GROWTH INVESTMENTS

Growth accounts typically share the following characteristics:

• Investments that pursue growth can be viewed as owned investments
• As a growth investor, you are buying ownership, usually in a business, through the purchase of that company's stock
• Your investment will achieve growth only as that business grows and the value of its stock increases
• Common stocks, which represent ownership in a business, are the most common growth investments

TYPICAL INVESTOR PROFILE

Pursuing growth involves accepting the highest degree of investment risk. Growth investors must be able to tolerate significant declines in their investment accounts, both emotionally and financially. Over the long term - ten or fifteen years - pursuing growth usually leads to higher returns than less risky investments. However, over the short term -- one to five years - growth investments can decline 20-25 percent or more in value.

Successful growth investors need patience and must be able to stay the course during downturns rather than react to market declines by "selling low," thereby locking in their losses.

CHOOSE FROM THESE AVAILABLE ACCOUNTS

Sentry offers the following Growth accounts. Click any account name to learn more.

	YTD & Average Annual Returns as of 09-30-2009
Separate Account	YTD Return (%)	1-Yr. Return (%)	3-Yr. Return (%)	5-Yr. Return (%)	10-Yr. Return (%)
1Total Stock Index Account   Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund	21.58	-6.06	-4.74	1.75	0.84
Diversified Growth Account   T. Rowe Price Spectrum Growth Fund	32.94	0.16	-2.99	3.79	3.60
1++**Large Cap Blend Account   Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund	23.71	-4.01	-0.92	4.51	4.25
****Large Cap Growth Account   Janus Aspen Janus Portfolio - Inst. Shares	24.56	-0.39	-2.17	2.53	-1.87
1Mid-Cap Index Account   Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund	30.82	-3.98	-3.14	3.75	3.87
Mid-Cap Growth ETF Account   Sentry Mid-Cap Growth ETF Portfolio	28.85	-4.21	-3.41	N/A	N/A
Mid-Cap Growth Account I   T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund	38.69	3.63	1.27	6.27	7.10
Mid-Cap Growth Account II   T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-Cap Growth Fund	37.50	-0.40	-1.66	3.54	N/A
1++Mid-Cap Growth Account III   Vanguard Selected Value Fund	28.03	3.05	-3.83	3.97	8.02
*Capital Appreciation Account   Sentry Capital Appreciation Portfolio	20.56	-16.94	-12.55	-3.39	3.76
1Small Cap Index Account   Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund	30.79	-4.08	-2.83	3.65	5.72
Small Cap Growth ETF Account   Sentry Small Cap Growth ETF Portfolio	18.74	-10.77	-4.83	N/A	N/A
+Small Cap Growth Account I   T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Fund	20.68	-9.51	-2.42	4.10	10.65
**Small Cap Growth Account II   Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund Inst Shares	23.94	-5.42	-2.02	4.29	8.70
1Small Cap Growth Account III   Vanguard Explorer Fund	30.23	-3.83	-4.39	2.24	5.62
***Aggressive Growth Account   Janus Research Fund	31.57	1.08	-0.16	4.16	-1.32
Concentrated Growth Account   Janus Aspen Forty Port Inst Shares	36.40	4.91	5.69	8.21	3.70
1Global Growth Account   Vanguard Global Equity Fund	28.55	-2.30	-5.62	4.07	6.29
International Growth ETF Account   Sentry International Growth ETF Portfolio	22.79	-0.59	-4.85	N/A	N/A
+International Growth Account   T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund	44.50	6.90	-1.82	6.19	1.54
*****Foreign Growth Account   Janus Aspen Overseas Portfolio - Inst. Shares	65.93	25.73	7.39	19.07	9.59