485BXT 1 isharestrust485bxt2007-1019.htm ISHARES TRUST 485BXT 2007-1019 Unassociated Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2007
                                                                                                                                           File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729
 

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 106
  
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and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
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Amendment No. 106
  
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares® Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 597-2000
 
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
With Copies to:
 
         
MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.
 
BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.
 
ADAM MIZOCK, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A.
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
45 FREMONT STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6099
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1238
 
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
 
     
¨     Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  
x     On November 5, 2007 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)
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
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The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 


 
 

 

Explanatory Note


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until November 5, 2007, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund, iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund, iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund, iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund and iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund (collectively, the “Funds”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 78 on April 23, 2007 pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. The effectiveness of the registration statement for these Funds was previously delayed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 filed on July 6, 2007; Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 filed on July 20, 2007; Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 filed on August 21, 2007; and Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 filed on September 20, 2007, as provided in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 78.


 
 

 


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 the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 19th day of October, 2007.
 
     
   
By:
     
   
Michael Latham*
   
President
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacity and on the dates indicated.
 
   
By:
     
   
Lee T. Kranefuss*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
       
   
John E. Martinez*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
       
   
George G. C. Parker*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
       
   
Cecilia H. Herbert*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
       
   
Charles A. Hurty*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
       
   
John E. Kerrigan*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
     
       
   
Robert H. Silver*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
     
       
   
Michael Latham*
   
President
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
     
   
/s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
   
Geoffrey D. Flynn
   
Treasurer
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
   
*By:
 
/s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
   
Geoffrey D. Flynn
   
Attorney in fact
   
   
Date: October 19, 2007
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated September 18, 2007, for Michael A. Latham, Lee T. Kranefuss, John E. Martinez, George G.C. Parker, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty, John E. Kerrigan, and Robert H. Silver are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 102, filed October 1, 2007.