# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2025-12
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001398344-25-022453

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

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**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251215

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251215

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AUGUSTAR VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000315754

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 310978635
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-67464
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251570867

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FINANCIAL WAY
- **CITY:** CINCINNATI
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 45242
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 513-794-6171

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FINANCIAL WAY
- **CITY:** CINCINNATI
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 45242

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AUGUSTAR(SM) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20231130

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** OHIO NATIONAL FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ON MARKET YIELD FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19821026

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio (Series ID: S000007878)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000021419 | Class I      |  |
| C000266294 | Class II     |  |

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| **AuguStar<sup>®</sup> Variable Insurance Products Fund, Inc.** | SUMMARY PROSPECTUS | December 5, 2025 |
| AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio <br>*(formerly, the AVIP Federated High Income Bond Portfolio)* | AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio <br>*(formerly, the AVIP Federated High Income Bond Portfolio)* | AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio <br>*(formerly, the AVIP Federated High Income Bond Portfolio)* |

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Before you invest, you may want to review the fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund's prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the fund online at www.augustarfund.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-877-781-6392 or by sending an e-mail request to AnnuityService@constellationinsurance.com.The fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated December 5, 2025, as may be supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.<br>

**Investment Objective**

Seeks high current income.

**Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio** 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Portfolio. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. The table does not reflect fees or expenses that may be charged in connection with variable annuities and variable life insurance policies issued by the insurance companies which offer the Portfolio as an underlying investment option. If such charges were included, the following fees and expenses would be higher.

**Shareholder Fees** (fees paid directly from your investment): N/A

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| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): | **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): | **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): |
|  | **Class I** | **Class II** |
| Management Fees | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  | 0.15% |
| Other expenses | 0.13% | 0.13%<sup>(1)</sup> |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses** | **0.86%** | **1.01%** |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Estimated for the current fiscal year.

Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing your variable contract assets in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem 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 Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same. The costs indicated below do not reflect the additional expenses of variable contracts. These costs would be higher if variable contract charges were added. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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|  | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class I | $88 | $274 | $477 | $1061 |
| Class II | $104 | $324 | $561 | $1242 |

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Portfolio Turnover. The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 33% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies** 

Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in lower-rated (BB or lower) corporate debt obligations commonly referred to as "junk bonds." Some of these fixed income securities may involve equity features.

Capital growth will be considered, but only when consistent with the objective of seeking high current income. Lower-rated debt securities are subject to a greater risk of loss of principal and interest than investments in higher rated bonds. The Portfolio is managed by the Adviser.

Lower-rated debt securities typically have higher yields because of their greater risk of default. The Adviser seeks to reduce this financial risk through careful security selection and diversification by both company and industry. The Adviser looks for bonds believed to offer superior potential returns for the financial risk assumed. The Adviser's analysis focuses on the issuer's financial condition, competitive position and management expertise. The Adviser also considers current economic, market and industry factors affecting the issuer. The Adviser typically does not consider interest rate risks because the prices of high yield bonds typically are influenced much more by financial risks, including potential default, than by changes in the general level of interest rates.

Fixed income securities in which the Portfolio invests may include bonds, debentures, notes and zero-coupon securities. The Portfolio's investments are generally rated BB or lower by S&P or Fitch, or Ba or lower by Moody's, or are not rated but are determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality, and may include bonds in default. There is no lower limit with respect to rating categories for securities in which the Portfolio may invest. These lower-rated securities have speculative characteristics. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are likely to make it more difficult for the companies issuing the bonds to make principal and interest payments than is the case with companies issuing higher rated bonds.

The Portfolio may invest in various kinds of convertible securities that can be exchanged for or converted into common stock. Convertible securities are often rated below investment grade or not rated because they generally fall below debt obligations and just above common stock in order of preference on the issuer's balance sheet. The Portfolio may invest its assets, without limitation, in foreign securities, including those not publicly traded in the United States and emerging market debt securities, as defined by Bloomberg's classification standards.

The Portfolio may invest in loan (and loan-related) instruments, which are interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental, or other borrower to lenders or groups of lenders known as lending syndicates (loans and loan participations). Such instruments may include loans made in connection with trade financing transactions. Typically, administration of the instrument, including the collection and allocation of principal and interest payments due from the borrower, is the responsibility of a single bank that is a member of the lending syndicate and referred to as the agent bank or mandated lead arranger.

The Portfolio may invest in non-currency derivative contracts (such as, for example, futures options, credit default swaps, credit default swap indices ("CDX"), and CDX tranches) to implement its investment strategies. The Portfolio may also use derivative contracts to increase or decrease the Portfolio's exposure to the investments underlying the derivative contracts in an attempt to benefit from changes in the value of the underlying investments. There can be no assurance that the Portfolio's uses of derivatives contracts will work as intended. Derivative investments made by the Portfolio are included within the Portfolio's 80% policy and are calculated at market value.

A CDX is an index of credit default swaps designed to track a segment of the credit market (e.g., investment grade, high volatility, below investment grade or emerging markets) and provides investors with exposure to specific issuers of certain debt instruments. Standardized CDX tranches are created and administered by IHS Markit. Investment in CDX tranches provides exposure to certain segments of the CDX's potential loss distribution, and credit events affect the tranches according to the seniority of the tranche in the loss distribution. The Portfolio may have exposure to any tranche of a CDX, including the lowest level tranche which is referred to as the equity or "first loss" tranche.

**Principal Risks** 

There is no assurance that the Portfolio will meet its investment objective. The value of your investment in the Portfolio and the amount of the return you receive on your investment may fluctuate significantly. You could lose money, or have less return than the market in general, by investing in the Portfolio. The principal risks of investing in the Portfolio are:

*Market Risk* — A security's price may change in response to changes in conditions in securities markets in general. Markets tend to move in cycles with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. They can decline for many reasons, including adverse political or economic developments domestically or abroad, tariffs or trade wars, changes in investor psychology, or heavy institutional selling. In the case of debt securities, changes in the overall level of interest rates affect the security's price. A significant national or international event, natural disaster or widespread health crisis could cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints, impact the ability to complete redemptions, and affect the Portfolio's performance.

*Emerging Markets Risk* — Securities issued or traded in emerging markets generally entail greater risks than securities issued or traded in developed markets. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments and may present the risk of nationalization of business, expropriation, confiscatory taxation or, in certain instances, reversion to closed market, centrally planned economies. Differences in regulatory, accounting, auditing and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards could impede the

ability to evaluate local companies or impact the Portfolio's performance. The typically small size of the markets of securities of issuers located in emerging markets and the possibility of a low or nonexistent volume of trading in those securities may also result in a lack of liquidity and in price volatility of those securities.

*Interest Rate Risk* — Prices of fixed-income securities rise and fall in response to changes in the interest rates paid by similar securities. Generally, when interest rates rise, prices of fixed-income securities fall. However, market factors, such as the demand for particular fixed-income securities, may cause the price of certain fixed-income securities to fall while the prices of other securities rise or remain unchanged. Interest rate changes have a greater effect on the price of fixed-income securities with longer maturities. A wide variety of market factors can affect interest rates. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates. The Portfolio may be subject to heightened interest rate risk due to certain changes in monetary policy. Rising interest rates may expose fixed-income markets to increased volatility and may reduce the liquidity of certain Portfolio investments. These developments also could cause more fluctuation in the Portfolio's net asset value or make it more difficult for the Portfolio to accurately value its securities. These developments or others could also cause the Portfolio to face increased shareholder redemptions, which could force the Portfolio to liquidate investments at disadvantageous times or prices, therefore adversely affecting the Portfolio as well as the value of your investment.

*Lower-Rated Debt Securities Risk* — Bonds rated below investment grade, which is defined as BB or lower (also called "junk bonds"), are subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risks. They are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer's continuing ability to make principal and interest payments.

*Credit Risk* — The Portfolio may lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security is unable or unwilling to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Portfolio's income and market value.

*Issuer Risk* — The value of a security may decline for reasons related to the issuer, such as earnings stability, overall financial soundness, management performance and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services.

*Foreign Investments Risk* — Foreign investments involve risks not normally encountered with domestic securities. These include political, regulatory and economic instability in some countries, the imposition of economic sanctions, changes in currency rates and market inefficiencies. The laws of some foreign countries may limit the Portfolio's ability to invest in securities of certain issuers organized under the laws of those countries. Trade tensions and economic sanctions on individuals and companies can contribute to market volatility. This may adversely impact the Portfolio's performance.

*Loan Interest Risk* — Loan instruments may be secured or unsecured. If secured, then the lenders have been granted rights to specific property (such as receivables, tangible goods, real property, or commodities), which is commonly referred to as collateral. The purpose of securing a loan is to allow the lenders to exercise their rights over the collateral if the loan is not repaid as required by the terms of lending agreement. The loan instruments in which the Portfolio may invest may involve borrowers, agent banks, co-lenders and collateral located both in the United States and outside of the United States (in both developed and emerging markets). The Portfolio treats loan instruments as a type of fixed-income security. (For purposes of the descriptions in this prospectus of these various risks, references to "issuer," include borrowers in loan instruments.) Many loan instruments incorporate risk mitigation and insurance products into their structures, in an attempt to manage risks. There is no guarantee that these risk management techniques will work as intended. Additionally, collateral on loan instruments may consist of assets that may not be readily liquidated, and there is no assurance that the liquidation of such assets will satisfy a borrower's obligations under the instrument. Loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

*Derivatives Risk* — Derivatives instruments (such as futures, options, swaps and structured securities) can be highly volatile and involve risks in addition to the risks of the underlying referenced securities. Using derivatives can increase fund losses and reduce opportunities for gains when market prices, interest rates or the derivative instruments themselves behave in a way not anticipated by the Portfolio. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty may default on its obligations to the Portfolio. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index and the Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. In addition to investing in derivatives to implement its strategy, the Portfolio may also use derivative instruments for hedging purposes, in an attempt to reduce the risk of loss from falling stock prices or lower foreign currency valuations, increased interest rates or other adverse market developments. There can be no assurance that a hedging technique will work as intended. Portfolio performance may be diminished by the added cost of the derivative instruments.

*Swap Risk* — Swaps are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect substitutes for the instruments they are intended to hedge or replace. Over the counter swaps are subject to counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the Portfolio's losses.

*CDX Tranche Risk* —The equity tranche, the riskiest tranche of a CDX, has exposure to the first losses experienced by the basket of issuers of debt instruments to which the CDX provides exposure. The mezzanine and senior CDX tranches are higher in the capital structure but may also be exposed to losses in value. Investment in a CDX is subject to liquidity risk, credit risk and counterparty risk. CDX tranches may experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, decrease of market value due to collateral defaults and exhaustion of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults and investor aversion to CDX securities as a class.

*Convertible Securities Risk* — In addition to being subject to the risks of investing in common stock, the value of convertible securities can be adversely affected by fixed income market forces such as interest rate risk, credit risk, call risk and prepayment risk.

*Call or Prepayment Risk* — During periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer may "call" or repay its high-yielding bond before the bond's maturity date. If forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, the Portfolio would experience a decline in income. The ability of an issuer of a debt security to repay principal prior to a security's maturity can cause greater price volatility if interest rates change.

*Liquidity Risk* — The fixed-income securities in which the Portfolio invests may be less readily marketable and may be subject to greater fluctuation in price than other securities. Liquidity risk also refers to the possibility that the Portfolio may not be able to sell a security or close out a derivative contract when it wants to. If this happens, the Portfolio could incur losses. The amount of assets deemed illiquid remaining within the Portfolio may also increase, making it more difficult to meet shareholder redemptions and further adversely affecting the value of the Portfolio.

**Performance** 

The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. They show changes in the Portfolio's performance for each of the last ten years and the Portfolio's average annual returns for the last one year, five years and ten years compared to those of a broad-based securities market index and a secondary index. The Portfolio's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Variable contract charges are not reflected in the chart or table. If they were, the returns would be less than those shown.

**TABLE I** 

**AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio Year-by-Year Total Returns – Class I Shares<sup>(1)(2)</sup>**

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<sup>(1)</sup> Because Class II Shares are new, the returns shown in the bar chart are for Class I Shares of the Portfolio. Class II Shares would have substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns would differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The 12b-1 fee for Class II Shares is not reflected in the bar chart, and if this amount was reflected, returns would be less than those shown. 

<sup>(2)</sup> Effective December 5, 2025, the Adviser became responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio, replacing Federated Investment Management Company ("Federated"). The performance shown for periods prior to this date reflects the investment decisions of Federated.

During the period shown in the bar chart, the Portfolio's highest return for a quarter was 10.24%. That was the quarter ended on June 30, 2020. The lowest return for a quarter was –12.71%.That was the quarter ended on March 31, 2020. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month end, call toll free 877.781.6392.

**TABLE II** 

**AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio – Average Annual Total Return** 

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| **Average Annual Total Returns <br> As of December 31, 2024** | **1 Year** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| AVIP High Income Bond Portfolio\* | 6.45% | 3.45% | 4.60% |
| ICE BofA US Broad Market Index\*\* | 1.47% | (0.34)% | 1.37% |
| ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Constrained Index\*\*\* | 8.20% | 4.03% | 5.08% |

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\* Effective December 5, 2025, the Adviser became responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio, and Federated Investment Management Company ("Federated") no longer serves as sub-adviser. The performance shown for periods prior to this date reflects the investment decisions of Federated. 

\*\* Primary benchmark. Effective December 31, 2024, the regulatory index for the Portfolio has been changed from the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Constrained Index to the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index in accordance with new regulatory requirements.

\*\*\* Secondary benchmark. The return information shows how the Fund's performance compares with the returns of a securities index with similar investment objectives.

Returns are shown for Class I Shares only and will be lower for Class II Shares due to the differing expenses for each class of shares.

**Management** 

Constellation Investments, Inc. serves as the investment adviser for the Portfolio. Sachin Jain, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of ALIC, has been a co-portfolio manager for the Portfolio since December 2025. Mark Kehoe, Vice President - Corporate Credit of ALIC, has been co-portfolio manager for the Portfolio since December 2025. Each of Sachin Jain and Mark Kehoe is jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio.

Effective December 5, 2025, the Adviser became the sole investment adviser to the Portfolio. Federated, the Portfolio's sub-adviser, was terminated as of that date. The advisory fee rate under the Fund's investment advisory agreement with the Adviser is 0.75% of the first $75 million, 0.70% of the next $75 million, 0.65% of the next $75 million, and 0.60% over $225 million. The sub-advisory fee rate under the investment advisory agreement previously in effect with Federated was 0.50% of the first $30 million, 0.40% of the next $20 million, 0.30% of the next $25 million, which was a sub-advisory fee charged in addition to the advisory fee paid to the Adviser.

**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares** 

Shares of the Portfolio are offered only to separate accounts of insurance companies, which use the Portfolio shares as an underlying investment for variable annuities and variable life insurance contracts, and to portfolios of the Fund in connection with ALIC, ALAC and NSLAC's variable contracts. You may select funds and make transfers among fund options as described in your variable contract prospectus. The separate accounts of the insurance companies may purchase and redeem Portfolio shares, at their net asset value next computed, each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for unrestricted trading. Please read your variable contract prospectus for more information about your variable contract.

**Tax Information** 

The tax treatment of payments made from a variable contract is described in the contract's prospectus. Generally, contract owners are not taxed on income or gains realized within their contract until they receive payments from the contract.

**Payments to Insurance Companies and Other Financial Intermediaries** 

If you invest in the Fund through an insurance company, broker/dealer, financial representative or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the financial intermediary for the investment in the Fund and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy and the Fund over another available investment option. Ask your financial intermediary or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.