Sprott Funds Trust
12/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/11/2024 15:42
Post Effective Amendment to Post Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2024
Securities Act File No. 333-227545
Investment Company Act File No. 811-23382
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ☐ |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ | |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 | ☒ |
and/or
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☐ |
| Amendment No. 52 | ☒ |
SPROTT FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
200 Bay Street, Suite 2600,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
416-943-8099
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
The Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust Center
New Castle County
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Thomas W. Ulrich
President
Sprott Funds Trust
320 Post Road, Suite 230
Darien, CT 06820
Bibb L. Strench, Esq.
Thompson Hine LLP
1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036-1600
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
| ☐ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ☒ | On December 18, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ☐ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ☐ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| ☐ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ☐ | On (date) 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 No. 50 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Sprott Funds Trust (the "Trust") is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") solely for the purpose of delaying until December 18, 2024 the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Sprott Silver Miners ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 ("PEA No. 31") with the Commission via EDGAR Accession No. 0001999371-24-007337 on June 11, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act. Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 31 are incorporated by reference herein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Darien, and State of Connecticut, on the 11th Day of December, 2024
| Sprott Funds Trust | ||
| By: | /s/ Thomas W. Ulrich | |
| Name: | Thomas W. Ulrich | |
| Title: | 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 on December 11, 2024.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Thomas W. Ulrich | President | December 11, 2024 | ||
| Thomas W. Ulrich | ||||
| * | Interested Trustee | December 11, 2024 | ||
| John Ciampaglia | ||||
| * | Trustee | December 11, 2024 | ||
| Michael W. Clark | ||||
| * | Trustee | December 11, 2024 | ||
| Peyton T. Muldoon | ||||
| * | Trustee | December 11, 2024 | ||
| James R. Pierce Jr. | ||||
| * | Trustee | December 11, 2024 | ||
| Leslie Barrett | ||||
| * | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | December 11, 2024 | ||
| Varinder Bhathal |
| *By: | /s/ Thomas W. Ulrich |
* Thomas W. Ulrich, pursuant to a power of attorney filed on November 22, 2024 to the Registrant's Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 on Form N-1A.