AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON March 23, 2000
REGISTRATION NOS. 33-6931
811-4727
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |X|
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 37 |X|
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |X|
AMENDMENT NO. 38 |X|
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX OR BOXES)
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PHOENIX STRATEGIC EQUITY SERIES FUND
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
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101 MUNSON STREET, GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01301
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
C/O PHOENIX EQUITY PLANNING--SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
(800) 243-1574
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
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PAMELA S. SINOFSKY
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
AND ASSISTANT COUNSEL
PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.
56 PROSPECT STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115-0479
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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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)
|X| on April 24, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 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 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.
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Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and No. 33 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, filed on October 4, 1999, are incorporated by reference herein and this
Post-Effective Amendment is being filed 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 and the Investment Company
Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness
of this registration statement under rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has
duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Hartford, and State
of Connecticut on the 23rd day of March, 2000.
PHOENIX STRATEGIC EQUITY SERIES FUND
ATTEST: /s/ Pamela S. Sinofsky BY: /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
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Pamela S. Sinofsky Philip R. McLoughlin
Assistant Secretary President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this amendment to the
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated, on this 23rd day of March, 2000.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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Trustee
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Robert Chesek*
Trustee
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E. Virgil Conway*
/s/ Nancy G. Curtiss Treasurer (principal
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Nancy G. Curtiss accounting officer)
Trustee
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Harry Dalzell-Payne*
Trustee
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Francis E. Jeffries*
Trustee
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Leroy Keith, Jr.*
/s/ Philip R. McLoughlin Trustee and President
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Philip R. McLoughlin officer)
Trustee
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Everett L. Morris*
Trustee
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James M. Oates*
Trustee
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Calvin J. Pedersen*
Trustee
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Herbert Roth, Jr.*
Trustee
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Richard E. Segerson*
Trustee
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Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.*
*By /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
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* Philip R. McLoughlin pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.
