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[LETTERHEAD OF ROPES & GRAY]
January 6, 1997
BY EDGAR:
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Magna Funds - Filing pursuant to Rule 497(j)
(File Nos. 33-78408 and 811-8494)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Magna Funds (the "Trust") and pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 497(j) thereunder, we
hereby represent that the forms of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that the Trust would have filed pursuant to the requirements of Rule
497(c) under the Securities Act would not have differed from those contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, as filed electronically with the Commission on December 20, 1996.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 became effective on January 1, 1997.
If you have any questions or need any clarification concerning the
foregoing or this transmission, please call the undersigned at (617) 951-7439.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thomas R. Hiller
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Thomas R. Hiller
TRH:
cc: Steven J. Paraggio, Ernst & Company
John M. Loder, Esq.
