Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
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please print or type.
1. Name and address of issuer:
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company
500 Bielenberg Drive
Woodbury MN 55125
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which
this notice is filed:
Separate Account D
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-5439
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is
filed:
December 31, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than
180 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal
year for purposes of reporting securities sold
after the close of the fiscal year but before
termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
N/A
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under
rule 24f-2(a)(1), if applicable (see Instruction
A.6):
N/A
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class
or series which had been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained
unsold at the beginning of the fiscal year:
-0-
8. Number and amount of securities registered during
the fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
-0-
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year:
28,663,946 $262,896,244
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year pursuant to rule 24f-2:
67,753,618 $387,879,518
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities
issued during the fiscal year in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):
-0- -0-
12. (i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from
Item 10):
$387,879,518
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in
connection with dividend reinvestment plans (from
Item 11, if applicable):
-0-
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year (if
applicable):
$124,983,274
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
repurchased and previously applied as a reduction
to filing fees pursuant to rule 24f-2 (if
applicable):
-0-
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and
issued during the fiscal year in reliance on rule
24f-2 [line (i) plus line (ii) less line (iii)
plus line (iv)] (if applicable):
$387,879,518
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
regulation (see Instruction C.6):
1/3300
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or Line (v) multiplied by
line (vi)]
$79,665.53
Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii),
(iv), and (v) only if the form is being filed within 60
days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year. See
Instruction C.3.
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the
Commission's lockbox as described in section 3a of
the Commission's Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CRF 202.3a).
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
February 26, 1997
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following
person on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
By: (Signature and Title)
/s/ Douglas R. Lowe
Douglas R. Lowe,
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Date: February 26, 1997
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
February 26, 1997
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following
person on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
By: (Signature and Title)
Douglas R. Lowe
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Date: February 26, 1997
FORTIS
February 24, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Fortis Benefits Insurance Company
--Variable Annuity Fund D
File No. 811-5439
Dear Sir/Madam:
In connection with the attached Rule 24f-2 filing for the
above Registrant, making definite the number of shares
sold by Registrant during the fiscal year in question,
you are advised that I am familiar with the sales of the
securities in question, and I have examined such records,
documents and matters of law, and such other matters as
I consider relevant for the purposes of this opinion; and
that on the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion
that the securities to which the Notice relates were
legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
Sincerely,
/s/ Douglas R. Lowe
Douglas R. Lowe
Vice President &
Associate General Counsel
Fortis Financial Group
P. O. Box 64284
St. Paul, MN 55164-0284
(612) 738-4000
(800) 800-2638
