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AMERICAN
|GENERAL
|FINANCIAL GROUP
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019 PAULETTA P. COHN
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
Direct Line (713) 831-1230
FAX (713) 620-3878
E-mail: [email protected]
May 5, 2000
BY EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20549
RE: The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company ("VALIC")
Separate Account A ("REGISTRANT")
Product: Portfolio Director, Portfolio Director 2
and Portfolio Director Plus
FILE NOS: 33-75292 AND 811-3240
CIK NO. 0000354912
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am writing this letter as Deputy General Counsel of American
General Retirement Services and counsel to VALIC, as the depositor of the
Registrant and on behalf of the Registrant.
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933
Act"), Registrant has elected to file the certification set out below in lieu
of electronically filing definitive copies of the prospectuses and statements of
additional information ("SAIs") contained in its most recent amendment to its
Form N-4 Registration Statement ("Amendment"), as required by Rule 497(c)
under the 1933 Act and as provided by Rule 309(b) of Regulation S-T. This
letter serves as certification for the following prospectuses and SAIs:
Portfolio Director Prospectus and SAI, Portfolio Director 2 Prospectuses and
SAIs (Series 2.1 to 2.12, Series 2.1.20 to 2.12.20 and Series 2.1.40 to
2.12.40) and Portfolio Director Plus Prospectuses (Series 1 to 12 and Series
1.40 to 12.40 only) and SAIs (Series 1 to 12, Series 1.20 to 12.20 and Series
1.40 to 12.40)
Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and SAIs that would have been filed
under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act following
the filing of the Amendment would not have been different
from that contained in the Amendment, and
(2) the Amendment, which is designated as Post-Effective Amendment
No. 17 under the 1933 Act and as Amendment No. 65 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, was filed electronically on
April 26, 2000.
Please direct any inquiry regarding the foregoing to the undersigned
at (713) 831-1230.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PAULETTA P. COHN
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