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Registration No. 333-41667
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
FORM S-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
A. Exact name of Trust: C.M. Life Variable Life Separate Account I
B. Name of Depositor C.M. Life Insurance Company
C. Complete address of 140 Garden Street
Depositor's principal Hartford, CT 06154
executive offices:
D. Name and address of Arm Lomeli
Agent for Service Corporate Secretary
of Process: 1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box)
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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on pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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on pursuant to paragraph (a)(l) of Rule 485.
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this post effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post effective amendment. Such effective
X date shall be May 1, 1999.
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E. Title of Securities being Survivorship Flexible Premium
registered: Adjustable Variable Life insurance Policies
F. Approximate date of proposed As soon as practicable after the effective
public offering: date of this Registration Statement.
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This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii)
under the Securities Act of 1933 for the sole purpose of delaying the effective
date of Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to Registration Statement No. 333-41667
filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 on March 19,
1999. The contents of Post-Effective Amendments No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are being
incorporated by reference.
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REPRESENTATION BY REGISTRANT'S COUNSEL
As counsel to the Registrant, I, Richard M. Howe, have reviewed this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 333-41667 and I
represent, pursuant to the requirement of paragraph (e) of Rule 485 under the
Securities Act of 1933, that this Amendment does not contain disclosures which
would render it ineligible to become effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of said
Rule 485.
/s/ Richard M. Howe
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Richard M. Howe
Second Vice President &
Associate General Counsel
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
C.M. Life Variable Life Separate Account I, certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 pursuant
to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has caused this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 333-41667 to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, all in the city of
Springfield and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 14th day of April,
1999.
C.M. LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT I
C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Lawrence V. Burkett. Jr.*
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Lawrence V. Burkett, Jr., Director, President and Chief Executive
Officer
C.M. Life Insurance Company
/s/ Richard M. Howe On April 14, 1999, as Attorney-in-Fact
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*Richard M. Howe
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 333-41667 has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Lawrence V. Burkett. Jr.* Director, President and Chief April 14, 1999
----------------------------- Executive Officer
Lawrence V. Burkett, Jr.
/s/ Edward M. Kline* Vice President and Treasurer April 14, 1999
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Edward M. Kline
/s/ John M. Miller. Jr.* Vice President and Comptroller April 14, 1999
------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
John M. Miller Jr.
/s/ John B. Davies* Director April 14, 1999
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John B. Davies
/s/ Stuart H. Reese* Director April 14, 1999
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Stuart H Reese.
/s/ Isadore Jermyn* Director April 14, 1999
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Isadore Jermyn
/s/ James Miller* Director April 14, 1999
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James Miller
/s/ Robert J. O'Connell* Director April 14, 1999
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Robert J. O'Connell
/s/ Richard M. Howe On April 14, 1999, as Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to
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*Richard M. Howe
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