# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001548609
**File Stem:** 0000894189-23-000711
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 10630
**Document Hash:** f46027f0e0df700b83354b1f8b91af9f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000894189-23-000711.hdr.sgml**: 20230130

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000894189-23-000711

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230130

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230130

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Brown Advisory Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001548609
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22708
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23566913

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 901 SOUTH BOND STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21231
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 410-537-5400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 901 SOUTH BOND STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21231
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Brown Advisory Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001548609
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-181202
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23566912

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 901 SOUTH BOND STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21231
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 410-537-5400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 901 SOUTH BOND STREET
- **CITY:** BALTIMORE
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21231

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (Series ID: S000079575)

| Class ID   | Class Name           | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000240650 | Advisor Shares       |  |
| C000240651 | Investor Shares      |  |
| C000240652 | Institutional Shares |  |

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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2023

1933 Act Registration File No. 333-181202

1940 Act Registration File No. 811-22708

#### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

#### FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ X ] <br> Pre-Effective Amendment No.   [ ] <br> Post-Effective Amendment No. <u> 71 </u> [ X ]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ] <br> Amendment No. <u> 73 </u> [ X ]

and/or

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

#### BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

901 South Bond Street, Suite 400

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (410) 537-5400

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| Paul J. Chew, President and Principal Executive Officer |
| Brown Advisory Funds |
| 901 South Bond Street, Suite 400 |
|  Baltimore, Maryland 21231 |

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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

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| Patrick W.D. Turley, Esq. |
|  Dechert LLP |
| 1900 K Street, NW |
|  Washington, DC 20006 |

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

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| [ | ] | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| [ | X] | on February 28, 2023 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. |

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If appropriate, check the following box:

[ X ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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#### EXPLANATORY NOTE

Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Post-Effective Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No. 70 (the "Amendment") was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 on November 17, 2022 and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) would have become effective on January 31, 2023.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating February 28, 2023 as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment with respect to the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund.

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#### 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 this Amendment to the Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for effectiveness under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on January 30, 2023.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the 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> |
| <u>/s/ Paul J. Chew</u> | President | January 30, 2023 |
|  Paul J. Chew |  |  |
|  <u>/s/ Jason T. Meix</u> | Treasurer | January 30, 2023 |
|  Jason T. Meix |  |  |
|  <u>Michael D. Hankin\*</u> | Trustee | January 30, 2023 |
|  Michael D. Hankin |  |  |
|  <u>Joseph R. Hardiman\*</u> | Trustee and Chairman of | January 30, 2023 |
|  Joseph R. Hardiman | the Board |  |
|  <u>Henry H. Hopkins\*</u> | Trustee | January 30, 2023 |
|  Henry H. Hopkins |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Georgette D. Kiser\*</u> | &nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee | &nbsp;&nbsp; January 30, 2023 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Georgette D. Kiser |  |  |
|  <u>Kyle Prechtl Legg\*</u> | Trustee | January 30, 2023 |
|  Kyle Prechtl Legg |  |  |
|  <u>Thomas F. O'Neil III</u>\* | Trustee | January 30, 2023 |
|  Thomas F. O'Neil III |  |  |
|  <u>Neal F. Triplett\*</u> | Trustee | January 30, 2023 |
|  Neal F. Triplett |  |  |

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\* By: <u>/s/ Patrick W.D. Turley</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Patrick W.D. Turley

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed and incorporated by reference.

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