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April 10, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Loomis Sayles Funds
(File Nos. 811-6241 and 33-39133)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Loomis Sayles Funds, the undersigned hereby certifies,
pursuant to Rule 497(j), under the Securities Act of 1933, that the forms of
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under Rule 497 would not have differed from those included in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 15 to the Loomis Sayles Funds Registration Statement, as filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 1998.
Sincerely,
/s/ Sheila M. Barry
Sheila M. Barry
Secretary and Compliance Officer
Enclosures
cc: Jeanine P. Liddell
Richard F. Froio
