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1933 Act Registration No. 33-10261
1940 Act Registration No. 811-4905
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 30, 1997
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Registration No. 33-10261)
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 38
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AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
(Registration No. 811-4905)
Amendment No. 38
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PIPER FUNDS INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Piper Jaffray Tower, 222 South 9th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (6l2) 342-6384
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Paul A. Dow
Piper Capital Management Incorporated
Piper Jaffray Tower
222 South 9th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Kathleen L. Prudhomme
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
220 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485
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X on July 31, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of rule 485, unless
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Commission
on (specify date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of rule 485
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The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of its common shares
pursuant to Regulation 270.24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. A
Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 was filed on or
about November 27, 1996.
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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 Registration
Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the 27th
day of June 1997.
PIPER FUNDS INC.
(Registrant)
By /s/Paul A. Dow
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Paul A. Dow
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:
/s/ Paul A. Dow President (principal June 27, 1997
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Paul A. Dow
/s/ Robert H. Nelson Treasurer (principal June 27, 1997
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Robert H. Nelson accounting officer)
David T. Bennett* Director
Jaye F. Dyer* Director
William H. Ellis* Director
Karol D. Emmerich* Director
Luella G. Goldberg* Director
David A. Hughey* Director
George Latimer* Director
*By /s/ William H. Ellis
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William H. Ellis, Attorney-in-Fact June 27, 1997
