As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2019
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 333-09341
Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration No. 811-07739
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ☒ | |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ | |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
| Amendment No. 61 | ☒ | |
| (Check appropriate box or boxes) |
Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
400 Crossing Boulevard, Fourth Floor
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1-877-435-8105
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
| Name and Address of Agent for Service:
Marcia Y. Lucas, Esq. The Northern Trust Company 50 South LaSalle Street, B-7 Chicago, Illinois 60603 |
Copies to:
Stephen H. Bier, Esq. Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036-6797 |
It Is Proposed That This Filing Become Effective (Check Appropriate Box):
| ☒ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ☐ | On (date) 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, as amended (the “Securities Act”), 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 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Bridgewater, State of New Jersey, on the 19th day of March, 2019.
| HARDING, LOEVNER FUNDS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard T. Reiter | |
| Richard T. Reiter, President | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| */s/ David R. Loevner David R. Loevner |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Carolyn N. Ainslie Carolyn N. Ainslie |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Christine C. Carsman Christine C. Carsman |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Jill R. Cuniff Jill R. Cuniff |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Samuel R. Karetsky Samuel R. Karetsky |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ R. Kelly Doherty R. Kelly Doherty |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Charles W. Freeman, III Charles W. Freeman, III |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| */s/ Eric Rakowski Eric Rakowski |
Director |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Richard T. Reiter Richard T. Reiter |
President |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Charles S. Todd Charles S. Todd |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
March 19, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Marcia Y. Lucas Marcia Y. Lucas |
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| * Attorney-in-Fact Dated: | ||||
| March 19, 2019 | ||||
| * | As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney (previously filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A). |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| XBRL Instance Document | Ex-101.INS | |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | Ex-101.SCH | |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | Ex-101.CAL | |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | Ex-101.DEF | |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | Ex-101.LAB | |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | Ex-101.PRE |