As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 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.

      181      

                

  

[X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

  

[X]

      Amendment No.

      182         

[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)

 

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[X]

    

On December 13, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)

[    ]

    

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

[    ]

    

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

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

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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. 181 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
180                   October 16, 2026                   November 15, 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. 181 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. 181 and Amendment No. 182 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 13th day of November, 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. 181 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

  

November 13, 2026

Thomas W. Bird

     

/s/ Jonathan W. DePriest*    

  

Trustee

  

November 13, 2026

Jonathan W. DePriest

     

/s/ Craig Wainscott*

  

Trustee

  

November 13, 2026

Craig Wainscott

     

/s/ Harold M. Shefrin*

  

Trustee

  

November 13, 2026

Harold M. Shefrin

     

/s/ Pamela Yang*

  

Trustee

  

November 13, 2026

Pamela Yang

     

/s/ John M. Coughlan

  

Principal Executive Officer

  

November 13, 2026

John M. Coughlan

     

/s/ John M. Coughlan

  

Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)           

  

November 13, 2026

John M. Coughlan

  

*  By: /s/ John M. Coughlan

     

 John M. Coughlan, Attorney-in-Fact