As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 1997
Securities Act File No. 2-10685
Investment Company Act File No. 811-214
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /x/
Pre-Effective Amendment No. / /
Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 /x/
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/
Amendment No. /x/
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
National Life Drive
Montpelier, Vermont 05604
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(802) 229-3900
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
D. Russell Morgan, Esq. Copy to:
c/o Sentinel Group Funds, Inc. John A. MacKinnon, Esq.
National Life Drive Brown & Wood LLP
Montpelier, Vermont 05604 One World Trade Center
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) New York, New York 10048-0557
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box)
/ / immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/x/ on June 23, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/ / on (date) 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.
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The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its shares under
the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. The notice required by such rule for the Registrant's
most recent fiscal year was filed on January 29, 1997.
This Amendment consists of the following:
(1) Facing Sheet of the Registration Statement.
(2) Part C to the Registration Statement (including signature page).
Parts A and B are incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No.
78 to this Registration Statement (File Nos. 2-10685 and 811-214) filed on
April 8, 1997.
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 32. UNDERTAKINGS
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The Registrant undertakes to file a post-effective amendment, using
financial statements which need not be certified, within four to six months
from the effective date of the Registrant's registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-
Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Montpelier and
State of Vermont, on the 20th day of June, 1997.
SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Keniston P. Merrill
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Keniston P. Merrill
Chairman
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities on the date indicated.
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Signature Title Date
/s/ Keniston P. Merrill Chairman June 20, 1997
Keniston P. Merrill (Chief Executive
Officer)
Richard J. Borda* Director
Richard J. Borda
Kalman J. Cohen* Director
Kalman J. Cohen
Richard D. Farman* Director
Richard D. Farman
John D. Feerick* Director
John D. Feerick
Richard J. Johannesen, Jr.* Director
Richard J. Johannesen, Jr.
Robert B. Mathias* Director
Robert B. Mathias
Deborah G. Miller* Director
Deborah G. Miller
John Raisian* Director
John Raisian
Stanley R. Reber* Director
Stanley R. Reber
Susan M. Sterne* Director
Susan M. Sterne
Angela E. Vallot* Director
Angela E. Vallot
/s/ John M. Grab, Jr. Vice President June 20, 1997
John M. Grab, Jr. and Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
*By /s/ Keniston P. Merrill June 20, 1997
Keniston P. Merrill,
Attorney-in-Fact
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