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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
1345 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
215-988-2700
FAX: 215-988-2757
April 22, 1999
Via Edgar Transmission
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: The Kent Funds
Post-Effective Amendment No. 26
File Nos. 33-8398; 811-4824
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Kent Funds (the "Trust"), I hereby certify pursuant to
Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that:
(i) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information of the
Lyon Street Institutional Money Market Fund that would have been
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Trust's
registration statement on Form N-1A; and
(ii) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 has been filed
electronically.
Questions and comments regarding the foregoing may be addressed to the
undersigned at 215-988-1146.
Sincerely,
/s/ Diana E. McCarthy
Diana E. McCarthy
