1940 Act File No. 811-_____
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24th, 1998
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:
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Name: Central Investment Fund, Inc.
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State Zip Code):
c/o Comerica Bank, 411 W. Lafayette Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226
Telephone Number (including area code): (313)222-4602
Name and address of agent for service of process:
James A. McIntosh, Comerica Bank, 411 W. Lafayette Avenue, Detroit, MI
48226
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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 [ ] NO[X]
Item 1. Exact name of registrant.
Central Investment Fund, Inc.
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was
organized or created and the date of such organization or creation.
Maryland - March 4, 1998
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example,
corporation, partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
Corporation
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;
Closed-End
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
company or a "non-diversified" company.
Diversified
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of
registrant.
World Asset Management
255 East Brown Street, Suite 250
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of
directors, state the name and address of each officer and director of
registrant.
Officers:
James A. McIntosh
Robert H. Bockrath II
Jane S. Miller
Julie A. Elya
Harish Raghavan
David C. Gylfe
Jonathan Plowe
The business address of each of Messrs. McIntosh, Bockrath and
Gylfe and Ms. Miller and Ms. Elya is Comerica Bank, 411 W. Lafayette
Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226. The business address of each of Messrs.
Raghavan and Plowe is Merrill Lynch & Co., 250 Vesey Street, North Tower,
World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1613.
Directors:
James A. McIntosh
411 W. Lafayette Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Jane S. Miller
411 W. Lafayette Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
John F. Sase
18823 San Quentin
Lathrup Village, Michigan 48076
Donald J. Puglisi
1500 Casho Mill Road
Suite 3
P.O. Box 885
Newark, Delaware 19715
William R. Latham III
Department of Economics
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
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 public 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:
One
Name of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant's
outstanding voting securities:
None
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
$10
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
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 of the city of New York and state of New York on the
24th day of March, 1998.
Signature: Central Investment Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ James A. McIntosh
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James A. McIntosh
Attest: /s/ David C. Gylfe
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Name: David C. Gylfe
Title: Assistant Secretary
