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[LETTERHEAD OF AMERITAS VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY]
May 5, 2000
TRANSMITTED VIA EDGAR ON 5/05/00
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Filing Desk
RE: AMERITAS VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (DEPOSITOR)
AMERITAS VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT V (REGISTRANT)
FILE NO. 333-95163
RULE 497(j) CERTIFICATION
Dear Sir or Madam:
In lieu of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") the
definitive prospectus dated May 1, 2000, for Ameritas Variable Life Insurance
Company Separate Account V ("Separate Account V"), File No. 333-95163, as
otherwise required by Rule 497(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, Ameritas
Variable Life Insurance Company, on behalf of Separate Account V, hereby
certifies that:
1. The form of prospectus that would have been filed under Rule 497(b)
would not have differed from that contained in Pre-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Separate Account V's registration statement for File No.
333-95163 on Form S-6 filed with the SEC April 5, 2000; and
2. The text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Separate Account V's
registration statement for File No. 333-95163 on Form S-6 has been filed
electronically via EDGAR.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this filing, please contact me
at 402-467-7853.
Sincerely,
/s/ Donald R. Stading
Donald R. Stading
Secretary and General Counsel
