As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2000
Securities Act Registration No. 333-58185
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-8849
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 5
T.O. RICHARDSON TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Two Bridgewater Road 06032-2256
Farmington, Connecticut (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (860) 677-8578
Samuel Bailey, Jr.
T.O. Richardson Company, Inc.
Two Bridgewater Road
Farmington, Connecticut 06032-2256
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
David M. Leahy, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on September 11, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)
[ ] on date pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of securities being registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest
The entire Registration Statement (File Nos.: 333-58185; 811-8849) as filed with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2000, including
Parts A, B and C, and all other documents contained therein, is incorporated by
reference in its entirety, except for the cover page and the signature page. The
purpose of this filing is to designate under Rule 485(b)(iii) a new effective
date for the previously filed post-effective amendment filed with the Commission
on June 9, 2000. Such new effective date is September 11, 2000.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form N-lA to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Farmington
and State of Connecticut on the 22nd day of August 2000.
T.O. RICHARDSON TRUST
/s/Samuel Bailey, Jr.
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By: Samuel Bailey, Jr.
Trustee, President and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-lA
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
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/s/Samuel Bailey, Jr.
--------------------------- Trustee, President and Treasurer August 22, 2000
Samuel Bailey, Jr.
* Trustee
John R. Birk
* Trustee
Lloyd P. Griffiths
* Trustee
Robert T. Samuels
* Trustee
Gunnar S. Overstrom
*/s/David M. Leahy Attorney-in-Fact for each of the August 22, 2000
--------------------------- above indicated Trustees
David M. Leahy
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