As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 16, 1998
Registration No. 33-67148; 811-7948
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 [X]
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No. 18 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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THE GRIFFIN FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
5000 Rivergrade Road
Irwindale, California 91706
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 333-4437
William A. Hawkins
5000 Rivergrade Road
Irwindale, California 91706
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Robert M. Kurucza, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant [X] on December 23, 1998
to Rule 485(b) pursuant to Rule 485(b), or
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
No filing fee is required under the Securities Act of 1933 because an indefinite
number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.001 per share,
has previously been registered pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Registrant filed on December 19, 1997 the
notice required by Rule 24f-2 for its fiscal year ended September 30, 1997.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement
of The Griffin Funds, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference
all the information set forth in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 14 under the Investment Company Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 17 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, which was filed on November 25, 1998.
The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to delay the
effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14.
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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 the
requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Irwindale, State of California on the 16th day of December, 1998.
THE GRIFFIN FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/ William A. Hawkins
William A. Hawkins
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
/s/ William A. Hawkins Director, Executive December 16, 1998
William A. Hawkins Officer, Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer
* Director December 16, 1998
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Herschel Cardin
* Director December 16, 1998
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Vincent F. Coviello
** Director December 16, 1998
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Carrol R. McGinnis
* Director December 16, 1998
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Morton O. Schapiro
By: /s/ William A. Hawkins
William A. Hawkins
Attorney-in-Fact
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* Executed pursuant to powers of attorney filed as exhibits to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 on April 25, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
** Executed pursuant to a power of attorney filed as an exhibit to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 on October 10, 1996 and incorporated by
reference herein.
