ARK Funds
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
September 11, 2000
EDGAR FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: ARK Funds (the "Trust")
FILE NOS. 33-53690 AND 811-7310
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
above-named Trust hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information dated September 1, 2000, that would have been filed under
Rule 497(c) does not differ from the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in the most recent amendment to the Trust's
registration statement on Form N-1A, Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, which was
electronically filed under paragraph (b) of Rule 485 on August 31, 2000.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please call me at
(410) 545-2038.
Very truly yours,
/S/ THOMAS R. RUS
Thomas R. Rus