As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 4, 1996
Securities Act File No. 33-4959
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6880
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D. C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |X|
Pre-Effective Amendment No. | |
Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 |X|
and/or
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 |X|
Amendment No. 24 |X|
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
THE ALGER FUND
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
75 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10038
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: 212-806-8800
MR. GREGORY S. DUCH
FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, INC.
75 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK NY 10038
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Page 1 of _____ Pages
Exhibit Index at Page_____
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
| | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b), or
|X| on December 31, 1996 pursuant to paragraph (b), or
| | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a), or
| | on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
|X| This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previous post-effective amendment.
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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2
Registrant has registered an indefinite number or amount of securities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 24f-2(a)(1) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Rule 24f-2 Notice for
Registrant's fiscal year ended October 31, 1995 was filed on December 28, 1995.
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Designation of New Effective Date
for Previously filed Amendment
Post-Effective Amendment Number 21 under the Securities Act of 1933 and 23
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) on
October 4, 1996 and pursuant to that rule would become effective December 3,
1996.
The Registrant hereby designates December 31, 1996 as the date when such
amendment shall become effective.
All information contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement as
previously filed through Post-Effective Amendments Nos. 21 under the Securities
Act of 1933 and 23 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are incorporated by
reference without change.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant has duly caused this
Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 2nd day of
December, 1996.
THE ALGER FUND
By: /s/David D. Alger President
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David D. Alger President
ATTEST: /s/Gregory S. Duch, Treasurer
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Gregory S. Duch, Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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* Chairman of the Board December 2, 1996
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Fred M. Alger
/s/David D. Alger President and Trustee December 2, 1996
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David D. Alger
/s/Gregory Duch Treasurer December 2, 1996
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Gregory Duch Officer)
* Trustee December 2, 1996
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Nathan E. Saint-Amand
* Trustee December 2, 1996
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Stephen E. O'Neil
* Trustee December 2, 1996
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Arthur M. Dubow
* Trustee December 2, 1996
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John T. Sargent
*By: /s/Gregory S. Duch
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Gregory S. Duch
Attorney-in-Fact
