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NATIONS FUND PORTFOLIOS, INC.
REGISTRATION NOS. 33-89742; 811-8982
CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
17 C.F.R. 230.497(J)
The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of Nations Fund
Portfolios, Inc. (the "Company") that the form of Statement of Additional
Information ("SAI") for Nations Emerging Markets Fund, Nations Pacific Growth
Fund and Nations Global Government Income Fund that would have been filed
pursuant to 17 C.F.R. 230.497(c) does not differ from the SAI contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4, the most recent amendment to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 4
to the Company's Registration Statement was filed electronically on March 19,
1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be
executed and witnessed in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned on the
5th day of April, 1996.
Witness: NATIONS FUND PORTFOLIOS, INC.
By: /s/ Louise P. Newcomb By: /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
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Name: Louise P. Newcomb Name: Richard H. Blank, Jr.
Title: Asst. Secretary Title: Secretary
