[Aetna Logo] 151 Farmington Avenue
[Aetna Letterhead] Hartford, CT 06156
Katherine K. Gaudreau
Paralegal
ARS Law TS31
September 2, 1999 1 (860) 273-3892
Fax: (860) 273-3004
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Filing Desk
Re: Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account B
Prospectus Title: Group Variable Annuity Contracts for Employer-Sponsored
Deferred Compensation Plans
File Nos.: 33-75996* and 811-251
Rule 497(j) Filing
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act"), this is
to certify that the Prospectus Supplement contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 19 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 ("Amendment No. 19") for
Variable Annuity Account B of Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (the
"Registrant") that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Act
would not have differed from that contained in Amendment No. 19 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-4 which was declared effective on
September 1, 1999. The text of Amendment No. 19 was filed electronically.
If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned
at 860-273-3892.
Sincerely,
/s/ Katherine K. Gaudreau
Katherine K. Gaudreau
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*Pursuant to Rule 429(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has
included a combined prospectus under this Registration Statement which includes
all information that would currently be required in a prospectus relating to the
securities covered by the following earlier Registration Statement Nos:
33-88722, 2-52448; and the individual deferred compensation contracts covered by
Registration Statement No. 33-76000.
