FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Report for six month period ending: / / (a)
or fiscal year ending: 12/31 /99 (b)
Is this a transition report? (Y/N) _____N
Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y/N) _______N
Those items or sub-items with a box "/" after the item number should be
completed only if the answer ha changed from the previous filing on this form.
1. A. Registrant Name: SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA-5 OF TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
B. File Number: 811-8158
C. Telephone Number:(213) 742-4454
2. A. Street:1150 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
B. City: LOS ANGELES C. State: CA D. Zip Code: 90015 Zip Ext:2211
E. Foreign Country: Foreign Postal Code:
3. Is this the first filing on this form by Registrant?
(Y/N)_________________________N
4. Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant?
(Y/N)_________________________N
5. Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)?
(Y/N)________________N [If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 89
through 110.]
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)?
(Y/N)_____________________________Y
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 111-132.]
7. A. Is Registrant a series or multiple portfolio company?
(Y/N)________________N [If answer is "N" (No), go to item 8.]
B. How many separate series or portfolios did Registrant have at the
end of the period?___________________________N/A
123. State the total value of the additional units considered in answering
item 122 ($000's omitted)_______ $__________N/A
124. State the total value of units of prior series that were placed in the
portfolios of subsequent series during the current period (the value of
these units is to be measured on the date they were placed in the
subsequent series ($000's omitted)______________ $_________________N/A
125. State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected (before reallowances
to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's principal underwriter and any
underwriter which is an affiliated person of the principal underwriter
during the current period solely from the sale of units of all series of
Registrant ($000's omitted)_______ $____________168
126. Of the amount shown in item 125, state the total dollar amount of sales
loads collected from secondary market operations in Registrant's units
(include the sales loads, if any, collected on units of a prior series
placed in the portfolio of a subsequent series.) ($000's omitted)___
$______N/A
127. Life opposite the appropriate description below the number of series whose
portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage of NAV) in each
type of security shown, the aggregate total assets at market value as of a
date at or neat the end of the current period of each such group of series
and the total income distributions made by each such group of series during
the current period (excluding distributions of realized gains, if any):
Total Total
Number of Assets Distributions
Series ($000's ($000's
Investing omitted) omitted)
A. U.S. Treasury
direct issue__________ $ $
B. U.S. Government
agency____________ $ $
C. State and municipal
tax-free___________ $ $
D. Public utility
debt_____________ $ $
E. Brokers or dealers
debt or debt of
brokers' or dealers'
parent_____________ $ $
F. All other corporate
intermed. & long-term
debt_________________ $ $
G. All other corporate
short-term debt________ $ $
H. Equity securities of
brokers or dealers
or parents of
brokers or dealers_______ $ $
I. Investment company
equity securities________ N/A $29,240 $1,171
J. All other equity
securities___________ $ $
K. Other securities_______ $ $
L. Total assets of all
series of
registrant_________ N/A $29,240 $1,171
128. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the portfolio
securities held by any of Registrant's series at the end of the current
period insured or guaranteed by an entity other than the issuer? (Y/N)N/A
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
129. Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128 delinquent or in
default as to payment of principal or interest at the end of the current
period? (Y/N)N/A
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
130. In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is any part of the
value attributed to instruments identified in item 129 derived from
insurance or guarantees? (Y/N)N/A
131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during the current
reporting period ($000's omitted) $236
132. List the "811 (Investment Company Act of 1940) registration number for all
Series of Registrant that are being included in this filing:
811- 811- 811- 811- 811-
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant (or depositor or trustee).
City of Los Angeles State of California
Date: March 1, 1999
Name of Registrant, Depositor, or Trustee:
Separate Account VA-5 of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
By: ____________________________________________
David M. Goldstein
Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel
Witness: _____________________________
Gina Grusman
SEC Filing Coordinator
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