PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT Among GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK , FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, and FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS, L.P.Participation Agreement • April 21st, 2017 • Variable Annuity-2 Series Account • New York
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this day of , 2017 by and among Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (hereinafter “GWL&A”), a Colorado life insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its separate account(s) listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the “GWL&A Account(s)”); Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Of New York (hereinafter “GWL&ANY”), a New York life insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its separate account(s) listed on Schedule A (the “GWL&ANY Account(s)”) (the GWL&A Account(s) and the GWL&ANY Account(s) may be referred to herein individually as an “Account” or together as the “Accounts,” and GWL&A and GWL&ANY may be referred to herein individually as a “Company “ or collectively as the “Companies”); First Trust Variable Insurance Trust, a business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“Fund”); and First Trust Portfolios, L.P., an Illinois limited partnership(the “Distributor”) (each a “Party,”
