UNITED STATES FILE NO. 33-47287
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FILE NO. 811-6637
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post Effective Amendment No. 26
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 27
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THE BRINSON FUNDS
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
209 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois
60604-1295
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
312-220-7100
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The Brinson Funds
209 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604-1295
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
COPIES TO: Bruce G. Leto, Esq.
Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP
2600 One Commerce Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098
APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:
AS SOON AS PRACTICAL AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT.
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING BECOME EFFECTIVE:
| | IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (b)
|X| ON MAY 3, 1999, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (b)
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| | 60 DAYS AFTER FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a)(1)
| | ON (DATE) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a)(1)
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| | 75 DAYS AFTER FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a)(2)
| | ON (DATE) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a)(2) OF RULE 485.
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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
The Brinson Funds
The Prospectuses, Statement of Additional Information and Part
C of the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 from Post-Effective
Amendment No. 25 filed on March 1, 1999 (Accession #0000950131-
99-001186).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness
of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused Post-Effective
Amendment No. 26/27 to this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of
Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 29th day of
April, 1999.
THE BRINSON FUNDS
By: E. Thomas McFarlan*
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.
E. THOMAS MCFARLAN*
E. Thomas McFarlan April 29, 1999
President
WALTER E. AUCH*
Walter E. Auch April 29, 1999
Trustee
EDWARD M. ROOB*
Edward M. Roob April 29, 1999
Trustee
FRANK K. REILLY*
Frank K. Reilly April 29, 1999
Chairman and Trustee
CAROLYN M. BURKE*
Carolyn M. Burke April 29, 1999
Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer
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*By: /s/ Lloyd Lipsett,
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as Attorney-in-Fact and Agent pursuant to Power of Attorney
