Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

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Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2014

 

1933 Act Registration File No. 333-17391

1940 Act File No. 811-07959

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 586	x
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 588	x

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

 

 

ADVISORS SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Numbers, Including Area Code) [phone]

 

Douglas G. Hess, President

Advisors Series Trust

c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5 th Floor

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copies to:

 

Domenick Pugliese, Esq.

Paul Hastings LLP

75 East 55 th Street

New York, New York 10022

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective

 

ý	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
o	on _________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
o	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o	on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o	on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box

[  ]	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 586 to the Advisors Series Trust’s (the “Trust”) Registration Statement on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 577 on Form N-1A filed March 24, 2014.  This PEA No. 586 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 577 to the Trust’s Registration Statement for its series: Semper Short Duration Fund .

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 586 meets all of the requirements for effectiveness under Rule 485(b) and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 586 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on the 11 th day of April, 2014.

Advisors Series Trust

By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess                                               

    Douglas G. Hess

    President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 586 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Gail S. Duree*	Trustee	April 11, 2014
Gail S. Duree
Donald E. O’Connor*	Trustee	April 11, 2014
Donald E. O’Connor
George J. Rebhan*	Trustee	April 11, 2014
George J. Rebhan
George T. Wofford*	Trustee	April 11, 2014
George T. Wofford
Joe D. Redwine*	Trustee, Chairman and	April 11, 2014
Joe D. Redwine	Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Cheryl L. King	Treasurer and	April 11, 2014
Cheryl L. King	Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Douglas G. Hess	President and	April 11, 2014
Douglas G. Hess	Principal Executive Officer
*By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess
Douglas G. Hess   Attorney-In Fact pursuant to   Power of Attorney

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit	Exhibit No.
Instance Document	EX-101.INS
Schema Document	EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document	EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document	EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document	EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document	EX-101.PRE

 

 

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