[LETTERHEAD OF GE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION]
December 31, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: GE Funds
Securities Act File No. 33-51308
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7142
CIK 891079
Form Type 497J
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Gentlemen:
On behalf of GE Funds (the "Trust"), and in lieu of filing ten copies of
the Trust's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information under Rule 497(c)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby certify that the form of
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information contained in the Fund's most recent amendment to its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A which was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1996.
Should members of the Staff of the Commission have any questions or
comments, please call the undersigned at (203) 326-4207.
Very truly yours,
Matthew J. Simpson
cc: Richard Pfordte, Esq.
Burton M. Leibert, Esq.
Carolyn C. Cornell, Esq.
