485BXT 1 e72072_485bxt.htm FORM 485BXT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2016
Securities Act File No. 33-26305
Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
 

 

  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ☒
  Pre-Effective Amendment No. ☐
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 634 ☒
  and/or  
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE  
  INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ☒
  Amendment No. 636 ☒
(Check appropriate box or boxes)

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BLACKROCK FUNDSSM
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 441-7762
 
John M. Perlowski
BlackRock Funds
55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10055
United States of America
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Counsel for the Fund:  
John A. MacKinnon, Esq. Benjamin Archibald, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP BlackRock Advisors, LLC
787 Seventh Avenue 55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6018 New York, New York 10055

 

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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒ on December 30, 2016 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) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
☒ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.001 per share.

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 634 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Amendment No. 636 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of BlackRock FundsSM (the “Registrant”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until December 30, 2016, the effectiveness of the registration statement for BlackRock Credit Opportunities Portfolio (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 on June 2, 2011, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 634 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, BlackRock FundsSM (the “Registrant”) certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act and duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 634 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant, to be signed on behalf of the Registrant by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 1st day of December, 2016.

 

  BLACKROCK FUNDSSM, on behalf of its series, BlackRock Credit Opportunities Portfolio
     
  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski
    John M. Perlowski
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 634 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

  Signature   Title   Date
           
  /s/ John M. Perlowski   Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   December 1, 2016
  John M. Perlowski        
  /s/ Neal J. Andrews   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   December 1, 2016
  Neal J. Andrews        
           
  David O. Beim*   Trustee    
  David O. Beim        
  Susan J. Carter*   Trustee    
  Susan J. Carter        
           
  Collette Chilton*   Trustee    
  Collette Chilton        
           
  Neil A. Cotty*   Trustee    
  Neil A. Cotty        
           
  Dr. Matina S. Horner*   Trustee    
  Dr. Matina S. Horner        
           
  Rodney D. Johnson*   Trustee    
  Rodney D. Johnson        
           
  Cynthia A. Montgomery*   Trustee    
  Cynthia A. Montgomery        
           
  Joseph P. Platt*   Trustee    
  Joseph P. Platt        
           
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.*   Trustee    
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.        
           
  Mark Stalnecker*   Trustee    
  Mark Stalnecker        
           
  Kenneth L. Urish*   Trustee    
  Kenneth L. Urish        
           
  Claire A. Walton*   Trustee    
  Claire A. Walton        
           
  Frederick W. Winter*   Trustee    
  Frederick W. Winter        
           
  Barbara G. Novick*   Trustee    
  Barbara G. Novick        
           
*By:   /s/ Benjamin Archibald       December 1, 2016
  Benjamin Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)        
           

 

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