FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 22 day of July, 2013 by and between XXXXXXX XXXXX VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, statutory trust formed under the laws of Delaware (the “Trust”), XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO., a New York limited partnership (the “Distributor”), and GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Colorado life insurance company (“GWLA”), and GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York life insurance company (“GWLA-NY), (GWLA and GWLA-NY are collectively referred to as the “Company”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company identified herein, collectively the Parties.
WHEREAS, the Company, the Trust and the Distributor are parties to a Participation Agreement dated April 19, 2013 (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to add several separate Accounts; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire and agree to amend the Agreement by adding Schedule 3 to the Agreement as provided in the attachment hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Trust, the Distributor and the Company agree as follows:
1. All references to Schedule 3 Accounts now refer to those Accounts listed on Schedule 3A.
2. All references to Schedule 3 Contracts now refer to those Contracts listed on Schedule 3B.
3. Section 2.3(a) of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
(a) The Trust hereby appoints the Company as an agent for the limited purpose of receiving purchase and redemption requests for Trust Shares by Owners of Contracts to the extent such Owners make such requests indirectly through their purchase and redemption requests for units of the . As a limited agent for the Trust, receipt of requests for the purchase and redemption of units of the Accounts on any Business Day by the Company prior to the Trust’s close of business, as disclosed from time to time in the applicable Prospectus for such Series or Class (which as of the date of execution of this Agreement is the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange), shall constitute receipt by the Trust on that Business Day of requests from such Accounts for the purchase and redemption of Trust Shares necessary to facilitate such purchase and redemption of units of such Accounts. This limited agency only extends to requests by the Accounts for the purchase and redemption of
Trust Shares that the Trust (or its transfer agent) receives by 9:00 a.m. New York Time on the next following Business Day. Such requests for the purchase and redemption of Trust Shares may be communicated by facsimile, electronic mail, or telephone to the office or person designated by the Trust and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic mail.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officer on the date specified below.
XXXXXXX XXXXX VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST | ||||||||
(Trust) | ||||||||
Date: 7/22/13 | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||||||
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO. | ||||||||
(Distributor) | ||||||||
Date: 7/22/13 | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||||||
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY | ||||||||
(Company) | ||||||||
Date: 8/5/13 | By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||||
Title: Senior Vice-President | ||||||||
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | ||||||||
(Company) | ||||||||
Date: 8.5.13 | By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||||||
Title: V. P., Individual Markets |
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SCHEDULE 3
Schedule 3A
Separate Accounts of the Company Excluded From the Definition of an Investment
Company as Provided for by Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act
The following separate accounts of the Company are subject to the Agreement:
Name of Account | Date Established by Board of Directors of the Company |
Type of Product Supported by Account | ||||
| ||||||
COLI VUL 7 Series Account of GWLA |
11/23/1999 |
Variable Life Insurance | ||||
COLI VUL 1 Series Account of GWLA NY |
2/14/2006 | Variable Life Insurance | ||||
COLI VUL 14 Series Account of GWLA |
1/30/2001 | Variable Life Insurance |
Schedule 3B
Variable Annuity Contracts and Variable Life Insurance Contracts Not Registered Under
the Securities Act of 1933 in Reliance Upon Section 4(2) of the Act and Regulation D
Thereunder
The following Contracts are subject to the Agreement:
Name of Contract |
Available Funds/Share Classes |
Group or Individual | Type of Product Supported by Account | |||
PPVUL | All Series of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Variable Insurance Trust (Service and Institutional Shares) |
Individual | Variable Life Insurance | |||
PPVULrev2 - NY | All Series of Xxxxxxx Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service and Institutional Shares) |
Individual | Variable Life Insurance | |||
ICC13-J600/J600 | All Series of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Variable Insurance Trust (Service and Institutional Shares) |
Individual | Variable Life Insurance |
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