GEMINI FUNDS INC
N-1A/A, EX-99.23.P.1, 2000-09-27
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                                    EXHIBITS

                                 CODE OF ETHICS
                                       OF
                               GEMINI FUNDS, INC.

I.   INTRODUCTION

     This Code of Ethics has been adopted by Gemini Funds,  Inc. (the "Company")
     and Gemini  Research &  Management,  LLC (the  "Adviser"),  the  investment
     adviser  to the  Electric  City Value  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.

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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.

          (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;

     (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

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     (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.

     "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

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          (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.

     "Personal Securities Transaction" means a transaction in a Covered Security
     by or for the  benefit of an Access  Person,  the legal  and/or  beneficial
     title to which is vested in the Access Person.

     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.

III. 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 Access 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  Access  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.

     In addition,  no Access 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.

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V.   PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

                                BLACKOUT PERIODS

     Subject  to any  additional  limiting  requirements  that may be set  forth
     elsewhere  in this Code of  Ethics,  an  ADVISORY  PERSON  may not effect a
     Personal  Securities  Transaction in a "security held or to be acquired" by
     the Company unless such person:

     (1)  executes  such  transaction  at a price equal to or less  advantageous
          than the price obtained for such security by the Company;

     (2)  obtains advance written  clearance of such transaction by two Clearing
          Officers; and

     (3)  reports to the Company the  information  described  in Paragraph VI of
          this Code of Ethics.

          (i)  Any  profits  realized  on Personal  Securities  Transactions  in
               violation of this Section V shall be disgorged to the Company.

     B.   INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS & LIMITED OFFERINGS

     An  ADVISORY  PERSON may not  acquire  any  security  in an initial  public
     offering or in a Limited 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.

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     D.   BAN ON SHORT - TERM TRADING PROFITS

     An ADVISORY  PERSON may not profit from the purchase and sale,  or sale and
     purchase, of Covered Securities held by the Company within 60 calendar days
     of the Advisory  Person's  initial  transaction,  unless such  transactions
     fully comply with the  restrictions of Section V(A) of this Code of Ethics.
     Any profits realized on non-complying  short-term trades shall be disgorged
     to the Company.

     F.   GIFTS

     ADVISORY  PERSONS  may not accept  any gift or other  thing of more than de
     minimis (As defined in Rule 2830 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice)  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 Covered
          Securities  for an account over which the Access  Person has no direct
          influence  or control  and does not  exercise  indirect  influence  or
          control;

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

     (C)  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 and Adviser  must  provide to the  Administrator  of this
               Code of Ethics  or the  Adviser,  as  applicable,  the  following
               reports:

               (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 or the Adviser, 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.

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               (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
                    or the Adviser, 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.

               (c)  Annual  Holding  Reports- Not later than ten (10) days after
                    the end of a calendar  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 or the Adviser,  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.

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     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 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.

          (4)  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
          or Adviser to  facilitate  the  reporting  process  does not change or
          alter that responsibility.

     D.   WHERE TO FILE REPORT

          An Access  Person of the Company must file his or her reports with the
          Administrator of this Code of Ethics.  An Access Person of the Adviser
          must file his or her reports  with the  Adviser,  and the Adviser must
          file a copy of such  reports  with the  Administrator  of this Code of
          Ethics.

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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 or Adviser,  as applicable,  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 the Company's Independent Directors.

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 the 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  ACCESS  PERSON a copy of this Code of Ethics and
               informing them of their duties and  obligations  thereunder,  and
               assuring  that  ACCESS  PERSONS  are  familiar  with   applicable
               requirements of this Code of Ethics;

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

          (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;

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          (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;

          (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 for at least five (5) years;

     (C) A copy of each  report  made by the  Administrator  for a period  of at
least five (5) years from the end of the fiscal  year of the  Company or Adviser
in which such  report and  interpretation  is made or issued,  the first two (2)
years in an easily accessible place;

     (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, the
first two (2) years in an easily accessible place; 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
_________________, 2000.

Witness my Signature:

_________________________________

By:  ____________________________
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 Gemini
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.


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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.


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Signature of Clearing Officer  Date       Signature of Clearing Officer    Date

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Printed Name                              Printed Name

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                              CONFIDENTIAL INITIAL
                                 HOLDINGS REPORT
                               GEMINI 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
                         ------------------------------

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                               Number of
Transaction    Description     Shares/    Per Unit    Total     Broker executing
Date           of Security     Units      Price       Amount    Transaction
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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: __________________________

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE C
                        QUARTERLY SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
                               CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
                               GEMINI 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
                     --------------------------------------

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                              Sale(S), or
                              Other          Number of
Transaction   Description     Disposition    Shares/     Per Unit     Total    Broker executing
Date          of Security     (Describe)     Units       Price        Amount   Transaction
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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.

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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                    Date Account Established
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                                   Name: ______________________________

Date: ________________             Signature: __________________________


<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE B
                               CONFIDENTIAL ANNUAL
                           SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORT
                               GEMINI 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

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Transaction   Description   Number of       Per Unit   Total    Broker executing
Date          of Security   Shares/Units    Price      Amount   Transaction
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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.

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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                    Date Account Established
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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: __________________________

<PAGE>

                         VERIFICATION OF ACCESS PERSONS

                               GEMINI FUNDS, INC.

Required Report for
Code of Ethics of Gemini Funds, Inc.
As Adopted _______________________, 2000

Listed below are the names and current mailing  addresses of all persons,  as of
_______________,  who are  considered  to be "Access  Persons" of Gemini  Funds,
Inc., as such term is defined in the Code of Ethics of Gemini  Funds,  Inc. (the
"Company"), as adopted on ________________, 2000 (the "Code").

Name of Access Person        Mailing Address
---------------------        ---------------

1.

<PAGE>

                           ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
                                OF CODE OF ETHICS
                                       OF
                               GEMINI FUNDS, INC.

Required Report for
Code of Ethics of Gemini Funds, Inc.
As Adopted __________________________, 2000

I, ___________________________, certify by my signature below as follows:


1.   I have  received,  read,  understand  and agree to comply  with the Code of
     Ethics of Gemini Funds,  Inc. (the "Company"),  as adopted on ____________,
     2000 (the "Code"); and

2.   I acknowledge that I am an "Access Person" of the Company,  as such term is
     defined in the Code and that Access  Persons of the  Company are  generally
     required  make  periodic  reports  of  their  securities  transactions  and
     securities holdings; and

3.   I am subject to the reporting requirements of the Code; and

4.   On the first day following the end of each calendar  quarter  (January 1st,
     April 1st,  July 1st,  October 1st ) I will receive a Quarterly  Securities
     Transaction  Report from the Company. I will complete and return the Report
     to Bill R.  Werner  not later  than the tenth day of the month in which the
     Report is sent; and

5.   I will  inform the Company of any change in my mailing  address  within ten
     (10) days of such change.


__________________________                  ______________________________
Date                                        Signature

                                            ______________________________
                                            Printed Name

<PAGE>

                                  AUTHORIZATION
                                       OF
                             RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL

                               GEMINI FUNDS, INC.

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Code of Ethics of Gemini  Funds,  Inc., as
adopted on _______________, 2000 (the "Code"), ________________________ has been
appointed,  by vote of the Board of  Directors  of the  Company to be the person
responsible for the review of all transaction and holdings  reports  required to
be filed under the Code.

_______________  will  file a  quarterly  report  with the  Board  of  Directors
indicating and/or including:

1.   Any reports required to be filed under the Code for the reporting period;
2.   The names of each person required to file a report under the Code;
3.   The names of any  reporting  person  who  failed to timely  file a required
     report;
4.   Copies of all submitted reports; and
5.   A description of any violations or apparent  violations of the Code for the
     reporting period.


_________________________                   ______________________________
Date                                        By:  _________________________
                                            For the Company


_________________________                   ______________________________
Date                                        By:  _________________________
                                            Responsible Person



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