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One Financial Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Post Office Box 237
[LOGO] OHIO NATIONAL Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-0237
FINANCIAL SERVICES Telephone: 513-794-6100
May 1, 2000
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 post-effective amendment to the above-captioned registration
statement, which was filed electronically under the EDGAR system on
April 27, 2000.
In witness whereof, I have signed this certification in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio this first day of May, 2000.
Sincerely,
/s/JOHN J. PALMER
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John J. Palmer
President
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