Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2013
Securities Act Registration No. 333-169806
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-22483
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 14
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No.
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
Copeland Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Eight Tower Bridge, 161 Washington Street, Suite 1650
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (484) 530-4300
Corporate Filing Solutions LLC
1400 Peoples Plaza STE 104
Newark, Delaware 19702
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copy to:
Michael P. Malloy, Esq.
One Logan Square, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996
Approximate date of proposed public offering: It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
o 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 of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment No. 14 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Conshohocken, State of Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of April, 2013.
Copeland Trust
By:/s/Barbara Grosso
Barbara Grosso
Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the 10th day of April, 2013.
Stephen M. Wynne*, Trustee
Bruce M. Aronow*, Trustee
Stephen J. Kneeley*, Trustee
Thomas A. Leonard*, Trustee
Edward C. Rorer*, Trustee
Eric C. Brown*, President and Principal Executive Officer
Mark W. Giovanniello*, Vice-President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
*By:/s/Barbara Grosso
Barbara Grosso
Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description of Exhibit |
EX-101.INS |
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XBRL Instance Document |
EX-101.SCH |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
EX-101.CAL |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
EX-101.DEF |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
EX-101.LAB |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase |
EX-101.PRE |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |