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.
121
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
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OF 1940
Amendment No.
122
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
Mutual Fund Series Trust - File Nos. 333-132541 and 811-21872
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
17605 Wright Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68130
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (402) 895-1600
CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
1300 EAST NINTH STREET
CLEVELAND, OH 44114
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copy to:
JoAnn M. Strasser, Thompson Hine LLP
41 South High Street, Suite 1700, Columbus, Ohio 44114-1291
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
ýimmediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and Investment Company Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirement for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 10th day of June, 2013.
Mutual Fund Series Trust
By:
/s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
JoAnn M. Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities indicated on the 10th day of June, 2013 or as otherwise indicated.
Dr. Bert Pariser*, Trustee
Tobias Caldwell*, Trustee
Jerry Szilagyi, Trustee/President/Principal Executive Officer*
Erik Naviloff, Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer *
Tiberiu Weisz*, Trustee
*By:
/s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
JoAnn M. Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact
Exhibit Index
Index No.
Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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