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SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 30, 2023
TO THE PROSPECTUS AND INITIAL SUMMARY PROSPECTUS, EACH DATED MAY 1, 2023

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
Fixed and Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts
Potentia®

This supplement updates certain information in the above referenced prospectus and initial summary prospectus (collectively, the “Prospectus”). Except as indicated in this supplement, all other information included in the Prospectus and Appendix A—Funds Available Under the Contract (“Appendix A”), including the footnotes, remains unchanged. You should read this supplement in conjunction with your Prospectus and retain it for future reference. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as those included in the Prospectus. The Prospectus is revised as follows:
In the “Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract” section, the following changes are made:
In the “Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)” section of the “FEES AND EXPENSES” table, the maximum fee for Investment Options is 0.97% and the Highest Annual Cost is $2,451.
In the “Fee Tables” section in the prospectus and the “Additional Information About Fees” section in the initial summary prospectus, the following changes are made:
In the “Annual Fund Expenses” table, the maximum Annual Fund Expenses is 0.97%.
In the “Examples” section, the following replaces the most expensive expense examples:
The first set of examples assumes the most expensive combination of annual Contract expenses and annual Fund expenses. Based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
(1) If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$2,451
$7,547
$12,914
$27,605
(2) If you annuitize your Contract or you do not surrender your Contract:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$2,451
$7,547
$12,914
$27,605
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The following table replaces similar table in its entirety in Appendix A:
Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2022)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Domestic
Large-Cap
Equity
Capital Appreciation Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Columbia Management Investment
Advisers, LLC
0.80%
None
0.80%
-25.85%
9.18%
11.85%
Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
and SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (an affiliate of
VALIC due to common ownership)
0.65%
None
0.65%
-36.05%
7.06%
11.13%
Large Capital Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
0.75%
None
0.75%
-19.15%
11.96%
13.41%
Stock Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.25%
None
0.25%
-18.33%
9.09%
12.20%
Systematic Core Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
0.64%
None
0.64%
-18.72%
9.25%
12.23%
Domestic Mid-
Cap Equity
Mid Cap Index Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.36%
None
0.36%
-13.35%
6.32%
10.43%
Mid Cap Strategic Growth Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC and
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
0.77%
None
0.77%
-23.40%
9.53%
11.77%
Domestic Small-
Cap Equity
Small Cap Growth Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
0.91%
None
0.91%
-32.44%
6.14%
11.60%
Small Cap Index Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.40%
None
0.40%
-20.66%
3.80%
8.77%
Global Equity
(International
and Domestic)
International Socially Responsible Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: SunAmerica
0.61%
None
0.61%
-16.55%
3.24%
7.88%
International
Equity
Emerging Economies Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.96%
None
0.96%
-25.35%
-3.28%
0.45%
Specialty
Science & Technology Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Advisers: BlackRock, Voya, and Wellington
Management Company LLP
0.93%
None
0.93%
-39.00%
8.05%
14.66%
Hybrid
(Equity and
Fixed Income)
Aggressive Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.62%
None
0.62%
-16.24%
4.40%
7.06%
Conservative Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.64%
None
0.64%
-14.16%
2.34%
3.97%
Moderate Growth Lifestyle Fund2, 3
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: JPMIM
0.60%
None
0.60%
-14.77%
4.12%
6.14%
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Type
Fund – Share Class
Adviser/Sub-Adviser1
Current
Expenses
Platform
Charge4
Current
Expenses
+
Platform
Charge
Average Annual
Total Returns
(as of Dec. 31, 2022)
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
(or life of fund)
Fixed Income
Core Bond Fund2
Adviser: VALIC
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
0.50%
None
0.50%
-14.25%
0.02%
1.13%
Goldman Sachs VIT Government Money Market Fund3
Institutional Shares
Adviser: Goldman Sachs
0.18%
None
0.18%
1.58%
1.17%
0.75%*
You should read the Fund prospectus for more detailed information about the Fund. The Fund prospectus may be obtained by vising our website at https://www.corebridgefinancial.com/rs/prospectus-and-reports/annuities or by calling us at 1-800-448-2542.
Please keep this supplement with your Prospectus.
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