As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2000
Securities Act File No. 333-89733
Investment Company Act File No. 811-9649
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U.S. 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.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 [X]
and/or
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940
Amendment No. 5 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PILGRIM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
(FORMERLY LEXINGTON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.)
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 992-0180
James M. Hennessy, Esq. With copies to:
Pilgrim Investments, Inc. Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Dechert
Phoenix, AZ 85004 1775 Eye Street, N.W.
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) Washington, DC 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[X] on August 11, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designated a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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PILGRIM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement consists of the following papers and documents:
- Cover Sheet
- Contents of Registration Statement
- Explanatory Note
- Signature Page
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A for Pilgrim Global Technology Fund, Inc. incorporates by reference the
Registrant's Prospectus (Part A), Statement of Additional Information (Part B)
and Other Information (Part C) contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 which
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2000. This
Post-Effective Amendment is filed to extend the effective date of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to August 11, 2000.
The Registrant's updated Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information
and Other Information dated August 11, 2000, which will include all required
current financial statements, will be filed pursuant to Rule 485(b), on or
before August 11, 2000.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it
meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix and State of
Arizona, on the 4th day of August, 2000.
PILGRIM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUND, INC.
By: /s/ James M. Hennessy
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James M. Hennessy
Executive Vice President & Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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Director and Chairman August 4, 2000
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John G. Turner*
Director and President August 4, 2000
------------------------- (Chief Executive Officer)
Robert W. Stallings*
Senior Vice President and August 4, 2000
------------------------- Principal Financial Officer
Michael J. Roland* (Principal Financial Officer)
Director August 4, 2000
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Robert B. Goode, Jr.*
Director August 4, 2000
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Al Burton*
Director August 4, 2000
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Jock Patton*
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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Director August 4, 2000
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John R. Smith*
Director August 4, 2000
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David W. Wallace
Director August 4, 2000
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David W.C. Putnam*
Director August 4, 2000
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Walter H. May*
Director August 4, 2000
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Paul S. Doherty
Director August 4, 2000
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Alan L. Gosule*
*By: /s/ James M. Hennessy
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James M. Hennessy, Attorney-in-Fact**
** Powers of Attorney for Michael J. Roland and for the Directors are attached
hereto.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert W. Stallings, James M. Hennessy, Jeffrey S. Puretz and Karen L.
Anderberg, and each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution of him in his name, place, and
stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-1A applicable to
the Pilgrim Global Technology Fund, Inc. and any amendment or supplement
thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: July 31, 2000
/s/ Al Burton /s/ Robert B. Goode, Jr.
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Al Burton Robert B. Goode, Jr.
/s/ Alan L. Gosule /s/ Walter H. May
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Alan L. Gosule Walther H. May
/s/ Jock Patton /s/ David W.C. Putnam
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Jock Patton David W.C. Putnam
/s/ John R. Smith /s/ John G. Turner
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John R. Smith John G. Turner
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert W. Stallings, James M. Hennessy, Jeffrey S. Puretz and Karen L.
Anderberg, and each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution of him in his name, place, and
stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-1A applicable to
the Pilgrim Global Technology Fund, Inc. and any amendment or supplement
thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: July 31, 2000
/s/ Michael J. Roland
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Michael J. Roland
Senior Vice President and
Principal Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert W. Stallings, James M. Hennessy, Jeffrey S. Puretz and Karen L.
Anderberg, and each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution of him in his name, place, and
stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-1A applicable to
the Pilgrim Global Technology Fund, Inc. and any amendment or supplement
thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: July 31, 2000
/s/ Robert W. Stallings
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Robert W. Stallings
Director and President
(Chief Executive Officer)
