As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2013

Securities Act Registration No. 033-52154
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-07168

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.
   
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Post-Effective Amendment No.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No.
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

7250 Redwood Blvd.
Suite 200
Novato, CA 94945
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(800) 966-4354
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:

Neil J. Hennessy
Hennessy Advisors, Inc.
7250 Redwood Blvd.
Suite 200
Novato, CA 94945
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:
Peter D. Fetzer
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post- effective amendment.

Explanatory Note:   This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 35 to the Hennessy Funds Trust (“HFT”) Registration Statement on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the HFT PEA No. 34 on Form N-1A filed February 28, 2013.  This PEA No. 35 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 34 to the HFT Registration Statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 of 1933 and has duly caused this Amended Registration Statement to be signed below on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Novato and the State of California on the 14 th day of March, 2013.

 
HENNESSY FUNDS TRUST
 
(Registrant)
   
 
By:  /s/ Neil J. Hennessy                   
 
Neil J. Hennessy
 
Chairman of the Board and
 
President

       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.

Name
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Neil J. Hennessy  
Chairman of the Board and President
 
March 14, 2013
Neil J. Hennessy
 
(Principal Executive Officer) and a Trustee
   
         
Robert T. Doyle*
 
Trustee
 
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J. Dennis DeSousa*
 
Trustee
 
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Gerald P. Richardson*
 
Trustee
 
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/s/ Teresa M. Nilsen  
Executive Vice President and Treasurer
 
March 14, 2013
Teresa M. Nilsen
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
         
*By:  
/s/ Neil J. Hennessy     
       
Neil J. Hennessy
Attorney-In-Fact
March 14, 2013
       

Signature Page
 
 
 
 
 

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Exhibit No.
Instance Document
EX-101.INS
Schema Document
EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE