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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2024
File Nos. 811-07763
333-10015
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. 148 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | ||
Amendment No. 149 | ☒ |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
2301 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 2150, El Segundo, California 90245
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(925) 254-8999
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Jeffrey K. Seeley | Copies of Communications to: | |
2301 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 2150 | David A. Hearth, Esq. | |
El Segundo, California 90245 | Paul Hastings LLP | |
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) | 101 California Street, 48th Floor | |
San Francisco, California 94111 |
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following effectiveness.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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On December 13, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Litman Gregory Funds Trust (the Trust) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) solely for the purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the Polen Capital U.S. SMID Company Growth ETF (the Fund), a series of the Trust, filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 144 (PEA No. 144), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) via EDGAR Accession No. 0001193125-24-186252 on July 26, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act.
The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:
PEA No. |
Date Filed | Automatic Effective Date | ||
146 | October 8, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | ||
147 | October 21, 2024 | November 15, 2024 |
Since no other changes are intended to be made to PEA No. 144 by means of this filing, Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 144 are incorporated herein by reference.
PART A PROSPECTUS
The Prospectus for the Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Part A of PEA No. 144.
PART B STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Part B of PEA No. 144.
PART C OTHER INFORMATION
Part C of this Post-Effective Amendment is incorporated herein by reference to Part C of PEA No. 144.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 to the Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 and Amendment No. 149 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, and State of California, on the 14th day of November, 2024.
LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Jeffrey K. Seeley |
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Jeffrey K. Seeley | ||
President and Principal Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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/s/ Julie Allecta* |
Chairman of the Board, Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Julie Allecta | ||||
/s/ Thomas W. Bird* |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Thomas W. Bird | ||||
/s/ Jennifer M. Borggaard* |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Jennifer M. Borggaard | ||||
/s/ Jonathan W. DePriest* |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Jonathan W. DePriest | ||||
/s/ Craig Wainscott |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Craig Wainscott | ||||
/s/ Jeffrey K. Seeley |
Trustee and President | November 14, 2024 | ||
Jeffrey K. Seeley | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Harold M. Shefrin* |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
Harold M. Shefrin | ||||
/s/ Philippe Uzan* Philippe Uzan |
Trustee | November 14, 2024 | ||
/s/ John M. Coughlan John M. Coughlan |
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) |
November 14, 2024 | ||
* By: |
/s/ John M. Coughlan |
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John M. Coughlan, Attorney-in-Fact |