485BPOS 1 acwmf_485bpos-040111.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 52 acwmf_485bpos-040111.htm
As Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2011
1933 Act File No. 33-39242
1940 Act File No. 811-6247

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 52
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and/or
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 52
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
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American Century World Mutual Funds, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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4500 MAIN STREET,  KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)
 
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (816) 531-5575
 
CHARLES A. ETHERINGTON
4500 MAIN STREET,  KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI  64111
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
   
   
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
   
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri on the 20th day of April, 2011.
 
American Century World Mutual Funds, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
 
By:
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Jonathan S. Thomas
President
 
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURES
TITLE
DATE
     
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Jonathan S. Thomas
President and Director
April 20, 2011
     
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Robert J. Leach
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
April 20, 2011
     
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Thomas A. Brown
Director
April 20, 2011
     
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Andrea C. Hall, Ph.D.
Director
April 20, 2011
     
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Jan M. Lewis
Director
April 20, 2011
     
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James A. Olson
Director
April 20, 2011
     
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Donald H. Pratt
Chairman of the Board and Director
April 20, 2011
     
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M. Jeannine Strandjord
Director
April 20, 2011
     
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John R. Whitten
Director
April 20, 2011
     
*By:
/s/  Daniel K. Richardson
Daniel K. Richardson
Attorney in Fact
(pursuant to Power of Attorney
dated March 3, 2011)
   

 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                                                          
EXHIBIT NUMBER  DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT
   
Exhibit - 101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit - 101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit - 101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit - 101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
Exhibit - 101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document