As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2012
Securities Act File No. 333-184242
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. 1
Post-Effective Amendment No.
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PRAXIS MUTUAL FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1110 N. Main Street
Goshen, Indiana 46528
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 977-2947
Anthony Zacharski, Esq.
Dechert LLP
90 State House Square
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
COPIES TO:
Benjamin Doherty, Esq.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
70 Fargo Street, Suite 3 East
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Approximate Date of Public Offering: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective on November 5, 2012, or as soon as possible after such date.
No filing fee is required because an indefinite number of shares have previously been registered pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Praxis Mutual Funds (the “Registrant”) filed a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”) (File No. 333-184242) on October 2, 2012, in connection with the reorganization of the Praxis Core Stock Fund into the Praxis Growth Index Fund, both series of the Registrant.
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the “Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1”) is being filed for the sole purpose of designating November 5, 2012, or as soon as possible after such date, as the new effective date upon which the Registration Statement shall become effective.
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of Goshen and State of Indiana, on the 31st day of October, 2012.
| Praxis Mutual Funds | By: /s/ David Gautsche |
| Registrant | David Gautsche, President |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and the 31st day of October, 2012.
| SIGNATURE | TITLE | |
| /s/ David Gautsche | President | |
| David Gautsche | ||
| /s/ Trent Statczar | Treasurer | |
| Trent Statczar | ||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| Larry Miller | ||
| * | Chairman and Trustee | |
| Howard L. Brenneman | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| Don Weaver | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| Karen Klassen Harder | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| Donald E. Showalter | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| Bruce Harder | ||
| * | Trustee | |
| R. Clair Sauder |
| * | Trustee | |
| Candace L. Smith | ||
| * By: | ||
| /s/ Anthony H. Zacharski | ||
| Anthony H. Zacharski | ||
| Attorney-in-fact | ||
* Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Form N-14 filing, SEC Accession No. 0001144204-12-054269, made on October 2, 2012.