AS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 13, 2023
1933 Act File No. 333-274501
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
BISHOP STREET FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
1-888-462-5386
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
Michael Beattie
c/o SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Sean Graber, Esquire |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2222 Market Street |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 |
No filing fee is required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because an indefinite number of shares of beneficial interest have previously been registered pursuant to Section 24(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Bishop Street Funds’ Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-274501) is being made solely for the purpose of adding the final tax opinion as Exhibit (12) to Part C of the Registration Statement. No information contained in Parts A or B of the Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety, is amended, deleted or superseded hereby.
PART C: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 15. Indemnification:
Article VIII of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust filed as exhibit (1)(a) to the Bishop Street Funds’ Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference. Insofar as indemnification liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) may be permitted to trustees, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
Item 16. Exhibits:
There are references below to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 033-80514, 811-08572).
Exhibit No.
(3) Not Applicable.
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(4) Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization is attached as Exhibit B to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus contained in this Registration Statement.
(5)(a) See Article III of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, which has been incorporated by reference in Exhibit (1)(a) of this Registration Statement
(5)(b) See Section 2 of the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated By-Laws, which has been incorporated by reference in Exhibit (2)(a) of this Registration Statement.
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(8) Not Applicable.
(12) Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP regarding tax matters is filed herewith.
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(15) Not Applicable.
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(18) Not Applicable.
Item 17. Undertakings:
(1) The undersigned Registrant agrees that, prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.
(2) The undersigned Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oaks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 13th day of December, 2023.
BISHOP STREET FUNDS |
By: | * | ||
Michael Beattie, President |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Kathleen Gaffney | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Joseph T. Grause, Jr. | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
N. Jeffrey Klauder | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Betty L. Krikorian | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Robert Mulhall | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Robert A. Nesher | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Bruce Speca | |||||
* | Trustee | December 13, 2023 | |||
Monica Walker | |||||
* | President | December 13, 2023 | |||
Michael Beattie | |||||
* | Treasurer, Controller & | December 13, 2023 | |||
Andrew Metzger | Chief Financial Officer |
*By: | /s/ Matthew M. Maher | |
Matthew M. Maher | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(12) | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP regarding tax matters |
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