AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON March 15, 2012

 

REGISTRATION NOS. 333 -122901

811 -21719

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	£
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.	£
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 222	S
AND/OR

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	£
AMENDMEN T NO. 229	S

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

803 West Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53233

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (414) 299-2295

 

Constance Dye Shannon

UMB Fund Services, Inc.

803 West Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53233

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

COPIES TO:

Michael Glazer

Bingham McCutchen LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3106

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

 

ý immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485; or

¨ on ______________ , pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485; or

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485;

¨ on ______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485; or

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485; or

¨ on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485; or

¨ on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) of Rule 485.

 

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, 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 registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on the 15th day of March, 2012 .

 

 

	INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST
	By:	/s/ John P. Zader
		John P. Zader, President

  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed on the 15th day of March, 2012 , by the following persons in the capacities set forth below.

 

 

Signature	Title
†
Ashley Toomey Rabun	Trustee
†
William H. Young	Trustee
†
Charles H. Miller	Trustee
/s/ John P. Zader
John P. Zader	Trustee and President
†	Trustee and Vice President
Eric M. Banhazl     /s/ Rita Dam
Rita Dam	Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

† By	/s/Rita Dam
Attorney-in-fact, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 on February 1, 2008.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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