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BINGHAM DANA LLP
150 FEDERAL STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-1726
May 4, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: CitiFunds(SM) Variable Annuity Portfolios
(File Nos. 811-7893 and 333-15119)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
CitiFunds(SM) Variable Annuity Portfolios, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), hereby certifies that the forms of the Prospectuses and Statements of
Additional Information that would have been filed by the Trust pursuant to Rule
497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment Number 7 to the
Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Amendment") would not have
differed from those contained in the Amendment. The Amendment, which was filed
via the EDGAR system on April 28, 2000, is the most recent amendment to the
Trust's registration statement.
Please call the undersigned at (617) 951-8706 or Mari A. Wilson at
(617) 951-8381, with any questions relating to this filing.
Sincerely,
Frans C. Wethly
cc: Susan LaChance
Harris Goldblat
Mari A. Wilson