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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a)
OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities
and Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions
of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with
such notification of registration submits the following information:
Name: Separate Account VA-1 of The American Franklin Life Insurance Company
Address of Principal Office (No. & Street, City, State Zip Code):
#1 Franklin Square, Springfield, Illinois 62713
Telephone Number (including area code): (217) 528-2011
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Elizabeth E. Arthur, Esq., Assistant Secretary,
The American Franklin Life Insurance Company,
#1 Franklin Square, Springfield, Illinois 62713
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of
form N-8A: YES [ X ] NO [ ]
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, The American
Franklin Life Insurance Company, the depositor of the registrant, has caused
this notification of registration to be duly
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signed on behalf of the registrant in the city of Springfield and the State of
Illinois on the 19 day of August 1996.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA-1
OF THE AMERICAN FRANKLIN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: THE AMERICAN FRANKLIN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
depositor
By: /s/ Robert J. Gibbons
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Name: Robert J. Gibbons
Title: President
[SEAL]
Attest:
/s/ Elizabeth E. Arthur
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Elizabeth E. Arthur,
Assistant Secretary
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