485BXT 1 coreallocationsbxt_2015-0115.htm ISHARES CORE ALLOCATION FUNDS BXT 2015-0115 coreallocationsbxt_2015-0115.htm

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2015
                            File Nos. 333-179904 and 811-22649                                                                                

 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. 138
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 138
  
x
 
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares U.S. ETF Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02210
(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 February 13, 2015, 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. 138 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 February 13, 2015, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Core Allocation Conservative ETF, iShares Core Allocation Growth ETF, iShares Core Allocation Moderate ETF and iShares Core Allocation Moderate Growth ETF (the “Funds), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 on September 9, 2013, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Funds 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
 
29
November 22, 2013
December 20, 2013
 
40
December 19, 2013
January 17, 2014
 
47
January 16, 2014
February 14, 2014
 
55
February 13, 2014
March 14, 2014
 
68
March 13, 2014
April 11, 2014
 
74
April 10, 2014
May 9, 2014
 
80
May 8, 2014
June 6, 2014
 
85
June 5, 2014
June 30, 2014
 
89
June 27, 2014
July 25, 2014
 
95
July 24, 2014
August 22, 2014
 
101
August 21, 2014
August 29, 2014
 
103
August 28, 2014
September 26, 2014
 
110
September 25, 2014
October 24, 2014
 
116
October 23, 2014
November 21, 2014
 
123
November 20, 2014
December 19, 2014
 
132
December 18, 2014
January 16, 2015


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 138 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.



 
 
 
 


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. 138 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 January, 2015.

iSHARES U.S. ETF TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Manish Mehta*
 
President
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 138 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
By:
 
 
Mark Wiedman*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015

   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015

 
 
 
 


   
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: January 15, 2015
 
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,021, filed January 10, 2014.