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CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP
c\o CIGNA INVESTMENTS, INC.
900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, S-215
HARTFORD, CT 06152-2215
April 26, 1999
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: CIGNA Variable Product Group
(CIGNA Variable Products Money Market Fund and
CIGNA Variable Products S&P 500 Index Fund)
(1933 Act Registration No. 33-20333)
(1940 Act File No. 811-5480)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), CIGNA Variable Products Group (the "Trust"), on behalf of its series of
shares known as CIGNA Variable Products Money Market Fund and CIGNA Variable
Products S&P 500 Index Fund, hereby certifies that:
(1) The form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically via EDGAR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 1999.
Sincerely,
CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP, on behalf of its series
of shares known as CIGNA Variable Products Money Market
Fund and CIGNA Variable Products S&P 500 Index Fund
/s/ Jeffrey S. Winer
By:____________________________________________
Jeffrey S. Winer
Its: Vice President and Secretary
