Form 497K VALIC Co I
September 28, 2021 3:00 PM EDTSummary Prospectus
October 1, 2021
VALIC Company I
Blue Chip Growth Fund
(Ticker: VCBCX)
The
Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated October 1, 2021, as amended and
supplemented from time to time, and the most recent shareholder reports are incorporated into and made part of this Summary Prospectus
by reference. The Fund is offered only to registered and unregistered separate accounts of The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company and its affiliates and to qualifying retirement plans and IRAs and is not intended for use by other
investors.
Before you invest, you may want to review
the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Statutory Prospectus and the above-incorporated information online at
http://valic.onlineprospectus.net/VALIC/FundDocuments/index.html. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-448-2542 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or
disapproved these securities, nor has it determined that this Summary Prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary
objective.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay
if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and the example below do not reflect the separate account fees charged in the variable annuity or variable life insurance policy (“Variable
Contracts”) in which the Fund is offered. If separate account fees were shown, the Fund’s annual operating expenses would be higher. Please see your Variable Contract prospectus for more details on the separate account fees.
Annual Fund
Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management
Fees |
0.72% |
Other
Expenses |
0.10% |
Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses |
0.82% |
Fee Waivers and/or Expense
Reimbursements1 |
0.06% |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense
Reimbursements1 |
0.76% |
1 | The Fund’s investment adviser, The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (“VALIC”), has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee until September 30, 2022, so that the advisory fee payable by the Fund to VALIC equals 0.75% on the first $250 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.725% on the next $250 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.70% on the next 300 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.36% on the next $200 million of |
the Fund’s average daily net assets and 0.65% on the Fund’s average daily net assets over $1 billion. This agreement may be modified or discontinued prior to such time only with the approval of the Board of Directors of VALIC Company I (“VC I”), including a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of VC I as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Expense
Example
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those
periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contract. If the Variable Contract fees were
reflected, the expenses would be higher. See the Variable Contract prospectus for information on such charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs
would be:
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||
$78 | $256 | $449 | $1,008 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when
it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance.
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VALIC Company I
Blue Chip Growth Fund
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s
portfolio turnover rate was 28% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund pursues long-term capital appreciation by
investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets in the common stocks of large- and mid-cap blue chip growth companies. Generally, large- and mid-cap stocks will include companies whose market capitalizations, at the time of
purchase, are greater than or equal to the smallest company included in the Russell Midcap® Index. As of May 7, 2021, the market capitalization
range of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Index was approximately $3.6 billion to $46.4 billion.
Blue chip growth companies are firms that, in the
Subadviser’s view, are well-established in their industries and have the potential for above-average earnings growth, which may include companies in the information technology sector.
In order to generate additional income, the Fund may lend
portfolio securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions provided that the value of the loaned securities does not exceed 30% of the Fund’s total assets. These loans earn income for the Fund and are collateralized by cash and
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. Investors will be given at least 60 days’ written notice in advance of any change to the Fund’s 80% investment policy set forth above.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
As with any mutual fund, there can be no assurance that the
Fund’s investment objective will be met or that the net return on an investment in the Fund will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or savings vehicles. Shares of the Fund are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed
or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. If the value of the assets of the Fund goes down, you could lose money.
The following is a summary of the principal risks of investing
in the Fund.
Management Risk. The investment style or strategy used by the Subadviser may fail to produce the intended result. The Subadviser’s assessment of a particular security or company may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or
underperformance.
Dividend-paying Stocks Risk. There is no guarantee that the issuers of the stocks held by the Fund will declare
dividends in the future or that, if dividends are declared, they will
remain at their current levels or increase over time. Dividend-paying stocks may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as other stocks, and a sharp rise in interest rates or economic downturn could cause a company to
unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend.
Equity
Securities Risk. The Fund invests principally in equity securities and is therefore subject to the risk that stock prices will fall and may underperform other asset classes. Individual stock prices fluctuate from
day-to-day and may decline significantly. The prices of individual stocks may be negatively affected by poor company results or other factors affecting individual prices, as well as industry and/or economic trends and developments affecting
industries or the securities market as a whole.
Growth Style Risk.
Generally, “growth” stocks are stocks of companies that a subadviser believes have anticipated earnings ranging from steady to accelerated growth. Many investors buy growth stocks because of anticipated superior earnings growth, but
earnings disappointments often result in sharp price declines. Growth companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their own businesses so their stocks may lack the dividends that can cushion share prices in a down market. In addition, the
value of growth stocks may be more sensitive to changes in current or expected earnings than the value of other stocks, because growth stocks trade at higher prices relative to current earnings.
Large- and Mid-Cap Company Risk. Investing in large- and mid-cap companies carries the risk that due to current market conditions these companies may be out of favor with investors. Large-cap companies may be unable to respond quickly to new
competitive challenges or attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies. Stocks of mid-cap companies may be more volatile than those of larger companies due to, among other reasons, narrower product lines, more limited financial
resources and fewer experienced managers.
Market
Risk. The Fund’s share price can fall because of weakness in the broad market, a particular industry, or specific holdings or due to adverse political or economic developments here or abroad, changes in
investor psychology, or heavy institutional selling and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war, terrorism, disease/virus, outbreaks and epidemics). The prices of individual securities may fluctuate,
sometimes dramatically, from day to day. The prices of stocks and other equity securities tend to be more volatile than those of fixed-income securities.
VALIC Company I
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Blue Chip
Growth Fund
The coronavirus pandemic and the related governmental and
public responses have had and may continue to have an impact on the Fund’s investments and net asset value and have led and may continue to lead to increased market volatility and the potential for illiquidity in certain classes of securities
and sectors of the market. Preventative or protective actions that governments may take in respect of pandemic or epidemic diseases may result in periods of business disruption, business closures, inability to obtain raw materials, supplies and
component parts, and reduced or disrupted operations for the issuers in which the Fund invests. Government intervention in markets may impact interest rates, market volatility and security pricing. The occurrence, reoccurrence and pendency of such
diseases could adversely affect the economies (including through changes in business activity and increased unemployment) and financial markets either in specific countries or worldwide.
Securities Lending Risk.
Engaging in securities lending could increase the market and credit risk for Fund investments. The Fund may lose money if it does not recover borrowed securities, the value of the collateral falls, or the value of investments made with cash
collateral declines. The Fund’s loans will be collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies and instrumentalities, which subjects the Fund to the credit risk of the U.S. Government or the issuing
federal agency or instrumentality. If the value of either the cash collateral or the Fund’s investments of the cash collateral falls below the amount owed to a borrower, the Fund also may incur losses that exceed the amount it earned on
lending the security. Securities lending also involves the risks of delay in receiving additional collateral or possible loss of rights in the collateral if the borrower fails. Another risk of securities lending is the risk that the loaned portfolio
securities may not be available to the Fund on a timely basis and the Fund may therefore lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable price.
Technology Sector Risk.
Technology stocks historically have experienced unusually wide price swings. Earnings disappointments and intense competition for market share can result in sharp declines in the prices of technology stocks.
Performance Information
The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Fund’s average annual returns to
those of the S&P 500® Index. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be
less than those shown. Of course, past performance of the Fund is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
During the period shown
in the bar chart:
Highest
Quarterly Return: |
June 30, 2020 | 27.59% |
Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
December 31, 2018 | -14.19% |
Year
to Date Most Recent Quarter: |
June 30, 2021 | 12.38% |
Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2020)
1
Year |
5
Years |
10
Years | |||
Fund |
34.37% | 19.57% | 17.49% | ||
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
18.40% | 15.22% | 13.88% |
Investment Adviser
The Fund’s investment adviser is VALIC.
The Fund is subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates,
Inc.
Portfolio
Managers
Name and Title | Portfolio
Manager of the Fund Since | |
Larry J. Puglia, CFA Vice President and Portfolio Manager
|
2000* | |
Paul D. Greene II Vice President and Portfolio
Manager |
October 2021 |
VALIC Company I
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Blue Chip
Growth Fund
* Effective October 1, 2021 Mr. Puglia will no longer manage
the Fund.
Purchases and Sales of Fund Shares
Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed
through Variable Contracts offered by the separate accounts of VALIC or other participating life insurance companies and through qualifying retirement plans (“Plans”) and IRAs. Shares of each Fund may be purchased and redeemed each day
the New York Stock Exchange is open, at the Fund’s net asset value determined after receipt of a request in good order.
The Funds do not have any initial or subsequent investment
minimums. However, your insurance company may impose investment or account value minimums. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Variable Contract contains additional information about purchases and redemptions of the Funds’
shares.
Tax Information
A Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax so
long as it qualifies as a regulated investment company and distributes its income and gains each year to its
shareholders. However, contractholders may be subject to federal income
tax (and a federal Medicare tax of 3.8% that applies to net income, including taxable annuity payments, if applicable) upon withdrawal from a Variable Contract. Contractholders should consult the prospectus (or other offering document) for the
Variable Contract for additional information regarding taxation.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries
Other Financial Intermediaries
The Funds are not sold directly to the general public but
instead are offered to registered and unregistered separate accounts of VALIC and its affiliates and to Plans and IRAs. The Funds and their related companies may make payments to the sponsoring insurance company or its affiliates for recordkeeping
and distribution. These payments may create a conflict of interest as they may be a factor that the insurance company considers in including the Funds as underlying investment options in a variable contract. Visit your sponsoring insurance
company’s website for more information.
VALIC Company I
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