As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 1998
Registration No. 333-29811
811-08269
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 5 [X]
Variable Account J
(Exact Name of Registrant)
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
(Name of Depositor)
175 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02117
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: 617-357-9500
Lee W. Rabkin, Esq.
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
175 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02117
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
James J. Klopper, Esq. Joan E. Boros, Esq.
Keyport Life Insurance Company and Jorden Burt Boros Cicchetti
125 High Street, 13th Floor Berensen & Johnson LLP
Boston, MA 02110 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after
the effective date of this Registration Statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
( ) immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
( ) on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
(X) 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
( ) on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
Title of Securities Being Registered: Variable Portion of the Contracts
Funded Through the Separate Account.
SIGNATURES
SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf, in the City of Boston and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, on this 2nd day of March, 1998.
Variable Account J
(Registrant)
BY: Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
(Depositor)
BY: /s/Elliot J. Williams
Elliot J. Williams, Treasurer
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
/s/GARY L. COUNTRYMAN* /s/EDMUND F. KELLY*
GARY L. COUNTRYMAN EDMUND F. KELLY
Chairman of the Board President
/s/J. PAUL CONDRIN,III* /s/ELLIOT J. WILLIAMS 03/2/98
J. PAUL CONDRIN, III ELLIOT J. WILLIAMS Date
Director Treasurer
/s/JOHN B. CONNERS*
JOHN B. CONNERS
Director
/s/A. ALEXANDER FONTANES*
A. ALEXANDER FONTANES
Director
/s/EDMUND F. KELLY*
EDMUND F. KELLY
Director
/s/CHRISTOPHER C. MANSFIELD*
CHRISTOPHER C. MANSFIELD
Director
*BY: /s/ELLIOT J. WILLIAMS 03/2/98
/s/JEAN M. SCARROW* Elliot J. Williams Date
JEAN M. SCARROW Attorney-in-Fact
Director
/s/MORTON E. SPITZER*
MORTON E. SPITZER
Director
*Elliot J. Williams has signed this document on the indicated date on
behalf of each of the above Directors and Officers of the Depositor
pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and included
as Exhibit 16 in the Registration Statement (Files No. 333-29811; 811-
08269) filed on or about June 18, 1997.
