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 AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITY ENDORSEMENT 

This Endorsement amends the Contract or Certificate (“Contract”) to which it is attached so that it may qualify as a Roth Individual
Retirement Annuity (“IRA”) under Section 408(A) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) and Regulations under that Section. The Endorsement may be amended from time to time to comply with changes in the Internal Revenue Code.
The Owner or Participant (“Individual”) has the right to refuse to accept any such amendment; however, We shall not be held liable for any tax consequences incurred by the Individual as a result of such refusal. In the case of a conflict
with any provision in the Contract, including the terms of any other riders or endorsements to the Contract, the provisions of this Endorsement will control. The Contract is amended as follows: 

 

	1.	EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT. The Contract is established for the exclusive benefit of the Individual or his/her beneficiaries. The Individual’s interest in the Contract is nonforfeitable and nontransferable. If this is an
inherited IRA within the meaning of Code § 408(d)(3)(C) maintained for the benefit of a designated beneficiary of a deceased Owner, references in this document to the “Owner” are to the deceased Owner. 


 

	2.	(a) MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT. Except in the case of a qualified rollover contribution (as defined in (g) below) or a recharacterization (as defined in (f) below), no contribution will be accepted unless it
is in cash and the total of such contributions to all the Individual’s Roth IRAs for a taxable year does not exceed the applicable amount (as defined in (b) below), or the Individual’s compensation (as defined in (i) below), if
less, for that taxable year. The contribution described in the previous sentence that may not exceed the lesser of the applicable amount or the Individual’s compensation is referred to as a “regular contribution.” However,
notwithstanding the preceding limits on contributions, an individual may make additional contributions specifically authorized by statute – such as repayments of qualified reservist distributions, repayments of certain plan distributions made
on account of federally declared disaster and certain amounts received in connection with the Exxon Valdez litigation; Contributions may be limited under (c) through (e) below. 


(b)  APPLICABLE AMOUNT. The applicable amount is determined below: 

(i) If the Individual is under age 50, the applicable amount is $5,000 for any taxable year beginning in 2008 and years thereafter. After 2008,
the $5,000 amount will be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury for cost-of-living increases under Code § 219(b)(5)(D). Such adjustments will be in multiples of $500. 

(ii) If the Individual is 50 or older, the applicable amount under paragraph (i) above is increased by $1,000 for any taxable year
beginning in 2006 and years thereafter. 
 (iii) If the Individual was a participant in a § 401(k) plan of a certain employer in
bankruptcy described in Code § 219(b)(5)(C), then the applicable amount under paragraph (i) above is increased by $3,000 for taxable years beginning after 2006 and before 2010 only. An Individual who makes contributions under this
paragraph (iii) may not also make contributions under paragraph (ii). 
 (c)  REGULAR CONTRIBUTION LIMIT. If (i) and/or
(ii) below apply, the maximum regular contribution that can be made to all the Individual’s Roth IRAs for a taxable year is the smaller amount determined under (i) or (ii). 

  

					
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 (i) The maximum regular contribution is phased out ratably between certain levels of modified
adjusted gross income in accordance with the following table: 
  

							
	Filing Status	 	Full Contribution	 	Phase-out Range	 	No Contribution
		 		 	Modified AGI	 	
	Single or Head of Household	 	$95,000 or less	 	 Between $95,000 and
 $110,000
	 	$110,000 or more
	Joint Return or Qualifying Widow(er)	 	$150,000 or less	 	 Between $150,000 and
 $160,000
	 	$160,000 or more
	Married- Separate Return	 	$0	 	 Between $0 and
 $10,000
	 	$10,000 or more

 An individual’s modified adjusted gross income (“modified AGI”) for a taxable year is defined in Code §
408A(c)(3) and does not include any amount included in adjusted gross income as a result of a qualified rollover contribution. If the Individual’s modified AGI for a taxable year is in the phase-out range, the maximum regular contribution
determined under this table for that taxable year is rounded up to the next multiple of $10 and is not reduced below $200. After 2006, the dollar amounts above will be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury for cost-of-living increases under Code
§ 408A(c)(3). Such adjustments will be in multiples of $1,000. 
 (ii) If the Individual makes regular contributions to both Roth and
non-Roth IRAs for a taxable year, the maximum regular contribution that can be made to all the Individual’s Roth IRAs for that taxable year is reduced by the regular contributions made to the Individual’s non-Roth IRAs for the taxable
year. 
 (d) SIMPLE IRA LIMITS. No contributions will be accepted under a SIMPLE IRA plan established by any employer pursuant to
§ 408(p). Also, no transfer or rollover of funds attributable to contributions made by a particular employer under its SIMPLE IRA plan will be accepted from a SIMPLE IRA, that is, an IRA used in conjunction with a SIMPLE IRA plan, prior to
the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date the Individual first participated in that employer’s SIMPLE IRA plan. 
 (e)
Inherited IRA. If this is an inherited IRA within the meaning of § 408 (d) (3) (C), no contributions will be accepted other than a direct rollover under section 402(c)(11) or a trustee to trustee transfer of a Roth IRA. 

(f) RECHARACTERIZATION. A regular contribution to a non-Roth IRA may be recharacterized pursuant to the rules in § 1.408A-5 of the
regulations as a regular contribution to this IRA, subject to the limits in (c) above. 
 (g) Qualified Rollover Contribution. A
“qualified rollover contribution” is a rollover contribution of a distribution from an eligible rollover plan described in § 402(c)(8)(B). If the distribution is from an IRA, the rollover must meet the requirements of Code §
408(d)(3), except the one-rollover-per-year rule of § 408(d)(3)(B) does not apply if the distribution is from a non-Roth IRA. If the distribution is from an eligible retirement plan other than an IRA, the rollover must meet the requirements of
Code § 402(c), 402(e)(6), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 403(b)(10), 408(d)(3) or 457(e)(16), as applicable. A qualified rollover contribution also includes (i) and (ii) below. 

(i) All or part of a military death gratuity or servicemembers’ group life insurance (“SGLI”) payment may be contributed if the
contribution is made within 1 year of receiving the gratuity or payment. Such contributions are disregarded for purposes of the one-rollover-per-year rule under § 408 (d) (3) (B). 

  

					
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 (ii) All or part of an airline payment (as defined in § 125 of the Worker, Retiree, and
Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (“WRERA”), Pub. L. 110-458) received by certain airline employees may be contributed if the contribution is made within 180 days of receiving the payment. 

(h) COMPENSATION. For purposes of (a) above, compensation is defined as wages, salaries, professional fees, or other amounts derived from
or received for personal services actually rendered (including, but not limited to commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, and bonuses) and includes
earned income, as defined in § 401(c)(2) (reduced by the deduction the self-employed Individual takes for contributions made to a self-employed retirement plan). For purposes of this definition, § 401(c)(2) shall be applied as if
the term trade or business for purposes of § 1402 included service described in subsection (c)(6). Compensation does not include amounts derived from or received as earnings or profits from property (including but not limited to interest
and dividends) or amounts not includible in gross income (determined without regard to § 112). Compensation also does not include any amount received as a pension or annuity or as deferred compensation. The term “compensation” shall
include any amount includible in the Individual’s gross income under § 71 with respect to a divorce or separation instrument described in subparagraph (A) of § 71(b)(2). In the case of a married Individual filing a
joint return, the greater compensation of his or her spouse is treated as his or her own compensation, but only to the extent that such spouse’s compensation is not being used for purposes of the spouse making an IRA contribution. The term
“compensation” also includes any differential wage payments as defined in § 3401(h)(2). 
  

	3.	No amount is required to be distributed prior to the death of the Individual for whose benefit the contract was originally established. If this is an inherited IRA within the meaning of Code § 408
(d) (3) (C), this paragraph does not apply. 

  

	4.	(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this IRA to the contrary, the distribution of the Individual’s interest in the IRA shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Code § 408(b)(3), as
modified by § 408A(c)(5), and the regulations thereunder, the provisions of which are herein incorporated by reference. If distributions are not made in the form of an annuity on an irrevocable basis (except for acceleration), then
distribution of the interest in the IRA (as determined under section 4c must satisfy the requirements of Code § 408(a)(6), as modified by § 408A(c)(5), and the regulations thereunder, rather than the distribution rules in
paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) below. 

 (b) Upon the death of the Individual, his or her entire interest will be
distributed at least as rapidly as follows: 
 (i) If the designated beneficiary is someone other than the Individual’s surviving
spouse, the entire interest will be distributed, starting by the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Individual’s death, over the remaining life expectancy of the designated beneficiary, with such life expectancy
determined using the age of the beneficiary as of his or her birthday in the year following the year of the Individual’s death, or, if elected, in accordance with paragraph (b)(iii) below. If this is an inherited IRA within the meaning of Code
§ 408(d) (3) (C) established for the benefit of a nonspouse designated beneficiary by a direct trustee-to trustee transfer from a retirement plan of a deceased individual under § 402(c) (11), then, notwithstanding any election
made by the deceased individual pursuant to the preceding sentence, the nonspouse designated beneficiary may elect to have distributions made under this paragraph (b) (i) if the transfer is made no later than the end of the year following
the year of death. 
 (ii) If the Individual’s sole designated beneficiary is the Individual’s surviving spouse, the entire
interest will be distributed, starting by the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Individual’s death (or by the end of the calendar year in which the Individual would have attained age
70 1⁄2, if later), over such spouse’s life, or over a period not extending beyond such spouse’s life expectancy, or, if elected, in accordance with
paragraph (b)(iii) below. If the surviving spouse dies before required distributions commence to him or her, the remaining 

  

					
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interest will be distributed, starting by the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of the spouse’s death, over the spouse’s designated beneficiary’s remaining life
expectancy determined using such beneficiary’s age as of his or her birthday in the year following the death of the spouse, or, if elected, will be distributed in accordance with paragraph (b)(iii) below. If the surviving spouse dies after
required distributions commence to him or her, any remaining interest will continue to be distributed under the contract option chosen. 

(iii) If there is no designated beneficiary, or if applicable by operation of paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above, the entire interest will be
distributed by the end of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Individual’s death (or of the spouse’s death in the case of the surviving spouse’s death before distributions are required to begin under paragraph
(b)(ii) above). 
 (iv) Life expectancy is determined using the Single Life Table in Q&A-1 of § 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Income Tax
Regulations. If distributions are being made to a surviving spouse as the sole designated beneficiary, such spouse’s remaining life expectancy for a year is the number in the Single Life Table corresponding to such spouse’s age in the
year. In all other cases, remaining life expectancy for a year is the number in the Single Life Table corresponding to the beneficiary’s age in the year specified in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) and reduced by 1 for each subsequent year. 

(c) The “interest” in the IRA includes the amount of any outstanding rollover, transfer and recharacterization under Q&As-7 and
-8 of § 1.408-8 of the Income Tax Regulations and the actuarial value of any other benefits provided under the IRA (prior to annuitization), such as guaranteed death benefits. 

(d) For purposes of paragraph (b)(ii) above, required distributions are considered to commence on the date distributions are required to begin
to the surviving spouse under such paragraph. However, if distributions start prior to the applicable date in the preceding sentence, on an irrevocable basis (except for acceleration) under an annuity contract meeting the requirements of §
1.401(a)(9)-6 of the Income Tax Regulations, then required distributions are considered to commence on the annuity starting date. 
 (e) If
the sole designated beneficiary is the Individual’s surviving spouse, the spouse may elect to treat the IRA as his or her own IRA. This election will be deemed to have been made if such surviving spouse makes a contribution to the IRA or fails
to take required distributions as a beneficiary. 
 (f) If required minimum distributions payable to a designated beneficiary from this IRA
may be withdrawn from another IRA the beneficiary holds from the same decedent in accordance with Q&A-9 of § 1.408-8 of the Income Tax Regulations. 
  

	5.	The Contract does not require fixed contributions. 

 Any refund of premiums (other than those
attributable to excess contributions) arising under the Contract will be applied before the close of the calendar year following the year of the refund as contributions toward the Contract. 

 

	6.	The issuer of a Roth individual retirement annuity shall furnish annual calendar year reports concerning the status of the annuity and such information concerning required minimum distribution as is prescribed by the
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue. 

  

	7.	The interest of the Individual is nonforfeitable. 


  

					
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	8.	 This contract is nontransferable by the Individual. 



In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Contract and any sections of the Code applicable to Code Section 408A annuities, the Code will
govern. The Company is not liable for any tax or tax penalties paid by any party resulting from failure to comply with the Code and any rulings, regulations, and requirements thereunder relating to this Contract. The Company may amend this
Endorsement or the Contract to which it is attached at any time and from time to time to conform to applicable changes in the Code or state insurance laws, and any rulings, regulations, or requirements promulgated thereunder 

All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain unchanged. 

AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

							
	 



 
	  	 




	  	 




	 	 



 



  

					
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