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ROPES & GRAY
ONE FRANKLIN SQUARE
1301 K STREET, N.W.
SUITE 800 EAST
WASHINGTON, DC 20005-3333
(202) 626-3900
FAX: (202) 626-3961
WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER: (202) 626-3923
January 2, 1997
VIA EDGAR
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Filing Desk
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: BB&T Mutual Funds Group (File Nos. 33-49098 and 811-06719)
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Dear Sir or Madam:
Accompanying this letter for filing pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is a conformed copy of a Rule 497(j)
Certification for the BB&T Mutual Funds Group. Manually executed copies of
this Certification and the accompanying Power of Attorney were executed prior
to the time of this filing and will be retained for five years.
Please call me at (202) 626-3923 if you have any questions regarding
this filing.
Sincerely,
/s/ Maryellen M. Lundquist
Maryellen M. Lundquist
MML/nls:7033609.01
Attachments
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RULE 497(j) CERTIFICATION
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Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that the forms of prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not
have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 filed on
December 19, 1996 and effective on January 2, 1997 pursuant to Rule 485(b).
The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 was filed electronically.
BB&T MUTUAL FUNDS GROUP
Registrant
/s/ J. David Huber
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J. David Huber, Chairman
By: /s/ Alan G. Priest
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Alan G. Priest, As attorney-in-fact
Pursuant to power of attorney filed herewith
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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J. David Huber, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest, and Linda Dallas Rich, each
individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable The BB&T Mutual Funds Group (the "Group"), to comply with the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Acts"), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and
effectiveness of any and all instruments and/or documents pertaining to the
federal registration of the shares of the Group, including specifically, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to
sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee J. David Huber
and/or officer of the Fund any and all amendments to the Group's Registration
Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts,
and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned
does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of
them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: 2-15-94
/s/ J. David Huber
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J. David Huber
