485BPOS 1 baf_485b-xbrl.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FOR XBRL

Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2018

1933 Act Registration File No.   333-181202
1940 Act File No. 811-22708

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No.
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BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
901 South Bond Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (410) 537-5400
 
Paul J. Chew, President and Principal Executive Officer
Brown Advisory Funds
901 South Bond Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copy to:
Patrick W.D. Turley, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

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

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 54 to the Registration Statement for the Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 52 on Form N-1A filed October 31, 2018.  This PEA No. 54 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 52 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.
 
 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on November 16, 2018.

 
Brown Advisory Funds
   
 
By:  /s/ Paul J. Chew
 
Paul J. Chew
 
President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ Paul J. Chew
President
November 16, 2018
Paul J. Chew
    
     
/s/ Jason T. Meix
Treasurer
November 16, 2018
Jason T. Meix
    
     
Michael D. Hankin*
Trustee
November 16, 2018
Michael D. Hankin
    
     
Joseph R. Hardiman*
Joseph R. Hardiman
Trustee and Chairman of the Board
November 16, 2018
   
     
Henry H. Hopkins*
Trustee
November 16, 2018
Henry H. Hopkins
    
     
Kyle Prechtl Legg*
Trustee
November 16, 2018
Kyle Prechtl Legg
    
     
Thomas F. O’Neil III*
Trustee
November 16, 2018
Thomas F. O’Neil III
    
     
Neal F. Triplett*
Trustee
November 16, 2018
Neal F. Triplett
    

* By: /s/ Patrick W.D. Turley
      Patrick W.D. Turley
      As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed and incorporated by reference.
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Exhibit No.
Instance Document
EX-101.INS
Schema Document
EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE

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