As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 16, 2000
Registration No. 333-93797
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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NATIONS FUND TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
111 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 321-7854
Richard H. Blank, Jr.
c/o Stephens Inc.
111 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copies to:
Robert M. Kurucza, Esq. Carl Frischling, Esq.
Marco E. Adelfio, Esq. Kramer, Levin, Naftalis
Morrison & Foerster LLP & Frankel
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 919 3rd Avenue
Suite 5500 New York, New York 10022
Washington, D.C. 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[X] Immediately upon filing pursuant [ ] on (date), pursuant
to Rule 485(b), or to Rule 485(b), or
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant [ ] on (date) pursuant to Rule
485(a), or to Rule 485(a).
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to [ ] on (date) pursuant to
paragraph (a)(2) 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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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of
Nations Fund Trust (the "Trust") filed on December 29, 1999 on Form N-14 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Registration Statement") hereby incorporates by
reference all the information set forth in Parts A, B and C of the Registration
Statement. This Amendment is being filed to amend the Registration Statement to
include an opinion of counsel supporting the tax consequences of the
reorganization of Nations Managed Value Index Fund and Nations Managed SmallCap
Value Index Fund into Nations Managed Index Fund and Nations SmallCap Index
Fund. The opinion of counsel is filed herewith pursuant to an undertaking made
by the Trust in its Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas on the
16th day of August, 2000.
NATIONS FUND TRUST
By: *
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A. Max Walker
President and Chairman
of the Board of Trustees
By: /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
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Richard H. Blank, Jr.
*Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 Registration Statement on Form N-14 has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated:
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
* President and Chairman August 16, 2000
-------------------------------- of the Board of Trustees
(A. Max Walker) (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr. Treasurer and Secretary August 16, 2000
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(Richard H. Blank, Jr.) Accounting Officer)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Edmund L. Benson, III)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(James Ermer)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(William H. Grigg)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Thomas F. Keller)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Carl E. Mundy, Jr.)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Cornelius J. Pings)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Charles B. Walker)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(Thomas S. Word)
* Trustee August 16, 2000
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(James B. Sommers)
/s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr.
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Richard H. Blank, Jr.
*Attorney-in-Fact
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Nations Fund Trust
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. Description
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12 Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
