FORUM FUNDS
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600
Portland, Maine 04101
October 14, 2008
Via EDGAR
Ms. Kimberly Browning
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
RE: | WITHDRAWAL OF FORM 485APOS FILING |
REGISTRANT FILE NOS. 2-67052 AND 811-3023 |
Dear Ms. Browning:
This Form AW, Amendment Withdrawal Request, is submitted per Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “1933 Act”) to withdraw a filing made under Rule 485(a) of the 1933 Act by Forum Funds (the “Registrant”). The Registrant hereby requests that you withdraw Post-Effective Amendment No. 234 to its Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2008 (Accession No. 0001193125-08-152756) concerning the Merk Hard Currency Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) as the Fund is not going forward at this time. No securities of the Fund were sold, or will be sold, pursuant to the Registration Statement.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me directly at (207) 347-2030.
Yours truly,
/s/ Megan Hadley Koehler |
Megan Hadley Koehler Assistant Secretary |