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Funds Distributor, Inc.
60 State Street
Suite 1300
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Telephone (800) 221.7930
January 9, 2001
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: The Saratoga Advantage Trust
File Nos. 033-79708/811-08542
Rule 497(j) Filing
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
letter serves as certification that the form of Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not
have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the
Registration Statement of The Saratoga Advantage Trust which was filed
electronically via EDGAR with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
22, 2000.
Please call the undersigned at (617) 557-3414 if you have any questions
with respect to this certification.
Kindly return an electronic transmittal as evidence of your receipt of this
certification.
Sincerely,
/s/ Karen Jacoppo-Wood
Vice President and Senior Counsel
cc: S. Strauss, Esq.
B. Ventimiglia