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Form 497VPU VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE

November 2, 2026 6:06 AM EST

SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 2026

TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SUMMARY

PROSPECTUSES, EACH DATED May 1, 2026

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Portfolio Director®

Series 1.00 to 12.00

This supplement updates certain information in Appendix A—Investment Options Available Under the Contract (“Appendix A”) for the above referenced prospectuses, updating summary prospectuses, and if applicable, initial summary prospectuses (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A, including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus.

In the “Key Information: Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract” section, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the minimum fee for Investment Options is 0.19% and the Lowest Annual Cost is $1,213.

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 1.15% and the Highest Annual Cost is $5,258.

In the “Fee Tables” section in the prospectus and the “Additional Information About Fees” section in the initial summary prospectus, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the minimum Annual Fund Expenses is 0.19%.

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the maximum Annual Fund Expenses is 1.15%.

  •  

In the “Examples” section, the following replaces the fee examples applicable to your Contract.

The first set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses and optional benefits available for an additional charge. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,746    $20,197    $30,593    $51,960

Series 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,732    $20,157    $30,531    $51,849

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,243    $15,691    $26,087    $51,849

 

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(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5, 258    $15,733    $26,152    $51,960

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,243    $15,691    $26,087    $51,849

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,243    $15,691    $26,087    $51,849

The second set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,823    $11,674    $16,623    $25,005

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,809    $11,633    $16,552    $24,873

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$2,181    $6,733    $11,552    $24,873

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$2,195    $6,776    $11,623    $25,005

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$2,181    $6,733    $11,552    $24,873

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$2,181    $6,733    $11,552    $24,873

 

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The third set of examples assumes the least expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,898    $8,825    $11,625    $14,620

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,884    $8,781    $11,553    $14,480

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,213    $3,781    $6,553    $14,480

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,228    $3,825    $6,625    $14,620

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,213    $3,781    $6,553    $14,480

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,213    $3,781    $6,553    $14,480

Effective immediately, the following Portfolio Companies are hereby available as investment options under the Contract:

 

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund - Advisor Class

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund - Advisor Class

 

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The following table replaces the current table in its entirety in Appendix A:

 

           

Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
  American Beacon Man Large Cap
Growth Fund3, 5 – Investor Class 
Adviser: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Numeric Investors LLC
  1.12%   None   1.12%   15.86%   11.19%   13.94%
  Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.68%   None   0.68%   14.19%   14.69%   15.33%
  Dividend Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
  0.67%   None   0.67%   18.21%   11.55%   10.40%
  Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock
  0.61%   None   0.61%   14.57%   11.57%   15.67%
  Large Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: T. Rowe Price and JPMIM
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.81%   10.02%   14.27%
  Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.42%   None   0.42%   20.42%   14.73%   19.06%
  Stock Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.22%   None   0.22%   17.55%   14.08%   14.46%
  Systematic Core Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: GSAM
  0.63%   None   0.63%   14.77%   12.45%   13.89%
  Systematic Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Wellington Management Company LLP
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.66%   10.29%   14.83%
  Systematic Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.41%   13.25%   10.31%
  U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   14.73%   11.77%   12.91%
  Vanguard Windsor II Fund3 – Investor
Advisers: Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC; Lazard Asset Management LLC; and Sanders Capital, LLC
  0.33%   0.25%   0.58%   18.56%   12.89%   12.61%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
  Ariel Appreciation Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel Investments, LLC
  1.15%   None   1.15%   11.11%   7.57%   7.95%
  Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
  0.73%   None   0.73%   11.34%   7.88%   13.56%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. d/b/a Boston Partners and Wellington Management
  0.81%   None   0.81%   7.23%   10.19%   9.29%
    Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   6.95%   8.68%   10.34%
Domestic Small-Cap Equity   Ariel Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel
  1.01%   None   1.01%   14.15%   9.36%   9.51%
  Small Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  0.83%   None   0.83%   -3.03%   6.57%   8.39%
  Small Cap Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   9.20%   -2.35%   11.01%
  Small Cap Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   12.23%   5.69%   9.27%
  Small Cap Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.85%   None   0.85%   12.16%   9.55%   8.54%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
  Global Strategy Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC
  0.63%   None   0.63%   20.73%   7.18%   5.85%
  International Socially Responsible Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.57%   None   0.57%   27.32%   7.80%   9.10%
International
Equity
  Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.99%   None   0.99%   30.11%   4.19%   8.04%
  International Equities Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.39%   None   0.39%   30.81%   8.47%   7.82%
  International Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: MSIM Inc.
  0.82%   None   0.82%   16.07%   1.86%   8.33%
  International Opportunities Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco and Wellington Management
  1.05%   None   1.05%   27.46%   2.74%   6.76%
  International Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.78%   None   0.78%   39.97%   10.60%   8.10%
Specialty   Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   7.70%   1.77%   3.39%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund3, 5 – Class R5
Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  1.05%   None   1.05%   18.94%   9.41%   6.23%
    Science & Technology Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Voya IM and BlackRock
  0.91%   None   0.91%   22.57%   11.59%   18.92%
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
  Aggressive Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   16.94%   8.73%   9.38%
  Asset Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.66%   None   0.66%   11.50%   8.17%   7.75%
  Conservative Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.60%   None   0.60%   11.79%   4.34%   5.85%
  Dynamic Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: AllianceBernstein L.P.
  0.75%   None   0.75%   11.33%   5.60%   7.49%
  Moderate Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.57%   None   0.57%   14.40%   7.01%   8.10%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.74%   None   0.74%   11.83%   5.05%   6.89%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.76%   None   0.76%   12.23%   5.34%   7.42%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.78%   None   0.78%   12.71%   5.76%   8.03%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.80%   None   0.80%   14.10%   6.51%   8.77%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.83%   None   0.83%   15.84%   7.42%   9.50%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.84%   None   0.84%   17.16%   8.17%   10.12%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.85%   None   0.85%   18.23%   8.77%   10.55%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.87%   None   0.87%   18.53%   8.95%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.88%   None   0.88%   18.70%   8.97%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.63%   8.96%   10.62%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.61%   9.11%   10.90%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   21.26%   N/A   22.55%*
  Vanguard LifeStrategy 40/60 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   12.86%   4.24%   6.12%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 80/20 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   19.63%   8.76%   10.03%
  Vanguard LifeStrategy 60/40 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   16.24%   6.49%   8.09%
  Vanguard Wellington Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.25%   0.25%   0.50%   16.48%   9.28%   10.02%
Fixed Income   Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: PineBridge Investments LLC and JPMIM
  0.48%   None   0.48%   7.64%   -0.16%   2.36%
  Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund5 – Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
  0.18%   None   0.18%   4.20%   3.18%   2.11%
  Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   6.66%   -0.49%   1.41%
  High Yield Bond Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP.
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.37%   4.20%   5.92%
  Inflation Protected Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.53%   None   0.53%   6.00%   1.06%   2.86%
  International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC.
  0.77%   None   0.77%   9.15%   -2.01%   1.64%
  Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund3 – Investor Shares
Advisers: Wellington Management and Vanguard
  0.21%   None   0.21%   7.18%   -3.74%   2.68%
  Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.20%   None   0.20%   5.54%   -7.30%   -0.04%

 

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SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 2026

TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SUMMARY

PROSPECTUSES, EACH DATED May 1, 2026

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Portfolio Director®

Series 1.20 to 13.20

This supplement updates certain information in Appendix A—Investment Options Available Under the Contract (“Appendix A”) for the above referenced prospectuses, updating summary prospectuses, and if applicable, initial summary prospectuses (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A, including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus.

In the “Key Information: Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract” section, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the minimum fee for Investment Options is 0.19% and the Lowest Annual Cost is $.1,010.

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 1.15% and the Highest Annual Cost is $. 5,063.

In the “Fee Tables” section in the prospectus and the “Additional Information About Fees” section in the initial summary prospectus, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the minimum Annual Fund Expenses is 0.19%.

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the maximum Annual Fund Expenses is 1.15%.

  •  

In the “Examples” section, the following replaces the fee examples applicable to your Contract.

The first set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses and optional benefits available for an additional charge. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,560    $19,671    $29,769    $50,486

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,546    $19,632    $29,707    $50,374

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,049    $15,139    $25,218    $50,374

 

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(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,063    $15,180    $25,284    $50,486

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,049    $15,139    $25,218    $50,374

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,049    $15,139    $25,218    $50,374

The second set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,631    $11,095    $15,602    $22,930

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,617    $11,054    $15,531    $22,797

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,980    $6,125    $10,531    $22,797

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,995    $6,169    $10,602    $22,930

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,980    $6,125    $10,531    $22,797

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,980    $6,125    $10,531    $22,797

 

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The third set of examples assumes the least expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,705    $8,199    $10,553    $12,317

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,690    $8,155    $10,480    $12,175

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,010    $3,155    $5,480    $12,175

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,025    $3,199    $5,553    $12,317

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,010    $3,155    $5,480    $12,175

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,010    $3,155    $5,480    $12,175

Effective immediately, the following Portfolio Companies are hereby available as investment options under the Contract:

 

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund - Advisor Class

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund - Advisor Class

 

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The following table replaces the current table in its entirety in Appendix A:

 

           

Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
  American Beacon Man Large Cap
Growth Fund3, 5 – Investor Class 
Adviser: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Numeric Investors LLC
  1.12%   None   1.12%   15.86%   11.19%   13.94%
  Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.68%   None   0.68%   14.19%   14.69%   15.33%
  Dividend Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
  0.67%   None   0.67%   18.21%   11.55%   10.40%
  Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock
  0.61%   None   0.61%   14.57%   11.57%   15.67%
  Large Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: T. Rowe Price and JPMIM
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.81%   10.02%   14.27%
  Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.42%   None   0.42%   20.42%   14.73%   19.06%
  Stock Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.22%   None   0.22%   17.55%   14.08%   14.46%
  Systematic Core Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: GSAM
  0.63%   None   0.63%   14.77%   12.45%   13.89%
  Systematic Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Wellington Management Company LLP
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.66%   10.29%   14.83%
  Systematic Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.41%   13.25%   10.31%
  U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   14.73%   11.77%   12.91%
  Vanguard Windsor II Fund3 – Investor
Advisers: Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC; Lazard Asset Management LLC; and Sanders Capital, LLC
  0.33%   0.25%   0.58%   18.56%   12.89%   12.61%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
  Ariel Appreciation Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel Investments, LLC
  1.15%   None   1.15%   11.11%   7.57%   7.95%
  Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
  0.73%   None   0.73%   11.34%   7.88%   13.56%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. d/b/a Boston Partners and Wellington Management
  0.81%   None   0.81%   7.23%   10.19%   9.29%
    Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   6.95%   8.68%   10.34%
Domestic Small-Cap Equity   Ariel Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel
  1.01%   None   1.01%   14.15%   9.36%   9.51%
  Small Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  0.83%   None   0.83%   -3.03%   6.57%   8.39%
  Small Cap Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   9.20%   -2.35%   11.01%
  Small Cap Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   12.23%   5.69%   9.27%
  Small Cap Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.85%   None   0.85%   12.16%   9.55%   8.54%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
  Global Strategy Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC
  0.63%   None   0.63%   20.73%   7.18%   5.85%
  International Socially Responsible Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.57%   None   0.57%   27.32%   7.80%   9.10%
International
Equity
  Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.99%   None   0.99%   30.11%   4.19%   8.04%
  International Equities Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.39%   None   0.39%   30.81%   8.47%   7.82%
  International Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: MSIM Inc.
  0.82%   None   0.82%   16.07%   1.86%   8.33%
  International Opportunities Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco and Wellington Management
  1.05%   None   1.05%   27.46%   2.74%   6.76%
  International Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.78%   None   0.78%   39.97%   10.60%   8.10%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Specialty   Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   7.70%   1.77%   3.39%
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund3, 5 – Class R5
Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  1.05%   None   1.05%   18.94%   9.41%   6.23%
    Science & Technology Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Voya IM and BlackRock
  0.91%   None   0.91%   22.57%   11.59%   18.92%
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
  Aggressive Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   16.94%   8.73%   9.38%
  Asset Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.66%   None   0.66%   11.50%   8.17%   7.75%
  Conservative Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.60%   None   0.60%   11.79%   4.34%   5.85%
  Dynamic Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: AllianceBernstein L.P.
  0.75%   None   0.75%   11.33%   5.60%   7.49%
  Moderate Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.57%   None   0.57%   14.40%   7.01%   8.10%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.74%   None   0.74%   11.83%   5.05%   6.89%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.76%   None   0.76%   12.23%   5.34%   7.42%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.78%   None   0.78%   12.71%   5.76%   8.03%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.80%   None   0.80%   14.10%   6.51%   8.77%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.83%   None   0.83%   15.84%   7.42%   9.50%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.84%   None   0.84%   17.16%   8.17%   10.12%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.85%   None   0.85%   18.23%   8.77%   10.55%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.87%   None   0.87%   18.53%   8.95%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.88%   None   0.88%   18.70%   8.97%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.63%   8.96%   10.62%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.61%   9.11%   10.90%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   21.26%   N/A   22.55%*
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 40/60 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   12.86%   4.24%   6.12%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 80/20 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   19.63%   8.76%   10.03%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 60/40 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   16.24%   6.49%   8.09%
    Vanguard Wellington Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.25%   0.25%   0.50%   16.48%   9.28%   10.02%
Fixed Income   Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: PineBridge Investments LLC and JPMIM
  0.48%   None   0.48%   7.64%   -0.16%   2.36%
  Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund5 – Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
  0.18%   None   0.18%   4.20%   3.18%   2.11%
    Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   6.66%   -0.49%   1.41%
    High Yield Bond Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP.
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.37%   4.20%   5.92%
    Inflation Protected Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.53%   None   0.53%   6.00%   1.06%   2.86%
    International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC.
  0.77%   None   0.77%   9.15%   -2.01%   1.64%
    Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund3 – Investor Shares
Advisers: Wellington Management and Vanguard
  0.21%   None   0.21%   7.18%   -3.74%   2.68%
    Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.20%   None   0.20%   5.54%   -7.30%   -0.04%

 

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SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 2026

TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SUMMARY

PROSPECTUSES, EACH DATED May 1, 2026

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Portfolio Director®

Series 1.40 to 12.40

This supplement updates certain information in Appendix A—Investment Options Available Under the Contract (“Appendix A”) for the above referenced prospectuses, updating summary prospectuses, and if applicable, initial summary prospectuses (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A, including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus.

In the “Key Information: Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract” section, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the minimum fee for Investment Options is 0.19% and the Lowest Annual Cost is $807.

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 1.15% and the Highest Annual Cost is $4,868.

In the “Fee Tables” section in the prospectus and the “Additional Information About Fees” section in the initial summary prospectus, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the minimum Annual Fund Expenses is 0.19%.

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the maximum Annual Fund Expenses is 1.15%.

  •  

In the “Examples” section, the following replaces the fee examples applicable to your Contract.

The first set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses and optional benefits available for an additional charge. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,374    $19,143    $28,938    $48,979

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,360    $19,103    $28,875    $48,866

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,854    $14,583    $24,341    $48,866

 

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(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,868    $14,625    $24,407    $48,979

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,854    $14,583    $24,341    $48,866

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,854    $14,583    $24,341    $48,866

The second set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,439    $10,513    $14,571    $20,810

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,425    $10,472    $14,499    $20,674

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,778    $5,513    $9,499    $20,674

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,793    $5,557    $9,571    $20,810

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,778    $5,513    $9,499    $20,674

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,778    $5,513    $9,499    $20,674

 

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The third set of examples assumes the least expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,510    $7,570    $9,469    $9,963

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,496    $7,525    $9,395    $9,820

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$807    $2,525    $4,395    $9,820

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$822    $2,570    $4,469    $9,963

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$807    $2,525    $4,395    $9,820

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$807    $2,525    $4,395    $9,820

Effective immediately, the following Portfolio Companies are hereby available as investment options under the Contract:

 

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund - Advisor Class

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund - Advisor Class

 

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The following table replaces the current table in its entirety in Appendix A:

 

           

Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
  American Beacon Man Large Cap
Growth Fund3, 5 – Investor Class 
Adviser: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Numeric Investors LLC
  1.12%   None   1.12%   15.86%   11.19%   13.94%
    Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.68%   None   0.68%   14.19%   14.69%   15.33%
  Dividend Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
  0.67%   None   0.67%   18.21%   11.55%   10.40%
  Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock
  0.61%   None   0.61%   14.57%   11.57%   15.67%
  Large Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: T. Rowe Price and JPMIM
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.81%   10.02%   14.27%
  Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.42%   None   0.42%   20.42%   14.73%   19.06%
  Stock Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.22%   None   0.22%   17.55%   14.08%   14.46%
  Systematic Core Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: GSAM
  0.63%   None   0.63%   14.77%   12.45%   13.89%
  Systematic Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Wellington Management Company LLP
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.66%   10.29%   14.83%
  Systematic Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.41%   13.25%   10.31%
  U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   14.73%   11.77%   12.91%
  Vanguard Windsor II Fund3 – Investor
Advisers: Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC; Lazard Asset Management LLC; and Sanders Capital, LLC
  0.33%   0.25%   0.58%   18.56%   12.89%   12.61%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
  Ariel Appreciation Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel Investments, LLC
  1.15%   None   1.15%   11.11%   7.57%   7.95%
  Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
  0.73%   None   0.73%   11.34%   7.88%   13.56%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. d/b/a Boston Partners and Wellington Management
  0.81%   None   0.81%   7.23%   10.19%   9.29%
    Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   6.95%   8.68%   10.34%
Domestic Small-Cap Equity   Ariel Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel
  1.01%   None   1.01%   14.15%   9.36%   9.51%
  Small Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  0.83%   None   0.83%   -3.03%   6.57%   8.39%
  Small Cap Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   9.20%   -2.35%   11.01%
  Small Cap Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   12.23%   5.69%   9.27%
  Small Cap Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.85%   None   0.85%   12.16%   9.55%   8.54%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
  Global Strategy Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC
  0.63%   None   0.63%   20.73%   7.18%   5.85%
  International Socially Responsible Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.57%   None   0.57%   27.32%   7.80%   9.10%
International
Equity
  Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.99%   None   0.99%   30.11%   4.19%   8.04%
  International Equities Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.39%   None   0.39%   30.81%   8.47%   7.82%
  International Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: MSIM Inc.
  0.82%   None   0.82%   16.07%   1.86%   8.33%
  International Opportunities Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco and Wellington Management
  1.05%   None   1.05%   27.46%   2.74%   6.76%
  International Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.78%   None   0.78%   39.97%   10.60%   8.10%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Specialty   Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   7.70%   1.77%   3.39%
    Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund3, 5 – Class R5
Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  1.05%   None   1.05%   18.94%   9.41%   6.23%
    Science & Technology Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Voya IM and BlackRock
  0.91%   None   0.91%   22.57%   11.59%   18.92%
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
  Aggressive Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   16.94%   8.73%   9.38%
  Asset Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.66%   None   0.66%   11.50%   8.17%   7.75%
  Conservative Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.60%   None   0.60%   11.79%   4.34%   5.85%
  Dynamic Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: AllianceBernstein L.P.
  0.75%   None   0.75%   11.33%   5.60%   7.49%
  Moderate Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.57%   None   0.57%   14.40%   7.01%   8.10%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.74%   None   0.74%   11.83%   5.05%   6.89%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.76%   None   0.76%   12.23%   5.34%   7.42%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.78%   None   0.78%   12.71%   5.76%   8.03%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.80%   None   0.80%   14.10%   6.51%   8.77%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.83%   None   0.83%   15.84%   7.42%   9.50%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.84%   None   0.84%   17.16%   8.17%   10.12%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.85%   None   0.85%   18.23%   8.77%   10.55%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.87%   None   0.87%   18.53%   8.95%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.88%   None   0.88%   18.70%   8.97%   10.63%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.63%   8.96%   10.62%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.61%   9.11%   10.90%

 

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Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
   1 Year     5 Year    10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   21.26%   N/A   22.55%*
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 40/60 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   12.86%   4.24%   6.12%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 80/20 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   19.63%   8.76%   10.03%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 60/40 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   16.24%   6.49%   8.09%
    Vanguard Wellington Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.25%   0.25%   0.50%   16.48%   9.28%   10.02%
Fixed Income   Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: PineBridge Investments LLC and JPMIM
  0.48%   None   0.48%   7.64%   -0.16%   2.36%
  Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market
Fund5 – Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
  0.18%   None   0.18%   4.20%   3.18%   2.11%
  Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   6.66%   -0.49%   1.41%
  High Yield Bond Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP.
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.37%   4.20%   5.92%
  Inflation Protected Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.53%   None   0.53%   6.00%   1.06%   2.86%
  International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC.
  0.77%   None   0.77%   9.15%   -2.01%   1.64%
  Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund3 – Investor Shares
Advisers: Wellington Management and Vanguard
  0.21%   None   0.21%   7.18%   -3.74%   2.68%
  Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.20%   None   0.20%   5.54%   -7.30%   -0.04%

 

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SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 2026

TO THE PROSPECTUSES AND SUMMARY

PROSPECTUSES, EACH DATED May 1, 2026

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

Portfolio Director®

Series 1.60 to 12.60

This supplement updates certain information in Appendix A—Investment Options Available Under the Contract (“Appendix A”) for the above referenced prospectuses, updating summary prospectuses, and if applicable, initial summary prospectuses (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A, including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus.

In the “Key Information: Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract” section, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the minimum fee for Investment Options is 0.19% and the Lowest Annual Cost is $603.

  •  

In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 1.15% and the Highest Annual Cost is $4,673.

In the “Fee Tables” section in the prospectus and the “Additional Information About Fees” section in the initial summary prospectus, the following changes are made:

 

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the minimum Annual Fund Expenses is 0.19%.

  •  

In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the maximum Annual Fund Expenses is 1.15%.

  •  

In the “Examples” section, the following replaces the fee examples applicable to your Contract.

The first set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses and optional benefits available for an additional charge. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,188    $18,611    $28,097    $47,438

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$9,174    $18,571    $28,034    $47,323

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,658    $14,023    $23,455    $47,323

 

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(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,673    $14,065    $23,521    $47,438

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,658    $14,023    $23,455    $47,323

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$4,658    $14,023    $23,455    $47,323

The second set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,246    $9,928    $13,529    $18,642

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$6,232    $9,886    $13,457    $18,505

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,577    $4,989    $8,457    $18,505

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,592    $4,942    $8,529    $18,642

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,577    $4,898    $8,457    $18,505

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$1,577    $4,898    $8,457    $18,505

 

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The third set of examples assumes the least expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Portfolio Company expenses, with no optional benefits. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,316    $6,936    $8,373    $7,557

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$5,301    $6,892    $8,299    $7,412

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$603    $1,892    $3,299    $7,412

(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:

 

Series 1 and 9

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$618    $1,936    $3,373    $7,557

Series 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$603    $1,892    $3,299    $7,412

Series 2, 6, 11, and 12

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$603    $1,892    $3,299    $7,412

Effective immediately, the following Portfolio Companies are hereby available as investment options under the Contract:

 

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund - Advisor Class

  •  

T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund - Advisor Class

 

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The following table replaces the current table in its entirety in Appendix A:

 

           

Type/Investment

Objective

  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
  1 Year   5 Year   10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
  American Beacon Man Large Cap
Growth Fund3, 5 – Investor Class 
Adviser: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Numeric Investors LLC
  1.12%   None   1.12%   15.86%   11.19%   13.94%
  Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.68%   None   0.68%   14.19%   14.69%   15.33%
  Dividend Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and ClearBridge Investments, LLC
  0.67%   None   0.67%   18.21%   11.55%   10.40%
  Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock
  0.61%   None   0.61%   14.57%   11.57%   15.67%
  Large Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: T. Rowe Price and JPMIM
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.81%   10.02%   14.27%
  Nasdaq-100® Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.42%   None   0.42%   20.42%   14.73%   19.06%
  Stock Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.22%   None   0.22%   17.55%   14.08%   14.46%
  Systematic Core Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: GSAM
  0.63%   None   0.63%   14.77%   12.45%   13.89%
  Systematic Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Wellington Management Company LLP
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.66%   10.29%   14.83%
  Systematic Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.64%   None   0.64%   17.41%   13.25%   10.31%
  U.S. Socially Responsible Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   14.73%   11.77%   12.91%
  Vanguard Windsor II Fund3 – Investor
Advisers: Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC;
Lazard Asset Management LLC; and Sanders Capital, LLC
  0.33%   0.25%   0.58%   18.56%   12.89%   12.61%

 

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Type/Investment
Objective
  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
  1 Year   5 Year   10 Year
(or life
of fund)
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
  Ariel Appreciation Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel Investments, LLC
  1.15%   None   1.15%   11.11%   7.57%   7.95%
  Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
  0.73%   None   0.73%   11.34%   7.88%   13.56%
  Mid Cap Value Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. d/b/a Boston Partners and Wellington Management
  0.81%   None   0.81%   7.23%   10.19%   9.29%
  Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   6.95%   8.68%   10.34%
Domestic Small-Cap Equity   Ariel Fund3 – Investor Class 
Adviser: Ariel
  1.01%   None   1.01%   14.15%   9.36%   9.51%
  Small Cap Core Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  0.83%   None   0.83%   -3.03%   6.57%   8.39%
  Small Cap Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: American Century Investment Management, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   9.20%   -2.35%   11.01%
  Small Cap Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.36%   None   0.36%   12.23%   5.69%   9.27%
  Small Cap Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.85%   None   0.85%   12.16%   9.55%   8.54%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
  Global Strategy Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Franklin Advisers, Inc. and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC
  0.63%   None   0.63%   20.73%   7.18%   5.85%
  International Socially Responsible Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.57%   None   0.57%   27.32%   7.80%   9.10%
International
Equity
  Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.99%   None   0.99%   30.11%   4.19%   8.04%
  International Equities Index Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock
  0.39%   None   0.39%   30.81%   8.47%   7.82%
  International Growth Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: MSIM Inc.
  0.82%   None   0.82%   16.07%   1.86%   8.33%

 

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Type/Investment
Objective
  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
  1 Year   5 Year   10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    International Opportunities Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Invesco and Wellington Management
  1.05%   None   1.05%   27.46%   2.74%   6.76%
    International Value Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: GSAM and Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
  0.78%   None   0.78%   39.97%   10.60%   8.10%
Specialty   Global Real Estate Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
  0.88%   None   0.88%   7.70%   1.77%   3.39%
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund3, 5 – Class R5
Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
  1.05%   None   1.05%   18.94%   9.41%   6.23%
  Science & Technology Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Voya IM and BlackRock
  0.91%   None   0.91%   22.57%   11.59%   18.92%
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
  Aggressive Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   16.94%   8.73%   9.38%
  Asset Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.66%   None   0.66%   11.50%   8.17%   7.75%
  Conservative Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.60%   None   0.60%   11.79%   4.34%   5.85%
  Dynamic Allocation Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: AllianceBernstein L.P.
  0.75%   None   0.75%   11.33%   5.60%   7.49%
  Moderate Allocation Lifestyle Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.57%   None   0.57%   14.40%   7.01%   8.10%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.74%   None   0.74%   11.83%   5.05%   6.89%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.76%   None   0.76%   12.23%   5.34%   7.42%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.78%   None   0.78%   12.71%   5.76%   8.03%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.80%   None   0.80%   14.10%   6.51%   8.77%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.83%   None   0.83%   15.84%   7.42%   9.50%
  T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.84%   None   0.84%   17.16%   8.17%   10.12%

 

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Type/Investment
Objective
  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
  1 Year   5 Year   10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.85%   None   0.85%   18.23%   8.77%   10.55%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.87%   None   0.87%   18.53%   8.95%   10.63%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.88%   None   0.88%   18.70%   8.97%   10.63%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.63%   8.96%   10.62%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2065 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   18.61%   9.11%   10.90%
    T. Rowe Price Retirement 2070 Fund3 – Advisor Class 
Adviser: T. Rowe Price
  0.89%   None   0.89%   21.26%   N/A   22.55%*
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 40/60 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: The Vanguard Group, Inc.
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   12.86%   4.24%   6.12%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 80/20 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   19.63%   8.76%   10.03%
    Vanguard LifeStrategy 60/40 Fund3, 4 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.10%   0.25%   0.35%   16.24%   6.49%   8.09%
    Vanguard Wellington Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.25%   0.25%   0.50%   16.48%   9.28%   10.02%
Fixed Income   Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: PineBridge Investments LLC and JPMIM
  0.48%   None   0.48%   7.64%   -0.16%   2.36%
  Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market
Fund5 – Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
  0.18%   None   0.18%   4.20%   3.18%   2.11%
  Government Securities Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
  0.56%   None   0.56%   6.66%   -0.49%   1.41%
  High Yield Bond Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP.
  0.68%   None   0.68%   9.37%   4.20%   5.92%
  Inflation Protected Fund2, 5
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management
  0.53%   None   0.53%   6.00%   1.06%   2.86%
  International Government Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC.
  0.77%   None   0.77%   9.15%   -2.01%   1.64%

 

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Type/Investment
Objective
  Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadviser(s)1   Current
Expenses
  Platform
Charge6
  Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2025)
  1 Year   5 Year   10 Year
(or life
of fund)
    Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund3 – Investor Shares
Advisers: Wellington Management and Vanguard
  0.21%   None   0.21%   7.18%   -3.74%   2.68%
    Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund3 – Investor Shares
Adviser: Vanguard
  0.20%   None   0.20%   5.54%   -7.30%   -0.04%

 

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