-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RUXjJO1to4i5EY93mFFox26QNPyrvC8NQ44dOMWHNAHP2FCP+WOGPI2RwEfWYr6W wYdOGS2enmfT+SQCBXmK6Q== 0000909012-96-000143.txt : 19961231 0000909012-96-000143.hdr.sgml : 19961231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909012-96-000143 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 24F-2NT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961031 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961230 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERIPRIME FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001000579 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 24F-2NT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-96826 FILM NUMBER: 96687922 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1793 KINGSWOOD DR STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: SOUTHLAKE STATE: TX ZIP: 76092 BUSINESS PHONE: 8174311297 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1793 KINGSWOOD DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SOUTHLAKE STATE: TX ZIP: 76092 24F-2NT 1 FORM 24F-2NT U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 24F-2 ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2 Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form. Please print or type. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and address of issuer: AMERIPRIME FUNDS 1793 Kingswood Drive, Suite 200 Southlake, TX 76092 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed: AIT Vision U.S. Equity Portfolio Carl Domino Equity Income Fund GLOBALT Growth Fund IMS Capital Value Fund Fountainhead Special Value Fund The MAXIM Contrarian Fund - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-9096 Securities Act File Number: 33-96826 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: 10-31-96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration: N/A [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if Applicable (see Instruction A.6): N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of the fiscal year. None - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2. None - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Number and aggregate sales price of securities sold during the fiscal year: 1,023,071 Shares of $10,672,470.00 beneficial interest, no par value aggregate sales price - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Number and aggregate sales price of securities sold during the fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2: 1,023,071 Shares $10,672,470.00 beneficial interest, no par value aggregate sales price - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Number and aggregate sales price of securities issued during the fiscal year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see instruction B.7): Not Applicable - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Calculation of registration fee: (i) Aggregate sales price of securities sold during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from item 10): $10,672,470.00 -------------------- (ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if applicable) + 0 -------------------- (iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal year (if applicable): - $ 82,707.00 -------------------- (iv) aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously applied as a reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + 0 -------------------- (v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (I), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): $10,589,763.00 -------------------- (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation (see instruction C.6): x 1/3300 -------------------- (vii) Fee due [line (I) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $3,209.02 ==================== Instructions: issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of the Informal and Other Procedures 917 CFR 202.3a). [X] Date of mailing or wire transfer of file fees to the Commission's lockbox depository: December 26, 1996 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURES This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Kenneth D. Trumpfheller -------------------------------------------------- Kenneth D. Trumpfheller / President -------------------------------------------------- Date: December 26, 1996 ----------------- * Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EX-99.B10OPINCOUNS 2 OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL BROWN, CUMMINS & BROWN CO., L.P.A. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 3500 CAREW TOWER 441 VINE STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 TELEPHONE (513) 381-2121 TELECOPIER (513) 381-2125 J. W. BROWN (1911-1995) JAMES R. CUMMINS ROBERT S BROWN OF COUNSEL DONALD S. MENDELSOHN GILBERT BETTMAN LYNNE SKILKEN AMY G. APPLEGATE KATHRYN KNUE PRZYWARA MELANIE S. CORWIN JEFFREY R. TEETERS JOANN M. STRASSER December 26, 1996 The AmeriPrime Funds 1793 Kingswood Drive Suite 200 Southlake, Texas 76092 Ladies and Gentlemen: This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection with the Form 24F-2 for the Trust for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1996. We have examined a copy of (a) the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust and amendments thereto, (b) the Trust's By-Laws and amendments thereto, and (c) all such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Trust and others, and such other documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we deem necessary to form the basis of the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have assumed the genuineness of the signatures on original documents submitted to us, conformity to executed documents of all unexecuted copies submitted to us and the conformity to the original of all copies submitted to us as conformed or copied documents. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of the Trust, the registration of which the Form makes definite in number, if issued in accordance with the applicable Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Trust, were legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We herewith give you our permission to file this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form referred to above. Very truly yours, /s/ Brown, Cummins & Brown Co. BROWN, CUMMINS & BROWN CO., L.P.A. BCB:tms -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----