485BPOS 1 d485bpos.htm BLACKROCK FUNDS BLACKROCK FUNDS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2011

Securities Act File No. 33-26305

Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    x
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.    ¨
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 152    x

 

and/or

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   
  THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    x
  Amendment No. 154    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.   Ira P. Shapiro, 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

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

  x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ on (date) 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.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 14th day of February, 2011.

 

BLACKROCK FUNDSSM
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ John M. Perlowski

  (John M. Perlowski
  President and Chief Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

    Signature      Title    Date
 

/s/ John M. Perlowski

     

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

    February 14, 2011
  John M. Perlowski        
 

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

     

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

Financial and Accounting Officer)

    February 14, 2011
  Neal J. Andrews        
 

David O. Beim*

      Trustee   
  David O. Beim        
 

Ronald W. Forbes*

      Trustee   
  Ronald W. Forbes        
 

Dr. Matina S. Horner*

      Trustee   
  Dr. Matina S. Horner        
 

Rodney D. Johnson*

      Trustee   
  Rodney D. Johnson        
 

Herbert I. London*

      Trustee   
  Herbert I. London        
 

Cynthia A. Montgomery*

      Trustee   
  Cynthia A. Montgomery        
 

Joseph P. Platt*

      Trustee   
  Joseph P. Platt        
 

Robert C. Robb, Jr.*

      Trustee   
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.        
 

Toby Rosenblatt*

      Trustee   
  Toby Rosenblatt        

 

 

Kenneth L. Urish*

      Trustee   
  Kenneth L. Urish        
 

Frederick W. Winter*

      Trustee   
  Frederick W. Winter        
 

Richard S. Davis*

      Trustee   
  Richard S. Davis        
 

Henry Gabbay*

      Trustee   
  Henry Gabbay        

*By:

  

/s/ Edward B. Baer

         February 14, 2011
  Edward B. Baer (Attorney-In-Fact)        

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.

   

Description of Exhibit

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