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Dated October 17, 2022 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented
and the Initial Summary Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented for
Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company
Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

This Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement (“Rate Sheet”) should be read carefully and retained with the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022 for the Hextone Envision^SMVariable Annuity. You may obtain a current Prospectus at www.Hextone.com/Envision or by calling (800) 272-2216, sending an email request to ANNfax@Hextone.com, or writing to Hextone, PO Box 9067, Springfield, MA 01102-9067.

We are issuing this Rate Sheet to update the following information regarding the Hextone RetirePay^SM Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (RetirePay):

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms.”)

The RetirePay Terms included in this Rate Sheet are effective for applications submitted on or after November 4, 2022 until a new Rate Sheet is issued that replaces and supersedes this Rate Sheet.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a superseding Rate Sheet after you apply for your contract and prior to your issue date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after November 4, 2022 and prior to the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 business days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

SINGLE LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.55%	4.65%	4.95%	5.10%	5.25%	5.40%	5.55%	5.85%
62 – 66	4.60%	4.75%	4.90%	5.05%	5.20%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.15%
67 – 71	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.60%	6.20%	6.30%	6.40%	6.50%	6.55%	7.25%
72 – 76	5.75%	5.90%	6.05%	6.20%	6.30%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%	7.20%	7.40%	7.80%
77+	6.25%	6.45%	6.65%	6.85%	7.05%	7.45%	7.60%	7.75%	7.85%	7.95%	8.20%

JOINT LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.80%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.15%	4.45%	4.55%	4.70%	4.85%	4.95%	5.25%
62 – 66	4.10%	4.25%	4.35%	4.50%	4.65%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.20%	5.30%	5.50%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.00%	5.05%	5.60%	5.70%	5.80%	5.90%	5.95%	6.55%
72 – 76	5.35%	5.50%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.15%	6.35%	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.25%
77+	5.85%	6.05%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.95%	7.10%	7.25%	7.35%	7.45%	7.70%

SINGLE LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.55%	4.65%	4.95%	5.10%	5.25%	5.40%	5.55%	5.85%
62 – 66	4.60%	4.75%	4.90%	5.05%	5.20%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.15%
67 – 71	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.60%	6.20%	6.30%	6.40%	6.50%	6.55%	7.25%
72 – 76	5.75%	5.90%	6.05%	6.20%	6.30%	6.60%	6.80%	7.00%	7.20%	7.40%	7.80%
77+	6.25%	6.45%	6.65%	6.85%	7.05%	7.45%	7.60%	7.75%	7.85%	7.95%	8.20%

JOINT LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.80%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.15%	4.45%	4.55%	4.70%	4.85%	4.95%	5.25%
62 – 66	4.10%	4.25%	4.35%	4.50%	4.65%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.20%	5.30%	5.50%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.00%	5.05%	5.60%	5.70%	5.80%	5.90%	5.95%	6.55%
72 – 76	5.35%	5.50%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.15%	6.35%	6.50%	6.70%	6.90%	7.25%
77+	5.85%	6.05%	6.20%	6.40%	6.60%	6.95%	7.10%	7.25%	7.35%	7.45%	7.70%

CURRENT RETIREPAY CHARGES

The current RetirePay Charges applicable to your Contract are as follows:


• Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge	1.45% 1.45% 1.60% 1.60%

INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS

While RetirePay is in effect, your investment allocations are restricted.

You must either be invested 100% in one of the MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts or invested 100% in the Custom Allocation Program.

MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts:


	Minimum Allocation	Maximum Allocation
Allocation Category 3	0%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML Sustainable Equity Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® MML Equity MML Equity Rotation Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth MML Small Company Value MML Small/Mid Cap Value Invesco V.I. Global Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income PIMCO Income Portfolio

If you have any questions regarding this Rate Sheet, please contact us toll free at (800) 272-2216.

Please keep this Rate Sheet for future reference.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Dated July 18, 2022 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented
and the Initial Summary Prospectus dated May 1, 2022, as supplemented for
Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company
Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

We are issuing this Rate Sheet to update the following information regarding the Hextone RetirePay^SM Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (RetirePay):

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms.”)

The RetirePay Terms included in this Rate Sheet are effective for applications submitted on or after August 1, 2022 until a new Rate Sheet is issued that replaces and supersedes this Rate Sheet.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a superseding Rate Sheet after you apply for your contract and prior to your issue date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after August 1, 2022 and prior to the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 business days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

SINGLE LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	4.25%	4.30%	4.35%	4.40%	4.45%	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.60%	4.75%	4.90%	5.05%	5.15%	5.40%	5.45%	5.50%	5.55%	5.65%	5.80%
67 – 71	5.15%	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.50%	5.70%	5.85%	6.00%	6.15%	6.30%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.75%	5.90%	6.05%	6.20%	6.30%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	6.85%	7.00%	7.35%
77+	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	7.05%	7.10%	7.15%	7.20%	7.25%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.20%	4.30%	4.35%	4.45%	4.55%	5.00%
62 – 66	4.10%	4.25%	4.35%	4.50%	4.60%	4.80%	4.85%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.25%
67 – 71	4.65%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	4.95%	5.15%	5.30%	5.40%	5.55%	5.70%	6.00%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.40%	5.50%	5.65%	5.75%	6.00%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.40%	6.70%
77+	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.05%	6.10%	6.50%	6.55%	6.60%	6.65%	6.70%	7.10%

SINGLE LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	4.25%	4.30%	4.35%	4.40%	4.45%	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.60%	4.75%	4.90%	5.05%	5.15%	5.40%	5.45%	5.50%	5.55%	5.65%	5.80%
67 – 71	5.15%	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.50%	5.70%	5.85%	6.00%	6.15%	6.30%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.75%	5.90%	6.05%	6.20%	6.30%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	6.85%	7.00%	7.35%
77+	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	7.05%	7.10%	7.15%	7.20%	7.25%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.20%	4.30%	4.35%	4.45%	4.55%	5.00%
62 – 66	4.10%	4.25%	4.35%	4.50%	4.60%	4.80%	4.85%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.25%
67 – 71	4.65%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	4.95%	5.15%	5.30%	5.40%	5.55%	5.70%	6.00%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.40%	5.50%	5.65%	5.75%	6.00%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.40%	6.70%
77+	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.05%	6.10%	6.50%	6.55%	6.60%	6.65%	6.70%	7.10%

CURRENT RETIREPAY CHARGES

The current RetirePay Charges applicable to your Contract are as follows:


• Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge	1.45% 1.45% 1.60% 1.60%

INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS

While RetirePay is in effect, your investment allocations are restricted.

You must either be invested 100% in one of the MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts or invested 100% in the Custom Allocation Program.

MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts:


	Minimum Allocation	Maximum Allocation
Allocation Category 3	0%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML Sustainable Equity Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® MML Equity MML Equity Momentum MML Equity Rotation Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth MML Small Company Value MML Small/Mid Cap Value	Invesco V.I. Global Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth MML Special Situations Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income PIMCO Income Portfolio

If you have any questions regarding this Rate Sheet, please contact us toll free at (800) 272-2216.

Please keep this Rate Sheet for future reference.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Dated May 1, 2022 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2022 for
Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company
Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

We are issuing this Rate Sheet to update the following information regarding the Hextone RetirePay^SM Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (RetirePay):

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms.”)

The RetirePay Terms included in this Rate Sheet are effective for applications submitted on or after May 1, 2022 until a new Rate Sheet is issued that replaces and supersedes this Rate Sheet.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a superseding Rate Sheet after you apply for your contract and prior to your issue date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after May 1, 2022 and prior to the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 business days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

SINGLE LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.50%	4.60%	4.65%	4.75%	4.80%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.00%	4.10%	4.15%	4.25%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	5.80%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	7.35%
77+	5.50%	5.60%	5.70%	5.85%	5.95%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.10%	3.15%	3.20%	3.30%	3.35%	3.70%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.65%
62 – 66	3.35%	3.40%	3.50%	3.55%	3.60%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.10%	4.85%
67 – 71	4.10%	4.20%	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.75%
72 – 76	4.60%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.30%	5.40%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.45%
77+	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.25%	5.60%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.80%

SINGLE LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.50%	4.60%	4.65%	4.75%	4.80%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.00%	4.10%	4.15%	4.25%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	5.80%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	7.35%
77+	5.50%	5.60%	5.70%	5.85%	5.95%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.10%	3.15%	3.20%	3.30%	3.35%	3.70%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.65%
62 – 66	3.35%	3.40%	3.50%	3.55%	3.60%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.10%	4.85%
67 – 71	4.10%	4.20%	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.75%
72 – 76	4.60%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.30%	5.40%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.45%
77+	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.25%	5.60%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.80%

CURRENT RETIREPAY CHARGES

The current RetirePay Charges applicable to your Contract are as follows:


• Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge	1.45% 1.45% 1.60% 1.60%

INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS

While RetirePay is in effect, your investment allocations are restricted.

You must either be invested 100% in one of the MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts or invested 100% in the Custom Allocation Program.

MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts:

Custom Allocation Program:

Multiple Sub-Accounts can be selected within each category. The total allocation for all Sub-Accounts within each category must be between the minimum and maximum allocation. The Contract Value in the Custom Allocation Program will be rebalanced based on your elected frequency. If no election is made, rebalancing will occur quarterly during each calendar year.


	Minimum Allocation	Maximum Allocation
Allocation Category 1	30%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML U.S. Government Money Market MML Dynamic Bond MML Managed Bond MML Short-Duration Bond MML Total Return Bond MML Inflation-Protected and Income
Allocation Category 2	40%	70%
Available sub-accounts: MML Blue Chip Growth MML Large Cap Growth MML American Funds Growth MML Focused Equity MML Fundamental Equity MML Equity Income MML Fundamental Value MML Income & Growth MML Mid Cap Growth	MML Small Cap Growth Equity MML Small Cap Equity MML Mid Cap Value MML Foreign MML Global MML American Funds International MML International Equity MML Strategic Emerging Markets MML High Yield


Allocation Category 3	0%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML Growth & Income Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® MML Equity MML Equity Momentum MML Equity Rotation Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth MML Small Company Value MML Small/Mid Cap Value	Invesco V.I. Global Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth MML Special Situations Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income PIMCO Income Portfolio

If you have any questions regarding this Rate Sheet, please contact us toll free at (800) 272-2216.

Please keep this Rate Sheet for future reference.

Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Dated September 1, 2021 to the Prospectus dated September 1, 2021 for
Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Issued by Hextone Life Insurance Company
Hextone Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

This Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement (“Rate Sheet”) should be read carefully and retained with the Prospectus dated September 1, 2021 for the Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity. You may obtain a current Prospectus at www.Hextone.com/Envision or by calling (800) 272-2216, sending an email request to ANNfax@Hextone.com, or writing to Hextone, PO Box 9067, Springfield, MA 01102-9067.

We are issuing this Rate Sheet to update the following information regarding the Hextone RetirePay^SM Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (RetirePay):

•	Withdrawal Rates,

•	Lifetime Guarantee Rates,

•	RetirePay Charges, and

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions

(collectively, referred to as the “RetirePay Terms.”)

The RetirePay Terms included in this Rate Sheet are effective for applications submitted on or after September 1, 2021 until a new Rate Sheet is issued that replaces and supersedes this Rate Sheet.

Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions

Certain Rate Sheet eligibility conditions apply when we have issued a superseding Rate Sheet after you apply for your contract and prior to your issue date.

In order for the RetirePay Terms in this Rate Sheet to apply to your Contract, your necessary application information, including any applicable transfer form(s), must be submitted to an order entry system utilized to issue the Contract (“application submit date”) on or after September 1, 2021 and prior to the effective date of the superseding Rate Sheet. For purposes of this process, the application submit date is also defined to include the date the application is signed if a paper application is necessary.

Application Information Submitted with a Purchase Payment

If these Rate Sheet Eligibility Conditions are not met, we will cancel the application and return your Purchase Payment.

Application Information Submitted without a Purchase Payment

If you have not provided us with the requested instructions within 2 business days after we have received your Purchase Payment, we will return your Purchase Payment to the original source.

Rate Sheet Comparison Process

•	Withdrawal Rates and/or Lifetime Guarantee Rates have decreased,

•	RetirePay Charges have increased, or

•	Investment Allocation Restrictions have changed (unless the sole change to the Investment Allocation Restrictions is the addition of available investment options).

You should not purchase RetirePay without first obtaining the applicable Rate Sheet. To obtain a current Rate Sheet:

•	Contact your financial advisor

•	Contact us toll-free at (800) 272-2216

•	Go to www.Hextone.com/Envision

SINGLE LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.50%	4.60%	4.65%	4.75%	4.80%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.00%	4.10%	4.15%	4.25%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	5.80%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	7.35%
77+	5.50%	5.60%	5.70%	5.85%	5.95%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE WITHDRAWAL RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Withdrawal Rates
59½ – 61	3.10%	3.15%	3.20%	3.30%	3.35%	3.70%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.65%
62 – 66	3.35%	3.40%	3.50%	3.55%	3.60%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.10%	4.85%
67 – 71	4.10%	4.20%	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.75%
72 – 76	4.60%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.30%	5.40%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.45%
77+	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.25%	5.60%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.80%

SINGLE LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.75%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.50%	4.60%	4.65%	4.75%	4.80%	5.65%
62 – 66	4.00%	4.10%	4.15%	4.25%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%	4.75%	4.85%	4.90%	5.80%
67 – 71	4.75%	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	6.65%
72 – 76	5.25%	5.35%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.05%	6.15%	6.25%	6.35%	6.45%	7.35%
77+	5.50%	5.60%	5.70%	5.85%	5.95%	6.35%	6.45%	6.55%	6.65%	6.75%	7.70%

JOINT LIFE LIFETIME GUARANTEE RATES:


	Full Contract Years from the RetirePay Issue Date
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Age Range	Lifetime Guarantee Rates
59½ – 61	3.10%	3.15%	3.20%	3.30%	3.35%	3.70%	3.80%	3.85%	3.90%	3.95%	4.65%
62 – 66	3.35%	3.40%	3.50%	3.55%	3.60%	3.85%	3.90%	4.00%	4.05%	4.10%	4.85%
67 – 71	4.10%	4.20%	4.25%	4.35%	4.45%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.05%	5.75%
72 – 76	4.60%	4.70%	4.80%	4.90%	4.95%	5.30%	5.40%	5.45%	5.55%	5.65%	6.45%
77+	4.85%	4.95%	5.05%	5.15%	5.25%	5.60%	5.65%	5.75%	5.85%	5.95%	6.80%

CURRENT RETIREPAY CHARGES

The current RetirePay Charges applicable to your Contract are as follows:


• Single Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Anniversary Value Step-up Charge • Single Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge • Joint Life Highest Quarterly Value Step-up Charge	1.45% 1.45% 1.60% 1.60%

INVESTMENT ALLOCATION RESTRICTIONS

While RetirePay is in effect, your investment allocations are restricted.

You must either be invested 100% in one of the MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts or invested 100% in the Custom Allocation Program.

MML Asset Allocation Sub-Accounts:

Custom Allocation Program:


	Minimum Allocation	Maximum Allocation
Allocation Category 1	30%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML U.S. Government Money Market MML Dynamic Bond MML Managed Bond MML Short-Duration Bond MML Total Return Bond MML Inflation-Protected and Income
Allocation Category 2	40%	70%
Available sub-accounts: MML Blue Chip Growth MML Large Cap Growth MML American Funds Growth MML Focused Equity MML Fundamental Equity MML Equity Income MML Fundamental Value MML Income & Growth MML Mid Cap Growth	MML Small Cap Growth Equity MML Small Cap Equity MML Mid Cap Value MML Foreign MML Global MML American Funds International MML International Equity MML Strategic Emerging Markets MML High Yield
Allocation Category 3	0%	30%
Available sub-accounts: MML Growth & Income Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® MML Equity MML Equity Momentum MML Equity Rotation Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Invesco V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth MML Small Company Value MML Small/Mid Cap Value	Invesco V.I. Global Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth MML Special Situations Delaware Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fidelity^® VIP Real Estate Fidelity^® VIP Health Care Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income PIMCO Income Portfolio

If you have any questions regarding this Rate Sheet, please contact us toll free at (800) 272-2216.

Please keep this Rate Sheet for future reference.


	FEES AND EXPENSES	LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
Charges for Early Withdrawals	If you withdraw money from your Contract within seven years following your last Purchase Payment, you may be assessed a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of up to 7% of the value of the Purchase Payment withdrawn (less a 10% Free Withdrawal Amount), declining to 0% after the seventh year. For example, if you purchased the Contract and withdrew the $100,000 initial Purchase Payment during the first two years after that Purchase Payment, you could be assessed a charge of up to $6,300 on the Purchase Payment withdrawn.	Charges and Deductions – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)
Transaction Charges	Currently, we do not assess any transaction charges.	Charges and Deductions


Glossary	3
Important Information You Should Consider About the Hextone Envision^SM Variable Annuity Contract	6
Fees and Expenses	6
Risks	8
Restrictions	9
Taxes	10
Conflicts of Interest	10
Overview of the Contract	11
Additional Information about Fees	13
Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract	16
General Information about Hextone Life Insurance Company, the Separate Account and the Investment Choices	18
The Company	18
Financial Condition of the Company	18
The Separate Account	18
Fixed Account For Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA Fixed Account)	19
The Funds	21
Compensation We Receive from Funds, Advisers and Sub-Advisers	22
Voting Rights	22
Charges and Deductions	23
Insurance Charges	23
Annual Contract Maintenance Charge	24
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)	24
Free Withdrawal Amount	25
Premium Taxes	25
Income Taxes	25
Fund Expenses	26
RetirePay Charges	26
Ownership	26
Owner	26
Joint Owner	27
Annuitant	27
Beneficiary	27
Purchasing a Contract	28
Contract Delay	28
Purchase Payments	28
Allocation of Purchase Payments	29
Contract Value	29
Right to Cancel Your Contract	30
Sending Requests in Good Order	30
Transfers and Transfer Programs	31
General Overview	31
Transfers During the Accumulation Phase	31
Transfers During the Annuity Phase	31
Transfer Programs	31
Limits on Frequent Trading and Market Timing Activity	32
The Annuity Phase	34
Benefits Available Under the Contract	38
Death Benefit	40
Death of Owner During the Accumulation Phase	40
Death Benefit Amount During the Accumulation Phase	41


Death Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase	41
Beneficiary IRA	42
Death of Owner During the Annuity Phase	44
Death of Annuitant	44
Due Proof of Death	44
Additional Benefits	45
Terminal Illness Withdrawal Benefit	45
Nursing Home and Hospital Withdrawal Benefit	45
Hextone RetirePay^SM	46
Withdrawals	56
Taxes	58
Distribution	67
Other Information	68
Collateral Assignment	68
Registered Representative Transaction Authority	68
Unclaimed Property	68
Anti-Money Laundering	69
Payments We Make	69
Changes to the Contract	69
Special Arrangements	69
Termination of the Contract	69
Reservation of Rights	70
Computer System, Cybersecurity, and Service Disruption Risks	70
Legal Proceedings	71
Our Financial Statements	71
Appendix A – Funds Available Under the Contract	72
Appendix B – Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) Example	77
Appendix C – Free Withdrawal Amount Examples	78
Appendix D – Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit Examples	80
Appendix E – Commuted Value Withdrawal Example	82
Appendix F – RetirePay Examples	83
Appendix G – State Variations of Certain Contract Features	94
Appendix H – Superseded Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement Information	95