485BXT 1 isharesspasia50bxt2007-0802.htm ISHARES TRUST S&P ASIA 59 BXT 2007-0802 iShares Trust S&P Asia 59 BXT 2007-0802

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2007
                                                                                                                                         File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729
 
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 94
  
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and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
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Amendment No. 94
  
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares® Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 597-2000
 
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.
 
KEVIN D. SMITH, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A.
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
45 FREMONT STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 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 September 2, 2007 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. 94 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying until September 2, 2007, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares S&P Asia 50 Index Fund filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 on March 23, 2007, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 74.

 
 

 


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) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 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 2nd day of August, 2007.
 
 
     
   
By:
 
/s/ Michael Latham
 
   
Michael Latham
   
President
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacity and on the dates indicated.
 
   
By:
     
   
Lee T. Kranefuss*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
       
   
John E. Martinez*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
       
   
George G. C. Parker*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
       
   
Cecilia H. Herbert*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
       
   
Charles A. Hurty*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
       
   
John E. Kerrigan*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
     
       
   
Robert H. Silver*
   
Trustee
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
   
/s/ Michael Latham
 
   
Michael Latham
   
President
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
     
   
/s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn
 
   
Geoffrey D. Flynn
   
Treasurer
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
   
*By:
 
/s/ Michael Latham
 
   
Michael Latham
   
Attorney in fact
   
   
Date: August 2, 2007
 
*
Power of Attorney, dated April 19, 2007, for Robert H. Silver is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 79, filed April 27, 2007. Power of Attorney, dated August 25, 2006, for Lee T. Kranefuss is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 53. Powers of Attorney, dated February 22, 2006, for Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez and George G.C. Parker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, filed April 17, 2006 (“PEA No. 43”). Power of Attorney, dated February 25, 2006, for Charles A. Hurty is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 43.