As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 1997
Registration No. 333-24959
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 ( X )
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. ( )
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 (X)
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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WRL SERIES ANNUITY ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO
(Name of Depositor)
201 Highland Avenue
Largo, Florida 33770
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
(813) 585-6565
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Thomas E. Pierpan, Esq.
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio
201 Highland Avenue
Largo, Florida 33770
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Stephen E. Roth, Esq.
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P.
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the
effective date of the Registration Statement.
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant
hereby elects to register an indefinite amount of securities being offered.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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WRL SERIES ANNUITY ACCOUNT
WRL FREEDOM WEALTH CREATOR
The contents of Registrant's previously filed registration statement,
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 of the
WRL Series Annuity Account filed June 26, 1997 (File Nos. 333-24959, 811-8672),
is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The following undertakings are added to Part II:
Item 32 Undertakings and Representations:
(a) The Registrant undertakes that it will file a post-effective amendment
to this registration statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure
that the audited financial statements in the registration statement
are never more than 16 months old for as long as purchase payments
under the Contracts offered herein are being accepted.
(b) The Registrant undertakes that it will include either: (1) as part of
any application to purchase a Contract offered by the prospectus, a
space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional
Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication
affixed to or included in the prospectus that the applicant can remove
and send to Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio ("Western
Reserve") for a Statement of Additional Information.
(c) The Registrant undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional
Information and any financial statements required to be made available
under this Form N-4 promptly upon written or oral request to Western
Reserve at the address or phone number listed in the prospectus.
(d) Western Reserve hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted
under the Contracts, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to
the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the
risks assumed by Western Reserve.
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Largo,
State of Florida, on this 15th day of July, 1997.
WRL SERIES ANNUITY ACCOUNT
(Registrant)
By: /s/ John R. Kenney
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John R. Kenney, Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President of Western Reserve
Life Assurance Co. of Ohio
WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE
CO. OF OHIO
(Depositor)
By: /s/ John R. Kenney
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John R. Kenney, Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
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/s/ John R. Kenney Chairman of the Board, July 15, 1997
------------------------ Chief Executive Officer
John R. Kenney and President
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Alan M. Yaeger Executive Vice President, July 15, 1997
- ------------------------- Actuary & Chief Financial
Alan M. Yaeger Officer
/s/ Allan J. Hamilton Vice President, Treasurer July 15, 1997
------------------------ and Controller
Allan J. Hamilton
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/s/ Patrick S. Baird Director July 15, 1997
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Patrick S. Baird */
/s/ Lyman H. Treadway Director July 15, 1997
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Lyman H. Treadway */
/s/Jack E. Zimmerman Director July 15, 1997
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Jack E. Zimmerman */
/s/ James R. Walker Director July 15, 1997
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James R. Walker */
*/ /s/ Thomas E. Pierpan
Signed by Thomas E. Pierpan
As Attorney-in-fact
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