-----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, TMXdodmXTXLK/OR9laKxPL9gRiXMmcY+UhA6AR2remlOOWKD7sxwvglun4B1Cv4e /swxJHZdraS2NmxfF6ZKCA== 0000897436-09-000524.txt : 20091120 0000897436-09-000524.hdr.sgml : 20091120 20091120135828 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-09-000524 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091120 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: 091198140 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 617 937 5525 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: 091198141 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 617 937 5525 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 S000026112 iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Consumer Discretionary Index Fund C000078227 iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Consumer Discretionary Index Fund 485BXT 1 acwiexusconsdisc2009-1120.htm ISHARES MSCI ACWI EX US CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY INDEX FUND BXT 2009-1120 acwiexusconsdisc2009-1120.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2009
                            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.  328
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No.  328
  
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.
 
JESSICA N. BENTLEY, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A.
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
400 HOWARD 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 December 20, 2009 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. 328  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 December 20, 2009, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Consumer Discretionary Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 226 on April 22, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was delayed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246 on July 2, 2009, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 263 on July 31, 2009, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 275 on August 28, 2009, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 288 on September 25, 2009 and in Post-Effective Amendment No. 310 on October 23, 2009, each pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 328 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 226.



 
 

 


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. 328 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 20th  day of November 2009.
 
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 328 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: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
George G. C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009

 
 

 


   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
Darrell Duffie*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
   
 
Michael Latham*
 
President
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
   
*By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney in fact
   
 
Date: November 20, 2009
 
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated February 23, 2009, for Michael A. Latham, Lee T. Kranefuss, John E. Martinez, George G.C. Parker, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, and Darrell Duffie are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 226, filed April 22, 2009.


 
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