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[SAB Letterhead]
March 9, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Providentmutual Life and Annuity Company of America
Providentmutual Variable Annuity Separate Account
(File No. 333-90081)
Commissioners:
On behalf of Providentmutual Life and Annuity Company of America (the
"Company"), we hereby certify, pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information ("SAI") for certain deferred variable annuity contracts
offered by the Company through the Account and otherwise required to be filed
under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 does not differ from the form of prospectus and
SAI contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form N-4 registration
statement for the Account (the "Amendment"). The Amendment was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2000
via EDGARLINK, and was declared effective on March 7, 2000.
If you have any questions or comments, please call the undersigned at
(202) 383-0158 or Elisabeth M. Grano at (202) 383-0717.
Sincerely,
/s/ Stephen E. Roth
Stephen E. Roth
Attachments
cc: James Potter, Esq.
James Bernstein, Esq.
Elisabeth M. Grano, Esq.
