As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2012

1933 Act Registration No. 033-48940

1940 Act Registration No. 811-06722

 

 

 

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. 101

AND/OR

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

AMENDMENT NO. 101

 

 

FORWARD FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

101 California Street, 16th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 1-800-999-6809

 

 

J. ALAN REID, JR.

Forward Funds

101 California Street, 16th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

(Name and address of agent for service of process)

COPIES TO:

DOUGLAS P. DICK

Dechert LLP

1775 I Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

(Name and address of agent for service of process)

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

  x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  ¨ On (day) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

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

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California, on this 21 st day of November, 2012.

 

FORWARD FUNDS
 

/s/ J. ALAN REID, JR.

       J. Alan Reid, Jr.
         PRESIDENT

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

 

DATE

/s/ J ALAN REID, JR.

   President and Trustee   November 21, 2012
J. Alan Reid, Jr.     

/s/ HAIG G. MARDIKIAN*

   Trustee   November 21, 2012
Haig G. Mardikian     

/s/ DONALD O’CONNOR*

   Trustee   November 21, 2012
Donald O’Connor     

/s/ DEWITT F. BOWMAN*

   Trustee   November 21, 2012
DeWitt F. Bowman     

/ s / CECILIA H. HERBERT*

   Trustee   November 21, 2012
Cecilia H. Herbert     

/ s/ JULIE ALLECTA*

   Trustee   November 21, 2012
Julie Allecta     

/s/ BARBARA TOLLE

   Treasurer   November 21, 2012
Barbara Tolle     

 

*By:

 

            /s/ BARBARA TOLLE                      

                      Barbara Tolle
                    Attorney-in-Fact


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.

  

Description of Exhibit

EX-101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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