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FAEGRE & BENSON LLP
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2200 NORWEST CENTER, 90 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-3901
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February 8, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: American Eagle Funds, Inc. - SEC File Nos. 333-91317 and 810-09699
Certification regarding Statement of Additional Information pursuant
to Rule 497(j)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of American Eagle Funds, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the registration of the Company as an open-end
management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act"), and the registration of the Company's common shares
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Company
hereby certifies, pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the 1933 Act, that the form of
the Funds' Statement of Additional Information dated December 28, 1999 would not
have differed from that contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the most recently filed amendment
to the Company's Registration Statement, which was filed electronically pursuant
to the EDGAR system on December 27, 1999).
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mark M. Strefling
Mark M. Strefling
