Pioneer PRISM XC Variable Annuity - Pioneer Investments
Pioneer PRISM XC Variable Annuity - Pioneer Investments
Pioneer PRISM XC Variable Annuity - Pioneer Investments
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(2) your account value after the decrease for the<br />
withdrawal (including withdrawal charges) multiplied by<br />
the GWB Withdrawal Rate. This reduction may be<br />
significant. Furthermore, because the Principal Guarantee<br />
rider charge is assessed as a percentage of the Guaranteed<br />
Withdrawal Amount, any decrease of the Annual Benefit<br />
Payment caused by an excess withdrawal results in an<br />
increase in the cost of the rider relative to the benefits you<br />
will receive.<br />
(See Appendix C for examples of how withdrawals and<br />
subsequent purchase payments affect the Annual Benefit<br />
Payment.)<br />
You can always take annual withdrawals less than the<br />
Annual Benefit Payment. However, if you choose to receive<br />
only a part of, or none of, your Annual Benefit Payment in<br />
any given contract year, your Annual Benefit Payment is<br />
not cumulative and your Benefit Base and Annual Benefit<br />
Payment will not increase. For example, if your Annual<br />
Benefit Payment is 10% of your Benefit Base and you<br />
withdraw 8% one year, you cannot then withdraw 12%<br />
the next year without exceeding your Annual Benefit<br />
Payment.<br />
Required Minimum Distributions. For IRAs and other<br />
contracts subject to Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal<br />
Revenue Code, you may be required to take withdrawals to<br />
fulfill minimum distribution requirements generally<br />
beginning at age 70½. These required distributions may be<br />
larger than the Annual Benefit Payment. If you enroll in the<br />
Automated Required Minimum Distribution program and<br />
elect annual withdrawals, after the first contract year,<br />
we will increase your Annual Benefit Payment to equal<br />
your most recently calculated required minimum<br />
distribution amount, if such amount is greater than your<br />
Annual Benefit Payment. Otherwise, any cumulative<br />
withdrawals you make to satisfy your required minimum<br />
distribution amount will be treated as Excess Withdrawals<br />
if they exceed your Annual Benefit Payment. You must<br />
be enrolled only in the Automated Required<br />
Minimum Distribution program to qualify for this<br />
increase in the Annual Benefit Payment. You<br />
may not be enrolled in any other systematic<br />
withdrawal program. The frequency of your<br />
withdrawals must be annual. the Automated<br />
Required Minimum Distribution program is<br />
based on information relating to this contract. To<br />
enroll in the Automated Required Minimum Distribution<br />
program, please contact our <strong>Annuity</strong> Service Center.<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount. We assess the<br />
Principal Guarantee rider charge as a percentage of the<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, which is initially set at<br />
an amount equal to your initial purchase payment. The<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount may increase with<br />
additional purchase payments made on or before the 2nd<br />
rider anniversary. In this case, the Guaranteed Withdrawal<br />
Amount will be reset equal to the greater of (1) the<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount before the purchase<br />
payment and (2) the Benefit Base after the purchase<br />
payment. Withdrawals do not decrease the Guaranteed<br />
Withdrawal Amount. (See Section D of Appendix C.) The<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will also be reset as a<br />
result of an Optional Reset as described below. If your<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount increases, the amount of<br />
the Principal Guarantee rider charge we deduct will<br />
increase because the rider charge is a percentage of your<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.<br />
Optional Reset. The purpose of an Optional Reset is to<br />
“lock-in” a higher Benefit Base, which may increase the<br />
amount of the Annual Benefit Payment and lengthen the<br />
period of time over which these withdrawals can be taken.<br />
Starting with the third contract anniversary (as long as it is<br />
prior to the owner’s 86th birthday), you may ask us to<br />
reset the Annual Benefit Payment, Benefit Base and<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount. You may elect an<br />
Optional Reset at any subsequent contract anniversary<br />
prior to the owner’s 86th birthday as long as it has been at<br />
least three years since the last Optional Reset. However, we<br />
will only permit an Optional Reset if your account value is<br />
higher than the Benefit Base immediately before the reset.<br />
The reset will:<br />
• Reset your Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and<br />
Benefit Base equal to the account value on the date of<br />
the reset;<br />
• Reset your Annual Benefit Payment equal to the<br />
account value on the date of the reset multiplied by the<br />
GWB Withdrawal Rate; and<br />
• Reset the Principal Guarantee rider charge equal to the<br />
then current level we charge for the same rider at the<br />
time of the reset, up to the maximum charge of 1.00%.<br />
An Optional Reset can also result in an increase of the<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Principal<br />
Guarantee rider charge. If you elect an Optional Reset<br />
when the account value before the reset is less than the<br />
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, you would lock in a<br />
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