1940 Act File No. 811-
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 1996
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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:
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Name: Merrimac Master Portfolio
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
P.O. Box 501
Cardinal Avenue
George Town, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, BWI
Telephone Number (including area code):
809-949-2001
Name and Address of Agent for Services of Process:
George M. Boyd, Secretary
Merrimac Master Portfolio
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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The 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. Exact name of registrant.
Merrimac Master Portfolio
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or
created and the date of such organization or creation.
New York --October 30, 1996
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
Common Law Trust
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company, unit
investment trust, or management company).
Management Company
Item 5. If registrant is a management company:
(a) state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an
"open-end" company;
Open-End
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
company or a "non-diversified" company.
Diversified
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Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.
Adviser:
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Investors Bank & Trust Company
89 South Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Subadviser:
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The Bank of New York
48 Wall Street
New York, NY 10286
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of trustees,
state the name and address of each officer and trustee of
registrant.
Officers:
Sean P. Brennan -- President
Paul J. Jasinki -- Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
George M. Boyd -- Secretary
Susan C. Mosher -- Assistant Secretary
Raymond O'Neill -- Assistant Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
The business address for the above named officers is
200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
Trustees:
Edward F. Hines, Jr.
63 Salem Street
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
Francis J. Gaul, Jr.
6 Queen Anne Lane
Hingham, Massachusetts 02043
Thomas E. Sinton
39 Anona Drive
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Kevin J. Sheehan
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a
board of directors:
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of
each sponsor of registrant;
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each
custodian of registrant.
NOT APPLICABLE
Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering
its securities directly to the public (yes or no).
No
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its
securities to the public through an underwriter, state the
name and address of such underwriter.
NOT APPLICABLE
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to
Item 9(b) is "not applicable," state whether registrant
presently proposes to make a pubic offering of its
securities (yes or no).
No
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued
and outstanding (yes or no).
Yes
(e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date not
to exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification
of registration the number of beneficial owners of
registrant's outstanding securities (other than short-term
paper) and the name of any company owning 10 percent or more
of registrant's outstanding voting securities.
Number of beneficial owners of registrant's outstanding
securities:
Registrant is the master fund in a master-feeder structure.
Currently, only Merrimac Funds invests as a feeder fund into
the
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registrant. Merrimac Funds currently has 696 beneficial
owners of its outstanding shares.
Name of any company owning 10 percent or more of
registrant's outstanding voting securities:
Merrimac Funds (see above)
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
$250,000,000
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 (yes or no).
No
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant's last regular
periodic report to its securityholders, if any.
NOT APPLICABLE
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, the Registrant has caused this notification of registration to be
duly signed on its behalf in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on the 21st day of November, 1996.
ATTEST: MERRIMAC MASTER PORTFOLIO
By: /s/ Susan C. Mosher By: /s/ Sean P. Brennan
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Susan C. Mosher Sean P. Brennan
Assistant Secretary President
