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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 1999.
Securities Act File No. 2-29020
Investment Company Act File No. 811-1646
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 |X|
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | |
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Amendment No. 62 |X|
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CIGNA FUNDS GROUP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
100 FRONT STREET, SUITE 300, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01601
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(860) 726-3700
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
BRIAN D. WELLS, 100 FRONT STREET, SUITE 300
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01601
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
CONTINUOUS
(Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering)
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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|X| This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
for CIGNA Funds Group (the "Trust") incorporates by reference the following
documents that are contained in the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 61,
which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on September 15, 1999:
(i) Prospectus, (ii) Statement of Additional Information, and (iii) Part C --
Other Information.
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PLEASE SEND COMMUNICATIONS TO: JEFFREY S. WINER, ESQ.
c/o CIGNA INVESTMENTS, INC.
900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, S-215, HARTFORD CT 06152-2215
(860) 726-5576
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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, CIGNA Funds Group,
certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this
registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and has duly caused this Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of
Bloomfield, and State of Connecticut on the 24th day of November, 1999.
CIGNA Funds Group
Richard H. Forde
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
and President
/s/ Jeffrey S. Winer
By:_______________________________________
Jeffrey S. Winer
Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Richard H. Forde Chairman of November 24, 1999.
the Board of
Trustees and
President (principal
By: /s/ Jeffrey S. Winer executive officer)
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Jeffrey S. Winer
Attorney-in-Fact
/s/ Alfred A. Bingham III Treasurer November 24, 1999.
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Alfred A. Bingham III financial officer
and principal
accounting officer)
This Amendment to the Registration Statement has also been signed below by
Jeffrey S. Winer, Attorney-in-Fact, on behalf of the following Trustees on the
date indicated, such Trustees being all of the Trustees currently holding the
office of Trustee of Registrant.
Hugh R. Beath Thomas C. Jones
Richard H. Forde Paul J. McDonald
Russell H. Jones
By: /s/ Jeffrey S. Winer November 24, 1999.
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Jeffrey S. Winer
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