As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2000
Securities Act File No. 333-50950
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 [X]
Post-Effective Amendment No.
PILGRIM MUTUAL FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(800) 992-0180
(Registrant's Area Code and Telephone Number)
James M. Hennessy
ING Pilgrim Investments, Inc.
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
(Name and Address of Agents for Service)
With copy to:
Jeffrey S. Puretz
Dechert
1775 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective on January 19, 2000
pursuant to Rule 488 under the Securities Act of 1933.
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No filing fee is required because an indefinite number of shares have previously
been registered pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
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PILGRIM MUTUAL FUNDS
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement consists of the following papers and documents:
* Cover Sheet
* Contents of Registration Statement
* Explanatory Note
* Signature Page
* Exhibit Index
* Consents of Independent Auditors
* Transmittal Letter
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-14 for Pilgrim Mutual Funds incorporates by reference the Registrant's Part A,
Part B and Part C contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
N-14 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30,
2000. This Pre-Effective Amendment is being filed to add consents of auditors as
exhibits to Part C of the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Scottsdale and State of Arizona on the 18th day of December, 2000.
PILGRIM MUTUAL FUNDS
By: /s/ James M. Hennessy
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James M. Hennessy
Senior Executive Vice President &
Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this 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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Trustee and Chairman December 18, 2000
----------------------------- Trustee and President
John G. Turner*
(Chief Executive Officer) December 18, 2000
----------------------------- Senior Vice President and
Robert W. Stallings*
Principal Financial Officer December 18, 2000
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Michael J. Roland*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Robert B. Goode, Jr.*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Al Burton*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Jock Patton*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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John R. Smith*
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Trustee December 18, 2000
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David W.C. Putnam*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Walter H. May*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Paul S. Doherty*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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Alan L. Gosule*
Trustee December 18, 2000
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David W. Wallace*
* By: /s/ James M. Hennessy
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James M. Hennessy
Attorney-in-Fact**
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** Executed pursuant to powers of attorney filed as part of Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-14 which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 30, 2000.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(14)(A) Consent of KPMG LLP
(B) Consent of PricewaterhouseCooopers LLP
