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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 24
THE GOVETT FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
250 Montgomery Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
800-731-1755
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
Alice L. Schulman
AIB Govett, Inc.
250 Montgomery Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94104
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Regina M. Pisa, P.C.
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
One Exchange Place
Boston, MA 02109-2881
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[x] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[x] This post-effective amendment designated a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 (the "Amendment") to Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") of The Govett Funds, Inc.
(the "Registrant"), Registration Number 33-37783, is being filed by the
Registrant for the sole purpose of delaying the effectiveness of Amendments Nos.
19 and 20 to the Registration Statement, filed on October 7, 1997 and December
22, 1997, respectively.
The Amendment hereby incorporates by reference the Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of
San Francisco, State of California, on the 20th day of February 1998.
THE GOVETT FUNDS, INC
By: /s/ Sir Victor Garland
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Sir Victor Garland, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement has been signed on the
above date by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
/s/ Elliott L. Atamian * Director
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Elliott L. Atamian
/s/ Patrick Cunneen * Chairman, Director
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Patrick Cunneen
/s/ Sir Victor Garland President, Director
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Sir Victor Garland
/s/ Colin Kreidewolf Treasurer (principal financial and
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Colin Kreidewolf
/s/ James M. Oates * Director
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James M. Oates
/s/ Frank R. Terzolo * Director
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Frank R. Terzolo
* By: /s/Alice L. Schulman
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Alice L. Schulman,
Attorney-in-Fact
