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ANCHOR NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DEATH BENEFIT ENDORSEMENT
This endorsement forms a part of the Contract to which it is attached.
The AMOUNT OF DEATH BENEFIT under the DEATH PROVISIONS is modified to read as
follows:
Before You attain age 75 the amount of death benefit is equal to the greater
of:
1. the Contract Value at the end of the NYSE business day during
which We receive at Our Annuity Service Center the required Due
Proof of Death documentation of the Owner and an election of the
type of payment to be made; or
2. Purchase Payments, reduced for partial withdrawals in the same
proportion that the Contract Value was reduced on the date of
any such withdrawals, compounded until the date of death at 3%
interest, plus any Purchase Payments, less partial withdrawals
in the same proportion that the Contract Value was reduced on
the date of any such withdrawals recorded after the date of
death.
After You attain age 75 the amount of death benefit is equal to the greater of:
1. the Contract Value at the end of the NYSE business day during
which We receive, at Our Annuity Service Center, due proof of
the Owner's death and an election of the type of payment to be
made; or
2. Purchase Payments reduced for partial withdrawals in the same
proportion that the Contract Value was reduced on the date of
any such withdrawals, compounded until the attainment of age
75 at 3% interest, plus any Purchase Payments less partial
withdrawals in the same proportion that the Contract Value was
reduced on the date of any such withdrawals recorded after the
attainment of age 75.
All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain unchanged. Signed for the
Company at Los Angeles, California, to be effective as of the Contract Date.
/s/ Christine A. Nixon /s/ Eli Broad
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Christine A. Nixon Eli Broad
Assistant Secretary President
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