485BPOS 1 ast_davidson485b-xbrl.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FOR XBRL
Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2018
 
1933 Act Registration File No. 333-17391
1940 Act File No. 811-07959
 
UNITED STATES
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. 858
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and
  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 860
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
 
 
ADVISORS SERIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(Registrant's Telephone Numbers, Including Area Code) (414) 765-6782
 
Emily R. Enslow, Vice President and Secretary
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 10th Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copies to:
 
Domenick Pugliese, Esq.
Schiff Hardin LLP
666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, New York 10103

 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
 
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on                          pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on                          pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on                          pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box

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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment ("PEA") No. 858 to the Advisors Series Trust's (the "Trust") Registration Statement on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust's PEA No. 856 on Form N-1A filed October 25, 2018.  This PEA No. 858 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No.856 to the Trust's Registration Statement for its series: the Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund.


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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 858 meets all of the requirements for effectiveness under Rule 485(b) and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 858 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on the 9th day of November, 2018.

Advisors Series Trust

By:/s/ Emily R. Enslow                         
Vice President, Secretary and
Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 858 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
     
Gail S. Duree* 
Trustee
November 9, 2018
Gail S. Duree
    
     
David G. Mertens* 
Trustee
November 9, 2018
David G. Mertens
    
     
George J. Rebhan* 
Trustee
November 9, 2018
George J. Rebhan
    
     
Raymond B. Woolson* 
Trustee
November 9, 2018
Raymond B. Woolson
    
     
Joe D. Redwine* 
Trustee
November 9, 2018
Joe D. Redwine
    
     
/s/ Cheryl L. King 
Vice President, Treasurer and
November 9, 2018
Cheryl L. King
Principal Financial Officer
  
     
/s/ Emily R. Enslow 
Vice President, Secretary and
November 9, 2018
Emily R. Enslow
Principal Executive Officer
  
     
*By:/s/ Emily R. Enslow 
  
November 9, 2018
Emily R. Enslow
Attorney-In Fact pursuant to
Power of Attorney
      
 
 
EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit
Exhibit No.
Instance Document
EX-101.INS
Schema Document
EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE