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. 15
[X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 18
[X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Ancora Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
One Chagrin Highlands
2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(216) 825-4000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Richard A. Barone
c/o Ancora Trust
One Chagrin Highlands
2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Michael J. Meaney, Esq.
McDonald Hopkins LLC
600 Superior Ave., E., Suite 2100
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[] on May 20, 2013 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.
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 requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on May 20, 2013 .
ANCORA TRUST
/s/Richard A. Barone, Chairman
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Richard A. Barone
Chairman and Trustee
May 20, 2013
/s/Raj Aggarwal
Trustee
May 20, 2013
/s/Donald Lerner
Trustee
May 20, 2013
/s/Anne Peterson Ogan
Trustee
May 20, 2013
Exhibit Index
Index No.
Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase