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As filed with the Securities and Securities Act File No. 333-21169
Exchange Commission Investment Company Act File No. 811-04980
on March 26, 1997
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 [X]
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. [ ]
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Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter
TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
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Address of Principal Executive Offices (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)
865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(213) 244-0000
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Name and Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service
Philip K. Holl, Secretary
865 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration
Statement.
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[X] This form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering is 333-21169 and the contents of such
earlier registration statements are incorporated by reference.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Amount Being Offering Price Aggregate Registration
Being Registered Registered Per Unit/*/ Offering Price Fee
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Common Stock, 17,433 Shares $9.0625 $157,987 $100.00
$0.01 par value
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/*/ Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(C), on the basis of $9.0625 per share, based on
the average of the high and low prices reported on the consolidated
reporting system on March 24, 1997.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto
duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, and the State of California, on the
25th day of March, 1997.
TCW CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
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Ronald E. Robison
Senior Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to 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/ Ernest O. Ellison* President and Director March 25, 1997
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Ernest O. Ellison
/s/ David K. Sandie Treasurer (Principal Financial March 25, 1997
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David K. Sandie Accounting Officer)
s/ Norman Barker, Jr.* Director March 25, 1997
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Norman Barker, Jr.
/s/ Richard W. Call* Director March 25, 1997
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Richard W. Call
/s/ Edmund W. Clarke* Director March 25, 1997
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Edmund W. Clarke
/sl Coleman W. Morton* Director March 25, 1997
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Coleman W. Morton
/s/ Charles A. Parker* Director March 25, 1997
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Charles A. Parker
/s/ Lawrence J. Sheehan* Director March 25, 1997
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Lawrence J. Sheehan
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/s/ Robert G. Sims* Director March 25, 1997
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Robert G. Sims
By /s/ Ronald E. Robison March 25, 1997
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Ronald E. Robison
Attorney-in-Fact
C-2
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
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l. Opinion of Counsel
o. Powers of Attorney of Messrs. Ellison, Barker, Call,
Clarke, Morton, Parker, Sheehan and Sims
C-3
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Exhibit l
TCW FUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.
865 S. FIGUEROA STREET, SUITE 1800
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017
(213) 244-0000 Telephone
(213) 244-0645 Facsimile
March 25, 1997
TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
865 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90017
Gentlemen:
At your request, I have examined the Registration Statement on Form
N-2, to be filed by you with the Commission in connection with the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an additional 17,433 shares of
your Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Shares"). I am familiar with the
proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by you in connection with the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares.
Based upon my examination and upon my knowledge of your corporate
activities, it is my opinion that, subject to such proceedings as now
contemplated being duly taken and completed by you prior to the issuance of the
Shares and subject to the issuance of an appropriate order by the Commission
declaring the Registration Statement, as amended, effective, the Shares upon
issuance for sale as set forth in the Registration Statement, as amended, will
constitute validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of your Common
Stock.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. I am a member of the Bar of Maryland.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Philip K. Holl
Philip K. Holl
C-4
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison,
Philip K. Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Ernest O. Ellison
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Ernest O. Ellison
C-5
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Norman Barker, Jr.
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Norman Barker, Jr.
C-6
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Richard W. Call
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Richard W. Call
C-7
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Edmund W. Clarke
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Edmund W. Clarke
C-8
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Coleman W. Morton
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Coleman W. Morton
C-9
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Charles A. Parker
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Charles A. Parker
C-10
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Lawrence J. Sheehan
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Lawrence J. Sheehan
C-11
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ Robert G. Sims
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Robert G. Sims
C-12
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Exhibit o
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Ernest O. Ellison, Ronald E. Robison, Philip K.
Holl and Marie M. Bender, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing in as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
May 22, 1996 /s/ David K. Sandie
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David K. Sandie
C-13
