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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 20, 2000
REGISTRATION NOS. 33-12608 AND 811-5059
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. 32 /X/
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT /X/
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 33 /X/
HIGHMARK FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
OAKS, PENNSYLVANIA 19456
(Address of principal executive offices)
(800) 433-6884
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE:
Martin E. Lybecker, Esq.
Ropes & Gray
One Franklin Square
1301 K Street, N.W., Suite 800 East
Washington, D.C. 20005
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
/ / immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/X/ on November 30, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
/ / on [date] 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
post-effective amendment No. 30 filed on September 22, 2000.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-12608 and 811-5059) is being filed
solely for the purpose of delaying the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 30, which was filed on September 22, 2000, until November 30,
2000. Accordingly, Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 is incorporated in its
entirety into this filing
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to Rule 485(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
duly authorized, in the City of Washington, D.C., on the 20th day of
November, 2000.
HighMark Funds
By: */S/ MARK E. NAGLE
Mark E. Nagle
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
*/S/ MARK E. NAGLE President and November 20, 2000
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Mark E. Nagle Chief Executive Officer
*/S/ROBERT DELLACROCE Comptroller and Chief November 20, 2000
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Robert DellaCroce Financial Officer
*/S/THOMAS L. BRAJE Trustee November 20, 2000
Thomas L. Braje
*/S/DAVID A. GOLDFARB Trustee November 20, 2000
David A. Goldfarb
*/S/JOSEPH C. JAEGER Trustee November 20, 2000
Joseph C. Jaeger
*/S/FREDERICK J. LONG Trustee November 20, 2000
Frederick J. Long
*/S/MICHAEL L. NOEL Trustee November 20, 2000
Michael L. Noel
*/S/ROBERT M. WHITLER Trustee November 20, 2000
Robert M. Whitler
*By: *ALAN G. PRIEST
Alan G. Priest
Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to powers of attorney filed herewith.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being a Trustee of the HighMark Funds, does hereby
constitute and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest and Alyssa
Albertelli each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable HighMark Funds to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, and in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any
registration statement or statement of HighMark Funds pursuant to said Acts
and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a Trustee of HighMark Funds any and all such amendments filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, any Notification of
Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/S/ MARK E. NAGLE President October 10, 1998
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Mark E. Nagle
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being a Trustee of the HighMark Funds, does hereby
constitute and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest and Alyssa
Albertelli each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable HighMark Funds to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, and in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any
registration statement or statement of HighMark Funds pursuant to said Acts
and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a Trustee of HighMark Funds any and all such amendments filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, any Notification of
Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/S/ ROBERT J. DELLACROCE Treasurer and October 10, 1998
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Robert J. DellaCroce Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being a Trustee of the HighMark Funds, does hereby
constitute and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest and Alyssa
Albertelli each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable HighMark Funds to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, and in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any
registration statement or statement of HighMark Funds pursuant to said Acts
and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a Trustee of HighMark Funds any and all such amendments filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, any Notification of
Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/S/ THOMAS L. BRAJE Trustee
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Thomas L. Braje
/S/ DAVID A. GOLDFARB Trustee
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David A. Goldfarb
/S/ WILLIAM R. HOWELL Trustee
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William R. Howell
/S/ JOSEPH C. JAEGER Trustee
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Joseph C. Jaeger
/S/ FREDERICK J. LONG Trustee
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Frederick J. Long
/S/ PAUL L. SMITH Trustee
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Paul L. Smith
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being a Trustee of the HighMark Funds, does hereby
constitute and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest and Alyssa
Albertelli each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable HighMark Funds to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, and in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any
registration statement or statement of HighMark Funds pursuant to said Acts
and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a Trustee of HighMark Funds any and all such amendments filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, any Notification of
Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/S/ MICHAEL L. NOEL Trustee September 9, 1999
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Michael L. Noel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being a Trustee of the HighMark Funds, does hereby
constitute and appoint Martin E. Lybecker, Alan G. Priest and Alyssa
Albertelli each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable HighMark Funds to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, and in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any
registration statement or statement of HighMark Funds pursuant to said Acts
and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments),
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a Trustee of HighMark Funds any and all such amendments filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, any Notification of
Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/S/ ROBERT M. WHITLER Trustee September 9, 1999
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Robert M. Whitler
