As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012

 

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. 352

 

AND

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 353

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FORUM FUNDS

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600

Portland, Maine 04101

207-347-2090

 

Francine J. Rosenberger, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

 

Copies to:

Lina Bhatnagar

Atlantic Fund Services

Three Canal Plaza

Portland, ME 04101

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)(1)

[   ] on                          , 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)

[   ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

This PEA No. 352 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 350 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 has met all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and 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 March 15, 2012.

 

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 March 15, 2012.

 

(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/ Lina Bhatnagar  
  Lina Bhatnagar  
  As Attorney-in-fact  

 

* Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Index No.   Description of Exhibit
     
EX-101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase