Great-West Life Q3 2006 Earnings

Scotia Capital, 2 November 2006� Excluding the negative impact of the roll-off of attractive currency hedges, EPS growth was 15%. The roll-off of attractive hedges on the currency translation of the company's U.S. Reinsurance and European operations brought down the company's operating EPS growth from 15% (ex f/x) to 5%. EPS growth YTD Q3/06 was 4%, but 12% excluding the impact of the hedges. We