0000897436-15-000085.txt : 20150209 0000897436-15-000085.hdr.sgml : 20150209 20150209122445 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000085 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150209 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: 15587488 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: 15587489 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 S000047435 iShares MSCI China A ETF C000148919 iShares MSCI China A ETF 485BXT 1 mscichinaabxt_2015-0209.htm ISHARES MSCI CHINA A BXT 2015-0209 mscichinaabxt_2015-0209.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 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. 1,322
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 1,322
  
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 24, 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. 1,322 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 24, 2015, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI China A ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,208 on September 15, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

 
PEA No.
Date Filed
Automatic Effective Date
 
1,253
November 28, 2014
December 8, 2014
 
1,266
December 5, 2014
December 15, 2014
 
1,267
December 12, 2014
December 22, 2014
 
1,283
December 19, 2014
December 30, 2014
 
1,287
December 29, 2014
January 6, 2015
 
1,291
January 5, 2015
January 13, 2015
 
1,297
January 12, 2015
January 20, 2015
 
1,312
January 16, 2015
January 27, 2015
 
1,316
January 26, 2015
February 3, 2015
 
1,317
February 2, 2015
February 10, 2015


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,322 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,208.



 
 
 
 


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. 1,322 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 February, 2015.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Manish Mehta*
 
President
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,322 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: February 9, 2015
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015

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

 
 
 
 


   
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: February 9, 2015
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: February 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.