Securities Act Registration No. 333-184169
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-22756
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ¨
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Pre-Effective Amendment No._
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Post-Effective Amendment No.2
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ¨
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Amendment No. 4
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
Advisors Preferred Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1445 Research Boulevard, Suite 530
Rockville, MD 20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (240) 223-1998
The Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copy to:
JoAnn M. Strasser
Thompson Hine LLP
41 South High Street, 17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
ý 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 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 No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 21st day of February, 2013.
Advisors Preferred Trust
By: /s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
JoAnn M. Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Kevin E. Wolf *
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Catherine Ayers-Rigsby *
President, Principal Executive Officer and Trustee
Brian S. Humphrey *
Trustee
Charles W. Ranson *
Trustee
Felix Rivera *
Trustee
Janet P. Ailstock *
Trustee
*By:
/s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
JoAnn M. Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact
February 21, 2013
Exhibit Index
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |