1933 Act File No. 33-11410
1940 Act File No. 811-4533
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. 14 ........... X
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 X
Amendment No. 14 ........................... X
FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Federated Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(412) 288-1900
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
John W. McGonigle, Esquire,
Federated Investors Tower,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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X on June 22, 1996 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.
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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 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
declaration pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
and:
X filed the Notice required by that Rule on October 16, 1995; or
intends to file the Notice required by that Rule on or about
; or
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during the most recent fiscal year did not sell any securities pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and, pursuant to
Rule 24f-2(b)(2), need not file the Notice.
Copies to: Matthew G. Maloney, Esquire
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P.
2101 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET
This Amendment to the Registration Statement of FEDERATED MUNICIPAL
OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC., which is comprised of four classes of shares,
Class A Shares (1); Class B Shares (2); Class C Shares (3); and Class F
Shares (4), is comprised of the following:
PART A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS.
Prospectus Heading
(Rule 404(c) Cross Reference)
Item 1. Cover Page...............(1-4) Cover Page.
Item 2. Synopsis.................(1-4) Summary of Fund Expenses.
Item 3. Condensed Financial
Information.............(4) Financial Highlights; (1-4)
Performance Information.
Item 4. General Description of
Registrant..............(1-3) Synopsis; (4) General Information;
(1-4) Investment Information; (1-4)
Investment Objective; (1-4) Investment
Policies; (1-4) Portfolio Turnover; (1-4)
Municipal Bonds; (1-4) Investment Risks;
(1-4) Investment Limitations.
Item 5. Management of the Fund...(1-4) Fund Information; (1-4) Management
of the Fund; (1-3) Distribution of Fund
Shares; (4) Distribution of Class F
Shares; (1-4) Administration of the Fund.
Item 6. Capital Stock and Other
Securities..............(1-3) Dividends and Distributions; (4)
Dividends; (1-4) Shareholder Information;
(1-4) Voting Rights; (1-4) Tax
Information; (1-4) Federal Income Tax;
(1-4) State and Local Taxes.
Item 7. Purchase of Securities Being
Offered.................(1-4) Net Asset Value; (1-3) Investing in
the Fund; (4) Investing in Class F
Shares; (4) Share Purchases; (4) Minimum
Investment Required; (4) What Shares
Cost; (1-3) Reducing or Eliminating the
Sales Charge; (4) Eliminating the Sales
Charge; (1-4) Systematic Investment
Program; (1-4) Exchange Privilege; (1-4)
Certificates and Confirmations.
Item 8. Redemption or Repurchase.(1-3) How to Redeem Shares; (4) Redeeming
Class F Shares; (1-3) Redeeming Shares
through your Financial Institution; (4)
Through a Financial Institution; (1-3)
Redeeming Shares by Mail; (4) Directly By
Mail; (1-4) Contingent Deferred Sales
Charge; (1-4) Systematic Withdrawal
Program; (1-4) Accounts With Low
Balances.
Item 9. Pending Legal Proceedings None.
PART B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item 10. Cover Page...............(1-4) Cover Page.
Item 11. Table of Contents........(1-4) Table of Contents.
Item 12. General Information and
History.................(1-4) General Information About the Fund.
Item 13. Investment Objectives and
Policies................(1-4) Investment Objectives and Policies;
(1-4) Investment Limitations.
Item 14. Management of the Fund...(1-4) Federated Municipal Opportunities
Fund, Inc. Management.
Item 15. Control Persons and Principal
Holders of Securities...Not applicable.
Item 16. Investment Advisory and
Other Services..........(1-4) Investment Advisory Services; (1-4)
Other Services.
Item 17. Brokerage Allocation.....(1-4) Brokerage Transactions.
Item 18. Capital Stock and Other
Securities..............Not applicable.
Item 19. Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of Securities
Being Offered...........(1-4) Purchasing Shares; (1-4)
Determining Net Asset Value; (4) Exchange
Privilege (Class F Shares Only); (1-4)
Redeeming Shares.
Item 20. Tax Status...............(1-4) Tax Status.
Item 21. Underwriters.............Not applicable.
Item 22. Calculation of Performance
Data....................(1-4) Total Return; (1-4) Yield; (1-4)
Tax-Equivalent (1-4) Yield; (1-4)
Performance Comparisons.
Item 23. Financial Statements.....Incorporated by reference to the Annual
Report dated August 31, 1995, pursuant to
Rule 411 under the Securities Act of
1933. (File No. 811-4533).
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION.
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits:
(a) Financial Statements (Incorporated by reference to the Annual
Report dated August 31, 1995 pursuant to Rule 411 under the
Securities Act of 1933.) (File No. 811-4533)
(b) Exhibits:
(1) (i)Conformed copy of Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant (1);
(ii)Conformed copy of Amendment to Articles of
Incorporation (6);
(2) Copy of By-Laws of the Registrant (6);
(3) Not applicable;
(4) Copy of Specimen Certificate for Shares of Capital Stock
of the Registrant (1);
(5) Conformed copy of the Investment Advisory Contract of
the Registrant (4);
(6) (i) Copy of Distributor's Contract of the Registrant
(9);
(ii) Form of Exhibits A through D to the Distributor's
Contract (9);
(iii) The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed
copy of the specimen Mutual Funds Sales and Service
Agreement; Mutual Funds Service Agreement and Plan
Trustee/Mutual Funds Service Agreement from Item 24(b)6
of the Cash Trust Series II Registration Statement on
Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on July 24, 1995.
(File Nos. 33-38550 and 811-6269)
(7) Not applicable;
(8) Conformed copy of Custodian Agreement of the Registrant
(8);
+ All exhibits have been filed electronically.
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Initial
Registration Amendment No. 1 filed January 21, 1987. (File Nos. 33-
11410 and 811-4533)
4. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 filed August 25, 1989. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
5. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5 filed October 25, 1989. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
6. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 6 filed October 24, 1990. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
8. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 12 filed October 25, 1995. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
9. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 13 filed May 3, 1996. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-4533)
(9) (i) Conformed copy of Agreement for Fund Accounting
Services, Administrative Services, Transfer Agency
Services, and Custody Services Procurement (9);
(ii) Conformed copy of Shareholder Services
Agreement;(7)
(iii) The responses described in Item 24(b)6 are
hereby incorporated by reference.
(10) Conformed copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to
legality of shares being registered (8);
(11) Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Public
Accountants(9);
(12) Not applicable;
(13) Conformed copy of Initial Capital Understanding (8);
(14) Not applicable;
(15) (i)Conformed copy of Distribution Plan as amended (5);
(ii) The responses described in Item 24(b)6
are hereby incorporated by reference.
(16) Copy of Schedule for Computation of Yield Calculation
(8);
(17) Copy of Financial Data Schedule (8);
(18) The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of
the specimen Multiple Class Plan from Item 24(b)(18) of
the World Investment Series, Inc. Registration Statement
on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on January 26,
1996.(File Nos. 33-52149 and 811-07141).
(19) Conformed copy of Power of Attorney (8);
+ All exhibits have been filed electronically.
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Initial
Registration Amendment No. 1 filed January 21, 1987. (File Nos. 33-
11410 and 811-4533)
2. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 filed April 9, 1987 (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-4533)
3. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 3 filed October 25, 1988. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
5. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5 filed October 25, 1989. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
7. Repsonse incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 10 filed October 26, 1994. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
8. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 12 filed October 25, 1995. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-
4533)
9. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 13 filed May 3, 1996. (File Nos. 33-11410 and 811-4533)
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant:
None
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities:
Number of Record Holders
Title of Class as of April 8, 1996
Shares of capital stock 11,089
($0.001 per Share par value)
Item 27. Indemnification: (1)
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser:
For a description of the other business of the investment adviser,
see the section entitled "Fund Information - Management of the
Fund" in Part A. The affiliations with the Registrant of four of
the Directors and four of the Officers of the investment adviser
and their business addresses are included in Part B of this
Registration Statement under "Federated Municipal Opportunities
Fund, Inc. Management". The remaining Director of the investment
adviser, his position with the investment adviser, and, in
parentheses, his principal occupation is: Mark D. Olson (Partner,
Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard), 107 W. Market Street, Georgetown,
Delaware 19947.
The remaining Officers of the investment adviser are: William D.
Dawson, III, Henry A. Frantzen, J. Thomas Madden and Mark L.
Mallon, Executive Vice Presidents; Henry J. Gailliot, Senior Vice
President-Economist; Peter R. Anderson, Drew J. Collins, Jonathan
C. Conley, Mark Durbiano, J. Alan Minteer, Mary Jo Ochson, Robert
J. Ostrowski, Senior Vice Presidents; J. Scott Albrecht, Joseph M.
Balestrino, Randall S. Bauer, David F. Belton, David A. Briggs,
Kenneth J. Cody, Deborah A. Cunningham, Michael P. Donnelly, Linda
A. Duessel, Timothy E. Keefe, Kathleen M. Foody-Malus, Thomas M.
Franks, Edward C. Gonzales, Stephen A. Keen, Mark S. Kopinski,
Jeff A. Kozemchak, Marian R. Marinack, Susan M. Nason, Frederick
L. Plautz, Jr., Charles A. Ritter, James D. Roberge, Frank Semack,
William F. Stotz, Edward J. Tiedge, Sandra L. Weber and
Christopher H. Wiles, Vice Presidents; Thomas R. Donahue,
Treasurer; and Stephen A. Keen, Secretary. The business address
of each of the Officers of the investment adviser is Federated
Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779. These individuals are
also officers of a majority of the investment advisers to the
Funds listed in Part B of this Registration Statement.
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Initial
Registration Amendment No. 1 filed January 21, 1987. (File Nos. 33-
11410 and 811-4533)
Item 29. Principal Underwriters:
(a) Federated Securities Corp., the Distributor for shares of the
Registrant, also acts as principal underwriter for the
following open-end investment companies: American Leaders Fund,
Inc.; Annuity Management Series; Arrow Funds; Automated
Government Money Trust; BayFunds; The Biltmore Funds; The
Biltmore Municipal Funds; Blanchard Funds; Blanchard Precious
Metals Fund, Inc.; Cash Trust Series, Inc.; Cash Trust Series
II; DG Investor Series; Edward D. Jones & Co. Daily Passport
Cash Trust; Federated ARMs Fund; Federated Equity Funds;
Federated GNMA Trust; Federated Government Trust; Federated
High Yield Trust; Federated Income Securities Trust; Federated
Income Trust; Federated Index Trust; Federated Institutional
Trust; Federated Master Trust; Federated Municipal Trust;
Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust; Federated Short-Term U.S.
Government Trust; Federated Stock Trust; Federated Tax-Free
Trust; Federated Total Return Series, Inc.; Federated U.S.
Government Bond Fund; Federated U.S. Government Securities
Fund: 1-3 Years; Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 3-5
Years; Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 5-10
Years;First Priority Funds; Fixed Income Securities, Inc.;
Fortress Adjustable Rate U.S. Government Fund, Inc.; Fortress
Municipal Income Fund, Inc.; Fortress Utility Fund, Inc.; Fund
for U.S. Government Securities, Inc.; Government Income
Securities, Inc.; High Yield Cash Trust; Independence One
Mutual Funds; Insurance Management Series; Intermediate
Municipal Trust; International Series Inc.; Investment Series
Funds, Inc.; Investment Series Trust; Liberty Equity Income
Fund, Inc.; Liberty High Income Bond Fund, Inc.; Liberty
Municipal Securities Fund, Inc.; Liberty U.S. Government Money
Market Trust; Liberty Utility Fund, Inc.; Liquid Cash Trust;
Managed Series Trust; Marshall Funds, Inc.; Money Market
Management, Inc.; Money Market Obligations Trust; Money Market
Trust; The Monitor Funds; Municipal Securities Income Trust;
Newpoint Funds; 111 Corcoran Funds; Peachtree Funds; The
Planters Funds; RIMCO Monument Funds; SouthTrust Vulcan Funds;
Star Funds; The Starburst Funds; The Starburst Funds II; Stock
and Bond Fund, Inc.; Targeted Duration Trust; Tax-Free
Instruments Trust; Tower Mutual Funds; Trust for Financial
Institutions; Trust for Government Cash Reserves; Trust for
Short-Term U.S. Government Securities; Trust for U.S. Treasury
Obligations; The Virtus Funds; Vision Group of Funds, Inc.; and
World Investment Series, Inc.
Federated Securities Corp. also acts as principal underwriter
for the following closed-end investment company: Liberty Term
Trust, Inc.- 1999.
(b)
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Richard B. Fisher Director, Chairman, Chief President Federated
Investors Tower Executive Officer, Chief
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Operating Officer, Asst.
Secretary, and Asst.
Treasurer, Federated
Securities Corp.
Edward C. Gonzales Director, Executive ViceExecutive Vice
Federated Investors Tower President, Federated, President
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Securities Corp.
John W. McGonigle Director, Federated Executive Vice
Federated Investors Tower Securities Corp. President and
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Secretary
John B. Fisher President-Institutional Sales, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
James F. Getz President-Broker/Dealer, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mark R. Gensheimer Executive Vice President of --
Federated Investors Tower Bank/Trust, Federated
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Securities Corp.
Mark W. Bloss Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard W. Boyd Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Theodore Fadool, Jr. Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Bryant R. Fisher Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Christopher T. Fives Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
James S. Hamilton Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
James M. Heaton Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Keith Nixon Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Solon A. Person, IV Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Timothy C. Pillion Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Thomas E. Territ Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
John B. Bohnet Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Byron F. Bowman Vice President, Secretary, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Jane E. Broeren-Lambesis Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mary J. Combs Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
R. Edmond Connell, Jr. Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Kevin J. Crenny Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Daniel T. Culbertson Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
G. Michael Cullen Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securites Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Laura M. Deger Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Jill Ehrenfeld Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mark D. Fisher Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Michael D. Fitzgerald Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Joseph D. Gibbons Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Craig S. Gonzales Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard C. Gonzales Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Scott A. Hutton Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
H. Joeseph Kenedy Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
William E. Kugler Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Steven A. La Versa Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mark J. Miehl Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard C. Mihm Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
J. Michael Miller Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Michael P. O'Brien Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Robert D. Oehlschlager Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Robert F. Phillips Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Eugene B. Reed Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Paul V. Riordan Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
John C. Shelar, Jr. Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
David W. Spears Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Jeffrey A. Stewart Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Jamie M. Teschner Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
William C. Tustin Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Paul A. Uhlman Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard B. Watts Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Michael P. Wolff Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Charlene H. Jennings Assistant Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
J. Timothy Radcliff Assistant Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Denis McAuley Treasurer, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Thomas R. Donahue Asstistant Secretary, --
Federated Investors Tower Assistant Treasurer,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Federated Securities Corp.
Joseph M. Huber Assistant Secretary, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
David M. Taylor Assistant Secretary, Treasurer
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(c) Not applicable.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records:
All accounts and records required to be maintained by Section
31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1
through 31a-3 promulgated thereunder are maintained at one of the
following locations:
Registrant...............Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Federated Shareholder
Services Company.......Federated Investors Tower
Transfer Agent and Dividend Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Disbursing Agent
Federated Administrative Federated Investors Tower
Services ..............Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Administrator
Federated Advisers.......Federated Investors Tower
Adviser Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
State Street Bank and Trust P.O. Box 8600
Company................Boston, MA 02266-8600
Custodian
Item 31. Management Services: Not applicable.
Item 32. Undertakings: Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the
provisions of Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act with respect to the
removal of Directors and the calling of special shareholder
meetings by shareholders.
Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish each person to whom a
prospectus is delivered, a copy of the Registrant's latest annual
report to shareholders, upon request and without charge.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, FEDERATED MUNICIPAL
OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC., has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on
the 23rd day of May, 1996
FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
BY: /s/Charles H. Field
Charles H. Field, Assistant Secretary
Attorney in Fact for John F. Donahue
May 23, 1996
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:
NAME TITLE DATE
By:/s/Charles H. Field
Charles H. Field Attorney In Fact May 23, 1996
ASSISTANT SECRETARY For the Persons
Listed Below
NAME TITLE
John F. Donahue* Chairman and Director
(Chief Executive Officer)
Richard B. Fisher* President and Director
David M. Taylor* Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Thomas G. Bigley* Director
John T. Conroy, Jr.* Director
William J. Copeland* Director
James E. Dowd* Director
Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.* Director
Edward L. Flaherty, Jr.* Director
Peter E. Madden* Director
Gregor F. Meyer* Director
Wesley W. Posvar* Director
Marjorie P. Smuts* Director
* By Power of Attorney
