As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 1996
Registration Nos. 33-6931
811-4727
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 [x]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 17 [x]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Phoenix Strategic Equity Series Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
101 Munson Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
c/o Phoenix Equity Planning Corporation--Shareholder Services
(800) 243-1574
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Philip R. McLoughlin
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Phoenix Duff & Phelps Corporation
56 Prospect Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06115-0479
(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)
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (b)
[x] on September 6, 1996 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(v) of Rule 485.
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) 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.
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares under the Securities
Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
A Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended on April 30, 1996 was filed
by Registrant with the Commission on June 26, 1996.
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Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and No. 17 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, filed on May 29, 1996, are incorporated by reference herein and this
Post-Effective Amendment is being filed under 1933 Act Rule 485(b)(1)(v) for
the sole purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the above-referenced
Amendment.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the
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 5th
day of August, 1996.
PHOENIX STRATEGIC EQUITY SERIES FUND
ATTEST: /s/ Thomas N. Steenberg By: /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
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Thomas N. Steenberg Philip R. McLoughlin
Assistant Secretary President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities indicated, on this 5th day of August, 1996.
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Signature Title
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<S> <C>
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
C. Duane Blinn*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Robert Chesek*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
E. Virgil Conway*
- ----------------------------------- Treasurer (principal
Nancy G. Curtiss* financial and
accounting officer)
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Harry Dalzell-Payne*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Francis E. Jeffries*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Leroy Keith, Jr.*
/s/ Philip R. McLoughlin Trustee and President
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Philip R. McLoughlin
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Signature Title
- ----------------------------------- ------------------------
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Everett L. Morris*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
James M. Oates*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Calvin J. Pedersen*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Philip R. Reynolds*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Herbert Roth, Jr.*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Richard E. Segerson*
- ----------------------------------- Trustee
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.*
By /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
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*Philip R. McLoughlin pursuant to powers of attorney filed previously under
this Registration Statement.
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