485BXT 1 mscihealthcare_bxt2009-0731.htm ISHARES MSCI ACWI EX US HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND BXT 20090731 mscihealthcare_bxt2009-0731.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2009
                                                                                                                               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
  
x
 
   
Post-Effective Amendment No.  267
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No.  267
  
x
 
 
(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.
 
JESSICA N. BENTLEY, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
 
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A.
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
400 HOWARD 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 August 30, 2009 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. 267 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until August 30, 2009, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Health Care Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230 on April 22, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was delayed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 250 on July 2, 2009, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 267 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 230.



 
 
 


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) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 267 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 31st day of July 2009.
 
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 267 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: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
George G. C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
Darrell Duffie*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
   
 
Michael Latham*
 
President
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
   
*By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney in fact
   
 
Date: July 31, 2009
 
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated February 23, 2009, for Michael A. Latham, Lee T. Kranefuss, John E. Martinez, George G.C. Parker, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, and Darrell Duffie are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 226, filed April 22, 2009.