Pruco Life Insurance Company Thomas C. Castano Assistant General Counsel Law Department Pruco Life Insurance Company 213 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-2992 (973) 802-4708 fax: (973) 802-9560 June 28, 2001 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Pruco Life Variable Universal Account - CIK No. 0000851693 Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-6, File No. 333-85115. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-6 was filed and accepted on June 27, 2001 (Accession No. 0000891554-01-503237). We request withdrawal of the registration filing because of an error in the type of filing. The above-referenced registration was filed as a submission type 485BPOS when it should have been filed as a submission type 485APOS. On behalf of the Pruco Life Variable Universal Account, we request withdrawal of the registration statement filing pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933. Sincerely, /s/ Thomas C. Castano ------------------------------------ Thomas C. Castano Assistant General Counsel Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey via EDGAR