DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS
1500 K STREET, N.W.
SUITE 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
July 15, 1997
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: PIMCO Funds
(File No. 33-12113)
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933
Act"), the undersigned has been authorized by PIMCO Funds (the "Trust") to
submit this filing in lieu of a filing under Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act, and
to certify that:
1. the form of prospectus dated July 15, 1997 describing the
Class A shares of the Total Return Fund of the Trust that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act
does not differ from the Prospectus contained in the Trust's
most recent amendment to its registration statement;
2. the form of Prospectus dated July 15, 1997 describing the
Institutional and Administrative Class shares of the
Money Market Fund, Short-Term Fund, Low Duration Fund,
Low Duration Fund II, Low Duration Fund III, Moderate
Duration Fund, High Yield Fund, Total Return Fund, Total
Return Fund II, Total Return Fund III, Commercial
Mortgage Securities Fund, Low Duration Mortgage Fund,
Total Return Mortgage Fund, Long-Term U.S. Government
Fund, Real Return Bond Fund, Foreign Bond Fund, Global
Bond Fund, Global Bond Fund II, International Bond Fund,
Emerging Markets Bond Fund, Emerging Markets Bond Fund
II, StocksPLUS Fund, StocksPLUS Short Strategy Fund, and
Strategic Balanced Fund of the Trust that would have been
filed under Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act does not
differ from the Prospectus contained in the Trust's most
recent amendment to its registration statement; and
3. the text of the Trust's most recent amendment to its
registration statement has been filed electronically.
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No fees are required in connection with this filing. Please contact the
undersigned at (202) 626-3386 with any questions or comments regarding this
matter.
Sincerely,
/s/Keith T. Robinson
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