1933 Act File No. 33-52149
1940 Act File No. 811-7141
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 . X
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 X
Amendment No. 2 X
WORLD INVESTMENT SERIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Federated Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(412) 288-1900
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
John W. McGonigle, Esq., Federated Investors Tower,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering As soon as possible after
the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement
Copies to:
Thomas J. Donnelly, Esquire Charles H. Morin, Esquire
Houston, Houston & Donnelly Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin
2510 Centre City Tower 2101 L Street, N.W.
650 Smithfield Street Washington, D.C. 20037
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 24f-2 of the Investment Company Act of
1940, Registrant hereby elects to register an indefinite number of shares.
Amendment Pursuant to Rule 473
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET
This Amendment to the Registration Statement of World Investment
Series, Inc., which consists of one portfolio, World Utility Fund,
consisting of two classes of shares (a) Class A Shares, and (b) Fortress
Shares, relates to both Class A Shares and Fortress Shares, and is
comprised of the following:
PART A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS.
Prospectus Heading
(Rule 404(c) Cross Reference)
Item 1. Cover Page Cover Page (a,b).
Item 2. Synopsis Summary of Fund Expenses (a,b).
Item 3. Condensed Financial
Information Performance Information (a,b).
Item 4. General Description
of Registrant General Information (a,b); Liberty
Family of Funds (a); Fortress
Investment Program (b); Investment
Information (a,b); Investment
Objective (a,b); Investment Policies
(a,b); Investment Limitations (a,b);
Other Classes of Shares (a,b).
Item 5. Management of the Fund World Investment Series, Inc.
Information (a,b); Management of the
Corporation (a,b); Distribution of
Class A Shares (a); Distribution of
Fortress Shares (b); Administration
of
the Fund (a,b); Expenses of the Fund
and Class A Shares (a); Expenses of
the Fund and Fortress Shares (b);
Brokerage Transactions (a,b).
Item 6. Capital Stock and
Other Securities Dividends and Distributions (a, b);
Shareholder Information (a,b);
Voting
Rights (a,b); Tax Information (a,b);
Federal Income Tax (a,b);
Pennsylvania
Corporate and Personal Property
Taxes
(a,b).
Item 7. Purchase of Securities Being
Offered Net Asset Value (a,b); Investing in
Class A Shares (a); Investing in
Fortress Shares (b); Share Purchases
(a,b); Minimum Investment Required
(a,b); What Shares Cost (a,b);
Reducing the Sales Charge (a);
Eliminating the Sales Charge (b);
Systematic Investment Program (a,b);
Exchanging Securities for Fund
Shares
(a, b); Certificates and
Confirmations
(a,b); Retirement Plans (a);
Exchange
Privileges (b); Exchange Privilege
(a); Reduced Sales Charge (a);
Requirements for Exchange (a); Tax
Consequences (a); Making an Exchange
(a).
Item 8. Redemption or Repurchase Redeeming Class A Shares (a);
Redeeming Fortress Shares (b);
Through
a Financial Institution (a,b);
Directly From the Fund (a); Directly
by Mail (b); Contingent Deferred
Sales
Charge (a,b); Systematic Withdrawl
Program (a,b); Accounts With Low
Balances (a,b).
Item 9. Pending Legal Proceedings None
PART B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item 10. Cover Page Cover Page (a,b).
Item 11. Table of Contents. Table of Contents (a,b).
Item 12. General Information
and History. General Information About the Fund
(a,b).
Item 13. Investment Objectives
and Policies. Investment Objective and Policies
(a,b).
Item 14. Management of the Corporation.See Part A - Management of the
Corporation (a,b).
Item 15. Control Persons and Principal
Holders of Securities. The Funds (a,b).
Item 16. Investment Advisory and Other
Services. Investment Advisory Services (a,b);
Administrative Services (a,b).
Item 17. Brokerage Allocation. Brokerage Transactions (a,b).
Item 18. Capital Stock and Other
Securities. Not applicable.
Item 19. Purchase, Redemption
and Pricing of Securities
Being Offered. Purchasing Shares (a,b); Determining
Net Asset Value (a,b); Exchange
Privilege (Fortress Shares Only)
(b); Redeeming Shares (a,b).
Item 20. Tax Status. Tax Status (a,b).
Item 21. Underwriters. See Part A - Distribution of
(Class A, or Fortress) Shares (a,b).
Item 22. Calculation of
Performance Data. Total Return (a,b); Yield (a,b);
Performance Comparisons (a,b);
Item 23. Financial Statements. (To be filed by amendment).
Part A and Part B are incorporated by reference to Registrant's
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933 and
Amendment No. 1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 filed March 24,
1994 (File Nos. 33-52149 and 811-7141).
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION.
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits:
(a) Financial Statements (Filed in Part A)
(b) Exhibits:
(1) Copy of Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant; (1)
(2) Copy of By-Laws of the Registrant; (1)
(3) Not applicable;
(4) Copy of Specimen Certificate for Shares of Capital
Stock of the Registrant; (2)
(5) Copy of Investment Advisory Contract of the
Registrant; (2)
(6) (i) Copy of Distributor's Contract of
the Registrant; (2)
(ii) Copy of Shareholder Services Agreement; (2)
(7) Not applicable;
(8) Copy of Custodian Agreement of the Registrant; (2)
(9) Copy of Transfer Agency and Service Agreement of the
Registrant; (2)
(10) Copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as
to legality of shares being registered; (2)
(11) Copy of Consent of Independent (Public)
Accountants; (2)
(12) Not applicable;
(13) Copy of Initial Capital Understanding; (2)
(14) Not applicable;
(15) (i) Copy of Distribution Plan; (2)
(ii) Copy of Dealer Agreement; (to be filed with 4-6
month update)
(16) Schedule for Computation of Fund
Performance Data; (to be filed with 4-6 month
update)
(17) Power of Attorney; (1)
+All exhibits have been filed electronically.
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Intitial
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 4, 1994. (File Nos.
33-52149 and 811-7141).
2. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No.1 on Form N-1A filed March 24, 1994. (File Nos. 33-52149
and 811-7141).
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant
None
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities:
Number of Record Holders
Title of Class as of
Shares of capital stock __
($0.001 per Share par value)
Item 27. Indemnification (1).
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser:
For a description of the other business of the investment adviser,
see the section entitled "World Investment Series, Inc.
Information - Management of the Corporation" in Part A. The
affiliations with the Registrant of four of the Trustees and one
of the Officers of the investment adviser are included in Part A
of this Registration Statement under "Management of the
Corporation- Officers and Directors." The remaining Trustee of
the investment adviser, his position with the investment adviser,
and, in parentheses, his principal occupation is: Mark D. Olson,
Partner, Halbrook & Bayard, 107 West Market Street, Georgetown,
Delaware 19947.
The remaining Officers of the investment adviser are: William D.
Dawson, III, J. Thomas Madden, and Mark L. Mallon, Executive Vice
Presidents; Henry J. Gailliot, Senior Vice President-Economist;
Peter R. Anderson, Gary J. Madich, and J. Alan Minteer, Senior
Vice Presidents; Randall A Bauer, Jonathan C. Conley, Deborah A.
Cunningham, Mark Durbiano, Roger A. Early, Kathleen M.
Foody-Malus, David C. Francis, Thomas M. Franks, Edward C.
Gonzales, Jeff A. Kozemchak, Marian Marinack, Gregory M. Melvin,
Susan M. Nason, Mary Jo Ochson, Robert J. Ostrowski, Charles A.
Ritter, Christopher Wiles and John W. McGonigle, Vice Presidents;
Edward C. Gonzales, Treasurer, and John W. McGonigle, Secretary.
The business address of each of the Officers of the Federated
Research Division of the investment adviser is Federated Investors
Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779. These individuals are also
officers of a majority of the investment advisers to the Funds
listed in Part B of this Registration Statement under "The Funds."
Item 29. Principal Underwriters:
(a) Federated Securities Corp., the Distributor for shares of the
Registrant, also acts as principal underwriter for the
following open-end investment companies: A.T. Ohio Tax-Free
Money Fund; American Leaders Fund, Inc.; Annuity Management
Series; Automated Cash Management Trust; Automated Government
Money Trust; BankSouth Select Funds; BayFunds; The Biltmore
Funds; The Biltmore Municipal Funds; The Boulevard Funds;
California Municipal Cash Trust; Cambridge Series Trust; Cash
Trust Series, Inc.; Cash Trust Series II; DG Investor Series;
Edward D. Jones & Co. Daily Passport Cash Trust; FT Series,
Inc.; Federated ARMs Fund; Federated Exchange Fund, Ltd.;
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Intitial
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 4, 1994. (File Nos.
33-52149 and 811-7141).
Federated GNMA Trust; Federated Government Trust; Federated
Growth Trust; Federated High Yield Trust; Federated Income
Securities Trust; Federated Income Trust; Federated Index
Trust; Federated Intermediate Government Trust; Federated
Master Trust; Federated Municipal Trust; Federated
Short-Intermediate Government Trust; Federated Short-Term
U.S. Government Trust; Federated Stock Trust; Federated
Tax-Free Trust; Federated U.S. Government Bond Fund;
Financial Reserves Fund; First Priority Funds; First Union
Funds; Fixed Income Securities, Inc.; Fortress Adjustable
Rate U.S. Government Fund, Inc.; Fortress Municipal Income
Fund, Inc.; Fortress Utility Fund, Inc.; Fountain Square
Funds; Fund for U.S. Government Securities, Inc.; Government
Income Securities, Inc.; High Yield Cash Trust; Independence
One Mutual Funds; Insight Institutional Series, Inc.;
Insurance Management Series; Intermediate Municipal Trust;
Investment Series Funds, Inc.; Investment Series Trust;
Liberty Equity Income Fund, Inc.; Liberty High Income Bond
Fund, Inc.; Liberty Municipal Securities Fund, Inc.; Liberty
U.S. Government Money Market Trust; Liberty Utility Fund,
Inc.; Liquid Cash Trust; Mark Twain Funds; Marshall Funds,
Inc.; Money Market Management, Inc.; Money Market Obligations
Trust; Money Market Trust; The Monitor Funds; Municipal
Securities Income Trust; New York Municipal Cash Trust; 111
Corcoran Funds; The Planters Funds; Portage Funds; RIMCO
Monument Funds; The Shawmut Funds; Short-Term Municipal
Trust; Signet Select Funds; SouthTrust Vulcan Funds; Star
Funds; The Starburst Funds; The Starburst Funds II; Stock and
Bond Fund, Inc.; Sunburst Funds; Targeted Duration Trust;
Tax-Free Instruments Trust; Tower Mutual Funds; Trademark
Funds; Trust for Financial Institutions; Trust for Government
Cash Reserves; Trust for Short-Term U.S. Government
Securities; Trust for U.S. Treasury Obligations; Vision
Fiduciary Funds, Inc.; and Vision Group of Funds, Inc.
Federated Securities Corp. also acts as principal underwriter
for the following closed-end investment company: Liberty
Term Trust, Inc.- 1999.
(b)
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Richard B. Fisher Director, Chairman, Chief President and
Federated Investors Tower Executive Officer, Chief Director
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Operating Officer, and
Asst. Treasurer, Federated
Securities Corp.
Edward C. Gonzales Director, Executive Vice Vice President and
Federated Investors Tower President, and Treasurer, Treasurer
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Federated Securities
Corp.
John W. McGonigle Director, Executive Vice Vice President and
Federated Investors Tower President, and Assistant Secretary
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Secretary, Federated
Securities Corp.
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
John A. Staley, IV Executive Vice President Vice President
Federated Investors Tower and Assistant Secretary,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779 Federated Securities Corp.
John B. Fisher Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
James F. Getz Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
James S. Hamilton Senior Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
James R. Ball Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mark W. Bloss Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard W. Boyd Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mary J. Combs Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Laura M. Deger Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Jill Ehrenfeld Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Theodore Fadool, Jr. Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Bryant R. Fisher Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Mark D. Fisher Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Christopher T. Fives Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Joseph T. Gibbons Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
William E. Kugler Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Dennis M. Laffey Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
J. Michael Miller Vice President
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
R. Jeffrey Niss Vice President
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Keith Nixon Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Michael P. O'Brien Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Solon A. Person, IV Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Robert F. Phillips Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Timothy C. Pillion Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Eugene B. Reed Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Paul V. Riordan Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(1) (2) (3)
Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices
Business Address With Underwriter With Registrant
Charles A. Robison Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
David W. Spears Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Brian L. Sullivan Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Thomas E. Territ Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Richard B. Watts Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
R. Edmond Connell, Jr. Assistant Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Philip C. Hetzel Assistant Vice President,
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
H. Joseph Kennedy Assistant Vice President, --
Federated Investors Tower Federated Securities Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
S. Elliott Cohan Secretary, Federated Assistant
Federated Investors Tower Securities Corp. Secretary
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(c) Not applicable.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records (1).
Item 31. Management Services: Not applicable.
Item 32. Undertakings:
Registrant hereby undertakes to file a post-effective amendment,
using financial statements which need not be certified, within
four to six months from the effective date of Registrant's 1933
Act Registration Statement.
Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish each person to whom a
prospectus is delivered with a copy of the Registrant's latest
annual report to shareholders, upon request and without charge.
Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the provisions of
Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act with respect to the removal of
Directors and the calling of special shareholder meetings by
shareholders.
1. Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's Intitial
Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed February 4, 1994. (File Nos.
33-52149 and 811-7141).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, WORLD INVESTMENT SERIES,
INC., has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto
affixed and attested, all in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on the 7th day of April, 1994.
WORLD INVESTMENT SERIES, INC.
BY: /s/Bryon F. Bowman
Bryon F. Bowman, Assistant Secretary
Attorney in Fact for John F. Donahue
April 6, 1994
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the
capacity and on the date indicated:
NAME TITLE DATE
By: /s/Bryon F. Bowman
Bryon F. Bowman Attorney In Fact April 7, 1994
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Listed Below
NAME TITLE
John F. Donahue* Chairman and Director
(Chief Executive Officer)
Richard B. Fisher* President and Director
Edward C. Gonzales* Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
John T. Conroy, Jr.* Director
William J. Copeland* Director
James E. Dowd* Director
Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.* Director
Edward L. Flaherty, Jr.* Director
Peter E. Madden* Director
Gregor F. Meyer* Director
Wesley W. Posvar* Director
Marjorie P. Smuts* Director
* By Power of Attorney
