485APOS 1 d668584d485apos.htm GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK <![CDATA[Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York]]>
Table of Contents

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2014

Registration Nos.: 333-144503; 811-22091

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 12

AND THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 13

COLI VUL-2 SERIES ACCOUNT

(Exact name of Registrant)

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

(Formerly First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company)

(Name of Depositor)

50 Main Street

White Plains, New York 10606

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(303) 737-3000

(Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Mitchell T.G. Graye

President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

c/o Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

 

  Ann B. Furman, Esq.    Beverly A. Byrne, Esq.   
 

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.

Suite 400 East

  

Chief Compliance Officer and Legal Counsel,

Financial Services

  
 

1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20007-5208

  

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

8525 East Orchard Road, 2T3

  
     Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111   

Approximate date of proposed public offering: Continuous

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

[   ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

[   ] on              pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(vii) of Rule 485.

[   ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

[X] on May 1, 2014 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

[   ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of securities being offered: flexible premium variable universal life insurance policies.


Table of Contents

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

A Stock Company

50 Main Street

White Plains, New York 10606

888-353-2654

Executive Benefit VUL II — Prospectus

A Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life Insurance Policy

offered by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

in connection with its COLI VUL-2 Series Account

This prospectus describes Executive Benefit VUL II, flexible premium variable universal life insurance policy (the “Policy”) offered by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (“Great-West of New York,” “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), formerly known as First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company. The Policy is designed for use by corporations and employers to provide life insurance coverage in connection with, among other things, deferred compensation plans. The Policy is designed to meet the definition of a “life insurance contract” for federal income tax purposes.

The Policy allows “you,” the Owner, within certain limits to:

 

 

choose the type and amount of insurance coverage you need and increase or decrease that coverage as your insurance needs change;

 

choose the amount and timing of Premium payments, within certain limits;

 

allocate Premium payments among the available investment options and Transfer Account Value among available investment options as your investment objectives change; and

 

access your Account Value through loans and partial withdrawals or total surrenders.

This prospectus contains important information you should understand before purchasing a Policy, including a description of the material rights and obligations under the Policy. We use certain special terms that are defined in Appendix A. Your Policy and any endorsements are the formal contractual agreement between you and the Company. It is important that you read the Policy and endorsements which reflect other variations. You should read this prospectus carefully and keep it for future reference.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is May 1, 2014

 

1


Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

Summary of the Policy and its Benefits

     5   

Policy Risks

     7   

Fund Risks

     8   

Fee Tables

     9   

Transaction Fees

     9   

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses

     10   

Supplemental Benefit Charges

     11   

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

     12   

Description of Depositor, Registrant, and Funds

     13   

Great-West of New York

     13   

The Series Account

     13   

The Investment Options and Funds

     14   

Payments We Receive

     14   

Payments We Make

     15   

Fund Investment Objectives

     15   

Fixed Account

     21   

Charges and Deductions

     21   

Expense Charge Applied to Premium

     21   

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

     22   

Monthly Deduction

     22   

Monthly Risk Rates

     23   

Service Charge

     23   

Transfer Fee

     23   

Partial Withdrawal Fee

     23   

Surrender Charges

     23   

Change of Death Benefit Option Fee

     23   

Fund Expenses

     23   

General Description of Policy

     24   

Policy Rights

     24   

Owner

     24   

Beneficiary

     24   

Policy Limitations

     24   

Allocation of Net Premiums

     24   

Transfers Among Divisions

     24   

Fixed Account Transfers

     25   

Market Timing & Excessive Trading

     25   

Exchange of Policy

     27   

Conversion

     27   

Age Requirements

     27   

Policy or Registrant Changes

     27   

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investment Options

     27   

The Series Account

     27   

Entire Contract

     27   

Alteration

     27   

Modification

     28   

Assignments

     28   

Notice and Elections

     28   

Account Value

     28   

Net Investment Factor

     29   

Splitting Units

     30   

 

2


Table of Contents

Other Provisions and Benefits

     30   

Misstatement of Age or Sex

     30   

Suicide

     30   

Incontestability

     30   

Paid-Up Life Insurance

     30   

Supplemental Benefits

     31   

Term Life Insurance Rider

     31   

Change of Insured Rider

     32   

Report to Owner

     32   

Dollar Cost Averaging

     32   

Rebalancer Option

     32   

Non-Participating

     33   

Premiums

     33   

Policy Application, Issuance and Initial Premium

     33   

Free Look Period

     34   

Premium

     34   

Net Premiums

     34   

Planned Periodic Premiums

     34   

Death Benefits

     34   

Death Benefit

     35   

Changes in Death Benefit Option

     35   

Changes in Total Face Amount

     36   

Surrenders and Withdrawals

     36   

Surrenders

     36   

Partial Withdrawal

     36   

Loans

     37   

Policy Loans

     37   

Lapse and Reinstatement

     38   

Lapse and Continuation of Coverage

     38   

Grace Period

     38   

Termination of Policy

     38   

Reinstatement

     38   

Deferral of Payment

     39   

Federal Income Tax Considerations

     39   

Tax Status of the Policy

     39   

Diversification of Investments

     39   

Policy Owner Control

     39   

Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits

     40   

Life Insurance Death Benefit Proceeds

     40   

Tax Deferred Accumulation

     40   

Surrenders

     40   

Modified Endowment Contracts

     40   

Distributions

     41   

Distributions Under a Policy that is Not a Modified Endowment Contract

     41   

Distributions Under Modified Endowment Contracts

     41   

Multiple Policies

     41   

Treatment When Insured Reaches Attained Age 121

     41   

Federal Income Tax Withholding

     42   

Actions to Ensure Compliance with the Tax Law

     42   

Trade or Business Entity Owns or is Directly or Indirectly a Beneficiary of the Policy

     42   

Employer-Owned Life Insurance

     42   

 

3


Table of Contents

Split Dollar Life Insurance

     42   

Other Employee Benefit Programs

     43   

Policy Loan Interest

     43   

Change of Insured Rider

     43   

Our Taxes

     43   

Corporate Tax Shelter Requirements

     43   

Legal Proceedings

     44   

Legal Matters

     44   

Abandoned Property Requirements

     44   

Financial Statements

     45   

Appendix A – Glossary of Terms

     A-1   

 

4


Table of Contents

Summary of the Policy and its Benefits

This is a summary of some of the most important features of your Policy. The Policy is more fully described in the remainder of this prospectus. Please read this prospectus carefully. Unless otherwise indicated, the description of the Policy in this prospectus assumes that the Policy is in force, there is no Policy Debt and current federal tax laws apply.

1. Corporate-Owned Variable Life Insurance. We will issue Policies to corporations and employers to provide life insurance coverage in connection with, among other things, deferred compensation plans. We will issue Policies on the lives of prospective Insureds who meet our underwriting standards.

2. Employer-Financed Insurance Purchase Arrangements. This Policy is also available for purchase by individuals whose employers will pay some or all of the premiums due under the Policy pursuant to an employer-financed insurance purchase arrangement.

3. The Series Account. We have established a separate account to fund the variable benefits under the Policy. The assets of the Series Account are insulated from the claims of our general creditors.

4. Fixed Account. You may allocate some or all of your net payments and/or make Transfers from the Sub-Accounts to the Fixed Account. The Fixed Account is part of our General Account. We own the assets in the General Account, and we use these assets to support our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by our separate accounts. These Fixed Account assets are subject to our general liabilities from business operations. Subject to applicable law, we have sole discretion over investment of the Fixed Account assets. We bear the full investment risk for all amounts allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account.

We guarantee that the amounts allocated to the Fixed Account will be credited interest at a net effective annual interest rate of at least the minimum interest rate indicated in your Policy. At our discretion, we will review the interest rate at least once a year. We may reset the interest rate monthly. The Fixed Account is not affected by the investment performance of the investment divisions (“Divisions”), also referred to as Sub-Accounts. Policy value in the Fixed Account will be reduced by the Policy fees and charges we deduct and the effects of any Policy transactions (loans, withdrawals, and transfers) on your Policy value in the Fixed Account.

5. Premium Payments. You must pay us an Initial Premium to put your Policy in force. The minimum Initial Premium will vary based on various factors, including the age of the Insured and the death benefits option you select, but may not be less than $100.00. Thereafter, you choose the amount and timing of Premium payments, within certain limits.

6. Free Look Period. You may return your Policy to us for any reason within ten days of receiving it, or such longer period as required by New York state law, and receive (i) the value of the amounts allocated to the Series Account on the date the returned policy is received by the Company or an authorized representative, and (ii) any Policy fees or other charges imposed on amounts allocated to the Series Account. If you purchase the Policy as a replacement of an existing life insurance policy or annuity contract, your free look period will be extended to 60 days.

7. Investment Options and Funds. You may allocate your net Premium payments among the available Divisions or the Fixed Account.

Each Division invests exclusively in shares of a single Fund. Each Fund has its own distinct investment objective and policies, which are described in the accompanying prospectuses for the Funds.

You may Transfer amounts from one Division to another or to the Fixed Account, subject to the restrictions described herein.

8. Death Benefit. You may choose from among two death benefit options –

 

5


Table of Contents
1.

a fixed benefit equal to the Total Face Amount of your Policy; or

2.

a variable benefit equal to the sum of the Total Face Amount and your Account Value.

For each option, the death benefit may be greater if necessary to satisfy federal tax law requirements.

We will deduct any outstanding Policy Debt and unpaid Policy charges before we pay a death benefit. In addition, prior partial withdrawals may reduce the Death Benefit Proceeds under the first option.

At any time, you may increase or decrease the Total Face Amount, subject to our approval and other requirements set forth in the Policy.

After the first Policy Year, you may change your death benefit option once each Policy Year. A maximum administrative fee of $100 will be deducted from your Account value for each change of death benefit option.

9. Account Value. Your Account Value will reflect –

 

1.

the Premiums you pay;

2.

the investment performance of the Divisions you select;

3.

the value of the Fixed Account;

4.

any Policy loans or partial withdrawals;

5.

your Loan Account balance; and

6.

the charges we deduct under the Policy.

10. Accessing Your Account Value.

You may borrow from us using your Account Value as collateral. Loans may be treated as taxable income if your Policy is a “modified endowment contract” (“MEC”) for federal income tax purposes and you have had positive net investment performance.

There are no surrender charges associated with your Policy. You may surrender your Policy for its Cash Surrender Value plus return of expense charge, if applicable. The return of expense charge is a percentage of your Account Value and is described in greater detail on page.

You may withdraw a portion of your Account Value at any time while your Policy is in force.

A withdrawal may reduce your death benefit.

We will charge an administrative fee not greater than $25 per withdrawal on partial withdrawals after the first in a Policy Year.

11. Supplemental Benefits. The following optional riders are available –

 

1.

term life insurance; and

2.

change of Insured (not available to individual Owners).

We will deduct the cost, if any, of the rider(s) from your Account Value on a monthly basis.

12. Paid-Up Life Insurance. If the Insured reaches Attained Age 121 and your Policy is in force, the Account Value, less Policy Debt, will be applied as a single Premium to purchase “paid-up” insurance. Your Account Value will remain in the Series Account allocated to the Divisions or the Fixed Account in accordance with your instructions. The death benefit under this paid-up insurance will be fixed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) for Insureds age 99. As your Account Value changes based on the investment experience of the Divisions, the death benefit will increase or decrease accordingly.

13. Reinstatement. If your Policy terminates due to insufficient value, we will reinstate it within three years at your Request, subject to certain conditions.

 

6


Table of Contents

14. Surrenders. You may surrender your Policy for its Cash Surrender Value at any time while the Insured is living. If you do, the insurance coverage and all other benefits under the Policy will terminate.

If you withdraw part of the Cash Surrender Value, your Policy’s death benefit may be reduced and you may incur taxes and tax penalties.

15. Partial Withdrawal. You may Request a partial withdrawal of Account Value at any time while the Policy is in force. The amount of any partial withdrawal must be at least $500 and may not exceed 90% of your Account Value less the value of the Loan Account.

The Death Benefit Proceeds and your Account Value will be reduced by the amount of any partial withdrawals.

16. Policy Loans. You may borrow from us using your Account Value as collateral.

You may Request a Policy loan of up to 90% of your Account Value, decreased by the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt on the date the Policy loan is made.

The minimum Policy loan amount is $500.

17. Changes in Total Face Amount. You may increase or decrease the Total Face Amount of your Policy at any time. Each increase or decrease in the Total Face Amount must be at least $25,000. Minimum face amount is $100,000.

18. Target Premium. Your target Premium is actuarially determined and will depend on the initial Total Face Amount of your Policy, your Issue Age, your sex (except in unisex states), and rating class (if any) and equals the maximum Premium payable such that the Policy remains compliant with the Code. The target Premium is used to determine your expense charged applied to the Premium and the sales compensation we pay. Payment of the target premium does not guarantee that your Policy will not lapse, and you may need to pay additional Premiums to keep your Policy in force. Each increase to the Total Face Amount is considered to be a new segment to the Policy. Each segment will have a separate target Premium associated with it.

Policy Risks

1. Account Value Not Guaranteed. Your Account Value is not guaranteed. Your Account Value fluctuates based on the performance of the investment options you select. The investment options you select may not perform to your expectations. Your Account Value may also be affected by charges under your Policy.

2. Not Suitable as a Short-Term Savings Vehicle. The Policy is designed for long-term financial planning. Accordingly, you should not purchase the Policy if you need access to the Account Value within a short time. Before purchasing a Policy, consider whether the long-term nature of the Policy is consistent with the purposes for which it is being considered.

3. Risk of Policy Lapse. Your Policy may terminate if your Account Value at the beginning of any Policy Month is insufficient to pay the Policy’s monthly charges.

If your Policy would terminate due to insufficient value, we will send you notice and allow you a 61-day grace period.

If, within the grace period, you do not make a Premium payment sufficient to cover all accrued and unpaid charges and deductions, your Policy will terminate at the end of the grace period without further notice.

4. Limitations on Withdrawals. Partial withdrawals of Account Value are permitted at any time the Policy is in force. As noted above, the amount of any partial withdrawal must be at least $500 and may not exceed 90% of your Account Value less the value of the Loan Account. A maximum administrative fee of $25 will be deducted from your Account Value for all partial withdrawals after the first made in the same Policy Year. Please note that

 

7


Table of Contents

withdrawals reduce your Account Value and your Death Benefit Proceeds. In addition, withdrawals may have tax consequences.

5. Limitations on Transfers. Subject to our rules as they may exist from time to time, you may at any time Transfer to another Division all or a portion of the Account Value allocated to a Division. Certain limitations apply to Transfers into and out of the Fixed Account. See “Fixed Account Transfers” on page.

6. Limitations or Charges on Surrender of Policy. You may surrender your Policy for its Cash Surrender Value at any time while the Insured is living. Upon surrender of your Policy, the insurance coverage and all other benefits under the Policy will terminate.

There are no surrender charges associated with your Policy. However, the surrender of your Policy may have tax consequences.

7. Risks of Taking a Policy Loan. As noted above, you may Request a Policy loan of up to 90% of your Account Value, decreased by the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt on the date the Policy loan is made. The minimum Policy loan amount is $500.

Taking a Policy loan may increase the risk that your Policy will lapse, will reduce your Account Value, and may reduce the death benefit. In addition, if your Policy is a MEC for tax purposes, taking a Policy loan may have tax consequences.

8. Adverse Tax Consequences. Your Policy is structured to meet the definition of a life insurance contract under the Code. Current federal tax law generally excludes all death benefits from the gross income of the Beneficiary of a life insurance policy. Generally, you are not taxed on any increase in the Account Value until it is withdrawn, but are taxed on surrender proceeds and the proceeds of any partial withdrawals if those amounts, when added to all previous non-taxable distributions, exceed the total Premium paid. Amounts received upon surrender or withdrawals in excess of Premiums are treated as ordinary income.

Under certain circumstances, a Policy may become a MEC for federal tax purposes. This may occur if you reduce the Total Face Amount of your Policy or pay excessive Premiums. We will monitor your Premium payments and other Policy transactions and notify you if a payment or other transaction might cause your Policy to become a MEC without your written permission. We will not invest any Premium or portion of a Premium that would cause your Policy to become a MEC, but instead will promptly refund the money to you. If you elect to have a MEC contract, you can return the money to us with a signed form of acceptance.

Under current tax law, Death Benefit Proceeds under MECs generally are excluded from the gross income of the Beneficiary. Withdrawals and Policy loans, however, are treated first as income, to the extent of any gain, and then as a return of Premium. The income portion of the distribution is includable in your taxable income and taxed at ordinary income tax rates. A 10% penalty tax is also generally imposed on the taxable portion of any amount received before age 59 12.

Fund Risks

The Policy currently offers several variable investment options, each of which is a Division of the Series Account. Each Division uses its assets to purchase, at their net asset value, shares of a Fund. The Divisions are referred to as “variable” because their investment experience depends upon the investment experience of the Funds in which they invest.

We do not guarantee that the Funds will meet their investment objectives. Your Account Value may increase or decrease in value depending on the investment performance of the Funds. You bear the risk that those Funds may not meet their investment objectives. A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each Fund may be found in the Fund’s prospectus, including detailed information concerning investment objectives, strategies, and their investment risk. You may obtain a copy of a Fund prospectus without charge by contacting us at 888-353-2654. If you received a summary prospectus for a Fund, please follow the directions on the first page of the summary prospectus to obtain a copy of the Fund’s prospectus.

 

8


Table of Contents

Fee Tables

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the Policy. The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Policy, surrender the Policy, or Transfer cash value between investment options.

Transaction Fees

 

Charge    When Charge is Deducted    Amount Deducted
Maximum Expense Charge Imposed on Premium*    Upon each Premium payment   

Maximum: 10% of Premium

 

Current: 6.0%

 

Sales Load**

   Upon each Premium payment   

Maximum: 6.5% of Premium

 

Current: 2.5% of Premium up to target and 1.0% of Premium in excess of target

 

Premium Tax**

   Upon each Premium payment   

 

Maximum: 3.5% of Premium

 

Partial Withdrawal Fee

   Upon partial withdrawal   

Maximum: $25 deducted from Account Value for all partial withdrawals after the first made in the same Policy Year.

 

Change of Death Benefit Option Fee    Upon change of option   

Maximum: $100 deducted from Account Value for each change of death benefit option.

 

Transfer Fee

  

 

At time of Transfer for all Transfers in excess of 12 made in the same Policy Year

 

   Maximum: $10/Transfer

Loan Interest

   Upon issuance of Policy loan    Maximum: the Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Average – Monthly Average Corporates

* The Expense Charge consists of the Sales Load plus the Premium Tax.

** The Sales Load and Premium Tax comprise (and are not in addition to) the Expense Charge.

The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy, not including Fund fees and expenses.

 

9


Table of Contents

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses

 

Charge    When Charge is Deducted    Amount Deducted
Cost of Insurance (per $1000 Net Amount at Risk)          

Minimum & Maximum Cost of Insurance Charge

 

   Monthly   

Guaranteed:

 

Minimum: $0.02 per $1000.

Maximum: $83.33 per $1000.

 

Cost of Insurance Charge for a 46-year old Male Non-Smoker, $550,000 Face Amount, Option 1 (Level Death)1

 

   Monthly   

Guaranteed:

 

$0.241 per $1000.

 

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge2    Monthly   

Maximum: 0.90% annually.

 

Current: 0.50% for Policy Years 1-20, and 0.10% thereafter.

Service Charge

   Monthly   

Maximum: $15/month

 

Current: $10.00/month, Policy Years 1-3, and

$7.50/month, Policy Years 4+

 

 

 

 

1 The Costs of Insurance Charge will vary based on individual characteristics. The cost of insurance shown in the table is a sample illustration only and may not be representative of the charge that a particular Owner will pay. Owners may obtain more information about their particular cost of insurance by contacting our Service Center at 888-353-2654.

2 The mortality and expense risk charge is accrued daily and deducted on the first day of each Policy month by cancelling accumulation units pro-rata against all Sub-Accounts.

 

10


Table of Contents

Supplemental Benefit Charges

 

Currently, we are offering the following supplemental optional riders. The charges for the rider you select are deducted monthly from your Account Value as part of the Monthly Deduction described on page of this prospectus. The benefits provided under each rider are summarized in “Other Provisions and Benefits” beginning on page below.

 

Change of Insured Rider*

   Upon change of Insured   

Minimum: $100 per change.

 

Maximum: $400 per change.

Change of Insured Rider for a 46-year old Male Non-Smoker, $550,000 Face Amount, Option 1 (Level Death)*

 

        $400 per change.

Term Life Insurance Rider

   Monthly   

Guaranteed:

 

Minimum COI: $0.02 per $1000.

 

Maximum COI: $83.33 per $1000.

Term Life Insurance for a 46-year old Male Non-Smoker, $550,00 Face Amount, Option 1 (Level Death)    Monthly   

 

Guaranteed:

 

$0.241 per $1000.

 

  */ Not available to individual Owners.

The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy. More detail concerning each Fund’s fee and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each Fund.

 

11


Table of Contents

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3

(Expenses that are deducted from Fund assets, including management fees,

distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses)

[TO BE COMPLETED BY AMENDMENT]

      Minimum    Maximum

 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    

 

  

 

%

 

  

 

%

 

THE ABOVE EXPENSES FOR THE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED BY THE FUNDS. WE HAVE NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION.

 

 

 

 

 

2 Expenses are shown as a percentage of a Fund’s average net assets as of December 31, 2013. The expenses above include fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Great-West Profile Funds and Great-West Lifetime Funds as a result of investing in shares of acquired funds, if any. The range of expenses above does not show the effect of any fee waiver or expense reimbursement arrangements. The advisers and/or other service providers of certain Funds have agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse the Funds’ expenses in order to keep the expenses below specified limits. In some cases, these expense limitations may be contractual. In other cases, these expense limitations are voluntary and may be terminated at any time. Please see the prospectus for each Fund for information regarding the expenses for each Fund, including fee reduction and/or expense reimbursement arrangements, if applicable. The management fees and other expenses of the Funds are more fully described in the Fund prospectuses.

 

12


Table of Contents

Description of Depositor, Registrant, and Funds

Great-West of New York

Great-West of New York (formerly known as First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“First Great-West”) and prior to that as Canada Life Insurance Company of New York (“CLNY”)) is a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on June 7, 1971. Great-West of New York operates in two business segments: (1) employee benefits (life, health, and 401(k) products for group clients); and (2) financial services (savings products for both public and non-profit employers and individuals, and life insurance products for individuals and businesses). We are licensed to do business in New York. Great-West of New York’s Home Office is located at 50 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10606.

Great-West of New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of GWL&A Financial, Inc., a Delaware holding company. GWL&A Financial, Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc., a Canadian holding company. Great-West Lifeco Inc. is a subsidiary of Power Financial Corporation, a Canadian holding company with substantial interests in the financial services industry. Power Financial Corporation is a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada, a Canadian holding and management company. Through a group of private holding companies, The Desmarais Family Residuary Trust, which was created on October 8, 2013 under the Last Will and Testament of Paul G. Desmarais, has voting control of Power Corporation of Canada. Effective December 31, 2005, First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on April 9, 1996, was merged with and into CLNY. Upon the merger, CLNY became the surviving entity under New York corporate law and was renamed to First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (now known as Great-West of New York). As the surviving corporation in the merger, CLNY assumed legal ownership of all of the assets of the First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, including the separate accounts of First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, and it became directly liable for the First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company’s liabilities and obligations, including those with respect to the Contract supported by its separate accounts. On September 24, 2012, First Great-West changed its name to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York.

The Series Account

The Series Account is a segregated asset account of Great-West of New York. We use the Series Account to fund benefits payable under the Policy. The Series Account may also be used to fund benefits payable under other life insurance policies issued by us.

We own the assets of the Series Account, which we hold separate and apart from our General Account assets. The income, gains or losses, realized or unrealized, from assets allocated to the Series Account are credited to or charged against the Series Account without regard to our other income, gains or losses. The income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, the Series Account reflect the Series Account’s own investment experience and not the investment experience of Great-West of New York’s other assets. The assets of the Series Account may not be used to pay any liabilities of Great-West of New York other than those arising from the Policies (and any other life insurance policies issued by us and funded by the Series Account).

In calculating our corporate income tax liability, we derive certain corporate income tax benefits associated with the investment of company assets, including Series Account assets that are treated as company assets under applicable income tax law. These benefits, which reduce our overall corporate income tax liability may include dividends received deductions and foreign tax credits which can be material. We do not pass these benefits through to the Series Account or our other separate accounts, principally because: (i) the great bulk of the benefits results from the dividends received deduction, which involves no reduction in the dollar amount of dividends that the Series Account receives; and (ii) under applicable income tax law, Owners are not the owners of the assets generating the benefits.

Great-West of New York is obligated to pay all amounts promised to Owners under the Policies (and any other life insurance policies issued by us and funded by the Series Account).

 

13


Table of Contents

We will at all times maintain assets in the Series Account with a total market value at least equal to the reserves and other liabilities relating to the variable benefits under all policies participating in the Series Account.

The Series Account is divided into Divisions. Each Division invests exclusively in shares of a corresponding Fund. We may in the future add new or delete existing Divisions. The income, gains or losses, realized or unrealized, from assets allocated to each Division are credited to or charged against that Division without regard to the other income, gains or losses of the other Divisions.

All amounts allocated to a Division will be used to purchase shares of the corresponding Fund. The Divisions will at all times be fully invested in Fund shares. We maintain records of all purchases and redemptions of shares of the Funds.

The Investment Options and Funds

The Policy offers a number of Divisions or Sub-Accounts. Each Division invests in a single Fund. Each Fund is a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), or a separate series of shares of such a mutual fund. More comprehensive information, including a discussion of potential risks, is found in the current prospectuses for the Funds. The fund prospectuses should be read in connection with this prospectus. YOU MAY OBTAIN A FUND PROSPECTUS AND, IF AVAILABLE, A FUND SUMMARY, CONTAINING COMPLETE INFORMATION ON EACH FUND, WITHOUT CHARGE, UPON REQUEST, BY CONTACTING OUR SERVICE CENTER AT 888-353-2654. If you received a summary prospectus for a Fund, please follow the directions on the first page of the summary prospectus to obtain a copy of the Fund’s prospectus.

Each Fund holds its assets separate from the assets of the other Funds, and each Fund has its own distinct investment objective and policies. Each Fund operates as a separate investment fund, and the income, gains and losses of one Fund generally have no effect on the investment performance of any other Fund.

The Funds are NOT available to the general public directly. The Funds are available as investment options in variable life insurance policies or variable annuity contracts issued by life insurance companies or, in some cases, through participation in certain qualified pension or retirement plans.

Some of the Funds have been established by investment advisers that manage publicly available mutual funds having similar names and investment objectives. While some of the Funds may be similar to, and may in fact be modeled after publicly available mutual funds, the Funds are not otherwise directly related to any publicly available mutual fund. Consequently, the investment performance of publicly available mutual funds and any similarly named Fund may differ substantially.

Payments We Receive. Some of the Funds’ investment advisers or affiliates may compensate us for providing the administrative, recordkeeping and reporting services they would normally be required to provide for individual shareholders or cost savings experienced by the investment advisers or affiliates of the Funds. Such compensation is typically a percentage of Series Account assets invested in the relevant Fund and generally may range up to 0.35% of net assets. GWFS Equities, Inc. (“GWFS”), a broker-dealer and affiliate of Great-West of New York and the principal underwriter and distributor of the Policy, may also receive Rule 12b-1 fees (ranging up to 0.25%) directly from certain Funds for providing distribution related services related to shares of Funds offered in connection with a Rule 12b-1 plan. If GWFS receives 12b-1 fees, combined compensation for administrative and distribution related services generally ranges up to 0.60% annually of Series Account assets invested in a Fund.

If you purchased the Policy through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Funds and their related companies may pay the intermediary for services provided with regard to the sale of Fund shares to the Division under the Policy. The amount and/or structure of the compensation can possibly create conflict of interest as it may influence the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to present this Policy (and certain Divisions under the Policy) over other investment alternatives. The variations in compensation, however, may also reflect differences in sales effort or ongoing customer services expected of the broker-dealer or other intermediary or your salesperson. You may ask your salesperson about variations and how he or she and his or her broker-dealer are compensation for selling the Policy or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.

 

14


Table of Contents

Payments We Make. In addition to the direct cash compensation described above for sales of the Policies, Great-West of New York and/or its affiliates may also pay GWFS agents additional cash and non-cash incentives to promote the sale of the Policies and other products distributed by GWFS, including Funds of Great-West Funds, Inc., which are Funds under the Policies. Great-West of New York and/or its affiliates may sponsor various contests and promotions subject to applicable FINRA regulations in which GWFS agents may receive prizes such as travel awards, merchandise and cash. Subject to applicable FINRA regulations, Great-West of New York and/or its affiliates may also pay for travel expenses, meals, lodging and entertainment of salespersons in connection with educational and sales promotional programs and sponsor speakers, educational seminars and charitable events.

Cash incentive payments may vary depending on the arrangement in place at any particular time. Cash incentives payable to GWFS agents may be based on certain performance measurements, including a percentage of the net amount invested in certain Funds available under the Policy. These additional payments could be viewed as creating conflicts of interest. In some cases, the payment of incentive-based compensation may create a financial incentive for a GWFS agent to recommend or sell the Policy instead of other products or recommend certain Funds under the Policy over other Funds, which may not necessarily be to your benefit.

Fund Investment Objectives. The investment objectives of the Funds are briefly described below:

Alger Portfolios (advised by Fred Alger Management, Inc.)

Alger Small Cap Growth Portfolio (Class I-2 Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capitalization.

American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. (advised by American Century Investment Management, Inc.)

American Century Investments VP Value Fund (Class I Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.

American Century Investments VP VistaSM Fund (Class I Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.

American Funds Insurance Series (advised by Capital Research and Management Company)

American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2 Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.

American Funds IS Global Small Capitalization Fund (Class 2 Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.

American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2 Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.

American Funds IS New World Fund (Class 2 Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

Columbia Variable Portfolio (advised by Columbia Management Advisers, LLC)

Small Cap Value Fund (Class 1 Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc. (advised by Davis Selected Advisors, L.P.)

Davis Financial Fund The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Davis Value Fund The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Dreyfus Stock Index Fund (advised by The Dreyfus Corporation)

 

15


Table of Contents

Dreyfus Stock Index Fund (Initial Shares) The Fund seeks to match the total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index.

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (advised by The Dreyfus Corporation of New York, New York)

Dreyfus VIF International Equity Portfolio (Initial Shares) The Fund seeks capital growth. Newton Capital Management Limited is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

DWS (advised by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.)

DWS Variable Series II: DWS Alternative Asset Allocation VIP (Class A Shares) The Fund seeks capital appreciation. RREEF America L.L.C. is the subadviser to the Fund

DWS Variable Series II: DWS Core Equity VIP (Class A Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital, current income and growth of income.

DWS Variable Series II: DWS Small Mid Cap VIP

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. Dreman Value Management L.L.C. is the subadviser for the Fund.

DWS Variable Series II: DWS High Income VIP (Class A Shares) The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income.

DWS Variable Series I: DWS Global Small Cap Growth VIP (Class A Shares) seeks above-average capital appreciation over the long term.

DWS Investments VIT Funds: DWS Small Cap Index VIP (Class A Shares) The Fund seeks to replicate, as closely as possible, before the deduction of expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000® Index, which emphasizes stocks of small US companies. Northern Trust Investments, N.A. is the subadviser for the Fund.

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP) Fund (advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company)

Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio (Service Class 2 Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. FMR Co., Inc. and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the Fund.

Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2 Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. FMR Co., Inc. and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the Fund.

Goldman Sachs Variable Investment Trust (advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management)

Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund (Institutional Class Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Great-West Funds, Inc. (formerly Maxim Series Fund, Inc.) (advised by Great-West Capital Management, LLC, an affiliate of Great-West of New York)

Great-West Bond Index Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks results that track the total return of the fixed income securities that comprise the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Great-West Federated Bond Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks to provide total return, consisting of two components: (1) changes in the market value of its portfolio holdings (both realized and unrealized appreciation); and (2) income received from its portfolio holdings.

 

16


Table of Contents

Great-West International Index Fund The Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the total return of the common stocks that comprise the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index.

Great-West Multi-Manager Large Cap Growth Fund (Initial Class) (formerly known as Great-West Janus Large Cap Growth Fund) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. are the sub-advisers to this Fund.

Great-West Loomis Sayles Bond Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks long-term capital growth. Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West MFS International Value Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks long-term capital growth. Massachusetts Financial Services Company is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West Money Market Fund The Fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.

Investment in the Great-West Money Market Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in this Fund.

Great-West Real Estate Index Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the total return of a benchmark index that measures the performance of publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts.

Great-West S&P MidCap 400® Index Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the total return of the common stocks that comprise the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400® Index.

Great-West Short Duration Bond Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks maximum total return that is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.

Great-West T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks substantial dividend income and also long-term capital appreciation. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West T. Rowe Price Mid Cap Growth Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West Templeton Global Bond Fund (Initial Class)The Fund seeks current income with capital appreciation and growth of income. Franklin Advisers, Inc. is the sub-adviser to this Fund.

Great-West U.S. Government Mortgage Securities Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks the highest level of return consistent with preservation of capital and substantial credit protection.

Great-West Profile I Funds

Each of the following five Great-West Profile I Funds seeks to provide an asset allocation program designed to meet certain investment goals based on an investor’s risk tolerance, investment time horizon and personal objectives.

 

17


Table of Contents

Great-West Aggressive Profile I Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in other mutual funds, including mutual funds that are not affiliated with Great-West Funds, that emphasize equity investments.

Great-West Moderately Aggressive Profile I Fund (Initial Class)The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in other mutual funds, including mutual funds that are not affiliated with Great-West Funds, that emphasize equity investments and, to a lesser degree, fixed income securities.

Great-West Moderate Profile I Fund (Initial Class) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in other mutual funds, including mutual funds that are not affiliated with Great-West Funds, with a relatively equal emphasis on equity and fixed income investments.

Great-West Moderately Conservative Profile I Fund (Initial Class) seeks capital appreciation primarily through investments in other mutual funds, including mutual funds that are not affiliated with Great-West Funds, that emphasize fixed income investments, and, to a lesser degree, equity investments.

Great-West Conservative Profile I Fund (Initial Class)The Fund seeks capital preservation primarily through investments in other mutual funds, including mutual funds that are not affiliated with Great-West Funds, that emphasize fixed income investments.

Great-West Lifetime Funds

Great-West Lifetime 2015Fund II (Class T) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income consistent with its current asset allocation. After 2015, the investment objective is to seek income and, secondarily, capital growth.

Great-West Lifetime 2025Fund II (Class T) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income consistent with its current asset allocation. After 2025, the investment objective is to seek income and, secondarily, capital growth.

Great-West Lifetime 2035Fund II (Class T) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income consistent with its current asset allocation. After 2035, the investment objective is to seek income and, secondarily, capital growth.

Great-West Lifetime 2045Fund II (Class T) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income consistent with its current asset allocation. After 2045, the investment objective is to seek income and, secondarily, capital growth.

Great-West Lifetime 2055Fund II (Class T) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income consistent with its current asset allocation. After 2055, the investment objective is to seek income and, secondarily, capital growth.

Invesco Variable Insurance Funds (advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc.)

Invesco V.I. Global Real Estate Fund (Series I Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is total return through growth of capital and current income. Invesco Asset Management Limited is the sub-adviser for this Fund.

Invesco V.I. International Growth Fund (Series I Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund (Series I Shares) The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

 

18


Table of Contents

Janus Aspen Series (advised by Janus Capital Management, LLC)

Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio (Institutional Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital, consistent with preservation of capital and balanced by current income.

Janus Aspen Flexible Bond Portfolio (Institutional Shares) The Fund seeks to obtain maximum total return, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Janus Aspen Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

Janus Aspen Global Technology Portfolio (Institutional Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

Janus Aspen Overseas Portfolio (Institutional Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (advised by Neuberger Berman Management Incorporated)

Neuberger Berman AMT Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (Class I Shares) The Fund seeks growth of capital.

Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class I Shares) The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in securities of companies that meet the Fund’s financial criteria and social policy.

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (advised by Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC)

PIMCO VIT High Yield Portfolio (Administrative Class Shares) The Fund seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.

PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio (Administrative Shares) The Fund seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.

PIMCO VIT Real Return Portfolio (Administrative Shares) The Fund seeks maximum real return, consistent with preservation of real capital and prudent investment management.

PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio (Administrative Shares) The Fund seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.

Putnam Variable Trust (advised by Putnam Investment Management LLC)

Putnam VT Equity Income Fund (Class IA Shares) The Fund seeks capital growth and current income.

Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund (Class IA Shares) The Fund seeks capital appreciation.

Putnam VT High Yield (Class IA Shares) The Fund seeks high current income. Capital growth is a secondary goal when consistent with achieving high current income.

Putnam VT International Growth (Class IA Shares) The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Putnam VT MultiCap Value (Class IA Shares) The Fund seeks capital appreciation and, as a secondary objective, current income.

Royce Capital Fund (advised by Royce & Associates, LLC)

Royce Micro-Cap Portfolio (Service Class Shares) The Fund’s investment goal is long-term growth of capital.

 

19


Table of Contents

Royce Small-Cap Portfolio (Service Class Shares) The Fund’s investment goal is long-term growth of capital.

Van Eck VIP Trust (advised by Van Eck Associates Corporation)

Van Eck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund (Initial Class Shares) The Fund seeks long term capital appreciation by primarily investing in hard asset securities. Income is a secondary consideration.

You should contact your representative for further information on the availability of the Divisions.

Each Fund is subject to certain investment restrictions and policies that may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the shareholders of the Fund. See the Fund prospectuses for further information.

We automatically reinvest all dividends and capital gain distributions from the Funds in shares of the distributing Fund at their net asset value. The income and realized and unrealized gains or losses on the assets of each Division are separate and are credited to, or charged against, the particular Division without regard to income, gains or losses from any other Division or from any other part of our business. We will use amounts you allocate to a Division to purchase shares in the corresponding Fund and will redeem shares in the Funds to meet Policy obligations or make adjustments in reserves. The Funds are required to redeem their shares at net asset value and to make payment within seven days.

The Funds may also be available to separate accounts offering variable annuity, variable life products and qualified plans of other affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies, as well as our other separate accounts. Although we do not anticipate any disadvantages to this, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of the Series Account and one or more of the other separate accounts participating in the Funds. A conflict may occur due to a change in law affecting the operations of variable life and variable annuity separate accounts, differences in the voting instructions of Owners and those of other companies, or some other reason. In the event of conflict, we will take any steps necessary to protect Owners, including withdrawal of the Series Account from participation in the Funds that are involved in the conflict or substitution of shares of other Funds.

Voting. We are the legal owner of all shares of the Funds held in the Divisions of the Series Account. In general, you do not have a direct right to vote the Fund shares held in the Divisions of the Series Account. However, under current law, you are entitled to give us instructions on how to vote the shares held in the Divisions. At regular and special shareholder meetings, we will vote the shares held in the Divisions in accordance with those instructions received from Owners who have an interest in the respective Divisions.

We will vote shares held in each Division for which no timely instructions from Owners are received, together with shares not attributable to a Policy, in the same proportion as those shares in that Division for which instructions are received.

The number of shares in each Division for which instructions may be given by an Owner is determined by dividing the portion of the Account Value derived from participation in that Division, if any, by the value of one share of the corresponding Fund. We will determine the number as of the record date chosen by the Fund. Fractional votes are counted. Voting instructions will be solicited in writing at least 14 days prior to the shareholders’ meeting.

We may, if required by state insurance regulators, disregard voting instructions if those instructions would require shares to be voted so as to cause a change in the sub-classification or investment policies of one or more of the Funds, or to approve or disapprove an investment management contract. In addition, we may disregard voting instructions that would require changes in the investment policies or investment adviser, provided that we reasonably disapprove of those changes in accordance with applicable federal regulations. If we disregard voting instructions, we will advise you of that action and our reasons for it in our next communication to Owners.

This description reflects our current view of applicable federal securities law. Should the applicable federal securities laws change so as to permit us to vote shares held in the Series Account in our own right, we may elect to do so.

 

20


Table of Contents

Fixed Account

The Fixed Account is part of our General Account. We have absolute ownership of the assets in the Fixed Account. Except as limited by law, we have sole control over the investment of the General Account assets. You do not share in the investment experience of the General Account, but are allowed to allocate and transfer Account Value into the Fixed Account. We assume the risk of investment gain or loss on this amount. All assets in the General Account are subject to our general liabilities from business operations. The Fixed Account does not participate in the investment performance of the Sub-Accounts.

The Fixed Account is not registered with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933. Neither the Fixed Account nor the General Account have been registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act. As a result, neither the Fixed Account nor the General Account are generally subject to regulation under either Act. However, certain disclosures may be subject to generally applicable provisions of the federal securities laws regarding the accuracy of statements made in registration statements.

The Fixed Account offers a guarantee of principal, after deductions for fees and expenses. We also guarantee that amounts you allocate to the Fixed Account will earn interest at a rate of at least the minimum guaranteed interest rate indicated in your Policy. We do not rely on predetermined formulas to set Fixed Account interest rates. We will review the interest rate at least once a year, at the Company’s discretion. We may reset the interest rate monthly.

Charges and Deductions

The Policy has insurance features and investment features, and there are costs related to each. This section describes the fees and charges that we may make under the Policy to compensate for: (1) the services and benefits we provide; (2) the costs and expenses we incur; and (3) the risks we assume. The fees and charges we deduct under this Policy may result in a profit to us.

Expense Charge Applied to Premium. We will deduct a maximum expense charge of 10% from each Premium payment, which breaks out as follows. A maximum of 6.5% will be deducted as sales load to compensate us in part for sales and promotional expenses in connection with selling the Policies, such as commissions, the cost of preparing sales literature, other promotional activities and other direct and indirect expenses. A maximum of 3.5% of Premium will be used to cover Premium taxes and certain federal income tax obligations resulting from the receipt of Premiums. All states and some cities and municipalities impose taxes on Premiums paid for life insurance. The current maximum Premium tax rate in New York is 2%. The amount of New York’s Premium tax may be higher or lower than the amount attributable to Premium taxes that we deduct from your Premium payments.

The current expense charge applied to Premium for sales load is 2.5% of Premium up to target and 1.0% of Premium in excess of target for Policy Years 1 through 10. Your target Premium will depend on the initial Total Face Amount of your Policy, your Issue Age, your sex (except in unisex states), and rating class (if any) which equals the maximum Premium payable under the seven-pay test such that the Policy remains compliant with 7702A of the Code. Thereafter, there is no charge for sales load. The current expense charge applied to Premium to cover our Premium taxes and the federal tax obligation described above is 3.5% in all Policy Years.

Where permitted by New York state insurance law, if your Policy is surrendered for the Surrender Benefit (Account Value less any outstanding Policy loans and less accrued loan interest) within the first seven Policy Years, we will return a percentage of the expense charge. The return of expense charge will be a percentage of your Account Value on the date the Request for surrender was received by us at our Corporate Headquarters. This amount will be in addition to the Surrender Benefit.

The return of expense charge is based on the following:

 

Policy Year

   Percentage of Account Value Returned

Year 1

   7%

 

21


Table of Contents

Year 2

   6%

Year 3

   5%

Year 4

   4%

Year 5

   3%

Year 6

   2%

Year 7

   1%

Year 8

   0%

As described under the heading “Term Life Insurance Rider” on page, we may offer a term life insurance rider that may have the effect of reducing the sales load you pay on purchasing an equivalent amount of insurance. We offer this rider in circumstances that result in the savings of sales and distribution expenses and administrative costs. To qualify, a corporation, employer, or other purchaser must satisfy certain criteria such as, for example, the number of Policies it expects to purchase and the expected Total Face Amount under all such Policies. Generally, the sales contracts and effort and administrative costs per Policy depend on factors such as the number of Policies purchased by a single Owner, the purpose for which the Policies are purchased, and the characteristics of the proposed Insureds. The amount of reduction and the criteria for qualification are related to the sales effort and administrative costs resulting from sales to a qualifying Owner. Great-West of New York from time to time may modify on a uniform basis both the amounts of reductions and the criteria for qualification. Reductions in these charges will not be unfairly discriminatory against any person, including the affected Owners funded by the Series Account.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge. This charge is for the mortality and expense risks we assume with respect to the Policy. It is based on an annual rate that we accrue against each Division of the Series Account on a daily basis and deduct on the first day of each Policy month by cancelling accumulation units on a pro-rata basis across all Sub-Accounts. We convert the mortality and expense risk charge into a daily rate by dividing the annual rate by 365. The mortality and expense risk charge will be determined by us from time to time based on our expectations of future interest, mortality experience, persistency, expenses and taxes, but will not exceed 0.90% annually. Currently, the charge is 0.50% for Policy Years 1 through 20 and 0.10% thereafter. On surrender and payment of death benefit, we will deduct the pro-rata portion of mortality and expense risk charge that has accrued.

Because the value of your Sub-Accounts can vary from month-to-month, the monthly deduction for the mortality and expense risk charge will also vary. If the amount the mortality and expense risk charge is insufficient to cover the costs resulting from the mortality and expense risks that we assume, we will bear the loss. If the amount we charge is more than sufficient to cover such costs, we will make a profit on the charge. To the extent that we do make a profit from this charge, we may use this profit for any corporate purpose, including the payment of administrative, marketing, distribution, and other expenses in connection with the Policies.

The mortality risk we assume is that the group of lives insured under the Policies may, on average, live for shorter periods of time than we estimated. The expense risk we assume is that the costs of issuing and administering Policies may be more than we estimated.

Monthly Deduction. We make a monthly deduction from your Account Value on the Policy Date and the first day of each Policy Month. This monthly deduction will be charged proportionally to the amounts in the Divisions.

The monthly deduction equals the sum of (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) where:

 

(1)

is the cost of insurance charge (the monthly risk charge) equal to the current monthly risk rate (described below) multiplied by the net amount at risk divided by 1,000;

(2)

is the service charge;

(3)

is the monthly cost of any additional benefits provided by riders which are a part of your Policy;

(4)

is any extra risk charge if the Insured is in a rated class as specified in your Policy;

(5)

is the accrued mortality and expense charge.

The net amount at risk equals:

 

 

the death benefit divided by 1.00327374; less

 

22


Table of Contents
 

your Account Value on the first day of a Policy Month prior to assessing the monthly deduction.

If there are increases in the Total Face Amount other than increases caused by changes in the death benefit option, the monthly deduction described above is determined separately for the initial Total Face Amount and each increase in the Total Face Amount. In calculating the net amount at risk, your Account Value will first be allocated to the most recent increase in the death benefit and then to each increase in the Total Face Amount in the reverse order in which the increases were made.

Monthly Risk Rates. The monthly risk rate is used to determine the cost of insurance charge (monthly risk charge) for providing insurance coverage under the Policy. The monthly risk rate is applied to the amount at risk. The monthly risk rates (except for any such rate applicable to an increase in the Total Face Amount) are based on the length of time your Policy has been in force and the Insured’s sex (in the case of non-unisex Policies) and Issue Age. If the Insured is in a rated class as specified in your Policy, we will deduct an extra risk charge that reflects that class rating. The monthly risk rates applicable to each increase in the Total Face Amount are based on the length of time the increase has been in force and the Insured’s sex (in the case of non-unisex Policies), Issue Age, and class rating, if any. The monthly risk rates will be determined by us from time to time based on our expectations of future experience with respect to mortality, persistency, interest rates, expenses and taxes, but will not exceed the guaranteed maximum monthly risk rates based on the 2001 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary, Age Nearest Birthday, Male/Female, Smoker/Non-Smoker Ultimate Mortality Table (“2001 CSO”). Currently, the guaranteed minimum monthly risk charge is $0.02 per $1000 and the guaranteed maximum is $83.33 per $1000.

The guaranteed maximum monthly risk rates reflect any class rating applicable to the Policy. We have filed a detailed statement of our methods for computing Account Values with the insurance department in each jurisdiction where the Policy was delivered. These values are equal to or exceed the minimum required by law.

The monthly risk rate is greater on policies that require less underwriting to be performed regardless of the health of the individual. Monthly risk rate charges will be greatest on guaranteed issue policies, followed by simplified issue policies, then fully underwritten policies.

Service Charge. We will deduct a maximum of $15 from your Account Value on the first day of each Policy Month to cover our administrative costs, such as salaries, postage, telephone, office equipment and periodic reports. This charge may be increased or decreased by us from time to time based on our expectations of future expenses, but will never exceed $15 per Policy Month. The service charge will be deducted proportionally from the Divisions. The current service charge is $10 per Policy Month for Policy Years 1 through 3 and $7.50 per Policy Month thereafter.

Transfer Fee. A maximum administrative charge of $10 per Transfer of Account Value from one Division to other Divisions will be deducted from your Account Value for all Transfers in excess of 12 made in the same Policy Year. The allocation of your Initial Premium from the Great-West Money Market Division to your selected Divisions will not count toward the 12 free Transfers. Similarly, Transfers made under dollar cost averaging and periodic rebalancing under the rebalancer option are not subject to the fee and do not count as Transfers for this purpose (except a one-time rebalancing under the rebalancer option will count as one Transfer). All Transfers Requested on the same Business Day will be aggregated and counted as one Transfer. The current charge is $10 per Transfer.

Partial Withdrawal Fee. A maximum administrative fee of $25 will be deducted from your Account Value for all partial withdrawals after the first made in the same Policy Year. The partial withdrawal fee will be deducted proportionally from all Divisions.

Surrender Charges. Your Policy has no surrender charges.

Change of Death Benefit Option Fee. A maximum administrative fee of $100 will be deducted from your Account Value each time you change your death benefit option. The change of death benefit fee will be deducted proportionally from all Divisions.

Fund Expenses. You indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Funds whose shares are held by the Divisions to which you allocate your Account Value. The Series Account purchases shares of the Funds at net asset value. Each Fund’s net asset value reflects investment advisory fees and administrative expenses already deducted from the

 

23


Table of Contents

Fund’s assets. For more information concerning the investment advisory fees and other charges against the Funds, see the Fund prospectuses and the statements of additional information for the Funds, which are available upon Request.

We may receive compensation from the investment advisers or administrators of the Funds. Such compensation will be consistent with the services we provide or the cost savings resulting from the arrangement and, therefore, may differ between Funds. See “Payments We Receive” on page.

General Description of Policy

Unless otherwise indicated, the description of the Policy in this prospectus assumes that the Policy is in force, there is no Policy Debt and current federal tax laws apply. The Policy described in this prospectus is offered to corporations and other employers to provide life insurance coverage in connection with, among other things, deferred compensation plans and Employer-Financed Insurance Purchase Arrangements. We issue Policies on the lives of prospective Insureds who meet our underwriting standards.

Policy Rights

Owner. While the Insured is alive, unless you have assigned any of these rights, you may:

 

 

transfer ownership to a new Owner;

 

name a contingent owner who will automatically become the Owner of the Policy if you die before the Insured;

 

change or revoke a contingent owner;

 

change or revoke a Beneficiary (unless a previous Beneficiary designation was irrevocable);

 

exercise all other rights in the Policy;

 

increase or decrease the Total Face Amount, subject to the other provisions of the Policy; and

 

change the death benefit option, subject to the other provisions of the Policy.

When you transfer your rights to a new Owner, you automatically revoke any prior contingent owner designation. When you want to change or revoke a prior Beneficiary designation, you have to specify that action. You do not affect a prior Beneficiary when you merely transfer ownership, or change or revoke a contingent owner designation.

You do not need the consent of a Beneficiary or a contingent owner in order to exercise any of your rights. However, you must give us written notice satisfactory to us of the Requested action. Your Request will then, except as otherwise specified herein, be effective as of the date you signed the form, subject to any action taken before it was received by us.

Beneficiary. The Beneficiary has no rights in the Policy until the death of the Insured, except an irrevocable Beneficiary cannot be changed without the consent of that Beneficiary. If a Beneficiary is alive at that time, the Beneficiary will be entitled to payment of the Death Benefit Proceeds as they become due.

Policy Limitations

Allocation of Net Premiums. Except as otherwise described herein, your net Premium will be allocated in accordance with the allocation percentages you select. Percentages must total 100% and can be up to two decimal places.

We will credit Premium payments received prior to the end of the free look period as described in the “Free Look Period” section of this prospectus on page.

You may change your allocation percentages at any time by Request.

Transfers among Divisions. Subject to our rules as they may exist from time to time, you may at any time after the Free-Look Period Transfer to another Division all or a portion of the Account Value allocated to a Division. We will make Transfers pursuant to a Request.

 

24


Table of Contents

Transfers may be Requested by indicating the Transfer of either a specified dollar amount or a specified percentage of the Division’s value from which the Transfer will be made.

Transfer privileges are subject to our consent. We reserve the right to impose limitations on Transfers, including, but not limited to: (1) the minimum amount that may be Transferred; and (2) the minimum amount that may remain in a Division following a Transfer from that Division.

A fee of $10 per Transfer will apply for all Transfers in excess of 12 made in a Policy Year. We may increase or decrease the Transfer charge; however, it is guaranteed to never exceed $10 per Transfer. All Transfers Requested on the same Business Day will count as only one Transfer toward the 12 free Transfers. The Transfer of your Initial Premium from the Great-West Money Market Fund Division to your selected Divisions does not count toward the 12 free Transfers. Likewise, any Transfers under dollar cost averaging or periodic rebalancing of your Account Value under the rebalancer option do not count toward the 12 free Transfers (a one time rebalancing, however, will be counted as one Transfer).

If a Fund elects to liquidate its assets, the Division that invests in such Fund will be closed to new investments, which means Owners will not be permitted to allocate additional amounts (either through contributions or Transfers) to the Division that invests in such Fund. If you have any assets invested in the Division that invests in such Fund subsequent to the date of liquidation, such assets will be involuntarily redeemed and invested in the Great-West Money Market Fund. If you are utilizing a custom transfer feature, such as dollar cost averaging or rebalancer, and do not make alternate arrangements prior to the date of liquidation, any assets invested in, or allocations made to, such liquidated fund will be invested in the Great-West Money Market Fund. Any Transfers from the Division that invests in a Fund that is to be liquidated to another available Division will not count as one of the 12 free Transfers you are entitled to during each Policy Year.

Fixed Account Transfers. Transfers into the Fixed Account are limited to once every 60 days. Transfers from the Fixed Account may only be made once per year. The maximum to be transferred out will be the greater of 25% of your balance in the Fixed Account or the amount of the transfer in the previous 365 day period.

Market Timing & Excessive Trading. The Policies are intended for long-term investment and not for the purpose of market timing or excessive trading activity. Market timing activity may dilute the interests of Owners in the Funds. Market timing generally involves frequent or unusually large Transfers that are intended to take advantage of short-term fluctuations in the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities and the reflection of that change in the Fund’s share price. In addition, frequent or unusually large Transfers may harm performance by increasing Fund expenses and disrupting Fund management strategies. For example, excessive trading may result in forced liquidations of portfolio securities or cause the Fund to keep a relatively higher cash position, resulting in increased brokerage costs and lost investment opportunities.

We maintain procedures designed to discourage market timing and excessive trading by Owners. As part of those procedures, we will rely on the Funds to monitor for such activity. If a Fund believes such activity has occurred, we will scrutinize the Owner’s activity and request a determination from the Fund as to whether such activity constitutes market timing or excessive trading. If the Fund determines that the activity constitutes market timing or excessive trading, we will contact the Owner in writing to request that market timing and/or excessive trading stop immediately. We will then provide a subsequent report of the Owner’s trading activity to the Fund. If the Fund determines that the Owner has not ceased improper trading, and upon request of the Fund, we will inform the Owner in writing that a trading restriction is being implemented. The four possible trading restrictions are:

 

 

Restrict the Owner to inquiry-only access for the Internet and voice response unit so that the Owner will only be permitted to make Transfer Requests by written Request mailed to us through U.S. mail (“U.S. Mail Restriction”); the Owner will not be permitted to make Transfer Requests via overnight mail, fax, the web, or the call center. Once the U.S. Mail Restriction has been in place for 180 days, the restricted Owner may Request that we lift the U.S. Mail Restriction by signing, dating and returning a form to us whereby the Owner acknowledges the potentially harmful effects of market timing and/or excessive trading on Funds and other investors, represents that no further market timing or excessive trading will occur, and

 

25


Table of Contents
 

acknowledges that we may implement further restrictions, if necessary, to stop improper trading by the Owner;

 

Close the applicable Fund to all new monies, including contributions and Transfers in;

 

Restrict all Owners to one purchase in the applicable Fund per 90 day period; or

 

Remove the Fund as an investment option and convert all allocations in that Fund to a different investment option.

The discretionary nature of our procedures creates a risk that we may treat some Owners differently than others.

Our market timing and excessive trading procedures are such that we do not impose trading restrictions unless or until a Fund first detects and notifies us of potential market timing or excessive trading activity. Accordingly, we cannot prevent all market timing or excessive trading transfer activity before it occurs, as it may not be possible to identify it unless and until a trading pattern is established. To the extent the Funds do not detect and notify us of market timing and/or excessive trading or the trading restrictions we impose fail to curtail it, it is possible that a market timer or excessive trader may be able to make market timing and/or excessive trading transactions with the result that the management of the Funds may be disrupted and the Owners may suffer detrimental effects such as increased costs, reduced performance, and dilution of their interests in the affected Funds.

We endeavor to ensure that our procedures are uniformly and consistently applied to all Owners, and we do not exempt any Owners from these procedures. In addition, we do not enter into agreements with Owners whereby we permit market timing or excessive trading. Subject to applicable state law and the terms of each Policy, we reserve the right without prior notice to modify, restrict, suspend or eliminate the Transfer privileges (including telephone Transfers) at any time, to require that all Transfer Requests be made by you and not by your designee, and to require that each Transfer Request be made by a separate communication to us. We also reserve the right to require that each Transfer Request be submitted in writing and be signed by you.

The Funds may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. The prospectuses for the Funds should describe any such policies and procedures. The frequent trading policies and procedures of a Fund may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other Funds and the policies and procedures we have adopted to discourage market timing and excessive trading. For example, a Fund may impose a redemption fee. Owners should also be aware that we may not have the contractual obligation or the operational capacity to apply the frequent trading policies and procedures of the respective Funds that would be affected by the Transfers.

We may revise our market timing and excessive trading policy and related procedures at our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements or to impose additional or alternative restrictions on Owners engaging in market timing or excessive trading. In addition, our orders to purchase shares of the Funds are generally subject to acceptance by the Fund, and in some cases a Fund may reject or reverse our purchase order. Therefore, we reserve the right to reject any Owner’s Transfer Request if our order to purchase shares of the Fund is not accepted by, or is reversed by, an applicable Fund.

You should note that other insurance companies and retirement plans may invest in the Funds and that those companies or plans may or may not have their own policies and procedures on frequent Transfers. You should also know that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Funds generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans or separate accounts funding variable insurance contracts. Omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and/or individual owners of variable insurance contracts. The nature of such orders may limit the Funds’ ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures. As a result, there is a risk that the Funds may not be able to detect potential market timing and/or excessive trading activities in the omnibus orders they receive. We cannot guarantee that the Funds will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans and/or other insurance companies that invest in the Funds. If the policies and procedures of other insurance companies or retirement plans fail to successfully discourage frequent transfer activity, it may affect the value of your investments in the Funds. In addition, if a Fund believes that an omnibus order we submit may reflect one or more Transfer Requests from an Owner engaged in frequent transfer activity, the Fund may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby interfere with our ability to satisfy your Request even if you have not made frequent transfers. For Transfers

 

26


Table of Contents

into more than one investment option, we may reject or reverse the entire Transfer Request if any part of it is not accepted by or is reversed by a Fund.

Exchange of Policy. You may exchange your Policy for a new policy issued by Great-West of New York that does not provide for variable benefits. The new policy will have the same Policy Date, Issue Age, and Insured as your Policy on the date of the exchange. The exchange must be made within 18 Policy Months after the Issue Date of your Policy and all Policy Debt must be repaid.

The Total Face Amount of the new policy may not exceed the Total Face Amount of this Policy on the date of the exchange. The premium rate will be the rate used for the new policy of insurance on the Policy Date for the mortality class in which the policy has been placed. The Company will determine any other requirements or costs. Any excess Cash Surrender Value will be payable to the Owner; this distribution may be a taxable event to the Owner.

Conversion. In the event of a material change in the investment policy of the Series Account, the Owner has the right to convert this Policy to a general account life insurance policy currently being issued by the Company. The Company may delay such conversion pursuant to the postponement provision or other restrictions described in the Policy. The new policy will be issued with a current date. The cash surrender value will be applied as premium toward the new contract. No evidence of insurability will be required for the conversion.

Age Requirements. An Insured’s Issue Age must be between 20 and 85 for Policies issued on a fully underwritten basis and between 20 and 70 for Policies issued on a guaranteed underwriting or a simplified underwriting basis.

Policy or Registrant Changes

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Divisions. Shares of any or all of the Funds may not always be available for purchase by the Divisions of the Series Account, or we may decide that further investment in any such shares is no longer appropriate. In either event, shares of other registered open-end investment companies or unit investment trusts may be substituted both for Fund shares already purchased by the Series Account and/or as the security to be purchased in the future, provided that these substitutions have been approved by the SEC, to the extent necessary. We also may close a Division to future Premium allocations and Transfers of Account Value. If we do so, we will notify you and ask you to change your Premium allocation instructions. If you do not change those instructions by the Division’s closing date, Premiums allocated to that Division automatically will be allocated to the Great-West Money Market Fund Division until you instruct us otherwise. A Division closing may affect dollar cost averaging and the rebalancer option. We also reserve the right to add Divisions, or to eliminate or combine existing Divisions or to Transfer assets between Divisions, or from any Division to our General Account. In the event of any substitution or other act described in this paragraph, we may make appropriate amendment to the Policy to reflect the change.

The Series Account. We reserve the right to operate the Series Account in any form permitted by law, to take any action necessary to comply with applicable law or obtain and continue any exemption from applicable laws, to assess a charge for taxes attributable to the operation of the Series Account or for other taxes, as described in “Charges and Deductions” beginning on page of this prospectus, and to change the way in which we assess other charges, as long as the total other charges do not exceed the maximum guaranteed charges under the Policies.

Entire Contract. Your entire contract with us consists of the Policy, including the attached copy of your application and any attached copies of supplemental applications for increases in the Total Face Amount, any endorsements and any riders. Any illustrations prepared in connection with the Policy do not form a part of our contract with you and are intended solely to provide information about how values under the Policy, such as Cash Surrender Value, death benefit and Account Value, will change with the investment experience of the Divisions, and such information is based solely upon data available at the time such illustrations are prepared.

Alteration. Sales representatives do not have any authority to either alter or modify your Policy or to waive any of its provisions. The only persons with this authority are our president, secretary, or one of our vice presidents.

 

27


Table of Contents

Modification. Upon notice to you, we may modify the Policy if such a modification –

 

 

is necessary to make the Policy or the Series Account comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which we are, or the Series Account is, subject;

 

is necessary to assure continued qualification of the Policy under the Code or other federal or state laws as a life insurance policy;

 

is necessary to reflect a change in the operation of the Series Account or the Divisions; or

 

adds, deletes or otherwise changes Division options.

We also reserve the right to modify certain provisions of the Policy as stated in those provisions. In the event of any such modification, we may make appropriate amendment to the Policy to reflect such modification.

Assignments. During the lifetime of the Insured, you may assign all or some of your rights under the Policy. All assignments must be filed at our Corporate Headquarters and must be in written form satisfactory to us. The assignment will then be effective as of the date the original or a certified copy is recorded at Corporate Headquarters. We are not responsible for the validity or legal effect of any assignment.

Notice and Elections. To be effective, all notices and elections under the Policy must be in writing, signed by you, and received by us at our Corporate Headquarters. Certain exceptions may apply. Unless otherwise provided in the Policy, all notices, Requests and elections will be effective when received at our Corporate Headquarters complete with all necessary information.

Account Value

Your Account Value is the sum of your interests in each Division you have chosen, plus your interests in the Fixed Account, plus the amount in your Loan Account. The Account Value varies depending upon the Premiums paid, expense charges applied to Premium, mortality and expense risk charge, service charges, monthly risk charges, partial withdrawals, fees, Policy loans and the net investment factor (described below) for the Divisions to which your Account Value is allocated and the interest credited to the Fixed Account.

We measure the amounts in the Divisions in terms of Units and Unit Values. On any given date, your interest in a Division is equal to the Unit Value multiplied by the number of Units credited to you in that Division. Amounts allocated to a Division will be used to purchase Units of that Division. Units are redeemed when you make partial withdrawals, undertake Policy loans or Transfer amounts from a Division, and for the payment of service charges, monthly mortality and expense charges, monthly risk charges and other fees. The number of Units of each Division purchased or redeemed is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the transaction by the Unit Value for the Division. The Unit Value for each Division was established at $10.00 for the first Valuation Date of the Division. The Unit Value for any subsequent Valuation Date is equal to the Unit Value for the preceding Valuation Date multiplied by the net investment factor (determined as provided below). The Unit Value of a Division for any Valuation Date is determined as of the close of the Valuation Period ending on that Valuation Date.

Transactions are processed on the date we receive a Premium at our Corporate Headquarters or upon approval of a Request. If your Premium or Request is received on a date that is not a Valuation Date, or after the close of the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m. EST/EDT) on a Valuation Date, the transaction will be processed on the next Valuation Date.

The Account Value on the Policy Date equals:

 

 

that portion of net Premium received and allocated to the Division, plus

 

that portion of net Premium received and allocated to the Fixed Account, less

 

the service charges due on the Policy Date, less

 

the monthly risk charge due on the Policy Date, less

 

the monthly mortality and expense risk charge due on the Policy Date, less

 

the monthly risk charge for any riders due on the Policy Date.

 

28


Table of Contents

We apply your Initial Premium on the Policy Date, which will be the Issue Date (if we have already received your Initial Premium) or the Business Day we receive a Premium equal to, or in excess of, the Initial Premium after we have approved your application.

The Account Value attributable to each Division of the Series Account on the subsequent Valuation Dates is equal to:

 

  the Account Value attributable to the Division on the preceding Valuation Date multiplied by that Division’s net investment factor, plus
  that portion of net Premium received and allocated to the Division during the current Valuation Period, plus
  that portion of the value of the Loan Account Transferred to the Division upon repayment of a Policy loan during the current Valuation Period, plus
  any amounts Transferred by you to the Division from another Division during the current Valuation Period, less
  any amounts Transferred by you from the Division to another Division during the current Valuation Period, less
  that portion of any partial withdrawals deducted from the Division during the current Valuation Period, less
  that portion of any Account Value Transferred from the Division to the Loan Account during the current Valuation Period, less
  that portion of fees due in connection with a partial withdrawal charged to the Division, less
  the pro-rata portion of the mortality and expense risk charge for each day in the Valuation Period, less
  if the first day of a Policy Month occurs during the current Valuation Period, that portion of the service charge for the Policy Month just beginning charged to the Division, less
  if the first day of a Policy Month occurs during the current Valuation Period, that portion of the monthly risk charge for the Policy Month just beginning charged to the Division, less
  if the first day of Policy Month occurs during the current Valuation Period, that portion of the mortality and expense risk charge for the Policy Month just ending charged to the Division, less
  if the first day of a Policy Month occurs during the current Valuation Period, that Division’s portion of the cost for any riders and any extra risk charge if the Insured is in a rated class as specified in your Policy, for the Policy Month just beginning.

Net Investment Factor. The net investment factor for each Division for any Valuation Period is determined by dividing (1) by (2) where:

(1) is the net result of:

  the net asset value of a Fund share held in the Division determined as of the end of the current Valuation Period, plus
  the per share amount of any dividend or other distribution declared on Fund shares held in the Division if the “ex-dividend” date occurs during the current Valuation Period, plus or minus
  a per share credit or charge with respect to any taxes incurred by or reserved for, or paid by us if not previously reserved for, during the current Valuation Period which are determined by us to be attributable to the operation of the Division; and

(2) is the net result of:

  the net asset value of a Fund share held in the Division determined as of the end of the preceding Valuation Period; plus or minus
  a per share credit or charge with respect to any taxes incurred by or reserved for, or paid by us if not previously reserved for, during the preceding Valuation Period which are determined by us to be attributable to the operation of the Division.

The net investment factor may be greater or less than or equal to one. Therefore, the Unit Value may increase, decrease or remain unchanged.

The net asset value reflects the investment advisory fees and other expenses that are deducted from the assets of each Fund. These fees and expenses are not fixed or specified under the terms of the Policy, may differ between Funds, and may vary from year to year. Fund fees and expenses are described in each Fund prospectus.

 

29


Table of Contents

The Fixed Account Value is equal to:

 

 

Premiums, less expense charges, allocated to the Fixed Account; plus

 

Sub-Account Value transferred to the Fixed Account; plus

 

Interest credited to the Fixed Account; minus

 

The portion of any accrued policy fees and charges allocated to the Fixed Account; minus

 

Partial withdrawals from the Fixed Account including any applicable partial withdrawal charges; minus

 

Loans from the Fixed Account; minus

 

Transfers from the Fixed Account, including any applicable transfer charges

During any Policy Month the Fixed Account Value will be calculated on a consistent basis. For purposes of crediting interest, Policy value deducted, transferred or withdrawn from the Fixed Account is accounted for on a first in first out basis.

The mortality and expense risk charge for the Valuation Period is the annual mortality and expense risk charge divided by 365 multiplied by the number of days in the Valuation Period.

Splitting Units. We reserve the right to split or combine the value of Units. In effecting any such change, strict equity will be preserved and no such change will have a material effect on the benefits or other provisions of your Policy.

Other Provisions and Benefits

Misstatement of Age or Sex (Non-Unisex Policy). If the age or (in the case of a non-unisex Policy) sex of the Insured is stated incorrectly in your Policy application or rider application, we will adjust the amount payable appropriately as described in the Policy.

If we determine that the Insured was not eligible for coverage under the Policy after we discover a misstatement of the Insured’s age, our liability will be limited to a return of Premiums paid, less any partial withdrawals, any Policy Debt, and the cost for riders.

Suicide. If the Insured, whether sane or insane, commits suicide within two years after your Policy’s Issue Date, we will not pay any part of the Death Benefit Proceeds. We will pay the Beneficiary the Premiums paid, less the amount of any Policy Debt, any partial withdrawals and the cost for riders.

If the Insured, whether sane or insane, commits suicide within two years after the effective date of an increase in the Total Face Amount, then our liability as to that increase will be the cost of insurance for that increase and that portion of the Account Value attributable to that increase. The Total Face Amount of the Policy will be reduced to the Total Face Amount that was in effect prior to the increase.

Incontestability. All statements made in the application or in a supplemental application are representations and not warranties. We relied and will continue to rely on those statements when approving the issuance, increase in face amount, increase in death benefit over Premium paid, or change in death benefit option of the Policy. In the absence of fraud, we can use no statement in defense of a claim or to cancel the Policy for misrepresentation unless the statement was made in the application or in a supplemental application. In the absence of fraud, after the Policy has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for a period of two years from its Issue Date, we cannot contest it except for non-payment of Premiums. However, any increase in the Total Face Amount which is effective after the Issue Date will be incontestable only after such increase has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the effective date of coverage of such increase.

Paid-Up Life Insurance. When the Insured reaches Attained Age 121 (if your Policy is in force at that time), the entire Account Value of your Policy (less outstanding Policy Debt) will be applied as a single Premium to purchase “paid-up” insurance. Outstanding Policy Debt will be repaid at this time. This repayment may be treated as a taxable distribution to you if your Policy is not a MEC. The net single Premium for this insurance will be based on the 2001

 

30


Table of Contents

Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary, Sex Distinct, Non-Smoker Mortality Table and 4% interest. The cash value of your paid-up insurance, which initially is equal to the net single Premium, will remain in the Divisions of the Series Account in accordance with your then current allocation. While the paid-up life insurance is in effect your assets will remain in the Series Account. You may change your Division allocation instructions and you may Transfer your cash value among the Divisions. All charges under your Policy, to the extent applicable, will continue to be assessed, except we will no longer make a deduction each Policy Month for the monthly risk charge. No premium payments will be accepted and no loans can be taken after age 121. Your death benefit will be fixed by the Code for Insured age 99. As your cash value changes based on the investment experience of the Divisions, the death benefit will increase or decrease accordingly. You may surrender the paid-up insurance Policy at any time and, if surrendered within 30 days of a Policy Anniversary, its cash value will not be less than it was on that Policy Anniversary. Please see “Federal Income Tax Considerations - Treatment When Insured Reaches Attained Age 121” on page.

Supplemental Benefits. The following supplemental benefit riders are available, subject to certain limitations. An additional monthly risk charge will be assessed for each rider that is in force as part of the monthly deduction from your Account Value. If a supplemental benefit rider is terminated, the monthly risk charge for such rider will end immediately. See fee tables beginning on page.

Term Life Insurance Rider. This rider provides term life insurance on the Insured. Coverage is renewable annually until the Insured’s Attained Age 121. The amount of coverage provided under this rider varies from month to month as described below. We will pay the rider’s death benefit to the Beneficiary when we receive Due Proof of death of the Insured while this rider is in force.

This rider provides the same two death benefit options as your Policy. The option you choose under the rider must at all times be the same as the option you have chosen for your Policy. The rider’s death benefit will be determined at the beginning of each Policy Month in accordance with one of those options. For each of the options, any outstanding Policy Debt will reduce your death benefit.

If you purchase this rider, the Total Face Amount shown on your Policy’s specifications page will be equal to the minimum amount of coverage provided by this rider plus the base face amount (which is the minimum death benefit under your Policy without the rider’s death benefit). The minimum allocation of Total Face Amount between your Policy and the rider is 10% and 90% at inception, respectively. The total Death Benefit Payable under the rider and the Policy will be determined as described in “Death Benefit” below, using the Total Face Amount shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

Coverage under this rider will take effect on the later of:

 

 

the Policy Date of the Policy to which this rider is attached; or

 

the date this rider is delivered and the first rider premium is paid to the Company.

The monthly risk rate for this rider will be the same as that used for the Policy and the monthly risk charge for the rider will be determined by multiplying the monthly risk rate by the rider’s death benefit. This charge will be calculated on the first day of each Policy Month and added to the Policy’s monthly risk charge.

If you purchase this rider, the sales load charge and return of expense charge will be proportionately lower as a result of a reduction in commission payments. Commissions payable to sales representatives for the sale of the Policy are calculated based on the total Premium payments. As a result, this rider generally is not offered in connection with any Policy with annual Premium payments of less than $100,000, except for policies issued on a guaranteed issue basis. In our discretion, we may decline to offer this rider or refuse to consent to a proposed allocation of coverage between a Policy and term rider.

If this rider is offered, the commissions will vary depending on the allocation of your coverage between the Policy and the term rider. The same initial Death Benefit will result in the highest commission when there is no term rider, with the commission declining as the portion of the Death Benefit coverage allocated to the term rider increases. Thus, the lowest commission amount is payable, and the lowest amount of sales load deducted from your Premiums will occur, when the maximum term rider is purchased.

 

31


Table of Contents

You may terminate this rider by Request. This rider also will terminate on the earliest of the following dates:

 

 

the date the Policy is surrendered or terminated;

 

the expiration of the grace period of the Policy; or

 

the death of the Insured.

Change of Insured Rider (Not available to individual purchasers). This rider permits you to change the Insured under your Policy or any Insured that has been named by virtue of this rider. Before we change the Insured you must provide us with (1) a Request for the change signed by you and the new Insured and approved by us; (2) Evidence of Insurability for the new Insured; (3) evidence that there is an insurable interest between you and the new Insured; (4) evidence that the new Insured’s age, at the nearest birthday, is under 70 years as of the Change of Insured Date; and (5) evidence that the new Insured was born prior to the Policy Date. We may charge a fee for administrative expenses when you change the Insured. The minimum charge is $100 per change and the maximum charge is $400 per change. When a change of Insured takes effect, Premiums will be based on the new Insured’s age, sex, mortality class and the Premium rate in effect on the Policy Date. The time periods contained in the Incontestability and Suicide provisions of the Policy will begin for the new Insured on the Change of Insured Date.

This rider will terminate on the earliest of:

 

 

The date the Policy is surrendered or terminated;

 

The date the Policy’s nonforfeiture benefits take effect;

 

The date the Policy is changed to a policy for which the Rider is not available; or

 

The end of the Policy’s grace period, unless the continuation of coverage provision on page is in effect.

Report to Owner. We will maintain all records relating to the Series Account and the Divisions and the Fixed Account. We will send you a report at least once each Policy Year within 30 days after a Policy Anniversary. The report will show current Account Value, current allocation in each Division, death benefit, Premiums paid, investment experience since your last report, deductions made since the last report, and any further information that may be required by laws of the state in which your Policy was issued. It will also show the balance of any outstanding Policy loans and accrued interest on such loans. There is no charge for this report.

In addition, we will send you the financial statements of the Funds and other reports as specified in the 1940 Act. We also will mail you confirmation notices or other appropriate notices of Policy transactions quarterly or more frequently within the time periods specified by law. Please give us prompt written notice of any address change. Please read your statements and confirmations carefully and verify their accuracy and contact us promptly with any questions.

Dollar Cost Averaging. By Request, you may elect dollar cost averaging in order to purchase Units of the Divisions over a period of time. There is no charge for this service.

Dollar cost averaging permits you to automatically Transfer a predetermined dollar amount, subject to our minimum, at regular intervals from any one or more designated Divisions to one or more of the remaining, then available Divisions. The Unit Value will be determined on the dates of the Transfers. You must specify the percentage to be Transferred into each designated Division. Transfers may be set up on any one of the following frequency periods: monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or annually. The Transfer will be initiated one frequency period following the date of your Request. We will provide a list of Divisions eligible for dollar cost averaging that may be modified from time to time. Amounts Transferred through dollar cost averaging are not counted against the 12 free Transfers allowed in a Policy Year. You may not participate in dollar cost averaging and the rebalancer option (described below) at the same time. Participation in dollar cost averaging does not assure a greater profit, or any profit, nor will it prevent or necessarily alleviate losses in a declining market. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate dollar cost averaging at any time.

Rebalancer Option. By Request, you may elect the rebalancer option in order to automatically Transfer Account Value among the Divisions on a periodic basis. There is no charge for this service. This type of transfer program automatically reallocates your Account Value so as to maintain a particular percentage allocation among Divisions

 

32


Table of Contents

chosen by you. The amount allocated to each Division will grow or decline at different rates depending on the investment experience of the Divisions. Rebalancing does not change your Premium allocation unless that option is checked on the rebalancer Request. Your Premium allocation can also be changed by written Request at the address on the first page of this prospectus.

You may Request that rebalancing occur one time only, in which case the Transfer will take place on the date of the Request. This Transfer will count as one Transfer towards the 12 free Transfers allowed in a Policy Year.

You may also choose to rebalance your Account Value on a quarterly, semiannual, or annual basis, in which case the first Transfer will be initiated one frequency period following the date of your Request. On that date, your Account Value will be automatically reallocated to the selected Divisions. Thereafter, your Account Value will be rebalanced once each frequency period. In order to participate in the rebalancer option, your entire Account Value must be included. Transfers made with these frequencies will not count against the 12 free Transfers allowed in a Policy Year.

You must specify the percentage of Account Value to be allocated to each Division and the frequency of rebalancing. You may terminate the rebalancer option at any time by Request.

You may not participate in the rebalancer option and dollar cost averaging at the same time. Participation in the rebalancer option does not assure a greater profit, or any profit, nor will it prevent or necessarily alleviate losses in a declining market. The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the rebalancer option at any time.

Non-Participating. The Policy does not pay dividends.

Premiums

Policy Application, Issuance and Initial Premium. To purchase a Policy, you must submit an application to our Corporate Headquarters. We will then follow our underwriting procedures designed to determine the insurability of the applicant. We may require full underwriting, which includes a medical examination and further information, before your application may be approved. We also may offer the Policy on a simplified underwriting or guaranteed issue basis. Applicants must be acceptable risks based on our applicable underwriting limits and standards. We will not issue a Policy until the underwriting process has been completed to our satisfaction. We reserve the right to reject an application for any lawful reason or to “rate” an Insured as a substandard risk, which will result in increased monthly risk rates. The monthly risk rate also may vary depending on the type of underwriting we use.

You must specify certain information in the application, including the Total Face Amount, the death benefit option and supplemental benefits, if any. The Total Face Amount generally may not be decreased below $100,000.

Upon approval of the application, we will issue to you a Policy on the life of the Insured. A specified Initial Premium must be paid before we issue the Policy. The effective date of coverage for your Policy (which we call the “Policy Date”) will be the date we receive a Premium equal to or in excess of the specified Initial Premium after we have approved your application. If your Premium payment is received on the 29th, 30th or 31st of a month, the Policy will be dated the 28th of that month.

We generally do not accept Premium payments before approval of an application; however, at our discretion, we may elect to do so. While your application is in underwriting, if we accept your Premium payment before approval of your application, we will provide you with temporary insurance coverage in accordance with the terms of our temporary insurance agreement. In our discretion, we may limit the amount of Premium we accept and the amount of temporary coverage we provide. If we approve your application, we will allocate your Premium payment to the Series Account or Fixed Account on the Policy Date, as described below. Otherwise, we will promptly return your payment to you. We will not credit interest to your Premium payment for the period while your application is in underwriting.

We reserve the right to change the terms or conditions of your Policy to comply with New York state law.

 

33


Table of Contents

Free Look Period. During the free look period (ten days or longer where required by law), you may cancel your Policy. If you exercise the free look privilege, you must return the Policy to our Corporate Headquarters or to the representative from whom you purchased the Policy. If you purchase the Policy as a replacement of an existing life insurance policy or annuity contract, your free look period will be extended to 60 days.

Net Premium will be allocated to the Divisions you selected on the application once the free look period ends. The net Premium will first be allocated to the Great-West Money Market Division and remain there until the next Valuation Date following the end of the free look period. On that date, the Sub-Account value held in the Great-West Money Market Division will be allocated to the Division(s) selected by you. If your Premium payments are received after 4:00 PM EST/EDT, such payments will be credited on the next Valuation Date. Regardless of when the payment is credited, you will receive the utilized values from the date we received your payment.

During the free look period, you may change your Division allocations and your allocation percentages, but your changes will not be effective until after the free look period expires.

Policies returned during the free look period will be void from the Issue Date. In New York, we will refund an amount equal to the sum of (1) the value of the amounts allocated to the Series Account on the date the returned policy is received by the Company or an authorized representative, and (2) any Policy fees or other charges imposed on amounts allocated to the Series Account.

Premium. All Premium payments must be made payable to “Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York” and mailed to our Corporate Headquarters. The Initial Premium will be due and payable on or before your Policy’s Issue Date. The minimum Initial Premium will vary based on various factors, including the age of the Insured and the death benefits option you select, but may not be less than $100.00. You may pay additional Premium payments to us in the amounts and at the times you choose, subject to the limitations described below. To find out whether your Premium payment has been received, contact us at the address or telephone number shown on the first page of this prospectus.

We reserve the right to limit the number of Premium payments we accept on an annual basis. No Premium payment may be less than $100 per Policy without our consent, although we will accept a smaller Premium payment if necessary to keep your Policy in force. We reserve the right to restrict or refuse any Premium payments that exceed the Initial Premium amount shown on your Policy. We also reserve the right not to accept a Premium payment that causes the death benefit to increase by an amount that exceeds the Premium received. Evidence of insurability satisfactory to us may be required before we accept any such Premium.

We will not accept Premium payments that would, in our opinion, cause your Policy to fail to qualify as life insurance under applicable federal tax law. If a Premium payment is made in excess of these limits, we will accept only that portion of the Premium within those limits, and will refund the remainder to you.

Net Premiums. The net Premium is the amount you pay as the Premium less any expense charges applied to Premiums. See “Charges and Deductions - Expense Charge Applied to Premium,” on page.

Planned Periodic Premiums. While you are not required to make additional Premium payments according to a fixed schedule, you may select a planned periodic Premium schedule and corresponding billing period, subject to our limits. We will send you reminder notices for the planned periodic Premium, unless you Request to have reminder notices suspended. You are not required, however, to pay the planned periodic Premium; you may increase or decrease the planned periodic Premium subject to our limits, and you may skip a planned payment or make unscheduled payments. Depending on the investment performance of the Divisions you select, the planned periodic Premium may not be sufficient to keep your Policy in force, and you may need to change your planned payment schedule or make additional payments in order to prevent termination of your Policy.

Death Benefits

 

34


Table of Contents

Death Benefit. If your Policy is in force at the time of the Insured’s death, we will pay the Beneficiary an amount based on the death benefit option you select once we have received Due Proof of the Insured’s death. The amount payable will be:

 

 

the amount of the selected death benefit option, less

 

the value of any Policy Debt on the date of the Insured’s death, less

 

any accrued and unpaid Policy charges.

We will pay this amount to the Beneficiary in one lump sum, unless the Beneficiary and we agree on another form of settlement. We will pay interest, at a rate not less than that required by law, on the amount of Death Benefit Proceeds, if payable in one lump sum, from the date of the Insured’s death to the date of payment.

In order to meet the definition of life insurance under the Code, section 7702 of the Code defines alternative testing procedures for the minimum death benefit under a Policy. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations—Tax Status of the Policy,” on page. Your Policy must qualify under the Cash Value Accumulation Test (“CVAT”).

Under the CVAT procedures, there is a minimum death benefit required at all times equal to your Account Value multiplied by some pre-determined factor. The factors used to determine the minimum death benefit vary by age. The factors (expressed as percentages) for the CVAT are set forth in your Policy.

The Policy has two death benefit options.

Option 1. The “Level Death” Option. Under this option, the death benefit is—

 

 

the Policy’s Total Face Amount on the date of the Insured’s death less any partial withdrawals; or if greater,

 

the Account Value on the date of death multiplied by the applicable factor shown in the table set forth in your Policy.

This death benefit option should be selected if you want to minimize your cost of insurance (monthly risk charge).

Option 2. The “Coverage Plus” Option. Under this option, the death benefit is –

 

 

the sum of the Total Face Amount and Account Value of the Policy on the date of the Insured’s death less any partial withdrawals; or if greater,

 

the Account Value on the date of death multiplied by the applicable factor shown in the table set forth in your Policy.

This death benefit option should be selected if you want to maximize your death benefit.

Your Account Value and death benefit fluctuate based on the performance of the investment options you select and the expenses and deductions charged to your account.

See the “Account Value” and “Charges and Deductions” sections of the prospectus.

There is no minimum death benefit guarantee associated with this Policy.

Changes in Death Benefit Option. After the first Policy Year, but not more than once each Policy Year, you may change the death benefit option by Request. Any change will be effective on the first day of the Policy Month following the date we approve your Request. A maximum administrative fee of $100 will be deducted from your Account Value each time you change your death benefit option.

A change in the death benefit option will not change the amount payable upon the death of the Insured on the date of change. Any change is subject to the following conditions:

 

 

If the change is from option 1 to option 2, the new Total Face Amount, at the time of the change, will equal the prior Total Face Amount less the Account Value. Evidence of insurability may be required.

 

35


Table of Contents
 

If the change is from option 2 to option 1, the new Total Face Amount, at the time of the change, will equal the prior Total Face Amount plus the Account Value.

Changes in Total Face Amount. You may increase or decrease the Total Face Amount of your Policy at any time within certain limits.

Minimum Changes. Each increase or decrease in the Total Face Amount must be at least $25,000. We reserve the right to change the minimum amount by which you may change the Total Face Amount.

Increases. To Request an increase, you must provide satisfactory evidence of the Insured’s insurability. Once approved by us, an increase will become effective on the Policy Anniversary following our approval of your Request, subject to the deduction of the first Policy Month’s monthly risk charge, service charge, any extra risk charge if the Insured is in a rated class and the cost of any riders.

Each increase to the Total Face Amount is considered to be a new segment to the Policy. When an increase is approved, Premium is allocated against the original Policy segment up to the seven-pay Premium limit established on the Issue Date. Any excess Premium is then allocated toward the new segment. Each segment will have a separate target Premium associated with it. The expense charge applied to Premium is higher up to target and lower for Premium in excess of the target as described in detail in the “Charges and Deductions” section of this prospectus. The expense charge formula will apply to each segment based on the target Premium for that segment. In addition, each segment will have a new incontestability period and suicide exclusion period as described in the “Other Provisions and Benefits” section of this prospectus.

Decreases. A decrease will become effective at the beginning of the next Policy Month following our approval of your Request. The Total Face Amount after the decrease must be at least $100,000.

For purposes of the incontestability provision of your Policy, any decrease in Total Face Amount will be applied in the following order:

 

 

first, to the most recent increase;

 

second, to the next most recent increases, in reverse chronological order; and

 

finally, to the initial Total Face Amount.

Surrenders and Withdrawals

Surrenders. You may surrender your Policy for its Cash Surrender Value at any time while the Insured is living. If you do, the insurance coverage and all other benefits under the Policy will terminate. To surrender your Policy, contact us at the address or telephone number shown on the first page of this prospectus. We will send you the paperwork necessary for you to Request the surrender of your Policy. The proceeds of a surrender will be payable within seven days of our receipt of the completed Request.

We will determine your Cash Surrender Value as of the end of the first Valuation Date after we receive your Request for surrender.

If you withdraw part of the Cash Surrender Value, your Policy’s death benefit will be reduced and you may incur taxes and tax penalties.

You may borrow from us using your Account Value as collateral.

A surrender may have tax consequences, including tax penalties. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations – Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits,” beginning on page of this prospectus.

Partial Withdrawal. You may Request a partial withdrawal of Account Value at any time while the Policy is in force. The amount of any partial withdrawal must be at least $500 and may not exceed 90% of your Account Value less the value of the Loan Account. A partial withdrawal fee will be deducted from your Account Value for all partial withdrawals after the first made during the same Policy Year. This administrative fee is guaranteed to be no greater than $25. To Request a partial withdrawal, contact us at the address or telephone number shown on the first

 

36


Table of Contents

page of this prospectus. We will send you the paperwork necessary for you to request a withdrawal from your Policy. The proceeds of any such partial withdrawal will be payable within seven days of our receipt of the completed Request.

The Death Benefit Proceeds will be reduced by the amount of any partial withdrawals.

Your Account Value will be reduced by the amount of a partial withdrawal. The amount of a partial withdrawal will be withdrawn from the Divisions in proportion to the amounts in the Divisions bearing on your Account Value. You cannot repay amounts taken as a partial withdrawal. Any subsequent payments received by us will be treated as additional Premium payments and will be subject to our limitations on Premiums.

A partial withdrawal may have tax consequences. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations - Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits,” beginning on page of this prospectus.

Loans

Policy Loans. After this Policy has been in force for 3 years, the Owner may Request a Policy loan of up to 90% of your Account Value, decreased by the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt on the date the Policy loan is made. When a Policy loan is made, a portion of your Account Value equal to the amount of the Policy loan will be allocated to the Loan Account as collateral for the loan. This amount will not be affected by the investment experience of the Series Account while the loan is outstanding and will be subtracted from the Divisions in proportion to the amounts in the Divisions bearing on your Account Value. The minimum Policy loan amount is $500.

During the first 5 years subsequent to the issuance of the Policy, the Owner is prohibited from undertaking a pattern of borrowing that is likely to require all or a substantial part of the cash values to be pledged as security against repayment of such loans unless the borrowing was incurred because of an unforeseen increase in financial obligations.

The interest rate on the Policy loan will be determined annually, using a simple interest formula, at the beginning of each Policy Year. That interest rate will be guaranteed for that Policy Year and will apply to all Policy loans outstanding during that Policy Year. Interest is due and payable on each Policy Anniversary. Interest not paid when due will be added to the principal amount of the loan and will bear interest at the loan interest rate.

Presently, the maximum interest rate for Policy loans is the Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Average - Monthly Average Corporates, which is published by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. If the Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Average ceases to be published, the maximum interest rate for Policy loans will be derived from a substantially similar average adopted by your state’s Insurance Commissioner.

We must reduce our Policy loan interest rate if the maximum loan interest rate is lower than the loan interest rate for the previous Policy Year by one-half of one percent or more.

We may increase the Policy loan interest rate but such increase must be at least one-half of one percent. No increase may be made if the Policy loan interest rate would exceed the maximum loan interest rate. We will send you advance notice of any increase in the Policy loan rate.

Interest will be credited to amounts held in the Loan Account using a compound interest formula. The rate will be no less than the Policy loan interest rate then in effect less a maximum of 0.9%.

All payments we receive from you will be treated as Premium payments unless we have received notice, in form satisfactory to us, that the funds are for loan repayment. If you have a Policy loan, it is generally advantageous to repay the loan rather than make a Premium payment because Premium payments incur expense charges whereas loan repayments do not. Loan repayments will first reduce the outstanding balance of the Policy loan and then accrued but unpaid interest on such loans. We will accept repayment of any Policy loan at any time while the Policy is in force. Amounts paid to repay a Policy loan will be allocated to the Divisions in accordance with your allocation

 

37


Table of Contents

instructions then in effect at the time of repayment. Any amount in the Loan Account used to secure the repaid loan will be allocated back to the Divisions.

A Policy loan, whether or not repaid, will affect the Death Benefit Proceeds, payable upon the Insured’s death, and the Account Value because the investment results of the Divisions do not apply to amounts held in the Loan Account. The longer a loan is outstanding, the greater the effect is likely to be, depending on the investment results of the Divisions while the loan is outstanding. The effect could be favorable or unfavorable.

Lapse and Reinstatement

Lapse and Continuation of Coverage. If you cease making Premium payments, coverage under your Policy and any riders to the Policy will continue until your Account Value, less any Policy Debt, is insufficient to cover the monthly deduction. When that occurs, the grace period will go into effect.

Grace Period. If the first day of a Policy Month occurs during the Valuation Period and your Account Value, less any Policy Debt, is not sufficient to cover the monthly deduction for that Policy Month, then your Policy will enter the grace period described below. If you do not pay sufficient additional Premiums during the grace period, your Policy will terminate without value.

The grace period will allow 61 days for the payment of Premium sufficient to keep the Policy in force. Any such Premium must be in an amount sufficient to cover deductions for the monthly risk charge, the service charge, the cost for any riders and any extra risk charge if the Insured is in a rated class for the next two Policy Months. Notice of Premium due will be mailed to your last known address or the last known address of any assignee of record at least 31 days before the date coverage under your Policy will cease. If the Premium due is not paid within the grace period, then the Policy and all rights to benefits will terminate without value at the end of the 61-day period. The Policy will continue to remain in force during this grace period. If the Death Benefit Proceeds become payable by us during the grace period, then any due and unpaid Policy charges will be deducted from the amount payable by us.

Termination of Policy. Your Policy will terminate on the earliest of the date we receive your Request to surrender, the expiration date of the grace period due to insufficient value or the date of death of the Insured. Upon lapse or termination, the Policy no longer provides insurance benefits.

Reinstatement. This Policy may be reinstated, provided that the Policy has not been surrendered, and provided further that:

 

 

you make your reinstatement Request within three years from the date of termination;

 

you submit satisfactory Evidence of Insurability to us:

 

you pay an amount equal to the Policy charges which were due and unpaid at the end of the grace period;

 

you pay an amount equal to three times the monthly cost of insurance charge as of the date of reinstatement; and

 

you repay or reinstate any Policy loan that was outstanding on the date coverage ceased, including interest at 6.00% per year compounded annually from the date coverage ceased to the date of reinstatement of your Policy.

A reinstated Policy’s Face Amount may not exceed the Total Face Amount at the time of termination. Your Account Value on the reinstatement date will reflect:

 

 

the Account Value at the time of termination; plus

 

net Premiums attributable to Premiums paid to reinstate the Policy; less

 

the monthly expense charge; less

 

the monthly cost of insurance charge applicable on the date of reinstatement; less

 

the expense charge applied to Premium.

The effective date of reinstatement will be the date the application for reinstatement is approved by us.

 

38


Table of Contents

Deferral of Payment. We will usually pay any amount due from the Series Account within seven days after the Valuation Date following your Request giving rise to such payment or, in the case of death of the Insured, Due Proof of such death. Payment of any amount payable from the Series Account on death, surrender, partial withdrawal, or Policy loan may be postponed whenever:

 

 

the NYSE is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closing, or trading on the NYSE is otherwise restricted;

 

the SEC, by order, permits postponement for the protection of Owners; or

 

an emergency exists as determined by the SEC, as a result of which disposal of securities is not reasonably practicable, or it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of the assets of the Series Account.

Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following summary provides a general description of the federal income tax considerations associated with the Policy and does not purport to be complete or to cover all situations. This discussion is not intended as tax advice. You should consult counsel or other competent tax advisers for more complete information. This discussion is based upon our understanding of the Internal Revenue Service’s (the “IRS”) current interpretation of current federal income tax laws. We make no representation as to the likelihood of continuation of the current federal income tax laws or of the current interpretations by the IRS. We do not make any guarantee regarding the tax status of any Policy or any transaction regarding the Policy.

The Policy may be used in various arrangements, including non-qualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances of each individual arrangement. Therefore, if the use of the Policy in any such arrangement is contemplated, you should consult a qualified tax adviser for advice on the tax attributes and consequences of the particular arrangement.

Tax Status of the Policy

A Policy has certain tax advantages when treated as a life insurance contract within the meaning of section 7702 of the Code. We believe that the Policy meets the section 7702 definition of a life insurance contract and will take whatever steps are appropriate and reasonable to attempt to cause the Policy to comply with section 7702. We reserve the right to amend the Policy to comply with any future changes in the Code, any regulations or rulings under the Code and any other requirements imposed by the IRS.

Diversification of Investments. Section 817(h) of the Code requires that the investments of each Division of the Series Account be “adequately diversified” in accordance with certain Treasury Department regulations. Disqualification of the Policy as a life insurance contract for failure to comply with the diversification requirements would result in the imposition of federal income tax on you with respect to the earnings allocable to the Policy prior to the receipt of payments under the Policy. We believe that the Divisions will be adequately diversified.

Policy Owner Control. In connection with its issuance of temporary and proposed regulations under Section 817(h) in 1986, the Treasury Department announced that those regulations did not “provide guidance concerning the circumstances in which investor control of the investments of a segregated asset account may cause the investor (i.e., the Owner), rather than the insurance company to be treated as the owner of the assets in the account” (which would result in the current taxation of the income on those assets to the Owner). In Revenue Ruling 2003-91, the IRS provided such guidance by describing the circumstances under which the owner of a variable contract will not possess sufficient control over the assets underlying the contract to be treated as the owner of those assets for federal income tax purposes. Rev. Rul. 2003-91 states that the determination of whether the owner of a variable contract is to be treated as the owner of the assets held by the insurance company under the contract will depend on all of the facts and circumstances. We do not believe that your ownership rights under the Policy would result in your being treated as the Owner of the assets of the Policy under Rev. Rul. 2003-91. However, we do not know whether additional guidance will be provided by the IRS on this issue and what standards may be contained in such guidance. Therefore, we reserve the right to modify the Policy as necessary to attempt to prevent an Owner from being considered the owner of a pro rata share of the assets of the Policy.

 

39


Table of Contents

The following discussion assumes that your Policy will qualify as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes.

Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits

Life Insurance Death Benefit Proceeds. In general, the amount of the Death Benefit Payable under your Policy is excludible from your Beneficiary’s gross income under the Code.

If the death benefit is not received in a lump sum and is, instead, applied under a proceeds option agreed to by us and the Beneficiary, payments generally will be prorated between amounts attributable to the death benefit, which will be excludible from the Beneficiary’s income, and amounts attributable to interest (occurring after the Insured’s death), which will be includable in the Beneficiary’s income.

Tax Deferred Accumulation. Any increase in your Account Value is generally not taxable to you. If you receive or are deemed to receive amounts from the Policy before the Insured dies, see the following section entitled “Distributions” for a more detailed discussion of the taxability of such payments.

Depending on the circumstances, any of the following transactions may have federal income tax consequences:

 

 

the exchange of a Policy for a life insurance, endowment or annuity contract;

 

a change in the death benefit option;

 

a Policy loan;

 

a partial surrender;

 

a complete surrender;

 

a change in the ownership of a Policy;

 

a change of the named Insured; or

 

an assignment of a Policy.

In addition, federal, state and local transfer and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of Death Benefit Proceeds will depend on your circumstances and those of the named Beneficiary. Whether partial withdrawals (or other amounts deemed to be distributed) constitute income subject to federal income tax depends, in part, upon whether your Policy is considered a MEC.

Surrenders. If you surrender your Policy, you will recognize ordinary income to the extent the Account Value exceeds the “investment in the contract,” which is generally the total of Premiums and other consideration paid for the Policy, less all amounts previously received under the Policy to the extent those amounts were excludible from gross income.

Modified Endowment Contracts. Section 7702A of the Code treats certain life insurance contracts as MECs. In general, a Policy will be treated as a MEC if total Premiums paid at any time during the first seven Policy Years exceed the sum of the net level Premiums which would have been paid on or before that time if the Policy provided for paid-up future benefits after the payment of seven level annual Premiums (“seven-pay test”). In addition, a Policy may be treated as a MEC if there is a “material change” to the Policy.

We will monitor your Premium payments and other Policy transactions and notify you if a payment or other transaction might cause your Policy to become a MEC. We will not invest any Premium or portion of a Premium that would cause your Policy to become a MEC without instruction to do so from you. We will promptly notify you or your agent of the excess cash received. We will not process the Premium payment unless we receive a MEC acceptance form or Policy change form within 48 hours of receipt of the excess funds. If paperwork is received that allows us to process the excess cash, the effective date will be the date of the new paperwork.

Further, if a transaction occurs which decreases the Total Face Amount of your Policy during the first seven years, we will retest your Policy, as of the date of its purchase, based on the lower Total Face Amount to determine compliance with the seven-pay test. Also, if a decrease in Total Face Amount occurs within seven years of a “material change,” we will retest your Policy for compliance as of the date of the “material change.” Failure to

 

40


Table of Contents

comply in either case would result in the Policy’s classification as a MEC regardless of our efforts to provide a payment schedule that would not otherwise violate the seven-pay test.

The rules relating to whether a Policy will be treated as a MEC are complex and cannot be fully described in the limited confines of this summary. Therefore, you should consult with a competent tax adviser to determine whether a particular transaction will cause your Policy to be treated as a MEC.

Distributions

Distributions Under a Policy That Is Not a MEC. If your Policy is not a MEC, a distribution is generally treated first as a tax-free recovery of the “investment in the contract,” and then as a distribution of taxable income to the extent the distribution exceeds the “investment in the contract.” An exception is made for cash distributions that occur in the first fifteen (15) Policy Years as a result of a decrease in the death benefit or other change that reduces benefits under the Policy that are made for purposes of maintaining compliance with section 7702. Such distributions are taxed in whole or part as ordinary income (to the extent of any gain in the Policy) under rules prescribed in section 7702.

If your Policy is not a MEC, Policy loans and loans secured by the Policy are generally not treated as distributions. Such loans are instead generally treated as your indebtedness.

Finally, if your Policy is not a MEC, distributions (including distributions upon surrender), Policy loans and loans secured by the Policy are not subject to the ten percent additional tax applicable to distributions from a MEC.

Distributions Under Modified Endowment Contracts. If treated as a MEC, your Policy will be subject to the following tax rules:

 

 

First, partial withdrawals are treated as ordinary income subject to ordinary income tax up to the amount equal to the excess (if any) of your Account Value immediately before the distribution over the “investment in the contract” at the time of the distribution.

 

Second, Policy loans and loans secured by a Policy are treated as partial withdrawals and taxed accordingly. Any past-due loan interest that is added to the amount of the loan is treated as a loan.

 

Third, a ten percent additional penalty tax is imposed on that portion of any distribution (including distributions upon surrender), Policy loans, or loans secured by a Policy, that is included in income, except where the distribution or loan is made to a taxpayer that is a natural person, and:

  1.

is made when the taxpayer is age 59 12 or older;

  2.

is attributable to the taxpayer becoming disabled; or

  3.

is part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) for the duration of the taxpayer’s life (or life expectancy) or for the duration of the longer of the taxpayer’s or the Beneficiary’s life (or life expectancies).

Multiple Policies. All MECs issued by us (or our affiliates) to you during any calendar year will be treated as a single MEC for purposes of determining the amount of a Policy distribution that is taxable to you.

Treatment When Insured Reaches Attained Age 121. As described above, when the Insured reaches Attained Age 121, we will issue you a “paid-up” life insurance Policy. We believe that the paid-up life insurance Policy will continue to qualify as a “life insurance contract” under the Code. However, there is some uncertainty regarding this treatment. It is possible, therefore, that you would be viewed as constructively receiving the Cash Surrender Value in the year in which the Insured attains age 121 and would realize taxable income at that time, even if the Death Benefit Proceeds were not distributed at that time. In addition, any outstanding Policy Debt will be repaid at that time. This repayment may be treated as a taxable distribution to you, if your contract is not a MEC. You may want to contact your tax adviser when the Insured reaches Attained Age 121.

The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure 2010-28 providing a safe harbor concerning the application of Sections 7702 and 7702A to life insurance contracts that have mortality guarantees based on the 2001 CSO Table and which may continue in force after an insured attains age 100. If a contract satisfies all the requirements of Sections 7702 and 7702A using all of the Age 100 Safe Harbor Testing Method requirements set forth in Rev. Proc. 2010-28, the IRS

 

41


Table of Contents

will not challenge the qualification of that contract under Sections 7702 and 7702A. Rev. Proc. 2010-28 also states that “No adverse inference should be drawn with respect to the qualification of a contract as a life insurance contract under §7702, or its status as not a MEC under §7702A, merely by reason of a failure to satisfy all of the requirements of [the Age 100 Safe Harbor].”

Federal Income Tax Withholding. We are required to withhold 10% on that portion of a Policy distribution that is taxable, unless you direct us in writing not to do so at or before the time of the Policy distribution. As the Owner you are responsible for the payment of any taxes and early distribution penalties that may be due on Policy distributions.

Actions to Ensure Compliance with the Tax Law. We believe that the maximum amount of Premiums we intend to permit for the Policies will comply with the Code definition of a “life insurance contract.” We will monitor the amount of your Premiums, and, if you pay a Premium during a Policy Year that exceeds those permitted by the Code, we will promptly refund the Premium or a portion of the Premium before any allocation to the Funds. We reserve the right to increase the death benefit (which may result in larger charges under a Policy) or to take any other action deemed necessary to ensure the compliance of the Policy with the federal tax definition of a life insurance contract.

Trade or Business Entity Owns or Is Directly or Indirectly a Beneficiary of the Policy. Where a Policy is owned by other than a natural person, the Owner’s ability to deduct interest on business borrowing unrelated to the Policy can be impacted as a result of its ownership of cash value life insurance. No deduction will be allowed for a portion of a taxpayer’s otherwise deductible interest expense unless the Policy covers only one individual, and such individual is, at the time first covered by the Policy, a 20 percent owner of the trade or business entity that owns the Policy, or an officer, director, or employee of such trade or business.

Although this limitation generally does not apply to Policies held by natural persons, if a trade or business (other than one carried on as a sole proprietorship) is directly or indirectly the Beneficiary under a Policy (e.g., pursuant to a split-dollar agreement), the Policy will be treated as held by such trade or business. The effect will be that a portion of the trade or business entity’s deduction for its interest expenses will be disallowed unless the above exception for a 20 percent owner, employee, officer or director applies.

In Revenue Ruling 2011-9, the IRS held that the status of an insured as an employee “at the time first covered” for purposes of Section 264(f) does not carry over from a contract given up in a Section 1035 tax-free exchange to a contract received in such an exchange. Therefore, the pro rata interest expense disallowance exception of Section 264(f)(4) does not apply to new Policies received in Section 1035 tax-free exchanges unless such Policies also qualify for the exception provided by Section 264(f)(4) of the Code.

The portion of the entity’s interest deduction that is disallowed will generally be a pro rata amount which bears the same ratio to such interest expense as the taxpayer’s average unborrowed cash value bears to the sum of the taxpayer’s average unborrowed cash value and average adjusted bases of all other assets. Any corporate or business use of the life insurance should be carefully reviewed by your tax adviser with attention to these rules as well as any other rules and possible tax law changes that could occur with respect to corporate-owned life insurance.

Employer-Owned Life Insurance. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 added a new section to the Code that denies the tax-free treatment of death benefits payable under an employer-owned life insurance contract unless certain notice and consent requirements are met and either (1) certain rules relating to the insured employee’s status are satisfied or (2) certain rules relating to the payment of the “amount received under the contract” to, or for the benefit of, certain beneficiaries or successors of the insured employee are satisfied. The new rules apply to life insurance contracts owned by corporations (including S corporations), individual sole proprietors, estates and trusts and partnerships that are engaged in a trade or business. Any business contemplating the purchase of a Policy on the life of an employee should consult with its legal and tax advisers regarding the applicability of the new legislation to the proposed purchase.

Split Dollar Life Insurance. A tax adviser should also be consulted with respect to the 2003 split dollar regulations if you have purchased or are considering the purchase of a Policy for a split dollar insurance plan. Any business contemplating the purchase of a new life insurance contract or a change in an existing contract should consult a tax adviser.

 

42


Table of Contents

Alternative Minimum Tax. There may also be an indirect tax upon the income in the Policy or the proceeds of a Policy under the federal corporate alternative minimum tax, if the policy owner is subject to that tax.

Other Employee Benefit Programs. Complex rules may apply when a Policy is held by an employer or a trust, or acquired by an employee, in connection with the provision of employee benefits. These Policy owners also must consider whether the Policy was applied for by, or issued to, a person having an insurable interest under applicable state law, as the lack of insurable interest may, among other things, affect the qualification of the Policy as life insurance for federal income tax purposes and the right of the Beneficiary to death benefits. Employers and employer-created trusts may be subject to reporting, disclosure and fiduciary obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. You should consult your legal adviser.

Policy Loan Interest. Generally, no tax deduction is allowed for interest paid or accrued on any indebtedness under a Policy.

Change of Insured Rider. The Company makes no representations concerning the tax effects of the change of insured rider. Owners are responsible for seeking tax counsel regarding the tax effects of the Rider. The Company reserves the right to refund cash value exceeding allowable limits for tax exempt purposes, or that would be charged as current interest income to Owners.

Investment Income Surtax. In taxable years beginning in 2013, taxable distributions from life insurance policies are considered “investment income” for purposes of the newly enacted Medicare tax on investment income. Thus, in certain circumstances, a 3.8% tax may be applied to some or all of the taxable portion of distributions (e.g., earnings) to individuals, trusts, and estates whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts as follows: an amount equal to the lesser of (a) “net investment income”; or (b) the excess of a taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income over a specified income threshold ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly, $125,000 for married couples filing separately, and $200,000 for everyone else). The IRS has issued regulations that treat taxable distributions from life insurance policies as “Net investment income.” Please consult the impact of the Investment Income Surtax on you with a competent tax advisor.

Our Taxes. We are taxed as a life insurance company under part I of subchapter L of the Code. The operations of the Series Account are taxed as part of our operations. Investment income and realized capital gains are not taxed to the extent that they are applied under the Policies. As a result of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, we are generally required to capitalize and amortize certain Policy acquisition expenses over a ten year period rather than currently deducting such expenses. This so-called “deferred acquisition cost” tax (“DAC tax”) applies to the deferred acquisition expenses of a Policy and results in a significantly higher corporate income tax liability for Great-West of New York. We reserve the right to adjust the amount of a charge to Premium to compensate us for these anticipated higher corporate income taxes.

A portion of the expense charges applied to Premium is used to offset the federal, state or local taxes that we incur which are attributable to the Series Account or the Policy. We reserve the right to adjust the amount of this charge.

Summary.

 

 

We do not make any guarantees about the Policy’s tax status.

 

We believe the Policy will be treated as a life insurance contract under federal tax laws.

 

Death benefits generally are not subject to federal income tax.

 

Investment gains are normally not taxed unless distributed to you before the Insured dies.

 

If you pay more Premiums than permitted under the seven-pay test, your Policy will be a MEC.

 

If your Policy becomes a MEC, partial withdrawals, Policy loans and surrenders may incur taxes and tax penalties.

Corporate Tax Shelter Requirements

 

43


Table of Contents

The Company does not believe that any purchase of a Policy by an Owner pursuant to this offering will be subject to the tax shelter registration, customer list or reporting requirements under the Code and implementing regulations. All Owners that are corporations are advised to consult with their own tax and/or legal counsel and advisers, to make their own determination as to the applicability of the disclosure requirements of Code Section 6011 and Treas. Reg. Section 1.6011-4 to their federal income tax returns.

Legal Proceedings

There are no pending legal proceedings that would have an adverse material effect on the Series Account or on GWFS. Great-West of New York is engaged in various kinds of routine litigation that, in our judgment, is not material to its total assets or material with respect to the Series Account.

Legal Matters

Pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rule 4.5, the Company has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Therefore, it is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

Beverly A. Byrne, Chief Legal Officer, Financial Services and Securities Compliance, of Great-West of New York, has passed upon all matters of New York law pertaining to the Policy, including the validity of the Policy and our right to issue the Policy under New York law. The law firm of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., 1025 Thomas Jefferson St. N.W., Suite 400 East, Washington, D.C. 20007-5208, serves as special counsel to Great-West of New York with regard to the federal securities laws.

Abandoned Property Requirements

Every state has unclaimed property laws that generally provide for escheatment to the state of unclaimed property (including proceeds of life insurance policies) under various circumstances. This “escheatment” is revocable, however, and the state is obligated to pay the applicable proceeds if the property owner steps forward to claim it with the proper documentation. To help prevent such escheatment, it is important that you keep your policy and other information on file with us up to date, including the names, contact information, and identifying information for owners, beneficiaries, and other payees. Such updates should be communicated by writing to Great-West of New York at 8515 E. Orchard Road, 9T2, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, by calling 888-353-2654, by sending an email to gwexecbenefits@greatwest.com or via the web at www.greatwest.com/executivebenefits.

 

44


Table of Contents

Financial Statements

Great-West of New York’s financial statements, which are included in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), should be considered only as bearing on our ability to meet our obligations with respect to the death benefit and our assumption of the mortality and expense risks. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the Fund shares held in the Series Account.

 

45


Table of Contents

Appendix A – Glossary of Terms

Unless otherwise defined in this prospectus, capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth below.

Account Value – The sum of the value of your interests in the Divisions, the Fixed Account and the Loan Account. This amount reflects: (1) the Premiums you pay; (2) the investment performance of the Divisions you select; (3) any Policy loans or partial withdrawals; (4) your Loan Account balance; and (5) the charges we deduct under the Policy.

Attained Age – The age of the Insured, nearest birthday, as of the Policy Date and each Policy Anniversary thereafter.

Beneficiary – The person(s) named by the Owner to receive the Death Benefit Proceeds upon the death of the Insured.

Business Day – Any day that we are open for business. We are open for business every day that the NYSE is open for trading.

Cash Surrender Value – is equal to:

 

(a)

Account Value on the effective date of the surrender; less

(b)

outstanding Policy loans and accrued loan interest, if any; less

(c)

any monthly cost of insurance charges.

Corporate Headquarters – Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, 50 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10606, or such other address as we may hereafter specify to you by written notice.

Death Benefit Proceeds – The amount determined in accordance with the terms of the Policy which is payable at the death of the Insured. This amount is the death benefit, decreased by the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt, and increased by the amounts payable under any supplemental benefits.

Divisions – Divisions into which the assets of the Series Account are divided, each of which corresponds to and contains shares of a Fund. Divisions may also be referred to as “investment divisions” or “Sub-Accounts” in the prospectus, SAI or Series Account financial Statements.

Due Proof – Such evidence as we may reasonably require in order to establish that Death Benefit Proceeds are due and payable.

Effective Date – The date on which the first Premium payment is credited to the Policy.

Evidence of Insurability – Information about an Insured that is used to approve or reinstate this Policy or any additional benefit.

Fixed Account – A division of our General Account that provides a fixed interest rate. This account is not part of and does not depend on the investment performance of the Sub-Accounts.

Fund – An underlying mutual fund in which a Division invests. Each Fund is an investment company registered with the SEC or a separate investment series of a registered investment company.

General Account – All of our assets other than those held in a separate investment account.

 

A-1


Table of Contents

Initial Premium – The initial Premium amount specified in a Policy.

Insured – The person whose life is insured under the Policy.

Issue Age – The Insured’s age as of the Insured’s birthday nearest the Policy Date.

Issue Date – The date on which we issue a Policy.

Loan Account – All outstanding loans plus credited loan interest held in the General Account of the Company. The Loan Account is not part of the Series Account.

Loan Account Value – The sum of all outstanding loans plus credited loan interest for this Policy.

MEC – Modified Endowment Contract. For more information regarding MECs, see “Modified Endowment Contracts” on page.

NYSE – New York Stock Exchange.

Owner – The person(s) named in the application who is entitled to exercise all rights and privileges under the Policy, while the Insured is living. The purchaser of the Policy will be the Owner unless otherwise indicated in the application.

Policy Anniversary – The same day in each succeeding year as the day of the year corresponding to the Policy Date.

Policy Date – The effective date of coverage under this Policy. The Policy Months, Policy Years and Policy Anniversaries are measured from the Policy Date.

Policy Debt – The principal amount of any outstanding loan against the Policy plus accrued but unpaid interest on such loan.

Policy Month – The one-month period commencing on the same day of the month as the Policy Date.

Policy Year – The one-year period commencing on the Policy Date or any Policy Anniversary and ending on the next Policy Anniversary.

Premiums – Amounts received and allocated to the Sub-Account(s) and Fixed Account prior to any deductions.

Request – Any instruction in a form, written, telephoned or computerized, satisfactory to the Company and received in good order at the Corporate Headquarters from the Owner or the Owner’s assignee (as specified in a form acceptable to the Company) or the Beneficiary, (as applicable) as required by any provision of this Policy or as required by the Company. The Request is subject to any action taken or payment made by the Company before it was processed.

SEC – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Series Account – The segregated investment account established by the Company as a separate account under New York law named the COLI VUL –2 Series Account. It is registered as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act.

 

A-2


Table of Contents

Sub-Account – Sub-division(s) of the Owner’s Account Value containing the value credited to the Owner from the Series Account. . Sub-Accounts may also be referred to as “investment divisions” or “Divisions” in the prospectus or SAI.

Surrender Benefit – Account Value less any outstanding Policy loans and less accrued loan interest.

Total Face Amount – The amount of life insurance coverage you request as specified in your Policy.

Transaction Date – The date on which any Premium payment or Request from the Owner will be processed by the Company. Premium payments and Requests received after 4:00 p.m. EST/EDT will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. Requests will be processed and the Sub-Account value will be valued on the day that the Premium payments or Request is received and the NYSE is open for trading.

Transfer – The moving of money from one or more Division(s) or the Fixed Account to one or more Division(s) or the Fixed Account.

Unit – An accounting unit of measurement that we use to calculate the value of each Division.

Unit Value – The value of each Unit in a Division.

Valuation Date – The date on which the net asset value of each Fund is determined. A Valuation Date is each day that the NYSE is open for regular business. The value of a Division’s assets is determined at the end of each Valuation Date (generally 4:00 p.m. EST/EDT). To determine the value of an asset on a day that is not a Valuation Date, the value of that asset as of the end of the previous Valuation Date will be used.

Valuation Period – The period of time from one determination of Unit Values to the next following determination of Unit Values. We will determine Unit Value for each Valuation Date as of the close of the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m. EST/EDT) on that Valuation Date.

 

A-3


Table of Contents

The SAI is a document that includes additional information about the Series Account, including the financial statements of Great-West of New York. As the Series Account had not sold any Policies as of December 31, 2013, no financial statements are available for the Series Account. The SAI is incorporated as a matter of law into the prospectus, which means that it is legally part of the prospectus. The SAI is available upon request, without charge. To request the SAI or other information about the Policy, or to make any inquiries about the Policy, contact Great-West of New York toll-free at 888-353-2654 or via email at www.greatwest.com/executivebenefits.

Information about the Series Account (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 202-551-8090. Reports and other information about the Series Account are available on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing at the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22091


Table of Contents

COLI VUL-2 SERIES ACCOUNT

Flexible Premium Variable

Universal Life Insurance Policies

Issued by:

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

50 Main Street

White Plains, New York 10606

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. It contains information in addition to the information in the prospectus for the Policy. The prospectus for the Policy, which we may amend from time to time, contains basic information you should know before purchasing a Policy. This Statement of Additional Information should be read in conjunction with the prospectus, dated May 1, 2014, which is available without charge by contacting Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (“Great-West of New York”) at 888-353-2654 or via e-mail at www.greatwest.com/executivebenefits.

May 1, 2014


Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

General Information and History of Great-West of New York and the Series Account

     1   

State Regulation

     1   

Independent Auditors

     1   

Underwriters

     1   

Administrative Services

     2   

Underwriting Procedures

     2   

Illustrations

     2   

Financial Statements

     2   


Table of Contents

General Information and History of Great-West of New York and the Series Account

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (“Great-West of New York”) (formerly known as First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“First Great-West”) and prior to that as Canada Life Insurance Company of New York (“CLNY”)) is a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on June 7, 1971. Great-West of New York operates in two business segments: (1) employee benefits (life, health, and 401(k) products for group clients); and (2) financial services (savings products for both public and non-profit employers and individuals, and life insurance products for individuals and businesses). We are licensed to do business in New York. Great-West of New York’s Home Office is located at 50 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10606.

Great-West of New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of GWL&A Financial, Inc., a Delaware holding company. GWL&A Financial, Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc., a Canadian holding company. Great-West Lifeco Inc. is a subsidiary of Power Financial Corporation, a Canadian holding company with substantial interests in the financial services industry. Power Financial Corporation is a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada, a Canadian holding and management company. Through a group of private holding companies, The Desmarais Family Residuary Trust, which was created on October 8, 2013 under the Last Will and Testament of Paul G. Desmarais, has voting control of Power Corporation of Canada.

Effective December 31, 2005, First Great-West, a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on April 9, 1996, was merged with and into CLNY. Upon the merger, CLNY became the surviving entity under New York corporate law and was renamed to First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (now known as Great-West of New York). As the surviving corporation in the merger, CLNY assumed legal ownership of all of the assets of the First Great-West, including the separate accounts of First Great-West Life, and it became directly liable for the First Great-West’s liabilities and obligations, including those with respect to the Contract supported by its separate accounts. On September 24, 2012, First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company changed its name to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York.

We established the COLI VUL-2 Series Account of the Great-West of New York (the “Series Account”) in accordance with New York law on February 14, 2006. The Series Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

State Regulation

We are subject to the laws of New York governing life insurance companies and to regulation by New York’s Superintendent of Financial Services (“Superintendent”), whose agents periodically conduct an examination of our financial condition and business operations. The investment policy of the Series Account may not be changed without any required approval of the Superintendent. The approval process will be on file with the Superintendent. We are also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all the jurisdictions in which we are authorized to do business.

We are required to file an annual statement with the insurance regulatory authority of those jurisdictions where we are authorized to do business relating to our business operations and financial condition as of December 31st of the preceding year.

Independent Auditors

The financial statements of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, formerly known as First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by [], independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and elsewhere in the Registration Statement (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes emphasis-of-matter paragraphs relating to the retrospective adoption of a change in accounting for costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts and that the financial statements have been prepared from the separate records maintained by the Company and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if the Company had been operated as an unaffiliated company). Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. As the Series Account had not sold any Policies as of December 31, 2013, no financial statements are available for the Series Account.

Underwriters

 

1


Table of Contents

The offering of the Policy is made on a continuous basis by GWFS Equities, Inc. (“GWFS Equities”), an affiliate of Great-West of New York, whose principal business address is 8515 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. GWFS Equities is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

GWFS Equities has received no underwriting commissions in connection with this offering.

Licensed insurance agents will sell the Policy in New York. Such agents will be registered representatives of broker-dealers registered under the Exchange Act, which are members of FINRA and which have entered into selling agreements with GWFS Equities. GWFS Equities also acts as the general distributor of certain annuity contracts issued by us. The maximum sales commission payable to our agents, independent registered insurance agents and other registered broker-dealers is 25% of Premium. In addition, asset-based trail commissions may be paid. A sales representative may be required to return all or a portion of the commissions paid if: (i) a Policy terminates prior to the second Policy Anniversary; or (ii) a Policy is surrendered for the Surrender Benefit within the first six Policy Years and applicable state insurance law permits a return of expense charge.

Administrative Services

Certain Administrative services are provided by Great-West to assist Great-West of New York in processing the Policies. These services are described in written agreements between Great-West and Great-West of New York. No compensation has been paid to Great-West in connection with these services for these Policies.

Underwriting Procedures

We will issue on a fully underwritten basis applicants up to 300% of our standard current mortality assumptions. We will issue on a simplified basis based on case characteristics, such as required Policy size, average age of group and the industry of the group using our standard mortality assumptions. We will issue on a guaranteed basis for larger groups based on case characteristics such as the size of the group, Policy size, average age of group, industry, and group location.

Illustrations

Upon Request, we will provide you an illustration of Cash Surrender Value, Account Value and death benefits. The first illustration you Request during a Policy Year will be provided to you free of charge. Thereafter, each additional illustration Requested during the same Policy Year will be provided to you for a nominal fee not to exceed $50.

Financial Statements

The financial statements of Great-West of New York as contained herein should be considered only as bearing upon Great-West of New York’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policies, and they should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the Series Account. The variable interests of Owners under the Policies are affected solely by the investment results of the Series Account.

[To be filed by amendment.]

 

2


Table of Contents

PART C: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 26. Exhibits

 

(a)   

Board of Directors Resolution. Resolution authorizing establishment of Registrant is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007. (File No. 333-144503).

 

(b)   

Custodian Agreements. None.

 

(c)   

Underwriting Contracts. Copy of underwriting contract between First Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“First Great-West”) (now known as Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (“Great-West of New York”)) and GWFS Equities, Inc. is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007. (File No. 333-144503).

 

(d)   

Policies.

 

  

(d)(1)

  

Specimen Policy (Form J355NYr1-CSO) is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form N-6 as filed on December 19, 2008 (File No. 333-144503).

  

(d)(2)

  

Specimen Change of Insured Rider is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007. (File No. 333-144503).

  

(d) (3)

  

Specimen Term Life Insurance Rider (Form J355NYrider-CSO) is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form N-6 as filed on December 19, 2008 (File No. 333-144503).

  

(d) (4)

  

Fixed Account Endorsement (Form J379NY) is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form N-6 as filed on December 19, 2008 (File No. 333-144503).

  

(d)(5)

  

Specimen Policy Endorsement (Form NY-J801) is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement on Form N-6 as filed on September 27, 2012.

  

(d)(6)

  

Name Change Endorsement (Form J495ny) is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement on Form N-6 as filed on September 27, 2012.

  

(d)(7)

  

Specimen Policy (Form J355rev3-ny) is filed herewith.

(e)   

Applications. Specimen Application is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007 (File No. 333-144503).

(f)   

(f)(1)

  

Depositor’s Charter. The Charter of Depositor is incorporated by reference to Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 of Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West of New York filed on January 3, 2006 (File No. 333-130820).

  

(f)(2)

  

Bylaws of Depositor. The Bylaws of Depositor is incorporated by reference to Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 of Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West of New York filed on January 3, 2006 (File No. 333-130820).

(g)   

Reinsurance Contracts.

  

(g)(1)

  

Automatic YRT Reinsurance Agreement Effective October 1, 2008 between Great-West and The Canada Life Assurance Company, Amendment 1 to the


Table of Contents
     

Automatic YRT Reinsurance Agreement Effective October 1, 2008 dated August 1, 2010 and Amendment 2 to the Automatic YRT Reinsurance Agreement Effective October 1, 2008 dated August 1, 2010 are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 on April 25, 2011 (File No. 333-146241).

  

(g)(2)

  

Automatic/Facultative YRT Guaranteed Issue and Fully Underwritten Reinsurance Agreement between Great-West and RGA Reinsurance Company effective May 1, 2010 is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 on April 25, 2011 (File No. 333-146241).

  

(g)(3)

  

Automatic Yearly Renewable Term Reinsurance Agreement between Great-West and SCOR Global Life U.S. Re Insurance Company effective May 1, 2010 is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 on April 25, 2011 (File No. 333-146241).

  

(g)(4)

  

Automatic Yearly Renewable Term Reinsurance Agreement between Great-West and Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America effective May 1, 2010 is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 on April 25, 2011 (File No. 333-146241).

(h)   

Participation Agreements.

  

(h)(1)

  

Participation Agreement among Great-West of New York, AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., and AIM Distributors, Inc., dated April 30, 2004, is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 filed on April 25, 2008. (File No. 333-144503).

  

(h)(2)

  

Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement among First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., and AIM Distributors, Inc. dated November 15, 2007 is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 filed on April 25, 2008. (File No. 333-144503).

  

(h)(3)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“Great-West”), American Century Investment Management, Inc., and Fund Distributors, dated September 14, 1999, is incorporated by reference to COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West’s Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form S-6 filed on April 24, 2002 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(4)

  

First Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, American Century Investment Management, Inc. and Fund Distributors, dated April 20, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 28, 2006 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(5)

  

Second Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, American Century Investment Management, Inc. and Fund Distributors, dated May 1, 2002, incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 28, 2006 (File No. 333-70963).


Table of Contents
  

(h)(6)

  

Third Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, American Century Investment Management, Inc., and Fund Distributors, dated April 26, 2005, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 29, 2005 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(7)

  

Fourth Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), American Century Investment Management, Inc., and Fund Distributors, dated September 17, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007. (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(8)

  

Fund Participation Agreement between Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), American Funds Insurance Series and Capital Research and Management Company, dated January 28, 2008 is incorporated by reference to COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West’s Post Effective Amendment No. 16 on Form N-6 filed on April 21, 2008 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(9)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc., Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. and Davis Distributors, LLC, dated December 16, 2004, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 29, 2005 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(10)

  

First Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc., Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. and Davis Distributors, LLC, dated July 2, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007. (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(11)

  

Fund Participation Agreement between Great-West and Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.), dated December 31, 1998, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form S-6 filed on April 24, 2002 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(12)

  

Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Great-West and Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.), dated March 15, 1999, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West to Form S-6 filed on April 24, 2002 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(13)

  

Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Dreyfus Growth and Value Funds, Inc., Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.), and Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, dated January 1, 2002, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 28, 2006 (File No. 333-70963).


Table of Contents
  

(h)(14)

  

Second Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.) and Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 29, 2005 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(15)

  

Third Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.) and Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, dated December 1, 2004, is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 28, 2006 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(16)

  

Fourth Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Dreyfus Life & Annuity Index Fund, Inc.) and Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, dated July 31, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of to the COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007. (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(17)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), Fidelity Distributors Corporation, Variable Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Variable Insurance Products Fund IV, and Variable Insurance Products Fund V, dated September 11, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007 (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(18)

  

Participation Agreement among Janus Aspen Series, Janus Distributors, LLC, and First-Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), dated December 18, 2008 is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 filed on April 25, 2008. (File No. 333-144503).

  

(h)(19)

  

Agreement between Great-West and Maxim Series Fund, Inc. (now known as Great-West Funds, Inc.) is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 13 the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 28, 2006 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(20)

  

First Amendment to Agreement between Great-West, Maxim Series Fund (now known as Great-West Funds, Inc.) and First Great-West(now known as Great-West of New York), dated November 1, 2007 is incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on November 1, 2007 (File No. 333-145333).

  

(h)(21)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust, Advisers Managers Trust, and Neuberger Berman Management Incorporated, dated January 1, 1999, is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West Form S-6 filed on April 24, 2002 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(22)

  

Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Neuberger


Table of Contents
     

Berman Advisers Management Trust, Advisers Managers Trust, and Neuberger Berman Management Incorporated, dated October 24, 2007 is incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on December 4, 2007 (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(23)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC and PIMCO Advisors Distributors LLC, dated March 1, 2004 is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on May 3, 2004 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(24)

  

First Amendment to Participation Agreement among Great-West, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC, Allianz Global Investors Distributors, LLC and First-Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York) dated August 31, 2007 is incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed by COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on November 1, 2007 (File NO. 333-145333).

  

(h)(25)

  

Fund Participation among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), Putnam Variable Insurance Trust and Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, dated April 30, 2008, is incorporated by reference to COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West’s Post Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on September 30, 2008. (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(26)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, Royce Capital Fund, and Royce & Associates, LLC dated September 30, 2005 is incorporated by reference to COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West’s Post Effective Amendment No. 14 to Form N-6 on April 30, 2007 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(27)

  

Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, DWS Variable Series I (formerly Scudder Variable Series I), DWS Variable Series II (formerly Scudder Variable Series II), DWS Investment VIT Funds (formerly Scudder Investment VIT Funds), Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc., Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. and Scudder Distributors, dated March 31, 2005, is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 12 on Form N-6 filed on April 29, 2005 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(28)

  

First Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great West, DWS Variable Series I (formerly Scudder Variable Series I), DWS Variable Series II (formerly Scudder Variable Series II), DWS Investment VIT Funds (formerly Scudder Investment VIT Funds), Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc., Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. and DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc.(formerly Scudder Distributors, Inc.) dated April 11, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007. (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(29)

  

Second Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement among Great West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), DWS Variable Series I (formerly Scudder Variable Series I), DWS Variable Series II (formerly Scudder


Table of Contents
     

Variable Series II), DWS Investment VIT Funds (formerly Scudder Investment VIT Funds); Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc., and DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc. (formerly Scudder Distributors, Inc.) dated July 1, 2007 is incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement of COLI VUL-4 of Great-West of New York on Form N-6 filed on September 21, 2007. (File No. 333-146241).

  

(h)(30)

  

Participation Agreement among Van Eck Worldwide Insurance Trust, Van Eck Securities Corporation, Van Eck Associates Corporation, Great-West and First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York) dated October 11, 2007 is incorporated by reference to COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West’s Post Effective Amendment No. 16 on Form N-6 filed on April 21, 2008 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(31)

  

Participation Agreement among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust, Columbia Management Advisors, LLC and Columbia Management Distributors, Inc. dated April 30, 2009 is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 16, 2010 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(32)

  

Amendment to Participation Agreement among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), Royce Capital Fund, and Royce and Associates, LLC dated May 1, 2009 is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 16, 2010 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(33)

  

Second Amendment to the Fund Participation Agreement among Great-West, First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York), The Alger American Fund, Fred Alger Management, Inc., and Fred Alger & Company, Inc. dated November 2, 2009 is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 16, 2010 (File No. 333-70963).

  

(h)(34)

  

Participation Agreement among Great-West, Great-West of New York, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. dated April 25, 2013 is incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement of COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West on Form N-6 filed on April 26, 2013 (File No. 333-70963).

(i)

  

Administrative Contracts. None.

(j)

  

Other Material Contracts. Form of Rule 22c-2 Shareholder Information Agreement is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007. (File No. 333-144503).

(k)

  

Legal Opinion. An opinion and consent of counsel regarding the legality of the securities being registered is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007. (File No. 333-144503).

(l)

  

Actuarial Opinion. Opinion of an actuarial officer of First Great-West (now known as Great-West of New York) with respect to the illustrations is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007 (File No. 333-144503).


Table of Contents
(m)   

Calculation: Not Applicable

(n)   

Consents.

   (n)(1)   

Legal Consent of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A. is filed herewith.

   (n)(2)   

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s consent will be filed by amendment.

(o)   

Omitted Financial Statements: None

(p)   

Initial Capital Agreements. None

(q)   

Redeemability Exemption. None.

(r)   

The Powers of Attorney for Ms. Alazraki, Messrs A. Desmarais, P. Desmarais, Jr., Katz and Walsh are incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-6 filed on July 12, 2007 (File No. 333-144503). The Powers of Attorney for Mr. Bernbach is incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 filed on April 25, 2008 (File No. 333-144503). The Powers of Attorney for Messrs. McFeetors and T.T. Ryan are incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form N-6 filed on April 30, 2010 (File No. 333-144503). The Powers of Attorney for Messrs. R.J. Orr and J. Selitto are filed herewith.

Item 27. Directors and Officers of the Depositor.

 

Name    Principal Business Address    Positions and Offices with Depositor
R.J. Orr   

Power Corporation of Canada

751 Victoria Square, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J3

   Chairman of the Board and Director
M.T.G. Graye   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
C.P. Nelson   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   President, Great-West Retirement Services
S.M. Corbett   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
R.K. Shaw   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Executive Vice President, Individual Markets
R.J. Laeyendecker   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Vice President, Executive Benefits Markets
R.G. Schultz   

8525 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
D.C. Aspinwall   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Chief Risk Officer and Chief Legal Counsel, Litigation
B.A. Byrne   

8525 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Legal Counsel, Financial Services
C.R. Bergeon   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Financial Institutions Markets
S.M. Gile   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Individual Markets
W.S. Harmon   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Vice President, 401(k) Standard Markets
B.J. Lewis   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Defined Contribution Markets


Table of Contents
K.T. Ledwos   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President and Actuary
B.P. Morris   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Regional Vice President, 401(k)
D.S. Muhlhauser   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Internal Audit
B.P. Neese   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Government Markets
S.A. Richman   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Financial Services Markets
R.M. Southall   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Reporting and Finance
P.D. Tilley   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Financial Risk Management
J.E. Anderson   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Manager, Individual Markets
B.S. Bunsness   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Manager, Corporate Actuary
P.W. Fink   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Manager, Corporate Actuary
M.H. Harper   

8525 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Assistant Vice President, Counsel and Associate Secretary
K.S. Roe   

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Assistant Vice President, Taxation
D.C. Larsen   

8525 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Counsel and Associate Secretary
M. D. Alazraki   

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

7 Times Square, 23rd Floor

New York, NY 10036

   Director
J. L. Bernbach   

EngineUSA

460 Park Avenue South, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10016

   Director
A. Desmarais   

Power Corporation of Canada

751 Victoria Square, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J3

   Director
P. Desmarais, Jr.   

Power Corporation of Canada

751 Victoria Square, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J3

   Director
S. Z. Katz   

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

One New York Plaza

New York, NY 10004

   Director
J. Selitto   

437 West Chestnut Hill Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19118

   Director
B. E. Walsh   

Saguenay Capital, LLC

Two Manhattanville Rd, #403

Purchase, NY 10577

   Director


Table of Contents

Item 28. Person Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or the Registrant.

The Registrant is a separate account of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York (“Depositor”). The Depositor is an indirect subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. An organizational chart for Power Corporation of Canada is set out below.

Organizational Chart – December 31, 2013

I. OWNERSHIP OF POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA

The following sets out the ownership, based on votes attached to the outstanding voting shares, of Power Corporation of Canada:

The Desmarais Family Residuary Trust

99.999% - Pansolo Holding Inc.

100% - 3876357 Canada Inc.

100% - 3439496 Canada Inc.

100% - Capucines Investments Corporation

  32% - Nordex Inc. (68% also owned directly by the Desmarais Family Residuary Trust)

94.9% - Gelco Enterprises Ltd. (5.1% also owned directly by the Desmarais Family Residuary Trust)

53.60% - Power Corporation of Canada

The total voting rights of Power Corporation of Canada (PCC) controlled directly and indirectly by the Desmarais Family Residuary Trust are as follows. There are issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 411,399,721 Subordinate Voting Shares (SVS) of PCC carrying one vote per share and 48,854,772 Participating Preferred Shares (PPS) carrying 10 votes per share; hence the total voting rights are 899,947,441.

Pansolo Holding Inc. owns directly 15,216,033 SVS and 367,692 PPS, entitling Pansolo Holding Inc. directly to an aggregate percentage of voting rights of 18,892,953 or 2.1 % of the total voting rights attached to the shares of PCC. Pansolo Holding Inc. wholly owns 3876357 Canada Inc., 3439496 Canada Inc. and Capucines Investments Corporation which respectively own 40,686,080 SVS,


Table of Contents

3,236,279 SVS, 3,125,000 SVS of PCC, representing respectively 4.52 %, 0.36%, 0.35 % of the aggregate voting rights of PCC.

Gelco Entreprises Ltd owns directly 48,235,700 PPS, representing 53.60% of the aggregate voting rights of PCC (PPS (10 votes) and SVS (1 vote)). Hence, the total voting rights of PCC under the direct and indirect control of the Desmarais Family Residuary Trust is approximately 61.10%; note that this is not the equity percentage.

The Desmarais Family Residuary Trust also owns 1,561,750 SVS of PCC.

 

II.

OWNERSHIP BY POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA

Power Corporation of Canada has a 10% or greater voting interest in the following entities:

 

A.

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Group of Companies (U.S. insurance)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

65.78% - Power Financial Corporation

67.0% - Great-West Lifeco Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Financial (Canada) Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Financial (Nova Scotia) Co.

100.0% - Great-West Lifeco U.S. Inc.

100.0% - GWL&A Financial Inc.

60.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital (Nova Scotia) Co.

60.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital (Nova Scotia) Co. II

60.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LLC

60.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LLC II

100.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (Fed ID # 84-0467907 - NAIC #

68322, CO)

100.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (Fed ID #

13-2690792 - NAIC # 79359, NY)

100.0% - Advised Assets Group, LLC

100.0% - GWFS Equities, Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of South Carolina


Table of Contents

100.0% - Emjay Corporation

100.0% - FASCore, LLC

  50.0% - Westkin Properties Ltd.

  65.17% - Great-West Funds, Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Capital Management, LLC

100.0% - Great-West Trust Company, LLC

100.0% - Lottery Receivables Company One LLC

100.0% - LR Company II, L.L.C.

100.0% - Singer Collateral Trust IV

100.0% - Singer Collateral Trust V


Table of Contents
B.

Putnam Investments Group of Companies (Mutual Funds)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

65.78% - Power Financial Corporation

67.0% - Great-West Lifeco Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Financial (Canada) Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Financial (Nova Scotia) Co.

100% - Great-West Lifeco U.S. Inc.

100% - Putnam Investments, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Acquisition Financing Inc.

100.0% - Putnam Acquisition Financing LLC

100.0% - Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Investment Management, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (NH)

100.0% - Putnam Investor Services, Inc.

100.0% - Putnam Retail Management GP, Inc.

99.0% - Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership (1% owned by Putnam Retail

Management GP, Inc.)

100.0% - PanAgora Holdings Inc.

  80.0% - PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.

100.0% - Putnam GP Inc.

  99.0% - TH Lee Putnam Equity Managers LP (1% owned by Putnam GP Inc.)

100.0% - Putnam Investment Holdings, LLC

100.0% - Savings Investments, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Aviation Holdings, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Capital, LLC

100.0% - The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC

100.0% - Putnam Investments Inc.

100.0% - Putnam Investments (Ireland) Limited

100.0% - Putnam Investments Australia Pty Limited

100.0% - Putnam Investments Securities Co., Ltd.

100.0% - Putnam International Distributors, Ltd.

100.0% - Putnam Investments Argentina S.A.

100.0% - Putnam Investments Limited


Table of Contents
C.

The Great-West Life Assurance Company Group of Companies (Canadian insurance)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

65.78% - Power Financial Corporation

67.0% - Great-West Lifeco Inc.

100.0% - 2142540 Ontario Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LP

100.0% - Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LLC

100.0% - 2023308 Ontario Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LP

40.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital (Nova Scotia) Co.

40.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LLC

100.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LP II

40.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital (Nova Scotia) Co. II

40.0% - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital, LLC II

100.0% - 2171866 Ontario Inc

100.0% - Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LP II

100.0% - Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LLC II

100.0% - 2023310 Ontario Inc.

100.0% - 2023311 Ontario Inc.

100.0% - 6109756 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 6922023 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 8563993 Canada Inc.

100.0% - The Great-West Life Assurance Company (NAIC #80705, MI)

71.4% - GWL THL Private Equity I Inc. (28.6% owned by The Canada Life Assurance Company)

100.0% - GWL THL Private Equity II Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Investors Holdco Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Investors LLC

100.0% - Great-West Investors LP Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Investors GP Inc.

100.0% - Great-West Investors LP

100.0% - T.H. Lee Interests

100.0% - GWL Realty Advisors Inc.

100.0% - GWL Realty Advisors U.S., Inc.

100.0% - RA Real Estate Inc.


Table of Contents

0.1% RMA Real Estate LP

100.0% - Vertica Resident Services Inc.

100.0% - 2278372 Ontario Inc. (0.0001% interest in NF Real Estate Limited Partnership)

100.0% - GLC Asset Management Group Ltd.

100.0% - 801611 Ontario Limited

100.0% - 118050 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 1213763 Ontario Inc.

  99.9% - Riverside II Limited Partnership

  70.0% - Kings Cross Shopping Centre Ltd.

100.0% - 681348 Alberta Ltd.

100.0% - The Owner: Condominium Plan No 8510578

  50.0% - 3352200 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 1420731 Ontario Limited

100.0% - 1455250 Ontario Limited

100.0% - CGWLL Inc.

  65.0% - The Walmer Road Limited Partnership

  50.0% - Laurier House Apartments Limited

100.0% - 2024071 Ontario Limited

100.0 % - 431687 Ontario Limited

0.1% - Riverside II Limited Partnership

100.0% - High Park Bayview Inc.

  75.0% - High Park Bayview Limited Partnership

    5.6% - MAM Holdings Inc. (94.4% owned by The Canada Life Insurance Company of Canada)

100.0% - 647679 B.C. Ltd.

  70.0% - TGS North American Real Estate Investment Trust

100.0% - TGS Trust

  70.0% - RMA Investment Company (Formerly TGS Investment Company)

100.0% - RMA Property Management Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Property Management Ltd.)

100.0% - RMA Property Management 2004 Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Property Management

2004 Ltd.)

100.0% - RMA Realty Holdings Corporation Ltd. (Formerly TGS Realty Holdings

Corporation Ltd.)

100.0% - RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware) [(special shares held by each of 1218023

Alberta Ltd. (50%) and 1214931 Alberta Ltd. (50%)]

100.0% - RMA American Realty Corp.

1% - RMA American Realty Limited Partnership [(99% owned by RMA

(U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)]

99.0% - RMA American Realty Limited Partnership (1% owned by RMA

American Realty Corp.)

100.0% - 1218023 Alberta Ltd.

50% - special shares in RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)

100.0% - 1214931 Alberta Ltd.


Table of Contents

  50% - special shares in RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)

  70.0% - RMA Real Estate LP

100.0% - RMA Properties Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Properties Ltd.)

100.0% - S-8025 Holdings Ltd.

100.0% - RMA Properties (Riverside) Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Properties (Riverside) Ltd.

  70.0% - KS Village (Millstream) Inc.

  70.0% - 0726861 B.C. Ltd.

  70.0% - Trop Beau Developments Limited

  70.0% - Kelowna Central Park Properties Ltd.

  70.0% - Kelowna Central Park Phase II Properties Ltd.

  40.0% - PVS Preferred Vision Services

  12.5% - Vaudreuil Shopping Centres Limited

  70.0% - Saskatoon West Shopping Centres Limited

  12.5% - 2331777 Ontario Ltd.

  12.5% - 2344701 Ontario Ltd.

  12.5% - 2356720 Ontario Ltd.

  12.5% - 0977221 B.C. Ltd.

100.0% - London Insurance Group Inc.

100.0% - Trivest Insurance Network Limited

100.0% - London Life Insurance Company (Fed ID # 52-1548741 – NAIC # 83550, MI)

100.00% - 1542775 Alberta Ltd.

100.0% - 0813212 B.C. Ltd.

  30.0% - Kings Cross Shopping Centre Ltd.

  30.0% - 0726861 B.C. Ltd.

  30.0% - TGS North American Real Estate Investment Trust

100.0% - TGS Trust

  30.0% - RMA Investment Company (Formerly TGS Investment Company)

100.0% - RMA Property Management Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Property

Management Ltd.)

100.0% - RMAProperty Management 2004 Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT

Property Management 2004 Ltd.)

100.0% - RMA Realty Holdings Corporation Ltd. (Formerly TGS Realty

Holdings Corporation Ltd.)

100.0% - RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware) [(special shares

held by each of 1218023 Alberta Ltd. (50%) and

1214931 Alberta Ltd. 50%)]

100.0% - RMA American Realty Corp.

1% - RMA American Realty Limited

Partnership [(99% owned by RMA

(U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)]

  99.0% - RMA American Realty Limited Partnership

(1% owned by RMA American Realty Corp.)

100.0% - 1218023 Alberta Ltd.


Table of Contents

50% - special shares in RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)

100.0% - 1214931 Alberta Ltd.

50% - special shares in RMA (U.S.) Realty LLC (Delaware)

  30.0% - RMA Real Estate LP

100.0% - RMA Properties Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Properties Ltd.)

100.0% - S-8025 Holdings Ltd.

100.0% - RMA Properties (Riverside) Ltd. (Formerly TGS REIT Properties

(Riverside) Ltd.

100.0% - 1319399 Ontario Inc.

100.0% - 3853071 Canada Limited

  50.0% - Laurier House Apartments Limited

  30.0% - Kelowna Central Park Properties Ltd.

  30.0% - Kelowna Central Park Phase II Properties Ltd.

  30.0% - Trop Beau Developments Limited

100.0% - 4298098 Canada Inc.

100.0% - GWLC Holdings Inc.

100% - GLC Reinsurance Corporation

100.0% - 389288 B.C. Ltd.

100.0% - Quadrus Investment Services Ltd.

  35.0% - The Walmer Road Limited Partnership

100.0% - 177545 Canada Limited

100.0% - Lonlife Financial Services Limited

  88.0% - Neighborhood Dental Services Ltd.

100.0% - Quadrus Distribution Services Ltd.

100.0% - Toronto College Park Ltd.

    25.0% - High Park Bayview Limited Partnership

30.0% - KS Village (Millstream) Inc.

100.0% - London Life Financial Corporation

89.4% - London Reinsurance Group, Inc. (10.6% owned by London

Life Insurance Company)

100.0% - London Life & General Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (1 share held

by London Life & Casualty Reinsurance Corporation and

20,099,999 shares held by London Reinsurance Group Inc.)

100.0% - London Life & Casualty Reinsurance Corporation

100.0% - Trabaja Reinsurance Company Ltd.

100.0% - London Life and Casualty (Barbados) Corporation

100.0% - LRG (US), Inc.

100.0% - London Life International Reinsurance Corporation

100.0% - London Life Reinsurance Company (Fed ID #

23-2044256 – NAIC # 76694, PA)

  75.0% - Vaudreuil Shopping Centres Limited


Table of Contents

30.0% - Saskatoon West Shopping Centres Limited

75.0% - 2331777 Ontario Ltd.

75.0% - 2344701 Ontario Ltd.

75.0% - 2356720 Ontario Ltd.

75.0% - 0977221 B.C. Ltd.

100.0% - Canada Life Financial Corporation

100.0% - The Canada Life Assurance Company (Fed ID # 38-0397420, NAIC # 80659, MI)

100.0% - Canada Life Brasil LTDA

100.0% - Canada Life Capital Corporation, Inc.

100.0% - Canada Life International Holdings, Limited

100.0% - Canada Life International Services Limited

100.0% - Canada Life International, Limited

100.0% - CLI Institutional Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Irish Holding Company, Limited

100.0% - Setanta Asset Management Limited

50.0% - Setanta Asset Management Funds

Public Limited Company

100.0% - Canada Life Group Services Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Europe Investment Limited

78.67% - Canada Life Assurance Europe

Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Europe Management

Services, Limited

21.33% - Canada Life Assurance

Europe Limited

100.0% - Canada Life International Re, Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Reinsurance International, Ltd.

100.0% - Canada Life Reinsurance, Ltd.

100.0% - The Canada Life Group (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Pension Managers & Trustees,

Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Asset Management Limited

100.0% - Canada Life European Real Estate Limited

100% - Hotel Operations (Walsall) Limited

100.0% - Hotel Operations (Cardiff) Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Trustee Services (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - CLFIS (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life, Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Assurance (Ireland),

Limited


Table of Contents

50.0% - Setanta Asset Management Funds Public Limited Company

100.0% - Canada Life (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Albany Life Assurance Company, Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Management (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Services (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Fund Managers (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Group Services (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Holdings (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Irish Operations, Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Ireland Holdings, Limited.

100.0% - Irish Life Group Limited

100.0% - Irish Progressive Services International Ltd

100.0% - Irish Life Group Services Limited

100.0% - Irish Life Financial Services Limited

  49.0% - Glohealth Financial Services Limited

100.0% - Irish Life Investment Managers Limited

100.0% - Summit Asset Managers Ltd.

7.0% - Irish Association of Investment Managers

100.0% - Vestone Ltd.

100.0% - Cornmarket Group Financial Services Ltd.

100.0% - Cornmarket Insurance Brokers Ltd.

100.0% - Adelaide Insurance Services Ltd.

100.0% - Savings & Investments Ltd.

100.0% - Gregan McGuiness (Life & Pensions) Ltd.

100.0% - Irish Life Associate Holdings

100.0% - Irish Life Irish Holdings

30.0% - Allianz-Irish Life Holdings plc.

100.0% - Irish Life Assurance plc.

100.0% - Ballsbridge Property Investments Ltd.

100.0% - Cathair Ce Ltd.

100.0% - Ilona Financial Group, Inc.

100.0% - Irish Life Unit Fund Managers Ltd.

100.0% - Keko Park Ltd.

100.0% - Stephen Court Ltd.

100.0% - Tredwell Associates Ltd.


Table of Contents

100.0% - Irish Life Trustee Services Limited

100.0% - Kohlenberg & Ruppert Premium Properties S.A.

100.0% - Office Park De Mont-St-Guibert A S.A.

100.0% - Office Park De Mont-St-Guibert B S.A.

100.0% - Office Park De Mont-St-Guibert C S.A.

100.0% - Ilot St Michel Lux S.A.R.L.

100.0% - Ilot St Michel FH S.P.R.L.

100.0% - Ilot St Michel LLH S.P.R.L.

100.0% - Etak SAS

100.0% - Mili SAS

100.0% - Sarip SCI

  66.66% - City Park (Hove) Management Company Ltd.

  66.66% - City Gate Park Administration Limited

  98.0% - Westlink Industrial Estate Management Company Ltd.

  51.0% - Sjrq Riverside IV Management Limited

  50.0% - Hollins Clough Management Company Ltd.

  50.0% - Dakline Company Ltd.

  50.0% - Ashtown Management Company Ltd.

  25.0% - Fulwood Park Management Company (No. 2) Ltd.

  20.0% - Choralli Limited

  14.0% - Houghton Hall Management Limited

  14.0% - Baggot Court Management Limited

  14.0% - Richview Office Park Management Company Limited

    5.5% - Padamul Ltd.

100.0% - Canada Life Group Holdings Limited

100.0% - 4073649 Canada, Inc. (1 common share owned by 587443 Ontario, Inc.)

100.0% - Canada Life Finance (U.K.), Limited

100.0% - CL Luxembourg Capital Management S.á.r.l.

100.0% - 8478163 Canada Limited

100.0% - Canada Life Bermuda Limited

100.0% - The Canada Life Insurance Company of Canada

94.4% - MAM Holdings Inc. (5.6% owned by GWL)

100.0% - Mountain Asset Management LLC

12.5% - 2331777 Ontario Ltd.

12.5% - 2344701 Ontario Ltd.

12.5% - Vaudreuil Shopping Centres Limited

12.5% - 2356720 Ontario Ltd.


Table of Contents

12.5% - 0977221 B.C. Ltd.

100.0% - CL Capital Management (Canada), Inc.

100.0% - GRS Securities, Inc.

100.0% - 587443 Ontario, Inc.

100.0% - Canada Life Mortgage Services, Ltd.

100.0% - Adason Properties, Limited

100.0% - Adason Realty, Ltd.

 

D.

IGM Financial Inc. Group of Companies (Canadian mutual funds)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

65.78% - Power Financial Corporation

58.63% - IGM Financial Inc.

100.0% - Investors Group Inc.

100.0% - Investors Group Financial Services Inc.

100.0% - I.G. International Management Limited

100.0% - I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited

100.0% - Investors Group Trust Co. Ltd.

100.0% - 391102 B.C. Ltd.

100.0% - I.G. Insurance Services Inc.

100.0% - Investors Syndicate Limited

100.0% - Investors Group Securities Inc.

100.0% - 6460675 Manitoba Ltd.

100.0% - I.G. Investment Management, Ltd.

100% - Investors Group Corporate Class Inc.

100.0% - Investors Syndicate Property Corp.

100.0% - 0965311 B.C. Ltd.

19.63% - I.G. (Rockies) Corp.

100.0% - I.G. Investment Corp.

80.37% - I.G. (Rockies) Corp. (19.63% owned by I.G. Investment Management, Ltd.)

100.0% - Mackenzie Inc.

100.0% - Mackenzie Financial Corporation

100.0% - Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation

14.28% - Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation

100.0% - Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management (Bermuda) Ltd.

100.0% - Mackenzie Financial Capital Corporation


Table of Contents

100.0% - Multi-Class Investment Corp.

100.0% - MMLP GP Inc.

100.0% - Mackenzie Investments Corporation

100.0% - Mackenzie Investments PTE. Ltd.

97.50% - Investment Planning Counsel Inc. (and 2.50% owned by Management of IPC management)

100.0% - IPC Investment Corporation

100.0% - 9132-2115 Quebec Inc.

100.0% - IPC Save Inc.

100.0% - IPC Estate Services Inc.

100.0% - IPC Securities Corporation

  88.95% - IPC Portfolio Services Inc. (and 11.05% owned by advisors of IPC Investment Corporation and IPC Securities Corporation)

100.0% - Counsel Portfolio Services Inc.

100.0% - Counsel Portfolio Corporation

100% - Independent Planning Group Inc.

100.0% - VirtucoTechnologies Inc.

100.0% - IPG Insurance Inc.

 


Table of Contents
E.

Pargesa Holding SA Group of Companies (European investments)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

65.78% - Power Financial Corporation

100.0% - Power Financial Europe B.V.

50.0% - Parjointco N.V.

75.4% - Pargesa Holding SA (55.6% capital)

100.0% - Pargesa Netherlands B.V.

52.0% - Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (50.0% in capital)

Capital

    7.2% - Suez Environment Company (of which 0.3% in trading)

  27.3% - Lafarge SA (21.0% in capital)

    6.9% - Pernod Ricard (7.5% in capital)

    0.1% - Iberdrola (INFORMATION NOT PUBLIC)

    5.6% - Umicore (INFORMATION NOT PUBLIC)

    0.4% - LTI One

100.0% - Belgian Securities B.V.

Capital

71.6% - Imerys (56.2% in capital)

100.0% - Brussels Securities B.V.

Capital

99.6% - LTI One

100.0% - Sagerpar

3.9% - Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

100.0% - GBL Overseas Finance N.V.

100.0% - GBL Treasury Center

Capital

100.0% - GBL Energy S.á.r.l.

Capital

    3.3% - Total SA (3.6% in capital)

100.0% - GBL Verwaltung GmbH

100.0% - Immobilière Rue de Namur S.á.r.l.

100.0% - GBL Verwaltung SA

Capital

100.0% - GBL Investments Limited

100.0% - GBL R


Table of Contents

100.0% - Sienna Capital S.á.r.l

Capital

66.66% - Kartesia Credit Opportunities I SCA, SICAV-SIF

40.0% - Kartesia GP SA

100.0% - Serena S.á.r.l

Capital

15.0% - SGS

2.4% - GDF SUEZ (of which 0.1% in trading)

43.0% - ECP 1

42.4% - ECP 2

100.0% - ECP3

100.0% - Pargesa Netherlands B.V.

100.0% - SFPG

 

F.

Square Victoria Communications Group Inc. Group of Companies (Canadian communications)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - Square Victoria Communications Group Inc.

100.0% - Gesca Ltée

100.0% - La Presse, ltée

100.0% 7991347 Canada inc.

100.0% - Gesca Numérique Ltée

100.0% - 3855082 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 3834310 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Square Victoria Digital Properties inc.

100.0% - 4400046 Canada Inc.

81.73% - 9059-2114 Québec Inc.

98.36% - DuProprio Inc.

100.0% - VR Estates Inc.

100.0% - 0757075 B.C. Ltd.

0.1% - Lower Mainland Comfree LP

99.9% - Lower Mainland Comfree LP

100.0% - Comfree Commission Free Realty Inc.

100.0% - CF Real Estate First Inc.

100.0% - CF Real Estate Max Inc.


Table of Contents

100.0% - CF Real Estate Ontario Inc.

100.0% - CF Real Estate Maritimes Inc.

100.0% - DP Immobilier Québec Inc.

100.0% - 8495122 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Les Éditions Gesca Ltée

100.0% - 9289-9822 Québec inc. (anciennement Groupe Espaces Inc.)

100.0% - Les Éditions La Presse Ltée

100.0% - (W.illi.am) 6657443 Canada Inc.

  2.72% - Acquisio Inc.

  50.0% - Workopolis Canada

23.61% - Tuango Inc.

  25.0% - Olive Média

100.0% - Attitude Digitale Inc.

26.32% - Checkout 51 Inc.

100.0% - Square Victoria C.P. Holding Inc.

  33.3% - Canadian Press Enterprises Inc.

100.0% - Broadcast News Limited

100.0% - Press News Limited

100.0% - Pagemasters North America Inc.

 

G.

Power Corporation (International) Limited Group of Companies (Asian investments)

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - Power Corporation (International) Limited

99.9% - Power Pacific Corporation Limited

25.0% - Barrick Power Gold Corporation of China Limited

100.0% - Power Pacific Mauritius Limited

0.1% - Power Pacific Equities Limited

99.9% - Power Pacific Equities Limited

4.31% - CITIC Pacific Limited

9.78% - Vimicro International Corporation

100.0% - Power Communications Inc.

0.1% - Power Pacific Corporation Limited

  10.0% - China Asset Management Limited

 

H.

Other PCC Companies


Table of Contents

Power Corporation of Canada

100.0% - 152245 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Power Tek, LLC

100.0% - 3540529 Canada Inc.

18.75% - Société Immobiliére HMM

100.0% - Gelprim Inc.

100.0% - 3121011 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 171263 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Victoria Square Ventures Inc.

  22.12% - Bellus Health Inc.

  25.0% - Club de Hockey Les Remparts de Québec Inc.

100.0% - Power Energy Corporation

62.83% - Potentia Solar Inc.

100.0% - Power Energy Eagle Creek Inc.

60.0% - Power Energy Eagle Creek LLP

22.98% - Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC

100.0% - Power Communications Inc.

100.0% - Brazeau River Resources Investments Inc.

100.0% - PCC Industrial (1993) Corporation

100.0% - Power Corporation International

100.0% - 3249531 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Sagard Capital Partners GP, Inc.

99.7% - Sagard Capital Partners, L.P.

100.0% - Power Corporation of Canada Inc.

100.0% - Square Victoria Real Estate Inc.

100.0% - PL S.A.

100.0% - 4190297 Canada Inc.

100% Sagard Capital Partners Management Corp.

  100.0% - Sagard S.A.S.

100.0% - Marquette Communications (1997) Corporation

100.0% - 4507037 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 4524781 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 4524799 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 4524802 Canada Inc.

 

I.

Other PFC Companies


Table of Contents

Power Financial Corporation

100.0% - 4400003 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 3411893 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 3439453 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 4507045 Canada Inc.

100.0% - Power Financial Capital Corporation

100.0% - 7973594 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 7973683 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 7974019 Canada Inc.

100.0% - 8677964 Canada Inc.


Table of Contents

Item 29. Indemnification. Provisions exist under the New York Corporate Code and the Bylaws of Great-West of New York whereby Great-West of New York may indemnify a director, officer or controlling person of Great-West of New York against any liability incurred in his or her official capacity. The following excerpts contain the substance of these provisions:

New York Corporate Code

Section 721. Nonexclusivity of statutory provisions for indemnification of directors and officers.

The indemnification and advancement of expenses granted pursuant to, or provided by, this article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled, whether contained in the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws or, when authorized by such certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (i) a resolution of shareholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, provided that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled. Nothing contained in this article shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

Section 722. Authorization for indemnification of directors and officers.

(a) A corporation may indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (other than one by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the corporation served in any capacity at the request of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, was a director or officer of the corporation, or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(b) The termination of any such civil or criminal action or proceeding by judgment, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not in itself create a presumption that any such director or officer did not act, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(c) A corporation may indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with an appeal therein, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other


Table of Contents

enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification under this paragraph shall be made in respect of (1) a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (2) any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the court deems proper.

(d) For the purpose of this section, a corporation shall be deemed to have requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person of his duties to the corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered fines; and action taken or omitted by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of such person’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such person to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

Section 723. Payment of indemnification other than by court award.

(a) A person who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in section 722 shall be entitled to indemnification as authorized in such section.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), any indemnification under section 722 or otherwise permitted by section 721, unless ordered by a court under section 724 (Indemnification of directors and officers by a court), shall be made by the corporation, only if authorized in the specific case:

(1) By the board acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding upon a finding that the director or officer has met the standard of conduct set forth in section 722 or established pursuant to section 721, as the case may be, or,

(2) If a quorum under subparagraph (1) is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs; (A) By the board upon the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such sections has been met by such director or officer, or (B) By the shareholders upon a finding that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such sections.

(c) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount as, and to the extent, required by paragraph (a) of section 725.

Section 724. Indemnification of directors and officers by a court.

(a) Notwithstanding the failure of a corporation to provide indemnification, and despite any contrary resolution of the board or of the shareholders in the specific case under section 723 (Payment of indemnification other than by court award), indemnification shall be awarded by a court to the extent authorized under section 722 (Authorization for indemnification of directors and officers), and paragraph (a) of section 723. Application therefore may be made, in every case, either:

(1) In the civil action or proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, or

(2) To the supreme court in a separate proceeding, in which case the application shall set forth the disposition of any previous application made to any court for the same or similar relief and also reasonable


Table of Contents

cause for the failure to make application for such relief in the action or proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid.

(b) The application shall be made in such manner and form as may be required by the applicable rules of court or, in the absence thereof, by direction of a court to which it is made. Such application shall be upon notice to the corporation. The court may also direct that notice be given at the expense of the corporation to the shareholders and such other persons as it may designate in such manner as it may require.

(c) Where indemnification is sought by judicial action, the court may allow a person such reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, during the pendency of the litigation as are necessary in connection with his defense therein, if the court shall find that the defendant has by his pleadings or during the course of the litigation raised genuine issues of fact or law.

Section 725. Other provisions affecting indemnification of directors and officers.

(a) All expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding which are advanced by the corporation under paragraph (c) of section 723 (Payment of indemnification other than by court award) or allowed by a court under paragraph (c) of section 724 (Indemnification of directors and officers by a court) shall be repaid in case the person receiving such advancement or allowance is ultimately found, under the procedure set forth in this article, not to be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced by the corporation or allowed by the court exceed the indemnification to which he is entitled.

(b) No indemnification, advancement or allowance shall be made under this article in any circumstance where it appears:

(1) That the indemnification would be inconsistent with the law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of a foreign corporation which prohibits or otherwise limits such indemnification;

(2) That the indemnification would be inconsistent with a provision of the certificate of incorporation, a by-law, a resolution of the board or of the shareholders, an agreement or other proper corporate action, in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the threatened or pending action or proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or

(3) If there has been a settlement approved by the court, that the indemnification would be inconsistent with any condition with respect to indemnification expressly imposed by the court in approving the settlement.

(c) If any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification, otherwise than by court order or action by the shareholders, the corporation shall, not later than the next annual meeting of shareholders unless such meeting is held within three months from the date of such payment, and, in any event, within fifteen months from the date of such payment, mail to its shareholders of record at the time entitled to vote for the election of directors a statement specifying the persons paid, the amounts paid, and the nature and status at the time of such payment of the litigation or threatened litigation.

(d) If any action with respect to indemnification of directors and officers is taken by way of amendment of the by-laws, resolution of directors, or by agreement, then the corporation shall, not later than the next annual meeting of shareholders, unless such meeting is held within three months from the date of such action, and, in any event, within fifteen months from the date of such action, mail to its shareholders of record at the time entitled to vote for the election of directors a statement specifying the action taken.

(e) Any notification required to be made pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (c) or (d) of this section by any domestic mutual insurer shall be satisfied by compliance with the corresponding provisions of section one thousand two hundred sixteen of the insurance law.


Table of Contents

(f) The provisions of this article relating to indemnification of directors and officers and insurance therefore shall apply to domestic corporations and foreign corporations doing business in this state, except as provided in section 1320 (Exemption from certain provisions).

Section 726. Insurance for indemnification of directors and officers.

(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance:

(1) To indemnify the corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the provisions of this article, and

(2) To indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may be indemnified by the corporation under the provisions of this article, and

(3) To indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the corporation under the provisions of this article provided the contract of insurance covering such directors and officers provides, in a manner acceptable to the superintendent of insurance, for a retention amount and for co-insurance.

(b) No insurance under paragraph (a) may provide for any payment, other than cost of defense, to or on behalf of any director or officer:

(1) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the insured director or officer establishes that his acts of active and deliberate dishonesty were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled, or

(2) in relation to any risk the insurance of which is prohibited under the insurance law of this state.

(c) Insurance under any or all subparagraphs of paragraph (a) may be included in a single contract or supplement thereto. Retrospective rated contracts are prohibited.

(d) The corporation shall, within the time and to the persons provided in paragraph (c) of section 725 (Other provisions affecting indemnification of directors or officers), mail a statement in respect of any insurance it has purchased or renewed under this section, specifying the insurance carrier, date of the contract, cost of the insurance, corporate positions insured, and a statement explaining all sums, not previously reported in a statement to shareholders, paid under any indemnification insurance contract.

(e) This section is the public policy of this state to spread the risk of corporate management, notwithstanding any other general or special law of this state or of any other jurisdiction including the federal government.

Bylaws of Great-West of New York

ARTICLE II, SECTION 11. Indemnification of Directors. The corporation may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, indemnify and save harmless out of the funds of the corporation to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Director, Officer, or employee of the corporation or any member or officer of any Committee, and his or her heirs, executors, and administrators, from and against all claims, liabilities, costs, charges, and expenses whatsoever that any such Director, Officer, employee, or any such member or officer sustains or incurs in or about any action, suit, or proceeding that is brought, commenced, or prosecuted against him or her for or in respect of any act, deed, matter, or thing whatsoever, made, done, or permitted by him or her in or about the execution of the duties of his or her office or employment with the corporation, in or about the execution of his or her duties as a Director or Officer of another company


Table of Contents

which he or she so serves at the request and on behalf of the corporation, or in or about the execution of his or her duties as a member or officer of any such Committee, and all other claims, liabilities, costs, charges, and expenses that he or she sustains or incurs, in or about or in relation to any such duties or the affairs of the corporation, the affairs of such other company which he or she so serves or the affairs of such Committee, except such claims, liabilities, costs, charges, or expenses as are occasioned by acts or omissions which were in bad faith, involved intentional misconduct, a violation of the New York Insurance Law or a knowing violation of any other law or which resulted in such person personally gaining in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not entitled. The corporation may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, indemnify and save harmless out of the funds of the corporation to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Director, Officer, or employee of any subsidiary corporation of the corporation on the same basis and within the same constraints as described in the preceding sentence. No payment of indemnification shall be made unless notice has been filed with the Superintendent of Insurance pursuant to Section 1216 of the New York Insurance Law.

Item 30. Principal Underwriter.

 

  (a)

GWFS Equities, Inc. is distributor of securities of the Registrant. In addition to the Registrant, GWFS Equities also serves as distributor or principal underwriter of Great-West Funds, Inc., an open-end management investment company, FutureFunds Series Account of Great-West, Maxim Series Account of Great-West, COLI VUL-2 Series Account of Great-West, COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West, Trillium Variable Annuity Account of Great-West, Variable Annuity-2 Series Account of Great-West, Prestige Variable Life Account of Great-West and the Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West, and the Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West of New York and COLI VUL-4 Series Account of Great-West of New York.

 

  (b)

Directors and Officers of GWFS Equities, Inc.

 

Name    Principal Business Address   

Position and Officers with

Underwriter

C. P. Nelson

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

R. K. Shaw

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Director and Executive Vice President

M. R. Edwards

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Vice President

W. S. Harmon

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Director and Senior Vice President

R.J. Laeyendecker

  

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Senior Vice President

S.A. Bendrick

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Director and Vice President

C. Bergeon

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President

J.G. Gibbs

  

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President – Trading Operations

S.M. Gile

  

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President

B. Lewis

  

8515 E. Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Defined Contribution Markets


Table of Contents

M. C. Maiers

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President and Treasurer

B. Neese

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Director and Vice President

C. Silvaggi

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Vice President, Retirement Solutions

B. A. Byrne

  

8525 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

T. L. Luiz

  

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

   Compliance Officer

(c) Commissions and other compensation received from the Registrant by Principal Underwriter during Registrant’s last fiscal year:

 

   Net         

Name of

   Underwriting    Compensation      

Principal

   Discounts and    on    Brokerage   

Underwriter

   Commissions    Redemption    Commissions    Compensation

GWFS Equities

   -0-    -0-    0-    -0-

 

Item 31.

  

Location of Accounts and Records. All accounts, books, or other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by the Registrant through Great-West, 8515 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.

Item 32.

  

Management Services. None.

Item 33.

  

Fee Representation. Great-West of New York represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Policy, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Great-West of New York.


Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Greenwood Village, and State of Colorado, on this 27th day of February, 2014.

COLI VUL-2 SERIES ACCOUNT of

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

    (Registrant)

 

By:    /s/ M.T.G. Graye
   M.T.G. Graye
  

President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

    (Depositor)

 

By:    /s/ M.T.G. Graye
   M.T.G. Graye
   President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ R.J. Orr

R. J. Orr *

   Chairman of the Board  

February 27, 2014

/s/ M.T.G. Graye

M. T. G. Graye

  

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

February 27, 2014

/s/ R.M. Southall

R.M. Southall

  

Vice President, Reporting and Finance

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

February 27, 2014

/s/ M.D. Alazraki

M.D. Alazraki*

   Director  

February 27, 2014

/s/ J.L. Bernbach

J.L. Bernbach*

   Director  

February 27, 2014

/s/ A. Desmarais

A. Desmarais*

   Director  

February 27, 2014

/s/ P. Desmarais, Jr.

P. Desmarais, Jr.*

   Director  

February 27, 2014

/s/ S.Z. Katz

S.Z. Katz*

   Director  

February 27, 2014

/s/ R.L.McFeetors

R. L. McFeetors*

   Director  

February 27, 2014


Table of Contents

/s/ J.J. Selitto

J.J. Selitto*

   Director   February 27, 2014

/s/ B.E. Walsh

B. E. Walsh*

   Director   February 27, 2014

 

*By:

 

 

/s/ R.G. Schultz

R. G. Schultz

Attorney in Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney

    February 27, 2014