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"ONCORE XTRA"
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY
THE OHIO NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OHIO NATIONAL VARIABLE ACCOUNT A
SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2000 TO THE PROSPECTUS
DATED MAY 1, 2000
This relates to the Extra Credits described on page 13. We have applied to the
Securities and Exchange Commission for an order of exemption from certain
provisions of the Investment Company Act. Unless and until the SEC grants that
order, any extra credits that we recover if you exercise your 10-day free look
privilege will be limited to an amount equal to:
(A / B) x C, where
o A is the contract value, including the value of extra credits, at the time
of recission
o B is the contract value, including the value of extra credits, at the
time of purchase, and
o C is the amount of the extra credits.
The result in that case is that you will be in exactly the same position you
would have been in had there been no extra credit.
In addition, unless and until the SEC grants the order we have requested, we
will not recover the extra credits upon the payment of death benefits or nursing
home confinement benefits.
