Form 485BXT Investment Managers Seri

 

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 16, 2026

 

REGISTRATION NOS. 033-79858

811-08544

 

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. 138	x
	AND/OR
	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	¨
	AMENDMENT NO. 139	x

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST III

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

235 West Galena Street 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (626) 385-5777

 

Diane J. Drake 

Mutual Fund Administration, LLC 

2220 E. Route 66, Suite 226 

Glendora, California 91740 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

COPIES TO:

 

Laurie Anne Dee 

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 

600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1800 

Costa Mesa, California 92626

 

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

 

	¨	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485; or
	x	on February 2, 2026, 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:

 

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

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed for the sole purpose of designating a new effective date for the previously filed PEA No. 135 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed under Rule 485(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 on November 12, 2025, for the purpose of creating the FPA Queens Road Value ETF, a new series of the Trust. This PEA incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 135 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on November 12, 2025. The Registrant may file additional subsequent delaying amendments designating a new effective date.

 

 

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 16^th day of January, 2026.

 

	INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST III
	By:	/s/ Maureen Quill
		Maureen Quill
		President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on 16^th day of January, 2026, by the following persons in the capacities set forth below.

 

Signatures		Title
/s/ Maureen Quill		Trustee, President & Principal Executive Officer
Maureen Quill
†		Trustee
Sandra Brown
†		Trustee
Robert F. Goldrich
†		Trustee
John P. Zader
†		Trustee
J. Richard Atwood
/s/ Rita Dam		Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer & Principal Financial Officer
Rita Dam

 

† By:	/s/Rita Dam
	Rita Dam
	Attorney-in-fact, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 107 filed on September 28, 2023.

 

 

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