485BPOS 1 d485bpos.txt NATIONS FUNDS TRUST As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2002 Registration No. 333-89661; 811-09645 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM N-1A* REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 [X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ] Amendment No. 24 [X] (Check appropriate box or boxes) ----------------------- NATIONS FUNDS TRUST (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter) 111 Center Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code) -------------------------- Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 321-7854 Richard H. Blank, Jr. c/o Stephens Inc. 111 Center Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) With copies to: Robert M. Kurucza, Esq. Carl Frischling, Esq. Marco E. Adelfio, Esq. Kramer, Levin, Naftalis Morrison & Foerster LLP & Frankel 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 919 3rd Avenue Suite 5500 New York, New York 10022 Washington, D.C. 20006 It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant [X] on June 11, 2002 pursuant to Rule 485(b), or to Rule 485(b), or [ ] 60 days after filing pursuant [ ] on (May 10, 2002) pursuant to Rule 485(a), or to Rule 485(a). [ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to [ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)* paragraph(a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box: [X] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. EXPLANATORY NOTE ---------------- The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement of Nations Funds Trust (the "Trust") for the purpose of delaying the effectiveness of Nations Marsico Principal Protection Fund to June 11, 2002. Part A, B and C are hereby incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 filed on February 19, 2002. 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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas on the 21st day of May, 2002. NATIONS FUNDS TRUST By: * ------------------------------------- A. Max Walker President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees By:/s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr. ------------------------- Richard H. Blank, Jr. *Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Chairman May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- of the Board of Trustees (A. Max Walker) (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr. Treasurer May 21, 2002 ------------------------- Secretary (Richard H. Blank, Jr.) (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (Edmund L. Benson, III) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ----------------------------------- (William P. Carmichael) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (William H. Grigg) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (Thomas F. Keller) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (Carl E. Mundy, Jr.) * Trustee May 21, 2002 --------------------------------- (Cornelius J. Pings) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (Charles B. Walker) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (Thomas S. Word) * Trustee May 21, 2002 ---------------------------------- (James B. Sommers)
/s/ Richard H. Blank, Jr. ----------------------------------- Richard H. Blank, Jr. *Attorney-in-Fact