0000897436-15-000012.txt : 20150109 0000897436-15-000012.hdr.sgml : 20150109 20150109124523 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100663 IRS NUMBER: 943351276 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-92935 FILM NUMBER: 15518343 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100663 IRS NUMBER: 943351276 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09729 FILM NUMBER: 15518344 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 0001100663 S000047939 iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF C000150700 iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF 485BXT 1 mscisaudiaracapbxt_2015-0109.htm ISHARES MSCI SAUDI ARABIA CAPPED ETF BXT 2015-0109 mscisaudiaracapbxt_2015-0109.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2015
                            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. 1,292
  
x
  
   
and/or
  
    
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
  
   
Amendment No. 1,292
  
x
  
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02210
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000
 
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.
  
EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
  
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
  
BLACKROCK FUND
ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
  
1875 K STREET, N.W.
  
400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 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 February 6, 2015, 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. 1,292 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 February 6, 2015, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,238 on October 29, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,292 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,238.



 
 
 
 


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. 1,292 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 9th day of January, 2015.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
  
 
Manish Mehta*
 
President
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,292 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
By:
  
 
Mark Wiedman*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015

   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015

 
 
 
 


   
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: January 9, 2015
 
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,021, filed January 10, 2014.