Registration statements filed with the Commission pursuant to section 8 (54 Stat. 803; 15 U.S.C. 80a-8) and reports filed with the Commission pursuant to section 30 (54 Stat. 836; 15 U.S.C. 80a-35) may be amended in the following manner:

1. (a) Each amendment shall conform to the requirements for the registration statement or report it amends with regard to filing, number of copies filed, size, paper, ink, margins, binding, and similar formal matters.

2. (b) Each amendment to a particular statement or report shall have a facing sheet as follows:

   Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC 20549 Amendment No.__________ to Form____________ File No.____________ (Describe the nature of the statement or report) Dated ____________________, 19____, Pursuant to Section __________ of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Name of Registrant Address of Principal Office of Registrant

   The facing sheet shall contain in addition any other information required on the facing sheet of the form for the statement or report which is being amended. Amendments to a particular statement or report which is being consecutively in the order in which filed with the Commission.

3. (c) Each amendment shall contain in the manner required in the original statement or report the text of every item to which it relates and shall set out a complete amended answer to each such item. However, amendments to financial statements may contain only the particular statements or schedules in fact amended.

4. (d) Each amendment shall have a signature sheet containing the form of signature required in the statement or report it amends.

   (Secs. 8, 30, 54 Stat. 803, 74 Stat. 201; 15 U.S.C. 80a-8, 80a-29)

[Rule N-3, 6 FR 3966, Aug. 8, 1941, as amended at 33 FR 3217, Feb. 21, 1968]