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[THE RESERVE FUNDS LETTERHEAD]
VIA EDGAR
July 10, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Reserve Private Equity Series
Securities Act File No. 33-63300,
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7734
("Registrant").
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby
certify on behalf of Reserve Private Equity Series ("Registrant"), a registered
management investment company (the "Trust"), that the form of the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information for the Trust and its investment series that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) does not substantively differ from that
contained in the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to its Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, which was filed electronically with the Commission on
June 28, 2000.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ MaryKathleen Foynes Gaza
Name: MaryKathleen Foynes Gaza
Title: General Counsel
