0000932381-14-000011.txt : 20150416 0000932381-14-000011.hdr.sgml : 20150416 20140826151422 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000932381-14-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140826 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tributary Funds, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000932381 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1620 DODGE STREET STREET 2: STOP 1075 CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68197 BUSINESS PHONE: 1-800-662-4203 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1620 DODGE STREET STREET 2: STOP 1075 CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68197 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FOCUS FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010731 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST OMAHA FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941103 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm tributary_corresp.htm
 
 
     
 
Daniel A. Peterson
Partner

190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 600
St. Louis, MO  63105
Direct: 314.345.6246
Fax: 314.480.1505
dan.peterson@huschblackwell.com
 
August 26, 2014
 
VIA EDGAR
 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street NE
Washington, DC 20549
           
Re:             Tributary Funds, Inc. (“Tributary” or the “Registrant”)
SEC File Nos. 811-08846 & 33-85982

To the Commission:
 
On August 26, 2014, the Registrant filed a post-effective amendment to its registration statement under Rule 485(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Post-Effective Amendment”).  This letter is being submitted on behalf of the Registrant in order to identify the undersigned, Daniel A. Peterson, of Husch Blackwell LLP, the Registrant’s outside counsel, as the appropriate party to receive any comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission staff (the “Staff”) in connection with the Post-Effective Amendment.
 
The changes outlined in the Post-Effective Amendment will be implemented and effective on October 1, 2014.   As such, we respectfully request that the Staff declare the Post-Effective Amendment effective as soon as possible, and that you contact the undersigned at your earliest convenience to convey the Staff’s comments in order for the Registrant to respond to such comments in a timely manner such that Tributary can meet the appropriate deadlines to accelerate effectiveness of the Post-Effective Amendment.
 
I appreciate your support and cooperation in this matter.  Please do not hesitate to contact me as counsel for the Fund at (314) 345-6246 with any questions.

Sincerely,

/s/ Daniel A. Peterson
Daniel A. Peterson
Partner
cc:   Ms. Brittany Fahrenkrog     
       Tributary Capital Management
 1620 Dodge Street, Stop 1089
 Omaha, Nebraska 68197


 Ms. Angela Burke
 Jackson National Asset Management
 225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1000
 Chicago, Illinois 60606
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