0000897436-12-000496.txt : 20121115 0000897436-12-000496.hdr.sgml : 20121115 20121115113207 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-12-000496 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121115 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: 121207590 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 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: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-92935 FILM NUMBER: 121207591 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 0001100663 S000031851 iShares FTSE China A50 Index Fund C000099185 iShares FTSE China A50 Index Fund 485BXT 1 ftsechinaa50bxt_2012-1115.htm ISHARES FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUND BXT 2012-1115 ftsechinaa50bxt_2012-1115.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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. 791
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 791
  
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) 670-2000
 
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.
 
EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
BLACKROCK FUND
ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 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 14, 2012, 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. 791 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 14, 2012, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares FTSE China A50 Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 502 on January 25, 2011, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

 
PEA No.
 
Date Filed
 
Automatic Effective Date
 
518
 
April 8 , 2011
 
May 3, 2011
 
531
 
May 2, 2011
 
June 1, 2011
 
543
 
May 31, 2011
 
June 30, 2011
 
552
 
June 29, 2011
 
July 29, 2011
 
562
 
July 28, 2011
 
August 26, 2011
 
574
 
August 25, 2011
 
September 23, 2011
 
584
 
September 22, 2011
 
October 21, 2011
 
608
 
October 20, 2011
 
November 18, 2011
 
616
 
November 17, 2011
 
December 16, 2011
 
631
 
December 15, 2011
 
January 13, 2012
 
673
 
January 12, 2012
 
February 10, 2012
 
704
 
February 9, 2012
 
March 9, 2012
 
719
 
March 8, 2012
 
April 6, 2012
 
725
 
April 5, 2012
 
May 4, 2012
 
734
 
May 3, 2012
 
June 1, 2012
 
739
 
May 31, 2012
 
June 29, 2012
 
743
 
June 28, 2012
 
July 27, 2012
 
752
 
July 26, 2012
 
August 24, 2012
 
764
 
August 23, 2012
 
September 21, 2012
 
769
 
September 20, 2012
 
October 19, 2012
 
776
 
October 18, 2012
 
November 16, 2012


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 791 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 502.



 
 
 
 


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. 791 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 15th day of November, 2012.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 791 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
George G.C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012

 
 
 
 


   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: November 15, 2012


*
Powers of Attorney, each dated December 6, 2011, for Michael Latham, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, George G.C. Parker, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 717, filed March 8, 2012.