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Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company 132 Turnpike Road, Suite 210 Southborough, MA 01772 508-460-2400 — phone 508-460-2401 — fax

commonwealthannuity.com * 800.457.8803

 

ANNUAL REPORT — 12/31/2013

 

FOR CONTRACT HOLDERS OF:	Commonwealth Annuity Advantage IV
	Commonwealth Annuity Preferred Plus and
	Commonwealth Annuity Horizon

 

March 17, 2014

 

VIA EDGAR

 

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Subj:

Commonwealth Annuity Separate Account A 1940 Act Registration Number: 811-22024 1933 Act Registration Numbers: 333-141045, 333-141019 and 333-157121 CIK: 0001391312 Rule N30-d Filing

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

As required by Rule 30e-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), Commonwealth Annuity Separate Account A, a unit investment trust registered under the Act, mailed to its contract owners the annual report(s) for the underlying management investment companies. This filing constitutes the filing of those reports as required by Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.

 

The following annual reports, which were mailed to contract owners, were filed with the Commission via EDGAR on the dates indicated below and are incorporated herein by reference:

 

Underlying Management Investment Company		CIK Number		Date(s) Filed
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (Service Shares)		1046292		February 28, 2014
Goldman Sachs Trust (Class A)		822977		February 7, 2014
AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)(Series I Shares)		896435		February 28, 2014
AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. (Class B)		825316		February 24, 2014
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund (Initial Class)		356494		February 21, 2014
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II (Service Class 2)		831016		February 21, 2014
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund III (Service Class 2)		927384		February 21, 2014
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund V (Initial Class)		823535		February 21, 2014
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust (Class 2)		837274		March 5, 2014
Janus Aspen Series (Service Shares)		906185		February 28, 2014
MFS® Variable Insurance TrustSM (Service Class)		918571		February 28, 2014
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (Service Shares)		752737		February 26, 2014
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust (Class I and II)		930709		February 27, 2014

 

To the extent necessary, these filings are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Scott D. Silverman
Scott D. Silverman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary

 

Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company

132 Turnpike Road, Suite 210 * Southborough, MA 01772