[Aetna Logo] 151 Farmington Avenue
[Aetna Letterhead] Hartford, CT 06156
Katherine K. Gaudreau
Paralegal
ARS Law TS31
September 2, 1999 (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 C
Prospectus Title: Multiple Sponsored Retirement Options
File Nos.: 333-01107* and 811-2513
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. 16 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 ("Amendment No. 16") for
Variable Annuity Account C 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. 16 which was
declared effective on September 1, 1999. The text of Amendment No. 16 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, Registrant has
included a combined prospectus under this Registration Statement which includes
all the information which would currently be required in a prospectus relating
to the securities covered by the following earlier Registration Statements:
33-88720; 33-75964 (which had included a combined prospectus for earlier
Registration Statements: 33-75958, 33-75960, and 33-75994); 33-75986 (which had
included a combined prospectus for earlier Registration Statements: 33-75970,
33-75954, and 33-75956); 33-75982 (which had included a combined prospectus for
earlier Registration Statements: 33-75968, 33-75966, 33-75990, and the
individual deferred compensation contracts covered by Registration Statement No.
33-75992); and 33-91846 (which had included a combined prospectus for earlier
Registration Statement: 33-75976).
