Variable Annuity Life Insurance Separate Account A Co

11/18/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/18/2024 06:31

Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497

497

SUPPLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2024

TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SUMMARY PROSPECTUSES,

EACH DATED APRIL 29, 2024

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Portfolio Director®

Series 1.00 to 12.00

Series 1.20 to 13.20

Series 1.40 to 12.40

Series 1.60 to 12.60

This supplement updates certain information the above referenced prospectuses, updating summary prospectuses, and if applicable, initial summary prospectuses (collectively, 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.

In the "Fee Tables" section in the prospectus, footnote 7 under "Annual Fund Expenses" is revised to "The Fund with the lowest total annual fund operating expenses is the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund."

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

Type

Fund - Share Class

Adviser/Sub-Adviser1

Current

Expenses

Platform

Charge6

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

American Beacon Man Large Cap

Growth Fund3, 5 - Investor Class

Adviser: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.

Sub-Adviser: Numeric Investors LLC

1.09% None 1.09% 31.01% 15.58% 12.22%*

Systematic Growth Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and Wellington Management Company LLP

0.65% None 0.65% 44.81% 12.46% 11.81%

Capital Appreciation Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

0.77% None 0.77% 41.16% 16.74% 12.26%

Dividend Value Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC

0.68% None 0.68% 12.56% 9.97% 8.15%

Growth Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: BlackRock 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%

Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.43% None 0.43% 54.49% 22.00% 17.26%

Stock Index Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.23% None 0.23% 25.80% 15.32% 11.67%

Systematic Core Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Goldman Sachs

0.64% None 0.64% 24.03% 15.42% 11.47%

Systematic Value Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management

0.65% None 0.65% 11.19% 10.31% 7.52%

U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.36% None 0.36% 21.70% 14.36% 11.20%

Vanguard Windsor II Fund3 - Investor Shares

Advisers: Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC; Lazard Asset

Management LLC; and Sanders Capital, LLC

0.34% 0.25% 0.59% 20.98% 14.87% 10.05%

Domestic Mid-

Cap Equity

Ariel Appreciation Fund3 - Investor Class

Adviser: Ariel Investments, LLC

1.13% None 1.13% 10.62% 10.28% 6.32%

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%

Mid Cap Value Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. d/b/a Boston Partners and Wellington Management

0.82% None 0.82% 16.98% 13.01% 7.97%

Mid Cap Index Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.35% None 0.35% 15.94% 12.21% 8.92%

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Type

Fund - Share Class

Adviser/Sub-Adviser1

Current

Expenses

Platform

Charge6

Current

Expenses

+

Platform

Charge

Average Annual Total Returns

(as of Dec. 31, 2023)

1 Year 5 Year

10 Year

(or life of fund)

Domestic Small-

Cap Equity

Ariel Fund3 - Investor Class

Adviser: Ariel

0.99% None 0.99% 15.81% 10.95% 7.54%

Small Cap Growth Fund2, 5

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, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.37% None 0.37% 16.35% 9.57% 6.88%

Small Cap Special Values Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Allspring Global Investments, LLC

1.07% None 1.07% 19.14% 11.68% 8.30%

Small Cap Value Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.81% None 0.81% 12.79% 9.98% 6.23%

Global Equity

(International

and Domestic)

Global Strategy Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC

0.65% None 0.65% 15.60% 3.53% 2.38%

International Socially Responsible Fund2, 5

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%

International Equities Index Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica

0.43% None 0.43% 17.25% 7.70% 3.95%

International Growth Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: MSIM and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.

0.81% None 0.81% 17.66% 9.54% 5.62%

International Opportunities Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Wellington Management

1.00% None 1.00% 14.28% 6.22% 4.75%

International Value Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Goldman Sachs and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

0.78% None 0.78% 14.38% 5.91% 1.64%

Specialty

Global Real Estate Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and MFS

0.91% None 0.91% 10.01% 3.15% 3.66%

Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund3, 5 - Class R5

Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1.15% None 1.15% -3.13% 7.08% 0.24%

Science & Technology Fund2, 5

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

Charge6

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, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.58% None 0.58% 17.04% 9.69% 6.61%

Asset Allocation Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.65% None 0.65% 18.34% 8.27% 5.61%

Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.62% None 0.62% 11.24% 5.86% 4.15%

Dynamic Allocation Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Advisers: AllianceBernstein L.P. and SunAmerica

0.84% None 0.84% 13.32% 6.93% 5.02%

Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.58% None 0.58% 14.09% 8.46% 5.91%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.75% None 0.75% 12.71% 6.74% 5.28%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.77% None 0.77% 13.17% 7.38% 5.78%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.79% None 0.79% 14.33% 8.17% 6.33%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.81% None 0.81% 16.02% 8.98% 6.85%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.84% None 0.84% 17.83% 9.77% 7.31%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.85% None 0.85% 19.27% 10.41% 7.69%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.86% None 0.86% 20.17% 10.90% 7.94%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.88% None 0.88% 20.49% 10.98% 7.98%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.89% None 0.89% 20.48% 10.93% 7.95%

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund3 - Advisor Class

Adviser: T. Rowe Price

0.89% None 0.89% 20.44% 10.93% 7.72%*

Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund3, 4 - Investor Shares

Adviser: The Vanguard Group, Inc.

0.12% 0.25% 0.37% 12.48% 5.52% 4.77%

Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund3, 4 - Investor Shares

Adviser: Vanguard

0.14% 0.25% 0.39% 18.55% 9.83% 7.36%

Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund3, 4 - Investor Shares

Adviser: Vanguard

0.13% 0.25% 0.38% 15.49% 7.68% 6.09%

Vanguard Wellington Fund3 - Investor Shares

Adviser: Wellington Management

0.26% 0.25% 0.50% 14.33% 9.58% 7.88%

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Type

Fund - Share Class

Adviser/Sub-Adviser1

Current

Expenses

Platform

Charge6

Current

Expenses

+

Platform

Charge

Average Annual Total Returns

(as of Dec. 31, 2023)

1 Year 5 Year

10 Year

(or life of fund)

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 Fund5 - Institutional Shares

Adviser: Goldman Sachs

0.18% None 0.18% 5.05% 1.82% 1.19%

Government Securities Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: JPMIM

0.60% None 0.60% 4.21% 0.53% 1.27%

High Yield Bond Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management

0.68% None 0.68% 13.14% 5.28% 4.22%

Inflation Protected Fund2, 5

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management

0.59% None 0.59% 4.09% 3.05% 2.13%

International Government Bond Fund2

Adviser: VALIC

Sub-Adviser: PineBridge

0.81% None 0.81% 5.98% 0.04% 0.65%

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund3 - Investor Shares

Advisers: Wellington Management and Vanguard

0.21% None 0.21% 9.27% 1.96% 3.75%

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund3 - Investor Shares

Adviser: Vanguard

0.20% None 0.20% 3.31% -1.32% 2.21%

You should read the prospectuses for the above referenced Funds for more detailed information about the Funds. These 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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