FORM N-SAR
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Report for six-month period ending: // (a)
or fiscal year ending: 12/31/99 (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 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 AY@ (Yes), complete only items 89 through
110.]
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)? (Y/N)
Y
[If answer is AY@ (Yes) complete only items 111 through
132.]
For period ending 12-31-98
File number 811-3240
Unit Investment Trusts
111. A. * Depositor Name:
B. * File Number (if any):
C. * City: State: Zip
Code: Zip Ext.:
* Foreign Counrty: Foreign
Postal Code:
112. A. * Sponsor Name:
B. * File Nimber (if any):
C. * City State: Zip Code:
Zip Ext.:
* Foreign Country: Foreign
Postal Code:
113. A. * Trustee Name:
B. * City State: Zip Code:
Zip Ext.:
* Foreign Country: Foreign
Postal Code:
114. A. * Principal Underwriter Name: American General
Distributors, Inc.
B. * File Number:
C. * City: Houston State: TX Zip Code: 77019
Zip Ext.:
* Foreign Country: Foreign
Postal Code:
115. A. * Independent Public Accounts Name:
B. * City: State: Zip
Code: Zip Ext.:
* Foreign Country: Foreign
Postal Code:
116. Family of investment companies information:
A. * Is the Registrant part of a family of investment
companies? (Y/N)
B. * Identify the family in 10 letters:
117. A. * Is Registrant a separate account of an insurance
company? ( Y/N)
If answer is "Yes", are any of the following
types of contracts funded by the
Registrant?:
B. * Variable annuity contracts? (Y/N)
C. * Scheduled premium variable life contracts? (Y/N)
D. * Flexible premium variable life contracts? Y/N)
E. * Other types of insurance products registered under
the Securities Act
of 1933? (Y/N)
118. * State the number of series existing at the end of the
period that had securities registered under
the Securities Act of 1993.
119. * State the number of new series for which registration
statements under the
Securities Act of 1933 became effective during the
period.
For period ending 12-31-98
File number 811-3240
120. * State the total value of the portfolio securities on
the date of deposit for the
new series included in item 119.
121. * State the number of series for which a current
prospectus was in existence at
the end of the period.
122. * State the number of existing series for which
additional units were registered
under the Securities Act of 1933 during the
current period.
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 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_______ _______ $________
$___________
For period ending 12-31-98
File number 811-3240
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
$21,306,109 $___________
K. Other securities__________________ _______ $________
$___________
L. Total assets of all series of Registrant_ 1
$21,306,109 $___________
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 AN@ (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 AN@ (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)
$172,719
For period ending 12-31-98
File number 811-3240
132. * List the A811@ (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-_____
