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Michelle M. Lombardo
215-988-2603
[email protected]
Law Offices
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
18th and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996
Telephone: (215) 988-2700
Fax: (215) 988-2757
April 21, 2000
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Mercantile Mutual Funds, Inc.
Registration Nos. 2-79285/811-3567
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Mercantile Mutual Funds, Inc (the "Fund") and pursuant to Rule
497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I hereby
certify that the Fund's two Statements of Additional Information, each dated
March 31, 2000, that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under
the 1933 Act would not have differed from the Statements of Additional
Information contained in the Fund's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #51"), which was filed on March 31, 2000;
and the text of PEA #51 has been filed electronically.
If you have any questions about the enclosed, please feel free to contact me
at (215) 988-2603.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Michelle M. Lombardo
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Michelle M. Lombardo
MML
