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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 20634; 811-6678]

 

The Argent Bioscience Fund, Inc.; Application

October 18, 1994.
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'').

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

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Applicant: The Argent Biosciences Fund, Inc.

Relevant Act Section: Section 8(f).

Summary of Application: Applicant seeks an order declaring it has 
ceased to be an investment company.

Filing Date: The application was filed on October 3, 1994.

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 November 14, 
1994, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 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 may request 
notifications of a hearing by writing to the SEC's Secretary.

Addresses: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Applicants, 135 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

For Further Information Contact: Diane L. Titus, Paralegal Specialist, 
at (202) 942-0584, or Barry D. Miller, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 
942-0564 (Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment 
Company Regulation).

Supplementary Information: The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained for a fee from 
the SEC's Public Reference Branch.

Applicant's Representations

    1. Applicant is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment 
company, organized as a corporation under the laws of the state of 
Maryland. Applicant registered under the Act by filing a notification 
of registration on Form N-8A on May 22, 1992. Applicant filed a 
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-2 on 
the same date. Such registration statement never became effective under 
the 1933 Act and applicant never made an initial offering of its 
shares. On September 28, 1994, applicant, by letter, requested that the 
Commission withdraw its registration statement under the 1933 Act.
    2. Applicant never issued any securities. Applicant has no 
shareholders, liabilities or assets. Applicant is not a party to any 
litigation or administrative proceeding.
    3. Applicant is not now engaged, nor does it propose to engage, in 
any business activities other than those necessary to wind up its 
affairs.

    For the SEC, by the Division of Investment Management, under 
delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-26280 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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