Jan 5 (Reuters) - Great-West Lifeco Inc GWO.TO :
* Great-West Lifeco announces normal course issuer bid
* Great-West Lifeco Inc - under renewed NCIB corporation may purchase for cancellation up to 20 million common shares over 12 month period
* Great-West Lifeco -utilize renewed NCIB to acquire shares in order to mitigate dilutive effect of issuing securities under corp's stock option plan Source text for Eikon: ID:nCNWW5hVLa Further company coverage: GWO.TO