SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /x/
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 30
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and/or
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 / /
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Amendment No. ____
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
MIDWEST STRATEGIC TRUST FILE NO. 2-80859 and 811-3651
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
312 Walnut Street, 21st Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) Zip Code
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code (513) 629-2000
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Robert H. Leshner, 312 Walnut Street, 21st Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box)
/X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
Registrant registered an indefinite number of shares under the Securities Act
of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995 was
filed with the Commission on May 24, 1995.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES: 3
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Calculation of Registration Fee Under the Securities Act of 1933
Proposed Proposed
Title of Maximum Maximum Amount
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate of Regis-
Being Being Price Per Offering tration
Registered Registered Unit Price Fee
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U.S. Government Indefinite* N/A N/A N/A
Securities Fund
U.S. Government 1,653,973** $9.64 $290,000 $100
Securities Fund
Treasury Total Indefinite* N/A N/A N/A
Return Fund
Treasury Total 1,105,173** $8.56 N/A N/A
Return Fund
Utility Fund Indefinite* N/A N/A N/A
Equity Fund Indefinite* N/A N/A N/A
* Registrant continues its election, made by the filing of its initial
Registration Statement, effective April 14, 1983, to register an
indefinite number and amount of securities under Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of Rule
24f-2, Registrant filed on May 24, 1995, a Rule 24f-2 Notice for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.
** Registrant elects to calculate the maximum aggregate offering price of
shares of the Trust pursuant to Rule 24e-2 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
U.S.
Government Treasury
Securities Total Utility Equity
Fund Return Fund Fund Fund
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1. Total Number of 1,932,052 1,115,965 1,072,665 598,556
Shares Redeemed During
Fiscal Year Ended
March 31, 1995
2. Number of Shares 308,162 10,792 1,072,665 598,556
Used for Reductions
Pursuant to Paragraph
(c) of Rule 24f-2 During
the Fiscal Year Ended
March 31, 1995
3. Number of Shares 1,623,890 1,105,173 0 0
Used for Reduction in
this Amendment Pursuant
to Paragraph (a)(1) of
Rule 24e-2
4. Number of Shares 30,083 None None None
on Which Registration
Fee is Calculated
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on the 29th day of
March, 1996.
MIDWEST STRATEGIC TRUST
By:/s/ John F. Splain
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JOHN F. SPLAIN, Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Robert H. Leshner
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ROBERT H. LESHNER and Trustee March 29, 1996
/s/ Mark J. Seger Treasurer March 29, 1996
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MARK J. SEGER
*DALE P. BROWN Trustee
*GARY W. HELDMAN Trustee
*H. JEROME LERNER Trustee
*RICHARD A. LIPSEY Trustee
*DONALD J. RAHILLY Trustee
*FRED A. RAPPOPORT Trustee
*OSCAR P. ROBERTSON Trustee
*ROBERT B. SUMEREL Trustee
By: /s/ John F. Splain
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JOHN F. SPLAIN
Attorney-in-Fact*
March 29, 1996
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EXHIBIT INDEX
1. Opinion of Counsel
2. Financial Data Schedule - U.S. Government Securities Fund
3. Financial Data Schedule - Treasury Total Return Fund
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GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR, LLP
A Partnership Including Professional Corporations
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
EXCHANGE PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02109-2881
Telephone (617)570-1000
Telecopier (617)523-1231
Cable.GOODPROCT,BOSTON
March 26, 1996
Midwest Strategic Trust
312 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4004
Gentlemen:
This opinion is rendered by us as special Massachusetts counsel to
Midwest Strategic Trust (the "Trust") in connection with the registration,
pursuant to Section 24(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, of 1,653,973
Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust's U.S. Government Securities Fund and
1,105,173 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust's Treasury Total Return
Fund described in Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 (the "Registered Shares") to
the Trust's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Trust is organized pursuant to a Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust under Massachusetts law as what is commonly known as a Massachusetts
business trust.
We have examined the Trust's Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, its Bylaws, a Certificate of the Secretary of the Trust concerning
certain actions of the Trustees of the Trust, the text of the aforesaid
Post-Effective Amendment No. 30, and such other documents as we deem appropriate
for the purpose of this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that under
Massachusetts law the Registered Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the Prospectus contained in the Trust's Registration Statement in effect at
the time of such issuance, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable
by the Trust.
We consent to this opinion being filed as an exhibit to the aforesaid
Post-Effective Amendment No. 30.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, LLP
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, LLP
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