UNITED STATES
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.
NARRAGANSETT INSURED TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
AREA CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-212-697-6666
380 Madison Avenue, Suite 2300
New York, New York 10017
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
EDWARD M.W. HINES
BUTZEL LONG,
a professional corporation
380 MADISON AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
WITH A COPY TO:
AMY WARD PERSHKOW
MAYER BROWN LLP
1909 K STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
and
MARGARET D. FARRELL
HINCKLEY, ALLEN & SNYDER LLP
50 KENNEDY PLAZA, SUITE 1500
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02903
Approximate date of public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Registration Statement.
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said section 8(a),
may determine.
Title of Securities Being Registered: Class A.
Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of securities pursuant to Section
24(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; accordingly, no fee
is payable herewith in reliance upon Section 24(f).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement or Amendment to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York and State of New York, on the 7th day of August, 2008.
NARRAGANSETT INSURED TAX-FREE INCOME FUND
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Diana P. Herrmann
Diana P. Herrmann
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement or Amendment has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures Title Date
/s/ Diana P. Herrmann President (Principal Executive Officer) August 7, 2008
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Diana P. Herrmann
/s/ David A. Duffy Trustee August 7, 2008
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David A. Duffy
_______________ Trustee
James R. Ramsey
/s/ William J. Nightingale Trustee August 7, 2008
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William J. Nightingale
/s/ J. William Weeks Trustee August 7, 2008
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J. William Weeks
/s/ Laureen L. White Trustee August 7, 2008
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Laureen L. White
/s/ Joseph. P. DiMaggio Chief Financial Officer August 7, 2008
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Joseph P. DiMaggio