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Registration Statement No. 2-76639
811-3428
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 27
HIGH YIELD BOND TRUST
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(Exact name of Registrant)
ONE TOWER SQUARE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06183
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (860) 277-0111
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ERNEST J. WRIGHT
Secretary to the Board of Trustees
High Yield Bond Trust
One Tower Square
Hartford, Connecticut 06183
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: ______________
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
__X____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).
_______ _______ pursuant to paragraph (b).
_______ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1).
_______ on ______ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
_______ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2).
_______ on ______, 1999 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 sole purpose of this Registration Statement is to incorporate by reference
Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement and
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registraion Statement into this
Registration Statement.
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 23. Exhibits
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(a) Declaration of Trust. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 11, 1996.)
(b) By-Laws of High Yield Bond Trust. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 11, 1996.)
(d) Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and
Travelers Asset Management International Corporation.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
filed on April 11, 1996.)
(g)(1) Form of Custody Agreement between the Registrant and PNC Bank,
N.A., of Lester, PA. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 8(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1, File No. 2-76640, filed
April 22, 1998.)
(g)(2) Form of Subcustody Agreement between Morgan Stanley Trust
Company and Subcustodian. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 8(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1, File No. 2-76640, filed
April 22, 1998.)
(h)(1) Administrative Services Agreement between the Registrant and The
Travelers Insurance Company. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 9 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 20, 1997.
(h)(2) Form of Transfer Agency and Registrar Agreement between the
Trust and First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 9(b) to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1, File No. 2-76640, filed April 22, 1998.)
(i) An opinion and consent of counsel as to the legality of the
securities registered by the Registrant. (Incorporated herein by
reference to the Registrant's most recent Rule 24f-2 Notice
filing on March 24, 1998.)
(j)(1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
Accountants. To be filed by amendment.
(j)(2) Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Certified Public
Accountants. To be filed by amendment
(j)(3) Powers of Attorney authorizing Ernest J. Wright or Kathleen A.
McGah as signatories for Heath B. McLendon, Knight Edwards,
Robert E. McGill III, Lewis Mandell, Frances M. Hawk and Ian R.
Stuart. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 11(B) to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A filed on April 11, 1996.)
(j)(4) Power of Attorney authorizing Ernest J. Wright or Kathleen A.
McGah as signatory for Lewis E. Daidone. (Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 11(B) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22
to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 20,
1997.
(n) Financial Data Schedule.
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Item 24. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control With the Registrant
Not Applicable.
Item 25. Indemnification
Provisions for the indemnification of the Fund's Trustees and officers are
contained in the Fund's Declaration of Trust which was filed with
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to this Registration Statement as Exhibit 1 on
April 11, 1996.
Rule 484 Undertaking
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act') may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
Officers and Directors of Travelers Asset Management International Corporation
(TAMIC), the Fund's Investment Adviser, are set forth in the following table:
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Name Position with TAMIC Other Business
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Marc P. Weill Director and Chairman Senior Vice President **
Chief Investment Officer
David A. Tyson Director, President and Senior Vice President *
Chief Investment Officer
Joseph E. Rueli, Jr. Director, Senior Vice President Vice President*
and Chief Financial Officer
F. Denney Voss Director and Senior Vice Senior Vice President*
President
John R. Britt Director and Secretary Assistant Secretary *
Glenn N. Marchak Senior Vice President
Joseph M. Mullally Senior Vice President Vice President*
David Amaral Vice President Assistant Director*
John R. Calcagni Vice President Second Vice President*
Allen R. Cantrell Vice President
A. William Carnduff Vice President
Gene Collins Vice President Vice President*
Angela Pellegrini Degis Vice President
Craig Farnsworth Vice President
Bruce E. Fox Vice President
Carl Franzetti Vice President
Kothandaraman Ganesh Vice President
John F. Gilsenan Vice President
Kimerly M. Polak Guerrero Vice President
John F. Green Vice President Second Vice President*
Thomas Hajdukiewicz Vice President Vice President*
Edward Hinchliffe III Vice President and Cashier Second Vice President and Cashier*
Richard E. John Vice President Vice President*
Kathryn D. Karlic Vice President Vice President*
Kurt Lin Vice President
David R. Martin Vice President
Paul A. Mataras Vice President
David R. Miller Vice President Vice President*
Robert E. Mills Vice President
Emil J. Molinaro Vice President Vice President*
John W. Petchler Vice President
Steven A. Rosen Vice President
Andrew Sanford Vice President Investment Officer*
Eric L. Sappenfield Vice President
Charles H. Silverstein Vice President Second Vice President*
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Robert Simmons Vice President Assistant Investment Officer*
Jordan M. Stitzer Vice President Vice President*
Joel Strauch Vice President Vice President*
Teresa M. Torrey Vice President
Pamela D. Westmoreland Vice President
William M. Gardner Assistant Vice President
Jeremy C. Hughes Assistant Vice President
Matthew J. McInerny Assistant Vice President
Lisa A. Thomas Assistant Vice President
William H. White Treasurer Vice President and Treasurer *
Charles B. Chamberlain Assistant Treasurer Assistant Treasurer *
George M. Quaggin, Jr. Assistant Treasurer Assistant Treasurer *
Marla A. Berman Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary**
Andrew Feldman Assistant Secretary Senior Counsel*
Millie Kim Assistant Secretary Senior Counsel*
Patricia A. Uzzel Compliance Officer Assistant Director*
Frank J. Fazzina Controller Director *
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* Positions are held with The Travelers Insurance Company, One Tower Square,
Hartford, Connecticut
** Positions held with Travelers Investment Group Inc., 388 Greenwich Street,
New York, N.Y.
Item 27. Principal Underwriter
Not Applicable.
Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records
(1) Mutual Management Corp.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
(2) PNC Bank, N. A.
200 Stevens Drive
Lester, PA 19113
(3) Morgan Stanley Trust Company
One Pierrepont Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(4) First Data Investor Services Group, Inc.
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
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Item 29. Management Services
Not Applicable.
Item 30. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to each person to whom
a prospectus is delivered a copy of the Registrant's latest annual report to
shareholders, upon request and without charge.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Fund, High Yield Bond Trust, certifies that it meets
all of the requirements for effectiveness of this post-effecctive amendment to
this registration statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of
1933 and has duly caused this amendment to this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Hartford, and state of Connecticut, on the 20th day of April 1999.
HIGH YIELD BOND TRUST
(Registrant)
By: *HEATH B. McLENDON
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Heath B. McLendon
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on the 20th day of April, 1999.
*HEATH B. McLENDON Chairman of the Board
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(Heath B. McLendon)
*KNIGHT EDWARDS Trustee
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(Knight Edwards)
*ROBERT E. McGILL III Trustee
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(Robert E. McGill III)
*LEWIS MANDELL Trustee
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(Lewis Mandell)
*FRANCES M. HAWK Trustee
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(Frances M. Hawk)
*LEWIS E. DAIDONE Treasurer
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(Lewis E. Daidone)
*By: /s/Ernest J. Wright, Attorney-in-Fact
Secretary, Board of Trustees
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No. Description Method of Filing
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NOT APPLICABLE
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