07/07/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/07/2022 07:49
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2022
Securities Act File No. 033-58846
Investment Company Act File No. 811-07538
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 |
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and/or |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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Amendment No. 174 |
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LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey07302-3973
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (888) 522-2388
Lawrence B. Stoller
Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer
90 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302-3973
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
___immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
Xon July 18, 2022 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:
XThis post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of delaying, until July 18, 2022, the effectiveness of the registration statement for Lord Abbett Global Equity Fund (the "Fund") filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, which was filed on April 8, 2022 pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 incorporates by reference the information relating to the Fund contained in Parts A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 170. Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 is not intended to amend or supersede information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, or otherwise affect the effectiveness of any prospectus or statement of additional information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170 that relates to one or more other series of the Registrant.
This filing relates solely to Lord Abbett Global Equity Fund. No information contained herein is intended to amend or supersede any prior filing relating to any other series of the Registrant.
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 it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Jersey City, and State of New Jersey on the 7th day of July 2022.
LORD ABBETT SECURITIES TRUST |
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BY: /s/ Pamela P. Chen |
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Pamela P. Chen |
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary |
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BY: /s/ Michael J. Hebert |
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Michael J. Hebert |
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Principal Accounting Officer, Chief Financial |
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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 dates indicated. |
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Signatures |
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Date |
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James L.L. Tullis* |
Chairman and Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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James L.L. Tullis |
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Douglas B. Sieg* |
President, CEO, and Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Douglas B. Sieg |
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Evelyn E. Guernsey* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Evelyn E. Guernsey |
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Julie A. Hill* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Julie A. Hill |
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Kathleen M. Lutito* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Kathleen M. Lutito |
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James M. McTaggart* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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James M. McTaggart |
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Charles O. Prince* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Charles O. Prince |
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Karla M. Rabusch* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Karla M. Rabusch |
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Lorin Patrick Taylor Radtke* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Lorin Patrick Taylor Radtke |
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Leah Song Richardson* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Leah Song Richardson |
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Mark A. Schmid* |
Trustee |
July 7, 2022 |
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Mark A. Schmid |
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*BY: |
/s/ Pamela P. Chen Pamela P. Chen Attorney-in-Fact, signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 to Lord Abbett Municipal Income Fund, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form N-1A on September 30, 2021, Accession Number 0000930413-21-001696. |