SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-18F-1
NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION PURSUANT TO RULE 18F-1 UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
THE WESTPORT FUNDS
Exact Name of Registrant
NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION
The undersigned registered open-end investment company hereby notifies
the Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects to commit itself to pay in
cash all redemptions by a shareholder of record as provided by Rule 18f-1 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is understood that this election is
irrevocable while such Rule is in effect unless the Commission by order upon
application permits the withdrawal of this Notification of Election.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the registrant has caused this notification of election to be duly
executed on its behalf in the City of Cincinnati and the State of Ohio on this
twenty-third day of April, 1998.
THE WESTPORT FUNDS
By:/s/Mark J. Seger
Mark J. Seger
Assistant Treasurer
Attest:/s/Tina D. Hosking
Tina D. Hosking
Assistant Secretary