EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND, INC.
11100 santa Monica Boulevard, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025-3384
March 7, 2000
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
Registration Nos. 333-74995 and 811-04692
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf the Fund, the undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to Rule 497(j)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that (i) the form of Prospectus
and Statements of Additional Information that the Fund would have filed
pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from those filed on February
29, 2000 as part of the Fund's most recent registration statement, and (ii) the
text of the Fund's most recent registration statement was filed electronically
on February 29, 2000.
No fees are required in connection with this filing. Feel free to contact the
undersigned at (310) 996- 6204 in the event that you have any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Peter C. Kelly
Peter C. Kelly
Vice President
Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc.
cc: Briccio Barrientos
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Caroline Schaefer, Esq.
DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS
