-----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, V9sQYyXNTUO5xmoYI4PWmNtEEmAC6zVoKw/GZDw+3+OtpCEbFlwbny3O8r1wB3KJ OO7qR+82A7iysDcEgDVC+Q== 0000749748-05-000015.txt : 20050801 0000749748-05-000015.hdr.sgml : 20050801 20050801112318 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000749748-05-000015 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POS EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050801 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CASH ASSETS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000749748 IRS NUMBER: 136844974 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POS EX SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-92164 FILM NUMBER: 05987002 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126976666 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 POS EX 1 pcat05posex.txt POS EX Registration Nos. 2-92164 and 811-4066 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ X ] Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______ [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 [ X ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ] Amendment No. 30 [ X ] CASH ASSETS TRUST (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 380 Madison Avenue, Suite 2300 New York, New York 10017 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (212) 697-6666 (Registrant's Telephone Number) EDWARD M.W. HINES Hollyer Brady Barrett & Hines LLP 551 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor New York, New York 10176 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): [_X_] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) [___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) [___] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph(a)(i) [___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) [___] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) [___] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485. [___] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previous post-effective amendment. The sole purpose of this filing is to replace in its entirety Exhibit (j), Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, which was filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to this Registration Statement on July 29, 2005, with a new Exhibit (j). Except for Exhibit (j), all other parts of Amendment No. 30 are hereby incorporated into this filing by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 1st day of August, 2005. CASH ASSETS TRUST (Registrant) By /s/ Diana P. Herrmann ----------------------------- Diana P. Herrmann, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Diana P. Herrmann - ---------------------- Trustee and 8/1/05 Diana P. Herrmann President ----------- /s/Thomas W. Courtney 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Trustee ----------- Thomas W. Courtney /s/Stanley W. Hong 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Trustee ----------- Stanley W. Hong /s/ Theodore T. Mason - ---------------------- Chair of the 8/1/05 Theodore T. Mason Board ----------- /s/Russell K. Okata 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Trustee ----------- Russell K. Okata /s/Douglas Philpotts 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Trustee ----------- Douglas Philpotts /s/Oswald K. Stender 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Trustee ----------- Oswald K. Stender /s/Joseph P. DiMaggio 8/1/05 - ---------------------- Chief Financial Officer ----------- Joseph P. DiMaggio and Treasurer CASH ASSETS TRUST Exhibit List Exhibit Exhibit Number Description (j) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm EX-23 2 pcat05audcon.txt CONSENT OF INDEP REG PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of The Pacific Capital Funds of Cash Assets Trust: We consent to the incorporation by reference, in this registration statement, of our report dated May 23, 2005, on the statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of The Pacific Capital Funds of Cash Assets Trust ("Trust") (comprised of Pacific Capital Cash Assets Trust, Pacific Capital Tax-Free Cash Assets Trust, and Pacific Capital U.S. Government Securities Cash Assets Trust) as of March 31, 2005, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights and our report thereon are included in the Annual Report of the Trust as filed on Form N-CSR. We also consent to the references to our firm under the headings "Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Financial Statements" and "Transfer Agent, Custodian and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Statement of Additional Information. KPMG LLP New York, New York July 26, 2005 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----