As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2026

File Nos. 333-22075 and 811-08061

 

 

 

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. 99 [X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

     
  THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
  Amendment No. 102 [X]
  (Check appropriate box or boxes.)  

 

 

Diamond Hill Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43215

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (888) 226-5595

Sheelyn Michael, Diamond Hill Funds

325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43215

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

With copy to:

Nathan J. Greene, Esq.

Sidley Austin LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

[  ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on August 13, 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.

 

Contents of Post-Effective Amendment No.99

 

This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement comprises the following papers and contents:

 

The Facing Sheet

 

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 94, as it relates to Diamond Hill High Income ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Registrant, until August 13, 2026. Parts A and B of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 94, filed on February 6, 2026, are incorporated by reference herein. Part C of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 97, filed on May 18, 2026, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

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 it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York on July 14, 2026.

 

DIAMOND HILL FUNDS  
     
By: /s/ Mehdi Mahmud  
 

Mehdi Mahmud 

 
  President (and in the capacity of Principal Executive Officer)  

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ John P. Arnhold*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
John P. Arnhold        
         
/s/ Candace K. Beinecke*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Candace K. Beinecke        
         
/s/ Peter W. Davidson*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Peter W. Davidson        
         
/s/ Jean D. Hamilton*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Jean D. Hamilton        
         
/s/ William M. Kelly*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
William M. Kelly        
         
/s/ Paul J. Lawler*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Paul J. Lawler        
         
/s/ Mandakini Puri*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Mandakini Puri        
         
/s/ Scott Sleyster*   Trustee   July 14, 2026
Scott Sleyster        
         
/s/ Mehdi Mahmud   Trustee (and in the capacity of Principal Executive Officer)   July 14, 2026
Mehdi Mahmud        
         
/s/ Brandon Webster   Chief Financial Officer (and in the capacity of Principal Financial Officer)   July 14, 2026
Brandon Webster        

 

*By: /s/ Sheelyn Michael  
  Sheelyn Michael  
 

on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Powers of Attorney