Registration No. 33-85182
811-8820
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4
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and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/
Amendment No. 6
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Markman MultiFund Trust
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
6600 France Avenue South, Suite 565, Edina, Minnesota 55435
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (612)920-4848
Robert J. Markman
Markman MultiFund Trust
6600 France Avenue South, Suite 565
Edina, Minnesota 55435
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies of all correspondence to:
Harvey E. Bines, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
/ / immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485(b)
/ / on ( ) pursuant to Rule 485(b)
/X/ 60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485(a)
/ / on ( ) pursuant to Rule 485(a)
The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996 will be filed with the Commission on or before
February 28, 1997.
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MARKMAN MULTIFUND TRUST
Cross Reference Sheet
Pursuant to Rule 481(a)
Under the Securities Act of 1933
PART A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT CAPTION IN
CAPTION PROSPECTUS
Item No.
1. Cover Page Cover Page
2. Synopsis Expense Information
3. Condensed Financial Financial Highlights;
Information Other Information
4. General Description Cover Page; The Funds;
of Registrant Investment Objectives;
Investment Policies and
Restrictions; How We
Invest; Risks and Other
Considerations; Other
Information; Appendix:
Ratings of Debt
Instruments
5. Management of Fund The Funds; How We Invest;
Management of the Trust;
Other Information
6. Capital Stock The Funds; Dividends,
Distributions and Taxes
7. Purchase of Securities How to Purchase Shares;
Being Offered Management of the Trust;
The Distributor;
Shareholder Services
8. Redemption or Repurchase How to Redeem Shares;
Shareholder Services
9. Pending Legal Proceedings Inapplicable
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PART B
REGISTRATION STATEMENT CAPTION IN STATEMENT
CAPTION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ITEM NO.
10. Cover Page Cover Page
11. Table of Contents Cover Page; Table of
Contents
12. General Information Inapplicable
and History
13. Investment Objectives Investment Objectives and
and Policies Policies; Investment
Restrictions
14. Management of the Fund Trustees and Officers
15. Control Persons and Principal Security
Principal Holders of Holders; Description of
Securities the Trust; Investment
Manager; Trustees and
Officers
16. Investment Advisory and Investment Manager;
Other Services Custodian; Transfer Agent
and Dividend Paying
Agent; How to Purchase
Shares (Prospectus);
Performance Information
17. Brokerage Allocation and Portfolio Transactions
Other Practices
18. Capital Stock and Other Description of the Trust
Securities
19. Purchase, Redemption and How to Purchase Shares
Pricing of Securities (Prospectus); Shareholder
Being Offered Services (Prospectus); The
Distributor (Prospectus);
Distributor; Redemption of
Shares; Special Redemptions
20. Tax Status Dividends, Distributions
and Taxation (Prospectus)
21. Calculations of Performance Information
Performance Data
22. Financial Statements Financial Statements
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PART C
The information required to be included in Part C is set forth under
the appropriate Item, so numbered, in Part C of the Registration Statement.
REGISTRANT INCORPORATES HEREIN BY REFERENCE PARTS A, B AND C OF
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO ITS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON
FORM N-1A FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 17, 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, the
Registrant, Markman MultiFund Trust, has duly caused this Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The
City of Edina and the State of Minnesota on this 14th of February, 1997.
MARKMAN MULTIFUND TRUST
By: /s/ Robert J. Markman
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Robert J. Markman,
Chairman of the Board and
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Robert J. Markman Chairman of the February 14, 1997
____________________ Board of Trustees
Robert J. Markman and President
(Principal executive
officer)
/s/ Mark J. Seger Treasurer (Principal February 14, 1997
____________________ financial and
Mark J. Seger accounting officer)
* Trustee
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Richard Edwin Dana
* Trustee
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Peter Dross
* Trustee
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Judith E. Fansler
* Trustee
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Susan Gale
* Trustee
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Susan M. Hawkes
* Trustee
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Richard W. London
* Trustee
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Melinda S. Machones
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* Trustee
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Emilee Markman
* Trustee
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Michael J. Monahan
/s/ David M. Leahy
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David M. Leahy
Attorney-in-Fact*
February 14, 1997