-----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, O1US6xfgio+pzyv8acaKBXRKhpjXvPWe2q9pdlLcZA1Ms5UpodF5Z9H9B5ArNMRH GzxBG3wB4B0Fqj+44DAT5A== 0000950136-06-001416.txt : 20060228 0000950136-06-001416.hdr.sgml : 20060228 20060227205526 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-06-001416 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-14/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060227 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Clipper Funds Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001316506 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-14/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-124255 FILM NUMBER: 06648362 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P. STREET 2: 2949 E. ELVIRA ROAD, SUITE 101 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 BUSINESS PHONE: 520-434-3771 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P. STREET 2: 2949 E. ELVIRA ROAD, SUITE 101 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001316506 S000011372 Clipper Funds Trust C000031492 Clipper Funds Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000736978 S000010576 CLIPPER FUND INC C000029216 CLIPPER FUND INC CFIMX N-14/A 1 file001.htm PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT #3




Registration No. 333-124255


                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM N-14


REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933           /X/


PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.                                       /3/


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.                                     / /


                               CLIPPER FUNDS TRUST
                      On behalf of its series CLIPPER FUND
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


             2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, Arizona 85706
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                  520-434-3771
                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)


                              Thomas D. Tays, Esq.
                        Vice President & General Counsel
                          Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.
             2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, Arizona 85706
                                  520-434-3771
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)


                                 with copies to:
                              Michael Glazer, Esq.
                     Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
                             515 South Flower Street
                          Los Angeles, California 90071


   As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
                 (Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering)


Title of Securities Being Registered: for shares of beneficial interest
shares of Clipper Fund


Pursuant to Rule 474, this registration statement shall hereinafter become
effective in accordance with the provisions of section 8(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933.


No filing fee is due because of reliance on Section 24(f) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940.


The purpose of this amendment is to file an updated copy of the consent of
auditors.








                       CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement contains the following pages and documents:

Front Cover
Contents Page

Part A

Proxy Statement for shareholders of Clipper Fund, Inc. and prospectus for
Clipper Fund Trust on behalf of its series Clipper Fund.

Part B

Statement of Additional Information

Part C

Other Information
Signatures
Exhibits





















EX-99.14 2 file002.htm OPINION AND CONSENT OF PWC
















CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Prospectus/Proxy
Statement on Form N-14 of our report dated January 26, 2005, relating to the
financial statements and financial highlights which appears in the December 31,
2004 Annual Report to Shareholders of Clipper FundSM, Inc., which is also
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus/Proxy Statement. We also consent
to the references to us under the headings "Independent Auditors", "Experts" and
"Representations and Warranties" in such Registration Statement.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 24, 2006





















   
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