FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT
COMPANIES
Report for six month perid ending: // (a)
or fiscal year ending: 12/31/96 (b)
Is this a transition report? (Y/N) N
Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y/N) N
Those items or sub-items with a "* " after the item number
should be completed only if the
answer has changed from the previous filing on this form.
1. A. Registrant Name:The Variable Annuity Life
Insurance Company - Separate Account A
B. File Number: 811- 3240
C. Telephone Number: (713) 831-5301
2. A. Street: 2929 Allen Parkway
B. City: Houston C. State: TX D. Zip Code:
77019 Zip Ext:
E. Foreign Country: Foreign Postal
Code:
3. Is this the first filing on this form by Registrant? (Y/N) N
4. Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant? (Y/N) N
5. Is Registrant a small business investment company
(SBIC)? (Y/N) N
[If answer is "Y" (Yes), complete only items 89 through 110.]
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)? (Y/N) Y
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 111 through 132.]
7. A. Is Registrant a series or multiple portfolio company? (Y/N)
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 8.]
8. B. How many separate series or portfolios did
Registrant have at the end of the period?
For period ending 12-31-96
File number 811-3240
123. * State the total value of the additional units
considered in answering item 122 ($000's omitted)
________________________________________$________
124. * State the total value of units of prior series that were
placed in the portfolios of subsequent
series during the current period (the value of these units is
to be measured on the date they were
placed in the subsequent series) ($000's omitted)
______________________________$_______
125. * State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected
(before reallowances to to other
brokers or dealers) by Registrant's principal underwriter and
any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the principal underwriter during the current period
solely from the sale of units of all series of Registrant ($000's
omitted)______________________________$________
126. Of the amount shown in item 125, state the total
dollar amount of sales loads collected from
secondary market operations in Registrant's units (include
the sales loads, if any, collected on
units of a prior series placed in the portfolio of a subsequent
series.) ($000's omitted)__$_______
127. List opposite the appropriate description below the
number of series whose portfolios are
invested primarily (based upon a percentage of NAV) in
each type of security shown, the
aggregate total assets at market value as of a date at or near
the end of the current period of each
such group of series and the total income distributions made
by each such group of series during
the current period (excluding distributions of realized gains,
if any):
Number of Total Assets Total Income
Series ($000's Distributions
Investing omitted) ($000's omitted)
A. U.S. Treasury direct issue________ _______
$________ $___________
B. U.S. Government agency_________ _______
$________ $___________
C. State and municpal tax-free_______ _______
$________ $___________
D. Public utility debt_______________ _______
$________ $___________
E. Brokers or dealers debt or debt of
Brokers or dealers' parent________ _______
$________ $___________
F. All other corporate intermed. & long-
term debt______________________ _______
$________ $___________
G. All other corporate short-term debt_ _______
$________ $___________
H. Equity securites of brokers or dealers
or parents of brokers or dealers____ _______
$________ $___________
I. Investment company equity securities__ _______
$________ $___________
J. All other equity securities___________ 1
$6,856,560 $___________
K. Other securities__________________ _______
$________ $___________
L. Total assets of all series of Registrant_ 1
$6,856,560 $___________
For period ending 12-31-96
File number 811 - 3240
128. * Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any
of the portfolio securities held by any
of Registrant's series at the end of the current period insured
or guaranteed by an entity other than the issuer? (Y/N)______
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
129. * Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128
delinquent or in default as to payment
of principal or interest at the end of the current period?
(Y/N)______
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
130. * In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is
any part of the value attributed to
instruments identified in item 129 derived from insurance or
guarantees? (Y/N)____________
131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant
during the current reporting period ($000's omitted)
$57,397
132. * List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940)
registration number for all Series of
Registrant that are being included in this filing:
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____ 811-_____
811-_____
