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No. 811-123
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A/A
AMENDMENT TO 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:
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Name: The Composite Funds (No. 811-123)/1/
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Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, States, Zip Code):
601 West Main Avenue, Suite 300, Spokane, WA 99201
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Telephone Number (including area code): (509) 353-3486
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/1/ Effective on or before December 31, 1997 (the "Effective Time"),
Composite U.S. Government Securities Fund; Composite Income Fund; Composite
Growth & Income Fund; Composite Cash Management Company, Money Market Fund;
Composite Cash Management Company, Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund; Composite Tax-
Exempt Bond Fund; Composite Northwest Fund and Composite Bond & Stock Fund, the
eight initial series of shares of The Composite Funds, a Massachusetts business
trust (the "Trust"), will succeed to all of the assets, rights, obligations and
liabilities of Composite U.S. Government Securities, Inc.; Composite Income
Fund, Inc.; Composite Equity Series, Inc.; Composite Cash Management Company,
Money Market Portfolio; Composite Cash Management Company, Tax-Exempt Portfolio;
Composite Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.; Composite Northwest Fund, Inc.; and
Composite Bond & Stock Fund, Inc., respectively. The Trust hereby expressly
adopts the Notification of Registration of Composite Bond & Stock Fund, Inc., as
its own, effective as of the Effective Time, for all purposes of the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
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Name and address of agent for service of process:
John T. West, Clerk
601 West Main Avenue, Suite 300
Spokane WA 99201
Copies to:
Lawrence R. Small, Esq. Joseph B. Kittredge, Esq.
Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Ropes & Gray
Brooke & Miller, LLP One International Place
717 West Sprague Avenue, Suite 1200 Boston, MA 02110
Spokane, WA 99204
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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SIGNATURE
A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of The Composite Funds
(the "Trust") is on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on
behalf of the Trust by an officer of the Trust as officer and not individually
and that the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding
upon any of the Trustees, officer, or shareholder individually but binding only
upon the assets and property of the Trust.
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 the City of Spokane and the State of Washington on the 30th day
of September, 1997.
SEAL Signature: The Composite Funds
Attest: JOHN T. WEST By WILLIAM G. PAPESH
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John T. West, Clerk William G. Papesh, President
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