485BPOS 1 d485bpos.htm FORM 485BPOS Form 485BPOS

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. 5

   x     

And

  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

   ¨     

Amendment No. 7

   x     

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

Cook & Bynum Funds Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

820 Shades Creek Parkway, Suite 2450

Birmingham, AL 35209

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

205-994-2815

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Mr. J. Dowe Bynum

820 Shades Creek Parkway, Suite 2450

Birmingham, AL 35209

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copies to:

David J. Baum, Esq.

Alston & Bird LLP

950 F Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following effective date.

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

 

  x     immediately 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 of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of their Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized in the City of Birmingham and State of Alabama on the 11th day of February, 2011.

 

   

COOK & BYNUM FUNDS
TRUST

 

/s/ Richard P. Cook                 *

 

By: Richard P. Cook

 

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

NAME    TITLE    DATE  

/s/ Richard P. Cook         *

   President      February 11, 2011   

Richard P. Cook

     

/s/ Benjamin Lowe         *

   Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer      February 11, 2011   

Benjamin Lowe

     

/s/ J. Dowe Bynum         *

   Secretary, Vice President & Trustee      February 11, 2011   

J. Dowe Bynum

     

/s/ Charles H. Ogburn     *

   Trustee      February 11, 2011   

Charles H. Ogburn

     

/s/ Bruce F. Rogers         *

   Trustee      February 11, 2011   

Bruce F. Rogers

     

 

*By:

 

/s/ David J. Baum

 

David J. Baum

 

Attorney-In-Fact

 

Date: February 11, 2011


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