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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: PFL Life Variable Annuity Account C
Address of Principal 4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
Business Office: Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001
Telephone Number: 319-297-8468
Name and address of agent Frank A. Camp, Esq.
for service of process: PFL Life Insurance Company
4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001
Copy to: Frederick R. Bellamy, Esquire
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P.
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-2404
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
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has
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caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on its behalf in the
city of Cedar Rapids and state of Iowa on the 29th day of July, 1999.
[SEAL] PFL LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY
ACCOUNT C
(Name of Registrant)
By: PFL Life Insurance Company
(Name of Depositor)
By: /s/ William L. Busler
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William L. Busler
President
Attest: /s/ Sandy K. Dix
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Title: Administrative Assistant II
