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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2011
1933 Act Registration No. 333-35883
1940 Act Registration No. 811-08361
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 þ
Pre-Effective Amendment No.                     o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 þ
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 þ
Amendment No. 25 þ
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (312) 655-4400
PETER V. BONANNO, ESQ.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
STEPHEN H. BIER, ESQ.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the registration statement
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
     
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  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
 
    
o
  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
 
    
o
  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
 
    
o
  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 filing relates solely to the following series and classes of the Registrant:
Institutional Shares and Service Shares of the Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Structured U.S. Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund, and Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund; and Service Shares of the Goldman Sachs Government Income Fund, Goldman Sachs Growth Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund, Goldman Sachs Money Market Fund, and Goldman Sachs Equity Index Fund.

 

 

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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City and State of New York on the 20th day of May, 2011.
         
GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST
(A Delaware statutory variable insurance trust)		    
 
        
By:
  /s/ Peter V. Bonanno
 
Peter V. Bonanno 		   
 
  Secretary    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to said Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
Name   Title   Date
 
        
1James A. McNamara
 
James A. McNamara
  President (Chief Executive Officer) and Trustee   May 20, 2011
 
        
1George F. Travers
 
George F. Travers
  Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President   May 20, 2011
 
        
1Ashok N. Bakhru
 
Ashok N. Bakhru
  Chairman and Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Donald C. Burke
 
Donald C. Burke
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1John P. Coblentz, Jr.
 
John P. Coblentz, Jr.
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Diana M. Daniels
 
Diana M. Daniels
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Joseph P. LoRusso
 
Joseph P. LoRusso
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Jessica Palmer
 
Jessica Palmer
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Alan A. Shuch
 
Alan A. Shuch
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
 
        
1Richard P. Strubel
 
Richard P. Strubel
  Trustee    May 20, 2011
         
By:
  /s/ Peter V. Bonanno
 
Peter V. Bonanno, 		   
 
  Attorney-In-Fact    
 
1   Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.

 

 

CERTIFICATE
The undersigned Secretary for Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (the “Trust”) hereby certifies that the Board of Trustees of the Trust duly adopted the following resolution at a meeting of the Board held on June 17, 2010.
     RESOLVED, that the Trustees and Officers of the Trust who may be required to execute any amendments to the Trust’s Registration Statement be, and each hereby is, authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing Peter V. Bonanno, James A. Fitzpatrick and James A. McNamara, jointly and severally, their attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, for said Trustees and Officers in any and all capacities to sign the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the Trust and any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, the Trustees and Officers hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or may have caused to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: May 20, 2011
         
     
  /s/ Peter V. Bonanno    
  Peter V. Bonanno,   
  Secretary   
 

 

 

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