485BXT 1 d523498d485bxt.htm FORM 485BXT Form 485BXT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2023

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  
   Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,667  

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  
   Amendment No. 2,667  

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

 

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

(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.

ANNE C. CHOE, ESQ.

WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP

787 SEVENTH AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099

 

MARISA ROLLAND, ESQ.

BLACKROCK FUND

ADVISORS

400 HOWARD STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

 

 

Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

 

On September 21, 2023, 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:

 

 

The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,667 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 September 21, 2023, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Value Factor ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,648 on June 9, 2023, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,667 incorporates by reference the information contained in Part A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,648.


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. 2,667 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 22nd day of August, 2023.

iSHARES TRUST 

 

By:    
  Dominik Rohé*
  President
  Date: August 22, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,667 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:    
  Salim Ramji*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  John E. Martinez*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  Cecilia H. Herbert*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  John E. Kerrigan*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  Robert S. Kapito*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023


   
  Madhav V. Rajan*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  Jane D. Carlin*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  Drew E. Lawton*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
   
  Richard L. Fagnani*
  Trustee
  Date: August 22, 2023
  /s/ Trent W. Walker
  Trent W. Walker*
 

Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer

  Date: August 22, 2023
 
*By:   /s/ Trent W. Walker
  Trent W. Walker
  Attorney-in-fact
  Date: August 22, 2023

 

*

Powers of Attorney, each dated March 30, 2023, for Dominik Rohé, Salim Ramji, Jane D. Carlin, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito, Drew E. Lawton, Richard L. Fagnani and Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,632, filed March 31, 2023.