NATIONS FUNDS TRUST
                     Registration Nos. 333-89661; 811-09645

                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
                              17 C.F.R. 230.497(j)

         The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of Nations Funds Trust (the
"Trust") that the forms of Prospectuses for the Trust that would have been filed
pursuant to 17 C.F.R. 230.497(c) do not differ from the Prospectuses contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 with the exception of the prospectus for
Nations Small Company Fund, the most recent amendment to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, the text of which was filed electronically
on July 31, 2002.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this certificate to be
executed and witnessed in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned on the
13th day of August, 2002.

                                            NATIONS FUNDS TRUST

                                            /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
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                                                Richard H. Blank, Jr.
                                                Secretary