Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2013
 
1933 Act Registration File No. 333-17391
1940 Act File No. 811-07959
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____           
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 540
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               and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 542
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
 
 
ADVISORS SERIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Numbers, Including Area Code) (414) 765-6609
 
Douglas G. Hess, President
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5 th Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copies to:
 
Domenick Pugliese, Esq.
Paul Hastings LLP
75 East 55 th Street
New York, New York 10022
 
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
 
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on __________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box

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

Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 540 to the Advisors Series Trust’s (the “Trust”) Registration Statement on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 534 on Form N-1A filed August 26, 2013.  This PEA No. 540 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 534 to the Trust’s Registration Statement for its series: Kellner Merger Fund.

 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 540 meets all of the requirements for effectiveness under Rule 485(b) and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 540 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on the 9 th day of September, 2013.

Advisors Series Trust

By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess                                               
    Douglas G. Hess
    President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 540 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
     
Donald E. O’Connor*                                      
Trustee
September 9, 2013
Donald E. O’Connor
   
     
George J. Rebhan*                                      
Trustee
September 9, 2013
George J. Rebhan
   
     
George T. Wofford*                                      
Trustee
September 9, 2013
George T. Wofford
   
     
Joe D. Redwine*                                       
Trustee, Chairman and
September 9, 2013
Joe D. Redwine
Chief Executive Officer
 
     
/s/ Cheryl L. King                                       
Treasurer and
September 9, 2013
Cheryl L. King
Principal Financial Officer
 
     
/s/ Douglas G. Hess                                       
President and
September 9, 2013
Douglas G. Hess
Principal Executive Officer
 
     
*By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess                                            
   
   Douglas G. Hess
   Attorney-In Fact pursuant to
   Power of Attorney
   
 
 
 

 
 
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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit
Exhibit No.
Instance Document
EX-101.INS
Schema Document
EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE

 
 
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