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[Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Letterhead]
DAVID S. GOLDSTEIN
DIRECT LINE: (202) 383-0606
Internet: [email protected]
May 2, 2000
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
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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 Prospectus and 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 that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 for the
Trust filed with the Commission on April 25, 2000 via EDGARLINK.
If you have any questions or comments, please call the
undersigned at (202) 383-0606.
Sincerely,
/s/ David S. Goldstein
David S. Goldstein
cc: Marc Bryant/GE Institutional Funds
Jeanne La Porta, Esq./GE Institutional Funds
