As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2012.
1933 Act File No. 333-141345
1940 Act File No. 811-22037
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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| Pre-Effective Amendment No. |
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| Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 |
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| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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| Amendment No. 13 |
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Stone Harbor Investment Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
31 West 52nd Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 548-1022
Adam J. Shapiro, Esq.
c/o Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP
31 West 52nd Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copies to:
John M. Loder
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199-3600
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
¨ 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.
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 1940 Act), the Registrant, Stone Harbor Investment Funds, 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 No. 11 under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 13 under the 1940 Act to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 15th day of October, 2012.
| STONE HARBOR INVESTMENT FUNDS (Registrant) |
| By: /s/ Peter J. Wilby |
| Peter J. Wilby President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 14th day of October, 2011.
| SIGNATURE |
TITLE |
DATE |
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| /s/ Peter J. Wilby |
President | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| /s/ James J. Dooley* |
Chief Financial Officer | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| /s/ Alan Brott* |
Trustee | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| /s/ Heath B. McLendon* |
Trustee | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| /s/ Thomas W. Brock* |
Trustee | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| /s/ Patrick Sheehan* |
Trustee | October 15, 2012 | ||||
| * By: /s/ Adam J. Shapiro |
| Attorney-In-Fact October 15, 2012 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Index No. | Description of Exhibit | |
| EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
| EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
| EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
| EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |