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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 26, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-65145
& 811-9062
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ( )
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ( )
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 (X)
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ( )
Amendment No. 8 (X)
AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT C
(Exact Name of Registrant)
AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc.
(Formerly First Providian Life and Health Insurance Company)
(Name of Depositor)
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Office)
Depositor's Telephone Number: (212) 246-5234
Gregory E. Miller-Breetz, Esq.
AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc.
400 West Market Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Michael Berenson, Esquire
Jorden Burt Boros Cicchetti Berenson & Johnson LLP
1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Suite 400 East
Washington, D.C. 20007-0805
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
[X] On April 23, 1999, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485.
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
[ ] On ____________, 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 a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Parts A, B, and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, filed on
December 29, 1998 (File No. 333-65145), are incorporated herein by reference,
and this Post-Effective Amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of further
delaying the effectiveness of the above-referenced Amendment.
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As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Act of 1940, the
Registrant has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in
the City of Louisville and Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 26th day of
March, 1999.
AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT C (REGISTRANT)
AUSA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
(DEPOSITOR)
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Tom A. Schlossberg, President
By: /s/ Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
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Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
Attorney-In-Fact
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As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement as been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the duties indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
William Brown, Jr.
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Larry G. Brown
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Jack R. Dykhouse
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Steven E. Frushtick
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Carl T. Hanson
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
B. Larry Jenkins
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Colette Vargas
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Vera F. Mihaic
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Peter P. Post
_____________________________ Director (Principal Executive Officer) March 26, 1999
Tom A. Schlossberg
_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
Cor H. Verhagen
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_____________________________ Director March 26, 1999
E. Kirby Warren
_____________________________ Treasurer (Chief Accounting Officer) March 26, 1999
Brenda K. Clancy
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By: /s/ Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
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Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
Attorney-In-Fact
