As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2025
Securities Act Registration No. 333-265972
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-23812
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
| ☐ | Pre-Effective Amendment No. __ | |
| ☒ | Post-Effective Amendment No. 80 |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
| ☒ | Amendment No. 81 |
Elevation
Series Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1700 Broadway, Suite 1850
Denver, CO 80290
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 303-226-4150
Nicholas Adams
Elevation Series Trust
1700 Broadway, Suite 1850
Denver, CO 80290
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)
With copy to:
JoAnn M. Strasser
Thompson Hine LLP
17th Floor
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
| ☐ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) | |
| ☒ | On October 19, 2025, 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:
| ☒ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to its Registration Statement until October 19, 2025. Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Trust’s Registration Statement relates to the Clough Short Duration ETF and Clough Flexible Income ETF. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 22 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on November 21, 2024, are incorporated by reference herein.
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 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, duly authorized, in the City of Denver and the State of Colorado, on the 19th day of September 2025.
| ELEVATION SERIES TRUST | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley Swenson | ||
| Bradley Swenson | |||
| President | |||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Bradley Swenson | President, Principal Executive Officer and Trustee | September 19, 2025 | ||
| Bradley Swenson | ||||
| /s/ Nicholas Austin | Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | September 19, 2025 | ||
| Nicholas Austin | ||||
| Steven Norgaard* | Trustee | September 19, 2025 | ||
| Steven Norgaard | ||||
| Kimberly Storms* | Trustee | September 19, 2025 | ||
| Kimberly Stoms |
| *By: | /s/ Nicholas Adams | ||
| Name: | Nicholas Adams | ||
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact | ||
| Date: | September 19, 2025 |
| * | Attorney-in-Fact – pursuant to Powers of Attorney as previously filed on June 10, 2025. |