As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission On December 4, 2012
Registration Nos. 33-49098
811-06719
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 90 | x |
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |||
Amendment No. 91 | x |
STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
434 Fayetteville Street, Fifth Floor, Raleigh, NC 27601
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrants telephone number, including Area Code:
(800) 228-1872
E.G. Purcell, III, President
Sterling Capital Funds
434 Fayetteville Street, Fifth Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Thomas R. Hiller, Esquire
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02119
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
x | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | on pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) |
¨ | on pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) |
¨ | on pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) |
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for post-effective amendment No. filed on [date]. |
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 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. 90 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Massachusetts on the 4th day of December, 2012.
STERLING CAPITAL FUNDS |
/s/ James T. Gillespie |
*James T. Gillespie |
President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 90 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||||
/s/ James T. Gillespie | President | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*James T. Gillespie II | ||||||
/s/ James L. Roberts | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*James L. Roberts | ||||||
/s/ Thomas W. Lambeth | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Thomas W. Lambeth | ||||||
/s/ Kenneth R. Cotner | Treasurer | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Kenneth R. Cotner | ||||||
/s/ Douglas R. Van Scoy | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Douglas R. Van Scoy | ||||||
/s/ Drew T. Kagan | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Drew T. Kagan | ||||||
/s/ Laura C. Bingham | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Laura C. Bingham | ||||||
/s/ Alexander W. McAlister | Trustee | December 4, 2012 | ||||
*Alexander W. McAlister |
By: | /s/ Thomas R. Hiller | |
Thomas R. Hiller |
* | By Thomas R. Hiller, solely in his capacity as Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to powers of attorney filed herewith. |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
James L. Roberts, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ James L. Roberts | |||||
James L. Roberts |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Thomas Willis Lambeth, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ Thomas Willis Lambeth | |||||
Thomas Willis Lambeth |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
James T. Gillespie, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ James T. Gillespie | |||||
James T. Gillespie |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Douglas R. Van Scoy, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ Douglas R. Van Scoy | |||||
Douglas R. Van Scoy |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Drew T. Kagan, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ Drew T. Kagan | |||||
Drew T. Kagan |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Laura C. Bingham, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, her true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ Laura C. Bingham | |||||
Laura C. Bingham |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Alexander W. McAlister, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: May 1, 2012 | /s/ Alexander W. McAlister | |||||
Alexander W. McAlister |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Alan G. Priest, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller, Margaret S. Moore, and Alexandra Oprescu, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: July 1, 2012 | /s/ Alan G. Priest | |||||
Alan G. Priest |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Kenneth R. Cotner, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas R. Hiller and Margaret S. Moore, each individually, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power of substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Sterling Capital Funds and Sterling Capital Variable Insurance Funds (the Trust), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Acts), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of any and all amendments to the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a trustee and/or officer of the Trust any and all such amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated: December 1, 2012 | /s/ Kenneth R. Cotner | |||||
Kenneth R. Cotner |
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