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Letterhead of
The American Franklin Life Insurance Company
#1 Franklin Square
Springfield, Illinois 62713
(217) 528-2011
May 1, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Separate Account VUL-2 of The American Franklin Life
Insurance Company (1933 Act Registration No. 33-41838)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Separate Account VUL-2 of The American Franklin Life Insurance
Company, a registered investment company (the "Fund"), and in lieu of filing the
Fund's Prospectus under Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) that the form of Prospectus
that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the
Prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form S-6, which was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1997.
If you have any questions about this filing, please contact the undersigned
at (217) 528-2011.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ross D. Friend
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ROSS D. FRIEND
Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
VIA EDGAR
