File No. 33-________
File No. 811-________
UNITED STATES
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: Kelmoore Strategic Trust
Address of Principal Business Office: 2471 E. Bayshore Road,
Suite 501,
Palo Alto, California 94303
Telephone Number including Area Code: (650) 354-8170
Name and Address of Agent for Service: Matthew Kelmon, President
Kelmoore Investment Company, Inc.
2471 E. Bayshore Road
Suite 501
Palo Alto, California 94303
COPIES TO:
Andre' W. Brewster Sandra L. Adams
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin First Data Investor
Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor Services Group
San Francisco, CA 94111-4065 3200 Horizon Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406
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 ___
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 the City of Palo Alto and State
of California on the 21st day of December, 1998.
Kelmoore Strategic Trust
By: /s/ Matthew Kelmon*
Matthew Kelmon, President
/s/ Sandra L. Adams
*By /s/ Sandra L. Adams, as
Attorney-in-Fact and Agent pursuant
to Power of Attorney