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Evergreen Funds TM
Since 1932
April 28, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust (the "Trust")
File Nos. 33-83100 and 811-8716
Dear Sir/Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), the Trust hereby certifies that (i) the form of prospectus and statement
of additional information that the Trust would have filed under Rule 497(c)
under the Act would not have differed from the prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in the Trust's most recent post-effective
amendment (Post-Effective Amendment No. 19)(the "Amendment") as it relates to
the Trust's prospectus and statement of additional information; and (ii) the
text of the Amendment was filed electronically via EDGAR on April 26, 2000.
Please call the undersigned if you have any questions relating to the
information provided herein.
Sincerely,
/s/Kevin Jacobs
Evergreen Investment Management Company
200 Berkeley Street o Boston o Massachusetts 02116-5034 o (617) 210-3200
