As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2000
Securities Act File No. 33-73140
Investment Company Act File No. 811-8220
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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. 16 |X|
and/or
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940 |X|
Amendment No. 17 |X|
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Northstar Galaxy Trust
(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):
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|_| Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |X| on April 30, 2000 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
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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. 16 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
for Northstar Galaxy Trust incorporates by reference the Prospectus, Statement
of Additional Information and Part C contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
15, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on
January 28, 2000. This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to extend the
effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to April 30, 2000.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), 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 1933 Act and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Phoenix and the State of Arizona on the 11th day of
April 2000.
Registrant
By: /s/ Robert W. Stallings
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Robert W. Stallings, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Robert W. Stallings President
- ------------------------------ Principal Executive April 11, 2000
Robert W. Stallings Officer)
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
John G. Turner*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
Mark L. Lipson*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
Paul S. Doherty*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
Robert B. Goode, Jr.*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
David W. Wallace*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
Walter May*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
Alan L. Gosule*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
David W.C. Putnam*
- ------------------------------ Trustee April 11, 2000
John R. Smith*
- ------------------------------ Senior Vice President and April 11, 2000
Michael J. Roland* Principal Financial Officer
*By: /s/ James M. Hennessy
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James M. Hennessy, Attorney-in-fact**
** Powers of Attorney for Trustees and Michael J. Roland are incorporated
herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A as filed on January 28, 2000.
