Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

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Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2013

 

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. 510	x
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 512	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

 

As soon as practical after the effective date of this Registration Statement

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective

 

¨	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x	on June 22, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨	on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
¨	on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box

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

 

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No. 455 (“the “Amendment”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 on October 10, 2012, and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) would become effective on December 24, 2012.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 469 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating January 23, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 473 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating February 22, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 485 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating March 24, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 494 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating April 23, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 502 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating May 23, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 510 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating June 22, 2013, as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 510 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment.

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the 1940 Act, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 510 to its Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for effectiveness under Rule 485(b) and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 510 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 22 nd day of May, 2013.

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. 510 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Donald E. O’Connor*	Trustee	May 22, 2013
Donald E. O’Connor
George Rebhan*	Trustee	May 22, 2013
George Rebhan
George T. Wofford*	Trustee	May 22, 2013
George T. Wofford
Joe D. Redwine*	Trustee, Chairman and	May 22, 2013
Joe D. Redwine	Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Cheryl L. King	Treasurer and	May 22, 2013
Cheryl L. King	Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Douglas G. Hess	President and	May 22, 2013
Douglas G. Hess	Principal Executive Officer
*By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess		May 22, 2013
Douglas G. Hess   Attorney-In Fact pursuant to   Power of Attorney

 

 

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