As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2014

1933 Act Registration No. 333-183945

1940 Act Registration No. 811-22747

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

 

  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933   x  
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.   ¨  
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 17   x  
  and/or    
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940   x  
  Amendment No. 19   x  

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

ALPS SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

303.623.2577

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

JoEllen L. Legg, Esq., Secretary

ALPS Series Trust

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, CO 80203

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Aisha Hunt, Esq.

Dechert LLP

One Bush Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94104-4446

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

 

þ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

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 has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned certifies that it meets all of requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and duly authorized, in the City of Denver and State of Colorado on the 7 th day of March, 2014.

 

ALPS SERIES TRUST
(Registrant)

By: /s/ Jeremy O. May

Jeremy O. May, 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.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Jeremy O. May

   President, Trustee and Chairman   March 7, 2014
Jeremy O. May     

/s/ Cheryl Burgermeister

   Trustee   March 7, 2014
Cheryl Burgermeister*     

/s/ J. Wayne Hutchens

   Trustee   March 7, 2014
J. Wayne Hutchens*     

/s/ Patrick Seese

   Trustee   March 7, 2014
Patrick Seese*     

* Signature affixed by JoEllen L. Legg pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated October 30, 2012.


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