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SCH-AmendNYfinal

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY 
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK                                                             
A Stock Company
 [50 Main Street, 10th Floor]
[White Plains, NY]
[1-800-723-8723]

Contract Amendment

THIS AMENDMENT IS ISSUED BY GREAT‐WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK AS PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT (THE “CONTRACT”) TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED.   EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY AMENDED BY THIS AMENDMENT, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.  IF THERE IS ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS AMENDMENT AND THE CONTRACT, THE TERMS OF THIS AMENDMENT WILL PREVAIL.

1.      The Right to Cancel on the front cover of the Contract is deleted and replaced with the following:
There is a 10 day right to cancel. If the Contract is issued as a replacement of existing life insurance or annuity coverage, the right to cancel period is extended to 60 days from the date of receiving it. If you are not satisfied with the Contract, return it to the Retirement Resource Operations Center or an agent of the Company. The Contract will be void from the start, and the Company will refund the Annuity Account Value plus any charges and fees as of the Transaction Date the Request for cancellation is received. During the right to cancel period, the Contributions will be allocated in the Sub-Account(s) as specified in the application.

2.        Section 3.03 of Section 3 of the Contract is deleted and replaced with the following:

3.03 ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
If the application is in good order, the initial Contribution will be applied within two Business Days of receipt at the Retirement Resource Operations Center. During the right-to-cancel period, all Contributions will be allocated in one or more of the Sub-Account(s) as specified in the application. During the right-to-cancel period, the Owner may change the allocations to the Sub-Accounts.

Subsequent Contributions will be allocated to the Annuity Account in the proportion Requested by the Owner. If there are no accompanying instructions, then allocations will be made in accordance with standing instructions. Allocations will be effective upon the Transaction Date.

Signed for Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York on the issuance of the Contract. 

[                           ]    [                                   ]
[Richard Schultz],    [Louis J. Manello, Jr.],
[Secretary]    [President and Chief Executive Officer]

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	Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.
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Exhibit 10(a)

April 10, 2015

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York
50 Main Street
9th Floor
White Plains, New York  10606

Re:  Variable Annuity-1 Series Account 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on N-4
File Nos. 333-194100 and 811-08183

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, a New York corporation, regarding the federal securities laws applicable to the issuance and sale of the contracts described in the above-referenced registration statement.  We hereby consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus filed as part of the above-referenced registration statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.

100761889.112AConsentN-4SEC325Ex2-GWNYAdvisorChoice-Corporate

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-194100 of the Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York on Form N-4 of our report dated March 31, 2015 on the financial statements Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an emphasis-of-matter paragraph referring to the financial statements which have been prepared from separate records maintained by the Company and may not necessarily be indicative of conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if the Company had been operated as an unaffiliated company) appearing in the Statement of Additional Information, which is part of the Registration Statement.
We also consent to the references to us as experts under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Independent Auditors” in the Statement of Additional Information. 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Denver, Colorado 
April 10, 201512BConsentN-4SEC325Ex2-GWNYAdvisorChoice-SA

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-194100 of the Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York on Form N-4 of our report dated April 6, 2015 on the financial statements and financial highlights of each of the investment divisions of the Variable Annuity-1 Series Account of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York appearing in the Statement of Additional Information, which is part of the Registration Statement.
We also consent to the references to us as experts under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Independent Auditors” in the Statement of Additional Information.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Denver, Colorado 
April 10, 2015EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT 

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 10th day of April 2015 by Par Petroleum
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the benefit of the holders of any Company securities entitled to vote for members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Stockholders”). 

RECITALS: 
 WHEREAS, the
Company and certain of its Stockholders were parties to that certain Stockholders Agreement dated as of August 31, 2012 and amended on June 12, 2014, September 16, 2014 and January 5, 2015 (as amended, the “Prior
Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, contemporaneously herewith, the parties to the Prior Agreement are terminating the Prior Agreement; 

WHEREAS, the Prior Agreement requires the Company to make certain undertakings in connection with such a termination. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premise, the Company agrees for the benefit of its Stockholders as follows. 

 

	 	1.	Reporting and Listing Requirements. In the event that the Company is no longer required to file annual and quarterly reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the
Company shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable, comparable audited reports on an annual basis, unaudited reports on a quarterly basis (which annual and quarterly reports shall contain substantially similar descriptions of business and
management discussion and analysis provisions as are then required to be included in relevant filings with the SEC), and earnings releases on a quarterly basis, made available to Stockholders through a secure web site such as Intralinks and subject
to a standard click-through access and confidentiality agreement (Stockholders may request that the Company provide access to such secure web site to prospective Stockholders, consent to which request the Company shall not unreasonably withhold,
condition, or delay). Stockholders (other than the “Key Holders” holders listed in the Prior Agreement and their affiliates) shall be third-party beneficiaries, with direct right of enforcement, for the purposes of this Agreement.

  
 Par/Board of
Directors/Stockholders Agreement/2015 Stockholders Agreement 

	 	2.	Termination. The Agreement may be terminated, with the consent of Stockholders holding a majority of any Company securities entitled to vote for the members of the Company’s Board of Directors other than the
“Key Holders” listed in the Prior Agreement and their affiliates. 

  

	 	3.	Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law and the internal laws of the State
of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware. 

 

			
	COMPANY:
	
	PAR PETROLEUM CORPORATION
		
	By:		 /s/ William Monteleone

			William Monteleone
			Senior Vice President,
			Mergers & Acquisitions

  
 Par/Board of
Directors/Stockholders Agreement/2015 Stockholders AgreementEX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

TERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT 

THIS TERMINATION (the “Termination”) OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made and entered
into as of this 10th day of April, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Par Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
certain holders of the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”) listed on the signature pages hereto.  

RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Stockholders Agreement dated August 31, 2012 (as amended to date, the
“Stockholders Agreement”), by and among the Company, certain holders of the Common Stock listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Key Holders”), and any subsequent investors, or transferees, who
become parties thereto as “Investors” pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Stockholders Agreement (the “Investors,” and together collectively with the Key Holders, the
“Stockholders”), the Stockholders Agreement may be terminated by the Company with the approval of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company and the holders of sixty-seven percent
(67%) of the Shares (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) then held by the Key Holders; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company
and the Key Holders listed on the signature pages hereto, which together hold at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Shares currently held by the Key Holders, desire to terminate the Stockholders Agreement as of the Effective Date. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree to terminate the Stockholders Agreement as follows: 

I. Termination of the Stockholders Agreement: The Company and the Key Holders listed on the signature pages hereto hereby
irrevocably terminate and cancel the Stockholders Agreement as of the Effective Date pursuant to Section 6.8 thereof. As of the Effective Date, the Stockholders Agreement shall be null and void and of no further force and effect and the Company
and all Stockholders are relieved of any and all further obligations that they may have under the Stockholders Agreement. 
 II.
General Provisions 
 1. Governing Law. This Termination is governed by and construed in accordance with the General
Corporation Law and the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware. 

2. Conditions. This Termination shall be effective once it has been executed by the Company and each of the Key Holders listed on the
signature pages hereto. 

 3. Counterparts. This Termination may be executed in several counterparts (including by
facsimile, .pdf or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. 

[Signature appears on following page] 

  
 2 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Termination to Stockholders Agreement as of
the date first written above. 
  

			
	COMPANY
	
	PAR PETROLEUM CORPORATION
		
	By:		 /s/ Brice Tarzwell

	Name:		Brice Tarzwell
	Title:		 Senior Vice President & Chief Legal

Officer

	
	 KEY HOLDERS

	
	ZELL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.
	
	BY: Chai Trust Company, LLC, General Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Jon Wasserman

	Name:		Jon Wasserman
	Title:		Vice President
	
	ZCOF PAR PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:		 /s/ Jon Wasserman

	Name:		Jon Wasserman
	Title:		Vice President
	
	WATERSTONE OFFSHORE ER FUND, LTD
		
	By:		Waterstone Capital Management, L.P.
		
	By:		  

	Name:		  

	Title:		  

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT] 

 
			
	PRIME CAPITAL MASTER SPC, GOT WAT MAC SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO
		
	By:		Waterstone Capital Management, L.P.
		
	By:		  

	Name:		  

	Title:		  

	
	WATERSTONE MARKET NEUTRAL MASTER FUND, LTD
		
	By:		Waterstone Capital Management, L.P.
		
	By:		  

	Name:		  

	Title:		  

	
	PANDORA SELECT PARTNERS, LP
		
	By:		Pandora Select Advisors, LLC
			its General Partner
		
	By:		Whitebox Advisors, LLC
			its Managing Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Mark Strefling

	Name:		 Mark Strefling

	Title:		 General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer

			 Whitebox Advisors LLC

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT] 

 
			
	WHITEBOX MULTI-STRATEGY PARTNERS, LP
		
	By:		Whitebox Multi-Strategy Advisors, LLC
			its General Partner
		
	By:		Whitebox Advisors, LLC
			its Managing Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Mark Strefling

	Name:		Mark Strefling
	Title:		General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer
			Whitebox Advisors LLC
	
	WHITEBOX CREDIT ARBITRAGE PARTNERS, LP
		
	By:		Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Advisors,
			LLC
			its General Partner
		
	By:		Whitebox Advisors, LLC
			its Managing Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Mark Strefling

	Name:		Mark Strefling
	Title:		General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer
			Whitebox Advisors LLC
	
	WHITEBOX CONCENTRATED CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE PARTNERS, LP
		
	By:		Whitebox Advisors, LLC
			its Managing Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Mark Strefling

	Name:		Mark Strefling
	Title:		General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer
			Whitebox Advisors LLC

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT] 

			
	WHITEBOX ASYMMETRIC PARTNERS, LP
		
	By:		Whitebox Asymmetric Advisors, LLC
			its General Partner
		
	By:		Whitebox Advisors, LLC
			its Managing Partner
		
	By:		 /s/ Mark Strefling

	Name:		 Mark Strefling

	Title:		 General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer

			 Whitebox Advisors LLC

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT]

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