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DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS
1500 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 626-3300
May 7, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Re: The Coventry Group
File Nos. 33-44964 and 811-6526
Dear Sir/Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, we hereby
certify on behalf of The Coventry Group, a registered management investment
company (the "Trust"), in connection with the the following seven investment
series of the Trust: AMCORE Vintage U.S. Government Obligations Fund, AMCORE
Vintage Fixed Income Fund, AMCORE Vintage Intermediate Tax-Free Fund, AMCORE
Vintage Equity Fund, AMCORE Vintage Balanced Fund, AMCORE Vintage Aggressive
Growth Fund and AMCORE Vintage Fixed Total Return Fund (the "Funds"), that the
form of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed under Rule 497(c) on behalf of the Funds does not differ from that
contained in the Trust's most recent post-effective amendment, Post-Effective
Amendment No. 26, which was filed on May 1, 1996. The text of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 26 was filed electronically.
Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (202) 626-3364 or
Jeffrey L. Steele at (202) 626-3314 if you have any questions regarding this
certification.
Sincerely,
/s/ Patrick W.D. Turley
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Patrick W.D. Turley
