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33 Act File No. 33-19254
40 Act File No. 811-5422
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 13
American Benefit Variable Annuity Account
(Exact Name of Registrant)
American Benefit Life Insurance Company
(Name of Depositor)
421 New Karner Road, Albany, New York 12205
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (518) 456-8164
Beverly Stewart
Chief Operations Officer
American Benefit Life Insurance Company
421 New Karner Road, Albany, New York 12205
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
X on May 1, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of Rule 485
on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2, the Registrant has elected to register an indefinite
number of securities under the Securities Act of 1933. The 24f-2 Notice for
the year ended December 31, 1996 was filed February 21, 1997.
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American Benefit Variable Annuity Account
Cross Reference Sheet
Item Number in Form N-4
Parts A & B
American Benefit Variable Annuity Account, the Registrant, no longer offers
the variable annuity contract described in File No. 33-19254 to the public.
Based upon the precedent, circumstances and conditions set forth in Great-West
Life and Annuity Insurance Company grant of no-action (pub. avail. Oct. 23,
1990), the Registrant has ceased filing post-effective amendments and the
delivery of updated prospectuses heretofore described in Registration File No.
33-19254.
The only purpose of this post-effective amendment to Form N-4 is to provide
the "reasonableness" representation required by Section 26(e)(2)(A) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended by Section 205 of the National
Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996.
The content of Registration No. 33-19254, as heretofore amended, is
incorporated herein by reference pursuant to a letter dated November 7, 1996
from Susan Nash, Assistant Director, Office of Insurance Products of the
Division of Investment Management, to all variable insurance product
Registrants.
PART C
Item 32. Undertakings
Registrant hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the
Contracts registered by this registration statement, in the aggregate, are
reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be
incurred, and the risks assumed by American Benefit Life Insurance Company.
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities
Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has
caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf, in the City of Des Moines and State of Iowa on this 21st
day of April 1997.
AMERICAN BENEFIT VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT
Registrant
By: AMERICAN BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Depositor
By: /s/Watson W. Powell, Jr.
Watson W. Powell, Jr.
Principal Executive Officer
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following officers and
directors of the depositor in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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Signature Title Date
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/s/Watson W. Powell, Jr. Principal Executive Officer April 21, 1997
Watson W. Powell, Jr. and Director
/s/Ronald P. Morden Principal Financial Officer April 9, 1997
Ronald P. Morden and Principal Accounting
Officer
/s/Michael E. Abbott Director April 21, 1997
Michael E. Abbott
/s/Ivan Chermayeff Director April 8, 1997
Ivan Chermayeff
/s/Charles Cowles Director April 8, 1997
Charles Cowles
/s/James C. Enyard Director April 8, 1997
James C. Enyard
/s/Brent B. Green Director April 10, 1997
Brent B. Green
/s/Robert G. Harper Director April 21, 1997
Robert G. Harper
/s/Burdette N. Heiken Director April 21, 1997
Burdette N. Heiken
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/s/Nancy P. Montgomery Director April 8, 1997
Nancy P. Montgomery
/s/Diane K. Powell Director April 9, 1997
Diane K. Powell
/s/Watson W. Powell, III Director April 9, 1997
Watson W. Powell, III
/s/Beverly C. Stewart Director April 9, 1997
Beverly C. Stewart
/s/Richard T. Williams Director April 8, 1997
Richard T. Williams
/s/James A. Walker Director April 13, 1997
James A. Walker
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