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[Letterhead of GE Investment Management Incorporated}
May 1, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Variable Investment Trust
Securities Act File No. 33-76032
Investment Company Act File No. 811-8392
Gentlemen:
On behalf of Variable Investment Trust (the "Trust"), and in lieu of filing the
Trust's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information under Rule 497(c) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), I hereby certify pursuant to
Rule 497(j) under the Act that the form of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not
have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
contained in the Fund's most recent amendment to its Registration Statement on
Form N-1A which was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 29, 1996.
Should members of the Staff of the Commission have any questions or comments,
please call the undersigned at (203)326-4207.
Very truly yours,
Matthew J. Simpson
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
cc: Christopher Sprague, Esq.
Burton M. Leibert, Esq.
