As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 8, 1998
Registration No. 33-70988; 811-8118
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 []
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 [x]
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 []
Amendment No. 11 [x]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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LIFE & ANNUITY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Certificate of Trust)
111 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 643-9691
Richard H. Blank, Jr.
c/o Stephens Inc.
111 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Robert M. Kurucza, Esq.
Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[]Immediately upon filing pursuant [x] on January 8, 1999, pursuant
to Rule 485(b), or to Rule 485(b)
[]60 Days after filing pursuant [] on _________ pursuant
to Rule 485(a)(1), or to Rule 485(a)(1)
[]75 days after filing pursuant [] on _________ pursuant
to Rule 485(a)(2), or to Rule 485(a)(2)
If appropriate, check the following box:
[x]This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement of
Life & Annuity Trust (the "Trust") hereby incorporates by reference all of the
information set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act
of 1933 and Amendment No. 9 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which was
filed on August 26, 1998. The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is
to continue to delay the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 7, which
was originally delayed until December 9, 1998 by Post-Effective Amendment No. 8,
until January 8, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment
to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized in the City of Little Rock, State of
Arkansas on the 8th day of December, 1998.
LIFE & ANNUITY TRUST
By /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
(Richard H. Blank, Jr.)
Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature Title
* Trustee, Chairman and President
(R. Greg Feltus) (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr. Secretary and Treasurer
(Richard H. Blank, Jr.) (Principal Financial Officer)
* Trustee
(Jack S. Euphrat)
* Trustee
(Thomas S. Goho)
* Trustee
(Peter G. Gordon)
* Trustee
(Joseph N. Hankin)
* Trustee
(W. Rodney Hughes)
* Trustee
(J. Tucker Morse)
*By: /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
Richard H. Blank, Jr.
As Attorney-in-Fact
December 8, 1998
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[MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LETTERHEAD]
December 8, 1998
Writer's Direct Dial Number
(202) 887-1537
VIA EDGAR
Securities & Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Life & Annuity Trust
SEC File Nos. 33-70988; 811-8118
Ladies/Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration of Life & Annuity Trust (the
"Trust") as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act"), and the issuance of shares by it under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "1933 Act"), we are transmitting herewith Post-Effective Amendment No. 9
under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 11 under the 1940 Act to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to Rule 485(b).
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration
Statement of the Trust hereby incorporates by reference all of the information
set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act of 1933 and
Amendment No. 9 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which was filed on
August 26, 1998. The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to
continue to delay the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 7, which was
originally delayed until December 9, 1998 by Post-Effective Amendment No. 8,
until January 8, 1999.
This firm represented the Trust in connection with the
preparation of the above-referenced Post-Effective Amendment. In accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (b) of Rule 485, we are not aware of any disclosures
that would render it ineligible to become effective under paragraph (b) of Rule
485.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the undersigned
at the number set forth above, or Marco E. Adelfio at (202) 887-1530.
Sincerely,
/s/ Janis E. Fonda
Janis E. Fonda
