Form 497K VALIC Co I
September 28, 2021 3:24 PM EDTSummary Prospectus
October 1, 2021
VALIC Company I
Large Capital Growth Fund
(Ticker: VLCGX)
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 to provide long-term growth of capital.
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 |
0.64% |
Other
Expenses |
0.11% |
Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses |
0.75% |
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 | |||
$77 | $240 | $417 | $930 |
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.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s
portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund seeks to meet its objective by investing,
normally, at least 80% of its net assets in securities of large-cap companies. In complying with this 80% investment requirement, the Fund will invest primarily in common stocks.
Generally, large-cap companies will include companies whose
market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, are equal to or greater than the market capitalization of the smallest company in the Russell 1000®
Index during the most recent 12-month period. As of May 7, 2021, the market capitalization range of the companies in the Russell 1000® Index was
approximately $3.6 billion to $2,172.9 billion.
The
Fund’s Subadviser focuses on investing the Fund’s assets in the stocks of companies it believes to have above average earnings growth potential compared to other companies. Growth companies tend to have stock
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prices that are high relative to their earnings, dividends,
book value, or other financial measures.
The
Fund’s Subadviser uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the Fund. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers. Quantitative screening tools that
systematically evaluate issuers may also be considered. The Fund’s Subadviser may invest a significant percentage of the Fund’s assets in a single issuer or a small number of issuers
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in foreign
securities.
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
primarily 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.
Currency Risk. Because the
Fund’s foreign investments are generally held in foreign currencies, the Fund could experience gains or losses based solely on changes in the exchange rate between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Such gains or losses may be
substantial.
Focused Fund Risk. The Fund, because it may invest in a limited number of companies, may have more volatility in its net asset value and is considered to have more risk than a portfolio that invests in a greater number of companies
because changes in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s net asset value. To the extent the Fund invests its assets in fewer securities, the Fund is subject to greater
risk of loss if any of those securities decline in price.
Foreign Investment Risk.
Investment in foreign securities involves risks due to several factors, such as illiquidity, the lack of public information, changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar, unfavorable political, social and legal
developments, or economic and financial instability. Foreign companies are not subject to the U.S. accounting and financial reporting standards and may have riskier settlement procedures. U.S. investments that are denominated in foreign currencies
or that are traded in foreign markets, or securities of U.S. companies that have significant foreign operations may be subject to foreign investment risk.
Large-Cap Companies Risk.
Investing primarily in large-cap companies carries the risk that due to current market conditions these companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges or attain the high growth rate of successful smaller
companies.
Growth Stock Risk. Growth stocks can be volatile for several reasons. Since the issuers of growth stocks usually reinvest a high portion of earnings in their own business, growth stocks may lack the dividend yield associated with value
stocks that can cushion total return in a bear market. Also, growth stocks normally carry a higher price/earnings ratio than many other stocks. Consequently, if earnings expectations are not met, the
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Large Capital
Growth Fund
market price of growth stocks will often decline more than
other stocks. However, the market frequently rewards growth stocks with price increases when expectations are met or exceeded.
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.
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.
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 Russell 1000® Growth 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.
On September 16, 2013, Massachusetts Financial
Services Company (“MFS”) became the Fund’s subadviser. Prior to such time, the Fund was sub-advised by SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (“SunAmerica”) and Invesco Advisers, Inc.
During the period shown
in the bar chart:
Highest
Quarterly Return: |
June 30, 2020 | 20.77% |
Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
March 31, 2020 | -17.87% |
Year
to Date Most Recent Quarter: |
June 30, 2021 | 12.41% |
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Large Capital
Growth Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
(For the periods ended December 31, 2020)
1
Year |
5
Years |
10
Years | |||
Fund |
22.44% | 18.69% | 13.81% | ||
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
38.49% | 21.00% | 17.21% |
Investment Adviser
The Fund’s investment adviser is The Variable Annuity
Life Insurance Company.
The Fund is subadvised by
MFS.
Portfolio
Managers
Name and Title | Portfolio
Manager of the Fund Since | |
Jeffrey Constantino Investment Officer and Portfolio
Manager |
2013 | |
Joseph Skorski Investment Officer and Portfolio
Manager |
2019 |
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.
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