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DRUEN, RATH & DIETRICH
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216
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BRIAN M. BACON ROBERT M. PARSONS (614) 24907617 TELECOPIER
THOMAS E. BARNES THOMAS J. PRUNTE (614) 248-2418
ROGER A. CRAIG JOSEPH P. RATH WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER
ELIZABETH A. DAVIN ARLENE L. REILLY
THOMAS W. DIETRICH LUCINDA A. REYNOLDS
W. SIDNEY DRUEN DANNIEL R. RUPP
JEANNE A. GRIFFIN ANNE DANZA SAXON
LEROY JOHNSTON, III THERESA R. SCHAFFER
MARK B. KOOGLER W. JOSEPH SCHLEPPI
WALTER R. LEAHY DAVID E. SIMAITIS
GEORGE K. MACKLIN KENT N. SIMMONS
RANDALL W. MAY LEE A. THORNBURY
M. LINDA MAZZITTI PHILIP W. WHIITAKER
SANDRA L. NEELY DAVID L. WHITE
PETER J. OESTERLING STEVEN L. ZISSER
RANDALL L. ORR
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PRACTICE LIMITED TO NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANIES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
March 28, 1997
Via Edgar
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The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Subject: Financial Horizons Investment Trust
SEC File No. 33-21951
CIK No. 0000832800
Ladies and Gentlement:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 and on behalf of the
Financial Horizons Investment Trust ("FHIT"), we certify that the form of the
Prospectus that would have been filed under paragraph (b) under rule 497 does
not differ from the form of the Prospectus contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 10 (under the Securities Act of 1933) to the Registration
Statement for FHITI which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
electronically on February 28, 1997 and became effective February 28, 1997.
If there are any questions in connection with the enclosed, please contact
David E. Simaitis, Esq. at, (614)249-7618.
Very truly yours,
DRUEN, RATH & DIETRICH
/S/ DRUEN, RATH & DIETRICH
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