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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission December 15, 2014
 
File Nos. 002-67052 and 811-03023
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
 
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 468
 
AND
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
 
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 
Amendment No. 469
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________
 
FORUM FUNDS
 
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600
 
Portland, Maine 04101
 
207-347-2000
 
Stacy Fuller, Esq.
 
K&L Gates LLP
 
1601 K Street, N.W.
 
Washington, D.C. 20006
 
Copies to:
 
Zachary R. Tackett
 
Atlantic Fund Administration, LLC
 
Three Canal Plaza
 
Portland, ME 04101
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[   ]
immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)(1)
[X]
on January 14, 2015, pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)(1)
[   ]
60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)
[   ]
on __________, pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)
[   ]
75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)
[   ]
on , pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)
[X]
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 


 
 
 
 

 
FORUM FUNDS
 
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This registration statement is comprised of the following:

 
Cover Sheet
 
Contents of Registration Statement
 
 
Part A:  The Prospectus for the Exceed Structured Shield Index Strategy Fund, Exceed Structured Hedged Index Strategy Fund and Exceed Structured Enhanced Index Strategy Fund are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 460 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2014, accession number 0001435109-14-000679 (“PEA No. 460”).
 
 
Part B:  The Statement of Additional Information for Exceed Structured Shield Index Strategy Fund, Exceed Structured Hedged Index Strategy Fund and Exceed Structured Enhanced Index Strategy Fund is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 460.
 
Part C:  Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 460.
 
Signature Page
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Explanatory Note
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 468 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until January 14, 2015, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Exceed Structured Shield Index Strategy Fund, Exceed Structured Hedged Index Strategy Fund and Exceed Structured Enhanced Index Strategy Fund, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 460 on September 19, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.  No other series of the Registrant is affected by the filing.

 
 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has met all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and that is has duly caused this amendment to its registration statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, and State of Maine on December 15, 2014.
 

Forum Funds
 
/s/ Stacey E. Hong
 
Stacey E. Hong, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 15, 2014.

 (a)
 Principal Executive Officer
   
 
/s/ Stacey E. Hong
 
 
Stacey E. Hong
 
Principal Executive Officer

 (b)
 Principal Financial Officer
   
 
/s/ Karen Shaw
 
 
Karen Shaw
 
Principal Financial Officer

 (c)
 A majority of the Trustees
   
 
John Y. Keffer, Trustee*
 
James C. Cheng, Trustee*
 
J. Michael Parish, Trustee*
 
Costas Azariadis, Trustee*
 
David Tucker, Trustee*

By:
/s/ Zachary R. Tackett
 
 
Zachary R. Tackett
 
As Attorney-in-fact

* Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.