FORTIS
December 29, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington DC 20549
RE: FORTIS EQUITY PORTFOLIOS, INC.
File No. 2-11387
CIK No. 0000049905
-- Fortis Capital Fund
-- Fortis Value Fund
-- Fortis Growth & Income Fund
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, the above-referenced investment company (the
"Company") certifies that:
1) 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 that
contained in the most recent amendment to the
registration statement of the Company (Post-Effective
Amendment No. 77 filed earlier today, December 29,
1995; and
2) the text of the most recent amendment to the
registration statement has been filed electronically.
Please contact me at 612-738-5602 if you have any
questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Scott R. Plummer
Scott R. Plummer
Corporate Counsel
Attachment
Fortis Financial Group
P. O. Box 64284
St. Paul, MN 55164-0284
(612) 738-4000
(800) 800-2638
Fortis Advisers, (fund management since 1949)
Fortis Investors, Inc. (principal underwirter; member
SIPC)
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company &
Time Insurance Company
(issuers of FFG's insurance products)
