As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2018

Securities Act File No. 333-92106

Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-21145

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 140

And

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☒
Amendment No. 143

SPDR^® INDEX SHARES FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (617) 664-7037

Joshua A. Weinberg, Esq.

Managing Director and Managing Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☒ immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

☐ on                              pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on                              pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

☐ on                              pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

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

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SPDR^® Index Shares Funds, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 1^st day of October, 2018.

SPDR® INDEX SHARES FUNDS
By:	/s/ Ellen M. Needham
	Ellen M. Needham
	President

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

SIGNATURES	TITLE	DATE
/s/ Bonny E. Boatman* Bonny E. Boatman	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Dwight D. Churchill* Dwight D. Churchill	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Frank Nesvet* Frank Nesvet	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Clare S. Richer* Clare S. Richer	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Sandra G. Sponem* Sandra G. Sponem	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur* Carl G. Verboncoeur	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ James E. Ross* James E. Ross	Trustee	October 1, 2018
/s/ Ellen M. Needham Ellen M. Needham	President and Principal Executive Officer	October 1, 2018
/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg Bruce S. Rosenberg	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	October 1, 2018

*By:	/s/ Jesse D. Hallee
	Jesse D. Hallee,
	As Attorney-in-Fact
	Pursuant to Power of Attorney

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase