Nationwide Investment Services Corporation
The general distributor, NISC (the "Company"), is subject to
legal and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of its business. These include proceedings specific to the Company and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which the Company operates. The outcomes of
these proceedings cannot be predicted due to their complexity, scope and many uncertainties. The Company believes, however, that based on currently known information, the ultimate outcome of all pending legal and regulatory proceedings is not likely
to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position. The Company has agreements with Nationwide Life Insurance Company (NLIC) under which, NLIC pays all litigation costs on behalf of the Company. Should NLIC be unable or
unwilling to pay these costs in the future, the Company would be liable for such costs.
The various businesses conducted by the Company are subject to
oversight by numerous federal and state regulatory entities, including but not limited to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency and state insurance authorities. Such regulatory entities may, in the normal course, be engaged in general or targeted inquiries, examinations and investigations of the Company and/or its affiliates. With respect to all
such scrutiny directed at the Company or their affiliates, the Company is cooperating with regulators.
The Company is engaged in an arbitration matter with at least
a reasonable possibility of an unfavorable outcome that would exceed the materiality threshold for the Company, as follows:
Dabney,
Edyth v. NISC and Edward Jones. This is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration matter. Claimant alleges that NISC and Edward Jones improperly administered her 401k rollover. NISC and Edward Jones completed the correction in
2018, but the delay resulted in a taxable event for 2017. Claimant seeks damages of approximately $25,000. The arbitration hearing is scheduled for April 25, 2019.
Underlying Mutual Fund Information
This appendix contains information about the underlying mutual
funds in which the Sub-Accounts invest. The underlying mutual funds in which the Sub-Accounts invest are designed primarily as investments for variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued by insurance companies. There is no
guarantee that the investment objectives will be met. Refer to the prospectus for each underlying mutual fund for more detailed information.
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. -
American Century VP Balanced Fund: Class I
Investment
Advisor: |
American
Century Investment Management, Inc. |
Investment
Objective: |
Long-term
capital growth and current income by investing approximately 60% of its assets in equity securities and the remainder in bonds and other fixed-income securities. |
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. -
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund: Class I
This underlying mutual fund is only
available in contracts for which good order applications were received before September 27, 1999
Investment
Advisor: |
American
Century Investment Management, Inc. |
Investment
Objective: |
Capital
growth. |
Dreyfus
Stock Index Fund, Inc.: Initial Shares
Investment
Advisor: |
The
Dreyfus Corporation |
Sub-advisor:
|
Mellon
Investments Corporation |
Investment
Objective: |
The
fund seeks to match the total return of the S&P 500® Index. |
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund -
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio: Initial Class
Investment
Advisor: |
Fidelity
Management & Research Company |
Sub-advisor:
|
FMR
Co., Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Research & Analysis Company, Fidelity Investments Japan Limited, Fidelity International Investment Advisors, Fidelity International Investment Advisors (U.K.) Limited
|
Investment
Objective: |
Reasonable
income. |
Nationwide
Variable Insurance Trust - NVIT Government Bond Fund: Class I
Investment
Advisor: |
Nationwide
Fund Advisors |
Sub-advisor:
|
Nationwide
Asset Management, LLC |
Investment
Objective: |
The
Fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preserving capital. |