As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2013
File Nos. 333-157876 and 811-22110
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |
Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ¨ | |
Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |
Amendment No. 84 | x |
AdvisorShares Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
(877) 843-3831
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Noah Hamman
AdvisorShares Investments, LLC
2 Bethesda Metro Center
Suite 1330
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
W. John McGuire
Bingham McCutchen LLP
2020 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
x | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(v) of Rule 485 |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 relates to the AdvisorShares Treesdale Rising Rates ETF (the “Fund”), a separate series of AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”). The sole purpose of this filing is to file as an exhibit to the Trust’s registration statement, risk/return information in interactive data format for the Fund.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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. 82 to Registration Statement No. 333-157876 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, State of Maryland on this 12th day of September, 2013.
AdvisorShares Trust
/s/Noah Hamman ___
Noah Hamman
Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacity and on the date indicated.
Signature | Title | Date |
/s/Noah Hamman | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, | September 12, 2013 |
Noah Hamman | Chief Executive Officer, | |
Principal Financial Officer and | ||
President | ||
* | Trustee | September 12, 2013 |
Elizabeth Piper/Bach | ||
* | Trustee | September 12, 2013 |
William G. McVay | ||
* | Secretary, Chief Compliance | September 12, 2013 |
Dan Ahrens | Officer and Treasurer | |
/s/Noah Hamman | ||
* Noah Hamman, Power of Attorney |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number | Description |
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 |
Label | Element | Value |
---|---|---|
Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Entity Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | AdvisorShares Trust |
Entity Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0001408970 |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Sep. 04, 2013 |
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Sep. 04, 2013 |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 04, 2013 |