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1 Guarantee your income for life Lifetime income benefit option Great-West Life segregated fund policies

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3 Great-West Life lifetime income benefit option Guarantee your income for life For years your focus has been to save for retirement. Now you need innovative solutions to help you transition your hard-earned savings into income that will last your lifetime. You also need to protect your savings against retirement risks: Longevity risk You might outlive your money. Market return risk You could experience poor market returns in the early retirement years, increasing the chance you ll use all your savings sooner than you planned. Inflation risk Your retirement savings might not earn enough to keep up with inflation. The Great-West Life lifetime income benefit helps you manage these risks in retirement and protect your savings. The lifetime income benefit can help provide: Predictable, guaranteed income for life *, beginning as early as age 50 The potential for increasing income A safe transition from savings to income Guaranteed income for life for you and your spouse With the lifetime income benefit, you re guaranteed income for life, whether you live to 85, 105 or beyond. Your income will not decrease, regardless of how the segregated funds perform. Even if the market value of your policy drops to $0, you are guaranteed to continue receiving payments for the rest of your or your spouse s life. * Excess withdrawals will decrease the annual guaranteed income amount and you will no longer be eligible for any future bonuses. An excess withdrawal is a withdrawal that exceeds the annual guaranteed income amount.

4 Guaranteed income for life No matter how long you live The Great-West Life lifetime income benefit: Offers predictable, guaranteed income for life Starts as early as age 50 unlike other policies that don t start distributing income until later in life Provides a lifetime income amount based on your age or the age of the youngest spouse if you select joint-life income you are eligible for higher income payments as you get older When you add the lifetime income benefit, your eligible lifetime income amount is the market value of your policy multiplied by the income percentage that corresponds with your age or the age of the youngest spouse. The percentage used to calculate the lifetime income amount increases with age. Age used to calculate income Single-life income percentage Joint-life income percentage % 2.50% % 2.90% % 3.30% % 3.70% % 4.10% % 4.50% You may be able to increase your income through deferral bonuses and resets.

5 Three per cent annual deferral bonus Increase your lifetime income With the lifetime income benefit, you are eligible to earn a three per cent deferral bonus every year until you make a withdrawal. If you don t need to take an income right away, the deferral bonus can help you grow your lifetime income amount even when markets are down. For example: If you contribute a premium of $200,000 to your policy and defer income for 10 years, your lifetime income withdrawal base will have a minimum value of $260,000 because of deferral bonuses. Once you begin taking an income, you are no longer eligible for deferral bonuses. If you stop taking income, you will only be eligible for deferral bonuses again when your policy value exceeds your lifetime income withdrawal base. Important: Deferral bonuses are not a guaranteed rate of return. They have no cash value and do not increase any applicable maturity or death benefit guarantees. Deferral bonuses increase your eligible lifetime income amount. Increase your lifetime income with deferral bonuses

6 Income resets Increase your lifetime income amount As policy values increase, you have the potential to secure those gains to increase your lifetime income amount. Your lifetime income amount will not decrease, regardless of how the segregated funds perform. Key features of income resets Income resets can occur every three years Lifetime income amount will increase when a reset is applied Resets are available for the life of the policy Income resets do not increase the basic amount used in determining maturity or death benefit guarantees Secure growth with automatic income resets Once your lifetime income withdrawal base increases, it s guaranteed for life regardless of any future down markets, assuming no excess withdrawals are made. Secure growth with automatic income resets

7 Is it right for you? The lifetime income benefit is just one component of a well-diversified retirement income portfolio. It s appropriate for people: Getting ready to retire and retirees looking for secure, predictable, guaranteed income Ranging in age from 50 to 90 Who don t already have guaranteed retirement income from government benefits, company pension plans or life annuities Allocate only a portion of your retirement income portfolio to the lifetime income benefit. You will want to keep some funds easily accessible for emergencies and other needs that arise. The lifetime income benefit doesn t allow you to take out extra money without penalties. Work with your financial security advisor to develop a savings and income plan that s appropriate for you. He or she can show you how the lifetime income benefit may help you meet your retirement goals.

8 Information at your finger tips For more information about Great-West Life and its products, visit A description of the key features of the segregated fund policy is contained in the information folder. Any amount that is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the policyowner and may increase or decrease in value. Great-West Life and the key design are trademarks of The Great-West Life Assurance Company /12

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