# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000948923
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-083723
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 6121
**Document Hash:** 1641334bc35c4baf266b46c56a82bffa
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-083723.hdr.sgml**: 20250827

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-083723

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250827

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250827

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000948923

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 630169720
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TN
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-07337
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251260363

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801
- **STREET 2:** 2801 HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH
- **CITY:** BIRMINGHAM
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 35223
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2058683586

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801 HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH
- **CITY:** BIRMINGHAM
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 35223
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000948923

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 630169720
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TN
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-232740
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251260362

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801
- **STREET 2:** 2801 HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH
- **CITY:** BIRMINGHAM
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 35223
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2058683586

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2801 HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH
- **CITY:** BIRMINGHAM
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 35223

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT (Series ID: S000010421)

| Class ID   | Class Name                             | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000214950 | Protective Strategic Objectives II VUL |  |

**As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2025**

**Registration File No. 333-232740<br> 811-07337**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, DC 20549**

**FORM N-6**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** **☒**

**Pre-Effective Amendment No. ☐**

**Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 ☒**

**and**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF**

**1940** **☒**

**Amendment No. 125 ☒**

**(Check appropriate box or boxes)**

**Protective Variable Life Separate Account**

(Exact name of registrant)

**Protective Life Insurance Company**

(Name of depositor)

**2801 Highway 280 South**

**Birmingham, Alabama 35223**

(Address of depositor's principal executive offices)

**(800) 265-1545**

Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code

**BRANDON J. CAGE, Esq.**

**2801 Highway 280 South**

**Birmingham, Alabama 35223**

(Name and address of agent for service)

**Copy to:**

**STEPHEN E. ROTH, Esquire**

**THOMAS E. BISSET, Esquire**

**Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP**

**700 Sixth Street, N.W., Suite 700**

**Washington, DC 20001-3980**

**It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):**

☐ **immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485**

**☒ on September 29, 2025, pursuant to paragraph (b) 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:**

**☒ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for previously filed amendment.**

**Title of Securities Being Registered: Interests in Individual<br> Flexible Premium Variable and Fixed Life Insurance Policies**

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-6 is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") solely for the purpose of delaying, until September 29, 2025, the effectiveness of the registration statement, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 on June 27, 2025, SEC Accession Number (0001104659-25-063419), pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 incorporates by reference the information contained in the Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and Part C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 17.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant of this Registration Statement certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on August 27, 2025.

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| PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT |
| By: \* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Richard J. Bielen, *President* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;*Protective Life Insurance Company* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
| By: \* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Richard J. Bielen, *President* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;*Protective Life Insurance Company* |

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As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| \* | \* | Chairman of the Board, President | \* |
| Richard J. Bielen | Richard J. Bielen | Chief Executive Officer, and Director |  |
|  |  | (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| \* | \* | Executive Vice President,<br> Chief Operating Officer | \* |
| Wade V. Harrison | Wade V. Harrison | and Director |  |
| \* | \* | Executive Vice President,<br> Chief Financial Officer, and Director  | \* |
| Paul R. Wells | Paul R. Wells | (Principal Accounting and Financial<br> Officer) |  |
| \*BY: | /S/ BRANDON J. CAGE |  | August 27, 2025 |
| Brandon J. Cage | Brandon J. Cage |  |  |
| *Attorney-in-Fact* | *Attorney-in-Fact* |  |  |

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