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Registration No. 2-30070
Registration No. 811-1705
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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. | |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 |X|
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AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | |
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Amendment No. 83
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
of
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
(Exact Name of Registrant)
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THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
(Name of Depositor)
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 554-1234
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ROBIN WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT AND COUNSEL
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104
(Names and Addresses of Agents for Service)
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Please send copies of all communications to:
PETER E. PANARITES
Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 825
Washington, D.C. 20036
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box):
|X| Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
| | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
| | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
| | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
| | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
| | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
| | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Title of Securities Being Registered:
Units of interest in Separate Account under variable annuity
contracts.
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NOTE
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 ("PEA") to the Form N-4
Registration Statement No. 2-30070 ("Registration Statement") of The Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United States ("Equitable Life") and its Separate
Account A is being filed solely for the purpose of amending Item 32 of the
Registration Statement to add the following undertaking.
The PEA dos not amend or delete any EQUI-VEST Prospectuses, any
supplements thereto, or otherwise amend or delete any other part of the
Registration Statement
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(b) Exhibits.
Item 32. Undertakings
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The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) to 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 so long as payments
under the variable annuity contracts may be accepted;
(b) to 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 postcard or similar
written communication affixed to or included in the
prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a
Statement of Additional Information;
(c) to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any
financial statements required to be made available under
this Form promptly upon written or oral request.
Equitable hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted
under the contracts described in this Registration Statement, in the aggregate,
in such case, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses
to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Equitable under the respective
contracts. Equitable bases its representation on its assessment of all of the
facts and circumstances, including such relevant factors as: the nature and
extent of such services, expenses and risks, the need for Equitable to earn a
profit, the degree to which the contract includes innovative features, and
regulatory standards for the grant of exemptive relief under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 used prior to October 1996, including the range of industry
practice. This representation applies to all contracts sold pursuant to this
Registration Statement, including those sold on the terms specifically described
in the prospectuses contained herein, or any variations therein, based on
supplements, endorsements, data pages, or riders to any contract, or prospectus,
or otherwise.
The Registrant hereby represents that it is relying on the
November 28, 1988 no-action letter (Ref. No. IP-6-88) relating to variable
annuity contracts offered as funding vehicles for retirement plans meeting the
requirements of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Registrant further
represents that it complies with the provisions of paragraphs (1) - (4) of that
letter.
The Registrant hereby further represents that it is relying upon
Rule 6c-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") in claiming an
exemption from certain provisions of Sections 22(e) and 27 of the 1940 Act for
registered separate accounts offering variable annuity contracts to participants
in the Texas Optional Retirement Program. Further, Equitable Life has or will
comply with Rule 6c-7(a)-(d) of the 1940 Act with respect to Texas Optional
Retirement Program participants.
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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 amendment to the
Registration Statement and has caused this amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City and State of New York, on the
19th day of May, 2000.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT A OF
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES
(Registrant)
By: The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States
By: /s/ Naomi J. Weinstein
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Naomi J. Weinstein
Vice President
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Depositor has duly caused this amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City and State of New York, on this
19th day of May, 2000.
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Naomi J. Weinstein
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Naomi J. Weinstein
Vice President
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, this amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
*Michael Hegarty President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
*Edward D. Miller Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER:
*Stanley B. Tulin Vice Chairman of the Board,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:
*Alvin H. Fenichel Senior Vice President and Controller
*DIRECTORS:
Francoise Colloc'h Donald J. Greene George T. Lowy
Henri de Castries John T. Hartley Edward D. Miller
Joseph L. Dionne John H.F. Haskell, Jr. Didier Pineau-Valencienne
Denis Duverne Michael Hegarty George J. Sella, Jr.
Jean-Rene Fourtou Mary R. (Nina) Henderson Peter J. Tobin
Norman C. Francis W. Edwin Jarmain Stanley B. Tulin
Dave H. Williams
By: /s/ Naomi J. Weinstein
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Naomi J. Weinstein
Attorney-in-Fact
May 19, 2000
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