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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. 19 [ x ]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ x ]
File No. 811-7310
Amendment No. 17 [ x ]
ARK Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number
1-610-676-1000
Ms. Lynda J. Striegel
Vice President and Secretary
ARK Funds
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(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)
(x) on July 27 pursuant to paragraph (b)
( ) 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
( ) on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
( ) 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
( ) on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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Declaration Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
The Registrant has previously 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, Tax-Free Money Market Portfolio, Short-Term
Treasury Portfolio, Short-Term Bond Portfolio, U.S. Government Bond Portfolio,
Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio, Income Portfolio, Maryland Tax-Free
Portfolio, Pennsylvania Tax-Free Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, Equity Income
Portfolio, Equity Index Portfolio, Blue Chip Equity Portfolio, Mid-Cap Equity
Portfolio, Value Equity Portfolio, Stock Portfolio, Capital Growth Portfolio,
Small-Cap Equity Portfolio (formerly Special Equity Portfolio) and International
Equity Selection 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, 1998 will be filed on or before July 28, 1998.
ARK FUNDS
CONTENTS OF
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 19
The contents of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 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 certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, and State of
Maryland, on the 20th day of July, 1998.
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. 19 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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* President (principal executive officer) and Trustee
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David D. Downes
/s/ James F. Volk Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer
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James F. Volk
* Trustee
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William H. Cowie, Jr.
* Trustee
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Charlotte Kerr
* Trustee
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George K. Reynolds, III
* Trustee
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Thomas Schweizer
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* By: /s/ Alan C. Porter July 20, 1998
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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.
