Professionally Managed Portfolios 8-A12B Registration of securities on exchange

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2025

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

(State of incorporation or organization)

See List Below

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Title of each class of securities to be registered	Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
Akre Focus ETF	NYSE

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.	☑
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.	☐
Securities Act Registration file number to which this form relates: 033-12213
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not applicable.

Item 1.Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

Reference is made to Post-Effective Amendment No. 884 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 885 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File File Nos. 033-12213 and 811-05037), as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) via EDGAR (Accession No. 0000894189-25-000246) on January 21, 2025 which is incorporated herein by reference.

The Trust currently consists of 25 separate series. The series to which this filing relates and its IRS Employer Identification Number is as follows:

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	IRS Employer ID Number
Akre Focus ETF	33-1696263

Item 2.Exhibits

A. Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated November 13, 2024 is herein incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 880 to Professionally Managed Portfolios’ (the “Trust”) Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 20, 2024.

B. Amended and Restated By-Laws, amended as of February 16, 2022, is herein incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 833 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2022.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Professionally Managed Portfolios

January 21, 2025

/s/ Elaine E. Richards

Elaine E. Richards
Vice President & Secretary