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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL
REGISTRATION NO. 33-91226
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 101(a)(2)(i) of Regulation S-T, conveyed via EDGAR on behalf of
the Registrant for filing in accordance with Rule 497(j) under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("1933 Act"), Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) The form of prospectus (version 2) dated August 1, 1996 for Group Variable
Universal Life Insurance policies and certificates issued under the group
policies that would have been filed pursuant to 497(b) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement for Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL pertaining to
such policies and certificates ("Post-Effective Amendment No. 1"); and
(2) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 1996.
Very truly yours,
/s/Robin Wagner
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Robin Wagner
Counsel