As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13
, 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. 438
AND
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 439
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FORUM FUNDS
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600
Portland, Maine 04101
207-347-2090
Stacy Fuller, 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
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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. 438 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 437 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 13, 2014.
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Forum Funds
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/s/ Stacey E. Hong
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Stacey E. Hong, President
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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 13, 2014.
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(a)
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Principal Executive Officer
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/s/ Stacey E. Hong
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Stacey E. Hong
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Principal Executive Officer
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(b)
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Principal Financial Officer
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/s/ Karen Shaw
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Karen Shaw
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Principal Financial Officer
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(c)
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A majority of the Trustees
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John Y. Keffer, Trustee*
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James C. Cheng, Trustee*
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J. Michael Parish, Trustee*
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Costas Azariadis, Trustee*
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David Tucker, Trustee*
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By:
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/s/ Lina Bhatnagar
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Lina Bhatnagar
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As Attorney-in-fact
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* Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Index No.
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Description of Exhibit
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EX-101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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EX-101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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EX-101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
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EX-101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
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EX-101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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