As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 1998
File No. 33-65137
File No. 811-7455
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. 3 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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PHOENIX-SENECA FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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909 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94133
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(415) 677-1500
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
THOMAS N. STEENBURG
Vice President, Counsel and Secretary, Phoenix Duff & Phelps Corporation
56 Prospect Street, Hartford, CT 06115-0479
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on February 26, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Copy to:
Andre W. Brewster, Esq.
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin
A Professional Corporation
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 434-1600
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, and the State of California on
the 27th day of January, 1998.
PHOENIX-SENECA FUNDS
By: /s/ GAIL P. SENECA
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Gail P. Seneca
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ GAIL P. SENECA Trustee and President January 27, 1998
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Gail P. Seneca
* Trustee and Treasurer January 27, 1998
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Sandra J. Westhoff and Accounting Officer)
* Trustee January 27, 1998
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Mary Ann Cusenza
* Trustee January 27, 1998
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Paul E. Erdman
* Trustee January 27, 1998
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Melinda Ellis Evers
*By: /s/ GAIL P. SENECA
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Gail P. Seneca as
Attorney-in-fact
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