CLIPPER FUND, INC.
                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497(J)

The undersigned on behalf of Clipper Fund, Inc. ("the Registrant") hereby
certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have differed materially
from that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-effective amendment to
its registration statement. The text of such amendment to the registration
statement was filed electronically.

Dated: May 2, 2006

Clipper Fund, Inc.


By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays, Secretary