AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 15, 2012

 

FILE NO. 033-08865

FILE NO. 811-04847

 


 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 49     x

 

AND

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 48     x

 

ECLIPSE FUNDS

(exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

51 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10010

(address of principal executive office)

 

REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 576-7000

 

 

J. Kevin Gao, Esq.

Eclipse Funds

169 Lackawanna Avenue

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Copy to:

Sander M. Bieber, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1775 I Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

 

 

(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
o on ________ pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 485

 

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
o on ________, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

 

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

o 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 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 49 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Parsippany in the State of New Jersey, on the 15th day of March, 2012.

 

  ECLIPSE FUNDS
     
     
  By: /s/ Stephen P. Fisher
    Stephen P. Fisher
    President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 49 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 15, 2012.

 

 

SIGNATURE   TITLE
     
/s/Stephen P. Fisher   President and Principal Executive Officer
Stephen P. Fisher    
     
/s/ Susan B. Kerley*   Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Susan B. Kerley    
     
/s/ John Y. Kim*   Trustee
John Y. Kim    
     
/s/ Alan R. Latshaw*   Trustee
Alan R. Latshaw    
     
/s/ Peter Meenan*   Trustee
Peter Meenan    
     
/s/ Richard H. Nolan, Jr.*   Trustee
Richard H. Nolan, Jr.    
     
/s/ Richard S. Trutanic*   Trustee
Richard S. Trutanic    
     
/s/ Roman L. Weil*   Trustee
Roman L. Weil    
     
/s/ John A. Weisser*   Trustee
John A. Weisser    
     
     
/s/Jack R. Benintende   Treasurer and Principal Financial
Jack R. Benintende   and Accounting Officer
     

 

*By:

/s/ J. Kevin Gao

J. Kevin Gao

As Attorney-in-Fact*

 

 

 

*    PURSUANT TO POWERS OF ATTORNEY PREVIOUSLY FILED.

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

   
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