VIA EDGAR
May 5, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
ATTN.: Office of Filings, Information and Consumer Services
RE: Smith Barney Variable Account Funds (the Company)
File No. 33-10830 and 811-4959
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
please accept this letter as certification that the prospectus and statement
of additional information of the Fund do not differ from those contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 (the Amendment) to the Funds Registration
Statement on Form N-1A. This Amendment was filed electronically on April 30,
1998 and became effective immediately.
Any comments on this filing should be directed to the undersigned at
(212) 816-6392. Please return an electronic transmittal as evidence of your
receipt of this filing.
Please return an electronic transmittal as evidence of your receipt of
this filing.
Very truly yours,
SMITH BARNEY VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS.
/s/ Marc A. Schuman
Marc A. Schuman
Assistant Secretary
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