File No. 2-66542
File No. 811-2997
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 21 [X]
MFS/RELIASTAR VARIABLE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(FORMERLY NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY)
(Name of Depositor)
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (612) 372-1810
Jeffrey A. Proulx
ReliaStar Life Insurance Company
20 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate space)
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] on(date) 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
Registrant has chosen to register an indefinite amount of securities in
accordance with Rule 24f-2. The Rule 24f-2 Notice for Registrant's most recent
fiscal year was filed on or about February 20, 1997.
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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 32. UNDERTAKINGS
The depositor, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, represents 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 Depositor.
SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements of the
effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Minneapolis
and State of Minnesota, on this /28th/ day of May, 1997.
MFS/RELIASTAR VARIABLE ACCOUNT
(Registrant)
By RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Depositor)
By/s/ John G. Turner
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John G. Turner, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, Depositor has caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf, in the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota, on
this /28th/ day of May, 1997.
By RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Depositor)
By/s/John G. Turner
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John G. Turner, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration
Statement has been signed on this /28th/ day of May, 1997 by the following
directors and officers of Depositor in the capacities indicated:
/s/John G. Turner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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John G. Turner
/s/Wayne R. Huneke
---------------- Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Wayne R. Huneke and Treasurer
/s/Chris D. Schreier Second Vice President and Controller
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Chris D. Schreier
R. Michael Conley Wayne R. Huneke Robert C. Salipante
Richard R. Crowl Kenneth U. Kuk Donald L. Swanson
John H. Flittie William R. Merriam John G. Turner
Steven W. Wishart
A majority of the Board of Directors
Jeffrey A. Proulx, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on
behalf of each of the above-named directors of ReliaStar Life Insurance Company
pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons.
/s/Jeffrey A. Proulx, Attorney-in-Fact
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Jeffrey A. Proulx
