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August 4, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: ESC Strategic Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation")
File Nos: 33-72190/811-8166
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being transmitted by means of electronic submission by the
Corporation pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), and Regulation S-T.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the definitive Prospectus relating to ESC
Strategic Appreciation Fund, ESC Strategic International Equity Fund, ESC
Strategic Small Cap Fund, ESC Strategic Income Fund, and ESC Strategic Small Cap
II Fund and the Corporation's Statement of Additional Information, each dated
July 30, 1999, which would have been filed by the Corporation pursuant to Rule
497(c) of the Act, do not differ from those which were contained in the
Corporation's most recent registration statement on Form N-1A filed pursuant to
Rule 485(b) of the Act on July 30, 1999.
Please contact me at (614) 470-8543 with any questions. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Paige C. Hodgin
Director, Legal Services
BISYS Fund Services, Administrator & Distributor to the Corporation
