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: Emerging Markets Portfolio
Address of Principal Business Office: Butterfield House
4th Floor, Fort Street
P.O. Box 2330
George Town, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands BWI
Telephone Number: (809) 949-4719
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Philip W. Coolidge, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Signature Financial Group, Inc.
6 St. James Avenue, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
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] NO [ ]
SIGNATURE
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 Paget, Bermuda on the 20th day of May, 1997.
EMERGING MARKETS PORTFOLIO
By /S/SUSAN JAKUBOSKI
Susan Jakuboski
Assistant Treasurer
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