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TITLE       SECRETARY

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EX-99.77C

                                                                        (Fund A)

                                                                  ATTACHMENT 77C

                   MATTER SUBMITTED TO VOTE OF CONTRACT OWNERS

A special meeting of Contract Owners of the Fund was held on April 8, 1999. At
the meeting, an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization was approved whereby,
effective April 30, 1999, Franklin Life Variable Annuity Fund A (1) was renamed
Franklin Life Variable Annuity Fund and restructured as a unit investment trust
comprising three divisions and (2) was combined with Franklin Life Variable
Annuity Fund B and Franklin Life Money Market Variable Annuity Fund C. The
number of votes case for and against, as well as the number of abstentions, is
set forth in the table below.




                                        VOTES:
           FOR                         AGAINST                      ABSTAIN
          ------                       -------                     --------
                                                              
          50,452                        3,794                        2,966

EX-99.77M

                                                                  ATTACHMENT 77M

                                     MERGER

     On April 8, 1999, special meetings of contract owners of Franklin Life
Variable Annuity Fund A ("Fund A"), Franklin Life Variable Annuity Fund B ("Fund
B"), and Franklin Life Money Market Variable Annuity Fund C ("Fund C") were
held. At the special meetings, an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization was
approved whereby, effective April 30, 1999, Fund A (1) was renamed Franklin Life
Variable Annuity Fund and restructured as a unit investment trust comprising
three investment divisions and (2) was combined with Fund B and Fund C. The
three investment divisions (Subaccount A, Subaccount B, and Subaccount C)
correspond to the former Fund A, Fund B, and Fund C, respectively, and invest
exclusively in shares of either the Stock Index Fund or the Money Market Fund of
the American General Series Portfolio Company.

     On June 4, 1999, Forms N-8F were filed with the SEC to deregister Fund B
(File No. 811-2110) and Fund C (File No. 811-3289) as investment companies.

     The Franklin Life Insurance Company also requested and obtained approval of
the reorganization from the State of Illinois Department of Insurance.