485BPOS 1 d655376d485bpos.htm FAIRHOLME FUNDS INC. Fairholme Funds Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2014

File Nos. 811-09607

333-88517

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]  
                                and/or     
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    [X]  

Amendment No.                                                                  33        

   [X]  

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

FAIRHOLME FUNDS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

4400 BISCAYNE BLVD

MIAMI, FL 33137

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

305-358-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

MR. BRUCE R. BERKOWITZ

FAIRHOLME CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

4400 BISCAYNE BLVD

MIAMI, FL 33137

(Name and address of agent for Service)

Copies of Communications to:

Mr. Paul M. Miller

Seward & Kissel LLP

901 K Street, N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20001

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

[X]      Immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485(b).
[   ]      on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(b).
[   ]      on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1).
[   ]      60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(1).
[   ]      75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(2).
[   ]      on (date) pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2).

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

[   ]     

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed

post-effective amendment.

The Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Therefore, no registration fee is due with this filing.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the city of Miami and State of Florida, on the 4th day of April, 2014.

FAIRHOLME FUNDS, INC.

/s/ Bruce R. Berkowitz

By: BRUCE R. BERKOWITZ

President                    

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Amendment to the Registrant’s Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Name

    

Title

 

Date

/s/ Bruce R. Berkowitz

Bruce R. Berkowitz

    

President & Director

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Wayne Kellner

Wayne Kellner

    

Treasurer

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Howard S. Frank *

Howard S. Frank

    

Director

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Avivith Oppenheim, Esq.*

Avivith Oppenheim, Esq.

    

Director

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Leigh Walters, Esq.*

Leigh Walters, Esq.

    

Director

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Terry L. Baxter*

Terry L. Baxter

    

Director

 

April 4, 2014

/s/ Cesar L. Alvarez*

Cesar L. Alvarez

    

Director

 

April 4, 2014

 

* By

 

/s/ Bruce R. Berkowitz

Bruce R. Berkowitz

Attorney-in-Fact (pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission)

    


SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS TO FORM N-1A

Fairholme Funds, Inc.

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Exhibit

EX-101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase