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Security Benefit Life Insurance Company 700 SW Harrison St.
Security Benefit Group, Inc. Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001
Security Distributors, Inc. (785) 431-3000
Security Management Company, LLC
May 2, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Subj: T. Rowe Price Variable Annuity Account of First Security Benefit
Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
File Nos.: 33-83240 and 811-8726
Dear Sir or Madam:
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933,
please accept this letter as certification that the T. Rowe Price Variable
Annuity Account of First Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity Company of
New York Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information do not differ from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement
filed under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 10 to the Registration
Statement filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Post-Effective
Amendment was filed electronically on May 1, 2000.
If you have any questions concerning this filing, please contact me at
(785) 431-3226.
Very truly yours,
AMY J. LEE
Amy J. Lee
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
