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CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP
C/O TIMESSQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, S-215
HARTFORD, CT 06152-2215
May 3, 2000
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: CIGNA Variable Product Group
(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") hereby certifies that:
(1) Each form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would
have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act, as amended,
would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
19 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. 19 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically via EDGAR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2000 (reference accession
No. 0001067312-00-000171).
Sincerely,
CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP
/s/ Jeffrey S. Winer
By:____________________________________________
Jeffrey S. Winer
Its: Vice President and Secretary
