Variable Annuity Life Insurance Separate Account A Co

11/18/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/18/2024 06:32

Updating Summary Prospectus - Form 497VPU

497VPU

SUPPLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2024

TO THE UPDATING SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

DATED APRIL 29, 2024

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Potentia®

This supplement updates certain information in the above referenced updating summary prospectus (the "Prospectus"). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A-Funds Available Under the Contract ("Appendix A"), including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus. The Prospectus is revised as follows:

In the "Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract" section, the following changes are made:

In the "Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)" section of the "FEES AND EXPENSES" table, the minimum fee for Investment Options is 0.21% and the Lowest Annual Cost is $1,688. Additionally, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 0.96% and the Highest Annual Cost is $2,441.

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The following table replaces similar table in its entirety in Appendix A:

Type

Fund - Share Class

Adviser/Sub-Adviser1

Current  

Expenses  

Platform  

Charge4

Current  

Expenses  

+  

Platform  

Charge  

Average Annual Total Returns

(as of Dec. 31, 2023) 

1 Year   5 Year  

10 Year

(or life of fund)  

Domestic

Large-Cap

Equity

Capital Appreciation Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

0.77%  None  0.77%  41.16%   16.74%   12.26%

Growth Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (an affiliate of VALIC due to common ownership)

0.62%  None  0.62%  46.94%   16.27%   12.40%

Large Capital Growth Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company

0.70%  None  0.70%  23.93%   16.70%   12.73%

Stock Index Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.23%  None  0.23%  25.80%   15.32%   11.67%

Systematic Core Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

0.64%  None  0.64%  24.03%   15.42%   11.47%

Domestic Mid-

Cap Equity

Mid Cap Index Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.35%  None  0.35%  15.94%   12.21%   8.92%

Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC

0.74%  None  0.74%  22.41%   15.16%   10.39%

Domestic

Small-Cap

Equity

Small Cap Growth Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

0.87%  None  0.87%  14.28%   10.05%   8.78%

Small Cap Index Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.37%  None  0.37%  16.35%   9.57%  6.88%

Global Equity

(International

and Domestic)

International Socially Responsible Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.58%  None  0.58%  18.35%   8.68%  6.96%

International

Equity

Emerging Economies Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: BlackRock

0.95%  None  0.95%  12.11%   3.30%  1.89%

Specialty

Science & Technology Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: BlackRock and Voya

0.91%  None  0.91%  55.79%   18.42%  15.69%

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Type

Fund - Share Class

Adviser/Sub-Adviser1

Current  

Expenses  

Platform  

Charge4

Current  

Expenses  

+  

Platform  

Charge  

Average Annual Total Returns

(as of Dec. 31, 2023) 

1 Year   5 Year  

10 Year

(or life of fund)  

Hybrid

(Equity and

Fixed Income)

Aggressive Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

0.58%  None  0.58%  17.04%   9.69%  6.61%

Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.62%  None  0.62%  11.24%   5.86%  4.15%

Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.58%  None  0.58%  14.09%   8.46%  5.91%

Fixed Income

Core Bond Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: PineBridge Investments LLC and JPMIM

0.48%  None  0.48%  6.51%   1.70%  1.96%

Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund3 - Institutional Shares

Adviser: Goldman Sachs

0.18%  None  0.18%  5.05%   1.82%  1.19%*

As a result of the Fund expense change, we have updated the most expensive expense examples in the Fee Tables section in the statutory prospectus.

You should read the Fund prospectuses for more detailed information about the Funds. The Fund prospectuses may be obtained by vising our website at https://www.corebridgefinancial.com/rs/prospectus-and-reports/annuities or by calling us at 1-800-448-2542.

Please keep this supplement with your Prospectus.

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