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GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
LAW AND REGULATION DEPARTMENT
3100 SANDERS ROAD, J5B
NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
David E. Stone Direct Dial Number (847) 402-7130
Associate Counsel Facsimile (847) 402-3781
January 30, 1998
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Glenbrook Life Multi-Manager Variable Account
Filing of Investment Company Prospectus Supplement (Rule 497)
Registration No. 333-00999
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Securities Act of 1933, Reg. Section 230.497, requires Investment
Companies filing on Form N-4, of the Investment Company Act of 1940, to file
the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, in the exact form used, within five days after the
effective date of a Registration Statement. In lieu of filing under
paragraph (b) or (c) of Reg. Section 230.497, the Registrant, Glenbrook Life
Multi-Manager Variable Account, files this certification pursuant to
paragraph (j) of Reg. Section 230.497:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Reg. ' 230.497 does not
differ from that contained in the most recent registration statement or
amendment, and
(2) the text of the most recent registration statement or amendment has
been filed electronically.
Please contact myself at (847)402-7130, if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Very truly yours,
/s/DAVID E. STONE
David E. Stone
Associate Counsel
