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REPORT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Centura Funds, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Centura Equity Growth Fund, Centura Equity Income Fund, Centura
Federal Securities Income Fund, Centura North Carolina Tax-Free Bond
Fund and Centura Southeast Equity Fund, separate portfolios of Centura
Funds, Inc. for the year ended April 30, 1998, we considered its
internal control, including controls over safeguarding securities, in
order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal
control.
The management of Centura Funds, Inc. is responsible for establishing
and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls
that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those controls include safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud
may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of
internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose
all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses
under standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the
design or operation of any specific internal control component does
not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or
irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected
within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control, including controls over safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
April 30, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
New York, New York
May 22, 1998
CENTURA FUNDS, INC.
CENTURA MONEY MARKET FUND
CLASS A SHARES AND CLASS C SHARES
3435 STELZER ROAD COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219
GENERAL AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION:
(800) 442-3688
CENTURA BANK - ADVISER
BISYS FUND SERVICES -- ADMINISTRATOR AND SPONSOR
CENTURA FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC. - DISTRIBUTOR
This Prospectus describes Centura Money Market Fund ("Fund"), one of six
portfolios ("Portfolios") comprising Centura Funds, Inc. (the "Company"), a
registered open-end management investment company advised by Centura Bank
(the "Adviser").
This Prospectus relates to Class A shares, which are sold to the public as an
investment vehicle for individuals, institutions, corporations and
fiduciaries, and Class C shares, which are available only to certain
institutional investors. Class A shares bear certain expenses related to
their distribution, calculated at an annual rate and based on a percentage of
the average daily net assets of the class. Class C shares do not bear such
expenses.
SHARES OF THE FUND ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR
ENDORSEDBY, ANY BANK, AND FUND SHARES ARE NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE
FEDERAL DEPOSITINSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, OR ANY OTHER
AGENCY.INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS, SUCH AS THE FUNDS, INVOLVE RISK,
INCLUDING POSSIBLELOSS OF PRINCIPAL. THE FUND ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE
OF ITS SHARES AT ACONSTANT $1.00 PER SHARE, ALTHOUGH THERE CAN BE NO
ASSURANCES THAT IT WILLALWAYS BE ABLE TO DO SO.
This Prospectus sets forth concisely the information a prospective investor
should know before investing in the Fund and should be read and retained for
information about the Fund.
A Statement of Additional Information (the "SAI"), dated April 29. 1998,
containing additional and more detailed information about the Fund and the
other Portfolios, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") and is hereby incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. It is
available without charge and can be obtained by writing or calling the Funds
at the address and information numbers printed above.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIESAND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THESECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSEDUPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THECONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The Date of this Prospectus is April 29, 1998.
FEE TABLE
Class A Class C
Shareholder Transaction Expenses
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)................... None None
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends
(as a percentage of offering price)................... None None
Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of
redemption proceeds)*................................. None None
Exchange Fees........................................... None None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average net assets annualized)
Management Fees ........................................ 0.30% 0.30%
12b-1 Fees (after waiver)**............................. 0.25% None
Other Expenses (After Waiver)**......................... 0.32% 0.32%
Total Portfolio Operating Expenses***................... 0.87% 0.62%
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* Shareholders who redeem shares by wire may be charged a fee by the banks
receiving the wire payments on their behalf. (See "Redemption of Fund
Shares.")
** Under rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD"), a 12b-1 fee may be treated as a sales charge for certain purposes
under those rules. Because the 12b-1 fee is an annual fee charge against
the assets of a Fund, long-term shareholders may pay more sales charges in
the form of 12b-1 fees than the economic equivalent of the maximum front-
end sales charge permitted by rules of the NASD. The 12b-1 fees in the
above Fee Table represent fees anticipated to be paid by the Fund. Class A
shares of each Fund are permitted to pay 12b-1 fees up to 0.50%. However,
the Distributor has undertaken to limit 12b-1 fees to 0.25% for Class A
shares of the Fund for the current fiscal year. See "Management of the
Funds -- The Distributor."
*** Absent the reduction of the limitation applicable to 12b-1 fees, "Total
Portfolio Operating Expenses" for Class A shares would be 1.12%,.
Example*
An investor would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming
5% annual return:
Class A Class C
Assuming complete redemption at the end of each time period:
1 year................................................ $ 9 $ 6
3 years............................................... $28 $20
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* This example should not be considered a representation of future expenses
which may be more or less than those shown. The assumed 5% annual return
is hypothetical and should not be considered a representation of past or
future annual return. Actual return may be greater or less than the
assumed amount.
