-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SlUPXAbnYuEx5wABwlFigccXleehHcMzhpeQxIkvvcUz+NXCOEmUeifkHcRa+c3s EbqzwBZ46Dznh3myqQWaAA== 0000897436-08-000197.txt : 20080516 0000897436-08-000197.hdr.sgml : 20080516 20080516155504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-08-000197 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100663 IRS NUMBER: 943351276 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-92935 FILM NUMBER: 08842363 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 FREMONT STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 6179375525 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 CLARENDON CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100663 IRS NUMBER: 943351276 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09729 FILM NUMBER: 08842364 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 FREMONT STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 6179375525 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 CLARENDON CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 0001100663 S000022341 iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund C000064225 iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund 485BXT 1 spindia50indexfund2008-05.htm ISHARES TRUST S&P INDIA NIFTY 50 BXT 2008-0516 spindia50indexfund2008-05.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2008
                                                                                                                                                ;   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
  
x
 
 
 
Post-Effective Amendment No.  134
  
x
 
 
 
and/or
  
 
 
 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
 
 
Amendment No.  134
  
x
 
 
(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.
 
KEVIN D. SMITH, 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 June 15, 2008 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:
 
x
The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.





Explanatory Note


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 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 June 15, 2008, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 on March 4, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125.


 
 

 















































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) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 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 16th day of May 2008.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
 
President
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 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: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John E. Martinez*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George G. C. Parker*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
 
Trustee
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
 
President
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
 
 
Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
 
Treasurer
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008
 
 
*By:
 
/s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
 
 
Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
 
Attorney in fact
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2008


 
 

*
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.


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