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SPINNAKER FILE NOS. 33-69712/811-8052
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. _____ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 [X]
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. 14 [X]
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
SAFECO SEPARATE ACCOUNT C
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(Exact Name of Registrant)
SAFECO Life Insurance Company
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(Name of Depositor)
15411 N.E. 51st Street, Redmond, Washington 98052
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(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code (425) 867-8000
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Name and Address of Agent for Service
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WILLIAM E. CRAWFORD, ESQ.
15411 N.E. 51st Street
Redmond, Washington 98052
(425) 867-8257
Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering............As Soon as Practicable
after Effective Date
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
_____ 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
X on April 30, 1999, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following:
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X this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
- ----- previously filed post-effective amendment.
Registrant has declared that it has registered an indefinite number or amount
of securities under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant filed a Rule 24f-2 Notice for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 1997 on or about March 27, 1998.
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PURPOSE
The sole purpose of this registration is to delay the effective date of prior
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act of 1933, and No.13
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, for SAFECO Separate Account C
(Registrant), filed on December 4, 1998. Parts A, B and C from that prior
filing are incorporated herein by reference.
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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(a) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Seattle,
and State of Washington on this 22nd day of February, 1999.
SAFECO Separate Account C
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Registrant
By: SAFECO Life Insurance Company
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By: /S/ RANDALL H. TALBOT
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Randall H. Talbot, President
SAFECO Life Insurance Company
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Depositor
By: /S/ RANDALL H. TALBOT
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Randall H. Talbot, President
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Name Title Date
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DONALD S. CHAPMAN* Director
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Donald S. Chapman
/S/ BOH A. DICKEY Director
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Boh A. Dickey
R. H. EIGSTI* Director and Chairman
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R. H. Eigsti
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JAMES T. FLYNN* Vice President, Controller and
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James T. Flynn Accounting Officer)
RONALD SPAULDING* Director, Vice
- ------------------------ President and Treasurer
Ronald Spaulding
ROD A. PIERSON* Director, Senior Vice President
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Rod Pierson
JAMES W. RUDDY* Director
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James W. Ruddy
W. RANDALL STODDARD* Director
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W. Randall Stoddard
DALE E. LAUER* Director
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Dale E. Lauer
/S/ RANDALL H. TALBOT Director and President
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Randall H. Talbot
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*By: /S/ BOH A. DICKEY
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Boh A. Dickey
Attorney-in-Fact
*By: /S/ RANDALL H. TALBOT
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Randall H. Talbot
Attorney-in-Fact
