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DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216
(614) 249-7617
FACSIMILE: (614) 249-2418
Practice limited to Nationwide Insurance Companies
and their associated companies
February 8, 2000
VIA EDGAR
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Nationwide Mutual Funds (formerly Nationwide Investing Foundation III)
SEC File Nos. 333-40455, 811-08495
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 and on behalf of
Nationwide Mutual Funds (the "Trust"), we hereby certify that the form of the
prospectus and Statement of Additional Information which would have been filed
under paragraphs (b) and (c) under Rule 497 does not differ from the form of
prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective
Amendment 17 to the Registration Statement which became effective December 30,
1999.
Please call me at (614) 249-8678 with any questions concerning this filing.
Very truly yours,
DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
Elizabeth A. Davin
