SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-8A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such
Notification of Registration submits the following information:
Name: United Asset Strategy Fund, Inc.
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Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
6300 Lamar Avenue, P.O. Box 29217, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201-9217
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Telephone Number: (913)236-1900
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Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:
Sharon K. Pappas
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6300 Lamar Avenue, P.O. Box 29217, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201-9217
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Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A:
Yes __ No _X__
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Form N-8A
Item 1. Exact name of registrant.
United Asset Strategy Fund, Inc.
Item 2. Name of state under the Laws of which registrant was organized or
created and the date of such organization or creation.
The registrant was organized in the state of Maryland on August
25, 1994.
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
The registrant is organized as a corporation.
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company, unit
investment trust, or management company).
The registrant is classified as a management company.
Item 5. If registrant is a management company:
(a) state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an "open-
end" company;
The registrant is an "open-end" company.
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
company or a "non-diversified" company (read Instruction 4(i)
carefully before replying).
The registrant is registering as a "diversified" company.
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.
Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company
6300 Lamar Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas 66202-4200
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of directors,
state the name and address of each officer and director of registrant.
DIRECTORS
Name Address
Henry L. Bellmon Route 1
P.O. Box 26
Red Rock, OK 74651
Dodds I. Buchanan 905 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Jay B. Dillingham 926 Livestock Exchange Building
Kansas City, MO 64102
John F. Hayes Gilliland & Hayes, P.A.
335 N. Washington
P. O. Box 2977
Hutchinson, KS 67504-2977
Glendon E. Johnson 7300 Corporate Center Drive
Miami, FL 33175
William T. Morgan 1799 Westridge Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Doyle Patterson 1030 W. 56th Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
Ronald K. Richey Torchmark Corporation
2001 Third Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Keith A. Tucker Waddell & Reed, Inc.
6300 Lamar Avenue
P.O. Box 29217
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9217
Frederick Vogel,III 1805 W. Bradley Road
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Paul S. Wise 8648 Silver Saddle Drive
Carefree, AZ 85377
Leslie S. Wright Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35209
OFFICERS
Ronald K. Richey Chairman of the Board
Torchmark Corporation
2001 Third Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Keith A. Tucker President
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
6300 Lamar Avenue
P.O. Box 29217
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9217
Robert L. Hechler Vice President and Principal
Waddell & Reed, Inc. Financial Officer
6300 Lamar Avenue
P.O. Box 29217
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9217
Sharon K. Pappas Vice President, Secretary and
Waddell & Reed, Inc. General Counsel
6300 Lamar Avenue
P.O. Box 29217
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9217
Theodore W. Howard Vice President, Treasurer and
Waddell & Reed, Inc. Principal Accounting Officer
6300 Lamar Avenue
P.O. Box 29217
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9217
Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a
board of directors:
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
Not Applicable
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of each
sponsor of registrant;
Not Applicable
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of
registrant.
Not Applicable.
Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its
securities directly to the public (Yes or No).
No.
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities to
the public through an underwriter, state the name and address of
such underwriter.
Not Applicable.
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item 9(b) is
"not applicable," state whether registrant presently proposes to
make a public offering of its securities (Yes or no).
Yes.
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued and
outstanding (yes or no).
No.
(e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date not to
exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification of
registration the number of beneficial owners of registrant's
outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the name
of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant's
outstanding voting securities.
Not applicable.
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
Currently, the registrant has no assets. It is a newly organized
corporation and has not yet begun operations.
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license
to operate as a small business investment company under the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).
No.
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant's last regular periodic
report to its securityholders, if any.
Not applicable. The registrant is a newly organized corporation.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the reguirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has caused this Notification of registration to be duly signed on its
behalf in the city of Overland Park and state of Kansas on the 29th day of
September, 1994.
seal Signature: United Asset Strategy Fund, Inc.
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Name of Registrant
By:/s/Sharon K. Pappas
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Sharon K. Pappas,
Vice President and Secretary
Attest: /s/ Amy D. Eisenbeis
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Assistant Secretary
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