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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 10, 1997
Registration No. 33-43763
Registration No. 811-6455
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 / /
Pre-Effective Amendment No. / /
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 /X/
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 / /
Amendment No. 26 /X/
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VA-I SEPARATE ACCOUNT
of
FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant)
FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
120 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, New York 10591
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 893-7168
ROSEMARY A. MOORE, ESQUIRE
First UNUM Life Insurance Company
2211 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04122
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
/X / immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / on , pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
/ / on , pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 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.
In accordance with Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has registered an indefinite number or amount of its securities under
the Securities Act of 1933. That election was previously filed in Registrant's
Form N-4 registration statement (File No. 33-43763). The Registrant filed its
Rule 24f-2 Notice on February 26, 1997, for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996.
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This post-effective amendment is being filed solely to satisfy the requirements
of Section 26(e)(2)(A) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The contents of Registrant's previously-filed registration statement, Post-
Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 of the VA-I
Separate Account filed May 1, 1996 (File Nos. 33-43763, 811-6455), is
incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The following undertaking is added to Part C, Undertakings:
First UNUM Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges
deducted under the Contract, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the
services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed
by First UNUM Life Insurance Company.
In addition, the Powers of Attorney of Edward R. Hillman and Robert G. Ostrander
are attached hereto.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, an undersigned Director of First UNUM Life Insurance Company ("UNUM"),
hereby appoint Kevin J. Tierney, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my stead, in
any and all capacities to execute and file a registration statement on Form N-4
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940
with respect to any variable annuity products funded through one or more
separate accounts of UNUM, and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
WITNESS my signature on the date set forth below:
NAME TITLE DATE
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/s/ Edward R. Hillman Director April 7, 1997
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Edward R. Hillman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, an undersigned Director of First UNUM Life Insurance Company ("UNUM"),
hereby appoint Kevin J. Tierney, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my stead, in
any and all capacities to execute and file a registration statement on Form N-4
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940
with respect to any variable annuity products funded through one or more
separate accounts of UNUM, and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
WITNESS my signature on the date set forth below:
NAME TITLE DATE
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/s/ Robert G. Ostrander Director April 7, 1997
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Robert G. Ostrander
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant and the Depositor have caused this Post-Effective Amendment
to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf, in the City of
Tarrytown, and State of New York on this 10th day of July, 1997, and the
Registrant certifies that this Amendment is filed solely for one or more of the
purposes specified in Rule 485(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 and that
no material event requiring disclosure in the prospectus, other than one listed
in Rule 485(b)(1), has occurred since the effective date of the most recent
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement which included a
prospectus.
VA-I Separate Account of First
UNUM Life Insurance Company
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Stephen B. Center
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Stephen B. Center
President
First UNUM Life Insurance Company
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Stephen B. Center
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Stephen B. Center
President
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 this Post-Effective Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Stephen B. Center July 10, 1997
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Stephen B. Center President
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Nicholas J. Desiderio July 10, 1997
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Nicholas J. Desiderio Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Scott P. McGregor July 10, 1997
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Scott P. McGregor 2nd Vice President and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
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Robert E. Cash Director
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Stephen B. Center Director
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Robert G. Ostrander Director
*
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Peter J. Moynihan Director
*
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Peter P. Mullen Director
*
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James F. Orr III Director
*
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Henry M. White, Jr. Director
*
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Edith Weiner Director
*
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Edward R. Hillman Director
/s/ Kevin J. Tierney July 10, 1997
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Kevin J. Tierney Director
* By: /s/ Kevin J. Tierney July 10, 1997
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Kevin J. Tierney
Attorney-in-fact
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