SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
Notification of Registration
Filed Pursuant to Section 8(a) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it registers under and
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such notification of
registration submits the following information:
Name: The Kenwood Funds
Address of Principal Business Office: 77 West Washington
Street, Suite 1615
Chicago, IL 60602
Telephone Number (including area code): 1-312-368-1666
Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:
Sheldon R. Stein
D'Ancona & Pflaum,
30 N. LaSalle Street,
Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60602
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
filing of Form N-8A:
YES__ NO X
Item 1. Exact name of registrant: The Kenwood Funds
Item 2. Name of State under the laws of which registrant was
organized: Delaware
Date of such organization: January 9, 1996
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant: Delaware Business
Trust
Item 4. Classification of Registrant: Management Company
Item 5. Registrant is an open-end, diversified management
company
Item 6. Name and address of registrant's investment adviser:
The Kenwood Group
77 W. Washington Street, Suite 1615
Chicago, IL 60602
Item 7. Trustees of registrant:
Barbara L. Bowles, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 1615, Chicago,
IL 60602
Reynaldo Glover, 203 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Lester J. Dugas, Jr., 5000 S, Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Patty Litton Delony, 20 E. Cedar Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Challis M. Lowe, 304 Camelot Lane, Libertyville, IL 60048
Officers of registrant:
Barbara L. Bowles, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 1615, Chicago,
IL 60602
Sharon Morrow, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 1615, Chicago, IL
60602
Cynthia Hardy, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 1615, Chicago, IL
60602
Sheldon R. Stein, 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2900, Chicago, IL
60602
Joe Neuberger, 615 E. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and
offering is securities to the public: NO
(b) State the name and current address of the underwriter:
Not Applicable
(c) State whether registrant presently proposes to make a
public offering of its securities: YES
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently
issued and outstanding:
YES
(e) State the number of beneficial owners of registrant's
outstanding securities and the name of any company owning
10% or more of registrant's outstanding voting securities:
As of January 26, 1996, the registrant had one beneficial
owner who is a natural person.
Item 10. State the current value of the registrant's total
assets: $10.00
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to
apply for a license to operate
as a small business investment company under the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958:
NO
Item 12. Attach a copy of registrant's last regular periodic
report to its security holder,
if any: Registrant has issued no such report.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant has caused this notification of
registration to be duly signed on its behalf in the City of
Chicago and State of Illinois on the 29th day of January, 1996.
[SEAL] THE KENWOOD FUNDS
By: /s/Barbara L. Bowles
Barbara L. Bowles, President
ATTEST: /s/Sharon Morrow
Sharon Morrow, Secretary
