Registration Nos. 33-44744
811-1491
As filed with the Commission on July 25, 1997
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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. 1 X
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 23 X
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
(Exact Name of Registrant)
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
2727-A Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2191
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Officers) (Zip Code)
(713) 831-3632
(Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Steven A. Glover, Esq.
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
American General Life Insurance Company
2727-A Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies of all communications to Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 825
Washington, D.C. 20036
Attention: Gary O. Cohen, Esq.
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
|X| Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
|_| On _____________________ pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
|_| 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
|_| On _____________________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following:
|_| This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment
Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, Registrant has elected to register an indefinite number or amount of its
securities under the Securities Act of 1933. That election was previously
filed in Registrant's Form N-4 registration statement (File No. 2-26414 and
File No. 811-1491.) Registrant filed a Rule 24f-2 Notice on February 28, 1997
for its most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.
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PURPOSE AND CONTENT OF AMENDMENT
The sole purpose of this amendment is to include the representation required
by Section 26(e)(2)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Except for that
requirement, the Registrant, in reliance on the no-action letter issued by the
Division of Investment Management to Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance
Company (pub. avail. Oct 23, 1990), would not be filing this amendment.
Except for the facing sheet, this page and the signature page, Registrant does
not intend for this amendment to delete or amend any document or other
information included in the Registration Statement, and, to the extent
necessary, hereby incorporates any such document or information herein by
reference.
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 32. UNDERTAKINGS
REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF AGGREGATE FEES AND CHARGES
DEDUCTED UNDER THE CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 26(e)(2)(A) OF THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
American General Life Insurance Company ("AGL") represents that the fees and
charges deducted under the Contracts comprehended by this Registration
Statement, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services
rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by AGL
under the Contracts. AGL bases its representation on its assessment of all of
the facts and circumstances, including such relevant factors, as: the nature
and extent of such services, expenses and risks; the need for AGL to earn a
profit; the degree to which the Contracts include innovative features; and the
regulatory standards for exemptive relief under the Investment Company Act of
1940 used prior to October 1996, including the range of industry practice.
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant, American General Life Insurance Company Separate
Account A, certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule
485(b), for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement and
has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf, in the City of Houston, and State of Texas on this 24th day of
July, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT D COMPANY
(Registrant) (Depositor)
By: /s/ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR. By:/s/ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR.
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ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR. ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR.
Senior Vice President of Senior Vice President
American General Life
Insurance Company
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following officers and directors
of American General Life Insurance Company in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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RODNEY O. MARTIN, JR.* Principal Executive Officer July 24, 1997
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(Rodney O. Martin, Jr.)
ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR.* Principal Financial and July 24, 1997
-------------------------- Accounting Officer
(Robert F. Herbert, Jr.)
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Directors
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JOHN V. LaGRASSE*
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(Robert M. Devlin) (John V. LaGrasse)
MICHAEL G. ATNIP* RODNEY O. MARTIN, JR.*
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(Michael G. Atnip) (Rodney O. Martin, Jr.)
DAVID A. FRAVEL* JON P. NEWTON*
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(David A. Fravel) (Jon P. Newton)
ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR.* PETER V. TUTERS*
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(Robert F. Herbert, Jr.) (Peter V. Tuters)
/s/STEVEN A. GLOVER
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*By Steven A. Glover, Attorney-in-Fact July 24, 1997
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