THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
May 3, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Lazard Funds, Inc. (the "Fund")
Registration File Nos. 33-40682; 811-06312
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), the Fund hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have
differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the
Fund's Registration Statement, which is the Fund's most recent
amendment to its Registration Statement; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Fund's Registration
Statement was filed electronically on April 30, 1999.
THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.
By: /S/WILLIAM G. BUTTERLY, III
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William G. Butterly, III,
Vice President and Secretary
