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SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP
900 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 756-2000
Facsimile Number:
(212) 593-5955
Writers Direct Number:
(212) 756-2279
May 18, 2000
VIA EDGAR
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: LEVCO Series Trust -- (1933 Act File No. 333-19297; 1940 Act File
No. 811-08007) Filing Pursuant to Rule 497(j) Under the 1933 Act
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of LEVCO Series Trust (the "Fund") and pursuant to Rule 497(j)
under the Securities Act of 1933, I am informing you that the forms of
prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under paragraphs (b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the Fund's
Class A and Class B Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information which
had been electronically filed with your office on May 1, 2000, as post-effective
amendment number 4 to its registration statement.
Please call the undersigned at (212) 756-2279 with any questions or
comments.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Peter W. Gold
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Peter W. Gold