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THE DIRECTOR VARIABLE ANNUITY
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 29, 1997
TO THE DIRECTOR PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
The following should be added to the list of Sub-Accounts and underlying
investments for the Sub-Accounts on the first page:
MidCap Fund Sub-Account -- shares of Hartford MidCap Fund, Inc. ("MidCap Fund")
The "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" table should be deleted and replaced with
the following:
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(AS PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS)
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TOTAL FUND
MANAGEMENT OTHER OPERATING
FEES EXPENSES EXPENSES
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Hartford Bond Fund.......................................................... 0.490% 0.030% 0.520%
Hartford Stock Fund......................................................... 0.441% 0.016% 0.457%
HVA Money Market Fund....................................................... 0.423% 0.021% 0.444%
Hartford Advisers Fund...................................................... 0.615% 0.017% 0.632%
Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund.......................................... 0.629% 0.017% 0.646%
Hartford MidCap Fund (3).................................................... 0.520% 0.150% 0.670%
Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund........................................... 0.424% 0.029% 0.453%
Hartford Index Fund......................................................... 0.374% 0.019% 0.393%
Hartford International Opportunities Fund................................... 0.691% 0.095% 0.786%
Hartford Dividend & Growth Fund............................................. 0.709% 0.017% 0.726%
Hartford International Advisers Fund........................................ 0.746% 0.214% 0.960%
Hartford Small Company Fund (4)............................................. 0.577% 0.150% 0.727%
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(1) Length of time from premium payment.
(2) The annual contract fee is a single $30 charge on a Contract. It is deducted
proportionally from the investment options in use at the time of the charge.
Pursuant to requirements of the 1940 Act, the policy fees have been
reflected in the Examples by a method intended to show the "average" impact
of the policy fee on an investment in the Separate Account. The Policy Fee
is deducted only when the accumulated value is $50,000 or less. In the
Example, the annual contract fee is approximated as a 0.06% annual asset
charge based on the experience of the Contracts.
(3) Hartford MidCap Fund is a new Fund: Operating expenses are based on
annualized estimates of such expenses to be incurred in the current fiscal
year. HL Investment Advisors, Inc. has agreed to waive its fees for the
MidCap Fund until the assets of the Fund (excluding assets contributed by
companies affiliated with HL Investment Advisors, Inc.) first reach $20
million. Absent this waiver, the investment advisory fee would be .575%
annually and total fund operating expense ratio would be .900% (annualized).
(4) In 1996, management fees were waived for the Hartford Small Company Fund. In
the absence of this waiver, the 1996 total expense ratio would have been
.880% (annualized).
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The "Example" table should be amended to include the following:
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If you surrender your Contract If you annuitize your Contract If you do not surrender your
at the end of the applicable at the end of the applicable Contract, you would pay the
time period, you would pay the time period, you would pay the following expenses on a $1,000
following expenses on a $1,000 following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5%
investment, assuming a 5% investment, assuming a 5% annual return on assets:
annual return on assets: annual return on assets:
SUB-ACCOUNT 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Hartford MidCap Fund......... $ 81 $ 113 N/A N/A $ 20 $ 62 N/A N/A $ 21 $ 63 N/A N/A
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The first sentence of the fourth paragraph under the section entitled
"Introduction" should be deleted and replaced with the following:
The investment options for the contracts are the Hartford Advisers Fund,
Inc., Hartford Bond Fund, Inc., Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc,
Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, Inc., Hartford Index Fund, Inc., Hartford
International Advisers Fund, Inc., Hartford International Opportunities
Fund, Inc., Hartford MidCap Fund, Inc., Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund,
Inc., Hartford Small Company Fund, Inc., Hartford Stock Fund, Inc., HVA
Money Market Fund, Inc. and such other funds as shall be offered from time
to time (the "Funds"), and the Fixed Account.
The following should be added after the paragraph entitled "Hartford
International Opportunities Fund, Inc." under "The Funds":
HARTFORD MIDCAP FUND, INC.
Seeks to achieve long-term capital growth through capital appreciation
by investing primarily in equity securities.
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