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Registration No. _____
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December ___, 1998
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 10549
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: Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
Telephone Number (including area code): (781) 237-6030
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Ellen B. King
Secretary
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
Copies to:
Michael Berenson, Esq.
Jorden Burt Boros Cicchetti Berenson & Johnson LLP
Suite 400 East
1025 Thomas Jefferson St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007-0805
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 [ ] NO [X]
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Item 1. Exact name of the registrant.
Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or
created and the date of such organization.
Registrant was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on
December 1, 1998.
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant.
Registrant is organized as a separate account of Sun Life Assurance Company
of Canada (U.S.), a Delaware life insurance company.
Item 4. Classification of registrant.
Registrant is a unit investment trust.
Item 5.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Not applicable.
Item 7.
Not applicable.
Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a board
of directors:
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hill, Massachusetts 02481
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of each sponsor
of registrant;
John D. McNeil, Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
Donald A. Stewart, Chairman and Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
David D. Horn, Director
Strong Road
New Vineyard, Maine 04956
Angus A. Macnaughton, Director
Metro Tower, Suite 1170
950 Tower Lane
Foster City, California 94404
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John S. Lane, Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
Richard B. Bailey, Director
63 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
M. Colyer Crum, Director
104 Westcliff Street
Weston, Massachusetts 02193
S. Caesar Raboy, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager and
Director
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
James M.A. Anderson, Vice President, Investments
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
C. James Prieur, President and Director
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
L. Brock Thomson, Vice President and Treasurer
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
Robert P. Vrolyk, Vice President and Actuary
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
Peter F. DeMuth, Vice President, Chief Counsel and Assistant Secretary
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
Ellen B. King, Secretary
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of
registrant.
Not applicable.
Item 9(a). State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its
securities directly to the public (yes or no).
No.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item 9(b) is "not
applicable," state whether registrant presently proposes to make a public
offering of its securities (yes or no).
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Yes.
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued and
outstanding (yes or no).
No.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
Zero.
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license
to operate as a small business investment company under the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).
No.
Item 12.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
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 Wellesley Hills and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the ___ day of December, 1998.
[SEAL]
Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I
(Name of registrant)
By: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
(U.S.)
(Name of sponsor)
By: /s/ Ellen B. King
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Ellen B. King, Secretary
Attest: /s/ Cheryl L. Lamie
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Cheryl L. Lamie, Assistant Secretary
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