TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
1150 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
SUITE T-2100
LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
November 8, 1996
VIA EDGARLINK
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Re: Transamerica Occidental Separate Account C
File No. 2-36250
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
(the "Company") and Separate Account C (the "Account"), we are filing a
certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933. In this regard, we certify that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information ("SAI") for certain deferred variable annuity contracts
offered by the Company through the Account otherwise required to be filed under
paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of prospectus
and SAI contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Form N-4
registration statement for the Account (the "Registration Statement"). The
Registration Statement was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 5, 1996 via EDGARLINK.
Sincerely,
/s/ Regina M. Fink
Regina M. Fink, Esq.
cc: Frederick R. Bellamy, Esq.
Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, Esq.
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