File No. 333-_______
As filed with the SEC on May xx, 2012
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
Post-Effective Amendment No. __
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1-800-341-7400
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
John W. McGonigle, Esquire
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Jennifer Eck, Esquire
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
2101 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1526
(202) 828-2218
Acquisition of the assets of
FEDERATED U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
By and in exchange for Service Shares of
FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Title of Securities Being Registered: Service Shares, without par value,
of Federated Total Return Government Bond Fund
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
on June xx, 2012 pursuant to Rule 488.
No filing fee is due because Registrant is relying on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.