As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2007
Registration No. 333-145119
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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. __
DAILY INCOME FUND
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
C/O REICH & TANG ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
600 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 830-5200
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(Registrant's Telephone Number)
Anthony Pace
c/o Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC
600 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10020
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
Michael R. Rosella, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, New York 10022
Phone No.: (212) 318-6800
Fax No.: (212) 319-4090
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as
practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective under the
Securities Act of 1933.
It is proposed that this filing shall become effective on
September 5, 2007, or as soon as possible thereafter.
No filing fee is due because the Registrant has previously
registered an indefinite number of shares under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to Section 24(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Designation of New Effective Date
The Registrant filed Form N-14AE on August 3, 2007 (the "Registration
Statement"), in connection with a proposed business combination with the Short
Term Income Fund, Inc. This filing was set to become effective on or before
September 4, 2007, pursuant to Rule 488(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed
for the sole purpose of designating September 5, 2007, or as soon as possible
after such date, as the new 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
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its
Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New
York on the 31st day of August, 2007.
DAILY INCOME FUND
By: /s/ Steven W. Duff
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Steven W. Duff
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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(1) Principal Executive Officer
/s/ Steven W. Duff President August 31, 2007
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Steven W. Duff
(2) Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
/s/ Anthony Pace
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Anthony Pace Treasurer August 31, 2007
(3) Board of Trustees
/s/ Steven W. Duff Trustee August 31, 2007
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Steven W. Duff
Albert R. Dowden* Trustee
Carl Frischling* Trustee
Dr. W. Giles Mellon* Trustee
Dr. Yung Wong* Trustee
Robert Straniere* Trustee
Edward A. Kuczmarski* Trustee
William Lerner* Trustee
James L. Schultz* Trustee
By: /s/ Anthony Pace August 31, 2007
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Anthony Pace
Attorney-in-Fact*
*Powers of Attorney filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A on July 30, 2007, and incorporated herein by
reference.