0001104659-23-119317.txt : 20231117 0001104659-23-119317.hdr.sgml : 20231117 20231117084638 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-23-119317 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: AW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231117 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231117 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pear Tree Funds CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000722885 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: AW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-273992 FILM NUMBER: 231416596 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 OLD BEDFORD ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: LINCOLN STATE: MA ZIP: 01773 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003311244 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 OLD BEDFORD ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: LINCOLN STATE: MA ZIP: 01773 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940127 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: U S BOSTON INVESTMENT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 AW 1 tm2330584d3_aw.htm AW

FORM AW

(Withdrawal of amendment to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act)

Pear Tree Funds

55 Old Bedford Road

Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773

November 17, 2023

VIA EDGAR

U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE, Mail Stop 3030

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:	Pear Tree Funds

Request to Withdraw Post-Effective Amendment 2 to Registration Statement on Form N-14

File No. 333-273992; Accession No. 0001104659-23-118453

Filed November 15, 2023

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Pear Tree Funds (the “Registrant”) hereby respectfully requests (a) the immediate withdrawal of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-273992) (together with all exhibits and amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”), and (b) that the Commission issue an order granting the withdrawal of the Amendment effective as of the date hereof or at the earliest practicable date hereafter.

The Registrant is seeking withdrawal of the Amendment because the Amendment was incorrectly filed as an amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Securities Act Rule 485(b). As the Amendment did not meet the conditions of that rule as an amendment to a registration statement, the Amendment has not taken, and will not take, effect. After the withdrawal of the Amendment, the Registrant intends to file a second amendment to the Registration Statement substantially similar in form to the Amendment, with its sole purpose being to add exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 462(d).

Please direct any questions or comments concerning this request for withdrawal to John Hunt of Sullivan & Worcester LLP at (617) 338-2961.

	Sincerely yours,

	/s/ Willard Umphrey
	Willard L. Umphrey
	President

Cc:	Deborah A. Kessinger, Pear Tree Funds
	John Hunt, Sullivan & Worcester, LLP