# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000919160
**File Stem:** 0001213900-25-119474
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 7131
**Document Hash:** fec1072ca582b62cfb969da74c8c7969
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-25-119474.hdr.sgml**: 20251209

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-25-119474

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251209

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251209

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000919160

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-08360
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251557819

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 626-914-1041

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INVESTEC FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000927

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970506

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940217
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000919160

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-75340
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251557818

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 626-914-1041

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INVESTEC FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000927

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970506

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940217

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Guinness Atkinson International Dividend Builder ETF (Series ID: S000097909)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                           | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000267420 | Guinness Atkinson International Dividend Builder ETF |  |

### Guinness Atkinson US Dividend Builder ETF (Series ID: S000097910)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000267421 | Guinness Atkinson US Dividend Builder ETF |  |

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 9, 2025

REGISTRATION NOS. 033-75340

811-08360

**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 <u>NO. 150</u> ☒ <br> AND/OR

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ☐

AMENDMENT <u>NO. 151</u> ☒

**<u>Guinness Atkinson Funds</u>**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

251 South Lake Avenue, Suite 800

Pasadena, California 91101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (626) 628-2787

James J. Atkinson, President

Guinness Atkinson Funds

251 South Lake Avenue, Suite 800

Pasadena, California 91101

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Please send copies of communication to:

Alexandra K. Alberstadt, Esq

Seward & Kissel, LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

*It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):*

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ on <u>December 17, 2025 **,**</u> pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485; or

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485;

☐ on _________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485; or

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485; or

☐ on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485; or

☐ on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

☒ T his
post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

**Explanatory Note**

This Post-Effective Amendment ("PEA") to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed for the sole purpose of designating a new effective date for the previously filed PEA No. 148 to the Registrant's Registration Statement filed under Rule 485(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 on September 26, 2025 for the purpose of creating the new series Guinness Atkinson US Dividend Builder ETF and Guinness Atkinson International Dividend Builder ETF. This PEA incorporates by reference the information contained in [Parts A, B and C](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919160/000121390025092404/ea0258873-01_485apos.htm) of PEA No. 148 to the Registrant's Registration Statement filed on September 26, 2025. The Registrant may file additional subsequent delaying amendments designating a new effective date.

**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 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Glendora and State of California, on the **<u>9<sup>th</sup> day of December, 2025</u>**.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS | GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS |
| By: | /s/ James Atkinson |
|  | James Atkinson |
|  | President and Principal Executive Officer |

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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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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| <u>Signature</u> | <u>Title</u> | <u>Date</u> |
| /s/ James Atkinson | President and Principal Executive Officer | December 9, 2025 |
| James Atkinson |  |  |
| /s/ J.I. Fordwood\* | Trustee | December 9, 2025 |
| J.I. Fordwood |  |  |
| /s/ Timothy Guinness\* | Trustee | December 9, 2025 |
| Timothy Guinness |  |  |
| /s/ Bret A. Herscher\* | Trustee | December 9, 2025 |
| Bret A. Herscher |  |  |
| /s/ Jeffrey Long\* | Trustee | December 9, 2025 |
| Jeffrey Long |  |  |
| /s/ J. Brooks Reece, Jr.\* | Trustee and Chairman | December 9, 2025 |
| J. Brooks Reece, Jr. |  |  |
| /s/ Rita Dam | Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer and | December 9, 2025 |
| Rita Dam | Principal Financial Officer |  |
| \*By: /s/ Rita Dam |  |  |
| Rita Dam |  |  |
| Attorney-in-Fact |  |  |

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