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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
'33 Act File No. 2-58043
'40 Act File No. 811-2716
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 [x]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 28 [x]
NATIONWIDE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216-6609
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (614) 249-7111
GORDON E. MCCUTCHAN, SECRETARY, ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216-6609
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
This Post-Effective Amendment amends the Registration Statement in
respect of the Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and Financial
Statements.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
space)
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[X] on November 27,1996 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
[ ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of securities by a
prior registration statement in accordance with Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. Registrant filed its Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1995, on February 15, 1996.
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Parts A, B and all items of Part C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the
Registration Statement which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 1, 1996 are incorporated by reference into this filing of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement.
Item 32. UNDERTAKINGS
The Registrant hereby undertakes to:
(a) file a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the
audited financial statements in the registration statement
are never more than 16 months old for so long as payments
under the variable annuity Contracts may be accepted;
(b) include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a
Contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an
applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional
Information, or (2) a post card or similar written
communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that
the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of
Additional Information; and
(c) deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any
financial statements required to be made available under
this form promptly upon written or oral request.
(d) hereby represent that the fees and charges deducted under
the Contract in the aggregate are reasonable in relation to
the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred
and the risks assumed by the Company.
The Registrant hereby represents that any Contract offered by the
prospectus and which is issued pursuant to Section 403(b) of the
Code is issued by the Registrant in reliance upon, and in
compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Commission's
no-action letter to the American Council of Life Insurance
(publicly available November 28, 1988) which permits withdrawal
restrictions to the extent necessary to comply with IRC Section
403(b)(11).
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant, NATIONWIDE VARIABLE ACCOUNT, certifies that it meets
the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this
Post-Effective Amendment and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be
signed on its behalf in the City of Columbus, and State of Ohio, on this 27th
day of November 1996.
NATIONWIDE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
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(Registrant)
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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(Depositor)
By/s/JOSEPH P. RATH
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Joseph P. Rath
Vice President and
Associate General Counsel
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 27th day
of November, 1996.
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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LEWIS J. ALPHIN Director
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Lewis J. Alphin
KEITH W. ECKEL Director
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Keith W. Eckel
WILLARD J. ENGEL Director
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Willard J. Engel
FRED C. FINNEY Director
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Fred C. Finney
CHARLES L. FUELLGRAF, JR. Director
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Charles L. Fuellgraf, Jr.
JOSEPH J. GASPER President/Chief Operating Officer and Director
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Joseph J. Gasper
HENRY S. HOLLOWAY Chairman of the Board and Director
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Henry S. Holloway
D. RICHARD MCFERSON Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Nationwide Insurance
- ------------------------------ Enterprise and Director
D. Richard McFerson
DAVID O. MILLER Director
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David O. Miller
C. RAY NOECKER Director
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C. Ray Noecker
ROBERT A. OAKLEY Executive Vice President- Chief Financial Officer
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Robert A. Oakley
JAMES F. PATTERSON Director By/s/JOSEPH P. RATH
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James F. Patterson Joseph P. Rath
Attorney-in-Fact
ARDEN L. SHISLER Director
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Arden L. Shisler
ROBERT L. STEWART Director
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Robert L. Stewart
NANCY C. THOMAS Director
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Nancy C. Thomas
HAROLD W. WEIHL Director
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Harold W. Weihl
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