CERTIFICATION OF
STRONG EQUITY FUNDS, INC.
ON BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING SERIES:
STRONG DOW 30 VALUE FUND
STRONG ENTERPRISE FUND
STRONG GROWTH FUND
STRONG GROWTH 20 FUND
STRONG INDEX 500 FUND
STRONG MID CAP DISCIPLINED FUND
STRONG MID CAP GROWTH FUND
STRONG SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
STRONG STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
STRONG U.S. EMERGING GROWTH FUND
STRONG VALUE FUND
STRONG EQUITY FUNDS, INC. (the "Registrant") does hereby certify as follows:
1. This Certification is made pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act
of 1933.
2. Reference is made to the Strong Dow 30 Value, Strong Enterprise, Strong
Growth, Strong Growth 20, Strong Index 500, Strong Mid Cap Disciplined, Strong
Mid Cap Growth, Strong Small Cap Value, Strong Strategic Growth, Strong U.S.
Emerging Growth, and Strong Value Funds' Prospectuses and Statements of
Additional Information each dated May 1, 2000 filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 (File No. 33-70764; 811-8100), which was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000 (the
"Post-Effective Amendment").
3. The Post-Effective Amendment is the most recent post-effective amendment
filed by the Registrant.
4. The form of Strong Dow 30 Value, Strong Enterprise, Strong Growth, Strong
Growth 20, Strong Index 500, Strong Mid Cap Disciplined, Strong Mid Cap
Growth, Strong Small Cap Value, Strong Strategic Growth, Strong U.S.
Emerging Growth, and Strong Value Funds' Prospectuses and Statements of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the
Securities Act of 1933 would not have differed from that contained in the
Post-Effective Amendment.
5. The text of the Post-Effective Amendment has been filed electronically.
STRONG EQUITY FUNDS, INC.
/S/ JOHN S. WEITZER
By: John S. Weitzer
Title: Vice President
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Dated: May 5, 2000
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