-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, tYap6jM2Y72SCkY+lPsFCTthuBYjocT5alvK8Ckesx/wi80LNISUTDfDBVxgDze/ A/15mPlKvpf6sERp+IkAZw== 0000313212-95-000039.txt : 19950301 0000313212-95-000039.hdr.sgml : 19950301 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000313212-95-000039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485B24E PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19950224 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19950224 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRICE T ROWE OTC FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000075170 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 231622210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485B24E SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-12171 FILM NUMBER: 95514993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST PRATT ST STREET 2: C/O T ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES INC CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156432510 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST PRATT STRE STREET 2: NULL CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OVER THE COUNTER SECURITIES GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OVER THE COUNTER SECURITIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890108 485B24E 1 PEA PURSUANT TO RULE 485(B) WITH ADD'L SHARES UNDER 24E-2 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 * T. ROWE PRICE OTC FUND, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Telephone Number: 410-547-2000 Henry H. Hopkins 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering It is proposed that this filing will become effective: X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 Pursuant to Section 24f-2 of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has registered an indefinite number of securities and intends to file a 24f-2 Notice by February 28, 1995. * CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of Title of Securities Being Price Offering Registration Being Registered Registered Per Unit Price Fee Capital Stock of $.50 Varying prices calculated par value per share 411,091 as set forth in prospectus None * Capital Stock of $.50 par value per share 20,626 $100 * *The calculation of the registration fee was made pursuant to Rule 24e-2 and was based upon an offering price of $14.06 per share, equal to the net asset * value as of the close of business on February 9, 1995 pursuant to Rule * 457(c). The total number of shares redeemed during this fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 amounted to 2,695,301 shares. Of this number of * shares, -0- shares have been used for reduction pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 24e-2 in all previous filings of post-effective amendments during the current year, and 2,284,210 shares have been used for reduction pursuant * to paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2 in all previous filings during the current year. 411,091 shares of the redeemed shares for the fiscal year ended * December 31, 1994 are being used for the reduction in the post-effective * amendment being filed herein. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), as amended, the Registrant, T. Rowe Price OTC Fund, Inc., hereby submits this Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 to its Registration Statement, * Form N-1A (SEC File Number 2-12171), pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Act. The purpose of this Amendment is to register an additional 431,717 shares of capital stock of the Fund to be offered under the * currently effective Prospectus dated May 1, 1994 and to furnish the * following: EXHIBIT A: Opinion of Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman as to the legality of the securities being registered. EXHIBIT B: Representation of Henry H. Hopkins (Counsel for the Registrant), as required under Rule 485(b)(3) and (e). It is respectfully requested that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 * become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Act. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, this 24th day of February, 1995. * T. ROWE PRICE OTC FUND, INC. /S/ GREGORY A. McCRICKARD, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /S/ GREGORY A McCRICKARD President February 24, 1995 * /S/ CARMEN F. DEYESU Treasurer (Chief Financial Officer) February 24, 1995 * /S/ LEO C. BAILEY Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ DONALD W. DICK, JR. Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ DAVID K. FAGIN Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ ADDISON LANIER Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ JOHN H. LAPORTE Chairman of the Board February 24, 1995 * /S/ JOHN K. MAJOR Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ HANNE M. MERRIMAN Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ JAMES S. RIEPE VP & Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ HUBERT D. VOS Director February 24, 1995 * /S/ PAUL M. WYTHES Director February 24, 1995 * EX-99.5 2 OPINION RE LEGALITY Exhibit A February 24, 1995 T. Rowe Price OTC Fund, Inc. 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Dear Sirs: T. Rowe Price OTC Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on behalf of T. Rowe Price OTC Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") on Form N-1A (Securities Act File No. 2-12171) relating, among other things, to the registration under the Act of 431,717 additional shares of Capital Stock, par value ($.01) per share (the "additional shares"), which are to be offered and sold by the Corporation in the manner and on the terms set forth in the Prospectus current and effective under the Act at the time of sale. 411,091 of the additional shares are previously outstanding shares of Capital Stock, par value ($.01) per share, of the Corporation which were redeemed by the Corporation during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 but have not previously been used by the Corporation for a reduction pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 24e-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") during the current year or pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act in all previous filings during the current year. We have, as counsel, participated in various corporate and other proceedings relating to the Corporation and to the proposed issuance of the additional shares. We have examined copies, either certified or otherwise proven to our satisfaction to be genuine, of its Charter and By-Laws, as currently in effect, and a certificate dated February 16, 1995 issued by the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland, certifying the existence and good standing of the Corporation. We have also reviewed the Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 on Form N-1A being filed by the Corporation, and are generally familiar with the corporate affairs of the Corporation. Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that: A. The Corporation has been duly organized and is legally existing under the laws of the State of Maryland. B. The Corporation is authorized to issue two hundred million (200,000,000) shares of Capital Stock, par value ($.01) per share. Under Maryland law, (a) the number of authorized shares may be increased or decreased by action of the Board of Directors and (b) shares which were issued and which have subsequently been redeemed by the Corporation are, by virtue of such redemption, restored to the status of authorized and unissued shares. C. Subject to the effectiveness under the Act of the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 upon issuance of the additional shares within the limits prescribed by the Charter of the Corporation for a consideration of not less than the par value thereof, and not less than the net asset value thereof, the additional shares will be legally issued and outstanding and fully paid and non-assessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement, the reference to our firm as counsel in the prospectus of the Corporation, and to the filing of this Opinion as part of an application for registration of the Corporation, its Capital Stock, or both, under the securities law of any state. In giving this consent we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act. We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the United States of America and the State of New York. We note that we are not licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland, and to the extent that any opinion herein involves the law of Maryland, such opinion should be understood to be based solely upon our review of the documents referred to above, the published statutes of the State of Maryland and, where applicable, published cases, rules or regulations of regulatory bodies of that State. Very truly yours, /s/ Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman EX-99.5 3 OPINION RE LEGALITY Exhibit B February 24, 1995 Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: File Number 2-12171 T. Rowe Price OTC Fund, Inc. Gentlemen: As Legal Counsel for T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., I work on various matters involving the T. Rowe Price OTC Fund, Inc. ("Registrant") and, in this connection, have read and reviewed Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 to the Registrant's Registration Statement, Form N-1A (SEC File Number 2-12171). In accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (b)(3) and (e) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby represent that (i) no material event requiring disclosure in the Registrant's Prospectus, other than the one listed in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 485, has occurred since the effective date of the Registrant's most recent Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 and (ii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 does not contain any disclosures which would render such Amendment ineligible to become effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485. Sincerely, /s/ HENRY H. HOPKINS EX-27 4 FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE--OTC
6 0000075170 T. ROWE PRICE OTC FUND, INC. 1 T. ROWE PRICE OTC FUND YEAR DEC-31-1994 DEC-31-1994 167,675 201,122 2,068 0 0 203,190 4,368 0 2,096 6,464 0 157,450 14,253,441 13,296,602 85 0 5,744 0 33,447 196,726 1,720 889 0 2,141 468 20,036 (20,462) 42 0 383 19,961 0 2,284 (2,695) 1,367 (7,883) 0 5,669 0 0 1,534 0 2,141 193,302 15.39 .04 (.04) (.03) (1.56) 0 13.80 1.11 0 0
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