As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4, 1996
File No. 33-79742
811-8546
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
AMENDMENT NO. 5 [x]
THE BRAMWELL FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
745 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10151
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 308-0505
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Elizabeth R. Bramwell
The Bramwell Funds, Inc.
745 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10151
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
___ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x on November 4, 1996 pursuant to paragraph (b)
___ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of rule 485
___ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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Item 24(a) of Part C of the Registrant's Registration Statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 1996 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements
Included in Part A of the Registration Statement:
Financial Highlights.
Included in Part B of the Registration Statement:
Financial Statements for the periods required by
Rule 3-18 promulgated under Regulation S-X,
including notes thereto, are incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's Annual Report to
Shareholders dated as of June 30, 1996 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1,
1996."
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it
meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the
4th day of November, 1996.
THE BRAMWELL FUNDS, INC.
By: *
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Elizabeth R. Bramwell
President
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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*
- --------------------------- Director and President November 4, 1996
Elizabeth R. Bramwell (principal executive, financial
and accounting officer)
* Director November 4, 1996
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J. Sinclair Armstrong
* Director November 4, 1996
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Isabel H. Benham
* Director November 4, 1996
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George F. Keane
* Director November 4, 1996
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James C. Sargent
* Director November 4, 1996
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Martha R. Seger
*By: /s/ Margaret A. Bancroft
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Margaret A. Bancroft
as Attorney-in-Fact
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