As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2012
Securities Act of 1933 File No. 333-173167
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-22540
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. 4 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |
| Amendment No. 5 | x |
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
FQF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
230 Congress Street, Floor 5
Boston, MA 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
617-292-9801
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
| Name and Address of Agent for Service: | with a copy to: | |
| Ronald C. Martin, Trustee | Stacy L. Fuller, Esq. | |
| 230 Congress Street, Floor 5 | K&L Gates LLP | |
| Boston, MA 02110 | 1601 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, D.C. 20006-1600 |
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 Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts on the 15th day of November 2012.
| FQF TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ William DeRoche | |
| William DeRoche | ||
| President | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registrants Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ William DeRoche |
President | November 15, 2012 | ||
| William DeRoche | ||||
| /s/ Brent Arvidson |
Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | November 15, 2012 | ||
| Brent Arvidson | ||||
| /s/ Peter A. Ambrosini* |
Trustee | November 15, 2012 | ||
| Peter A. Ambrosini | ||||
| /s/ Joseph A. Franco* |
Trustee | November 15, 2012 | ||
| Joseph A. Franco | ||||
| /s/ Ronald C. Martin, Jr. |
Trustee | November 15, 2012 | ||
| Ronald C. Martin, Jr. | ||||
| /s/ Richard S. Robie III* |
Trustee | November 15, 2012 | ||
| Richard S. Robie III | ||||
| * | Signatures affixed by Ronald C. Martin, Jr. on November 15, 2012 pursuant to a power of attorney filed May 26, 2011 with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File Nos. 333-173167 and 811-22540. |
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
| 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 | |