AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 13, 1997
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File Nos. 2-95928
811-4547
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.__ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATIONSTATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 28
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
90 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 4400, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(612) 376-7000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
THOMAS J. ABOOD
90 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 4400, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Kathleen L. Prudhomme, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
220 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
/ / immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) ofRule 485
/ / on (specify date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/x/ on February 19, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1(v) of Rule 485
/ / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
/ / on (specify date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of common stock
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. A Rule 24f-2 Notice was filed by the Registrant on or about
June 25, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and 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, thereto duly
authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, and State of Minnesota on the 13th day
of January 1997.
VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III, INC.
By /S/ JOHN G. TAFT
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John G. Taft, President
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.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/S/ JOHN G. TAFT President
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John G. Taft Executive Officer)
/S/ KENNETH R. LARSEN Treasurer
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Kenneth R. Larsen and Accounting Officer)
Clarence G. Frame* Director
Thomas F. Madison* Director
Richard F. McNamara* Director
Robert J. Odegard* Director
James W. Nelson* Director
*By /S/ THOMAS J. ABOOD Attorney-in-Fact January 13, 1997
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Thomas J. Abood