As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2015

Securities Act File No. 333-173276

Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-22542

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 47	x
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 53	x

SSgA Active Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (866) 787-2257

Christopher A. Madden

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street/CPH0326

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP

2020 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

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

x on August 8, 2015 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)

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

NOTE: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until August 8, 2015, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A related to the State Street Global Managed Volatility Portfolio, which was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on January 16, 2015 (the “Amendment”).

Part A.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS

Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of the Amendment.

Part B.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of the Amendment.

Part C.  OTHER INFORMATION

Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of the Amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SSgA Active Trust, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) 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 9^th day of July, 2015.

	SSGA ACTIVE TRUST
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*	Trustee	July 9, 2015
Bonny E. Boatman
/s/ Dwight D. Churchill*	Trustee	July 9, 2015
Dwight D. Churchill
/s/ David M. Kelly* David M. Kelly	Trustee	July 9, 2015
/s/ Frank Nesvet*	Trustee	July 9, 2015
Frank Nesvet
/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur*	Trustee	July 9, 2015
Carl G. Verboncoeur
/s/ James E. Ross*	Trustee	July 9, 2015
James E. Ross
/s/ Ellen M. Needham* Ellen M. Needham	President and Principal Executive Officer	July 9, 2015
/s/ Chad C. Hallett* Chad C. Hallett	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	July 9, 2015

*By:	/s/ Patricia A. Morisette
	Patricia A. Morisette
	As Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney