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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 12, 1999
File No. 333-84809
File No. 811-09527
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 [X]
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Post-effective Amendment No. ____ [ ]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. 1 [X]
(Check appropriate boxes)
DCM SERIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
7 WELLS AVENUE
NEWTON, MA 02459
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: 617-527-0033
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Carla B. Herwitz, Esq.
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
COPIES TO:
Jonathan J. Derby Michael Miola
Vice President President
Derby Capital Management American Data Services, Inc.
7 Wells Avenue Hauppauge Corporate Center
Newton, MA 02459 150 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after
the effectiveness of this Registration Statement.
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] on ___________, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ] on ___________, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
[ ] on ___________, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment
Pursuant to Section 24(f) and Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Registrant elects to register an indefinite number of shares of
beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933. Registrant intends to file
the notice required by Rule 24f-2 within 90 days after the close of the
Registrant's fiscal year.
Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a)
may determine.
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THE DCM GROWTH FUND
A SERIES OF THE DCM SERIES TRUST
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Amendment No.
1 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A, the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (including the Prospectus, Statement of Additional
Information and Part C thereto) previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission via EDGAR on August 9, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Newton, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 12th day of August,
1999.
DCM SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Jonathan J. Derby
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Jonathan J. Derby
Vice President and Trustee
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated
/s/ Mark A. Derby President and Trustee August 12, 1999
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Mark A. Derby
/s/ Jonathan J. Derby Vice President and Trustee August 12, 1999
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Jonathan J. Derby
/s/ Carla B. Herwitz Trustee August 12, 1999
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Carla B. Herwitz
