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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 1996
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ x ]
File No. 33-53690
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 [ x ]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ x ]
File No. 811-7310
Amendment No. 8 [ x ]
ARK Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
CT Corporation, 2 Oliver Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number
610-254-1000
Ms. Kathryn L. Stanton
Vice President and Secretary
ARK Funds
680 East Swedesford Road
Wayne, PA 19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Alan C. Porter, Esq.
Piper & Marbury L.L.P.
1200 Nineteenth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
( ) Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
( ) On ( ) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
(x) 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
( ) On (April _, 1995) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
( ) 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
( ) On (_________, 1996) pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of Rule 485.
The Registrant has elected to register an indefinite number of shares of
beneficial interest of its U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio, U.S. Government
Money Market Portfolio, Money Market Portfolio, Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio,
Short-Term Treasury Portfolio, Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio, Income
Portfolio, Maryland Tax-Free Portfolio, Pennsylvania Tax-Free Portfolio,
Balanced Portfolio (formerly Growth and Income Portfolio), Equity Income
Portfolio, Blue Chip Equity Portfolio, Mid-Cap Equity Portfolio, Stock
Portfolio, Capital Growth Portfolio, Special Equity Portfolio, and International
Equity Portfolio pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940. The Rule 24f-2 Notice for the Registrant's fiscal year ended April 30,
1996 was filed on June 25, 1996.
The contents of Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement
are incorporated herein by reference.
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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. 10 to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Baltimore, and State of Maryland, on the 27 day of August 1996.
ARK FUNDS
By:/s/ DAVID D. DOWNES
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David D. Downes
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ DAVID D. DOWNES President (principal executive officer) and Trustee
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David D. Downes
/s/ STEPHEN G. MEYER Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer
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Stephen G. Meyer
_________*_____________ Trustee
William H. Cowie, Jr.
_________*_____________ Trustee
Charlotte Kerr
_________*_____________ Trustee
George K. Reynolds, III
_________*_____________ Trustee
Thomas Schweizer
* By: /s/ ALAN C. PORTER August 27, 1996
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Alan C. Porter
Attorney-in-Fact
An original power of attorney authorizing Alan C. Porter to execute amendments
to this Registration Statement for each trustee of the Registrant on whose
behalf this amendment to the Registration Statement is filed has been
executed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Trustees
ARK Funds
We consent to the use of our report, dated June 7, 1996, incorporated herein by
reference and to the references to our firm under the captions "Financial
Highlights" in each prospectus and "Auditor" in the statement of additional
information.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 27, 1996
