[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23818-23819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11246]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-22636; 812-10628]


The Victory Funds, et al.; Notice of Application

April 24, 1997.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'').

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

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APPLICANTS: The Victory Funds (formerly known as The Society Funds), 
The Highmark Group, The Parkstone Group of Funds, The Conestoga Family 
of Funds, The AmSouth Funds (formerly known as The ASO Outlook Group), 
The Sessions Group, American Performance Funds, the Coventry Group, 
BB&T Mutual Funds Group (the foregoing are referred to herein 
collectively as the ``Original Funds'') and any other registered 
investment companies for which BISYS Fund Services Limited Partnership 
(formerly known as The Winsbury Company) (``BISYS'') or any person 
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common 
control with BISYS, now or in the future serves as principal 
underwriter and for which the Advisers (as defined below), or any 
person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under 
common control with the Advisers, now or in the future serve as 
investment adviser (the ``Funds''); Society Asset Management, Inc., 
Union Bank of California, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of 
California),\1\ First of America Investment Corporation, Meridian 
Investment Company, AmSouth Bank of Alabama (formerly known as AmSouth 
Bank, N.A.), National Bank of Commerce, BancOklahoma Trust Company, AMR 
Investment Services, Inc., Boatmen's Trust Company, AMCORE Capital 
Management, Inc., and Branch Banking and Trust Company (the foregoing 
are referred to herein collectively as the ``Original Advisers''); 
BISYS; BISYS Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (formerly known as The Winsbury 
Service Corporation) (all of the foregoing are referred to herein 
collectively as the ``Original Applicants''); Martindale Andres & 
Company, Inc. and 1st Source Bank (the ``New Advisers,'' which, 
together with the Original Advisers, are referred to herein 
collectively as the ``Advisers''); and BISYS Fund Services, Inc. 
(together with the New Advisers are referred to herein as the ``New 
Applicants'').

    \1\ As a part of the merger of their respective bank holding 
companies, The Bank of California, N.A. merged with and into Union 
Bank of California, N.A. on April 1, 1996.

RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Order requested under sections 6(c) and 17(b) 
for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1) and 17(a), and pursuant to 
section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 thereunder to permit certain joint 
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transactions.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants seek to amend a prior order that 
permits non-money market series of a Fund to purchase shares of one or 
more of the money market series of such Fund by adding the New Advisers 
as applicants.

FILING DATE: The application was filed on April 2, 1997.

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 
applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing 
requests should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on May 29, 1997, 
and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, 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 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Applicants: Kristin H. Ives, Esq., Baker

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& Hostetler LLP, 65 East State Street--Suite 2100, Columbus, Ohio 
43215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph B. McDonald, Jr., Senior Counsel, at (202) 942-0533, or Mary Kay 
Frech, Branch Chief, 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 at the 
SEC's Public Reference Branch.

Applicants' Representations

    1. On October 5, 1993, the SEC issued an order \2\ under sections 
6(c) and 17(b) of the Act that exempts the Original Applicants from the 
provisions of sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 17(a) of the Act and that 
permits, pursuant to rule 17d-1, certain joint transactions in 
accordance with section 17(d) and rule 17d-1 thereunder. The Order 
permits: (i) The non-money market series of a Fund to utilize the cash 
reserves that have not been invested in portfolio securities 
(``Uninvested Cash'') to purchase shares of one or more of the money 
market series (collectively, the ``Money Market Series'') of such Fund; 
and (ii) the sale of their shares by the Money Market Series of a Fund 
to the non-Money Market Series of such Fund, and the purchase (or 
redemption) of their shares by the Money Market Series of the Fund from 
the non-Money Market Series of such Fund.
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    \2\ Investment Company Act Release Nos. 19695 (Sept. 9, 1993) 
(notice) and 19759 (Oct. 5, 1993) (order) (``Order'').
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    2. The New Advisers serve as the investment adviser to one or more 
series of The Sessions Group, one of the Original Applicants. BISYS 
Fund Services, Inc. is the parent corporation of BISYS Fund services 
Ohio, Inc. and the corporate general partner of BISYS. The New 
Applicants consent to the conditions set forth in the original 
application and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of the 
Order to the same extent as the Original Applicants.
    3. The New Applicants seek to have the exemptive relief granted 
under the Order extended to include them so as to permit: (a) The non-
Money Market Series of The Sessions Group which are advised by a New 
Adviser to utilize the Uninvested Cash to purchase shares of one or 
more of the Money Market Series of The Sessions Group which are advised 
by such New Adviser; and (b) the sale of their shares by the Money 
Market Series of The Sessions Group which are advised by a New Adviser 
to the non-Money Market Series of The Sessions Group which are advised 
by such New Adviser, and the purchase (or redemption) of their shares 
by such Money Market Series of The Sessions Group from the non-Money 
Market Series of The Sessions Group.
    4. The New Applicants believe that adding the New Applicants to the 
Order so that they may invest in affiliated money market series in the 
manner and under the circumstances described in the Order would be fair 
and in the best interest of shareholders of New Advisers' advised 
series. Thus, the New Applicants believe that granting the requested 
order is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the 
protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy 
and provisions of the Act.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11246 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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