MINNESOTA LIFE TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY LOAN AGREEMENT
WHAT DOES THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDE?
Before we issued your contract, we made the following changes. They modify the
contract and are considered to be a part of it.
These changes will allow contract loans when the contract is used as a tax
sheltered annuity. A tax sheltered annuity ("TSA") is one described under
Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
DEFINITIONS
GENERAL ACCOUNT
All assets of ours other than those in the separate accounts established by us.
ACCUMULATION VALUE
The sum of your values under this contract in the separate account and in the
general account. It is composed of your interest in the general account, which
exists only during the period that a TSA loan is outstanding, and your interest
in one or more sub-accounts of the separate account, excluding variable annuity
payment amounts. Your interest in each sub-account and the general account
shall be valued separately. The total of those values will be your accumulation
value.
TSA LOAN ACCOUNT
A portion of our general account, created for accounting purposes only, to which
contract amounts are transferred as security for an outstanding loan under a
tax-sheltered annuity contract.
CONTRACT LOANS
CAN YOU BORROW MONEY ON YOUR CONTRACT?
Yes. You may borrow up to the maximum loan amount determined as of the date we
receive your request for a loan. We will require your written request for a
contract loan. We will send you a loan application and agreement for your
signature. We will charge interest on the loan in arrears. The contract will
be the only security required for your loan.
ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE BORROWED?
Yes. There is both a minimum loan amount and a maximum loan amount.
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LOAN AMOUNT?
The minimum loan amount is $2,500.
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT?
The maximum loan amount is the lesser of: a) $50,000; or b) one-half of your
contract's accumulation value or, if greater, your accumulation value up to
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the amount of $10,000, less 7% and less the amount of interest that would be
charged during the first quarter that such a loan would be outstanding.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN REPAYMENT?
You must execute a loan agreement. The loan agreement will call for the
repayment of the loan over a period of five years or less. Repayment must be
made in substantially equal payments. The loan repayment schedule will require
the level amortization of the loan over the repayment period. Early repayment
may be made without penalty. You may repay the balance of the loan at any time.
Failure to meet the requirements of the loan agreement will result in its
termination. Loan amounts will then be treated as distributions under the
contract. Treatment of a loan as a distribution will result in taxable income.
In addition, depending upon your circumstances, it may result in income
taxation, tax penalties and disqualification of the contract as a tax-sheltered
annuity.
If there is a distribution, your surrender value will be reduced. The surrender
value will be reduced by the amount of the distribution, plus any applicable
deferred sales charges on that amount.
We will not be liable for any taxes or tax penalties on amounts received or paid
by us under the contract.
HOW ARE LOAN AMOUNTS SHOWN IN THE CONTRACT?
At the time that you make application for a loan, the amount requested as a loan
plus the interest that will be charged during the first quarter that the loan is
outstanding, plus an amount equal to 7% of the amount requested, will be
transferred from your separate account accumulation value into the general
account on the date your application is approved. The TSA Loan Account will
then be the source of the loan and the succeeding loan transactions.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONDITIONS?
Yes. You must indicate the separate account sub-accounts that will be
transferred to the TSA Loan Account. Unless instructed by you, transfers of
amounts to the TSA Loan Account will be made from amounts in each sub-account of
the separate account in the same proportion that the value of an amount in any
sub-account bears to your total accumulation value prior to the loan.
WHAT INTEREST RATE DO YOU HAVE TO PAY?
The loan interest rate will be set quarterly on the first day of each
calendar quarter. It will apply to the loan balance in that calendar
quarter. This rate will not exceed the greater of: the "published monthly
average" for the calendar month ending two months before the beginning of the
calendar quarter; the composite interest rate in effect on the contract plus
1%.
The "published monthly average" means the Xxxxx'x Composite Average of Yields on
Bonds as published by the Xxxxx'x Investors Service.
DOES THE CONTRACT CREDIT INTEREST ON THE GENERAL ACCOUNT?
Yes. This contract credits interest on the general account accumulation value
of this contract. Interest is credited at a rate of at least 3% per year,
compounded annually. We guarantee this rate for the life of the contract.
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MAY ADDITIONAL INTEREST BE CREDITED ON THE GENERAL ACCOUNT?
Yes. As conditions permit, we will credit additional amounts of interest to the
general account accumulation value.
HOW ARE TSA LOAN REPAYMENTS ALLOCATED?
As TSA loan amounts are repaid, those amounts are used to reduce the loan. When
the loan is repaid in full through early repayment or the completion of the loan
payments over the scheduled payment period, then the TSA Loan Account balance is
transferred to the Money Market Sub-Account of the separate account and TSA Loan
Account in the general account terminates. You may reallocate amounts among the
sub-accounts of the separate account by exercising your contract rights of
transfer.
Should you make application for a TSA contract loan and not complete the
necessary loan repayment forms, then after a period of sixty days the amount
transferred to the TSA Loan Account in the general account to secure the loan
will be transferred to the Money Market Sub-Account of the separate account.
The TSA Loan Account in the general account will then terminate. You may
reallocate amounts among the sub-accounts of the separate account by exercising
your contract rights of transfer.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT REPAY YOUR LOAN?
Your contract will remain in force so long as there is a surrender value. If
there is a loan equal to the surrender value and if it is not repaid, a
distribution of the surrender value will cause the contract to terminate and may
disqualify the contract as a tax-sheltered annuity.
ARE THERE OTHER LIMITATIONS ON CONTRACT LOANS?
Yes. Those additional limitations are:
a) Only one loan may be outstanding at any time.
b) A period of at least three months is required between the repayment of a
loan and the application for a new loan.
c) If there is an outstanding loan on the contract, then any withdrawals will
be limited to the separate account accumulation values less any deferred
sales charges.
d) A loan is not available if annuity payments have begun.
e) The TSA Loan Account portion of your contract in the general account may
not be transferred to the separate account when the loan is outstanding,
provided, however, that a single transfer from the TSA Loan Account to the
separate account will be allowed each calendar year. The amount remaining
in the TSA Loan Account must be equal to the amount of the loan outstanding
plus 7% of that amount plus the amount of interest that would be charged
during the next calendar quarter on such loan.
MAY THE CONTRACT BE SURRENDERED WHILE THERE IS A LOAN?
Yes. If there is a loan and the contract is surrendered, the loan is due. If
it is not repaid prior to the surrender, the payment on surrender will be the
surrender value less the current loan balance. In addition, depending upon your
circumstances, such a surrender may result in income taxation, tax penalties and
disqualification of the contract as a tax-sheltered annuity.
MAY THIS AGREEMENT BE AMENDED?
Yes. This agreement may be amended. It may be amended only to reflect any
change in the Internal Revenue Code, regulations or published revenue rulings.
You will be deemed to have consented to such an amendment. We will promptly
furnish you with any such amendment.
This agreement is effective as of the original contract date unless a different
effective date is shown here.
Secretary Registrar President
