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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-54A
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ELECT TO BE SUBJECT
TO SECTIONS 55 THROUGH 65 OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned business development company (the "Company") hereby
notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 54(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Act"), to be subject to the provisions of Sections 55 through 65 of the
Act and, in connection with such notification of election, submits the following
information:
Name: Berthel Growth Trust II
Address of Principal
Business Office: 701 Tama Street, Building B
PO Box 609
Marion, Iowa 52302-0609
Telephone Number: (319) 447-5700
Name and Address of agent for service of process:
Leslie D. Smith
Berthel Fisher & Company Planning, Inc.
701 Tama Street, Building B
PO Box 609
Marion, Iowa 52302-0609
The company has filed a registration statement on Form 8-A for a class
of equity securities pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Such registration statement was filed contemporaneously with the filing of
this Form N-54A. The registration statement has not yet been assigned a file
number.
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant
to Section 8(a) of the Act: Not applicable.
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant
to Section 8(a) of the Act, if any, of any subsidiary of the company: Not
applicable.
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The undersigned Company certifies that it is a closed-end company
organized as a business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware with its
principal place of business in Marion, Iowa; that it will be operated for the
purpose of making investments in securities described in sections 55(a)(1)
through (3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; and that it will make
available significant managerial assistance with respect to issuers of such
securities to the extent required by the Act.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the undersigned company has
caused this notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of
the Act to be duly signed on its behalf in the City of Marion and State of Iowa
on the 7th day of July, 2000.
BERTHEL GROWTH TRUST II
By: Berthel Fisher & Company Planning, Inc.
Trust Advisor
By: /s/ Henry Royer
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Henry Royer, President
Attest:
By: /s/ Leslie D. Smith
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Leslie D. Smith, Secretary
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