(a) Registered investment companies and business development companies must indicate their investment company type, based on whether the registrant's last effective registration statement or amendment (other than a merger/proxy filing on Form N-14 (§239.23 of this chapter) was filed on Form N-1 (§§239.15 and 274.11 of this chapter), Form N-1A (§§239.15A and 274.11A of this chapter), Form N-2 (§§239.14 and 274.11a-1 of this chapter), Form N-3 (§§239.17A and 274.11b of this chapter), Form N-4 (§§239.17b and 274.11c of this chapter), Form N-5 (§§239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), Form N-6 (§§239.17c and 274.11d of this chapter), Form S-1 (§239.11 of this chapter), Form S-3 (§239.13 of this chapter), or Form S-6 (§239.16 of this chapter) in those EDGAR submissions identified in the EDGAR Filer Manual.

(b) Registered investment companies whose last effective registration statement or amendment (other than a merger/proxy filing on Form N-14 (§239.23 of this chapter) was filed on Form N-1A (§§239.15A and 274.11A of this chapter), Form N-3 (§§239.17A and 274.11b of this chapter), Form N-4 (§§239.17b and 274.11c of this chapter), or Form N-6 (§§239.17c and 274.11d of this chapter) must, under the procedures set forth in the EDGAR Filer Manual:

(1) Provide electronically, and keep current, information concerning their existing and new series and/or classes (or contracts, in the case of separate accounts), including series and/or class (contract) name and ticker symbol, if any, and be issued series and/or class (or contract) identification numbers;

(2) Deactivate for EDGAR purposes any series and/or class (or contract, in the case of separate accounts) that are no longer offered, go out of existence, or deregister following the last filing for that series and/or class (or contract, in the case of separate accounts), but the registrant must not deactivate the last remaining series unless the registrant deregisters; and

(3) For those EDGAR submissions identified in the EDGAR Filer Manual, include all series and/or class (or contract) identifiers of each series and/or class (or contract) on behalf of which the filing is made.

(c) Registered investment companies whose last effective registration statement or amendment (other than a merger/proxy filing on Form N-14 (§239.23 of this chapter)) was filed on Form N-1A (§§239.15A and 274.11A of this chapter), Form N-3 (§§239.17A and 274.11b of this chapter), Form N-4 (§§239.17b and 274.11c of this chapter), or Form N-6 (§§239.17c and 274.11d of this chapter) must provide electronically, as specified in the EDGAR Filer Manual, in the EDGAR submission identifying information concerning the acquiring fund and the target fund (and the series and/or classes (contracts), if any, of each if in existence at the time of the filing) in connection with merger filings on Form N-14 (§239.23 of this chapter), under §230.425 of this chapter, and in compliance with Regulation 14A (§240.14a-1 of this chapter), Schedule 14A (§240.14a-101 of this chapter), and all other applicable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, as referenced in Investment Company Act Rule 20a-1 (§270.20a-1 of this chapter).

(d) Non-registrant third party filers making proxy filings with respect to investment companies must designate in the EDGAR submission the type of investment company (as referenced in paragraph (a) of this section) and include series and/or class (or contract) identifiers in designated EDGAR proxy submission types, in accordance with the EDGAR Filer Manual.

[70 FR 43569, July 27, 2005]