94-3876. PFAMCo Funds, et al.  

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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    [Investment Company Act Release No. 20075; 812-8442]
    
     
    
    PFAMCo Funds, et al.
    
    February 15, 1994.
    
    AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``SEC'').
    
    ACTION: Notice of Application for Exemption Under the Investment 
    Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
    
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    APPLICANTS: PFAMCo Funds, Pacific Financial Asset Management 
    Corporation (``PFAMCo''), Pacific Equities Network (the 
    ``Distributor'').
    
    RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Order requested under section 6(c) for a 
    conditional exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 18(f)(1), 
    18(g), 18(i), 22(c), and 22(d), and rule 22c-1.
    
    SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants seek an order that would permit 
    certain open-end management investment companies to issue multiple 
    classes of shares representing interests in the same portfolio of 
    securities, and assess a contingent deferred sales charge (a ``CDSC'') 
    on certain redemptions of shares, and waive the CDSC under certain 
    circumstances.
    
    FILING DATE: The application was filed on June 14, 1993, and amended on 
    October 21, 1993, and December 22, 1993. By letters dated February 14, 
    1994, and February 15, 1994, applicants have agreed to make certain 
    technical changes to the application, and to file an amendment prior to 
    the issuance of any order granting the requested relief. This notice 
    reflects the changes to be made to the application by such further 
    amendment.
    
    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 March 14, 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 a notification by writing to the 
    SEC's Secretary.
    
    ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
    Applicants, 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    James J. Dwyer, Staff Attorney, at (202) 504-2920, or Robert A. 
    Robertson, Branch Chief, at (202) 272-3030 (Office of Investment 
    Company Regulation, Division of Investment Management).
    
    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.
    
    Applicants' Representations
    
        1. PFAMCo Funds is a Massachusetts business trust that is a 
    registered open-end management investment company. PFAMCo Funds 
    currently consists of fourteen portfolios. Shares of PFAMCo Funds 
    generally are distributed through the Distributor, a registered broker-
    dealer and an indirect subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance 
    Company.
        2. PFAMCo is a registered investment adviser and also an indirect 
    subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. PFAMCo serves as 
    investment adviser under an investment advisory agreement, and as 
    administrator under an administration agreement, to the portfolios of 
    PFAMCo Funds. Under the administration agreement, PFAMCo has overall 
    responsibility, subject to the supervision of PFAMCo Funds' board of 
    trustees, for providing or procuring, at PFAMCo's expense, the 
    administrative and other services necessary for the operation of PFAMCo 
    Funds and its portfolios. These services include custodial, 
    administrative, transfer agency, portfolio accounting, dividend 
    disbursing, auditing, and ordinary legal services. PFAMCo also acts as 
    a liaison among the various service providers. PFAMCo Funds differs 
    from most mutual funds in that the services provided under the 
    administration agreement are paid by PFAMCo, as administrator, whereas 
    most mutual funds pay for these services directly from fund assets.
        3. Applicants request an exemption on behalf of themselves, the 
    portfolios of PFAMCo Funds, and any other open-end investment company, 
    or portfolio thereof, that may be established in the future that is 
    advised or administered by PFAMCo (or any entity controlling, 
    controlled by, or under common control with PFAMCo) or for which the 
    Distributor (or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common 
    control with the Distributor) serves as principal underwriter and that 
    becomes part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as that 
    term is defined in rule 11a-3 (collectively, the ``Funds''). Pursuant 
    to the requested exemption, each Fund would be able to offer multiple 
    classes of shares that would be identical in all respects to shares of 
    the other classes of shares of the Fund, except for class designation, 
    the allocation of certain expenses, voting rights, and exchange 
    privileges.
        4. Applicants propose that each Fund would enter into an agreement 
    (the ``Administration Agreement'') with its administrator, which may be 
    PFAMCo or another person, for the provision or procurement of the 
    administrative and other services necessary for the ordinary operation 
    of the Fund. These services would include transfer agency, custodian, 
    recordkeeping, dividend disbursing, auditing, and ordinary legal 
    services. The administrator would provide or procure such services for 
    a fee (the ``Administration Fee'') to be agreed upon by the 
    administrator and the Fund. The Administration Agreement will provide 
    that the services that are rendered to the Fund will be rendered to 
    each class of the Fund, and each such class will be obligated to pay 
    the applicable Administration Fee.
        5. Any services required for the operation of a class in addition 
    to those provided in the Administration Agreement would be provided for 
    in a separate agreement or addendum (the ``Class Addendum''). Under the 
    Class Addendum, the Fund's administrator would provide or procure the 
    services contracted for in the Class Addendum for a specified fee (the 
    ``Class Addendum Fee''). The services rendered under the Class Addendum 
    will relate only to the class or classes specified in that Class 
    Addendum, and only such class or classes shall be obligated to pay the 
    Class Addendum Fee. Different classes may have different Class Addenda, 
    each of which would reflect the different servicing needs of those 
    classes that require service beyond that provided in the Administration 
    Agreement. If a class is offered in connection with a 12b-1 plan, the 
    expenses payable for distribution services would not be included in a 
    Class Addendum, but would be payable under a separate 12b-1 agreement. 
    A class could have a 12b-1 plan and a Class Addendum.
        6. Each Fund could offer one class (the ``Institutional Class'') 
    solely to pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, 
    endowments, foundations, corporations, other institutions, and high net 
    worth individuals. The Institutional Class would be similar or 
    identical to the shares currently offered by PFAMCo Funds. There would 
    be no sales charge imposed on the purchase and redemption of shares of 
    the Institutional Class, and no 12b-1 fees. There would be a 
    significant minimum initial investment, which currently is $200,000 for 
    PFAMCo Funds. Applicants anticipate that the Institutional Class will 
    be the only class without a Class Addendum; all of the administrative 
    services for the Institutional Class would be provided under the 
    Administration Agreement.
        7. Each Fund could offer one class (the ``Benefit Plan Class'') 
    only to qualified or nonqualified employee benefit plans. In addition 
    to the services provided under the Administration Agreement, a Fund's 
    administrator would provide or procure additional administrative and 
    recordkeeping services necessary for the employee benefit plans to 
    invest in the Funds. The administrator would charge a Class 
    Administration Fee for the services, which fee is expected to be no 
    more than 35 basis points of the net assets attributable to the Benefit 
    Plan Class. The services are limited to: furnishing participant sub-
    accounting; maintaining separate records for each plan; assistance in 
    processing purchase and redemption transactions; disbursing or 
    crediting to the plans and maintaining records of all proceeds of 
    redemptions of shares and all other distributions not reinvested in 
    shares; preparing and transmitting to the plans, plan participants, or 
    the trustees of the plans periodic account statements, and the 
    integration of such statements with those of other transactions and 
    balances in other accounts of the plan or participant; transmitting to 
    the plans prospectuses, proxy materials, reports, and other information 
    required to be sent to shareholders under the federal securities laws; 
    transmitting to the transfer agent purchase orders and redemption 
    requests placed by the plans; transmitting to a Fund or its agents 
    periodic reports necessary to enable the Fund to comply with state Blue 
    Sky requirements; transmitting to the plans or the trustees of the 
    plans confirmations of purchase orders and redemption requests placed 
    by the plans; maintaining all account balance information for the plans 
    and daily and monthly purchase summaries expressed in shares and dollar 
    amounts; and preparing, filing, and transmitting all federal, state, 
    and local government reports and returns as required by law with 
    respect to each account maintained on behalf of a plan; providing 
    information to plans and participants about a Fund and its portfolios; 
    and maintaining account designations and addresses.
        8. A Fund may offer Benefit Plan Classes whose shares only are 
    offered to qualified retirement plans for which a trustee is vested 
    with investment discretion as to plan assets (``Excluded Classes'') by 
    means of a separate prospectus. The Excluded Classes do not include 
    Benefit Plan Classes whose shares are offered to self-directed plans in 
    which an individual plan beneficiary can make an investment decision. 
    As a result, there will be no overlap between the investors eligible to 
    invest on their own behalf in Excluded Classes and any other class of a 
    Fund.
        9. Each Fund may offer one class of shares (the ``Administrative 
    Services Class'') to the clients, members, or customers of banks, 
    broker-dealers, consultants, administrators, and other financial 
    institutions (``Organizations''), which would provide certain services 
    to their customers who purchase shares of the Administrative Services 
    Class. Arrangements between the administrator and the Fund relating to 
    such additional services are ``Administrative Services Arrangements.'' 
    The administrator would either provide these additional services 
    directly or would procure these services by entering into agreements 
    with the Organizations. The services would be limited to: receiving, 
    aggregating, and processing shareholder orders; furnishing shareholder 
    sub-accounting; providing and maintaining elective shareholder services 
    such as check writing and wire transfer services; providing and 
    maintaining pre-authorized investment plans; communicating periodically 
    with shareholders; acting as the sole shareholder of record and nominee 
    for shareholders; maintaining account records for shareholders; 
    answering questions and handling correspondence from shareholders about 
    their accounts; issuing confirmations for transactions by shareholders; 
    and performing similar account administrative services.
        10. Each Fund also could offer classes with a 12b-1 plan (the 
    ``12b-1 Classes''). Under a 12b-1 plan, a Fund would enter into 
    agreements with certain financial institutions (``Service Agents'') 
    providing for distribution or distribution assistance of the shares of 
    the 12b-1 Class. A Fund typically would make payments (the ``12b-1 Plan 
    Payments'') to the Distributor or the Service Agent for such services.
        11. The Funds may in the future offer classes in addition to those 
    described above, provided the Funds met the conditions imposed in any 
    order of the SEC granting the requested relief.
        12. The net asset value of all shares of a Fund would be computed 
    on the same days and at the same times. The gross income of a Fund 
    would be allocated to each class on the basis of the relative net 
    assets of each class. Expenses specifically attributable to the 
    particular class (``Class Expenses'') and 12b-1 Plan Payments would be 
    charged directly to the particular class to which they are 
    attributable. Class Expenses would consist of fees under a Class 
    Addendum that relates to the class; litigation and indemnification 
    expenses, if any, relating solely to one class; and fees of independent 
    directors/trustees (``trustees'') incurred as a result of issues 
    relating to one class. Class Expenses will be limited to those above, 
    and the fees under a Class Addendum will be limited to fees payable for 
    services set forth in the description of the Class Addenda for the 
    Benefit Plan Class and the Administrative Services Class. Expenses 
    incurred by a Fund not attributable to a particular class would be 
    subtracted from the gross income on the basis of the relative net 
    assets of each class of the Fund. Such expenses include litigation and 
    indemnification expenses, if any, relating to a Fund, independent 
    trustees' fees, and fees under the applicable Administration Agreement.
        13. Because any 12b-1 Plan Payments and any Class Expenses that 
    would be borne by a class of shares may vary for each class, the net 
    income of (and dividends payable to) each class may vary from that of 
    the other class or classes of the same Fund. Accordingly, for Funds 
    that do not declare dividends daily (such as non-money market funds), 
    the net asset value per share attributable to each class would differ 
    between dividend declaration dates.
        14. Applicants also request an exemption to permit the Funds to 
    assess a CDSC on redemptions of shares of a 12b-1 Class. The CDSC will 
    not be imposed on redemptions of shares that were purchased after a 
    specified period prior to the redemption, which is expected to be six 
    years, or on CDSC shares derived from reinvestment of dividends and 
    distributions. Furthermore, no CDSC will be imposed on an amount that 
    represents an increase in the value of the shareholder's account 
    resulting from capital appreciation above the amount paid for the 
    shares. In addition, no CDSC will be imposed on shares purchased prior 
    to any order granting the requested exemption.
        15. The amount of the CDSC will be calculated as the lesser of the 
    amount that represents a specified percentage of the net asset value of 
    the shares at the time of purchase or the time of redemption. In 
    determining the applicability and rate of any CDSC, it will be assumed 
    that redemption is made first of shares or amounts representing capital 
    appreciation, or reinvestment of dividends and capital gain 
    distributions. Other shares or amounts then would be considered to be 
    redeemed in the order purchased, unless the Fund chose to redeem in 
    another order that would result in a lower sales load. This will result 
    in the charge, if any, being imposed at the lowest possible rate. In 
    all cases, the sum of any front-end sales charge, asset-based sales 
    charge, shareholder services charge, and CDSC will not exceed the 
    maximum sales charge provided for in article III, section 26(d) of the 
    Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities 
    Dealers, Inc.
        16. No CDSC will be imposed in connection with an exchange 
    privilege whereby an investor exchanges CDSC shares of a Fund for CDSC 
    shares of another Fund. All exchanges would be effected in accordance 
    with rule 11a-3.
        17. The Funds request the ability to waive the CDSC in connection 
    with (a) redemptions by officers, directors, trustees, and employees of 
    Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, and any of its affiliates, and 
    such persons' immediate families, (b) involuntary redemptions effected 
    pursuant to the Fund's right to liquidate shareholder accounts having 
    an aggregate net asset value of less than the minimum account balance 
    set forth in the Fund's then-current prospectus, and (c) total or 
    partial redemptions made in connection with the following distributions 
    permitted to be made under the Internal Revenue Code (``Code'') from an 
    IRA or other qualified retirement plan: (i) Any redemption in 
    connection with a lump sum or other distribution following retirement, 
    or, in the case of an IRA or Keogh Plan or a custodial account pursuant 
    to section 403(b)(7) of the Code, after attaining age 59\1/2\; and (ii) 
    any redemption that results from a tax-free return of an excess 
    contribution pursuant to section 408(d)(4) or (5) of the Code, or from 
    the death or disability of the employee (see sections 72(m)(7) and 
    408(f)(3) of the Code). As an alternative to waiver category (c), and 
    if the trustees of the Fund determine to adopt this alternative, the 
    Fund could waive the CDSC with respect to any partial or complete in 
    connection with a distribution following retirement under a tax-
    deferred retirement plan or attaining age 70\1/2\ in the case of an IRA 
    or Keogh Plan, or custodial account resulting from the tax-free return 
    of an excess contribution to an IRA.
        18. Applicants also could provide a pro rata credit paid by the 
    Fund's distributor for any CDSC paid in connection with a redemption of 
    shares followed by a reinvestment effected within a specified period 
    after the redemption. To effect this credit, the distributor would 
    purchase additional shares for the account of an investor who reinvests 
    the redemption proceeds on which a CDSC was paid, in an amount equal to 
    the CDSC charged on the redemption.
    
    Applicants' Legal Analysis
    
        1. Applicants requests an exemption under section 6(c) from 
    sections 18(f)(1), 18(g), and 18(i) to issue multiple classes of shares 
    representing interests in the same portfolio of securities. Applicants 
    believe that, by implementing the multiple class distribution system, 
    the Funds would be able to facilitate the distribution of their shares 
    and provide a broad array of services without assuming excessive 
    accounting and bookkeeping costs. Applicants also believe that the 
    proposed allocation of expenses and voting rights is equitable and 
    would not discriminate against any group of shareholders. The proposed 
    arrangement does not involve borrowings, affect the Funds' existing 
    assets or reserves, or increase the speculative character of the shares 
    of a Fund.
        2. In addition, applicants believe that the establishment of a 
    multi-class distribution system with the proposed fee structure 
    benefits shareholders by providing predictability of expenses and ease 
    of understanding the expenses that will be paid. The proposed 
    arrangement provides an additional choice for investors to whom such 
    predictability is important. The structure makes a party other than the 
    Fund assume the economic risks of paying a Fund's operating expenses 
    during the start-up phase, and bear the expenses of providing services 
    to the classes.
        3. Applicants also request an exemption under section 6(c) from 
    sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 22(c), and 22(d), and rule 22c-1, to 
    assess and, under certain circumstances, waive a CDSC on redemptions of 
    shares. Applicants believe that their request to permit the CDSC 
    arrangement would place the purchaser in a better position than if a 
    sales load were imposed at the time of sale, since the shareholder may 
    have to pay only a reduced sales charge, or no sales charge at all.
    
    Applicant's Conditions
    
        Applicants agree that any order granting the requested exemption 
    shall be subject to the following conditions:
        1. Each class of shares will represent interests in the same 
    portfolio of investments of a Fund, and be identical in all respects, 
    except as set forth below. The only differences between the classes of 
    shares of a Fund relate solely to: (a) The impact of the 
    disproportionate 12b-1 Payments and Class Expenses; (b) voting rights 
    as to matters exclusively affecting one class of shares; (c) exchange 
    features; and (d) class designation differences. Any additional 
    incremental expenses not specifically identified above which are 
    subsequently identified and determined to be properly allocated to one 
    class of shares shall not be so allocated until approved by the SEC 
    pursuant to an amended order or other relief from the SEC.
        2. The trustees of PFAMCo Funds and of any subsequently created 
    Funds, including a majority of the independent trustees, will approve 
    the offering of multiple classes of shares (the ``Multi-Class 
    System''). The minutes of the meetings of the trustees regarding the 
    deliberations of the trustees with respect to the approvals necessary 
    to implement the Multi-Class System will reflect in detail the reasons 
    for the trustees' determination that the proposed Multi-Class System is 
    in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders.
        3. The initial determination of the Class Expenses that will be 
    allocated to a particular class and any subsequent changes thereto will 
    be reviewed and approved by a vote of the board of trustees of the 
    relevant Fund, including a majority of the independent trustees. Any 
    person authorized to direct the allocation and disposition of monies 
    paid or payable by a Fund to meet Class Expenses shall provide to such 
    Fund's trustees, and the trustees shall review, at least quarterly 
    after such initial determination, a written report of the amounts so 
    expended and the purposes for which such expenditures were made.
        4. The board of trustees of each Fund, including a majority of the 
    independent trustees, will review the services to be provided and fees 
    to be charged to a class pursuant to a proposed Class Addendum, and 
    will make a determination (i) that the Class Addendum is in the best 
    interests of the class of the Fund subject to the Class Addendum and 
    the shareholders of the class; (ii) that the fees charged to the class 
    by the administrator in relation to the services to be provided to the 
    class under the Class Addendum are fair and reasonable; and (iii) that 
    the services to be provided for the class and the Class Administration 
    Fee to be charged for such services are reasonably designed so that 
    such services that benefit only a class, as opposed to the Fund 
    generally, would augment (and not be duplicative of) services rendered 
    to the Fund pursuant to the Administration Agreement.1
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        \1\Applicants represent that, to enable the board to make such 
    determinations, the board would be provided with information 
    regarding all of the expenses borne by the Administrator in 
    providing or procuring services for each class.
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        5. On an ongoing basis, a Fund's trustees, pursuant to their 
    fiduciary responsibilities under the Act and otherwise, will monitor 
    the Fund for the existence of any material conflicts among the 
    interests of the various classes of shares. The trustees, including a 
    majority of the independent trustees, shall take such action as is 
    reasonably necessary to eliminate any such conflicts that may develop. 
    Each Fund's investment adviser, sub-investment adviser (if any), 
    administrator (if separate), and distributor will be responsible for 
    reporting any potential or existing conflicts to the trustees. If a 
    conflict arises, the adviser and the distributor at their own cost will 
    remedy such conflict up to and including establishing a new registered 
    management investment company.
        6. The Administrative Services Arrangements will be adopted and 
    operated in accordance with the procedures set forth in rule 12b-1(b) 
    through (f) as if the expenditures made thereunder were subject to rule 
    12b-1, except that shareholders need not enjoy the voting rights 
    specified in rule 12b-1.
        7. The trustees of each Fund will receive quarterly and annual 
    statements concerning expenditures of a Fund or class thereof pursuant 
    to 12b-1 plans and Administrative Services Arrangements complying with 
    paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of rule 12b-1, as it may be amended from time to 
    time. In the statements, only expenditures properly attributable to the 
    sale or servicing of a particular class of shares will be used to 
    justify any distribution or servicing fee charged to that class. 
    Expenditures not related to the sale or servicing of a particular class 
    will not be presented to the trustees to justify any fee attributable 
    to that class. The statements, including the allocations upon which 
    they are based, will be subject to the review and approval of the 
    independent trustees in the exercise of their fiduciary duties.
        8. Dividends paid by a Fund with respect to each class of its 
    shares, to the extent any dividends are paid, will be calculated in the 
    same manner, at the same time, on the same day, and will be in the same 
    amount, except that payments made by a class under its 12b-1 plan or 
    administrative fees, and any Class Expenses will be borne exclusively 
    by that class.
        9. The methodology and procedures for calculating the net asset 
    value and dividends and distributions of the various classes and the 
    proper allocation of expenses among the classes has been reviewed by an 
    expert (the ``Expert'') who has rendered a report to applicants, which 
    has been provided to the staff of the SEC, that such methodology and 
    procedures are adequate to ensure that such calculations and 
    allocations would be made in an appropriate manner. On an ongoing 
    basis, the Expert, or an appropriate substitute Expert, will monitor 
    the manner in which the calculations and allocations are being made 
    and, based upon such review, will render at least annually a report to 
    the Fund that the calculations and allocations are being made properly. 
    The reports of the Expert will be filed as part of the periodic reports 
    filed with the SEC pursuant to sections 30(a) and 30(b)(1) of the Act. 
    The work papers of the Expert with respect to such reports, following 
    request by applicants (which applicants agree to provide), will be 
    available for inspection by the SEC staff upon written request by a 
    senior member of the Division of Investment Management, limited to the 
    Director, an Associate Director, the Chief Accountant, the Chief 
    Financial Analyst, an Assistant Director, and any Regional 
    Administrators or Associate and Assistant Administrators. The initial 
    report of the Expert is a ``report on policies and procedures placed in 
    operation'' and ongoing reports will be ``reports on policies and 
    procedures placed in operation and tests of operating effectiveness'' 
    as defined and described in Statement of Accounting Standards No. 70 of 
    the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (``AICPA''), as 
    it may be amended from time to time, or in similar auditing standards 
    as may be adopted by the AICPA from time to time.
        10. Applicants have adequate facilities in place to ensure 
    implementation of the methodology and procedures for calculating the 
    net asset value and dividends and distributions of the various classes 
    of shares and the proper allocation of expenses among the classes of 
    shares and this representation has been concurred with by the Expert in 
    the initial report referred to in condition 9 above and will be 
    concurred with by the Expert or an appropriate substitute Expert on an 
    ongoing basis at least annually in the ongoing reports referred to in 
    condition 9 above. Applicants will take immediate corrective measures 
    if this representation is not concurred in by the Expert, or 
    appropriate substitute Expert.
        11. The prospectus of each class of a Fund will contain a statement 
    to the effect that a salesperson or any other person entitled to 
    receive compensation for selling or servicing Fund shares may receive 
    different compensation with respect to one particular class of shares 
    over another in that Fund.
        12. The distributor will adopt compliance standards as to when each 
    class of shares may appropriately be sold to particular investors. 
    Applicants will require all persons selling shares of the Funds to 
    agree to conform to such standards. Such compliance standards will 
    require that all investors eligible to purchase shares of the Excluded 
    Classes be sold only shares of the Excluded Classes, rather than any 
    other class of shares offered by the Fund.
        13. The conditions pursuant to which the exemptive order is granted 
    and the duties and responsibilities of the trustees with respect to the 
    Multi-Class System will be set forth in guidelines to be furnished to 
    the trustees.
        14. Each Fund will disclose the respective expenses, performance 
    data, distribution arrangements, services, fees, CDSCs, and exchange 
    privileges (if any) applicable to each class of shares in each 
    prospectus, regardless of whether each class of shares are offered 
    through each prospectus, except that such disclosure need not be made 
    with respect to any Excluded Classes. Excluded Classes will be offered 
    solely pursuant to a separate prospectus. Each prospectus for Excluded 
    Classes will disclose the existence of the Fund's other classes, and 
    the prospectuses for the Fund's other classes will identify the persons 
    eligible to purchase shares of the Excluded Classes. Each Fund will 
    disclose the respective expenses and performance data applicable to all 
    other classes of shares in every shareholder report. The shareholder 
    reports will contain, in the statement of assets and liabilities and 
    statement of operations, information related to the Fund as a whole 
    generally and not on a per class basis. Each Fund's per share data, 
    however, will be prepared on a per class basis with respect to all 
    classes of shares of such Fund. To the extent that any advertisement or 
    sales literature describes the expenses or performance data applicable 
    to any class of shares, it will also disclose the respective expenses 
    and/or performance data applicable to all other classes of shares, 
    except the Excluded Classes. Advertising materials reflecting the 
    expenses or performance data for an Excluded Class will be available 
    only to those persons eligible to purchase that class. The information 
    provided by applicants for publication in any newspaper or similar 
    listing of a Fund's net asset value or public offering price will 
    present each class of shares separately, except for the Excluded 
    Classes.
        15. Applicants acknowledge that the grant of the requested 
    exemptive order will not imply SEC approval, authorization of or 
    acquiescence in any particular level of payments that applicants may 
    make pursuant to any Administration Agreement, Class Addendum, or any 
    12b-1 plan, in reliance on the exemptive order.
        16. Applicants will comply with the provisions of proposed rule 6c-
    10 under the Act (see Investment Company Release No. 16619 (Nov. 2, 
    1988)), as such rule is currently proposed and as it may be reproposed, 
    adopted or amended.
    
        For the SEC, by the Division of Investment Management, under 
    delegated authority.
    Margaret H. McFarland,
    Deputy Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 94-3876 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
02/22/1994
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:
94-3876
Dates:
The application was filed on June 14, 1993, and amended on October 21, 1993, and December 22, 1993. By letters dated February 14, 1994, and February 15, 1994, applicants have agreed to make certain technical changes to the application, and to file an amendment prior to the issuance of any order granting the requested relief. This notice reflects the changes to be made to the application by such further amendment.
Pages:
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Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 22, 1994, Investment Company Act Release No. 20075, 812-8442