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As filed with the SEC on April 29, 2022

Registration No. 333-141878

Registration 811-05315

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-4

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 17  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 125  

 

 

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT I

(Exact name of registrant)

 

 

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Name of depositor)

900 Salem Street

Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917

(Address of depositor’s principal executive offices)

Depositor’s telephone number: (800) 544-8888

 

 

GERALD W. PATTERSON

President

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

900 Salem Street

Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

MICHAEL BERENSON

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate space):

 

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485

 

on April 30, 2022, pursuant to paragraph (b)

 

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) of rule 485

 

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 


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PROSPECTUS

April 30, 2022

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income® Annuity

Issued by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

(“FILI”)

Introduction:

This prospectus describes an individual, single premium, deferred variable annuity contract with a guaranteed withdrawal for life benefit (the “Contract”). All guarantees described in the Contract are subject to the claims paying ability of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”, “we”, or “us”). We are a life insurance company that is one of the group of financial service companies known as Fidelity Investments. Money may be directed to one or both of the two available Subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I (the “Variable Account”).

Currently, we do not offer this Contract for sale to new investors.

You purchased your Contract (1) on a non-qualified basis, or (2) on a qualified basis as an Individual Retirement Annuity (“IRA”) under Section 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended in connection with the “rollover” of contributions from a 401(a) plan, a tax-sheltered annuity, a 403(b) plan, a governmental 457(b) plan or an IRA.

Important Disclosures:

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Additional information about certain investment products, including variable annuities, has been prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s staff and is available at Investor.gov.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Glossary    4
Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract    6
Overview of the Contract    9
Fee Tables    10
1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract    12
2. FILI, the Variable Account, the Funds, and the Distributors    13
(a). FILI and The Variable Account    13
(b). The Funds    13
(c). Selling the Contracts    14
(d). Legal Proceedings    14
3. Purchase Payment    14
(a). Purchase of a Contract    14
(b). Investment Allocation of your Purchase Payment    15
(c). Accumulation Units    16
4. Benefits Available Under the Contract    17
(a). Overview of Benefits    17
(b). Death Benefit    18
(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life    20
(d). Systematic Withdrawal Program    24
5. Making Exchanges among Subaccounts    25
(a). General Procedures for Making Exchanges    25
(b). Making Exchanges by Telephone or Internet    25

(c). Effective Date of Exchanges Among Subaccounts

   26

(d). Market Timing

   26

(e). Short-Term Trading Risk

   26

(f). FILI Policies Regarding Frequent Trading

   27

(g). Frequent Trading Monitoring and Restriction Procedures

   27
6. Making Withdrawals    28
7. Income Phase    29
(a). Annuity Date    29
(b). Annuity Income    30
8. Current Charges and Other Deductions    32
(a). Base Contract Expenses    32
(b). Surrender Charges    32
(c). Premium Taxes    32
(d). Funds’ Expenses    33
(e). Other Taxes    33

 

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9. Tax Considerations    33
(a). Introduction    33
(b). Tax Deferral During Accumulation Period    33
(c). Qualified Contracts    34
(d). Contract Values and Proceeds    35

(e). Other Tax Information

   37

(f). Exchanges of Contracts

   37

(g). FILI’s Tax Status

   37
10. More Information about the Contract    38
(a). Contract Rights    38
(b). Assignment    39
(c). Notification of Death    39
(d). Automatic Transfer to the Government Money Market Subaccount Upon Due Proof of Death    39
(e). Proof of Survival    39
(f). Abandoned Property    39
(g). Reports to Owners    40
(h). Signature Guarantee or Customer Authentication    40
(i). Non-Participating Contract    40
(j). Postponement of Payment    40
(k). Special Provisions for Sales Under Sponsored Arrangements    40
11. More Information about the Subaccounts and the Funds    41
(a). Changes in Subaccounts    41
(b). Voting Rights    41
(c). Resolving Material Conflicts    42
Appendix A: Funds Available Under the Contract    43
Appendix B: Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life Examples    44

 

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GLOSSARY

Accumulation Phase - The Accumulation Phase starts when you purchase your Contract and ends on the Annuity Date, when the Income Phase starts.

Accumulation Unit - A unit of measure used prior to the Annuity Date to calculate the value of your contract in a Subaccount.

Accumulation Unit Value - The value of a particular Accumulation Unit at a particular time.

Annuitant or Annuitants - The person(s) designated by the Owner(s) whose age and life determine eligibility for benefits under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life provision and the Annuity Income provisions.

Annuity Date - A date selected by the Owner(s) for annuity income payments to begin. This date can be as late as the first day of the calendar month on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after the oldest Owner’s 95th birthday.

Base Contract Expenses - Expenses that we assess daily at an annual effective rate against the assets of each Subaccount, comprised of a Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and an Administrative Charge.

Beneficiary or Beneficiaries - The person or persons who receive proceeds from the Contract if all the Owners and Annuitants die before the Annuity Date.

Code - The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Contract - The annuity contract described in this prospectus.

Contract Anniversary - The same month and day as the Contract Date in each later year.

Contract Date - The date your Contract becomes effective. We show this date in your Contract.

Contract Value - The total amount attributable to a Contract at any time before annuity income payments begin.

Contract Year - A year that starts on the Contract Date or a Contract Anniversary and ends at the close of business on the day before the next Contract Anniversary.

Death Benefit - A benefit equal to the Contract Value that is triggered if any Owner (or Annuitant for a trust owned Contract) dies before the Annuity Date.

Exchanges - Transfers of values among the Subaccounts.

Free Look Period - The limited period of time after you purchased your Contract that you were allowed to cancel it and return it for a refund.

Funds - The mutual fund portfolios in which the Subaccount invests.

Gross Withdrawal - The amount by which a withdrawal reduces the Contract Value. Such amount may include a Surrender Charge and taxes.

Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount (“GWB Amount”) - The amount you are eligible to withdraw each Contract Year after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12.

Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Value (“GWB Value”) - The value we use to determine your GWB Amount.

Income Phase - The Income Phase starts on the Annuity Date and represents the period of time the Contract makes annuity income payments.

 

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IRA - Refers generally to both an Individual Retirement Account and an Individual Retirement Annuity as defined in sections 408(a) and (b) respectively, of the Code. When it is used to refer to a Qualified Contract, it means a Contract that qualifies as an Individual Retirement Annuity as defined in section 408(b) of the Code.

Money Market Period - The period of time during the Contract’s Free Look Period where your Contract will be invested entirely in the Government Money Market Subaccount if your Contract is a Qualified Contract or if state law requires that we return at least the amount of your Purchase Payment.

Non-qualified Contract - An annuity contract that does not qualify as an individual retirement annuity under Section 408(b) of the Code. This type of Contract may be purchased with money from any source.

Owner(s) - also “You” or “Your” - The one or two persons who have the ownership rights and privileges under the Contract. Two people may purchase a Contract only if they are spouses.

Purchase Payment - The single premium amount you invest in a Contract before any deduction for premium taxes.

Qualified Contract - A Contract that qualifies as an Individual Retirement Annuity under Section 408(b) of the Code.

Subaccounts - The divisions of the Variable Account to which you may allocate your Contract Value. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in the shares of one Fund.

Total Return - A measure of the investment performance for a Subaccount from one Valuation Period to the next.

Valuation Period - The period of time between one determination of the value of Accumulation Units to the next determination. We make determinations as of the close of business (normally 4 p.m. Eastern Time) each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

Variable Account - Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I.

Withdrawal Percentage - The percentage we use to determine the GWB Amount for your Contract each Contract Year. The first withdrawal you make after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 will determine the Withdrawal Percentage for the duration of your Contract.

You, you or Your, your - The one or two persons who own a Contract. Once the Contract is issued, the Owner(s) may not be changed. You may not remove an Owner.

 

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU SHOULD CONSIDER ABOUT THE CONTRACT

 

     
Fees and Expenses       Location in Prospectus
Charges for Early Withdrawals   We assess a 2% Surrender Charge (assessed against the amount withdrawn) on Withdrawals during the first five Contract Years unless a waiver applies.       Fee Tables
Transaction Charges   None        
Ongoing Fees and Expenses (“Annual charges”)   The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay each year, depending on the options you choose. Please refer to your Contract Schedule page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.        
    FOR CONTRACTS PURCHASED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 2009
       
         
      Annual Fee   Minimum   Maximum    

Fee Tables

 

8. Current Charges and Other Deductions

 

Appendix A: Funds Available Under the Contract

      Base Contract (with 1 Annuitant)   1.25%1   1.25%1  
      Base Contract (with 2 Annuitants)   1.40%1   1.40%1  
      Subaccounts (Fund fees and expenses)   0.25%2   0.80%2  
      1 As a percentage of the average Contract Value.  
      2 As a percentage of the net assets of each Subaccount.  
     
    Because your Contract is customizable, the choices you make affect how much you will pay. To help you understand the cost of owning your Contract, the following table shows the lowest and highest cost you could pay each year, based on current charges.      
      Lowest Annual Cost
$1,605
  Highest Annual Cost
$1,935
     
      Assumes   Assumes      
       

•  Investment of $100,000

•  5% annual appreciation

•  Base Contract Expense of 1.25% and least expensive Fund fee

•  No Sales Charge

•  No transfers or withdrawals

 

•  Investment of $100,000

•  5% annual appreciation

•  Base Contract Expense of 1.40% and most expensive Fund fee

•  No Sales Charge

•  No transfers or withdrawals

       

 

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    FOR CONTRACTS PURCHASED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2009      

Fee Tables

 

8. Current Charges and Other Deductions

 

Appendix A: Funds Available Under the Contract

      Annual Fee   Minimum   Maximum  
      Base Contract (with 1 Annuitant)   1.10%1   1.10%1  
      Base Contract (with 2 Annuitants)   1.25%1   1.25%1  
      Subaccounts (Fund fees and expenses)   0.25%2   0.80% 2  
    1 As a percentage of the average Contract Value.  
    2 As a percentage of the net assets of each Subaccount.  
    Because your Contract is customizable, the choices you make affect how much you will pay. To help you understand the cost of owning your Contract, the following table shows the lowest and highest cost you could pay each year, based on current charges.  
     

Lowest Annual Cost

$1,481

 

Highest Annual Cost

$1,816

     
      Assumes   Assumes      
       

•  Investment of $100,000

•  5% annual appreciation

•  Base Contract Expense of 1.10% and least expensive Fund fee

•  No Sales Charge

•  No transfers or withdrawals

 

•  Investment of $100,000

•  5% annual appreciation

•  Base Contract Expense of 1.25% and most expensive Fund fee

•  No Sales Charge

•  No transfers or withdrawals

       
   
Risks       Location in Prospectus
Risk of Loss   An investor can lose money by investing in the Contract.      

1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

 

2(a). FILI and the Variable Account

 

2(b). The Funds

Not a Short-Term Investment  

The Contract is not suitable as a short-term investment and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. This is because tax deferral and the Contract’s Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature are more advantageous to investors with a long-time horizon. Investors with a short time horizon may not benefit.

 

Withdrawals may be subject to Surrender Charges, and certain withdrawals can significantly reduce the value of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature.

     

1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

 

4(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life

 

6. Making Withdrawals

 

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Risks       Location in Prospectus
Risks Associated with Investment Options  

•  An investment in the Contract is subject to the risk of poor performance of the Subaccount(s).

 

•  Performance will vary based on the performance of the Subaccount(s) you select.

 

•  Each Subaccount will have its own unique risks.

 

•  You should review each Fund’s prospectus carefully before making an investment decision.

     

1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

 

2(a). FILI and the Variable Account

 

2(b). The Funds

Insurance Company Risks   The Contract is issued by and subject to the risks related to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI, “we”, or “us”). The obligations, guarantees, and benefits of the Contract are subject to FILI’s claims-paying ability. FILI has an A+ Financial Strength Rating from AM Best as of February 16, 2022.      

1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

 

2(a). FILI and the Variable Account

   
Restrictions       Location in Prospectus
Investments  

•  Additional Purchase Payments are not allowed.

 

•  You cannot move less than $250 from any Subaccount except that if you have less than $250 in a Subaccount you may move the entire amount.

 

•  Exchanges by telephone and/or Internet are limited to four days in each calendar year.

 

•  Contract Owners who engage in frequent Exchanges may be subjected to temporary or permanent restrictions on future purchase or Exchanges.

 

•  We have the right to eliminate Subaccounts, to combine two or more Subaccounts, or to substitute a new Fund for the Fund in which a Subaccount invests.

     

3(a). Purchase of a Contract

 

5. Making Exchanges among Subaccounts

 

5(f). FILI policies Regarding Frequent Trading

 

11(a). Changes in Subaccounts

   
Taxes       Location in Prospectus
Tax Implications  

•  Consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and payments received under this Contract.

 

•  If you purchased the Contract through a tax qualified plan or individual retirement account (IRA), you do not get any additional tax benefit from this Contract.

 

•  Under current law, you will not be taxed on increases in the value of your Contract until a distribution occurs. The taxable portion of a distribution is generally taxed as ordinary income. A penalty tax equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income may be imposed on distributions received before age 59 12.

     

Overview of the Contract

 

1. Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

 

9. Tax Considerations

 

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Conflicts of Interest        Location in
Prospectus
Investment Professional Compensation   Your investment professional may receive compensation for selling this Contract to you in the form of commissions. This financial incentive may influence your investment professional to recommend this Contract over another investment.      

2(b). The Funds

 

2(c). Selling the Contracts

Exchanges   Your investment professional may have a financial incentive to offer you a new contract in place of the one you own. You should only exchange your contract if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both contracts, that it is better for you to purchase the new contract rather than continue to own your existing contract.       “Replacement of Contracts” under 3(a). Purchase of a Contract

OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACT

What is this Contract designed to do and who could it be appropriate for?

We designed the Contract to provide assistance in meeting retirement income goals by providing a withdrawal feature that allows for guaranteed withdrawals that can begin when the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 and last for the life or lives of the Annuitant(s). The Contract may be appropriate if you are seeking to protect your income level at or before retirement while at the same time retaining the potential for tax deferred growth and some access to assets.

What are the different phases of the Contract?

Your Contract has two phases: 1) an Accumulation Phase; and 2) an Income Phase, beginning on the Annuity Date.

 

   

Accumulation Phase

During this phase, you invest your money in one or both of the two Subaccounts available under the Contract. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in shares of one Fund. Values invested in the Subaccount(s) may increase, decease, or stay the same. Each Fund has its own investment strategies, investment advisers, expense ratios, and returns. Information about the Funds is provided in Appendix A: Funds Available Under the Contract.

During this phase and after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12, Owners typically begin taking advantage of the Contract’s Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature.

 

   

Income Phase

The Income Phase begins on the Annuity Date, a date you select, and lasts for the remainder of the Contract. During this phase, the Contract pays a stream of guaranteed income payments to the Owner(s). For a Contract issued to one Owner, we pay fixed annuity income to the Owner beginning on the Annuity Date if the Owner is still alive on the Annuity Date. For a Contract issued to two Owners, we pay fixed annuity income to the Owners if either (1) both the Owners are alive on the Annuity Date or (2) one Owner is still alive on the Annuity Date and the surviving Owner was the deceased Owner’s spouse at the time of death and elected to continue the Contract as his or her own. The Contract offers two annuity income options.

 

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What are the primary features of the Contract?

 

   

Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life: Under this benefit, when the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 you are eligible to withdraw a specific amount each Contract Year called the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount (“GWB Amount”). The GWB Amount is available for withdrawal each Contract Year during the Annuitant(s)’ lifetime regardless of the amount of your Contract Value. You may make partial withdrawals up to the GWB Amount during the Contract Year. You are not required to make any withdrawals. However, unused portions of the GWB Amount are not cumulative and do not carry over into future Contract Years. Withdrawals that exceed the GWB Amount or that are taken before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 may significantly reduce the value of this benefit. Other important conditions and limitations apply to this feature. See 4(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life.

 

   

Accessing your money: During the Accumulation Phase, you have full access to your money. You can choose to withdraw your Contract Value at any time (although certain withdrawals prior to age 59 12 may be subject to a tax penalty equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income). Before making any withdrawal, you should first understand the impact it will have on your Contract’s Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature.

 

   

Tax treatment: You can exchange money among the Subaccounts without tax implications. Under current law, you will not be taxed on increases in the value of your Contact until a distribution occurs. The taxable portion of a distribution is generally taxed as ordinary income. A penalty tax equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income may be imposed on distributions received before age 591/2.

 

   

Death Benefit: Your Contract includes a standard Death Benefit that will pay your designated Beneficiaries the Contract Value if all the owners die during the Accumulation Phase. Please note poor investment performance and withdrawals can significantly reduce this benefit.

 

   

Systematic Withdrawal Program: At no additional charge, you may use our Systematic Withdrawal Program to make withdrawals in an amount up to your eligible GWB Amount on a periodic basis. Systematic Withdrawals must be at least $50 on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. If your Contract is a Qualified Contract and you are subject to required minimum distributions (“RMD”) under the Code, you must agree to receive your RMD through our Systematic Withdrawal Program.

FEE TABLES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay while you own the Contract. Please refer to your Contract Schedule page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.

The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender or make withdrawals from the Contract. State premium taxes may also be deducted.

 

Transaction Expenses

      

Surrender Charge1
(as a percentage of amount withdrawn during first 5 Contract Years)

     2%

 

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The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay each year during the time that you own the Contract (not including Fund fees and expenses).

Annual Contract Expenses

Contracts purchased on or after January 1, 2009

 

    

Contracts with 1 Annuitant

On Contract Date

   

Contracts with 2 Annuitants

On Contract Date

 

Base Contract Expenses2
(As a percentage of the average Contract Value)

    1.25     1.40

Contracts purchased prior to January 1, 2009

 

    

Contracts with 1 Annuitant

On Contract Date

   

Contracts with 2 Annuitants

On Contract Date

 

Base Contract Expenses2
(As a percentage of the average Contract Value)

    1.10     1.25

The next item shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract. A complete list of Funds available under the Contract, including their annual expenses, may be found at the back of this document.

 

Annual Fund Expenses

     Minimum    Maximum

(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets,
including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1)
fees, and other expenses)

     0.25%    0.80%

(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets,
including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1)
fees, and other expenses after any waivers or expense reimbursements)

     0.25%    0.75%3

1 Surrender Charge will not apply to withdrawals of GWB Amount, amounts withdrawn pursuant to our Systematic Withdrawal Program to meet required minimum distributions under the Code, or proceeds received as a required distribution following the death of an Owner.

2 Base Contract Expenses is the total of two separate charges, a Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and an Administrative Charge. You may also see Base Contract Expenses referred to as “Total Separate Account Annual Expenses”.

3 This reflects temporary reductions to Fund expenses.

Examples

These examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These costs include annual transaction expenses, annual Contract expenses, and annual Fund expenses.

These examples assume that you invest $100,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, Base Contract Expenses assuming

 

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2 Annuitants, and the maximum annual Fund expenses. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Contracts purchased on or after January 1, 2009

 

     1 year   3 years     5 years     10 Years  

If you surrender Your Contract at the end of the applicable time period4

  $4,287   $ 9,054     $ 14,092     $ 25,339  

If you annuitize at the end of the applicable period or do not surrender your Contract

  $2,231   $ 6,882     $ 11,796     $ 25,339  

Contracts purchased prior to January 1, 2009

 

     1 year   3 years     5 years     10 Years  

If you surrender Your Contract at the end of the applicable time period4

  $4,139   $ 8,609     $ 13,346     $ 23,793  

If you annuitize at the end of the applicable period or do not surrender your Contract

  $2,080   $ 6,427     $ 11,033     $ 23,793  

4 During the 1,3, and 5 year periods, the entire amount surrendered is subject to the 2% surrender fee.

1. PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE CONTRACT

Risk of Loss: You can lose money by investing in the Contract. The value of the money you invest in any Subaccount will vary with the investment performance of the single Fund in which the Subaccount invests. Values may increase, decrease, or stay the same. You bear the investment risk. You should review each Fund’s prospectus carefully before making an investment decision.

Not A Short-Term Investment: The Contract is not suitable as a short-term investment and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. This is because:

 

   

Tax deferral and the Contract’s Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature are more advantageous to investors with a long-time horizon.

 

   

Withdrawals that exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount or that are taken before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 may significantly reduce the value of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature.

 

   

Withdrawals during the first five Contract Years may be subject to a 2% Surrender Charge, which would reduce the Contract Value.

 

   

Adverse tax consequences may result from withdrawals prior to age 59 12 (see below).

Possibility of Adverse Tax Consequences: A penalty tax equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income may be imposed on distributions received before age 59 12.

Another Annuity Contract May Be More Appropriate: It is possible that other annuity contracts, including a contract with lower expenses, may be more appropriate for you. You should have only purchased this Contract for the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature. If you are not currently using this benefit and do not plan to use it in the future, it is likely a less expensive annuity is more appropriate for you. Note exchanging from one annuity contract to another should only be done after a careful consideration of the benefits, features, and expenses of the existing and proposed annuity. See Replacement of Contracts in 3(a).

 

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Potential Harmful Fund Transfer Activity: Frequent Exchanges among Subaccounts by Contract Owners can reduce the long-term returns of the Funds. The reduced returns could adversely affect the owners, annuitants, insureds or beneficiaries of any variable annuity or variable life insurance contract issued by any insurance company with respect to values allocated to the Fund. Frequent Exchanges may reduce a Fund’s performance by increasing costs paid by the Fund (such as brokerage commissions); they can disrupt portfolio management strategies; and they can have the effect of diluting the value of the shares of long term shareholders in cases in which fluctuations in markets are not fully priced into the Fund’s net asset value. FILI has adopted policies designed to discourage frequent trading. See 5. Making Exchanges among Subaccounts for more information.

Insurance Company Risks: The Contract is issued by and subject to the risks related to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”, “we”, or “us”). The obligations, guarantees, and benefits of the Contract are subject to FILI’s claims-paying ability. If FILI experiences financial distress, it may not be able to meet its obligations to you – obligations under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature and annuity income payments could be especially at risk.

2. FILI, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT, THE FUNDS, AND THE DISTRIBUTORS

2(a). FILI and the Variable Account

FILI: The Contract is issued by FILI. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, the parent company of the Fidelity Investments companies. The lifetime annuity income payments and payments of GWB Amounts in excess of assets in the Variable Account made under the Contract are subject to our claims-paying ability and financial strength. We issue other annuity contracts and life insurance policies as well, and certain benefits and obligations under these products are also subject to our claims-paying ability and financial strength. We have an A+ Financial Strength Rating from AM Best as of February 16, 20221. Our principal executive offices are located at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917. The address of our Annuity Service Center is P.O. Box 770001, Cincinnati, Ohio 45277-0050.

The Variable Account: Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I is a separate account used to support the Contract and other forms of variable annuity contracts issued by FILI, and for other purposes permitted by law. We are the legal owner of the assets of the Variable Account. However, income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, the Variable Account reflect the Variable Account’s own investment experience and not the investment experience of any of our other assets. The assets of the Variable Account may not be used to pay any of our liabilities other than those arising from the Contracts. The assets in the Variable Account will always be at least equal to the reserves and other liabilities of the Variable Account. If the assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our general account. We are obligated to pay all amounts promised to investors under the Contracts.

Financial Statements: FILI’s financial statements and the financial statements of the Variable Account appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

2(b). The Funds

There are currently two available Subaccounts in the Variable Account. In addition, the Contract also provides for a Government Money Market Subaccount, which your Purchase Payment may be allocated to only during the Free Look Period or following the death of the last surviving Owner or Annuitant. Each Subaccount in the Variable Account invests exclusively in a single Fund. Each Fund is part of a trust that is registered with the SEC

 

1 Financial strength ratings are opinions from independent rating agencies of an insurer’s financial strength and ability to pay its insurance policies and contract obligations. They are not recommendations to purchase, hold or terminate any insurance policy or contract issued by an insurer, nor do they address the suitability of any particular policy or contract for a specific purpose or purchaser. AM Best Ratings range from A++ to F and are subject to change.

 

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as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). This registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the Funds by the SEC. Each Fund’s assets are held separate from the assets of the other Funds, and each Fund has investment objectives and policies that are different from those of the other Funds. Thus, each Fund operates as a separate investment fund, and the income and losses of one Fund have no effect on the investment performance of any other Fund. In addition, the names and investment objectives of the Funds may be similar to those of other funds available through the same investment advisor, however, the performance of such funds may differ significantly.

FILI or its insurance agency affiliate receives annual compensation of up to 0.40% of assets allocated to the Funds, for customer service, distribution and recordkeeping services with respect to those assets. This compensation is received from the Funds’ advisors or their affiliates. These payments are not contract charges, and do not increase Fund or contract charges.

Investments by the Subaccounts in securities of foreign issuers may result in a foreign investment tax credit which we will claim on our federal income tax filings.

Where to Find More Information on the Funds: Information regarding each Fund including its name, investment objective, investment advisers, sub-advisers, current expenses, and performance is available in Appendix A: Funds Available Under the Contract. In addition, each Fund has issued a prospectus that contains more detailed information about the Fund. Investors may obtain paper or electronic copies of a Fund prospectus by calling 800-544-2442 or visiting www.fidelity.com/FGGIreports.

2(c). Selling the Contracts

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”) and Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. (“FIA”) distribute the Contracts. FBS is the principal underwriter. Both FBS and FIA are affiliates of us and of FMR LLC, our parent company. Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (“FDC”) is the distributor of the Fidelity family of funds. The principal business address of FBS and FDC is 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917.

We pay FIA compensation of not more than 2% of Purchase Payments received in the first Contract Year for marketing and distribution. We also pay FIA renewal compensation in later years based on Contract Values and the persistency of the Contracts. Our renewal compensation payments for a Contract for a year will be approximately equal to 0.10% of the Contract Value at the end of the year.

2(d). Legal Proceedings

Neither the Registrant, the Registrant’s principal underwriter nor the Depositor is a party to any material pending legal proceedings.

3. PURCHASE PAYMENT

3(a). Purchase of a Contract

Currently, we do not offer this Contract for sale to new investors. Also, additional purchase payments are not allowed for existing Contracts.

Application and Initial Purchase Payment: You purchased your Contract (1) on a non-qualified basis (“Non-qualified Contract”), or (2) on a qualified basis (“Qualified Contract”) as an Individual Retirement Annuity (“IRA”) under Section 408(b) of the Code. Generally, we issued Qualified Contracts only with money transferred from a plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Code, a 403(b) mutual fund account or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity, a governmental 457(b) plan or an IRA.

 

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To purchase a Contract, you were generally required to make a single Purchase payment of at least $25,000 and complete an application form. We also allowed a Contract to be purchased by exchanging one or more annuity contracts or life insurance policies, and a Contract’s Purchase Payment to be paid from different sources (e.g. personal check and proceeds from a brokerage account).

We applied your Purchase Payment to the purchase of a Contract within two business days of receiving your payment and completed application in a form acceptable to us at our Annuity Service Center. The date that we credited your Purchase Payment and your Contract became effective is called the Contract Date.

Contracts Owned by Trusts: We issued Contracts to revocable grantor trusts. There are special provisions that apply to these Contracts. The trust must be the Owner, and a second Owner cannot be added. At issue, the grantor(s) of the trust must be the Annuitant(s). If the trust has only a single grantor, the grantor’s spouse may be named as a joint Annuitant. The Annuitant(s) may not be changed. At issue, the Annuity Date was the first day of the first calendar month after the oldest Annuitant’s 95th birthday, or an earlier date chosen by the Owner. Also, at issue, we required a representation from the grantor(s) that the trust is for the sole benefit of the grantor(s). This is to ensure that the Contract will be respected as an annuity for purposes of federal income tax law.

Replacement of Contracts: You can generally exchange a non-qualified Annuity contract for another in a “tax-free exchange” under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code or transfer a qualified annuity contract directly to another life insurance company as a “trustee-to-trustee transfer”. Before making an exchange or transfer, you should compare both annuities carefully. Remember that if you exchange or transfer one annuity for another annuity, then you may pay a surrender charge on your existing annuity, charges may be higher (or lower), and the benefits may be less (or more) advantageous. You should not exchange or transfer one annuity for another unless you determine, after knowing all the facts, that the exchange or transfer is in your best interest and not just better for the person trying to sell you the new annuity contract (that person will generally be compensated if you buy the contract through an exchange, transfer or otherwise).

3(b). Investment Allocation of Your Purchase Payment:

You choose how to allocate your Purchase Payment among the two available Subaccounts and the percentage to be allocated to each. As stated above, your Purchase Payment may have been invested in the Government Money Market Subaccount during part or for the entirety of the Free Look Period. Also, we will allocate the value of your Contract to the Government Money Market Subaccount for a limited time following the death of the last surviving Owner or Annuitant. See 10(d) Automatic Transfer To The Government Money Market Subaccount Upon Due Proof Of Death. You may not choose to allocate your Purchase Payment or Contract Value to the Government Money Market Subaccount at any time.

Instructions may be expressed in dollars or in percentages. All instructions must be in whole numbers, not decimals or fractions. If you give us instructions that in our judgment are unclear or incomplete, your Purchase Payment will be allocated to the Government Money Market Subaccount until we receive instructions that are clear and complete. Instructions may be unclear or incomplete if percentage allocations do not total 100% or for some other reason. In the case of incomplete or unclear instructions, we will not be responsible for changes in unit values or for lost market opportunities.

At the time your Purchase Payment is invested in a Subaccount, we credit a number of Accumulation Units to your Contract based on each Subaccount’s current Accumulation Unit Value.

You should verify the accuracy of your transaction confirmations and statements immediately after you receive them. If you find a discrepancy with regard to a particular transaction you should notify the Annuity Service Center promptly. We will not be responsible for losses unless you notify us within ten calendar days from the first time we mail a confirmation or statement with details of the transaction.

 

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3(c). Accumulation Units:

We credit your payments allocated to the Subaccounts in the form of Accumulation Units. The number of Accumulation Units credited to each Subaccount is determined by dividing the net payment allocated to that Subaccount by the Accumulation Unit Value for that Subaccount as of the end of the Valuation Period during which the Purchase Payment is received at our Annuity Service Center. Accumulation Units are adjusted for any exchanges or transfers into or out of a Subaccount.

For each Subaccount the Accumulation Unit Value for the first Valuation Period of the Subaccount was set at $10. The Accumulation Unit Value for each subsequent Valuation Period is the Net Investment Factor for that period, multiplied by the Accumulation Unit Value for the immediately preceding Valuation Period. The Accumulation Unit Value may increase or decrease from one Valuation Period to the next.

Each Subaccount has a Net Investment Factor (also referred to as the “Total Return”). The Net Investment Factor is an index that measures the investment performance of a Subaccount from one Valuation Period to the next. The Net Investment Factor for each Subaccount for a Valuation Period is determined by adding (a) and (b), subtracting (c) and then dividing the result by (a) where:

(a) Is the value of the assets of the Subaccount at the end of the preceding Valuation Period;

(b) Is the investment income and capital gains, realized or unrealized, credited to the Subaccount during the current Valuation Period;

(c) Is the sum of:

(1) The capital losses, realized or unrealized, charged during the current Valuation Period plus any amount charged or set aside for taxes during the current Valuation Period;

PLUS

(2) The deduction from the Subaccount during the current Valuation Period representing a daily charge equivalent to an effective annual rate of the Base Contract Expenses as shown in the Fee Tables.

The Net Investment Factor may be greater than or less than one. If it is greater than one, the Accumulation Unit Value will increase; if less than one, the Accumulation Unit Value will decrease.

Shares of the Funds are valued at their net asset values. Any dividends or capital gains distributions from a Fund are reinvested in that Fund.

 

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4. BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACT

4(a). Overview of Benefits

The following table summarizes information about benefits available under the Contract. A detailed description of each benefit follows the tables.

Standard Benefits

 

Name of Benefit   Purpose   Maximum
Fee
  Brief Description of
Restrictions / Limitations
Death Benefit   Upon death of an Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a trust owned contract) prior to the Annuity Date, provides a benefit equal to the then-current Contract Value on the date we receive due proof of death and all of our required forms fully completed.   None  

There is no guaranteed minimum death benefit. Poor investment performance and withdrawals can significantly reduce the benefit.

 

We will not pay any Beneficiary until we have determined the number of Beneficiaries entitled to receive payment.

Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life   Under this benefit, when the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 you are eligible to withdraw a specific amount each Contract Year called the GWB Amount. The GWB Amount is available for withdrawal each Contract Year during the Annuitant(‘s) lifetime regardless of the amount in your Contract Value. The GWB Amount may change each Contract Year.  

None

 

No benefit is payable until the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12.

 

Withdrawals, including withdrawals of the GWB Amount, will reduce the Contract Value.

 

Withdrawals that exceed the GWB Amount or taken before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 12 may significantly reduce the GWB Amount in future Contract Years.

 

Unused portions of the GWB Amount are not cumulative and do not carry over into future Contract Years.

Systematic Withdrawal Program   Allows for withdrawals up to your eligible GWB Amount on a periodic basis. If your Contract is a Qualified Contract and you are subject to required minimum distributions (“RMD”) under the Code, you must agree to receive your RMD through our Systematic Withdrawal Program.  

None

 

Systematic withdrawal must be at least $50.

 

If you make an additional withdrawal that is not part of a Systematic Withdrawal Program, we will terminate the program for the remainder of the Contract Year.

 

We reserve the right to modify or terminate this benefit.

 

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4(b). Death Benefit

What is the Death Benefit?

The Death Benefit is a benefit that is triggered if any Owner (or Annuitant for a trust owned Contract) dies before the Annuity Date. The Death Benefit is the then-current Contract Value on the date we receive due proof of death and all of our required forms fully completed. The Contract does not guarantee your designated beneficiary(ies) will receive a minimum amount. Poor investment performance and withdrawals can significantly reduce this benefit.

For information on payments, if any, to Beneficiaries following the death of the last surviving Annuitant on or after the Annuity Date, see 7. Income Phase.

Who has the right to the Death Benefit?

If all the Owners die before the Annuity Date (or all Annuitants in the case of Contracts owned by a trust and Qualified Contracts), then the Beneficiary(ies) has the right to the Death Benefit. If a Contract has two Owners and one Owner dies, the surviving Owner, not the Beneficiary(ies), has the right to the Death Benefit. If the Contract is owned by a single Owner, a trust or is a Qualified Contract and there are two Annuitants and one Annuitant dies, the surviving Annuitant, not the Beneficiary(ies), has the right to the Death Benefit.

What are the different options for receiving the Death Benefit?

The below discussion applies only to Non-qualified Contracts. For a description of the settlement options applicable to Qualified Contracts, please see the IRA Disclosure Statement that accompanies this prospectus.

The options for receiving the Contract’s Death Benefit are driven primarily by federal tax law, which requires that if any Owner of an annuity contract dies before the Annuity Date, the entire interest in the contract must be distributed within five years after the Owner’s death. If the contract is owned by a trust, then the death of an Annuitant is treated as a death of an Owner. However, there are exceptions to this requirement, which allow in certain circumstances for a Beneficiary / surviving Owner to annuitize or continue an annuity contract. The settlement options we make available for this Contract are described below. In the event a surviving Owner or a Beneficiary does not elect any of these options, a lump sum distribution of the Contract Value may be requested.

 

Settlement Option   Description   Restrictions
5 Year Distribution  

Entire interest in the Contract must be withdrawn no later than five years from the date of death.

 

In the event state escheatment laws require escheatment to the state before five years from the date of death, a Beneficiary may not have the full five-year distribution period to withdraw the Contract Value as described in the Contract. See 10(f). Abandoned Property.

  No restrictions
Annuitization   Entire interest in the Contract is payable over the Beneficiary’s or surviving Owner’s lifetime by electing annuitization within 60 days of the date of death, with distributions beginning within one year of the date of death. A Beneficiary who elects this option gives up future access to the Contract Value in exchange for a guaranteed stream of income.   Beneficiary must be a natural person

 

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Settlement Option   Description   Restrictions
Continuation of Contract without Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life   Continue the Contract, or their portion of the Contract, as the Owner. Note: since the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life feature and any payments under it cease but the Contract’s expenses continue, it may not be in a Beneficiary’s best interest to continue the Contract for a significant length of time.  

Only available upon the death of all Annuitants, and Beneficiary is spouse of the last surviving Annuitant at time of death.

 

Federal tax law does not allow a civil union partner to continue the Contract as his or her own.

Continuation of Contract with Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life  

Continue the Contract as the Owner with all terms and conditions of the Contract remaining in force. Will be treated as having been the sole Owner from the Contract Date. Allowed to change the Annuity Date to a date as late as first day of the calendar month on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after his or her 95th birthday

 

Note: for Contracts with 2 Annuitants, the Contract defaults to this option upon the first death of an Annuitant before the Annuity Date.

 

Applies to Contracts with 2 Annuitants upon first death of an Annuitant. Surviving Annuitant must be the spouse of deceased Annuitant at time of death.

 

Federal tax law does not allow a civil union partner to continue the Contract as his or her own.

How are Beneficiaries designated in the Contract?

The Owner(s) name(s) a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in the application and can change Beneficiaries later.

Owner(s) must indicate in percentages what portion of the Contract each Beneficiary is to receive. If the total does not equal 100%, each Beneficiary’s share will be determined by using a fraction, the numerator of which is the stated percentage for that Beneficiary, and the denominator of which is the total of the percentages indicated by the Owner(s).

Beneficiary designations must be in a form acceptable to us. We reserve the right to reject any Beneficiary designation that we deem unable to administer, which may include designations that contain contingencies that could delay payment or designations that would require us to refer to external documents or the outcome of legal proceedings.

What is the process for claiming the Death Benefit?

After the death of all the Owners and Annuitants, each Beneficiary has the right to withdraw their share of the Contract Value, as detailed below.

Before we make a payment to any Beneficiary, we must receive at our Annuity Service Center due proof of death (generally a death certificate) for each Owner (or for the last surviving Annuitant if the Contract has one Owner and joint Annuitants) and any required tax withholding and other forms. We may seek to obtain a death certificate directly from the appropriate governmental body if we believe that any Owner may have died.

 

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At the close of the Valuation Period in which we receive the death certificate(s), we will transfer any portion of the Contract Value that is in a Subaccount to the Government Money Market Subaccount. Once we have determined the number of Beneficiaries who will share in the Contract Value, a Beneficiary who has returned all required documentation to us (including tax withholding and other forms) will be able to transfer his or her share of the Contract Value among the Subaccounts.

We will not pay any Beneficiary until we have determined the number of Beneficiaries entitled to receive payment. This is to prevent us from overpaying one Beneficiary before making payment to other Beneficiaries.

Once we have received due proof of death and have determined the number of Beneficiaries to be paid, we will pay any Beneficiary who has provided us with required tax withholding and other forms. Such payment will be net of any applicable taxes and will be paid no later than allowed under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any applicable state law. After making the payment, we will have no further obligations to that Beneficiary. If the Contract Value for any one Beneficiary is less than $5,000 when we have received all required documentation, then we will send that Beneficiary their entire portion of the Contract Value.

If a Beneficiary has been designated to receive a specified fraction of the Contract Value, we will pay that fraction as determined on the date of payment. For example, if there are two Beneficiaries and each is designated to receive 50%, the first Beneficiary to receive payment would receive 50% of the Contract Value on the date the payment is made, and the other Beneficiary would later receive the remainder, which might be worth more or less than what was paid to the first Beneficiary. All payments will be net any applicable taxes.

If a Beneficiary survives all the Owners but does not live long enough to receive payment from us, we will pay the Beneficiary’s estate.

4(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life

Introduction: When the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2, you are eligible to withdraw a specific amount each Contract Year called the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount (“GWB Amount”). The GWB Amount, described below, is available for withdrawal each Contract Year during the Annuitant(s)’ lifetime regardless of the amount in your Contract Value. You may make partial withdrawals up to the GWB Amount during the Contract Year. You are not required to make any withdrawals. However, unused portions of the GWB Amount are not cumulative and do not carry over into future Contract Years.

The GWB Amount is determined each Contract Year by multiplying the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Value (“GWB Value”), described below, by the Withdrawal Percentage, also described below.

For Contracts not owned by a trust, Owner(s) must be Annuitant(s). Because the Code requires certain distributions following the death of an Owner, we limit joint Ownership to spouses only. If the Contract has a single Owner, that Owner may name a spouse as a joint Annuitant at time of application. In the case of a trust owned Contract, the grantor of the trust must be an Annuitant. The grantor’s spouse may also be named as a joint Annuitant at time of application. Federal tax law does not extend the same continuation rights to civil union partners. See 4(b). Death Benefit.

No benefit is payable until the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2. The Annuitant(s) will be shown on the Contract’s Schedule page. The Annuitant(s) may not be changed after the Contract Date.

GWB Amount: Your first withdrawal after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2 will establish a Withdrawal Percentage from the table shown below. The initial GWB Amount is determined by multiplying the applicable Withdrawal Percentage by the GWB Value. Once the GWB Amount is determined for a Contract Year, it will not change for the rest of that Contract Year. On each subsequent Contract Anniversary, the GWB Amount may change as described below.

Before the youngest Annuitant reaches the age of 59 1/2, the GWB Amount is zero.

 

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Once the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2, your first withdrawal will establish a Withdrawal Percentage that will never change.

If the Contract has two Annuitants on the Contract Date and one Annuitant dies before a Withdrawal Percentage is determined, the age of the surviving Annuitant will be used to determine the applicable Withdrawal Percentage from the Two Annuitants Withdrawal Percentages column shown in the table below.

If you delay taking a first withdrawal until the youngest Annuitant reaches one of the older ages shown below, the Withdrawal Percentage shown for that older age will be used to determine the GWB Amount each Contract Year for the duration of the Contract. If you never take a withdrawal before the latest possible Annuity Date, the Withdrawal Percentage shown for ages 80 and older will be used to establish your eligible GWB Amount on the latest possible Annuity Date.

 

Youngest
Annuitant’s Age
at First Withdrawal
   One Annuitant Withdrawal
Percentage
    Two Annuitants Withdrawal
Percentage
 

59 1/2 - 64

     5     4.5

65 - 69

     5     5.0

70 - 79

     6     5.5

80 and older

     7     6.5

For example, assume there are two Annuitants. Once the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2, you are eligible to make a withdrawal of the GWB Amount using a Withdrawal Percentage of 4.5%. If you make a withdrawal while the youngest Annuitant is 62, the withdrawal will be considered the first withdrawal and the Withdrawal Percentage of 4.5% will be used to determine the GWB Amount each Contract Year for the duration of the Contract. However, if you choose to wait until the youngest Annuitant turns age 65 to make the first withdrawal, the Withdrawal Percentage of 5% will be used to determine the GWB Amount each Contract Year for the duration of the Contract.

On each Contract Anniversary, a new GWB Amount will be calculated by multiplying the Withdrawal Percentage established by your first withdrawal after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2 by the GWB Value on that same Contract Anniversary.

Generally, your new GWB Amount will be equal to or greater than the first GWB Amount established following the first withdrawal after the youngest Annuitant reached 59 1/2 as long as total withdrawals in any Contract Year do not exceed the GWB Amount for that same Contract Year.

Each time you make a withdrawal, your Contract Value will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal. In addition, if total withdrawals in any Contract Year exceed the GWB Amount for that same Contract Year, there will be a proportionate reduction in your GWB Value as described below which may result in a lower GWB Amount in future Contract Years.

See Appendix B for examples of how your GWB Amount is calculated.

GWB Value: The Contract has two related values; a Contract Value and a GWB Value. The Contract Value is determined by the method described in 3(c). Accumulation Units. The GWB Value is a value that is used to determine the GWB Amount each Contract Year once you make your first withdrawal after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2. Your Contract will also have a GWB Value before the date the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2, and during that time the GWB Value may increase or decrease as described below.

The GWB Value on the Contract Date is equal to the Purchase Payment. If you make withdrawals before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2 the GWB Value will be reduced. See Withdrawals Before Youngest Annuitant Reaches Age 59 1/2 below.

 

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If you make withdrawals after the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2 and the total withdrawals in a Contract Year are greater than the GWB Amount for that Contract Year, then the GWB Value will be reduced. See Withdrawals in Excess of Annual GWB Amount below.

On each Contract Anniversary prior to the oldest Annuitant turning age 85, the GWB Value is compared to the Contract Value to determine whether the GWB Value should be increased. If the New York Stock Exchange is closed on a Contract Anniversary, the Contract Value as determined as of the end of the next day the New York Stock Exchange is open will be used. If the Contract has joint Annuitants and the oldest Annuitant dies before the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after his or her 85th birthday, the surviving Annuitant’s age will be used. If the oldest Annuitant dies on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after his or her 85th birthday, the GWB Value is not compared to the Contract Value and will not increase.

If the Contract Value is lower than the GWB Value, the GWB Value will not change.

If the Contract Value is greater than the GWB Value, the GWB Value will be automatically increased to equal the Contract Value. If you make a withdrawal on the Contract Anniversary, the withdrawal will be deducted from the Contract Value after it is compared to the GWB Value.

Any new GWB Value will be used to determine the GWB Amount for the rest of that Contract Year once the youngest Annuitant has reached age 59 1/2 and a Withdrawal Percentage has been established by your first withdrawal of a GWB Amount.

If you make any withdrawals before you are eligible to withdraw a GWB Amount or if you make total withdrawals in a Contract Year that exceed the GWB Amount for that Contract Year, the GWB Value will decrease as described below.

Withdrawals Before Youngest Annuitant Reaches Age 59 12: You are not eligible to withdraw any part of the GWB Amount until the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2. If you make a withdrawal before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2, the GWB Value is reduced by a percentage determined by dividing the Gross Withdrawal amount by the Contract Value at time of the withdrawal. We calculate the new GWB Value as follows.

(1)  At the end of the Valuation Period in which you make the Gross Withdrawal, we divide the Gross Withdrawal by what the Contract Value would have been at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal. The result is the percentage factor used to calculate the reduction in the GWB Value.

(2)  Multiply the percentage determined in (1) by the GWB Value immediately before the Gross Withdrawal. The result is the amount by which the old GWB Value is reduced.

For example, assume your Contract has one Annuitant who is age 55 and you made a $25,000 Purchase Payment on the Contract Date. If you make no withdrawals during the first Contract Year your GWB Value would be $25,000 for the whole Contract Year. Now assume that you make one $5,000 Gross Withdrawal ($4,900 of which would be paid to you after deduction of a $100 Surrender Charge) during the first Contract Year. If your Contract Value were $30,000 at time of the withdrawal, your GWB Value would be reduced by 16.67% ($5,000 Gross Withdrawal amount divided by $30,000 Contract Value). The result is a new GWB Value of $20,833 ($25,000 GWB Value minus [$25,000 multiplied by 16.67%]).

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that Contract Year (“excess Gross Withdrawal”) by the Contract Value at time of the excess Gross Withdrawal, as described below. The new GWB Value following an excess Gross Withdrawal is calculated as follows:

(1)  Determine the portion of the most recent Gross Withdrawal in combination with the sum of all Gross Withdrawals taken in the current Contract Year that exceeds the GWB Amount for that Contract Year.

(2)  Determine what the Contract Value would have been at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal less any portion of the most recent Gross Withdrawal that is eligible to be applied to the GWB Amount in that Contract Year.

(3)  Determine the percentage reduction in GWB Value by dividing the amount determined in (1) by the amount determined in (2).

(4)  Multiply the percentage determined in (3) by the GWB Value prior to the withdrawal.

(5)  Take the GWB Value prior to the Gross Withdrawal and reduce it by the amount determined in (4). This will result in a new GWB Value.

For example, assume your Contract is in its sixth Contract Year, has one Annuitant who is age 60, a Contract Value of $30,000 and a GWB Value of $25,000. If you make a first Gross Withdrawal of $5,000 in the sixth Contract Year, you will establish a Withdrawal Percentage of 5% and be eligible to withdraw up to the GWB Amount of $1,250 ($25,000 multiplied by 5%) without causing a reduction in GWB Value. Because your first Gross Withdrawal is $5,000, $1,250 of the withdrawal is eligible to be applied to the GWB Amount for that Contract Year and $3,750 of the withdrawal is an excess Gross Withdrawal. For purposes of determining the impact on the GWB Value, the Contract Value is first reduced by the GWB Amount ($30,000 minus $1,250) resulting in a Contract Value of $28,750. The $3,750 excess Gross Withdrawal proportionally reduces the Contract Value by 13.04% ($3,750 divided by $28,750) which results in a new GWB Value of $21,740 ($25,000 less [25,000 multiplied by 13.04%]). If there are no further withdrawals in that Contract Year and the GWB Value is not increased on the next Contract Anniversary, the GWB Amount for the next Contract Year will be $1,087 ($21,740 multiplied by 5%).

If the Contract is a Qualified Contract and you elect to receive your required minimum distributions under the Code through our Systematic Withdrawal Process described in 4(d). Systematic Withdrawal Program, the reference to GWB Amount in (1), (2) and (3) above shall mean “the greater of the GWB Amount or any required minimum distribution under the Code determined exclusively by us from the Contract Value.” If you take a withdrawal to satisfy your required minimum distribution in a way other than through our Systematic Withdrawal Program and your required minimum distribution is in excess of your GWB Amount, the withdrawal may result in Surrender Charges and a reduction in your GWB Value.

Any Premium Tax amount that we deduct from your Contract Value will not be treated as a Withdrawal in Excess of Annual GWB Amount.

See Appendix B for additional examples of GWB Value increases and decreases.

Conversion of GWB Amount Payments: We include a provision in the Contracts that allows us to convert smaller Contracts before the Annuity Date if the Contract Value is reduced by a withdrawal to an amount equal to or below the lesser of $2,500 or the GWB Amount. If that happens, the Contract will convert on the first day of the calendar month on or after your next Contract Anniversary to an annuity option that will pay you and any joint Owner an annual amount equal to your GWB Amount, adjusted for any excess withdrawals made prior to the conversion for so long as any Annuitant is still alive. The Annuity Date will be deemed to be the first day of the calendar month on or after your next Contract Anniversary. Once a conversion occurs under this provision, the Contract will no longer have a Contract Value as of the Annuity Date. If you do not want your Contract to automatically convert to an annuity option, you must notify us within 30 days of the conversion and request a full withdrawal of your Contract Value. By doing this, your Contract will terminate and you will give up any future GWB Amounts that may be payable.

 

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If you are receiving GWB Amount payments through our Systematic Withdrawal Program and a Systematic Withdrawal causes this provision to apply, we will continue to pay your GWB Amount as a GWB Amount Annuity Income payment on the same day of the month for the period you selected under the Systematic Withdrawal Program. However, if you have selected a period other than monthly, the GWB Amount annuity income payments must be paid on the Annuity Date which may cause the payment period to fall on different months after the Annuity Date.

Your GWB Amount Annuity Income payment for the next Contract Year will not change unless your total withdrawals during the Contract Year and up through the date of conversion exceed your GWB Amount for that Contract Year. If your total withdrawals exceed your GWB Amount, your GWB Value will be reduced as described in Withdrawals in Excess of Annual GWB Amount above and a new GWB Amount will be determined. The resulting GWB Amount for future Contract Years will be paid in monthly annuity income payments as long as each monthly annuity income payment is at least $20. We reserve the right to pay the GWB Amount as an annual annuity income payment or in any other payment method that is mutually agreeable to you and us.

4(d). Systematic Withdrawal Program

You may use our Systematic Withdrawal Program form to make withdrawals in an amount up to your eligible GWB Amount on a periodic basis.

Systematic Withdrawals must be at least $50 on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. Withdrawals under the program will be taken from the Subaccounts in accordance with FILI’s administrative rules, which we may change from time to time. Currently, withdrawals under the program will be taken proportionately from all the Subaccounts. If you make an additional withdrawal that is not part of a Systematic Withdrawal Program, we will terminate the program for the remainder of the Contract Year.

Your Systematic Withdrawal Program transactions will take place on the 1st day of the month for the period you selected. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open on the scheduled day in a particular month, the withdrawal will take place on the next day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. You should expect to receive your scheduled payment in 3 to 5 days following the 1st day of the month for the period you selected to allow for mailing time.

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract and you are subject to required minimum distributions (“RMD”) under the Code, you must agree to receive your RMD through our Systematic Withdrawal Program so that we do not treat that part of your RMD that exceeds the GWB Amount as an excess Gross Withdrawal. See Withdrawals in Excess of Annual GWB Amount in 4(c). In order to receive the greater of your eligible GWB Amount or RMD, you must agree to the following conditions.

(1)  You must elect to receive the greater of the GWB Amount and the RMD on a Systematic Withdrawal basis and you authorize us to calculate the RMD for you.

(2)  The RMD for a calendar year will be determined by us exclusively from the Contract Value.

(3)  No RMD withdrawal may occur until after December 31st of the calendar year in which your Contract was issued (i.e. Contract Date).

(4)  If the Contract was purchased prior to your reaching age 72, your first RMD must be withdrawn in the calendar year in which you reach age 72 even though the Code allows you to delay your first RMD until April 1st of the calendar year following the year you reach age 72. We require this so that only one calendar year’s RMD will qualify for the exception we allow for withdrawals in excess of the GWB Amount.

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act increased the age at which an individual must begin taking RMDs from 70 1/2 to 72. The change only applies to IRA account owners who attain age 70 1/2 on or after January 1, 2020.

 

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(5)  If you make a withdrawal other than through this Systematic Withdrawal Program, you will no longer be eligible to receive the greater of the RMD or GWB Amount and any withdrawals in excess of the GWB Amount will be considered excess Gross Withdrawals and could cause a reduction in GWB Value as described in Withdrawals in Excess of Annual GWB Amount in 4(c).

We reserve the right to limit or modify this Systematic Withdrawal Program if we determine that the program will cause us to distribute, in any Contract Year, an amount more than the greater of the GWB Amount or the RMD for any calendar year that overlaps with a Contract Year.

Each Systematic Withdrawal is subject to federal income taxes, including any penalty tax that may apply, the same as for any other withdrawal. You may also be subject to a Surrender Charge, if applicable. We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Systematic Withdrawal Program.

5. MAKING EXCHANGES AMONG SUBACCOUNTS

5(a). General Procedures for Making Exchanges

Before the Annuity Date, you may make transfers of money (“Exchanges”) among the available Subaccounts by sending us instructions in writing, by calling us, or by using our Internet website. We do not accept instructions by fax or electronic mail. Firms or individuals making telephone exchange requests on behalf of multiple Contract Owners may be required to provide additional information about those requests by other means, including via fax or a website. It is recommended that you allow 90 days to pass before making a subsequent exchange to avoid triggering the restrictions described below in 5(g). Frequent Trading Monitoring and Restriction Procedures.

Excessive Exchanges can disrupt the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objective and increase the Fund’s expenses. We reserve the right to limit the number of days on which you can make Exchanges, but you will always be able to make Exchanges on at least four days each calendar year unless you have been blocked from trading into all other available Subaccounts as described below in 5(g). Frequent Trading Monitoring and Restriction Procedures.

Your request to make an Exchange may be expressed in terms of dollars, such as a request to move $5,000 from one Subaccount to another. You may also request a percentage reallocation among Subaccounts. Percentage requests must be made in whole numbers. You cannot move less than $250 from any Subaccount except that if you have less than $250 in a Subaccount you may move the entire amount.

5(b). Making Exchanges by Telephone or Internet

Currently you may make Exchanges by telephone and/or Internet on up to four days in each calendar year. You may make Exchanges on additional days only by a letter to our Annuity Service Center.

We reserve the right to revise or terminate your ability to make Exchanges by telephone or through the Internet. We also reserve the right to limit the amount of any telephone or Internet Exchange or to reject any telephone or Internet Exchange.

We will not be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone or Internet Exchanges if we follow reasonable procedures designed to verify the identity of the caller or Internet user. We may record telephone calls. You should verify the accuracy of your Exchanges by checking the confirmations and statements we send to you as soon as you receive them. Notify the Annuity Service Center immediately if you find any discrepancies. We will not be responsible for losses unless you notify us within ten calendar days from the first time we mail a confirmation or statement containing details of the transaction.

 

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5(c). Effective Date of Exchanges Among Subaccounts

Any redemption from a Subaccount that is part of an Exchange among Subaccounts will be effected as of the end of the Valuation Period in which we receive the request at our Annuity Service Center, or receive it by telephone or through the Internet. Generally, the purchase of Accumulation Units in other Subaccounts with the proceeds of the redemption will occur at the same time. However, if your Exchange involves (1) moving from a Subaccount that invests in an equity Fund that is in an illiquid position due to substantial redemptions or exchanges that require it to sell portfolio securities in order to make funds available, and (2) moving to a Subaccount that invests in a Fund that accrues dividends on a daily basis and requires federal funds before accepting a purchase order, then there may be a delay in crediting the amount that is moving to the new Subaccount. The delay will last until the Subaccount from which the Exchange is being made obtains liquidity, or for seven days, whichever is shorter. During this period, the amount to be transferred from the illiquid Subaccount will be uninvested.

5(d). Market Timing

Some Owners use firms or individuals who engage in market timing. Such firms or individuals usually obtain authorization from Owners to make Exchanges among the Subaccounts on the basis of perceived market trends. Large Exchanges resulting from market timing activity may disrupt the management of the Funds and become a detriment to other Owners.

To protect Owners not engaging in market timing, we reserve the right to reject Exchanges communicated to us by anyone acting under a power of attorney on behalf of more than one Owner. We also reserve the right to reject Exchange instructions we receive from anyone that any Owner has authorized to make multiple Exchanges. We will exercise these rights only if we believe that doing so will prevent harm to other Owners.

5(e). Short-Term Trading Risk

Frequent Exchanges among Subaccounts by Contract Owners can reduce the long-term returns of the Funds. The reduced returns could adversely affect the owners, annuitants, insureds or beneficiaries of any variable annuity or variable life insurance contract issued by any insurance company with respect to values allocated to the Fund. Frequent Exchanges may reduce a Fund’s performance by increasing costs paid by the Fund (such as brokerage commissions); they can disrupt portfolio management strategies; and they can have the effect of diluting the value of the shares of long-term shareholders in cases in which fluctuations in markets are not fully priced into the Fund’s net asset value.

The Funds are also available in products issued by other insurance companies. There is a significant risk that short-term trading in the Funds may go undetected. The Funds themselves generally cannot detect individual contract owner exchange activity, because they are owned primarily by insurance company separate accounts that aggregate exchange orders from owners of individual contracts. Accordingly, the Funds are dependent in large part on the rights, ability and willingness of all participating insurance companies to detect and deter short-term trading by contract owners. As a result of the adoption of Rule 22c-2 of Investment Company Act of 1940, all Funds have entered into information sharing agreements with FILI that will require FILI, upon request, to (i) provide the Funds with specific information about Contract Owner transfer activity, and, if so requested by a Fund, (ii) prohibit future transfers into such Fund.

As outlined below, FILI has adopted policies regarding frequent trading, but can provide no assurance that other insurance companies using the same mutual funds have adopted comparable procedures. There is also the risk that these policies and procedures concerning short-term trading will prove ineffective in whole or in part to detect or prevent frequent trading. Please review the Funds’ prospectuses for specific information about the Funds’ short-term trading policies and risks.

 

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5(f). FILI Policies Regarding Frequent Trading

FILI does not authorize market timing. FILI has adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage frequent Exchanges as described below. If requested by a Fund, FILI will consider additional steps to discourage frequent Exchanges in that Fund, not inconsistent with the policies and procedures described below.

Contract Owners who engage in frequent Exchanges may be subjected to temporary or permanent restrictions on future purchases or Exchanges in a Fund. Further, Contract Owners who have engaged in frequent trading in the Funds, or in other mutual funds managed by FMR or one of its affiliates, may be subjected to temporary or permanent restrictions on purchases or exchanges in those funds. FILI may alter its policies, in any manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Contract, at any time without notice to Owners.

Although there is no minimum holding period and Contract Owners can make withdrawals or Exchanges out of any Subaccount at any time, Contract Owners may ordinarily comply with FILI’s policies regarding frequent trading by allowing 90 days to pass after each purchase or allocation into a Subaccount before they withdraw or make an Exchange out of that Subaccount.

In addition, each Fund reserves the right to reject the Variable Account’s entire purchase or exchange transaction at any time, which would make FILI unable to execute Contract Owner purchase, withdrawal or exchange transactions involving that Fund on that trading day. FILI’s policies and procedures are separate and independent from any policies and procedures of the Funds, and do not guarantee that the Funds will not reject orders placed by the Variable Account.

5(g). Frequent Trading Monitoring and Restriction Procedures

FILI has adopted policies and procedures related to Exchanges among Subaccounts that are set out below. Frequent trading activity is measured by the number of roundtrip transactions by an Owner. A roundtrip transaction occurs when an Owner makes an allocation or Exchange into a Subaccount followed by a withdrawal or Exchange out of the same Subaccount within 30 days. Owners are limited to one roundtrip transaction per Subaccount within any rolling 90 day period, subject to an overall limit of four roundtrip transactions in the Contract over a rolling 12 month period.

Owners with two or more roundtrip transactions in one Subaccount within a rolling 90 day period will be blocked from making additional allocations or exchanges into that Subaccount, through any means, for 85 days.

In addition, Owners who complete a fourth (or higher) roundtrip transaction within any rolling 12 month period, at least two of which are completed on different business days, will have a U.S. Mail-Only Trade Restriction imposed on all contracts/policies they own that are issued by FILI or its affiliates. This rule will apply even if the four or more round trips occur in two or more different Subaccounts. This restriction will stay in effect for 12 months. If the Owner makes another round trip in a contract that is currently subject to a U.S. Mail-Only Trade Restriction, then the U.S. Mail-Only Trade Restriction period (12 months) is restarted and all purchase transactions will be permanently blocked in the violated Subaccount across all contracts with common ownership. “U.S. Mail-Only” for purposes of the U.S. Mail-Only Trade Restriction is defined as First-Class Mail delivered via the U.S. Postal Service. Expedited delivery or courier services, including such services performed by the U.S. Postal Service, will not be accepted.

FILI further reserves the right to reject specific transactions or impose restrictions as described above in respect of any Contract owned or controlled commonly with a Contract subject to the above restrictions, or in respect of any Contract owned or controlled commonly by a person who is the subject of a complex-wide block by the mutual funds managed by FMR or one of its affiliates.

Exceptions. FILI has approved the following exceptions to the frequent trading policy:

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(2)  Systematic Withdrawals up to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount and annuity payments will not count toward a Subaccount’s roundtrip limits;

(3)  FILI may suspend the frequent trading policy and make exceptions to the policy for transactions made during periods of severe market turbulence or national emergency. There is no assurance that FILI will do so or that, if it does so, the underlying mutual funds will make any necessary exceptions to their frequent trading policies.

No other exceptions will be allowed. The frequent trading procedures will be applied consistently to all Owners.

6. MAKING WITHDRAWALS

Any time before the Annuity Date, you may make a complete or partial withdrawal of your Contract Value.

We will send you the requested withdrawal amount less any applicable Surrender Charge and taxes withheld. You must send us written instructions from all the Owners to make a complete withdrawal. Your Contract will terminate once a complete withdrawal has been processed if the withdrawal causes the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Value to reduce to zero. See 4(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life.

If you request a partial withdrawal, you may choose the dollar amount or percentage to be withdrawn from each Subaccount. If you do not specify where we should take the money for a partial withdrawal, we will take it proportionately from all the Subaccounts.

Partial withdrawals before the youngest Annuitant reaches age 59 1/2 or withdrawals that exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount allowed under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life feature may significantly impact the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Amount by proportionally reducing the value upon which the benefit is determined. See 4(c). Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life.

You may request partial withdrawals by sending a letter to the Annuity Service Center or calling us there. Withdrawals by telephone are limited as follows: (1) no withdrawal may be for more than $500,000; (2) total telephone withdrawals in a seven-day period cannot total more than $500,000; and (3) if we have recorded an address change for an Owner during the past 10 days, the limits in (1) and (2) become $100,000. We reserve the right to change telephone withdrawal requirements or limitations.

For jointly owned Contracts, all checks will be made payable to both Owners. You may have the money transferred to your Fidelity Investments brokerage or mutual fund account. You may have the money transferred to your bank account if you provide us with the necessary information about the account. Any Contracts and accounts between which money will be transferred must have at least one owner’s name in common.

The taxable portion of a distribution is generally taxed as ordinary income. A penalty tax equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income may be imposed on distributions received before age 591/2. See 9. Tax Considerations.

FILI reserves the right to restrict your Contract from withdrawals and/or exchanges if there is reasonable suspicion of fraud, diminished capacity, or inappropriate activity. FILI also reserves the right to restrict your Contract from withdrawals and/or exchanges if FILI is put on reasonable notice that the ownership of the Contract is in dispute.

Complete and partial withdrawals are calculated based on the next computed Accumulation Unit Value(s) after we receive the withdrawal request at the Annuity Service Center. We will normally pay you the net amount of any complete or partial withdrawal within seven days after we receive the withdrawal request at the Annuity Service Center. The net amount is the amount of the withdrawal less any applicable Surrender Charge and taxes withheld.

We may defer payment from the Subaccounts for longer than seven days under certain limited circumstances. See 10(j). Postponement of Payment.

 

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7. INCOME PHASE

7(a). Annuity Date

In General: When your Contract was issued we set the Annuity Date to be the first day of the calendar month on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after the oldest Owner’s 95th birthday. You may change the Annuity Date to an earlier date by sending written notice to the Annuity Service Center. We must receive the notice at least 30 days before the Annuity Date you select. The earliest Annuity Date we will permit is the first day of the calendar month after the end of the Free Look Period. Any Annuity Date you choose must be the first day of a month.

The Contract offers the following Annuity Income options:

(1)  You may receive the greater of (a) or (b) where;

(a)  is your eligible GWB Amount that will be paid to you as annuity income until there is no longer any living Annuitant, and

(b)  is the amount of annuity income that will be paid to you by applying your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date to annuity purchase rates that will pay you monthly annuity income until there is no longer any living Annuitant.

If on the death of the last surviving Annuitant the total of all annuity income provided on or after the Annuity Date is less than the Contract Value at the end of the Annuity Date Valuation Period, we will refund the difference to your Beneficiary.

(2)  You may have the Contract Value applied to annuity purchase rates that will pay you monthly annuity income until there is no longer any living Annuitant or for 120 monthly payments, whichever is longer.

Annuity Income option (2) is available on any Annuity Date. If annuity option (2) is selected, benefits under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life feature will terminate.

Annuity Income option (1) is only available on the latest possible Annuity Date unless the Contract Value is reduced to an amount below the lesser of $2,500 or the GWB Amount and the Contract is converted to an annuity income option as described in Conversion of GWB Amount Payments in 4(c).

Unless you elect another annuity income option prior to the latest possible Annuity Date, the Contract will default to Annuity Income option (1).

Qualified Contracts: If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Income options described above may be limited or modified to comply with requirements under the Code.

Annuity Income option (1) will be modified as follows:

(1)  We will pay Annuity Income according to Annuity Income option 1(b) provided annuity income exceeds your eligible GWB Amount and it qualifies under the Code. In general, the federal income tax regulations allow a Qualified Contract to offer the refund described under Annuity Income option (1)(a) and (b) only if the total future expected payments under the option exceed your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date. The total future expected payments are computed in accordance with federal income tax regulations by taking into account the total annuity income payments expected to be made over the applicable distribution period determined under the Joint and Last Survivor Table in the case of two Annuitants or the Single Life Table in the case of one Annuitant.

(2)  If we determine that total future expected payments under Annuity Income option (1)(b) will not exceed your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date, we will pay annuity income until there is no longer any living Annuitant or for the applicable distribution period under the Uniform Lifetime Table, whichever is longer, provided the annuity income amount exceeds your eligible GWB Amount.

 

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(3)  If the annuity income amount described in (2) immediately above does not exceed your eligible GWB Amount, we will pay annuity income under Annuity Income option 1(a), provided the total future expected payments under the option exceed your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date.

(4)  If we determine that the total future expected payments under Annuity Income option 1(a) will not exceed your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date, we will pay your eligible GWB Amount as Annuity Income until there is no longer any living Annuitant or, if longer, for a period not to exceed the lesser of your Contract Value as of the Annuity Date divided by your eligible GWB Amount and the applicable distribution period under the Uniform Lifetime Table.

If Annuity Income option (2) is selected by you and your Contract is a Qualified Contract, the 120 monthly payments will be limited to the applicable distribution period under the Uniform Lifetime Table.

We reserve the right to limit the maximum period we will pay guaranteed income to a whole number of years or whole number of months.

The Single Life Table, Joint and Last Survivor Table, and Uniform Lifetime Table may be found in federal income tax regulations section 1.401(a)(9)-9. We reserve the right to use any other life expectancy tables allowed by the Code and federal income tax regulations.

We reserve the right to add to, limit or modify these annuity income options to comply with the Code and offer any other annuity income options that are mutually agreeable to you and us.

7(b). Annuity Income

Annuity income payments begin on the Annuity Date if no Owner has died before then and the Contract Value or annual GWB Amount is sufficient to provide you with an initial monthly income payment of at least $20. Annuity income will also begin on the Annuity Date if an Owner dies before the Annuity Date if (1) the Contract was jointly owned by spouses at time of death, and (2) the surviving spouse/Annuitant elected to continue the Contract as his or her own. As long as the Owner’s death occurs before the Annuity Date, a surviving spouse who elects to continue the Contract as his or her own may change the Annuity Date to be as late as the first day of the calendar month on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after his or her 95th birthday. If the Contract has been inactive and under applicable state law could be considered abandoned property, we will surrender the Contract on the Annuity Date and turn the proceeds over to the state in accordance with applicable state laws.

In all other cases involving the death of an Owner, the Contract must be distributed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code described in What are the different distribution options for receiving the Death Benefit? under 4(b).

Under Annuity Income option (1) we will pay you Annuity Income in monthly installments starting on the Annuity Date for the life or lives of the Annuitant(s) and your Contract will no longer have a Contract Value. If on the death of the last surviving Annuitant the total of all annuity income provided on or after the Annuity Date is less than the Contract Value at the end of the Annuity Date Valuation Period, we will refund the difference to your Beneficiary. To provide annuity income, all Accumulation Units in the Subaccounts will be redeemed. The first monthly annuity income payment will be made on the Annuity Date.

If you have been receiving GWB Amounts through our Systematic Withdrawal Program prior to the latest possible Annuity Date, you may continue to receive the greater of your GWB Amount or the amount determined by your Contract Value applied to annuity purchase rates under Annuity Income option (1) as an Annuity Income option on the same periodic basis that you selected under our Systematic Withdrawal Program. However, if you have selected a period other than monthly, the Annuity Income payments must be paid on the Annuity Date which may cause the payment period to fall on different months after the Annuity Date.

 

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You may make a partial withdrawal between the Contract Anniversary following the oldest Owner’s 95th birthday and the Annuity Date as long as the Gross Withdrawal is equal to or less than the GWB Amount for that Contract Year. If you do this, we will accelerate your Annuity Date to the date of the withdrawal and pay you your entire GWB Amount for that Contract Year. In future Contract Years, we will pay Annuity Income on an annual basis according to the provisions of Annuity Income option (1) or any other Annuity Income option that enables the Contract to comply with the Code.

If you request a withdrawal in excess of the GWB Amount between the Contract Anniversary following the oldest Owner’s 95th birthday and the Annuity Date, you are limited to a complete withdrawal, which will terminate any future GWB Amount payments or annuity income.

Under Annuity Income option (2), we will pay you monthly annuity income until there is no longer any living Annuitant or for 120 monthly payments, whichever is longer. To provide annuity income, all Accumulation Units in the Subaccounts will be redeemed and applied to annuity purchase rates that are no less than the guaranteed annuity purchase rates set forth in the Contract and will be based upon the age(s) and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, sex(es) of the Annuitant(s) living on the Annuity Date.

All money used to support annuity income payments will be held in our general account thereafter. The first annuity income payment will be made on the Annuity Date and beginning on this date there will no longer be an ability to make withdrawals.

If the Contract Value on the Annuity Date is not enough to provide an initial monthly annuity income payment under Annuity Income Option (2) of at least $20, we reserve the right to pay you the Contract Value in a lump sum instead of providing monthly annuity income.

If the GWB Amount or the amount determined by your Contract Value applied to annuity purchase rates under Annuity Income option (1) on the Annuity Date is not enough to provide an initial monthly annuity income payment of at least $20, we reserve the right to pay you as an annual annuity income payment or in any other payment method that is mutually agreeable to you and us.

The Owner(s) may not change the Annuitant(s) at any time during the Contract.

The Owner’s estate, or the Owner for contracts owned by trusts, will be responsible to notify us of the death of the last surviving Annuitant and to repay any Annuity Income payments we have made after that date and before we have been notified of the death of the last surviving Annuitant.

Under Annuity Income option (1), if there is a refund due as a result of the death of the last surviving Annuitant, the refund will be paid to the Beneficiary or the last surviving Owner’s estate.

Under Annuity Income option (2), if the surviving Annuitant dies before we have made all Annuity Income payments due under the Contract, any remaining Annuity Income will be paid to the Beneficiary or the last surviving Owner’s estate. The Beneficiary or the estate may choose instead to receive the present value of the remaining Annuity Income payments in a lump sum. The lump sum amount will generally be the present value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Income payments, if any, at the interest rate that was used to determine the annuity income purchase rate on the Annuity Date.

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8. CURRENT CHARGES AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS

8(a). Base Contract Expenses

Base Contract Expenses are the total of two separate charges, a Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and an Administrative Charge.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge: We assess a daily charge against each Contract’s assets at an effective annual rate of:

Contracts purchased on or after January 1, 2009

 

Contracts with 1 Annuitant

on Contract Date

 

Contracts with 2 Annuitants

on Contract Date

1.00%   1.15%

Contracts purchased prior to January 1, 2009

 

Contracts with 1 Annuitant

on Contract Date

 

Contracts with 2 Annuitants

on Contract Date

0.85%   1.00%

The risks we bear are mortality and expense risks. The mortality risk we bear is that the Annuitant(s), upon whose life or lives GWB Amount payments and annuity income payments are based, will live longer than we project. The expense risk we bear is the risk that the costs of issuing and administering the Contracts will be greater than we can collect through the Administrative Charge.

Administrative Charge: We make a daily charge against the assets of each Subaccount equivalent to an effective annual rate of 0.25%. The administrative charge compensates us for the expenses we incur in administering the Contracts. These expenses include the cost of issuing the Contract, making electronic funds transfers to your bank account or issuing checks, maintaining necessary systems and records, and providing reports. We guarantee this charge will never increase.

In the event a Beneficiary continues the Contract as their own or defers payment of the proceeds, the Base Contract Expenses will continue to be assessed.

8(b). Surrender Charges

We assess a 2% Surrender Charge on withdrawals during the first five Contract Years. The Surrender Charge is assessed against the withdrawal amount. No Surrender Charge will apply to (1) any eligible GWB Amount withdrawal, (2) withdrawals from a Qualified Contract that are necessary to comply with the required minimum distributions under the Code, and are taken as part of a Systematic Withdrawal Program offered by us, or (3) withdrawals that are required following the death of an Owner. A Surrender Charge will not be assessed on the Annuity Date.

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Qualified Contract. As of the date of this prospectus, we deduct a charge equal to the premium tax for Contracts issued in the following states – California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The current range of state premium taxes is 0% to 3.5%.

8(d). Funds’ Expenses

The fees and expenses are deducted from and paid out of the assets of the Funds and are listed in Appendix A of this prospectus. These expenses may vary in amount from year to year and are described in the prospectuses for the Funds.

8(e). Other Taxes

We reserve the right to charge for any other taxes (in addition to premium taxes) that we may have to pay. See 9(g). FILI’s Tax Status.

9. TAX CONSIDERATIONS

9(a). Introduction

We do not intend the following discussion to be tax advice. For tax advice you should consult a tax adviser. Although the following discussion is based on our understanding of federal income tax laws as currently interpreted, there is no guarantee that those laws or interpretations will not change.

This discussion does not address federal gift tax, state or local income tax, or other considerations which may be involved in the purchase, operation, or exercise of any rights or options under the Contract. Also, this discussion does not address estate tax issues that might arise due to the death of an Owner or Annuitant. The particular situation of each Owner, Annuitant, and Beneficiary will determine the federal estate taxes and the state and local estate, inheritance and other taxes due. You should seek competent tax advice on such matters pertaining to you.

In addition, we make no guarantee regarding any tax treatment — federal, state, or local — of any Contract or of any transaction involving a Contract.

9(b). Tax Deferral During Accumulation Period

In General: Under existing provisions of the Code, provided the below conditions are met, any increase in an Owner’s Contract Value is generally not taxable to the Owner until received, either in the form of annuity income payments or in some other form of distribution. However, as discussed below, this rule applies only if:

(1)  the investments of the Variable Account are “adequately diversified” in accordance with Treasury Department regulations;

(2)  the Company, rather than the Owner, is considered the owner of the assets of the Variable Account for federal income tax purposes; and

(3)  the Owner is an individual (or an individual is treated as the Owner for tax purposes).

Diversification Requirements: The Code and Treasury Department regulations prescribe the manner in which the investments of a segregated asset account, such as the Subaccount of the Variable Account, are to be “adequately diversified.” If the Variable Account fails to comply with these diversification standards, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes and the Owner would generally be taxed currently on the excess of the Contract Value over the Purchase Payment paid for the Contract. The Subaccounts of the Variable Account intend to comply with the diversification requirements. In this regard, we have entered into agreements with the Funds under the Subaccounts that require the Funds to be “adequately diversified” in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department regulations.

 

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Ownership Treatment: In certain circumstances, variable annuity contract owners may be considered the owners, for federal income tax purposes of the assets of a segregated asset account, such as the Variable Account, used to support their contracts. In those circumstances, income and gains from the segregated asset account would be includible in the contract owners’ gross income. The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has stated in published rulings that a variable contract owner will be considered the owner of the assets of a segregated asset account if the owner possesses incidents of ownership in those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the assets. As of the date of this Prospectus, no comprehensive guidance has been issued by the IRS clarifying the circumstances when such investment control by a variable contract owner would exist. As a result, your right to make Exchanges among the Subaccounts may cause you to be considered the owner of the assets of the Variable Account. We therefore reserve the right to modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent Contract Owners from being considered the owners of the assets of the Variable Account. However, there is no assurance such efforts would be successful.

We do not know what limits might be set forth in any guidance that the IRS may issue, or whether any such limits would apply to existing Contracts.

Nonnatural Owner: As a general rule, Contracts held by “nonnatural persons” such as a corporation, trust or other similar entity, as opposed to a natural person, are not treated as annuity contracts for federal tax purposes. The income on such Contracts (as defined in the tax law) is taxed as ordinary income that is received or accrued by the Owner of the Contract during the taxable year. There are several exceptions to this rule for nonnatural Owners. Under one exception, a Contract will generally be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other entity that holds the Contract as an agent for a natural person. We do not intend to offer the Contracts to “nonnatural” persons. However, we will offer the Contracts to revocable grantor trusts in cases where the grantor represents that the trust is for the benefit of the grantor annuitant (i.e., the Contract is held by the trust for the benefit of a natural person (an “individual”)). The following discussion assumes that a Contract will be owned by an individual.

Delayed Annuity Commencement Dates: On the Contract Date, the Annuity Date is automatically set to be the first day of the calendar month on or after the Contract Anniversary that falls on or after the oldest Owner’s 95th birthday. Federal income tax rules do not expressly identify a particular age by which annuity income payments must begin. However, if the Contract’s Annuity Date occurs (or is scheduled to occur) at too advanced an age, it is possible that the Contract would not be treated as an annuity for federal income tax purposes. In that event, the income and gains under the Contract could be currently includible in the Owner’s income.

The following discussion assumes that the Contract will be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes.

In addition, to qualify as an annuity for federal tax purposes, the Contract must satisfy certain requirements for distributions in the event of the death of the Owner of the Contract. The Contract contains such required distribution provisions. For further information on these requirements see What are the different distribution options for receiving the Death Benefit? under 4(b).

9(c). Qualified Contracts

You may use the Contract as an Individual Retirement Annuity. Under Section 408(b) of the Code, eligible individuals may contribute to an Individual Retirement Annuity (“IRA”). The Code permits certain “rollover” contributions to be made to an IRA. In particular, certain qualifying distributions from a 401(a) plan, a tax sheltered annuity, a 403(b) plan, a Governmental 457(b) plan, or an IRA, may be received tax-free if rolled over to an IRA within 60 days of receipt. Because this Contract’s minimum initial payment of $25,000 was greater than the maximum annual contribution permitted to an IRA, a Qualified Contract could only be purchased only in connection with a “rollover” of the proceeds from a qualified plan, tax sheltered annuity, or IRA.

 

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In order to qualify as an IRA under Section 408(b) of the Code, a Contract must contain certain provisions:

(1)  the Owner of the Contract must be the Annuitant and, except for certain transfers incident to a divorce decree, the Owner cannot be changed and the Contract cannot be transferable;

(2)  the Owner’s interest in the Contract cannot be forfeitable; and

(3)  annuity and payments following the death of an Owner must satisfy certain required minimum distributions. Contracts issued on a qualified basis will conform to the requirements for an IRA and will be amended to conform to any future changes in the requirements for an IRA.

9(d). Contract Values and Proceeds

In General: Under current law, you will not be taxed on increases in the value of your Contract until a distribution occurs. The taxable portion of a distribution is taxed as ordinary income.

A distribution may occur in the form of a withdrawal, payments following the death of an Owner and payments under an Annuity Income Option.

The assignment or pledge of any portion of the value of a Contract may also be treated as a distribution, and, therefore, before doing so you should consult a tax advisor. In the case of a Qualified Contract, you may not receive or make any such pledge. Any such pledge will result in disqualification of the Contract as an IRA and inclusion of the value of the entire Contract in income.

Additionally, a transfer of a Non-qualified Contract for less than full and adequate consideration will result in a deemed distribution, unless the transfer is to your spouse (or to a former spouse pursuant to a divorce decree).

Taxes on Surrender of the Contract Before Annuity Income Payments Begin: If you fully surrender your Contract before annuity income payments commence, you will be taxed on the portion of the distribution that exceeds your cost basis in your Contract. In addition, amounts received as the result of the death of the Owner or Annuitant that are in excess of your cost basis will also be taxed.

For Non-qualified Contracts, the cost basis is generally the amount of your payments, and the taxable portion of the proceeds is taxed as ordinary income.

For Qualified Contracts, we will report the cost basis as zero, and the entire amount of the surrender payment is taxed as ordinary income. You may want to file an Internal Revenue Service form 8606 if any part of your Purchase Payment has been previously taxed.

Taxes on Partial Withdrawals: Withdrawals of the GWB Amount and withdrawals received under the Systematic Withdrawal Program are treated as partial withdrawals.

Partial withdrawals under a Non-qualified Contract are treated for tax purposes as first being taxable withdrawals of investment income, rather than as return of your Purchase Payment, until all investment income has been withdrawn. You will be taxed on the amount withdrawn to the extent that your Contract Value at that time exceeds your payments. In the event your GWB Amount in a Contract Year exceeds your Contract Value, you will be taxed on the amount withdrawn to the extent that your GWB Amount exceeds your Purchase Payment.

Partial withdrawals under a Qualified Contract are prorated between taxable income and non-taxable return of investment. We will report the cost basis of a Qualified Contract as zero, and the partial withdrawal will be fully taxed unless you have filed an Internal Revenue Service form 8606 to identify the part of your Purchase Payment that has been previously taxed.

 

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Partial and complete withdrawals may be subject to a 10% penalty tax (see 10% Penalty Tax on Early Withdrawals below). Partial and complete withdrawals also may be subject to federal income tax withholding requirements.

Aggregation of Contracts: In certain circumstances, the IRS may determine the amount of an annuity income payment or a withdrawal from a Contract that is includible in income by combining some or all of the annuity contracts a person owns. For example, if a person purchases a Contract offered by this Prospectus and also purchases at approximately the same time an immediate annuity issued by us, the IRS might in certain circumstances treat the two contracts as one contract. In addition, if a person purchases two or more deferred annuity contracts from the same insurance company (or its affiliates) during any calendar year, all such contracts will be treated as one contract for purposes of determining the portion of the distribution that is includible in income. The effects of such aggregation are not always clear; however, it could affect the amount of a withdrawal or an annuity income payment that is taxable and the amount which might be subject to the 10% penalty tax described above.

In the case of a Qualified Contract, the tax law requires for all post-1986 contributions and distributions that all individual retirement accounts and annuities be treated as one Contract.

Taxes on Annuity Income Payments: Although the tax consequences may vary depending on the form of annuity selected under the Contract, the recipient of Annuity Income payments under the Contract generally is taxed on the portion of such income payments that exceed the cost basis in the Contract. In the case of fixed income payments, like the Annuity Income payments provided under the Contract, the exclusion amount is determined by multiplying (1) the Annuity Income payment by (2) the ratio of the investment in the contract, adjusted for any period certain or refund feature, to the total expected amount of Annuity Income payments for the term of the Contract (as determined under Treasury Department regulations). Once the total amount of the investment in the contract is excluded, Annuity Income payments will be fully taxable. If Annuity Income payments cease because of the death of the Annuitant and before the total amount of the investment in the contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount generally will be allowed as a deduction.

For Qualified Contracts, we report the cost basis as zero and each annuity income payment is fully taxed unless you have filed an Internal Revenue Service form 8606 to identify the part of your Purchase Payment that has been previously taxed.

3.8% Tax on Net Investment Income: Federal tax law imposes a 3.8% Medicare tax on the lesser of

(1)  the taxpayer’s “net investment income,” (from Non-qualified Annuities, interest, dividends, etc., offset by specified allowable deductions), or

(2)  the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income in excess of a specified income threshold ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly, $125,000 for married couples filing separately, and $200,000 otherwise).

“Net investment income” in item 1 does not include distributions from tax-qualified plans (i.e., IRAs, Roth IRAs, or arrangements described in Code Sections 401(a), 403(b), or 457(b)) but such income will increase “modified adjusted gross income” in item 2. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the applicability of this tax to income you would receive under this annuity contract.

10% Penalty Tax on Early Withdrawals or Distributions: A penalty tax equal to 10% of the amount treated as taxable income may be imposed on distributions. The penalty tax applies to early withdrawals or distributions. The penalty tax is not imposed on:

(1)  distributions made to persons on or after age 59 1/2;

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(3)  distributions to a recipient who has become disabled;

(4)  distributions in substantially equal installments made for the life of the taxpayer or the lives of the taxpayer and a designated second person; or

(5)  in the case of Qualified Contracts, distributions received from the rollover of the Contract into another qualified contract or IRA.

We believe that systematic withdrawals under the Systematic Withdrawal Program would not satisfy the exception to the 10 percent penalty tax described in (4)  above. You should consult your tax advisor before electing to take systematic withdrawals commencing prior to age 59 1/2.

9(e). Other Tax Information

In the case of a Qualified Contract, a 50% excise tax is imposed on the amount by which required minimum annuity or payments following the death of Owner exceed actual distributions.

We will withhold and remit to the U.S. Government a part of the taxable portion of each distribution made under the Contract, unless the Owner or Beneficiary files a written election prior to the distribution stating that he or she chooses not to have any amounts withheld. Such an election will not relieve you of the obligation to pay income taxes on the taxable portion of any distribution.

9(f). Exchanges of Contracts

We may issue the Contract in exchange for all or part of another annuity or life insurance contract that you own. Such an exchange will be tax free if certain requirements are satisfied. If the exchange is tax free, your investment in the contract immediately after the exchange will generally be the same as that of the contract exchanged. Your Contract Value immediately after the exchange may exceed your investment in the contract. That excess may be includable in income should amounts subsequently be withdrawn or distributed from the Contract (e.g. as a partial surrender, full surrender, annuity income payment or death benefit). If you exchange part of an existing contract for a Contract, the IRS might treat the two contracts as one annuity contract in certain circumstances. See Aggregation of Contracts above.

In addition, before the Annuity Date, you may exchange all or a portion of your Contract Value for another annuity contract we then offer. Such an exchange will be tax free if certain requirements are satisfied.

You should consult your tax advisor in connection with an exchange for or of a Contract.

9(g). FILI’s Tax Status

FILI is taxed as a life insurance company under the Code. The earnings of the Variable Account are taxed as part of our operations, and thus the Variable Account is not separately taxed as a “regulated investment company” under the Code. Under the existing federal income tax laws, investment income and capital gains of the Variable Account are not taxed to the extent they are applied under a Contract. Therefore, we do not expect to incur federal income taxes on earnings of the Variable Account to the extent the earnings are credited under the Contracts. Based on this, no charge is being made currently to the Variable Account for our federal income taxes. We will periodically review the need for a charge to the Variable Account for company federal income taxes. If FILI is taxed on investment income or capital gains of the Variable Account, then FILI may impose a charge against the Variable Account in order to provide for such taxes.

Under current laws we may incur state and local taxes (in addition to premium taxes) in several states. At present, these taxes are not significant and are not charged against the Contracts or the Variable Account. If the amount of these taxes changes substantially, we may make charges for such taxes against the Variable Account.

 

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10. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONTRACT

You should also be aware of the following important provisions of your Contract.

10(a). Contract Rights

Owner(s): Owners have rights and privileges as specified in the Contract. Joint Owners must be spouses on the Contract Date. Owners own the Contract in accordance with all of its terms. The following forms of ownership, and others, are inconsistent with the terms of the Contract and will not be accepted: “joint tenants in common”, “tenancy by the entirety”, “joint tenants with rights of survivorship” and “joint Ownership by husband and wife”.

Before the Contract is issued, the Owners have the right on the application to (a) name the Annuitant(s) and Beneficiary(ies); and (b) allocate the Purchase Payment among the Subaccounts.

You may not remove an Owner unless the removal is pursuant to a court order.

After the Contract Date, the Owners have the right to (a) cancel the Contract during the Free Look Period; (b) allocate the Purchase Payment among the Subaccounts; (c) reallocate the Contract Value among the Subaccounts; (d) make withdrawals, if the Contact has a Contract Value; (e) change Beneficiary(ies) (except that a Beneficiary designated as irrevocable may not be changed without the Beneficiary’s consent); and (f) instruct us how to vote shares of the Funds attributable to the Contract.

For Contracts with two Owners, after the Contract Date and before annuity income payments begin, withdrawals, changes of the Annuity Date and changes of Beneficiaries can be made only by both Owners acting together. Either Owner may exercise any other right under the Contract.

Annuitant(s): You must be the Annuitant(s). If the Contract is owned by a trust, the grantor of the trust must be an Annuitant. You may name a joint Annuitant as long as the joint Annuitant is the spouse of the Annuitant on the Contract Date.

You may not add or remove the Annuitant(s) after the Contract Date unless the removal is pursuant to a court order.

Your eligibility for benefits under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life feature is determined by the age of the Annuitant(s). The GWB Amount that is available once you are eligible under the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit For Life feature depends on a number of factors, including the number of Annuitants on the Contract Date and the age of the youngest Annuitant when your first withdrawal is made. If an Annuitant’s age has been misstated we will adjust the GWB Amount to reflect the actual age. If we have previously overpaid GWB Amounts and the GWB Amounts have been converted to an annuity income option as described under Conversion of GWB Amount Payments in 4(c), we will suspend any future GWB Amounts until we have recovered the amount of the overpayment. If the Contract has terminated, we reserve the right to recover the amount of any overpayment from your estate. If we have previously underpaid GWB Amounts and the GWB Amounts have been converted to an annuity income option as described under Conversion of GWB Amount Payments in 4(c), we will make a lump sum payment equal to the amount previously underpaid plus interest at 6% per annum, compounded annually. The previously underpaid GWB Amount will be deducted from the Contract Value.

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Annuity Income payments have ended, we will recover the amount of any overpayment from the estate(s) of the Annuitant(s). If we have previously underpaid monthly Annuity Income, we will make a lump sum payment equal to the amount previously underpaid, plus interest at 6% per annum, compounded annually.

Beneficiary(ies): See 4(b). Death Benefit.

10(b). Assignment

A Qualified Contract may not be assigned. A Non-qualified Contract may not be sold, gifted, transferred, or assigned, and any purported gift, transfer or assignment will be void, except as follows: (a) the Contract may be assigned to an insurance company, regulated as such under the insurance laws of one of the United States, solely for the purpose of effecting a tax-free exchange under section 1035 of the Code; (b) a Contract owned by a person may be transferred to a person’s spouse; (c) a Contract owned by one or two individual(s) may be transferred to a trust of which the individual(s) is(are) the grantor(s) and (d) a Contract owned by a trust may be transferred to the trust’s grantor(s) or a beneficiary of the trust. Assignments under (c) and (d) may result in a taxable distribution to the transferor. You should consult your tax advisor before making such a transfer.

10(c). Notification of Death

If there are two Owners, each is responsible for notifying us of the death of the other Owner and the death of any Annuitant. If all the Owners die, the Beneficiaries are responsible for notifying us of the death(s). If we provide too many GWB Amount payments or annuity income payments because we are not notified of an Annuitant’s death, we may take legal action to recover the overpayment.

10(d). Automatic Transfer to the Government Money Market Subaccount Upon Due Proof of Death

At the close of the Valuation Period in which we receive due proof of death of the last surviving Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a trust owned contract) of a Non-qualified Contract, or a last surviving Annuitant of a Qualified Contract, we will transfer to the Government Money Market Subaccount any portion of the Contract Value in the other Subaccounts. Once we have determined the number of Beneficiaries who will share in the Contract Value, a Beneficiary who has returned all required documentation to us (including tax withholding and other forms) will be able to transfer his or her share of the Contract Value among the Subaccounts. If the Contract Value for any one Beneficiary is less than $5,000, then we will send that Beneficiary their entire portion of the Contract Value as soon as we have received all required documentation.

10(e). Proof of Survival

If any payment under this Contract depends on an Annuitant or other recipient being alive on a given date, we may require proof of survival before making the payment.

10(f). Abandoned Property

State regulations, which can vary, require abandoned property to be escheated to state municipalities. Unclaimed property could come in the form of an outstanding check, unclaimed death benefit, or a matured Contract where the policyholder cannot be located. Please note that some state municipalities require unclaimed property to be escheated to the state within three to five years of the date of death of the Owner. To avoid escheatment we advise that you promptly respond to requests to contact the insurance company. In the event of the Owner’s death we advise Beneficiaries to promptly contact the insurance company and provide whatever paperwork the insurance company requests. Beneficiaries who wait too long after the Owner’s death to contact the insurance company run the risk of not having sufficient time to make a distribution election before the company is required to escheat the proceeds to the state municipality. In the event the state escheatment laws require escheatment before the end of the maximum distribution period. from date of death allowed by the Code, a Beneficiary may not have the entire distribution period as described in the Contract to withdraw the Contract Value.

 

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10(g). Reports to Owners

Before the Annuity Date, we will send you a statement showing your Contract Value four times each year. Each quarterly statement will also contain a summary of all transactions in your Contract since the previous statement.

You should immediately verify the accuracy of the information contained in these statements, and in the confirmations you may receive for individual transactions. If you find a discrepancy with respect to any transaction, you should notify us at our Annuity Service Center immediately. We will not be responsible for losses after ten calendar days from the first time we mail any statement or confirmation containing details of the transaction.

Shareholder reports for funds available under your Contract will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. Contract owners have access to their contract information online at Fidelity.com.

10(h). Signature Guarantee or Customer Authentication

Certain requests may require a signature guarantee or customer authentication. A signature guarantee or customer authentication is designed to protect you and us from fraud. Your request must be in writing and may require a signature guarantee if any of the following situations apply:

(1)  Loss of account ownership;

(2)  Any circumstances where we deem it necessary for your protection.

You should be able to obtain a signature guarantee from a bank, broker-dealer, credit union (if authorized under state law), securities exchange or association, clearing agency, or savings association. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee. A customer authentication can be obtained only at a Fidelity Investments Investor Center.

10(i). Non-Participating Contract

The Contract is “non-participating”, meaning there are no dividends. Investment results of the Subaccounts are reflected in the Contract Value and the other benefits under the Contract.

10(j). Postponement of Payment

In conformity with the Investment Company Act of 1940, we will generally pay any withdrawal within seven days after we receive the request. We may delay payment if (a) the disposal or valuation of the assets in a Subaccount is not reasonably practicable because the New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than a regular holiday or weekend, trading is restricted by the SEC, or the SEC declares that an emergency exists; or (b) the SEC by order permits the postponement of payment to protect our Owners.

We will generally send: (1) any withdrawal amount on the first business day after the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive the withdrawal request: (2) each annuity income payment on the first business day after the Annuity Date; and (3) any lump sum distributions to Beneficiaries within seven days of the day we receive proper notice.

10(k). Special Provisions for Sales Under Sponsored Arrangements

We may reduce the minimum Purchase Payment requirement for Contracts issued under sponsored arrangements. We determine the eligibility of a group for such reduced minimum Purchase Payment, and the minimum Purchase Payment amount for individuals in a particular group, by considering the following factors: (1) the size of the group; (2) the total amount of Purchase Payments we expect group members to make; (3) the

 

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nature of the group and the persistency we expect from the group; (4) the purpose for which the Contracts will be purchased; and (5) any other circumstances which we believe to be relevant in determining the level of expected administrative expenses we will incur.

11. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBACCOUNTS AND THE FUNDS

11(a). Changes in Subaccounts

We may make additional Subaccounts available to you from time to time. These Subaccounts will invest in mutual funds that we find suitable for the Contracts.

We also have the right to eliminate Subaccounts, to combine two or more Subaccounts, or to substitute a new mutual fund for the mutual fund in which a Subaccount invests.

A substitution may become necessary if, in our judgment, a Fund no longer suits the purposes of the Contracts. This may happen due to a change in laws or regulations, a change in a Fund’s investment objectives or restrictions, because the Fund is no longer available for investment, or for some other reason. We would obtain prior approval from the SEC and any other required approvals before making such a substitution.

We also reserve the right to operate the Variable Account as a management investment company under the 1940 Act or any other form permitted by law or to deregister the Variable Account under such Act in the event such registration is no longer required. We would obtain any required approval from the SEC before making such changes.

11(b). Voting Rights

We currently vote shares of the Funds owned by the Variable Account according to your instructions. However, if the 1940 Act or any related regulations or interpretations should change, and we decide that we are permitted to vote the shares of the Funds in our own right, we may decide to do so.

Before the Annuity Date, we calculate the number of shares that you may instruct us to vote by dividing your Contract Value in a Subaccount by the net asset value of one share of the corresponding Fund. Fractional votes are counted. We reserve the right to modify the manner in which we calculate the weight to be given to your voting instructions where such a change is necessary to comply with then current federal regulations or interpretations of those regulations.

We will determine the number of shares you can instruct us to vote 90 days or less before the applicable Fund shareholder meeting. At least 14 days before the meeting we will send you material by mail for providing us with your voting instructions.

If we do not receive your voting instructions in time, we will vote the shares in the same proportion as the instructions we receive from other Owners. This means that the voting instructions of a small number of Owners could determine the outcome of any proposal for all Owners. We will also vote in the same proportionate manner any shares we hold in the Variable Account that are not attributable to Owners. As a result of proportional voting, the vote of a small number of Owners could determine the outcome of a shareholder vote.

Under certain circumstances, we may be required by state regulatory authorities to disregard voting instructions. This may happen if following such instructions would change the sub-classification or investment objectives of a Fund, or result in the approval or disapproval of an investment advisory contract.

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change only if it were contrary to state law, prohibited by state regulatory authorities, or if we decided that the change would result in overly speculative or unsound investments. If we ever disregard voting instructions, we will include a summary of our actions in the next semiannual report.

11(c). Resolving Material Conflicts

The Funds are available to separate accounts of insurance companies offering variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued by other insurance companies, as well as to our Variable Account and other separate accounts we may establish.

Although we do not anticipate any disadvantages due to these arrangements, there is a possibility that a material conflict could arise between the interest of the Variable Account and one or more of the other separate accounts or qualified plans that hold shares of the Funds. A conflict may occur due to a change in law affecting the operations of variable life and variable annuity separate accounts, differences in the voting instructions of our Owners and those of other insurance companies, or for some other reason. In the event of a conflict, we will take any steps necessary to protect our Owners and their Beneficiaries.

 

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APPENDIX A: FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACT

The following is a list of Funds under the Contract. More information about the Funds is available in the prospectuses for the Funds, which may be amended from time to time and can be found online at www.fidelity.com/FGGIreports. You can also request this information at no cost by calling 1-800-634-9361 or by sending an email request to filifunddocuments@fidelity.com.

The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Funds, but do not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Contract may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these other charges were included. Each Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.

 

         

Current

Expenses

   

Average Annual Total

Returns (as of 12/31/21)

 
Investment Objective   Fund & Adviser/Subadviser   1 year     5 year     10 year  
Seeks income and capital growth consistent with reasonable risk  

Fidelity® Variable Insurance

Product (“VIP”) Balanced

Portfolio

 

Adviser: Fidelity

Management & Research

Company LLC

    0.54     18.17     14.89     12.57
Seeks high total return  

Fidelity® VIP FundsManager

60% Portfolio

 

Adviser: Fidelity

Management & Research

Company LLC

    0.75 %*      12.34     11.27     9.61
Seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity  

Fidelity® VIP Government

Money Market Portfolio1

 

Adviser: Fidelity

Management & Research

Company LLC

    0.25     0.01     0.92     0.49

1 You may not choose to allocate your Purchase Payment or Contract Value to the Money Market Subaccount at any time.

* This Fund’s current expenses reflect temporary fee reductions. See the Fund’s prospectus for additional information.

 

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APPENDIX B: Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit for Life Examples

Example 1

Assume your Contract has one Annuitant who is age 65 and you made a $25,000 Purchase Payment on the Contract Date. Assume you make one withdrawal in the first Contract Year equal to your eligible GWB Amount ($1,250 = 5% Withdrawal Percentage multiplied by the $25,000 GWB Value). Your GWB Value would be $25,000 for the entire 1st Contract Year. If your Contract Value is $30,000 at time of the first Contract Anniversary, your GWB Value will be increased to $30,000 and your GWB Amount for the 2nd Contract Year would be increased to $1,500 to reflect the increased GWB Value.

In the same example, if the Contract Value was $20,000 at time of the first Contract Anniversary, the GWB Value would be unchanged on the Contract Anniversary and would remain at $25,000. Similarly, the GWB Amount would also be unchanged and remain $1,250.

Example 2

Assume your Contract has one Annuitant who is age 67 and you made a $100,000 Purchase Payment on the Contract Date. If you make no withdrawals during the first Contract Year your GWB Value would be $100,000 for the whole Contract Year. Further assume that you make a $3,000 Gross Withdrawal during the first Contract Year. This withdrawal will establish the Withdrawal Percentage as 5% and the GWB Amount as $5,000. Because the withdrawal does not exceed your eligible GWB Amount, there are no Surrender Charges applicable to this withdrawal and there is no reduction to the GWB Value. Your Contract Value will be reduced by $3,000, the amount of the withdrawal.

Further assume that later in that first Contract Year, you make a second Gross Withdrawal, this time for $10,000. At the time of this $10,000 withdrawal, the GWB Amount is $5,000 and the sum of all prior withdrawals in this Contract Year is $3,000. Therefore, $2,000 of the withdrawal is treated as a withdrawal of your GWB Amount and the remainder of the withdrawal ($8,000) is treated as an excess withdrawal. Assume your Contract Value would have been $104,000 at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal. Your GWB Value will be reduced by 7.84%. The 7.84% reduction is determined by dividing the $8,000 Excess Withdrawal by $102,000 ($104,000 – $2,000 determined above) resulting in a new GWB Value of $92,160 ($100,000 GWB Value minus [$100,000 multiplied by .0784]). Additionally, a $160 Surrender Charge is due on the $10,000 Gross Withdrawal (2% of the $8,000 excess withdrawal).

Further assume that you make a third withdrawal in the first Contract Year, this time for $5,000. At the time of this $5,000 withdrawal, the GWB Amount is $5,000 and the sum of all prior withdrawals in this Contract Year is $13,000. Therefore, all $5,000 of the withdrawal is treated as an excess withdrawal. If your Contract Value would have been $90,000 at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal, your GWB Value will reduce by 5.56% ($5,000 Excess Withdrawal divided by $90,000) resulting in a new GWB Value of $87,036 ($92,160 GWB Value minus [$92,160 multiplied by .0556]). A $100 Surrender Charge is due on the $5,000 Gross Withdrawal (2% of the $5,000 excess withdrawal).

Example 3

Assume your Contract has one Annuitant who is currently age 84 and you made a $100,000 Purchase Payment 18 years ago. Assume also that your GWB Value is still $100,000 and your GWB Amount, which you have been withdrawing every year, is $5,000. Assume you take your first withdrawal of $5,000 in the current Contract Year and that your Contract Value would have been $6,000 at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal. The Contract Value after the withdrawal is $1,000 which is below the amount which will trigger the conversion of your Contract on the first of the month following your next Contract Anniversary. Assuming you make no further withdrawals prior to the conversion date, we will begin GWB Amount payments of $5,000 each year for so long as any Annuitant is alive.

 

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The Following examples are specific to Qualified Contracts and are provided to help illustrate the impact of required minimum distributions (RMD’s) and the impact to the contract of taking the RMD’s under various circumstances.

Assumptions common to examples 4-6.

Assume your Contract Date is 6 years in the past and your Contract has one Annuitant who is age 75. Also assume that your GWB Value is $100,000, your GWB Amount is $5,000 and your required minimum distribution, as computed exclusively by us, is $5,300 for the current calendar year. Assume further that you have not yet made any withdrawals from your Contract in the current Contract Year, nor have you made any withdrawals in the current calendar year. Also, assume that your next Contract Anniversary will occur in the following calendar year and that your GWB Value did not increase on your Contract Anniversary in the current calendar year.

Example 4

To satisfy your RMD, you request a $5,300 withdrawal outside of our Systematic Withdrawal Program. At the time of this $5,300 withdrawal, the GWB Amount is $5,000 and the sum of all prior withdrawals in this Contract Year is $0. Therefore, $5,000 of the withdrawal is treated as a withdrawal of your GWB Amount and the remainder of the withdrawal ($300) is treated as an excess withdrawal. A reduction in your GWB Value will occur because you did not participate in the Systematic Withdrawal Program to receive this withdrawal and you did not meet all of the other criteria as stated on page 13 of this prospectus to receive the greater of your GWB Amount and your RMD. To demonstrate the reduction, assume your Contract Value would have been $103,000 at the end of the Valuation Period had you not taken the withdrawal. After your withdrawal is processed, your Contract Value will be $97,700 and your GWB Value will be reduced by 0.31%. The 0.31% reduction is determined by dividing the $300 excess withdrawal by $98,000 ($103,000 – $5,000 determined above) resulting in a new GWB Value of $99,690 ($100,000 GWB Value minus [$100,000 multiplied by .0031]).

Example 5

Alternatively, assume that at the beginning of the year, you had been signed up for a monthly systematic withdrawal of your GWB Amount. Each month we will pay an amount so that we will have paid the greater of your GWB Amount or RMD, in this case $5,300, by the end of the calendar year. Since the withdrawal to cover your RMD was taken through our SWP program, your GWB Value will still be $100,000. We have assumed that all of the conditions for receiving the greater of your GWB Amount and your RMD as shown on page 13 of this prospectus have been met.

Example 6

Assume instead that you sign up for a systematic withdrawal of your GWB Amount in September. In order to meet your RMD requirements, you would need to elect an annual payment frequency from the SWP program so that we are able to pay a full year’s worth of payments on a systematic basis prior to the end of the calendar year. Note that any frequency of payment other than annual in this case will not allow you to meet your RMD. After the withdrawal of $5,300, your GWB Value will still be $100,000 since the withdrawal to cover your RMD was taken through our SWP program. We have assumed that all of the conditions for receiving an RMD exception as shown on page 13 of the prospectus have been met.

 

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We have filed additional information about the Contract and the Variable Account with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) dated April 30, 2022. The SAI is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and is available, without charge, upon request. To request the SAI, other information about the Contract, or to make investor inquiries, call us at 1-800-544-2442.

Reports and other information about the Variable Account are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

 

 

Edgar Contract Identifier: C000049509

GMWB-PRO-0422

1.850778.116

 

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FIDELITY GROWTH AND GUARANTEED INCOME® ANNUITY

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

April 30, 2022

This Statement of Additional Information supplements the information found in the current Prospectus for the variable annuity contracts (“Contracts”) offered by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) through Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I (the “Variable Account”). You may obtain a copy of the Prospectus dated April 30, 2022 without charge by calling 1-800-544-2442.

THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT A PROSPECTUS.

 

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Non-Principal Risk of Investing in the Contract

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Unavailability of Annuity Income Options in Certain Circumstances

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Safekeeping of Variable Account Assets

     2  

Distribution of the Contracts

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Underwriting Commissions

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State Regulation

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Legal Matters

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Experts

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Financial Statements

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”)

FILI is a stock life insurance company that was established in 1981 and exists in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the State of Utah. FILI issues life insurance and annuity products in 49 states (not New York) and the District of Columbia; FILI’s wholly-owned subsidiary Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“EFILI”) issues life insurance and annuity products in New York. FILI is part of Fidelity Investments, a group of companies that provides a variety of financial services and products. Abigail P. Johnson, certain Johnson family members, and various key employees of FMR LLC own the voting common stock of FMR LLC.

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I (the “Variable Account”)

The Variable Account is a separate investment account of FILI established on July 22, 1987 and exists in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the State of Utah. It is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). It is also a separate account as defined under the federal securities laws.

NON-PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE CONTRACT

Considerations Regarding Cybersecurity

With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, our business, including our variable insurance business, is susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events and may arise from external or internal sources. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information; corrupting data, equipment or systems; or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting FILI, the Funds, and any affiliated or unaffiliated vendors or service providers have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with our processing of policy transactions (including surrenders, withdrawals, annuity income payments, and insurance proceeds), our ability to calculate Accumulation Unit Values and Annuity Income Unit Values, destruction to equipment and systems, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. While FILI has established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber incidents, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, FILI cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect its business. A variable insurance product and its Owners, Annuitants, Insureds, and Beneficiaries could be negatively impacted as a result.

UNAVAILABILITY OF ANNUITY INCOME OPTIONS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

We do not offer annuity income options to any corporate beneficiary, partnership or trustee; any assignee; or the executors or administrators of the Annuitant’s estate.

SAFEKEEPING OF VARIABLE ACCOUNT ASSETS

The assets of the Variable Account are held by FILI. The assets of the Variable Account are held apart from our general account assets and any other separate accounts we may establish. We maintain records of all purchases and redemptions of the shares of the Funds held by the variable Subaccounts. We maintain fidelity bond coverage for the acts of our officers and employees.

 

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS

As explained in the Prospectus, the Contract is distributed through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”) and Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. (“FIA”). FBS is the principal underwriter. FIA and FILI are wholly-owned, direct subsidiaries of FMR LLC; and FBS is a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of FMR LLC. The principal business address of FBS and FDC is 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917. The offering of the Contract has been discontinued although you may continue to make exchanges among the Subaccounts.

UNDERWRITING COMMISSIONS

 

Year  

Underwriting Commissions

Paid to FBS

  Amount of Underwriting
Commissions Retained by FBS

2021

  18,665,010   18,665,010

2020

  11,938,420   11,938,420

2019

  13,357,890   13,357,890

STATE REGULATION

FILI is subject to regulation by the Department of Insurance of the State of Utah, which periodically examines our financial condition and operations. We are also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all jurisdictions where we do business. The Contracts described in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information have been filed with and, where required, approved by, insurance officials in those jurisdictions where it is sold.

We are required to submit annual statements of our operations, including financial statements, to the insurance departments of the various jurisdictions where we do business to determine solvency and compliance with applicable insurance laws and regulations.

LEGAL MATTERS

The legal validity of the Contracts described in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information has been passed on by Lance A. Warrick, General Counsel of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I as of December 31, 2021 and for each of the periods indicated, included in this Statement of Additional Information constituting part of this Registration Statement, have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The principal business address for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is 101 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company included herein should be distinguished from the financial statements of the Variable Account and should be considered only as bearing upon our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts.

 

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company variable annuity owners. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. Neither Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company nor Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC is a bank, and neither the annuities nor mutual fund shares are backed or guaranteed by any bank or insured by the FDIC.

 


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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –
Government
Money
Market
    VIP –
Government
Money Market
Investor Class
    VIP –
High Income
    VIP –
High Income
Investor Class
    VIP –
Equity-Income
    VIP –
Equity-Income
Investor Class
    VIP –
Growth
    VIP – Growth
Investor Class
 

Assets:

               

Investments at market value

  $ 215,568     $ 1,739,235     $ 70,396     $ 377,065     $ 429,701     $ 503,315     $ 765,436     $ 871,205  

Receivable from FILI

    —         —         —         —         118       —         136       1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    215,568       1,739,235       70,396       377,065       429,819       503,315       765,572       871,206  

Liabilities:

               

Payable to FILI

    13       3       3       1       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 215,555     $ 1,739,232     $ 70,393     $ 377,064     $ 429,819     $ 503,315     $ 765,572     $ 871,206  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

  $ 206,211     $ —       $ 55,870     $ —       $ 383,768     $ —       $ 708,672     $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

    9,344       —         14,523       —         46,051       —         56,900       —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

    —         1,729,275       —         377,064       —         503,315       —         871,206  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

    —         31       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

    —         9,926       —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 215,555     $ 1,739,232     $ 70,393     $ 377,064     $ 429,819     $ 503,315     $ 765,572     $ 871,206  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

               

Units Outstanding

    9,844       —         882       —         2,191       —         2,038       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 20.95     $ —       $ 63.35     $ —       $ 175.18     $ —       $ 347.74     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

               

Units Outstanding

    468       —         240       —         275       —         171       —    

Unit Value

  $ 20.01     $ —       $ 60.52     $ —       $ 167.37     $ —       $ 332.23     $ —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         157,954       —         17,810       —         13,949       —         12,313  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ 11.71     $ —       $ 29.22     $ —       $ 55.32     $ —       $ 103.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ 10.27     $ —       $ 18.69     $ —       $ 33.51     $ —       $ 67.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         3       —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ 11.06     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         857       —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Unit Value

  $ —       $ 9.47     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Unit Value

  $ —       $ 9.01     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         205       —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Unit Value

  $ —       $ 9.27     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Unit Value

  $ —       $ 8.84     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Assets and Liabilities - continued

December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Overseas
     VIP –
Overseas,
Investor
Class
     VIP –
Investment
Grade Bond
     VIP –
Investment
Grade Bond
Investor Class
     VIP –
Asset Manager
     VIP –
Asset Manager
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                 

Investments at market value

   $ 87,481      $ 265,667      $ 166,266      $ 894,402      $ 211,776      $ 256,967  

Receivable from FILI

     —          —          66        —          44        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     87,481        265,667        166,332        894,402        211,820        256,967  

Liabilities:

                 

Payable to FILI

     3        —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 87,478      $ 265,667      $ 166,332      $ 894,402      $ 211,820      $ 256,967  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 80,621      $ —        $ 138,541      $ —        $ 186,522      $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

     6,857        —          27,791        —          25,298        —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     —          265,667        —          894,402        —          256,967  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 87,478      $ 265,667      $ 166,332      $ 894,402      $ 211,820      $ 256,967  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                 

Units Outstanding

     1,016        —          2,785        —          2,251        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 79.32      $ —        $ 49.74      $ —        $ 82.85      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                 

Units Outstanding

     91        —          584        —          319        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 75.78      $ —        $ 47.52      $ —        $ 79.16      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          9,733        —          53,000        —          9,594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ 36.87      $ —        $ 19.21      $ —        $ 34.00  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ 26.89      $ —        $ 14.94      $ —        $ 24.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities - continued

December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Index 500
     VIP –
Asset
Manager:
Growth
     VIP – Asset
Manager:
Growth
Investor Class
     VIP –
Contrafund
     VIP –
Contrafund
Investor Class
     VIP –
Balanced
     VIP –
Balanced
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                    

Investments at market value

   $ 4,944,610      $ 75,338      $ 141,408      $ 1,300,118      $ 2,317,809      $ 221,190      $ 4,141,613  

Receivable from FILI

     123        —          —          81        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     4,944,733        75,338        141,408        1,300,199        2,317,809        221,190        4,141,613  

Liabilities:

                    

Payable to FILI

     —           1        —          —          —          64        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 4,944,733      $ 75,337      $ 141,408      $ 1,300,199      $ 2,317,809      $ 221,126      $ 4,141,613  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 657,175      $ 63,652      $ —        $ 1,188,154      $ —        $ 180,775      $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

     69,586        11,685        —          112,045        —          40,351        —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     4,217,972        —          141,408        —          2,317,809        —          3,126,766  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1,014,847  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 4,944,733      $ 75,337      $ 141,408      $ 1,300,199      $ 2,317,809      $ 221,126      $ 4,141,613  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                    

Units Outstanding

     4,298        1,043        —          6,195        —          3,154        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 152.89      $ 61.05      $ —        $ 191.79      $ —        $ 57.31      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                    

Units Outstanding

     476        200        —          611        —          739        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 146.07      $ 58.32      $ —        $ 183.24      $ —        $ 54.75      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                    

Units Outstanding

     79,600        —          4,547        —          42,408        —          79,444  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 74.53      $ —        $ 42.21      $ —        $ 79.53      $ —        $ 56.86  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 51.16      $ —        $ 29.23      $ —        $ 52.60      $ —        $ 35.98  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          20,341  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 49.92  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 29.14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          12,242  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 48.93  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 28.52  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities - continued

December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –Dynamic
Capital
Appreciation
    VIP –Dynamic
Capital
Appreciation
Investor Class
    VIP –
Growth &
Income
    VIP –
Growth &
Income
Investor Class
    VIP –
Growth
Opportunities
    VIP – Growth
Opportunities
Investor Class
    VIP –Mid Cap     VIP –Mid Cap
Investor Class
 

Assets:

               

Investments at market value

  $ 27,585     $ 186,787     $ 133,082     $ 269,306     $ 247,041     $ 1,258,355     $ 322,275     $ 658,078  

Receivable from FILI

    —         —         24       —         55       —         37       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    27,585       186,787       133,106       269,306       247,096       1,258,355       322,312       658,078  

Liabilities:

               

Payable to FILI

    16       —         —         —         2       —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 27,569     $ 186,787     $ 133,106     $ 269,306     $ 247,094     $ 1,258,355     $ 322,312     $ 658,078  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

  $ 23,233     $ —       $ 114,404     $ —       $ 217,006     $ —       $ 275,461     $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

    4,336       —         18,702       —         30,088       —         46,851       —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

    —         186,787       —         269,306       —         1,258,355       —         658,078  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 27,569     $ 186,787     $ 133,106     $ 269,306     $ 247,094     $ 1,258,355     $ 322,312     $ 658,078  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

               

Units Outstanding

    351       —         1,827       —         2,241       —         3,670       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 66.22     $ —       $ 62.62     $ —       $ 96.85     $ —       $ 75.05     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

               

Units Outstanding

    68       —         312       —         325       —         652       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 63.82     $ —       $ 59.83     $ —       $ 92.53     $ —       $ 71.84     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         3,241       —         6,293       —         13,573       —         16,577  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ 88.25     $ —       $ 59.85     $ —       $ 158.51     $ —       $ 62.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ 56.08     $ —       $ 40.71     $ —       $ 85.60     $ —       $ 35.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Assets and Liabilities - continued

December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP – Value
Strategies
    VIP – Value
Strategies
Investor Class
    VIP – Utilities     VIP – Utilities
Investor Class
    VIP –
Technology
    VIP –
Technology
Investor Class
    VIP – Energy     VIP – Energy
Investor Class
 

Assets:

               

Investments at market value

  $ 55,152     $ 236,505     $ 25,751     $ 154,428     $ 290,331     $ 1,554,979     $ 27,876     $ 148,929  

Receivable from FILI

    22       —         14       —         —         1       —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    55,174       236,505       25,765       154,428       290,331       1,554,980       27,876       148,929  

Liabilities:

               

Payable to FILI

    —         —         —         —         1       —         29       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 55,174     $ 236,505     $ 25,765     $ 154,428     $ 290,330     $ 1,554,980     $ 27,847     $ 148,929  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

  $ 45,240     $ —       $ 23,309     $ —       $ 261,150     $ —       $ 24,914     $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

    9,934       —         2,456       —         29,180       —         2,933       —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

    —         236,505       —         154,428       —         1,554,980       —         148,929  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 55,174     $ 236,505     $ 25,765     $ 154,428     $ 290,330     $ 1,554,980     $ 27,847     $ 148,929  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

               

Units Outstanding

    990       —         587       —         2,388       —         1,107       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 45.69     $ —       $ 39.69     $ —       $ 109.36     $ —       $ 22.51     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

               

Units Outstanding

    225       —         64       —         278       —         137       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 44.04     $ —       $ 38.09     $ —       $ 104.95     $ —       $ 21.60     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         5,968       —         4,028       —         14,315       —         11,233  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ 80.54     $ —       $ 42.98     $ —       $ 224.15     $ —       $ 18.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ 38.51     $ —       $ 34.79     $ —       $ 97.48     $ —       $ 12.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –
Health Care
    VIP –
Health Care
Investor Class
    VIP – Financial
Services
    VIP – Financial
Services
Investor Class
    VIP –
Industrials
    VIP –
Industrials
Investor Class
    VIP –
Consumer
Discretionary
    VIP –
Consumer
Discretionary

Investor Class
 

Assets:

               

Investments at market value

  $ 144,158     $ 897,989     $ 32,384     $ 221,585     $ 28,592     $ 129,664     $ 29,422     $ 266,806  

Receivable from FILI

    —         —         —         —         6       —         19       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    144,158       897,989       32,384       221,585       28,598       129,664       29,441       266,806  

Liabilities:

               

Payable to FILI

    22       —         7       —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 144,136     $ 897,989     $ 32,377     $ 221,585     $ 28,598     $ 129,664     $ 29,441     $ 266,806  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

  $ 129,034     $ —       $ 29,120     $ —       $ 24,585     $ —       $ 25,549     $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

    15,102       —         3,257       —         4,013       —         3,892       —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

    —         897,989       —         221,585       —         129,664       —         266,806  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 144,136     $ 897,989     $ 32,377     $ 221,585     $ 28,598     $ 129,664     $ 29,441     $ 266,806  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

               

Units Outstanding

    1,614       —         1,149       —         366       —         413       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 79.94     $ —       $ 25.34     $ —       $ 67.24     $ —       $ 61.88     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

               

Units Outstanding

    197       —         134       —         62       —         65       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ 76.72     $ —       $ 24.32     $ —       $ 64.53     $ —       $ 59.38     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         12,270       —         7,535       —         2,968       —         4,353  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ 103.56     $ —       $ 55.83     $ —       $ 69.11     $ —       $ 108.85  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ 71.33     $ —       $ 22.24     $ —       $ 39.64     $ —       $ 60.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

               

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Real Estate
     VIP –
Real Estate
Investor Class
     VIP – Strategic
Income
     VIP – Strategic
Income
Investor Class
     VIP –
International
Capital
Appreciation
 

Assets:

              

Investments at market value

   $ 34,346      $ 221,152      $ 56,147      $ 919,681      $ 22,597  

Receivable from FILI

     —          —          10        —          10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     34,346        221,152        56,157        919,681        22,607  

Liabilities:

              

Payable to FILI

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 34,346      $ 221,152      $ 56,157      $ 919,681      $ 22,607  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

              

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 30,851      $ —        $ 49,283      $ —        $ 20,208  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     3,495        —          6,874        —          2,399  

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     —          221,152        —          919,681        —    

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 34,346      $ 221,152      $ 56,157      $ 919,681      $ 22,607  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

              

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

              

Units Outstanding

     594        —          2,076        —          625  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 51.94      $ —        $ 23.73      $ —        $ 32.31  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

              

Units Outstanding

     70        —          300        —          76  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 50.06      $ —        $ 22.90      $ —        $ 31.26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

              

Units Outstanding

     —          6,610        —          47,126        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ 74.64      $ —        $ 24.18      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ 30.99      $ —        $ 16.80      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
International
Capital
Appreciation,
Investor
Class
     VIP – Value      VIP – Value
Investor Class
     VIP – Freedom
Income
 

Assets:

           

Investments at market value

   $ 386,152      $ 26,851      $ 218,149      $ 11,332  

Receivable from FILI

     —          —          —          1  

Total assets

     386,152        26,851        218,149        11,333  

Liabilities:

           

Payable to FILI

     —          7        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 386,152      $ 26,844      $ 218,149      $ 11,333  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ —        $ 24,526      $ —        $ 11,333  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     —          2,318        —          —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     386,152        —          218,149        —    

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 386,152      $ 26,844      $ 218,149      $ 11,333  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Units Outstanding

     —          706        —          597  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ 34.75      $ —        $ 18.98  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Units Outstanding

     —          69        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ 33.61      $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Units Outstanding

     11,161        —          5,595        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 66.34      $ —        $ 69.89      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 32.93      $ —        $ 36.11      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

           

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

           

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP – Investor
Freedom
Income
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom 2005
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2005
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom 2010
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2010
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom 2015
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2015
Investor Class
 

Assets:

             

Investments at market value

  $ 97,092     $ 8,759     $ 27,935     $ 10,491     $ 78,980     $ 23,672     $ 113,650  

Receivable from FILI

    —         —         —         1       —         1       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    97,092       8,759       27,935       10,492       78,980       23,673       113,650  

Liabilities:

             

Payable to FILI

    —         —         —         1       —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 97,092     $ 8,759     $ 27,935     $ 10,491     $ 78,980     $ 23,673     $ 113,650  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

  $ —       $ 8,759     $ —       $ 10,491     $ —       $ 23,673     $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

    97,092       —         27,935       —         78,980       —         113,650  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 97,092     $ 8,759     $ 27,935     $ 10,491     $ 78,980     $ 23,673     $ 113,650  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Units Outstanding

    —         409       —         433       —         900       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ 21.40     $ —       $ 24.24     $ —       $ 26.30     $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Units Outstanding

    5,115       —         1,257       —         3,142       —         4,165  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ 20.91     $ —       $ 26.82     $ —       $ 30.89     $ —       $ 33.63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ 17.15     $ —       $ 19.84     $ —       $ 22.42     $ —       $ 24.12  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unit Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

             

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

             

Units Outstanding

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Highest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lowest Value

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Freedom 2020
     VIP – Investor
Freedom 2020
Investor Class
     VIP –
Freedom 2025
     VIP – Investor
Freedom 2025
Investor Class
     VIP –
Freedom 2030
     VIP – Investor
Freedom 2030
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                 

Investments at market value

   $ 24,783      $ 230,961      $ 25,612      $ 290,411      $ 26,611      $ 390,824  

Receivable from FILI

     1        —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     24,784        230,961        25,612        290,411        26,611        390,824  

Liabilities:

                 

Payable to FILI

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 24,784      $ 230,961      $ 25,612      $ 290,411      $ 26,611      $ 390,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 24,784      $ —        $ 25,612      $ —        $ 26,611      $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     —          230,961        —          290,411        —          390,824  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 24,784      $ 230,961      $ 25,612      $ 290,411      $ 26,611      $ 390,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                 

Units Outstanding

     891        —          842        —          835        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 27.81      $ —        $ 30.41      $ —        $ 31.85      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          8,072        —          9,299        —          11,894  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ 38.08      $ —        $ 42.29      $ —        $ 46.58  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ 26.27      $ —        $ 28.82      $ —        $ 31.19  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Freedom
Lifetime
Income I
     VIP –
Freedom
Lifetime
Income II
     VIP –
Freedom
Lifetime
Income III
     VIP –
Disciplined
Small Cap
     VIP –
Disciplined
Small Cap
Investor Class
     VIP –
FundsManager
20%
Investor Class
     VIP –
FundsManager
50%
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                    

Investments at market value

   $ 10,411      $ 32,164      $ 33,413      $ 26,526      $ 326,810      $ 909,995      $ 1,969,464  

Receivable from FILI

     —          43        1        1        1        69        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     10,411        32,207        33,414        26,527        326,811        910,064        1,969,464  

Liabilities:

                    

Payable to FILI

     267        —          23        46        —          —          49  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 10,144      $ 32,207      $ 33,391      $ 26,481      $ 326,811      $ 910,064      $ 1,969,415  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 23,415      $ —        $ 42,400      $ 79,341  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     —          —          —          3,066        —          8,616        40,050  

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     —          —          —          —          326,811        847,771        1,723,744  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     10,144        32,207        33,391        —          —          11,277        126,280  

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 10,144      $ 32,207      $ 33,391      $ 26,481      $ 326,811      $ 910,064      $ 1,969,415  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          778        —          2,494        3,467  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 30.08      $ —        $ 17.00      $ 22.88  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage: Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          107        —          520        1,801  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 29.15      $ —        $ 16.47      $ 22.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          8,731        47,657        69,119  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 60.08      $ 19.21      $ 31.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 32.39      $ 16.38      $ 23.90  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                    

Units Outstanding

     497        1,301        1,141        —          —          704        5,867  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 20.94      $ 24.73      $ 29.30      $ —        $ —        $ 16.01      $ 21.56  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Funds
Manager 60%
Investor Class
     VIP –Funds
Manager
70%

Investor
Class
     VIP –
Funds
Manager
85%

Investor
Class
     VIP –
Consumer
Staples
     VIP –
Consumer
Staples
Investor Class
     VIP –
Materials
     VIP –
Materials
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                    

Investments at market value

   $ 2,330,209      $ 1,979,682      $ 687,105      $ 19,391      $ 218,322      $ 18,346      $ 87,337  

Receivable from FILI

     32        40        —          —          —          8        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     2,330,241        1,979,722        687,105        19,391        218,322        18,354        87,337  

Liabilities:

                    

Payable to FILI

     —          —          180        9        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 2,330,241      $ 1,979,722      $ 686,925      $ 19,382      $ 218,322      $ 18,354      $ 87,337  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 38,875      $ 48,655      $ 28,529      $ 16,974      $ —        $ 16,137      $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

     16,735        25,866        12,453        2,408        —          2,217        —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     1,482,339        1,869,011        627,641        —          218,322        —          87,337  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     149,203        36,190        18,302        —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     643,089        —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 2,330,241      $ 1,979,722      $ 686,925      $ 19,382      $ 218,322      $ 18,354      $ 87,337  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                    

Units Outstanding

     1,686        1,853        996        483        —          535        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 23.04      $ 26.25      $ 28.63      $ 35.17      $ —        $ 30.18      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                    

Units Outstanding

     745        1,014        448        71        —          75        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 22.42      $ 25.43      $ 27.74      $ 34.15      $ —        $ 29.30      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                    

Units Outstanding

     57,202        63,316        19,078        —          5,911        —          2,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 36.55      $ 41.05      $ 49.81      $ —        $ 47.18      $ —        $ 65.59  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 24.85      $ 28.62      $ 31.22      $ —        $ 35.64      $ —        $ 30.33  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                    

Units Outstanding

     6,299        1,461        682        —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 23.69      $ 24.79      $ 27.13      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     15,246        —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 32.08      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 21.74      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     11,327        —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 31.45      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 21.27      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Communication
Services
     VIP –
Communication
Services

Investor Class
     VIP –
Emerging
Markets
     VIP –
Emerging
Markets
Investor Class
     VIP – Floating
Rate High Income
     VIP –
Floating
Rate High Income
Investor Class
 

Assets:

                 

Investments at market value

   $ 16,127      $ 124,109      $ 11,895      $ 142,609      $ 8,226      $ 208,166  

Receivable from FILI

     —          —          4        —          2        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     16,127        124,109        11,899        142,609        8,228        208,166  

Liabilities:

                 

Payable to FILI

     5        —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 16,122      $ 124,109      $ 11,899      $ 142,609      $ 8,228      $ 208,166  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 13,913      $ —        $ 11,054      $ —        $ 7,354      $ —    

Fidelity Income Advantage

     2,209        —          845        —          874        —    

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     —          124,109        —          142,609        —          208,166  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 16,122      $ 124,109      $ 11,899      $ 142,609      $ 8,228      $ 208,166  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                 

Units Outstanding

     459        —          753        —          591        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 30.29      $ —        $ 14.68      $ —        $ 12.45      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                 

Units Outstanding

     75        —          59        —          71        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 29.41      $ —        $ 14.28      $ —        $ 12.26      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          3,256        —          7,768        —          15,963  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ 78.76      $ —        $ 41.80      $ —        $ 13.10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ 32.47      $ —        $ 15.67      $ —        $ 12.95  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:
     VIP –
Bond
Index
     VIP –
Total Market
Index
     VIP –
Extended
Market
Index
     VIP –
International
Index
     VIF –Emerging
Markets
Equity
 

Assets:

              

Investments at market value

   $ 416,864      $ 488,617      $ 140,718      $ 240,813      $ 60,643  

Receivable from FILI

     4        3        2        1        12  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     416,868        486,620        140,720        240,814        60,655  

Liabilities:

              

Payable to FILI

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 416,868      $ 488,620      $ 140,720      $ 240,814      $ 60,655  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

              

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 18,005      $ 24,894      $ 4,283      $ 9,379      $ 21,310  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     1,041        1,082        878        496        2,255  

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     397,822        462,644        135,559        230,939        37,090  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 416,868      $ 488,620      $ 140,720      $ 240,814      $ 60,655  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

              

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

              

Units Outstanding

     1,590        1,438        294        770        578  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 11.33      $ 17.32      $ 14.59      $ 12.18      $ 36.85  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

              

Units Outstanding

     92        63        61        41        64  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 11.25      $ 17.19      $ 14.48      $ 12.09      $ 35.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

              

Units Outstanding

     34,340        26,116        9,082        18,537        2,159  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 11.61      $ 17.76      $ 14.96      $ 12.49      $ 31.91  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 11.55      $ 17.66      $ 14.88      $ 12.42      $ 15.68  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

              

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:
     VIF –Emerging
Markets Debt
     VIF –
Global
Strategist –
Class II
     Invesco –V.I.
Global

Core Equity
     Allspring –VT
Discovery
     Allspring –VT
Opportunity
     Lazard –
Retirement
Emerging
Markets
     PVIT –
Commodity
Real Return
 

Assets:

                    

Investments at market value

   $ 94,356      $ 28,012      $ 26,959      $ 38,687      $ 25,793      $ 70,886      $ 39,781  

Receivable from FILI

     4        —          7        18        9        2        1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     94,360        28,012        26,966        38,705        25,802        70,888        39,782  

Liabilities:

                    

Payable to FILI

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 94,360      $ 28,012      $ 26,966      $ 38,705      $ 25,802      $ 70,888      $ 39,782  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 10,154      $ 6,633      $ 8,489      $ 34,488      $ 23,286      $ 8,255      $ 80  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     1,146        1,978        1,564        4,217        2,516        449        619  

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     83,060        19,401        16,913        —          —          62,184        39,083  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 94,360      $ 28,012      $ 26,966      $ 38,705      $ 25,802      $ 70,888      $ 39,782  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                    

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                    

Units Outstanding

     267        279        284        374        278        491        11  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 37.98      $ 23.75      $ 29.89      $ 92.24      $ 83.83      $ 16.81      $ 7.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                    

Units Outstanding

     31        87        55        48        31        27        85  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 36.29      $ 22.69      $ 28.56      $ 88.12      $ 80.09      $ 16.29      $ 7.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                    

Units Outstanding

     4,728        932        761        —          —          3,983        4,941  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 23.99      $ 31.51      $ 31.77      $ —        $ —        $ 28.90      $ 7.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 15.29      $ 18.51      $ 19.81      $ —        $ —        $ 13.56      $ 7.85  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                    

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands, except per unit data)    Subaccounts Investing In:
     PVIT –
Low Duration
     PVIT –
Real Return
     PVIT –
Total Return
     Blackrock –
Global

Allocation V.I.
     FTVIP –
Templeton
Global
Bond
     FTVIP –
Franklin
U.S. Gov’t
Securities
 

Assets:

                 

Investments at market value

   $ 371,021      $ 243,173      $ 515,200      $ 192,030      $ 54,713      $ 80,276  

Receivable from FILI

     4        4        —          3        1        2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     371,025        243,177        515,200        192,033        54,714        80,278  

Liabilities:

                 

Payable to FILI

     —          —          4        —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 371,025      $ 243,177      $ 515,196      $ 192,033      $ 54,714      $ 80,278  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves

   $ 31,205      $ 11,996      $ 26,520      $ 4,866      $ 1,801      $ 5,839  

Fidelity Income Advantage

     540        1,088        914        642        260        305  

Fidelity Personal Retirement

     339,280        230,093        487,762        186,525        52,653        74,134  

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 371,025      $ 243,177      $ 515,196      $ 192,033      $ 54,714      $ 80,278  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding and Unit Value:

                 

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                 

Units Outstanding

     2,719        788        1,839        269        185        557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 11.48      $ 15.22      $ 14.42      $ 18.09      $ 9.71      $ 10.48  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                 

Units Outstanding

     48        73        65        36        27        29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ 11.19      $ 14.85      $ 14.07      $ 17.74      $ 9.52      $ 10.28  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                 

Units Outstanding

     28,160        14,825        32,690        9,701        5,097        6,658  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ 12.28      $ 16.29      $ 15.44      $ 19.38      $ 10.40      $ 11.22  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ 11.80      $ 14.93      $ 14.34      $ 19.10      $ 10.25      $ 11.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unit Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Single Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income (Joint Annuitant):

                 

Units Outstanding

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Highest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lowest Value

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
          VIP –                          
    VIP –     Government                          
    Government     Money Market           VIP –           VIP –  
    Money     Investor     VIP –     High Income     VIP –     Equity-Income  
    Market     Class     High Income     Investor Class     Equity-Income     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 23     $ 172     $ 3,759     $ 20,133     $ 7,749     $ 8,545  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    1,667       —         424       —         2,741       —    

Administrative and other charges

    111       —         28       —         183       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,778       —         452       —         2,924       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    75       —         112       —         341       —    

Administrative and other charges

    25       —         37       —         113       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    100       —         149       —         454       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         2,183       —         461       —         570  

Administrative and other charges

    —         856       —         190       —         226  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         3,039       —         651       —         796  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         98       —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         27       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         125       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,878       3,164       601       651       3,378       796  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (1,855     (2,992     3,158       19,482       4,371       7,749  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    —         —         (1,641     504       2,520       7,465  

Realized gain distributions

    —         —         —         —         45,224       51,309  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    —         —         (1,641     504       47,744       58,774  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    —         —         955       (3,787     33,750       28,184  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ (1,855   $ (2,992   $ 2,472     $ 16,199     $ 85,865     $ 94,707  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
                      VIP –           VIP –  
                      Overseas,     VIP –     Investment  
          VIP – Growth     VIP –     Investor     Investment     Grade Bond  
    VIP – Growth     Investor Class     Overseas     Class     Grade Bond     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ —       $ —       $ 439     $ 1,190     $ 3,499     $ 18,469  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    5,068       —         584       —         1,103       —    

Administrative and other charges

    338       —         39       —         74       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    5,406       —         623       —         1,177       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    416       —         51       —         222       —    

Administrative and other charges

    139       —         17       —         74       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    555       —         68       —         296       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         935       —         312       —         1,193  

Administrative and other charges

    —         386       —         124       —         461  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         1,321       —         436       —         1,654  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    5,961       1,321       691       436       1,473       1,654  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (5,961     (1,321     (252     754       2,026       16,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    34,291       37,977       1,242       9,272       854       8,455  

Realized gain distributions

    150,752       161,126       6,268       18,586       4,732       25,174  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    185,043       199,103       7,510       27,858       5,586       33,629  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (34,368     (42,298     7,142       14,461       (10,411     (59,452
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 144,714     $ 155,484     $ 14,400     $ 43,073     $ (2,799   $ (9,008
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
                            VIP –              
                      VIP –     Asset              
          VIP –           Asset     Manager:           VIP –  
    VIP –     Asset Manager     VIP –     Manager:     Growth     VIP –     Contrafund  
    Asset Manager     Investor Class     Index 500     Growth     Investor Class     Contrafund     Investor Class  

Income:

             

Dividends

  $ 3,379     $ 3,928     $ 55,369     $ 1,037     $ 1,861     $ 744     $ 1,033  

Expenses:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    1,408       —         4,488       471       —         8,196       —    

Administrative and other charges

    94       —         299       31       —         546       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,502       —         4,787       502       —         8,742       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    197       —         490       88       —         794       —    

Administrative and other charges

    65       —         163       30       —         264       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    262       —         653       118       —         1,058       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         354       4,318       —         198       —         2,642  

Administrative and other charges

    —         124       1,812       —         65       —         1,029  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         478       6,130       —         263       —         3,671  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,764       478       11,570       620       263       9,800       3,671  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    1,615       3,450       43,799       417       1,598       (9,056     (2,638
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

             

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    1,781       3,314       208,768       1,826       4,129       43,960       84,410  

Realized gain distributions

    1,155       1,411       29,924       1,043       1,891       149,613       261,977  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    2,936       4,725       238,692       2,869       6,020       193,573       346,387  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    13,828       14,322       772,808       5,724       8,968       98,482       154,771  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 18,379     $ 22,497     $ 1,055,299     $ 9,010     $ 16,586     $ 282,999     $ 498,520  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
                      VIP –              
                VIP –     Dynamic           VIP –  
          VIP –     Dynamic     Capital     VIP –     Growth &  
    VIP –     Balanced     Capital     Appreciation     Growth &     Income  
    Balanced     Investor Class     Appreciation     Investor Class     Income     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 1,947     $ 33,831     $ 108     $ 567     $ 3,050     $ 5,846  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    1,268       —         166       —         815       —    

Administrative and other charges

    85       —         11       —         54       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,353       —         177       —         869       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    298       —         31       —         142       —    

Administrative and other charges

    99       —         11       —         47       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    397       —         42       —         189       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         4,114       —         202       —         305  

Administrative and other charges

    —         1,420       —         84       —         118  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         5,534       —         286       —         423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         9,270       —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         2,486       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         11,756       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,750       17,290       219       286       1,058       423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    197       16,541       (111     281       1,992       5,423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    6,000       92,992       1,229       7,960       4,079       6,136  

Realized gain distributions

    15,013       275,169       2,331       14,811       5,705       10,558  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    21,013       368,161       3,560       22,771       9,784       16,694  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    11,637       228,876       2,073       12,921       15,726       28,155  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 32,847     $ 613,578     $ 5,522     $ 35,973     $ 27,502     $ 50,272  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
          VIP –                          
    VIP –     Growth           VIP –           VIP – Value  
    Growth     Opportunities     VIP –     Mid Cap     VIP – Value     Strategies  
    Opportunities     Investor Class     Mid Cap     Investor Class     Strategies     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ —       $ —       $ 1,864     $ 3,348     $ 795     $ 3,222  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    1,807       —         1,982       —         325       —    

Administrative and other charges

    120       —         132       —         22       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,927       —         2,114       —         347       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    252       —         346       —         72       —    

Administrative and other charges

    84       —         116       —         24       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    336       —         462       —         96       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         1,485       —         751       —         247  

Administrative and other charges

    —         640       —         307       —         105  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         2,125       —         1,058       —         352  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    2,263       2,125       2,576       1,058       443       352  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (2,263     (2,125     (712     2,290       352       2,870  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    36,974       137,100       8,382       16,215       3,197       15,879  

Realized gain distributions

    24,495       114,832       48,326       99,101       4,359       18,968  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    61,469       251,932       56,708       115,316       7,556       34,847  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (31,572     (121,213     10,543       16,173       5,087       10,086  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 27,634     $ 128,594     $ 66,539     $ 133,779     $ 12,995     $ 47,803  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
                      VIP –              
          VIP – Utilities     VIP –     Technology           VIP – Energy  
    VIP – Utilities     Investor Class     Technology     Investor Class     VIP – Energy     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 443     $ 2,571     $ —       $ —       $ 900     $ 3,238  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    161       —         1,685       —         187       —    

Administrative and other charges

    11       —         112       —         12       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    172       —         1,797       —         199       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    18       —         194       —         20       —    

Administrative and other charges

    6       —         64       —         6       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    24       —         258       —         26       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         182       —         1,521       —         148  

Administrative and other charges

    —         71       —         663       —         61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         253       —         2,184       —         209  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    196       253       2,055       2,184       225       209  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    247       2,318       (2,055     (2,184     675       3,029  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    345       2,794       26,597       123,425       438       10,704  

Realized gain distributions

    —         —         26,733       143,622       —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    345       2,794       53,330       267,047       438       10,704  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    3,115       17,474       7,649       58,291       6,905       25,021  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 3,707     $ 22,586     $ 58,924     $ 323,154     $ 8,018     $ 38,754  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
                      VIP –              
          VIP –     VIP –     Financial           VIP –  
    VIP –     Health Care     Financial     Services     VIP –     Industrials  
    Health Care     Investor Class     Services     Investor Class     Industrials     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 131     $ 664     $ 509     $ 3,421     $ —       $ —    

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    982       —         187       —         176       —    

Administrative and other charges

    65       —         12       —         12       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,047       —         199       —         188       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    121       —         24       —         29       —    

Administrative and other charges

    40       —         8       —         10       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    161       —         32       —         39       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         1,070       —         217       —         143  

Administrative and other charges

    —         442       —         97       —         62  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         1,512       —         314       —         205  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,208       1,512       231       314       227       205  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (1,077     (848     278       3,107       (227     (205
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    6,975       35,047       1,123       10,981       450       3,236  

Realized gain distributions

    10,094       59,418       522       3,485       3,929       17,703  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    17,069       94,465       1,645       14,466       4,379       20,939  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (973     651       4,066       24,715       (66     (1,239
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 15,019     $ 94,268     $ 5,989     $ 42,288     $ 4,086     $ 19,495  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
          VIP –                       VIP –  
    VIP –     Consumer           VIP –     VIP –     Strategic  
    Consumer     Discretionary     VIP –     Real Estate     Strategic     Income  
    Discretionary     Investor Class     Real Estate     Investor Class     Income     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ —       $ —       $ 341     $ 2,060     $ 1,462     $ 23,849  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    186       —         199       —         368       —    

Administrative and other charges

    12       —         13       —         24       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    198       —         212       —         392       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    29       —         22       —         54       —    

Administrative and other charges

    10       —         8       —         18       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    39       —         30       —         72       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         291       —         221       —         1,137  

Administrative and other charges

    —         126       —         89       —         451  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         417       —         310       —         1,588  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    237       417       242       310       464       1,588  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (237     (417     99       1,750       998       22,261  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    3,396       22,002       (109     2,919       194       2,963  

Realized gain distributions

    1,222       10,023       178       1,148       870       14,334  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    4,618       32,025       69       4,067       1,064       17,297  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    302       9,857       9,180       51,028       (481     (8,410
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 4,683     $ 41,465     $ 9,348     $ 56,845     $ 1,581     $ 31,148  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –
International
Capital
Appreciation
    VIP –
International
Capital
Appreciation,
Investor Class
    VIP – Value     VIP – Value
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom
Income
    VIP – Investor
Freedom Income
Investor Class
 

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ —       $ —       $ 419     $ 3,196     $ 116     $ 963  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    160       —         169       —         88       —    

Administrative and other charges

    11       —         11       —         6       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    171       —         180       —         94       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    19       —         16       —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    6       —         6       —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    25       —         22       —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         425       —         230       —         134  

Administrative and other charges

    —         185       —         96       —         48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         610       —         326       —         182  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    196       610       202       326       94       182  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (196     (610     217       2,870       22       781  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    2,159       20,532       1,118       9,377       283       1,710  

Realized gain distributions

    1,404       21,946       2,769       22,535       248       2,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    3,563       42,478       3,887       31,912       531       4,234  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (863     (215     1,597       8,678       (269     (2,121
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 2,504     $ 41,653     $ 5,701     $ 43,460     $ 284     $ 2,894  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
          VIP – Investor           VIP – Investor           VIP – Investor  
    VIP –     Freedom 2005     VIP –     Freedom 2010     VIP –     Freedom 2015  
    Freedom 2005     Investor Class     Freedom 2010     Investor Class     Freedom 2015     Investor Class  

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 95     $ 298     $ 110     $ 794     $ 258     $ 1,171  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    67       —         79       —         178       —    

Administrative and other charges

    4       —         5       —         12       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    71       —         84       —         190       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         50       —         133       —         192  

Administrative and other charges

    —         16       —         38       —         56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         66       —         171       —         248  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    71       66       84       171       190       248  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    24       232       26       623       68       923  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    86       1,209       183       1,367       368       2,740  

Realized gain distributions

    230       961       369       2,332       974       4,577  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    316       2,170       552       3,699       1,342       7,317  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (53     (1,129     (67     (287     151       (336
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 287     $ 1,273     $ 511     $ 4,035     $ 1,561     $ 7,904  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –
Freedom 2020
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2020
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom 2025
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2025
Investor Class
    VIP –
Freedom 2030
    VIP – Investor
Freedom 2030
Investor Class
 

Income:

           

Dividends

  $ 268     $ 2,390     $ 269     $ 3,069     $ 281     $ 3,961  

Expenses:

           

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    201       —         187       —         190       —    

Administrative and other charges

    13       —         12       —         13       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    214       —         199       —         203       —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         355       —         453       —         576  

Administrative and other charges

    —         111       —         143       —         177  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         466       —         596       —         753  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

           

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    214       466       199       596       203       753  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    54       1,924       70       2,473       78       3,208  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

           

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    998       6,021       467       10,678       586       9,682  

Realized gain distributions

    1,406       10,320       856       11,427       1,048       14,170  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    2,404       16,341       1,323       22,105       1,634       23,852  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (208     1,370       910       3,557       987       12,208  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 2,250     $ 19,635     $ 2,303     $ 28,135     $ 2,699     $ 39,268  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
    VIP –     VIP –     VIP –           VIP –     VIP –     VIP –  
    Freedom     Freedom     Freedom     VIP –     Disciplined     FundsManager     FundsManager  
    Lifetime     Lifetime     Lifetime     Disciplined     Small Cap     20%     50%  
    Income I     Income II     Income III     Small Cap     Investor Class     Investor Class     Investor Class  

Income:

             

Dividends

  $ 107     $ 335     $ 351     $ 106     $ 1,021     $ 9,232     $ 21,579  

Expenses:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         187       —         322       584  

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         13       —         21       39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         200       —         343       623  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         26       —         68       306  

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         9       —         22       102  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         35       —         90       408  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         376       1,240       2,513  

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         158       407       813  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         534       1,647       3,326  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    53       163       168       —         —         58       634  

Administrative and other charges

    11       33       33       —         —         11       127  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    64       196       201       —         —         69       761  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    64       196       201       235       534       2,149       5,118  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    43       139       150       (129     487       7,083       16,461  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

             

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

    102       536       633       2,265       15,775       7,335       30,288  

Realized gain distributions

    321       1,325       1,475       461       5,637       2,031       30,518  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    423       1,861       2,108       2,726       21,412       9,366       60,806  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (189     (209     644       1,692       27,422       12,753       94,755  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 277     $ 1,791     $ 2,902     $ 4,289     $ 49,321     $ 29,202     $ 172,022  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –      VIP –      VIP –             VIP –               
     FundsManager      FundsManager      FundsManager      VIP –      Consumer            VIP –  
     60%      70%      85%      Consumer      Staples      VIP –     Materials  
     Investor Class      Investor Class      Investor Class      Staples      Investor Class      Materials     Investor Class  

Income:

                   

Dividends

   $ 25,045      $ 19,324      $ 6,210      $ 351      $ 3,796      $ 124     $ 512  

Expenses:

                   

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

                   

Mortality and expense risk charges

     277        353        209        121        —          107       —    

Administrative and other charges

     18        24        14        8        —          7       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     295        377        223        129        —          114       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

                   

Mortality and expense risk charges

     127        195        92        18        —          13       —    

Administrative and other charges

     42        65        31        6        —          4       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     169        260        123        24        —          17       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

                   

Mortality and expense risk charges

     2,102        2,587        859        —          271        —         99  

Administrative and other charges

     694        859        286        —          105        —         41  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     2,796        3,446        1,145        —          376        —         140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

                   

Mortality and expense risk charges

     739        176        89        —          —          —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     148        35        18        —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     887        211        107        —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

                   

Mortality and expense risk charges

     6,242        —          —          —          —          —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     1,618        —          —          —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     7,860        —          —          —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     12,007        4,294        1,598        153        376        131       140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     13,038        15,030        4,612        198        3,420        (7     372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

                   

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

     40,320        30,278        14,031        304        5,093        1,010       7,054  

Realized gain distributions

     36,156        23,846        15,209        856        9,625        —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     76,476        54,124        29,240        1,160        14,718        1,010       7,054  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     155,598        169,716        65,442        949        9,253        2,428       9,618  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 245,112      $ 238,870      $ 99,294      $ 2,307      $ 27,391      $ 3,431     $ 17,044  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP –
Communication
Services
    VIP –
Communication
Services
Investor Class
    VIP –
Emerging
Markets
    VIP –
Emerging
Markets
Investor Class
    VIP – Floating
Rate High
Income
     VIP –Floating
Rate High
Income Investor
Class
 

Income:

             

Dividends

   $ —       $ —       $ 280     $ 3,091     $ 195      $ 5,006  

Expenses:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     100       —         110       —         49        —    

Administrative and other charges

     7       —         7       —         3        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     107       —         117       —         52        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     19       —         8       —         7        —    

Administrative and other charges

     6       —         2       —         2        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     25       —         10       —         9        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         154       —         191       —          192  

Administrative and other charges

     —         65       —         78       —          88  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         219       —         269       —          280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —         —         —         —          —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —         —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —         —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —         —         —         —          —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —         —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —         —         —         —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     132       219       127       269       61        280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (132     (219     153       2,822       134        4,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

             

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

     1,497       14,786       1,244       7,727       4        515  

Realized gain distributions

     634       4,883       1,568       16,591       —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     2,131       19,669       2,812       24,318       4        515  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (322     (5,063     (3,416     (33,149     171        2,757  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 1,677     $ 14,387     $ (451   $ (6,009   $ 309      $ 7,998  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                  VIP –                      
     VIP –     VIP –      Extended     VIP –      VIF –      VIF –  
     Bond     Total Market      Market     International      Emerging      Emerging  
     Index     Index      Index     Index      Markets Equity      Markets Debt  

Income:

               

Dividends

   $ 4,043     $ 4,478      $ 1,664     $ 5,915      $ 567      $ 5,046  

Expenses:

               

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

               

Mortality and expense risk charges

     153       149        35       68        176        82  

Administrative and other charges

     10       10        2       5        12        5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     163       159        37       73        188        87  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

               

Mortality and expense risk charges

     8       8        7       4        19        9  

Administrative and other charges

     3       3        2       1        6        3  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     11       11        9       5        25        12  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

               

Mortality and expense risk charges

     484       421        133       236        49        103  

Administrative and other charges

     200       180        60       99        21        44  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     684       601        193       335        70        147  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

               

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —          —         —          —          —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —          —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —          —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

               

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —          —         —          —          —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —          —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —          —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     858       771        239       413        283        246  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     3,185       3,707        1,425       5,502        284        4,800  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

               

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

     4,349       20,178        11,176       4,842        7        (702

Realized gain distributions

     —         2,722        7,196       675        —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     4,349       22,900        18,372       5,517        7        (702

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (17,433     56,026        (1,499     1,247        1,456        (6,425
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (9,899   $ 82,633      $ 18,298     $ 12,266      $ 1,747      $ (2,327
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIF –                        Lazard –        
     Global      Invesco V.I. –                 Retirement     PVIT –  
     Strategist –      Global     Allspring –     Allspring –     Emerging     Commodity  
     Class II      Core Equity     VT Discovery     VT Opportunity     Markets     Real Return  

Income:

             

Dividends

   $ 534      $ 252     $ —       $ 10     $ 1,603     $ 1,374  

Expenses:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     53        63       285       165       66       1  

Administrative and other charges

     3        4       19       11       4       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     56        67       304       176       70       1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     16        12       36       18       4       3  

Administrative and other charges

     5        4       12       6       1       1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     21        16       48       24       5       4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     25        21       —         —         79       35  

Administrative and other charges

     10        7       —         —         33       15  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     35        28       —         —         112       50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —          —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     —          —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —          —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —          —         —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     —          —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —          —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     112        111       352       200       187       55  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     422        141       (352     (190     1,416       1,319  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

             

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

     141        1,097       1,213       512       (917     2,230  

Realized gain distributions

     975        4,211       3,139       1,221       —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,116        5,308       4,352       1,733       (917     2,230  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     631        (1,887     (6,481     3,603       3,555       2,642  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 2,169      $ 3,562     $ (2,481   $ 5,146     $ 4,054     $ 6,191  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Operations - continued

For the year ended December 31, 2021

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                                    FTVIP –  
                        Blackrock –     FTVIP –     Franklin  
     PVIT –     PVIT –      PVIT –     Global     Templeton     U.S. Gov’t  
     Low Duration     Real Return      Total Return     Allocation V.I.     Global Bond     Securities  

Income:

             

Dividends

   $ 2,145     $ 10,854      $ 9,773     $ 1,502     $ —       $ 2,145  

Expenses:

             

Fidelity Retirement Reserves:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     263       76        207       38       16       52  

Administrative and other charges

     18       5        14       2       1       4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     281       81        221       40       17       56  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Income Advantage:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     4       8        7       5       2       2  

Administrative and other charges

     2       3        3       2       1       1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     6       11        10       7       3       3  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     478       249        683       250       70       108  

Administrative and other charges

     190       104        254       95       28       42  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     668       353        937       345       98       150  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —          —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —          —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —          —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income:

             

Mortality and expense risk charges

     —         —          —         —         —         —    

Administrative and other charges

     —         —          —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     —         —          —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     955       445        1,168       392       118       209  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     1,190       10,409        8,605       1,110       (118     1,936  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:

             

Realized gain (loss) on sale of fund shares

     (278     447        (86     3,915       (2,568     (398

Realized gain distributions

     —         —          22,709       26,748       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (278     447        22,623       30,663       (2,568     (398

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (5,495     421        (39,806     (19,865     (466     (3,466
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (4,583   $ 11,277      $ (8,578   $ 11,908     $ (3,152   $ (1,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Government                          
     VIP – Government     Money Market                 VIP – High Income  
     Money Market     Investor Class     VIP –High Income     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,855   $ (1,463   $ (2,992   $ 1,864     $ 3,158     $ 2,928     $ 19,482     $ 17,503  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     —         —         —         —         (1,641     (8,055     504       (3,350

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     —         —         —         —         955       5,900       (3,787     (7,208
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     (1,855     (1,463     (2,992     1,864       2,472       773       16,199       6,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     2,688       6,654       1,577,819       942,558       147       158       6,215       3,423  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (9,721     76,867       (1,264,050     (198,978     (4     (5,375     (8,164     (29,999

Contract benefits

     (5,558     (6,653     (127,468     (133,377     (2,278     (2,183     (241     (107

Contract terminations

     (35,496     (43,392     (257,336     (493,707     (1,738     (1,763     (7,605     (9,324

Contract maintenance charges

     (51     (62     —         —         (8     (9     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     37       (99     —         2       (84     (346     (3     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (48,101     33,315       (71,035     116,498       (3,965     (9,518     (9,798     (36,008
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (49,956     31,852       (74,027     118,362       (1,493     (8,745     6,401       (29,063

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     265,511       233,659       1,813,259       1,694,897       71,886       80,631       370,663       399,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 215,555     $ 265,511     $ 1,739,232     $ 1,813,259     $ 70,393     $ 71,886     $ 377,064     $ 370,663  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Equity-
Income
                VIP – Growth  
     VIP – Equity-Income     Investor Class     VIP – Growth     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 4,371     $ 3,282     $ 7,749     $ 5,066     $ (5,961   $ (4,234   $ (1,321   $ (646

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     47,744       11,097       58,774       12,266       185,043       74,912       199,103       71,595  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     33,750       2,784       28,184       824       (34,368     137,222       (42,298     129,990  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     85,865       17,163       94,707       18,156       144,714       207,900       155,484       200,939  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     347       313       7,447       3,255       1,079       992       13,818       8,101  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (3,457     (15,513     47,365       (7,351     (21,601     (22,355     42,026       21,226  

Contract benefits

     (9,747     (8,928     (242     (223     (14,964     (9,888     (139     (124

Contract terminations

     (11,464     (11,699     (8,012     (7,563     (22,740     (14,535     (14,244     (12,577

Contract maintenance charges

     (48     (46     —         —         (89     (82     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (889     (1,964     (4     7       (688     (1,334     4       (18
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (25,258     (37,837     46,554       (11,875     (59,003     (47,202     41,465       16,608  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     60,607       (20,674     141,261       6,281       85,711       160,698       196,949       217,547  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     369,212       389,886       362,054       355,773       679,861       519,163       674,257       456,710  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 429,819     $ 369,212     $ 503,315     $ 362,054     $ 765,572     $ 679,861     $ 871,206     $ 674,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Overseas,  
     VIP – Overseas     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (252   $ (279   $ 754     $ 349  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     7,510       (306     27,858       1,474  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,142       10,592       14,461       25,430  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     14,400       10,007       43,073       27,253  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

        

Payments received from contract owners

     153       97       3,565       1,286  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (2,908     (4,411     (2,151     (18,213

Contract benefits

     (1,650     (1,395     (252     (12

Contract terminations

     (2,924     (2,075     (4,223     (4,452

Contract maintenance charges

     (11     (11     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (40     (307     (3     (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (7,380     (8,102     (3,064     (21,395
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     7,020       1,905       40,009       5,858  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     80,458       78,553       225,658       219,800  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 87,478     $ 80,458     $ 265,667     $ 225,658  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP –                          
     VIP –     Investment Grade Bond                 VIP – Asset Manager  
     Investment Grade Bond     Investor Class     VIP – Asset Manager     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 2,026     $ 2,547     $ 16,815     $ 18,890     $ 1,615     $ 1,278     $ 3,450     $ 2,568  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     5,586       687       33,629       6,534       2,936       1,302       4,725       3,008  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (10,411     11,214       (59,452     47,753       13,828       22,985       14,322       22,140  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     (2,799     14,448       (9,008     73,177       18,379       25,565       22,497       27,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     487       383       14,018       30,360       541       453       6,296       2,718  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (8,792     20,101       (59,102     149,141       (576     (3,964     6,990       77  

Contract benefits

     (5,312     (6,070     (1,018     (613     (6,732     (5,628     (47     (88

Contract terminations

     (8,117     (6,516     (35,778     (34,492     (8,708     (6,682     (5,023     (6,498

Contract maintenance charges

     (21     (23     —         —         (27     (28     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (292     (631     (1     3       (550     (671     (3     1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (22,047     7,244       (81,881     144,399       (16,052     (16,520     8,213       (3,790
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (24,846     21,692       (90,889     217,576       2,327       9,045       30,710       23,926  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     191,178       169,486       985,291       767,715       209,493       200,448       226,257       202,331  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 166,332     $ 191,178     $ 894,402     $ 985,291     $ 211,820     $ 209,493     $ 256,967     $ 226,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Table of Contents

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                             VIP –  
                 VIP –     Asset Manager: Growth  
     VIP – Index 500     Asset Manager: Growth     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 43,799     $ 46,741     $ 417     $ 173     $ 1,598     $ 912  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     238,692       218,758       2,869       1,847       6,020       2,118  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     772,808       267,442       5,724       7,809       8,968       13,826  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,055,299       532,941       9,010       9,829       16,586       16,856  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

            

Payments received from contract owners

     88,441       37,287       159       222       2,960       876  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     285,503       (139,095     (1,101     (1,714     4,178       (5,432

Contract benefits

     (16,181     (12,912     (2,300     (1,483     —         —    

Contract terminations

     (99,127     (93,237     (1,299     (2,723     (3,783     (2,360

Contract maintenance charges

     (81     (77     (11     (11     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     216       (711     (21     (308     1       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     258,771       (208,745     (4,573     (6,017     3,356       (6,916
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     1,314,070       324,196       4,437       3,812       19,942       9,940  

Net Assets:

            

Beginning of period

     3,630,663       3,306,467       70,900       67,088       121,466       111,526  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 4,944,733     $ 3,630,663     $ 75,337     $ 70,900     $ 141,408     $ 121,466  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Contrafund                 VIP – Balanced  
     VIP – Contrafund     Investor Class     VIP – Balanced     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (9,056   $ (5,614   $ (2,638   $ (197   $ 197     $ 1,016     $ 16,541     $ 26,721  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     193,573       37,834       346,387       64,517       21,013       6,198       368,161       103,213  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     98,482       224,387       154,771       368,361       11,637       26,232       228,876       466,314  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     282,999       256,607       498,520       432,681       32,847       33,446       613,578       596,248  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     1,751       1,630       22,551       16,658       979       800       87,595       52,509  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (19,700     (50,991     (13,139     (69,290     7,497       (890     155,654       (25,549

Contract benefits

     (22,419     (21,136     (1,733     (258     (6,142     (5,983     (4,567     (2,856

Contract terminations

     (37,284     (28,067     (39,470     (32,194     (5,876     (4,559     (130,232     (121,258

Contract maintenance charges

     (149     (147     —         —         (19     (18     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (1,429     (754     3       (10     (287     (566     11       (48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (79,230     (99,465     (31,788     (85,094     (3,848     (11,216     108,461       (97,202
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     203,769       157,142       466,732       347,587       28,999       22,230       722,039       499,046  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     1,096,430       939,288       1,851,077       1,503,490       192,127       169,897       3,419,574       2,920,528  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,300,199     $ 1,096,430     $ 2,317,809     $ 1,851,077     $ 221,126     $ 192,127     $ 4,141,613     $ 3,419,574  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Dynamic Capital                          
     VIP – Dynamic Capital     Appreciation                 VIP – Growth & Income  
     Appreciation     Investor Class     VIP – Growth & Income     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (111   $ (126   $ 281     $ (19   $ 1,992     $ 1,301     $ 5,423     $ 3,193  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     3,560       379       22,771       3,416       9,784       7,382       16,694       8,819  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     2,073       5,443       12,921       31,573       15,726       (2,554     28,155       (2,150

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     5,522       5,696       35,973       34,970       27,502       6,129       50,272       9,862  

Contract Transactions:

                
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Payments received from contract owners

     67       93       2,208       1,151       189       106       4,222       1,396  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (303     (1,573     4,680       (2,488     (656     (5,391     29,760       (20,173

Contract benefits

     (1,058     (567     (13     —         (4,134     (3,141     (122     (11

Contract terminations

     (604     (412     (2,548     (2,257     (2,841     (2,957     (5,292     (4,247

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (2     —         —         (19     (19     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     20       (49     (1     (2     (700     (291     (5     (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,881     (2,510     4,326       (3,596     (8,161     (11,693     28,563       (23,040
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     3,641       3,186       40,299       31,374       19,341       (5,564     78,835       (13,178

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     23,928       20,742       146,488       115,114       113,765       119,329       190,471       203,649  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 27,569     $ 23,928     $ 186,787     $ 146,488     $ 133,106     $ 113,765     $ 269,306     $ 190,471  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP –                          
     VIP –     Growth Opportunities                 VIP – Mid Cap  
     Growth Opportunities     Investor Class     VIP – Mid Cap     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (2,263   $ (1,560   $ (2,125   $ (1,315   $ (712   $ (439   $ 2,290     $ 1,749  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     61,469       32,305       251,932       105,482       56,708       (3,138     115,316       (8,063

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (31,572     71,969       (121,213     324,099       10,543       41,036       16,173       79,123  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     27,634       102,714       128,594       428,266       66,539       37,459       133,779       72,809  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     1,505       676       34,051       23,111       567       324       6,527       2,539  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (32,555     3,735       (40,294     121,916       (7,696     (20,405     2,362       (55,249

Contract benefits

     (6,220     (5,579     (184     (96     (8,409     (6,670     (711     (256

Contract terminations

     (5,424     (4,577     (18,093     (18,530     (8,895     (8,000     (10,370     (8,399

Contract maintenance charges

     (34     (27     —         —         (38     (35     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     23       (492     7       (23     (476     (476     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (42,705     (6,264     (24,513     126,378       (24,947     (35,262     (2,192     (61,365
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (15,071     96,450       104,081       554,644       41,592       2,197       131,587       11,444  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     262,165       165,715       1,154,274       599,630       280,720       278,523       526,491       515,047  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 247,094     $ 262,165     $ 1,258,355     $ 1,154,274     $ 322,312     $ 280,720     $ 658,078     $ 526,491  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP –                          
     VIP –     Value Strategies                 VIP – Utilities  
     Value Strategies     Investor Class     VIP – Utilities     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 352     $ 147     $ 2,870     $ 870     $ 247     $ 447     $ 2,318     $ 3,337  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     7,556       888       34,847       1,416       345       419       2,794       4,826  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     5,087       830       10,086       2,951       3,115       (2,840     17,474       (16,953
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     12,995       1,865       47,803       5,237       3,707       (1,974     22,586       (8,790
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     60       64       4,148       411       76       70       1,470       3,288  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     8,082       3,461       71,057       34,639       (1,875     (8,800     (5,034     (49,447

Contract benefits

     (1,463     (908     (148     (8     (613     (744     (34     (138

Contract terminations

     (1,365     (809     (2,611     (993     (314     (960     (3,104     (4,381

Contract maintenance charges

     (7     (4     —         —         (3     (4     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (55     (122     (3     4       16       (75     1       (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     5,252       1,682       72,443       34,053       (2,713     (10,513     (6,701     (50,682
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     18,247       3,547       120,246       39,290       994       (12,487     15,885       (59,472

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     36,927       33,380       116,259       76,969       24,771       37,258       138,543       198,015  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 55,174     $ 36,927     $ 236,505     $ 116,259     $ 25,765     $ 24,771     $ 154,428     $ 138,543  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
                 VIP – Technology                 VIP – Energy  
     VIP – Technology     Investor Class     VIP – Energy     Investor Class  
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (2,055   $ (1,421   $ (2,184   $ (994   $ 675     $ 285     $ 3,029     $ 1,484  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     53,330       25,134       267,047       108,374       438       (4,446     10,704       151  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,649       72,895       58,291       373,245       6,905       (4,435     25,021       (23,105
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     58,924       96,608       323,154       480,625       8,018       (8,596     38,754       (21,470
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     881       752       21,793       18,589       89       28       2,273       688  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (6,693     7,519       (23,326     107,172       6,235       (486     44,728       15,444  

Contract benefits

     (4,571     (3,297     (412     (1,106     (543     (1,263     (78     (54

Contract terminations

     (6,281     (5,378     (20,339     (23,022     (727     (673     (3,012     (1,070

Contract maintenance charges

     (35     (29     —         —         (7     (6     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (405     49       15       (2     (47     (48     6       (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (17,104     (384     (22,269     101,631       5,000       (2,448     43,917       15,002  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     41,820       96,224       300,885       582,256       13,018       (11,044     82,671       (6,468

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     248,510       152,286       1,254,095       671,839       14,829       25,873       66,258       72,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 290,330     $ 248,510     $ 1,554,980     $ 1,254,095     $ 27,847     $ 14,829     $ 148,929     $ 66,258  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Health Care     VIP – Health Care
Investor Class
    VIP –
Financial Services
    VIP –
Financial Services
Investor Class
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,077   $ (369   $ (848   $ 2,361     $ 278     $ 237     $ 3,107     $ 1,982  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     17,069       11,259       94,465       57,712       1,645       460       14,466       5,750  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (973     14,003       651       83,697       4,066       (1,638     24,715       (12,045
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     15,019       24,893       94,268       143,770       5,989       (941     42,288       (4,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     427       261       10,499       10,460       76       18       3,053       921  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (7,505     (2,507     (37,793     23,312       9,554       (2,572     70,417       (9,912

Contract benefits

     (4,867     (3,353     (116     (168     (628     (369     (13     —    

Contract terminations

     (4,633     (3,187     (13,157     (13,746     (343     (580     (2,570     (2,412

Contract maintenance charges

     (20     (21     —         —         (6     (3     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (20     (453     6       (2     5       (37     1       (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (16,618     (9,260     (40,561     19,856       8,658       (3,543     70,888       (11,407
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (1,599     15,633       53,707       163,626       14,647       (4,484     113,176       (15,720

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     145,735       130,102       844,282       680,656       17,730       22,214       108,409       124,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 144,136     $ 145,735     $ 897,989     $ 844,282     $ 32,377     $ 17,730     $ 221,585     $ 108,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Industrials     VIP – Industrials
Investor Class
    VIP – Consumer
Discretionary
   

VIP – Consumer
Discretionary

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (227   $ (68   $ (205   $ 333     $ (237   $ (158   $ (417   $ (133

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     4,379       776       20,939       2,234       4,618       1,624       32,025       9,326  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (66     1,267       (1,239     5,773       302       5,019       9,857       39,979  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     4,086       1,975       19,495       8,340       4,683       6,485       41,465       49,172  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     79       14       1,190       462       97       32       3,866       1,162  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (1,247     (3,510     (10,510     (9,729     1,086       (2,471     11,180       8,279  

Contract benefits

     (894     (521     (23     (10     (1,111     (905     (6     (2

Contract terminations

     (886     (988     (1,535     (1,854     (868     (612     (4,239     (4,445

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (3     —         —         (4     (3     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (82     (22     —         1       (74     44       2       (4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (3,033     (5,030     (10,878     (11,130     (874     (3,915     10,803       4,990  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     1,053       (3,055     8,617       (2,790     3,809       2,570       52,268       54,162  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     27,545       30,600       121,047       123,837       25,632       23,062       214,538       160,376  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $   28,598     $   27,545     $ 129,664     $ 121,047     $ 29,441     $ 25,632     $ 266,806     $ 214,538  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Real Estate     VIP – Real Estate
Investor Class
    VIP – Strategic
Income
    VIP – Strategic Income
Investor Class
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 99     $ 331     $ 1,750     $ 2,560     $ 998     $ 1,291     $ 22,261     $ 25,795  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     69       (741     4,067       1,168       1,064       262       17,297       5,402  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     9,180       (2,476     51,028       (18,016     (481     1,708       (8,410     25,123  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     9,348       (2,886     56,845       (14,288     1,581       3,261       31,148       56,320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     108       33       2,658       1,201       160       77       16,164       7,207  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     2,101       (3,967     28,592       (23,169     2,083       (3,788     11,962       (56,127

Contract benefits

     (886     (678     (251     (85     (1,469     (1,654     (755     (228

Contract terminations

     (1,309     (648     (2,826     (2,921     (2,213     (3,105     (18,249     (23,893

Contract maintenance charges

     (6     (6     —         —         (6     (6     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (41     (148     (1     (2     (25     (251     (2     6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (33     (5,414     28,172       (24,976     (1,470     (8,727     9,120       (73,035
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     9,315       (8,300     85,017       (39,264     111       (5,466     40,268       (16,715

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     25,031       33,331       136,135       175,399       56,046       61,512       879,413       896,128  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 34,346     $ 25,031     $ 221,152     $ 136,135     $ 56,157     $ 56,046     $ 919,681     $ 879,413  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIP –

International Capital
Appreciation

   

VIP –

International Capital

Appreciation,

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (196   $ (105   $ (610   $ 261  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     3,563       1,808       42,478       22,184  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (863     2,055       (215     34,042  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     2,504       3,758       41,653       56,487  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

        

Payments received from contract owners

     38       34       5,929       3,702  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (3,886     586       1,538       498  

Contract benefits

     (420     (305     (591     (26

Contract terminations

     (359     (593     (4,988     (7,906

Contract maintenance charges

     (2     (2     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (4     17       (1     2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (4,633     (263     1,887       (3,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (2,129     3,495       43,540       52,757  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     24,736       21,241       342,612       289,855  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 22,607     $ 24,736     $ 386,152     $ 342,612  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Value    

VIP – Value

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 217     $ 96     $ 2,870     $ 1,340  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     3,887       385       31,912       477  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,597       155       8,678       944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     5,701       636       43,460       2,761  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

        

Payments received from contract owners

     27       14       5,152       994  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     5,729       (841     42,048       (12,014

Contract benefits

     (441     (568     (18     (5

Contract terminations

     (1,036     (303     (3,504     (1,968

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (2     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (73     (108     —         (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     4,203       (1,808     43,678       (12,994
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     9,904       (1,172     87,138       (10,233

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     16,940       18,112       131,011       141,244  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 26,844     $ 16,940     $ 218,149     $ 131,011  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Freedom
Income
    VIP – Investor Freedom
Income Investor Class
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 22     $ 62     $ 781     $ 989  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     531       367       4,234       3,348  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (269     661       (2,121     3,951  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     284       1,090       2,894       8,288  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

        

Payments received from contract owners

     24       24       2,170       885  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (887     1,346       3,114       6,261  

Contract benefits

     (174     (117     (664     (29

Contract terminations

     (361     (806     (3,273     (3,617

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     (2     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     8       (3     (2     60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,391     442       1,345       3,560  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (1,107     1,532       4,239       11,848  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     12,440       10,908       92,853       81,005  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 11,333     $ 12,440     $   97,092     $   92,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Freedom 2005     VIP – Investor Freedom
2005 Investor Class
    VIP – Freedom 2010     VIP – Investor Freedom
2010 Investor Class
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 24     $ 42     $ 232     $ 361     $ 26     $ 51     $ 623     $ 694  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     316       349       2,170       1,461       552       495       3,699       3,129  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (53     472       (1,129     1,322       (67     491       (287     3,492  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     287       863       1,273       3,144       511       1,037       4,035       7,315  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     —         —         786       521       31       1       3,128       1,104  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (166     853       (6,940     1,764       (58     322       3,348       2,355  

Contract benefits

     (77     (116     —         (38     (29     (52     —         —    

Contract terminations

     (284     (941     (826     (1,357     (446     (682     (1,985     (1,772

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     (1     —         —         (2     (2     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     —         —         —         1       (2     6       1       (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (528     (205     (6,980     891       (506     (407     4,492       1,684  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (241     658       (5,707     4,035       5       630       8,527       8,999  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     9,000       8,342       33,642       29,607       10,486       9,856       70,453       61,454  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $   8,759     $   9,000     $   27,935     $   33,642     $ 10,491     $ 10,486     $   78,980     $   70,453  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Freedom 2015     VIP – Investor Freedom
2015 Investor Class
    VIP – Freedom 2020     VIP – Investor Freedom
2020 Investor Class
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 68     $ 104     $ 923     $ 1,029     $ 54     $ 124     $ 1,924     $ 2,054  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,342       1,215       7,317       6,060       2,404       1,720       16,341       14,053  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     151       1,286       (336     5,126       (208     1,361       1,370       10,276  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,561       2,605       7,904       12,215       2,250       3,205       19,635       26,383  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     27       10       2,287       954       89       38       5,223       4,782  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (379     (666     1,816       (1,950     (2,689     (866     (845     (12,424

Contract benefits

     (68     (297     (327     (356     (45     (62     (42     (133

Contract terminations

     (946     (1,439     (2,914     (5,115     (1,672     (1,209     (6,374     (9,192

Contract maintenance charges

     (2     (3     —         —         (4     (4     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     7       7       —         —         5       (25     1       (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,361     (2,388     862       (6,467     (4,316     (2,128     (2,037     (16,968
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     200       217       8,766       5,748       (2,066     1,077       17,598       9,415  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     23,473       23,256       104,884       99,136       26,850       25,773       213,363       203,948  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 23,673     $ 23,473     $ 113,650     $ 104,884     $ 24,784     $ 26,850     $ 230,961     $ 213,363  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Freedom 2025    

VIP – Investor

Freedom 2025

Investor Class

    VIP – Freedom 2030    

VIP – Investor

Freedom 2030

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 70     $ 77     $ 2,473     $ 2,449     $ 78     $ 91     $ 3,208     $ 2,706  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,323       1,022       22,105       15,014       1,634       1,081       23,852       17,922  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     910       1,460       3,557       17,521       987       1,722       12,208       21,386  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     2,303       2,559       28,135       34,984       2,699       2,894       39,268       42,014  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     25       57       6,936       6,123       875       147       15,182       11,013  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     3,165       708       1,438       (1,290     880       33       36,824       (520

Contract benefits

     (88     (75     (544     —         (156     (12     (786     (74

Contract terminations

     (234     (558     (9,446     (6,153     (667     (631     (5,132     (6,708

Contract maintenance charges

     (5     (4     —         —         (7     (6     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     4       2       (1     —         4       1       (1     2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     2,867       130       (1,617     (1,320     929       (468     46,087       3,713  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     5,170       2,689       26,518       33,664       3,628       2,426       85,355       45,727  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     20,442       17,753       263,893       230,229       22,983       20,557       305,469       259,742  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 25,612     $ 20,442     $ 290,411     $ 263,893     $ 26,611     $ 22,983     $ 390,824     $ 305,469  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     VIP – Freedom Lifetime
Income I
    VIP – Freedom Lifetime
Income II
    VIP – Freedom Lifetime
Income III
 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 43     $ 76     $ 139     $ 220     $ 150     $ 195  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     423       453       1,861       1,809       2,108       1,750  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (189     474       (209     1,584       644       2,259  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     277       1,003       1,791       3,613       2,902       4,204  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

            

Payments received from contract owners

     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     —         100       (422     157       (2     (231

Contract benefits

     (878     (836     (2,386     (2,464     (2,190     (1,875

Contract terminations

     (37     —         (19     (194     (33     (93

Contract maintenance charges

     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (186     (318     93       (533     55       81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,101     (1,054     (2,734     (3,034     (2,170     (2,118
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (824     (51     (943     579       732       2,086  

Net Assets:

            

Beginning of period

     10,968       11,019       33,150       32,571       32,659       30,573  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $   10,144     $   10,968     $ 32,207     $ 33,150     $ 33,391     $     32,659  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
   

VIP –

Disciplined Small Cap

   

VIP –

Disciplined Small Cap

Investor Class

   

VIP –

FundsManager 20%

Investor Class

   

VIP –

FundsManager 50%

Investor Class

 
    12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (129   $ (6   $ 487     $ 984     $ 7,083     $ 7,176     $ 16,461     $ 13,807  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    2,726       (877     21,412       (6,031     9,366       7,964       60,806       49,797  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    1,692       3,203       27,422       33,658       12,753       46,208       94,755       140,959  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    4,289       2,320       49,321       28,611       29,202       61,348       172,022       204,563  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

               

Payments received from contract owners

    98       20       8,374       1,213       28,764       17,325       36,202       25,485  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

    3,200       (2,142     41,149       (4,324     22,829       74,500       84,971       (7,274

Contract benefits

    (614     (318     (208     (41     (4,507     (3,495     (17,681     (13,976

Contract terminations

    (692     (549     (5,680     (3,728     (24,490     (35,786     (53,309     (54,688

Contract maintenance charges

    (4     (2     —         —         (7     (7     (10     (11

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

    (119     (29     1       —         68       220       (976     (309
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    1,869       (3,020     43,636       (6,880     22,657       52,757       49,197       (50,773
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    6,158       (700     92,957       21,731       51,859       114,105       221,219       153,790  

Net Assets:

               

Beginning of period

    20,323       21,023       233,854       212,123       858,205       744,100       1,748,196       1,594,406  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 26,481     $ 20,323     $    326,811     $    233,854     $    910,064     $    858,205     $ 1,969,415     $ 1,748,196  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)   Subaccounts Investing In:  
   

VIP –

FundsManager 60%
Investor Class

   

VIP –

FundsManager 70%
Investor Class

   

VIP –

FundsManager 85%
Investor Class

 
    12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 13,038     $ 9,365     $ 15,030     $ 10,187     $ 4,612     $ 2,828  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    76,476       65,372       54,124       53,488       29,240       20,886  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    155,598       184,037       169,716       155,540       65,442       56,331  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    245,112       258,774       238,870       219,215       99,294       80,045  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

           

Payments received from contract owners

    35,941       21,177       42,738       28,134       15,480       9,134  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

    68,310       (10,004     105,513       (44,468     33,714       (14,654

Contract benefits

    (13,309     (11,960     (6,278     (4,922     (3,908     (3,803

Contract terminations

    (94,956     (87,592     (43,733     (47,609     (13,192     (16,073

Contract maintenance charges

    (10     (9     (9     (8     (5     (5

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

    (146     156       (109     (347     126       8  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (4,170     (88,232     98,122       (69,220     32,215       (25,393
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    240,942       170,542       336,992       149,995       131,509       54,652  

Net Assets:

           

Beginning of period

    2,089,299       1,918,757       1,642,730       1,492,735       555,416       500,764  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 2,330,241     $ 2,089,299     $ 1,979,722     $ 1,642,730     $    686,925     $    555,416  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Table of Contents

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

                                                                       
(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIP –

Consumer Staples

   

VIP –

Consumer Staples

Investor Class

    VIP – Materials    

VIP – Materials

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 198     $ 187     $ 3,420     $ 3,102     $ (7   $ (5   $ 372     $ 158  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,160       649       14,718       7,488       1,010       (433     7,054       (1,606

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     949       929       9,253       8,908       2,428       1,829       9,618       7,889  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     2,307       1,765       27,391       19,498       3,431       1,391       17,044       6,441  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     51       76       2,321       2,752       57       4       2,662       215  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (616     (2,226     (12,863     (19,885     6,329       65       25,712       6,073  

Contract benefits

     (452     (429     (16     (37     (327     (179     (4     (60

Contract terminations

     (628     (283     (4,825     (4,513     (441     (212     (2,309     (593

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (3     —         —         (5     (3     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (28     (52     (1     6       (11     5       2       1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,676     (2,917     (15,384     (21,677     5,602       (320     26,063       5,636  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     631       (1,152     12,007       (2,179     9,033       1,071       43,107       12,077  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     18,751       19,903       206,315       208,494       9,321       8,250       44,230       32,153  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 19,382     $ 18,751     $ 218,322     $ 206,315     $ 18,354     $ 9,321     $ 87,337     $ 44,230  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIP –

Communication
Services

   

VIP –

Communication

Services

Investor Class

   

VIP –

Emerging

Markets

   

VIP –

Emerging

Markets

Investor Class

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (132   $ (77   $ (219   $ (123   $ 153     $ 7     $ 2,822     $ 586  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     2,131       451       19,669       2,858       2,812       1,285       24,318       10,216  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (322     2,449       (5,063     18,345       (3,416     1,734       (33,149     15,008  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,677       2,823       14,387       21,080       (451     3,026       (6,009     25,810  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     89       45       3,494       1,949       105       10       4,806       1,098  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     3,484       595       15,321       6,163       (2,739     2,873       18,217       14,827  

Contract benefits

     (554     (234     (12     —         (143     (95     (289     (55

Contract terminations

     (420     (155     (2,264     (1,773     (316     (701     (1,927     (1,949

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (2     —         —         (2     (2     —         —    

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (76     46       1       (2     22       8       1       5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     2,520       295       16,540       6,337       (3,073     2,093       20,808       13,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     4,197       3,118       30,927       27,417       (3,524     5,119       14,799       39,736  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     11,925       8,807       93,182       65,765       15,423       10,304       127,810       88,074  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 16,122     $ 11,925     $ 124,109     $ 93,182     $ 11,899     $ 15,423     $ 142,609     $ 127,810  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Table of Contents

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIP –

Floating Rate

High Income

   

VIP –

Floating Rate

High Income

Investor Class

   

VIP –

Bond

Index

   

VIP –

Total

Market

Index

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 134     $ 284     $ 4,726     $ 6,838     $ 3,185     $ 3,292     $ 3,707     $ 2,498  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     4       (517     515       (9,175     4,349       9,873       22,900       5,850  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     171       (52     2,757       (1,384     (17,433     6,677       56,026       29,358  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     309       (285     7,998       (3,721     (9,899     19,842       82,633       37,706  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     —         —         8,983       2,161       11,271       19,300       19,085       6,739  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     1,956       (3,855     52,886       (69,498     (18,479     209,955       158,365       40,136  

Contract benefits

     (97     (96     (33     (66     (684     (1,335     (904     (66

Contract terminations

     (719     (470     (6,064     (6,225     (15,250     (14,770     (7,288     (4,920

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     (1     —         —         (3     (4     (2     (1

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     12       (22     —         1       2       (5     (2     11  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     1,151       (4,444     55,772       (73,627     (23,143     213,141       169,254       41,899  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     1,460       (4,729     63,770       (77,348     (33,042     232,983       251,887       79,605  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     6,768       11,497       144,396       221,744       449,910       216,927       236,733       157,128  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 8,228     $ 6,768     $ 208,166     $ 144,396     $ 416,868     $ 449,910     $ 488,620     $ 236,733  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIP –

Extended

Market

Index

   

VIP –

International

Index

   

VIF –

Emerging Markets Equity

   

VIF –

Emerging Markets Debt

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,425     $ 650     $ 5,502     $ 1,788     $ 284     $ 504     $ 4,800     $ 4,305  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     18,372       898       5,517       2,004       7       (1,222     (702     (3,203

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,499     6,529       1,247       11,944       1,456       7,809       (6,425     2,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     18,298       8,077       12,266       15,736       1,747       7,091       (2,327     3,658  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     5,299       2,722       7,962       3,542       333       233       605       342  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     47,137       (300     75,440       30,637       (3,608     (4,328     (5,857     (15,219

Contract benefits

     (260     (137     (271     (486     (692     (883     (363     (312

Contract terminations

     (2,425     (981     (4,331     (1,897     (2,352     (1,116     (1,665     (2,849

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     —         (1     —         (4     (4     (2     (2

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     38       —         6       16       (9     (120     (35     (39
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     49,788       1,304       78,805       31,812       (6,332     (6,218     (7,317     (18,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     68,086       9,381       91,071       47,548       (4,585     873       (9,644     (14,421

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     72,634       63,253       149,743       102,195       65,240       64,367       104,004       118,425  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 140,720     $ 72,634     $ 240,814     $ 149,743     $ 60,655     $ 65,240     $ 94,360     $ 104,004  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

                                                                                                       
(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

VIF –

Global

Strategist –

Class II

   

Invesco – V.I.

Global

Core Equity

   

Allspring –

VT Discovery

   

Allspring –

VT Opportunity

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 422     $ 262     $ 141     $ 181     $ (352   $ (278   $ (190   $ (76

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,116       1,429       5,308       2627       4,352       3,278       1,733       1,496  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     631       703       (1,887     1,808       (6,481     14,266       3,603       2,276  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     2,169       2,394       3,562       2,251       (2,481     17,266       5,146       3,696  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     212       52       496       45       —         —         —         —    

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (937     (1,102     1,074       (2,213     (995     (1,281     (1,026     (1,081

Contract benefits

     (304     (325     (262     (178     (1,227     (610     (383     (371

Contract terminations

     (363     (515     (224     (584     (1,117     (1,247     (692     (375

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     (1     (1     (1     (7     (7     (2     (2

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (48     (131     25       (1     (36     (217     (18     (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (1,441     (2,022     1,108       (2,932     (3,382     (3,362     (2,121     (1,855
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     728       372       4,670       (681     (5,863     13,904       3,025       1,841  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     27,284       26,912       22,296       22,977       44,568       30,664       22,777       20,936  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 28,012     $ 27,284     $ 26,966     $ 22,296     $ 38,705     $ 44,568     $ 25,802     $ 22,777  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
     Lazard – Retirement
Emerging Markets
   

PVIT –

Commodity Real Return

   

PVIT –

Low Duration

   

PVIT –

Real Return

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,416     $ 1,832     $ 1,319     $ 660     $ 1,190     $ 3,774     $ 10,409     $ 2,229  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (917     (5,670     2,230       47       (278     158       447       (372

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     3,555       (770     2,642       (502     (5,495     6,709       421       17,647  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     4,054       (4,608     6,191       205       (4,583     10,641       11,277       19,504  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     182       263       2,309       77       5,931       8,085       5,625       2,510  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (5,612     (14,915     18,757       804       (51,649     72,977       33,937       24,479  

Contract benefits

     (102     (107     (68     (2     (691     (963     (230     (181

Contract terminations

     (1,326     (2,133     (398     (262     (20,940     (22,769     (16,419     (5,577

Contract maintenance charges

     (1     (1     —         —         (3     (4     (2     (2

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     9       6       13       (1     14       (25     20       (61
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (6,850     (16,887     20,613       616       (67,338     57,301       22,931       21,168  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (2,796     (21,495     26,804       821       (71,921     67,942       34,208       40,672  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     73,684       95,179       12,978       12,157       442,946       375,004       208,969       168,297  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 70,888     $ 73,684     $ 39,782     $ 12,978     $ 371,025     $ 442,946     $ 243,177     $ 208,969  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - continued

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

(In thousands)    Subaccounts Investing In:  
    

PVIT –

Total Return

   

Blackrock –

Global Allocation

V.I.

   

FTVIP – Templeton

Global Bond

   

FTVIP – Franklin U.S.

Gov’t Securities

 
     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20     12/31/21     12/31/20  

Operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 8,605     $ 10,727     $ 1,110     $ 1,563     $ (118   $ 5,876     $ 1,936     $ 3,107  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     22,623       7,633       30,663       8,379       (2,568     (2,070     (398     218  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (39,806     26,256       (19,865     20,368       (466     (8,153     (3,466     (916
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     (8,578     44,616       11,908       30,310       (3,152     (4,347     (1,928     2,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contract Transactions:

                

Payments received from contract owners

     4,500       8,344       2,042       832       542       294       2,965       3,192  

Transfers between sub-accounts and the fixed account, net

     (35,015     (148     (4,139     (12,867     (5,380     (13,301     (23,216     50,335  

Contract benefits

     (868     (1,014     (180     (132     (124     (174     (115     (809

Contract terminations

     (17,534     (24,684     (4,467     (4,070     (1,353     (1,815     (2,674     (5,318

Contract maintenance charges

     (3     (3     (1     (1     (1     (1     (2     (1

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net

     (5     (9     23       17       4       (11     11       25  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (48,925     (17,514     (6,722     (16,221     (6,312     (15,008     (23,031     47,424  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (57,503     27,102       5,186       14,089       (9,464     (19,355     (24,959     49,833  

Net Assets:

                

Beginning of period

     572,699       545,597       186,847       172,758       64,178       83,533       105,237       55,404  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 515,196     $ 572,699     $ 192,033     $ 186,847     $ 54,714     $ 64,178     $ 80,278     $ 105,237  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

1. Organization

 

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I (the “Account”), a unit investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, was established by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”) on July 22, 1987 and exists in accordance with the regulations of the State of Utah Insurance Department. FILI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC. The Account is a funding vehicle of individual Fidelity Retirement Reserves, Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity, Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income, Fidelity Income Advantage and Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income variable annuity contracts. Fidelity Retirement Reserves, Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income, which offered a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit, Fidelity Income Advantage, and Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income were closed to new business. Under applicable insurance law, the assets and liabilities of the Account are clearly identified and distinguished from the other assets and liabilities of FILI. The Account cannot be charged with liabilities arising out of any other business of FILI.

Each subaccount invests exclusively in one of the Funds (“Underlying Funds”) that are part of the following fund groups:

Fund Groups

Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Funds (Initial Class) (“VIP”)

Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Funds (Investor Class) (“VIP - Investor Class”)

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (Class I) (“VIF”)

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (Class II) (“VIF”) (“VIF - Class II”)

Allspring Variable Trust Funds (Class 2) (“Allspring”)

Lazard Retirement Series, Inc. (Investor Class) (“Lazard”)

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Funds (Administrative Class) (“PVIT”)

Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Series I) (“Invesco”)

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust Funds (Class 2) (“FTVIP”)

Blackrock Variable Series Funds (Class I) (“Blackrock”)

During 2021, the following underlying funds were renamed:

 

Old Name    New Name
Wells Fargo VT Discovery Fund    Allspring VT Discovery Fund
Wells Fargo VT Opportunity Fund    Allspring VT Opportunity Fund

As of December 31, 2021, the net assets and units of Fidelity Retirement Reserve contracts that have annuitized were $86,219,000 and 1,313,000 respectively.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed consistently by the Account in preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“the Codification”) as the source of authoritative GAAP. All guidance contained in the Codification carries an equal level of authority.

Investments

Investments are made by the subaccounts in their corresponding mutual fund portfolios and are valued at the reported net asset values of such portfolios. Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Income from dividends and realized capital gain distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses include gains and losses on the sales of investments (computed on the basis of the identified cost of the investment sold) and capital gain distributions from the mutual funds.

Receivable from/Payable to FILI

Receivable from/payable to FILI represents adjustments for contract guarantees, which are the responsibility of FILI, and accruals for daily charges deducted from the net assets of the Account.

Contract Transactions

Other transfers (to) from FILI, net, as reported in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, represents miscellaneous contract transfers.

Federal Income Taxes

The operations of the Account are included in the federal income tax return of FILI, which is taxed as a life insurance company under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”).

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

 

Under the current provisions of the Code, FILI does not expect to incur federal income taxes on the earnings of the Account to the extent the earnings are credited under the contracts. FILI incurs federal income taxes on the difference between the financial statement carrying value of reserves for contracts in the income stage and those reserves held for federal income tax purposes. The tax effect of this temporary difference is expected to be recovered by FILI when the difference reverses. As such, no charge is being made currently to the Account for federal income taxes. FILI will review periodically the status of such decision based on changes in the tax law. Such a charge may be made in future years for any federal income taxes that would be attributable to the contracts.

Under the provisions of Section 817(h) of the Code, a variable annuity contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes for any period for which the investments of the segregated asset account on which the contract is based are not adequately diversified. The Code provides that the “adequately diversified” requirement may be met if the underlying investments satisfy either a statutory safe harbor test or diversification requirements set forth in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Internal Revenue Service has issued regulations under Section 817(h) of the Code. FILI believes that the Separate Account satisfies the current requirements of the regulations, and it intends that it will continue to meet such requirements.

Estimates

The preparation of the Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the related amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair Value Measurements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued guidance on fair value measurements that establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and disclosures about fair value measurements. The definition of fair value focuses on the price that would be received to sell the asset or paid to transfer the liability regardless of whether an observable market price existed (an exit price). In addition, the guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels (“Level 1, 2, and 3”).

The Account carries investments which are made by the subaccounts in their corresponding mutual funds at fair value in the financial statements. The mutual funds are valued at the reported net asset values of such portfolios. The Account categorized the financial assets carried at fair value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities based upon the guidance’s three-level valuation hierarchy. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable valuation inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure a financial asset or liability cross different levels of the hierarchy, categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to the overall fair value measurement of a financial asset or liability requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The three levels are described below:

 

   

Level 1 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in an active market (e.g., active exchange-traded equities).

 

   

Level 2 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

   

Level 3 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable in the market and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect judgments about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability, and are based on the best available information, some of which is internally developed.

All subaccounts are invested in mutual funds whose value is based on the underlying net asset value of those funds. Open ended mutual funds in the subaccounts produce a daily NAV that is validated with a sufficient level of observable activity to support classification of the fair value measurement as Level 1. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during 2021 or 2020. The Account had no Level 3 activity during 2021 or 2020.

3. Expenses and Related Party Transactions

FILI deducts a daily charge, through a reduction in unit values, from the net assets of the Account for the assumption of mortality and expense risks and for administrative charges. FILI also deducts an annual maintenance charge, through a redemption of units, for the Fidelity Retirement Reserves. The maintenance charge, which is waived on certain contracts, is recorded as a contract transaction in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

 

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3. Expenses and Related Party Transactions - continued

 

FILI previously offered Fidelity Retirement Reserves contract holders the opportunity to elect a death benefit rider. The rider allowed the contract holder to lock in their death benefit at the highest contract value at any contract anniversary date before the annuitant reached age 80. Effective January 1, 2003, the rider was no longer available to new contracts. For those contract holders who had elected the rider, FILI continues to deduct a quarterly charge, through a redemption of units. There will be no charges made once the annuitants reach their 85th birthday. The death benefit rider is recorded as a contract transaction in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

The annual mortality and expense and administrative charge for certain contract holders in Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity is .20% and .05%, respectively. In addition, certain Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity contract holders are eligible for a lower annual mortality and expense and administrative charge of .05% and .05%, respectively, with an initial purchase or contract value of $1 million or greater.

Effective January 1, 2009, the annual mortality and expense and administrative charges for new contract holders in Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income is 1.00% and .25%, respectively for single annuitants and 1.15% and .25%, respectively for joint annuitants. The annual mortality and expense and administrative charge for contract holders in Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income prior to January 1, 2009 is .85% and .25%, respectively for single annuitants and 1.00% and .25%, respectively for joint annuitants.

The annual rates of mortality and expense risk fees, administrative expense fees, death benefit fees, and the maximum dollar amount of the contract fee for the year ended December 31, 2021 are displayed in the table below.

 

     Fidelity
Retirement
Reserves
  Fidelity
Income
Advantage
  Fidelity
Personal
Retirement
  Fidelity
Freedom Lifetime
Income
  Fidelity
Growth and Guaranteed
Income

Variable Account Deductions:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk (Annual Rate)

   0.75%   0.75%   0.05%-0.20%   0.50%   0.85%-1.15%

Administrative Expense (Annual Rate)

   0.05%   0.25%   0.05%   0.10%   0.25%

Contract Deductions:

          

Death Benefit Fees (Annual Rate)

   0.20%   —     —     —     —  

Annual Maintenance Charge (Maximum)

   $30   —     —     —     —  

The disclosures above include charges currently assessed to the policyholder. There are certain other additional charges, such as exchange charges and other taxes which may be assessed in accordance with the terms of the contract in future periods.

FILI charges an amount equal to the state premium taxes it pays, ranging from 0-3.5%, pursuant to provisions in the contracts it issues.

The contracts are distributed through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”), Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. (“FIA”), and Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. (“FIIS”), all of which are subsidiaries of FMR LLC. FBS, FIA, and FIIS are the distributors and FBS is the principal underwriter of the contracts. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (“FIIOC”), a subsidiary of FMR LLC, is the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the VIP and VIP Investor Class portfolios.

Management fees are paid by certain funds to Fidelity Management & Research Company, a subsidiary of FMR LLC, in its capacity as advisor to the VIP and VIP Investor Class mutual fund portfolios. The total management fees, as a percentage of a fund’s average net assets, for the year ended December 31, 2021 were .045% to .780% depending on the fund.

4. Investments

Purchases and Sales

The following table shows aggregate cost of shares purchased and proceeds from sales of each portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2021:

 

     Purchases
(000s)
     Sales
(000s)
 

VIP - Government Money Market

   $ 64,286      $ 114,253  

VIP - Government Money Market Investor Class

     613,101        687,129  

VIP - High Income

     7,036        7,890  

VIP - High Income Investor Class

     83,793        74,110  

VIP - Equity Income

     58,554        34,178  

VIP - Equity Income Investor Class

     156,517        50,905  

VIP - Growth

     155,237        69,761  

VIP - Growth Investor Class

     303,662        102,392  

VIP - Overseas

     7,847        9,284  

VIP - Overseas, Investor Class

     55,401        39,124  

VIP - Investment Grade Bond

     15,792        31,029  

VIP - Investment Grade Bond Investor Class

     131,274        171,166  

 

 

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4. Investments - continued

 

Purchases and Sales - continued

 

     Purchases      Sales  
     (000s)      (000s)  

VIP - Asset Manager

   $ 9,059      $ 22,250  

VIP - Asset Manager Investor Class

     36,496        23,422  

VIP - Index 500

     708,454        376,091  

VIP - Asset Manager Growth

     3,084        6,163  

VIP - Asset Manager Growth Investor Class

     26,468        19,623  

VIP - Contrafund

     159,373        97,847  

VIP - Contrafund Investor Class

     444,646        217,096  

VIP - Balanced

     29,658        18,149  

VIP - Balanced Investor Class

     679,074        278,903  

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation

     4,515        4,163  

VIP - Dynamic Cap App Investor Class

     47,403        27,985  

VIP - Growth & Income

     12,789        13,223  

VIP - Growth & Income Investor Class

     76,550        32,006  

VIP - Growth Opportunities

     50,343        70,833  

VIP - Growth Opportunities Investor Class

     362,232        274,038  

VIP - Mid Cap

     55,088        32,429  

VIP - Mid Cap Investor Class

     172,352        73,153  

VIP - Value Strategies

     28,210        18,349  

VIP - Value Strategies Investor Class

     172,887        78,605  

VIP - Utilities

     2,797        5,314  

VIP - Utilities Investor Class

     26,455        30,839  

VIP - Technology

     64,606        57,098  

VIP - Technology Investor Class

     372,630        253,461  

VIP - Energy

     32,694        26,996  

VIP - Energy Investor Class

     115,621        68,676  

VIP - Health Care

     16,041        23,642  

VIP - Heath Care Investor Class

     138,836        120,826  

VIP - Financial Services

     21,515        12,060  

VIP - Financial Services Investor Class

     146,943        69,463  

VIP - Industrials

     6,315        5,651  

VIP - Industrials Investor Class

     50,543        43,923  

VIP - Consumer Discretionary

     8,403        8,298  

VIP - Consumer Discretionary Investor Class

     76,437        56,027  

VIP - Real Estate

     6,939        6,710  

VIP - Real Estate Investor Class

     58,979        27,908  

VIP - Strategic Income

     6,795        6,457  

VIP - Strategic Income Investor Class

     122,480        76,766  

VIP - International Capital Appreciation

     3,052        6,480  

VIP - International Capital Appreciation Investor Class

     76,243        53,021  

VIP - Value

     13,283        6,079  

VIP - Value Investor Class

     117,800        48,717  

VIP - Freedom Income

     1,205        2,326  

VIP - Freedom Income Investor Class

     20,989        16,339  

VIP - Freedom 2005

     367        641  

VIP - Freedom 2005 Investor Class

     6,762        12,548  

VIP - Freedom 2010

     1,239        1,350  

VIP - Freedom 2010 Investor Class

     16,967        9,520  

VIP - Freedom 2015

     2,295        2,613  

VIP - Freedom 2015 Investor Class

     23,867        17,504  

VIP - Freedom 2020

     3,169        6,025  

VIP - Freedom 2020 Investor Class

     41,995        31,789  

VIP - Freedom 2025

     5,762        1,970  

VIP - Freedom 2025 Investor Class

     55,786        43,503  

VIP - Freedom 2030

     4,588        2,534  

VIP - Freedom 2030 Investor Class

     99,007        35,542  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income I

     545        995  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income II

     1,846        3,145  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

4. Investments - continued

 

Purchases and Sales - continued

 

     Purchases      Sales  
     (000s)      (000s)  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income III

   $ 2,289      $ 2,787  

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap

     13,955        11,704  

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap Investor Class

     117,326        67,566  

VIP - Funds Manager 20%

     124,920        93,152  

VIP - Funds Manager 50%

     247,432        151,189  

VIP - Funds Manager 60%

     252,082        207,044  

VIP - Funds Manager 70%

     262,651        125,592  

VIP - Funds Manager 85%

     113,218        60,954  

VIP - Consumer Staples

     3,028        3,650  

VIP - Consumer Staples Investor Class

     43,093        45,433  

VIP - Materials

     14,450        8,858  

VIP - Materials Investor Class

     86,104        59,669  

VIP - Telecommunications

     7,444        4,402  

VIP - Telecommunications Investor Class

     61,904        40,700  

VIP- Emerging Markets

     6,361        7,714  

VIP- Emerging Markets Investor Class

     82,839        42,618  

VIP - Floating Rate High Income

     5,229        3,944  

VIP - Floating Rate High Income Investor Class

     88,544        28,046  

VIP - Bond Index

     117,181        137,168  

VIP - Total Market Index

     233,250        57,567  

VIP - Extended Market Index

     100,403        41,996  

VIP - International Index

     107,348        22,366  

VIF - Emerging Market Equity

     8,408        14,493  

VIF - Emerging Market Debt

     11,251        13,763  

VIF - Global Strategist - Class II

     5,923        6,013  

Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity

     9,824        4,367  

Allspring - VT Discovery

     3,208        3,854  

Allspring - VT Opportunity

     1,306        2,397  

Lazard - Retirement Emerging Markets

     8,900        14,333  

PVIT - Commodity Real Return

     46,676        24,744  

PVIT - Low Duration

     63,554        129,702  

PVIT - Real Return

     95,793        62,454  

PVIT - Total Return

     69,496        87,098  

BlackRock - Global Allocation

     46,625        25,490  

FTVIP - Templeton Global Bond

     6,724        13,154  

FTVIP - Franklin U.S. Gov’t Securitiess

     17,744        38,840  

Shares, Aggregate Cost and Net Asset Value

The following table shows the number of shares owned, aggregate cost and net asset value per share of each portfolio at December 31, 2021:

 

     Number of
Shares (000s)
     Aggregate
Cost (000s)
     Net Asset Value
Per Share
 

VIP - Government Money Market

     215,568      $ 215,568      $ 1.00  

VIP - Government Money Market Investor Class

     1,739,235        1,739,235        1.00  

VIP - High Income

     13,409        165,106        5.25  

VIP - High Income Investor Class

     72,235        430,370        5.22  

VIP - Equity Income

     16,432        417,298        26.15  

VIP - Equity Income Investor Class

     19,388        485,114        25.96  

VIP - Growth

     7,473        520,734        102.43  

VIP - Growth Investor Class

     8,570        718,917        101.66  

VIP - Overseas

     2,988        77,518        29.28  

VIP - Overseas, Class R Investor Class

     9,111        222,815        29.16  

VIP - Investment Grade Bond

     12,454        169,872        13.35  

VIP - Investment Grade Bond Investor Class

     67,299        906,648        13.29  

VIP - Asset Manager

     11,553        196,374        18.33  

VIP - Asset Manager Investor Class

     14,127        234,141        18.19  

 

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

4. Investments - continued

 

Shares, Aggregate Cost and Net Asset Value - continued

 

     Number of
Shares (000s)
     Aggregate
Cost (000s)
     Net Asset Value
Per Share
 

VIP - Index 500

     10,559      $ 2,908,430      $ 468.27  

VIP - Asset Manager Growth

     3,090        55,648        24.38  

VIP - Asset Manager Growth Investor Class

     5,841        118,527        24.21  

VIP - Contrafund

     23,921        836,956        54.35  

VIP - Contrafund Investor Class

     42,986        1,665,756        53.92  

VIP - Balanced

     8,746        161,640        25.29  

VIP - Balanced Investor Class

     165,400        3,077,801        25.04  

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation

     1,406        20,352        19.62  

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation Investor Class

     9,549        144,511        19.56  

VIP - Growth & Income

     5,076        101,530        26.22  

VIP - Growth & Income Investor Class

     10,330        229,755        26.07  

VIP - Growth Opportunities

     3,117        172,455        79.25  

VIP - Growth Opportunities Investor Class

     16,014        948,232        78.58  

VIP - Mid Cap

     7,828        280,085        41.17  

VIP - Mid Cap Investor Class

     16,118        603,052        40.83  

VIP - Value Strategies

     3,363        51,583        16.40  

VIP - Value Strategies Investor Class

     14,554        232,362        16.25  

VIP - Utilities

     1,238        22,860        20.80  

VIP - Utilities Investor Class

     7,482        136,311        20.64  

VIP - Technology

     8,144        189,695        35.65  

VIP - Technology Investor Class

     44,390        1,040,474        35.03  

VIP - Energy

     1,768        44,954        15.77  

VIP - Energy Investor Class

     9,468        190,919        15.73  

VIP - Health Care

     3,599        112,312        40.05  

VIP - Heath Care Investor Class

     22,654        718,216        39.64  

VIP - Financial Services

     2,047        30,556        15.82  

VIP - Financial Services Investor Class

     14,087        205,109        15.73  

VIP - Industrials

     1,220        27,098        23.44  

VIP - Industrials Investor Class

     5,584        126,346        23.22  

VIP - Consumer Discretionary

     748        21,114        39.33  

VIP - Consumer Discretionary Investor Class

     6,811        198,993        39.17  

VIP - Real Estate

     1,442        35,488        23.81  

VIP - Real Estate Investor Class

     9,347        200,045        23.66  

VIP - Strategic Income

     4,783        56,683        11.74  

VIP - Strategic Income Investor Class

     78,605        927,991        11.70  

VIP - International Capital Appreciation, Class R

     927        17,770        24.37  

VIP - International Capital Appreciation Investor Class

     15,990        300,756        24.15  

VIP - Value

     1,469        25,267        18.28  

VIP - Value Investor Class

     11,966        208,456        18.23  

VIP - Freedom Income

     888        10,452        12.76  

VIP - Freedom Income Investor Class

     7,694        92,102        12.62  

VIP - Freedom 2005

     641        7,952        13.67  

VIP - Freedom 2005 Investor Class

     2,156        26,535        12.96  

VIP - Freedom 2010

     726        9,498        14.45  

VIP - Freedom 2010 Investor Class

     5,670        72,321        13.93  

VIP - Freedom 2015

     1,642        21,361        14.42  

VIP - Freedom 2015 Investor Class

     8,106        102,269        14.02  

VIP - Freedom 2020

     1,607        22,128        15.42  

VIP - Freedom 2020 Investor Class

     15,574        202,374        14.83  

VIP - Freedom 2025

     1,437        21,735        17.82  

VIP - Freedom 2025 Investor Class

     17,547        245,506        16.55  

VIP - Freedom 2030

     1,484        22,020        17.93  

VIP - Freedom 2030 Investor Class

     23,361        327,968        16.73  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income I

     867        9,710        12.01  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income II

     2,304        28,015        13.96  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income III

     2,185        27,170        15.29  

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap

     1,302        23,790        20.38  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

4. Investments - continued

Shares, Aggregate Cost and Net Asset Value - continued

 

     Number of
Shares (000s)
     Aggregate
Cost (000s)
     Net Asset Value
Per Share
 

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap Investor Class

     16,115      $ 282,060      $ 20.28  

VIP - Funds Manager 20%

     74,774        858,868        12.17  

VIP - Funds Manager 50%

     135,825        1,692,425        14.50  

VIP - Funds Manager 60%

     187,920        2,113,511        12.40  

VIP - Funds Manager 70%

     127,393        1,621,624        15.54  

VIP - Funds Manager 85%

     43,570        569,473        15.77  

VIP - Consumer Staples

     918        17,606        21.13  

VIP - Consumer Staples Investor Class

     10,386        197,462        21.02  

VIP - Materials

     978        16,555        18.76  

VIP - Materials Investor Class

     4,656        80,259        18.76  

VIP - Telecommunications

     838        13,907        19.25  

VIP - Telecommunications Investor Class

     6,505        108,979        19.08  

VIP - Emerging Markets

     946        13,271        12.58  

VIP - Emerging Markets Investor Class

     11,390        157,389        12.52  

VIP - Floating Rate High Income

     831        8,360        9.90  

VIP - Floating Rate High Income Investor Class

     21,048        211,583        9.89  

VIP - Bond Index

     37,828        424,705        11.02  

VIP - Total Market Index

     28,081        388,079        17.40  

VIP - Extended Market Index

     9,917        133,075        14.19  

VIP - International Index

     21,032        222,601        11.45  

VIF - Emerging Market Equity

     3,349        74,823        18.11  

VIF - Emerging Market Debt

     13,105        120,642        7.20  

VIF - Global Strategist - Class II

     2,479        33,461        11.30  

Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity

     2,422        25,379        11.13  

Allspring - VT Discovery

     905        30,211        42.74  

Allspring - VT Opportunity

     734        20,684        35.14  

Lazard - Retirement Emerging Markets

     3,276        83,422        21.64  

PVIT - Commodity Real Return

     5,140        50,004        7.74  

PVIT - Low Duration

     36,268        386,779        10.23  

PVIT - Real Return

     17,382        251,161        13.99  

PVIT - Total Return

     47,881        552,120        10.76  

BlackRock - Global Allocation V.I.

     10,843        195,648        17.71  

FTVIP - Templeton Global Bond

     4,167        81,620        13.13  

FTVIP - Franklin U.S. Gov’t Securities

     6,938        88,784        11.57  

5. Changes in Units Outstanding

The changes in units outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Government Money Market

           

Units Issued

     6,338        14,197        78        392  

Units Redeemed

     (8,509      (12,636      (196      (387
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (2,171      1,561        (118      5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - High Income

           

Units Issued

     50        87        19        5  

Units Redeemed

     (102      (218      (32      (43
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (52      (131      (13      (38
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Equity-Income

           

Units Issued

     82        71        4        5  

Units Redeemed

     (198      (323      (46      (63
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (116      (252      (42      (58
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Growth

           

Units Issued

     49        82        3        5  

Units Redeemed

     (213      (268      (28      (33
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (164      (186      (25      (28
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Overseas

           

Units Issued

     36        26        2        —    

Units Redeemed

     (126      (149      (14      (20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (90      (123      (12      (20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investment Grade Bond

           

Units Issued

     271        866        8        45  

Units Redeemed

     (621      (648      (106      (122
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (350      218        (98      (77
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Asset Manager

           

Units Issued

     85        71        —          3  

Units Redeemed

     (234      (261      (53      (64
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (149      (190      (53      (61
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Index 500

           

Units Issued

     351        544        6        20  

Units Redeemed

     (557      (1,166      (69      (114
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (206      (622      (63      (94
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Asset Manager: Growth

           

Units Issued

     21        21        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (74      (118      (27      (37
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (53      (97      (27      (37
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Contrafund

           

Units Issued

     158        231        8        17  

Units Redeemed

     (541      (928      (97      (119
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (383      (697      (89      (102
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Balanced

           

Units Issued

     328        347        12        12  

Units Redeemed

     (319      (527      (95      (124
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     9        (180      (83      (112
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation

           

Units Issued

     41        41        3        7  

Units Redeemed

     (60      (98      (14      (16
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (19      (57      (11      (9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Growth & Income

           

Units Issued

     96        93        8        2  

Units Redeemed

     (186      (302      (65      (74
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (90      (209      (57      (72
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Growth Opportunities

           

Units Issued

     448        1,068        37        49  

Units Redeemed

     (819      (1,189      (124      (102
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (371      (121      (87      (53
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Mid Cap

           

Units Issued

     133        108        4        15  

Units Redeemed

     (401      (751      (104      (136
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (268      (643      (100      (121
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Value Strategies

           

Units Issued

     638        205        50        27  

Units Redeemed

     (495      (164      (59      (34
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     143        41        (9      (7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Utilities

           

Units Issued

     96        145        1        16  

Units Redeemed

     (153      (449      (24      (68
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (57      (304      (23      (52
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Technology

           

Units Issued

     562        1,571        35        78  

Units Redeemed

     (760      (1,569      (74      (87
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (198      2        (39      (9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Energy

           

Units Issued

     1,551        366        143        28  

Units Redeemed

     (1,375      (494      (95      (67
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     176        (128      48        (39
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Health Care

           

Units Issued

     170        359        3        49  

Units Redeemed

     (339      (490      (53      (72
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (169      (131      (50      (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Financial Services

           

Units Issued

     880        359        144        20  

Units Redeemed

     (553      (542      (119      (72
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     327        (183      25        (52
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Industrials

           

Units Issued

     54        49        3        8  

Units Redeemed

     (96      (139      (12      (31
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (42      (90      (9      (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Consumer Discretionary

           

Units Issued

     162        77        8        11  

Units Redeemed

     (163      (168      (22      (26
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (1      (91      (14      (15
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Real Estate

           

Units Issued

     126        54        43        3  

Units Redeemed

     (131      (191      (42      (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (5      (137      1        (19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Strategic Income

           

Units Issued

     247        238        4        4  

Units Redeemed

     (274      (589      (46      (65
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (27      (351      (42      (61
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - International Capital Appreciation

           

Units Issued

     64        212        3        27  

Units Redeemed

     (203      (251      (17      (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (139      (39      (14      4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Value

           

Units Issued

     345        123        26        6  

Units Redeemed

     (201      (181      (27      (29
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     144        (58      (1      (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Freedom Income

           

Units Issued

     52        150        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (126      (123      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (74      27        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2005

           

Units Issued

     2        67        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (28      (77      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (26      (10      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2010

           

Units Issued

     38        47        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (61      (70      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (23      (23      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2015

           

Units Issued

     58        49        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (112      (163      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (54      (114      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2020

           

Units Issued

     63        192        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (221      (293      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (158      (101      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2025

           

Units Issued

     171        110        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (68      (109      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     103        1        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom 2030

           

Units Issued

     120        109        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (89      (139      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     31        (30      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap

           

Units Issued

     514        160        50        17  

Units Redeemed

     (432      (311      (58      (40
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     82        (151      (8      (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 20% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     232        463        1        48  

Units Redeemed

     (369      (692      (81      (81
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (137      (229      (80      (33
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 50% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     195        376        46        22  

Units Redeemed

     (339      (861      (299      (264
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (144      (485      (253      (242
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 60% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     202        134        4        15  

Units Redeemed

     (180      (240      (106      (153
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     22        (106      (102      (138
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 70% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     144        133        8        8  

Units Redeemed

     (192      (453      (133      (175
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (48      (320      (125      (167
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - FundsManager 85% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     30        51        3        —    

Units Redeemed

     (111      (211      (53      (94
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (81      (160      (50      (94
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Consumer Staples

           

Units Issued

     61        73        6        16  

Units Redeemed

     (105      (170      (15      (26
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (44      (97      (9      (10
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Materials

           

Units Issued

     466        127        116        17  

Units Redeemed

     (311      (150      (69      (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     155        (23      47        (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Communication Services

           

Units Issued

     224        202        33        42  

Units Redeemed

     (136      (182      (39      (59
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     88        20        (6      (17
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Emerging Markets

           

Units Issued

     305        552        45        40  

Units Redeemed

     (506      (433      (53      (27
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (201      119        (8      13  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Floating Rate High Income

           

Units Issued

     407        218        62        3  

Units Redeemed

     (340      (611      (35      (26
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     67        (393      27        (23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Bond Index

           

Units Issued

     537        2,565        3        177  

Units Redeemed

     (1,099      (1,385      (24      (163
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (562      1,180        (21      14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Total Market Index

           

Units Issued

     761        410        11        22  

Units Redeemed

     (301      (294      (16      (20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     460        116        (5      2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Extended Market Index

           

Units Issued

     480        230        65        7  

Units Redeemed

     (401      (316      (28      (85
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     79        (86      37        (78
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - International Index

           

Units Issued

     334        344        3        9  

Units Redeemed

     (116      (104      (7      (6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     218        240        (4      3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Emerging Markets Equity

           

Units Issued

     15        53        1        —    

Units Redeemed

     (95      (130      (10      (13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (80      (77      (9      (13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Emerging Markets Debt

           

Units Issued

     7        19        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (38      (51      (5      (9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (31      (32      (5      (9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity  
     Retirement Reserves      Income Advantage  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIF - Global Strategist - Class II

           

Units Issued

     25        3        1        —    

Units Redeemed

     (53      (34      (13      (19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (28      (31      (12      (19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity

           

Units Issued

     13        7        4        —    

Units Redeemed

     (24      (30      (12      (8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (11      (23      (8      (8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allspring - VT Discovery

           

Units Issued

     5        3        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (34      (42      (7      (11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (29      (39      (7      (11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allspring - VT Opportunity

           

Units Issued

     —          2        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (24      (31      (5      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (24      (29      (5      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lazard - Retirement Emerging Markets

           

Units Issued

     23        20        3        —    

Units Redeemed

     (58      (168      (7      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (35      (148      (4      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Commodity Real Return

           

Units Issued

     —          —          129        1  

Units Redeemed

     (1      —          (50      (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (1      —          79        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Low Duration

           

Units Issued

     372        1,690        4        27  

Units Redeemed

     (896      (1,178      (18      (34
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (524      512        (14      (7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Real Return

           

Units Issued

     439        216        8        16  

Units Redeemed

     (265      (159      (21      (20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     174        57        (13      (4
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Total Return

           

Units Issued

     82        364        —          16  

Units Redeemed

     (269      (340      (20      (26
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (187      24        (20      (10
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Blackrock - Global Allocation V.I.

           

Units Issued

     47        24        1        4  

Units Redeemed

     (76      (71      (4      (7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (29      (47      (3      (3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FTVIP - Templeton Global Bond

           

Units Issued

     16        75        3        2  

Units Redeemed

     (83      (219      (4      (29
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (67      (144      (1      (27
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FTVIP - Franklin U.S. Gov’t Securities

           

Units Issued

     134        966        13        44  

Units Redeemed

     (430      (459      (10      (35
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (296      507        3        9  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Government Money Market Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     279,285        316,763        —          24  

Units Redeemed

     (285,232      (306,285      (2      (29
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (5,947      10,478        (2      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - High Income Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     4,382        6,604        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,700      (8,360      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (318      (1,756      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Equity Income Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     4,239        2,668        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,867      (3,230      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,372        (562      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Growth Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,398        4,037        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,821      (3,746      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     577        291        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Overseas, Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     2,082        1,435        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,207      (2,623      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (125      (1,188      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investment Grade Bond Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     11,574        27,924        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (16,072      (18,863      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (4,498      9,061        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Asset Manager Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,556        1,728        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,156      (1,911      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     400        (183      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Index 500

           

Units Issued

     21,423        20,213        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (15,229      (24,600      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     6,194        (4,387      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Asset Manager: Growth Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     882        581        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (752      (906      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     130        (325      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Contrafund Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     6,593        8,193        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (7,158      (10,438      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (565      (2,245      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Balanced Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     16,284        15,115        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (10,303      (15,763      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     5,981        (648      —           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     760        692        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (657      (828      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     103        (136      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Growth & Income Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,965        1,174        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,276      (2,023      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     689        (849      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Growth Opportunities Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     5,333        8,680        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (5,686      (6,997      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (353      1,683        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Mid Cap Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,252        2,792        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,034      (5,127      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     218        (2,335      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Value Strategies Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     5,616        2,331        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,552      (1,217      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     2,064        1,114        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Utilities Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,174        1,877        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,347      (3,589      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (173      (1,712      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Technology Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     4,564        9,778        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,765      (7,815      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (201      1,963        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Energy Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     13,451        6,178        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (9,941      (4,095      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     3,510        2,083        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Health Care Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     2,318        4,396        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,858      (4,057      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (540      339        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Financial Services Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     7,135        2,561        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Redeemed

     (4,552      (3,364      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     2,583        (803      —          —    

VIP - Industrials Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,220        1,165        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,438      (1,576      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (218      (411      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Consumer Discretionary Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,780        1,954        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,596      (1,992      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     184        (38      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Real Estate Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     2,754        1,160        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,710      (2,255      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,044        (1,095      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Strategic Income Investor Class

                  

Units Issued

     7,448        6,030        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (6,260      (9,886      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,188        (3,856      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - International Capital Appreciation, Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     2,696        2,998        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,643      (3,327      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     53        (329      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Value Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,365        1,346        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (2,149      (1,980      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,216        (634      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom Income Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,107        2,002        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,025      (1,760      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     82        242        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2005 Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     275        596        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (621      (542      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (346      54        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2010 Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     614        676        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (413      (585      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     201        91        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2015 Investor Class

                  

Units Issued

     794        561        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (717      (851      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     77        (290      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2020 Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,351        1,285        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,390      (2,002      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (39      (717      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2025 Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,766        1,893        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,759      (1,935      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     7        (42      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Investor Freedom 2030 Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,125        2,087        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,571      (1,954      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,554        133        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income I

           

Units Issued

     —          —          5        9  

Units Redeemed

     —          —          (43      (65
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     —          —          (38      (56
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income II

           

Units Issued

     —          —          3        14  

Units Redeemed

     —          —          (116      (157
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     —          —          (113      (143
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income III

           

Units Issued

     —          —          16        9  

Units Redeemed

     —          —          (90      (97
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     —          —          (74      (88
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     4,722        1,879        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,575      (2,461      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,147        (582      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 20% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     9,517        12,816        6        39  

Units Redeemed

     (7,798      (9,118      (51      (92
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,719        3,698        (45      (53
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 50% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     11,354        10,649        —          25  

Units Redeemed

     (8,150      (12,168      (631      (500
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     3,204        (1,519      (631      (475
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 60% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     10,417        8,688        —          32  

Units Redeemed

     (7,611      (9,401      (487      (489
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     2,806        (713      (487      (457
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 70% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     10,496        8,300        148        19  

Units Redeemed

     (6,859      (10,977      (111      (154
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     3,637        (2,677      37        (135
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 85% Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,662        2,773        28        38  

Units Redeemed

     (2,496      (3,632      (65      (70
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,166        (859      (37      (32
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Consumer Staples Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     1,353        1,711        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,789      (2,491      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (436      (780      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Materials Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     3,926        1,103        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,015      (859      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     911        244        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Communication Services Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     2,132        1,827        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,719      (1,710      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     413        117        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Emerging Markets Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     4,952        3,335        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,047      (2,670      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     905        665        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

VIP - Floating Rate High Income Investor Class

           

Units Issued

     8,347        2,941        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,004      (9,637      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     4,343        (6,696      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Bond Index

           

Units Issued

     15,957        35,158        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (17,405      (17,987      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (1,448      17,171        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Total Market Index

           

Units Issued

     17,381        10,696        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (7,011      (7,402      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     10,370        3,294        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Extended Market Index

           

Units Issued

     7,957        3,918        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,532      (3,829      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     3,425        89        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - International Index

           

Units Issued

     9,925        6,464        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,729      (3,525      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     6,196        2,939        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Emerging Markets Equity

           

Units Issued

     561        542        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (738      (810      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (177      (268      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Emerging Markets Debt

           

Units Issued

     429        424        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (728      (1,450      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (299      (1,026      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIF - Global Strategist - Class II

           

Units Issued

     215        116        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (249      (192      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (34      (76      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity

           

Units Issued

     258        85        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (182      (232      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     76        (147      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Lazard - Retirement Emerging Markets

           

Units Issued

     578        570        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (922      (1,738      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (344      (1,168      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Commodity Real Return

           

Units Issued

     7,068        1,302        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (4,298      (1,187      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     2,770        115        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Low Duration

           

Units Issued

     8,137        15,250        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (13,211      (10,933      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (5,074      4,317        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

5. Changes in Units Outstanding - continued

 

     Fidelity      Fidelity Freedom  
     Personal Retirement      Lifetime Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020      2021      2020  

PVIT - Real Return

           

Units Issued

     6,539        4,959        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (5,189      (3,513      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     1,350        1,446        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

PVIT - Total Return

           

Units Issued

     4,236        7,651        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (7,224      (8,864      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (2,988      (1,213      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Blackrock - Global Allocation V.I.

           

Units Issued

     1,191        1,208        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,509      (2,349      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (318      (1,141      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FTVIP - Templeton Global Bond

           

Units Issued

     756        590        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (1,289      (1,787      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (533      (1,197      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FTVIP - Franklin U.S. Gov’t Securities

           

Units Issued

     1,976        9,699        —          —    

Units Redeemed

     (3,749      (5,979      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (1,773      3,720        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income  
(in thousands)    2021      2020  

VIP - Government Money Market Investor Class

     

Units Issued

     4,425        3,321  

Units Redeemed

     (4,352      (2,859
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     73        462  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - Balanced Investor Class

     

Units Issued

     78        94  

Units Redeemed

     (3,016      (3,754
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (2,938      (3,660
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIP - FundsManager 60% Investor Class

     

Units Issued

     49        28  

Units Redeemed

     (2,576      (3,380
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease)

     (2,527      (3,352
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

6. Unit Values

A summary of unit values, units outstanding, income and expense ratios, investment income, and total return for each sub account, for each of the five years in the period ended December 31:

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Government Money Market

                      

2021

     10,312      $ 20.95      $ 20.01      $ 215,555        0.80     1.00     0.01     (0.79 %)      (1.00 %) 

2020

     12,602      $ 21.11      $ 20.21      $ 265,511        0.80     1.00     0.29     (0.49 %)      (0.69 %) 

2019

     11,036      $ 21.22      $ 20.35      $ 233,659        0.80     1.00     1.99     1.20     1.00

2018

     11,748      $ 20.97      $ 20.15      $ 245,586        0.80     1.00     1.65     0.83     0.63

2017

     9,879      $ 20.79      $ 20.03      $ 204,884        0.80     1.00     0.67     (0.13 %)      (0.33 %) 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Government Money Market Investor Class

                      

2021

     159,019      $ 10.40      $ 9.01      $ 1,739,232        0.10     1.40     0.01     (0.09 %)      (1.24 %) 

2020

     164,894      $ 10.41      $ 9.13      $ 1,813,259        0.10     1.40     0.28     0.21     (0.95 %) 

2019

     153,959      $ 10.39      $ 9.22      $ 1,694,897        0.10     1.40     1.96     1.89     0.72

2018

     143,163      $ 10.20      $ 9.01      $ 1,546,389        0.10     1.40     1.64     1.53     0.20

2017

     101,184      $ 10.05      $ 8.99      $ 1,078,245        0.10     1.40     0.65     0.55     (0.75 %) 

VIP - High Income
2021

     1,122      $ 63.35      $ 60.52      $ 70,393        0.80     1.00     5.28     3.58     3.37

2020

     1,187      $ 61.16      $ 58.55      $ 71,886        0.80     1.00     4.96     1.92     1.72

2019

     1,356      $ 60.01      $ 57.56      $ 80,631        0.80     1.00     5.14     14.18     13.96

2018

     1,433      $ 52.55      $ 50.51      $ 74,690        0.80     1.00     5.44     (4.06 %)      (4.26 %) 

2017

     1,653      $ 54.78      $ 52.76      $ 89,833        0.80     1.00     5.18     6.08     5.87

VIP - High Income Investor Class

                      

2021

     17,810      $ 18.69      $ 29.22      $ 377,064        0.10     0.25     5.32     4.52     4.36

2020

     18,126      $ 17.88      $ 27.99      $ 370,663        0.10     0.25     5.07     2.64     2.48

2019

     19,882      $ 17.42      $ 27.32      $ 399,726        0.10     0.25     5.24     14.83     14.65

2018

     19,157      $ 15.17      $ 23.83      $ 338,017        0.10     0.25     5.51     (3.60 %)      (3.74 %) 

2017

     21,313      $ 15.74      $ 24.75      $ 392,092        0.10     0.25     5.13     6.84     6.68

VIP - Equity-Income

                      

2021

     2,466      $ 175.18      $ 167.37      $ 429,819        0.80     1.00     1.89     23.89     23.65

2020

     2,624      $ 141.40      $ 135.36      $ 369,212        0.80     1.00     1.80     5.84     5.62

2019

     2,934      $ 133.60      $ 128.15      $ 389,886        0.80     1.00     1.99     26.42     26.17

2018

     3,251      $ 105.67      $ 101.57      $ 341,942        0.80     1.00     2.21     (9.03 %)      (9.21 %) 

2017

     3,629      $ 116.16      $ 111.88      $ 419,673        0.80     1.00     1.68     11.99     11.77

VIP - Equity-Income Investor Class

                      

2021

     13,949      $ 37.71      $ 55.32      $ 503,315        0.10     0.25     1.89     24.71     24.52

2020

     12,577      $ 30.24      $ 44.42      $ 362,054        0.10     0.25     1.79     6.47     6.31

2019

     13,139      $ 28.40      $ 41.79      $ 355,773        0.10     0.25     1.95     27.22     27.03

2018

     13,687      $ 22.32      $ 32.90      $ 291,581        0.10     0.25     2.17     (8.47 %)      (8.60 %) 

2017

     14,877      $ 24.39      $ 35.99      $ 346,675        0.10     0.25     1.63     12.72     12.55

VIP - Growth
2021

     2,209      $ 347.74      $ 332.23      $ 765,572        0.80     1.00     —         22.23     21.98

2020

     2,399      $ 284.50      $ 272.36      $ 679,861        0.80     1.00     0.07     42.74     42.45

2019

     2,613      $ 199.32      $ 191.20      $ 519,163        0.80     1.00     0.26     33.24     32.97

2018

     2,880      $ 149.59      $ 143.79      $ 429,361        0.80     1.00     0.24     (0.97 %)      (1.17 %) 

2017

     3,145      $ 151.06      $ 145.49      $ 473,564        0.80     1.00     0.22     34.06     33.79

VIP - Growth Investor Class
2021

     12,313      $ 72.56      $ 103.96      $ 871,206        0.10     0.25     —         23.00     22.82

2020

     11,736      $ 58.99      $ 84.64      $ 674,257        0.10     0.25     0.06     43.64     43.42

2019

     11,445      $ 41.07      $ 59.02      $ 456,710        0.10     0.25     0.18     34.07     33.87

2018

     12,352      $ 30.63      $ 44.09      $ 367,819        0.10     0.25     0.16     (0.34 %)      (0.49 %) 

2017

     11,613      $ 30.74      $ 44.30      $ 347,823        0.10     0.25     0.15     34.89     34.69

VIP - Overseas
2021

     1,107      $ 79.32      $ 75.78      $ 87,478        0.80     1.00     0.52     18.74     18.50

2020

     1,210      $ 66.80      $ 63.95      $ 80,458        0.80     1.00     0.44     14.69     14.46

2019

     1,353      $ 58.25      $ 55.88      $ 78,553        0.80     1.00     1.69     26.74     26.49

2018

     1,525      $ 45.96      $ 44.17      $ 69,884        0.80     1.00     1.47     (15.49 %)      (15.66 %) 

2017

     1,783      $ 54.38      $ 52.38      $ 96,589        0.80     1.00     1.43     29.25     28.99

VIP - Overseas, Investor Class
2021

     9,733      $ 26.89      $ 36.87      $ 265,667        0.10     0.25     0.48     19.51     19.33

2020

     9,859      $ 22.50      $ 30.89      $ 225,658        0.10     0.25     0.36     15.38     15.21

2019

     11,047      $ 19.50      $ 26.82      $ 219,800        0.10     0.25     1.61     27.61     27.42

2018

     12,991      $ 15.28      $ 21.05      $ 202,627        0.10     0.25     1.36     (14.98 %)      (15.11 %) 

2017

     15,154      $ 17.98      $ 24.79      $ 279,058        0.10     0.25     1.50     30.05     29.85

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Investment Grade Bond
2021

     3,369      $ 49.74      $ 47.52      $ 166,332        0.80     1.00     1.99     (1.40 %)      (1.60 %) 

2020

     3,816      $ 50.44      $ 48.29      $ 191,178        0.80     1.00     2.24     8.52     8.30

2019

     3,675      $ 46.48      $ 44.59      $ 169,486        0.80     1.00     2.70     8.79     8.57

2018

     3,945      $ 42.73      $ 41.07      $ 167,175        0.80     1.00     2.42     (1.33 %)      (1.53 %) 

2017

     4,406      $ 43.31      $ 41.71      $ 189,300        0.80     1.00     2.35     3.39     3.18

VIP - Investment Grade Bond Investor Class

                      

2021

     53,000      $ 14.94      $ 19.01      $ 894,402        0.10     0.25     2.01     (0.74 %)      (0.89 %) 

2020

     57,498      $ 15.05      $ 19.18      $ 985,291        0.10     0.25     2.32     9.22     9.06

2019

     48,437      $ 13.78      $ 17.59      $ 767,715        0.10     0.25     2.87     9.56     9.40

2018

     41,512      $ 12.58      $ 16.08      $ 605,710        0.10     0.25     2.36     (0.67 %)      (0.82 %) 

2017

     47,653      $ 12.66      $ 16.21      $ 700,813        0.10     0.25     2.46     4.10     3.94

VIP - Asset Manager
2021

     2,570      $ 82.85      $ 79.16      $ 211,820        0.80     1.00     1.59     9.04     8.82

2020

     2,771      $ 75.99      $ 72.74      $ 209,493        0.80     1.00     1.49     13.95     13.72

2019

     3,022      $ 66.68      $ 63.97      $ 200,448        0.80     1.00     1.75     17.30     17.07

2018

     3,318      $ 56.85      $ 54.64      $ 187,592        0.80     1.00     1.65     (6.11 %)      (6.30 %) 

2017

     3,659      $ 60.55      $ 58.32      $ 220,350        0.80     1.00     1.85     13.19     12.97

VIP - Asset Manager Investor Class
2021

     9,594      $ 24.29      $ 34.00      $ 256,967        0.10     0.25     1.59     9.74     9.58

2020

     9,193      $ 22.13      $ 31.02      $ 226,257        0.10     0.25     1.48     14.65     14.48

2019

     9,376      $ 19.30      $ 27.10      $ 202,331        0.10     0.25     1.73     18.02     17.84

2018

     9,785      $ 16.36      $ 23.00      $ 179,408        0.10     0.25     1.68     (5.49 %)      (5.63 %) 

2017

     9,760      $ 17.31      $ 24.37      $ 189,009        0.10     0.25     1.88     13.84     13.67

VIP - Index 500
2021

     84,374      $ 53.56      $ 146.07      $ 4,944,733        0.10     1.00     1.29     28.45     27.29

2020

     78,449      $ 41.70      $ 114.75      $ 3,630,663        0.10     1.00     1.76     18.12     17.05

2019

     83,552      $ 35.30      $ 98.03      $ 3,306,467        0.10     1.00     1.99     31.22     30.04

2018

     82,991      $ 26.90      $ 75.39      $ 2,532,559        0.10     1.00     1.87     (4.59 %)      (5.45 %) 

2017

     83,759      $ 28.20      $ 79.73      $ 2,712,372        0.10     1.00     1.83     21.59     20.50

VIP - Asset Manager: Growth
2021

     1,243      $ 61.05      $ 58.32      $ 75,337        0.80     1.00     1.40     13.05     12.82

2020

     1,322      $ 54.00      $ 51.70      $ 70,900        0.80     1.00     1.11     16.32     16.09

2019

     1,456      $ 46.42      $ 44.53      $ 67,088        0.80     1.00     1.54     21.84     21.60

2018

     1,596      $ 38.10      $ 36.62      $ 60,380        0.80     1.00     1.41     (8.39 %)      (8.58 %) 

2017

     1,759      $ 41.59      $ 40.06      $ 72,692        0.80     1.00     1.25     17.78     17.54

VIP - Asset Manager: Growth Investor Class

                      

2021

     4,547      $ 29.23      $ 42.21      $ 141,408        0.10     0.25     1.41     13.77     13.60

2020

     4,416      $ 25.69      $ 37.15      $ 121,466        0.10     0.25     1.06     17.08     16.90

2019

     4,741      $ 21.95      $ 31.78      $ 111,526        0.10     0.25     1.50     22.58     22.39

2018

     4,997      $ 17.90      $ 25.97      $ 96,219        0.10     0.25     1.37     (7.82 %)      (7.96 %) 

2017

     5,117      $ 19.42      $ 28.21      $ 106,975        0.10     0.25     1.25     18.57     18.39

VIP - Contrafund
2021

     6,806      $ 191.79      $ 183.24      $ 1,300,199        0.80     1.00     0.06     26.81     26.56

2020

     7,278      $ 151.24      $ 144.79      $ 1,096,430        0.80     1.00     0.25     29.52     29.26

2019

     8,077      $ 116.77      $ 112.02      $ 939,288        0.80     1.00     0.46     30.53     30.26

2018

     8,923      $ 89.46      $ 85.99      $ 795,340        0.80     1.00     0.69     (7.13 %)      (7.32 %) 

2017

     9,841      $ 96.33      $ 92.78      $ 944,666        0.80     1.00     0.99     20.90     20.66

VIP - Contrafund Investor Class
2021

     42,408      $ 52.60      $ 79.53      $ 2,317,809        0.10     0.25     0.05     27.62     27.42

2020

     42,973      $ 41.22      $ 62.41      $ 1,851,077        0.10     0.25     0.18     30.35     30.15

2019

     45,218      $ 31.62      $ 47.95      $ 1,503,490        0.10     0.25     0.39     31.36     31.16

2018

     48,111      $ 24.07      $ 36.56      $ 1,221,858        0.10     0.25     0.64     (6.59 %)      (6.73 %) 

2017

     49,353      $ 25.77      $ 39.20      $ 1,346,901        0.10     0.25     0.93     21.69     21.50

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Balanced
2021

     3,893      $ 57.31      $ 54.75      $ 221,126        0.80     1.00     0.94     17.32     17.08

2020

     3,966      $ 48.85      $ 46.76      $ 192,127        0.80     1.00     1.45     21.41     21.16

2019

     4,258      $ 40.24      $ 38.60      $ 169,897        0.80     1.00     1.73     23.51     23.26

2018

     4,477      $ 32.58      $ 31.31      $ 144,570        0.80     1.00     1.44     (4.99 %)      (5.18 %) 

2017

     4,849      $ 34.29      $ 33.02      $ 164,922        0.80     1.00     1.45     15.50     15.26

VIP - Balanced Investor Class
2021

     112,027      $ 35.98      $ 48.93      $ 4,141,613        0.10     1.40     0.88     18.06     16.52

2020

     108,982      $ 30.48      $ 41.99      $ 3,419,574        0.10     1.40     1.39     22.23     20.64

2019

     113,290      $ 24.93      $ 34.81      $ 2,920,528        0.10     1.40     1.69     24.26     22.64

2018

     116,132      $ 20.07      $ 28.38      $ 2,407,194        0.10     1.40     1.41     (4.37 %)      (5.63 %) 

2017

     117,571      $ 20.98      $ 30.08      $ 2,542,316        0.10     1.40     1.42     16.16     14.66

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation

                      

2021

     419      $ 66.22      $ 63.82      $ 27,569        0.80     1.00     0.41     23.63     23.38

2020

     450      $ 53.56      $ 51.73      $ 23,928        0.80     1.00     0.22     32.54     32.27

2019

     516      $ 40.41      $ 39.11      $ 20,742        0.80     1.00     0.60     29.04     28.78

2018

     605      $ 31.32      $ 30.37      $ 18,876        0.80     1.00     0.57     (5.65 %)      (5.84 %) 

2017

     674      $ 33.19      $ 32.25      $ 22,264        0.80     1.00     0.85     22.90     22.65

VIP - Dynamic Capital Appreciation Investor Class

                      

2021

     3,241      $ 56.08      $ 88.25      $ 186,787        0.10     0.25     0.34     24.33     24.15

2020

     3,139      $ 45.10      $ 71.08      $ 146,488        0.10     0.25     0.16     33.40     33.20

2019

     3,275      $ 33.81      $ 53.36      $ 115,114        0.10     0.25     0.54     29.94     29.74

2018

     3,729      $ 26.02      $ 41.13      $ 101,034        0.10     0.25     0.49     (5.09 %)      (5.24 %) 

2017

     3,776      $ 27.42      $ 43.40      $ 108,387        0.10     0.25     0.77     23.62     23.43

VIP - Growth & Income
2021

     2,139      $ 62.62      $ 59.83      $ 133,106        0.80     1.00     2.40     24.94     24.69

2020

     2,284      $ 50.12      $ 47.98      $ 113,765        0.80     1.00     2.11     6.98     6.77

2019

     2,565      $ 46.85      $ 44.94      $ 119,329        0.80     1.00     3.57     29.01     28.75

2018

     2,845      $ 36.32      $ 34.91      $ 102,639        0.80     1.00     0.35     (9.71 %)      (9.90 %) 

2017

     3,235      $ 40.22      $ 38.74      $ 129,319        0.80     1.00     1.24     15.96     15.73

VIP - Growth & Income Investor Class
2021

     6,293      $ 44.03      $ 59.85      $ 269,306        0.10     0.25     2.48     25.67     25.48

2020

     5,605      $ 35.03      $ 47.69      $ 190,471        0.10     0.25     2.03     7.65     7.49

2019

     6,454      $ 32.54      $ 44.37      $ 203,649        0.10     0.25     3.51     29.85     29.65

2018

     7,032      $ 25.06      $ 34.22      $ 171,312        0.10     0.25     0.27     (9.15 %)      (9.28 %) 

2017

     7,947      $ 27.59      $ 37.72      $ 213,340        0.10     0.25     1.17     16.71     16.53

VIP - Growth Opportunities
2021

     2,566      $ 96.85      $ 92.53      $ 247,094        0.80     1.00     —         11.05     10.82

2020

     3,024      $ 87.21      $ 83.49      $ 262,165        0.80     1.00     0.01     67.31     66.97

2019

     3,198      $ 52.13      $ 50.00      $ 165,715        0.80     1.00     0.16     39.71     39.43

2018

     2,667      $ 37.31      $ 35.86      $ 98,882        0.80     1.00     0.11     11.56     11.33

2017

     2,629      $ 33.45      $ 32.21      $ 87,425        0.80     1.00     0.30     33.44     33.17

VIP - Growth Opportunities Investor Class

                      

2021

     13,573      $ 96.48      $ 158.51      $ 1,258,355        0.10     0.25     —         11.75     11.59

2020

     13,926      $ 86.33      $ 142.05      $ 1,154,274        0.10     0.25     0.01     68.35     68.10

2019

     12,243      $ 51.28      $ 84.50      $ 599,630        0.10     0.25     0.10     40.57     40.36

2018

     9,211      $ 36.48      $ 60.20      $ 321,276        0.10     0.25     0.10     12.29     12.12

2017

     7,258      $ 32.49      $ 53.70      $ 224,576        0.10     0.25     0.24     34.25     34.05

VIP - Mid Cap
2021

     4,322      $ 75.05      $ 71.84      $ 322,312        0.80     1.00     0.60     24.60     24.35

2020

     4,691      $ 60.23      $ 57.77      $ 280,720        0.80     1.00     0.65     17.24     17.00

2019

     5,455      $ 51.37      $ 49.38      $ 278,523        0.80     1.00     0.84     22.46     22.21

2018

     6,310      $ 41.95      $ 40.40      $ 262,981        0.80     1.00     0.63     (15.23 %)      (15.40 %) 

2017

     7,013      $ 49.49      $ 47.75      $ 345,185        0.80     1.00     0.69     19.85     19.60

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Mid Cap Investor Class
2021

     16,577      $ 35.44      $ 62.57      $ 658,078        0.10     0.25     0.55     25.41     25.23

2020

     16,360      $ 28.26      $ 49.97      $ 526,491        0.10     0.25     0.57     17.96     17.78

2019

     18,695      $ 23.95      $ 42.43      $ 515,047        0.10     0.25     0.80     23.23     23.04

2018

     20,731      $ 19.44      $ 34.48      $ 466,686        0.10     0.25     0.56     (14.68 %)      (14.81 %) 

2017

     21,798      $ 22.78      $ 40.48      $ 579,930        0.10     0.25     0.64     20.60     20.42

VIP - Value Strategies
2021

     1,215      $ 45.69      $ 44.04      $ 55,174        0.80     1.00     1.51     32.53     32.26

2020

     1,081      $ 34.48      $ 33.30      $ 36,927        0.80     1.00     1.39     7.39     7.17

2019

     1,047      $ 32.10      $ 31.07      $ 33,380        0.80     1.00     1.62     33.45     33.18

2018

     1,204      $ 24.06      $ 23.33      $ 28,769        0.80     1.00     0.95     (17.98 %)      (18.15 %) 

2017

     1,430      $ 29.33      $ 28.50      $ 41,702        0.80     1.00     1.46     18.40     18.17

VIP - Value Strategies Investor Class
2021

     5,968      $ 39.27      $ 80.54      $ 236,505        0.10     0.25     1.54     33.35     33.15

2020

     3,903      $ 29.45      $ 60.49      $ 116,259        0.10     0.25     1.53     8.16     7.99

2019

     2,789      $ 27.23      $ 56.01      $ 76,969        0.10     0.25     1.61     34.14     33.94

2018

     2,817      $ 20.30      $ 41.82      $ 58,000        0.10     0.25     0.87     (17.45 %)      (17.58 %) 

2017

     3,457      $ 24.59      $ 50.74      $ 86,463        0.10     0.25     1.38     19.18     19.00

VIP - Utilities (10)
2021

     651      $ 39.69      $ 38.09      $ 25,765        0.80     1.00     1.85     16.56     16.32

2020

     732      $ 34.05      $ 32.74      $ 24,771        0.80     1.00     2.46     (0.98 %)      (1.18 %) 

2019

     1,088      $ 34.39      $ 33.13      $ 37,258        0.80     1.00     2.18     22.20     21.95

2018

     1,271      $ 28.14      $ 27.17      $ 35,650        0.80     1.00     2.36     7.94     7.72

2017

     929      $ 26.07      $ 25.22      $ 24,149        0.80     1.00     2.10     16.94     16.71

VIP - Utilities Investor Class (8)
2021

     4,028      $ 34.79      $ 42.98      $ 154,428        0.10     0.25     1.83     17.25     17.08

2020

     4,202      $ 29.67      $ 36.71      $ 138,543        0.10     0.25     2.38     (0.36 %)      (0.51 %) 

2019

     5,914      $ 29.78      $ 36.90      $ 198,015        0.10     0.25     2.23     23.01     22.83

2018

     4,664      $ 24.21      $ 30.04      $ 127,653        0.10     0.25     2.06     8.55     8.39

2017

     3,812      $ 22.30      $ 27.72      $ 97,020        0.10     0.25     2.06     17.72     17.54

VIP - Technology (8)
2021

     2,666      $ 109.36      $ 104.95      $ 290,330        0.80     1.00     —         27.14     26.88

2020

     2,901      $ 86.02      $ 82.71      $ 248,510        0.80     1.00     0.08     63.63     63.30

2019

     2,908      $ 52.57      $ 50.65      $ 152,286        0.80     1.00     0.44     50.11     49.81

2018

     3,114      $ 35.02      $ 33.81      $ 108,683        0.80     1.00     —         (8.36 %)      (8.55 %) 

2017

     3,601      $ 38.22      $ 36.97      $ 137,162        0.80     1.00     0.01     49.58     49.28

VIP - Technology Investor Class (8)
2021

     14,315      $ 97.48      $ 224.15      $ 1,554,980        0.10     0.25     —         27.94     27.74

2020

     14,515      $ 76.20      $ 175.47      $ 1,254,095        0.10     0.25     0.06     64.60     64.35

2019

     12,552      $ 46.29      $ 106.76      $ 671,839        0.10     0.25     0.39     51.11     50.89

2018

     12,458      $ 30.64      $ 70.76      $ 447,074        0.10     0.25     —         (7.77 %)      (7.91 %) 

2017

     12,511      $ 33.22      $ 76.84      $ 490,790        0.10     0.25     0.01     50.43     50.21

VIP - Energy (8)
2021

     1,244      $ 22.51      $ 21.60      $ 27,847        0.80     1.00     3.28     54.11     53.80

2020

     1,019      $ 14.60      $ 14.04      $ 14,829        0.80     1.00     2.68     (33.31 %)      (33.44 %) 

2019

     1,186      $ 21.90      $ 21.10      $ 25,873        0.80     1.00     1.99     9.20     8.98

2018

     1,339      $ 20.05      $ 19.36      $ 26,757        0.80     1.00     0.92     (25.19 %)      (25.34 %) 

2017

     1,503      $ 26.80      $ 25.93      $ 40,129        0.80     1.00     1.53     (3.25 %)      (3.45 )% 

VIP - Energy Investor Class (8)
2021

     11,233      $ 12.57      $ 18.53      $ 148,929        0.10     0.25     2.65     55.00     54.77

2020

     7,723      $ 8.11      $ 11.97      $ 66,258        0.10     0.25     2.98     (32.87 %)      (32.97 %) 

2019

     5,640      $ 12.08      $ 17.86      $ 72,726        0.10     0.25     1.87     9.87     9.71

2018

     7,280      $ 10.99      $ 16.28      $ 85,583        0.10     0.25     0.87     (24.73 %)      (24.84 %) 

2017

     7,097      $ 14.60      $ 21.66      $ 111,672        0.10     0.25     1.47     (2.66 )%      (2.81 %) 

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Health Care (8)
2021

     1,811      $ 79.94      $ 76.72      $ 144,136        0.80     1.00     0.09     10.84     10.62

2020

     2,031      $ 72.13      $ 69.36      $ 145,735        0.80     1.00     0.55     20.61     20.36

2019

     2,185      $ 59.80      $ 57.62      $ 130,102        0.80     1.00     0.23     27.34     27.09

2018

     2,681      $ 46.96      $ 45.34      $ 125,420        0.80     1.00     0.20     6.99     6.77

2017

     2,714      $ 43.90      $ 42.47      $ 118,717        0.80     1.00     0.26     24.05     23.80

VIP - Health Care Investor Class (8)
2021

     12,270      $ 71.33      $ 103.56      $ 897,989        0.10     0.25     0.08     11.54     11.38

2020

     12,809      $ 63.95      $ 92.98      $ 844,282        0.10     0.25     0.50     21.37     21.18

2019

     12,470      $ 52.69      $ 76.73      $ 680,656        0.10     0.25     0.15     28.16     27.97

2018

     14,538      $ 41.11      $ 59.96      $ 620,666        0.10     0.25     0.14     7.61     7.45

2017

     13,485      $ 38.20      $ 55.80      $ 536,505        0.10     0.25     0.20     24.84     24.66

VIP - Financial Services (8)
2021

     1,283      $ 25.34      $ 24.32      $ 32,377        0.80     1.00     1.82     32.13     31.86

2020

     929      $ 19.18      $ 18.44      $ 17,730        0.80     1.00     2.33     (0.04 %)      (0.25 %) 

2019

     1,164      $ 19.19      $ 18.49      $ 22,214        0.80     1.00     1.96     33.25     32.99

2018

     1,510      $ 14.40      $ 13.90      $ 21,657        0.80     1.00     1.07     (16.41 %)      (16.58 %) 

2017

     2,340      $ 17.22      $ 16.66      $ 40,162        0.80     1.00     0.76     20.28     20.04

VIP - Financial Services Investor Class (8)
2021

     7,535      $ 35.93      $ 55.83      $ 221,585        0.10     0.25     1.78     33.00     32.80

2020

     4,953      $ 27.01      $ 42.04      $ 108,409        0.10     0.25     2.38     0.53     0.38

2019

     5,756      $ 26.87      $ 41.88      $ 124,129        0.10     0.25     1.90     34.15     33.95

2018

     7,500      $ 20.03      $ 31.27      $ 120,583        0.10     0.25     1.03     (15.90 %)      (16.03 %) 

2017

     9,140      $ 23.82      $ 37.24      $ 172,892        0.10     0.25     0.70     21.05     20.87

VIP - Industrials (8)
2021

     428      $ 67.24      $ 64.53      $ 28,598        0.80     1.00     —         16.15     15.92

2020

     479      $ 57.89      $ 55.67      $ 27,545        0.80     1.00     0.56     11.41     11.19

2019

     592      $ 51.96      $ 50.06      $ 30,600        0.80     1.00     1.04     27.12     26.86

2018

     699      $ 40.87      $ 39.46      $ 28,433        0.80     1.00     0.76     (15.80 %)      (15.97 %) 

2017

     829      $ 48.55      $ 46.96      $ 40,063        0.80     1.00     0.71     19.19     18.95

VIP - Industrials Investor Class (8)
2021

     2,968      $ 39.64      $ 69.11      $ 129,664        0.10     0.25     —         16.91     16.74

2020

     3,186      $ 33.91      $ 59.21      $ 121,047        0.10     0.25     0.50     12.08     11.91

2019

     3,597      $ 30.25      $ 52.90      $ 123,837        0.10     0.25     1.00     27.96     27.77

2018

     4,105      $ 23.64      $ 41.41      $ 111,321        0.10     0.25     0.66     (15.27 %)      (15.40 %) 

2017

     4,777      $ 27.90      $ 48.94      $ 153,817        0.10     0.25     0.65     19.93     19.75

VIP - Consumer Discretionary (8)
2021

     478      $ 61.88      $ 59.38      $ 29,441        0.80     1.00     —         18.45     18.21

2020

     493      $ 52.24      $ 50.23      $ 25,632        0.80     1.00     0.11     35.06     34.79

2019

     599      $ 38.68      $ 37.27      $ 23,062        0.80     1.00     0.31     26.18     25.92

2018

     740      $ 30.65      $ 29.60      $ 22,599        0.80     1.00     0.32     (1.88 %)      (2.08 %) 

2017

     642      $ 31.24      $ 30.22      $ 19,984        0.80     1.00     0.54     21.19     20.94

VIP - Consumer Discretionary Investor Class (8)

                      

2021

     4,353      $ 60.43      $ 108.85      $ 266,806        0.10     0.25     —         19.20     19.02

2020

     4,169      $ 50.70      $ 91.45      $ 214,538        0.10     0.25     0.09     35.86     35.66

2019

     4,207      $ 37.32      $ 67.41      $ 160,376        0.10     0.25     0.24     27.00     26.81

2018

     4,849      $ 29.38      $ 53.16      $ 146,065        0.10     0.25     0.24     (1.26 %)      (1.41 %) 

2017

     3,719      $ 29.76      $ 53.92      $ 113,709        0.10     0.25     0.47     21.95     21.76

VIP - Real Estate
2021

     664      $ 51.94      $ 50.06      $ 34,346        0.80     1.00     1.16     37.88     37.60

2020

     668      $ 37.67      $ 36.38      $ 25,031        0.80     1.00     2.09     (7.30 %)      (7.49 %) 

2019

     824      $ 40.64      $ 39.32      $ 33,331        0.80     1.00     1.72     22.23     21.99

2018

     871      $ 33.24      $ 32.24      $ 28,875        0.80     1.00     2.75     (6.98 %)      (7.17 %) 

2017

     1,043      $ 35.74      $ 34.72      $ 37,194        0.80     1.00     1.72     3.24     3.03

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Real Estate Investor Class
2021

     6,610      $ 30.99      $ 74.64      $ 221,152        0.10     0.25     1.16     38.78     38.57

2020

     5,564      $ 22.33      $ 53.86      $ 136,135        0.10     0.25     2.04     (6.70 %)      (6.85 %) 

2019

     6,659      $ 23.93      $ 57.82      $ 175,399        0.10     0.25     1.75     23.02     22.84

2018

     6,351      $ 19.46      $ 47.07      $ 136,704        0.10     0.25     2.71     (6.43 %)      (6.57 %) 

2017

     7,330      $ 20.79      $ 50.38      $ 169,524        0.10     0.25     1.68     3.89     3.73

VIP - Strategic Income
2021

     2,376      $ 23.73      $ 22.90      $ 56,157        0.80     1.00     2.62     2.91     2.70

2020

     2,443      $ 23.06      $ 22.30      $ 56,046        0.80     1.00     3.12     6.65     6.44

2019

     2,855      $ 21.62      $ 20.95      $ 61,512        0.80     1.00     3.18     10.00     9.78

2018

     3,148      $ 19.66      $ 19.08      $ 61,616        0.80     1.00     3.47     (3.35 %)      (3.55 %) 

2017

     3,712      $ 20.34      $ 19.79      $ 75,222        0.80     1.00     3.14     6.93     6.72

VIP - Strategic Income Investor Class
2021

     47,126      $ 16.80      $ 24.18      $ 919,681        0.10     0.25     2.64     3.62     3.46

2020

     45,937      $ 16.21      $ 23.37      $ 879,413        0.10     0.25     3.22     7.40     7.24

2019

     49,793      $ 15.09      $ 21.79      $ 896,128        0.10     0.25     3.27     10.78     10.62

2018

     51,217      $ 13.62      $ 19.70      $ 840,109        0.10     0.25     3.47     (2.72 %)      (2.86 %) 

2017

     58,613      $ 14.00      $ 20.28      $ 989,993        0.10     0.25     3.25     7.68     7.51

VIP - International Capital Appreciation
2021

     701      $ 32.31      $ 31.26      $ 22,607        0.80     1.00     0.00     11.44     11.22

2020

     855      $ 29.00      $ 28.10      $ 24,736        0.80     1.00     0.31     21.26     21.01

2019

     890      $ 23.91      $ 23.22      $ 21,241        0.80     1.00     0.57     32.26     32.00

2018

     927      $ 18.08      $ 17.59      $ 16,710        0.80     1.00     0.60     (13.45 %)      (13.63 %) 

2017

     1,130      $ 20.89      $ 20.37      $ 23,542        0.80     1.00     0.53     35.36     35.09

VIP - International Capital Appreciation Investor Class

                      

2021

     11,161      $ 35.07      $ 66.34      $ 386,152        0.10     0.25     —         12.13     11.96

2020

     11,108      $ 31.27      $ 59.25      $ 342,612        0.10     0.25     0.27     22.02     21.83

2019

     11,437      $ 25.63      $ 48.63      $ 289,855        0.10     0.25     0.47     33.02     32.82

2018

     11,483      $ 19.27      $ 36.61      $ 218,230        0.10     0.25     0.60     (12.89 %)      (13.02 %) 

2017

     11,811      $ 22.12      $ 42.10      $ 258,783        0.10     0.25     0.49     36.19     35.99

VIP - Value

                      

2021

     775      $ 34.75      $ 33.61      $ 26,844        0.80     1.00     1.70     29.11     28.85

2020

     631      $ 26.91      $ 26.08      $ 16,940        0.80     1.00     1.49     5.41     5.19

2019

     712      $ 25.53      $ 24.80      $ 18,112        0.80     1.00     1.80     31.07     30.81

2018

     792      $ 19.48      $ 18.96      $ 15,359        0.80     1.00     1.07     (14.53 %)      (14.71 %) 

2017

     922      $ 22.79      $ 22.22      $ 20,973        0.80     1.00     1.29     14.66     14.43

VIP - Value Investor Class
2021

     5,595      $ 40.30      $ 69.89      $ 218,149        0.10     0.25     1.67     29.85     29.66

2020

     4,379      $ 31.04      $ 53.90      $ 131,011        0.10     0.25     1.39     6.09     5.93

2019

     5,013      $ 29.25      $ 50.88      $ 141,244        0.10     0.25     1.75     31.88     31.68

2018

     5,367      $ 22.18      $ 38.64      $ 114,745        0.10     0.25     1.04     (13.96 %)      (14.09 %) 

2017

     5,510      $ 25.78      $ 44.98      $ 137,463        0.10     0.25     1.22     15.40     15.23

VIP - Freedom Income
2021

     597      $ 18.98      $ 18.98      $ 11,333        0.80     0.80     0.99     2.52     2.52

2020

     672      $ 18.52      $ 18.52      $ 12,440        0.80     0.80     1.34     9.59     9.59

2019

     645      $ 16.90      $ 16.90      $ 10,908        0.80     0.80     2.05     11.05     11.05

2018

     709      $ 15.21      $ 15.21      $ 10,785        0.80     0.80     1.63     (2.75 %)      (2.75 %) 

2017

     768      $ 15.64      $ 15.64      $ 12,019        0.80     0.80     1.59     7.62     7.62

VIP - Investor Freedom Income Investor Class
2021

     5,115      $ 17.15      $ 20.91      $ 97,092        0.10     0.25     1.01     3.18     3.03

2020

     5,031      $ 16.63      $ 20.30      $ 92,853        0.10     0.25     1.35     10.29     10.12

2019

     4,789      $ 15.07      $ 18.43      $ 81,005        0.10     0.25     2.21     11.91     11.74

2018

     4,691      $ 13.47      $ 16.50      $ 71,014        0.10     0.25     1.76     (2.13 %)      (2.28 %) 

2017

     4,491      $ 13.76      $ 16.88      $ 70,716        0.10     0.25     1.55     8.34     8.18

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Freedom 2005
2021

     409      $ 21.40      $ 21.40      $ 8,759        0.80     0.80     1.07     3.26     3.26

2020

     434      $ 20.73      $ 20.73      $ 9,000        0.80     0.80     1.31     10.36     10.36

2019

     444      $ 18.78      $ 18.78      $ 8,342        0.80     0.80     2.16     12.90     12.90

2018

     449      $ 16.64      $ 16.64      $ 7,477        0.80     0.80     1.70     (3.74 %)      (3.74 %) 

2017

     427      $ 17.28      $ 17.28      $ 7,377        0.80     0.80     1.63     10.18     10.18

VIP - Investor Freedom 2005 Investor Class
2021

     1,257      $ 19.84      $ 26.82      $ 27,935        0.10     0.25     0.92     3.99     3.83

2020

     1,604      $ 19.08      $ 25.83      $ 33,642        0.10     0.25     1.37     10.97     10.80

2019

     1,550      $ 17.19      $ 23.32      $ 29,607        0.10     0.25     2.14     13.77     13.60

2018

     1,506      $ 15.11      $ 20.52      $ 25,309        0.10     0.25     1.67     (3.13 %)      (3.28 %) 

2017

     1,404      $ 15.60      $ 21.22      $ 24,589        0.10     0.25     1.72     10.86     10.69

VIP - Freedom 2010
2021

     433      $ 24.24      $ 24.24      $ 10,491        0.80     0.80     1.05     5.04     5.04

2020

     454      $ 23.08      $ 23.08      $ 10,486        0.80     0.80     1.34     11.59     11.59

2019

     477      $ 20.68      $ 20.68      $ 9,856        0.80     0.80     2.03     15.16     15.16

2018

     520      $ 17.96      $ 17.96      $ 9,342        0.80     0.80     1.65     (4.78 %)      (4.78 %) 

2017

     561      $ 18.86      $ 18.86      $ 10,576        0.80     0.80     1.48     12.17     12.17

VIP - Investor Freedom 2010 Investor Class
2021

     3,142      $ 22.42      $ 30.89      $ 78,980        0.10     0.25     1.06     5.70     5.54

2020

     2,941      $ 21.21      $ 29.27      $ 70,453        0.10     0.25     1.34     12.29     12.12

2019

     2,850      $ 18.89      $ 26.10      $ 61,454        0.10     0.25     2.17     15.99     15.81

2018

     2,781      $ 16.29      $ 22.54      $ 51,905        0.10     0.25     1.56     (4.15 %)      (4.30 %) 

2017

     3,136      $ 16.99      $ 23.55      $ 61,180        0.10     0.25     1.54     12.93     12.77

VIP - Freedom 2015
2021

     900      $ 26.30      $ 26.30      $ 23,673        0.80     0.80     1.09     6.83     6.83

2020

     953      $ 24.62      $ 24.62      $ 23,473        0.80     0.80     1.27     12.93     12.93

2019

     1,067      $ 21.80      $ 21.80      $ 23,256        0.80     0.80     2.04     17.31     17.31

2018

     1,159      $ 18.58      $ 18.58      $ 21,534        0.80     0.80     1.55     (5.83 %)      (5.83 %) 

2017

     1,289      $ 19.73      $ 19.73      $ 25,435        0.80     0.80     1.49     14.18     14.18

VIP - Investor Freedom 2015 Investor Class
2021

     4,165      $ 24.12      $ 33.63      $ 113,650        0.10     0.25     1.04     7.53     7.37

2020

     4,087      $ 22.43      $ 31.32      $ 104,884        0.10     0.25     1.29     13.59     13.42

2019

     4,377      $ 19.75      $ 27.62      $ 99,136        0.10     0.25     2.07     18.12     17.94

2018

     4,654      $ 16.72      $ 23.42      $ 89,717        0.10     0.25     1.50     (5.11 %)      (5.26 %) 

2017

     5,038      $ 17.62      $ 24.72      $ 102,406        0.10     0.25     1.50     14.87     14.70

VIP - Freedom 2020
2021

     891      $ 27.81      $ 27.81      $ 24,784        0.80     0.80     1.01     8.60     8.60

2020

     1,048      $ 25.61      $ 25.61      $ 26,850        0.80     0.80     1.31     14.14     14.14

2019

     1,149      $ 22.44      $ 22.44      $ 25,773        0.80     0.80     2.16     19.17     19.17

2018

     1,130      $ 18.83      $ 18.83      $ 21,283        0.80     0.80     1.46     (6.62 %)      (6.62 %) 

2017

     1,253      $ 20.16      $ 20.16      $ 25,269        0.80     0.80     1.46     15.69     15.69

VIP - Investor Freedom 2020 Investor Class
2021

     8,072      $ 26.27      $ 38.08      $ 230,961        0.10     0.25     1.08     9.43     9.26

2020

     8,110      $ 24.01      $ 34.85      $ 213,363        0.10     0.25     1.28     14.84     14.67

2019

     8,827      $ 20.91      $ 30.39      $ 203,948        0.10     0.25     2.06     19.99     19.81

2018

     9,065      $ 17.42      $ 25.36      $ 175,246        0.10     0.25     1.43     (6.04 %)      (6.18 %) 

2017

     9,665      $ 18.54      $ 27.03      $ 199,123        0.10     0.25     1.50     16.44     16.26

VIP - Freedom 2025
2021

     842      $ 30.41      $ 30.41      $ 25,612        0.80     0.80     1.09     9.95     9.95

2020

     739      $ 27.66      $ 27.66      $ 20,442        0.80     0.80     1.25     15.02     15.02

2019

     738      $ 24.04      $ 24.04      $ 17,753        0.80     0.80     1.90     20.88     20.88

2018

     862      $ 19.89      $ 19.89      $ 17,153        0.80     0.80     1.41     (7.27 %)      (7.27 %) 

2017

     855      $ 21.45      $ 21.45      $ 18,343        0.80     0.80     1.53     16.95     16.95

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Investor Freedom 2025 Investor Class
2021

     9,299      $ 28.82      $ 42.29      $ 290,411        0.10     0.25     1.08     10.67     10.51

2020

     9,292      $ 26.04      $ 38.27      $ 263,893        0.10     0.25     1.27     15.76     15.59

2019

     9,334      $ 22.49      $ 33.11      $ 230,229        0.10     0.25     2.03     21.61     21.43

2018

     9,316      $ 18.50      $ 27.26      $ 189,548        0.10     0.25     1.43     (6.65 %)      (6.79 %) 

2017

     9,260      $ 19.81      $ 29.25      $ 202,277        0.10     0.25     1.52     17.71     17.53

VIP - Freedom 2030
2021

     835      $ 31.85      $ 31.85      $ 26,611        0.80     0.80     1.11     11.47     11.47

2020

     804      $ 28.57      $ 28.57      $ 22,983        0.80     0.80     1.26     15.95     15.95

2019

     834      $ 24.64      $ 24.64      $ 20,557        0.80     0.80     2.00     23.43     23.43

2018

     907      $ 19.96      $ 19.96      $ 18,099        0.80     0.80     1.31     (8.52 %)      (8.52 %) 

2017

     957      $ 21.83      $ 21.83      $ 20,894        0.80     0.80     1.41     20.00     20.00

VIP - Investor Freedom 2030 Investor Class
2021

     11,894      $ 31.19      $ 46.58      $ 390,824        0.10     0.25     1.12     12.14     11.97

2020

     10,341      $ 27.82      $ 41.60      $ 305,469        0.10     0.25     1.27     16.70     16.53

2019

     10,208      $ 23.84      $ 35.70      $ 259,742        0.10     0.25     2.05     24.30     24.11

2018

     9,622      $ 19.18      $ 28.76      $ 198,026        0.10     0.25     1.34     (7.97 %)      (8.11 %) 

2017

     8,856      $ 20.84      $ 31.30      $ 199,210        0.10     0.25     1.45     20.80     20.62

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income I
2021

     497      $ 20.94      $ 20.94      $ 10,144        0.60     0.60     1.01     2.64     2.64

2020

     537      $ 20.40      $ 20.40      $ 10,968        0.60     0.60     1.31     9.78     9.78

2019

     593      $ 18.58      $ 18.58      $ 11,019        0.60     0.60     2.17     11.61     11.61

2018

     641      $ 16.65      $ 16.65      $ 10,685        0.60     0.60     1.64     (3.16 %)      (3.16 %) 

2017

     697      $ 17.19      $ 17.19      $ 11,994        0.60     0.60     1.96     6.97     6.97

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income II
2021

     1,301      $ 24.73      $ 24.73      $ 32,207        0.60     0.60     1.03     5.63     5.63

2020

     1,416      $ 23.41      $ 23.41      $ 33,150        0.60     0.60     1.30     12.10     12.10

2019

     1,559      $ 20.88      $ 20.88      $ 32,571        0.60     0.60     2.10     15.88     15.88

2018

     1,670      $ 18.02      $ 18.02      $ 30,105        0.60     0.60     1.53     (4.53 %)      (4.53 %) 

2017

     1,786      $ 18.88      $ 18.88      $ 33,746        0.60     0.60     1.70     11.62     11.62

VIP - Freedom Lifetime Income III
2021

     1,141      $ 29.30      $ 29.30      $ 33,391        0.60     0.60     1.05     9.12     9.12

2020

     1,216      $ 26.85      $ 26.85      $ 32,659        0.60     0.60     1.25     14.54     14.54

2019

     1,304      $ 23.44      $ 23.44      $ 30,573        0.60     0.60     2.03     19.72     19.72

2018

     1,344      $ 19.58      $ 19.58      $ 26,285        0.60     0.60     1.42     (6.25 %)      (6.25 %) 

2017

     1,433      $ 20.88      $ 20.88      $ 29,949        0.60     0.60     1.74     15.16     15.16

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap
2021

     885      $ 30.08      $ 29.15      $ 26,481        0.80     1.00     0.37     19.69     19.45

2020

     812      $ 25.13      $ 24.40      $ 20,323        0.80     1.00     0.80     17.50     17.27

2019

     986      $ 21.39      $ 20.81      $ 21,023        0.80     1.00     0.92     22.72     22.47

2018

     1,290      $ 17.43      $ 16.99      $ 22,406        0.80     1.00     0.81     (13.78 %)      (13.96 %) 

2017

     1,459      $ 20.22      $ 19.75      $ 29,391        0.80     1.00     0.68     6.16     5.95

VIP - Disciplined Small Cap Investor Class
2021

     8,731      $ 41.10      $ 60.08      $ 326,811        0.10     0.25     0.33     20.50     20.32

2020

     7,586      $ 34.11      $ 49.94      $ 233,854        0.10     0.25     0.74     18.21     18.03

2019

     8,168      $ 28.85      $ 42.31      $ 212,123        0.10     0.25     0.91     23.43     23.24

2018

     9,192      $ 23.38      $ 34.33      $ 193,675        0.10     0.25     0.75     (13.18 %)      (13.31 %) 

2017

     9,407      $ 26.92      $ 39.60      $ 228,375        0.10     0.25     0.63     6.80     6.64

VIP - FundsManager 20% Investor Class
2021

     51,375      $ 16.38      $ 16.47      $ 910,064        0.10     1.00     1.05     3.55     2.62

2020

     49,915      $ 15.81      $ 16.05      $ 858,205        0.10     1.00     1.17     8.10     7.12

2019

     46,532      $ 14.63      $ 14.98      $ 744,100        0.10     1.00     1.99     10.29     9.30

2018

     45,573      $ 13.26      $ 13.71      $ 663,025        0.10     1.00     1.79     (1.77 %)      (2.66 %) 

2017

     48,342      $ 13.50      $ 14.08      $ 717,340        0.10     1.00     1.34     7.23     6.27

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units                    Net assets                  Investment              
     (000s)      Highest      Lowest      (000s)      Lowest     Highest     income ratio (2)     Highest     Lowest  

VIP - FundsManager 50% Investor Class
2021

     80,254      $ 23.90      $ 22.17      $ 1,969,415        0.10     1.00     1.15     9.91     8.92

2020

     78,076      $ 21.74      $ 20.35      $ 1,748,196        0.10     1.00     1.16     13.87     12.84

2019

     80,797      $ 19.10      $ 18.04      $ 1,594,406        0.10     1.00     1.72     17.77     16.71

2018

     80,849      $ 16.21      $ 15.45      $ 1,357,846        0.10     1.00     1.42     (5.30 %)      (6.16 %) 

2017

     82,589      $ 17.12      $ 16.47      $ 1,467,785        0.10     1.00     1.20     14.34     13.32

VIP - FundsManager 60% Investor Class
2021

     92,505      $ 26.95      $ 31.45      $ 2,330,241        0.10     1.40     1.12     12.23     10.77

2020

     92,792      $ 24.01      $ 28.39      $ 2,089,299        0.10     1.40     1.07     15.01     13.51

2019

     97,558      $ 20.88      $ 25.01      $ 1,918,757        0.10     1.40     1.53     20.37     18.80

2018

     102,479      $ 17.35      $ 21.05      $ 1,681,663        0.10     1.40     1.24     (6.53 %)      (7.76 %) 

2017

     105,315      $ 18.56      $ 22.82      $ 1,857,263        0.10     1.40     1.11     16.87     15.35

VIP - FundsManager 70% Investor Class
2021

     67,644      $ 29.79      $ 25.43      $ 1,979,722        0.10     1.00     1.06     14.41     13.38

2020

     64,145      $ 26.04      $ 22.43      $ 1,642,730        0.10     1.00     0.94     15.98     14.93

2019

     67,444      $ 22.45      $ 19.51      $ 1,492,735        0.10     1.00     1.37     22.54     21.44

2018

     68,423      $ 18.32      $ 16.07      $ 1,238,781        0.10     1.00     1.02     (7.59 %)      (8.42 %) 

2017

     67,536      $ 19.83      $ 17.55      $ 1,324,050        0.10     1.00     0.96     19.10     18.03

VIP - FundsManager 85% Investor Class
2021

     21,204      $ 34.47      $ 27.74      $ 686,925        0.10     1.00     0.99     17.71     16.65

2020

     20,203      $ 29.29      $ 23.78      $ 555,416        0.10     1.00     0.85     17.34     16.28

2019

     21,348      $ 24.96      $ 20.45      $ 500,764        0.10     1.00     1.19     26.08     24.95

2018

     22,375      $ 19.79      $ 16.36      $ 417,178        0.10     1.00     0.77     (8.98 %)      (9.81 %) 

2017

     22,014      $ 21.75      $ 18.14      $ 450,952        0.10     1.00     0.77     23.01     21.90

VIP - Consumer Staples (8)
2021

     554      $ 35.17      $ 34.15      $ 19,382        0.80     1.00     1.90     13.33     13.10

2020

     606      $ 31.04      $ 30.19      $ 18,751        0.80     1.00     1.88     10.88     10.66

2019

     713      $ 27.99      $ 27.29      $ 19,903        0.80     1.00     2.00     30.81     30.54

2018

     708      $ 21.40      $ 20.90      $ 15,097        0.80     1.00     2.63     (16.51 %)      (16.68 %) 

2017

     1,069      $ 25.63      $ 25.08      $ 27,346        0.80     1.00     1.38     13.75     13.52

VIP - Consumer Staples Investor Class (8)
2021

     5,911      $ 35.64      $ 47.18      $ 218,322        0.10     0.25     1.81     13.99     13.82

2020

     6,349      $ 31.26      $ 41.46      $ 206,315        0.10     0.25     1.84     11.65     11.48

2019

     7,129      $ 28.00      $ 37.18      $ 208,494        0.10     0.25     1.94     31.65     31.45

2018

     7,033      $ 21.27      $ 28.29      $ 156,630        0.10     0.25     2.65     (16.01 %)      (16.13 %) 

2017

     8,888      $ 25.32      $ 33.73      $ 236,844        0.10     0.25     1.43     14.41     14.24

VIP - Materials (8)
2021

     610      $ 30.18      $ 29.30      $ 18,354        0.80     1.00     0.78     32.36     32.09

2020

     409      $ 22.80      $ 22.18      $ 9,321        0.80     1.00     0.74     20.52     20.27

2019

     437      $ 18.92      $ 18.44      $ 8,250        0.80     1.00     1.51     12.49     12.26

2018

     535      $ 16.82      $ 16.43      $ 8,973        0.80     1.00     1.26     (24.22 %)      (24.37 %) 

2017

     807      $ 22.19      $ 21.72      $ 17,872        0.80     1.00     0.94     25.07     24.82

VIP - Materials Investor Class (8)
2021

     2,748      $ 30.33      $ 65.59      $ 87,337        0.10     0.25     0.62     33.26     33.06

2020

     1,837      $ 22.76      $ 49.29      $ 44,230        0.10     0.25     0.73     21.33     21.15

2019

     1,593      $ 18.76      $ 40.68      $ 32,153        0.10     0.25     1.41     13.09     12.92

2018

     2,050      $ 16.59      $ 36.03      $ 36,850        0.10     0.25     1.20     (23.73 %)      (23.84 %) 

2017

     2,934      $ 21.75      $ 47.31      $ 68,916        0.10     0.25     0.87     25.89     25.70

VIP - Communication Services (5),(8)
2021

     534      $ 30.29      $ 29.41      $ 16,122        0.80     1.00     —         14.72     14.49

2020

     454      $ 26.40      $ 25.68      $ 11,925        0.80     1.00     —         34.51     34.24

2019

     451      $ 19.63      $ 19.13      $ 8,807        0.80     1.00     0.06     31.92     31.65

2018

     332      $ 14.88      $ 14.53      $ 4,910        0.80     1.00     1.86     (6.12 %)      (6.31 %) 

2017

     337      $ 15.85      $ 15.51      $ 5,304        0.80     1.00     1.54     1.24     1.03

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units
(000s)
     Highest      Lowest      Net assets
(000s)
     Lowest     Highest     Investment
income ratio (2)
    Highest     Lowest  

VIP - Communication Services Investor

                      

Class (5),(8) 2021

     3,256      $ 42.03      $ 78.76      $ 124,109        0.10     0.25     —         15.48     15.31

2020

     2,843      $ 36.40      $ 68.31      $ 93,182        0.10     0.25     —         35.26     35.06

2019

     2,726      $ 26.91      $ 50.57      $ 65,765        0.10     0.25     0.04     32.82     32.62

2018

     1,963      $ 20.26      $ 38.13      $ 35,745        0.10     0.25     1.82     (5.48 %)      (5.63 %) 

2017

     1,819      $ 21.43      $ 40.41      $ 34,376        0.10     0.25     1.94     1.79     1.63

VIP - Emerging Markets 2021

     812      $ 14.68      $ 14.28      $ 11,899        0.80     1.00     1.80     (3.02 %)      (3.22 %) 

2020

     1,020      $ 15.14      $ 14.75      $ 15,423        0.80     1.00     0.88     30.21     29.95

2019

     888      $ 11.62      $ 11.35      $ 10,304        0.80     1.00     1.52     28.42     28.17

2018

     996      $ 9.05      $ 8.86      $ 8,995        0.80     1.00     0.45     (18.66 %)      (18.82 %) 

2017

     1,786      $ 11.13      $ 10.91      $ 19,832        0.80     1.00     0.87     46.22     45.93

VIP - Emerging Markets Investor Class 2021

     7,768      $ 20.26      $ 41.80      $ 142,609        0.10     0.25     1.97     (2.37 %)      (2.52 %) 

2020

     6,862      $ 20.75      $ 42.88      $ 127,810        0.10     0.25     0.85     31.03     30.83

2019

     6,197      $ 15.84      $ 32.78      $ 88,074        0.10     0.25     1.48     29.25     29.06

2018

     6,692      $ 12.25      $ 25.40      $ 73,925        0.10     0.25     0.42     (18.10 %)      (18.23 %) 

2017

     9,019      $ 14.96      $ 31.06      $ 122,306        0.10     0.25     0.82     47.17     46.95

VIP - Floating Rate High Income 2021

     662      $ 12.45      $ 12.26      $ 8,228        0.80     1.00     2.65     4.36     4.15

2020

     568      $ 11.93      $ 11.77      $ 6,768        0.80     1.00     4.42     2.00     1.79

2019

     984      $ 11.69      $ 11.56      $ 11,497        0.80     1.00     5.10     7.92     7.70

2018

     1,086      $ 10.83      $ 10.73      $ 11,757        0.80     1.00     4.01     (0.97 %)      (1.17 %) 

2017

     552      $ 10.94      $ 10.86      $ 6,042        0.80     1.00     2.88     2.98     2.78

VIP - Floating Rate High Income Investor

                      

Class 2021

     15,963      $ 13.10      $ 12.95      $ 208,166        0.10     0.25     2.87     4.97     4.82

2020

     11,620      $ 12.48      $ 12.35      $ 144,396        0.10     0.25     4.56     2.68     2.53

2019

     18,316      $ 12.15      $ 12.05      $ 221,744        0.10     0.25     5.15     8.77     8.61

2018

     19,898      $ 11.17      $ 11.10      $ 221,610        0.10     0.25     3.87     (0.30 %)      (0.45 %) 

2017

     13,864      $ 11.21      $ 11.15      $ 154,974        0.10     0.25     3.14     3.58     3.43

VIP - Bond Index (6) 2021

     36,022      $ 11.61      $ 11.25      $ 416,868        0.10     1.00     0.96     (2.05 %)      (2.93 %) 

2020

     38,053      $ 11.86      $ 11.59      $ 449,910        0.10     1.00     1.12     7.42     6.45

2019

     19,688      $ 11.04      $ 10.88      $ 216,927        0.10     1.00     2.80     8.27     7.30

2018

     5,877      $ 10.19      $ 10.14      $ 59,876        0.10     1.00     1.97     1.95     1.43

2017

     —        $ —        $ —        $ —          —         —         —         —         —    

VIP - Total Market Index (6) 2021

     27,617      $ 17.76      $ 17.19      $ 488,620        0.10     1.00     1.18     25.56     24.43

2020

     16,791      $ 14.14      $ 13.82      $ 236,733        0.10     1.00     1.66     20.18     19.09

2019

     13,379      $ 11.77      $ 11.60      $ 157,128        0.10     1.00     1.86     30.57     29.39

2018

     7,883      $ 9.01      $ 8.97      $ 70,999        0.10     1.00     1.11     (9.88 %)      (10.33 %) 

2017

     —        $ —        $ —        $ —          —         —         —         —         —    

VIP - Extended Market Index (6) 2021

     9,437      $ 14.96      $ 14.48      $ 140,720        0.10     1.00     1.30     21.12     20.03

2020

     5,895      $ 12.35      $ 12.06      $ 72,634        0.10     1.00     1.36     16.34     15.29

2019

     5,970      $ 10.61      $ 10.46      $ 63,253        0.10     1.00     1.57     25.76     24.62

2018

     2,943      $ 8.44      $ 8.40      $ 24,828        0.10     1.00     1.05     (15.60 %)      (16.03 %) 

2017

     —        $ —        $ —        $ —          —         —         —         —         —    

VIP - International Index (6) 2021

     19,348      $ 12.49      $ 12.09      $ 240,814        0.10     1.00     2.83     7.61     6.64

2020

     12,936      $ 11.61      $ 11.34      $ 149,743        0.10     1.00     1.84     10.58     9.58

2019

     9,754      $ 10.49      $ 10.35      $ 102,195        0.10     1.00     3.00     21.41     20.32

2018

     4,631      $ 8.64      $ 8.60      $ 40,002        0.10     1.00     1.52     (13.56 %)      (14.00 %) 

2017

     —        $ —        $ —        $ —          —         —         —         —         —    

 

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Table of Contents

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units
(000s)
     Highest      Lowest      Net assets
(000s)
     Lowest     Highest     Investment
income ratio (2)
    Highest     Lowest  

VIF - Emerging Markets Equity (7) 2021

     2,801      $ 15.68      $ 35.21      $ 60,655        0.10     1.00     0.85     2.88     1.96

2020

     3,068      $ 15.24      $ 34.53      $ 65,240        0.10     1.00     1.35     14.32     13.29

2019

     3,426      $ 13.33      $ 30.48      $ 64,367        0.10     1.00     1.06     19.47     18.39

2018

     3,689      $ 11.16      $ 25.75      $ 58,715        0.10     1.00     0.45     (17.55 %)      (18.30 %) 

2017

     4,265      $ 13.53      $ 31.51      $ 82,877        0.10     1.00     0.75     34.93     33.72

VIF - Emerging Markets Debt (7) 2021

     5,026      $ 15.29      $ 36.29      $ 94,360        0.10     1.00     5.09     (2.12 %)      (3.00 %) 

2020

     5,359      $ 15.62      $ 37.41      $ 104,004        0.10     1.00     4.38     5.44     4.49

2019

     6,426      $ 14.82      $ 35.80      $ 118,425        0.10     1.00     5.29     14.14     13.11

2018

     6,841      $ 12.98      $ 31.65      $ 111,320        0.10     1.00     5.68     (7.04 %)      (7.88 %) 

2017

     7,957      $ 13.96      $ 34.36      $ 140,228        0.10     1.00     5.47     9.60     8.62

VIF - Global Strategist - Class II (7) 2021

     1,298      $ 22.02      $ 22.69      $ 28,012        0.10     1.00     1.86     8.26     7.28

2020

     1,372      $ 20.34      $ 21.15      $ 27,284        0.10     1.00     1.46     10.81     9.81

2019

     1,498      $ 18.36      $ 19.26      $ 26,912        0.10     1.00     1.85     17.65     16.59

2018

     1,617      $ 15.60      $ 16.52      $ 24,752        0.10     1.00     1.17     (6.60 %)      (7.44 %) 

2017

     1,827      $ 16.70      $ 17.85      $ 30,066        0.10     1.00     1.13     15.99     14.95

Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity (7) 2021

     1,100      $ 25.19      $ 28.56      $ 26,966        0.10     1.00     0.99     15.86     14.81

2020

     1,044      $ 21.74      $ 24.87      $ 22,296        0.10     1.00     1.34     13.11     12.09

2019

     1,222      $ 19.22      $ 22.19      $ 22,977        0.10     1.00     1.39     25.07     23.95

2018

     1,424      $ 15.37      $ 17.90      $ 21,275        0.10     1.00     1.07     (15.40 %)      (16.17 %) 

2017

     1,594      $ 18.16      $ 21.36      $ 28,413        0.10     1.00     1.18     22.78     21.68

Allspring - VT Discovery (9) 2021

     422      $ 92.24      $ 88.12      $ 38,705        0.80     1.00     —         (5.80 %)      (5.99 %) 

2020

     458      $ 97.92      $ 93.74      $ 44,568        0.80     1.00     —         61.35     61.02

2019

     508      $ 60.69      $ 58.21      $ 30,664        0.80     1.00     —         37.91     37.63

2018

     556      $ 44.01      $ 42.30      $ 24,362        0.80     1.00     —         (7.81 %)      (8.00 %) 

2017

     613      $ 47.73      $ 45.97      $ 29,095        0.80     1.00     —         28.10     27.84

Allspring - VT Opportunity (9) 2021

     309      $ 83.83      $ 80.09      $ 25,802        0.80     1.00     0.04     23.78     23.53

2020

     338      $ 67.73      $ 64.84      $ 22,777        0.80     1.00     0.44     20.03     19.79

2019

     372      $ 56.42      $ 54.12      $ 20,936        0.80     1.00     0.28     30.41     30.15

2018

     401      $ 43.26      $ 41.59      $ 17,300        0.80     1.00     0.19     (7.89 %)      (8.08 %) 

2017

     436      $ 46.97      $ 45.24      $ 20,366        0.80     1.00     0.67     19.48     19.24

Lazard - Retirement Emerging Markets 2021

     4,501      $ 13.56      $ 16.29      $ 70,888        0.10     1.00     2.13     5.69     4.74

2020

     4,881      $ 12.83      $ 15.55      $ 73,684        0.10     1.00     2.83     (1.13 %)      (2.03 %) 

2019

     6,202      $ 12.98      $ 15.87      $ 95,179        0.10     1.00     0.89     18.24     17.17

2018

     7,154      $ 10.98      $ 13.55      $ 93,526        0.10     1.00     1.91     (18.40 %)      (19.14 %) 

2017

     8,255      $ 13.45      $ 16.76      $ 134,193        0.10     1.00     2.00     28.01     26.86

PVIT - Commodity Real Return 2021

     5,037      $ 7.96      $ 7.29      $ 39,782        0.10     1.00     4.54     33.21     32.01

2020

     2,187      $ 5.98      $ 5.52      $ 12,978        0.10     1.00     6.15     1.25     0.34

2019

     2,072      $ 5.90      $ 5.50      $ 12,157        0.10     1.00     4.45     11.32     10.32

2018

     2,581      $ 5.30      $ 4.99      $ 13,614        0.10     1.00     2.13     (14.22 %)      (15.00 %) 

2017

     2,403      $ 6.18      $ 5.87      $ 14,782        0.10     1.00     11.22     2.05     1.13

PVIT - Low Duration 2021

     30,927      $ 11.80      $ 11.19      $ 371,025        0.10     1.00     0.52     (1.03 %)      (1.92 %) 

2020

     36,538      $ 11.92      $ 11.41      $ 442,946        0.10     1.00     1.17     2.89     1.96

2019

     31,716      $ 11.59      $ 11.19      $ 375,004        0.10     1.00     2.77     3.92     2.99

2018

     33,031      $ 11.15      $ 10.87      $ 376,435        0.10     1.00     1.92     0.24     (0.67 %) 

2017

     36,840      $ 11.12      $ 10.94      $ 419,605        0.10     1.00     1.34     1.25     0.34

 

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Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

            Unit value (4)             Expense ratio (1)(4)           Total Return (3)(4)  
     Units
(000s)
     Highest      Lowest      Net assets
(000s)
     Lowest     Highest     Investment
income ratio (2)
    Highest     Lowest  

PVIT - Real Return 2021

     15,686      $ 14.93      $ 14.85      $ 243,177        0.10     1.00     4.97     5.48     4.53

2020

     14,177      $ 14.16      $ 14.20      $ 208,969        0.10     1.00     1.42     11.60     10.59

2019

     12,678      $ 12.68      $ 12.84      $ 168,297        0.10     1.00     1.65     8.33     7.35

2018

     13,938      $ 11.71      $ 11.96      $ 171,236        0.10     1.00     2.49     (2.31 %)      (3.19 %) 

2017

     15,218      $ 11.99      $ 12.36      $ 191,891        0.10     1.00     2.38     3.55     2.62

PVIT - Total Return 2021

     34,594      $ 14.34      $ 14.07      $ 515,196        0.10     1.00     1.82     (1.37 %)      (2.25 %) 

2020

     37,789      $ 14.54      $ 14.39      $ 572,699        0.10     1.00     2.12     8.54     7.56

2019

     38,988      $ 13.40      $ 13.38      $ 545,597        0.10     1.00     3.01     8.25     7.27

2018

     39,177      $ 12.38      $ 12.48      $ 508,311        0.10     1.00     2.54     (0.63 %)      (1.53 %) 

2017

     44,067      $ 12.46      $ 12.67      $ 576,035        0.10     1.00     2.02     4.81     3.87

Blackrock - Global Allocation V.I. 2021

     10,006      $ 19.38      $ 17.74      $ 192,033        0.10     1.00     0.77     6.44     5.48

2020

     10,357      $ 18.21      $ 16.82      $ 186,847        0.10     1.00     1.15     20.68     19.59

2019

     11,548      $ 15.09      $ 14.06      $ 172,758        0.10     1.00     1.13     17.71     16.65

2018

     13,045      $ 12.82      $ 12.06      $ 165,898        0.10     1.00     0.77     (7.61 %)      (8.45 %) 

2017

     14,634      $ 13.87      $ 13.17      $ 201,650        0.10     1.00     1.21     13.63     12.61

FTVIP - Templeton Global Bond 2021

     5,309      $ 10.40      $ 9.52      $ 54,714        0.10     1.00     —         (5.09 %)      (5.94 %) 

2020

     5,909      $ 10.96      $ 10.13      $ 64,178        0.10     1.00     8.47     (5.38 %)      (6.23 %) 

2019

     7,277      $ 11.58      $ 10.80      $ 83,533        0.10     1.00     7.15     1.91     0.99

2018

     8,077      $ 11.37      $ 10.69      $ 91,087        0.10     1.00     —         1.84     0.91

2017

     8,978      $ 11.16      $ 10.60      $ 99,518        0.10     1.00     —         1.82     0.91

FTVIP - Franklin U.S. Gov’t Securities 2021

     7,244      $ 11.22      $ 10.28      $ 80,278        0.10     1.00     2.39     (1.92 %)      (2.81 %) 

2020

     9,311      $ 11.44      $ 10.57      $ 105,237        0.10     1.00     3.80     3.73     2.79

2019

     5,075      $ 11.03      $ 10.29      $ 55,404        0.10     1.00     2.83     5.12     4.18

2018

     4,539      $ 10.50      $ 9.87      $ 47,183        0.10     1.00     2.67     0.24     (0.67 %) 

2017

     5,478      $ 10.47      $ 9.94      $ 56,898        0.10     1.00     2.61     1.24     0.33

 

(1)

These amounts represent annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated. The ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying fund are excluded.

(2)

These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that result in direct reductions in the unit values. The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.

(3)

These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, which includes expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. The ratio does not include expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for the period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period.

(4)

The unit value and total return columns labeled “Highest” correspond with the product with the lowest expense ratio. The unit value and total return columns labeled “Lowest” correspond with the product with the highest expense ratio. Please see Footnote 3 for additional information regarding total return.

(5)

During 2018 the following underlying funds were renamed:

 

Old Name    New Name
VIP - Telecommunications    VIP - Communication Services
VIP - Telecommunications Investor Class    VIP - Communication Services Investor Class

 

(6)

During 2018, the following underlying funds were added and commenced operations effective June 8, 2018:

 

VIP - Bond Index    VIP - Extended Market Index
VIP - Total Market Index    VIP - International Index

 

(7)

During 2017, the following underlying funds were renamed:

 

Old Name    New Name
UIF - Emerging Markets Equity    VIF - Emerging Markets Equity
UIF - Emerging Markets Debt    VIF - Emerging Markets Debt
UIF - Global Strategist    VIF - Global Strategist - Class II
WF AF - Advantage VT Discovery    WFF - VT Discovery
WF AF - Advantage VT Opportunity    WFF - VT Opportunity
Invesco - Van Kampen Global Core Equity    Invesco - V.I. Global Core Equity

 

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

6. Unit Values - continued

 

 

(8)

Effective December 18, 2017, redemption fees were removed by the remaining underlying funds. Previously, the following Underlying Funds imposed a 1.0% redemption fee for interests held for less than 60 days:

 

VIP - Industrials    VIP - Industrials Investor Class
VIP - Utilities    VIP - Utilities Investor Class
VIP - Technology    VIP - Technology Investor Class
VIP - Energy    VIP - Energy Investor Class
VIP - Health Care    VIP - Health Care Investor Class
VIP - Consumer Discretionary    VIP - Consumer Discretionary Investor Class
VIP - Consumer Staples    VIP - Consumer Staples Investor Class
VIP - Materials    VIP - Materials Investor Class
VIP - Communication Services    VIP - Communication Services Investor Class
VIP - Financial Services    VIP - Financial Services Investor Class

 

(9)

During 2021, the following underlying funds were renamed:

 

Old Name    New Name
Wells Fargo VT Discovery Fund    Allspring VT Discovery Fund
Wells Fargo VT Opportunity Fund    Allspring VT Opportunity Fund

7. Subsequent Events

The Account has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through the date of this report and no other events have occurred that would require disclosure.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company and the Contract Owners of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I indicated in the table below as of December 31, 2021, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I as of December 31, 2021, and the results of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fidelity VIP Government Money Market - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Government Money Market - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP High Income - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP High Income - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Equity-Income - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Equity-Income - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Growth - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Growth - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Overseas - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Overseas - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Asset Manager - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Asset Manager - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Index 500 - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Asset Manager: Growth - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Asset Manager: Growth - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Contrafund - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Contrafund - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Balanced - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Balanced - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Growth & Income - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Growth & Income - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Growth Opportunities - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Growth Opportunities - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Mid Cap - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Value Strategies - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Value Strategies - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Utilities - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Utilities - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Technology - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Technology - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Energy - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Energy - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Health Care - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Health Care - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Financial Services - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Financial Services - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Industrials - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Industrials - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Consumer Discretionary - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Consumer Discretionary - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Real Estate - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Real Estate - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Strategic Income - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Strategic Income - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP International Capital Appreciation - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP International Capital Appreciation - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Value - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Value - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom Income - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom Income - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom 2005 - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2005 - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2010 - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2010 - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom 2015 - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2015 - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom 2020 - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2020 - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2025 - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2025 - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom 2030 - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Investor Freedom 2030 - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom Lifetime Income I - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Freedom Lifetime Income II - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Freedom Lifetime Income III - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Disciplined Small Cap - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Disciplined Small Cap - Investor Class (1)

 

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Fidelity VIP FundsManager 20% - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP FundsManager 50% - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP FundsManager 60% - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP FundsManager 70% - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP FundsManager 85% - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Consumer Staples - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Consumer Staples - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Materials - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Materials - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Communication Services - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Communication Services - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Emerging Markets - Initial Class (1)
Fidelity VIP Emerging Markets - Investor Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Floating Rate High Income - Initial Class (1)    Fidelity VIP Floating Rate High Income - Investor Class (1)
Fidelity VIP - Bond Index (1)    Fidelity VIP - Total Market Index (1)    Fidelity VIP - Extended Market Index (1)
Fidelity VIP - International Index (1)   

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund, Inc.

Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio - Class I (1)

  

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund, Inc.

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio - Class I (1)

Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund, Inc.

Global Strategist Portfolio - Class II (1)

   Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund - Series I (1)    Allspring VT Discovery Fund - Class 2 (1)
Allspring VT Opportunity Fund - Class 2 (1)   

Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity

Portfolio - Investor Class (1)

  

PIMCO Commodity Real Return Strategy

Portfolio - Administrative Class (1)

PIMCO Low Duration Portfolio - Administrative Class (1)    PIMCO Real Return Portfolio - Administrative Class (1)    PIMCO Total Return Portfolio - Administrative Class (1)
Blackrock Global Allocation V.I. Fund - Class I (1)    Templeton Global Bond VIP Fund - Class 2 (1)    Franklin U.S. Government Securities VIP Fund - Class 2 (1)

 

(1)

Statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 and statements of changes in net assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2021 by correspondence with the transfer agents or custodians of the investee mutual funds. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 29, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I since 1987.

 

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LOGO

Fidelity Retirement Reserves, Fidelity Income Advantage, Fidelity Personal Retirement, Fidelity Freedom Lifetime Income and Fidelity Growth and Guaranteed Income are issued by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company.

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, member NYSE, SIPC, Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc.,

and Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. are the distributors.

900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021, 2020 AND 2019


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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019

 

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Report of Independent Auditors

     1  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

     3  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

     4  

Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity

     5  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     6  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of stockholder’s equity, and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Responsibilities of Management for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are available to be issued.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with US GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

 

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In performing an audit in accordance with US GAAS, we:

 

   

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.

 

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.

 

   

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

 

   

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

 

   

Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control-related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 29, 2022

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

 

     December 31,  
     2021      2020  

ASSETS

     

Investments:

     

Debt securities, available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $1,281,021 in 2021 and $1,281,563 in 2020)

   $ 1,303,126      $ 1,367,152  

Other investment

     —          449  

Policy loans

     1,679        1,605  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     1,304,805        1,369,206  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

     175,057        160,855  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

     34,424        27,564  

Accrued investment income

     10,046        10,759  

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     82,643        74,818  

Reinsurance deposit and receivables

     806,348        856,632  

Other assets

     18,843        26,109  

Net deferred tax asset

     59,502        39,490  

Separate account assets

     46,885,350        40,059,818  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

     49,377,018        42,625,251  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Future contract and policy benefits

     556,693        590,702  

Contract holder deposit funds

     587,152        611,551  

Investment trades payable, net

     3,036        7,545  

Other liabilities and accrued expenses

     68,356        64,706  

Income taxes payable

     50,344        45,678  

Payable to parent and affiliates, net

     9,466        12,131  

Separate account liabilities

     46,885,350        40,059,818  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     48,160,397        41,392,131  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)

     

STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

     

Common stock, par value $10 per share—1,000,000 shares authorized; 300,000 shares issued and outstanding

     3,000        3,000  

Additional paid-in capital

     71,378        71,378  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     16,281        63,756  

Retained earnings

     1,125,912        1,094,877  

Total Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company Stockholder’s Equity

     1,216,571        1,233,011  

Noncontrolling interest

     50        109  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Stockholder’s Equity

     1,216,621        1,233,120  

Total Liabilities and Equity

   $  49,377,018      $ 42,625,251  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2021     2020     2019  

REVENUES

      

Fees charged to contract holders

   $ 146,884     $ 123,614     $ 117,618  

Fund administration fees (1)

     62,022       52,478       50,601  

Net investment income

     32,750       37,923       39,670  

Interest on reinsurance deposit

     21,099       22,318       23,681  

Premiums, net

     5,028       7,211       8,237  

Net realized investment gains (losses):

      

Net realized investment gains (losses) on sales

     13,113       20,588       2,298  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net realized investment gains (losses)

     13,113       20,588       2,298  

Total Revenues

     280,896       264,132       242,105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

BENEFITS AND EXPENSES:

      

Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses (1)

     84,370       77,140       73,642  

Contract and policy benefits and expenses

     39,183       33,312       40,516  

Other expenses

     12,113       4,839       9,469  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Benefits and Expenses

     135,666       115,291       123,627  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     145,230       148,841       118,478  

Income tax expense

     12,404       20,662       11,887  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income

     132,826       128,179       106,591  

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (1,209     (467     (913
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

   $ 134,035     $ 128,646     $ 107,504  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income

   $ 132,826     $ 128,179     $ 106,591  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income, before tax:

      

Net unrealized investment (losses) gains during the period

     (47,247     60,551       58,918  

Reclassification adjustment for net realized (gains) losses included in net income

     (13,113     (20,588     (2,298

Benefit (provision) for income taxes related to items of other comprehensive (loss) income

     12,885       (8,513     (8,642
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

     (47,475     31,450       47,978  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income

     85,351       159,629       154,569  

Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (1,209     (467     (913
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income Attributable to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

   $ 86,560     $ 160,096     $ 155,482  

 

(1)

Includes affiliated company transactions (Note 9)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

(in thousands)

For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019

 

     Common
Stock
     Additional
Paid-In
Capital
     Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Retained
Earnings
    Noncontrolling
Interest
    Total
Stockholder’s
Equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2018

   $ 3,000      $ 71,378      $ (15,672)     $ 961,180     $ 108     $ 1,019,994  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income:

              

Cumulative effect of accounting change related to premium amortization on callable debt securities, net of taxes

     —          —          —         (453     —         (453

Other contributions

     —          —          —         —         923       923  

Net income (loss)

     —          —          —         107,504       (913     106,591  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

              
     —          —          47,978       —         —         47,978  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

   $ 3,000      $ 71,378      $ 32,306     $ 1,068,231     $ 118     $ 1,175,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income:

              

Other contributions

     —          —          —         —         458       458  

Net income (loss)

     —          —          —         128,646       (467     128,179  

Dividends paid to parent

             (102,000     —         (102,000

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     —          —          31,450       —         —         31,450  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

   $ 3,000      $ 71,378      $ 63,756     $ 1,094,877     $ 109     $ 1,233,120  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income:

              

Other contributions

     —          —          —         —         1,150       1,150  

Net income (loss)

     —          —          —         134,035       (1,209     132,826  

Dividends paid to parent

     —          —          —         (103,000     —         (103,000

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     —          —          (47,475     —         —         (47,475
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

   $ 3,000      $ 71,378      $ 16,281     $ 1,125,912     $ 50     $ 1,216,621  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2021     2020     2019  

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:

      

Net income

   $ 132,826     $ 128,179     $ 106,591  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

      

Amortization and depreciation

     2,693       4,716       1,674  

Net realized investment (gains) losses on sales

     (13,113     (20,588     (2,298

Provision for deferred taxes

     (7,127     (6,092     (5,938

Equity loss from investee company

     12,113       4,839       9,469  

Changes in assets and liabilities:

      

Accrued investment income

     713       151       (3,493

Deferred policy acquisition costs, net of amortization

     (6,313     (2,300     (3,851

Future contract and policy benefits, net

     70,619       65,061       57,102  

Reinsurance deposit and receivables

     50,284       59,922       55,330  

(Receivable) payable to parent and affiliates, net

     (2,665     853       1,136  

Income taxes payable

     4,666       26,792       11,838  

Other assets and other (liabilities), net

     2,684       (1,408     7,737  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     247,380       260,125       235,297  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by (used for) investing activities:

      

Purchase of debt securities

     (403,872     (469,948     (505,951

Proceeds from sales of debt securities

     269,420       355,814       313,346  

Proceeds from maturities and calls of debt securities

     145,470       114,073       32,664  

Investment in investee company

     (9,988     (4,349     (8,901

Accrued (distributions) contributions in investee company

     (371     223       595  

Investment trades payable/ receivable, net

     (4,509     (4,089     (219,336

Additions to capitalized internal use software

     —         (5,445     (5,109

Proceeds from sale of capitalized internal use software

     8,021       —         —    

Change in policy loans

     (74     (146     (210
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

     4,097       (13,867     (392,902
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by (used for) financing activities:

      

Deposits credited to fixed annuity contracts

     2,426,329       1,499,364       1,547,132  

Net transfers from separate accounts

     (643,299     496,114       528,381  

Withdrawals from variable annuity contracts

     (1,905,968     (2,104,915     (2,127,725

Withdrawals from fixed annuity contracts

     (4,477     (4,622     (63,563

Dividend paid to parent

     (103,000     (102,000     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used for financing activities

     (230,415     (216,059     (115,775
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents

     21,062       30,199       (273,380

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents:

      

Beginning of year

     188,419       158,220       431,600  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 209,481     $ 188,419     $ 158,220  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS:

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”), a Utah domiciled insurance company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“EFILI”), FILI’s wholly-owned insurance company subsidiary operating exclusively in the State of New York (collectively, the “Company”). In addition, the accounts also include Feedstock Investments VII, LLC (“Feedstock”), a special purpose entity (“SPE”) that makes tax advantaged investments in certain refined coal transactions under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC 45”). FILI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC.

The Company issues and services certain variable and fixed annuity contracts and variable universal life policies. Amounts invested in the fixed option of the annuity contracts and VUL contracts are allocated to the general account of the Company. Amounts invested in the variable option of the annuity contracts and variable universal life policies are allocated to the Variable Annuity Account and Variable Life Account respectively which are separate accounts of the Company. The assets of the Variable Annuity Account and Variable Life Account are invested in certain portfolios of the Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Funds, the Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Funds (Investor Class), the Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., the Allspring Variable Trust Funds, the Lazard Retirement Series, Inc., Invesco Advisers Inc., the PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Funds, the Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust Funds and the Blackrock Variable Series Funds. Separate account assets are reported at the net asset value of such portfolios.

The Company offers a term life insurance product with level premium paying periods of ten, fifteen, and twenty years.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the related amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investments

Investments in debt securities are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. Fair values for debt securities are obtained from independent pricing sources. Unrealized gains or losses on securities are reported as a component of other comprehensive income, net of income taxes. The discount or premium on debt securities, excluding loan-backed bonds and structured securities, is amortized using the effective interest method. Such amortization is included in investment income. Prepayment assumptions for loan-backed bonds and structured securities are obtained from broker-dealer survey values. Amortization of loan-backed bonds and structured securities includes anticipated prepayments over the estimated economic life of the security. When actual prepayments differ significantly from anticipated prepayments, the effective yield is recalculated to reflect actual payments to date and anticipated future payments and any resulting adjustment is included in investment income.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Investments (continued)

The Company evaluates available-for-sale investments that experience declines in fair value for impairment.

Effective January 1, 2020, impairment related to credit losses on available-for-sale investments is recorded in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income with an offsetting allowance for credit losses, and the portion that is related to other factors is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The Company considers many factors, including the extent to which the fair value is less than amortized cost and reasons for the decline in value (e.g., general credit spreads, the financial condition of the issuer, information from industry analyst reports and external credit ratings). If analysis of these factors results in a security needing to be impaired, the credit loss is measured as the extent amortized cost exceeds the present value of expected future cash flows. In addition to these factors, if the Company has the intent to sell an investment whose fair value is below amortized cost, or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell an investment before recovery, the Company will write down the amortized cost to fair value and record an impairment in earnings.

Prior to January 1, 2020, for debt securities that experience declines in fair values that are determined to be other than temporary (“OTTI”), an OTTI is recognized in earnings when either (i) the Company has the intent to sell the debt security or (ii) it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. The amount of OTTI related to a credit loss is recognized in earnings, and the amount of OTTI related to other factors is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income. In instances where no credit loss exists but it is more likely than not that the Company will have to sell the debt security prior to the anticipated recovery, the decline in fair value below amortized cost is recognized as an OTTI in earnings. Factors considered in evaluating whether a decline in fair value is other than temporary include the extent of the decline, the duration in which the fair value has been less than cost, the Company’s ability and intent to retain the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for the anticipated recovery in value, and the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer.

Investment income is recognized on the accrual basis. Debt securities that are delinquent are placed on a non-accrual status, and thereafter interest income is recognized only when cash payments are received. Realized gains or losses on investments sold are determined by the specific identification method.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity date of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents comprise amounts in demand deposit accounts and money market mutual funds, and are reported at cost which approximates fair value. Money market mutual funds used to hold cash prior to reinvestment and to meet operating cash requirements were $171,114 and $150,734 at December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively. The Company reclassifies cash overdrafts to Other liabilities and accrued expenses. Cash overdrafts were $14,713 and $13,854 at December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

Other Investment

Other investment includes an investment in which the Company has the ability to influence (but not control) the financial or operating policies of the investee entity and is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. In applying the equity method, the Company uses financial information provided by the investee. The Company reports its share of the equity method investee earnings and losses in Other Expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Separate Accounts

Separate account assets represent funds held for the exclusive benefit of variable annuity and variable life insurance contract holders and are reported at fair value based on the net asset value (“NAV”) of the underlying mutual fund portfolios. Since the contract holders receive the full benefit and bear the full risk of the separate account investments, the income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from such investments are offset by an increase or decrease in the amount of liabilities related to the separate account.

Revenue Recognition

Fees charged to contract holders include mortality and expense risk, administrative charges for variable annuity and life contract holders, and the cost of providing insurance protection for variable life contract holders. Fund administration fees represent administrative fees charged to investment managers and recordkeeping fees earned by the Company for administering a third party insurance product. Fees charged to contract holders and fund administration fees are recognized ratably throughout the year as a percentage of the related separate account assets. Premiums for term life insurance products are recognized as revenues over the premium-paying period. Interest accretion on the reinsurance deposit related to the fixed income annuity product and the fixed portion of the variable income annuity product is recognized over the remaining term of the underlying contracts.

Future Contract and Policy Benefits

Future contract and policy benefits include the guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) and the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit features (“GMWB”) (see Note 3 – Guaranteed Benefits) on certain variable annuity products, the majority of the 100% fixed life contingent fixed income annuity product and life products. Such liabilities are established in amounts sufficient to meet the estimated future obligations of policies in force, taking into consideration the future premiums and assessments. Future contract and policy benefit liabilities are computed using certain assumptions including mortality, lapse, investment performance and expense based on the Company’s experience, industry results, emerging trends and future expectations. With the exception of the GMDB and GMWB features, assumptions are locked in at the time of issuance and are not changed unless there are adverse changes in experience or assumptions which may require the Company to provide for expected future losses by establishing premium deficiency reserves.

The Company evaluates future contract and policy benefit liabilities annually to determine if a premium deficiency exists. If the future contract and policy benefit liabilities plus the present value of future gross premiums are insufficient to provide for the current present value of future contract and policy benefits then a charge to earnings is recorded against unamortized deferred policy acquisition costs and, if necessary, a premium deficiency reserve is established. Premium deficiency for certain products is adjusted for the impact of unrealized gains and losses on investments as if the gains and losses have been realized with a corresponding credit or charge to accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes.

Contract Holder Deposit Funds

Contract holder deposit funds consist of annuity deposits received from customers for the fixed portion of the variable deferred annuity product, for the fixed income annuity product with no life contingencies and for the fixed portion of life contingent income annuity products not included in Future Contract and Policy Benefits. Liabilities are established in amounts sufficient to meet the estimated future obligations of policies in force and represent accumulated account deposits plus interest credited, less contract holder withdrawals and other charges assessed against the account balance.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Reinsurance Deposit and Receivables

The Company reinsures a substantial portion of its life insurance and annuity product risks with other companies. As a result, when the Company records liabilities that are subject to reinsurance, reinsurance deposits and receivables are recorded. The Company remains contingently liable for claims reinsured in the event the reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations. Failure of reinsurers to honor their obligations could result in losses to the Company. The Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentration of credit risk arising from similar activities or economic characteristics of the reinsurers to minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurer insolvencies. The Company is subject to concentration of risk with respect to these reinsurance agreements. The two largest reinsurance counterparty exposures are either partially held in a collateral account or partially secured by investments held in trust, which offers the Company additional protection and reduces the risk of loss to the Company that could result from failure of a reinsurer.

Effective January 1, 2020, reinsurance deposits and receivables are recorded net of the allowance for credit losses. The allowance for credit losses represents management’s estimate of credit losses and considers the quality of the reinsurance counterparty using probability-of-default (“PD”) / loss-given-default (“LGD”) models. The PD estimate is determined based on similarly rated companies and the LGD estimate is based on management’s estimate assigned to each reinsurer. The estimate represents the expected economic loss of a reinsurer’s default. There are two primary factors which affect LGD, (i) the presence and amount of collateral backing the reinsurance counterparty credit, and (ii) whether the reinsurer is also a direct writer of insurance. Overall, the allowance for credit losses are affected by changes in the underlying reinsurance reserve credit which can fluctuate with market returns, policy persistency and policyholder mortality. The allowance for credit losses may vary due to (i) updates in assumed probabilities of default, (ii) the value of any collateral, (iii) changes in financial strength ratings of the reinsurance counterparty by various statistical rating agencies and (iv) other risk factors. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded in the provision for credit losses in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Prior to January 1, 2020 an allowance for credit losses was established only when it was probable that the reinsurer would fail to make payments.

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

Costs that vary with and are primarily associated with acquiring new and renewal business are deferred. The costs consist principally of first-year commissions paid to Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. in accordance with contractual agreements as described in Note 9 – Affiliated Company Transactions, and certain expenses for traditional life policy issuance and underwriting. These deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”) are amortized over the lifetime of the policy, generally estimated as the level term period for the term insurance product and either a 30-year or 50-year period for the variable deferred and immediate annuity products in proportion to expected gross profits.

The amortization process requires the use of various assumptions, estimates and judgments about the future. The primary assumptions are expenses, investment performance, mortality, and contract cancellations (i.e., lapses, withdrawals, internal replacements and surrenders). These assumptions are reviewed on a regular basis and are generally based on the Company’s past experience, industry studies, and judgments about the future. Finally, analyses are performed periodically to assess whether there are sufficient gross profits to amortize the remaining DAC balances. See Note 10 – Underwriting, Acquisition and Insurance Expenses for additional information regarding amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (continued)

A significant assumption for the projection of estimated gross profits is the investment return on separate account fund balances. The Company assumes a long-term return of 7.0% before fund expenses and other charges. The Company also applies a “Reversion to the Mean” assumption in setting the projected return for the next seven years. The projected return over the next seven years is developed such that the combination of actual and projected returns equals the long term return, and the long term return is projected for the eighth year and beyond. The Company limits the projected return to no greater than 11.5% (before fund expenses and other charges) and no less than approximately 5% (before fund expenses and other charges).

GAAP provides guidance for DAC on internal replacements of insurance and investment contracts. An internal replacement is a modification in product benefits, features, rights or coverages that occurs by the exchange of a contract for a new contract, or by amendment, endorsement, or rider to a contract, or by the election of a feature or coverage within a contract. Modifications that result in a permanent contract that is substantially changed from the replaced contract is accounted for as an extinguishment of the replaced contract. DAC, unearned revenue liabilities and deferred sales inducements from contracts materially changed or replaced are written-off in the period changed or replaced. Modifications that result in a contract that is substantially unchanged from the replaced contract are accounted for as a continuation of the replaced contract.

The Company defines an internal replacement as a modification in product benefits, features, rights or coverages that occurs by the exchange of a contract, by amendment, endorsement or rider to the contract. Contract modifications resulting in a replacement contract that is substantially changed from the replaced contract is accounted for as an extinguishment of the replaced contract and any unamortized deferred acquisition costs are written off. There were no changes to the Company’s definition of internal replacements or changes in product benefits, features, rights or coverage during 2021, 2020, or 2019.

DAC for certain products is adjusted for the impact of unrealized gains and losses on investments as if the gains and losses have been realized with a corresponding credit or charge to accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes.

Property and Equipment

Property, equipment, and computer software are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation or amortization. Software includes certain costs incurred for purchasing and developing software for internal use. Depreciation or amortization is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the asset, generally three years.

Effective January 2021, the Company sold certain capitalized software assets at their carrying value of $8,021 to Fidelity Technology Group, LLC (“FTG”), an affiliate which is wholly-owned by FMR LLC.

Income Taxes

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return with its subsidiary, EFILI. Under a tax sharing agreement, each company is charged or credited its share of taxes as determined on a separate company basis. Tax benefits are credited with respect to taxable losses to the extent such losses are utilized by the consolidated group. Intercompany tax balances are settled within 30 days of the actual tax payment.

The asset and liability method is used in accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using the current enacted tax rates.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Income Taxes (continued)

The Company evaluates the recoverability of deferred tax assets and establishes a valuation allowance if necessary to reduce the deferred tax assets to an amount that is more likely than not expected to be realized. Considerable judgment is required in determining whether a valuation allowance is necessary, and if so, the amount of such valuation allowance. In evaluating the need for a valuation allowance, the Company considers available positive and negative evidence including nature and tax characteristic of taxable temporary differences and the timing of their reversal, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and results of recent operations. Although realization is not assured, management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances, will be realized. The Company adjusts the valuation allowance if there is a change in management’s assessment of the amount of the deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized.

The Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon review by taxing authorities.

Recent Adoption of Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance that replaces the current incurred loss impairment model for financial instruments reported at amortized cost with a methodology that reflects current expected credit losses (“CECL”). The new guidance requires consideration of a broader range of information such as historical events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts to reflect lifetime expected credit loss estimates. The guidance also modifies OTTI guidance for available-for-sale debt securities requiring the recording of an allowance for credit losses instead of a direct reduction to carrying value and to remove the duration of a decline in fair value as a factor in determining a credit impairment. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2020 which did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued new guidance which simplifies subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating step 2 of the goodwill impairment test which measures the impairment by comparing the implied fair value of goodwill with the carrying amount of goodwill. Under the new guidance, an entity should perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; provided that the impairment charge does not exceed the goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2020 which did not have an impact on the consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued new guidance for premium amortization on purchased callable debt securities. The guidance requires certain premiums on callable debt securities to be amortized to the initial call date. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach which did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements. A cumulative effect adjustment of $453, net of taxes, was recorded as a decrease to retained earnings.

The FASB issued new guidance on accounting for leases that results in leases being accounted for as either finance or operating leases. Both leases result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability on its balance sheet, with differing methodologies for income statement recognition. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2019, which had no impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

Future Adoption of Accounting Pronouncements

The FASB issued new guidance for insurance companies that issue long-duration insurance and annuity contracts. The guidance makes several changes including amendments to the assumptions used to measure liabilities for future policy benefits, measurement of market-based risk benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and additional disclosures. The guidance will be effective for the Company in the year beginning January 1, 2025 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on the consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

3. GUARANTEED BENEFITS:

The Company establishes a liability for death or withdrawal benefit guarantees contained in variable annuity contracts.

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits (GMDB)

The Company has certain variable annuity contracts with a GMDB feature. The GMDB feature provides annuity contract holders with a default guarantee that the benefit received at death will be no less than a prescribed minimum amount. Upon death of the annuitant prior to age 85, the death benefit is the greater of the contract value and total premiums, adjusted for withdrawals. For an additional charge, the death benefit is the greater of the default guaranteed death benefit and the highest contract value as of any prior anniversary, prior to age 80, adjusted for any additional payments or withdrawals. The optional rider is no longer offered to new customers, effective January 1, 2003. If the GMDB is higher than the current account value at the time of death, the Company incurs a cost equal to the difference. The Company’s current variable annuity contract does not offer a GMDB feature.

The following summarizes the liability for GMDB contracts reflected in the general account:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Beginning Balance

   $ 1,346      $ 2,228  

Change in benefit ratio estimate

     (1,181      (864

Interest on reserve

     11        98  

Claims paid

     (386      (1,042

Accrual of benefit ratio

     243        926  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending Balance

   $ 33      $ 1,346  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The reinsurance recoverables associated with the GMDB were $30 and $1,343 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

3. GUARANTEED BENEFITS (CONTINUED):

 

The following information relates to the reserving methodology and assumptions for developing the GMDB policy benefit liability.

 

   

The projection model uses 100 pairs of stochastically generated market return scenarios for equity and bond returns.

 

   

The projection period is 30 years from issue.

 

   

The mean investment performance assumptions, prior to the consideration of mortality and expense fees, vary from 1.7% to 11.5% depending on the underlying fund type.

 

   

The projection model employs a mean reversion adjustment that is based on historical performance from 1997 to the present and the long-term rate assumption.

 

   

The volatility assumption is 20% for equity funds; 9% for bond funds; and 0% for money market funds.

 

   

The mortality assumption is 90% of the 2012 IAM Basic Mortality Table with Scale G2.

 

   

The base lapse rate assumption varies from 4.1% to 6.5%, depending on policy duration. The partial withdrawal assumption is 1.9% for all policy durations.

 

   

The annual lapse rate for anticipated internal replacements is 1.2%.

 

   

The discount rate is 6.83%.

The table below represents the account value, net amount at risk and average attained age of underlying contract holders for GMDB as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The net amount at risk is the death benefit coverage in force or the amount that the Company would have to pay if all contract holders had died as of the specified date, and represents the excess of the guaranteed benefit over the fair value of the underlying investments.

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
(in thousands, except for contract holder data)    2021      2020  

Net deposits paid

     

Account value

   $ 5,772,282      $ 5,217,828  

Net amount at risk

   $ 58,617      $ 66,952  

Average attained age of contract holders

     70        69  

Ratchet (highest historical account value at specified anniversary dates)

     

Account value

   $ 272,807      $ 248,938  

Net amount at risk

   $ 6,212      $ 8,769  

Average attained age of contract holders

     73        73  

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits (GMWB)

The Company issued a variable annuity contract with a GMWB feature. The GMWB feature provides annuity contract holders with withdrawal payments that are guaranteed for life. The withdrawal feature allows for guaranteed withdrawals beginning with age 5912 for the life of the contract holder based on a preset withdrawal percentage of the guaranteed withdrawal benefit (“GWB”) value as defined in the contract. The contract holder is eligible to take the withdrawal benefit each year until there is no longer any living annuitant. The GWB value is initially set equal to the purchase payment and is ratcheted up to the contract value on each anniversary until the oldest annuitant’s 85th birthday. The GWB value is reduced by (i) withdrawals if the youngest annuitant is under age 5912 or (ii) withdrawals in excess of the GWB amount if the youngest annuitant has reached age 5912.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

3. GUARANTEED BENEFITS (CONTINUED):

 

The following summarizes the liability for GMWB contracts reflected in the general account: 

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Beginning Balance

   $ 5,757      $ 2,255  

Change in benefit ratio estimate

     3,601        2,961  

Interest on reserve

     487        271  

Accrual of benefit ratio

     492        270  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending Balance

   $ 10,337      $ 5,757  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For contracts issued prior to January 1, 2009, the Company has reinsurance coverage for 100% of its GMWB provisions. Effective January 1, 2009, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement to reinsure 90% of GMWB product sales during the first quarter of 2009. Effective March 31, 2009, the GMWB was no longer offered.

The reinsurance recoverables associated with the GMWB were $9,997 and $5,559 at December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

The following information relates to the reserve methodology and assumptions for developing the GMWB policy benefit liability:

 

   

The projection model uses 100 pairs of stochastically generated market return scenarios for equity and bond returns.

 

   

The projection period is 50 years from issue.

 

   

The mean investment return assumptions for the stochastic scenarios, before fund expenses and other charges, vary from 1.7% to 11.5% depending on the underlying fund type.

 

   

The projection model employs a mean reversion adjustment that is based on historical performance from 1997 to the present and the long-term rate assumption.

 

   

The volatility assumption is 20% for equity funds; 9% for bond funds; and 0% for money market funds.

 

   

Separate benefit ratios were calculated for single life and joint life policies.

 

   

For contract holders not yet taking withdrawals, the GMWB withdrawal waiting period is defined as the later of 1512 years from issue and age 5912.

 

   

The mortality assumption is 90% of the 2012 IAM Basic Mortality Table with projection scale G2.

 

   

The lapse rate assumption is 5.3%, with dynamic lapse reduction for contracts in the money.

 

   

The discount rate is 6.425%, adjusted for maintenance and expense charges.

The table below displays the account value and guaranteed withdrawal values at December 31, 2021, and 2020:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Account value

   $ 1,815,107      $ 1,729,147  

GWB value

   $ 1,736,124      $ 1,593,406  

Average attained age of contract holders

     78        78  

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

4. INVESTMENTS:

The components of net investment income were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Debt securities

   $ 36,071      $ 40,564      $ 39,916  

Cash and cash equivalents

     14        601        2,770  

Other income

     219        215        184  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

     36,304        41,380        42,870  

Less: investment expenses

     3,554        3,457        3,200  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

   $ 32,750      $ 37,923      $ 39,670  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross realized gains and losses from sales of debt securities were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Debt securities:

        

Gross realized gains

   $ 14,052      $ 24,024      $ 4,093  

Gross realized losses

     (939      (3,436      (1,795
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total realized investment gains (losses)

     13,113      $ 20,588      $ 2,298  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no realized investment losses as a result of impairments in 2021, 2020 or 2019. There were no debt securities that were non-income producing for 2021, 2020 or 2019, respectively. There was no interest foregone by non-income producing securities for 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on debt securities carried at fair value and the related impact on DAC, premium deficiency reserves, and deferred income taxes as of December 31 were as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Debt securities

   $ 22,105      $ 85,589  

DAC, Premium deficiency reserves

     (1,455      (4,579

Deferred income tax benefit (expense)

     (4,369      (17,254
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 16,281      $ 63,756  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

4. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

Debt securities, without an allowance for credit losses, that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

     2021  
     Less than twelve months      Twelve months or more      Total    

 

     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
 
     (in thousands)        

Investment grade debt securities:

                       

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 37,992      $ (487     5      $ 72,458      $ (3,293     4      $ 110,450      $ (3,780     9  

States and political subdivisions

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    

Corporate debt securities

     278,918        (4,997     148        36,804        (1,748     22        315,722        (6,745     170  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     1,107        (10     3        93        —         1        1,200        (10     4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 318,017      $ (5,494     156      $ 109,355      $ (5,041     27      $ 427,372      $ (10,535     183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Below Investment grade debt securities:

                       

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ —        $ —         —        $ —        $ —         —        $ —        $ —         —    

States and political subdivisions

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    

Corporate debt securities

     17,664        (293     85        5,833        (217     23        23,497        (510     108  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,664      $ (293     85      $ 5,833      $ (217     23      $ 23,497      $ (510     108  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company believes that declines in the fair value of the securities above were not indicative of credit impairment as of December 31, 2021. The Company did not intend to sell these securities, and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis. The majority of the securities are investment grade debt securities with average fair values of 98% of amortized cost at December 31, 2021. Investments in below investment grade securities have an average fair value of 98% of amortized cost as of December 31, 2021.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

4. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

Debt securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

     2020  
     Less than twelve months      Twelve months or more      Total  
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Number of
Securities
 
     (in thousands)        

Investment grade debt securities:

                       

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 33,261      $ (371     3      $ —        $ —         —        $ 33,261      $ (371     3  

State and political subdivisions

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    

Corporate debt securities

   $ 7,583      $ (54     5      $ —        $ —         —          7,583        (54     5  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     —          —         —          1,276        (34     2        1,276        (34     2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 40,844      $ (425     8      $ 1,276      $ (34     2      $ 42,120      $ (459     10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Below Investment grade debt securities:

                       

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ —        $ —         —        $ —        $ —         —        $ —        $ —         —    

State and political subdivisions

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    

Corporate debt securities

     4,351        (33     12        5,291        (56     6        9,642        (89     18  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     —          —         —          —          —         —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,351      $ (33     12      $ 5,291      $ (56     6      $ 9,642      $ (89     18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company believes that declines in the fair value of the securities above were not indicative of credit impairment as of December 31, 2020. The Company did not intend to sell these securities, and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis.The majority of the securities are investment grade debt securities with average fair values of 99% of amortized cost at December 31, 2020. Investments in below investment grade securities have an average fair value 99% of amortized cost as of December 31, 2020.

The allowance for credit losses at adoption was zero and there were no additions, write-offs, and recoveries during 2021 or 2020. The allowance for credit losses was zero as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

4. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by type of issuer as of December 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2021  
     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses -
Allowance
     Estimated
Fair Value
 

Debt securities:

             

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 179,881      $ 1,560      $ (3,780   $ —        $ 177,661  

States and political subdivisions

     1,335        105        —         —          1,440  

Corporate and other debt securities

     1,095,431        31,451        (7,255     —          1,119,627  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     4,374        34        (10     —          4,398  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt securities

   $ 1,281,021      $ 33,150      $ (11,045   $  —        $ 1,303,126  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by type of issuer as of December 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2020  
     Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses -
Allowance
     Estimated
Fair Value
 

Debt securities:

             

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 219,577      $ 13,973      $ (371     —        $ 233,179  

States and political subdivisions

     1,371        149        —         —        $ 1,520  

Corporate and other debt securities

     1,049,898        71,873        (143     —        $ 1,121,628  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     10,717        142        (34     —          10,825  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt securities

   $ 1,281,563      $ 86,137      $ (548     —        $ 1,367,152  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

During 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded no impairments for the portion of noncredit related losses in other comprehensive income.

Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments (excluding proceeds from calls and maturities) were $269,420, $355,814 and $313,346 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at December 31, 2021, by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

4. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

     December 31, 2021  
     Amortized Cost      Estimated Fair Value  

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 91,040      $ 91,959  

Due after 1 year through 5 years

     586,413        606,610  

Due after 5 years through 10 years

     529,334        528,772  

Due after 10 years

     69,860        71,387  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     4,374        4,398  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,281,021      $ 1,303,126  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2021, and 2020, there were no contractual investment commitments. There were no significant concentrations of debt securities by issuer or by industry, other than U.S. Treasury securities.

At December 31, 2021, the amortized cost and fair value of securities on deposit with various state and governmental authorities was $2,793 and $2,872 respectively. At December 31, 2020, the amortized cost and fair value of securities on deposit with various state and governmental authorities was $2,793 and $2,966 respectively.

5. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES:

Effective April 1, 2014, FMR LLC contributed a 100% wholly owned subsidiary, Feedstock, to the Company at its carrying value of $1,796. Feedstock makes tax advantaged investments in certain refined coal transactions under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code. IRC 45 provides a tax credit for the production of certain refined energy resources at a qualified facility during a ten year period beginning on the date the facility was originally placed in service and the refined energy is sold to an unrelated party.

Feedstock entered into certain operating agreements to provide operational funding of a qualified energy facility through 2021. Feedstock is required to provide 90% of these operational fundings to LRC Holdings LLC (“LRCH”) through a membership interest agreement. LRCH ultimately funds the qualified facility through a 60% membership interest agreement. These funding obligations are tied to the production of the qualified energy resource and eligibility to receive the expected tax credit pursuant to the operating agreements. The Company is expected to make funding payments on behalf of Feedstock and receive the benefits of the tax credits generated. The Company provided cash funding payments of $9,988, $4,349 and $8,901, respectively for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 respectively.

FMR LLC provides certain guarantees of Feedstock to third parties which are contingent upon Feedstock’s eligibility to receive the expected tax credits. FMR LLC continues to provide such guarantees subsequent to its contribution of Feedstock to the Company.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

5. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (CONTINUED):

 

Feedstock and LRCH are deemed to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”). A VIE is an entity that either (i) has equity investors that lack controlling financial interest or (ii) does not have sufficient equity to finance its own activities without financial support provided by another entity. If the Company determines that it is the VIE’s “primary beneficiary,” it consolidates the VIE. The primary beneficiary has the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance and either the obligation to absorb the losses of the entity or the right to receive the benefits from the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE.

The Company determined that its interest in Feedstock and in turn Feedstock’s 90% membership interest in LRCH qualifies as a variable interest, and that Feedstock and LRCH are both VIEs. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary as it has both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits of the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE as a result of the operational funding provided and the return in the form of income tax credits. Accordingly, the Company consolidates Feedstock and LRCH. The consolidated balances include restricted cash and cash equivalents of $34,424 and $27,564 as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively. These balances are restricted for withdrawal or use under the terms of certain contractual agreements and are recorded as restricted cash and cash equivalents in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following is the incremental impact of consolidating LRCH in the Company’s consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2021, and 2020 and for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020:

 

     December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Total Assets

   $ 3,572      $ 2,855  

Total Liabilities

     3,522        2,746  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncontrolling equity interest

   $ 50      $ 109  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Total Revenues

   $ 35      $ 178      $ 354  

Total Expenses

     (1,244      (645      (1,267
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss before income taxes

     (1,209      (467      (913

Income tax expense

     —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Loss

     (1,209      (467      (913

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (1,209      (467      (913
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

   $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interest represents ownership interests in LRCH that is not attributable to the Company.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:

The Company categorizes the financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value in its balance sheets based upon a three-level valuation hierarchy. The Company carries the following financial instruments at fair value in the Company’s financial statements: debt securities, cash equivalents such as money market funds, and separate account assets. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable valuation inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure a financial asset or liability cross different levels of the hierarchy, categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Management’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the overall fair value measurement of a financial asset or liability requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The three levels are described below:

 

   

Level 1 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in an active market.

 

   

Level 2 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

   

Level 3 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable in the market and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability and are based on the best available information, some of which is internally developed.

The Company’s available-for-sale debt securities generally use Level 2 inputs for the determination of fair value. These fair values are obtained primarily from industry-standard pricing methodologies based on market observable information. The fair value of U.S. Treasury debt securities is based on quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly obtainable and are reflected in Level 1. While the Company obtains values for the debt securities it holds from independent pricing services, it is ultimately management’s responsibility to determine whether the value obtained and recorded to the financial statements are representative of fair value.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

Cash equivalents are reported at fair value on a recurring basis and include money market instruments. Fair values of these cash equivalents may be determined using public quotations which are reflected in Level 1.

Separate account assets are invested in mutual funds whose value is based on the underlying net asset value of these funds. Open ended mutual funds in the Separate Account produce a daily NAV that is validated with a sufficient level of observable activity to support classification of the fair value measurement as Level 1.

The following fair value hierarchy table presents information about the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of:

 

     December 31, 2021  
     Quoted Market
Prices in Active
Markets (Level 1)
     Pricing Methods
with Significant
Observable Market
Inputs (Level 2)
     Pricing Methods with
Significant
Unobservable Market
Inputs (Level 3)
     Total
Estimated
Fair Value
 

Assets:

           

Available-for-sale debt securities:

           

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 177,661      $ —        $ —        $ 177,661  

States and political subdivisions

     —          1,440        —          1,440  

Corporate and other debt securities

     —          1,119,627        —          1,119,627  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     —          4,398        —          4,398  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total available-for-sale debt securities

     177,661        1,125,465        —          1,303,126  

Cash equivalents

     171,114        —          —          171,114  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal excluding separate account assets

     348,775        1,125,465        —          1,474,240  

Separate account assets

     46,885,350              46,885,350  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 47,234,125      $ 1,125,465      $ —        $  48,359,590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

     December 31, 2020  
     Quoted Market
Prices in Active
Markets (Level 1)
     Pricing Methods
with Significant
Observable Market
Inputs (Level 2)
     Pricing Methods with
Significant
Unobservable Market
Inputs (Level 3)
     Total
Estimated
Fair Value
 

Assets:

           

Available-for-sale debt securities:

           

U.S. Treasury securities

   $ 233,179      $ —        $ —        $ 233,179  

States and political subdivisions

     —          1,520        —          1,520  

Corporate and other debt securities

     —          1,121,628        —          1,121,628  

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

     —          10,825        —          10,825  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total available-for-sale debt securities

     233,179        1,133,973        —          1,367,152  

Cash equivalents

     150,734        —          —          150,734  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal excluding separate account assets

     383,913        1,133,973        —          1,517,886  

Separate account assets

     40,059,818        —          —          40,059,818  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 40,443,731      $ 1,133,973      $ —        $  41,577,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

There were no Level 3 assets held by the Company during 2021 or 2020. There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during 2021 or 2020

Certain financial instruments are not required to be measured at fair value in the financial statements but are disclosed if it is practicable to estimate such values.

The following include disclosures for other financial instruments not carried at fair value and not included in the above discussion:

 

     December 31, 2021      December 31, 2020  
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated Fair
Value
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair
Value
 

Financial Assets:

           

Other investment

   $ —        $ —        $ 449      $ 449  

Policy loans

     1,679        1,679        1,605        1,605  

Reinsurance deposit and receivables

     806,348        869,040        856,632        936,510  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 808,027      $ 870,719      $ 858,686      $ 938,564  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities:

           

Contract holder deposit funds

   $ 587,152      $ 652,985      $ 611,551      $ 696,702  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:

Other Investment

Fair value for the other investment is based on the Company’s share of the investee based on the underlying financial statements of the investee.

Policy Loans

Policy loans are carried at outstanding principal balances, not in excess of policy cash surrender value. These loans are an integral part of the insurance products and have no maturity dates. Consequently, the outstanding principal balance is considered to be a reasonable estimate of the fair value of policy loans.

Reinsurance Deposit and Receivables

Fair values for certain of the Company’s reinsurance deposits for the fixed portion of the variable annuities contracts in payout and the fixed immediate annuity contracts are estimated using discounted cash flow calculations based on expected current offering interest rates versus contract rates.

Contract Holder Deposit Funds

Fair value for the Company’s contract holder deposit fund liabilities for the fixed portion of the variable annuity contracts in payout and the fixed immediate annuity contracts are estimated using discounted cash flow calculations based on expected current offering interest and mortality rates versus contract rates.

The fixed portion of variable deferred annuity products is carried at account value and can be withdrawn without prior notice pursuant to the terms of the annuity contract. The fixed portion of variable deferred annuity products is an integral part of the contract, and consequently the account value is considered to be a reasonable estimate of the fair value of the contract.

7. INCOME TAXES:

The components of the provision for income taxes attributable to operations were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Current:

        

Federal

   $ 19,128      $ 26,366      $ 17,565  

State

     403        388        260  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 19,531      $ 26,754      $ 17,825  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

        

Federal

   $ (7,180    $ (5,982    $ (5,880

State

     53        (110      (58
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  (7,127)      $ (6,092    $  (5,938)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 12,404      $ 20,662      $ 11,887  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

7. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED):

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Life insurance corporations in New York remain subject to a franchise tax. However, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, in no event may the franchise tax on life insurance corporations, computed prior to the application of tax credits, be less than 1.5% of premiums or more than 2.0% of premiums. Accordingly, state deferred taxes are no longer recorded for EFILI, as EFILI believes that the reversal of temporary differences will have no impact on the state income tax that EFILI will pay in the future. State deferred taxes are recorded for FILI for the impact of its reversing temporary differences on its future state income tax liability.

Significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax asset were as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Deferred income tax assets (liabilities):

     

Deferred policy acquisition costs

   $  23,266      $ 20,031  

Contract holder reserves

     41,421        38,825  

Contract holder reserves—Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”)

     

Transition Adjustment

     (5,884      (7,355

Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

     (4,682      (18,172

Deferred revenue

     2,733        2,899  

Deferred compensation and retirement benefit plans

     985        1,415  

Other, net

     1,663        1,847  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance

     59,502        39,490  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Valuation allowance

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax asset after valuation allowance

   $ 59,502      $ 39,490  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The change in valuation allowance for deferred tax assets were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Beginning balance

   $  —        $  —        $ 4,902  

Additions charged to expense, equity

     —          —          —    

Reductions for recoveries

     —          —          (4,902
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ —        $ —        $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

7. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED):

 

A reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. Federal statutory rate to the provision for income taxes is as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Tax provision at U.S. Federal statutory rate

   $ 30,499      $ 31,257      $ 24,879  

Unrecognized tax benefits

     8,727        4,715        11,392  

Provision to return adjustment

     2,350        6,031        —    

Dividends received deduction

     (19,358      (17,538      (13,935

IRC 45 tax credit

     (10,451      (4,156      (8,380

(Decrease) increase in valuation allowance

     —          —          (1,504

Other, net

     637        353        (565
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 12,404      $ 20,662      $ 11,887  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company paid (recovered) net federal and state income taxes of $14,865, ($38), and $5,987 in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Currently, the Company only files income tax returns in the United States. The Company is not currently under examinations and is no longer subject to U.S. federal or state tax examinations for years before 2018. The Company is not currently under examination for the income tax filings in any other jurisdictions.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economics Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted into law. One provision of the CARES Act amends the Tax Act of 2017 and allows companies with net operating losses (“NOLs”) originating in 2018, 2019 or 2020 to carry back those losses for five years. In addition, the CARES Act permits corporate taxpayers to elect to accelerate the refund schedule for any remaining AMT credits that otherwise would become incrementally refundable from 2018 through 2021. The CARES Act permits claiming the refund in full in either 2018 or 2019. Enactment of the CARES Act did not have a financial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In 2017, an affiliate received notification from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that challenged its eligibility to claim certain tax credits under Internal Revenue Code Section 45, and certain operating losses, for tax years 2011 and 2012. As a result, the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2021 was $53,082 (including $6,242 of interest expense). The Company classifies all interest and penalties as income tax expense. Although the timing of the resolution and/or closure on this matter is uncertain, it is reasonably possible that the balance of the estimated net liability for these uncertain tax positions could significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

8. STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY AND DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS:

Generally, the net assets of the Company available for payment as dividends to FMR LLC are limited to the excess of FILI’s net assets, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices, over minimum statutory capital requirements; however, payments of such amounts as dividends may be subject to approval by regulatory authorities. Under the Insurance Code of the State of Utah for FILI and New York State Insurance Laws for EFILI, dividends to shareholders are limited to the lesser of the Company’s net gain from operations for the year ended on the preceding December 31, or 10% of the Company’s surplus held for policyholders as of the preceding December 31. The Company paid cash dividends to FMR LLC of $103,000, $102,000, and $0 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company prepares its statutory financial statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the applicable state insurance department which vary with GAAP in certain respects. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, as well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. The principal differences with GAAP are that statutory financial statements do not reflect DAC, recognition of deferred income tax assets are limited, bonds are generally carried at amortized cost, insurance liabilities are presented net of reinsurance assets, a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary is reported at statutory equity and future policy benefit liabilities are estimated using different actuarial assumptions. The Company does not rely on the use of any permitted statutory accounting practices.

Net income and capital and surplus as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     (Unaudited)      (Audited)      (Audited)  
     2021      2020      2019  

FILI

        

Statutory net income

   $ 125,298      $ 103,869      $ 102,715  

Statutory surplus

   $ 1,086,824      $ 1,068,958      $ 1,061,922  

EFILI

        

Statutory net income

   $ 10,701      $ 10,778      $ 9,230  

Statutory surplus

   $ 110,394      $ 110,443      $ 100,022  

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

9. AFFILIATED COMPANY TRANSACTIONS:

The Company has a services agreement with Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC and Fidelity Distributors Company LLC, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of FMR LLC, under which the Company provides certain shareholder account services (recordkeeping and customer reporting, customer support, and preparing/distributing marketing materials) with respect to Investor Class shares of the Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Funds. The Company earned fees of $45,325, $36,119 and $33,778 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, under these agreements. These fees are included in Fund administration fees in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The Company’s insurance contracts are distributed through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. (“FIA”), and Fidelity Distributors Company LLC, all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of FMR LLC. FILI and EFILI have agreements with FIA under which FILI pays FIA renewal sales compensation of 0.10% of the variable annuity contract value each year and compensation for each new first year contract. EFILI pays FIA sales compensation of 3% of annuity payments received for its variable deferred and immediate annuity contracts. The Company pays FIA 37.5% of term life insurance first-year premiums. The Company compensated FIA in the amount of $46,019, $36,523, and $34,623 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company has an administrative services agreement with FIA whereby the Company provides certain administrative and accounting functions. The Company was reimbursed $20,383, $16,515, and $18,339 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for such services. The reimbursements are accounted for as a direct reduction of the Company’s expenses.

The Company entered into agreements with Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company whereby investment and managerial advice is provided to the Company. The Company incurred charges of $2,379, $2,299, and $2,125 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for such services.

The Company has an administrative services agreement with FMR LLC and its subsidiaries whereby certain administrative and other services are provided for the Company. The Company incurred charges from FMR LLC and its subsidiaries of $20,392, $16,810, and $20,397 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for such services. Intercompany balances with FMR LLC and its subsidiaries are settled in accordance with the terms of the respective agreements.

FMR LLC sponsors a Profit-Sharing Plan covering substantially all eligible Company employees. Payments are made to the trustee by FMR LLC annually for the Profit-Sharing Plan. FMR LLC’s policy is to fund all costs accrued and to charge each subsidiary for its share of the cost. The costs charged to the Company were $1,829, 1,869 and $1,692 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company participates in various share-based compensatory plans sponsored by FMR LLC and is allocated a compensation charge from FMR LLC that is amortized over the period in which it is earned. These share-based compensation arrangements generally provide holders with participation in changes in FMR LLC’s Net Asset Value per share (as defined) over their respective terms. All plans are settled in cash or promissory notes at the end of their defined term or when plan participants are no longer employees. The aggregate expenses related to these plans charged to the Company were $3,089, $3,764, and $4,999 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

9. AFFILIATED COMPANY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED):

 

The Company participates in FMR LLC’s Retiree Health Reimbursement Plan (“RHRP”), a defined benefit health reimbursement arrangement covering eligible employees. FMR LLC has established the Fidelity Welfare Benefit Plans VEBA Trust (the “Trust”) to provide a funding vehicle for certain benefits related to FMR LLC’s benefit plans, including the RHRP. FMR LLC accrued a benefit to participants under the RHRP based on awards to employees that are subject to ten year cliff vesting with consideration given for prior service. Future awards under the RHRP are at the discretion of FMR LLC and participant contributions are not required. The Company is allocated an expense from FMR LLC associated with the actuarially derived annual cost of providing these benefits to the Company’s employees. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, compensation expense related to the RHRP was $254, $236 and $206, respectively.

The Company issued a $300 million unsecured revolving line of credit facility (“LOC Agreement”) to FMR LLC which matures on March 14, 2022. The LOC Agreement may be extended for successive one year periods by mutual agreement of the parties and prior notice to and a lack of objection by the Utah Insurance Department. Under the terms of the LOC Agreement, the Company receives a facility fee of 0.04% per year based on the unused amounts. In addition, the Company receives annual interest on any advances made under the LOC Agreement at LIBOR plus a spread where the spread may change from time to time based on the terms of the LOC Agreement. There were no amounts advanced by the Company as of December 31, 2021. The Company earned $0, $0, and $0 of interest and $122, $122, and $122 of facility fees for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 respectively. Effective March, 2022, the Company and FMR LLC extended the LOC Agreement for one year.

10. UNDERWRITING, ACQUISITION AND INSURANCE EXPENSES:

Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses were as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses:

        

Commissions, gross

   $ 46,019      $ 36,523      $ 34,623  

Compensation and benefits

     22,427        19,516        19,630  

Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     (5,423      (3,866      (4,511

(Accretion) amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     (890      1,566        660  

Rent expense

     1,941        2,146        2,164  

Taxes, licenses and fees

     2,011        1,249        1,849  

General insurance expenses

     18,285        20,006        19,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses

   $ 84,370      $ 77,140      $ 73,642  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs is adjusted periodically as estimates of future gross profits are revised to reflect actual and expected future experience. The Company decreased amortization by $6,950, $3,844, and $3,896 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, to reflect actual and expected future experience for investment performance, persistency (including internal replacements), administrative expenses and inflation assumptions. This adjustment has been reflected in amortization expense.

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

11. REINSURANCE:

The Company retains a maximum coverage per individual life of $25 plus 30% of the excess over $25 with a maximum initial retention not to exceed $100 for its life insurance business issued before March 1, 2008. The Company retains a flat $100 per individual life for its life business issued on and after March 1, 2008. The Company reinsures certain guarantee provisions and mortality on its annuity contracts and portions of annuity income that are fixed. The Company reinsures substantially all of its GMDB provisions for business issued prior to July 1, 2001. The Company reinsures 100% of its GMWB provisions issued prior to January 1, 2009, and 90% for business issued in the first quarter of 2009. The GMWB product and associated reinsurance contract were discontinued for new business effective March 31, 2009.

The Company has entered into a coinsurance agreement for substantially all of the fixed portion of the variable income annuity product and the fixed income annuities which arise through the annuitization of deferred annuity products if annuitization is prior to June 1, 2009. The Company retains 100% of the risk for annuitizations of deferred annuity products where annuitization occurs on or after June 1, 2009. Sales of the variable income annuity product with a fixed payment option were discontinued in May 2008. The reinsurance receivable is accounted for as a deposit asset and is recorded in reinsurance deposit and receivables on the consolidated balance sheets. Under this reinsurance agreement, the Company receives a front end ceding expense allowance ranging from 2.5% to 3.5% of premiums and an annual allowance of a percentage of assets ranging from 0.30% to 0.60%. Revenue from the reinsurance agreements and benefit expense from the underlying annuity contracts are recognized over the lives of the underlying contracts.

The Company entered into a 100% coinsurance agreement for its fixed guaranteed income annuity product. Sales of this product were discontinued in May 2008. The reinsurance receivable has been accounted for as a deposit asset and was recorded in reinsurance deposit and receivables, while the liability related to the underlying annuity contracts with no life contingencies has been accounted for as a deposit liability and recorded in contract holder deposit funds on the consolidated balance sheets. Under the reinsurance agreement, the Company received a front end ceding expense allowance ranging from 2.5% to 3.5% of premiums and an annual allowance of a percentage of assets ranging from 0.12% to 0.60%. Revenue from the reinsurance agreement and benefit expense from the underlying annuity contracts has been recognized over the lives of the underlying contracts.

The Company is subject to concentration risks related to the two coinsurance agreements. Financial information related to the two coinsurance agreements for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2021      2020  

Reinsurance deposits and receivables:

     

Genworth Life Insurance Company

   $ 381,969      $ 415,727  

Principal Life Insurance Company

     386,910        410,621  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reinsurance deposits and receivables

   $ 768,879      $ 826,348  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contract holder deposit funds and future contract and policy benefits

   $ 768,879      $ 826,348  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest on reinsurance deposit

   $ 21,125      $ 22,217  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contract and policy benefits and expenses

   $ 17,902      $ 18,833  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FMR LLC)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

11. REINSURANCE: (CONTINUED)

 

The Company’s deposit assets under the reinsurance agreements with Principal Life Insurance Company are partially secured by investments held in a collateral account and those with Genworth Life Insurance Company are partially secured by investments held in trust which offers the Company additional protection and reduces the risk of loss to the Company that could result from failure of these reinsurers.

The Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentration of credit risk arising from similar activities or economic characteristics of the reinsurers to minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurer insolvencies. Any expected credit losses are reflected in the allowance for credit losses, after considering any collateral. The Company did not record an allowance for credit loss on reinsurance deposits and receivables as of December 31, 2021.

Additional information on direct business written and reinsurance ceded for the years ended December 31, was as follows:

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2021      2020      2019  

Direct life premiums

   $ 11,831      $ 12,328      $ 13,013  

Reinsurance ceded, net of ceding expense allowance

     (6,803      (5,117      (4,776
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net premiums

   $ 5,028      $ 7,211      $ 8,237  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Direct contract and policy benefits

   $ 79,036      $ 71,344      $ 77,193  

Reinsurance ceded benefits incurred

     (57,074      (52,900      (51,627

Reinsurance costs

     17,221        14,868        14,950  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net contract and policy benefits

   $ 39,183      $ 33,312      $ 40,516  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

The Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal actions concerning policy benefits and certain other matters. Those actions are considered by the Company in estimating policy reserves and other liabilities. The Company believes that the resolution of those actions should not have a material adverse effect on stockholder’s equity or net income.

Regulatory Matters

Under existing guaranty fund laws in all states, insurers licensed to do business in those states can be assessed for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies to policyholders and claimants. The actual amount of such assessments will depend upon the final outcome of rehabilitation proceedings and will be paid over several years.

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

The Company has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through April 29, 2022 and did not identify any other events that would require adjustments to, or disclosure in, the consolidated financial statements.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

Item 27. Exhibits

 

(a)

Resolution of Board of Directors of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“Fidelity Investments Life”) establishing the Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement, Reg. No 33-24400, filed on April 25, 1997

 

(b)

Custody Agreement - Not Applicable

 

(c)

Underwriting Contracts

 

  (1)

Distribution Agreement between Fidelity Investments Life, Fidelity Insurance Agency and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement, Reg. No 33-24400, filed on April 25, 1997

 

(d)

Contracts

Variable Annuity Policy.  Incorporated by reference from the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 (No. 811-05315), filed electronically on July 6, 2007

 

(e)

Applications

Application for Deferred Variable Annuity. Incorporated by reference from the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 (No. 811-05315), filed electronically on July 6, 2007

 

(f)

Depositor’s Certification of Incorporation and By-laws

 

  (1)

Articles of Domestication of Fidelity Investments Life. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement, Reg. No 33-24400, filed on April 25, 1997

 

  (2)

Amended Bylaws of Fidelity Investments Life. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement, Reg. No 33-24400, filed on April 25, 1997

 

(g)

Reinsurance Agreement.

Incorporated by reference from the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 (No. 811-05315), filed electronically on July 6, 2007

 

(h)

Participation Agreements

 

  (1)

Participation Agreement between Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation and each of Variable Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Variable Insurance Products Fund IV, and Variable Insurance Products Fund V. Filed herein as Exhibit (h)(1)

 

(i)

Administrative Contracts – Not Applicable

 

(j)

Other Material Contracts – Not Applicable

 

(k)

Legal Opinion

Legal opinion and consent of Lance A. Warrick filed herein as Exhibit (k).

 

(l)

Other Opinions

Written consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP filed herein as Exhibit (l)


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(m)

Omitted Financial Statements – Not Applicable

 

(n)

Initial Capital Agreements – Not Applicable

 

(o)

Power of Attorney

 

  (1)

Power of Attorney for William J. Johnson, Jr. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (2)

Power of Attorney for Peter G. Johannsen. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (3)

Power of Attorney for Malcolm MacKay. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (4)

Power of Attorney for Kathleen A. Murphy. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (5)

Power of Attorney for Rodney R. Rohda. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (6)

Power of Attorney for Roger T. Servison. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (7)

Power of Attorney for Sriram Subramaniam. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (8)

Power of Attorney for Miles Mei. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2016.

 

  (9)

Power of Attorney for Jane P. Jamieson. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 27, 2018

 

  (10)

Power of Attorney for Nancy D. Prior. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 27, 2018

 

  (11)

Power of Attorney for David J. Vargo. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2020.

 

  (12)

Power of Attorney for Wendy E. John. Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-141878, on behalf of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I filed electronically on April 29, 2021.


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(13)

Power of Attorney for Gerald W. Patterson filed herein as Exhibit (o)(13).

 

(p)

Board of Directors Consent filed herein as Exhibit (p).

Item 28. Directors and Officers of the Depositor

 

Name and Principal Business Address

  

Positions and Offices with the Depositor

Gerald W. Patterson    Director and President
Jane P. Jamieson    Director
Peter G. Johannsen    Director
Wendy E. John    Director
William J. Johnson, Jr.    Director
Malcolm Mackay    Director
Kathleen A. Murphy    Director
Nancy D. Prior    Director
Rodney R. Rohda    Director
Roger T. Servison    Director
Sriram Subramaniam    Director
David J. Vargo    Director
James F. Andrea, Jr.    Head of Client Services and Operations
Tamara Bogojevic-Catanzano    Illustration Actuary
Robert K. Leach    Appointed Actuary
Brian N. Leary    Vice President, Consumer Services Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Miles Mei    Vice President and Treasurer
Deepa Trivedi    Vice President, Technology Management
Robert G. Regan    Chief Risk Officer
Richard S. Rowland    Vice President, Channel Development
Laurie T. Jarasitis    Vice President, Human Resources
Lance A. Warrick    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

The principal business address for each of the persons named in Item 28 is 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode

Island 02917.

Item 29. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant

The Depositor, Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, a Utah Corporation, is 100% owned by FMR, LLC. FMR, LLC has numerous subsidiaries, including the following financial services providers:

 

 

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

Fidelity Distributors Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

Fidelity Workplace Investing LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation

 

 

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company (advisor to the Fidelity Funds including the Variable Insurance Product Funds named in the prospectus).

 

 

Digital Brokerage Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company.

 

 

Fidelity Prime Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

Green Pier Fintech LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company

 

 

National Financial Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company


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Item 30. Indemnification

FMR LLC and its subsidiaries own a directors’ and officers’ liability reimbursement contract (the “Policies”), issued by National Union Fire Insurance Company, that provides coverage for “Loss” (as defined in the Policies) arising from any claim or claims by reason of any breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act done or wrongfully attempted by a person while he or she is acting in his or her capacity as a director or officer. The coverage is provided to these insureds, including Fidelity Investments Life, to the extent required or permitted by applicable law, common or statutory, or under their respective charters or by-laws, to indemnify directors or officers for Loss arising from the above-described matters. Coverage is also provided to the individual directors or officers for such Loss, for which they shall not be indemnified, subject to relevant contract exclusions. Loss is essentially the legal liability on claims against a director or officer, including damages, judgements, settlements, costs, charges and expenses (excluding salaries of officers or employees) incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings and appeals therefrom.

There are a number of exclusions from coverage. Among the matters excluded are Losses arising as the result of (1) fines or penalties imposed by law or other matters that may be deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the Policy is construed, (2) claims brought about or contributed to by the fraudulent, dishonest, or criminal acts of a director or officer, (3) any claim made against the directors or officers for violation of any of the responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or amendments thereto, (4) professional errors or omissions, and (5) claims for an accounting of profits in fact made from the purchase or sale by a director or officer of any securities of the insured corporations within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any state statutory law.

A $100 million limit (policy aggregate limit) and a $500,000 deductible apply to Loss for which the directors and officers are indemnified by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. A $10 million limit (policy aggregate) and a $0 deductible apply to Loss for which the directors and officers are not indemnified by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company.

Utah law (Revised Business Corporation Act §16-10a-901 et seq.) provides, in substance, that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent against liability if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

The Text of Article XIV of Fidelity’s By-Laws, which relates to indemnification of the directors and officers, is as follows:

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND PERSONS

ADMINISTERING EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Each officer or Director or former officer or Director of the Corporation, and each person who shall, at the Corporation’s request, have served as an officer or director of another corporation or as trustee, partner or officer of a trust, partnership or association, and each person who shall, at the Corporation’s request, have served in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan, whether or not then in office then serving with respect to such employee benefit plan, and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of each of them, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all satisfaction of judgements, in compromise and or as fines or penalties and fees and disbursement of counsel, imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or them in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of his being or having been such officer, trustee, partner or director, or by reason of any alleged act or omission by him in such capacity or in serving with respect to an employee benefit plan, including the cost of reasonable settlements (other than amounts paid to the Corporation itself) made with a view to curtailment of costs of litigation.

The Corporation shall not, however, indemnify any such person, or his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, with respect to any matter as to which his conduct shall be finally adjudged in any such action, suit, or proceedings to constitute willful misconduct or recklessness or to the extent that such matter relates to service with respect to any employee benefit plan, to not be in the best interest of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan.


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Such indemnification may include payment by the Corporation of expenses incurred in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person indemnified to repay such payment if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Such undertaking may be accepted by the corporation without reference to the financial ability of such person to make repayment.

The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any such director, officer, trustee, partner or person serving with respect to an employee benefit plan may be entitled as a matter of law. These indemnity provisions shall be separable, and if any portion thereof shall be finally adjudged to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other portion which can be given effect.

The Board of Directors may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any persons who is or was a Director, officer, trustee, partner, employee or other agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, partner, employee or other agent of another corporation, association, trust or partnership, against any liability incurred by him in any such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer, or controlling persons of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 31. Principal Underwriters

 

(a)

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC acts as distributor for other variable life and variable annuity contracts registered by separate accounts of Fidelity Investments Life, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company.

 

(b)

Management

 

Name and Principal Business Address

  

Positions and Offices with Depositor

Sriram Subramaniam    Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
David Canter    Director
David Foreman    Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
David Golino    Chief Financial Officer
Eric C. Green    Assistant Treasurer
Lisa D. Kriser    Assistant Secretary
Michael Lyons    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

The address for each person named in Item 31(b) is 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917.

 

(c)

Compensation to the Distributor

The following aggregate amount of commissions and other compensation was received by the principal underwriter, directly or indirectly, from the Registrant for this and other variable annuity contracts issued by the Depositor, during the Registrant’s last fiscal year:


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                        (1)

Name of Principal Underwriter

   (2)
Net Underwriting
Discounts and
Commissions
     (3)
Compensation on
Redemption
     (4)
Brokerage
Commissions
     (5)
Other
Compensation
 

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

   $ 18,665,010      $ 0      $ 0      $ 0  

Item 32. Location of Accounts and Records

The records regarding the Account required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Rules 31a-1 to 31a-3 promulgated thereunder, are maintained at Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company at 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917.

Item 33. Management Services - Not applicable

Item 34. Fee Representation

 

(a)

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the aggregate charges under the variable annuity policy (“the contract”) offered by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company are reasonable in relation to services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I, has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Smithfield, and the state of Rhode Island, on this 29th day of April, 2022.

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT I

(Registrant)

 

By:  

/s/ *

    Attest:  

/s/ Lance A. Warrick

  Gerald W. Patterson       Lance A. Warrick,
  President       Secretary

By: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Depositor)

 

By:  

/s/ *

    Attest:  

/s/ Lance A. Warrick

  Gerald W. Patterson       Lance A. Warrick,
  President       Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 29th day of April, 2022.

 

Signature

  

Title

            

/s/                     *

      )    
Gerald W. Patterson    President and Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
William J. Johnson, Jr.    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Wendy E. John    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Miles Mei    Treasurer    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Rodney R. Rohda    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Roger T. Servison    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )   By:  

/s/ Lance A. Warrick

Kathleen A. Murphy    Director    )     Lance A. Warrick

 

/s/                     *

      )     (Attorney-in-Fact)*
Jane P. Jamieson    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Malcolm MacKay    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Peter G. Johannsen    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Nancy D. Prior    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
Sriram Subramaniam    Director    )    

/s/                     *

      )    
David J. Vargo    Director    )    
      )    

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(Page 2 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:47 FAX 1002/035 AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Among VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUNDS, FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION and FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of COMPANY, (hereinafter the “Company”), a subsidiary of FMR LLC, on its own behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset account of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto as may be amended from time to time (each such account hereinafter referred to as the “Account”); and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION (hereinafter the “Underwriter”), a Massachusetts corporation; and each of VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND II, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND iii and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND IV and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND V each an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the RECITALS WHEREAS, each Fund engages in business as an open-end management investment company and is available to act as the investment vehicle for separate accounts established for variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts (collectively, the “Variable Insurance Products”) and qualified pension and retirement plans within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.817-5(f)(3)(iii) (“Qualified Plans”) to he offered by insurance companies which have entered into participation agreements with the Fund and the Underwriter (hereinafter “Participating Insurance Companies”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in each Fund is divided into several series of shares, each representing the interest in a particular managed portfolio of securities and other assets, any one or more of which may be made available under this Agreement, as may be amended from time to time by mutual agreement of the parties hereto (each such series hereinafter referred to as a “Portfolio”); and 1 # 333675 (Page 3 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:40 FAX 003/035


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WHEREAS, each Fund has obtained an order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated Octuber 15, 1985 (File No. 812-6102) or September 17,1986(File No. 812- 6422), granting Participating Insurance Companies and variable and variable life insurance separate 15(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (hereinafter the “1940 Act”) and Rules 6e-2(b) (15) and 6e-3(T) (b) (15) thereunder, to the extent necessary to permit shares of the Fund to be sold to and held by variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance companies (hereinafter the “Shared Funding Exemptive Order”); and company under the 1940 Act and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (hereinafter the “1933 Act”); and registered as an investment adviser under the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and any applicable state securities law; and WHEREAS, the variable life insurance and/or variable annuity products identified on Schedule A hereto (“Contracts”) have been or will be registered by the Company under the account, established by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, on the date shown for such Account on Schedule A hereto, to set aside and invest, assets attributable to the aforesaid Contracts; and WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register each Account as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act, unless such Account is exempt from registration thereunder; and WHEREAS, the Underwriter is registered as a broker dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,(hereinafter the “1934 Act”), and is a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (hereinafter “FINRA”); and WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and regulations, the Company intends to purchase shares in the Portfolios on behalf of each Account to fund certain of the aforesaid Contracts and the Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to each 2                # 333675 (Page 4 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:48 FAX 004/035


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AGREEMENT Underwriter and each Fund agree as follows: ARTICLE A. Amendment and Restatement: Form of Agreement    This agreement shall amend and supersede the following Agreements as of the date below.                1. Participation Agreement dated July 28, 1987 among Company. Underwriter and Variable Insurance Product Fund I. 2. Participation Agreement dated November 18, 1988 among Company, Underwriter 3. Participation Agreement dated January 27, 1997 among Company, Underwriter and Variable Insurance Product Fund III. In addition, the parties hereby amend and restate their agreements herein. Although the parties have executed this Agreement in the form of a Master Participation Agreement for administrative convenience, this Agreement shall create a separate participation agreement for each Fund, as though the Company and the Underwriter had executed a separate, identical form of participation agreement with each Fund. No rights, responsibilities or liabilities    ARTICLE I. Sale of Fund Shares 1.1. The Underwriter agrees to sell to the Company those shares of the Fund which each Account orders, executing such orders on a daily basis at the net asset value next computed after receipt by the Fund or its designee of the order for the shares of the Fund. For purposes of this Section 1.1, the Company shall be the designee of the Fund for receipt of such orders from “Business Day” shall mean any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading 3 # 333675 (Page 5 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:48 FAX 005/035


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and on which the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.    applicable net asset value per share by the Company and its Accounts on those days on which, the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Fund shall use reasonable efforts to calculate such net asset value on each day which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of trustees of the Fund (hereinafter the “Board”) may refuse to sell shares of any Portfolio to any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of shares of any Portfolio if such action is required acting in good faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and any applicable state laws, necessary in the best interests of the shareholders of such Portfolio. to Participating Insurance Companies and their separate accounts and Qualified Plans. No shares of any Portfolio will be sold to the general public.    1.4. The Fund and the Underwriter will not sell Fund shares to any insurance company, separate account or Qualified Plan unless an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as Articles I, III, V, VII and Section 2.5 of Article 11 of this Agreement is 15. The Fund agrees to redeem for cash, on the Company’s request, any full or redemption. For purposes of this Section 1.5, the Company shall be the designee of the Fund for receipt of requests for redemption from each Account and receipt by such designee shall constitute receipt by the Fund; provided that the Fund receives notice of such request for redemption on the next following Business Day. This section shall not apply to VIP Fund shares or share classes that are subject to redemption fees. The Company shall not purchase or redeem VIP Fund shares that are subject to redemption fees, including shares of Portfolios or share 1.6. The Company agrees that purchases and redemptions of Portfolio shares offered by the then current prospectus of the Fund shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such prospectus. The Company agrees that all net amounts available under the Contracts shall be invested in the Fund, in such other Funds advised by the Adviser as may be mutually agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, or in the Company’s general account, provided that such amounts may also be invested in an investment company other than the Fund are substantially different from the investment objectives and policies of all the Portfolios of the intention to make such other investment company available as a funding vehicle for the 4 # 333675 (Page 6 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:48 FAX 2006/035


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Contracts; or (c) such other investment company was available as a funding vehicle for the Contracts prior to the date of this Agreement and the Company so informs the Fund and Underwriter prior to their signing this Agreement (a list of such funds appearing on Schedule C company. 1.7 The Company shall pay for share on the next Business Day after an order to purchase Fund shares is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.1 hereof. Payment shall be in federal funds transmitted by wire. For purpose of Section 2.10 and 2.11, upon receipt by the Fund of the federal funds so wired, such funds shall cease to be the    responsibility of the Company and shall become the responsibility of the Fund. Account. 1.9. The Fund shall furnish same day notice (by wire or telephone, followed by written confirmation) to the Company of any income, dividends or capital gain distributions payable on the Fund’s shares. The Company hereby elects to receive all such income dividends and capital gain distributions as are payable on the Portfolio shares in additional shares of that Portfolio. The Company reserves the right to revoke this election and to receive all such income dividends and capital gain distributions in cash. The Fund shall notify the Company of the number of shares so issued as payment of such dividends and distributions. to the Company on a daily basis as soon as reasonably practical after the net asset value per share is calculated (normally by 6:30 p.m. Boston time) and shall use its best efforts to make such net asset value per share available by 7 p.m. Boston time.    1.11. The parties agree that the Contracts are not intended to serve as vehicles for (a) all purchase and redemption orders it provides under this Article I shall result solely from Contract Owner transactions fully received and recorded by the Company before the    time as of which each applicable VIP Portfolio net asset value was calculated (currently 4:00 p.m. e.s.t);    (b) it will comply with its policies and procedures designed to prevent excessive trading as approved by the Fund, or will comply with the Fund’s policies and procedures = regarding excessive trading as set forth in the Fund’s prospectus; (c) any annuity contract forms or variable life insurance policy forms not in use at 5 (Page 7 of 35) 007/035 07/16/2009 12.40 FAX


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hereto, will contain language reserving to the Company the right to refuse to accept instructions laundering (“AML”) laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to its obligations under the United States Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended (by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and other laws), and the rules, regulations and official guidance issued thereunder (collectively, the “BSA”). customers to whom the Company offers and/or sells Portfolio shares or on whose behalf the Company purchases Portfolio shares and that the inquiry and due diligence is reasonably designed to determine that the Company is not prohibited from dealing with any such customer Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Sanctions”); or (ii) any of ths Special Measures C. The Company hereby represents, covenants and warrants to the Fund and the Underwriter that: (a) None of the Company’s employees who are authorized in connection with their employment to transact business with the Fund or Underwriter in accounts in the    Company’s name, in any nominee name maintained for the Company, or for    targeted under any of the Sanctions or Special Measures and that no transactions placed in any such accounts by any of the Company’s authorized employees will    (b) As the Sanctions or Special Measures are updated, the Company shall periodicallyreview them to confirm that none of the Company’s employees that are authorized to transact business with the Fund or Underwriter are designated or targeted under any of the Sanctions or Special Measures; and (c) The Company, including any of the Company’s affiliates, does not maintain offices in any country or territory to which any of the Sanctions or Special Measures prohibit the export of services or other dealings. transfer agent promptly when and if it learns that the establishment or maintenance of any = account holding, or transaction in or relationship with a holder of, Portfolio shares pursuant to this Agreement violates or appears to violate any of the Sanctions or Special Measures. 6 # 333675 (Page 8 of 35) 07/16/2009 1 2:40 FAX 008/0335


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ARTICLE II. Representations and Warranties 2.1. The Company represents and warrants that the Contracts are or will be registered under the 1933 Act or are exempt from registration thereunder; that the Contracts will laws and that the sale of the Contracts shall comply in all material respects with state insurance suitability requirements. The Company further represents and warrants that it is an insurance each Account is either registered or exempt from registration as a unit investment mist in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act to serve as a segregated investment account for the Contracts. 2.2. The Fund represents and warrants that Fund shares sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be registered under the 1933 Act, duly authorized for issuance and sold in compliance with the laws of the State of Utah and all applicable federal and state securities laws and that the Fund is and shall remain registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund shall amend the required in order to effect the continuous offering of its shares. The Fund shall register and qualify the shares f or sale in accordance with the laws of the various states only if and to the 2.3. The Fund represents that it is currently qualified as a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and that it will make every effort to maintain such qualification (under Subchapter M or any future. endowment, life insurance or annuity insurance contracts, under applicable provisions of the Code and that it will make every effort to maintain such treatment and that it will notify the Fund have ceased to be so treated or that they might not be so treated in the future. make any payments to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act or otherwise, although it may make such payments in the future. The Fund has adopted a “no fee” or “defensive” Rule 12b-1 Plan under which it makes no payments for distribution expenses. To the extent that it decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund undertakes to have a board of trustees, a majority of whom are not interested persons of the Fund, formulate and approve any plan under Rule 17.b-1 to finance distribution expenses (b) With respect to Service Class shares and Service Class 2 shares, the Fund has adopted Rule 12b-1 Plans under which it makes payments to finance distribution expenses 7    # 333675 (Page 9 of 35)    07/16/2009 12.43 FAX    009/035


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2.6. The Fund makes no representation as to whether any aspect of its operations (including, but not limited to, fees and expenses and investment policies) complies with the — insurance laws or regulations of the various states except that the Fund represents that the Fund’s investment policies, fees and expenses are and shall at all times remain in compliance with the laws of the Stale of Utah and the Fund and the Underwriter represent that their respective    Utah to the extent required to perform this Agreement. 2-7. The Underwriter represents and warrants that in is a member in good standing of the FINRA and is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC. The Underwriter further represents that it will sell and distribute foe Fund shares in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all applicable state and federal securities laws, including without limitation the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, and the 1940 Act. 2.8. The Fund represents that it is lawfully organized and validly existing under the with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any applicable state and federal securities laws. 2.10. The Fund and Underwriter represent and warrant that all of their directors, promulgated from time to time. The aforesaid Bond shall include coverage for larceny and embezzlement and shall be issued by a reputable bonding company. 2.11. The Company represents and warrants that all of its directors, officers. employees, investment advisers, and other individuals/entities dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund are covered by a blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage for foe benefit of the Fund, and that said bond is issued by a reputable bonding company, includes coverage for coverage no longer applies.    8    # 333675 (Page 10 of 35) 010/035 07/16/2009 12:46 FAX


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ARTICLE III. Prospectuses and Proxy Statements: Voting    3-1. The Underwriter shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund’s cunent prospectus and Statement of Additional Information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Fund shall provide camera- ready film containing the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and such    other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or Statement of Additional Information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus, private offering memorandum or other disclosure    document (“Disclosure Document”) for the Contracts and the Fund’s prospectus printed together in one document, and to have the Statement of Additional Information for the Fund and the    Statement of Additional Information for the Contracts printed together in one document    Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund’s prospectus and/or its Statement of Additional Information in combination with other fund companies’ prospectuses and statements of additional distributing Fund prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information shall he the expense of the Company. For prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information provided by the Company to its existing owners of Contracts in order to update disclosure annually as required by the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, the cost of printing shall be home by the Fund. If the    Company chooses to receive camera-ready film in lieu of receiving printed copies of the Fund’s    prospectus, the Fund will reimburse the Company in an amount equal tn the product of A and B    where A is the number of such prospectuses distributed to owners of the Contracts, and B is the Fund’s per unit cost of typesetting and printing the Fund’s prospectus. The same procedures shall be followed with respect to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. may be reasonably requested by the Fund to assure that the Fund’s expenses do not include the cost of printing any prospectuses or Statements of Additional Information other than those    3.2. The Fund’s prospectus shall state that the Statement of Additional Information for the Fund is available from the Underwriter or the Company (or in the Fund’s discretion, the Prospectus shall state that such Statement is available from the Fund).    3.3. The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with copies of its proxy statements, reports to shareholders, and other communications (except for prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, which are covered in Section 3.1) to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall reasonably require for distributing tn Contract owners.    (i) solicit voting instructions from Contract owners; (ii)—vote the Fund shares in accordance with instructions received from Contract owners; and 9 # 333675 (Page 11 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.40 FAX 011/035


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portfolio for which instructions have been received in that separate account, so long as and to the extent that the Securities and Exchange Commission continues to interpret right, to the extent permitted by law. Participating Insurance Companies shall be responsible for assuring that each of their separate accounts participating in the Fund calculates voting privileges in a manner consistent with the standards set forth on Schedule B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, which standards will also be provided to the other shareholders, and in particular the Fund will either provide for annual meetings or comply with Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act (although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in Section = 16(c) of that Act) as well as with Sections 16(a) and, if and when applicable, 16(b). Further, the Fund will act in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s interpretation of the ARTICLE IV. Sales Material and Information designee, each piece of sales literature or other promotional material in which the Fund on its investment adviser or the Underwriter is named, at least fifteen Business Days prior to its use. No such material shall be used if the Fund or its designee reasonably objects to such use within Contracts other than the information or representations contained in the registration statement or prospectus for the Fund shares, as such registration statement and prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements for the Fund, or in sales literature or other promotional material approved by the Fund or its designee or by the furnished, to the Company or its designee, each piece of sales literature or other promotional material in which the Company and/or its separate account(s), is named at least fifteen Business Days prior to its use. No such material shall be used if the Company or its designee reasonably 10    #/ 333675 (Page 12 of 35) 07/16/2009 1 2:50 FAX 012/035


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4.4. The Fund and the Underwriter shall not give any information or make any Contracts other than the information or representations contained in a registration statement or Disclosure Document for the Contracts, as such registration statement or Disclosure Document which are in the public domain or approved by the Company for distribution to Contract owners, or in sales literature or other promotional material approved by the Company or its designee, 4.5. The Fund will provide to the Company at least one complete copy of all statements, sales literature and other promotional materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no-action letters, and all amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Fund or its shares, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory    authorities.    4.6. The Company will provide to the Fund at least one complete copy of alt registration statements, Disclosure Documents, Statements of Additional Information, reports. solicitations lor voting instructions, sales literature and other promotional materials, applications to or affect the Fund, the Contracts or each Account, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the SEC or other regulatory authorities or, if a Contract and its associated 4.7. For purposes of this Article IV, the phrase “sales literature or other or any affiliate of the Fund: advertisements (such as material published, or designed for use in, a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical, radio, television, telephone or tape recording, videotape display, signs or billboards, motion pictures, telephone directories (other than routine listings), electronic or other public media), sales literature (i.e., any written communication    = distributed or made generally available to customers or the public, including brochures, circulars, scripts, seminar texts, reprints or excerpts of any other advertisement, sales literature, or published article), educational or training materials or other communications distributed or made Documents, Statements of Additional Information, shareholder reports, and proxy materials. ARTICLE V. Fees and Expenses Company under this agreement, except that if the Fund or any Portfolio adopts and implements a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution expenses, then the Underwriter may make payments to the Company or to the underwriter for the Contracts if and in amounts agreed to by 11 033675 (Page 13 of 35) 013/035 07/16/2009 12.50 FAX


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the Underwriter in writing and such payments will be made out of existing fees otherwise payable to the Underwriter, past profits of the Underwriter or other resources available to the Underwriter. No such payments shall be, made directly by the Fund. 5.2. All expenses incident to performance by the Fund under this Agreement shall be paid by the Fund. The Fund shall see to it that all its shares arc registered and authorized for issuance in accordance with applicable federal law and, if and to the extent deemed advisable by the Fund, in accordance with applicable state laws prior to their sale. The Fund shall bear the expenses for the cost of registration and qualification of the Fund’s shares, preparation and tiling of the Fund’s prospectus and registration statement, proxy materials and reports, setting the prospectus in type, setting in type and printing the proxy materials and reports to shareholders (including the costs of printing a prospectus that constitutes an annual report), the preparation of all statements and notices required by any federal or state law, and all taxes on the issuance or    transfer of the Fund’s shares. 5.3. The Company shall bear the expenses of distributing the Fund’s prospectus and reports to owners of Contracts issued by the Company. The Fund shall bear the costs of soliciting Fund proxies from Contract owners, including the costs of mailing proxy materials and tabulating proxy voting instructions, not to exceed the costs charged by any service provider    engaged by the Fund for this purpose. The Fund and the Underwriter shall not be responsible for the costs of any proxy solicitations other than proxies sponsored by the Fund. ARTICLE VI. Diversification = 6.1. The Fund will at all times invest money from the Contracts in such a manner regulations issued thereunder. Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, the Fund will at all times comply with Section 817(11) of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.817-5, relating to the diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, or life insurance contracts and any amendments or other modifications to such Section or Regulations. In the event of a breach of afforded by Regulation 1.817-5. ARTICLE VII. Potential Conflicts 7.1. The Board will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict between the interests of the contract owners of all separate accounts including: (a) an action by any state insurance regulatory authority; (b) a change in applicable federal or state insurance, tax, or securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private letter regulatory authorities; (c) an administrative or judicial decision in any relevant proceeding; (d) 12 # 333675 (Page 14 of 35) 07/16/2009 12:50 FAX 014/035


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the manner in which the investments of any Portfolio are being managed; (e) a difference in or (f) a decision by an insurer to disregard the voting instructions of contract owners. The Board and the implications thereof. aware to the Board. The Company will assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by providing the Board with all information reasonably necessary for the Board to consider any issues raised. This includes, but is not limited to, an    disregarded;    73. If it is determined by a majority of the Board, or a majority of its disinterested    trustees, that a material irreconcilable conflict exists, the Company and other Participating    determined by a majority of the disinterested trustees), take whatever steps are necessary to    remedy or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including: (1), withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the separate accounts from the Fund or any Portfolio and reinvesting such assets in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another implemented to a vote of all affected Contract owners and, as appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., annuity contract owners, life insurance contract owners, or variable    contract owners of one or more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such account. 7.4. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because of a decision by the Company to disregard contract owner voting instructions and that decision represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company may be required, at the Fund’s election, to withdraw the affected Account’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Any such withdrawal and termination must take place within six (6) months after the Fund gives written notice that this provision is being    implemented, and until the end of that six month period the Underwriter and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund. 7.5. If a material irreconcilable conflict arises because a particular state insurance = regulator’s decision applicable to the Company conflicts with the majority of other state the Company in writing that it has determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable:    13 # 533675 (Page 15 of 35) 07/10/2009 12:50 FAX 015/035


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material conflict; provided, however, that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Until rhe end of the foiegoing six month period, the Underwriter and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the Company for the    purchase (and redemption) of shares of the Fund.    disinterested members of the Board shall determine whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new funding medium tor the Contracts. The Company shall not be required by Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts if an offer to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of Contract owners materially adversely affected by the irreconcilable material conflict. In the event that the Board determines that any proposed action does not adequately remedy any irreconcilable material conflict, then the Company will withdraw the Account’s investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement within six (6) months after that such withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by any such material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. 7.7. If and to the extent that Rule 6e-3 and Rule 6e 3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e-3 is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the Act or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as defined in the Shared Funding Exemptive    Order) on terms and conditions materially different from those contained in the Shared Funding amended, and Rule 6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules are applicable; and (h) Sections 3.4, T.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect only to the extent that amended or adopted. — ARTICLE VIII. Indemnification 8.1. Indemnification By The Company    8.1(a). The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund and each this Section 8.1) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid = in settlement with the written consent of the Company) or litigation (including legal and other common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (nr actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of, or investment in,    the Fund’s shares or the Contracts and; 14 # 333675 (Page 16 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX    


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(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of any material fact contained in the Disclosure Documents for the amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to = be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission wa$ made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by    or on behalf of the Fund for use in any Disclosure Document relating to the or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund sharps; or (11) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than respect to the sale or distribution of the Contracts or Fund Shares; or fact contained in a Registration Statement, prospectus, or sales literature of the Fund or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Fund by or on behalf of the Company; or    (v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Company in tills    Agreement or arise out of or result from any as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.1(b) and 8.1(c) hereof. respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation incurred or assessed against an Indemnified Party as such may arise from such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, = or gross negligence in the performance of such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Fund, whichever is applicable. 8.1(c). The Company shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with 15    # 333675 (Page 17 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX    017/035


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notified the Company in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Company of any such claim shall not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Parties, the Company shall be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense of such action. The Company also shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action. After notice from the Company to such party of the Company’s election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently reasonable costs of investigation    commencement of any litigation or proceedings against them in connection with the issuance or    sale of the Fund Shares ar the Contracts or the operation of the Fund 8.2. Indemnification by the Underwriter 8.2(a). The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of    this Section 8.2) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Underwriter) or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of, or investment in, the (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with    Company for use in the registration statement or prospectus for the Fund or in sales literature (or any amendment or supplement) or otherwise for    use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or                16    # 333675 (Page 18 of 35) 07/1 6/2009 1 2:5 1 FAX    018/035    


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(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than sale or distribution of Lite Contracts or Fund shares, or omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be in conformity with information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund; or (iv) arise as a result of any failure by the Fund to provide the services and warranty made by the Underwriter in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Indemnified Parly’s reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to each 8.2(c). The Underwriter shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Underwriter in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Underwriter of any such claim shall not relieve the Underwriter from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Parties, the Underwriter will be entitled to participate, 17 #333675 (Page 19 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX 010/005


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at its own expense, in the defense thereof. The Underwriter also shall be entitled to assume the the Underwriter will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other    thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. 8.2(d). The Company agrees promptly to notify the Underwriter of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers or directors in    8.3(a). The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of    its directors and officers and each person, if any who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.3) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Fund) or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, at common law or otherwise, failure to comply with the diversification requirements specified in Article VI of this Agreement);or (ii) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Fund in this Agreement or arise out of or result from    8.3(b). The Fund shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation incurred or assessed against an Indemnified Party as such may arise from such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Indemnified Party’s reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to the notified the Fund in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal 18 # 333675 (Page 20 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX 020/035    


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process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of such service on from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of this indemnification provision. In case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Parties, the Fund will be entitled to participate, at its own with counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action. After notice from the Fund to suchparty of the Fund’s election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and the Fund will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such party 8.3(d). The Company and the Underwriter agree promptly to notify the Fund of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its respective officers or the operation of either Account, or the sale or acquisition of shares of the Fund    ARTICLE IX. Applicable Law    9.1. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions hereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. acts, and the rules and regulations and rulings thereunder, including such exemptions from those statutes, rules and regulations as the Securities and Exchange Commission may grant (including, ARTICLE X. Termination 10.1. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the first to occur of:    (a)—termination by any party for any reason by sixty (60) days advance written    notice delivered to the other parties; or (b) termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter    shares of such Portfolio are not reasonably available to meet the requirements of the Contracts; or    19 # 333675 (Page 21 of 35)    


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(e) termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter with respect to any Portfolio in the event any of the Portfolio’s shares are not media of the Contracts issued or to be issued by the Company; or (d) termination by the Company by written notice to the Fund and the Underwriter with respect to any Portfolio in the event that such Portfolio ceases to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Code or under any successor or similar provision, or if the Company reasonably believes that    with respect to any Portfolio in the event that such Portfolio fails to meet the (f) termination by either the Fund or the Underwriter by written notice to the    Company, if either one or both of the Fund or the Underwriter respectively,    shall determine, in their sole judgment exercised in good faith, that the    Company and/or its affiliated companies has suffered a material adverse change in its business, operations, financial condition or prospects since the date of this Agreement or is the subject of material adverse publicity; or that either the Fund or the Underwriter has suffered a material adverse change in its business, operations, financial condition or prospects since the date of this Agreement or is the subject of material adverse publicity; or if the Company gives the Fund and the Underwriter the written notice specified in Section. 1.6(b) hereof and at the time such notice was given there was no forty five (45) days after the notice specified in Section 1.6(b) was given. 10.2. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Fund and the Underwriter shall at the option of the Company, continue to make available additional shares of the Fund pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for all Contracts in effect on the effective date of termination of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Existing Contracts”). such Article VII terminations shall be governed by Article VII of this Agreement.    19 #333675    (Page 22 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX


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10.3. The provisions of Articles II (Representations and Warranties), VIII (Indemnification), IX (Applicable Law) and XII (Miscellaneous) shall survive termination of this Agreement. In addition, all other applicable provisions of this Agreement shall survive with section 10.2, except that the Fund and Underwriter shall have no further obligation to make necessary to implement Contract Owner initiated or approved transactions, or (ii) as required by the SEC pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act. Upon request, the Company will promptly    furnish to the Fund and the Underwriter the opinion of counsel for the Company (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Fund and the Underwriter) to the effect that any redemption pursuant to clause (ii) above is a Legally Required Redemption. Furthermore, except in cases where permitted under the terms of the Contracts, the Company shall not prevent Contract Owners from allocating payments to a Portfolio that was otherwise available under the Contracts without first giving the Fund or the Underwriter 90 days notice of its intention to do so. ARTICLE XL Notices Any notice shall be sufficiently given when sent by registered or certified mail to    the other party at the address of such party set forth below or at such other address as such party may from time to time specify in writing to the other party. If to the Fund:    82 Devonshire Street, V5A Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Attention: Treasurer If to the Company : Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company 82 Devonshire Street, V5A                Boston, Massachusetts 02109    Attention: Treasurer If to the Underwriter:    82 Devonshire Street, V5A Boston, Massachusetts 02109    Attention: Treasurer                221                #333675 (Page 23 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX


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12.1 All persons dealing with the Fund must look solely to the property of the Fund    for the enforcement of any claims against the Fund as neither the Board, officers agents or    shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations entered into on behalf of the Fund.    12.2 Subject to the requirements of legal process and regulatory authority, each party hereto shall treat as confidential the names and addresses of the owners of the Contracts domain without the express written consent of the affected party.    12.3 The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their    construction or effect.    12.4 This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, 12.5 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise the remainder of the Agreement shall not be affected thereby: governmental authorities (including without limitation the SEC, the FINRA and state insurance regulators) and shall permit such authorities reasonable access to its books and records in    connection with any investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto further connection with services provided under this Agreement which such Commissioner may request regulations.                12.7 The rights, remedies and obligations contained in this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any and all rights, remedies and obligations, at law or in equity, which the parties hereto are entitled to under state and federal laws. assigned by any party without the prior written consent of all parties hereto; provided, however, licensed and registered to perform the obligations of the Underwriter under this Agreement The    22    # 333675 (Page 24 of 35) 07/16/2009 12.51 FAX


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Company shall promptly notify the Fund and the Underwriter of any change in control of the Company. 12.9. The Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Fund or its accounting principles (“GAAP”), if any), as soon as practical and in any (b) the Company’s quarterly statements (statutory) (and GAAP, it any), as soon as practical and in any event within 45 days after the end of each (c) any financial statement, proxy statement, notice or report of the    Company sent to stockholders and/or policyholders, as soon as practical    after the delivery thereof to stockholders; (d) any registration statement (without exhibits) and financial reports of the    Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any    state insurance regulator, as soon as practical after the filing thereof; (e) any other report submitted to the Company by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of    the books of the Company, as soon as practical after the receipt thereof.    23 # 333675


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07/1C/2003 12.53 FAX 025/035 in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative. FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By:    William Johnson Its: Executive Vice President VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND II VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND IV, and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND V By.    Bryan Mehrmann    Deputy Treasure                Name. Bill Loehning Title:     (Page 26 of 35) $7710/2003 12:53 FAX    


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— Schedule A Name of Separate Account and Policy Form Numbers of Contracts Date Established by Board of Directors Funded By Separate Account Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity FVIA -92100 Account I (established July 22, 1987) FVIA –99100    FVA-88200 FVA-88201 VA -1/87    NKR-96100 NRR 96101 DVA-2005 EDVA-GWB-2007 (established July 22, 1987) SVUL—2001-GEN Fidelity Investments Variable Life Account II VUL -COT .I-2005-GRN    (established April 14,2005) VUL-IND-2005    (Page 27 of 35)    4 333675 (Page 28 of 35)


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SCHEDUL E B proxies relating to the Fund by the Underwriter, the Fund and the Company, The defined terms to perform the steps de 1. The number of proxy proposals is given to the Company by the Underwriter as early as possible before the date set by the Fund for the shareholder meeting to facilitate the    Company of the Record, Mailing and Meeting dates This will be done verbally approximately two months before meeting.    2. Promptly after the Record Date, the Company will perform a “tape run”, or other activity,    which will generate the names, addresses and number of units which are attributed to each contractowner/policyholder (the “Customer”) as of the Record Date. Allowance should be Customers’ accounts as of the Record Date —- Note: The number of proxy statements is determined by the activities described in Step #2, The Company will use its best efforts to call in the number of Customers to Fidelity, as soon as possible, but no later than two weeks after the Record Date. 3. The Fund’s Annual Report no longer needs to he sent to each Customer by the Company    either before or together with the Customers’ receipt of a proxy statement Underwriter will provide the last Annual Report to the Company pursuant to the terms of Section 3.3 of the Agreement to which this Schedule relates.                Cards, The Legal Department, of the I Jndcrwriter or its affiliate (“Fidelity Legal”) must approve the Card before it is printed. Allow approximately 2-4 business days for printing information on the Cards. Information commonly found on the Cards includes; a: name (legal name as found on account registration)    b. address    e. individual Card number for use in tracking and verification of votes (already on Cards as printed by the Fund)    (This and related steps may occur later in the chronological process due topossible uncertainties relating to the proposals?) 27    (Page 29 of 35)


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5, . During this time, Fidelity Legal will develop, produce, and the Fund will pay for the Notice of Proxy and the Proxy Statement (one document). Printed and folded notices return envelopes are provided and paid for by the Fund). Contents of envelope sent    to Customers by Company will include:    a. Voting Instruction Card(s)    b. One proxy notice and statement (one document)    c. return envelope (postage pre-paid by Company) addressed to the Company or its tabulation agent sheet of paper that requests Customers to vote as quickly as possible and that their vote is important. One copy will be supplied by the Fund.)    approved in advance by Fidelity Legal. = 6. The above contents should be received by the Company approximately 3-5 business days before mail date. Individual in charge at Company reviews and approves the this approval sent to Fidelity Legal.    7. Package mailed by the Company. shareowner. (A 5-week period is recommended ) Solicitation time is    calculated as calendar days from (but not including) the meeting, counting backwards! department or another vendor depending on process used. An often used procedure is to sort Cards on arrival by proposal into vote categories of all yes, no, or mixed replies, and to begin data entry, Note: Postmarks are not generally needed. A need for postmark information would be due to an insurance company’s internal procedure and has not been required by Fidelity in the past    9. Signatures on Card checked against legal name on account registration which was — printed on the Card!    then that is the exact legal name to be printed on the Card and is the signature needed on the Card.                28    (Page 30 of 35)


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10.—If Cards are mutilated, or for any reason are illegible or are not signed properly, they are sent back to Customer with an explanatory letter, a new Card and return mutilated, illegible) of the procedure are “hand verified,” i.e., examined as to why    they did not complete the system. Any questions on those Cards are usually remedied individually. —Th There are various control procedures used to ensure proper tabulation of votes and accuracy of that tabulation. The most prevalent is to sort the Cards as they first    coincide, then an internal audit of that vote should occur. This may entail a recount 12. The actual tabulation of votes is done in units which is then converted to sharps (It    is very important that the Fund receives the tabulations stated in terms of a    percentage and the number of shares.) Fidelity Legal must review and approve    tabulation format 13. Final tabulation in shares is verbally given by the Company to Fidelity Legal on the 14. A Certification of Mailing and Authorization to Vote Shares will he required from    a standard form for each Certification. 15. The Company will be required to box and archive the Cards received from the    Customers. In the event that any vote is challenged or if otherwise necessary for access to such Cards:    writing,    29                # 333675 (Page 31 of 35) . ..    07/1C/2000 12.53 FAX    


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SCHEDULE C — Other investment companies currently available under variable annuities or variable life    — insurance issued by the Company: 59    #333675 (Page 32 of 35)


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SUB-LICENSE AGREEMENT Agreement effective as of this of _ , 2009. by and between Fidelity Distributors    Corporation (hereinafter called “Fidelity”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of    “Company”), a company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Utah. With a principal place of business at 175 East 400 South, 8th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.    WHEREAS, FMR Corp., a Massachusetts corporation, the parent company of Fidelity, is the owner of the trademark and the tradename “FIDELITY INVESTMENTS” and is the owner of a    trademark in a pyramid design (hereinafter, collectively the “Fidelity Trademarks”), a copy of earch of WHEREAS, FMR Corp, has granted a license to Fidelity (the “Master License Agreement”) to sub-license the Fidelity Trademarks to third parties for their use in connection with Promotional Materials as hereinafter defined; and    WHEREAS, Company is desirous of using the Fidelity Trademarks in connection with    distribution of “sales literature and other promotional material’’ with information, including the    Fidelity Trademarks, printed in said material (such material hereinafter called the Promotional    have the same meaning as in the certain Participation Agreement dated as of the day of , 2009, among Fidelity, Company and the Variable Insurance Products Funds (hereinafter “Participation Agreement”); and    WHEREAS, Fidelity is desirous of having the Fidelity Trademarks used in connection with the Promotional Material.    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable    consideration, the receipt and adequacy whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Fidelity hereby grants to Company a non-exclusivc, non-transferable license to use the Fidelity Trademarks in connection with the promotional distribution of the Promotional Material and Company accepts said license, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.    2, Company acknowledges that FMR Corp, is the owner of all right, title and interest in the — Trademarks by FMR Corp, and that it. will riot, now nr hereinafter, contest any registration nr = application for registration of the Fidelity Trademarks by FMR Corp., nor will it, now or hereafter, aid anyone m contesting any registration or application for registration of the Fidelity Trademarks by FMR Corp. 1


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(Page 33 of 35)    Fidelity and not to use any other trademark, service mark or registered trademark in combination with any of the Fidelity Trademarks without approval by Fidelity. 4. Company agrees that it will place all necessaty and proper notices and legends in order to protect the interests of FMR Corp, and Fidelity therein pertaining to the Fidelity Trademarks on the    registered trademarks. Company will place such symbols and legends on the Promotional Material as requested by Fidelity or FMR Corp, upon receipt of notice of same from Fidelity or FMR Corp. 5. Company agrees that the nature and quality of all of the Promotional Material distributed    control of. Fidelity.                6. Company agrees to cooperate with Fidelity in facilitating Fidelity’s control of the use of the Fidelity Trademarks and of the quality of the Promotional Material to permit reasonable inspection of samples of same by Fidelity and to supply Fidelity with reasonable quantities of samples of the    Promotional Material upon request                7. Company shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations and obtain any and all licenses or other necessary permits pertaining to the distribution of said Promotional Material. 8. Company agrees to notify Fidelity of any unauthorized use of the Fidelity Trademarks by others promptly as it comes to the attention of Company. Fidelity or FMR Corp, shall have the sole    right and discretion to commence actions or other proceedings for infringement, unfair competition 9. This agreement shall continue in force until terminated by Fidelity. This agreement shall    automatically terminate upon termination of the Master License Agreement In addition , Fidelity    Trademarks and shall destroy, at Company’s expense, any and all materials in its possession bearing the Fidelity Trademarks, and agrees that all rights in the Fidelity Trademarks and in the goodwill    extended by written agreement of the parties, this agreement shall expire on the termination of that certain Participation Agreement! 10. Company shall indemnify Fidelity and FMR Corp, and hold each of them harmless from and against any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense of any nature whatsoever, including without    limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and all court costs, arising out of use of the Fidelity Trademarks    by Company.    2 _ . _ ...    B] 034/035    


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11. In consideration for die promotion and advertising of Fidelity as a result of the distribution by Company of the Promotional Material, Company shall not pay any monies as a royalty to Fidelity for this license. 12, This agreement is not intended in any manner to modify the terms and conditions of the Participation Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions herein and thereof, the terms and conditions of the Participation Agreement shall control. 13. This agreement shall be interpreted according to rhe laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.                this agreement, as of the date first above written.    FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION By; Name: Bill Loehning Title: Executive Vice President Date:    FIDELITY INVESTMENTS I .IFF —INSURANCE COMPANY    By: : — Name: Title:


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EXHIBIT A— Prior U.S. Cls.: 101 and 102 Reg, No. 1,481,040 I United States Patent and Trnrietnark Office Registered Mar, 15,    1988    SERVICE MARK PRINCIPAL REGISTER     FMK COKE. (MASSACHUSETTS FIRS I USE 2-22-1984; IN COMMERCE 2- CORPORATION) 22-1984. 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET BOSTON, MA 02109, ASSIGNEE OF NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE FIDFT .TTY DISTRIBUTORS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE CORPORATION) BOSTON, MA 02109 FOR: MUTUAL FUND AND STOCK SER. NO. 641,707, FILED 1-28-1987 RUSS HERMAN. EXAMINING ATTORNEY


Legal Opinion

Exhibit (k)

 

Fidelity (logo) InvestmentsR    FMR LLC
   245 Summer Street                
   Boston MA 02210
   617 563 7000

April 29, 2022

Board of Directors

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company

100 Salem Street

Smithfield, RI 02917

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In my capacity as General Counsel of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“Fidelity Life”), I have provided legal advice to Fidelity Life with respect to the existence of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I (the “Account”) pursuant to Section 31A-5-217.5 of the Utah Insurance Code. The Account was established by Fidelity Life on July 22, 1987 for investment of assets under certain variable annuity contracts (the “Contracts”). I have participated in the preparation and review of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for the registration of the Contracts with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Reg. No. 333-141878, and the registration of the Account under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

I am of the following opinion:

 

  (1)

Fidelity Life is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Utah.

 

  (2)

The Account is duly organized and validly exists as a separate account of Fidelity Life under the laws of Utah.

 

  (3)

The portion of the assets to be held in the Account equal to the reserve and other liabilities for variable benefits under the Contracts is not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Fidelity Life may conduct.

 

  (4)

The Contracts, when issued as set forth in the Registration Statement, will be legal and binding obligations of Fidelity Life in accordance with their terms.

In arriving at the foregoing opinion, I have made such examination of law and examined such records and other documents as I judged to be necessary or appropriate.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the reference to my name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Lance A. Warrick

Lance A. Warrick

Written consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit (l)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 No. 333-141878 (the “Registration Statement”) of our report dated April 29, 2022 relating to the financial statements of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company and consent to the use in the Registration Statement of our report dated April 29, 2022 relating to the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of Fidelity Investments Variable Annuity Account I indicated in our report. We also consent to the references to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 29, 2022

Power of Attorney for Gerald W. Patterson

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Gerald W. Patterson, the undersigned Director of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“Fidelity”), as of December 13, 2021, hereby constitute and appoint (i) Lance A. Warrick and Miles Mei, or (ii) either one individually, as my true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full power of substitution, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities but only so long as I remain a Director, with respect to:

 

(i)

Post-Effective Amendment Number 17 to Registration Statement (File No. 333-141878) of Fidelity, any and all subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said Attorney-in-Fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said Attorney-in-Fact or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof; and

 

(ii)

All initial Registration Statements of the Fidelity, all Pre-Effective Amendments to any Registration Statements, any and all subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said Attorney-in-Fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said Attorney-in-Fact or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

/s/ Gerald W. Patterson

Gerald W. Patterson


POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Gerald W. Patterson, the undersigned President of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“Fidelity”), as of December 13, 2021, hereby constitute and appoint (i) Lance A. Warrick and Miles Mei, or (ii) either one individually, as my true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full power of substitution, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities but only so long as I remain President, with respect to:

 

(iii)

Post-Effective Amendment Number 17 to Registration Statement (File No. 333-141878) of Fidelity, any and all subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said Attorney-in-Fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said Attorney-in-Fact or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof; and

 

(iv)

All initial Registration Statements of the Fidelity, all Pre-Effective Amendments to any Registration Statements, any and all subsequent Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said Attorney-in-Fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said Attorney-in-Fact or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

/s/ Gerald W. Patterson

Gerald W. Patterson

Board of Directors Consent

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNING SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOCUMENTS WHEREAS, each member of the Board of Directors of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) and the President of the Company previously signed Powers of Attorney giving authority to the Secretary and Treasurer of the Company to, among other things, sign on their respective behalf any documents necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940; and WHEREAS, the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Company to verify its compliance with 17 CFR § 230.483(b) which provides, in relevant part, that: “(l]f the name of any officer signing on behalf of the registrant, or attesting the registrant’s seal, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney, certified copies of a resolution of the registrant’s board of directors authorizing such signature shall also be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement);]” NOW, THEREFORE, it is: RESOLVED, that each member of the Board of Directors of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) and the Company’s President is individually authorized to execute a power of attorney that authorizes the Treasurer and Secretary of the Company to sign and file any instrument or document on behalf of each such individual that may be necessary for the Company, or any Registration Statement or amendment thereto filed by the Company, to comply with the provisions of (i) the Securities Act of 1933, (ii) the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (iii) any related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.