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The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Investment Law Unit
55 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
May 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Re: Rule 497(j) Filing Registration Numbers CIK
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Hartford Advisers HLS Fund, Inc. 2-81647 811-03659 0000714499
Hartford Bond HLS Fund, Inc. 2-81650 811-03660 0000714502
Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund, Inc. 2-89794 811-04005 0000741565
Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund, Inc. 33-72572 811-08186 0000915770
Hartford Index HLS Fund, Inc. 33-12278 811-05045 0000811086
Hartford International Advisers HLS Fund, Inc. 33-84950 811-08804 0000931417
Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund, Inc. 33-33756 811-06059 0000861503
Hartford MidCap HLS Fund, Inc. 333-25253 811-08185 0001037716
Hartford Money Market HLS Fund, Inc. 2-81648 811-03662 0000714500
Hartford Mortgage Securities HLS Fund, Inc. 2-94211 811-04201 0000756930
Hartford Series Fund, Inc. 333-45431 811-08629 0001053425
Hartford Small Company HLS Fund, Inc. 333-01551 811-07557 0001006414
Hartford Stock HLS Fund, Inc. 2-57609 811-02630 0000045941
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Dear Commissioners:
In lieu of filing the definitive prospectuses and statement of additional
information for the above-referenced Funds pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, the Funds certify that:
1) the form of prospectuses and statement of additional information that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have differed from that
contained in the most recent registration statements, and
2) the text of the most recent registration statements was filed electronically
April 28, 2000.
Please contact me at (860) 297-6443 with any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Kevin J. Carr
Kevin J. Carr
Counsel
