As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2018

Registration Numbers: 333-57791; 811-08837

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 44

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 47

THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR^® TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (617) 664-7037

Joshua A. Weinberg, Esq.

Managing Director and Managing Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☒ immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

☐ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

☐ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

☐ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, The Select Sector SPDR^® Trust, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 28^th day of June, 2018.

THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR® TRUST
By:	/s/ Ellen M. Needham
	Ellen M. Needham
	President

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 date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Cheryl Burgermeister* Cheryl Burgermeister	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ George R. Gaspari* George R. Gaspari	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ Ashley T. Rabun* Ashley T. Rabun	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ Ernest J. Scalberg* Ernest J. Scalberg	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ R. Charles Tschampion* R. Charles Tschampion	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ James E. Ross* James E. Ross	Trustee	June 28, 2018
/s/ Chad C. Hallett Chad C. Hallett	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	June 28, 2018
/s/ Ellen M. Needham Ellen M. Needham	President and Principal Executive Officer	June 28, 2018

*By:	/s/ Jesse D. Hallee
	Jesse D. Hallee
	As Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
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