As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 1999
Securities Act File No. 33-56094
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7428
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
Registration Statement Under The Securities Act Of 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 [X]
and/or
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 71 [ ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PILGRIM MUTUAL FUNDS
(FORMERLY NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE MUTUAL FUNDS)
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 551-8643
James M. Hennessy, Esq. With Copies To:
Pilgrim Investments, Inc. Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Dechert Price & Rhoads
Phoenix, AZ 85004 1775 Eye Street, N.W.
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) Washington, D.C. 20006
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on July 1, 1999, pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date) 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.
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A for Pilgrim Mutual Funds (the "Fund") incorporates by reference the
Prospectus which was contained in the Fund's Post-Effective Amendment No. 67
which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 1999
and the Statement of Additional Information and Part C which were contained in
the Fund's Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 which was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 24, 1999 and seeks to extend the effective date
of the Prospectus for the Pilgrim Money Market Fund to July 1, 1999.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it
meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix and State of
Arizona on the 8th day of June, 1999.
PILGRIM MUTUAL FUNDS
By: /s/ Robert W. Stallings
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Robert W. Stallings
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Robert W. Stallings Trustee, President and June 8, 1999
- ----------------------------- Chief Executive Officer
Robert W. Stallings (Principal Executive Officer)
- ----------------------------- Trustee June 8, 1999
Mary A. Baldwin *
- ----------------------------- Trustee June 8, 1999
John P. Burke *
- ----------------------------- Trustee June 8, 1999
Al Burton *
- ----------------------------- Trustee June 8, 1999
Jock Patton *
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- ----------------------------- Principal Financial Officer June 8, 1999
Michael J. Roland *
* By: /s/ Robert W. Stallings
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Robert W. Stallings
Attorney-in-Fact**
** Powers of Attorney for the Trustees are contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 68 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 1999.
