SHEPHERD STREET FUNDS INC
485BPOS, EX-99.23.P.1, 2001-01-16
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                                 CODE OF ETHICS
                                       OF
                           SHEPHERD STREET FUNDS, INC.

I.   INTRODUCTION

     This Code of Ethics has been adopted by Shepherd  Street  Funds,  Inc. (the
     "Company")  and Salem  Investment  Counselors,  Inc. (the  "Adviser"),  the
     investment  adviser to the  Shepherd  Street  Equity Fund (the  "Fund"),  a
     series of the Company, in compliance with Rule 17j-1 (the "Rule") under the
     Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as  amended  (the  "Act")  to  establish
     standards and  procedures for the detection and prevention of activities by
     which persons having knowledge of the investments and investment intentions
     of the Company may abuse their fiduciary duties to the Company, and to deal
     with other types of  conflict-of-interest  situations  to which the Rule is
     addressed.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for certain persons who have affiliations with
     the  Company  to  engage  in  conduct  which is  deceitful,  fraudulent  or
     manipulative,   or  which  involves  false  or  misleading  statements,  in
     connection  with the purchase or sale of  securities  by the Company.  This
     Code of Ethics is intended to establish policies and procedures designed to
     insure that persons  subject to this Code of Ethics and the Rule do not use
     any information  concerning the investments or investment intentions of the
     Company,  or  his or her  ability  to  influence  such  investment  related
     information,  for personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests
     of the Company.

II.  PRINCIPLES

     This  Code of Ethics  acknowledges  the  general  principles  that  persons
     affiliated with the Company:

     (A)  owe a fiduciary obligation to the Company;
     (B)  have  the  duty  at all  times  to  place  the  interests  of  Company
          shareholders first;
     (C)  must conduct all of their personal  securities  transactions in such a
          manner as to avoid any actual or  potential  conflict  of  interest or
          abuse of such person's position of trust and responsibility; and
     (D)  should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions in relation
          to the Company.

III. DEFINITIONS (AS USED HEREIN)

     "ACCESS PERSON" means:

     (1)  any  director,  officer,  general  partner or  Advisory  Person of the
          Company or any Adviser to the Company.

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          (A)  If an Adviser to the Company is  primarily  engaged in a business
               or  businesses  other  than  advising  Funds  or  other  advisory
               clients,  the term Access  Person  means any  director,  officer,
               general  partner or  Advisory  Person of the  Adviser  who,  with
               respect to any Fund,  makes any  recommendation,  participates in
               the determination of which  recommendation will be made, or whose
               principal function or duties relate to the determination of which
               recommendation  will be made, or who, in  connection  with his or
               her duties, obtains any information concerning recommendations on
               Covered Securities being made by the Adviser to any Fund.

          (B)  An Adviser is  "primarily  engaged  in a business  or  businesses
               other than advising Funds or other advisory clients" if, for each
               of its most recent  three  fiscal years or for the period of time
               since its  organization,  whichever is less, the Adviser derived,
               on an  unconsolidated  basis,  more  than 50% of its  income  (or
               loss),  before  taxes  and  extraordinary  items,  from the other
               business or businesses.

     (2)  Any director,  officer or general  partner of a principal  underwriter
          who, in the ordinary  course of business,  makes,  participates  in or
          obtains  information  regarding,  the  purchase  or  sale  of  Covered
          Securities by the Company for which the principal underwriter acts, or
          whose functions or duties in the ordinary course of business relate to
          the  making  of any  recommendation  to  the  Company,  regarding  the
          purchase or sale of Covered Securities.

"ADVISORY PERSON" means:

     (1)  Any  employee  of the  Company or an Adviser to the Company (or of any
          company in a control  relationship  to the  Company  or an  investment
          adviser to the  Company)  who, in  connection  with his or her regular
          functions or duties,  makes,  participates in, or obtains  information
          regarding  the purchase or sale of Covered  Securities by the Company,
          or whose functions  relate to the making of any  recommendations  with
          respect to such purchases or sales; and

     (2)  Any  natural  person in a control  relationship  to the  Company or an
          Adviser   to  the   Company   who   obtains   information   concerning
          recommendations  made to the Company  with  regard to the  purchase or
          sale of Covered Securities by the Company.

"AFFILIATED PERSON" means:

     (1)  Any officer,  director,  copartner or employee of the Company, Adviser
          and/or Underwriter;

     (2)  any person directly or indirectly owning,  controlling or holding with
          power to vote, 5% or more of the outstanding  voting securities of the
          Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter;

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     (3)  any  person  5% or more of whose  outstanding  voting  securities  are
          directly or indirectly  owned,  controlled or held with power to vote,
          by the Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter; and

     (4)  any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
          common control with the Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter.

"BENEFICIAL INTEREST" means:

     any  interest  by  which  an  Access  Person  or any  member  of his or her
     immediate  family  (relative  by  blood  or  marriage  living  in the  same
     household),  can directly or indirectly  derive a monetary benefit from the
     purchase,  sale (or other  acquisition  or  disposition)  or ownership of a
     security,  except such interests as Clearing Officers shall determine to be
     too remote for the purpose of this Code of Ethics.  (A transaction in which
     an Access Person  acquires or disposes of a security in which he or she has
     or  thereby  acquires  a direct or  indirect  Beneficial  Interest  will be
     referred to in this Code of Ethics as a "personal  securities"  transaction
     or as a transaction for the person's "own account").

     At the  written  request of a person  subject  to this Code of Ethics,  the
     Clearing Officers,  in their sole discretion or with the advice of counsel,
     may from time to time issue written interpretations as to whether an Access
     Person has a  "Beneficial  Interest"  in a security or a  transaction,  and
     whether  a  transaction  is  or  would  be  considered  to  be a  "personal
     securities" transaction or a transaction "for the person's own" account for
     purposes of the reporting  requirements  under this Code.  Any such written
     interpretations   shall  be   included   in  Appendix  A  attached  to  and
     incorporated by reference into this Code of Ethics,  and may be relied upon
     solely by the person(s) seeking such interpretations.

"CLEARING OFFICERS" means any two officers of the Company who are not:

     (1)  parties to the transaction;
     (2)  related by blood or marriage to a party to the transaction; and
     (3)  interested in or affiliated persons of the issuer of the securities at
          issue.

"CONTROL" means:

     the power to  exercise  a  controlling  influence  over the  management  or
     policies  of a  company  (unless  such  power is  solely  the  result of an
     official  position with such  company).  Any person who owns  beneficially,
     directly or through one or more controlled companies,  more than 25% of the
     voting securities of a company shall be presumed to control such company.

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"Covered Security" means:

     all  stock,   debt  obligations  and  other   instruments   comprising  the
     investments  of the Company,  including any warrant or option to acquire or
     sell a security,  and financial futures contracts,  except that it does not
     include:

     (1)  Direct obligations of the Government of the United States;

     (2)  Banker's acceptances,  bank certificates of deposit,  commercial paper
          and high quality  short-term debt  instruments,  including  repurchase
          agreements, and

     (3)  Shares issued by open-end Funds.

     References to a "Security" in this Code of Ethics shall include any warrant
     for, option in, or security immediately convertible into that "Security."

"Fund" means an investment  company  registered  under the Act, and includes the
Company.

A "security held or to be acquired" by the Company means:

     any Covered Security which, within the most recent 15 calendar days: (i) is
     or has been held by the Company; or (ii) is being or has been considered by
     an Adviser for purchase by the Company.

A security is "being considered for purchase or sale";

     from the time an order is given by or on behalf of the Company to the order
     room of the Adviser  until all orders  with  respect to that  security  are
     completed or withdrawn.

IV.  GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

     The specific  provisions  and reporting  requirements  of the Rule and this
     Code of Ethics are concerned primarily with those investment  activities of
     ACCESS PERSONS who are associated with the Company and who thus may benefit
     from or interfere with the purchase or sale of portfolio  securities by the
     Company.  However, the Rule and this Code of Ethics shall also apply to all
     Affiliated Persons of the Company,  the Adviser(s),  Sub-Adviser(s) and the
     Underwriter ("Covered Persons"), unless specifically stated otherwise.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for Covered Persons to engage in conduct which
     is deceitful,  fraudulent,  or  manipulative,  or which  involves  false or
     misleading  statements,   in  connection  with  the  purchase  or  sale  of
     securities  by the  Company.  Accordingly,  under the Rule and this Code of
     Ethics,  no  Covered  Person  shall  use  any  information  concerning  the
     investments or investment  intentions of the Company, or his or her ability
     to influence such investment  intentions,  for personal gain or in a manner
     detrimental to the interests of the Company.

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     In addition,  no Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly in connection
     with the  purchase or sale of a "security  held or to be  acquired"  by the
     Company:

          (i)       employ  any  device,  scheme  or  artifice  to  defraud  the
                    Company; or

          (ii)      make to the  Company or an Adviser any untrue  statement  of
                    material  fact or omit to  state to any of the  foregoing  a
                    material  fact  necessary  in order  to make the  statements
                    made,  in light of the  circumstances  under  which they are
                    made, not misleading; or

          (iii)     engage in any act,  practice,  or course of  business  which
                    operates  or would  operate  as a fraud or  deceit  upon the
                    Company; or

          (iv)      engage in any  manipulative  practice  with  respect  to the
                    Company.

V.   PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

     A.   BLACKOUT PERIODS

          Subject to any additional limiting  requirements that may be set forth
          below,  an  ACCESS  PERSON  may  not  effect  a  personal   securities
          transaction in Covered Securities if he or she knows or should know at
          the time of entering into the transaction that:

          (i)       the  Company  has  engaged  in a  transaction  in  the  same
                    security within the last 15 calendar days, or is engaging in
                    a transaction  or is going to engage in a transaction in the
                    same security in the next 15 calendar days; or if an Adviser
                    has within the last 15 days  considered or is  considering a
                    transaction in the same security for the Company,  or within
                    the next 15 days is  considering  such a transaction  in the
                    security, unless such ACCESS PERSON

                    (1)  obtains advance written  clearance of such  transaction
                         by two Clearing Officers; and
                    (2)  reports to the Company  the  information  described  in
                         Paragraph VI of this Code of Ethics.

          (ii)      Any  profits  realized  on  unauthorized  trades  within the
                    proscribed periods shall be disgorged.

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     B.   INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

          An ADVISORY  PERSON may not acquire any security in an initial  public
          offering,  unless such  ADVISORY  PERSON (1) obtains  advance  written
          clearance of such transaction by two Clearing Officers and (2) reports
          to the Company the information  described in Paragraph VI of this Code
          of Ethics.

     C.   PRIVATE PLACEMENTS

          (1)  An  ADVISORY  PERSON may not  acquire  any  security in a private
               placement,  unless  such  ADVISORY  PERSON  (1)  obtains  advance
               written  clearance of such  transaction by two Clearing  Officers
               and (2)  reports to the  Company  the  information  described  in
               Paragraph VI of this Code of Ethics.

               When considering whether to grant approval to the ADVISORY PERSON
               to engage in these  transactions,  the  Clearing  Officers  shall
               consider, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity
               should be reserved for the Company,  and whether the  opportunity
               is being  offered to the ADVISORY  PERSON by virtue of his or her
               position with the Company. If the Clearing Officers find that the
               investment  opportunity should be reserved to the Company or that
               the opportunity is being offered to the ADVISORY PERSON by virtue
               of his or her position  with the Company,  the Clearing  Officers
               shall refuse permission for the ADVISORY PERSON to enter into the
               transaction.

          (2)  An ADVISORY PERSON who has been authorized to acquire  securities
               in a private  placement or an initial  public  offering  shall be
               required  to  DISCLOSE  that  investment  to the  Company and the
               appropriate  Adviser whenever such ADVISORY PERSON  participates,
               either directly or indirectly,  in subsequent consideration of an
               investment in the issuer by any portfolio in the Company complex.

          (3)  In the event that an ADVISORY  PERSON has been given  approval to
               acquire  securities in a private  placement or an initial  public
               offering,  any decision of the Company to purchase  securities of
               the issuer of such private  placement or initial public  offering
               shall be subject  to PRIOR  REVIEW by the  Company's  independent
               Directors who have no personal interest in the issuer.

     D.   BAN ON SHORT - TERM TRADING PROFITS

          An ADVISORY  PERSON may not profit from the purchase and sale, or sale
          and  purchase,  of the  same  (or  equivalent)  securities  within  60
          calendar days. Any profits realized on such short-term trades shall be
          disgorged.

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     F.   GIFTS

          ADVISORY  PERSONS  may not accept any gift or other thing of more than
          DE MINIMIS  value from any person or entity that does business with or
          on behalf of the Company.

     G.   SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR TO OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES

          ADVISORY  PERSONS  may not  serve  on the  board of  directors  of any
          publicly traded company,  without prior authorization of a majority of
          the  Company's  Board  of  Directors,  which  authorization  shall  be
          specifically  based upon a determination  that the board service would
          be consistent with the interests of the Company and its  shareholders.
          If and when such board  service is  authorized,  the  ADVISORY  PERSON
          serving as a director will be isolated from other ADVISORY PERSONS who
          make  investment  decisions  involving that company  through  "Chinese
          Wall" or other procedures.

VI.  ADVANCE CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

     A.   PROCEDURES

          (1)  FROM WHOM OBTAINED
                    Persons  who  desire  to  enter  into  personal   securities
                    transactions in transactions  requiring prior approval under
                    paragraph V above,  must obtain the written  approval of any
                    two   Clearing   Officers   prior  to  entering   into  such
                    transactions.

          (2)  TIME OF CLEARANCE
                    Transaction  clearances must be obtained not more than three
                    (3) days prior to the transaction.  If the trade is not made
                    within  three  (3)  days  of the  date of  clearance,  a new
                    clearance must be obtained.

          (3)  FORM
                    Persons  seeking  authorization  to enter into  transactions
                    requiring  prior  clearance  shall  complete and sign a form
                    approved for that  purpose by the Company,  which form shall
                    set  forth  the  details  of the  proposed  transaction.  An
                    example  of such  form  is  annexed  hereto  as  Schedule  A
                    ("Clearance Forms").  Upon obtaining  authorization to enter
                    into  the  subject   transaction,   the  Clearing   Officers
                    authorizing the transaction  shall affix their signatures to
                    the Clearance Form to indicate such approval.

          (4)  FILING
                    Copies of all completed  Clearance Forms,  with all required
                    signatures,  shall be retained by the  Administrator of this
                    Code  of  Ethics  in  accordance  with  the  record  keeping
                    requirements  set  forth  in  Section  XII of  this  Code of
                    Ethics.

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     B.   FACTORS CONSIDERED IN CLEARANCE OF PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS

          Clearing  Officers  may  refuse  to  grant  clearance  of  a  personal
          transaction in their sole discretion without being required to specify
          any reason for the refusal. Generally, Clearing Officers will consider
          the  following  factors in  determining  whether or not to authorize a
          proposed transaction:

          (1)  Whether  the  amount  or  nature  of the  transaction,  or person
               entering into the  transaction,  is likely to affect the price or
               market for the Security;

          (2)  Whether the  individual  making the proposed  purchase or sale is
               likely to benefit from  purchases or sales in the same or similar
               security being made or being considered by the Company; and

          (3)  Whether the security proposed to be purchased or sold is one that
               would qualify for purchase or sale by the Company.

VII. EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS

     Neither the  prohibitions  nor the reporting  requirements  of this Code of
     Ethics apply to:

     (A)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of Securities
          for an  account  over  which the  person  has no direct  influence  or
          control and does not exercise indirect influence or control;

     (B)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of securities
          which are not eligible  for  purchase or sale by any  portfolio of the
          Company;

     (C)  Involuntary purchases or sales;

     (D)  Purchases which are part of an automatic  dividend  reinvestment plan;
          and

     (E)  Purchases or other  acquisitions  or  dispositions  resulting from the
          exercise  of  rights  acquired  from an  issuer  as part of a pro rata
          distribution  to all holders of a class of  securities  of such issuer
          and the sale of such rights;

VIII. REPORTING OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

     A.   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF ACCESS PERSONS

          (1)  REPORTS   REQUIRED:   Unless   specifically   excepted  by  other
               provisions  of this Code of Ethics,  every  ACCESS  PERSON of the
               Company, Adviser(s),  Sub-Adviser(s) and Underwriter must provide
               to the Administrator of this Code of Ethics and the Adviser(s) or
               Underwriter, as applicable, the following reports:

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               (a)  INITIAL HOLDINGS REPORTS- Not later than ten (10) days after
                    a  person  becomes  an  ACCESS  PERSON,  such  person  shall
                    complete,   sign  and  deliver  to  the  Company,   and  the
                    Adviser(s)  or  Underwriter,   as  applicable,   an  Initial
                    Holdings Report, a form of which is attached to this Code of
                    Ethics as Schedule B; except that

                    (i)  Any person who  qualified as an ACCESS  PERSON prior to
                         March 1, 2000  shall be exempt  from  filing an Initial
                         Holdings Report.

               (b)  QUARTERLY  TRANSACTION REPORTS- Not later than ten (10) days
                    after the end of each calendar  quarter,  each ACCESS PERSON
                    shall  make  a  written   report   ("Quarterly   Transaction
                    Report"), a form of which is attached to this Code of Ethics
                    as Schedule C, to the  Administrator  of this Code of Ethics
                    and the Adviser(s) or Underwriter, as applicable, which;

                    (1)  With  respect to any  transaction  during the  previous
                         calendar  quarter  in a Covered  Security  in which the
                         ACCESS  PERSON  had any direct or  indirect  Beneficial
                         Ownership, contains the following information:

                          (i)    The date of the  transaction,  the  title,  the
                                 interest    rate   and   maturity    date   (if
                                 applicable),  the  number  of  shares  and  the
                                 principal   amount  of  each  Covered  Security
                                 involved:

                          (ii)   The nature of the transaction (i.e.,  purchase,
                                 sale  or  any  other  type  of  acquisition  or
                                 disposition);

                          (iii)  The price of the Covered  Security at which the
                                 transaction was effected;

                          (iv)   The name of the broker,  dealer or bank with or
                                 through which the transaction was effected; and

                          (v)    The date that the  report is  submitted  by the
                                 ACCESS PERSON.

                    (2)  With respect to any account  established  by the ACCESS
                         PERSON in which any  securities  were held  during  the
                         previous  quarter for the direct or indirect benefit or
                         the ACCESS PERSON, contains the following information:

                          (ii)   The name of the  broker,  dealer  or bank  with
                                 whom the ACCESS PERSON established the account;

                          (iii)  The date the account was established; and

                          (iv)   The date that the  report is  submitted  by the
                                 ACCESS PERSON.

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               (c)  ANNUAL  HOLDING  REPORTS-  Not later than  thirty  (30) days
                    after the end of the Company's  fiscal year end, each ACCESS
                    PERSON  shall  make a  written  report,  a form of  which is
                    attached  to this  Code of  Ethics as  Schedule  D  ("Annual
                    Holdings  Report"),  to the  Administrator  of this  Code of
                    Ethics and the  Adviser(s) or  Underwriter,  as  applicable,
                    which:

                    (1)  Sets  forth the title,  number of shares and  principal
                         amount of each  Covered  Security  in which the  ACCESS
                         PERSON had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;
                    (2)  Sets forth the name of any broker,  dealer or bank with
                         whom the ACCESS  PERSON  maintains  an account in which
                         any  securities  are held for the  direct  or  indirect
                         benefit of the ACCESS Person;
                    (3)  Contains  the date that the report is  submitted by the
                         ACCESS PERSON; and
                    (4)  States  that the  information  contained  in the Annual
                         Holdings  Report is  current  as of a date not  greater
                         than  thirty (30) days prior to the date the report was
                         submitted.

     B.   EXEMPTIONS FROM REPORTING

          (1)  A person need not make an Initial Holdings Report with respect to
               transactions  effected for, and Covered  Securities  held in, any
               account over which the person has no direct or indirect influence
               or control.

          (2)  A Director of the Company  who is not an  "interested  person" of
               the Company,  as such term is defined in Section  2(a)(19) of the
               Act, and who would  otherwise be required to make a report solely
               by reason of being a Director of the Company, need not make:

               (a)  An Initial Holdings Report or an Annual Holdings Report; and

               (b)  A Quarterly Transaction Report, unless the Director knew, or
                    in the  ordinary  course of  fulfilling  his or her official
                    duties as a Director  should  have  known,  that  during the
                    fifteen  (15) day  period  immediately  before  or after the
                    Director's  transaction in a Covered  Security,  the Company
                    purchased or sold the Covered Security, or the Company or an
                    Adviser   considered   purchasing  or  selling  the  Covered
                    Security.

          (3)  An ACCESS  PERSON of the  Company's  Underwriter  need not make a
               report to the  Underwriter,  if such person makes a report to the
               Company and:

               (a)  The  Underwriter is not an affiliated  person of the Company
                    or any Adviser to the Company; and

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               (b)  The Underwriter has no officer,  director or general partner
                    who serves as an officer, director or general partner of the
                    Company or an Adviser to the Company.

          (4)  An  ACCESS  PERSON  of an  Adviser  need not make a report to the
               Adviser,  if such person makes a report to the Company and all of
               the   information   contained  in  such  report  would  duplicate
               information required to be recorded under ss.ss. 275.204-2(a)(12)
               or  275.204(a)(13)  of the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,  as
               amended.

          (5)  An ACCESS PERSON need not make a Quarterly  Transaction Report if
               the Report would duplicate  information contained in broker trade
               confirmations or account statements  received by the Company with
               respect  to  the  ACCESS  PERSON  for  the  applicable  quarterly
               reporting period, but only if such broker trade  confirmations or
               account statements contain ALL of the information  required to be
               reported in the Quarterly Transaction Reports.

     C.   RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT

          The  responsibility  for taking the initiative to report is imposed on
          each individual  required to make a report.  Any effort by the Company
          to  facilitate  the  reporting  process  does not change or alter that
          responsibility.

     D.   WHERE TO FILE REPORT

          All  reports  must be filed  with the  Administrator  of this  Code of
          Ethics.

IX.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPANY TRANSACTIONS

     Until  disclosed in a public  report to  shareholders  or to the SEC in the
     normal  course  of  the  Company's  business,  all  information  concerning
     Securities  "being considered for purchase or sale" by the Company shall be
     kept  confidential  by all ACCESS  PERSONS and  disclosed by them only on a
     "need to know" basis. It shall be the  responsibility  of the Administrator
     of this Code of Ethics to report any inadequacy  found by him or her to the
     Board of Directors of the Company or any  committee  appointed by the Board
     to deal with such information.

X.   SANCTIONS

     Any violation of this Code of Ethics shall be subject to the  imposition of
     such  sanctions  by the  Company  as may be  deemed  appropriate  under the
     circumstances  to achieve the  purposes of the Rule and this Code of Ethics
     which may include  suspension or  termination  of  employment,  a letter of
     censure and/or restitution of an amount equal to the difference between the
     price paid or received by the Company and the more advantageous  price paid
     or received by the offending  person.  Sanctions for violation of this Code
     of Ethics by a Director of the  Company  will be  determined  by a majority
     vote of its independent Directors.

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XI.  ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION

     (A)  The  administration of this Code of Ethics shall be the responsibility
          of the Secretary of the Company who shall serve as the "Administrator"
          of this Code of Ethics.

     (B)  The duties of such Administrator shall include:

          (1)  Continuous  maintenance  of a  current  list of the  names of all
               ACCESS PERSONS with an appropriate  description of their title or
               employment;

          (2)  Providing  each COVERED  PERSON a copy of this Code of Ethics and
               informing them of their duties and  obligations  thereunder,  and
               assuring  that  COVERED  PERSONS  who are not ACCESS  PERSONS are
               familiar with applicable requirements of this Code of Ethics;

          (3)  Supervising  the  implementation  of this  Code of  Ethics by the
               Adviser(s)  and  Underwriter  and the  enforcement  of the  terms
               hereof by the Adviser(s) and Underwriter;

          (4)  Maintaining  or  supervising  the  maintenance of all records and
               reports required by this Code of Ethics;

          (5)  Preparing  listings  of all  transactions  effected by any ACCESS
               PERSON  within  fifteen  (15)  days of the date on which the same
               security was held, purchased or sold by the Company;

          (6)  Determining whether any particular securities  transaction should
               be exempted pursuant to the provisions of this Code of Ethics;

          (7)  Issuing either  personally,  or with the assistance of counsel as
               may be  appropriate,  an  interpretation  of this  Code of Ethics
               which may appear  consistent  with the  objectives of the Rule of
               this Code of Ethics;

          (8)  Conducting  of  such  inspections  or  investigations,  including
               scrutiny  of  the   listings   referred   to  in  the   preceding
               subparagraph,  as shall  reasonably  be  required  to detect  and
               report, with his or her recommendations,  any apparent violations
               of this Code of Ethics to the Board of  Directors  of the Company
               or any Committee appointed by them to deal with such information;

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          (9)  Submitting  a quarterly  report to the  Directors  of the Company
               containing  a  description  of any  violation  and  the  sanction
               imposed; transactions which suggest a possibility of a violation,
               and  any   exemptions  or  waivers  found   appropriate   by  the
               Administrator;  and any other significant  information concerning
               the appropriateness of this Code of Ethics.

XII. REQUIRED RECORDS

     The  Administrator  shall  maintain or cause to be  maintained in an easily
     accessible place, the following records:

     (A)  A copy of this and any other Code of Ethics  adopted  pursuant  to the
          Rule which has been in effect during the past five (5) years;

     (B)  A record of any  violation  of such  Codes of Ethics and of any action
          taken as a result of such violation;

     (C)  A copy of each report made by the  Administrator  within two (2) years
          from the end of the fiscal  year of the  Company in which such  report
          and  interpretation  is made or issued and for an additional three (3)
          years in a place which need not be easily accessible;

     (D)  A list of all  persons who are, or within the past five (5) years have
          been,  required to make reports  pursuant to the Rule and this Code of
          Ethics; and

     (E)  A  copy  of  all  Initial  Holdings  Reports,  Quarterly  Transactions
          Reports,  and Annual Holdings  Reports  submitted within the last five
          (5) years, the first two (2) years in an easily accessible place.

XIII. AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS

     This Code of Ethics may not be amended or modified except in a written form
     which  is  specifically  approved  by  majority  vote  of  the  Independent
     Directors of the Company.

This Code of Ethics was adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, including a
majority of the Company's "Independent Directors", at a meeting held on July 20,
2000.

Witness my Signature:


/s/ Jeffrey C. Howard
------------------------
Secretary to the Company

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                       CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION CLEARANCE
                                  REQUEST FORM

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section V of the Code of Ethics of Shepherd
Street Funds, Inc. (the "Company"), I,  ______________________,  being an Access
Person of the Company,  as that term is defined in the Code, hereby request that
the Company approve the following transaction in Covered Securities:

Name of Security: ______________________________________________________________

Number of shares/Principal amount: _____________________________________________

Nature of transaction: _________________________________________________________
(i.e., purchase, sale or other type of acquisition or disposition);

Name of broker/dealer or bank executing transaction: ___________________________

Yes      No

___      ___   The security  described  above  represents  an  investment  in an
               initial public offering.

___      ___   The  security  described  above  represents  an  investment  in a
               private placement.

By my  signature  below,  I swear  and  affirm  that I have not  engaged  in any
transactions  in the  above-described  securities  in violation of the Company's
Code of Ethics, that I will invest in the above-described  securities only after
obtaining  clearance  to do so from  authorized  officers of the  Company,  will
report  all  such  transactions  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of the
Company's  Code  of  Ethics,  and  if I  receive  clearance  to  engage  in  the
above-described  security,  I will execute the  transaction not later than three
(3) days after  receiving  clearance  or will  obtain a new  clearance  prior to
executing the transaction.


___________________________________          ___________________________________
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT                       PRINTED NAME OF APPLICANT

_____     After due consideration,  the proposed transaction  described above is
          APPROVED.

_____     After due consideration, the proposed transaction is DENIED.

_____     (Check only if approving a transaction  that  represents an investment
          in an initial  public  offering  or in a private  placement).  We, the
          undersigned,  in the exercise of our  obligations to the Company under
          the  Company's  Code of Ethics,  have  found that the  above-described
          transaction  is not a  transaction  that  should  be  reserved  to the
          Company, and we further find that the transaction is not being offered
          to the  Applicant  as a result of his/her  position  with the Company,
          Adviser or Underwriter.


___________________________________          ___________________________________
SIGNATURE OF CLEARING OFFICER  DATE          SIGNATURE OF CLEARING OFFICER  DATE

___________________________________          ___________________________________
PRINTED NAME                                 PRINTED NAME

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                              CONFIDENTIAL INITIAL
                                 HOLDINGS REPORT
                           SHEPHERD STREET FUNDS, INC.

     The following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of  ________________________.  (If no
transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of the
Company not later than the 10th day after you qualify as an Access  Person.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                     Description      Number of                          Total      Broker executing
Transaction Date     of Security      Shares/ Units   Per Unit Price     Amount     Transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>              <C>             <C>                <C>        <C>
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</TABLE>

The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary  of the  Company  not later than the 10th day after you  qualify as an
Access Person. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

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NAME OF BROKER, DEALER OR BANK               DATE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                        NAME: __________________________________

DATE: ______________________________    SIGNATURE: _____________________________

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                                   SCHEDULE C
                        QUARTERLY SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

                               CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
                           SHEPHERD STREET FUNDS, INC.

     The following lists all  transactions in Covered  Securities in which I had
any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership during the last calendar  quarter.
(If no  transactions  took place write "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary
of the Company not later than the 10th day of the month following the end of the
calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

                     PURCHASES/SALES AND OTHER DISPOSITIONS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                    Purchase (P),
                                    Sale(S), or Other    Number of
Transaction      Description        Disposition          Shares/                           Total      Broker executing
Date             of Security        (Describe)           Units          Per Unit Price     Amount     Transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>              <C>                <C>                  <C>            <C>                <C>        <C>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

The  following  lists all accounts  established  by me during the last  calendar
quarter  in which I had any  direct  or  indirect  beneficial  ownership  in any
Securities. (If no accounts were established,  write "None".) Sign and return to
the Secretary of the Company not later than the 10th day of the month  following
the end of the calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME OF BROKER, DEALER OR BANK               DATE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                        NAME: __________________________________

DATE: ______________________________    SIGNATURE: _____________________________

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                                   SCHEDULE D
                               CONFIDENTIAL ANNUAL
                           SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORT
                           SHEPHERD STREET FUNDS, INC.

     The following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of  ________________________.  (If no
transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of the
Company not later than the 30th day after the  Company's  fiscal  year end.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Description      Number of                          Total      Broker executing
Transaction Date     of Security      Shares/ Units   Per Unit Price     Amount     Transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>              <C>             <C>                <C>        <C>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary of the Company not later than the 30th day after the Company's  fiscal
year end. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME OF BROKER, DEALER OR BANK               DATE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I swear and affirm  that the  foregoing  information  is true and correct to the
best of my information  and belief,  and that the  information  included in this
report is  current  as of a date not later  than  thirty  (30) days prior to the
filing of this report.

                                        NAME: __________________________________

DATE: ______________________________    SIGNATURE: _____________________________

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