Registration No. 333-17633
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-6
FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
SEPARATE ACCOUNT I
of
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE James M. Benson, President
SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES The Equitable Life Assurance Society
(Exact Name of Trust) of the United States
787 Seventh Avenue
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE New York, New York 10019
SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(Exact Name of Depositor)
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104
(Address of Depositor's Principal
Executive Offices)
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Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 554-1234
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Please send copies of all communications to:
MARY P. BREEN, ESQ. with a copy to:
Vice President and Associate General Counsel THOMAS C. LAUERMAN
The Equitable Life Assurance Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds
Society of the United States 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 825
787 Seventh Avenue Washington, D.C. 20036
New York, New York 10019
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Securities Being Registered: Units of Interest in Separate Account I
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Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the
effective date of the Registration Statement.
An indefinite amount of the Registrant's securities has been registered pursuant
to a declaration, under Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, set
out in the Form S-6 Registration Statement contained in File No. 2-54015. The
Registrant filed a Rule 24f-2 Notice for the December 31, 1995 fiscal year end
on February 27, 1996.
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement under the Securities
Act of 1933 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 Statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this
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 sole purpose of this Amendment is to amend the Registration
Statement to include the following undertaking. This Amendment shall not be
deemed to amend, delete or supersede any other material previously filed as part
of this Registration Statement, which other material is hereby incorporated by
reference.
UNDERTAKING
As a condition to the grant of effectiveness of this Registration
Statement prior to the consummation of the merger of Equitable Variable Life
Insurance Company into The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
("Equitable"), Registrant hereby undertakes not to offer or sell to the public
any securities of which Registrant is the issuer unless and until the merger is
consummated and a registration statement for Registrant is filed pursuant to
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to reflect the change in
depositor, which registration statement may take the form of an amendment to the
Form N-8B-2 of Separate Account I of Equitable Variable Life Insurance Company
(File No. 811-2581).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has
duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all in the City and State of New York on the 18th
day of December, 1996.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT I OF THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
By: THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES, DEPOSITOR
By: /s/ Samuel B. Shlesinger
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(Samuel B. Shlesinger)
Senior Vice President
Attest: /s/ Linda Galasso
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(Linda Galasso)
Assistant Secretary
December 18, 1996
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has
duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City and State of
New York on the 18th day of December, 1996.
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
By: /s/ Samuel B. Shlesinger
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(Samuel B. Shlesinger)
Senior Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated:
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
* Joseph J. Melone Chairman of the Board
* James M. Benson President and Chief Executive Officer
* William T. McCaffrey Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer
* Jerry M. de St. Paer Executive Vice President
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER:
* Stanley B. Tulin Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:
/s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
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Alvin H. Fenichel Senior Vice President and Controller
December 18, 1996
* DIRECTORS:
Claude Bebear Jean-Rene Foutou Winthrop Knowlton
James M. Benson Norman C. Francis Arthur L. Liman
Christopher Brocksom Donald J. Greene George T. Lowy
Francoise Colloc'h John T. Hartley William T. McCaffrey
Henri de Castries John H.F. Haskell, Jr. Joseph J. Melone
Joseph L. Dionne W. Edwin Jarmain Didier Pineau-Valencienne
William T. Esrey G. Donald Johnson, Jr. George J. Sella, Jr.
Dave H. Williams
* By: /s/ Samuel B. Shlesinger
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(Samuel B. Shlesinger)
Attorney-in-Fact
December 18, 1996
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