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: CCM Partner Funds
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone Number (including area code):
(312) 444-6000
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Robert G. Norvell, 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2800,
Chicago, Illinois 60603 with copies to Alan Goldberg, Bell,
Boyd & Lloyd LLC, Three First National Plaza, Suite 3300,
Chicago, Illinois 60602
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
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Item 1. Exact Name of Registrant
CCM Partner Funds
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Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized
or created and the date of such organization or creation.
Delaware, December 27, 2000
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
The registrant is a business trust. The registrant
consists of multiple investment portfolios, each of
which has its own investment objective, investment
policies, restrictions and risks (each, a
"Portfolio").
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company,
unit investment trust, or management company).
Management company
Item 5. If registrant is a management company:
(a) state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an
"open-end" company;
Open-end
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
company or a "non-diversified" company (read Instruction
4(i) carefully before replying).
Each Portfolio of registrant will be a diversified
company.
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.
Investment Adviser:
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CCM Advisors, LLC, 190 South LaSalle Street,
Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Sub-Advisers:
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The Patterson Capital Corporation, 2029 Century Park
East #2950, Los Angeles, California 90067
Baird Advisors, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue,
Suite 2100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Western Asset Management Company, 117 East Colorado
Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91105
Cambiar Investors, Inc., 2401 East Second Avenue,
Suite 400, Denver Colorado 80206
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Investment Research Company, 16236 San Dieguito Road,
Suite 2-20, P.O. Box 9210, Rancho Santa Fe,
California 92067
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of
directors, state the name and address of each officer and
director of registrant.
As of the date of this N-8A, registrant's sole
trustee is Robert G. Norvell.
Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not
having a board of directors:
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
NOT APPLICABLE
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of
each sponsor of registrant;
NOT APPLICABLE
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each
custodian of registrant.
NOT APPLICABLE
Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering
its securities directly to the public (yes or no).
No
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its
securities to the public through an underwriter, state the
name and address of such underwriter.
NOT APPLICABLE
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item
9(b) is "not applicable," state whether registrant
presently proposes to make a public offering of its
securities (yes or no).
No
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued
and outstanding (yes or no).
No
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(e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date
not to exceed ten days prior to the filing of this
notification of registration the number of beneficial
owners of registrant's outstanding securities (other than
short-term paper) and the name of any company owning 10
percent or more of registrant's outstanding voting
securities.
NOT APPLICABLE
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
$0
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for
license to operate as a small business investment company
under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).
No
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of registrant's last regular
periodic report to its securityholders, if any.
NOT APPLICABLE
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 Dallas, Texas on December 29, 2000.
CCM Partner Funds
By: /s/ Robert G. Norvell
Robert G. Norvell
Attest: /s/ Amy Nicely
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Amy Nicely
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