FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT
COMPANIES
Report for six month perid ending: // (a)
or fiscal year ending: 12/31/97 (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) 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 12-31-97
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
$10,327,314 $___________
K. Other securities__________________ _______
$________ $___________
L. Total assets of all series of Registrant_ 1
$10,327,314 $___________
For period ending 12-31-97
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) $90,449
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-_____
