Northbrook Life Insurance Company
3100 Sanders Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Phone: 847-402-2400
January 10, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Ann Vlcek, Esq.
Office of Insurance Products
Room 5130, Mail Stop 5-6
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Northbrook Variable Annuity Account II ("Registrant") Post-Effective
Amendment No. 22 to Form N-4 Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Post-Effective Amendment No.
23 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (File No. 033-35412 and
File No. 811-6116) CIK No. 0000864922
Dear Ms. Vlcek:
On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), I hereby request withdrawal of
the Registrant's Form N-4 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("Commission") on November 12, 1999. We are requesting withdrawal because the
Registrant subsequently filed the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information contained in post-effective amendment number 22 in an initial
Registration Statement, filed on December 30, 1999 (1933 Act file number
333-93871), pursuant to the request of the Commission's Staff.
For ease of reference, additional information regarding the Registrant's
November 12, 1999 Form N-4 filing is set forth below:
Filing date: 12 November 1999
Received date: 12 November 1999
Accepted date: 12 November 1999
No. of Documents: 8
Test Filing: No
Confirming Copy: No
Accession Number: 0000945094-99-000305
For the foregoing reasons, I submit that withdrawal of the Registrant's November
12, 1999 Form N-4 filing would be consistent with the public interest and the
protection of investors, and respectfully request that the Commission grant this
request for withdrawal. The cooperation of the Commission's Staff is greatly
appreciated in this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ BRUCE A. TEICHNER
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Bruce A. Teichner
Associate Counsel
