485BPOS 1 f5603d2.htm ISHARES SHORT-TERM TIPS BOND INDEX FUND

  

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2020 

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 

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Pre-Effective Amendment No. 

o 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1023 

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and/or 

  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 

  

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 

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Amendment No. 1025 

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(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
United States of America 

  

(Address of Principal Executive Office) 

  

  

  

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 441-7762 

  

  

  

John M. Perlowski
BlackRock FundsSM
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. 

Janey Ahn, Esq. 

Sidley Austin LLP 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC 

787 Seventh Avenue 

55 East 52nd Street 

New York, New York 10019 

New York, New York 10055 

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

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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)  

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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)  

o 

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)  

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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)  

o 

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)  

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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.  

If appropriate, check the following box:  

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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 the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to 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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on May 18, 2020.

  

BlackRock Fundssm (Registrant) 

on behalf of  

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund 

  

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 its 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

(John M. Perlowski)

Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer 

(Principal Executive Officer) 

May 18, 2020 

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

(Neal J. Andrews)

Chief Financial Officer  

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 

May 18, 2020 

Bruce R. Bond* 

(Bruce R. Bond) 

Trustee 

  

Susan J. Carter* 

(Susan J. Carter) 

Trustee 

  

Collette Chilton* 

(Collette Chilton) 

Trustee 

  

Neil A. Cotty* 

(Neil A. Cotty) 

Trustee 

  

Lena G. Goldberg* 

(Lena G. Goldberg) 

Trustee 

  

Henry R. Keizer* 

(Henry R. Keizer) 

Trustee 

  

Cynthia A. Montgomery* 

(Cynthia A. Montgomery) 

Trustee 

  

Donald C. Opatrny* 

(Donald C. Opatrny) 

Trustee 

  

 

Joseph P. Platt* 

(Joseph P. Platt) 

Trustee 

  

Mark Stalnecker* 

(Mark Stalnecker) 

Trustee 

  

Kenneth L. Urish* 

(Kenneth L. Urish) 

Trustee 

  

Claire A. Walton* 

(Claire A. Walton) 

Trustee 

  

Robert Fairbairn* 

(Robert Fairbairn) 

Trustee 

  

  

  

  

*By:  /s/ Janey Ahn                 

(Janey Ahn, Attorney-In-Fact) 

  

May 18, 2020 

  

  

  

 

 

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