Annual Notice of Securities Sold Pursuant to Rule 24F-2
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of issuer:
Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa Separate Account A
604 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa Separate Account A
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8524
Securities Act File Number: 33-79170
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
December 31, 1995
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the
close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities
sold after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the
issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
/ /
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6): N/A
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to
rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the
beginning of the fiscal year:
-0-
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
-0-
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year:
# of securities
8,880,081 $68,013,970
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
# of securities
8,880,081 $68,013,970
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable
(see Instruction B.7):
-0-
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in
reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):
$68,013,970
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend
reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable):
+ $0
(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the
fiscal year (if applicable):
- $ 2,293,533
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously
applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if
applicable):
+ $0
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the
fiscal year in reliance upon rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line
(ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable):
$65,720,437
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of
1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see Instruction C.6):
X 1/2900
(vii) Fee due [line (i) or Line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]:
$22,663
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
/ X /
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
lockbox depository:
February 23, 1996
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA
SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
By Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa
By /s/ Paul E. Larson
_____________________________________________
Paul E. Larson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Date February 23, 1996
February 19, 1996
Equitable Life Insurance Company
of Iowa Separate Account A
604 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
RE: Form 24F-2 Opinion of Counsel
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our Opinion of Counsel in connection with the
filing of the "Rule 24f-2 Notice" by Equitable Life Insurance
Company of Iowa Separate Account A ("Separate Account") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
We have made such examination of the law and have examined such
records and documents as in our judgment are necessary or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below.
We are of the following opinions:
1. The Separate Account is a unit investment trust, as that
term is defined in Section 4(2) of the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the "Act"), and is currently registered with the Commission
pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Act.
2. Upon the acceptance of purchase payments made by a contract
owner pursuant to a Contract issued in accordance with the
Prospectus contained in the Separate Account's Registration
Statement, and upon compliance with applicable laws, such contract
owner will have a legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable
contractual interest in Separate Account.
This opinion is limited solely in its use as an exhibit to your
Notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2.
Respectfully,
NYEMASTER, GOODE, McLAUGHLIN,
WEST, HANSELL & O'BRIEN, P.C.
/s/ G. Thomas Sullivan
G. Thomas Sullivan
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