As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2000
Registration No. 333-39240
811-09977
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [1]
Post Effective Amendment No. [ ]
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. [ 3]
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FIRST AMERITAS VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
(REGISTRANT)
FIRST AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. of NEW YORK
(DEPOSITOR)
400 Rella Blvd., Suite 304
Suffern, New York 10901-4253
1-800-215-1096
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DONALD R. STADING
Secretary and General Counsel
First Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York
5900 "O" Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
402-467-7465
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after
effective date.
TITLE OF SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED: SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such
date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) may determine.
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The contents of Registrant's initial Registration Statement under the Securities
Act of 1933 and under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on June 14,
2000, are incorporated by reference herein. This amendment is being filed
pursuant to Rule 473(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 for the sole purpose of
delaying the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, First Ameritas
Variable Annuity Separate Account, certifies that it has duly caused this
Pre-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto authorized in the City of Lincoln, State of
Nebraska on August 10, 2000.
FIRST AMERITAS VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT, Registrant
FIRST AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. OF NEW YORK, Depositor
By: /s/ Donald R. Stading
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Donald R. Stading
Secretary and General Counsel
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Pre-Effective Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed by Donald R. Stading under Powers of
Attorney executed effective as of June 6, 2000 for and on behalf of the
following persons in the capacities indicated on August 10, 2000:
NAME TITLE
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Kenneth C. Louis Director,
Chairman of the Board
Mitchell F. Politzer Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Robert C. Barth Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
William W. Lester Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Lawrence J. Arth Director
John P. Carsten Director
Phyllis J. Carsten-Boyle Director
Robert J. Lanik Director
JoAnn M. Martin Director
David J. Meyers Director
David C. Moore Director
James F. Nissen Director
Tonn Ostergard Director
James E. Rembolt Director
Edmund G. Sullivan Director
By: /s/ Donald R. Stading
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Donald R. Stading
