# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000891944
**File Stem:** 0000897069-25-001736
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 11180
**Document Hash:** f0804b28bdd23acbc96cbe87ab07048c
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000897069-25-001736.hdr.sgml**: 20251126

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000897069-25-001736

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251126

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251126

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000891944

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-07168
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251529741

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7250  REDWOOD BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** NOVATO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94945
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8009664354

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O US BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
- **STREET 2:** 615 E MICHIGAN ST MK-WI-LC-2
- **CITY:** MILWAUKEE
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 53202

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HENLOPEN FUND
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19921217
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000891944

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-52154
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251529740

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7250  REDWOOD BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** NOVATO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94945
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8009664354

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O US BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
- **STREET 2:** 615 E MICHIGAN ST MK-WI-LC-2
- **CITY:** MILWAUKEE
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 53202

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HENLOPEN FUND
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19921217

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Hennessy Tactical Growth and Income ETF (Series ID: S000094303)

| Class ID   | Class Name                              | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000262787 | Hennessy Tactical Growth and Income ETF |  |

### Hennessy Tactical Growth ETF (Series ID: S000094304)

| Class ID   | Class Name                   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000262788 | Hennessy Tactical Growth ETF |  |

As filed with the SEC on November 26, 2025

Registration Nos. 033-52154

811-07168

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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. <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>[ ]

Post-Effective Amendment No. 73 [x]

and/or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [x]

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Amendment No. 74 [x]<br> (Check appropriate box or boxes.)<br> ___________________________________ | Amendment No. 74 [x]<br> (Check appropriate box or boxes.)<br> ___________________________________ | Amendment No. 74 [x]<br> (Check appropriate box or boxes.)<br> ___________________________________ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |
| 7250 Redwood Blvd. | 7250 Redwood Blvd. | 7250 Redwood Blvd. |
| Suite 200 | Suite 200 | Suite 200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novato, California&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novato, California&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;94945  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (ZIP Code) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (800) 966-4354&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (800) 966-4354&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (800) 966-4354&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code) |
| Teresa M. Nilsen | Copy to: | Copy to: |
| Hennessy Advisors, Inc. | Peter D. Fetzer | Peter D. Fetzer |
| 7250 Redwood Blvd. | Foley & Lardner LLP | Foley & Lardner LLP |
| Suite 200 | 777 East Wisconsin Avenue | 777 East Wisconsin Avenue |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novato, California 94945  | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306  | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306  |
| (Name and Address of Agent for Service) |  |  |

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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.

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

⬜ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒ on December 5, 2025 pursuant to paragraph (b)

⬜ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

⬜ on (dated) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

⬜ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

⬜ on (dated) 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.<br>

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#### EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this filing, Post-Effective Amendment No. 73, is to delay the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 72 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Hennessy Funds Trust (the "<u>Registrant</u>"), with this Amendment and the other Amendments subsequent to Post-Effective Amendment No. 67, which was filed under Rule 485(a) on May 19, 2025 (the "<u>485A Filing</u>"), delaying the effectiveness of the 485A Filing until December 5, 2025 (the "<u>Delaying Amendments</u>"). The 485A Filing and the Delaying Amendments relate solely to the Hennessy Tactical Growth and Income ETF and the Hennessy Tactical Growth ETF, each a new series of the Registrant. Parts A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Registrant's Registration Statement, filed on May 19, 2025, are incorporated herein by reference.

The current prospectuses and statements of additional information for the other series of the Registrant are not changed by the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 73 to the Registrant's Registration Statement.

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#### 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 of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amended Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Amended Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Novato and State of California on the 26<sup>th</sup> day of November, 2025.

#### HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant)

By: <u>/s/ Teresa M. Nilsen</u><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teresa M. Nilsen

Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amended Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Name | Title | Date |
| <u>/s/ Neil J. Hennessy</u><br>Neil J. Hennessy<br>| Chairman of the Board and President (Principal Executive Officer) and a Trustee<br>| November 26, 2025 |
| Robert T. Doyle\*<br>| Trustee | \* |
| J. Dennis DeSousa\*<br>| Trustee | \* |
| Doug Franklin\*<br>| Trustee | \* |
| Claire Garvie\*<br>| Trustee | \* |
| Gerald P. Richardson\* | Trustee<br>| \* |
| <u>/s/ Teresa M. Nilsen</u> Teresa M. Nilsen | Executive Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | November 26, 2025 |

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\*By: <u>/s/ Teresa M. Nilsen</u><br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teresa M. Nilsen

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Attorney-in-fact

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dated as of November 26, 2025