Exhibit 99.4(a)Variable Annuity Account • August 2nd, 2006
READ YOUR CONTRACT CAREFULLY - THIS IS A LEGAL CONTRACT We promise to pay the benefits described by this contract subject to its provisions. We make this promise and issue this contract in consideration of the application for it and the receipt of a Purchase Payment. The Owner and the Beneficiary are as named in the application unless they are changed as provided for in this contract. NOTICE OF YOUR RIGHT TO EXAMINE THIS CONTRACT FOR 20 DAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THIS CONTRACT. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, YOU MAY RETURN THE CONTRACT TO US OR TO YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN 20 DAYS OF ITS RECEIPT OR 30 DAYS WHERE REQUIRED. IF YOU EXERCISE THIS RIGHT, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE CONTRACT VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT. WE WILL PAY THIS REFUND WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER WE RECEIVE YOUR NOTICE OF CANCELLATION. Signed for Minnesota Life Insurance Company at St. Paul, Minnesota on the Contract Date. /s/ Dennis E. Prohofsky /s/ Robert L. Senkler Secretary President ALL PAYMENTS AND VA
