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[Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Letterhead]
THERESA K. KELETY
DIRECT LINE: (202) 383-0182
Internet: [email protected]
September 30, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Mail Stop 10-5
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: GE Institutional Funds
File Nos. 333-29337; 811-08257
Commissioners:
On behalf of GE Institutional Funds (the "Trust"), we hereby
certify, pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, that the form of the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI")
being used in connection with the offering of interests in the Trust and
otherwise required to be filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 does not differ
from the SAI contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 for the Trust filed
with Commission on September 24, 1999 via EDGARLINK.
If you have any questions or comments, please call the
undersigned at (202) 383-0182 or David S. Goldstein at (202) 383-0606.
Sincerely,
/s/ Theresa K. Kelety
Theresa K. Kelety
Attachments
cc: Jeanne La Porta, Esq./GE Institutional Funds
David S. Goldstein, Esq./SA&B
