As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2024

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	☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,742	☒
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☒
Amendment No. 2,742	☒

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

(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. ANNE C. CHOE, ESQ. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	MARISA ROLLAND, ESQ. BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS 400 HOWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
787 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

☐   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒   On June 7, 2024, 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:

☒ The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,742 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 June 7, 2024, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Mar ETF, iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF, iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF and iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Dec ETF filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,722 on March 15, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,742 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,722.

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. 2,742 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 28^th day of May, 2024.

iSHARES TRUST 

By:
	Jessica Tan*
	President
	Date: May 28, 2024

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,742 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

By:
	Stephen Cohen*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	John E. Martinez*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	John E. Kerrigan*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024

	Jane D. Carlin*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Drew E. Lawton*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Richard L. Fagnani*
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	James Lam**
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	Laura F. Fergerson**
	Trustee
	Date: May 28, 2024
	/s/ Trent W. Walker
	Trent W. Walker*
	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
	Date: May 28, 2024
*By:	/s/ Trent W. Walker
	Trent W. Walker
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: May 28, 2024

* Powers of Attorney, each dated March 5, 2024, for Jessica Tan, Stephen Cohen, Jane D. Carlin, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito, Drew E. Lawton, Richard L. Fagnani and Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,713, filed March 7, 2024.

** Powers of Attorney, each dated April 8, 2024, for James Lam and Laura F. Fergerson are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,726, filed April 18, 2024.