Registration No. 33-83750
Registration No. 811-8754
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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. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 [X]
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. 23 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT No. 45
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
(Name and Address of Agent 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: March 1, 2000.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
[X] On March 1, 2000 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.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for
previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered:
Units of interest in Separate Account under variable annuity contracts.
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NOTE
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Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Form N-4 Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 33-83750) of The Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United States (depositor) and its Separate Account
No. 45 (registrant), and Amendment No. 21 to the same Form N-4 Registration
Statement of Separate Account No. 45 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(File No. 811-08754), filed with the Commission on December 3, 1999, are
incorporated by reference herein. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 is being
filed under Rule 485(b)(l)(v) under the Securities Act of 1933 for the sole
purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the above-referenced Post-Effective
Amendment No. 15.
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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 this
31st day of January, 2000.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT No. 45 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
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Depositor certifies that it 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 31st day of January, 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
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
Edward D. Miller Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
*Michael Hegarty President, Chief Operating 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
January 31, 2000
