# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000934298
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-200307
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-200307.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-200307

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260501

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260501

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260501

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NYLIAC VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT III
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000934298

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 133044743
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-178743
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26930320

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 51 MADISON AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** ATTENTION: LISA DENAUT
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10010
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 914-846-3146

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 51 MADISON AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** ATTENTION: LISA DENAUT
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10010

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NYLIAC LIFESTAGES ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19941219

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### NYLIAC VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT III (Series ID: S000009385)

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|  |  |
|:---|:---|
| Class Name                                    | Class ID   |
| New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity    | C000111335 |
| New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity II | C000154620 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### NYLIAC VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT III (Series ID: S000009385)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                    | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000111335 | New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity    |  |
| C000154620 | New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity II |  |

**SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2026 TO THE FOLLOWING PROSPECTUSES** <br> **DATED MAY 1, 2008**

**New York Life (formerly MainStay) Elite Variable Annuity** 

**AND TO THE FOLLOWING PROSPECTUSES DATED MAY 1, 2019**

**New York Life Complete Access Variable Annuity** <br>**New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity** <br>

**New York Life Complete Access Variable Annuity II** <br>

**New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity II**

**INVESTING IN THE FOLLOWING SEPARATE ACCOUNTS**

**NYLIAC Variable Annuity Separate Account III** <br>

**NYLIAC Variable Annuity Separate Account IV**

This supplement amends the most recent prospectuses (each a "Prospectus," and together, the "Prospectuses") for the variable annuity policies referenced above. This supplement describes changes to the investment options available under such policies. You should read this information carefully and retain this supplement for future reference together with the Prospectus for your policy. This supplement is not valid unless it is read in conjunction with the Prospectus for your policy. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those

included in the Prospectuses.

The following changes take effect on May 1, 2026:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**I. <u>ADDITION OF NEW INVESTMENT DIVISIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE POLICIES</u>**

The following portfolios will be available as Investment Divisions under the policies:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● American Funds<sup>®</sup> IS Growth-Income Fund – Class 4

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Company Growth Fund – Class 2

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Fidelity<sup>®</sup> VIP International Capital Appreciation Portfolio – Service Class 2

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Franklin Gold and Precious Metals VIP Fund – Class 2

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity Insights Fund – Service Class

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. – Short Duration Income Portfolio – Class VC

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;● Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio – Class S

The following should be added to the list in your Prospectus of Eligible Portfolios along with their respective Funds and investment advisers:

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| **FUND** | **INVESTMENT ADVISER** | **ELIGIBLE PORTFOLIOS** |
| American Funds<sup>®</sup> Insurance Series | Capital Research and Management <br> Company<br>| American Funds<sup>®</sup> IS Growth-Income Fund – <br> Class 4<br>|
| Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust | Columbia Management Investment <br> Advisers, LLC<br>| Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Company <br> Growth Fund – Class 2<br>|
| Fidelity<sup>®</sup> Variable Insurance Products | Fidelity Management & Research <br> Company LLC<br>Subadviser: FIL Investment Advisors<br>| Fidelity<sup>®</sup> VIP International Capital <br> Appreciation Portfolio – Service Class 2<br>|
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance <br> Products Trust<br>| Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC<br>Subadviser: Franklin Advisers, Inc. <br>| Franklin Gold and Precious Metals VIP Fund <br> – Class 2<br>|

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **FUND** | **INVESTMENT ADVISER** | **ELIGIBLE PORTFOLIOS** |
| Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust | Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.  | Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity <br> Insights Fund – Service Class<br>|
| Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. | Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. – Short <br> Duration Income Portfolio – Class VC<br>|
| Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio | Voya Investments, LLC<br>Subadviser: Voya Investment Management <br> Co. LLC<br>| Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio – Class S |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**II. <u>FUNDS AVAILABLE WITH THE GUARANTEED FUTURE INCOME BENEFIT RIDER</u>**

For New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity and New York Life Income Plus Variable Annuity II with the Guaranteed Future Income Benefit Rider ("GFIB"), as applicable.

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|:---|:---|
| **Asset Allocation Categories** | **Investment Divisions** |
| **Category A Funds** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc. – Short Duration Income <br> Portfolio – Class VC<br>Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio – Class S<br>|
| **Category B Funds** | American Funds<sup>®</sup> IS Growth-Income Fund – Class 4 |
| **Category C Funds** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Columbia Variable Portfolio Small Company Growth <br> Fund – Class 2<br>Fidelity<sup>®</sup> VIP International Capital Appreciation <br> Portfolio – Service Class 2<br>Franklin Gold and Precious Metals VIP Fund – Class 2<br>Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity Insights Fund <br> – Service Class<br>|

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**III. <u>CLOSURE OF INVESTMENT DIVISION TO NEW INVESTMENTS</u>**

As applicable to your policy, Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio – Class II (the "Western Asset Portfolio") will be closed to all policyowners except those policyowners who have Accumulation Value invested in the Western Asset Portfolio as of May 1, 2026.

If you have Accumulation Value invested in the Western Asset Portfolio on May 1, 2026, you may continue to submit additional premium payments to the Western Asset Portfolio thereafter. However, if you withdraw or otherwise transfer your entire Accumulation Value from the Western Asset Portfolio after May 1, 2026, you will not be permitted to invest in the Western Asset Portfolio at a later date. If you do not have Accumulation Value invested in the Western Asset Portfolio on May 1, 2026, you will not be permitted to invest in the Western Asset Portfolio thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging programs, automatic asset rebalancing programs and interest sweep, if elected on or prior to May 1, 2026, will not be affected by the closure unless you withdraw or otherwise transfer your entire Accumulation

Value from the Western Asset Portfolio.

The other sections of your Prospectus remain unchanged.

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New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation <br>(a Delaware Corporation) <br>51 Madison Avenue <br>New York, New York 10010

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