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File No. 811-07931
U.S. 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
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ORIGINAL NOTIFICATION
The undersigned is not an investment company and hereby
notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that the sole
purpose of this amendment is to request that the Commission
disregard the previously filed notification of registration on
Form N-8A under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and in
connection with that request submits the following information:
A. Name:
First Golden American Life Insurance Company of New York
(Name on Original Filing: Separate Account NY-B)
FIRST GOLDEN AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK
B. Address of principal business office:
230 Park Avenue, Suite 966
New York, New York 10169
C. Telephone number:
(212) 973-9647 (800) 963-9539
D. Name and address of agent for service of process:
Marilyn Talman, Esquire
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
First Golden American Life Insurance Company of New York
1001 Jefferson Street, Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19801
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Circumstances of Filing Original Form N-8A:
First Golden American Life Insurance Company of New York
("First Golden") is not an investment company. The original
notification of registration on Form N-8A was filed in error.
See statement below.
This amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of requesting
that the Commission disregard the original notification of
registration of First Golden as an Investment Company (File
Number 811-07931) filed on Form N-8A on November 15, 1996. The
original filing resulted in a registration that was unintentional
and caused by a filing using the incorrect EDGAR CIK (0001026974).
Our intention was to submit a notification of registration for
Separate Account NY-B of First Golden. The original filing was
prepared as a notification of registration for Separate Account
NY-B, but was submitted in error using the CIK of First Golden
instead of that of the separate account. Registration of the
separate account was accomplished by submitting the Form N-8A
using the correct CIK (0001027285), and the separate account was
assigned the File Number 811-07935. That filing was followed by
a subsequent filing on Form N-4 to register certain deferred
variable annuity contracts under the 1940 Act. First Golden on
behalf of Separate Account NY-B intends to maintain that
registration.
In that regard First Golden (CIK: 0001026974) has no need and had
no intention on its own behalf of registration under the 1940 Act.
Certain interests in First Golden's deferred variable annuity
contracts are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 using
CIK 0001026974 (File number 333-16279), but no subsequent
registration statement was filed under the 1940 Act. We request
that the Investment Company Act File Number 811-07931 assigned to
First Golden be removed or deactivated.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of
1940, the sponsor of the Registrant has caused this Amended
Notification of Registration to be duly signed on behalf of the
Registrant in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on the
10th day of December, 1998.
FIRST GOLDEN AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Marilyn Talman
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Name: Marilyn Talman
Title: Vice President, Associate Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
Attest: /s/ David L. Jacobson
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Name: David L. Jacobson
Title: Senior Vice President
