485BPOS 1 d485bpos.htm BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS INC BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS INC

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2011

Securities Act File No. 333-15265

Investment Company Act File No. 811-7899

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    x
   Pre-Effective Amendment No.    ¨
   Post-Effective Amendment No. 21    x
   and/or   
   REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE   
   INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    x
   Amendment No. 22    x
   (Check appropriate box or boxes)   

 

 

BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 441-7762

John M. Perlowski

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

55 East 52nd Street

New York, New York 10055

United States of America

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

John A. MacKinnon, Esq.   Ira P. Shapiro, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP   BlackRock Advisors, LLC
787 Seventh Avenue   55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6018   New York, New York 10055

 

 

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

  x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ on (date) 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:

  ¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value, $0.001 per share.

  

Quantitative Master Series LLC has also executed this 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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on April 21, 2011.

 

BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.
By:  

/s/ John M. Perlowski

  John M. Perlowski
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title    Date

/s/ John M. Perlowski

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

    April 21, 2011
John M. Perlowski      

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    April 21, 2011
Neal J. Andrews      

David O. Beim*

    Director   
David O. Beim      

Ronald W. Forbes*

    Director   
Ronald W. Forbes      

Dr. Matina S. Horner*

    Director   
Dr. Matina S. Horner      

Rodney D. Johnson*

    Director   
Rodney D. Johnson      

Herbert I. London*

    Director   
Herbert I. London      

Cynthia A. Montgomery*

    Director   
Cynthia A. Montgomery      

Joseph P. Platt*

    Director   
Joseph P. Platt      

Robert C. Robb, Jr.*

    Director   
Robert C. Robb, Jr.      

Toby Rosenblatt*

    Director   
Toby Rosenblatt      

Kenneth L. Urish*

    Director   
Kenneth L. Urish      

 

2

Frederick W. Winter*

    Director   
Frederick W. Winter      

Richard S. Davis*

    Director   
Richard S. Davis      

Henry Gabbay*

    Director   
Henry Gabbay      
*By:  

/s/ Ben Archibald

       April 21, 2011
  Ben Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)      

 

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SIGNATURES

Quantitative Master Series LLC has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on April 21, 2011.

 

QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC
By:  

/S/ JOHN M. PERLOWSKI

 

John M. Perlowski,

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title    Date

/s/ John M. Perlowski

    President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)    April 21, 2011
John M. Perlowski      

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    April 21, 2011
Neal J. Andrews      

David O. Beim*

    Director   
David O. Beim      

Ronald W. Forbes*

    Director   
Ronald W. Forbes      

Dr. Matina S. Horner*

    Director   
Dr. Matina S. Horner      

Rodney D. Johnson*

    Director   
Rodney D. Johnson      

Herbert I. London*

    Director   
Herbert I. London      

Cynthia A. Montgomery*

    Director   
Cynthia A. Montgomery      

Joseph P. Platt*

    Director   
Joseph P. Platt      

Robert C. Robb, Jr.*

    Director   
Robert C. Robb, Jr.      

Toby Rosenblatt*

    Director   
Toby Rosenblatt      

Kenneth L. Urish*

    Director   
Kenneth L. Urish      

 

4

Frederick W. Winter*

    Director   
Frederick W. Winter      

Richard S. Davis*

    Director   
Richard S. Davis      

Henry Gabbay*

    Director   
Henry Gabbay      
*By:  

/s/ Ben Archibald

       April 21, 2011
  Ben Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)      

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.

   

Description of Exhibit

EX-101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase