Form 485BXT LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS

April 3, 2026 9:04 AM EDT

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2026

File Nos. 811-07763

333-10015

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

  

    

  

[X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

         

Post-Effective Amendment No.

  169      

[X]

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

  

[X]

Amendment No.

  170      

[X]

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

2301 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 2150, El Segundo, California 90245

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(925) 254-8999

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

John M. Coughlan

 

Copies of Communications to:

2301 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 2150

 

David A. Hearth, Esq.

El Segundo, California 90245

 

Paul Hastings LLP

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

101 California Street, 48th Floor

 

San Francisco, California 94111

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following effectiveness.

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

 

[  ]

  

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[X]

  

On May 3, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)

[  ]

  

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[  ]

  

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[  ]

  

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

[  ]

  

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 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 No. 169 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Litman Gregory Funds Trust (the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) solely for the purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the Polen Capital U.S. SMID Company Growth ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No.  144 (“PEA No. 144”), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) via EDGAR Accession No. 0001193125-24-186252 on July 26, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

 

PEA No.

 

 

 

 

Date Filed

 

 

 

 

Automatic Effective Date

146

147

             

October 8, 2024

October 21, 2024

             

October 22, 2024

November 15, 2024

148

              November 14, 2024               December 13, 2024

149

              December 12, 2024               January 7, 2025

151

              January 6, 2025               February 5, 2025

152

              February 4, 2025               March 6, 2025

154

              March 5, 2025               April 4, 2025

155

              April 3, 2025               May 3, 2025

157

              May 2, 2025               June 2, 2025

158

              May 30, 2025               June 29, 2025

159

              June 27, 2025               July 27, 2025

160

              July 25, 2025               August 24, 2025

161

              August 22, 2025               September 21, 2025

162

              September 19, 2025               October 19, 2025

163

              October 17, 2025               November 16, 2025

164

              November 14, 2025               December 14, 2025

165

              December 12, 2025               January 11, 2026

166

              January 9, 2026               February 8, 2026

167

              February 6, 2026               March 8, 2026

168

              March 6, 2026               April 5, 2026

Since no other changes are intended to be made to PEA No. 144 by means of this filing, Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 144 are incorporated herein by reference.

PART A – PROSPECTUS

The Prospectus for the Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Part A of PEA No. 144.

PART B – STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Part B of PEA No. 144.

PART C – OTHER INFORMATION

Part  C of this Post-Effective Amendment is incorporated herein by reference to Part C of PEA No. 144.


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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 to the Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 and Amendment No. 170 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, and State of California, on the 3rd day of April, 2026.

 

    LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST
   

  By:

 

/s/ John M. Coughlan

     

John M. Coughlan

     

Principal Executive Officer

and Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas W. Bird*   

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Thomas W. Bird

    

/s/ Jennifer M. Borggaard*   

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Jennifer M. Borggaard

    

/s/ Jonathan W. DePriest*   

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Jonathan W. DePriest

    

/s/ Craig Wainscott

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Craig Wainscott

    

/s/ Harold M. Shefrin*

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Harold M. Shefrin

    

/s/ Pamela Yang

  

Trustee

 

April 3, 2026

Pamela Yang

    

/s/ John M. Coughlan

  

Principal Executive Officer

 

April 3, 2026

John M. Coughlan

    

/s/ John M. Coughlan

  

Treasurer

 

April 3, 2026

John M. Coughlan

  

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

* By: /s/ John M. Coughlan

    

 John M. Coughlan, Attorney-in-Fact

    


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