485BPOS 1 baird_485b-xbrl.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FOR XBRL
 
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2018

1933 Act Registration File No. 333-40128
1940 Act File No. 811-09997


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.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No.
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BAIRD FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI  53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (414) 765-3500
Charles M. Weber, Esq.
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Carol A. Gehl, Esq.
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800
Milwaukee, WI  53202

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

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

Explanatory Note: This PEA No. 84 hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Fund’s PEA No. 83 on Form N‑1A filed October 26, 2018.  This PEA No. 84 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 83.
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 84 to its Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 84 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin on November 9, 2018.
 
BAIRD FUNDS, INC.
Registrant
 
By:  /s/ Mary Ellen Stanek               
Mary Ellen Stanek
President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 84 to its Registration Statement has been signed below on November 9, 2018, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

Signature
  
Title
     
/s/ Mary Ellen Stanek
  
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Mary Ellen Stanek
    
     
/s/ Heidi L. Schneider  
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 Heidi L. Schneider
  
 
     
/s/ John W. Feldt*
  
Director
John W. Feldt
    
     
/s/ Cory L. Nettles*
  
Director
Cory L. Nettles
    
     
/s/ Marlyn J. Spear*
  
Director
Marlyn J. Spear
    
     
/s/ Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.*
  
Director
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.
    
     
*By:   /s/ Mary Ellen Stanek            
    
Mary Ellen Stanek
President and Attorney-In-Fact


EXHIBIT INDEX


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