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Variable Annuity Account B of Voya Retirement Insurance & Annuity Co, et al. – ‘40-OIP/A’ on 10/27/14

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          Security Life Separate Account S-A1
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          Security Life Separate Account A1
          Separate Account B of Voya Insurance & Annuity Co
          Separate Account Eq of Voya Insurance & Annuity Co

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File No. 812-14302 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20459
 
          
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER OF APPROVAL PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 26(c) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT B OF VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY 
COMPANY 
VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT I OF VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY 
COMPANY 
 
VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
SEPARATE ACCOUNT B OF VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
SEPARATE ACCOUNT EQ OF VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
 
RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 
RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK SEPARATE ACCOUNT NY-B 
 
SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY 
SECURITY LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT A1 
SECURITY LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT S-A1 
 
 
VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC. 
 
                  
Communications, Notice, and Order to:
 
J. Neil McMurdie
Senior Counsel
Voya Financial Legal Services
One Orange Way, C2N
Windsor, CT 06095
1-860-580-2824
 
October 27, 2014
 
 
 
 
Exhibit Index on Page: 70 
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA     
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
               
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VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY  )   
VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT B OF VOYA  )   
RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY  )   
VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT I OF VOYA RETIREMENT   
INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY  )   
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VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY  )  RESTATED APPLICATION 
SEPARATE ACCOUNT B OF VOYA INSURANCE AND  )  FOR AN ORDER OF 
ANNUITY COMPANY  )  APPROVAL PURSUANT 
SEPARATE ACCOUNT EQ OF VOYA INSURANCE AND  )  TO SECTION 26(c) OF THE 
ANNUITY COMPANY  )  INVESTMENT COMPANY 
RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK  )  ACT OF 1940 
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I - THE APPLICATION
 
  Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company, Voya Insurance and Annuity 
Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York, and Security Life of Denver 
Insurance Company (each a “Company” and together, the “Companies”), Variable Annuity 
Account B of Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company, Variable Annuity Account I of 
Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company, Separate Account B of Voya Insurance and 
Annuity Company, Separate Account EQ of Voya Insurance and Annuity Company, ReliaStar 
Life Insurance Company of New York Separate Account NY-B, Security Life Separate Account 
A1, Security Life Separate Account S-A1 (each, an “Account” and together, the “Accounts”) and 
Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc., hereby submit this first amended and restated Application for an 
order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to Section 
26(c), formerly Section (b), of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 
Act”). The Companies, the Accounts and Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc. are collectively referred 
to herein as the “Applicants.”   
 
  The Applicants seek an order from the Commission permitting the substitution of 
securities issued by certain registered investment companies held by the Accounts, which 
securities support certain in force variable annuity contracts (collectively, the “Contracts”) issued 
by the Companies (the “Substitutions”). More particularly, the Applicants propose to substitute 
shares of certain series of Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc. (the “Replacement Funds”) for shares of 
certain registered investment companies currently held by subaccounts of the Accounts (the 
“Existing Funds”) as follows:
              
  Existing Fund  Replacement Fund 
1  ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
  Portfolio – Class I  Portfolio – Class I 
2  Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio –  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
   Initial Class  Portfolio – Class I 
         
   Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio –  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
  Service 2 Class  Portfolio – Class S 
3  Invesco VI Core Equity Fund – Class I  Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio – 
      Class S 
4  Invesco VI American Franchise Fund –  Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index 
  Class I  Portfolio – Class S 
5  Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio –  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
  Class II  Portfolio – Class S 
 
 
II - GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICANTS, THE FUNDS
AND THE CONTRACTS
 
A.  The Companies. Each of the Companies is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of 
Voya Financial, Inc. (“VoyaTM ”), which until April 7, 2014, was known as ING U.S., Inc. In 
May, 2013, the common stock of Voya began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under 
the symbol “VOYA” and Voya completed its initial public offering of common stock. Voya is 
an affiliate of ING Groep N.V. (“ING”), a global financial institution active in the fields of 
 
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insurance, banking and asset management. In 2009 ING announced the anticipated separation of 
its global banking and insurance businesses, including the divestiture of Voya, which together 
with its subsidiaries, including the Companies, constitute ING’s U.S.-based retirement, 
investment management and insurance operations. As of September 9, 2014, ING’s ownership of 
Voya was approximately 32%. Under an agreement with the European Commission, ING is 
required to divest itself of 100% of Voya by the end of 2016. 
 
1.  Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (“Voya Retirement”). Voya 
Retirement is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of 
Connecticut in 1976 as Forward Life Insurance Company. Prior to September 1, 2014, Voya 
Retirement was known as ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company. Through a December 31, 
1976 merger, Voya Retirement’s operations include the business of Aetna Variable Annuity Life 
Insurance Company (formerly known as Participating Annuity Life Insurance Company). Prior 
to May 1, 2002, Voya Retirement was known as Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company 
(“Aetna”). Through a December 31, 2005 merger, Voya Retirement’s operations include the 
business of ING Insurance Company of America (“ING America”). Voya Retirement is 
principally engaged in the business of issuing annuities. 
 
Voya Retirement is the depositor of Variable Annuity Account B and Variable Annuity 
Account I, separate accounts that are registered with the Commission as unit investment trusts. 
 
2.  Voya Insurance and Annuity Company (“Voya Insurance”). Voya Insurance is 
an Iowa stock life insurance company which was originally organized in 1973 under the 
insurance laws of Minnesota. Prior to September 1, 2014, Voya Insurance was known as ING 
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company. Prior to January 1, 2004, Voya Insurance was 
known as Golden American Life Insurance Company (“Golden”). Through January 1, 2004 
mergers, Voya Insurance’s operations include the business of Equitable Life Insurance Company 
of Iowa (“Equitable Life”), United Life and Annuity Insurance Company (“United Life and 
Annuity”), and USG Annuity and Life Company. Voya Insurance is principally engaged in the 
business of issuing annuities. 
 
Voya Insurance is the depositor of Separate Account B and Separate Account EQ, 
separate accounts that are registered with the Commission as unit investment trusts. 
 
3.  ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York (“ReliaStar NY”). ReliaStar 
NY is a stock life insurance company which was incorporated under the laws of the State of New 
York in 1917. Through an April 1, 2002 merger, ReliaStar NY’s operations include the business 
of First Golden American Life Insurance Company of New York (“First Golden”). ReliaStar NY 
is principally engaged in the business of issuing life insurance and annuities. 
 
ReliaStar NY is the depositor of Separate Account NY-B, a separate account that is 
registered with the Commission as a unit investment trust. 
 
4.  Security Life of Denver Insurance Company (“Security Life”). Security Life is 
a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Colorado in 1929. 
Through an October 1, 2004 merger, Security Life’s operations include the business of 
Southland Life Insurance Company (“Southland”). Security Life is principally engaged in the 
business of issuing life insurance and annuities. 
 
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  Security Life is the depositor of Security Life Separate Account A1 and Security Life 
Separate Account S-A1, separate accounts that are registered with the Commission as a unit 
investment trusts. 
 
B.  The Accounts. Each of the Accounts is a segregated asset account of the Company that 
is the depositor of such Account, and is registered under the 1940 Act as a unit investment trust. 
Each of the respective Accounts is used by the Company of which it is a part to support the 
Contracts that it issues. The following Accounts support Contracts that will be affected by the 
Substitutions.1 
 
  1.  Variable Annuity Account B of Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity 
Company (“Voya Retirement B”). Voya Retirement B (File No. 811-02512) was established by 
Aetna in 1976 as a continuation of the separate account established in 1974 in accordance with 
the laws of the State of Arkansas by Aetna Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company to support 
certain Contracts. Contracts described in the following registration statements will be affected 
by the Substitutions (File Nos. 033-34370 and 333-56297). 
 
  2.  Variable Annuity Account I of Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity 
Company (“Voya Retirement I”). Voya Retirement I (formerly ING Variable Annuity Account 
I of ING Insurance Company of America) (File No. 811-08582) was established by ING 
America (then known as Aetna Insurance Company of America) in 1994 in accordance with the 
laws of the State of Connecticut to support the certain Contracts. The Contract described in the 
following registration statement will be affected by the Substitutions (File Nos. 333-130825). 
 
  3.  Separate Account B of Voya Insurance and Annuity Company (“Voya 
Insurance B”). Voya Insurance B (File No. 811-05626) was established by Golden in 1988 in 
accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota to support certain Contracts. Contracts 
described in the following registration statements will be affected by the Substitutions (File Nos. 
333-133944, 333-101481, 333-70600, 333-57218, 333-33914, 333-30180, 333-28769, 333- 
28755, 333-28679, 033-59261, 333-63692, 333-90516, 333-66757 and 033-23351). 
 
  4.  Separate Account EQ of Voya Insurance and Annuity Company (“Voya 
Insurance EQ”). Voya Insurance EQ (formerly Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa 
Separate Account A) (File No. 811-08524) was established by Equitable Life in 1988 in 
accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa to support certain Contracts. The Contract 
described in the following registration statement will be affected by the Substitutions (File No. 
333-111686). 
 
  5.  ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York Separate Account NY-B 
(“ReliaStar NY-B”). ReliaStar NY-B (formerly Separate Account NY-B of First Golden 
American Life Insurance Company of New York) (File No. 811-07935) was established by First 
Golden in 1996 in accordance with the laws of the State of New York to support certain 
Contracts. Contracts described in the following registration statements will be affected by the 
Substitutions (File Nos. 333-85618, 333-139695, 333-115515 and 333-85326). 
 
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1 Separate accounts that support variable annuity contracts that will not be affected by the Substitution are not 
   identified herein. 
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  6.  Security Life Separate Account A1 (“Security Life A1”). Security Life A1 (File 
No. 811-08196) was established by Security Life in 1993 in accordance with the laws of the 
State of Colorado to support certain Contracts. The Contract described in the following 
registration statement will be affected by the Substitutions (File No. 033-78444). 
 
  7.  Security Life Separate Account S-A1 (“Security Life S-A1”). Security Life S- 
A1 (formerly Southland Separate Account A1) (File No. 811-08976) was originally established 
by Southland in 1994 in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas to support certain 
Contracts. The Contract described in the following registration statement will be affected by the 
Substitutions (File No. 333-119439). 
 
  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate by reference each 
of the above-referenced files to the extent necessary to support and supplement the descriptions 
and representations set out in this Application. 
 
  Each Account is administered and accounted for as part of the general business of the 
Company of which it is a part. The assets of each Account attributable to the Contracts issued 
through it are owned by each Company but are held separately from all other assets of that 
Company for the benefit of the owners of, and persons entitled to benefits under such Contracts. 
Pursuant to applicable state insurance law and to the extent provided in the Contracts, such assets 
are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business that each Company may 
conduct. Income, if any, gains and losses, realized or unrealized, from each Account are credited 
to or charged against the assets of that Account without regard to other income, gains or losses of 
its Company or any of its other segregated asset accounts. Each Account is a “separate account” 
as defined by Rule 0-1(e) under the 1940 Act. 
 
  Each Account is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests exclusively in shares of 
one registered open-end management investment company portfolio, which include the Existing 
Funds or another registered open-end management investment company. Each registered open- 
end management investment company portfolio has its own distinct investment objective(s) and 
policies. Income, gains and losses, realized or unrealized, of a portfolio are credited to or 
charged against the corresponding subaccount of each Account without regard to any other 
income, gains or losses of the applicable Company. To the extent provided in the Contracts, 
assets equal to the reserves and other contract liabilities with respect to an Account are not 
chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business of the Company that is the depositor 
of the Account. 
 
  Each of the prospectuses for the Contracts discloses that the issuing Company reserves 
the right, subject to Commission approval and compliance with applicable law, to substitute 
shares of another registered open-end management investment company for shares of a 
registered open-end management investment company held by a subaccount of an Account 
whenever the Company, in its judgment, determines that a portfolio no longer suits the purpose 
of the Contract. 
 
C.  The Replacement Funds. The Replacement Funds are series of Voya Variable 
Portfolios, Inc. Effective May 1, 2014, Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc. changed its name from 
ING Variable Portfolios, Inc. in relation to the overall rebranding of Voya and its subsidiaries 
mentioned above. More information about each Replacement Fund’s fees and expenses, 
 
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investment objective and policies and historical performance can be found in the Section IV B. 
below.   
 
  Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc. (“Voya Variable Portfolios”). Voya Variable 
Portfolios, formerly known as Aetna Variable Portfolios, Inc., was organized as a Maryland 
Corporation in 1996. Voya Variable Portfolios is registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end 
management investment company (File No. 811-05173). It is a series registered open-end 
management investment company as defined by Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act, and a separate 
series of shares of beneficial interest is issued in connection with each series. Each series is 
currently offered by prospectuses dated May 1, 2014. Voya Variable Portfolios has registered 
these shares under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A (File No. 333-05173) which was 
last updated in an effective amendment to the registration statement filed on April 28, 2014.2 
 
  Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments”), an Arizona limited liability company and 
an SEC registered investment adviser, serves as the investment adviser to each Replacement 
Fund. Voya Investments maintains its offices at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, 
Arizona 85258. Effective May 1, 2014, Voya Investments changed its name from ING 
Investments, LLC in relation to the overall rebranding of Voya and its subsidiaries mentioned 
above.   
 
  Voya Investments, subject to the direction of Voya Variable Portfolios Board of 
Directors (the “Board”), has overall responsibility for the management of each Replacement 
Fund. Voya Investments provides or oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management 
services for each Replacement Fund and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the 
general day-to-day business activities and operations of each Replacement Fund, including 
custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related 
services. Voya Investments delegates to a sub-adviser the responsibility for day-to-day 
management of the investments of each Replacement Fund, subject to the Voya Investment’s 
oversight. Voya Investments also recommends the appointment of additional or replacement 
sub-advisers to the Board.   
 
  For its services, Voya Investments receives advisory fees from each Replacement Fund. 
This fee is calculated for each series based on a percentage of its average net assets. From this 
advisory fee Voya Investments pays the fees of all subadvisers. 
 
  The following series of Voya Variable Portfolios will be used as Replacement Funds: 
 
  a.  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class I3 
  b.  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class S3 
  c.  Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio – Class I3 
  d.  Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio – Class I3 
 
 
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2  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate this file by reference to the extent 
  necessary to support and supplement the descriptions and representations set out in this Application. 
3  As part of the overall rebranding of Voya and its subsidiaries, effective May 1, 2014, the Voya Russell Large 
  Cap Value Index Portfolio, the Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio and the Voya Russell Large Cap Growth 
  Index Portfolio changed names from the ING Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio, the ING Russell Large 
  Cap Index Portfolio and the ING Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio, respectively. 
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D.  The Existing Funds. The funds to be replaced with a Replacement Fund are listed 
below. More information about the Existing Funds’ fees and expenses, investment objective and 
policies and historical performance can be found in the Section IV B. below. 
 
  1.  Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust. The Legg Mason Partners 
Variable Equity Trust is organized as a Maryland statutory trust and registered under the 1940 
Act as a registered open-end management investment company (File No. 811-22128). It is a 
series registered open-end management investment company as defined by Rule 18f-2 under the 
1940 Act, and a separate series of shares of beneficial interest is issued in connection with each 
series. One such series, the ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio is currently offered 
by prospectus dated May 1, 2014. The Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust is registered 
under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A (File No. 333-91278), which was last updated in 
an effective amendment to the registration statement filed on April 21, 2014.4 
 
  Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the investment manager for the 
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio. LMPFA is an investment adviser registered 
under the Advisers Act and maintains its offices at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 
10018. LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the ClearBridge 
Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio. 
 
  ClearBridge Investments, LLC (“ClearBridge”), an affiliate of LMPFA, provides the day- 
to-day portfolio management of the ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio, except for 
the management of cash and short-term instruments. ClearBridge is an investment adviser 
registered under the Advisers Act. 
 
  Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) manages the ClearBridge 
Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio’s cash and short-term instruments. Western Asset is an 
affiliate of LMPFA and ClearBridge and an investment adviser registered under the Advisers 
Act.   
 
  The ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio is designated as an Existing Fund in 
this Application. 
 
  2.  Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund. The Variable Insurance Products 
Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the 1940 Act as an 
open-end management investment company (File No. 811-03329). It is a series registered open- 
end management investment company as defined by Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act, and a 
separate series of shares of beneficial interest is issued in connection with each series. Each 
series is currently offered by prospectus dated April 30, 2014. The Variable Insurance Products 
Fund is registered under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A (File No. 002-75010) which 
was last updated in effective amendments to the registration statements filed on April 21, 2014.5 
 
  Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) serves as the investment adviser 
for each of the Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds. FMR has overall responsibility for 
directing each Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund’s investments and is an investment 
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4  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate this file by reference to the extent 
  necessary to support and supplement the descriptions and representations set out in this Application. 
5  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate this file by reference to the extent 
  necessary to support and supplement the descriptions and representations set out in this Application. 
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adviser registered under the Advisers Act. FMR maintains its offices at One Federal Street, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02110. 
 
  FMR Co., Inc. (“FMRC”) serves as the sub-adviser for the Fidelity VIP Equity-Income 
Portfolio, with day-to-day responsibility for choosing investments for the Fidelity VIP Equity- 
Income Portfolio. FMRC is an affiliate of FMR and an investment adviser registered under the 
Advisers Act. 
 
  The Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio is designated as an Existing Fund in this 
Application. 
 
  3.  Invesco Variable Insurance Funds. Invesco Variable Insurance Funds is a 
Delaware statutory trust and registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management 
investment company (File No. 811-07452). It is a series registered open-end management 
investment company as defined by Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act, and a separate series of shares 
of beneficial interest is issued in connection with each series. Each affected series is currently 
offered by prospectus dated April 30, 2014. The Invesco Variable insurance Funds is registered 
under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A (File No. 033-57340) which was last updated in 
an effective amendment to the registration statement filed on April 24, 2014. 6 
 
  Invesco Advisers, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for each series of the Invesco 
Variable Insurance Funds. Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser registered under the 
Advisers Act and maintains its offices at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. 
 
  The Invesco VI Core Equity Fund and the Invesco VI American Franchise Fund are 
designated as Existing Funds in this Application. 
 
  4.  Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust. The Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust is 
organized as a Massachusetts trust and registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end 
management investment company (File No. 811-08786). It is a series registered open-end 
management investment company as defined by Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act, and a separate 
series of shares of beneficial interest is issued in connection with each series. Each affected 
series is currently offered by prospectus dated May 1, 2014. The Pioneer Variable Contracts 
Trust is registered under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A (File No. 033-84546) which 
was last updated in an effective amendment to the registration statement filed on April 30, 2014. 
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  Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for each series of 
the Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust. Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. is an investment 
adviser registered under the Advisers Act and maintains its offices at 60 State Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02109. 
 
  The Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio is designated as an Existing Fund in this 
Application. 
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6  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate this file by reference to the extent 
  necessary to support and supplement the descriptions and representations set out in this Application. 
7  Applicants, as authorized by Rule 0-4 under the 1940 Act, incorporate this file by reference to the extent 
  necessary to support and supplement the descriptions and representations set out in this Application. 
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E.  The Contracts. The terms and conditions, including charges and expenses, applicable to 
each Contract are described in the registration statements filed with the SEC for each.8 The 
Contracts are issued as individual variable annuity contracts. As each Contract is structured, 
owners of the Contract (each a “Contract Owner”) may select one or more of the investment 
options available under the Contract by allocating premiums and transferring account value to 
that subaccount of the relevant Account that corresponds to the investment option desired. 
Thereafter, the account value of the Contract Owner will vary based on the investment 
experience of the selected subaccount(s). Generally, a Contract Owner may, during the life of 
each Contract, make unlimited transfers of account values among the subaccounts available 
under the Contract, subject to any administrative and/or transfer fees applicable under the 
Contracts and any limits related to frequent or disruptive transfers.     
 
III - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTIONS
AND THE RELIEF REQUESTED
 
A.  Summary of the Proposed Substitutions. Subject to the approval of the Commission 
under Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act, Applicants propose, as set forth in the following chart, to 
substitute shares of the Replacement Funds for those of the Existing Funds and transfer cash to 
the Replacement Funds.
        
  Existing Fund  Replacement Fund  Accounts Holding      Existing 
      Fund Assets   
1  ClearBridge Variable Large  Voya Russell Large Cap  Voya Insurance B, Voya 
  Cap Value Portfolio – Class I  Value Index Portfolio –  Insurance EQ, ReliaStar NY- 
    Class I  B   
2  Fidelity VIP Equity-Income  Voya Russell Large Cap  Voya Insurance B, Voya 
  Portfolio – Initial Class  Value Index Portfolio –  Insurance EQ, ReliaStar NY- 
    Class I  B, Voya Retirement B, Voya 
      Retirement I, Security Life 
  Fidelity VIP Equity-Income  Voya Russell Large Cap  S-A1   
  Portfolio – Service 2 Class  Value Index Portfolio –     
    Class S     
3  Invesco VI Core Equity Fund  Voya Russell Large Cap  Security Life A1, Security 
  – Class I  Index Portfolio – Class S  Life S-A1   
4  Invesco VI American  Voya Russell Large Cap  Voya Insurance B, ReliaStar 
  Franchise Fund – Class I  Growth Index Portfolio –  NY-B   
    Class S     
5  Pioneer Equity Income VCT  Voya Russell Large Cap  Voya Insurance B, ReliaStar 
  Portfolio – Class II  Value Index Portfolio –  NY-B   
    Class S     
 
  No brokerage commissions, fees or other remuneration will be paid by any Existing 
Fund, Replacement Fund or any Contract Owner in connection with the Substitutions. 
 
  With respect to the Existing Funds, the Applicants have determined that the investment 
objectives and the investment policies of the Replacement Funds are similar to those of the 
corresponding Existing Funds, or each Replacement Fund’s underlying portfolio construction 
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8  See Section II. B. above.       
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and investment results are similar to those of the Existing Fund, and therefore the fundamental 
objectives, risk and performance expectations of those Contract Owners with interests in 
subaccounts of the Existing Funds (individually, an “Affected Contract Owner” and, collectively, 
“Affected Contract Owners”) will continue to be met after the Substitutions. 
 
  Additionally, as is detailed below, the overall expenses of the Replacement Funds are less 
than those of the corresponding Existing Funds. Applicants believe that, because the 
Replacement Funds will be offered over a substantially larger asset base than the Existing 
Funds, there is a potential that Affected Contract Owners will, over time, realize the benefits 
from additional economies of scale with respect to the advisory fees. 
 
B.  Purposes of the Proposed Substitutions. The principal purposes of the Substitutions 
are as follows: 
 
  1.  Implement Business Plan. The Substitutions are another step in the Companies’ 
overall business plan to make the Contracts more competitive (and thus more attractive to 
customers) and more efficient to administer and oversee. This plan involves providing funds 
available through the Contracts that meet certain performance, risk and pricing guidelines. 
 
  2.  Influence. The Substitutions will replace unaffiliated funds with funds that are 
advised and sub-advised by affiliates of the Companies. Additionally, the Replacement Funds 
will only be available through variable insurance products offered by the Companies or their 
affiliated insurance companies. Consequently, the Board of the Replacement Funds has greater 
sensitivity to the needs of Contract Owners. The Substitutions will provide the Companies with 
more influence over the administrative aspects of the funds offered through the Contracts. 
 
  Influence is important because changes to the funds offered through the Contracts often 
result in costly, off-cycle communications and mailing to Contract Owners. These changes may 
include changes in fund management, changes in investment style and/or policies and changes 
resulting from economic conditions or regulatory events. Currently, if the Companies or their 
Contract Owners object to any such changes, the only recourse the Companies have is to propose 
substitution of another fund. Substitutions involve extensive review, regulatory approvals and 
significant time and expense. For affiliated funds, there is greater influence over the pace and 
timing of such changes. Additionally, issues involving poor performance, the inability of the 
sub-adviser to properly manage the fund’s assets and other matters affecting the qualification of 
a fund’s sub-adviser may be solved by the adviser removing the sub-adviser. Under the manager- 
of-managers exemptive relief granted to the certain ING fund families and relied upon by Voya 
Variable Portfolios, Inc.,9 a vote of the shareholders is not necessary to change a sub-adviser, 
except for changes involving certain affiliated sub-advisers. Notwithstanding, after the Effective 
Date of the Substitutions the Applicants agree not to change a Replacement Fund’s sub-adviser 
without first obtaining shareholder approval of either (1) the sub-adviser change or (2) the parties 
continued ability to rely on their manager-of-managers relief. 
 
  The Companies believe that the Substitutions will enable them to exercise more influence 
over the management and administration of the funds offered through their Contracts, thereby 
reducing costs and customer confusion. The added influence will give each Company the ability 
 
_______________________ 
9 Investment Company Act of 1940 Release No. 30603 (July 22, 2013). 
 
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to react more quickly to the changes and problems it encounters in its oversight of the funds 
which are available in its Contracts. 
 
  3.  Reduction of Costs. The replacement of the Existing Funds, which are managed 
by unaffiliated investment advisers, with the Replacement Funds which are managed by 
affiliated investment advisers will allow the Companies to reduce costs by consolidating 
administration of the Replacement Funds with its other funds. Changes by the Existing Funds 
now come unexpectedly and may require product amendments, regulatory filings and/or 
immediate notification to Contract Owners. Such changes can be better planned or anticipated 
for the Replacement Funds so that costs are reduced by including the changes with other routine 
regulatory filings and mailings regularly sent to Contract Owners. 
 
  4.  Due Diligence. The Companies have an on-going fund due diligence process 
through which they select, evaluate and monitor the funds available through the Contracts. This 
process contributes to the Companies’ ability to offer competitive products and services and 
assist their customers in meeting their financial goals. The Substitutions will allow the 
Companies to respond to expense, performance and management matters that they have 
identified in their due diligence review of the funds available through the Contracts. 
 
C.  Implementation. Applicants will affect the Substitutions as soon as practicable 
following the issuance of the requested order. As of the effective date of the Substitutions 
(“Effective Date”), shares of the Existing Funds will be redeemed for cash. The Companies, on 
behalf of each Existing Fund subaccount of each relevant Account, will simultaneously place a 
redemption request with each Existing Fund and a purchase order with the corresponding 
Replacement Fund so that the purchase of Replacement Fund shares will be for the exact amount 
of the redemption proceeds. Thus, Contract values will remain fully invested at all times. The 
proceeds of such redemptions will then be used to purchase the appropriate number of shares of 
the applicable Replacement Fund. 
 
  The Substitutions will take place at relative net asset value (in accordance with Rule 22c- 
1 under the 1940 Act) with no change in the amount of any Affected Contract Owner’s contract 
value, cash value, accumulation value, account value or death benefit or in dollar value of his or 
her investment in the applicable Accounts. No brokerage commissions, fees or other 
remuneration will be paid by either the Existing Funds or the Replacement Funds or by Affected 
Contract Owners in connection with the Substitutions. The transaction comprising the 
Substitutions will be consistent with the policies of each registered open-end management 
investment company involved and with the general purposes of the 1940 Act. 
 
  Affected Contract Owners will not incur any fees or charges as a result of the 
Substitutions nor will their rights or the Companies’ obligations under the Contracts be altered in 
any way. The Companies or their affiliates will pay all expenses and transaction costs of the 
Substitutions, including legal and accounting expenses, any applicable brokerage expenses, and 
other fees and expenses. In addition, the Substitutions will not impose any tax liability on 
Affected Contract Owners. The Substitutions will not cause the Contract fees and charges 
currently being paid by Affected Contract Owners to be greater after the Substitutions than before 
the Substitutions. Also, as described more fully below, after notification of the Substitutions and 
for 30 days after the Effective Date, Affected Contract Owners may reallocate the subaccount 
value of the Existing Funds to any other investment option available under their Contract without 
incurring any administrative costs or allocation (transfer) charges. 
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  All Affected Contract Owners were notified of this Application by means of supplements 
to the Contract prospectuses shortly after the date the Application was first filed with the 
Commission. Among other information regarding the Substitutions, the supplements will inform 
Affected Contract Owners that beginning on the date of the supplements the Companies will not 
exercise any rights reserved by them under the Contracts to impose restrictions or fees on 
transfers from an Existing Fund (other than restrictions related to frequent or disruptive transfers) 
until at least 30 days after the Effective Date of the Substitutions. Following the date the order 
requested by this Application is issued, but before the Effective Date, Affected Contract Owners 
will receive a second supplement to the Contract prospectuses setting forth the Effective Date 
and advising Affected Contract Owners of their right, if they so choose, at any time prior to the 
Effective Date, to reallocate or withdraw accumulated value in the Existing Fund subaccounts 
under their Contracts or otherwise terminate their interest therein in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of their Contracts. If Affected Contract Owners reallocate account value prior to 
the Effective Date or within 30 days after the Effective Date, there will be no charge for the 
reallocation of accumulated value from the Existing Fund subaccounts and the reallocation will 
not count as a transfer when imposing any applicable restriction or limit under the Contract on 
transfers. The Companies will not exercise any right they may have under the Contracts to 
impose additional restrictions or fees on transfers from an Existing Fund under the Contracts 
(other than restrictions related to frequent or disruptive transfers) for a period of at least 30 days 
following the Effective Date of the Substitutions. Additionally, all Affected Contract Owners 
will be sent prospectuses of the applicable Replacement Funds before the Effective Date. 
 
  Within five (5) business days after the Effective Date, Affected Contract Owners will be 
sent a written confirmation (“Post-Substitution Confirmation”) indicating that shares of the 
Existing Funds have been redeemed and that the shares of the corresponding Replacement Fund 
have been substituted. The Post-Substitution Confirmation will show how the allocation of the 
Contract Owner’s account value before and immediately following the Substitutions have 
changed as a result of the Substitutions and detail the transactions effected on behalf of the 
respective Affected Contract Owner because of the Substitutions. 
 
D.  Relief Requested. Applicants request that the Commission issue an order pursuant to 
Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act approving the Substitutions. 
 
  IV - APPLICANTS’ ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST FOR AN ORDER 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 26(c) OF THE 1940 ACT
 
A.  Relevant Statutory Provisions. Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act prohibits any depositor or 
trustee of a unit investment trust that invests exclusively in the securities of a single issuer from 
substituting the securities of another issuer without the approval of the Commission. Section 
26(c) provides that such approval shall be granted by order of the Commission, if the evidence 
establishes that the substitution is consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes 
fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. 
 
  Section 26(c) was added to the 1940 Act by the Investment Company Amendments Act 
of 1970 then as Section 26(b). Prior to enactment of the 1970 amendments, a depositor of a unit 
investment trust could substitute new securities for those held by the trust by notifying the trust’s 
security holders of the substitution within five days of the substitution. In 1966, the 
Commission, concerned with the high sales charges then common to most unit investment trusts 
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and the disadvantageous position in which such charges placed investors who did not want to 
remain invested in the substituted fund,10 recommended that Section 26 be amended to require 
that a proposed substitution of the underlying investments of a trust receive prior Commission 
approval.11 
 
  Congress responded to the Commission’s concerns by enacting Section 26(b) to require 
that the Commission approve all substitutions by the depositor of investments held by unit 
investment trusts. The Senate Report on the bill explained the purpose of the amendment as 
follows: 
 
  The proposed amendment recognizes that in case of the unit investment trust 
  holding the securities of a single issuer notification to shareholders does not 
  provide adequate protection since the only relief available to shareholders, if 
  dissatisfied, would be to redeem their shares. A shareholder who redeems and 
  reinvests the proceeds in another unit investment trust or in an open-end company 
  would under most circumstances be subject to a new sales load. The proposed 
  amendment would close this gap in shareholder protection by providing for 
  Commission approval of the substitution. The Commission would be required to 
  issue an order approving the substitution if it finds the substitution consistent with 
  the protection of investors and provisions of the 1940 Act.12 
 
  The substitution of shares held by each Account, as described above, appears to involve a 
substitution of securities within the meaning of Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act.13 Applicants 
therefore request an order from the Commission pursuant to Section 26(c) approving the 
Substitutions. 
 
B.  Comparison of Fees and Expenses, Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks, 
Expense Ratios and Total Return. At the time of the Substitutions the overall fees and 
expenses of the Replacement Funds will be less than those assessed by the Existing Funds.14 
 
_________________________ 
10  In the years leading up to its 1966 recommendation, the Commission took the position that the substitution of 
  portfolio securities of a unit investment trust constituted an offer of exchange under Section 11 of the 1940 Act 
  requiring prior Commission approval. The Commission proposed Section 26(b) in order to specifically address 
  substitutions by unit investment trusts that previously had been scrutinized under Section 11 of the 1940 Act. 
  See House Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Report on the Securities and Exchange Commission on 
  Public Policy Implications of Investment Company Growth, H.R. Rep. No. 2337, 89th Cong., 2d Sess. 337 
  (1966). 
11  See id. 
12  S. Rep. No. 184, 91st Cong. 1st Sess. 41 (1969), reprinted in 1970 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News 4897, 4936 
  (1970). 
13  While Section 26(b), by its terms, applies only to a unit investment trust holding the securities of one issuer, the 
  Commission has interpreted Section 26(b) to apply to “a substitution of securities in any subaccount of a 
  registered separate account.” Adoption of Permanent Exemptions from Certain Provisions of the Investment 
  Company Act of 1940 for Registered Separate Accounts and Other Persons, Investment Company Act Rel. No. 
  12678 (Sept. 21, 1982) (emphasis added). 
14  For two years following the implementation of the Substitution described herein, the net annual expenses of each 
  Replacement Fund will not exceed the net annual expenses of each corresponding Existing Fund as of August 
  31, 2014. To achieve this limitation, the Replacement Funds’ investment adviser will waive fees or reimburse 
  the Replacement Fund in certain amounts to maintain expenses at or below the limit. In addition, the Companies 
  will not increase the Contract fees and charges, including the asset based charges such as mortality and expense 
  risk charges deducted from the subaccounts, which would otherwise be assessed under the terms of the Contracts 
  for a period of at least two years following the Substitution. 
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  Furthermore, each Replacement Fund has investment objectives and investment strategies 
that are similar to those of the corresponding Existing Fund, or each Replacement Fund’s 
underlying portfolio construction and investment results are similar to those of the corresponding 
Existing Fund. Accordingly, the Applicants believe that the fundamental investment objectives, 
risk and performance expectations of the Affected Contract Owners will continue to be met after 
the Substitutions. 
 
          Applicants generally submit that the Substitutions meet the standards that the 
Commission and its staff have applied to similar substitutions that have been approved in the 
past.15 
 
Comparative information regarding fees and expenses (including management fee breakpoints),16 
investment objectives and strategies, expense ratios and total return for the proposed 
Substitutions is as follows. 
 
 

 

 

 

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15  See, e.g. Lincoln National Life Company, et al., (File No. 812-14063), Investment Company Act Release No. 
  30517 (May 14, 2013)(Order); AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, et al., (File No. 812-14036), Investment 
  Company Act Release No. 30405 (February 26, 2013)(Order); New York Life Insurance and Annuity 
  Corporation, et al., (File No. 812-13903), Investment Company Act Release No. 29947 (February 14, 
  2012)(Order); Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., (File No. 812-13821), Investment 
  Company Act Release No. 29716 (July 6, 2011)(Order); AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, et al., (File 
  No. 812-13686), Investment Company Act Release No. 29372 (July 29, 2010)(Order); Nationwide Life 
  Insurance Company, et al., (File No. 812-13495), Investment Company Act Release No 28815 (July 8, 
  2009)(Order); Riversource Life Insurance Company, et al., (File No. 812-13492), Investment Company Act 
  Release No. 28575 (December 30, 2008)(Order); ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, et al., (File 
  No. 812-13466), Investment Company Act Release No. 28285 (May 23, 2008) (Order); ING Life Insurance and 
  Annuity Company, et al., (File No. 812-13361), Investment Company Act Release No. 27885 (July 16, 2007) 
  (Order); ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company, et al., (File No. 812-13260), Investment Company Act 
  Release No. 27445 (August 15, 2006) (Order); ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, et al., (File No. 
  812-13148), Investment Company Act Release No. 27052 (August 30, 2005) (Order); ING Life Insurance and 
  Annuity Company, et al., (File No. 812-13101), Investment Company Act Release No. 26711 (December 20, 
  2004) (Order); Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, et al., (File No. 812-11010), Investment Company 
  Act Release No. 23291 (June 29, 1998) (Order). 
16  The tables show the operating expenses for the Replacement Fund and the Existing Fund as a ratio of expenses 
  to average daily net assets. The fees and expenses of the Replacement Fund and the Existing Fund are based on 
  net assets as of August 31, 2014. 
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1.  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio for the ClearBridge Variable   
Large Cap Value Portfolio.               
 
a.  Fees and Expenses. The comparative fees and expenses for each fund in this 
proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows:
       
    Total    Net 
    Management    Distribution  Administrative  Other  Annual  Expense  Annual 
    Fees  (12b-1) Fees  Service Fee  Expenses  Expenses  Waivers  Expenses 
Replacement Fund                 
· Voya Russell Large                 
Cap Value Index                 
Portfolio – Class I  0.45%  None  0.10%  0.04%  0.60%*  0.10%  0.50% 
Existing Fund                 
· ClearBridge Variable                 
Large Cap Value                 
Portfolio – Class I  0.65%  None  None  0.08%  0.73%  None  0.73% 
        *Includes 0.01% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 
 
b. Breakpoint Information. The comparative management fee breakpoint   
information for each fund in this proposed substitution is as follows:
      
Existing Fund      Replacement Fund       
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index   
Portfolio        Portfolio           
Total Net Expenses: 0.73% - Class I    Total Net Expenses: 0.50% - Class I   
 
Management Fee: 0.65%      Management Fee: 0.45%     
 
Management Fee Breakpoints    Management Fee Breakpoints     
0.65%  First $350 million    0.45%  First $250 million   
0.55%  Next $150 million    0.35%  Next $250 million   
0.525%  Next $250 million    0.30%  Thereafter     
0.50%  Next $250 million                
0.45%  Over $1 billion                 
 
 
 
c.  Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks.
           
Existing Fund Replacement Fund
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index   
Portfolio        Portfolio           
 
Investment Objective –      Investment Objective –     
The fund seeks long-term growth of capital as its  The Portfolio seeks investment results (before 
primary investment objective. Current income is  fees and expenses) that correspond to the total 
a secondary objective.      return (which includes capital appreciation and 
        income) of the Russell Top 200® Value Index 
 
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  (“Index”). 
Principal Investment Strategies   Principal Investment Strategies  
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at  Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio 
least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for  invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
investment purposes, if any, in equity securities,  borrowings for investment purposes) in equity 
or other investments with similar economic  securities of companies, which are at the time of 
characteristics, of companies with large market  purchase, included in the Index; convertible 
capitalizations.  securities that are convertible into stocks 
  included in the Index; other derivatives whose 
  economic returns are, by design, closely 
  equivalent to the returns of the Index or its 
  components; and exchange-traded funds. The 
  Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 
  60 days’ prior notice of any change in this 
  investment policy. Under normal market 
  conditions, the Portfolio invests all, or 
  substantially all of its assets in these securities. 
 
  The Portfolio may invest in other investment 
  companies to the extent permitted under the 
  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
  and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders 
  thereunder (“1940 Act”). 
 
  The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
  common stocks and employs a “passive 
  management” approach designed to track the 
  performance of the Index. 
 
  The Index is an unmanaged index that measures 
  the performance of the especially large cap 
  segment of the U.S. equities universe 
  represented by stocks in the largest 200 by 
  market cap that exhibit value characteristics. The 
  Index includes those Russell Top 200® Index 
  companies that exhibit value characteristics, 
  including lower price-to-book ratios and lower 
  forecasted growth values. As of December 31, 
  2013, the smallest company in the Index had a 
  market capitalization of $3 billion and the largest 
  company had a market capitalization of $500.7 
  billion. As of February 28, 2014, a portion of the 
  Index was concentrated in the financials sector 
  and portions of the Index were focused in the 
  energy sector (including the oil, gas, and 
  consumable fuels industry) and the health care 
  sector. 
 
 
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    The Portfolio may not always hold all of the 
  same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may 
  also invest in stock index futures and other 
  derivatives as a substitute for the sale or 
  purchase of securities in the Index and to provide 
  equity exposure to the Portfolio’s cash position. 
  Although the Portfolio attempts to track, as 
  closely as possible, the performance of the 
  Index, the Portfolio does not always perform 
  exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the 
  Portfolio has operating expenses and transaction 
  costs and therefore has a performance 
  disadvantage versus the Index. 
 
  The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may sell a 
  security when the security’s percentage 
  weighting in the Index is reduced, when the 
  security is removed from the Index, or for other 
  reasons. 
 
  The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a 
  short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1 /3 % of 
  its total assets. 
Principal Risks   Principal Risks  
 
Risk is inherent in all investing. There is no  An investor could lose money on an investment 
assurance that the fund will meet its investment  in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, 
objective. The value of an investment in the  among others, could affect Portfolio 
fund, as well as the amount of return an investor  performance or cause the Portfolio to lose 
receives on their investment, may fluctuate  money or to underperform market averages of 
significantly. An investor may lose part or all of  other funds. 
their investment in the fund or their investment   
may not perform as well as other similar  Company. The price of a given company’s 
investments. The fund may take temporary  stock could decline or underperform for many 
defensive positions; in such a case, the fund will  reasons including, among others, poor 
not be pursuing its principal investment  management, financial problems, or business 
strategies. The following is a summary  challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or 
description of certain risks of investing in the  becomes insolvent, its stock could become 
fund.  worthless. 
 
Stock market and equity securities risk. The  Concentration. To the extent that the 
securities markets are volatile and the market  Portfolio’s index “concentrates,” as that term is 
prices of the fund’s securities may decline  defined in the 1940 Act, in the securities of a 
generally. Securities fluctuate in price based on  particular industry or group of industries or a 
changes in a company’s financial condition and  single country or region, the Portfolio will 
overall market and economic conditions. If the  concentrate its investments to approximately the 
market prices of the securities owned by the fund  same extent as the Index. As a result, the 
fall, the value of an investment in the fund will  Portfolio may be subject to greater market 
 
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decline.  fluctuation than a fund which has securities 
  representing a broader range of investment 
Recent market events risk. The global financial  alternatives. If securities in which the Portfolio 
crisis that began in 2008 has caused a significant  concentrates fall out of favor, the Portfolio could 
decline in the value and liquidity of many  underperform funds that have greater 
securities and unprecedented volatility in the  diversification. 
markets. In response to the crisis, the U.S.   
government and the Federal Reserve, as well as  Convertible Securities. Convertible securities 
certain foreign governments and their central  are securities that are convertible into or 
banks have taken steps to support financial  exercisable for common stocks at a stated price 
markets, including by keeping interest rates at  or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the 
historically low levels. More recently, the  usual risks associated with debt securities, such 
Federal Reserve has reduced its market support  as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, 
activities. Further reduction or withdrawal of this  because convertible securities react to changes in 
support, failure of efforts in response to the  the value of the stocks into which they convert, 
crisis, or investor perception that such efforts are  they are subject to market risk. 
not succeeding could negatively affect financial   
markets generally as well as result in higher  Credit. Prices of bonds and other debt 
interest rates, increase market volatility and  instruments can fall if the issuer’s actual or 
reduce the value and liquidity of certain  perceived financial health deteriorates, whether 
securities.  because of broad economic or issuer-specific 
  reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late 
This environment could make identifying  in paying interest or principal, or could fail to 
investment risks and opportunities especially  pay altogether. 
difficult for the subadviser, and whether or not   
the fund invests in securities of issuers located in  Derivative Instruments. Derivative 
or with significant exposure to countries  instruments are subject to a number of risks, 
experiencing economic and financial difficulties,  including the risk of changes in the market price 
the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments  of the underlying securities, credit risk with 
may be negatively affected. In addition, policy  respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to 
and legislative changes in the United States and  changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The 
in other countries are affecting many aspects of  use of certain derivatives may also have a 
financial regulation. The impact of these changes  leveraging effect which may increase the 
on the markets, and the practical implications for  volatility of the Portfolio and reduce its returns. 
market participants, may not be fully known for  Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the 
some time.  Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. 
  When used for hedging, the change in value of a 
Issuer risk. The value of a security can go up or  derivative may not correlate as expected with the 
down more than the market as a whole and can  currency, security or other risk being hedged. In 
perform differently from the value of the market  addition, given their complexity, derivatives 
as a whole, often due to disappointing earnings  expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper 
reports by the issuer, unsuccessful products or  valuation. 
services, loss of major customers, major   
litigation against the issuer or changes in  Focused Investing. To the extent that the 
government regulations affecting the issuer or  Portfolio invests a substantial portion of its 
the competitive environment. The fund may  assets in a particular industry, sector, market 
experience a substantial or complete loss on an  segment, or geographical area, its investments 
individual security. Historically, the prices of  will be sensitive to developments in that 
 
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securities of small and medium capitalization  industry, sector, market segment, or 
companies have generally gone up or down more  geographical area. The Portfolio assumes the 
than those of large capitalization companies,  risk that changing economic conditions; 
although even large capitalization companies  changing political or regulatory conditions; or 
may fall out of favor with investors.  natural and other disasters affecting the 
  particular industry, sector, market segment, or 
Large capitalization company risk. Large  geographical area in which the Portfolio focuses 
capitalization companies may fall out of favor  its investments could have a significant impact 
with investors.  on its investment performance and could 
  ultimately cause the Portfolio to underperform, 
Liquidity risk. Some assets held by the fund  or be more volatile than, other funds that invest 
may be impossible or difficult to sell,  more broadly. 
particularly during times of market turmoil.   
These illiquid assets may also be difficult to  Index Strategy. The index selected may 
value. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid  underperform the overall market and the 
asset to meet redemption requests or other cash  Portfolio might fail to track its target index. The 
needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a loss.  correlation between the Portfolio and index 
  performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s 
Portfolio selection risk. The value of an  expenses and the timing of purchases and 
investment may decrease if the subadviser’s  redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. The 
judgment about the attractiveness or value of or  Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the 
market trends affecting a particular security,  Index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to 
industry, sector or region, or about market  index securities at any given time may not equal 
movements is incorrect.  100%. 
 
Value investing risk. The value approach to  Interest Rate. With bonds and other fixed rate 
investing involves the risk that stocks may  debt instruments, a rise in interest rates generally 
remain undervalued. Value stocks may  causes values to fall; conversely, values 
underperform the overall equity market while the  generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher 
market concentrates on growth stocks. Although  the credit quality of the instrument, and the 
the fund will not concentrate its investments in  longer its maturity or duration, the more 
any one industry or industry group, it may, like  sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In 
many value funds, weight its investments toward  the case of inverse securities, the interest rate 
certain industries, thus increasing its exposure to  generally will decrease when the market rate of 
factors adversely affecting issuers within those  interest to which the inverse security is indexed 
industries.  increases. As of the date of this Prospectus, 
  interest rates in the United States are at or near 
Risk of increase in expenses. An investor’s  historic lows, which may increase the Portfolio’s 
actual costs of investing in the fund may be  exposure to risks associated with rising interest 
higher than the expenses shown in “Annual fund  rates. Rising interest rates could have 
operating expenses” for a variety of reasons. For  unpredictable effects on the markets and may 
example, expense ratios may be higher than  expose fixed-income and related markets to 
those shown if a fee limitation is changed or  heightened volatility. For fixed-income 
terminated or if average net assets decrease. Net  securities, an increase in interest rates may lead 
assets are more likely to decrease and fund  to increased redemptions and increased portfolio 
expense ratios are more likely to increase when  turnover, which could reduce liquidity for 
markets are volatile.  certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect 
  values, and increase a Portfolio’s costs. If dealer 
 
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                                                                             capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient 
  for market conditions, it may further inhibit 
  liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed 
  income markets. 
 
  Liquidity. If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio 
  might be unable to sell the security at a time 
  when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, 
  and the security could have the effect of 
  decreasing the overall level of the Portfolio’s 
  liquidity. Further, the lack of an established 
  secondary market may make it more difficult to 
  value illiquid securities, which could vary from 
  the amount the Portfolio could realize upon 
  disposition. The Portfolio may make investments 
  that become less liquid in response to market 
  developments or adverse investor perception. 
  The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a 
  security at the time and price that would be most 
  beneficial to the Portfolio. 
 
  Market. Stock prices may be volatile and are 
  affected by the real or perceived impacts of such 
  factors as economic conditions and political 
  events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with 
  periods when stock prices generally rise and 
  periods when stock prices generally decline. Any 
  given stock market segment may remain out of 
  favor with investors for a short or long period of 
  time, and stocks as an asset class may 
  underperform bonds or other asset classes during 
  some periods. Additionally, legislative, 
  regulatory or tax policies or developments in 
  these areas may adversely impact the investment 
  techniques available to a manager, add to 
  Portfolio costs and impair the ability of the 
  Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives. 
 
  Other Investment Companies. The main risk 
  of investing in other investment companies, 
  including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that 
  the value of the securities underlying a registered 
  open-end management investment company 
  might decrease. Because the Portfolio may 
  invest in other investment companies, an 
  investor will pay a proportionate share of the 
  expenses of those other investment companies 
  (including management fees, administration fees, 
 
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and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of 
the Portfolio. 
 
Securities Lending. Securities lending 
involves two primary risks: “investment risk” 
and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is 
the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from 
the investment of the cash collateral received 
from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the 
risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the 
failure of a borrower to return a borrowed 
security in a timely manner. 
 
Value Investing. Securities that appear to be 
undervalued may never appreciate to the extent 
expected. Further, because the prices of value- 
oriented securities tend to correlate more closely 
with economic cycles than growth-oriented 
securities, they generally are more sensitive to 
changing economic conditions, such as changes 
in interest rates, corporate earnings and 
industrial production. 
 
 
d. Comparison. The Applicants believe that while the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund are slightly different from each other in the way they characterize their 
objective, principal investment strategies, benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily 
a large cap value equity portfolio that exhibits a high correlation to the other with similar 
weighted average holdings from a Morningstar style box perspective, risks and investment 
results. Each falls within the Morningstar Large Value style box. The differences between the 
Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are not necessarily larger than one would expect to be 
exhibited by two portfolios with the same benchmarks, principal investment strategies, and 
naming conventions, as there is significant investment flexibility within those constraints. 
 
The Existing Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital and the secondary 
objective is current income, and the Replacement Fund seeks to track the Russell Top 200 Value 
Index. Under normal circumstances, the Existing Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus 
borrowings for investment purposes, if any, in equity securities, or other investments with similar 
economic characteristics, of companies with large market capitalizations. The Replacement 
Fund seeks investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to the total return 
(which includes capital appreciation and income) of the Russell Top 200® Value Index 
(“Index”). Under normal market conditions, the Replacement Fund invests at least 80% of its 
net assets in equity securities of companies, which are at the time of purchase, included in the 
Index. The Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the especially large 
cap segment of the U.S. equities universe represented by stocks in the largest 200 by market cap 
that exhibit value characteristics. The Replacement Fund currently invests principally in common 
stocks and employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of the 
Index. 
 
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With respect to the Existing Fund’s and Replacement Fund’s primary and/or secondary 
investment objectives, each shares some combination of long-term capital appreciation and 
current/reasonable income language. The Replacement Fund, as an index fund, does not 
specifically state either capital appreciation or income in its objective but rather focuses on an 
index replication due to its passive nature. The passive index it is replicating, however, seeks to 
generate long-term capital appreciation and also delivers current/reasonable income. In fact, as 
of August 31, 2014, the current yield on the performance benchmark for the Replacement Fund, 
the Russell Top 200 Value Index, was 2.27%, higher than the current yield of the performance 
benchmark for the Existing Fund, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which was 2.17%.   
Furthermore, while the listed principal investment strategies of the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund differ in language and breadth, at their core each is required to invest in more 
than 80% equity securities of a large cap, primarily income producing companies. Although the 
Replacement Fund seeks to replicate an index, as noted above, the index is consists of equity 
securities of a large cap and income producing companies. Over 95% of the underlying 
securities in the index the Replacement Fund seeks to replicate (both by names and by asset 
weight) pay a dividend.             
 
While the Existing Fund and the Replacing Fund are benchmarked to a different index, there is 
very high overlap in the construction and the returns of those differing indices. The companies 
that make up the Replacement Fund’s Russell Top 200 Value Index benchmark comprise 69% of 
the Existing Fund’s Russell 1000 Value Index benchmark.       
 
Even though the overlap of these benchmarks is not 100%, there is a high correlation in the 
returns of these benchmarks over time. Over the past five years there is no less than a 98% 
correlation in the returns between the Existing Fund’s benchmark and the Replacement Fund’s 
benchmark. This means that the returns tend to move nearly in lockstep with each other, and this 
has a similar effect on the actual returns of the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund. As 
shown in the performance tables below, the Replacement Portfolio has exhibited similar or better 
performance to the Existing Portfolio at a meaningfully lower expense ratio.   
 
To summarize, while the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are slightly different from 
each other in the way they characterize their objective, principal investment strategies, 
benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily a large cap value equity portfolio that 
exhibits a high correlation to the other such that each Affected Contract Owner’s fundamental 
investment objectives and risk and return expectations will continue to be met after the 
Substitution.             
 
e. Expense Ratios and Total Return. The net expense ratios and total return 
figures for each fund in this proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows: 
          
  Net Expense          (Inception Date) 
  Ratio  1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years  Since Inception 
Replacement Fund             
· Voya Russell Large Cap            (05/01/2009) 
Value Index Portfolio –             
Class I  0.50%  22.89%  20.72%  14.96%  N/A  17.61% 
 
 
 
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Existing Fund           
· ClearBridge Variable            (02/17/1998) 
Large Cap Value Portfolio             
– Class I  0.73%  23.19%  21.01%  16.04%  8.26%  7.07% 

 

The Replacement Fund has slightly underperformed the Existing Fund over the one, three and 
five-year periods. The Replacement Fund will, however, allow shareholders to benefit from a 
significantly lower net expense ratio. Although differences in risks and investment objectives 
and strategies exist, the Applicants believe that these differences do not introduce Contract 
Owners to materially greater risks than before the Substitution. 
 
f. Post Substitution Net Assets. The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell 
Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class I immediately following the proposed substitution will 
be approximately $63,616,470. This is based on estimated net assets of the Replacement Fund 
immediately before the substitution ($51,723,771) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s actual 
net assets invested in the Accounts as of August 31, 2014 ($11,892,699). 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 
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2.  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio for Fidelity VIP Equity-Income 
Portfolio.                   
 
  a.  Fees and Expenses. The comparative fees and expenses for each fund in this 
proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows:
             
      Total    Net 
      Management    Distribution  Administrative  Other  Annual  Expense  Annual 
      Fees  (12b-1) Fees  Service Fee  Expenses  Expenses  Waivers  Expenses 
Replacement Fund               
· Voya Russell Large               
Cap Value Index               
Portfolio – Class I  0.45%  None  0.10%  0.04%  0.60%*  0.10%  0.50% 
Existing Fund                 
· Fidelity VIP Equity-               
Income Portfolio –               
Initial Class    0.45%  None  None  0.10%  0.57%**  None  0.57% 
Replacement Fund               
· Voya Russell Large               
Cap Value Index               
Portfolio – Class S  0.45%  0.25%  0.10%  0.04%  0.85%*  0.10%  0.75% 
Existing Fund                 
· Fidelity VIP Equity-               
Income Portfolio –               
Service 2 Class  0.45%  0.25%  None  0.10%  0.82%**  None  0.82% 
          *Includes 0.01% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 
          ** Includes 0.02% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 
 
  b.  Breakpoint Information. The comparative management fee breakpoint   
information for each fund in this proposed substitution is as follows:
                       
Existing Fund     Replacement Fund       
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index   
Total Net Expenses: 0.57% - Initial Class  Portfolio         
    0.82% - Service 2 Class  Total Net Expenses:  0.50% - Class I   
              0.75% - Class S   
Management Fee: 0.45%               
          Management Fee: 0.45%     
Management Fee Breakpoints for both classes  Management Fee Breakpoints for both classes 
of shares          of shares         
0.2559%  Group Fee Rate*    0.45%  First $250 million     
0.20%  Individual Fund Fee Rate  0.35%  Next $250 million     
0.4559%  Management Fee Rate (sum of  0.30%  Thereafter     
     above)                 
 
 
 
 
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* Fidelity calculates a "Group Fee Rate." The group fee          
rate is based on the monthly average net assets of all of   
the registered investment companies with which FMR   
has management contracts. The Group Fee Rate of   
0.2559% corresponds to AUM up to $1,374 billion.   
 
 
c. Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks. 
        
Existing Fund  Replacement Fund 
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
  Portfolio 
Investment Objective –   
  Investment Objective – 
The fund seeks reasonable income. The fund will   
also consider the potential for capital  The Portfolio seeks investment results (before 
appreciation. The fund's goal is to achieve a  fees and expenses) that correspond to the total 
yield which exceeds the composite yield on the  return (which includes capital appreciation and 
securities comprising the S&P 500® Index.  income) of the Russell Top 200® Value Index 
  (“Index”). 
Principal Investment Strategies   Principal Investment Strategies  
 
Normally invests at least 80% of assets in equity  Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio 
securities.  invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
  borrowings for investment purposes) in equity 
Normally invests primarily in income-producing  securities of companies, which are at the time of 
equity securities, which tends to lead to  purchase, included in the Index; convertible 
investments in large cap "value" stocks.  securities that are convertible into stocks 
  included in the Index; other derivatives whose 
Potentially invests in other types of equity  economic returns are, by design, closely 
securities and debt securities, including lower-  equivalent to the returns of the Index or its 
quality debt securities.  components; and exchange-traded funds. The 
  Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 
Invests in domestic and foreign issuers.  60 days’ prior notice of any change in this 
  investment policy. Under normal market 
Uses fundamental analysis of factors such as  conditions, the Portfolio invests all, or 
each issuer's financial condition and industry  substantially all of its assets in these securities. 
position, as well as market and economic   
conditions, to select investments.  The Portfolio may invest in other investment 
  companies to the extent permitted under the 
Potentially uses using covered call options as  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
tools in managing the fund's assets.  and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders 
  thereunder (“1940 Act”). 
 
  The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
  common stocks and employs a “passive 
  management” approach designed to track the 
  performance of the Index. 
 
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              The Index is an unmanaged index that measures 
  the performance of the especially large cap 
  segment of the U.S. equities universe 
  represented by stocks in the largest 200 by 
  market cap that exhibit value characteristics. The 
  Index includes those Russell Top 200® Index 
  companies that exhibit value characteristics, 
  including lower price-to-book ratios and lower 
  forecasted growth values. As of December 31, 
  2013, the smallest company in the Index had a 
  market capitalization of $3 billion and the largest 
  company had a market capitalization of $500.7 
  billion. As of February 28, 2014, a portion of the 
  Index was concentrated in the financials sector 
  and portions of the Index were focused in the 
  energy sector (including the oil, gas, and 
  consumable fuels industry) and the health care 
  sector. 
 
  The Portfolio may not always hold all of the 
  same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may 
  also invest in stock index futures and other 
  derivatives as a substitute for the sale or 
  purchase of securities in the Index and to provide 
  equity exposure to the Portfolio’s cash position. 
  Although the Portfolio attempts to track, as 
  closely as possible, the performance of the 
  Index, the Portfolio does not always perform 
  exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the 
  Portfolio has operating expenses and transaction 
  costs and therefore has a performance 
  disadvantage versus the Index. 
 
  The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may sell a 
  security when the security’s percentage 
  weighting in the Index is reduced, when the 
  security is removed from the Index, or for other 
  reasons. 
 
  The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a 
  short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1 /3 % of 
  its total assets. 
 
Principal Risks   Principal Risks  
 
Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are  An investor could lose money on an investment 
volatile and can decline significantly in response  in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, 
to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or  among others, could affect Portfolio 
 
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economic developments. Different parts of the  performance or cause the Portfolio to lose 
market, including different market sectors, and  money or to underperform market averages of 
different types of securities can react differently  other funds. 
to these developments.   
  Company. The price of a given company’s 
Interest Rate Changes. Interest rate increases  stock could decline or underperform for many 
can cause the price of a debt security to decrease.  reasons including, among others, poor 
  management, financial problems, or business 
Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be  challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or 
more volatile than the U.S. market due to  becomes insolvent, its stock could become 
increased risks of adverse issuer, political,  worthless. 
regulatory, market, or economic developments   
and can perform differently from the U.S.  Concentration. To the extent that the 
market.  Portfolio’s index “concentrates,” as that term is 
  defined in the 1940 Act, in the securities of a 
Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an  particular industry or group of industries or a 
individual security or particular type of security  single country or region, the Portfolio will 
can be more volatile than, and can perform  concentrate its investments to approximately the 
differently from, the market as a whole. Lower-  same extent as the Index. As a result, the 
quality debt securities (those of less than  Portfolio may be subject to greater market 
investment-grade quality, also referred to as high  fluctuation than a fund which has securities 
yield debt securities) and certain types of other  representing a broader range of investment 
securities involve greater risk of default or price  alternatives. If securities in which the Portfolio 
changes due to changes in the credit quality of  concentrates fall out of favor, the Portfolio could 
the issuer. The value of lower-quality debt  underperform funds that have greater 
securities and certain types of other securities  diversification. 
can be more volatile due to increased sensitivity   
to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or  Convertible Securities. Convertible securities 
economic developments.  are securities that are convertible into or 
  exercisable for common stocks at a stated price 
"Value" Investing. "Value" stocks can perform  or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the 
differently from the market as a whole and other  usual risks associated with debt securities, such 
types of stocks and can continue to be  as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, 
undervalued by the market for long periods of  because convertible securities react to changes in 
time.  the value of the stocks into which they convert, 
  they are subject to market risk. 
An investor could lose money by investing in the   
fund.  Credit. Prices of bonds and other debt 
  instruments can fall if the issuer’s actual or 
  perceived financial health deteriorates, whether 
  because of broad economic or issuer-specific 
  reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late 
  in paying interest or principal, or could fail to 
  pay altogether. 
 
  Derivative Instruments. Derivative 
  instruments are subject to a number of risks, 
  including the risk of changes in the market price 
 
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                                                                                   of the underlying securities, credit risk with 
  respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to 
  changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The 
  use of certain derivatives may also have a 
  leveraging effect which may increase the 
  volatility of the Portfolio and reduce its returns. 
  Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the 
  Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. 
  When used for hedging, the change in value of a 
  derivative may not correlate as expected with the 
  currency, security or other risk being hedged. In 
  addition, given their complexity, derivatives 
  expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper 
  valuation. 
 
  Focused Investing. To the extent that the 
  Portfolio invests a substantial portion of its 
  assets in a particular industry, sector, market 
  segment, or geographical area, its investments 
  will be sensitive to developments in that 
  industry, sector, market segment, or 
  geographical area. The Portfolio assumes the 
  risk that changing economic conditions; 
  changing political or regulatory conditions; or 
  natural and other disasters affecting the 
  particular industry, sector, market segment, or 
  geographical area in which the Portfolio focuses 
  its investments could have a significant impact 
  on its investment performance and could 
  ultimately cause the Portfolio to underperform, 
  or be more volatile than, other funds that invest 
  more broadly. 
 
  Index Strategy. The index selected may 
  underperform the overall market and the 
  Portfolio might fail to track its target index. The 
  correlation between the Portfolio and index 
  performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s 
  expenses and the timing of purchases and 
  redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. The 
  Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the 
  Index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to 
  index securities at any given time may not equal 
  100%. 
 
  Interest Rate. With bonds and other fixed rate 
  debt instruments, a rise in interest rates generally 
  causes values to fall; conversely, values 
 
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                                                                             generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher 
  the credit quality of the instrument, and the 
  longer its maturity or duration, the more 
  sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In 
  the case of inverse securities, the interest rate 
  generally will decrease when the market rate of 
  interest to which the inverse security is indexed 
  increases. As of the date of this Prospectus, 
  interest rates in the United States are at or near 
  historic lows, which may increase the Portfolio’s 
  exposure to risks associated with rising interest 
  rates. Rising interest rates could have 
  unpredictable effects on the markets and may 
  expose fixed-income and related markets to 
  heightened volatility. For fixed-income 
  securities, an increase in interest rates may lead 
  to increased redemptions and increased portfolio 
  turnover, which could reduce liquidity for 
  certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect 
  values, and increase a Portfolio’s costs. If dealer 
  capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient 
  for market conditions, it may further inhibit 
  liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed 
  income markets. 
 
  Liquidity. If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio 
  might be unable to sell the security at a time 
  when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, 
  and the security could have the effect of 
  decreasing the overall level of the Portfolio’s 
  liquidity. Further, the lack of an established 
  secondary market may make it more difficult to 
  value illiquid securities, which could vary from 
  the amount the Portfolio could realize upon 
  disposition. The Portfolio may make investments 
  that become less liquid in response to market 
  developments or adverse investor perception. 
  The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a 
  security at the time and price that would be most 
  beneficial to the Portfolio. 
 
  Market. Stock prices may be volatile and are 
  affected by the real or perceived impacts of such 
  factors as economic conditions and political 
  events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with 
  periods when stock prices generally rise and 
  periods when stock prices generally decline. Any 
  given stock market segment may remain out of 
 
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                                                                        favor with investors for a short or long period of 
  time, and stocks as an asset class may 
  underperform bonds or other asset classes during 
  some periods. Additionally, legislative, 
  regulatory or tax policies or developments in 
  these areas may adversely impact the investment 
  techniques available to a manager, add to 
  Portfolio costs and impair the ability of the 
  Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives. 
 
  Other Investment Companies. The main risk 
  of investing in other investment companies, 
  including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that 
  the value of the securities underlying a registered 
  open-end management investment company 
  might decrease. Because the Portfolio may 
  invest in other investment companies, an 
  investor will pay a proportionate share of the 
  expenses of those other investment companies 
  (including management fees, administration fees, 
  and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of 
  the Portfolio. 
 
  Securities Lending. Securities lending 
  involves two primary risks: “investment risk” 
  and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is 
  the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from 
  the investment of the cash collateral received 
  from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the 
  risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the 
  failure of a borrower to return a borrowed 
  security in a timely manner. 
 
  Value Investing. Securities that appear to be 
  undervalued may never appreciate to the extent 
  expected. Further, because the prices of value- 
  oriented securities tend to correlate more closely 
  with economic cycles than growth-oriented 
  securities, they generally are more sensitive to 
  changing economic conditions, such as changes 
  in interest rates, corporate earnings and 
  industrial production. 
 
 
 
 
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d. Comparison. The Applicants believe that while the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund are slightly different from each other in the way they characterize their 
objective, principal investment strategies, benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily 
a large cap value equity portfolio that exhibits a high correlation to the other with similar 
weighted average holdings from a Morningstar style box perspective, risks and investment 
results. Each falls within the Morningstar Large Value style box. The differences between the 
Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are not necessarily larger than one would expect to be 
exhibited by two portfolios with the same benchmarks, principal investment strategies, and 
naming conventions, as there is significant investment flexibility within those constraints. 
 
The Existing Fund’s investment objective is to seek reasonable income, and will also consider 
the potential for capital appreciation. The Existing Fund normally invests at least 80% of assets 
in equity securities, primarily in income-producing equity securities, which tends to lead to 
investments in large cap "value" stocks. The Replacement Fund seeks investment results (before 
fees and expenses) that correspond to the total return (which includes capital appreciation and 
income) of the Russell Top 200® Value Index (“Index”). Under normal market conditions, the 
Replacement Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies, which 
are at the time of purchase, included in the Index. The Index is an unmanaged index that 
measures the performance of the especially large cap segment of the U.S. equities universe 
represented by stocks in the largest 200 by market cap that exhibit value characteristics. The 
Replacement Fund currently invests principally in common stocks and employs a “passive 
management” approach designed to track the performance of the Index. 
 
With respect to the Existing Fund’s and Replacement Fund’s primary and/or secondary 
investment objectives, each shares some combination of long-term capital appreciation and 
current/reasonable income language. The Replacement Fund, as an index fund, does not 
specifically state either capital appreciation or income in its objective but rather focuses on an 
index replication due to its passive nature. The passive index it is replicating, however, seeks to 
generate long-term capital appreciation and also delivers current/reasonable income. In fact, as 
of August 31, 2014, the current yield on the performance benchmark for the Replacement Fund, 
the Russell Top 200 Value Index, was 2.27%, higher than the current yield of the performance 
benchmark for the Existing Fund, the Russell 3000 Value Index, which was 2.15%. 
 
Furthermore, while the listed principal investment strategies of the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund differ in language and breadth, at their core each is required to invest in more 
than 80% equity securities of a large cap, primarily income producing companies. Although the 
Replacement Fund seeks to replicate an index, as noted above, the index is consists of equity 
securities of a large cap and income producing companies. Over 95% of the underlying 
securities in the index the Replacement Fund seeks to replicate (both by names and by asset 
weight) pay a dividend. 
 
While the Existing Fund and the Replacing Fund are benchmarked to a different index, there is 
very high overlap in the construction and the returns of those differing indices. The companies 
that make up the Replacement Fund’s Russell Top 200 Value Index benchmark comprise 64% of 
the Existing Fund’s Russell 3000 Value Index benchmark. 
 
Even though the overlap of these benchmarks is not 100%, there is a high correlation in the 
returns of these benchmarks over time. Over the past five years there is no less than a 98% 
 
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correlation in the returns between the Existing Fund’s benchmark and the Replacement Fund’s 
benchmark. This means that the returns tend to move nearly in lockstep with each other, and this 
has a similar effect on the actual returns of the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund. As 
shown in the performance tables below, the Replacement Portfolio has exhibited similar or better 
performance to the Existing Portfolio at a meaningfully lower expense ratio.   
 
To summarize, while the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are slightly different from 
each other in the way they characterize their objective, principal investment strategies, 
benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily a large cap value equity portfolio that 
exhibits a high correlation to the other such that each Affected Contract Owner’s fundamental 
investment objectives and risk and return expectations will continue to be met after the 
Substitution.             
 
e.  Expense Ratios and Total Return. The net expense ratios and total return 
figures for each fund in this proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows: 
        
  Net Expense  (Inception Date) 
  Ratio  1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years  Since Inception 
Replacement Fund           
· Voya Russell Large Cap          (05/01/2009) 
Value Index Portfolio –           
Class I  0.50%  22.89%  20.72%  14.96%  N/A  17.61% 
Existing Fund             
· Fidelity VIP Equity-          (10/09/1986) 
Income Portfolio – Initial           
Class  0.57%  20.13%  19.07%  15.43%  7.28%  9.51% 
Replacement Fund           
· Voya Russell Large Cap          (05/01/2009) 
Value Index Portfolio –           
Class S  0.75%  22.62%  20.44%  14.68%  N/A  17.35% 
Existing Fund             
· Fidelity VIP Equity-          (01/12/2000) 
Income Portfolio – Service           
2 Class  0.82%  19.87%  18.79%  15.15%  7.02%  5.68% 
 
f.  Post Substitution Net Assets. The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell 
Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class I immediately following the proposed substitution will 
be approximately $102,560,030. This is based on estimated net assets of the Replacement Fund 
immediately before the substitution ($51,723,771) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s actual 
net assets invested in the Accounts as of August 31, 2014 ($50,836,259).     
 
The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class S 
immediately following the proposed substitution will be approximately $309,764,378. This is 
based on estimated net assets of the Replacement Fund immediately before the substitution 
($140,739,513) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s actual net assets invested in the Accounts 
as of August 31, 2014 ($169,024,865).           
 
 
 
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3.  Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio for the Invesco VI Core Equity Fund. 
 
  a.  Fees and Expenses. The comparative fees and expenses for each fund in this 
proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows:
           
      Total    Net 
      Management   Distribution   Administrative  Other  Annual  Expense  Annual 
      Fees  (12b-1) Fees  Service Fee  Expenses  Expenses  Waivers  Expenses 
Replacement Fund                 
· Voya Russell Large                 
Cap Index Portfolio –                 
Class S      0.25%  0.25%  0.10%  0.03%  0.64%*  0.01%  0.63% 
Existing Fund                   
· Invesco VI Core                 
Equity Fund – Class I  0.61%  None  None  0.29%  0.92%**  0.02%  0.90% 
          *Includes 0.01% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 
          **Includes 0.02% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 
 
  b.  Breakpoint Information. The comparative management fee breakpoint   
information for each fund in this proposed substitution is as follows:
        
Existing Fund        Replacement Fund       
Invesco VI Core Equity Fund    Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio   
Total Net Expenses: 0.90% - Class I    Total Net Expenses: 0.63% - Class S   
 
Management Fee: 0.61%      Management Fee: 0.25%     
Management Fee Breakpoints    Management Fee Breakpoints     
               
0.65%  First $250 million    0.25%  First $1 billion     
0.60%  Over $250 million    0.23%  Next$1 billion     
          0.21%  Thereafter     
 
 
            
  c.  Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks.
          
Existing Fund        Replacement Fund       
Invesco VI Core Equity Fund    Voya Russell Large Cap Index Portfolio   
 
Investment Objective –      Investment Objective –     
 
The Fund’s investment objective is long-term  The Portfolio seeks investment results (before 
growth of capital.      fees and expenses) that correspond to the total 
          return (which includes capital appreciation and 
          income) of the Russell Top 200® Index   
          (“Index”).           
 
Principal Investment Strategies Principal Investment Strategies
                
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The portfolio management team seeks to  Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio 
construct a portfolio of issuers that have high or  invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
improving return on invested capital (ROIC),  borrowings for investment purposes) in equity 
quality management, a strong competitive  securities of companies, which are at the time of 
position and which are trading at compelling  purchase, included in the Index; convertible 
valuations. The Fund invests, under normal  securities that are convertible into stocks 
circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus  included in the Index; other derivatives whose 
any borrowings for investment purposes) in  economic returns are, by design, closely 
equity securities and in derivatives and other  equivalent to the returns of the Index or its 
instruments that have economic characteristics  components; and exchange-traded funds. The 
similar to such securities. The Fund invests  Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 
primarily in equity securities. The principal type  60 days’ prior notice of any change in this 
of equity securities in which the Fund invests is  investment policy. Under normal market 
common stock. The Fund may invest in the  conditions, the Portfolio invests all, or 
securities of issuers of all capitalization sizes;  substantially all of its assets in these securities. 
however, a substantial number of the issuers in   
which the Fund invests are large-capitalization  The Portfolio may invest in other investment 
issuers.  companies to the extent permitted under the 
  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets  and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders 
in foreign securities, which includes foreign debt  thereunder (“1940 Act”). 
and foreign equity securities.   
  The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
The Fund employs a risk management strategy  common stocks and employs a “passive 
to help minimize loss of capital and reduce  management” approach designed to track the 
excessive volatility. Pursuant to this strategy, the  performance of the Index. 
Fund generally invests a substantial amount of   
its assets in cash and cash equivalents. As a  The Index is an unmanaged index that measures 
result, the Fund may not achieve its investment  the performance of the 200 largest companies in 
objective.  the Russell 1000® Index, which together 
  represent approximately 69% of the total market 
The Fund can invest in derivative instruments,  capitalization of the Russell 1000® Index. As of 
including futures contracts and forward foreign  December 31, 2013 the smallest company in the 
currency contracts.  Index had a market capitalization of $3 billion 
  and the largest company had a market 
The Fund can use futures contracts, including  capitalization of $500.7 billion. As of February 
index futures, to gain exposure to the broad  28, 2014, portions of the Index were focused in 
market by equitizing cash and as a hedge against  the information technology sector and the 
downside risk.  financials sector. 
 
The Fund can use forward foreign currency  The Portfolio may not always hold all of the 
contracts to hedge against adverse movements in  same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may 
the foreign currencies in which portfolio  also invest in stock index futures and other 
securities are denominated.  derivatives as a substitute for the sale or 
  purchase of securities in the Index and to provide 
In selecting securities for the Fund, the portfolio  equity exposure to the Portfolio’s cash position. 
managers conduct fundamental research of  Although the Portfolio attempts to track, as 
issuers to gain a thorough understanding of their  closely as possible, the performance of the 
 
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business prospects, appreciation potential and  Index, the Portfolio does not always perform 
ROIC. The process they use to identify potential  exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the 
investments for the Fund includes three phases:  Portfolio has operating expenses and transaction 
financial analysis, business analysis and  costs and therefore has a performance 
valuation analysis. Financial analysis evaluates  disadvantage versus the Index. 
an issuer’s capital allocation, and provides vital   
insight into historical and potential ROIC which  The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may sell a 
is a key indicator of business quality and caliber  security when the security’s percentage 
of management. Business analysis allows the  weighting in the Index is reduced, when the 
team to determine an issuer’s competitive  security is removed from the Index, or for other 
positioning by identifying key drivers of the  reasons. 
issuer, understanding industry challenges and   
evaluating the sustainability of competitive  The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a 
advantages. Both the financial and business  short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1 /3 % of 
analyses serve as a basis to construct valuation  its total assets 
models that help estimate an issuer’s value. The   
portfolio managers use three primary valuation   
techniques: discounted cash flow, traditional   
valuation multiples and net asset value. At the   
conclusion of their research process, the   
portfolio managers will generally invest in an   
issuer when they have determined it potentially   
has high or improving ROIC, quality   
management, a strong competitive position and   
is trading at an attractive valuation.   
 
The portfolio managers consider selling a   
security when it exceeds the target price, has not   
shown a demonstrable improvement in   
fundamentals or a more compelling investment   
opportunity exists.   
 
Principal Risks   Principal Risks  
 
As with any registered open-end management  An investor could lose money on an investment 
investment company investment, loss of money  in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, 
is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund  among others, could affect Portfolio 
is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or  performance or cause the Portfolio to lose 
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance  money or to underperform market averages of 
Corporation or any other governmental agency.  other funds. 
The risks associated with an investment in the   
Fund can increase during times of significant  Company. The price of a given company’s 
market volatility. The principal risks of investing  stock could decline or underperform for many 
in the Fund are:  reasons including, among others, poor 
  management, financial problems, or business 
Cash/Cash Equivalents Risk. Holding cash or  challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or 
cash equivalents may negatively affect  becomes insolvent, its stock could become 
performance.  worthless. 
 
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Debt Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in  Convertible Securities. Convertible securities 
debt securities that are affected by changing  are securities that are convertible into or 
interest rates and changes in their effective  exercisable for common stocks at a stated price 
maturities and credit quality.  or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the 
  usual risks associated with debt securities, such 
Derivatives Risk. The value of a derivative  as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, 
instrument depends largely on (and is derived  because convertible securities react to changes in 
from) the value of an underlying security,  the value of the stocks into which they convert, 
currency, commodity, interest rate, index, or  they are subject to market risk. 
other asset (each referred to as an underlying   
asset). In addition to risks relating to the  Credit. Prices of bonds and other debt 
underlying assets, the use of derivatives may  instruments can fall if the issuer’s actual or 
include other, possibly greater, risks, including  perceived financial health deteriorates, whether 
counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks.  because of broad economic or issuer-specific 
Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty  reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late 
to the derivative contract will default on its  in paying interest or principal, or could fail to 
obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or  pay altogether. 
otherwise perform under the derivative contract.   
Derivatives create leverage risk because they do  Derivative Instruments. Derivative 
not require payment up front equal to the  instruments are subject to a number of risks, 
economic exposure created by owning the  including the risk of changes in the market price 
derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the  of the underlying securities, credit risk with 
value of the underlying asset could result in the  respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to 
Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially  changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The 
greater than the amount invested in the  use of certain derivatives may also have a 
derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns  leveraging effect which may increase the 
more volatile and increase the risk of loss.  volatility of the Portfolio and reduce its returns. 
Derivative instruments may also be less liquid  Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the 
than more traditional investments and the Fund  Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. 
may be unable to sell or close out its derivative  When used for hedging, the change in value of a 
positions at a desirable time or price. This risk  derivative may not correlate as expected with the 
may be more acute under adverse market  currency, security or other risk being hedged. In 
conditions, during which the Fund may be most  addition, given their complexity, derivatives 
in need of liquidating its derivative positions.  expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper 
Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax  valuation. 
efficient and subject to changing government   
regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to  Focused Investing. To the extent that the 
use certain derivatives or their cost. Also,  Portfolio invests a substantial portion of its 
derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit  assets in a particular industry, sector, market 
exposure to a particular market segment may not  segment, or geographical area, its investments 
provide the expected benefits, particularly during  will be sensitive to developments in that 
adverse market conditions.  industry, sector, market segment, or 
  geographical area. The Portfolio assumes the 
Foreign Securities Risk. The Fund’s foreign  risk that changing economic conditions; 
investments may be affected by changes in a  changing political or regulatory conditions; or 
foreign country’s exchange rates, political and  natural and other disasters affecting the 
social instability, changes in economic or  particular industry, sector, market segment, or 
 
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taxation policies, difficulties when enforcing  geographical area in which the Portfolio focuses 
obligations, decreased liquidity, and increased  its investments could have a significant impact 
volatility. Foreign companies may be subject to  on its investment performance and could 
less regulation resulting in less publicly available  ultimately cause the Portfolio to underperform, 
information about the companies.  or be more volatile than, other funds that invest 
  more broadly. 
Management Risk. The investment techniques   
and risk analysis used by the Fund’s portfolio  Index Strategy. The index selected may 
managers may not produce the desired results.  underperform the overall market and the 
  Portfolio might fail to track its target index. The 
Market Risk. The prices of and the income  correlation between the Portfolio and index 
generated by the Fund’s securities may decline  performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s 
in response to, among other things, investor  expenses and the timing of purchases and 
sentiment, general economic and market  redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. The 
conditions, regional or global instability, and  Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the 
currency and interest rate fluctuations.  Index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to 
  index securities at any given time may not equal 
Small- and Mid-Capitalization Risks. Stocks  100%. 
of small- and mid-sized companies tend to be   
more vulnerable to adverse developments and   
may have little or no operating history or track  Interest Rate. With bonds and other fixed rate 
record of success, and limited product lines,  debt instruments, a rise in interest rates generally 
markets, management and financial resources.  causes values to fall; conversely, values 
The securities of small- and mid-sized  generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher 
companies may be more volatile due to less  the credit quality of the instrument, and the 
market interest and less publicly available  longer its maturity or duration, the more 
information about the issuer. They also may be  sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In 
illiquid or restricted as to resale, or may trade  the case of inverse securities, the interest rate 
less frequently and in smaller volumes, all of  generally will decrease when the market rate of 
which may cause difficulty when establishing or  interest to which the inverse security is indexed 
closing a position at a desirable price.  decreases. As of the date of this Prospectus, 
  interest rates in the United States are at or near 
  historic lows, which may increase the Portfolio’s 
  exposure to risks associated with rising interest 
  rates. Rising interest rates could have 
  unpredictable effects on the markets and may 
  expose fixed-income and related markets to 
  heightened volatility. For fixed-income 
  securities, an increase in interest rates may lead 
  to increased redemptions and increased portfolio 
  turnover, which could reduce liquidity for 
  certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect 
  values, and increase a Portfolio’s costs. If dealer 
  capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient 
  for market conditions, it may further inhibit 
  liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed 
  income markets. 
 
 
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                                                                      Liquidity. If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio 
  might be unable to sell the security at a time 
  when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, 
  and the security could have the effect of 
  decreasing the overall level of the Portfolio’s 
  liquidity. Further, the lack of an established 
  secondary market may make it more difficult to 
  value illiquid securities, which could vary from 
  the amount the Portfolio could realize upon 
  disposition. The Portfolio may make investments 
  that become less liquid in response to market 
  developments or adverse investor perception. 
  The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a 
  security at the time and price that would be most 
  beneficial to the Portfolio. 
 
  Market. Stock prices may be volatile and are 
  affected by the real or perceived impacts of such 
  factors as economic conditions and political 
  events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with 
  periods when stock prices generally rise and 
  periods when stock prices generally decline. Any 
  given stock market segment may remain out of 
  favor with investors for a short or long period of 
  time, and stocks as an asset class may 
  underperform bonds or other asset classes during 
  some periods. Additionally, legislative, 
  regulatory or tax policies or developments in 
  these areas may adversely impact the investment 
  techniques available to a manager, add to 
  Portfolio costs and impair the ability of the 
  Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives. 
 
  Other Investment Companies. The main risk 
  of investing in other investment companies, 
  including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that 
  the value of the securities underlying a registered 
  open-end management investment company 
  might decrease. Because the Portfolio may 
  invest in other investment companies, an 
  investor will pay a proportionate share of the 
  expenses of those other investment companies 
  (including management fees, administration fees, 
  and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of 
  the Portfolio. 
 
  Securities Lending. Securities lending 
 
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involves two primary risks: “investment risk” 
and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is 
the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from 
the investment of the cash collateral received 
from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the 
risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the 
failure of a borrower to return a borrowed 
security in a timely manner. 
 
 
d. Comparison. The Applicants believe that the Existing Fund and the
Replacement Fund have similar investment objectives and similar policies and risks. 
 
The Existing Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The portfolio 
management team seeks to construct a portfolio of issuers that have high or improving return on 
invested capital (ROIC), quality management, a strong competitive position and which are 
trading at compelling valuations. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of 
its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities and in 
derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such securities. 
The Replacement Fund seeks investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 
the total return (which includes capital appreciation and income) of the Russell Top 200® Index 
(“Index”). Under normal market conditions, the Replacement Fund invests at least 80% of its net 
assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies, which are at 
the time of purchase, included in the Index. The Replacement Fund currently invests principally 
in common stocks and employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the 
performance of the Index. The Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of 
the 200 largest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which together represent approximately 
69% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000® Index 
 
The Replacement Fund will offer investors exposure to similar types of stocks. Both Portfolios 
are classified in the Large Blend category by Morningstar. Both Portfolios have exhibited 
similar risk statistics. The three-year standard deviation for the Existing Fund is 11.97% and 
12.19% for the Replacement Fund. Based on Morningstar analysis of the underlying holdings, 
the Replacement Fund tends to invest in larger companies with higher market capitalizations. 
 
Even though the Existing Fund uses a more active strategy, the substitution is appropriate. The 
three-year correlation coefficient as of August 31, 2014, between the Existing Fund and 
Replacement Fund is 0.95, representing a very strong positive relationship in returns. This means 
that as the Existing Fund moved up or down by a given amount, the Replacement Fund moved in 
the same direction by a very similar amount. 
 
The Replacement Fund has outperformed the Existing Fund over common time periods. The 
Replacement Fund will also allow shareholders to benefit from a significantly lower net expense 
ratio. Although differences in risks and investment objectives and strategies exist, the 
Applicants believe that these differences do not introduce Contract Owners to materially greater 
risks than before the Substitution. 
 
 
 
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e.  Expense Ratios and Total Return. The net expense ratios and total return 
figures for each fund in this proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows: 
             
    Net Expense  (Inception Date) 
    Ratio  1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years  Since Inception 
Replacement Fund            (03/10/2008) 
· Voya Russell Large Cap             
Index Portfolio – Class S  0.63%  24.66%  19.96%  15.77%  N/A  8.59% 
Existing Fund              (05/02/1994) 
· Invesco VI Core Equity             
Fund – Class I    0.90%  21.81%  17.28%  14.14%  8.58%  8.73% 
 
f.  Post Substitution Net Assets. The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell 
Large Cap Index Portfolio – Class S immediately following the proposed substitution will be 
approximately $592,345,009. This is based on estimated net assets of the Replacement Fund 
immediately before the substitution ($591,952,582) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s 
actual net assets invested in the Accounts as of August 31, 2014 ($392,427).   
 
 
 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4.  Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio for the Invesco VI American 
Franchise Fund.               
 
  a. Fees and Expenses. The comparative fees and expenses for each fund in this 
proposed substitution are, or will be prior to implementation of the Substitution, as follows:
          
    Total
Annual
Expenses 
  Net
Annual
Expenses 
    Management
Fees 
Distribution
(12b-1) Fees 
Administrative
Service Fee 
Other
Expenses 
Expense
Waivers 
   
Replacement Fund               
· Voya Russell Large               
Cap Growth Index               
Portfolio – Class S  0.40%  0.25%  0.10%  0.03%  0.78%  0.10%  0.68%17 
Existing Fund               
· Invesco VI American               
Franchise Fund –               
Class I    0.67%  None  None  0.29%  0.96%  None  0.96%17 

 

b.  Breakpoint Information. The comparative management fee breakpoint 
information for each fund in this proposed substitution is as follows:
          
Existing Fund    Replacement Fund 
Invesco VI American Franchise Fund  Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index 
Total Net Expenses: 0.96% - Class I  Portfolio   
    Total Net Expenses: 0.68% - Class S 
Management Fee: 0.67%     
    Management Fee: 0.40% 
Management Fee Breakpoints  Management Fee Breakpoints 
 
0.695%  First $250 million  0.40%  First $500 million 
0.67%  Next $250 million  0.38%  Next $500 million 
0.645%  Next $500 million  0.36%  Thereafter 
0.62%  Next $550 million     
0.60%  Next $3.45 billion     
0.595%  Next $250 million     
0.57%  Next $2.25 billion     
0.545%  Next $2.5 billion     
0.52%  Over $10 billion     
 
 
 
 
17 The fees and expenses of the Replacement Fund are those expected to be in effect on January 1, 2015. 
Management of the Replacement Fund, the ING Russell Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio, has proposed a 
reduction in the fund’s management fee and a corresponding change to the fund’s management fee breakpoint 
schedule. This proposal is scheduled to be presented to the fund’s Board of Directors for approval on or about 
November 19, 2014. If approved, which is fully expected, the management fee and the breakpoint schedule shown 
above will become effective January 1, 2015. The Fees and Expenses of the Replacement Fund are those that will 
be in place before this Substitution will be implemented. The fees and expenses of the Existing Fund are as of 
August 31, 2014.       
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c. Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks. 
       
Existing Fund  Replacement Fund 
Invesco VI American Franchise Fund  Voya Russell Large Cap Growth Index 
  Portfolio 
Investment Objective –   
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek  Investment Objective – 
capital growth.  The Portfolio seeks investment results (before 
  fees and expenses) that correspond to the total 
  return (which includes capital appreciation and 
  income) of the Russell Top 200® Growth Index 
  (“Index”). 
Principal Investment Strategies   Principal Investment Strategies  
 
The Fund invests, under normal circumstances,  Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio 
at least 80% of its net assets (plus any  invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
borrowings for investment purposes) in  borrowings for investment purposes) in equity 
securities of U.S. issuers. The Fund deems an  securities of companies, which are at the time of 
issuer to be a U.S. issuer if (i) its principal  purchase, included in the Index; convertible 
securities trading market (i.e., a U.S. stock  securities that are convertible into stocks 
exchange, NASDAQ or over-the-counter  included in the Index; other derivatives whose 
markets) is in the U.S.; (ii) alone or on a  economic returns are, by design, closely 
consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its  equivalent to the returns of the Index or its 
annual revenue from either goods produced,  components; and exchange-traded funds. The 
sales made or services performed in the U.S.; or  Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 
(iii) it is organized under the laws of, or has a  60 days’ prior notice of any change in this 
principal office in the U.S. The Fund invests  investment policy. Under normal market 
primarily in equity securities of mid- and large-  conditions, the Portfolio invests all, or 
capitalization issuers. The principal type of  substantially all of its assets in these securities. 
equity security in which the Fund invests is   
common stock.  The Portfolio may invest in other investment 
  companies to the extent permitted under the 
The Fund invests primarily in securities that are  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
considered by the Fund’s portfolio managers to  and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders 
have potential for earnings or revenue growth.  thereunder (“1940 Act”). 
 
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets  The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
in securities of foreign issuers.  common stocks and employs a “passive 
  management” approach designed to track the 
The Fund’s investment adviser, Invesco  performance of the Index. 
Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) uses a   
bottom-up stock selection process designed to  The Index is an unmanaged index that measures 
seek alpha (return on investments in excess of  the performance of the especially large cap 
the Russell 1000® Growth Index), and as well as  segment of the U.S. equity universe represented 
a disciplined portfolio construction process  by stocks in the largest 200 by market cap that 
designed to manage risk. The Adviser uses a  exhibit growth characteristics. The Index 
holistic approach that closely examines company  includes Russell Top 200® Index companies 
fundamentals, including detailed modeling of a  with higher price-to-book ratios and higher 
 
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company’s financial statements and discussions  forecasted growth values. As of December 31, 
with company management teams, suppliers,  2013, the smallest company in the Index had a 
distributors, competitors and customers. The  market capitalization of $10.4 billion and the 
Adviser uses a variety of valuation techniques  largest company had a market capitalization of 
based on the company in question, the industry  $500.7 billion. As of February 28, 2014, a 
in which the company operates, the stage of the  portion of the Index was concentrated in the 
company’s business cycle, and other factors that  information technology sector and a portion of 
best reflect a company’s value. The Adviser  the Index was focused in the consumer 
seeks to invest in companies with attractive  discretionary sector. 
growth outlooks at compelling valuation levels,   
including both stable and catalyst-driven growth  The Portfolio may not always hold all of the 
opportunities.  same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may 
  also invest in stock index futures and other 
The Adviser considers whether to sell a  derivatives as a substitute for the sale or 
particular security when a company hits the price  purchase of securities in the Index and to provide 
target, a company’s fundamentals deteriorate or  equity exposure to the Portfolio’s cash position. 
the catalysts for growth are no longer present or  Although the Portfolio attempts to track, as 
reflected in the stock price.  closely as possible, the performance of the 
  Index, the Portfolio does not always perform 
  exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the 
  Portfolio has operating expenses and transaction 
  costs and therefore has a performance 
  disadvantage versus the Index. 
 
  The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may sell a 
  security when the security’s percentage 
  weighting in the Index is reduced, when the 
  security is removed from the Index, or for other 
  reasons. 
 
  The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a 
  short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1 /3 % of 
  its total assets. 
 
Principal Risks   Principal Risks  
 
As with any registered open-end management  An investor could lose money on an investment 
investment company investment, loss of money  in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, 
is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund  among others, could affect Portfolio 
is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or  performance or cause the Portfolio to lose 
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance  money or to underperform market averages of 
Corporation or any other government agency.  other funds. 
The risks associated with an investment in the   
Fund can increase during times of significant  Company. The price of a given company’s 
market volatility. The principal risks of investing  stock could decline or underperform for many 
in the Fund are:  reasons including, among others, poor 
  management, financial problems, or business 
Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the  challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or 
 
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value of securities held by the Fund will fall due  becomes insolvent, its stock could become 
to general market and economic conditions,  worthless. 
perceptions regarding the industries in which the   
issuers of securities held by the Fund participate  Concentration. To the extent that the 
or factors relating to specific companies in  Portfolio’s index “concentrates,” as that term is 
which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse  defined in the 1940 Act, in the securities of a 
event, such as an unfavorable earnings report,  particular industry or group of industries or a 
may depress the value of securities held by the  single country or region, the Portfolio will 
Fund; the price of securities may be particularly  concentrate its investments to approximately the 
sensitive to general movements in the stock  same extent as the Index. As a result, the 
market; or a drop in the stock market may  Portfolio may be subject to greater market 
depress the price of most of all of the securities  fluctuation than a fund which has securities 
held by the Fund. In addition, securities of an  representing a broader range of investment 
issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in  alternatives. If securities in which the Portfolio 
price if the issuer fails to make anticipated  concentrates fall out of favor, the Portfolio could 
dividend payments because, among other  underperform funds that have greater 
reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a  diversification. 
decline in its financial condition.   
  Convertible Securities. Convertible securities 
Foreign Securities Risk. The Fund’s foreign  are securities that are convertible into or 
investments may be affected by changes in a  exercisable for common stocks at a stated price 
foreign country’s exchange rates, political and  or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the 
social instability, changes in economic or  usual risks associated with debt securities, such 
taxation policies, difficulties when enforcing  as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, 
obligations, decreased liquidity, and increased  because convertible securities react to changes in 
volatility. Foreign companies may be subject to  the value of the stocks into which they convert, 
less regulation resulting in less publicly available  they are subject to market risk. 
information about the companies.   
  Credit. Prices of bonds and other debt 
Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks tend to  instruments can fall if the issuer’s actual or 
be more expensive relative to their earnings or  perceived financial health deteriorates, whether 
assets compared with other types of stock. As a  because of broad economic or issuer-specific 
result they tend to be more sensitive to changes  reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late 
in their earnings and can be more volatile.  in paying interest or principal, or could fail to 
  pay altogether. 
Management Risk. The investment techniques   
and risk analysis used by the Fund’s portfolio  Derivative Instruments. Derivative 
managers may not produce the desired results.  instruments are subject to a number of risks, 
  including the risk of changes in the market price 
Market Risk. The prices of and the income  of the underlying securities, credit risk with 
generated by the Fund’s securities may decline  respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to 
in response to, among other things, investor  changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The 
sentiment, general economic and market  use of certain derivatives may also have a 
conditions, regional or global instability, and  leveraging effect which may increase the 
currency and interest rate fluctuations.  volatility of the Portfolio and reduce its returns. 
  Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the 
Mid-Capitalization Risk. Stocks of mid-sized  Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. 
companies tend to be more vulnerable to adverse  When used for hedging, the change in value of a 
 
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developments and may have little or no  derivative may not correlate as expected with the 
operating history or track record of success, and  currency, security or other risk being hedged. In 
limited product lines, markets, management and  addition, given their complexity, derivatives 
financial resources. The securities of mid-sized  expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper 
companies may be more volatile due to less  valuation. 
market interest and less publicly available   
information about the issuer. They also may be  Focused Investing. To the extent that the 
illiquid or restricted as to resale, or may trade  Portfolio invests a substantial portion of its 
less frequently and in smaller volumes, all of  assets in a particular industry, sector, market 
which may cause difficulty when establishing or  segment, or geographical area, its investments 
closing a position at a desirable price.  will be sensitive to developments in that 
  industry, sector, market segment, or 
  geographical area. The Portfolio assumes the 
  risk that changing economic conditions; 
  changing political or regulatory conditions; or 
  natural and other disasters affecting the 
  particular industry, sector, market segment, or 
  geographical area in which the Portfolio focuses 
  its investments could have a significant impact 
  on its investment performance and could 
  ultimately cause the Portfolio to underperform, 
  or be more volatile than, other funds that invest 
  more broadly. 
 
  Growth Investing. Prices of growth stocks 
  typically reflect high expectations for future 
  company growth, and may fall quickly and 
  significantly if investors suspect that actual 
  growth may be less than expected. Growth 
  companies typically lack any dividends that 
  might cushion price declines. Growth stocks 
  tend to be more volatile than value stocks, and 
  may underperform the market as a whole over 
  any given time period. 
 
  Index Strategy. The index selected may 
  underperform the overall market and the 
  Portfolio might fail to track its target index. The 
  correlation between the Portfolio and index 
  performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s 
  expenses and the timing of purchases and 
  redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. The 
  Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the 
  Index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to 
  index securities at any given time may not equal 
  100%. 
 
  Interest Rate. With bonds and other fixed rate 
 
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                                                            debt instruments, a rise in interest rates generally 
  causes values to fall; conversely, values 
  generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher 
  the credit quality of the instrument, and the 
  longer its maturity or duration, the more 
  sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In 
  the case of inverse securities, the interest rate 
  generally will decrease when the market rate of 
  interest to which the inverse security is indexed 
  increases. As of the date of this Prospectus, 
  interest rates in the United States are at or near 
  historic lows, which may increase the Portfolio’s 
  exposure to risks associated with rising interest 
  rates. Rising interest rates could have 
  unpredictable effects on the markets and may 
  expose fixed-income and related markets to 
  heightened volatility. For fixed-income 
  securities, an increase in interest rates may lead 
  to increased redemptions and increased portfolio 
  turnover, which could reduce liquidity for 
  certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect 
  values, and increase a Portfolio’s costs. If dealer 
  capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient 
  for market conditions, it may further inhibit 
  liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed 
  income markets. 
 
  Liquidity. If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio 
  might be unable to sell the security at a time 
  when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, 
  and the security could have the effect of 
  decreasing the overall level of the Portfolio’s 
  liquidity. Further, the lack of an established 
  secondary market may make it more difficult to 
  value illiquid securities, which could vary from 
  the amount the Portfolio could realize upon 
  disposition. The Portfolio may make investments 
  that become less liquid in response to market 
  developments or adverse investor perception. 
  The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a 
  security at the time and price that would be most 
  beneficial to the Portfolio. 
 
  Market. Stock prices may be volatile and are 
  affected by the real or perceived impacts of such 
  factors as economic conditions and political 
  events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with 
  periods when stock prices generally rise and 
  periods when stock prices generally decline. Any 
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given stock market segment may remain out of 
favor with investors for a short or long period of 
time, and stocks as an asset class may 
underperform bonds or other asset classes during 
some periods. Additionally, legislative, 
regulatory or tax policies or developments in 
these areas may adversely impact the investment 
techniques available to a manager, add to 
Portfolio costs and impair the ability of the 
Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives. 
 
Other Investment Companies. The main risk 
of investing in other investment companies, 
including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that 
the value of the securities underlying a registered 
open-end management investment company 
might decrease. Because the Portfolio may 
invest in other investment companies, an 
investor will pay a proportionate share of the 
expenses of those other investment companies 
(including management fees, administration fees, 
and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of 
the Portfolio. 
 
Securities Lending. Securities lending 
involves two primary risks: “investment risk” 
and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is 
the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from 
the investment of the cash collateral received 
from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the 
risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the 
failure of a borrower to return a borrowed 
security in a timely manner. 
 
 
d. Comparison. The Applicants believe that the Existing Fund and the Replacement 
Fund have similar investment objectives and similar policies and risks. 
 
The Existing Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital growth. The Existing Fund invests 
primarily in securities that are considered by the portfolio managers to have potential for 
earnings or revenue growth. The Existing Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 
80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of U.S. issuers. 
The Replacement Fund seeks investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 
the total return (which includes capital appreciation and income) of the Russell Top 200® Growth 
Index (“Index”). Under normal market conditions, the Replacement Fund invests at least 80% of 
its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies, which 
are at the time of purchase, included in the Index. The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
common stocks and employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the 
performance of the Index. The Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of 
 
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the especially large cap segment of the U.S. equity universe represented by stocks in the largest 
200 by market cap that exhibit growth characteristics. The Replacement Fund will offer 
investors exposure to similar types of stocks. Both Portfolios are classified in the Large Growth 
category by Morningstar.             
 
Even though the Existing Fund uses a more active strategy, the substitution is appropriate. The 
three-year correlation coefficient as of August 31, 2014, between the Existing Fund and 
Replacement Fund is 0.95, representing a very strong positive relationship in returns. This means 
that as the Existing Fund moved up or down by a given amount, the Replacement Fund moved in 
the same direction by a very similar amount.         
 
The Replacement Fund has outperformed the Existing Fund over the three-year time period, 
although it has underperformed over the one and five-year periods. The Replacement Fund will 
also allow shareholders to benefit from a significantly lower net expense ratio. Although 
differences in risks and investment objectives and strategies exist, the Applicants believe that 
these differences do not introduce Contract Owners to materially greater risks than before the 
Substitution.             
 
e. Expense Ratios and Total Return. The net expense ratios and total return 
figures for each fund in this proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows: 
            
  Net Expense
Ratio 
1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years  (Inception Date)
Since Inception 
 
Replacement Fund             
· Voya Russell Large Cap            (05/01/2009) 
Growth Index Portfolio –             
Class S  0.74%  26.58%  19.26%  16.59%  N/A  18.41%18 
Existing Fund            (07/03/1995) 
· Invesco VI American             
Franchise Fund – Class I  0.96%  27.40%  17.95%  17.40%  9.07%  9.33% 
 
f. Post Substitution Net Assets. The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell 
Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio – Class S immediately following the proposed substitution 
will be approximately $244,849,334. This is based on estimated net assets of the Replacement 
Fund immediately before the substitution ($227,476,865) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s 
actual net assets invested in the Accounts as of August 31, 2014 ($17,372,469).
 
 
 
___________________________ 
18 The expense ratio and performance information shown does not take into account the proposed reduction in the 
Replacement Fund’s management fee and breakpoint schedule.         
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5.  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index Portfolio for the Pioneer Equity Income   
VCT Portfolio.               
 
  a. Fees and Expenses. The comparative fees and expenses for each fund in this   
proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows:
          
    Management
Fees 
Distribution
(12b-1) Fees 
Administrative
Service Fee 
Other
Expenses 
Total Annual
Expenses
Expense
Waivers 
Net
Annual
Expenses 
   
   
Replacement Fund               
· Voya Russell Large               
Cap Value Index               
Portfolio – Class S  0.45%  0.25%  0.10%  0.04%  0.85%*  0.10%  0.75% 
Existing Fund               
· Pioneer Equity               
Income VCT Portfolio               
– Class II  0.65%  0.25%  None  0.07%  0.99%**  None  0.99% 
        *Includes 0.01% of acquired fund fees and expenses, 
        ** Includes 0.02% of acquired fund fees and expenses. 

 

b.  Breakpoint Information. The comparative management fee breakpoint 
information for each fund in this proposed substitution is as follows:
          
Existing Fund    Replacement Fund 
Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
Total Net Expenses: 0.99% - Class II  Portfolio   
    Total Net Expenses: 0.75% - Class S 
Management Fee: 0.65%     
    Management Fee: 0.45% 
Management Fee Breakpoints  Management Fee Breakpoints 
 
0.65%  First $1 billion  0.45%  First $250 million 
0.60%  Over $1 billion  0.35%  Next $250 million 
    0.30%  Thereafter 
 
 
 
c. Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks.
        
Existing Fund    Replacement Fund 
Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio  Voya Russell Large Cap Value Index 
    Portfolio   
Investment Objective –     
Current income and long-term growth of capital  Investment Objective – 
from a portfolio consisting primarily of income  The Portfolio seeks investment results (before 
producing equity securities of U.S. corporations.  fees and expenses) that correspond to the total 
    return (which includes capital appreciation and 
    income) of the Russell Top 200® Value Index 
    (“Index”).   
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Principal Investment Strategies   Principal Investment Strategies  
 
Normally, the portfolio invests at least 80% of  Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio 
its total assets in income producing equity  invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
securities of U.S. issuers. The income producing  borrowings for investment purposes) in equity 
equity securities in which the portfolio may  securities of companies, which are at the time of 
invest include common stocks, preferred stocks,  purchase, included in the Index; convertible 
exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest  securities that are convertible into stocks 
primarily in equity securities and equity interests  included in the Index; other derivatives whose 
in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The  economic returns are, by design, closely 
remainder of the portfolio may be invested in  equivalent to the returns of the Index or its 
debt securities, most of which are expected to be  components; and exchange-traded funds. The 
convertible into common stocks. The portfolio  Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 
may invest in initial public offerings of equity  60 days’ prior notice of any change in this 
securities.  investment policy. Under normal market 
  conditions, the Portfolio invests all, or 
The portfolio may invest up to 20% of its total  substantially all of its assets in these securities. 
assets in equity and debt securities of non-U.S.   
issuers, including depositary receipts. The  The Portfolio may invest in other investment 
portfolio will not invest more than 5% of its total  companies to the extent permitted under the 
assets in the securities of emerging markets  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
issuers.  and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders 
  thereunder (“1940 Act”). 
The portfolio may invest up to 20% of its net   
assets in REITs.  The Portfolio currently invests principally in 
  common stocks and employs a “passive 
The portfolio also may invest in investment  management” approach designed to track the 
grade and below investment grade debt securities  performance of the Index. 
(known as “junk bonds”).   
  The Index is an unmanaged index that measures 
The portfolio may, but is not required to, use  the performance of the especially large cap 
derivatives, such as stock index futures and  segment of the U.S. equities universe 
options. The portfolio may use derivatives for a  represented by stocks in the largest 200 by 
variety of purposes, including; in an attempt to  market cap that exhibit value characteristics. The 
hedge against adverse changes in the market  Index includes those Russell Top 200® Index 
price of securities, interest rates or currency  companies that exhibit value characteristics, 
exchange rates; as a substitute for purchasing or  including lower price-to-book ratios and lower 
selling securities; to attempt to increase the  forecasted growth values. As of December 31, 
portfolio's return as a non-hedging strategy that  2013, the smallest company in the Index had a 
may be considered speculative; and to manage  market capitalization of $3 billion and the largest 
portfolio characteristics. The portfolio may  company had a market capitalization of $500.7 
choose not to make use of derivatives for a  billion. As of February 28, 2014, a portion of the 
variety of reasons, and any use may be limited  Index was concentrated in the financials sector 
by applicable law and regulations. The portfolio  and portions of the Index were focused in the 
may also hold cash or other short-term  energy sector (including the oil, gas, and 
investments.  consumable fuels industry) and the health care 
  sector. 
The portfolio's investment adviser uses a value   
 
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approach to select the portfolio's investments to  The Portfolio may not always hold all of the 
buy and sell. The adviser seeks securities that are  same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may 
selling at substantial discounts to their  also invest in stock index futures and other 
underlying values and then holds these securities  derivatives as a substitute for the sale or 
until the market values reflect their intrinsic  purchase of securities in the Index and to provide 
values. The adviser evaluates a security’s  equity exposure to the Portfolio’s cash position. 
potential value, including the attractiveness of its  Although the Portfolio attempts to track, as 
market valuation, based on the company’s assets  closely as possible, the performance of the 
and prospects for earnings growth. The adviser  Index, the Portfolio does not always perform 
also considers a security’s potential to provide a  exactly like the Index. Unlike the Index, the 
reasonable amount of income. In making these  Portfolio has operating expenses and transaction 
assessments, the adviser employs fundamental  costs and therefore has a performance 
research and an evaluation of the issuer based on  disadvantage versus the Index. 
its financial statements and operations,   
employing a bottom-up analytic style, which  The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may sell a 
focuses on specific securities rather than on  security when the security’s percentage 
industries. The adviser generally sells a portfolio  weighting in the Index is reduced, when the 
security when it believes that the security’s  security is removed from the Index, or for other 
market value reflects its underlying value.  reasons. 
 
  The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a 
  short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1 /3 % of 
  its total assets. 
 
Principal Risks   Principal Risks  
 
Investors could lose money on their investment  An investor could lose money on an investment 
in the portfolio. As with any registered open-end  in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, 
management investment company, there is no  among others, could affect Portfolio 
guarantee that the portfolio will achieve its  performance or cause the Portfolio to lose 
objectives.  money or to underperform market averages of 
  other funds. 
Market risk. The values of securities held by   
the portfolio may go up or down, sometimes  Company. The price of a given company’s 
rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market  stock could decline or underperform for many 
conditions, such as real or perceived adverse  reasons including, among others, poor 
economic, political, or regulatory conditions,  management, financial problems, or business 
inflation, changes in interest or currency rates,  challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or 
lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse  becomes insolvent, its stock could become 
investor sentiment. Adverse market conditions  worthless. 
may be prolonged and may not have the same   
impact on all types of securities. The values of  Concentration. To the extent that the 
securities may fall due to factors affecting a  Portfolio’s index “concentrates,” as that term is 
particular issuer, industry or the securities  defined in the 1940 Act, in the securities of a 
market as a whole. The stock market may  particular industry or group of industries or a 
perform poorly relative to other investments (this  single country or region, the Portfolio will 
risk may be greater in the short term). High  concentrate its investments to approximately the 
public debt in the U.S. and other countries  same extent as the Index. As a result, the 
 
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creates ongoing and systemic market risks and  Portfolio may be subject to greater market 
policymaking uncertainty. The financial crisis  fluctuation than a fund which has securities 
that began in 2008 has caused a significant  representing a broader range of investment 
decline in the value and liquidity of many  alternatives. If securities in which the Portfolio 
securities worldwide. Governmental and non-  concentrates fall out of favor, the Portfolio could 
governmental issuers have defaulted on, or been  underperform funds that have greater 
forced to restructure, their debts, and many other  diversification. 
issuers have faced difficulties obtaining credit.   
These market conditions may continue, worsen  Convertible Securities. Convertible securities 
or spread, including in the U.S., Europe and  are securities that are convertible into or 
beyond. Further defaults or restructurings by  exercisable for common stocks at a stated price 
governments and others of their debt could have  or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the 
additional adverse effects on economies,  usual risks associated with debt securities, such 
financial markets and asset valuations around the  as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, 
world. In response to the crisis, the U.S. and  because convertible securities react to changes in 
other governments and the Federal Reserve and  the value of the stocks into which they convert, 
certain foreign central banks have taken steps to  they are subject to market risk. 
support financial markets, including by keeping   
interest rates at historically low levels. More  Credit. Prices of bonds and other debt 
recently, the Federal Reserve has reduced its  instruments can fall if the issuer’s actual or 
market support activities. Further reduction or  perceived financial health deteriorates, whether 
withdrawal of this support, failure of efforts in  because of broad economic or issuer-specific 
response to the crisis, or investor perception that  reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late 
these efforts are not succeeding could negatively  in paying interest or principal, or could fail to 
affect financial markets generally as well as  pay altogether. 
increase market volatility and reduce the value   
and liquidity of certain securities. Whether or not  Derivative Instruments. Derivative 
the portfolio invests in securities of issuers  instruments are subject to a number of risks, 
located in or with significant exposure to  including the risk of changes in the market price 
countries experiencing economic and financial  of the underlying securities, credit risk with 
difficulties, the value and liquidity of the  respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to 
portfolio’s investments may be negatively  changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The 
affected. In addition, policy and legislative  use of certain derivatives may also have a 
changes in the U.S. and in other countries are  leveraging effect which may increase the 
affecting many aspects of financial regulation.  volatility of the Portfolio and reduce its returns. 
The impact of these changes on the markets, and  Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the 
the practical implications for market participants,  Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. 
may not be fully known for some time. The  When used for hedging, the change in value of a 
portfolio may experience a substantial or  derivative may not correlate as expected with the 
complete loss on any individual security or  currency, security or other risk being hedged. In 
derivative position.  addition, given their complexity, derivatives 
  expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper 
Value style risk. The prices of securities the  valuation. 
adviser believes are undervalued may not   
appreciate as expected or may go down. Value  Focused Investing. To the extent that the 
stocks may fall out of favor with investors and  Portfolio invests a substantial portion of its 
underperform the overall equity market.  assets in a particular industry, sector, market 
  segment, or geographical area, its investments 
 
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Portfolio selection risk. The adviser's judgment  will be sensitive to developments in that 
about a particular security or issuer, or about the  industry, sector, market segment, or 
economy or a particular sector, region or market  geographical area. The Portfolio assumes the 
segment, or about an investment strategy, may  risk that changing economic conditions; 
prove to be incorrect.  changing political or regulatory conditions; or 
  natural and other disasters affecting the 
Risks of non-U.S. investments. Investing in  particular industry, sector, market segment, or 
non-U.S. issuers, or in U.S. issuers that have  geographical area in which the Portfolio focuses 
significant exposure to foreign markets, may  its investments could have a significant impact 
involve unique risks compared to investing in  on its investment performance and could 
securities of U.S. issuers. These risks are more  ultimately cause the Portfolio to underperform, 
pronounced for issuers in emerging markets or to  or be more volatile than, other funds that invest 
the extent that the portfolio invests significantly  more broadly. 
in one region or country. These risks may   
include different financial reporting practices  Index Strategy. The index selected may 
and regulatory standards, less liquid trading  underperform the overall market and the 
markets, extreme price volatility, currency risks,  Portfolio might fail to track its target index. The 
changes in economic, political, regulatory and  correlation between the Portfolio and index 
social conditions, sustained economic  performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s 
downturns, financial instability, tax burdens, and  expenses and the timing of purchases and 
investment and repatriation restrictions. Lack of  redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. The 
information and less market regulation also may  Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the 
affect the value of these securities. Withholding  Index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to 
and other non-U.S. taxes may decrease the  index securities at any given time may not equal 
portfolio’s return. Non-U.S. issuers may be  100%. 
located in parts of the world that have   
historically been prone to natural disasters.  Interest Rate. With bonds and other fixed rate 
Investing in depositary receipts is subject to  debt instruments, a rise in interest rates generally 
many of the same risks as investing directly in  causes values to fall; conversely, values 
non-U.S. issuers. Depositary receipts may  generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher 
involve higher expenses and may trade at a  the credit quality of the instrument, and the 
discount (or premium) to the underlying  longer its maturity or duration, the more 
security.  sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In 
  the case of inverse securities, the interest rate 
Risks of investments in REITs. Investments in  generally will decrease when the market rate of 
real estate securities are affected by economic  interest to which the inverse security is indexed 
conditions, interest rates, governmental actions  increases. As of the date of this Prospectus, 
and other factors. In addition, investing in REITs  interest rates in the United States are at or near 
involves unique risks. They are significantly  historic lows, which may increase the Portfolio’s 
affected by the market for real estate and are  exposure to risks associated with rising interest 
dependent upon management skills and cash  rates. Rising interest rates could have 
flow. REITs may have lower trading volumes  unpredictable effects on the markets and may 
and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic  expose fixed-income and related markets to 
price movements than the overall securities  heightened volatility. For fixed-income 
markets. Mortgage REITs are particularly  securities, an increase in interest rates may lead 
subject to interest rate and credit risks. In  to increased redemptions and increased portfolio 
addition to its own expenses, the portfolio will  turnover, which could reduce liquidity for 
indirectly bear its proportionate share of any  certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect 
 
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management and other expenses paid by REITs  values, and increase a Portfolio’s costs. If dealer 
in which it invests. Many real estate companies,  capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient 
including REITs, utilize leverage.  for market conditions, it may further inhibit 
  liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed 
Risks of convertible securities. The market  income markets. 
values of convertible securities tend to decline as   
interest rates increase and, conversely, to  Liquidity. If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio 
increase as interest rates decline. A downturn in  might be unable to sell the security at a time 
equity markets may cause the price of  when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, 
convertible securities to decrease relative to  and the security could have the effect of 
other fixed income securities.  decreasing the overall level of the Portfolio’s 
  liquidity. Further, the lack of an established 
Preferred stocks risk. Preferred stocks may pay  secondary market may make it more difficult to 
fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred  value illiquid securities, which could vary from 
stocks are subject to issuer-specific and market  the amount the Portfolio could realize upon 
risks applicable generally to equity securities. In  disposition. The Portfolio may make investments 
addition, a company’s preferred stocks generally  that become less liquid in response to market 
pay dividends only after the company makes  developments or adverse investor perception. 
required payments to holders of its bonds and  The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a 
other debt. Thus, the value of preferred stocks  security at the time and price that would be most 
will usually react more strongly than bonds and  beneficial to the Portfolio. 
other debt to actual or perceived changes in the   
company’s financial condition or prospects. The  Market. Stock prices may be volatile and are 
market value of preferred stocks generally  affected by the real or perceived impacts of such 
decreases when interest rates rise. Preferred  factors as economic conditions and political 
stocks of smaller companies may be more  events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with 
vulnerable to adverse developments than  periods when stock prices generally rise and 
preferred stocks of larger companies.  periods when stock prices generally decline. Any 
  given stock market segment may remain out of 
Debt securities risk. Factors that could  favor with investors for a short or long period of 
contribute to a decline in the market value of  time, and stocks as an asset class may 
debt securities in the portfolio include rising  underperform bonds or other asset classes during 
interest rates, if the issuer or other obligor of a  some periods. Additionally, legislative, 
security held by the portfolio fails to pay  regulatory or tax policies or developments in 
principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or  these areas may adversely impact the investment 
has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived  techniques available to a manager, add to 
to be less creditworthy or the credit quality or  Portfolio costs and impair the ability of the 
value of any underlying assets declines. Junk  Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives. 
bonds involve greater risk of loss, are subject to   
greater price volatility and are less liquid,  Other Investment Companies. The main risk 
especially during periods of economic  of investing in other investment companies, 
uncertainty or change, than higher quality debt  including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that 
securities; they may also be more difficult to  the value of the securities underlying a registered 
value. Junk bonds have a higher risk of default  open-end management investment company 
or are already in default and are considered  might decrease. Because the Portfolio may 
speculative.  invest in other investment companies, an 
  investor will pay a proportionate share of the 
High yield or “junk” bond risk. Debt securities  expenses of those other investment companies 
 
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that are below investment grade, called “junk  (including management fees, administration fees, 
bonds,” are speculative, have a higher risk of  and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of 
default or are already in default, tend to be less  the Portfolio. 
liquid and are more difficult to value than higher   
grade securities. Junk bonds tend to be volatile  Securities Lending. Securities lending 
and more susceptible to adverse events and  involves two primary risks: “investment risk” 
negative sentiments. These risks are more  and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is 
pronounced for securities that are already in  the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from 
default.  the investment of the cash collateral received 
  from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the 
Market segment risk. To the extent the  risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the 
portfolio emphasizes, from time to time,  failure of a borrower to return a borrowed 
investments in a market segment, the portfolio  security in a timely manner. 
will be subject to a greater degree to the risks   
particular to that segment, and may experience  Value Investing. Securities that appear to be 
greater market fluctuation than a portfolio  undervalued may never appreciate to the extent 
without the same focus.  expected. Further, because the prices of value- 
  oriented securities tend to correlate more closely 
Risks of investment in other funds. Investing  with economic cycles than growth-oriented 
in other investment companies, including  securities, they generally are more sensitive to 
exchange-traded funds (EFTs), subjects the  changing economic conditions, such as changes 
portfolio to the risks of investing in the  in interest rates, corporate earnings and 
underlying securities or assets held by those  industrial production. 
funds. When investing in another fund, the   
portfolio will bear a pro rata portion of the   
underlying fund’s expenses, in addition to its   
own expenses.   
 
Derivatives risk. Using stock index futures and   
options and other derivatives can increase   
portfolio losses and reduce opportunities for   
gains when market prices, interest rates or the   
derivative instruments themselves behave in a   
way not anticipated by the portfolio. Using   
derivatives may increase the volatility of the   
portfolio's net asset value and may not provide   
the result intended. Derivatives may have a   
leveraging effect on the portfolio. Some   
derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss,   
regardless of the size of the portfolio’s initial   
investment. Changes in a derivative’s value may   
not correlate well with the referenced asset or   
metric. The portfolio also may have to sell assets   
at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.   
Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or   
value, and the counterparty may default on its   
obligations to the portfolio. New regulations are   
changing the derivatives markets. The   
 
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regulations may make using derivatives more 
costly, may limit their availability, or may 
otherwise adversely affect their value or 
performance. For derivatives that are required to 
be traded through a clearinghouse or exchange, 
the portfolio also will be exposed to the credit 
risk of the clearinghouse and the broker that 
submits trades for the portfolio. It is possible that 
certain derivatives that are required to be 
cleared, such as certain swap contracts, will not 
be accepted for clearing. In addition, regulated 
trading facilities for swap contracts are relatively 
new; they may not function as intended, which 
could impair the ability to enter into swap 
contracts. The extent and impact of the new 
regulations are not yet fully known and may not 
be for some time. 
 
Leveraging risk. The value of an investment 
may be more volatile and other risks tend to be 
compounded if the portfolio borrows or uses 
derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, 
that have embedded leverage. Leverage 
generally magnifies the effect of any increase or 
decrease in the value of the portfolio's 
underlying assets or creates investment risk with 
respect to a larger pool of assets than the 
portfolio would otherwise have, potentially 
resulting in the loss of all assets. Engaging in 
such transactions may cause the portfolio to 
liquidate positions when it may not be 
advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or 
meet segregation requirements. 
 
Risks of initial public offerings. Companies 
involved in initial public offerings (IPOs) 
generally have limited operating histories, and 
prospects for future profitability are uncertain. 
Information about the companies may be 
available for very limited periods. The market 
for IPO issuers has been volatile, and share 
prices of newly public companies have 
fluctuated significantly over short periods of 
time. Further, stocks of newly-public companies 
may decline shortly after the IPO. There is no 
assurance that the portfolio will have access to 
IPOs. The purchase of IPO shares may involve 
high transaction costs. 
 
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Expense risk. An investor’s actual costs of 
investing in the portfolio may be higher than the 
expenses shown in “Annual portfolio operating 
expenses” for a variety of reasons. For example, 
expense ratios may be higher than those shown if 
overall net assets decrease. Net assets are more 
likely to decrease and portfolio expense ratios 
are more likely to increase when markets are 
volatile. 
 
Please note that there are many other factors that 
could adversely affect an investor’s investment 
and that could prevent the portfolio from 
achieving its goals. 
 
An investment in the portfolio is not a bank 
deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any 
other government agency. 
 
 
d. Comparison. The Applicants believe that while the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund are slightly different from each other in the way they characterize their 
objective, principal investment strategies, benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily 
a large cap value equity portfolio that exhibits a high correlation to the other with similar 
weighted average holdings from a Morningstar style box perspective, risks and investment 
results. Each falls within the Morningstar Large Value style box. The differences between the 
Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are not necessarily larger than one would expect to be 
exhibited by two portfolios with the same benchmarks, principal investment strategies, and 
naming conventions, as there is significant investment flexibility within those constraints. 
 
The investment objective of the Existing Fund is current income and long-term growth of capital 
from a portfolio consisting primarily of income producing equity securities of U.S. corporations. 
Normally, the Existing Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in income producing equity 
securities of U.S. issuers. The Portfolio seeks investment results (before fees and expenses) that 
correspond to the total return (which includes capital appreciation and income) of the Russell 
Top 200® Value Index (“Index”). Under normal market conditions, the Replacement Fund 
invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies, which are at the time of 
purchase, included in the Index. The Replacement Fund currently invests principally in common 
stocks and employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of the 
Index. The Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the especially large 
cap segment of the U.S. equities universe represented by stocks in the largest 200 by market cap 
that exhibit value characteristics. 
 
With respect to the Existing Fund’s and Replacement Fund’s primary and/or secondary 
investment objectives, each shares some combination of long-term capital appreciation and 
current/reasonable income language. The Replacement Fund, as an index fund, does not 
 
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specifically state either capital appreciation or income in its objective but rather focuses on an 
index replication due to its passive nature. The passive index it is replicating, however, seeks to 
generate long-term capital appreciation and also delivers current/reasonable income. In fact, as 
of August 31, 2014, the current yield on the performance benchmark for the Replacement Fund, 
the Russell Top 200 Value Index, was 2.27%, higher than the current yield of the performance 
benchmark for the Existing Fund, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which was 2.17%.   
 
Furthermore, while the listed principal investment strategies of the Existing Fund and the 
Replacement Fund differ in language and breadth, at their core each is required to invest in more 
than 80% equity securities of a large cap, primarily income producing companies. Although the 
Replacement Fund seeks to replicate an index, as noted above, the index is consists of equity 
securities of a large cap and income producing companies. Over 95% of the underlying 
securities in the index the Replacement Fund seeks to replicate (both by names and by asset 
weight) pay a dividend.             
 
While the Existing Fund and the Replacing Fund are benchmarked to a different index, there is 
very high overlap in the construction and the returns of those differing indices. The companies 
that make up the Replacement Fund’s Russell Top 200 Value Index benchmark comprise 69% of 
the Existing Fund’s Russell 1000 Value Index benchmark.       
 
Even though the overlap of these benchmarks is not 100%, there is a high correlation in the 
returns of these benchmarks over time. Over the past five years there is no less than a 98% 
correlation in the returns between the Existing Fund’s benchmark and the Replacement Fund’s 
benchmark. This means that the returns tend to move nearly in lockstep with each other, and this 
has a similar effect on the actual returns of the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund. As 
shown in the performance tables below, the Replacement Portfolio has exhibited similar or better 
performance to the Existing Portfolio at a meaningfully lower expense ratio.   
 
To summarize, while the Existing Fund and the Replacement Fund are slightly different from 
each other in the way they characterize their objective, principal investment strategies, 
benchmarks and risks, fundamentally each is primarily a large cap value equity portfolio that 
exhibits a high correlation to the other such that each Affected Contract Owner’s fundamental 
investment objectives and risk and return expectations will continue to be met after the 
Substitution.             
 
e. Expense Ratios and Total Return. The net expense ratios and total return 
figures for each fund in this proposed substitution as of August 31, 2014, are as follows: 
            
  Net Expense
Ratio 
1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years  (Inception Date)
Since Inception 
 
Replacement Fund             
· Voya Russell Large Cap            (05/01/2009) 
Value Index Portfolio –             
Class S  0.75%  22.62%  20.44%  14.68%  N/A  17.35% 
Existing Fund            (09/14/1999) 
· Pioneer Equity Income             
VCT Portfolio – Class II  0.99%  20.63%  16.90%  16.01%  8.12%  6.20% 
 
 
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  f. Post Substitution Net Assets. The estimated net assets of the Voya Russell 
Large Cap Value Index Portfolio – Class S immediately following the proposed substitution will 
be approximately $157,005,554. This is based on estimated net assets of the Replacement Fund 
immediately before the substitution ($140,739,513) plus the corresponding Existing Fund’s 
actual net assets invested in the Accounts as of August 31, 2014 ($16,266,041). 
 
 
C.  Consequence of the Substitutions. Applicants maintain that Contract Owners will be 
better served by the proposed Substitutions. Applicants anticipate that the replacement of the 
Existing Fund will result in a Contract that is administered and managed more efficiently, and 
one that is more competitive with other variable products in both wholesale and retail markets. 
Each Replacement Fund will be managed according to a similar investment objective and 
policies as the corresponding Existing Fund. Moreover, the overall expenses of each 
Replacement Fund are less than those of the corresponding Existing Fund. 
 
  Applicants anticipate that Contract Owners will be at least as well off with the proposed 
array of subaccounts to be offered after the proposed Substitutions as they have been with the 
array of subaccounts offered before the Substitutions. The proposed Substitutions retain for 
Contract Owners the investment flexibility which is a central feature of the Contracts. If the 
proposed Substitutions are implemented, all Contract Owners will be permitted to allocate 
purchase payments and transfer accumulated values and Contract values between and among the 
remaining subaccounts as they could before the proposed Substitutions. 
 
D.  Rights of Affected Contract Owners and Obligations of the Companies. Apart from 
the Substitutions, the rights of Affected Contract Owners and the obligations of the Companies 
under the Contracts will not be altered by the Substitutions. Affected Contract Owners will not 
incur any additional tax liability or any additional fees or expenses as a result of the 
Substitutions. 
 
The Substitutions will take place at relative net asset value (in accordance with Rule 22c-1 under 
the 1940 Act) with no change in the amount of any Affected Contract Owner’s contract value, 
cash value, accumulation value, account value or death benefit or in dollar value of his or her 
investment in the Accounts. Affected Contract Owners will not incur any fees or charges as a 
result of the Substitutions nor will their rights or the Companies’ obligations under the affected 
Contracts be altered in any way. The Companies or their affiliates will pay all other expenses 
incurred with the Substitutions, including legal, accounting, brokerage, and other fees and 
expenses. In addition, the Substitutions will not impose any tax liability on Affected Contract 
Owners. The Substitutions will not cause the affected Contract fees and charges currently being 
paid by Affected Contract Owners to be greater after the Substitutions than before the 
Substitutions. In addition, while the Companies do not anticipate increasing Contract fees and/or 
charges paid by any current Contract Owners, the Companies have agreed not to increase the 
Contract fees and charges currently being assessed by the Contracts for a period of at least two 
years following the Substitutions. 
 
 
 
 
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E.  Contract Rights. Affected Contract Owners will have the right to surrender their 
affected Contracts or reallocate account value of an Existing Fund in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of their Contract prior to (and after) the Effective Date. 
 
  As noted above, each Affected Contract Owner has received a copy of a Contract 
prospectus supplement informing them of the Substitutions. Additionally, each Affected 
Contract Owner will be sent (1) a second supplement setting forth the Effective Date and 
advising them of their right to reconsider the Substitutions and, if they so choose, any time prior 
to the Effective Date and for at least 30 days after the Effective Date, they may reallocate 
account value under the affected Contract without charge or otherwise withdraw or terminate 
their interest therein in accordance with the terms and conditions of their Contract; (2) the 
applicable Replacement Fund prospectus prior to the Effective Date; and (3) within five business 
days of the Effective Date, a Post-Substitution Confirmation. 
 
F.  The Right to Substitute Shares. Each of the prospectuses for the Contracts discloses 
that the Companies reserve the right, subject to Commission approval and compliance with 
applicable law, to substitute shares of another registered open-end management investment 
company for shares of a registered open-end management investment company held by a 
subaccount of an Account. 
 
  The Companies reserved this right of Substitutions both to protect themselves and their 
Contract Owners in situations where either might be harmed or disadvantaged because of 
circumstances involving the issuer of the shares held by one or more of its Accounts and to 
afford the opportunity to replace such shares where to do so could benefit the Contract Owners 
and Companies. 
 
G.  The Substitutions are not the type of substitution which Section 26(c) was designed 
to prevent. Unlike a traditional unit investment trust where a depositor could only substitute an 
investment security in a manner which permanently affected all the investors in trust, the 
Contracts provide each Contract Owner with the right to exercise his or her own judgment and 
transfer account values into other subaccounts. The number of available subaccounts varies from 
Contract to Contract and ranges from 16 to 63, but the average number of available subaccounts 
in all Contracts after the Substitutions will remain unchanged. Moreover, the Contracts will 
offer Contract Owners the opportunity to transfer amounts out of the affected subaccounts into 
any of the remaining subaccounts without cost or other disadvantage. The Substitutions, 
therefore, will not result in the type of costly forced redemptions that Section 26(c) was designed 
to prevent. 
 
  The Substitutions also are unlike the type of substitutions that Section 26(c) was designed 
to prevent in that by purchasing a Contract, Contract Owners select much more than a particular 
registered open-end management investment company in which to invest their account values. 
They also select the specific type of death benefit and other optional benefits as well as 
numerous other rights and privileges set forth in the Contracts. Contract Owners may also have 
considered the Companies’ size, financial condition, type and its reputation for service in 
selecting their Contract. These factors will not change as a result of the Substitutions. 
 
 
 
 
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H.  Separate Representations and Request for an Order. Applicants request an order of 
the Commission pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act approving the Substitutions by the 
Companies. Applicants submit that, for all the reasons stated above, the Substitutions are 
consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and 
provisions of the 1940 Act. 
 
V - CONDITIONS
 
A.  Applicants agree to the following conditions regarding the Substitutions described in this 
Application: 
 
  1.  Each Replacement Fund has an investment objective and investment policies that 
are similar to the investment objective and policies of the corresponding Existing Fund, or each 
Replacement Fund’s underlying portfolio construction and investment results are similar to those 
of the Existing Fund, so that the fundamental objectives, risk and performance expectations of 
the Affected Contract Owners can continue to be met; 
 
  2.  In relation to the Substitution of involving the Voya Russell Large Cap Index 
Portfolio, the fund’s Board of Directors has approved the reduced management fee and manage 
fee breakpoint schedule described herein to be effective before implementation of the 
Substitutions. 
 
  3.  For two years following the implementation of the Substitutions, the net annual 
expenses of each Replacement Fund will not exceed the net annual expenses of the 
corresponding Existing Fund as of August 31, 2014. To achieve this limitation, the Replacement 
Fund’s investment adviser will waive fees or reimburse the Replacement Fund in certain 
amounts to maintain expenses at or below the limit. Any adjustments will be made at least on a 
quarterly basis. In addition, the Companies will not increase the Contract fees and charges, 
including asset based charges such as mortality and expense risk charges deducted from the 
Subaccounts that would otherwise be assessed under the terms of the Contracts for a period of at 
least two years following the Substitutions; 
 
  4.  Affected Contract Owners may reallocate amounts from an Existing Fund without 
incurring a reallocation charge or limiting their number of future reallocations, or withdraw 
amounts under any Affected Contract or otherwise terminate their interest therein at any time 
prior to the Effective Date and for a period of at least 30 days following the Effective Date in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of such Contract. Any such reallocation will not count 
as a transfer when imposing any applicable restriction or limit under the Contract on transfers; 
 
  5.  The Substitutions will be effected at the net asset value of the respective shares in 
conformity with Section 22(c) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder, without the 
imposition of any transfer or similar charge by Applicants; 
 
  6.  The Substitutions will take place at relative net asset value without change in the 
amount or value of any Contract held by Affected Contract Owners. Affected Contract Owners 
will not incur any fees or charges as a result of the Substitutions, nor will their rights or the 
obligations of the Companies under such Contracts be altered in any way; 
 
 
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7.  The Substitutions will be effected so that investment of securities will be 
consistent with the investment objectives, policies and diversification requirements of the 
Replacement Funds. No brokerage commissions, fees or other remuneration will be paid by the 
Existing Funds, Replacement Funds or Affected Contract Owners in connection with the 
Substitutions; 
 
8.  The Substitutions will not alter in any way the annuity, life or tax benefits 
afforded under the Contracts held by any Affected Contract Owner; 
 
9.  Each Affected Contract Owner will have been sent a copy of (a) a Contract 
prospectus supplement informing shareholders of this Application; (b) a second supplement to 
the Contract prospectus setting forth the Effective Date and advising Affected Contract Owners 
of their right to reconsider the Substitutions and, if they so choose, any time prior to the Effective 
Date and for 30 days thereafter, to reallocate or withdraw amounts under their affected Contract 
or otherwise terminate their interest therein in accordance with the terms and conditions of their 
Contract; and (c) a prospectus for the applicable Replacement Fund(s); 
 
10. The Companies will send to the Affected Contract Owners within five (5) business 
days of the Substitutions a written Post-Substitution Confirmation which will include the before 
and after account values (which will not have changed as a result of the Substitutions) and detail 
the transactions effected on behalf of the respective Affected Contract Owner with regard to the 
Substitutions. With the Post-Substitution Confirmations the Companies will remind Affected 
Contract Owners that they may reallocate amounts from the Replacement Funds without 
incurring a reallocation charge or limiting their number of future reallocations for a least 30 days 
following the Effective Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of their Contract; 
 
11. The Companies or their affiliates will pay all expenses and transaction costs of the 
Substitutions, including legal and accounting expenses, any applicable brokerage expenses, and 
other fees and expenses. In addition, the Substitutions will not impose any tax liability on 
Affected Contract Owners; 
 
12. After the Effective Date of the Substitutions the Applicants agree not to change a 
Replacement Fund’s sub-adviser without first obtaining shareholder approval of either (a) the 
sub-adviser change or (b) the parties’ continued ability to rely on their manager-of-managers 
exemptive order; and 
 
13. The Substitutions will not be effected unless the Companies shall have satisfied 
themselves, that (a) the Contracts allow the substitution of registered open-end management 
investment company shares in the manner contemplated by the Substitutions and related 
transactions described herein; (b) the transaction can be consummated as described in this 
Application under applicable insurance laws; and (c) that any regulatory requirements in each 
jurisdiction where the Contracts are qualified for sale, have been complied with to the extent 
necessary to complete the transaction. 
 
 
 
 
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VII - PROCEDURAL MATTERS
 
A.  Pursuant Rule 0-2(f) under the 1940 Act, Applicants state that written or oral 
communications regarding this Application should be directed to individuals and addresses 
specified on the cover of this Application. 
 
B.  Applicants desire that the Commission issue the requested order pursuant to Rule 0-5 
under the 1940 Act without conducting a hearing. 
 
C.  Statements of Authorization and Verifications required by Rule 0-2(d) with respect to the 
filing of this Application by the respective Applicants are incorporated by reference through
Exhibits A.
 
D.  All requirements of the charter documents of each Applicant have been complied with in 
connection with the execution and filing of this Application and each person signing the 
Application is fully authorized to do so. Copies of the applicable resolutions are incorporated 
herein by reference through Exhibits B. 
 
 
 
 
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  SIGNATURES 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Applicants 
have caused this first amended and restated Application to be duly signed on the 23rd day of 
October, 2014. 
 
Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account B 
and its Variable Annuity Account I 
 
By:  /s/Lisa S. Gilarde 
Name:  Lisa S. Gilarde 
Title:  Vice President 
Date:  October 23, 2014 
 
 
 
 
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  SIGNATURES (continued) 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Applicants 
have caused this first amended and restated Application to be duly signed on the 23rd day of 
October, 2014. 
 
Voya Insurance and Annuity Company and its Separate Account B and its Separate 
Account EQ 
 
By:  /s/Christine E. Dugan 
Name:  Christine E. Dugan 
Title:  Vice President 
Date:  October 23, 2014 
 
 
 
 
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  SIGNATURES (continued) 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Applicants 
have caused this first amended and restated Application to be duly signed on the 23rd day of 
October, 2014. 
 
ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York and its Separate Account NY-B 
 
By:  /s/Christine E. Dugan 
Name:  Christine E. Dugan 
Title:  Vice President 
Date:  October 23, 2014 
 
 
 
 
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  SIGNATURES (continued) 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Applicants 
have caused this first amended and restated Application to be duly signed on the 23rd day of 
October, 2014. 
 
Security Life of Denver Insurance Company and its Separate Account A1 and its Separate 
Account S-A1 
 
By:  /s/Lisa S. Gilarde 
Name:  Lisa S. Gilarde 
Title:  Vice President 
Date:  October 23, 2014 
 
 
 
 
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  SIGNATURES (continued)   
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Applicants 
have caused this first amended and restated Application to be duly signed on the 27th day of 
October, 2014.   
 
 
Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.   
 
By:  /s/Kimberly A. Anderson   
Name:  Kimberly A. Anderson   
Title:  Senior Vice President   
Date:  October 27, 2014   
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit Index 
 
Exhibit  Description 

Exhibits A
 
Authorizations and Verifications 

Exhibits B
 
Resolutions 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
 
The Authorizations and Verifications which this Exhibit A is attached, File No. 812-14302, and 
any and all amendments thereto were included as Exhibits A-1 through A-4 to the initial filing of 
the Exemptive Application on April 29, 2014. These Authorizations and Verifications remain in 
full force and effect and are hereby incorporated by reference. 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B
 
The Board Resolutions authorizing each Applicant to file the Exemptive Application to which 
this Exhibit B is attached, File No. 812-14032, and any and all amendments thereto were 
included as Exhibits B-1 through B-5 to the initial filing of the Exemptive Application on April 
29, 2014. These Resolutions remain in full force and effect and are hereby incorporated by 
reference. 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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