Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 1996.
File No. 33-16056
File No. 811-5255
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. -- / /
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 /X/
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and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 12 /X/
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THE RODNEY SQUARE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES FUND, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
RODNEY SQUARE NORTH, 1100 N. MARKET ST., WILMINGTON, DE 19890-0001
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (302) 651-8280
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Diane D. Marky
Rodney Square Management Corporation
Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street
WILMINGTON, DE 19890-0001
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
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If appropriate, check the following box:
----- This post-effective amendment designates a new effective
date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Registrant is terminating the declaration which it filed registering an
indefinite amount of securities pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Registrant filed a Rule
24f-2 Notice for its fiscal year ended October 31, 1995 on or about
December 22, 1995. Registrant filed a final Rule 24f-2 Notice for the
fiscal year ended July 31, 1996 (July 31, 1996, being the date the
Registrant is deemed to have ceased operations pursuant to Rule 24f-2)
on or about September 27, 1996.
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THE RODNEY SQUARE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES FUND, INC.
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to terminate Registrant's
declaration registering an indefinite amount of securities pursuant to Rule
24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Registrant has
distributed substantially all of its assets to its security holders.
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SIGNATURES
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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 Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940 has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Purchase,
and State of New York, on the 5th of December, 1996.
THE RODNEY SQUARE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Diane D. Marky
Diane D. Marky, Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below on by the following persons in the capacities
and on the date indicated:
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Martin L. Klopping President (Principal December 5,1996
Martin L. Klopping Executice Officer)
and Director
/s/ Eric Brucker Director December 5,1996
Eric Brucker
/s/ Fred L. Buckner Director December 5,1996
Fred L. Buckner
/s/ Robert J. Christian Director December 5,1996
Robert J. Christian
/s/ John J. Quindlen Director December 5,1996
John J. Quindlen
/s/ Robert C. Hancock Vice President and December 5,1996
Robert C. Hancock Treasurer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
* By: /s/ Diane D. Marky
Diane D. Marky**
** Attorney-in-fact pursuant to Power of Attorney filed herewith)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned in his capacity as Director of the Registrant, does hereby
appoint Arthur J. Brown, Carl M. Rizzo and Diane D. Marky, and each of them,
or jointly, his true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in his name,
place and stead (in such capacity) any and all post-effective amendments to
the Registration Statement and all instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys
and agents have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and approving the act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ John J. Quindlen Director October 15, 1996
John J. Quindlen
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned in his capacity as Director of the Registrant, does hereby
appoint Arthur J. Brown, Carl M. Rizzo and Diane D. Marky, and each of them,
or jointly, his true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in his name,
place and stead (in such capacity) any and all post-effective amendments to
the Registration Statement and all instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys
and agents have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and approving the act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Fred L. Buckner Director October 15, 1996
Fred L. Buckner
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned in his capacity as Director of the Registrant, does hereby
appoint Arthur J. Brown, Carl M. Rizzo and Diane D. Marky, and each of them,
or jointly, his true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in his name,
place and stead (in such capacity) any and all post-effective amendments to
the Registration Statement and all instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys
and agents have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and approving the act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Eric Brucker Director October 15, 1996
Eric Brucker
