# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001314414
**File Stem:** 0001580642-26-001607
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 7139
**Document Hash:** fe6772caa80cbe0127b8029514e3980f
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001580642-26-001607.hdr.sgml**: 20260306

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001580642-26-001607

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260306

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260306

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Northern Lights Fund Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001314414

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 043023766
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-21720
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26732199

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 225 PICTORIA DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 450
- **CITY:** CINCINNATI
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 45246
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 631-470-2600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 17605 WRIGHT STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** OMAHA
- **STATE:** NE
- **ZIP:** 68130

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Strategy Shares
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20160223

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Mutual Fund & Variable Insurance Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20160223

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Northern Lights Fund Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050121
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Northern Lights Fund Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001314414

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 043023766
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-122917
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26732198

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 225 PICTORIA DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 450
- **CITY:** CINCINNATI
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 45246
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 631-470-2600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 17605 WRIGHT STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 200
- **CITY:** OMAHA
- **STATE:** NE
- **ZIP:** 68130

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Strategy Shares
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20160223

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Mutual Fund & Variable Insurance Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20160223

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Northern Lights Fund Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050121

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### DF Innovation ETF (Series ID: S000095947)

| Class ID   | Class Name        | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000264734 | DF Innovation ETF |  |

Securities Act File No. 333-122917

ICA No. 811- 21720

 **As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2026**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM N-1A**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** 

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| Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______ | **[ ]** |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,534 | **[ X ]** |

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and/or

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940**

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|:---|:---|
| Amendment No. <u>1,535</u> | **[ X ]** |

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(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

<u>Northern Lights Fund Trust</u>

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, OH 45246

Attention: Kevin Wolf

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

<u>(631) 490-4300</u>

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

<u>The Corporation Trust Company</u>

<u>Corporate Trust Center</u>

<u>251 Little Falls Drive</u>

<u>Wilmington, DE 19808</u>

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

<u>With a copy to</u>:

JoAnn M. Strasser, Esq. Thompson Hine LLP 41 South High Street, Suite 1700 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-469-3265 (phone) 513-241-4771 (fax) <u> Timothy Burdick Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 (631) 470-2649</u>

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

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

() immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).

(X) on April 6, 2026 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:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(X) this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,494 to its Registration Statement until April 6, 2026. Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,494 to the Trust's Registration Statement relates to DF Innovation ETF. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,494 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 1,496 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on August 5, 2025, are incorporated by reference herein.

**Signatures**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 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. 1,534 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Hauppauge, State of New York on the 6<sup>th</sup> day of March, 2026.

NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND 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; (Registrant)

/s/ Kevin Wolf

By: Kevin Wolf,

President and Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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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|:---|:---|:---|
| John V. Palancia\* | Trustee | March 6, 2026 |
| Gary Lanzen\* | Trustee | March 6, 2026 |
| Anthony Hertl\* | Trustee& Chairman | March 6, 2026 |
| Mark Taylor\* | Trustee | March 6, 2026 |
| Mark D. Gersten\* | Trustee | March 6, 2026 |
| Mark Garbin\* | Trustee | March 6, 2026 |
| Jim Colantino\* | Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer | March 6, 2026 |
| Kevin Wolf<br>| President and Principal Executive Officer | March 6, 2026 |

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By: <u>Date:</u>

 <u>/s/ Kevin Wolf</u> March 6, 2026

Kevin Wolf, President

\*Attorney-in-Fact – Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed on April 1, 2011, January 9, 2012, September 27, 2013, September 1, 2016, September 1, 2017 and August 5, 2025 to the Registrant's Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 234, No. 346, No. 535, No. 862, No. 1,001 and No.1,494 respectively, which are hereby incorporated by reference.