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                                EXHIBIT (4)(b)(1)

                           FORM OF POLICY ENDORSEMENT
                         (ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION)
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                                                        Home Office:
                                                        4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
                                                        Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499
                                                        (319) 398-8511

[LOGO] TRANSAMERICA LIFE


                  (Hereafter called the Company, we, our or us)


                         ADDITIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDER

We issued this rider as a part of the Certificate to which it is attached.

This rider will pay an Additional Death Benefit amount equal to a percentage of
the gains accumulated in the Certificate since the rider was added. This
additional death benefit will be paid whenever death proceeds are payable on the
base Certificate to which this rider is attached.

This rider will be considered terminated when the Certificate is annuitized or
surrendered, or an additional death benefit is paid under the terms of this
rider. You may also terminate this benefit at any time by notifying us at our
service center. Once terminated, this rider may be re-elected. However, a new
rider will be issued and the Additional Death Benefit amount will be
re-determined.

Certificate Number:                                  [123456]
Rider Date:                                          [11-14-2000]
Additional Death Benefit Factor:                     [10.00]%
Rider Fee Percentage:                                [0.75]%

DEFINITIONS

Rider Anniversary
The anniversary of the Rider Date for each year the rider remains in force.

Rider Date
The date that this rider is added to the Certificate.

Rider Earnings
The Certificate gains accrued and not previously withdrawn since the Rider Date.
On a given date, this amount is equal to: the death proceeds of the base
Certificate; minus the Policy Value of the base Certificate on the Rider Date;
minus premiums paid after the rider date; plus amounts withdrawn from the Policy
Value after the Rider Date that exceed the Rider Earnings on the date of the
withdrawal.

ADDITIONAL DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT
If death proceeds are payable under the terms of the base Certificate to which
this rider is attached, this rider will pay an Additional Death Benefit equal to
the Additional Death Benefit Factor multiplied by the Rider Earnings on the date
used to calculate the death proceeds.

ADDITIONAL DEATH BENEFIT PREMIUM
We will deduct a fee from the Policy Value on each Rider Anniversary and a
pro-rated fee on the termination date of the rider. The Rider Fee is equal to
the Policy Value at the time the fee is deducted, multiplied by the Rider Fee
Percentage shown on the first page of this rider. The fee will be deducted from
each subaccount and fixed account in proportion to the amount of Policy Value in
each account. This fee will not be deducted after the Certificate is annuitized.


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SPOUSAL CONTINUATION
If a death occurs and the deceased's spouse, if any, is continuing the base
Certificate in lieu of receiving the death proceeds, the continuing spouse has
the following options:

 .    Terminate the Additional Death Benefit Rider and receive a one-time Policy
     Value increase equal to the amount of the Additional Death Benefit. All
     future surrender charges on this amount, if any, will be waived.
 .    Continue the Additional Death Benefit Rider without the one-time Policy
     Value increase. An Additional Death Benefit Amount would then be paid upon
     the death of the continuing spouse.

Additional Death Benefit Example:
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Additional Death Benefit Example Assumptions:
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Policy Value at rider issue                                                                                              $100,000
Premium payments after rider issue                                                                                       $ 25,000
Rider Earnings withdrawn                                                                                                 $ 35,000
Death proceeds on base Certificate                                                                                       $225,000
Additional Death Benefit Factor                                                                                          10%

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Additional Death Benefit Calculations:
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Rider Earnings = death proceeds - Policy Value on the Rider Date - premium payments after the Rider Date +
withdrawals that exceed Rider Earnings on date of withdrawal = $225,000 - $100,000 - $25,000 + $0                        $100,000

Additional Death Benefit Amount = Additional Death Benefit Factor * Rider Earnings = 10% * $100,000                      $ 10,000

Total death proceeds = death proceeds on base Certificate + Additional Death Benefit Amount = $225,000 + $10,000         $235,000
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                        Signed for Us at our Home Office.



     /s/ Craig D. Vermie                              /s/ Larry N. Norman
          SECRETARY                                        PRESIDENT


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