0000897436-15-000388.txt : 20150701 0000897436-15-000388.hdr.sgml : 20150701 20150701160238 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000388 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150701 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150701 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: 15965054 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: 15965055 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 S000038686 iShares Australian Dollar ETF C000119209 iShares Australian Dollar ETF AUDS 0001100663 S000038687 iShares Singapore Dollar ETF C000119210 iShares Singapore Dollar ETF SGDS 0001100663 S000038688 iShares Swedish Krona ETF C000119211 iShares Swedish Krona ETF SEKS 0001100663 S000038689 iShares Swiss Franc ETF C000119212 iShares Swiss Franc ETF CHFS 0001100663 S000038690 iShares Thai Offshore Baht ETF C000119213 iShares Thai Offshore Baht ETF THBS 0001100663 S000038691 iShares Turkish Lira ETF C000119214 iShares Turkish Lira ETF TRYS 0001100663 S000038692 iShares British Pound ETF C000119215 iShares British Pound ETF GBPS 0001100663 S000038693 iShares Canadian Dollar ETF C000119216 iShares Canadian Dollar ETF CADS 0001100663 S000038694 iShares Chinese Offshore Renminbi ETF C000119217 iShares Chinese Offshore Renminbi ETF CNHS 0001100663 S000038695 iShares Euro ETF C000119218 iShares Euro ETF EURS 0001100663 S000038696 iShares Japanese Yen ETF C000119219 iShares Japanese Yen ETF JPYS 0001100663 S000038697 iShares Mexican Peso ETF C000119220 iShares Mexican Peso ETF MXNS 0001100663 S000038698 iShares New Zealand Dollar ETF C000119221 iShares New Zealand Dollar ETF NZDS 0001100663 S000038699 iShares Norwegian Krone ETF C000119222 iShares Norwegian Krone ETF NOKS 485BXT 1 currencyfundsbxt_2015-0701.htm ISHARES CURRENCY ETFS BXT 2015-0701 currencyfundsbxt_2015-0701.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 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. 1,466
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 1,466
  
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.
   
DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
   
BLACKROCK FUND
ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
   
400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099
   
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  July 31, 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. 1,466 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 July 31, 2015 , the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Australian Dollar ETF, iShares British Pound ETF, iShares Canadian Dollar ETF, iShares Chinese Offshore Renminbi ETF, iShares Euro ETF, iShares Japanese Yen ETF, iShares Mexican Peso ETF, iShares New Zealand Dollar ETF, iShares Norwegian Krone ETF, iShares Singapore Dollar ETF, iShares Swedish Krona ETF, iShares Swiss Franc ETF, iShares Thai Offshore Baht ETF and iShares Turkish Lira ETF (the “Funds”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 937 on July 30, 2013, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Funds 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
 
962
September 27, 2013
October 25, 2013
 
976
October 24, 2013
November 22, 2013
 
987
November 21, 2013
December 20, 2013
 
1,006
December 19, 2013
January 17, 2014
 
1,026
January 16, 2014
February 14, 2014
 
1,047
February 13, 2014
March 14, 2014
 
1,062
March 13, 2014
April 11, 2014
 
1,081
April 10, 2014
May 9, 2014
 
1,109
May 8, 2014
June 6, 2014
 
1,134
June 5, 2014
July 3, 2014
 
1,160
July 2, 2014
August 1, 2014
 
1,184
July 31, 2014
August 29, 2014
 
1,206
August 28, 2014
September 26, 2014
 
1,219
September 25, 2014
October 24, 2014
 
1,233
October 23, 2014
November 21, 2014
 
1,247
November 20, 2014
December 19,  2014
 
1,278
December 18, 2014
January 16, 2015
 
1,307
January 15, 2015
February 13, 2015
 
1,331
February 12, 2015
March 13, 2015
 
1,365
March 12, 2015
April 10, 2015
 
1,388
April 9, 2015
May 8, 2015
 
1,419
May 7, 2015
June 5, 2015
 
1,430
June 4, 2015
July 2, 2015


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,466 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 937.



 
 
 
 


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. 1,466 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 1st day of July, 2015.

iSHARES TRUST

By:
 
 
Manish Mehta*
 
President
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,466 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: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
John E. Martinez**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015


 
 
 
 

   
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito***
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
   
 
Jane D. Carlin**
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
   
*,**,*** By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: July 1, 2015
 
 
*
Power of Attorney, dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 1,021, filed January 10, 2014.
**
Powers of Attorney, each dated March 25, 2015, for Jane D. Carlin, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, John E. Martinez and Madhav V. Rajan are incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 1,382, filed March 26, 2015.
***
Powers of Attorney, each dated March 25, 2015, for Mark Wiedman and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 1,417, filed May 4, 2015.