Securities Act File No. 333-131820
ICA No. 811- 21853
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 11, 2013
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____ [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. _
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[X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ]
Amendment No.
82
[X]
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
Northern Lights Variable Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
17605 Wright Street
Omaha, NE 68130
Attention: Michael Miola
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
(631) 470-2600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
The Corporation Trust Company
Corporate Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copies to:
JoAnn M. Strasser, Esq. Thompson Hine LLP 41 South High Street, Suite 1700 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-469-3265 (phone) 513-241-4771 (fax) |
James P. Ash, Esq. Gemini Fund Services, LLC 80 Arkay Drive, Suite 110. Hauppauge, New York 11788 (631) 470-2619 (phone) (631) 813-2884 (fax) |
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
(X)
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).
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on (date) 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)(1).
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2).
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on (date) 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.
This filing relates solely to the
BTS Tactical Fixed Income VIT
Fund, a series of the Trust.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 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.
81
to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Hauppauge, State of New York on this
11th
day of
April,
2013.
NORTHERN LIGHTS VARIABLE TRUST
(Registrant)
/s/ Andrew Rogers
By: Andrew Rogers,
President and Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Michael Miola* | Trustee & Chairman |
April 11, 2013
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John V. Palancia* | Trustee |
April 11, 2013
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Gary Lanzen* | Trustee |
April 11, 2013
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Anthony Hertl* | Trustee |
April 11, 2013
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Mark Taylor* | Trustee |
April 11, 2013
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/s/ Andrew Rogers Andrew Rogers | President and Principal Executive Officer |
April 11, 2013
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Kevin Wolf* | Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer |
April 11, 2013
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By: Date:
/s/ James Ash April 11, 2013
James Ash
*Attorney-in-Fact-Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed on April 7, 2011 to the Registrants Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 32, and hereby incorporated by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Index No. |
| Description of Exhibit |
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 |