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Rule 497(e)
File No. 33-83928
Retirement Plan Series Account
of
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
Supplement effective July 26, 1999 to
the May 1, 1999 Prospectus
On page 7 of the prospectus, please delete the disclosure regarding the Maxim
Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio and replace with the following:
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Management Other Total Maxim Series
Portfolio Fees Expenses Fund Annual Expenses
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Maxim Bond Index Portfolio
(formerly the Investment Grade 0.50% None 0.50%
Corporate Bond Portfolio)
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One page 8 of the prospectus, please delete the disclosure regarding the Maxim
Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio and replace with the following:
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Investment Division 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
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Maxim Bond Index Portfolio
(formerly the Investment Grade $52.50 $16.47 $28.71 $64.44
Corporate Bond Portfolio)
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On Page 11of the prospectus, please delete the disclosures regarding the Maxim
Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio, Maxim Value Index Portfolio and Maxim
Growth Index Portfolio and replace with the following:
o Maxim Bond Index Portfolio (formerly the Investment Grade Corporate Bond
Portfolio) seeks to provide investment results, before fees, that track the
total return of the debt securities that comprise the Lehman Aggregate Bond
Index.
o Maxim Value Index Portfolio seeks to provide investment results, before
fees, that track the total return of the common stocks that comprise the
S&P/Barra Value Index.1
o Maxim Growth Index Portfolio seeks to provide investment results, before
fees, that track the total return of the common stocks that comprise the
S&P/Barra Growth Index.1
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1 Standard & Poor's and Barra are not sponsors of, or in any other way
affiliated with, the Maxim Growth Index and Maxim Value Index Portfolios or
Maxim Series Fund.
