485BPOS 1 d690451d485bpos.htm SPDR SERIES TRUST SPDR Series Trust

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014

Securities Act File No. 333-57793

Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-08839

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933   x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 119   x

And

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940   x

Amendment No. 121

 

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (866) 787-2257

Copies to:

 

Christopher A. Madden, Esq.

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street/CPH0326

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

 

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Bingham McCutchen LLP

2020 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)  

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

  x 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 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 caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 28th day March, 2014.

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST
By:   /s/ Ellen M. Needham
 

Ellen M. Needham

President

SIGNATURES

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:

 

SIGNATURES

  

TITLE

 

DATE

/s/ Bonny E. Boatman*

Bonny E. Boatman

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ Dwight D. Churchill*

Dwight D. Churchill

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ David M. Kelly*

David M. Kelly

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ Frank Nesvet*

Frank Nesvet

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur*

Carl G. Verboncoeur

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ James E. Ross*

James E. Ross

   Trustee   March 28, 2014

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

Ellen M. Needham

   President and Principal Executive Officer   March 28, 2014

/s/ Chad C. Hallett

Chad C. Hallett

   Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer   March 28, 2014

 

*By:   /s/ Christopher A. Madden
 

Christopher A. Madden

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