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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 1998
Registration No. 33-44964
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6526
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 /X
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X
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AMENDMENT NO. 36 /X
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
THE COVENTRY GROUP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
3435 Steelier Road, Columbus, Ohio 43219
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number: (614) 470-8000
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Jeffrey L. Steele, Esq.
Dechert Price & Rhoads
1500 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
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(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
Copies to:
Walter B. Grimm
BISYS Fund Services
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box)
[ ] Immediately upon filing [x] on April 22,1998
pursuant to paragraph pursuant to paragraph
(b), or (b), or
[ ] 60 days after filing [ ] on the 75th day after
pursuant to paragraph filing pursuant to
(a), or paragraph (a) of Rule 485
* Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of all
series then existing or subsequently established under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, which it expressly reaffirms. Registrant filed
the notice required by Rule 24f-2 with respect to its fiscal year
ended March 31, 1997, on May 29, 1997.
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This filing pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii), which is solely for the purpose of
extending the effective date for Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 32,
filed January 21, 1998, to April 22, 1998, incorporates by reference into this
filing Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 in its entirety, including the
cross-reference sheets, prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and Part
C.
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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. 34 to its Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Washington in the District of Columbia on the 6th day of April 1998.
Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment is filed pursuant
to Rule 485 solely for one of the purposes specified in paragraph (b) of that
Rule and no material event requiring disclosure in the prospectus, other than
those permitted by paragraph (b) of Rule 485, or that was previously discussed
with the Staff of the Commission, has occurred since the latest of the dates
specified in Rule 485(b)(2).
THE COVENTRY GROUP
By: /s/ Walter B. Grimm
Walter B. Grimm, President*
By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Steele
Jeffrey L. Steele, As Attorney-in-Fact
Signature Title Date
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Walter B. Grimm Chairman, President and April 6, 1998
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Walter B. Grimm* (Principal Executive Officer)
Chalmers P. Wylie Trustee April 6, 1998
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Chalmers P. Wylie*
Maurice G. Stark Trustee April 6, 1998
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Maurice G. Stark**
Michael M. Van Buskirk Trustee April 6, 1998
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Michael M. Van Buskirk*
Paul Kane Treasurer (Principal April 6, 1998
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Paul Kane* Officer
By: Jeffrey L. Steele
Jeffrey L. Steele
as attorney-in-fact
* Pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed herewith.
** Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
on April 6, 1992.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Title
11A Power of Attorney dated March 30, 1998 for Walter B.
Grimm
11B Power of Attorney dated March 30, 1998 for Michael M.
Van Buskirk
11C Power of Attorney March 30, 1998 for Chalmers Wylie
11D Power of Attorney dated March 30, 1998 for Paul Kane
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Walter B. Grimm whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Jeffrey L. Steele, Patrick W.D. Turley, Olivia P. Adler, Robert L.
Tuch and Paul F. Roye, 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 which said attorneys and agents,
each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable The Coventry Group (the "Group"), 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, in connection with the filing and effectiveness
of any and all amendments to the Group's Registration Statement on Form N-1A
pursuant to said Acts, 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, Walter B. Grimm, as President and Trustee of the
Group, any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related
thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Date: March 30, 1998
/s/ Walter B. Grimm
Walter B. Grimm
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Michael M. Van Buskirk whose signature appears below, does hereby
constitute and appoint Jeffrey L. Steele, Patrick W.D. Turley, Olivia P. Adler,
Robert L. Tuch and Paul F. Roye, 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 which said
attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or
which may be required to enable The Coventry Group (the "Group"), 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, in connection with the
filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Group's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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, Michael M. Van Buskirk, as
Trustee of the Group, any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents
related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Date: March 30, 1998
/s/ Michael M. Van Buskirk
Michael M. Van Buskirk
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Chalmers Wylie whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Jeffrey L. Steele, Patrick W.D. Turley, Olivia P. Adler, Robert L.
Tuch and Paul F. Roye, 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 which said attorneys and agents,
each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to
enable The Coventry Group (the "Group"), 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, in connection with the filing and effectiveness
of any and all amendments to the Group's Registration Statement on Form N-1A
pursuant to said Acts, 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, Chalmers Wylie, as Trustee of the Group, any and all
such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said
Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the
undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents,
or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Date: March 30, 1998
/s/ Chalmers Wylie
Chalmers Wylie
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Paul Kane whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and
appoint Jeffrey L. Steele, Patrick W.D. Turley, Olivia P. Adler, Robert L. Tuch
and Paul F. Roye, 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 which said attorneys and agents, each
individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable
The Coventry Group (the "Group"), 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, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all
amendments to the Group's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said
Acts, 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, Paul Kane, as Treasurer of the Group, any and all such amendments
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other
instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Date: March 30, 1998
/s/ Paul Kane
Paul Kane
