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: Separate Account VUL-4 of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
Address of Principal Business Office: 1150 South Olive Street, Los Angeles,
California 90015 Telephone Number: (213) 742-2111
Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:
James W. Dederer, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
1150 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
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. Separate Account VUL-4 of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
Item 2. Registrant was organized pursuant to the insurance laws of the state of
California pursuant to a June 11, 1996 resolution of the Board of Directors
of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. The Separate Account
will become operational after it's registration is declared effective.
Item 3. The Registrant is a separate account of a life insurance company.
Item 4. The Registrant is a unit investment trust.
Item 5. The Registrant is not a management company.
Item 6. The Registrant is a unit investment trust and no entity serves it as an
investment adviser as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(20) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
Item 7. The Registrant is a unit investment trust and has no Board of Directors
or officers.
Item 8 (a). As a separate account of a life insurance company the Registrant is
an unincorporated entity and does not have a Board of Directors. There is
no sponsor of the Registrant. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance
Company, 1150 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, California 90015, serves as
the "depositor" of the Registrant as that word is defined in the proposed
Form N-6 contained in Release No. 33-7514; IC-23066.
Item 8 (b). The names and addresses of the officers and directors of
Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance are incorporated by reference to the
latest Form N-4 (Item 25 of part C) for the Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple
Advantage Variable Annuity, and for Separate Account VA-2L of Transamerica
Occidental Life Insurance Company Post-Effective Amendment No. 14, filed
April 28, 2000, , File No. 333-49998).
Item 8 (c). Not applicable. The Registrant has no trustee or custodian.
Item 9(a). No. The Registrant is not currently issuing or offering its
securities.
Item 9(b). Not applicable.
Item 9 (c). Registrant proposes to make a public offering of its securities upon
registration.
Item 9 (d). No. The Registrant does not have securities currently issued and
outstanding.
Item 9 (e). Not applicable.
Item 10. The Registrant currently has no assets.
Item 11. No. The Registrant does not intend to apply for a license to operate as
a small business investment company.
Item 12. Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, Registrant
has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on behalf of
Registrant in the City of Los Angeles and the state of California on the 5th day
of October, 2000
Separate Account VUL-4 of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
(Registrant)
By:/s/ David M. Golstein
David M. Goldstein
Vice President
Attest:/s/Gina Grusman
Gina Grusman, SEC Filing Coordinator
