DOW TARGET VARIABLE FUND LLC, 497J, 1999-01-04

DOW TARGET VARIABLE FUND LLC
497J, 1999-01-04

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                                   January 4, 1999



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549

Re:      File No. 333-64349, Dow Target Variable Fund LLC
         Certification Under Rule 497(j)

Gentlemen:

I, John J. Palmer, President of the registrant, hereby certify that the form of
prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been filed
under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from those contained in
the most-recent pre-effective amendment to the above-captioned registration
statement, which was filed electronically under the EDGAR system on November 25,
1998.

In witness whereof, I have signed this certification in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio this fourth day of January, 1999.

                                    Sincerely,


                                    /s/JOHN J. PALMER
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    John J. Palmer
                                    President

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