AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT is made as of this day of , 2011, by and among DWS Variable Series I, DWS Investment Distributors, Inc., Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“Great-West”) ( collectively, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement (defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into to a Fund Participation Agreement dated May 1, 1999, as amended, (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to add additional Great-West separate accounts to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire and agree to amend the Agreement by deleting in its entirety Schedule A of the Agreement and replacing it with the Schedule A attached hereto.
WHEREAS, the Parties to the Agreement desire to add additional portfolio investment options to the Account; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire and agree to amend the Agreement by deleting in its entirety Schedule B of the Agreement and replacing it with the Schedule B attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the Parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | The first paragraph of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this 1st day of May, 1999 by and among GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter “GWL&A”), a Colorado life insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its separate accounts described in Schedule A (the “Account(s)”); DWS
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VARIABLE SERIES I, a Massachusetts business trust organized under the laws of Massachusetts (hereinafter, the “Fund”); DWS INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. (the “Underwriter”), a Delaware corporation, and DEUTSCHE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”).
| 2. | Schedule A is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule A attached hereto; and |
| 3. | Schedule B is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Schedule B attached hereto; and |
| 4. | All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the day of , 2011.
GREAT-WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,
| By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | ||
| Title: Senior Vice-President | ||
| Date: 1/5/12 | ||
DWS VARIABLE INVESTMENT SERIES I
By its authorized officer,
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx Xxxxx | ||
| Title: Asst. Secretary | ||
| Date: | ||
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DWS INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By its authorized officer,
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
| Title: CEO | ||
| Date: 12/13/11 | ||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
| Title: COO | ||
| Date: 12/13/11 | ||
DEUTSCHE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC.,
By its authorized officer,
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
| Title: COO | ||
| Date: 12/13/11 | ||
| By: |
/s/ [unintelligible] | |
| Name: [unintelligible] | ||
| Title: Director | ||
| Date: | ||
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SCHEDULE A
Separate Accounts
Name of Separate Accounts
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Accounts:
Variable Annuity-1 Series Account
Variable Annuity-2 Series Account
SCHEDULE B
Authorized Funds
Any Portfolios which are available and open to new investors on or after the effective date of this Agreement.
