i:\legal\sec.reg\edgar\24f2\24f2a_98.doc FORM 24F-2 Annual Notice of Securities
Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
First Variable Annuity Fund A
10 Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-1680
Securities Act File Number: 2-30164
4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
4(b). |_| Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e.,more than 90 days
after the end of the issuer's fiscal year).
4(c). |_| Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filling this
Form.
5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $7,333,394
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $4,765,286
(iii)Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or
repurchased during any prior fiscal year ending
no earlier than October 11, 1995 that were not
previously used to reduce registration fees
payable to the Commission: $______________
(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items
5(ii) and 5(iii):
- $4,765,286
(v) Net sales - if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $2,568,108
(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future
years - if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv)
$( )
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee (See
Instruction C.9); X.000295
(viii)Registration
fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item
5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due): = $758
6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of securities
that were registered under the securities Act of 1933 pursuant to rule 24e-2 as
in effect before October 11, 1997, then report the amount of securities (number
of shares or other units) deducted here: ______________. If there is a number of
shares or other units that were registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining
unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that are
available for use by issuer in future fiscal years, then state that number here:
______________.
7. Interest due - if this form is being filed more than 90 days after the end of
the issuer's fiscal year (see instructions D): + $____________
8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line
5(viii) plus line 7]:
= $____________
9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository: March 30, 1998 Method of Delivery:
|X|Wire Transfer
|_|Mail or other means
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below the following persons on behalf of
the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* s/Arnold R. Bergman
Arnold R. Bergman, Vice President, General Counsel &
Secretary
Date: March 30, 1998
* Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature
