94-2196. Kemper Blue Chip Fund, et al.; Application for Exemption  

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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    [Rel. No. IC-20036; 812-8746]
    
     
    
    Kemper Blue Chip Fund, et al.; Application for Exemption
    
    January 26, 1994.
    AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'').
    
    ACTION: Notice of application for exemption under the Investment 
    Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
    
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    APPLICANTS: Kemper Blue Chip Fund, Kemper Adjustable Rate U.S. 
    Government Fund, Kemper Diversified Income Fund, Kemper Environmental 
    Services Fund, Kemper Global Income Fund, Kemper Growth Fund, Kemper 
    High Yield Fund, Kemper Income and Capital Preservation Fund, Kemper 
    International Fund, Kemper Municipal Bond Fund, Kemper Retirement Fund, 
    Kemper Short-Term Global Income Fund, Kemper Small Capitalization 
    Equity Fund, Kemper State Tax-Free Income Series, Kemper Technology 
    Fund, Kemper Total Return Fund, Kemper U.S. Government Securities Fund, 
    Sterling Funds (the ``Funds''), Kemper Financial Services, Inc. 
    (``KFS''), the Funds' investment adviser and principal underwriter, and 
    any other open-end registered investment company, existing or 
    established in the future, for which KFS or any other person directly 
    or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with 
    KFS serves or may serve as investment adviser or principal underwriter 
    with the same traditional front-end load sales charge structure for 
    which the imposition of the proposed contingent deferred sales charge 
    would be appropriate.\1\
    
        \1\Certain Funds do not presently intend to rely on the 
    requested relief and have not signed the application, but in the 
    future they may rely on any order granted pursuant to the 
    application if they determine to impose a CDSC applicable to sales 
    of shares sold at net asset value in accordance with the 
    representations and conditions in the application.
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    RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Exemption requested under section 6(c) of the 
    Act from the provisions of sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 22(c), and 
    22(d) of the Act and rule 22c-1 thereunder.
    
    SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants seek an order that would amend a 
    prior order (the ``Prior Order'') that permits the imposition and, 
    under certain circumstances, waiver of a contingent deferred sales 
    charge (``CDSC'') on certain redemptions.\2\ Applicants seek to amend 
    the Prior Order to (a) include Sterling Funds as a named applicant and 
    (b) expand the definition of the group of investment companies that may 
    rely on the order.
    
        \2\Kemper Blue Chip Fund, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 
    18801 (June 19, 1992) (notice) and 18849 (July 19, 1992) (order). 
    The order sought by this application will, if issued, supersede the 
    Prior Order.
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    FILING DATE: The application was filed on December 29, 1993. In a 
    letter dated January 18, 1994, applicants' counsel has stated that an 
    amendment, the substance of which is incorporated herein, will be filed 
    during the notice period.
    
    HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the application 
    will be issued unless the SEC orders a hearing. Interested persons may 
    request a hearing by writing to the SEC's Secretary and serving 
    applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing 
    requests should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on February 22, 
    1994, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in 
    the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
    Hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, the 
    reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to 
    be notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
    SEC's Secretary.
    
    ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
    Applicants, 120 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James M. Curtis, Senior Counsel, at 
    (202) 504-2406 or Barry D. Miller, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 
    272-3018 (Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment 
    Company Regulation).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the 
    application. The complete application may be obtained for a fee at the 
    SEC's Public Reference Branch.
    
    Applicant's Representations
    
        1. The Prior Order permits one or more applicants, excluding 
    Sterling Funds, and any other open-end registered investment company 
    established in the future, that may become a member of a ``group of 
    investment companies,'' as that phrase is defined by rule 11a-3 under 
    the Act, that is advised or distributed by KFS, to impose a CDSC in 
    certain situations. The present application, which adds Sterling Fund 
    as an applicant, seeks to amend the Prior Order by broadening the class 
    of investment companies to which the order would apply to include 
    applicants and any other open-end registered investment company or 
    series thereof, existing or established in the future, for which KFS or 
    any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or 
    under common control with KFS serves or may serve as investment adviser 
    or principal underwriter, notwithstanding the failure of one or more of 
    such investment companies or series to be a member of a ``group of 
    investment companies'' as that phrase is defined by rule 11a-3 of the 
    Act.
        2. The Funds are open-end management investment companies organized 
    as Massachusetts business trusts pursuant to separate Declarations of 
    Trust. KFS provides investment advisory and other services to, and 
    serves as principal underwriter for, the Funds.
        3. The Funds currently offer their shares for sale at net asset 
    value plus a front-end sales charge. The Funds have eliminated the 
    front-end sales charge on (a) purchases of $1,000,000 or more, 
    including purchases made pursuant to various combined purchases, letter 
    of intent, and cumulative discount features described in each Fund's 
    prospectus and, for certain Funds, (b) purchases by an employer-
    sponsored employee benefit plan, provided that such plan has not less 
    than 1,000 eligible employees and is maintained on the subaccount 
    record keeping system made available through KFS (``NAV Purchase 
    Privilege'').
        4. The Funds propose to impose a CDSC on the proceeds of certain 
    redemptions of shares purchased pursuant to the NAV Purchase Privilege. 
    Shares of the Funds are sold at net asset value under the NAV Purchase 
    Privilege only if another privilege to purchase the shares at net asset 
    value is unavailable. The CDSC will be imposed only in connection with 
    redemption of shares purchased under the NAV Purchase Privilege and 
    only in the event of a redemption transaction within a specified 
    period, currently 12 months (the ``CDSC Period''), following the share 
    purchase. The CDSC currently is 1.0 percent of the amount of shares 
    redeemed within one year of purchase. No CDSC would be imposed when the 
    investor redeems shares held for longer than the CDSC Period or redeems 
    reinvestment of income and capital gains dividends or appreciation on 
    shares.
        5. Applicants currently intend to waive the CDSC in the event of 
    one or more of the following instances: (a) Redemption of shares of a 
    shareholder (including a registered joint owner) who has died; (b) 
    redemption of shares of a shareholder (including a registered joint 
    owner) who, after purchase of the shares being redeemed, becomes 
    totally disabled as evidenced by a determination by the Federal Social 
    Security Administration; (c) limited automatic redemptions as set forth 
    in the prospectus pursuant to a Fund's systematic withdrawal plan; and 
    (d) redemptions in connection with (i) distributions to participants or 
    beneficiaries of plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 
    1986, as amended from time to time (``IRC''), section 401(a), custodial 
    accounts under IRC section 403(b)(7), individual retirement accounts 
    under IRC section 408(a), deferred compensation plans under IRC section 
    457 and other employee benefit plans (collectively, ``plans''), (ii) 
    participant-directed changes in investment choices in participant-
    directed plans, and (iii) returns of excess contributions to these 
    plans.
        6. KFS currently intends to credit a shareholder's account in full 
    (i.e., pay directly into the shareholder's account) for any CDSC paid 
    in connection with the redemption of any shares followed by a 
    reinvestment of the redemption proceeds in any of the Funds within 
    sixty days after such redemption.
    
    Applicants' Condition
    
        If the requested order is granted, applicants expressly consent to 
    the following condition: applicants will comply with the provisions of 
    proposed rule 6c-10 under the Act, Investment Company Act Rel. No. 
    16619 (November 2, 1988), (including any modifications that are 
    proposed prior to the adoption of such rule) until such rule is 
    adopted, and after such adoption will comply with such rule in the form 
    in which it is in effect from time to time.
    
        For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
    under delegated authority.
    Margaret H. McFarland,
    Deputy Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 94-2196 Filed 1-31-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
02/01/1994
Department:
Securities and Exchange Commission
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
Document Number:
94-2196
Dates:
The application was filed on December 29, 1993. In a letter dated January 18, 1994, applicants' counsel has stated that an amendment, the substance of which is incorporated herein, will be filed during the notice period.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 1, 1994, Rel. No. IC-20036, 812-8746