0001628280-17-003264.txt : 20170403 0001628280-17-003264.hdr.sgml : 20170403 20170403122639 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-17-003264 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170403 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088525 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-19458 FILM NUMBER: 17733124 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 301.296.5100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY EQUITY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088525 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01136 FILM NUMBER: 17733125 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 301.296.5100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS STREET 2: 805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY EQUITY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000088525 S000008805 Guggenheim StylePlus - Large Core Fund C000177268 Class T 0000088525 S000008806 Guggenheim Alpha Opportunity Fund C000177269 Class T 0000088525 S000008807 Guggenheim World Equity Income Fund C000177270 Class T 0000088525 S000008809 Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund C000177271 Class T 0000088525 S000022641 Guggenheim Small Cap Value Fund C000177272 Class T 0000088525 S000043985 Guggenheim Limited Duration Fund C000177273 Class T 0000088525 S000043986 Guggenheim Floating Rate Strategies Fund C000177274 Class T 0000088525 S000043987 Guggenheim High Yield Fund C000177275 Class T 0000088525 S000043988 Guggenheim Investment Grade Bond Fund C000177276 Class T 0000088525 S000043989 Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund C000177277 Class T 0000088525 S000043990 Guggenheim Municipal Income Fund C000177278 Class T 0000088525 S000043991 Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund C000177279 Class T 0000088525 S000043992 Guggenheim Large Cap Value Fund C000177280 Class T 0000088525 S000043993 Guggenheim StylePlus - Mid Growth Fund C000177281 Class T 0000088525 S000044539 Guggenheim Risk Managed Real Estate Fund C000177282 Class T 0000088525 S000051594 Guggenheim Diversified Income Fund C000177283 Class T 0000088525 S000052809 Guggenheim Market Neutral Real Estate Fund C000177284 Class T 485BXT 1 gft42017485bxtclasst.htm 485BXT Document


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2017

Registration No. 811-01136
Registration No. 002-19458

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Post-Effective Amendment No.
221
 
x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 
Amendment No.
221
 
x
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:
(301) 296-5100
Copies To:
Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer and President
805 King Farm Boulevard
Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20850
Amy J. Lee, Chief Legal Officer
805 King Farm Boulevard
Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20850
Julien Bourgeois
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
Approximate date of public offering: May 3, 2017
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
o
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x
on May 3, 2017 pursuant to paragraph (b)
o
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o
on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o
on _____________ 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

Post-Effective Amendment No. 208 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement of Guggenheim Funds Trust (the “Registrant”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 on November 29, 2016 for the purpose of registering a new share class of the Registrant, Class T shares for certain series of the Registrant. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the purpose of designating May 3, 2017 as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective. The effectiveness of the Amendment was previously delayed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 212, as filed January 27, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 218, as filed February 23, 2017; and pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 219, as filed March 17, 2017. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment.






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, and State of Maryland on the 3rd day of April 2017.
 
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
(Registrant)
By:
DONALD C. CACCIAPAGLIA
 
Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 3rd day of April 2017.

Jerry B. Farley
Trustee

Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
Trustee

Maynard F. Oliverius
Trustee

Randall C. Barnes
Trustee

Roman Friedrich III
Trustee

Robert B. Karn III
Trustee

Ronald A. Nyberg
Trustee

Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
Trustee
 
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
By:
AMY J. LEE
 
Amy J. Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Attorney-In-Fact for the Trustees Whose Names Appear Opposite
By:
JOHN L. SULLIVAN
 
John L. Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
By:
DONALD C. CACCIAPAGLIA
 
Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer, President and Trustee