As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 1997
1933 Act File No. 2-98634
1940 Act File No. 811-4338
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. 16 [ X ]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 17
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
HERITAGE CAPITAL APPRECIATION TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (813) 573-3800
STEPHEN G. HILL, PRESIDENT
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
CLIFFORD J. ALEXANDER, ESQ.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on January 2, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post- effective amendment.
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HERITAGE CAPITAL APPRECIATION TRUST
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration document is comprised of the following:
Cover Sheet
Contents of Registration Statement
Signature Page
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of
the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to its Registration
Statement until January 2, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to its
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to its Registration
Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of St. Petersburg and the State of Florida, on the
29th day of December, 1997. No other material event requiring disclosure has
occurred since the latest of the three dates specified in Rule 485(b)(2).
HERITAGE CAPITAL APPRECIATION TRUST
By: /s/ Stephen G. Hill, President
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Stephen G. Hill, President
Attest:
/s/ Donald H. Glassman, Treasurer
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Donald H. Glassman, Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the 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/ Stephen G. Hill President December 29, 1997
Stephen G. Hill
/s/Richard K. Riess* Trustee December 29, 1997
Richard K. Riess
/s/Thomas A. James* Trustee December 29, 1997
Thomas A. James
/s/C. Andrew Graham* Trustee December 29, 1997
C. Andrew Graham
/s/David M. Phillips* Trustee December 29, 1997
David M. Phillips
/s/James L. Pappas* Trustee December 29, 1997
James L. Pappas
/s/Donald W. Burton* Trustee December 29, 1997
Donald W. Burton
/s/Eric Stattin* Trustee December 29, 1997
Eric Stattin
/s/ Donald H. Glassman Treasurer December 29, 1997
Donald H. Glassman
*By /s/ Donald H. Glassman
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Donald H. Glassman, Attorney-In-Fact
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