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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 regulates 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;
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Name: First SAFECO Separate Account S
Address of Principal Business Office:
6700 Old Collamer Road, East Syracuse, NY 13057
Telephone Number: (315) 463-2041
Name and address of agent for service of process:
William E. Crawford, Esq., Senior Counsel, 15411 N.E. 51st Street, Redmond,
WA 98052
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 [ ]
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
sponsor of the registrant has caused this notification of registration to be
duly signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of Redmond and the State of
Washington on the 21st day of November, 1996.
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(Seal) Signature: First SAFECO Separate Account S
(Name of Registrant)
By: First SAFECO National Life Insurance Company of New York
(Name of Sponsor)
By: _______________________________________________________________
Richard E. Zunker, President
Attest: _______________________________________________________________
George C. Pagos, Assistant Secretary
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