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File No. 33-_____________
File No. 811-____________
UNITED STATES
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: Sage/Tso Trust
Address of Principal Business Office: 7799 Leesburg Pike, Suite 900, Falls
Church, Virginia 22043
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Telephone Number including Area Code: (703) 255-1233
Name and Address of Agent for Service:
James C. Tso
Sage/Tso Investment Management L.P.
7799 Leesburg Pike, Suite 900
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
COPIES TO:
Clifford J. Alexander, Esq. Joseph M. O'Donnell, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP Fund/Plan Services, Inc.
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 2 West Elm Street
Washington, DC 20036-1800 Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428
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 X
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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, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Oakton, and State of Virginia on the 26th day of March, 1996.
Sage/Tso Trust
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Name of Registrant
By /s/ James C. Tso
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James C. Tso, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement of Sage/Tso Trust has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Capacity Date
/s/ James C. Tso
- ------------------- As Sole Trustee 3/26/96
James C. Tso
/s/ James C. Tso
- ------------------- As President and 3/26/96
James C. Tso Principal Executive Officer
/s/ James C. Tso
- ------------------- As Vice President, Secretary, 3/26/96
James C. Tso and Principal Accounting
and Financial Officer
