N-8A 1 dn8a.htm NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT II Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account II

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-8A

NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 8(a) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such notification of registration submits the following information:

 

Name:    Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account II
Address of Principal Business Office:   

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Telephone Number:    (414) 271-1444
Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:   

Robert J. Berdan

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Copies to:   

Terry R. Young

Assistant General Counsel

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(414) 665-2092

Check Appropriate Box:   

Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A

Yes  ¨    No  x

Item 1. Exact name of registrant.    Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account II
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or created and the date of such organization or creation.    Registrant was organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin on March 22, 2006.

Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation, partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).    Registrant is organized as a separate account of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company, unit investment trust, or management company).    Registrant is organized as a unit investment trust.

Item 5. If a registrant is a management company:

 

(a)       state whether registrant is a “closed-end” company or an “open-end” company;

 

(b)      state whether registrant is registering as a “diversified” company or a “non-diversified” company.

    Not Applicable.
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.    Not Applicable.
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of directors, state the name and address of each officer and director of registrant.    Not Applicable.

Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a board of directors:

 

  (a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

  (b) state the name and address of each officer and director of each sponsor of registrant;

The following lists include all of the Trustees, executive officers and other officers of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, without regard to their activities relating to variable annuity contracts or their authority to act or their status as “officers” as that term is used for certain purposes of the federal securities laws and rules thereunder.

TRUSTEES – As of June 1, 2006

 

Name

   

Business Address

Edward E. Barr   

2050 Center Avenue

Suite 567

Fort Lee, NJ 07024

John M. Bremer   

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

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Peter W. Bruce   

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Robert C. Buchanan   

Fox Valley Corporation

100 West Lawrence Street (54911)

P.O. Box 727

Appleton, WI (54912-0727)

George A. Dickerman   

68 Normandy Road

Longmeadow, MA 01106-1259

David J. Drury   

Poblocki & Sons, LLC

922 South 70th Street

Milwaukee, WI 53214

Connie K. Duckworth   

ARZU

77 Stone Gate Lane

Lake Forest, IL 60045

David A. Erne   

Reinhart Boener Van Deuren, sc

1000 North Water Street

Suite 2100

Milwaukee, WI 53202

James P. Hackett   

Steelcase, Inc.

901 – 44th Street

Grand Rapids, MI 49508

Hans Helmerich   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

1437 South Boulder

Tulsa, OK 74119

Stephen F. Keller   

101 South Las Palmas Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90004

Barbara A. King   

Landscape Structures, Inc.

Route 3

601-7th Street South

Delano, MN 55328

Margery Kraus   

APCO Worldwide

700 12th Street, NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20005

J. Thomas Lewis   

228 St. Charles Avenue

Suite 1024

New Orleans, LA 70130

 

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Ulice Payne, Jr.   

Addison-Clifton, L.L.C.

13555 Bishop’s Court

Suite 245

Brookfield, WI 53005

H. Mason Sizemore, Jr.   

2054 N.W. Blue Ridge Drive

Seattle, WA 98177

Peter M. Sommerhauser   

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

780 North Water Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202-3590

John E. Steuri   

52 River Ridge Road

Little Rock, AR 72227-1518

John J. Stollenwerk   

Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation

201 East Seven Hills Road

P.O. Box 998

Port Washington, WI 53074-0998

Barry L. Williams   

Williams Pacific Ventures, Inc.

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 3700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Kathryn D. Wriston   

c/o Shearman & Sterling

599 Lexington Avenue, Room 1064

New York, NY 10022

Edward J. Zore   

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

720 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS – As of June 1, 2006

 

Name

   

Title

Edward J. Zore   

President and Chief Executive Officer

John M. Bremer   

Chief Operating Officer (Chief Compliance Officer)

Peter W. Bruce   

Chief Insurance Officer

William H. Beckley   

Executive Vice President (Agencies)

Gary A. Poliner   

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Mason G. Ross   

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

John E. Schlifske   

Executive Vice President (Investment Products & Services and Affiliates)

Mark G. Doll   

Senior Vice President (Public Markets)

Christine H. Fiasca   

Senior Vice President (Agency Services)

Richard L. Hall   

Senior Vice President (Life Product)

William C. Koenig   

Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary

Jean M. Maier   

Senior Vice President (Insurance Operations)

Meridee J. Maynard   

Senior Vice President (Life Product)

Gregory C. Oberland   

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

 

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Marcia Rimai   

Senior Vice President (Business Integration Services)

Charles D. Robinson   

Senior Vice President (IPS Strategy)

Robert J. Berdan   

Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Michael G. Carter   

Vice President (Field Compensation & Planning)

Steven T. Catlett   

Vice President (Corporate Services)

Eric P. Christophersen   

Vice President (Compliance/Best Practices)

David D. Clark   

Vice President (Real Estate)

Gloster B. Current   

Vice President (Policyowner Services)

John M. Grogan   

Vice President (Disability Income)

John C. Kelly   

Vice President & Controller

John L. Kordsmeier   

Vice President (New Business)

Susan A. Lueger   

Vice President (Human Resources)

Jeffrey J. Lueken   

Vice President (Securities)

Raymond J. Manista   

Vice President (Corporate Planning)

David W. Simbro   

Vice President (Long Term Care)

Brenda F. Skelton   

Vice President (Communications)

Calvin R. Schmidt   

Vice President (Investment Product Operations)

Todd M. Schoon   

Vice President (Agencies)

J. Edward Tippetts   

Vice President (Wealth Management)

Donald G. Tyler   

Vice President (IPS Products & Sales)

Martha M. Valerio   

Vice President (Information Systems)

Michael L. Youngman   

Vice President (Government Relations)

OTHER OFFICERS – As of December 1, 2005

 

Name

   

Title

John Abbott   

Director-Field Benefit Consultants

Carl Amick   

VP-Risk Management Operations

Jason Anderson   

Assistant Director Tax

Mark Backe   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Rebekah Barsch   

Vice President Investment Product Lines

Blaise Beaulier   

Director of Project Portfolio Management

Beth M. Berger   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Frederick W. Bessette   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Maryann Bialo   

Asst. Director DI Benefit

Carrie Bleck   

Director Policyowner Services

Melissa Bleidorn   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Sandra Botcher   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Anne Brower   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Michael S. Bula   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Gwen Canady   

Director Corporate Reporting

Kurt Carbon   

Director Life Lay Standards

Susan A. Cerbins   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Walt Chossek   

Director-Finance

Tom Christianson   

Director Advanced Business Services

Barbara Courtney   

Director Mutual Fund Accounting

Dennis Darland   

Asst. Director DI Benefit

Mark Diestelmeier   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Dave Dorshorst   

Director Field Services and Support

John E. Dunn   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

 

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James R. Eben   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Cheryl Flanders   

Compliance & QA Consultant

Carol Flemma   

Director-IPS Bus Development/Comm

Don Forecki   

Director Investment Operations

James C. Frasher   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

John Garofani   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Sheila Gavin   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Don Gehrke   

Director-Inv Client Services

Tim Gerend   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Wally Givler   

Vice President Investment Accounting

Kevin M. Gleason   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Bob Gleeson   

Vice President & Medical Director

C. Claibourne Greene   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Tom Guay   

Vice President Underwriting Standards

Greg Gurlik   

Director Long Term Care Product Development

Wayne Heidenreich   

Medical Director

Gary Hewitt   

Vice President & Treasurer

Patricia Hillmann   

Director-Annuity Customer Service

Mark W. Humphrey   

Director-Architecture Construction Environmental Services

Sharon A. Hyde   

Asst. Director Disability Benefit

Elizabeth Idleman   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Todd Jones   

Asst. Director- IPS Finance

David B. Kennedy   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Mollie Kenny   

Regulatory Consultant

Don Kiefer   

Vice President Actuary

James Koelbl   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Abim Kolawole   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Robert Kowalsky   

Vice President & Chief Architect

Carol L. Kracht   

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Investment Counsel

Pat Krueger   

Director Annuity Customer Service

Todd Kuzminski   

Director Investment Accounting

Donna Lemanczyk   

Director-Investment Closing

Elizabeth Lentini   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Sally J. Lewis   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

James Lodermeier   

Senior Actuary

George R. Loxton   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Cindy Lubbert   

Asst. Director-DI Underwriting

Dean Mabie   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jon Magalska   

Actuary

Steve Mannebach   

Director Field Management Development

Anthony C. Marino   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jeff Marks   

Director Special Projects

Steve Martinie   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Ted Matchulat   

Director Product Compliance

Allan McDonnell   

Director-Order Entry Desk/Retail Svc

James L. McFarland   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Patrick McKeown   

Investment Research Consultant

Larry S. Meihsner   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

 

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Bob Meilander   

Vice President Corporate Actuary

Christopher Menting   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Richard E. Meyers   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Joanne Migliaccio   

Director Field Services and Support

Michael Mihm   

Asst. Director-IPS Field Consulting

Lynn Milewski   

Director Annuity New Business

Daniel Moakley   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jill Mocarski   

Medical Director

Karen Molloy   

Director Banking & Cash Management

Diane Moro-Goane   

Director Marketing Materials Review

Scott J. Morris   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jennifer W. Murphy   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Tim Nelson   

Director Market Conduct

David K. Nelson   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Mary S. Nelson   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jeffrey Niehaus   

Director-Business Retirement Markets

Kathy Oman   

Director-IPS Projects and Planning

Timothy Otto   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Art Panighetti   

Vice President Tax

Randy M. Pavlick   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

David W. Perez   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Judith L. Perkins   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Pete Peterson   

Director Long Term Care Administration

William C. Pickering   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Nora M. Platt   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Harvey W. Pogoriler   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Randy Powell   

Medical Director

Dave Remstad   

Vice President Specialty Markets

Tom Richards   

Vice President Agency Development

Dan Riedl   

President NMIS

Kathleen M. Rivera   

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Bethany Rodenhuis   

Vice President Audit

Tammy Roou   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Matt Sauer   

Director-IPS Compensation

Linda Schaefer   

Director-Special Investigative Unit

Thomas F. Scheer   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Jane Ann Schiltz   

Vice President Business Markets

Kathleen H. Schluter   

Vice President & Tax Counsel

Sue Schmeidel   

Director Field Development

Rodd Schneider   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Catherine L. Shaw   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Sherri Shickert   

Director Policyowner Services

David Silber   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Stephen M. Silverman   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Mark W. Smith   

Associate General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Warren Smith   

Assistant Director-Architecture

Diane Smith   

Assistant Director Policyowner Services

Richard Snyder   

Director-Mutual Fund Prod

Steve Sperka   

Director DI Benefits

 

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Karen Stevens   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Steve Stone   

Director IS Finance

Brenda J. Stugelmeyer   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Cheryl Svehlek   

Director-Administration

Rachel Taknint   

Vice President, Department Planning and Operations & Associate General Counsel

Paul Tews   

Director Investment Planning

Kellen Thiel   

Director-Managed Products

Derek Tyus   

Director of Strategic Analysis & Planning

Mary Beth Van Groll   

Vice President Information Systems

Natalie Versnik   

Director Policyowner Services

Andy Ware   

Vice President Actuary

Joel Weiner   

Medical Director

Catherine A. Wilbert   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Don Wilkinson   

Vice President Agency Administration

Jeff Williams   

Director Compliance Risk Management

Brian Wilson   

Director-IPS National Sales

John Wilson   

Director Long Term Care Sales Support

Robert Wright   

Director-Affinity Funds

Catherine M. Young   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Terry R. Young   

Asst. General Counsel & Asst. Secretary

Rick Zehner   

Vice President Life Products

Patti Zimmermann   

Director Investment Technology & Development

Philip Zwieg   

Vice President Information Systems

The business addresses for all of the executive officers and other officers is 720 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

 

(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of registrant.

Not Applicable.

 

Item 9.   

(a)       State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities directly to the public.

    No.

(b)      If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities to the public through an underwriter, state the name and address of such underwriter.

    Not Applicable.

(c)       If the answer to Item 9(a) is “no” and the answer to Item 9(b) is “not applicable,” state whether registrant presently proposes to make a public offering of its securities.

    Yes.

 

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(d)      State whether registrant has any securities currently issued and outstanding.

    No.

(e)       If the answer to Item 9(d) is “yes,” state as of a date not to exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification of registration the number of beneficial owners of registrant’s outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the name of any company owning more 10 percent or more of registrant’s outstanding voting securities.

    Not Applicable.
Item 10. State the current value of registrant’s total assets.    Zero.
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license to operate as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.    No.
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant’s last regular periodic report to its securityholders, if any.    Not Applicable.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the sponsor of the registrant has caused this notification of registration to be signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, on the 26th day of July, 2006.

 

    Signature:
   

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT II

(Registrant)

      By:  

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Depositor)

Attest:   /s/ JOHN E. DUNN     By:  

/s/ MERIDEE J. MAYNARD

 

John E. Dunn, Vice President and

Investment Products and

Services Counsel

      

Maridee J. Maynard, Senior Vice

President (Life Product)

 

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