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[FR Doc No: 94-1068]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Rel. No. IC-20011; No. 811-4590]

 

Zero Coupon Bond Fund

January 11, 1994.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``SEC'' or 
``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 Act'').

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APPLICANT: Zero Coupon Bond Fund.

RELEVANT 1940 ACT SECTION: Order requested under section 8(f).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has 
ceased to be an investment company as defined by the 1940 Act.

FILING DATE: The application was filed on June 15, 1993 and amended on 
December 23, 1993.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the application 
will be issued unless the SEC orders a hearing. Interested persons may 
request a hearing by writing to the SEC's Secretary and serving 
Applicant with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing 
requests should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on February 7, 
1994, and should be accompanied by proof of service on Applicant, in 
the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, the 
reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to 
be notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
SEC's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Applicant, 82 Devonshire Street F5E, Boston, MA 02109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Finck Friedlander, Senior Attorney (202) 272-3045, or Michael V. 
Wible, Special Counsel, at (202) 272-2060, Office of Insurance Products 
(Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following is a summary of the application; 
the complete application is available for a fee from the SEC's Public 
Reference Branch.

Applicant's Representations

    1. Applicant is an open-end management investment company organized 
as a Massachusetts business trust. On February 21, 1986, Applicant 
filed a notification of registration on Form N-8A and a registration 
statement on Form N-1A which was declared effective on December 23, 
1987.
    2. Applicant has three investment Portfolios, each of which serves 
as the underlying investment medium for five insurance company separate 
accounts that are registered under the 1940 Act as unit investment 
trusts. The insurance companies and separate accounts are: Ameritas 
Variable Life Insurance Company (AVLIC Separate Account); Fidelity 
Investments Life Insurance Company (The Fidelity Investments Variable 
Life Account I); Midland National Life Insurance Company (Midland 
National Life Separate Account A); Monarch Life Insurance Company (The 
Fidelity Variable Account); and Vermont Variable Life Insurance Company 
(Vermont Variable Life Insurance Account).
    3. On December 29, 1992, pursuant to an application submitted on 
behalf of each insurance company and separate account named in 
paragraph 2, the Commission granted an order permitting the 
substitution of shares of two other investment companies for the shares 
of Applicant. On December 30, 1992, each insurance company, on behalf 
of its separate account, redeemed every share it held in each Portfolio 
of Applicant at net asset value. On December 31, 1992, Applicant's 
investment adviser, Fidelity Management & Research Company (``FMR 
Co.''), redeemed its shares of each Portfolio of Applicant at net asset 
value. Together these constituted all the outstanding shares of 
Applicant. Each Portfolio's securities consisted solely of zero coupon 
bonds which were sold on the open market at market value. On January 
14, 1993, Applicant's Board of Trustees adopted a resolution directing 
that Applicant be deregistered under the 1940 Act.
    4. Applicant currently has no assets, has no security holders or 
shares outstanding, and is in the process of winding up its affairs.
    5. Applicant has not sold its assets or securities to another 
investment company, nor transferred its assets to any other trust, nor 
has it or will it merge into or consolidate with another registered 
investment company.
    6. Applicant is not a party to any litigation or administrative 
proceedings.
    7. Applicant has no debts. There were no expenses incurred in 
connection with the liquidation. Any expenses involved in the 
dissolution of Applicant as a Massachusetts business trust will be 
borne by FMR Corp, the parent company or Applicant's investment 
adviser, FMR Co.
    8. Applicant represents that if the order sought herein is granted, 
it will shortly thereafter file with the Massachusetts Secretary of 
Commonwealth the documents necessary to dissolve itself as a 
Massachusetts business trust, thereby ceasing to exist as a legal 
entity.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1068 Filed 1-14-94; 8:45 am]
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