SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby amends its notification of
registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5,
1996 pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of
1940 and in connection with such amendment to notification of registration
submits the following information:
Name: Asian Small Companies Portfolio
Address of Principal Business Office:
24 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Telephone Number: (617) 482-8260
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Alan R. Dynner
24 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form
N-8A: YES [ ] NO [X]
Item 1. Name of Registrant: Asian Small Companies Portfolio.
Item 2. State and Date of Organization: New York; January 19, 1996.
Item 3. Form of Organization: Trust.
Item 4. Classification of Registrant: Management Company.
Item 5(a). Registrant is an open-end company.
Item 5(b). Registrant is a diversified company.
Item 6. Investment Adviser of Registrant: Lloyd George Investment
Management (Bermuda) Ltd., 3808 One Exchange Square, Central,
Hong Kong.
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Item 7. Board of Trustees of Registrant:
Edward K.Y. Chen(1)
Donald R. Dwight(2)
Robert Lloyd George(3)
James B. Hawkes*
Samuel L. Hayes, III(4)
Norton H. Reamer(5)
Lynn A. Stout(6)
John L. Thorndike(7)
Jack L. Treynor(8)
Officers of Registrant:
President: Robert Lloyd George(3)
Vice President: James B. Hawkes*
Vice President, Assistant Treasurer
and Assistant Secretary: Scobie Dickinson Ward(9)
Vice President and
Assistant Treasurer: William Walter Raleigh Kerr(9)
Secretary: Alan R. Dynner*
Treasurer: James L. O'Connor*
Assistant Secretary/
Assistant Treasurer: Janet E. Sanders*
Assistant Treasurer: William J. Austin, Jr.*
Assistant Treasurer: Barbara E. Campbell*
Assistant Secretary: A. John Murphy*
Assistant Secretary: Eric G. Woodbury*
The address for each of the above-named Trustees and Officers of
Registrant is as follows: (1) Lingnan College, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong;
(2) Clover Mill Lane, Lyme, NH 04768; (3) 25 Grosvenor Street, London,
WIX 9PE, England; (4) 345 Nahatan Street, Westwood, MA 02090; (5) One
International Place, Boston, MA 02110; (6) Georgetown University Law
Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001; (7) 10 Main
Street, Dover, MA 02030; (8) 504 Via Almar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
90274; (9) 3808 One Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong; *24 Federal
Street, Boston, MA 02110.
Item 8. Inapplicable.
Item 9(a). No; Registrant is not currently issuing and offering its
securities directly to the public.
Item 9(b). Inapplicable.
Item 9(c). No; Registrant does not presently propose to make a public
offering of its securities.
Item 9(d). Yes.
Item 9(e). As of December 31, 1998, there were two beneficial owners of
Registrant's outstanding securities. As of December 31, 1998, the
following investors held 10% or more of the outstanding
securities of the Registrant: LG Asian Smaller Companies Fund
Limited - 96.6%. No other Holders of Interests held more than 10%
of the Registrant's outstanding securities as of that date.
Item 10. Current Value of Registrant's Total Assets: $17,279,237
Item 11. No.
Item 12. Registrant incorporates by reference the August 31, 1998
financial statements as previously filed electronically with the
Commission on December 29, 1998 (Accession No.
0000940394-98-000451).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has caused this amendment to Notification of Registration to be duly
signed on its behalf in the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on
the 11th day of January, 1999.
ASIAN SMALL COMPANIES PORTFOLIO
/s/ James B. Hawkes
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James B. Hawkes
Vice President
Attest: /s/ Janet E. Sanders
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Janet E. Sanders
Assistant Secretary
