Reminder - Meeting of Variable Insurance Products Advisory Committee - December 5, 2006

©2006 Investment Company Institute. All rights reserved. Information may be abridged and therefore incomplete. Communications from the Institute do not constitute, and should not be considered a substitute for, legal advice. [20635] November 30, 2006 TO: SEC RULES COMMITTEE No. 51-06 VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 13-06 RE: REMINDER - MEETING OF VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE - DECEMBER 5, 2006 As we previously informed you, a meeting of the Variable Insurance Products Advisory Committee has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at the offices of the Investment Company Institute, 1401 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please note that this meeting will take place following the conclusion of the Institute’s Securities Law Developments Conference to be held on December 4-5. Attached is the agenda for the meeting. Susan Nash, Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, will attend the meeting to discuss variable insurance products initiatives at the SEC and the Committee’s views on issues relating to variable insurance products. We anticipate that the meeting will conclude no later than 4:00 p.m. For this meeting only, we will provide the ability for members to participate by phone. For those participating by phone, the dial-in number will be 888- 790-1711 and the passcode will be 15244. If you have not done so already, please indicate on the attached response form whether you, or an alternate from your firm, plan to attend the meeting in person or by phone. We look forward to seeing you on December 5. Ari Burstein Senior Counsel Securities Regulation – Capital Markets Attachment (in .pdf format)