Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24F-2
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
Separate Account A of Golden American Life
Insurance Company
1001 Jefferson Street, Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19801
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice
is filed:
N/A
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-5627
Securities Act File Number: 33-23458
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:
[ ]
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:
None
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal
year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
None
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year:
Number: 1,725,647
Sale Price: $20,252,796
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to
rule 24f-2:
Number: 1,725,647
Sale Price: $20,252,796
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):
N/A
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold
during the fiscal year in reliance on
rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $20,252,796
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in
connection with dividend reinvestment
plans (from Item 11, if applicable): + N/A
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed
or repurchased during the fiscal
year (if applicable): - 11,387,429
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed
or repurchased and previously
applied as a reduction to filing
fees pursuant to rule 24e-2
(if applicable): + N/A
(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): $8,865,367
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act of 1933 or other
applicable law or regulation (see
Instruction C.6): x 1/3300
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or in (v) multiplied
by line (vi)]: $2,687
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 depository as described in section 3a of the
Commission's Rules of Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR
202.3a).
[X]
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
February 27, 1997
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ David A. Terwilliger
David A. Terwilliger
Vice President and Controller
of Golden American
Life Insurance Company
Date February 26, 1997
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the
signature.
Golden American Life Insurance Company
1001 Jefferson Street, Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19801
Tel: 302-576-3400
Fax: 302-576-3410
February 27, 1997
Golden American Life Insurance Company
1001 Jefferson Street, Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: Separate Account A of
Golden American Life Insurance Company
File Nos. 33-23458
811-5627
Sir or Madam:
I have examined the form of Registration Statement
(File No. 33-23458) filed by Golden American Life Insurance
Company ("Golden American") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-6 in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an
indefinite number of units of interest in Separate Account A. I
have also examined the form of Notice pursuant to Investment
Company Act Rule 24f-2 (the "Notice") proposed to be filed with
the Commission on the date hereof.
Based upon my examination and upon my knowledge of
corporate activities, and assuming, without independent
verification, that the interests were sold in compliance with
applicable state laws and in the manner referred to in the
Registration Statement, it is my opinion that the interests were
legally issued and represent binding obligations of Golden
American.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Notice. In giving this consent I do not thereby admit
that I come within the category of persons whose consent is
required under section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the
Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.
Sincerely,
/s/ Marilyn Talman
Marilyn Talman
Vice President, Associate
General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary
