As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2005.
File No. 811-02409
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM N-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 44
THE MEXICO FUND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1775 I Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Registrant’s telephone number, including Area Code (202) 261-3300
Sander M. Bieber, Esquire
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20006
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box. ¨
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
| ¨ when | declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c) |
The following boxes should only be included and completed if the registrant is a registered closed-end management investment company or business development company which makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act and is making this filing in accordance with Rule 486 under the Securities Act.
| x immediately | upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
This amendment consists of the following:
| (1) | Facing Sheet of the Registration Statement |
| (2) | Part C of the Registration Statement (including signature page) and |
| (3) | Exhibits to the Registration Statement |
The Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information are incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to this Registration Statement (File No. 811-02409) filed on September 17, 2004.
The Financial Statements are incorporated by reference from the Fund’s Annual Report (File No. 811-02409) filed on October 31, 2004.
This amendment is being filed solely to file Exhibits Nos. (b)(6), (k)(1) and (n)(3) to this Registration Statement relating to the By-Laws, Administrative Services Agreement and Power of Attorney.
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Registrant’s (i) Amended and Restated By-Laws, as adopted March 9, 2005 by Registrant’s Board of Directors, (ii) Form of Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2005, and (iii) Power of Attorney, are filed herewith as Exhibits (b)(6), (k)(1), and (n)(3) respectively.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 44 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto, duly authorized, in the District of Columbia, on the 30th day of March, 2005.
| THE MEXICO FUND, INC. | ||
| José Luis Gómez Pimienta President* | ||
| By: |
/s/ KIMBERLY D. RASEVIC | |
| Kimberly D. Rasevic Attorney-in-Fact | ||
| * | Pursuant to Power of Attorney Filed herewith as exhibit (n)(3). |
| * José Luis Gómez Pimienta |
President, Director and Principal Executive Officer |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Alberto Osorio |
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Eugenio Clariond |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Philip Caldwell |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Claudio X. González |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Robert L. Knauss |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Emilio Carrillo Gamboa |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
| * Jaime Serra Puche |
Director |
March 30, 2005 | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| (b)(6) | Amended and Restated By-Laws, as adopted March 9, 2005. | |
| (k)(1) | Form of Administrative Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2005. | |
| (n)(3) | Power of Attorney | |
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