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- Federal Register
- Vol. 59, No. 132
- Tuesday, July 12, 1994
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- [Investment Company Act Release No. 20382; File No. 811─4127]
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- Dean Witter Equity Income Trust; Application for Deregistration
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- July 1, 1994.
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- Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
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- Action: Notice of Application for Deregistration under the Investment Company
- Act of 1940 (the "Act").
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- Applicant: Dean Witter Equity Income Trust.
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- Relevant Act Section: Section 8(f).
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- Summary of Application: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased
- to be an investment company.
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- Filing Date: The application on Form N─8F was filed on May 17, 1994 and
- amended on June 27, 1994.
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- Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the application will be
- issued unless the SEC orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a
- hearing by writing to the SEC's Secretary and serving applicant with a copy of
- the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the
- SEC by 5:30 p.m. on July 26, 1994, and should be accompanied by proof of
- service on applicant, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
- certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the
- writer's interest, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.
- Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by
- writing to the SEC's Secretary.
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- Addresses: Secretary, SEC, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.
- Applicant, Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048.
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- For Further Information Contact: Fran Pollack-Matz, Senior Attorney, at (202)
- 942─0570, or Robert A. Robertson, Branch Chief, at (202) 942─0564 (Office of
- Investment Company Regulation, Division of Investment Management).
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- Supplementary Information: The following is a summary of the application. The
- complete application may be obtained for a fee at the SEC's Public Reference
- Branch.
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- Applicant's Representations
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- 1. Applicant is an open-end management investment company organized as a
- Massachusetts business trust. On October 12, 1984, applicant registered under
- the Act and filed a registration statement pursuant to section 8(b) of the
- Act. The registration statement became effective on December 21, 1984, and the
- initial public offering commenced on January 25, 1985.
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- 2. At a Special Meeting held on December 2, 1993, the board of trustees of
- applicant voted to approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the
- "Plan") and called a Special Meeting of the shareholders of applicant to vote
- on the Plan. Pursuant to the Plan, the assets of applicant were transferred to
- Dean Witter Value-Added Market Series, a Massachusetts business trust
- ("Value-Added") in exchange for shares of Value-Added (the "Reorganization").
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- 3. In approving the Reorganization, the directors considered a number of
- factors, including, (a) the comparative investment performance and past growth
- in assets of applicant and Value-Added, (b) the comparative expenses of
- applicant and Value-Added, (c) the impact on applicant's security holders if
- applicant were not reorganized or were liquidated, (d) the compatibility of
- the investment objectives, policies, restrictions, and portfolios of applicant
- and Value-Added, (e) the terms and conditions of the Reorganization that would
- affect the price of Value-Added shares to be issued in the Reorganization, (f)
- the tax-free nature of the Reorganization, and (g) any direct or indirect
- costs to be incurred by applicant and Value-Added in connection with the
- Reorganization.
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- 4. Applicant and Value-Added could be deemed affiliated persons of each other
- within the meaning of the Act. In accordance with rule 17a─8, the board of
- trustees of applicant determined that the sale of applicant's assets to
- Value-Added was in the best interests of applicant and applicant's
- shareholders, and that the interests of the existing shareholders would not be
- diluted as a result of applicant effecting the transaction.
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- 5. Preliminary proxy materials were filed on December 3, 1993, as part of
- Value-Added's registration statement on Form N─14. Definitive proxy materials
- relating to the Reorganization were filed on February 25, 1993. Applicant's
- shareholders voted to approve the Plan on April 14, 1994.
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- 6. As of April 15, 1994, applicant had 12,702,132.755 shares outstanding, at a
- net asset value of $8.38 per share and an aggregate net asset value of
- $106,440,011.49. Pursuant to the Plan, the assets of applicant were
- transferred to Value-Added in exchange for shares of beneficial interest of
- Value-Added. The aggregate net asset value of shares of Value-Added issued in
- the Reorganization was equal to the value of applicant's assets on April 15,
- 1994 (the business day immediately preceding the Reorganization) less
- applicant's liabilities. Applicant thereafter distributed the Value-Added
- shares it received to its security holders by crediting each security holder
- with a pro rata portion of Value-Added shares equal to the security holder's
- investment in applicant.
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- 7. No brokerage commissions were paid in connection with the Reorganization.
- The cost of printing and mailing the proxy statement and any additional
- material relating to the stockholder meeting at which the Plan and the
- Reorganization were approved, and the cost of soliciting proxies, including
- legal and accounting fees in connection with the preparation of the proxy
- statement, was paid by applicant. Any expenses related to the shareholders of
- Value-Added, in connection with the Reorganization, were paid by Value-Added.
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- 8. At the time of the application, applicant had no security holders, assets,
- or liabilities. Applicant is not a party to any litigation or administrative
- proceedings. Applicant is not now engaged in, and does not propose to engage
- in, any business activities.
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- For the SEC, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated
- authority.
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- Margaret H. McFarland,
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- Deputy Secretary.
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- [FR Doc. 94─16756 Filed 7─11─94; 8:45 am]
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- BILLING CODE 8010─01─M
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