MERIDIAN FUND, INC.
Registration Nos. 2-90949; 811-4014
CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
17 C.F.R. 230.497(j)
The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of Meridian Fund, Inc. (the
"Company") that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
for the Meridian Fund and the Meridian Value Fund of the Company that would have
been filed pursuant to 17 C.F.R. 230.497(j) do not differ from the Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 18, the most recent amendment to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A, the text of which was filed electronically on October 29, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be
executed and witnessed in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned on the
3rd day of November, 1999.
Witness: MERIDIAN FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Robert Ficarro By: /s/ Gregg Keeling
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Name: Robert Ficarro Name: Gregg Keeling
Title: Assistant Secretary Title: Secretary
