EXHIBIT (8)(c)(1) AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (ALLIANCE)

EXHIBIT (8)(c)(1)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

(ALLIANCE)

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 1 to the Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2001, between TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“Insurer”) (formerly AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.); AFSG SECURITIES CORPORATION (“Contracts Distributor”); ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. (“Adviser”); and ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INVESTMENT RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, INC. (formerly, ALLIANCE FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.) (“Distributor”).

Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

AMENDED SCHEDULE A

SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, CONTRACTS AND PORTFOLIOS

Name of Separate Account and Date Established by the Board of Directors		SEC File Numbers of the Contracts Funded		Portfolios
Separate Account VA BNY September 27, 1994		33 Act File No. 033-83560 40 Act File No. 811-08750 (Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity)		•      AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio •      AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio
Separate Account VA QNY August 13, 1996		33 Act File No. 333-110048 40 Act File No. 811-07793 (Flexible Premium Variable Annuity – E)		•      AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio •      AllianceBernstein Technology Portfolio

All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.

Effective Date: May 1, 2004

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE						ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
INSURANCE COMPANY						By: Alliance Capital Management Corporation,
						its General Partner
By:		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx				By:		/s/ Illegible
Name:		Xxxx X. Xxxxxx				Name:
Title:		Vice President				Title:
AFSG SECURITIES CORPORATION						ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INVESTMENT
						RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxx X. Xxxxxx				Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Vice President				Title:		Managing Director, SVP