As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 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.

   180    [X]
  

 

  

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

   [X]

   Amendment No.

   181    [X]
  

 

  

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iM GLOBAL PARTNER FUNDS

(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 November 15, 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. 180 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for iM Global Partner Funds (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

169

             

April 3, 2026

             

May 3, 2026

171

             

May 1, 2026

             

May 31, 2026

172

             

May 29, 2026

             

June 28, 2026

173

             

June 26, 2026

             

July 26, 2026

175

             

July 24, 2026

             

August 23, 2026

176

             

August 21, 2026

             

September 20, 2026

177

             

September 18, 2026

             

October 18, 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. 180 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. 180 and Amendment No. 181 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 16th day of October, 2026.

 

iM GLOBAL PARTNER FUNDS

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. 180 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

 

October 16, 2026

Thomas W. Bird

    

/s/ Jonathan W. DePriest*   

  

Trustee

 

October 16, 2026

Jonathan W. DePriest

    

/s/ Craig Wainscott*

  

Trustee

 

October 16, 2026

Craig Wainscott

    

/s/ Harold M. Shefrin*

  

Trustee

 

October 16, 2026

Harold M. Shefrin

    

/s/ Pamela Yang*

Pamela Yang

  

Trustee

 

October 16, 2026

/s/ John M. Coughlan

  

Principal Executive Officer

 

October 16, 2026

John M. Coughlan

    

/s/ John M. Coughlan

John M. Coughlan

  

Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

October 16, 2026

* By: /s/ John M. Coughlan

    

 John M. Coughlan, Attorney-in-Fact