485BXT 1 e75514_485bxt.htm FORM 485BXT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2017
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 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [_]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 735 [X]
and/or  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE  
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 737 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
__________________		  
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)
[X] on October 6, 2017 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:
[X] 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. 735 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Amendment No. 737 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 October 6, 2017, 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. 735 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. 735 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 7th day of September, 2017.

 

  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. 735 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) September 7, 2017
John M. Perlowski      
       
/s/ Neal J. Andrews   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) September 7, 2017
Neal J. Andrews      
       
Susan J. Carter*   Trustee  
Susan J. Carter      
       
Collette Chilton*   Trustee  
Collette Chilton      
       
Neil A. Cotty*   Trustee  
Neil A. Cotty      
       
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      
       
               

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  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     September 7, 2017
  Benjamin Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)      
         
         
         
         

 

 

 

 

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