485BPOS 1 a12-17824_14485bpos.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FILED PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT RULE 485(B)

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2013

Registration Nos. 333-163352; 811-22357

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

T

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 12

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

 

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

T

 

Amendment No. 12

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

BofA Funds Series Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

 

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 


 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 434-5801

 

Peter T. Fariel, Esq.

c/o BofA Global Capital Management Group, LLC

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 


 

With copies to:

 

Robert M. Kurucza, Esq.

Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

 


 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

 

x                                  Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

 

o                                    on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

 

o                                    60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

 

o                                    on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

 

o                                    75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

 

o                                    on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

o                                    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 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, BofA Funds Series Trust, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 17th day of January, 2013.

 

 

BofA FUNDS SERIES TRUST

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Pelzar

 

Name: Michael Pelzar

 

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 and on the date indicated:

 

SIGNATURES

 

TITLE

 

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Pelzar

 

President

 

January 17, 2013

Michael Pelzar

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey R. Coleman

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

January 17, 2013

Jeffrey R. Coleman

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

January 17, 2013

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harrison M. Bains*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

Harrison M. Bains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Paul Glasserman*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

Paul Glasserman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ George J. Gorman*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

George J. Gorman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William A. Hawkins*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

William A. Hawkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ R. Glenn Hilliard*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

R. Glenn Hilliard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William J. Kelly*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

William J. Kelly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Debra J. Perry*

 

Trustee

 

January 17, 2013

Debra J. Perry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By:

/s/ Peter T. Fariel

 

 

 

 

 

Peter T. Fariel

 

 

 

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact**

 

 

 

 

 

January 17, 2013

 

 

 

 

 


**

Executed by Peter T. Fariel on behalf of each Trustee pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated June 20, 2011 and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2011.

 



 

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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 Label Linkbase

 

 

 

EX-101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase