AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 2, 1999
REGISTRATION NOS. 33-19423
811-5436
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. [ ]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 27 [X]
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
AMENDMENT NO. 29
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX OR BOXES)
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PHOENIX MULTI-PORTFOLIO FUND
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
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101 MUNSON STREET, GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01301
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
C/O PHOENIX EQUITY PLANNING SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
(800) 243-1574
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
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PAMELA S. SINOFSKY
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
AND ASSISTANT COUNSEL
PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.
56 PROSPECT STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06115
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box)
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on December 31, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[ ] on February 25, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
[ ] on 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
a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and No. 33 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, filed on September 20, 1999, are incorporated by reference herein and
this Post-Effective Amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of delaying
the effectiveness of the above-referenced Amendment.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b)
under the Securities Act and has duly caused this amendment to the registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the
City of Hartford, and State of Connecticut on the 2nd day of December, 1999.
PHOENIX MULTI-PORTFOLIO FUND
ATTEST: /S/ PAMELA S. SINOFSKY BY: /S/ PHILIP R. MCLOUGHLIN
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PAMELA S. SINOFSKY PHILIP R. MCLOUGHLIN
ASSISTANT SECRETARY PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities indicated, on this 2nd day of December, 1999.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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Trustee
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Robert Chesek*
Trustee
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E. Virgil Conway*
/s/ Nancy G. Curtiss Treasurer (principal
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Nancy G. Curtiss accounting officer)
Trustee
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Harry Dalzell-Payne*
Trustee
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Francis E. Jeffries*
Trustee
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Leroy Keith, Jr.*
/s/ Philip R. McLoughlin Trustee and
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Philip R. McLoughlin
Trustee
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Everett L. Morris*
Trustee
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James M. Oates*
Trustee
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Calvin J. Pedersen*
Trustee
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Herbert Roth, Jr.*
Trustee
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Richard E. Segerson*
Trustee
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Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.*
*By /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
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* Philip R. McLoughlin, Attorney-in-fact pursuant to powers of attorney
previously filed.
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