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EXHIBIT (8)(i)(1)

Amendment No. 3 to Participation Agreement (MFS)


ADDENDUM TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Amendment No.3 to the Participation Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002, by and among MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, and TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (formerly, AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY) (the “Agreement”).

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

SCHEDULE A

Effective April 15, 2008

ACCOUNTS, POLICIES AND PORTFOLIOS

SUBJECT TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

Name of Separate Account

and Date Established by

Board of Directors

  

Policies Funded

by Separate Account

  

Share Class

(Initial or

Service Class)

  

Portfolios

Applicable to Policies

Separate Account VA BNY
September 27, 1994

   Transamerica Landmark NY Variable
Annuity
   Service   

MFS Total Return Series

MFS New Discovery Series

Separate Account VA-6NY
September 11, 1996

   Transamerica Classic® Variable
Annuity
   Initial   

MFS Emerging Growth Series

MFS Investors Trust Series

MFS Research Series

Separate Account VA GNY
April 3, 2007

   Flexible Premium Variable
Annuity – L under the marketing name
“Transamerica Ascent”
   Service   

MFS Emerging Growth Series

MFS Research Series

MFS Total Return Series

MFS Utilities Series

Separate Account VA WNY
August 31, 2004

   Flexible Premium Variable Annuity –
H under the marketing name
“Transamerica Liberty NY”
   Service   

MFS New Discovery Series

MFS Total Return Series

Separate Account VA YNY
September 13, 2007

   Flexible Premium Variable Annuity –
N under the marketing name
“Transamerica Axiom NY”
   Service   

MFS New Discovery Series

MFS Total Return Series

(Signatures located on following page.)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized representative and its seal to be hereunder affixed hereto as of the date specified above.

 

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By its authorized officer,
By:  

/s/ Arthur D. Woods

  Arthur D. Woods
  Vice President
MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST,
on behalf of the Portfolios
By its authorized officer and not individually,
By:  

/s/ Susan S. Newton

  Susan S. Newton
  Assistant Secretary
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
By its authorized officer,
By:  

/s/ Robert J. Manning

  Robert J. Manning
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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